The favour of security - if you don't give thanks for it, it will be replaced with fear.
The favour of provisions - if you don't give thanks for it, it will be replaced with hunger.
Likewise, the favour of religion - if you don't give thanks for it, it will be replaced with Kufr.
-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saaleh al-Uthaymeen (may Allah have Mercy on him)
Look at the most simpliest Adhkar (remembrances) - they are from the easiest forms of obedience (and good deeds), however, none is assisted to them except for a few.
-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saaleh al-Uthaymeen (Allah have Mercy on him)
Abu Bakr al-Warraaq (d.240) said:
كانت لي بنت مبتلاة،
وكان لها نحو عشر سنين، قال: وكنت أتمنى موتها فماتت،
I had a daughter who was tested with a disability and she
was like this for around ten years. I once said, “I wished she just died” and then
she died.
قال: فأريتها فِي النوم
وكأن القيامة،
He said, "I then saw her in my dream, as if she was standing and the Day of Judgement was taking place.
قامت وكأن صبيانا يأخذون
بأيدي آبائهم فِيدخلونهم الجنة،
She stood up as if she was one of those children who would
take the hand of her parent and lead them to Jannah.
قال: فقلت لبنتي: خذي
بيدي ادخليني الجنة،
So I said to my daughter, 'Take my hand and lead me to
Jannah.'
قال: فقالت لي: لا أنت
كنت تتمنى موتي!
She said to me, 'No, you wished for my death.'”
Tareekah Baghdaad, 6/212
Al-Hasan al-Basri (Allah have Mercy on him) said:
أهينوا الدنيا، فوالله لأهنأ ما تكون إذا أهنتها
Belittle the Dunya. For by Allah! We would be happy as long as we belittle her.
Musannaf bin Abi Shaybah, 35306
I hate you for the sake of Allah. You beautify your voice (in Athaan) for the sake of Dirhams.
Fath al-Baari of Ibn Rajab (4/430)
Question: may Allah grant you with goodness, what is the ruling on a person shouting "Takbeer" and the people behind him say Allahu Akbar in unison - as they do during protests? Is this action an innovation?
Answer: There is no basis for this.
Allah (the Exalted and Glorified) said:
“Do not obey those who’s heart is negligent with Our Remembrance
and follows his own desires and his affairs are lost” [18:28]
This is the case for many people today, with great regret.
Allah has closed their hearts in remembering Him, so they followed their
desires and their affairs are lost. They spend hours, rather days, and they haven’t
achieved anything.
-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saaleh al-Uthaymeen (Allah have Mercy on him)
