Imām Ājurrī (360H) said:

“If Allāh wants good for him…he will study knowledge for his own benefit to remove ignorance from himself, not to argue or debate or attain worldly things. Whoever has this intention will be safe from desires, innovations & misguidance.”

Reference for the above quote is:

Kitāb al-Sharī’ah, p. 450.

Everyone chases after happiness, yet few fully recognise what it is or where it comes from.

Happiness isn’t a destination but a journey needing certain inner qualities and a right state of mind to experience and reap. It’s neither sold as a commodity nor can be bought, except through carefully crafting one’s character and following a plan of action. For indeed, those who don’t plan will fail to realise desired results.

The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said,

“Those among us (destined to be) from people of happiness [in the Hereafter] will (find it easy to) enact deeds of people of happiness..”

[ Sahīh Al-Bukhārī, #4948 ]

In other words, by choosing a path reflecting attitudes of happy people, one will recognise its reality and the ease and pleasantry in having good deeds done that are in themselves, characteristics of happy people.

Book: 8 Steps To Happiness
Awakening The Inner Self in Pursuit of Personal Change
By Shaykh Abū ‘Abdu-r-Rahmān Nāsir as-Sa’dī

Shaykh Jamāl Ibn Furayhān Al-Hārithī رحمه الله said:

“The woman should not speak with a soft voice in front of non-related men, whether she is speaking to them directly, such as buying and selling in the marketplace, or she is speaking to her husband’s broth­ers or one of his relatives or one of her marriageable relatives. This practice has become commonplace in some societies. And this applies even if she is speaking to men from behind a barrier, on the phone, through Paltalk, or through Messenger. And this applies even if she is speaking with students of knowledge, Shuyūkh, or Scholars.”

[A Message Exclusively To The Muslim Woman, pg.11. Translated By Rasheed Ibn Estes Barbee]

Question:

The questioner asks: Does informing the people about what a person gives in charity or making it apparent to them deprive the person who does this of the reward (of spending in charity)? For example if every person from a particular group of people were to give a certain (known) amount in spending.

Answer:

If a person manifests his charity or the sum contributed is manifested to the people, or other than it, then this does not reduce his reward; because Allaah has praised those who spend their wealth in private and public; rather sometimes it may be that spending openly is better than spending secretly if there is a benefit in making it open, such that the people follow his (i.e. the spender’s) footsteps and do what he did.This may be similar to the one who guides to good and the one who guides to good is similar to its doer. “Whoever starts a good thing in Islam, and others do likewise after him, there will be written for him a reward like that of those who followed him in that until the day of resurrection.”(1) Yes. If a person knew in his heart that by manifesting it (i.e. spending in charity) he is intending to show off to the people and to be seen, so that they can praise him for performing this act of worship; then indeed this is from Riyaa, which a person must strive to free himself as much as he can. And Allaah is the one who grants success.

Shaykh Uthaymeen: Fataawa Noor ala ad-Darb page 12-13 vol 7

[1] A brief clarification: “Whoever starts a good thing in Islam, and others do likewise after him, there will be written for him a reward like that of those who followed him in that until the day of resurrection.”

http://www.salaficentre.com/2014/07/giving-in-charity-open-secretly-pledges-announcing-donations-shaykh-uthaymeen-salafi_school/

A Female Student of Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d. 728 A.H.)

Al-Hafidh al-Emaad Ibn Katheer (d. 774 A.H.) -Rahimuhullaah- said:

‘She was the Shaykha, the righteous worshipper, the pious, Umm Zainab Fatimah bint Abbas bin Abee al-Fatah bin Muhammad al-Baghdadeeyah.

She was from the noble female scholars, she would enjoin good and forbid evil.

She stood against the Ahmadeeyah (a sect from the Mubtadia) in their  mingling of women and young men. She would criticise their practises and the practises of the people of Bida’ and others.

She would do that which not even men were capable of doing so. 

