Monday, May 13, 2013

Words FROM SHAYKH MUHAMMAD NAASIRUD-DEEN AL-ALBAANEE.




"Listen my brother. I sincerely advise you and other youths like you, who stand upon a type of deviation - as it seems to us, and Allaah knows best - that do not waste your time in refuting each other, saying that such and such has this in him, and such and such has that in him.

This is beacuse; firstly: there is no knowledge at all in this, and secondly: this mannerism only breeds enmity and hatred in the hearts, and causes contempt and rancour to develop in the hearts. 

So It is upon you to seek knowledge. It is knowledge that will make clear to you the reality of the speech which is in praise of a particular person having many mistakes, and whether he is deserving of being labelled as an innovator. Yet why do we wish to delve into such issues.

Indeed I advise you not to delve into such issues. The reality is that we complain about this splitting which has occurred between those who ascribe themselves to the da'wah to the Book and the Sunnah - or as we say, ad-Da'watus-Salafiyyah the greatest cause of this splitting, and Allaah knows bests, is the following of whims and desires and the evil dictates of one's soul. It is not due to the presence of differences in thoughts and ideas. So this is my sincere advice."

[Silsilatul Hudaa wan-Noor (784/1), dated the 1st of Rabi' al Awwal 1414H (9-12-1993)]




Monday, August 20, 2012

Power of believing you cant do it

Well, it starts when they take a baby elephant, and tie a rope around its hind leg, and attach it to a stake in the ground. The baby fights and fights, trying to pull the rope free, but it does not have the strength to do so. It continues to try, sometimes for days, expending all its energy, until one day, it stops trying – It has finally learnt that it is unable to pull free.

Attempts of a young one.
You know, as that elephant grows up, the circus handler simply makes the loop on it’s leg wider using the same rope even until it is an adult. And you know what? That elephant never tries again to break free. it has learnt the “truth” that it is unable to do so. It may as well be a thick chain, because the elephant has learnt that it is futile to even attempt to pull it out the ground.