Extending prayers and salutations upon the Prophet is the best of [all] acts of worship, because Allaah تعالى Himself has done so and [so too have] His angels; He then instructed His believers with…
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Maintaining righteous companionship
I accompanied [‘Abdullaah] Ibn ‘Own for 24 years, and throughout that time I am not aware that the angels [could have] recorded a single sin against him.
How are you this morning?
al-Marwathee said, I said to Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله:
‘How are you this morning?’ He [Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله] replied
Praying for his brothers in their absence
Certainly, there is not a man who supplicates for his brother in his absence, except that Allaah appoints for him two angels who both say
‘The walls have ears’
If we changed the [famous] saying ‘the walls have ears’ to ‘the angels write [everything]’, we would certainly produce a generation which only fears Allaah, and is conscious of Allaah in their speech…
Never once saw him praying a voluntary prayer
I accompanied Muhammad ibn Aslam for more than 20 years, and never once saw him praying a voluntary prayer except on the day of Jumu’ah; [I understood why, when] I once heard him saying
Whoever innovates or accommodates an innovator
Whoever innovates or accommodates an innovator then upon him is the curse of Allaah, His Angels and the whole of mankind.