Arabic language vs language of Aristotle!

Abu ʿAbdillah Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi’ee 204 AH (May Allah have mercy on him) said, “ما فسد النَّاس إلا لما تركوا لسان العرب، واتبعوا لسان أرسطو “ “People did not become corrupted, or deviated, except after their abandonment of the Arabic language and their inclination to the language of Aristotle!” [Sharh Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah 1/100; quoted by…

How those before you dealt with blessings and trials

Wahb ibn Munabbih 110 AH (may Allah have mercy on him) said, إِنَّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ كَانَ إِذَا أَصَابَ أَحَدَهُمْ بَلَاءٌ عَدَّهُ رَخَاءً ، وَ إِذَا أَصَابَهُ رَخَاءٌ عَدَّهُ بَلَاءً “Verily, there were those before you, when a trail befell them, they counted it as a blessing, and when a blessing befell them they counted…