Gems of Sunnah | جواهر السنة

Ibn Qayyim رحمه الله said: "Come forth to enter upon Allah and to reside near to Him in the abode of peace, without hardship, fatigue, or trouble, but rather by taking the shortest and simplest of paths. You are in a moment between two moments, which in reality is your lifetime, it is your present moment between the past and the future: What has passed, you can repair with repentance, remorse, and seeking forgiveness, and this requires no physical labor or hardship, nor the struggle of arduous work. It is, rather, only an act of the heart. And for what is to come, you abstain from sins. Your abstaining is simply withholding and resting; it is not an action with limbs whose endurance requires hardship, but rather it is to have a firm resolution and intention that brings ease to your body, heart, and inner-self. So, what has passed, you rectify with repentance, and what is to come, you rectify with abstinence, resolution, and intention. There is no physical hardship or fatigue in these two matters. But the real issue concerns your life, which is the time between those two periods; if you waste it, you lose your happiness and salvation, and if you preserve it, along with rectifying the times before and after it as mentioned, you achieve salvation and gain rest, pleasure, and bliss. Preserving it is more difficult than rectifying what is before and after it; as preserving it means committing yourself to what is most appropriate and beneficial for it and what most effectively procures its happiness. In this, people vary greatly. It is, by Allah, your current days in which you gather provisions for your hereafter; either to Paradise or to Hell. If you take them as a path to your Lord, you will reach the ultimate happiness and the greatest success in this brief period, which is insignificant compared to eternity. But if you prefer desires, comforts, frivolities, and play, they will swiftly pass away from you and result in enduring great pain, which is more difficult, harder, and longer-lasting than the struggle of patience in abstaining from Allah's prohibitions, being patient in His obedience, and opposing desires for His sake." Taken from “Fleeing to Allāh: The Salaf & the Journey of Inner Growth” Translated by: Abū Suhailah ʿUmar Quinn

Gatherings Of The Righteous ‏ Al-Hafidh Ibn Al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] [D. 751 A.H.] said: "Gatherings of the righteous transfers six to six: 1 - From doubt to certainty ‏ 2 - From Riyaa [showing off] to Ikhlaas 3 - From negligence to remembrance ‏ 4 - From desiring the Duniyaa [worldly life] to desiring the Hereafter ‏ 5 - From pride to humility ‏ 6 - From a bad intention to giving advise." [Igatha Al Lahafaan, (1/136) | Trans: Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]

Sunnah actions of Jumu'ah: • Taking a Ghusl • Perfuming oneself (for the men) • Wearing your best/clean clothes • Using the Miswaak • Going to the Masjid early • Reciting Soorah Al-Kahf (18) • Sending salutations upon the Prophet • Seeking the hour when Du'aa is accepted @manhajulhaqq

Al-Allamah Muqbil al-Wadi'ī ‏ رحمه الله said, "Read the biographies of our Salaf al-Salih so you can see how they abstained from the pleasures of this world and remained distant from it. When you read that, you will become pleased with what Allah has alloted for you." Qam' al-Mu'anid (157) | Translation: SunnahPublishing

"Constantly remember Allāh in every situation, with the tongue, the heart, and the actions. The person will attain Allāh’s love in accordance with his remembrance of Allāh." Book: One Hundred Pieces of Advice by Imām Ibn al-Qayyim, Page 9 | Translated by Rasheed Barbee.

Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen said: Sickness of the heart; (and protection is sought from Allah) it brings about corruption in one’s worldly life and after life. If the heart becomes sick with doubt, polytheism, hypocrisy or a dislike for what Allah has revealed, or hatred towards Allah’s allies, or with anything that is similar to that, then indeed (as a result of that) his worldly life and after life will end up in ruin. Therefore, it is binding upon you whenever you ask for well-being to bring to mind that you’re asking (for both) well-being against illness of the heart as well as illness of the body. Sharh Ar-Riyaadhus Saaliheen Volume 6 Page 21 Translated by Abu Arwa Ali bin Mushtaq Mir

"Know that the heart of a person of sound mind cannot be free of sadness, because he remembers his previous sins, therefore becomes sad, he thinks about his negligence, reflects on what the scholars and the righteous have said and as a result he becomes sad for not taking heed." - Ibn al-Jawzee (Disciplining the soul, Page 69); Translated by: Aymaan ibn Khaalid, Daar as-Sunnah Publishers.

Books Of Innovation 💥 Ibn al-Qayyim: "Books containing innovation and falsehood must be destroyed. In fact, they are more worthy of being destroyed than the vessels containing alcohol, since the danger of these books is much more severe than the danger of those vessels." Al-Țuruq al-Hukmiyyah, pg 235 | Trans: Musa Shaleem

Honoring the rights of brotherhood The Great Imām, Yazid bn Abi Habib Al-Mişrī said: "I do not allow any brother of mine to get angry at me twice. Rather, I look into that which he dislikes and I abandon it." [Tadhkirah Al-Huffadh (1/98); Ta rikh Al-Islām (8/305); Both By Al-Hāfidh Adh-Dhahabi | Tweeted By Shaykh Abdullah Al-Bukhāri | Translated by RPubs Editorial]

Awaiting You is the Grave Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Salmān said: I heard my father say: I heard Malik ibn Dinar say: "How strange it is that one who knows that death is his destination and that the grave is his final abode, how then can his eyes be comforted by this world? And how can he enjoy life in it?” He (Malik) then cried until he fainted. [Sifat al-Safwa 2-164 | Trans: Abu Firdaus 'Abdur-Rahmān al-Ghāni]

Ibn Baz: Removing the Eyes or Nose from a Picture Is Not Enough For the most recently edited version of this translation, please see: tasfiyah.com/ibn-baz-removing-the-eyes-or-nose-from-a-picture-is-not-enough/

Is You Duaa Not Being Answered? قال يحيى بن معاذ: " لا تستبطئ الإجابة وقد سددت طريقها بالذنوب". سير أعلام النبلاء (15/13) Yahya bin Mu'aath (Allah have mercy upon him) said: "Don't think the response (to your prayer) is taking too long when you have blocked its way with sins" Siyar A'laam An-Nubalaa 15/13 | Trans: moosaa Richardson

Imaam Maalik ‏ رحمه الله (d. 179H) said: "How evil are the people of innovation, we do not give them salaam." [al-Baghawee in Sharh us-Sunnah (1/234) | Trans: Ar-risaalah Publications]