“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.”
Tag: forgiveness
Leave what is hidden in their heart to Allaah
Whoever wrongs you and then comes to apologise for their wrongdoing, humility obliges you to accept their apology – whether it is sincere or not – and leave what is hidden [in their heart] to Allaah…
Important advice for after Ramadhaan
So the Muslim must always be a servant of Allaah and not a servant of Allaah [just] some of the time.
Put an end to the enmity, hatred and malice between yourselves
Indeed the month of Ramadhaan is a month of benefits and [the] plentiful earning [of reward], so take advantage of it with worship; plentiful [voluntary] prayers, reading the Qur.aan, remembrance…
Rejoice at the arrival of Ramadhaan
[As for] Ramadhaan, Allaah عز و جل has singled it out with special characteristics, and that is why we should rejoice at its arrival, and be pleased with it[s] arrival because it is a season of…
Do not beautify sin in your heart
Do not beautify sin within yourself. You look, then look again, and again, and again until the heart becomes corrupted.
The meaning and conditions of repentance
[Please] talk to us about at-towbah (repentance), and what its conditions are; and what is the [true] meaning of at-towbah an-nasooh?
O my Lord! My sins are great in number
In the biography of the Khaleefah, ‘Abdul-Malik ibn Marwaan, [it states]: He delivered an eloquent khutbah, and then [abruptly] stopped and began weeping profusely. Then, he said
Forgive your Muslim brother
Forgive your brother; it will not benefit you that Allaah punishes your Muslim brother because of you.
A warning against being preoccupied with the faults of others
From the people are those who preoccupy themselves with the faults of others, and forget their own faults.