The Saved Group

Ahmad ibn Abee 'Aamir Al-Hoozanee related that Mu'aawiyah ibn Abee Sufyaan stood and said, "Indeed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood among us and said,

“Lo! Indeed those before you from the People of the Book divided into 72 sects, and indeed this religious community (i.e., this nation) will be divided into 73 (sects) - 72 in the Hellfire and one in Paradise, and they are the jamaa'ah.”

[Narrated by Abu Dawud]

In another narration, when they asked the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), about the saved group, he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said,

"That which I and my Companions are upon today."

[Narrated by Mustadrak Al-Haakim]

Source: “Book of the End: Great Trials and Tribulations” (Last volume of the series “al-Bidhaayah wannihaayah”) by Ibn Kathir

Signs of the Hour 1

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said,

"Before the Hour are treacherous years; in them, the truthful person will be disbelieved, and the liar will be believed; the trustworthy one will be distrusted, and the treacherous one will be trusted. And the base, ignoble one will speak in that time (i.e., he has a voice that is heard by the people.)"

[Narrated by Ahmad]

Source: “Book of the End: Great Trials and Tribulations” (Last volume of the series “al-Bidhaayah wannihaayah") by Ibn Kathir

Supplication upon leaving the Home

‘‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.”

[Narrated by Abu Dawud, An-Nasa’i, At-Tirmidhi. See  also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/152]

Words of Allah & the Sounds of Shaitan

O Muslim, lawful things have good attributes,
Where is the good in singing, dancing and listening to flutes?

Can we compare the words of singers and sounds of Musicians,
To the Glorious Quran, its lessons, wisdoms and admonitions?

How many singers do you know and give admiration,
And how many do you know of the companions and the following generation?

How much do you spend on singers from your dollars?
Compared to how many you know of Islamic Scholars.

Do you see how much is memorized of Music songs?
While you ignore the book to which memorization belongs?

How much do you memorize of these incantations?
And swayed back and forth in intoxication?

Have you not seen those who follow the misguided?
And increase the loudness of the Music, when they should hide it?

And who writes their songs? Thinkers, or men of academia?
Or maybe scholars, like Ahmad, Malik or maybe ibn Taymiyah.

O you who listens to music..

Don't you see that all the songs of the world and all the lyrics you've seen,
Couldn´t compare with Alif Laam Meem?

*Author: Unknown