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Thursday 24 November 2011

What is the matter with me? When I lose a chicken I feel concerned

Ibn Taymiyah said:
أجعلت محتسباً على الفتوى؟ فقلت له يكون على الخبازين والطباخين محتسب ولا يكون على الفتوى محتسب؟

“Some of them said to me: “You placed someone to supervise the issuing of Fatwas?” I said: “The bakers and cooks have someone overseeing them, yet there should not be anyone to oversee Fatwas?!”

["Ilaam al-Muwaqien", 4/166].

Al-Qurtubi al-Maliki said:
“Our scholars have said that ransoming the prisoners with money is wajib (obligatory), even if one dirham does not remain in the Islamic Treasury”.
["Al-Jaami li Ahkam Al-Qur'an", 2/26].

Ibn Al-Qayyim said:
“Allaah sometimes gives the earth permission to breathe, which is when major earthquakes happen; this makes people feel scared, so they repent, give up sins, pray to Allaah and feel regret [for their sins]. When there had been an earthquake, some of the Salaf said: your Lord is warning you. When Madeenah was struck by an earthquake, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with you) addressed the people and said: if there is another earthquake, I will not stay here with you.”
["Miftah Dar al-Sa'ada", 1/221].
Ibn Mas’ud said:
“And how many people intended good, but did nothing of it?”
["Al-Daarimi", 204].

Yunus bin Abdullah said:
“What is the matter with me? When I lose a chicken I feel concerned, but when I miss the prayer (in congregation), it does not grieve me at all?!”
["Hilyat al Awliyaa", 3/19].

Abdullaah Ibn Mubarak said:“And how often it is that a small action is made great by its intention, and a great action is made small by its intention"


Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali narrated:

It was related that a man said to Haatim al Asam: “You are a non-Arab who cannot speak fluently, but no one has debated you except that you silenced him, so how do you defeat your opponents?” He said: “With three: I am pleased when my opponent is correct, I am sad when he is incorrect, and I preserve my tongue from saying anything that offends him.” Imaam Ahmad stated: “What a wise man he is.”

["Al-Farq bayn al-Nasiha wa'l-Ta'yir"].

Ibn Taymiyah said:
“A scholar who abandons what he has learnt from the Quran and Sunnah and follows a ruler who does not rule in accordance with the teaching of Allah and His Messenger (SAWS) is an apostate and a disbeliever who deserves punishment in this world and the hereafter”.
["Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah", 35/373]

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