Words of Admonition

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

All praise is for Allaah, the Lord of the worlds, and blessing and peace be upon Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, his family, his Companions and those who hold onto his guidance till the Day of Judgment.

To Proceed,

1. The truest of Speech is the Book of Allaah.

2. The strongest bond is the Word of Righteousness (Kalimatu-Taqwaa) (i.e. Laa ilaaha ilallaah).

3. The best Millah (ملة – religion) is that of Ibraaheem عليه السلام and the Prophets.

4. The best Guidance is the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم.

5. The most noble speech a person utters is the Remembrance of Allaah عز وجل.

6. The best of narrations (stories) are mentioned in the Qur’aan.

7. The best of affairs is that which is Legislated.

8. And the worst of affairs are the newly-invented matters (in the Deen).

9. The most noble death is Martyrdom in the way of Allaah.

10. The worst blindness is Misguidance after Guidance.

11. The best Knowledge is that which Benefits.

12. The best Guidance is that which is Followed.

13. The most evil blindness is the blindness of the Heart.

14. The upper hand is better than the lower hand.

15. That which is less but is sufficient is better than that which is more and deceptive (insufficient).

16. The worst Excuse is at the time of Death.

17. The worst Remorse is Regretting on the Day of Judgment.

18. The best Riches is being self-sufficient.

19. The best Provision is al-Taqwaa (righteousness).

20. The head of all Wisdom is having Fear of Allaah.

21. The best thing which a heart can perceive is al-Yaqeen (certainty) and the Fear of the Knower of the Unseen (Allaah عز وجل).

22. Verily! With life there is death.

23. With Dunyaa (present life) there is Aakhirah (Hereafter);

24. For every action there will be a Reckoner (Allaah تعالى).

25. Over all things there is a Watcher (Allaah تعالى).

26. For every good deed there is a reward.

27. For every evil deed there will be a punishment (except for those whom Allaah forgives).

28. For every term (matter) there is a Decree (from Allaah).

29. Whoever makes the Dunyaa his (main) concern, Allaah تعالى will leave his affairs upon it (i.e. Allaah will not take care of him).

30. Whosoever betters that which is between him and Allaah, Allaah تعالى will rectify that which is between him and the people.

31. Whosoever corrects his affairs in secret, Allaah تعالى will rectify his affairs which are public.

32. Whosoever works for the Hereafter, Allaah تعالى will provide sufficiency for his religious affairs and worldly matters.

33. Turn towards that which you have been instructed to do, from the things which will rectify your Aakhirah.

34. Turn away from that which you have already been guaranteed from the matters of your worldly life (i.e. don’t make this Dunya your main concern, for what has been written for you of the provision will surely come to you).

35. Do not use your limbs – which were nourished upon the blessings from Allaah – by exposing them to Allaah’s wrath by sinning against Him.

36. Keep yourself preoccupied in seeking His forgiveness.

37. Make your main concern on getting closer to Allaah تعالى through obedience and submission.

38. Verily, you are now in the days where it is time for action and no judgment; and no doubt, tomorrow you will be on a Day where there is only Judgment and no actions.

39. Allaah تعالى gives the share of the Dunya to all - those who love it and those who hate it, but He تعالى does not give the Aakhirah except to those who love it.

40. Beware of oppression! For oppression will be darkness upon darkness on the Day of Judgment.

41. Beware of lewdness and immorality, for Allaah تعالى does not like immorality and an immoral person.

42. Beware of stinginess, for it destroyed those who came before you; it directed them towards speaking lies and they lied; it commanded them to break ties of kinship and they broke it.

43. The best Muslims are those from whose tongue and hands other Muslims are safe.

44. Beware of coercion and hostility, what an evil servant is the one who coerces and is hostile, while forgetting about Al-Jabbaar (the Compeller) Al-A`laa (The Most High).

45. What an evil servant is the one who is heedless and diverted, forgetting about the graves and the trials.

46. What an evil servant is the one who is violent and tyrannical, forgetting his beginnings or his end.

47. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the world through the religion.

48. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the religion through his desires.

49. What an evil servant is the one who puts all hope in his own zeal.

50. What an evil servant is the worshipper who is misled by his desire.

51. What an evil servant is the one whose aspirations humiliate him.

52. O son of Aadam! You already have that which is sufficient for you, while you seek that which corrupts you – neither with little are you content and nor with much are you satiated.

53. If you reach the morning with a healthy body, with security in your group (society), and you have been given the provision for that day, it is as if you have been given the realm of this world in its entirety.

