Humility of our beloved Salaf – Maymoon Ibn Mehraan (rahimahullaah)
A man said to Maymoon Ibn Mehraan (rahimahullaah): ‘’The people will not cease to be upon good as long as Allaah keeps you (alive) for them;” so he said, ‘’keep yourself to your own affairs; the people will not cease to be upon good as long as they fear their Lord”.
[Siyar 5/75]
Humility of our beloved Salaf – Khalaf Bin Tameem (rahimahullaah)
Khalaf Ibn Tameem (rahimahullaah) said: I saw Ath-Thawree at Makkah and many (people gathered or came to) him; so he said, ‘’To Allaah we belong! I fear that the Ummah will be lost when the people have a need of the likes of me’’. [Siyar 7/275]
Our Salaf – Yahyah Ibn Abee Katheer before the Approach of Ramadhaan
Yahyah Ibn Abee Katheer (rahimahullaah) used to make du’aa saying:”O Allaah! Preserve me till Ramadhaan; make Ramadhaan blameless for me (and) accept it (from me)’’.
[Hilyatul Awliyaa 3/69]
Humility of our beloved Salaf – Fudayl Ibn Iyaad (rahimahullaah)
Imaam Fudayl Ibn Iyaad (rahimahullaah) was asked about humility; so he said, ‘’(It is ) to humble oneself to the truth, submitting to it and accepting it from the one who said it. He(i.e. the person) accepts it even if heard from a child or the most ignorant amongst the people.”
[Madaarij As-Saalikeen 2/342]
[1] Humility of our beloved Salaf – Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhumaa)
A man said to Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhu): ‘’O (you) the best of the people!” So he said, ‘’I am neither the best of the people nor the son of the best of the people; rather I am a slave from the slaves of Allaah. I have hope in Allaah and I fear Him. By Allaah you (people) will not leave a man until you destroy him’’.
[Siyar 3/236]
Hilaal Ibn Habeeb (rahimahullaah ) said: I said to Sa’eed Bin Jubayr,
“What is the sign of the people’s destruction?” He said,
“When their scholars depart (from this world)”.
[Siyar A’laam An-Nubulaa’ 4/326]
Ataa Ibn Deenaar (rahimahullaah ) narrated from Saeed Bin Jubair (rahimahullaah ) who said:
“Indeed reverential fear is that you fear Allaah until it becomes a barrier between you and disobedience. This reverential fear is remembrance of Allaah and obedience to Allaah; so whoever obeys Allaah is one who (truly) remembers Him. And whoever does not obey Allaah is not one who (truly) remembers Him, even if he utters a lot of words of glorification and recites the Qur’aan a lot”.
[Hilyatul Awliyaa’ 4/276]
Ibn Mas’ood (radiyallaahu-anhu) said to his companions:
“You observe fasting, perform prayer and Jihaad more than the companions of Muhammad (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam ), whilst they were better than you. ” They said, “Why is that the case?” He said, “They practiced more abstinence from the worldly life and we’re desirous of the afterlife”.
[Source: Jaami’ul Uloom Wal Hikam’ page 318]
BRAND NEW 4 WEEK RAMADHAAN COURSE
Taught by Rayaan Barker (Graduate of Madinah University)
Starting Saturday 14th May 2016 and every Saturday thereafter for four weeks
7:00pm
LIVE IN THE MASJID
Get yourself prepared this Ramadhaan!
Topics to include:
Fasting
Prayer
Charity
Taraweeh
Forgiveness
And much more
There will be interactive slides, question and answer sessions, worksheets and light refreshments Inshaa’Allaah!
An excellent opportunity to learn the essentials of Ramadhaan prior to its arrival
Brothers, Sisters and Children all welcome
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Some Hidden Defects of the Inner Self’ By Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said: ‘’What is manifestly clear is that many of the affairs of the inner self are hidden from a person and he does not realise them. There are many people in whose souls is a love of leadership yet he does not realise it; rather it may be that he is one sincere in carrying out acts of worship but his faults are hidden from him. The speech of the people (i.e. the scholars) in this affair is many and well known. And because of this, this affair is named ‘the hidden love of fame.”
[Majmoo al-Fataawaa: 16/346]