[The need for the] safeguarding of [one’s] eyes is much greater than [the need for the] safeguarding of [one’s] tongue.
Tag: sight
Where to focus the eyes during the rukoo’
Whilst in prayer, where should one’s eyes be focused during the rukoo’?
Building your trust and reliance upon Allaah
It was said to Haatim al-Asamm رحمه الله, ‘on what have you built your trust and reliance upon Allaah?” He said
The mere sight of him would awaken sadness in my heart
Whenever I looked at al-Fudhayl [ibn ’Iyaadh], [the mere sight of him] would awaken sadness [in my heart], [causing me to] despise myself, and then weep.
The mere sight of him would evoke others to remember Allaah
Other than al-Qa’nabee رحمه الله, I have not seen anyone who by the mere sight of them they would evoke others to remember Allaah تعالى. If he were to pass by a gathering [of people] they would say
‘I do not know’
A student asked Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen why the Qur’aan sometimes mentions hearing in the singular and sight in the plural — and his honest, thoughtful reply.