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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The life of the salaf between speech and action.

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What has been said regarding the times.

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'Urwah Ibn al-Zubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"People resemble their own times more than they resemble their fathers and mothers."

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And from Mutarrif Ibn al-Shikhkhir, may Allah have mercy on him, who said:

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"People’s intellects are commensurate with their times."

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What has been said regarding the mosques.

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'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, heard

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the voice of a man in the mosque,

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so he said, "Do you know where you are?"

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And Mu'adh Ibn Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

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"Whoever thinks that those in the mosque are not in a state of prayer,

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except for the one who is standing and praying,

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has not attained true fiqh."

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And he, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

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"The mosques have been purified of five things:

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that legal punishments (hudud) be carried out in them,

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that retaliation for wounds be executed in them,

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that poetry be recited in them,

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or that lost property be announced in them,

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or that they be turned into marketplaces."

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And from Abu al-Darda', may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

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"There is no man who goes to the mosque to learn or teach something good,

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but that Allah writes for him the reward of a mujahid,

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and he does not return except as a gainer."

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And from 'Umar Ibn Maymun, may Allah have mercy on him, who said:

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"The mosques are the houses of Allah,

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and it is a right upon the One being visited to honor His visitor."

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Age and gray hair.

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Ibn al-Mubarak, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"How swift these days are in consuming our lives,

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and how swift this year is in consuming its month,

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and how swift this month is in consuming its day."

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And from one of the Tabi'un, may Allah have mercy on him, who said:

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"A man from the people of Medina, when he reached forty years of age,

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would devote himself entirely to worship."

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Ibn Hawshab, may Allah have mercy on him, once adjusted his turban,

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while anticipating a position of authority that was coming to him.

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Then he took a mirror to look at his face and his turban,

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and he looked at his beard and saw a gray hair.

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He took it with his hand,

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then unwound his turban while saying,

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"Authority after gray hair?

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Authority after gray hair?"

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One of the Umayyad princes once said:

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"I abandoned sins and disobedience for forty years

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out of shyness before people,

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then I abandoned them out of shyness before Allah, the Almighty and Majestic."

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How beautiful is the saying of the poet:

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"He remained young until gray hair appeared upon his head,

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and when it appeared, he said to falsehood, 'Cease!'"

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And 'Abdullah Ibn Dawud, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"One of them, when he reached forty years of age,

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would fold up his bedding (to prepare for worship)."

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Some of them would spend the night in prayer,

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and when he looked at the dawn, he would say:

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"At daybreak, the travelers are praised for their night journey."

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And Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"I have not likened youth to anything

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except something that was in my sleeve and then fell out."

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Conclusion.

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O Allah, to You belongs all praise for guiding me to Islam and the Sunnah,

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and for teaching me the Qur'an,

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and for making beneficial knowledge beloved to me and adorning it for me,

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and for expanding my chest to spread it,

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and for smoothing the paths and ways for me to do so.

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And to You belongs praise for the blessing of well-being,

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for without it, I would not have been able to seek knowledge,

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nor to act upon it, nor to spread it.

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And to You belongs praise for blessing me with sincere brothers,

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who correct me when I deviate,

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and advise me when I err,

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and rejoice in my joy when I succeed,

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and assist me in spreading the knowledge which

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You have gifted me through Your generosity, bounty, and grace.

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And to You belongs praise for the blessing of free time,

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for without it, I would not have found the time to

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learn, act, teach, and write.

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And to You belongs praise for turning away from me

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the devils of mankind and jinn,

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for without Your kindness in turning them away from me,

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they would have harmed me and brought me down,

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and distracted me from that which holds the welfare of my religion and my worldly life.

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And to You belongs praise for enriching me,

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and for expanding my provision,

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through which my body is sustained,

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for without it, I would have been occupied with securing my daily bread

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and the bread of my children, away from the knowledge

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through which my soul is sustained.

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And to You belongs praise for helping me against my own self,

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and for not leaving me to it,

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for had You left me to it,

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I would have been left to weakness, poverty, and incapacity.

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For were it not for You, our Lord, we would not have been guided,

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nor would we have given charity, nor would we have prayed.

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Praise be to Allah, a praise that is abundant, good, and blessed,

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as our Lord loves and is pleased with.

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And may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad,

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and upon all his family and companions.