Ash-Sharḥ

24 passages reference this surah

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Volume Two

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

1. "§§U0007§§ Chapter: The Station of Expansion The Reality of Expansion Chapter: The Station of Expansion Among the stations of "You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help" from سُورَة الفَاتِحَة is the station of expansion,"

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2. "nor does it drive him to opposition or idleness. Similarly, his hope does not prevent him from entering the field of expansion, but he remains between restraint and expansion. This is the state of perfection, which is the journey between restraint and expansion."

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3. "whether by choice or necessity. Second, anticipate the relief of deliverance. Expecting and contemplating this relief lightens the burden of hardship, especially when hope is strong or certainty of relief is present."

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Volume Three

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

1. "perception is then with the soul, and it laughs with joy. This is based on the principles of the people regarding the distinction between the rulings of the self, heart, and soul. According to them, "the opening" is of two types: a heart opening and a soul opening."

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2. "Rather, they are expanded by His contracting them from others, so expansion and contraction do not conflict in their case. Their contraction is towards Him in their expansion, and their expansion is by Him in their contraction."

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3. "while one sober in love is better than one intoxicated by it. The statement, "It corresponds to the state of expansion," indicates that expansion only occurs with sobriety, as intoxication does not allow for expansion."

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al-Fawāʾid — Points of Benefit, Volume Two

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. "I am brave whenever an opening presents itself to me, but if there is no opening for me, then a coward. Jealousy has a limit: if you overstep it, it becomes suspicion and ill thought of the innocent; and if you fall short of it, it is willful heedlessness and the beginnings of shamelessness."

   Source in al-Fawāʾid II →

Book 4: The Book of Prayer

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "The invocation of the opening: "Wajjahtu wajhiya... [I have turned my face... as narrated by Muslim from the hadith of Ali. The hadith "Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika... [Glory be to You O Allah, and praise], also part of the opening, as narrated by Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, and al-Hakim,"

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2. "not joining recitation too closely to the opening Takbir nor the bowing to recitation; two for the follower — not to join their opening Takbir with the Imam's or their Taslim with the Imam's; and one for both,"

   Source in The Book of Prayer →

Book 13: Etiquettes of Earning and Living

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Grant relief to someone who seeks it. Only someone regretful and harmed by the sale seeks relief, and one should not be satisfied contributing to the harm of his brother. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever cancels the sale of a regretful person,"

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Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "to two gates, the gate of al-Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, opening to three doors, the gate of the Prophet, may Allah's peace be upon him, opening to two doors, and the gate of Banu Shaibah, which is a corner of the eastern wall towards the north in front"

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2. "of the faithful, al-Mahdi, may Allah have mercy on him, marking the path of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to Safa. There is also the smaller gate of Ajad, opening to two gates, the gate of Weavers, opening"

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3. "They informed him that it would be opened from the northern side, specifying the location and the cost of opening it. He ordered money to be placed at that location, equivalent to the amount said would be spent on opening it."

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Book 21: The Book of the Wonders of the Heart

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "of the unseen to some degree. The opening of the heart's gate to derive from the senses is clear. As for the opening of its inner gate to the unseen realm and contemplation of the preserved tablet, this is known through the wonders of dreams, where the heart is"

   Source in The Book of the Wonders of the Heart →

Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "Then he urged them to seek out Yusuf and his brother and investigate their circumstances. O my sons, go and seek out Yusuf and his brother and do not despair of relief from Allah. Indeed, none despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people."

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2. "He was advising them not to lose hope for relief after hardship, for only the disbelievers despair of Allah's relief and the ways He devises for escape in dire situations. When they came to him, they said,"

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3. "that which you do not know. O my sons, go and find out about Joseph and his brother and despair not of relief from Allah. Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people."

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The Story of Ishaq & Yaqub

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "urged them to seek out Yusuf and his brother, saying, O my sons, go and search for Yusuf and his brother, and do not despair of the relief from Allah. Indeed, none despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people. This means not"

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Book 40: The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "Your hopeful face is our plea when people bring forth their arguments. May Allah never grant me relief on the day I call upon you for relief. It is narrated that Abu al-Abbas ibn Atta entered upon Junaid during his death throes"

   Source in The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife →

Book 31: The Book of Repentance

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "seeing the distant as near and the large as small, while the witnessing of the heart cannot be mistaken. The matter lies in the opening of the heart's insight, and what is seen after this opening is incapable of falsehood,"

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Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "and granted us permission to disembark. We went ashore to a large coastal village named Al-Sarha, with the opening of the neglected S, the quiescence of the R, and the opening of the neglected H, and there were four miles"

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al-Fawāʾid — Points of Benefit, Volume One

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. "Whoever's opening comes in seclusion will find his increase only there; and whoever's opening comes among people, in counseling and guiding them, will find his increase in their company."

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2. "and he knows there is no refuge from God except in Him. From such reliance relief and ease never fail to come. And at times it is the reliance of choice, which is reliance together with the presence of a means that leads to what is sought. If the means is one he has been commanded to take, he is blamed for abandoning it; and if he takes the means but abandons reliance, he is blamed for that too, for reliance is obligatory by the agreement of the community and by the text of the Qur'an."

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Book 19: The Book of Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "So the man pulled out a scroll from his bag and said, “Take this and put it in your pocket; it contains the supplication of relief. The guard asked, "What is the supplication of relief?"

   Source in The Book of Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil →