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They are the ones who will succeed you when you die

Aqeedah, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgement, Dealings, Family and Marriage, Hadeeth, Parenthood, Parents, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Prophets, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan, Wealth and Poverty, Words of Wisdom 7 September 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

Take care of your children. Your profitable 'trade' [with Allaah] is undoubtedly your children.

Keep a protective eye over your children

Aqeedah, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgement, Dealings, Family and Marriage, Hadeeth, Manners, Parenthood, Parents, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Prophets, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan, Wealth and 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?

Do not be negligent in watching over your children

Aqeedah, Family and Marriage, Fiqh, Hadeeth, Health, Manners, Parenthood, Parents, Prayer, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Prophets, Salaf, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-’Uthaymeen, Wealth and Poverty, Words of Wisdom 1 September 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

[And] many of them are very negligent [of their responsibility] towards their children.

For those who desire a righteous heart

Aqeedah, Arrogance, Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgement, Family and Marriage, Fiqh, Food, Generosity and Miserliness, Good Deeds, Health, Heart, Knowledge, Manners, Moderation, Parenthood, Prophets, Rectifying, Salaf, Scholars, Shaykh Ibraaheem al-Farraaj, Sincerity, Sins, Sleep and Awakening, Soul, Time, Wasting, Wealth and Poverty, Words of Wisdom, Worldly Life 6 March 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

May Allaah grant you goodness. It has been narrated that al-Ashtar once entered upon 'Ali ibn Abi Taalib رضي الله عنه – after part of the night had passed – while he was standing in prayer.

So what will you leave behind?

Day of Judgement, Day of Judgement, Death, Family and Marriage, Good Deeds, Justice and Oppression, Neighbours, Shaykh Sulaymaan ar-Ruhaylee, Speech and The Tongue, Words of Wisdom 13 October 2025 Abu 'Abdullaah

Therefore, O servant of Allaah, you may die, but your book will not be closed. You may die and be buried in your grave, but your book [of deeds] will not be closed.

Gatherings are held in trust

Day of Judgement, Day of Judgement, Family and Marriage, Hadeeth, Manners, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Prophets, Sins, Speech and The Tongue, Truthfulness, Words of Wisdom 25 July 2025 Abu 'Abdullaah

The Prophet ﷺ said:
Gatherings are held in trust. Ahmad no.15090, Abu Daawood no.4869 – and al-Albaanee classified it as Hasan.

On the occasion of the new Hijree year

Aqeedah, Family and Marriage, Fasting, Good Deeds, Prayer, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Prophets, Qur.aan, Salaf, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan, Sins, Supplication, Time, Words of Wisdom, Worldly Life 26 June 2025 Abu 'Abdullaah

In the name of Allaah, All Gracious, All Merciful. All Praise is due to Allaah [alone], Lord of the worlds.

Does not pray the congregational prayer in the masjid

Congregational Prayer, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgement, Family and Marriage, Fiqh, Hadeeth, Prayer, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Prophets, Salaf, Scholars, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-’Uthaymeen, Words of Wisdom 1 May 2025 Abu 'Abdullaah

All Praise is due to Allaah [alone], Lord of the Worlds, and I send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet Muhammad, and his family, and his companions, and those who follow them in righteousness...

Beware of half-scholars! Beware of them!!

Family and Marriage, Fiqh, Hadeeth, Health, Knowledge, Manners, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Prophets, Salaf, Scholars, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-’Uthaymeen, Words of Wisdom 28 April 2025 Abu 'Abdullaah

Even from a scholarly perspective – even from an academic standpoint – we say to the youth who are not qualified to take the lead [in religious matters], we say