Al-Mundhiri on reciting the Quran
“The best of you are those who learn the Quran and teach it.”
Hypocrisy النفاق
Tribulation of the False Messiah, al-Masiha al-Dajjal
“Know that your Lord does not have one eye.”
Principles of enjoining good and forbidding evil
“Whoever among you sees evil, let him change it with his hand.”
Al-Mundhiri on acting upon one’s knowledge
“I used to enjoin good but I did not practice it myself,”
Forty Hadith on Purification of the Heart
“Wealth and poverty are in the heart.”
Al-Mundhiri on hypocrisy, two-faces, and forked-tongues
“We used to consider that hypocrisy.”
Al-Mundhiri on modesty, obscenity, and shamelessness
“Be modest before Allah, as is his right.”
Developing moral wisdom in Islam
“Thus, We have ordained a law upon you in the matter,”
Beware of envy and hatred, destroyer of good deeds
“Envy consumes good deeds just as fire burns wood,”
Reason and science in Islam
“The foundation of a man is his intellect,”
Helping refugees and emigrants in Islam
“Whoever helps ease someone in difficulty, Allah will make it easy for him in this world and in the Hereafter.”
Arguing about the religion in Islam
“No people go astray after being guided except that they indulge in arguments.”
Easy good deeds with great rewards
“Glorify and exalt and praise Allah thirty three times after every prayer.”
Are hadith of the black flags of al-Mahdi authentic?
“Muslim groups must be judged by their actions, not their flags.”
Dangers of the Khawarij ideology of violence
“They will pass through the religion as an arrow pierces its target…”
Freedom of religion and apostasy in Islam
“Whoever wills, let him disbelieve.”
Al-Nawawi on congregational prayer
“If three people in a town or in the desert do not establish the congregational prayer, then Satan has overcome them.”
–Sunan Abu Dawud 547
Al-Nawawi on tribulations and signs of the Hour
“When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour.”
–Sahih Bukhari 6131
Al-Nawawi on keeping promises and covenants
“Fulfill the covenant of Allah when you have taken it and do not break oaths after their confirmation while you have made Allah a witness over you.”
–Surah An-Nahl 16:91
Al-Nawawi on enjoining good but practicing evil
“Do you order righteousness for the people and forget yourselves?”