Sincerity & Intention Archives

Keep a protective eye over your children

Aqeedah & Beliefs, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgement, Dealings & Transactions, Death & The Grave, Family & Marriage, Hadith & Its Sciences, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Parenthood & Raising Children, Parents & Honouring Them, Prophets & Their Stories, Religion, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan, Sincerity & Intention, The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Wealth & Poverty, Words of Wisdom 2 September 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

Then, as for you O Father! Observe your children['s activities] – [even] outside the home. Where did they go? Who do they mix with?

The best of brothers

Brotherhood & Sisterhood, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Words of Wisdom 9 August 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

The best of brothers is the one who is most earnest in offering sincere advice.

Abandoning the Sunan

Aqeedah & Beliefs, Fiqh & Islamic Jurisprudence, Hadith & Its Sciences, Prayer, Prayer & Worship, Religion, Shaytan & His Tricks, Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Words of Wisdom 7 August 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

Beware of abandoning the Sunan (pl. Sunnah), for indeed they are the testimonies of certainty [in eemaan].

The good servant

Aqeedah & Beliefs, Contentment & Zuhd, Fiqh & Islamic Jurisprudence, Religion, Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Sins, Sins & Avoiding Them, Words of Wisdom, Worldly Life & Its Deception 3 August 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

When Allaah تعالى wants good for a servant, He grants him three qualities: • understanding of the religion (fiqh), • detachment from worldly life (zuhd), • insight into his own flaws.

Brothers of this day and age

Brotherhood & Sisterhood, Companions of the Prophet, Friendship & Companionship, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Words of Wisdom 31 July 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

Brothers of this day [and age] are like the broth of a cook in the marketplace; good in smell (pleasant on the surface) but with no taste (lack substance or true meaning).

More in need of soap

Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Supplication, Tawbah & Repentance, Words of Wisdom 29 July 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

"Which is better: that I glorify Allaah (tasbeeh) or that I seek forgiveness (istighfaar)?" Ibn al-Jowzi replied: "A dirty garment is more in need of soap than perfume."

Self-admiration

Arrogance & Pride, Good Deeds & Their Rewards, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Sincerity & Intention, Sins & Avoiding Them, The Soul & Nafs, Words of Wisdom 25 July 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

Self-admiration (العُجْب) is one of the gravest sins and among the most destructive to good deeds.

Because of a righteous man

Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Parenthood & Raising Children, Parents & Honouring Them, Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Words of Wisdom 16 July 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

Indeed, Allaah protects - because of a righteous man - his child, and the child of his child, and even the small dwellings around him; so they remain under Allaah's protection and care.

Envying one another

Envy & Hasad, Gratitude & Shukr, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Speech & The Tongue, Words of Wisdom 13 July 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

[When] I saw people envying one another, I reflected on the words of Allaah تعالى

Advising sincerely

Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Words of Wisdom 5 July 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

Whoever advises his brother in private has truly advised him and honoured him; but whoever admonishes him in public has exposed him and disgraced him.