Safar Has Come!

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Be on your guard against sins because they bring bad luck, their consequences are disastrous, their punishment is painful, the hearts which love them are sick, the souls which are inclined to them are not upright, freedom from them is a boon, independence from them is invaluable, being involved in them - especially after the appearance of grey hairs- is a mighty catastrophe.

"The obedience of Allah Is is the best thing which a person can earn. You should therefore be obedient to Allâh and never disobey Him. It is only sins which destroy people. So abstain from whatever you have been prohibited from, and never approach it. If anything entails your destruction, it is your duty to safeguard yourself against it."

"A non-pious person ordering the people to piety is like a sick doctor treating people. O you who are trying to straighten others! Why don't you straighten yourself? Start with your self and stop it from its waywardness. If it desists from its waywardness, you will be wise enough [to stop others]. It is only then that what you say will be accepted, your statements will be followed, and your teaching will be beneficial. Do not prohibit [others] from doing something while you yourself commit it. It would be a serious blemish against you if you do this."

"For how long are you going to continue in your sinful ways? The month of Safar has come. It is through this month that you can triumph, get inspiration and succeed. You must first do what you intend, whoever does thereafter [by emulating you, it will be a cause of joy for you on the day of Resurrection. It is on that day that you should await goodness. Repent to Allãh Is in this month from your sins before your life reaches its end."

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Someone complained to a righteous servant about some people who were afflicted by a calamity, so he said:

"I feel that the bad luck of sins is the only reason for this calamity afflicting you."

Abû Häzim said: "Anything which diverts you from Alläh - whether your wife, children or wealth - are all causes of bad luck against you."

A poet says:

"May all that diverts one from Allah be destroyed. It is harmful, hurtful and is most certainly a bad luck."

In essence, bad luck is in disobedience while good luck is in the obedience and fear of Allah. A poet says:

"Any view which calls to the obedience of Allah Is is a blessed and providential view."

The infection (or contagious disease which destroys a person who goes near it are the acts of disobedience. Whoever goes close to sins, commits them, and persists in them is destroyed. Similar is the case with intermingling with those who commit sins. Any person who embellishes and beautifies sins, and invites others to them is actually a devil from among mankind. Such a person is more harmful than a devil from the jinn. A person of the past said:

"When you seek refuge in Allâh & from the devil from jinn, this devil turns away from you. As for the devil from mankind, he does not leave you until he casts you into sin."

The following is attributed to 'Ali (May Allah Be Pleased with Him):

"Do not be in the company of an ignorant person. Keep away from him and keep him away from you. Many an ignorant person brought about the downfall of a wise man when the latter befriended him. A person is measured by the person with whom he walks. A thing possesses criteria and similarities for another thing. The heart is a proof of another heart when it meets it." In other words, birds of a feather flock together].

A true emigrant is the one who remains aloof from all which Allah prohibited him from. Ibrâhim ibn Ad-ham rahimahullah said:

"Whoever wants to repent must extract himself from evils and give up intermingling with those whom he had been intermingling with. If he does not do this, he will not be able to achieve his goal."