Morals and Manners – ‘Akhlaaq’

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Al-Allaamah Rabee Bin Haadi Al-Mad’khali [may Allaah preserve him] said: O brothers! I warn you against harbouring intentions of seeking after the Dunyah, its status and authority in the affair of learning and seeking knowledge, because indeed (knowledge of the religion) is worshi…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Allaah [The Exalted] said: [وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا – And it is He Who has created man from water, and has appointed for him kindred by blood, and kindred by marriage. And your Lord is Ever All-Powerful to d…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Make Sure That You Are Absolutely Certain That This Person Is Not One Concealing Facts Regardless His Speech, Efforts or Transmissions of Knowledge Umm Salamah [may Allaah be pleased with her] reported that Allaah’s Messenger [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said, “Ind…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Allaah [The Most High] said: [ وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ – Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa [virtue, righteousness and piety]; but do not help one another in sin and transgression. [5:2] Imaam Ibnul Q…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Imaam Ibnul Qayyim [may Allaah have mercy upon him] stated: Righteousness of the heart and its steadfastness upon the path leading to Allaah’s (good Pleasure) depends on its complete devotion to Allaah [The Most High]. The heart cannot be rectified except through turning completel…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Allaah [The Exalted] said: [وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ – But honour, power and glory belong to Allaah, His Messenger (Muhammad), and to the believers]. [Surah Al- Munaafiqoon’ Aayah 8] Al-Allaamah Rabee Bin Haadi Al-Mad’khali [may Allaah preserve him] s…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Allaah [The Exalted] said: فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَٮٰهُ رَبُّهُ ۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُ ۥ وَنَعَّمَهُ ۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَٮٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُ ۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah [may Allaah have mercy upon him] said: Indeed, it known from the religion of Islam by necessity that the Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] did not legislate for the righteous of his Ummah, the devout worshippers and the Zuhhaad (i.e…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Recently, some educationists have raised concerns about sex education in some schools and that children are being taught sex education lessons that have no basis in any reputable scientific biological explanation, such as the claim that there are 100 genders (see footnote a). This…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. When our elder teachers visit the scholars, neither do they seek to rewrite history nor make it seem as if their visit is more important than that of others; neither making it seem as if their visit is a revival of something abandoned nor seeking to inflate the importance of their…