54. And know that the feet of the servant will not move on the Day of Judgment till he is asked about his wealth: from where he collected it? And on what he has spent it? And about his age: in what he did with it? And about his youth: where he wore it out?

55. Both the Dunya and the Aakhirah seek and are sought after. The one who seeks the Aakhirah, the Dunya chases him till his sustenance has been given to him in complete. And as for the seeker of the Dunya, then the Aakhirah chases him till death overtakes him. Verily! Happy is the one who chooses the everlasting bliss over the ever perishing world.

﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ وَلْتَنظُرْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ﴾

{O you who believe! Fear Allaah and keep your duty to Him. And let every person look to what he has sent forth for the morrow, and fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is All-Aware of what you do.} [Surah al-Hashr (59): 18]

56. Turn to Allaah تعالى with repentance before your death and be prompt in doing good deeds before you are preoccupied (with worldly matters).

57. Amend what is between you and your Lord – you will be made happy.

58. Give much charity – and you will be provided with your sustenance.

59. Enjoin what is good – you will receive mercy.

60. Forbid what is evil – and you will be victorious.

61. The sustenance of every one of you has been allotted; a person will not miss what was written for him.

62. The life of every one of you is limited, and no one will surpass what was already been decreed for him.

63. So be good in what you seek and be prompt in doing good deeds before one’s term comes to an end.

64. The deeds will be accounted for; nothing from it – either big or small – will be neglected. So do much good deeds sincerely for Allaah alone.

65. Remember more often the destroyer of pleasure (i.e. death).

66. For if you remember death at the time of hardship, you will feel at ease and when you become pleased with it and you will be rewarded.

67. When you remember death at the time when you are rich, it will make you ascetic and generous and you will be rewarded.

68. Verily! The most refined person is he, who remembers death the most.

69. The best of them is he who prepares for it.

70. Verily! The sign of correct intellect is that the person turns away from the abode of deception (this world) and turns towards the everlasting abode, and takes his provision for the grave (i.e. good deeds) and prepares for the day when everyone will be raised up.

71. Verily! All those who are on earth are only but like guests, and the guest has to leave (sooner or later).

72. Verily! This Dunya is a temporary place of enjoyment; the righteous as well as the wicked eat from it.

73. But as for the Aakhirah, then it has been promised with truth (that it will come).

74. On that Day Al-Malik (the King) Al-Qaadir (the All Powerful) will judge (His creation).

75. Allaah have mercy on the person who takes care of himself (by doing good deeds and avoiding sins) and prepares for the Aakhirah.

76. This Dunya is the abode of distress and not the abode of success.

77. Whoever knows the reality of this Dunya will never be happy at the comfort he finds in it, nor will he grieve at the distress he suffers in it.

78. Allaah تعالى created the abode of Sorrow (the Dunya) and made the Aakhirah as an abode of everlasting bliss.

79. Allaah تعالى made the sufferings in this Dunya as the means of reward in the Aakhirah.

80. The reward in the Aakhirah is a recompense for the suffering in this Dunya.

81. Allaah تعالى takes (in this Dunya) so that He gives in the (Aakhirah).

82. And He تعالى afflicts (In this world) so that He can reward for it (in the Hereafter).

83. So fear Allaah تعالى as He should be feared.

84. And work towards pleasing Him.

85. And do not belittle any type of sin, for it might be small in your eyes but it something major in the rights of the One whom you have disobeyed.

86. The sins are not small anymore with persistence.

87. Nor do they remain big with sincere repentance.

88. So man should take from himself for himself and from his Dunya for his Aakhirah, and from his youth before his old age, and from his life before his death.

89. For there is nothing after this Dunya except for al-Jannah (the Paradise) or al-Naar (the Fire).

اللهم إنا نسألك التوفيق لحسن العمل وحسن الختام .

O Allaah! We beseech You to guide us towards good deeds and a good end.

اللهم اجعل الدنيا في أيدينا ولا تجعلها في قلوبنا .

O Allaah! Make the Dunya the possession of our hands and not an obsession of our hearts.

اللهم اغننا بحلالك عن حرامك ، وبفضلك عمّن سواك ، وبطاعتك عن معصيتك ....

O Allaah! Grant us enough of what You made lawful so that we may dispense with what You made unlawful, and enable us by Your Grace to dispense with all but You.

اللهم إنا نسألك الجنة وما قرب إليها من قول وعمل ، ونعوذ بك من النار وما قرب إليها من قول وعمل .

O Allaah! We beseech You for Paradise and that which will take us closer to it from the speech and action; and we seek refuge in You from the Fire and all that which will take us closer to it from the speech and action.

اللهم صلِّ وسلم على نبينا محمد