The darkness of the night is illumination for the heart…
Category: Words of Wisdom
The right of Allaah upon you is greater
Do not look in vain at your hard work [in doing righteous deeds]…
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen advises
Swarm the people of falsehood on the internet [to respond to their falsehood with sound knowledge]…
Leave that which preoccupies you away from Allaah
Reference: Madaarij as-Saalikeen – v2, p9 Abu Sulaymaan ad-Daaraanee said about asceticism: It is to leave that which preoccupies you [away] from Allaah.
Everything will come to pass
Asceticism is looking at the world with an eye that [some day] everything will come to pass, and thereby it appears insignificant in your eyes.
Referring to the Qur.aan
Ibn Seereen would pray [the voluntary prayer] with a mus.haf by his side, and if he hesitated [in his recitation] he would look inside it.
Taste the sweetness of obedience in worship
[In accordance with the Sunnah of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu ’alayhi wa sallam)] it is recommended for the one fasting to eat dates for suhoor and iftaar.
Supplication for the parents
The supplication you make for your parents during the taraaweeh or tahajjud prayer is better by far than you slaughtering 10 camels [in their names].
Keep a watchful eye over them
So protect them upon the path of righteousness before they are lost to the paths of misguidance, and [in doing so] keep a watchful eye over them [to ensure they remain upon the path of righteousness], before you lose them.
The importance of exercising patience
And the severity [of the trial] will come to an end, so do not prolong the calamity [by being impatient].