That which we have witnessed - as have others [too] - and have come to know by experience is that when music and musical instruments were adopted by the people and they spread [amongst them] and...
Category: Words of Wisdom
The most all-encompassing of supplications
Our Lord, give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
Falsely accused of being one of them
In our village, there wasn't anyone from al-Ikhwaan al-Muslimoon, [rather] in our village there were members of Hizb at-Tahreer; [their] gatherings were held there to educate those affiliated to this...
My father, as I knew him
Before [the advent of] electricity, he would go out every moonlit night to read. And in winter, he would go out and sit between two steel barrels for protection against the cold!
He would read 800 pages a day
He (Shibbeer 'Ataa رحمه الله) 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.'
Because oil was scarce at the time
Most of what Shaykh Ja'far al-'Atamee رحمه الله read [in the seeking] of knowledge was by way of the moonlight, because oil was scarce at the time.
Keeping good company
Some of them said: [From the harmful effects of] companionship with those who are bad, [is that it] will nurture evil suspicion [within you] towards those who are righteous.
Comforting your anxious companion
'Umar [ibn al-Khattaab] رضي الله عنه said:
'I will say something that will make the Prophet ﷺ laugh.' Transmitted by Muslim no.1478 Ibn Hajar رحمه الله said
What is the matter with us?!!
'Aa.ishah رضي الله عنها said that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ would increase in saying
They say it is an innovation
And as for Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah, then regarding every action and speech which has not been [authentically] reported from the companions [of the Prophet ﷺ] - then they say it is an innovation.