❝Know that Allah does not do to His slaves except what is good for them; be it something they love or something they loath (a hardship). And Allāh does not remove a decree of hardship from a person until he is pleased with it. When the person becomes pleased with it, Allāh removes it, and it is perhaps for this reason that a period of hardship might extend [because a person is not pleased with Allāh’s Decree]. Thus, whoever wants…
A man reviled Ibn ʿAbbās, so he replied, “You revile me even though I have three traits: When I learn something about an āyah from the Book of Allāh, I wish that everyone would know it too; when I hear about a ruler from the rulers of Muslims who governs justly I become happy, even though I may never have to go to him for a ruling; and when I hear about a rainfall in a land from the lands…
❝The īmān that doesn’t drive a person to the worship of Allāh and His obedience holds no value, just like the ‘īmān’ of iblīs, which did not drive him to the obedience of Allāh but instead he disbelieved and was arrogant and disobedient of his Lord, as Allāh says, And [mention] when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Ādam”; so they prostrated, except for Iblīs. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.❞ -— Sh. Moḥammed at-Tuwaijirī,…
The ‘Akhlāq Ṭālib al-Qurʾān’ is a series we began over a year ago. Under this series we did independent lectures every other month on topics related to Akhlāq. This series was meant to offer supplementary lessons to students of the Qurʾān to facilitate their study. This talk will be the last in the series. The previous talks are all recorded and available to the students who sign up inshāʾAllāh.…