Shaikh Muqbil Bin Haadi (rahimahullaah) said:
”Call to the book and the Sunnah. Do not call to personalities, for indeed personalities are not safe from trials and tribulations.”
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[Source: ‘Al-Bashaa-ir Fis-Samaa-i Al-Mubaashir]
It is better that all of the supererogatory (prayers) are in the home, except for what has been legislated (to be performed) in the masjid, such as the night prayer during Ramadhan. So for example the sunnah before Dhuhr is better to be done at home, and the sunnah after Dhuhr (likewise) is better in the home. And the sunnah before Fajr is (better) done in the home, and the sunnah after Maghrib is (better) done in the home and the sunnah after Eesha is better to be done in the home.
All of the Nawaafil (supererogatory) are better (to be performed) in the home, due to the statement of the Prophet – sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam – : “The best prayer of a man is (the one performed) in his house, except the obligatory prayers”And the wisdom (behind) the naafila prayer being better in the house is: that the home does not become like a grave, i.e. He does not pray in it. And all of the prayers are a blessing.
Secondly that he makes his family accustomed with the prayer, due to this you will find the young child if he sees his father praying he goes and prays next to him, he stands with him, he bows with him, he prostrates with him and he sits with him. Even if he (the child) doesn’t say a thing, however he follows (his father in the prayer) and this is a booty, that you make your family accustomed to (performance) of the prayer.
Fataawa Noor alad Darb of Shaykh Uthaymeen Volume 5 pages 11-12
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaimeen said:
Among the causes that bring about increase in one’s imaan is having knowledge of Allah’s names and attributes. Whenever the slave increases in awareness of them, of their implications and effects, then imaan in His Rabb will [consequently] increase, as well as love and veneration of Him. Likewise, contemplating over the universal and legislative signs, whenever the slave observes them, pondering over their amazing power and their superb wisdom (of Allah demonstrated within them), then his imaan will without doubt increase.
Fat’h Rabb Al-Bariyyah bi-talkhees Al-Hamawiyyah, p.104
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaimeen said:
Among the causes that bring about an increase in imaan is performing acts of obedience in order to draw closer to Allah The Most High. For indeed imaan then increases by it, in accordance to the excellence of the deed, it’s type and the amount performed. Hence, the better a deed is performed, the greater will be the increase of imaan.
The excellence of a deed is by the ikhlaas [sincerity] and mutaaba’ah [being in agreement with the Sunnah] that it has.
As for the type of deed performed, then indeed obligatory deeds are superior than voluntary ones. Likewise, some acts of obedience are emphasised more than others. Whenever an act of obedience is superior, the resulting increase of imaan will thus be greater.
Fat’h Rabb Al-Bariyyah bi-talkhees Al-Hamawiyyah, p.104 – p.105.
A man said to Al-Hasan [Al-Basri (rahimahullaah)]: I have a daughter and she has been sought for marriage, so to whom should I give her in marriage? He (Al-Hasan) said: Marry her to the one who fears Allaah, for he will be kind to her if he loves her and he will not oppress her when he is angry with her.
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[Source: Kitaab Uyoonul Akhbaar. Page: 308. Vol 3-4]
He (may Allaah preserve him) stated:
I must say, growing up the way I have, and looking back on my short life so far, I was a privileged child. I had good parents, many successful people didn’t, who looked out for me before themselves. Maybe it was because I was the eldest, maybe they thought that I would aid them with my siblings, or just maybe it was the inclination of a parent, to make your child better than you was. I appreciate all that they did for me and how they gave me insight into what I should do with my life and the problems and fall downs I may experience. [End of quote]
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May Allaah preserve this young brother and all our children. Aameen
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
If a student of knowledge utters innovation and calls to it, and he is one with Fiqh and (knowledge of) Hadeeth; does his speech of innovation necessitate an invalidation of his knowledge and his (knowledge) of hadeeth, and not to (benefit from) him unrestrictedly?
Answer:
Yes, he is not to be trusted; the one who is an Innovator is neither to be trusted nor his knowledge, nor (to have) a lackadaisical (stance) towards him. That is because if you (have) a lackadaisical (stance) towards him, the student will be influenced by his Shaikh-he will be influenced by his teacher. Therefore, it is obligatory to be distanced from the people of innovation, and the Salaf (pious predecessors) used to forbid (others) from sitting with the innovators, visiting and going to them; so that their evil is not spread to the one who sits with them and mixes with them.
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Wakee (rahimahullaah) said:
We went out with Sufyaan Ath-Thawri (rahimahullaah) on the day of Eed, so he said:
The first thing we will start with on this day of ours is to lower our gaze.
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[الورع of Ibn Abee Dunyaa. 66]