Archive for October, 2006

Transliteration:
Allaahum-maj’al hub-baka `ahab-bal ash-yaa`i ilaiya, waj’al khash-yataka akh-wafal ash-yaa`i ‘indee, waqta’ ‘an-nee haajatid-dun-yaa bish-shaoqi ilaa liqaa`ika. Wa idhaa aqrarta a’yuna ahlid-dun-yaa min dun-yaahum, faqrir ‘ainee min ‘ibaadatika.

“O Allah,make my love for You the most beloved thing to me,and my fear for You the most fearful thing to me,
and remove from me all worldly needs and [...]

Humble yourself.

“Humble yourself, you will be as a glimmering star to the viewer on the surface of the water even if it is lofty.”

Sahl ibn `Abdallah said, “Only a sincere person knows about ostentation; only a believer knows about hypocrisy; only a man of learning knows about ignorance; and only a man who obeys God knows what it is to disobey Him.”

Ibnul Jawzi said, “The sign of completion of the mind is high aspiration, for he who is satisfied with low aspiration is disgraceful, and I didn’t see a severer shortcoming than that of people who are capable of completion yet don’t aspire for it.”

The order of `Umrah that she gave to
her husband to stand and worship

Ibn al-Jawzi mentioned that `Umrah, the wife of Habib al `Ajami awoke at night while he was sleeping, so she woke him at dawn and said to him, ‘Get up! The night has gone and the day has come and in front [...]

The order
`Aa’ishah
gave her brother to perfect his ablution

`Abdur-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr once came to his sister, The Mother of the Believers, `A’ishah as-Siddiqah and made wudu’ at her place, and she ordered him to perfect his ablution.
Imam Muslim related from Salim, the servant of Saddad that he said, ‘I came to `A’ishah, the [...]

The condemnation that
`Aa’ishah
made of wearing anklets on the legs of a sick person in order to cure the illness

Once the Mother of the Believers, `Aa’ishah, treated a child with an ulcer and she saw anklets on his legs and condemned it.
Imam al-Hakim ibn Bakr related that his mother related to him, “That she [...]

The Aunt of `Adi ibn Hatim

When the forces of the Messenger of Allah approached the land of Tayyi’, `Adi ibn Hatim fled out of his fear of the Messenger of Allah and the religion of Islam. His aunt was the guarantor of the prisoners who were brought before the Messenger of Allah salAllahu `alayhi wa [...]

Umm Hakim

Umm Hakim bint al-Harith, the wife of `Ikramah ibn Abu Jahl accepted Islam on the day of the Conquest of Makkah. Her husband had already fled to Yemen. The Prophet salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam ordered his death because of the actions he carried out against Islam and the Muslims.
She requested his safe passage from [...]

Umm Sulaym

The Order Umm Sulaym Gave to Her Son to Say La Ilaha Ilallah
Imam ibn Sa`d related from Ishaq ibn `Abdullah who related from his grandmother that when she believed in the Messenger of Allah salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam, she said, ‘And so Abu Anas arrived – he had been absent – and said, ‘Have [...]