The Prophet ﷺ summed up warʿ (piety) in one sentence, ❝Part of perfection of one’s Islām is to leave that which does not concern him.❞ This includes leaving all that does not concern one, from speech, to sight, to hearing, to walking, to thinking — and everything else from what is apparent to what is not. — Imām Ibn al-Qayyim. [Shoutout to all my fellow over thinkers. Stop. 🙉]…
Nahī ʿan al-munkar (forbidding what is wrong) is strongly attached to īmān; your level of īmān will determine your ability (or lack thereof) to forbid evil – even if it is a simple disapproval of something in your heart. In a Ḥadīth, “Whosoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do…
When Mūsā ʿalayhis salām entered the land of Madyan, after barely just escaping wrongful persecution from Firʿawn et al., he comes across a body of water surrounded by herders and their cattle. Nearby, but still at a distance, he spots two young women struggling with their herd. He approaches them and asks, ما خطبكما؟ ❝What is your circumstance?❞ (Or if we were to look at my favourite translation of this verse: “What aileth you?”) From just two words in a…
In sūrah al-Qalam we learn about a group of companions who owned a garden. The story is as follows; the garden was initially owned by a generous man. During seasons of harvest, he would divide the income into three portions: one to spend on his family, one to store, and one to give in charity to the poor and the needy. When he passed away, the garden was inherited by his children, who, sadly, did not hold the same values…