Anecdotes on the Condemnation of Ghibah

1 – It is reported from al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man said to him: “You have gossiped about me. He (al-Hasan) said: “You have not reached such a position that you can control my Hasanat!” [Translator's Note: The Islamic teaching is that the Hasanat (rewards) of the one who [...]

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Above Everthing Else…

The Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wasallam usually seemed cheerful, and he liked to smile. Even when others were rude to him, he was never harsh and rude. He never raised his voice in the market place.
If faced with a choice between two options, the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wasallam would always choose the easier one, [...]

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Whoever Lives…

قال الحافظ ابن كثير: لقد أجرى الله الكريم عادته بكرمه أن من عاش على شيء مات عليه، و من مات على شيء بعث عليه
Allah the Most Generous has established, through His generosity, that whoever lives upon something will die upon it, and whoever dies upon something will be resurrected upon it.

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وفي هذا المعنى يقول الإمام ابن حزم الظاهري رحمه الله تعالى: (( ولا تنصح على شرط القبول منك، فإن تعديت هذه الوجوه، فأنت ظالم لا ناصح، وطالب طاعة وملك، لا مؤدي حق أمانة وأخوة، وليس هذا حكم العقل، ولا حكم الصداقة، لكن حكم الأمير مع رعيته، والسيد مع عبد.))
“Do not give advice only [...]

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“If you look in these different religions, they have something similar to fasting.  They’ll eat this and not eat that – they have some remnants of it, but it changes over the years.  Subhan Allah, when you see people criticizing Islam today – this is subhan Allah, it’s a criticism, but I said, “what a [...]

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The Most Beneficial People

The Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wassalm is reported to have said:
“… and the best of people are those of most benefit to the people” [As-Silsilah As-Saheeha, 426].
And so we assume – for the most part – that those who offer the best advice, or dispel the most knowledge or give the most in charity are [...]

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“Do not give advice only on the condition that it is followed.  Otherwise, you are a tyrant, not an advisor; you are demanding obedience, you are not allowing religious feeling and brotherly spirit their due.  Neither reason nor friendship gives you the right to insist.  It is rather the right that a ruler has over [...]

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Speaking Without Knowledge: An Anology

Years ago, and several hours into a road trip in a Muslim country with my family, we were a little confused about the correct path to take. We stopped to ask for directions and got them. We tried to follow them, but they were confusing, so we stopped again. A while later, we stopped yet [...]

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Ali b. Abi Taalib – Allah be pleased with him – said: “Narrate to people what they can understand; do you want Allah and His Messenger to be disbelieved?“
[Quoted by Al-Bukhaari, As-Sahih, Chapter about a person preferring some people with certain knowledge to the exclusion of others.]

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It is reported from the famous worshipper Raabi’ah – Allaah have mercy on her – that she said: “I have never heard the adhaan except that I remember the caller who will announce the Day of Resurrection, and I never see the falling snow except that I imagine the flying pages of the records of [...]

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“The Qur’an does not discuss essentially related matters in separate chapters like what one finds in science or philosophy books but everything is tied together and presented as one unified, related whole.”
[Qutb, Sayyid. Qtd in Zarabozo, How to Approach and Understand the Qur'an, p. 130]

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“Women are in the shade of Islam… and men are in the sunshine.”

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