Sayings of the Salaf » repentance http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net Original translations of narrations, quotes and wisdom from the Salaf, the Pious Predecessors, the first three generations of Islam. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:43:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 True Goodnesshttp://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/true-goodness/ http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/true-goodness/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:43:49 +0000 Abû ‘Abdillâh Owais Al-Hâshimi http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/?p=779
  • The Softest Hearts
  • Your Children and Others
  • Secret Devotion
  • The Complete Man
  • The Last Drops of this World
    • ]]>     It is reported that ‘Alî b. Abî Tâlib – Allâh be pleased with him – said:

    Goodness is not in your wealth and offspring being plentiful; true goodness is when your [good] deeds are plenty and you have great understanding and forbearance, and when you compete to worship your Lord. If you do good you praise Allâh and thank Him, and if you sin you beg Allâh’s forgiveness. There is no good in this life except with two types of men: A man who sins but then corrects himself through repentance, and a man who strives and hastens to get [the good] of the hereafter.

    Ibn ‘Asâkir, Al-Tawbah article 13.

    Related posts:

    1. The Softest Hearts
    2. Your Children and Others
    3. Secret Devotion
    4. The Complete Man
    5. The Last Drops of this World

    ]]>     http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/true-goodness/feed/ 0     Repentance in Actionhttp://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/repentance-in-action/ http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/repentance-in-action/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:45:39 +0000 Abû ‘Abdillâh Owais Al-Hâshimi http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/2008/12/14/repentance-in-action/
  • The Successful Pilgrim
  • We can only repent
  • True Goodness
  • The Tawbah of Zâdhân
  • The Tawbah of Al-Fudayl b. ‘Ayyâd
    • ]]>     It is reported that ‘Alî b. Husayn – Allâh have mercy on him – said, “Tawbah is only through action, and turning back from what has been done. Tawbah is not by mere speech.”

    Ibn Abî Al-Dunyâ, Al-Tawbah article 57.

    Related posts:

    1. The Successful Pilgrim
    2. We can only repent
    3. True Goodness
    4. The Tawbah of Zâdhân
    5. The Tawbah of Al-Fudayl b. ‘Ayyâd

    ]]>     http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/repentance-in-action/feed/ 0     The Successful Pilgrimhttp://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/the-successful-pilgrim/ http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/the-successful-pilgrim/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:45:38 +0000 Abû ‘Abdillâh Owais Al-Hâshimi http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/2008/12/14/the-successful-pilgrim/
  • Repentance in Action
  • Differences between sins
  • We can only repent
  • True Goodness
  • Until the Heart is sealed
    • ]]>     It was said to Al-Hasan Al-Basrî, “People say that the one who has been on Hajj is the one who is forgiven.” He said, “And the sign of this is that he leaves the evils he used to do.”

    Ibn Abî Al-Dunyâ, Al-Tawbah article 70.

    Related posts:

    1. Repentance in Action
    2. Differences between sins
    3. We can only repent
    4. True Goodness
    5. Until the Heart is sealed

    ]]>     http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/the-successful-pilgrim/feed/ 0     We can only repenthttp://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/we-can-only-repent/ http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/we-can-only-repent/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:45:23 +0000 Abû ‘Abdillâh Owais Al-Hâshimi http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/2008/12/14/we-can-only-repent/
  • The Tawbah of Al-Fudayl b. ‘Ayyâd
  • Repentance in Action
  • The Successful Pilgrim
  • Dead Hearts and Empty Supplications
  • True Goodness
    • ]]>     It is reported that Talq b. Habîb – Allâh have mercy on him – said, “The right of Allâh is too great and heavy for the creation to fulfill and the blessings of Allâh are too many to enumerate, but you should remain repentant, morning and evening.”

    Ibn Abî Al-Dunyâ, Al-Tawbah article 62.

    Related posts:

    1. The Tawbah of Al-Fudayl b. ‘Ayyâd
    2. Repentance in Action
    3. The Successful Pilgrim
    4. Dead Hearts and Empty Supplications
    5. True Goodness

    ]]>     http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/we-can-only-repent/feed/ 0     The signs of true Repentancehttp://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/the-signs-of-true-repentance/ http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/the-signs-of-true-repentance/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:12 +0000 Abû ‘Abdillâh Owais Al-Hâshimi http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/2008/11/20/the-signs-of-true-repentance/
  • The Curse of Sin
  • Taking sins Lightly
  • Sinning while fasting [does it break the fast?]
  • Mind your own business
  • Deviation is in Leaving the Sunnah
    • ]]>     The great ascetic Shaqîq Al-Balakhî – Allâh have mercy on him – was once asked, “What is the mark of [true] repentance?” He replied, “Continued crying over past sins, deep fear of falling into them again, staying away from bad company, and keeping the company of good people.”

    Abû Bakr Al-Daynûrî, Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawâhir Al-‘Ilm article 2645.

    Related posts:

    1. The Curse of Sin
    2. Taking sins Lightly
    3. Sinning while fasting [does it break the fast?]
    4. Mind your own business
    5. Deviation is in Leaving the Sunnah

    ]]>     http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/the-signs-of-true-repentance/feed/ 2