Warning beware

Praise be to Allah and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone with no partner with Him. I also bear witness that Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger. Of the reprehensible qualities that the lawgiver warned the people against is begging the people for money. The meaning is to ask the people for their money or needs without necessity or a pressing need because that means lowering one’s dignity to other than Allah. Allah (Exalted be He) says: “(Charity is) for Fuqarâ’ (the poor), who in Allâh’s [...]

Disbelief In Allah And Lack of The True Faith  Since the true faith fills the heart with comfort, security, reassurance and contentment, and makes man feel that he has strong relationship with Almighty Allah, Who alone is the Creator of man and everything visible and invisible and knows best what achieves man's well-being and happiness. Therefore, one of the biggest barriers to real happiness both in this world and the Hereafter is the rejection of Allah’s true religion (i.e., Islam). Those who lack correct belief and stray from Divine Guidance revealed to mankind through the Universal and Last Messenger of Allah, [...]

Ibn Mas'ood (radiyAllahu 'anhumaa) narrates that Allah's Messenger (salAllahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) said: “There is to be no envy except with regard to two[1]: A man whom Allah has given wealth which he strives to spend righteously, and a man to whom Allah has given the Wisdom (i.e. the Qur'an) and he acts according to it and teaches it to others.” If he were to have envy of the people he would hope for their downfall in order to satisfy the pride that he has in himself, his vanity and the conceitedness of his mind. So he (the Muslim) knows that envy [...]

Narrated by Abu-Dhar (radhyAllahu ‘anhu): The Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: “Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) said: O My slaves! I have forbidden injustice for Myself, so it is forbidden amongst you. So, do not be unjust to each other. O My slave! All of you are liable to go astray except the one whom I guide on the right path. So (always) seek guidance from Me, I will guide you. O My slave! All of you are hungry except the one whom I feed. So ask Me for food. I shall feed you. O My slave! All of you are [...]

Purity of intention is essential in all deeds. Narrated Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him): I heard Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) saying: “The first of the people whose case will be decided on the Day of Judgment will be a man who died as a martyr. He will be brought forth. Allah will make him know about His blessings (which He had bestowed on him in the world). The man will acknowledge them. Then Allah will ask him: What did you do with them? He will say: I fought in Your way until I died as a [...]

Scholar Ibn Battal said: The emergence of earthquakes and signs are threats from Allah to people. Allah (may He be Exalted) says: "And We sent not the signs except to warn, and to make them afraid (of destruction). Qatadah said: Allah (may He be Exalted) frightens people of whatever signs He wants perhaps they may take a lesson, a heed, remember, and return to Him. It was mentioned to us that Kufa quivered in the time of Ibn Mas`ud, thereupon he said: "O people, your Lord asks you to seek forgiveness, so do it." Abu Moses (may Allah be pleased with [...]

In the Qur’an, Allah does not declare war on anyone except the people who deal in riba (interpretation of the meaning): “O you who believe! Be afraid of Allah and give up what remains (due to you) of riba (from now onward), if you are (really) believers. And if you do not do it, then take a message of war from Allah and His Messenger.” [Surah al-Baqarah 2:278-279] This is sufficient to explain the abhorrence of this deed in the sight of Allah, may He be glorified. One may easily discern the extent of devastation, at the individual and the international level, caused by dealing [...]

In general, Muslims are among the most fearful of evoking envy of any people in the world, as we know the great dangers and problems caused by it from the Qur'an and Sunnah. In the Middle East, for example, one can walk down any street to see a vast array of amulets, charms, and invocations designed to keep the "evil-eye" at bay. (It goes without saying, there is no basis from the Qur'an or the Sunnah for any of these charms and amulets, May Allah protect us) Envy  comes to  us  when  we  see  something  in  another person that we wish [...]