O Students of Knowledge! This Era is Not An Era of Relaxation, Play and Sleep, Rather It is Era of Striving In The Path of Allaah & Spreading Knowledge – by Shaikh Saaleh Aala Shaikh
إياكم أن تكتبوا عن أحد من أصحاب الأهواء ؛ قليلا ولا كثيرا
Imaam Ahmad [rahimahullaah] said: Beware of writing down [knowledge] from one of the people of desires-be it a little or a lot. [Siyar 11/231]
قال سعيد بن عمرو البرذعي – رحمه الله
شهدت أبا زرعة سئل عن الحارث المحاسبي وكتبه ؛
: فقال للسائل
إياك وهذه الكتب هذه كتب بدع وضلالات
[الميزان (2/165) ]
Sa’eed Ibn Amr Al-Bardha’ee [rahimahullaah] said: I witnessed [when] Abu Zur’ah was asked about Haarith Al-Muhaasibee and his books; so he said to the questioner: Beware of these books; they are books of bidah and misguidance. [Al-Meezaan 2/165]
Abu Uthmaan An-Naysabooree [rahimahullaah] said: Whoever commands himself with the Sunnah in speech and action will speak with wisdom. And whoever commands himself with desires in speech and action will speak with innovation.
Unity is based on the Book and the Sunnah and not bidah. We do not look for a common enemy and unite against him… because as soon as we overcome him, we will start to fight amongst ourselves.
Shaikh Uthaymeen [rahimahullaah] said: If a person says: What will make a man love his wife and vice versa? We say: Allaah has clarified this in His statement:
وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
And live with them honourably. [Soorah An-Nisaa’ Aayah 19]
If every person lives with his wife honourably and vice versa, then love, a strong bond and a happy married life will be established.
Ibn Abbaas [radiyallaahu-anhumaa] said: Do not sit with the people of desires [i.e. ahlul bidah], for indeed sitting with them will cause sickness to the hearts.
“The best of you are those who are the best to their wives; and I am the best of you to my wives.” (Tirmidhi 3895. Declared authentic by Imaam Albaani in Sahih at-Tirmidhi)
The Prophet (sallahualayhiwasallam) said:
“You never spend anything, except that you will be rewarded for it; even the morsel of food that you lift to your wife’s mouth” (Bukhaari 6352 & Muslim 1628)
And verily, this is my Straight Path, so follow it, and follow not [other] paths, for they will separate you away from His Path. This He has ordained for you that you may become Al-Muttaqun [the pious] [6:153]
Abu Nu’aym [rahimahullaah] reported with his chain of transmission from Mujaahid [rahimahullaah] regarding the statement of Allaah: [وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمۡ عَن سَبِيلِهِ – And follow not [other] paths, for they will separate you away from His Path], that it means: [Do not follow] Bidah [i.e. innovations in religion] and Shubuhaat [i.e. affairs that are made to resemble truth but are falsehood in reality].
[Source: Al-Hilya 3/293. Abridged and slightly paraphrased]