The Mecca Royal Clock Tower built by the Bin Laden Group.
The world's tallest clock tower, a hybrid of Big Ben and the Empire State Building, hovers above Muslim pilgrims as they walk around the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam's most sacred site.
SayyidunaSalman alKhayr alFarisi, Radhi Allahu Ta'ala anhu,
“Verily, land itself does not make anyone holy. Rather, a human being is only made holy by his righteous deeds.” (1)
Mount Qasyoun, Bilad alSham.
Sayyiduna Mu’adh ibn Jabal, Radhi Allahu Ta'ala anhu:
A servant will not reach the heights of faith until humility is more beloved to him than nobility,
until less in the world is more beloved to him than more,
until it is the same whether he is loved or hated for the truth,
and until he judges people the way he would love to be judged for himself and his household.” (2)
When Malik ibn Anas, (i: Rahmat Allahi Ta'ala 'alayh), was asked about (i: Imam) Ayub Al-Sakhtiyani, (i: Rahmat Allahi Ta'ala 'alayh), he said:
I never spoke to you of anyone better than Ayub.
He also said:
He, (i.e. Ayub) performed Hajj twice, and I used to watch him (from far away), but didn’t listen to him.
However, (I noticed that) whenever Prophet Muhammad (i: Sall Allahu alayhi wa alihi wa salam), was mentioned he would begin to weep, until I felt for him. So once I saw what I saw of him, and how much he revered the Prophet, (i: Sall Allahu 'alayhi wa alihi wa salam), I [started] writing from him. (3)
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(1) al-Muwaṭṭaʼ 1500
[عن مالك قال سلمان الفارسي رضي الله عنه إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَا تُقَدِّسُ أَحَدًا وَإِنَّمَا يُقَدِّسُ الْإِنْسَانَ عَمَلُهُ
1500 موطأ مالك كتاب الوصية باب جامع القضاء وكراهيته]
(2) alZuhd li-Ibn Ḥammād 191[عن ابن حماد عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ رحمه الله قَالَ لَا يَبْلُغُ عَبْدٌ ذُرَى الْإِيمَانِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ التَّوَاضُعُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الشَّرَفِ وَمَا قَلَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَيَكُونُ مَنْ أَحَبَّ وَأَبْغَضَ فِي الْحَقِّ سَوَاءً يَحْكُمُ لِلنَّاسِ كَمَا يَحْكُمُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ
191 الزهد لنعيم بن حماد باب في التواضع وكراهية الكبر]
(3) al-Shifaa by Al-Qadi ‘Iyaad 2/596, 597. Refer also to: Majmou’ Al-Fatawa by Ibn Taymiyah 1/226.