ï؟½The life spans of my Ummah are between sixty and seventy years, few amongst them surpass this.ï؟½Ibn ï؟½Urfah stated: ï؟½I am from amongst those few.ï؟½
ï؟½O Allaah, keep me alive as long as living is better for me, and take my soul if death is better for me.ï؟½And to supplicate with the supplication that he - ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ - taught me:
ï؟½O Allaah, allow us to take pleasure from our eyesight, our hearing and our strength as long as You keep us alive, and allow this to remain until our death.ï؟½Allaah the Glorified has blessed me by responding and allowing me to take pleasure in all of this. Here I am, I continue to research, verify and write actively, I pray the Nawaafil (Supernumerary) prayers standing, I drive long distances by myself, with a speed that some of my beloved brothers advise me to decrease, but I have reasons for this which are known to some of them. I say all of this due to the saying of Allaah:
And proclaim the Grace of your Lord
[Allaahu Akbar! Allaahumma make it so, Allaahumma have mercy upon al Albaanee and grant him a home in Fardaus. Ameen]
Sincerity is what is not known by an angel to write or by an enemy to spoil,
and is that which will not spoil its owner by being proud
Al-Fawaid
- The shahaadatain is a test for the slave's heart;
- The salat is a test for the slave's limbs, and ability to manage himself and his time;
-The zakat is a test for man in his wealth;
-The fasting is a test for the slave's ability to leave off desires for the sake of His Creator and Lord;
-The Hajj is a test for the slave's ability to bear hardship, difficulties of traveling in the way of Allaah