The gentle rain and the one who raises the good words

Achieving Abdulrahman bin Hassan bin QaedIn the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, and with His help. This is a message written by our Sheikh, the Imam, the learned, the scholar, the teacher of Islam, Shams al-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Abi Bakr bin Ayyub bin Saad, known as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, may Allah envelop him with His mercy. To some of his brothers, and he named it "The Good Words and Righteous Deeds." And as he named it (1). He said: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Allah, the Almighty, the Most High, the Responsible (2), the Hopeful (3) for a response, may He oversee you in this world and the Hereafter, and may He bestow upon you His evident and hidden blessings (3), and make you among those whom when Allah bestows a favor, they thank Him; when tested, they patience; and when they sin, they seek forgiveness. For these three matters are the titles of the happiness of the servant and the signs of his success in this world and the Hereafter. And a servant is never free from them; indeed, he constantly fluctuates among these three states. Blessings from Allah, the Most High, follow him, and the key to them is gratitude, which is based on three pillars: acknowledging them inwardly, speaking of them outwardly, and directing them to what pleases the rain-bearing clouds and the good words. Table of Contents Introduction of the compiler Patience and types of servitude Ways Satan approaches the servant Impact of sin on the heart’s humility Success and failure Observing the favor and examining the faults of oneself and deeds Two principles of servitude Steadfastness of the heart with two things: Prioritizing love of Allah over all desires Exalting the command and prohibition Signs of revering commands Humility in prayer The excellence of deeds according to the difference in what is in the hearts Questions about the hadith of fasting on the Day of Arafah and its answer Atonement of sins through deeds: conditions and obstacles Nullifiers of deeds A matter regarding the repentance of the show-off, and returning the reward of his deed Does apostasy nullify deeds immediately? Signs of revering prohibitions Leniency in relaxation Rigidity and whispers From signs of revering the command and prohibition Fighting the Shaytan, desires, and the commanding soul The insignificance of the world compared to the Hereafter The long hadith of Al-Harith Al-Ash'ari The parable of the monotheist and the polytheist Injustice has three registers Tawhid is the key to Paradise The roles in the Hereafter are three The prohibited encircling during prayer Expiation of prayer for sins of humility and fulfilling its rights Prayer, the coolness of the believer’s eyes Two categories of accepted deeds People’s ranks in prayer Types of hearts Comparison of hearts to houses, and what Satan intends from them The parable of the fasting person as a man among a group with a bag of musk The prescribed fasting Disagreement about the time of the pleasant smell of the fasting person’s breath Imam Ibn al-Salah’s statement that it is in this world and the Hereafter, and his evidence Imam al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Salam’s statement that it is in the Hereafter, and his evidence Another proof for Ibn al-Salah The interpreters’ misinterpretation of texts without necessity Attributing the taste to Allah as to His other attributes Discussion of Ibn al-Salah’s evidence Resolving the dispute in the matter The appearance of the effect of obedience and disobedience on their owners in this world The parable of charity Hadiths about the virtue of charity The parable of the miser and the generous Differences between greed and stinginess The virtue of generosity, its limits, and types The most beloved of creation to Allah is the one who possesses His attributes The parable of remembrance Hadiths about the virtue of remembrance and its rank The chapter on the superiority of the one who remembers over the one who struggles Texts on the virtue of remembrance The rusting of the heart with heedlessness and sin Choosing a role model among those who remember Allah often Benefits of remembrance First: It drives away Satan Second: It pleases the Most Merciful Third: It removes worry from the heart Fourth: It brings joy and happiness to the heart Fifth: It strengthens the heart and body Sixth: It illuminates the heart and face Seventh: It brings provision Eighth: It clothes the one who remembers with awe Ninth: It fosters love Tenth: It leads to vigilance Eleventh: It causes repentance Twelfth: It brings one closer to Him Thirteenth: It opens a great door of knowledge Fourteenth: It grants reverence for Allah, the Almighty Fifteenth: It makes Allah remember the servant Sixteenth: It grants life to the heart Seventeenth: It is the strength of the heart and soul Eighteenth: It clears the heart of its echoes Nineteenth: It expiates sins and removes them Twentieth: It removes loneliness between the servant and his Lord Twenty-first: What the servant mentions of his Lord is also mentioned when needed Twenty-second: When the servant gets to know Allah in ease, He knows Him in hardship Twenty-third: It is a salvation from Allah’s punishment Twenty-fourth: It is the cause of the descent of tranquility Twenty-fifth: It causes the tongue to be busy with praise instead of backbiting and gossip Twenty-sixth: The gatherings of remembrance are the gatherings of angels Twenty-seventh: It makes the one who remembers happy with his remembrance and his companion happy with it Twenty-eighth: It protects the servant from remorse on the Day of Resurrection Twenty-ninth: With crying in solitude, it is a cause for Allah’s shade for its owner Thirtieth: Being busy with it is a cause for Allah’s best gift to the one who remembers Thirty-first: It is the easiest act of worship and among the greatest and best Thirty-second: It is the planting of Paradise Thirty-third: The reward for it is not given to anyone else Thirty-fourth: Continuous remembrance of the Lord guarantees safety from forgetting Him Thirty-fifth: Remembrance guides the servant while sitting on his bed Thirty-sixth: It is a light for the one who remembers in this world, the grave, and the Day of Resurrection The parable of Allah’s light in the heart of the believing servant The two parables: the fiery and the watery The fiery parable in Surah Al-Baqarah The watery parable in Surah Al-Baqarah The watery parable in Surah Ar-Ra'd The levels of people concerning guidance and knowledge The fiery parable in Surah Ar-Ra'd From the attributes and actions of Allah the Almighty The seventieth: that remembrance is the head of matters The seventy-first: that in the heart there is a flaw and need that only remembrance can fill The seventy-second: that remembrance gathers the scattered and separates the community The seventy-third: that remembrance awakens the heart from its sleep The seventy-fourth: that remembrance is a tree that bears knowledge and states The seventy-fifth: that the one who remembers is close to his remembrance and his remembrance is with him The seventy-sixth: that remembrance equals freeing slaves and spending money The seventy-seventh: that remembrance is the best of words after the Qur'an The seventy-eighth: that the multiplied remembrance is the most beloved to Allah The seventy-ninth: that whoever obtains it, he obtains happiness The eightieth: that remembrance adorns the face with radiance in this world and light in the Hereafter The eighty-first: that continuous remembrance on the way, at home, in travel, and in places increases the witnesses for the servant on the Day of Resurrection The eighty-second: that engaging in remembrance distracts from false speech The eighty-third: that remembrance disperses the gathering of devils from the servant The eighty-fourth: that the hadith of Abdulrahman bin Samurah about visions and its chain of narration The eighty-fifth: beneficial chapters related to remembrance: Chapter One: Types of remembrance Chapter Two: Remembrance is better than supplication Etiquette of supplication Among the benefits of remembrance and praise is that it makes supplication answered Various supplications and remembrances with different phrases Chapter Three: Reading the Qur'an is better than remembrance Chapter Four, which includes chapters: on the prescribed remembrances that should not be neglected First: Remembrance at the two ends of the day Second: Remembrance before sleep Third: Remembrance upon waking from sleep Fourth: Remembrance during fear of sleep Fifth: Remembrance of those who see visions they dislike Sixth: Remembrance when leaving the house Seventh: Remembrance when entering the house Eighth: Remembrance when entering and leaving the mosque Ninth: Remembrance of the call to prayer Tenth: Remembrance at the beginning of prayer Eleventh: Remembrance of bowing and prostration, and the separation between them and the two prostrations Twelfth: Supplications after the tashahhud in prayer Thirteenth: Prescribed remembrances after the salam, which is the conclusion of prostration Fourteenth: Remembrance of the tashahhud Fifteenth: Remembrance of sending blessings upon the Prophet, peace be upon him Sixteenth: Remembrance of istikhara (guidance prayer) Seventeenth: Remembrances of distress, grief, sadness, and worry Eighteenth: Remembrances that bring provision and ward off hardship and harm Nineteenth: Remembrance when meeting the enemy or fearing the authority or others Twentieth: Remembrances that repel Satan Twenty-first: Remembrance that preserves blessings and what is said when they are renewed Twenty-second: Remembrance during calamity Twenty-third: What is used to ward off debt and hope for its repayment Twenty-fourth: Remembrance to be recited for stings, bites, and others Twenty-fifth: Remembrance of entering cemeteries Twenty-sixth: Remembrance of rain (seeking rain) Twenty-seventh: Remembrance when the wind blows strongly Twenty-eighth: Remembrance at the sound of thunder Twenty-ninth: Remembrance when rain falls Thirtieth: Remembrance and supplication during heavy rain, abundant waters, and fears thereof Thirty-first: Remembrance when seeing the moon Thirty-second: Remembrance for the fasting person and at Iftar Thirty-third: Remembrance of travel Thirty-fourth: Remembrance when riding an animal and during it Thirty-fifth: Remembrance of returning from travel Thirty-sixth: Remembrance on the animal if it becomes difficult Thirty-seventh: Remembrance if the animal escapes and what to say at that time Thirty-eighth: Remembrance when entering a village or town if intending to enter Thirty-ninth: Remembrance of the home when intending to descend Fortieth: Remembrance of food and drink Forty-first: Remembrance of the guest when he arrives among people Forty-second: Peace upon entering Forty-third: Remembrance at the sneeze Forty-fourth: Remembrance of marriage and congratulating on it, and mentioning entering with the wife Forty-fifth: Remembrance at childbirth and related to the child Forty-sixth: The crowing of roosters, neighing, and barking Forty-seventh: Remembrance to extinguish a fire Forty-eighth: Expiation of the gathering Forty-ninth: What is said and done when angry Fiftieth: What is said when seeing the afflicted Fifty-first: Remembrance when entering the market Fifty-second: When a man's leg goes numb Fifty-third: When the animal stumbles Fifty-fourth: When someone gifts or donates and prays for him, what to say? Fifty-fifth: When removing harm from someone Fifty-sixth: Seeing the first fruit of the harvest Fifty-seventh: Buying something he sees and likes, and fears the evil eye Fifty-eighth: Good omen and bad omen Fifty-ninth: In the bathhouse Sixtieth: Remembrance when entering the toilet and leaving it Sixty-first: Remembrance when intending to perform ablution Sixty-second: Remembrance after completing ablution Sixty-third: In the funeral prayer Sixty-fourth: Remembrance if he utters something that displeases his Lord Sixty-fifth: What to say when reproaching a Muslim brother Sixty-sixth: When the sun eclipses or the moon is eclipsed Sixty-seventh: When something is lost and he supplicates Sixty-eighth: In tying prayer beads and that it is better than a misbaha Sixty-ninth: The most beloved words to Allah after the Qur'an Seventieth: The multiplied remembrance Seventy-first: What to say to someone who feels loneliness Seventy-second: When he wears new clothes Seventy-third: When he sees dawn Seventy-fourth: Surrendering to fate and divine decree after exerting effort in the prescribed causes Seventy-fifth: The comprehensive supplications of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and his supplications for seeking refuge, which one cannot do without Conclusion