08 • Quotes from Famous Imams of Islam
In this section, one will learn about the Lives of the Most Famous Imams in the History of Islam.The Ultimate Knowledge
Imam Ahmad Al-Rifa’i, Allah sanctify his secret, said: قال الإمامُ أحمدُ الرفاعىُّ الكبير: “غايةُ المعرفةِ بالله الإيقانُ بوجوده تعالى بِلا كيفٍ ولا مكانٍ” “The ultimate knowledge about Allah is to be certain that Allah exists without a how or a ... Read More »
Particles of Dust
Ala-Hazrat – Imam Ahmad Rida Khan, Rahimahullah, said: ❝The particles of dust that fall from your (Prophet Muhammad’s) ﷺ sandals, become the crowns on the heads of the moving stars.❞ Read More »
Truly Seeking Knowledge
Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, Allah sanctify his secret, explains the way to truly seek knowledge. He said, “The upper levels of Islamic scholarship cannot be achieved except by means of four things. 1) You need to have the free time to ... Read More »
Shah ‘Abdul-Haqq on Celebrating the Blessed Mawlid
After relating Abu Lahab’s relief on setting Thuwaybah free, the great scholar and muhaddith Shah Abdul-Haqq Dehlawi (rahmatullahi ‘alayhi) said in his famous book Madarij al-Nubuwwah: “This event provides a clear proof to those who celebrate al-Mawlid al-Sharif by rejoicing ... Read More »
Be Useful…
Sultan Al-Awliya Shaykh Abdul Qadir Al-Jaylani’s advice to his students. O young man! Attend to your own needs, be useful to yourself and then to others. Do not be like the candle that burns itself out while providing light for ... Read More »
A Sincere Person
Imam Junayd al-Salik, Allah sanctify his secret, said: “A sincere person changes forty times a day while the hypocritical show-off stays as he is for forty years.” Imam al-Nawawi, explains: “The meaning of this is that the sincere person moves ... Read More »
Imam al-Ghazali on Knowledge
Quotes from Hujjat ul-Islam, Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (rahmatullahi ‘alayhi): Knowledge without action is vanity, and action without knowledge is insanity. Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual. ... Read More »
O those who have reached…
O those who have reached 40, you are a crop whose time of reaping is near. O those who have reached 50, what have you sent forth? O those who have reached 60, you have no excuse. —Wahb ibn Munabbih ... Read More »
Imam Layth
Imam Abu Idris al-Shafi’i al-Qurayshi al-Hashimi, Rahimahullah, said: “[Imam] Layth was a greater jurist [Faqih] than [Imam] Malik [ibn Anas, Rahimahullah], but his students [didn’t preserve his knowledge] and thus wasted him.” ~ The Lives of the Noble Figures – ... Read More »
Visiting the Prophet ﷺ
When a scholar or student speaks of how the visitation of the Prophet Muhammad in Madinah al-Munawarrah should be conducted, you cannot just cut and paste and pick and choose which stance to take, because anyone can make it seem ... Read More »
