" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, when one of us fulfils his carnal desire will he have some reward for that? And know that victory comes with patience, relief with affliction, and hardship with ease | O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom an iota |
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No people gather together in one of the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that sakeenah tranquility descends upon them, and mercy envelops them, and the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them amongst those who are with Him |
No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.
3Truly every tasbeehah [saying: 'subhan-Allah'] is a charity, and every takbeerah [saying: 'Allahu akbar'] is a charity, and every tahmeedah [saying: 'al-hamdu lillah'] is a charity, and every tahleelah [saying: 'laa ilaha illAllah'] is a charity | Eat of the tayyibat [all kinds of halal legal foods], and perform righteous deeds |
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, the evil deed] and then performed it, then Allah writes it down as one evil deed | He sat down close by the Prophet ﷺ rested his knees against the knees of the Prophet ﷺ and placed his palms over his thighs, and said: "O Muhammad! While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair |
Take [advantage of] your health before times of sickness, and [take advantage of] your life before your death.
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