Some of the Salaf (may Allah have mercy upon them) said,

Whenever Allah wants good for His slave then He opens up for him the door of action (doing good deeds, worship) and closes the door of argumentation (disputes, debates, he said she said, refutations).

Whenever Allah wants evil for His slave then He closes for him the door of action and opens up the door of argumentation.

[Ibn Rajab (rahimahullah), Fadl ilmus-Salaf ala ilmil-Khalaf]

Abu Musa al-Ashari (rahimahullah) said:

Whoever has some knowledge, let him teach it to the people, but let him beware of saying things which he has no knowledge of, lest he transgress the limits and go beyond the pale of Islam.

[Sunan ad-Darimi, 174]

Dua to Help Remove Stress, Worry and Anxiety

اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَ الْحَزَن

وَ الْعَجْزِ وَ الْكَسَل

وَ الْبُخْلِ وَ الْجُبْن

وَ ضَلَعِ الدِّيْنِ وَ غَلَبَةِ الرِّجَال

Oh Allāh, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debts and from being over powered by men.

[Sahih al-Bukhari | 7:158]

Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī (rahimahillāh) said:

It is necessary that the woman speaks only when it is required of her because her voice may be a source of fitnah for a man, and Allāh’s aid is sought. We do not say, ‘The woman’s voice is a part of her ‘awrah’; however, it is a source of fitnah (and must be harsh and straightforward when speaking to strange men).

[Min Fiqh al-Imām al-Wādiʿī (rahimahillāh), vol. 3, pg. 49.]

Always Ask For Goodness

Prophet Muḥammad (Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam) said:

Do not supplicate for yourself anything but good (Khayr) for indeed the angels say ‘Āmeen’ to whatever you say (in Duʿā).

[Mukhtasir Sahih aj-Jami’ as-Sagheer, 7266, Grade: Sahih, al-Albani (rahimahillāh)]

Teaching Deen

al-Hafidh Ibn Rajab (rahimahullah) stated:

The best (type) of sadaqah (charity) is teaching an ignorant person or waking up a heedless person (from his slumber).

[Lataa’if al-Ma’aarif, pg. 30]

Ibn Mubarak (rahimahillāh):

One is learned as long as he seeks knowledge, as soon as he thinks himself a scholar he becomes Jaahil (ignorant)

[al-Mujaalasah, pg. 56]

Not everyone is fit for Da’wah, and not everyone who has enthusiasm is right for Da’wah. Enthusiasm coupled with ignorance (no practice, or inauthentic knowledge etc) brings harm and does not benefit.

[Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan (hafidhahullah), al-Ajwibat-ul-Mufeedah, pg. 79]

Whoever writes a book or speaks with statements of truth then it is obligatory that he be the first of those who acts according to it.

[Ifaadat al-Mustafeed Fee Tajreed at-Tawheed al-Mufeed, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzan (may Allah preserve him), pg. 18]

Ibn Masʿūd (raḍiyAllāhu ‘anh) said:

Never seek to please anyone at the expense of angering Allāh.

[Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī (rahimahillāh), Shuʿab al-ʾĪmān 1/384, 205]

The Messenger of Allāh (Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said:

‎The (Final) Hour has approached and people have not increased with dunya (the world) except in greed (for it) and they have not increased with Allāh except in distance (from Him).

[Saheeh aj-Jami’ as-Sagheer, Saheeh al-Albani (rahimahullah), 1146]

And everyone of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection (without any helper, or protector or defender).

[Soorah Maryam, Chapter no. 19, Verse 80, 19:80]

And We shall inherit from him (at his death) all that he talks of (i.e. wealth and children which We have bestowed upon him in this world), and he shall come to Us alone.

[Soorah Maryam, Chapter no. 19, Verse 80, 19:80]

It is benefiting for man to seek assistance with Allāh in every matter, even small matters like, leaving to and from a place, eating, drinking and wearing one’s clothes.

[Ahkaam al-Quran, Sheikh Uthaymīn (rahimahullah), 1/37]

Umar Ibn Abdul-‘Azeez (rahimahullah) stated:

Whoever makes his religion a target for debating will change his religion often.

[Sunan ad-Darimi, no. 310, ash-Shari’ah of al-Aajurri (rahimahullah), 116-117]

Omar Ibn al-Khattab (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) said:

If your sick person craves something (to eat), do not forbid it to them, for perhaps Allah has given them that craving so that He may place their cure in it.

[(al-Marad wal Kaffaraat) Illness and Expiations by Ibn Abi al-Dunya (rahimahullah), pg. 201, in another edition pg. 198]

From Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from his father (‘Urwah Ibn Zubayr Ibn al-‘Awwam) (radiyAllahu ‘anhuma) who said:

A man does not lose any of his trustworthiness except that he loses something of his faith.

[Narrated by al-Khallal in al-Sunnah, no. 789]

And sincerity (ikhlaas) while embarking on the road is a beacon that directs to right direction.

Only those with insincere intentions will stumble in their walk,

and those who refuse to be sincere are those whom Allah does not select (for guidance).

And there is no power nor strength except with Allah.

[Sayd al-Khaater, Abu’l Faraaj Ibn al-Jawzee (rahimahullaah), 762, Dār as-Sunnah Classic Collection]

A'ishah (Radhi-Allahu Anha) reported: The Messenger of Allah, (sal Allahu alayhi wassalam) said,

Whoever seeks to please Allah with something (that will be) displeasing to people, then Allah will be pleased with him.

Whoever seeks to please people with something displeasing to Allah, then Allah and the people will both be displeased with him.

[Sahih Ibn Hibban (rahimahullah), 278, Graded Sahih li ghayri (authentic due to external evidence) according to Shaykh al-Albani (Rahimahullah)]

Shaykh Rabee' (Hafidhahullaah) said:

When you see yourself rejecting the truth when it comes from a specific place
and you accept the falsehood when it comes from a specific place and you make it to be the truth,
then know that your heart is sick.

[Ansaaf al-Quloob, pg. 14]

Explainer of Kitāb at-Tawhīd Abdur Rahmān Hassān (rahimahullāh) said, Ibn Abdal Barr (rahimahullāh) said on the authority of Yahyā Ibn Abū Kathīr (rahimahullāh) who said:

The tale-carrier (backbiter) and liar causes more harm within an hour than the magician does within a year.

[Qurrah 'Uyyūn al-Muwahhidīn, 1/139]