Advice from Sheikh Muhammad Amin
-Translated by Umm Sahl (7/18/2012)
Have correct
aqueedah (tenets of faith, i.e. believing God is without partner, believing he
is not restricted in a time or place, believing he has power of all things,
etc.)
Make repentance
of sin then don’t ever go back to it
Please the
person who is opposed to you, so that no one has any rights over you (or
against you?)
Catch up with
miss prayers or others things you owe Allah
Avoid all disobedience
to Allah, perform acts of worship purely without other objectives
Don’t sleep long
in the night; it will have you impoverished on the Day of Judgment
Fear Allah
anywhere, at all times
Follow up a bad
deed with a good deed
Engage with
other people in good character
Don’t be with
someone except that they benefit you religion or your dunya (worldly life)
Don’t keep the
company except of someone who is God fearing and keeps their promises
Don’t argue with
people about any issue except someone who is willing to accept the truth
Don’t engage
yourself with answering a question from an unintelligent person
Speak nicely to
one who speaks ugly to you
Keep ties with
the person who cut you off
Forgive the one
who wrongs you
Give to the one
who has deprived you
Avert bad
actions with good
Don’t gather
more of the dunya then you would need for a year (i.e. food, clothing, saving,
etc.)
Don’t engage
yourself in seeking knowledge in other then what you’re already doing unless it
will fix your heart and purify you
Don’t regard
yourself superior because your end is unknown
The most
superior is to keep far from doubtful matters
Be avid to
follow the sunnah (way of Prophet Muhammad (God’s peace and blessings be upon
him), his sayings, actions, life, what he agreed with or keep silent about,
etc.) and not your own nafs (lower self)
