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The Best of You are Those Who are Best to Their Families

Al Imaam Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al ' Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy upon him) commented on the statement of the Prophet ( sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam ): " The best of you are those who are best to their families ." The Shaykh (may Allaah preserve him) stated: "The best of the people are those who are best to their families. That is because the relatives are the ones who are more entitled to the good treatment. Therefore, if there's any good in you then let your family be the first of those who benefit from this good. This is the opposite of what the people do today. You'll find him to be one who has bad character with his family but he has good character with other than them. This is a major mistake/wrongdoing. Your family has more right to be treated with goodness. That is because they are with you night and day, in private and in public. If something befalls you, they are afflicted along with you. If you're happy, they are happy. If

There's No One From Amongst You, Except That His Lord Will Speak To Him

Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allaah have mercy upon him) mentioned in his writing Al-Aqeedah Al-Waasitiyyah: The seventh narration which establishes the speech (of Allaah): It is His (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) statement: "There's no one from amongst you, except that his Lord will speak to him and there will be no translator between them." Imaam Al-Allaamaah Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy upon him) stated explaining this: "Allaah will speak to him and there will be no translator between them. That will take place on the Day of Judgment. The translator is the one who is between two individuals who speak different languages. He relays the speech of one to the other. There are four conditions that have to be met in relation to the one who translates: Trustworthiness, that he is knowledgeable of the language he is translating from, he is knowledgeable of the language he is translating to and he is knowledgeable of the topi