I am a youth, and have been afflicted with [committing] a sin, and every time I repent [to Allaah] from it, I go back to doing it; I [just] want to be free of it, [so] if I were to do it again, is it permissible for me to undertake an oath that I shall fast a day for the Sake of Allaah, or give in charity so [as a result of which] He will safeguard me from doing it again?
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Beware of sudden death
Visit our YouTube channel for more Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan said: Towards the end of time – and pay attention to this – [towards] the end of time, sudden death will increase. You are in good health and strength, and in [the prime of] youth, then suddenly you die; either in a car accident, or a […]
I advise the youth to hasten in getting married
And I advise the youth to hasten in getting married, particularly in this day and age in which the causes of fitnah and temptations have increased.
He would read 800 pages a day
He was extremely fond of knowledge, and would read extensively, such that when he was in his youth, he would read 800 pages a day, and read 2,000 volumes in the moonlight.
The best of fasts
How are we to understand the Prophet ﷺ encouraging ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Amr al-’Aas (radhi-yAllaahu ‘anhu) with the fast of [Prophet] Daawood (‘alayhis-salaam), whilst he himself did not fast it despite it being the best of fasts?
Dyeing grey hair black
I am a young man at the prime of my age, and I work in the medical field where I need to wear a uniform. Most of the hair [on my head] has turned grey, so is it permissible for me to dye it in black?
ath-Thowree has arrived
I heard them [speaking] at Marwu saying: ‘ath-Thowree has arrived.’ So I went out to see him, and was beholden [to find] he was a youth, and his beard had just started to grow.
The very reason why they succeed
Very mistaken is he who thinks that encouraging children to memorise the Qur.aan preoccupies them or delays their achievement at school.
After he had read it only once
He memorised Soorah al-An’aam in his youth, after he had read it only once.
No desire for the world
“Take these keys to this car, as it is a present from me to you.”