Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-‘Ala reported: Al-Shafi’i, may Allah be pleased with him, said to me, “Pleasing people is a goal you can never achieve, and I know of no way to be safe from them, so you must be concerned with what benefits you and hold onto it.” Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 9/122 عَنْ يُونُس بْن …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The people would raise their voices in remembrance as they left the obligatory prayers in the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Ibn Abbas said, “I used to know when they were leaving as I heard them.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 841, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 583 Grade: Mutaffaqun Alayhi (authenticity …
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Abu al-Ahwas reported: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Whoever does not catch the Imam while bowing, he has not caught that raka’ah.” Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá lil-Bayhaqī 2578 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani Al-Nawawi said, “This we have mentioned about catching the raka’ah by catching the bowing is the correct …
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Aslam reported: Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, performed ablution from the water of a Christian women in the jar of a Christian woman. Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá lil-Bayhaqī 129 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Nawawi Al-Shafi’i said, “There is nothing wrong with ablution from the water of an idolater or what is left over …
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Ibn ‘Abd al-Hakam reported: Al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Among the degradation of knowledge is that you debate everyone who debates you, or you argue with everyone who argues with you.” And he said, “Knowledge is ignorance to the people of ignorance, just as ignorance is ignorance to the people of knowledge.” …
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Al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, wrote in his poetry, “When I forgave and stopped holding malice against anyone, I relieved my soul of the worries of enmity.” Source: Dīwān al-Shāfiʻī 31 قال الشافعي رحمه الله في شعره لَمَّا عَفَوْتُ وَلَمْ أحْقِدْ عَلَى أحَدٍ أرحتُ نفسي من همَّ العداواتِ 31 ديوان الشافعي
Al-Muzanni reported: Al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, heard me one day as I said, “This narrator is a great liar!” Al-Shafi’i said to me, “O Abu Ibrahim, dress your words in the best manner. Do not say this narrator is a great liar, but rather say his narrations are of no importance.” Source: …
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Ibn Umar reported: He divorced his wife in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while she menstruating. Umar ibn al-Khattab asked the Prophet about that and he said, “Order him to return her. Let him leave her alone until she becomes pure, then menstruates, and then is pure …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, cursed the one who marries a woman to overturn an irrevocable divorce and the man for whom it is done. Al-Tirmidhi said, “This tradition was acted upon by the people of knowledge among the companions of the Prophet (ṣ), among them …
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Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There is no marriage unless with a guardian and two credible witnesses. Any marriage contracted with less than that is invalid. If there is a dispute, the ruler is the guardian for one without a guardian.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 4075 Grade: …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered fasting on the day of Ashura, the tenth of al-Muharram. Al-Tirmidhi said, “It is reported from Ibn Abbas that he said to fast on the ninth and tenth of the month and to do so differently from the Jews, and this …
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Al-Hakam ibn al-A’raj reported: I went to Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, and I said, “Tell me about fasting the day of Ashura.” Ibn Abbas said, “When you see the crescent of the month of al-Muharram, count the days and wake up to fast on the ninth day.” I said, “Is this …
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Ibn Abi Mulaykah reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said to the house of Al-Sa’ib, “You have become frail, so marry intelligent people unrelated to you.” Al-Shafi’i said, “Whenever the people of a household do not allow their women to marry men outside of their line, there will be fools among …
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Ibn ‘Asakir reported: Al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Whoever does not love knowledge, there is no good in him.” Source: Tārīkh Dimashq 5/408 عن ابن عساكر قال الشافعي رحمه الله مِنْ لَا يُحِبُّ الْعِلْمَ فَلَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ 5/408 تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر
Mu’awiyyah reported: When you perform the Friday prayer, do not pray another prayer until you have spoken or left the mosque. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded us to do that, to not connect two prayers together unless we have spoken or we have left. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 883 Grade: …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: We would bring for Zakat al-Fitr a portion of food, or a portion of barley, or a portion of dates, or a portion of cheese, or a portion of raisins. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1435, Ṣaḥīḥ 985 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim Al-Tirmidhi said, “This is …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, only prayed two cycles after the afternoon prayer because some property came to him, which occupied him from performing two cycles after the noon prayer. The Prophet prayed them after the afternoon prayer and he did not repeat it. Al-Tirmidhi said, “Most of the …
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Al-Rabia’ ibn Sulayman reported: Al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Seek help in speaking with silence, and in reasoning with reflection.” Source: al-Fawāʼid wal-Akhbār 25 عن الرَّبِيع بْن سُلَيْمَان قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رحمه الله اسْتَعِينُوا عَلَى الْكَلامِ بِالصَّمْتِ وَعَلَى الاسْتِنْبَاطِ بِالْفِكْرِ 25 الفوائد والأخبار والحكايات
Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, whoever stands for prayer in Ramadan with the Imam until he is finished, it will be recorded as if he prayed the entire night.” Al-Tirmidhi said, “The scholars differed over the night prayer in Ramadan. Some of them are of …
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Abu Salamah reported: He asked Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, “How was the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, in Ramadan?” Aisha said, “He would not pray more than eleven cycles in Ramadan or other times. He would pray four cycles, but do not ask about …
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