She would attend the gatherings of Shaykh Taqi-uddeen Ibn Taymeeyah.

She benefited from those gatherings and others.  I heard Shaykh Taqi-uddeen praise her.

He would describe her with virtue and knowledge, and mention that she would remember a lot of the book ‘al-Mughni’ or most of it.

Also that he would have to prepare for her many Islaamic issues for discussion. 

She had good questions, and was quick in  understanding. Many women memorised the complete Qur’aan from her, and from them was my mother in law Aeysha bint Siddiq and likewise did  the wife of Shaykh Jamal ud-Deen al-Mizzi and she also is the one who taught her daughter, who is my wife Umm Amatu-Rahmaan Zainab, may Allaah have mercy upon them all,  and honour them with His mercy and His Paradise. Ameen.’

📚📚[Al-Bidaya wan-Nihayaa 18/140]

Translated
By
Abbas Abu Yahya

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Arabic
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💎أمُّ زَينَب فاطمَة البَغدَاديَّة (و: 640هـ – تُ : 724هـ)🌴

💎قَالَ العِمَادُ بنُ كَثير رحمهُ الله- :

« الشَّـيـخَةُ الصَّـالِـحَـةُ الـعَـابِدَةُ الـنَّـاسِكةُ؛ أُمُّ زَيـنَـبَ فَـاطِـمَةُ بِنتُ عَـبَّاسِ بن أَبي الفَتحِ بنِ مُحَمَّد البَغـدَادِيَّةُ،…وَكَانَت مِنَ العَالِمَات الفَاضِلَاتِ، تَأمُـرُ بِالمَعـرُوفِ، وَتَنهَى عَن المُنكر، وَتَقُومُ عَلَى الأَحمَدِيَّة [فرقة من المُبتدعَة] فِي مُؤَاخَاتِهم النِّسَاءَ وَالـمُردَان، وَتُنـكِرُ أَحـوَالَهُم وَأحـوَالَ أَهـلِ الـبِدَعِ وَغَيرِهِم، وَتَفعَلُ مِن ذَلِكَ مَا لَا يَقـدِرُ عَلَيـهِ الرِّجَالُ، وَقَد كَانَت تَحضُرُ مَجلِسَ الشَّيخِ تَقِيِّ الدِّينِ ابنِ تَيمِيَّـة، فَاستَفَادَت مِنـهُ ذَلِكَ وَغَيـرَهُ، وَقَد سَمِعتُ الشَّيخَ تَقِيَّ الدِّينِ يُـثـنِي عَلَيـهَـا، وَيَصِفُهَا بِالـفَـضِيلَة وَالعِلـمِ، وَيَذكُرُ عَنهَا أنَّها كَانَت تَستَحضِرُ كَثِيرًا مِنَ “المُغنِي” أَو أَكـثَـرَهُ، وَأَنَّـهُ كَانَ يَسـتَـعِدُّ لَهَا مِن كثـرَة مَسائلهَا، وَحُسنِ سُـؤَالَاتـهَا، وَسُرعَـة فَهمِهَا، وَهِيَ الَّتِي خَتَّمَت نِسَاءً كَثِيرًا الـقُرآنَ، مِنهُنَّ أُمُّ زَوجتي عَائِشةُ بِنتُ صِدِّيقٍ، زَوجَةُ الشَّيخِ جَمَالِ الدّينِ المِزِّيِّ، وَهِـي الَّتِي أقرَأت ابنتَهَا زَوجَتِي أَمَةَ الرَّحِيمِ زَينبَ، رَحِمَهُنَّ اللَّهُ، وَأَكرَمهُنَّ بِرَحمَـتِـهِ وَجَنَّتِهِ، آمِينَ. » إهـ

📚[البدايَة والنهايَة (18/140)]

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Complaining is of 3 levels:

The best: Complaining to Allāh about your own soul

The worst: Complaining to the creation about Allah

The middle: Complaining to Allah about the creation

Ibn Al-Qayyim