Letter to a dear friend… Everyone has a role to play

Al Hafith Ibn Abdul Bar (Rahimahullah) mentioned in his monumental book At Tamheed: “This is what I recall from my memory while its original text is gone… Abdullah Al Umari (Rahimahullah) the ascetic worshiper (i.e. Abid) wrote a letter to Imam Malik Ibn Anas (Rahimahullah) encouraging him to detach and isolate himself from the people

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Four things you are unsafe from

Abdullaah ibn al-Mubaarak Reference: Seer A’alaam an Nubalaa’: vol 8, p. 406 Category: Sayings of the Salaf Imaam Ath Thahabi Rahimahullah mentions in his monumental book “Seer A’alaam an Nubalaa” Vol.8 P.406 on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Al Mubaarak Rahimahullah (181H.): “The people of knowledge and insight do not consider themselves safe from four

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Are good manners natural or attained?

Quotes of the U’lamaa From the book Upright Moral Character Written by: Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih Al-Uthaymeen He was asked: Are good manners something that a person naturally possesses or are they something he attains ? The answer: Just as manners can be innate, they can also – without doubt – be attained. This means

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10 things you will never benefit from

There are ten things you will never find benefit in: The First: Knowledge which is void of action. The Second: Actions which are void of sincerity to Allah, and void of exemplification of the Sunnah. (Note: These two conditions constitute the actbeing accepted by Allah i.e. Ikhlaas and Ittiba`a) The Third: Wealth which is not

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