Visit our YouTube channel for more Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan said: The truth is that a happy life is not [attained] with an abundance of wealth, nor an abundance of sustenance, nor superficially nice appearances – which in reality are not-so-nice. Nor is it with [attaining] the pleasures and desires, but rather, genuine happiness and […]
Whoever does not possess a determination for [anything] other than [fulfilling the desires of] his stomach and his private parts, then he is considered from amongst the beasts…
Indeed, worry, sadness and sorrow occur from two directions…
Indeed, their tribulations came about from these books which they turned to, and left the narrations of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ and his companions.
So if you see a man whose taste and desire is for listening to verses [of poetry] rather than verses [of the Qur.aan], and for listening to music rather than the Qur.aan…
It is said about the people of whims and desires, that no respect nor honour is to be extended to them.
Hunger cleanses the mind and kills the desires, and it is a cause for attaining deeper knowledge.
The one from whom you smelt the odour [for the desire] of leadership will not be successful.
You will not be a scholar until you possess three characteristics.
You will not find (experience) the sweetness of worship until you place a barrier between you and your desires.
