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Questions those who study the Deen should ask themselves...

By Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله

What beneficial impact has having this knowledge had on you?

Why is the sense of fearing Allāh not growing? Why do you seem to have no distress about the Hereafter

Why do you seem to not have any sort of cautiousness regarding your final destination?

Have you not heard of the stories and news of the tireless endeavours and worship of the good worshippers of old times?

Did you not know that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺis the Master of all beings but still he prayed all night until his feet were swelling?

Did you not know that Abū Bakr رضي الله عنه was known for his excessive weeping when praying?

Did you not know that 'Umar Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه had two dark lines on his check from the amount of tears he cried?

Did you not know that 'Uthmān ibn 'Affān رضي الله عنه used to recite the entire Qur'an in one unit of prayer (rak'ah)?

Did you not know that 'Alī رضي الله عنه used to weep at night while he was praying in his niche until his beard became all wet saying, 'O worldly life, you may tempt someone else but not me?

Did you not know that al-Ḥasan al-Basrī lived all his life being worried about his Hereafter?

Did you not know that Sa'īd Ibn al-Musayyab was a patron in the Masjid and so he did not miss a congregational prayer (salah) in the Masjid for 40 years.

Did you not know that al-Aswad Ibn Yazīd Ibn Qais al-Nakha'ī [from the Tābi'īn] used to fast until his skin colour changed and became yellow?

Did you not know that when the daughter of al-Rabī Ibn Khaytham asked her father:
'Why do I see people sleep at night while you are still awake?'
He answered, 'Your father fears the punishment of grave.

Did you not know that Abū Muslim al-Khawlanī used to hang a whip on the wall of the Masjid to alert himself with it lest he felt lazy while praying?

Did you not know that though Yazīd al-Ruqashī fasted forty years, he kept saying,
'Woe to me, the worshippers are still ahead of me?'

Did you not know that al-Mansūr Ibn al-Mu'tamir fasted for forty years?

Did you not know that Sufyān al-Thawrī used to cry blood because of his fear of Allāh?

Did you not know that Ibrāhīm Ibn Adham used to urinate blood because of his fear of Allāh?

Did you not know the supreme level of worship and asceticism of the four well-known Imāms; Abū Ḥanīfa, Mālik, al-Shāfī'ī and Aḥmad?"

رضي الله عنهم اجمعين

So, beware of occupying yourself with knowledge while neglect ing acting upon it because this is indeed the state of those suffering permanent laziness.

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سبحان الله العظيم

How Great the People of Allāh are, we need to ask ourselves is this knowledge we possess benefitting us and allowing us to be closer to Allāh and His Beloved ﷺ.

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