Posted by Abu Iyaad
Thursday, Feb 09 2023
Filed under Tazkiyah & Tarbiyah
ʿUmar bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (رحمه الله) wrote to various provinces:[1]
To proceed, this earthquake is something by which Allāh (عز وجل) reprimands the servants, and I have written to all the provinces that [the people] should come out on that day and anyone who has something should give charity with it, for Allāh (عز وجل) said:
He succeeds who purifies [his soul] and remembers [only] the name of his Lord and then prays.[2]
And say as Ādam said:
They both said: O our Lord, we have wronged ourselves and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers. [3]
And say as Nūḥ said:
And unless you forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers.[4]
And say as Yūnus said:
There is none worthy of worship but you, indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.[5]
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