A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abu ad-Dunya ( r.a. ) recorded, in Dham ad-Dunya , “It is reported that some people asked Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib ( k.w. ) to describe this dunya .   ‘Do you want a long description or a brief one?’   They replied, ‘A brief one.’   He said, ‘Its halal leads to Accounts being Taken from you, and its haram leads to the Fire.’”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Tawaswswul wa al-Wasilah , that Imam Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abu ad-Dunya ( r.a. ) recorded in his book, Mujabi ad-Du‘a , that a person came over to see Shaykh ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Sa’id ibn Abjar ( r.a. ), in pain.  Shaykh ‘Abd al-Malik ( r.a. ) pressed his belly, and told him that he was suffering from an incurable disease.  The man asked him, “What is it?”   Shaykh ‘Abd al-Malik ( r.a. ) replied that it was a kind of ulcer that grows inside the belly, and ultimately kills the man.  It is said that the patient turned around, and then he said, “Allah!  Allah!  Allah is my Lord.  I regard no one as His rival or partner.  O Allah!  I beseech You and submit myself to You through the mediation of Your prophet, Muhammad ( s.a.w. ), the merciful prophet.  O Muhammad!  Through your means I submit myself to your and my Lord that He should have Mercy on me in my state.”   It is said t...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ According to Imam Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abu ad-Dunya ( r.a. ), Shaykh ‘Ubaydullah ibn Muslim ( r.a. ) related that Jesus ( a.s. ) once said, “Woe to the possessor of this world, since he must die and leave the world behind.  He places his hope in it and is deceived.  He trusts it and is forsaken.  Woe to the deluded, for this world shows them what they detest.  In the end, they must abandon what they love, and depart for that which they were promised.  Woe to the one whose constant preoccupation is this world and whose grave mistakes are his very actions.  What shame they will cause him soon enough!”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abu ad-Dunya ( r.a. ) said, “Jesus, the son of Mary, was accustomed to say, ‘O my God, surely I have entered into the morning unable to neither forestall what I fear nor hasten what I hope for.  The whole affair is in another’s hand. I have arisen bound to my deeds.  There is no one poorer than me.  Do not Make me the cause of my enemies being cursed, nor Make me the reason any harm should come to a friend.  Do not Place tribulation in my spiritual path, nor Empower anyone over me who shows me no mercy.’”