salamu `alaykum
The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
لو تعلمون ما أعلم لضحكتم قليلا ولبكيتم كثيرا
“Verily, if you knew what I know you would laugh less and weep more.”
(Bukhari, Kitab al Riqaq #6004)
Ibn Hajar `Asqalani (Allah have mercy on him) states in his Fath al Bari:
والمراد بالعلم هنا ما يتعلق بعظمة [...]
salamu `alaykum
I recall an incident my close friend related to me, which was the main inspiration behind this post, wherein he was pulled out of his prayer and lectured against harshly merely due to the fact that his pants were not above his ankles. Talk about extreme measures… but the reality is that such [...]
salamu `alaykum
One of the most beautiful examples I came across that showed the rank and perfection of the Beloved of Allah (May our lives be sacrificed for him) was the immense insight that the hadith master Ibn Hibban mentioned while explaining the narration:
[ 409 ] أخبرنا عبد الله بن صالح البخاري ببغداد حدثنا الحسن [...]
salamu `alaykum
The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
“Do not curse my companions. If any of you were to spend the weight of Uhud in gold, it still would not reach the measure (mudd) of one of them nor even one-half of it.”
(Bukhari, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah from Abi Sa`id, [...]
Answered by Sayyidi Shaykh Faraz Rabbani (Seekersdigest)
Question:
Some learned scholars say that there is “blatant shirk” in many parts of the Qasida Burda–that it goes against Allah’s Oneness of Lordship, His Oneness in Names & Attributes, and also His Oneness in Divinity…
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah’s peace and [...]
It is narrated in a hadith qudsi that Allah says:
كل حسنة بعشر أمثالها إلى سبع مائة ضعف إلا الصيام فهو لي وأنا أجزي به
“Every good action is rewarded by ten times its kind, up to seven hundred times, except fasting, which is for Me, and I reward it.”
(Narrated in the Sunan of Tirmidhi [...]
Salamu `Alaykum
It is narrated on the authority Sayyidina Abu Hurayra (Allah be well-pleased with him) that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
حدثنا يحيى بن أيوب وقتيبة وابن حجر قالوا حدثنا إسمعيل وهو ابن جعفر عن أبي سهيل عن أبيه عن [...]
Note: This is a matter of the Prophetic merit (fadha’il), rank, and haqiqa and not strictly an aspect of `aqida.
Hakim al Ummah Maulana Ashraf `Ali Thanawi (May Allah santify his secret) said in his wa`az entitled Al Surur, which was initially a lecture delivered on the 12th of Rabi` al Awwal, 1333 Hijri, [...]
It was reported from Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik (Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
حدثنا إسحق بن إبراهيم ومحمد بن يحيى بن أبي عمر ومحمد بن بشار جميعا عن الثقفي قال ابن أبي عمر حدثنا [...]
Comment previously made in “Love of the Messenger of Allah”:
salaamu ‘alykum,sidi would you know the exact hadith (preferably in arabic or a reference) where a bedouin asks the Prophet sallallahu alyhi wasallam about the Last Hour. and then he sallallahu alyhi wasallam responds by saying “what have you prepared for it?”. the bedouin then responds [...]
