MESSAGE OF DAY

The classical scholars of this sublime religion have also confessed that their knowledge was deeply limited. Imam Abu Yusuf was consulted on an issue by the Caliph Harun al-Rashid. Imam Abu Yusuf answered by saying, “I do not know.” The assistant to the Caliph said to Abu Yusuf: “You have a salary and you say you do not know.” In response, the great scholar Abu Yusuf said: “My salary is according to my knowledge. If it were according to my ignorance, the treasury of the state would not suffice.”

“When you become poor, conduct trade with Allah through voluntary almsgiving. Display great gratitude when you are favoured with bounty. Do not pass up the blessings of Allah.” (‘Ali, may Allah be well pleased with him.)

 If we seek the essence of Islamic morality, we will find it, no doubt, in turning to the Lord with love and sincerity, and in service, the sole mark of such turning.

The magnanimous wealthy, the people of gratitude, and the poor and dignified are together in the honour of humanity and Divine approval and good pleasure.

The way youth treat their parents determines how they will be treated by their own children in days to come.

The Blessed Companions had a great eagerness for fasting. They would make effort to perform voluntary fasts even on unbearably hot days. In spite of all of this they still continued to fast with great spiritual pleasure and delight.

True talent and health is knowing how to be patient in prosperity.

‘Ali, may Allah be well-pleased with him, states: “Whosoever sends one hundred blessings and salutations to our Prophet on Fridays, they appear on the Day of Judgement with a beautiful and luminous countenance and people ask one another in envy, “What was the deed that this person performed?”

Patience at first appears as poison to a person; however, if they make a habit of it, it becomes honey.

To my mind, my thankfulness in prosperity is more acceptable that my patience in being subjected to trial and tribulation. (Abu Bakr, may Allah be well-pleased with him.)

No matter how much you read, you are ignorant if you fail to act in a manner befitting your knowledge.

Sagacious human beings who are among the select are humble, like the trees bearing fruits that have ripened bowing their heads.

‘Abd al-Rahman al-Awza’i says: “The religiously lawful of one’s wealth diminishes, as does the unlawful. It is for this reason that what remains is the reward or sin incurred.”

There is no peace or repose for the jealous.

If we seek the essence of Islamic morality, we will find it, no doubt, in turning to the Lord with love and sincerity, and in service, the sole mark of such turning.