Kindness Towards Opposition
May God be pleased with you. You know that I have never wished a single Muslim to get into any trouble of any sort; then, how can I desire that my friends (scholars and theologians) should come to grief on account of me? I have no complaint, nothing to grumble against anyone; on the contrary, I have a greater love and respect for them all- for their learning and status as they verily deserve.
If someone opposes another man, he is either a scholar and man of principle, or an evil-hearted wrong-doer and a sinner. In the former case he deserves our thanks and a goodly return from God; and, if he falls in the latter category one needs to pray for his redemption as well as for me and all the believers.
I do not want that anyone should be avenged for my sufferings or for leveling false allegations against me, for, I have already forgiven every one of them. I desire the well-being of every Muslim- the same as I desire for myself. All those persons who discredited me or deposed false evidence against me or caused trouble for me are not the least accountable so far as I am concerned; no responsibility lies upon them on my score.
—Ibn Taymiyyah [d. 728H/1328CE] in a letter to Syria after his prison release
(Read on pg 43-44, Sayyed Abul Hasan ‘Ali Nadwi, Shaikh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah Life and Achievements. UK Islamic Academy. Leicester:2005.)
In The First Name of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful. Inal Humdolilah WasalatuWasalam Ala Rasool lilah Salal Lahu Alehy Wasalam
Friday 2 March 2012
Nations Stand Upon Their Morals
Nations Stand Upon Their Morals
Nations are nothing but morals:
If their moral disappear, they disappear.
—Hafiz Ibrahim (poet)
(Read on pg 5, Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Ajurri, The Character of the Bearers and People of the Qur’an. Al-Quran Society. London: 2002.)
Nations are nothing but morals:
If their moral disappear, they disappear.
—Hafiz Ibrahim (poet)
(Read on pg 5, Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Ajurri, The Character of the Bearers and People of the Qur’an. Al-Quran Society. London: 2002.)
Capital of the Believer
Capital of the Believer
The capital of the believer is his religion, it is always with him, he does not leave it behind when on a journey and neither does he entrust it to another.
—Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]
(Read on pg 37, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2009.)
The capital of the believer is his religion, it is always with him, he does not leave it behind when on a journey and neither does he entrust it to another.
—Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]
(Read on pg 37, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2009.)
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