from Al-Haadi Amongst the highly emphasised teachings of Islam is to love every Muslim for the sake of Allah Ta`ala. Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) emphatically stressed this lesson when he said: “None of you is a believer until he loves for his brother (his fellow Muslims) what he loves for himself.†(Sahih Muslim) The message is clear: The person who does not love for his brother what he loves for himself is not worthy of the title of Mu’min (Believer), though … [Read more...]
Shaykh ‘Abdullah ‘Azzam: On Living Together
October 21, 2008 By
Shaykh ‘Abdullah ‘Azzam, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “You cannot live alone. Do not live alone, as the wolf eats up the lone sheep, and Satan is close to the one who is alone and is farther from two who are together. So, if you live somewhere, live with at least one other person, and this one person should be righteous. Friends are like a row of connected test tubes: if liquid overflows in one tube, the excess flows into the other tubes until there is an equal amount … [Read more...]
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