Al-Uthaymeen: The Combination of Peace and Blessings in Dua for the Prophet ﷺ

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Ibn al-Uthaymeen (may Allah have Mercy on him) said:

The combination of sending Peace and Blessings (in supplication) upon the Prophet has a marvelling secret:

Blessings: the supplicant is asking for something to be given to him - praise.  

Peace: the supplicant is asking for something to be diverted from him – harm.

Sharh al-Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah, 1/46   

Ibn al-Jawzi: Make a Pledge to Pray for Blessings upon Him

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قال ابن الجوزي - رحمه الله - : " عباد الله تَعاهَدُوا الصَّلاة على حبيبنا مُحَمَّد ﷺ لِأن الله تَعالى إذا أرادَ بِعَبْدِهِ خيرا يسر لِسانه للصَّلاة على مُحَمَّد ﷺ". بستان الواعظين ورياض السامعين ١/ ٣٠٠

Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

Servants of Allah! Make a pledge to pray for blessings upon our beloved Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), because Allah (The Most High) – if he wants good for His servant, He will make easy on his tongue the supplication of blessings upon Muhammad. End quote.

Bustan al-Waa’itheen wa Riyaadh as-Saami;een, 1/300

Al-Usaymi: Be Warned of an Illusion

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A mirage creates an image for man that there is water in the desert, but when they look for it - they don’t find it. Perhaps they even die because of it. Most today, have mirages in all of their affairs. His conjecture is pulling him. His imagination is deceiving him. As a result, his life is corrupted - except for whom my Lord has Mercy on. So be careful of a pursuit in which behind it is actually a deceiving mirage.

Shaykh Saaleh bin Abdullah al-Usaymi (may Allah preserve him)

Member of the Panel of Senior Scholars, Teacher in both the Harams of Makkah and al-Madeenah.

Bin Baz and Our Obligation to Earthquakes

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Shaykh Abdul-Azeez bin Baaz (may Allah have Mercy on him) said:

It is obligatory after earthquakes - and other distasters such as eclipses, winds, floods etc. - that we hasten to make Tawbah with Allah (the Glorified), show weakness to Him and ask Him for Protection; to increase in Dhikr and Istighfar. 

This is how he said (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) about the eclipse:

"If you see it, hasten to the Dhikr of Allah, supplicate to Him and make Istighfar with Him."

Majmoo Fatawaa of Ibn Baaz, 9/150-152

Ibn Umar whilst on Mount as-Safa

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Reported by Imam Malik bin Anas on the authority of Nafi that he heard Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be Pleased with him)[1], whilst he was ascended on Mount as-Safa, supplicating::

 

.اللهم إنك قلت : (ادعوني أستجب لكم) و إنك لا تخلف الميعاد

 

O Allah! You said, "Call upon me, I will respond to you" (40:60) and you do not fail on your promises!

وإني أسألك كما هديتني للإسلام  أن لا تنزعه مني حتى تتوفاني وأنا مسلم

And I ask you, just like you guided me to al-Islam, that you do not remove it from me until I die whilst I am still Muslim.

Muwatta of Imam Malik, 1091

 

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[1] Imam an-Nawawi said this narration is on the condition of the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) [al-Majmoo’ 8/68] and is known with the scholars of Hadeeth as “The Golden Chain”

Al-Uthaymeen: Allah Cares About you More than You Care for Yourself

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لأنّ الله سبحانه وتعالىٰ يُقْبِل على عبده أكثر مما يُقْبِل العبد على ربه

That is because, Allah - the Glorified, the Most High - turns to His servant more than the servant turns to his lord.

-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saaleh al-Uthaymeen (Allah have Mercy on him)

al-Usaymi: Destitute servants of the Dunya

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Destitute servants of the Dunya:

They wander around her. They seek to irrigate what is lost within her. They befriend those who love her. Their enemies are those who have abandoned her. If something from her is brought close, they are ecstatic. But if they are veiled from her, they are depressed. Surrounding them is subservience. Worries cover them. They are not pleased with a flower from her except what follows is heartbreak. 

-Shaykh Saaleh bin Abdillah al-Usyami (Allah preserve him)

Member of Committee of Senior Scholars, teacher in both Harams in Makkah and in al-Madeenah