So and So has become misguided

Beautiful advice from al-Allaamah Abdul 'Azeez Ibn Baaz (rahimahullah)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

كلام يسطر بماء الذهب

وصية ثمينة من عالم رباني:

قيل للشيخ ابن باز رحمه الله:

ياشيخ ، فلان انتكس، قال الشيخ :

لعل انتكاسته من أمرين :

إما أنه لم يسأل الله الثبات ، أو أنه لم يشكر الله على الإستقامة،

فحين اختارك الله لطريق هدايته،

ليس لأنك مميز أو لطاعةٍ منك ،

بل هي رحمة منه شملتك ،

قد ينزعها منك في أي لحظة ،

لذلك لا تغتر بعملك ولا بعبادتك

ولا تنظر باستصغار لمن ضلّ عن سبيله

فلولا رحمة الله بك لكنت مكانه .

أعيدوا قراءة هذه الآية بتأنٍّ

{ ولولا أن ثبتناك لقد كدت تركن إليهم شيئا قليلا}

إياك أن تظن أن الثبات على الإستقامة أحد إنجازاتك الشخصية .. تأمل قوله تعالى لسيد البشر..

ولولا أن ثبتناك”

فكيف بك !!؟.

نحنُ مخطئون عندما نتجاهل أذكارنا،

نعتقد أنها شيء غير مهم وننسى

بأن الله يحفظنا بها، وربما تقلب الأقدار..

يقول ابن القيم:

حاجة العبد للمعوذات أشدُ من حاجته للطعام والشراب واللباس..!

داوموا على اذكاركم لتُدركوا معنى:

احفظ الله يحفظك..

تحصنوا كل صباح ومساء ؛ فالدنيا مخيفة .. وفي جوفها مفاجأت .. والله هو الحافظ لعباده ..

It was said the the shaykh, "Oh shaykh so and so has become misguided"

The shaykh replied: "Perhaps his deviation was due to one of two things

1. Either He didn't ask Allah for thabaat (firmness)

2. Or He didn't thank Allah for istiqaamah (steadfastness)

So Allah didn't chose for you the path of guidance because your special or due to obedience from yourself.

But rather it was a mercy from Him that enveloped you. He can remove it from you at any time.

So due to that don't be deceived by your actions nor by your worship. And don't look down upon the one who was misguided from His path.

For had it not been due to His mercy you would have been in his position.

Repeat the recitation of this verse while pondering,
"Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed salallau alaihe wasallam) the you would have inclined towards them slightly." [Soorah al-Israa 17:74]

So do not to think that thabaat (firmness) upon istiqaamah (steadfastness) is due to your own achievement or your personality.

Ponder over His statement Ta'aalaa to the best of mankind.

"Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed salallahu alaihe wasallam)"

So how about you?!!

We are mistaken when we are ignorant about our athkaar (supplication of remembrance). We believe it something that is not important and we forget that Allah preserves us with it. Perhaps the decree will change.

Imaam Ibn Qayyim says:

"The need of the servant in (the dua by which he) seeks refuge [in Allah] is more severe than his need to food, drink and clothes!"

Be consistent in your athkaar (supplications of remembrance) in order to encompass the meaning: "Preserve Allah, He will preserve you."

Fortify [yourselves] every morning and evening [with your athkaar supplications of remembrance]. For the dunya (life of this world) is horrifying combined with surprises and Allah is the protector of His servants.

Abu Ukkaashah Abdul Hakeem Ibn James
Al-Hasan Al-Basrî advised some of his students admonishing them about avoiding the state of being proud. He said:

1) Do not deceive yourself into becoming too proud because you are in a good or righteous environment, for there is no place that is better than Paradise, and our father, Adam ‘alayhi salaam, experienced there what is known to all.

2) Do not become proud merely because you worship often, for consider what happened to Iblees after he spent a great deal of time worshipping.


3) Do not think of yourself great because you have met with righteous people, for there is no man more righteous than the Prophet salAllaahu ‘alahi wasallam, yet the disbelievers and hypocrites did not benefit by simply knowing him.

Gem from Sheik Muhammad Al-Munajjid

He said: "Don't insult your brother and thank Allaah Who protected you from sinning" They asked: "Do you not hate him (for his sin)?" He replied: "I only hate the sin he committed, and once he abandons it, then he remains my Muslim brother." (Reported by Al-Bayhaqi in his book Shu'ab Al-Eemaan (6415))  source : fbpage of sheik

Abu Ad-Dardaa(RA) passed by a man who had committed a sin and people were insulting him; he said: "If he were to fall into a well, would you not have rescued him?" They said: "Indeed."  source: fb page of shayk


Taqwa is the Best of Adornments
Dhu'n-Nun (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said:
"Allah has not disrobed any one of His servants or a robe better than intellect, and has not adorned him with a necklace better than knowledge, nor adorned him with anything better than mildness. And the completeness of that is taqwa (fear of Allah)."

(Adab ul-'Ishrah wa Dhikr as-Suhbah wa'l-Ukhuwwah, p. 9-20)