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خل الذنوب صغيرها - وكبيرها ذاك التقى

Leave (all) sins, the minor ones and the major ones; that is Tuqā (Taqwā).

واصنع كماش فوق - أرض الشوك يحذر ما يرى

And do as the one walking over a thorny land does, being cautious of what he sees.

لا تحقرن صغيرة - إن الجبال من الحصى

Do not disdain a minor sin as trifling; indeed, mountains are made of pebbles.

[‘Abdullāh ibn Muhammad al-Mu’tazz Billāh ibn al-Mutawakkil — A poet from the ‘Abbāsi era]

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may الله bless you

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May الله have mercy upon the oppressed

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'Abd Allāh (Ibn Ahmad) said:

"My father (Imām Ahmad) was the most patient person when it came to loneliness." He also said: "No one sees my father except in a masjid, funeral or clinic for the sick, and he disliked walking in the markets."

Maymūnī narrated from the Imām: "I see loneliness (to be) more comforting for my heart."

[Al-Adāb ash-Shar'iyyah]

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Ibn Abbās (رضي الله عنه) said:

“Some stones are softer than your hearts.“

[Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr (2:74)]

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Imām Al-Awzā'ī said:

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا بَيَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْمُعَافَى بْنَ عِمْرَانَ، عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ قَالَ: كَانَ يُقَالُ:

“There will come a time, when the rarest things will be:

«يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَقَلُّ شَيْءٍ فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ

A sociable brother,

أَخٌ مُؤْنِسٌ،

A dirham from permissible work,

أَوْ دِرْهَمٌ مِنْ حَلَالٍ،

An action upon the Sunnah.”

أَوْ عَمَلٌ فِي سُنَّةٍ»

Imām Aḥmad, Az-Zuhd #964 1/142

أحمد إبن حنبل، الزهد #٩٦٤ ١/١٤٢

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maybe if I got married, I’d actually have a friend

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a common type of self-worship is probated today. You’ll hear phrases such as self-confidence or to be self-sufficient.

this is an inherent evil, as الله Alone is the only one that is Self-sufficient, independent of all needs.

ٱلْغَنيُّ

We are in need of Him at all times.

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It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrī (رحمه الله) said:

Verily, you will find the believer (muʾmin) consistent time after time, upon one way, showing the same face; whereas] you will find the hypocrite (munāfiq) changing colours, trying to be like everyone around him, running with every wind.

Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-ʿIlm #1936

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need to get some reading done

Ibn Al Qayyim’s works are so good

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might have to marry a woman who has curly hair and is also taller, so that the chances of me having taller children with curly hair increases

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Ibn Rajab, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

“O you who wasted his life in vain! Make up for what you missed on the Night of Decree, for it is counted as part of your lifespan.”

[Latā’if al-Ma’ārif (350)]

:‎قال ابن رجب -رحمه الله

‎يا مَن ضاعَ عمرهُ في لَا شَيء! اسْتَدْرك ما فَاتَكَ في ليلة القدر فَإنَّهَا تُحْسَبُ بِالعُمر

‎[لطائفُ المعارف]

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Final Nights of Ramadan (poem) by Ibn Rajab Al Hanbali (رحمه الله)

The years have past so carelessly and in jest and in loss

How much have I lost from what I spent in the days throughout my life

What do I have to say about my loss in my life, is there any excuse?

How much have we been heedless of the duty of praise and gratefulness [to Allah

Did Allah not choose us for a special month, and what a month it sure is

A month in which Ar-Rahman revealed the best of all speech

Is it like any month? in it is the Night of Decree

How many narrations have come authentic about the reward in that night

We have been informed through the trustworthy that's it is to be sought on the odd nights

Glad tidings to the one who seeks it in the last ten nights

In it the Angels descend with light and with mercy

And he [Allah] has said {Peace it is until the rise of dawn} [Al-Qadr:57]

So secure it, indeed it is from the most precious of those things saved

How many are freed in it from the fire yet they don't know.

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the few brothers I do know, those that I get to chat to here and there, are overwhelmingly positive, they have reassured me at many stages before, but I often overlook it all as I feel as if they’re saying it for the sake of it.

“Oh, you’re 6’3, you’re young, you’re good looking, you come from a good home, you still have your parents, you’re educated, you have established yourself in the foundations of the deen, you drive, you have a car.”

It did make me step back and realise how blessed I truly am, but still the negativity seems to take over, this is parallel with the strangeness of Islam in our times. Very strange

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Hudhayfah رضي الله عنه was asked:

“What is the worst fitnah?” He replied, “That good and evil is presented to you and you do not know which of them to follow.”

[Ibn Abī Shaybah, Al Musannaf, Kitab Al-Fitan, article 38565.]

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missing this one brother, he used to contact me every single day, when he couldn’t get through to me he’d contact my younger brother asking about me

may الله ease his affairs and bless him

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the bond of blood is strong, but the bond of tawhīd is stronger