Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
But if the imam turns round and sees that the rows are straight and solid (with no gaps), and the people are standing in straight rows, then it seems that he should not tell them to straighten the rows, because that has been done – unless he intends thereby to tell them to keep it like that – because these words have a meaning, they are not just words that are to be said for no purpose.
As’ilat al-baab il-Maftooh, no. 62.
Undoubtedly prevention is better than cure. Who can disagree that the medicine taken to prevent an illness is better than being struck with the illness?
This has a similar approach to what the religion of Islam teaches. If God sets down ground rules which prevents one from sinning in the first place then would they then have a legitimate excuse to sin; thus harming themselves?
Our wisdom is limited compared to the Almighty’s. We trust our Mother’s decisions & opinions because she has the best interest for us, but is there any comparison to the wisdom of our mother to the wisdom our Lord?
Reflecting on this, one may come to the realization that Islam, when implemented correctly doesn’t restrict anyone from having ‘fun’ but in fact protects them from possible harm.
Some food for thought for those with sincerity.
Ibn Bāz said:
❝There is no doubt that increasing Dhikr, seeking Allah’s Forgiveness, and invoking His Blessings and Peace on the Messenger of Allah are of the greatest ways of calming hearts and bringing rest and tranquility to them, having faith in Allah, and removing loneliness, vacillation, and confusion.❞
[Fatwas of Ibn Bāz, The Book of Salah, (11/209, Part No. 11) | Alifta]
Shaykh Muqbil (Rahimahullaah) was asked this question and he said:
“The reason was by distinguishing (ourselves), we distinguished ourselves from the people of bid’ah and therefore Allah had spread the sunnah. He also gave an example of how a person of innovation would come to the masjid in order to speak and everyone would leave, meaning they made Hajr (seperation) from him and humiliated him. It was my brothers who distingished between ahlus sunnah and ahlul bid’aa, that was a great reason for the spread of the da’wah. While blending and mixing with ahlul bid’aa has the opposite affect (allowing innovation to widespread).”
The Methodology of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah in Warning Against Innovators and Their Books Author: Shaikh Rabee’ bin Haadee al-Madkhalee
Source: book Manhaj Ahl-us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah Fee Naqd-ir-Rijaal wal-Kutub wat-Tawaa’if Article ID : BDH050002 [19575]
Al-Haafidh Ibn Hajar (Rahimahullaah) said: “The happy one is he who clings onto that which the Salaf were upon and avoids that which the latter ones newly invented.” – Fathul-Baari (Page: 253, Vol. 13)
Ash-Shaykh Saalih al-Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him, was asked on the ruling of a person boarding a bus which contains of
free-mixing between men and women?
A: “It is compulsory upon the person to keep far from touching women, I
mean from crowding them, whereas his body becomes connected to her body even if (that were to occur) behind a screen, for indeed this calls to fitnah. The human being is not safe (from everything); he might see himself that he is cautious of this matter and that he will not become affected by it however ash-Shaytaan flows in the blood stream of the son of Adam, so perhaps a (slight) movement from him may corrupt him. So if it is a must for the person to do so (to aboard on a free-mixing bus) while him striving not to become affected then I hope there is no harm in it however my opinion is that it is not
possible to be a must for him to do so, due to it being possible for
him to seek a place where he will not be connected to a woman even if he has to stand (throughout the ride) and by this he frees himself
from this affair that which necessitates fitnah, trail and it is upon the person to fear Allah according to his capability and not to see these affairs to be minor. Likewise as we hope from those who are in charge of these means of transportation; whether it be any means of transportation to make a place specifically for women whereas they are
not connected to the men.”
Reference: Fataawaa Islaamiyyah (3/119).
Shaykh Muqbil ibn Haadee al-Waadi’ee رحمه الله تعالى :
يا أبنائي لو كان العلم يسقى في كأس لأسقيتموه، و لكن لا يتحصل عليه إلا بكد و حك الركب
“Oh my children, if knowledge could be poured into a glass, I would pour it for you, but it is not obtained except by hard work, exhaustion and scraping of the knees.”
{Nubdhah Mukhtasarah, 44}
Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:
“Oh you who spends his lifetime in disobeying his Lord! No one amongst your enemies is more wicked to you than you are to yourself.”
[al-Fawaaid, page 107]
From ‘Alee bin al-Hussain that it was said to him that you are from the best amongst the people but I do not see you eating with your mother?’ He answered: ‘I fear that, if I eat with her, my hand might precede her eye upon some food, so I would have been disrespectful to her! !’ [Collected in ‘al-Birr wa Silaah’ p.82, taken from ‘Akhbar as-Salaf’ p.270]
Ibnul-Jawzee, رحمه الله تعالى, said:
“When your companion becomes angry and says something that is unwarranted, you should not take it too hard. His situation is that of a drunken person who is not aware of what is taking place. Instead, be patient, even if it means only for a little while. If you reciprocate his words with harsh words of your own, you become like the sane person who seeks revenge on a madman, or the conscious person who seeks retribution from an unconscious one. Look at him with a merciful eye and pity him for his actions.”
[Sayd al-Khaatir, Pg. 406]
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