Reminders Benefit the Believers

[bintamina]

Some of the Salaf said,

"Whoever had a single instance in his lifetime which was purely and sincerely for the sake of Allaah, the Exalted, will be saved. And this is due to the greatness of ikhlaas."

[bintamina]

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:

"Ikhlaas is the tawheed of one's intent."

[bintamina]

It is reported from Abu Sulaimaan ad-Daarinee that he said:

Toobaa (the tree in Paradise) for the one who took a single step desiring nothing but the face of Allaah by it.

[bintamina]

It is reported from Ibn Mas'ood (radiallahu 'anhu) that he said,

"Do not learn knowledge for three (things): to amaze and confound the foolish, to argue with the learned, and to make people's faces turn towards you. (But) seek what is with Allaah with your hearts and actions, since only that will remain and whatever is besides it will go."

[craving-jannah]

Shaykh ul Islam, Ibn Taymiyyah said:
“What can my enemies possibly do to me? My paradise is in my heart; wherever I go it goes with me, insepa­rable from me. For me, prison is a place of (religious) retreat; ex­ecution is my opportunity for martyrdom; and exile from my town is but a chance to travel.”

[SagalShirdon]

Sufyan ibn 'Uyainah (d.197H) (rh) said:
"The Sunnah is ten.Whosoever accepts them has completed the Sunnah and whoever abandons anything from them, has abandoned the Sunnah;
1) affirming al-Qadr (predestination ),
2) Giving precedence to AbuBakr and Umar
3) The Pond in Paradise
4) Shafaa (Intercession)
5) The Scales,
6) The Bridge over Hellfire
7) Emaan is statement and action
8) The Quraan is the speech of Allaah
9)Punishment in the Grave
10) Being raised up on the day of Judgement and not testifying that any Muslim will definitely be in Paradise or Hell"

[bintamina]

People have discussed about mahabbah (love of Allaah); its causes and what brings it about, its signs, its fruits, and its rulings. The most comprehensive saying about this is what Abu Bakr al-Kattaanee (d.322H) relates about al-Junayd (d.297H).

Abu Bakr al-Kattaanee (d.322H) said: “A discussion about mahabbah took place in Makkah during the Pilgrimage month. The Shaykh’s who were present spoke about this matter, and al-Junayd was the youngest of them. They said to him: ‘O ‘Iraqi, what do you have to say?’ So he bowed his head and tears were flowing from his eyes, then he said:

‘A servant should overcome his soul;

And be continuous in the remembrance of his Lord;

Establishing the rights of his Lord;

Focusing upon Him with his heart;

The light of fear letting ablaze his heart;

Whilst drinking from the vessel of true love;

And certain realities become unveiled for him.

So when he talks, it is due to Allaah.

When he speaks, it is from Allaah.

When he moves, it is by the Command of Allaah.

And when he is serene, then it is from Allaah.

He belongs to Allaah, is for Allaah, and is with Allaah.’

So the Shaykh’s started to weep and said: ‘How can that be increased upon. May Allaah reward you with good, O crown of the knowledgeable ones!’.”

Taken from: Madaarij-us-Saalikeen, 3/9 (Imaam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah)

[bintamina]

"I have known people and kept company with groups who neither rejoiced when the things of this world came to them, nor grieved when they lost anything in this world. The life of this world was more insignificant to them than dust. One of them might live for a year or for sixty years without ever having a garment that would entirely cover him, and without ever having anything that would come between him and the ground, and without ever having any food that he could ask to be prepared for him in his own home. When night came, they would be on their feet, with their foreheads flat against the earth, tears rolling down their cheeks, secretly calling on Allah to save them on the Day of Judgement. If they did something good, they never stopped being grateful for it, and they were always asking Allah to forgive them for it. By Allah, they were not safe from wrong actions, and were saved only by their constant turning in repentance. May Allah be pleased with them and grant them His mercy..."

al-Hasan al-Basree

[craving-jannah]

Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said, "And we have said more than once, that a righteous man for whom Paradise is tesstified for, he can have sins whihc he has repented from, or which are wiped out by his good deeds, or whish are expiated for by way of calamities, or other than that. For when a Believer sins, there are ten causes that repel the punishment of the Fire from him: Three of them are form him, three are from other people, and four that Allah discloses.

1. Repentance
2. Seeking forgiveness, and
   
3. Righteous deeds that cancel out (the bad deeds).
4. Then the Believers supplicating for him, and
   
5. Presenting righteous actions for him(i.e what is done by the son) and
   
6. The intercession of our Prophet (sw) (for him).
7. And calamities that expiate (sins) for him in the life of the world, and
8. In the Barzarkh, and
9. On the plains on the Day of Judgement, and
10. hen Allaah's forgiveness of him, due to His mercy and favour."
    

Jazakumullahu Khairan to everyone who is contributing to this thread - It's amazing! barakAllahu feekum.

Originally Posted by bintamina

" Do they not reflect upon the Qu`raan? Or are there locks on their hearts?"

Sahih Muslim, no. 6197

This is found in the Qur'an in surat Muhammad, verse 24.

أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا

Perhaps the hadith was quoting this verse?

Please keep them coming, I'm excited for the next installment! : )