Don’t resort to supplication like medication you use only when ill or when a catastrophe befalls.
Category: Words of Wisdom
Allaah loves the doers of good
Does your chest not tighten when someone to whom you have done good does not know you?
Having good suspicion of Allaah
I am of the opinion that at-tawakkul is having good suspicion of Allaah.
Intending solely for the Sake of Allaah
Perhaps a small deed will be magnified [in its reward] by its intention, and perhaps a large deed will be diminished [in its reward] by its intention.
Watch your tongue
«Most of the sins of the son of Aadam are due to his tongue»
When someone does you a favour or a good turn
Whoever does you [a favour or] a good turn, particularly in terms of your religion, and [offering you sincere] advice, and encouraging you upon good and discouraging you against that which is bad, then [all of] this necessitates that you should love [and respect] them.
Repent and turn back to Allaah
So whoever commits [a deed] which Allaah and His Messenger have forbidden, has harmed his religion; and he must remedy this harm by repentance and turning back [to Allaah].
Don’t concern yourself with them
Indeed, you are unable to please all of the people, so rectify that which is between you and Allaah and don’t concern yourself with [what] the people [may think or say].
I fear the situation will get worse
I fear the situation will get worse, and the people will forget the [Islaamic] ruling regarding music, such that if someone was to explain it [to them], they will reject it, and he will be labelled as being extreme.
Sincerity to Allaah alone
Everything [we do] by which sincerity to Allaah [alone] is not intended will disappear (be worthless).