Sahabas & others

Al Hafidh al Mizzi states in Tahdeeb al Kamaal: 11/194: Yahya ibn Yayha an Naysaboori said: “I was with Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah when a man approached him and said: “O Abu Muhammad, I came to complain to you about my wife, I am the most lowly and disliked of things …

Ar-Rashid, a first century ruler, once said to Al-Fudayl bin Iyaad, “Admonish me.” “O Leader of the believers!” said Al-Fudayl, “Indeed your grandfather, Al-Abbaas, the uncle of the Prophet, once went to the Prophet and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, appoint me to be a leader.’ The Messenger of Allah …

It is reported that a man was closely watching Bishr As-Sulaimi (radhiAllahu anhu), who was prolonging his prayer and performing it well. When Bishr completed his prayer, he said to the man, “Do not be deceived by what you have seen from me. For indeed, Iblis the Devil – may Allah curse him …

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem In his book, Kitab at-Tawwaabeen, page 285, Ibn Qudaamah al-Maqdisi mentions a young lad that came to the great scholar of Islam, Ibrahim ibn Adham Rahimahullah. This is the conversation that took place between the two: The Young Lad: O Abu Ishaaq, I am wronging my soul, …

When Friends Hurt Each Other From a speech by Muhammad Alshareef One day, Imam Malik entered Masjid An-Nabawi after Asr, and sat down towards the front of the masjid. RasulAllah sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam had commanded that anyone who enters the masjid should not sit until he first prays …

In Sahih Muslim (Book #001, Hadith #0361), Ibn Masood narrates from RasulAllah sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam the warming story of the last man to escape Hellfire: “His crawl away from Hellfire is filled with his face sliping into the dirt, a tremoring walk, and a fire that licks him …

In the book, Muslim Judges of Andalus, Abu Al-Hasan Ibn Abdullaah Al-Maaliqee recounts a story about a great scholar of our Ummah : Muhammad ibn At-Tayyib Abu Bakr Al-Baaqillaanee (d. 1013). Let’s spend a moment in his sandals, so that we may feel the power that Islam had in the …

An interesting story related about Dinaar al-‘Ayaar. Dinaar had a righteous mother who would constantly advise him to repent for his wayward, sinful existence, but as much as she tried, her words had no positive effect on him whatsoever. Then, one day, as he was walking by a graveyard, he …

Hadhrat ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz (RA), surnamed “Al-Khalifat-us-Saleh” (The pious Caliph) was the son of ‘Abdul ‘Aziz, the Governor of Egypt, and his mother, Umm-i-Aasim was the grand daughter of the Caliph ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA). ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz (RA), the pious caliph, in his last sermon said: “O …

This is the story of the pious, mystic, Faqhi, intellectual and ascetic, Salman the Persian. He grew up in the town of Isfahan in Persia, in the village of Jayyan. His father was the Dihqan (chief) of the village. He was the richest person there and had the biggest house. …