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The Excellence of the Remembrance of Allah

Imam Al-Nawawi’s Riyad-us-SaliheenChapter 244The Excellence of the Remembrance of Allah Allah, the Exalted, says: “And the remembering (praising) of (you by) Allah (in front of the angels) is greater indeed [than your remembering (praising) of Allah in prayers]” (29:45) “Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying). I will remember you.” (2:152)…

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Testing, Afflictions and Calamities

Dr Saleh As-Saleh Al-Hamdulillaah (all praise is due to Allaah), the Most High, the One who said (in the translation of the meaning): وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَأُولَٰئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۖ…

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The Excellence of the One Who has Mercy upon the People

Imam AbdurRahman bin Nasr as-Sa’adiTranslated By Abbas Abu Yahya From Jareer bin Abdullaah –Radi Allaahu anhu– who said: the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– said: ‫من لا يرحم الناس لا يرحمه الله ‘Whoever does not have mercy upon the people then Allaah does not have mercy upon him.’ Collected by Bukhari &…

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From those Mannerisms that are Obligatory with Allaah Ta’ala

Taken from ‘Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah’By the Muhaddith, Shaykh, Allamaa’ Muhammad Nasir uddeen al-AlbaaniTranslated by Abbas Abu Yahya From those Mannerisms that are Obligatory with Allaah 136 – From Qateelah bint Seefee a woman from Juhaynah who said: ‘Indeed a monk came to the Prophet –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– and said: ‘You people commit Shirk! You say…

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Good Manners when Dealing with the Creation

Bismillaah, wal-hamdulilaah, was-salaatu was-salaamu ‘alaa rasoolillaah,as Salaamu ‘Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh Good Manners when Dealing with the Creationby  Shaikh Muhammad bin Saalih Al-‘UthaimeenMakaarim-ul- Akhlaaq (pg. 23-31) – Al-Ibaanah.com As for having good manners with the creation, then some of them have defined it as withholding abuse, extending kindness and having a cheerful countenance. This…

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If it is said to you, “Who is your Lord?

Imaam Muhammad ibn ‘Abdil-Wahhaab (rahimahullaah) said: فإذا قيلَ لكَ: مَنْ رَبُّكَ؟ فقلْ ربي اللهُ الذي ربّاني ورَبَّى جميعَ العالمينَ بنعمِهِ So if it is said to you, “Who is your Lord?”, then say, “My Lord is Allaah who nurtured me and all of the creation with His favours.”2 [2]: Shaykh Fawzan’s Explanation:…

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Who is Allah?

Some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word “Allah“. For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews. This is totally false, since “Allah” is simply the Arabic word for “God”…

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