🌸Getting Married: Enquire about her beauty first!!!

Imām Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH):

“If a man (intends to) propose to a woman, he should inquire about her beauty first. If he is pleased with her beauty, he should inquire about her religion. If he is pleased, then he should marry her and if he is not pleased, it should be on account of her weak religiosity.

He should not enquire about her religion first and then-once he is pleased-enquire about her beauty, because if he then becomes displeased with her beauty, he will reject her due to her appearance and not on account of her religiousness.”

📚Source: Al-Isnāf (12/206)
📝Translated by: Munib al-Sumāli

❄ Winter: the season of the worshipers.

🎓 Ubaid Ibn Umair said: When the winter approached, they (the Salaf) (the pious predecessors) used to say:

❝O people of the Qur'aan!

▶ The night has been elongated for you to pray (with ease).

▶ And the day has been shortened for you to fast (with ease).

So seize the opportunity (for doing more good deeds in this season).❞

📚 [Musannaf ibn Abee Shaibah (34991)]

• This term is generally used for those who have memorized the Qur’aan.

Allah tests us with the thing our heart yearns for the most. Allah promises ease after every hardship so have faith in Him, He will rescue you from this unimaginable pain

From devil's trick is to turn people away from Tadabbur (pondering upon the) Qur’ān for he knows guidance comes from Tadabbur.

[Ibn Rajab (rahimahullah), Dhayl Tabaqaat al-Hanaabilah, 2/156, Ibn Hubayrah (rahimahillāh)]

Ibn Al - Qayyim رحمه الله said ;
"Women [wives] are the cause of happiness of the heart that's why they're also called the reason to the happiness of the soul!"

“There was a branch of a tree that annoyed the people. A man removed it, so he was admitted to Paradise.”
— Rasulullah ﷺ | Sunan Ibn Majah 3682

Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله:

_“O youth, the essence of your soul lies in seeking knowledge, and the adornment of your soul is acting upon what you learnt._

_Whoever does not act upon his knowledge will never recognise the value of what he possesses; he will be like a person carrying musk perfume but is unable to smell it because he has the flu.”_

[Seeds of Admonishment & Reform | Pg. 121]

‘Āmir ibn Qays (رحمه الله) said: "Entrust your affairs to Allāh; and you will be at peace!" This means that you should trust Allāh completely with everything in your life—your problems, worries, and decisions. When you do this, you will feel calm and at…