‘Abdullāh ibn Salām (رحمه الله) said:
«إِنَّ عَمَلِي لَضَعِيفٌ، وَأَوْثَقُ مَا أَرْجُو بِهِ سَلَامَةَ الصَّدْرِ، وَتَرْكِي مَا لَا يَعْنِينِي»
“Indeed, my deeds are weak, and the most certain thing I hope in for my salvation is a sound heart and leaving what does not concern me.”
Jāmiʿ al-ʿUlūm wa’l-Ḥikam (1/294)
Tawhid means believing in Allah Alone as God and Lord and attributing to Him Alone all the attributes of Lordship and divinity.
Tawhid is divided into three categories; namely, Tawhid al-Rububiyyah (Oneness of Divine Lordship), Tawhid al-Uluhiyyah (Oneness of Divinity) and Tawheed al-Asma wa’l-Sifat (Oneness of the Divine Names and Attributes).
For more about the meaning of tawhid and its categories, see the detailed answer here:
https://islamqa.info/en/answers/49030/what-is-the-meaning-of-tawhid?
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Imām Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab said:
Lā ilāha illā Allāh is the tree of happiness. If you plant it in the soil of sincere Iman, water it with the water of sincerity, and tend it with righteous deeds, its roots will be firmly established, its trunk steady, its leaves will flourish, and its fruits will multiply. "It produces its fruit all the time, by permission of its Lord" [Ibrāhīm: 25]
But if you plant this tree in the soil of denial and discord, water it with the water of Riya' (ostentation) and hypocrisy, and tend it with evil deeds and ugly words, and a stream of harsh dryness flows over it and the heat of the desert scorches it, its fruits scatter, its leaves fall, its trunk becomes bare, and its roots are cut off; filthy storms blow upon it, tearing it into pieces, "and We have made their deeds like scattered dust." [al-Furqān: 23]
[ad-Durar al-Saniyyah 2/115]
I do not necessarily support or agree with all stances of Troid.
‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd (رضي الله عنه) advised his son, ‘Abd al-Rahmān, saying:
«أُوصِيكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ، وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ، وَامْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ، وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ»
“I advise you to fear Allah. Let your home be sufficient for you. Restrain your tongue. And weep over your sins.”
Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah (35666)
Ash-Shāfi’ī (رحمه الله) advised his student al-Rabī’ ibn Sulaymān (رحمه الله), saying:
« وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ صَلَاحَ قَلْبِكَ أَوْ ابْنَكَ أَوْ أَخِيكَ، أَوْ مَنْ شِئْتَ صَلَاحَهُ، فَأَوْدِعْهُ فِي رِيَاضِ الْقُرْآنِ، وَبَيْنَ صُحْبَةِ الْقُرْآنِ، سَيُصْلِحُهُ اللَّهُ شَاءَ أَمْ أَبَى »
“If you desire the rectification of your heart, or your son, or your brother, or anyone whose rectification you seek, then place him in the gardens of the Qur’ān and among the companionship of the Qur’ān. Allah will rectify him, whether he wills it or not.”
Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ (9/123)
‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd (رضي الله عنه) advised his son, ‘Abd al-Rahmān, saying:
«أُوصِيكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ، وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ، وَامْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ، وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ»
“I advise you to fear Allah. Let your home be sufficient for you. Restrain your tongue. And weep over your sins.”
Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah (35666)
We work hard to hoard things in this life.
The irony is that when we die, we won’t take anything with us except that which we had given!
Though charity seems to be for the poor, in reality it is for us.
A good word may please those whom we said it to, but it is actually for us as well.
When we mend a broken heart and make them feel better, we are benefiting ourselves.
Those who work relentlessly to serve others and give them a helping hand, they are making their affairs easy on the Day of Judgment.
Allah says:”If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." 17:7
- copied from Sh. Assim on X.
In today's day and age, where Muslims rejoice and defend the illegal imprisonment of Muslims by Muslims, is saddening. I fear what would've happened if the same lot were present in the days of Ibn Taymiyyah, Ahmad, Malik, Shafiy, Noman, Bukhari (may Allah forgive them and place them in Firdaws) and many others.