tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54196402033952925622024-02-07T11:31:40.535-08:00The Future is for IslaamThis blog is intended to bring authentic information about Islaam upon the Methodology of the Salaf (the pious Predecessors)Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-63387435947545737262012-01-06T03:21:00.001-08:002012-01-06T03:21:55.118-08:00supplicationQuestion:<br /><br />What is the most potent supplication one can make when one's heart feels constricted?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />Removing hardship and opening the breast of man are in the Hand of Allah Almighty Alone.If you are afflicted with a hardship,if you feel yourself hampered or inhibited,turn to Allah Almighty and ask Him to remove your hardship.Do what the Messenger of Allah `sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam used to do when hardship befell him,he would turn prayer and he used to say when afflicted:<br /><br />لَا إلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظـيمُ الْحَلِـيمْ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ العَـرْشِ العَظِيـمِ، لَا إِلَـهَ إِلَّا اللَّهْ رَبُّ السَّمَـوّاتِ ورّبُّ الأَرْضِ ورَبُّ العَرْشِ الكَـريم<br /><br />La ilaha illalllahul adhimul halim. La ilaha illallahu,rabbul arshil adhim. La ilaha illallahu, rabbus samawati wa rabbul ardi wa rabbul arshil karim.<br /><br />"None has the right to be worshipped except Allah,the Magnificent,the Foebearing.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah,Lord of the magnificent throne.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah,Lord of the heavens,Lord of the Earth and Lord of the noble throne."[1]<br /><br />The Permanent Committee<br /><br />---------------<br />Footnote:<br />[1]Al-Bukhari no.6346 and Muslim no.2730<br /><br />Source:Fatawa Islamiyah (Islamic Verdicts) Volume 7,page.297-298|Collected by:Muhammad bin Abdul-Aziz al-Musnad|Published by:Darussalam.Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-31221142435830824362011-09-05T15:11:00.000-07:002011-09-05T15:12:07.443-07:00The Exquisite PearlThis poem is from a book by Sheikh Abdur Rahman ibn Nasir As-Sa’di (Rahimahullaah) called Al-Durrat Al-Fakhirah (The Exquisite Pearl).<br /> <br />Fortunate are those who avoid the destructive paths;<br />Intending the stations of Allaah’s good pleasure.<br /> <br />Those who journey with the utmost sincerity;<br />Following the legislation by which faith is measured.<br /> <br />Those who build the stations of their journey;<br />Submitting between being fearful and being hopeful.<br /> <br />Those whose hearts the Divine has filled;<br />With devotion to Him and love for the Most-Merciful.<br /> <br />Those who remember Him do so abundantly;<br />In private, public, at all times in continuance.<br /> <br />Seeking nearness to the Sovereign Master;<br />By obeying Him and forsaking disobedience.<br /> <br />Doing what is obligatory and optional is their way;<br />Inspecting their own faults and their deficiences.<br /> <br />Their souls patiently enduring all that is disdainful;<br />Desirous of what it entails of benevolence.<br /> <br />They arrive at the Station of Contentment;<br />Ultimately reaching the Garden and safety.<br /> <br />For His bounties to His creation they are greatful;<br />With their heart, tongues and limbs of their body.<br /> <br />Reliance is their companion in all affairs;<br />Whilst striving in the pleasure of the All-Merciful.<br /> <br />Worshipping the Divine, believing in His presence;<br />Thus taking their place at the Station of Excellence.<br /> <br />Advising others to that which pleases their Lord;<br />With knowledge, guidance and compassion.<br /> <br />Accompanying the people in bodily form;<br />Whilst their spirits dwell at a sublimer station.<br /> <br />They alert the creation to their complete need for Allaah;<br />Continuously fearing a decrease in their faith.<br /> <br />Their hearts turning away from all distractions;<br />Completely emptied of other than the Most-Merciful.<br /> <br />Their movements, concerns and resolves;<br />Are all for Allaah, not the creation, nor the Devil.<br /> <br />The best of friends is the seeker of these paths;<br />Which leads to acquiring goodness and Ihsan.Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-62357415678332529552011-08-30T21:17:00.000-07:002011-08-30T21:18:53.440-07:00Remaining Steadfast After Ramadhan
<br />Shaikh Saalih Al-Fawzaan hafidhahullaah
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<br />From Ahaadeeth us-Siyaam: Ahkaam wa Ada
<br />Sufyaan ibn 'Abdillaah radhiAllaahu 'anhu said: "O Messenger of Allaah, tell me something about Islaam, which I cannot ask anyone else besides you." He said: "Say: 'I believe in Allaah' and then be steadfast (upon that)." [Saheeh Muslim (38)]
<br />The hadeeth is proof that the servant is obligated, after having eemaan in Allaah, to persevere and be steadfast upon obeying Him by performing the obligatory acts and avoiding the prohibited ones. This is achieved by following the Straight Path, which is the firm Religion without drifting away from it, to the right or to the left.
<br />If the Muslim lives through Ramadhaan and spent his days in fasting and his nights in prayer and he accustomed himself to doing acts of good, then he must continue to remain upon this obedience to Allaah at all times. This is the true state of the slave, for indeed, the Lord of the months is One and He is ever watchful and witnessing over his servants at all times.
<br />Indeed, steadfastness after Ramadhaan and the rectification of one's statements and actions are the greatest signs that one has gained benefit from the month of Ramadhaan and striven in obedience. They are tokens of reception and signs of success.
<br />Furthermore, the deeds of a servant do not come to an end with the end of a month and the beginning of another, rather they continue and extend until he reaches death. Allaah says:
<br />"<span style="font-weight:bold;">And worship your Lord until the certainty (death) comes to you." [al-Hijr: 99]</span>
<br />If the fasting of Ramadhaan comes to an end, then indeed the voluntary fasting is still prescribed throughout the entire year. If standing in prayer at night during Ramadhan comes to an end, then indeed, the entire year is a time for performing the night prayer. And if the Zakaat-ul-Fitr comes to an end, then there is still the Zakaah that is obligatory as well as the voluntary charity that lasts the whole year. This goes the same for reciting the Qur'aan and pondering over its meaning as well as every other righteous deed that is sought, for they can be done at all times. From the many bounties that Allaah has bestowed upon his servants is that He has placed for them many different types of righteous acts and provided many means for doing good deeds. Therefore, the ardor and zeal of the Muslim must be constant and he must continue to remain in the service of his Lord.
<br />It is unfortunate to find that some people perform worship by doing different types of righteous deeds during Ramadhaan. They guard strictly upon their five daily prayers in the masjid, they recite the Qur'aan a lot and they give in charity from their wealth. But when Ramadhaan comes to an end, they grow lazy in their worship Rather, sometimes they even abandon the obligations, both generally, such as praying in congregation, and specifically, such as praying the fajr prayer.
<br />And they commit forbidden acts such as sleeping over the time of prayers, indulging in places of foolishness and entertainment, and mingling in parks, especially on the day of 'Eed. Obtaining help from these evils is only through the grace of Allaah. Thus, they demolish what they have constructed and destroy what they have established. This is an indication of deprivation and a sign of perdition. We ask Allaah for His safeguarding and protection.
<br />Indeed, this type of people take the example of turning in repentance and ceasing from committing evil deeds as something specific and restricted to the month of Ramadhaan. And they stop doing these (good) acts when the month stops. Thus, it is as if they have abandoned sinning for the sake of Ramadhaan, and not out of fear of Allaah. How terrible is the state of these people, who do not know Allaah, except in Ramadhaan!
<br />Truly, the success that Allaah grants His servant lies in the fasting of Ramadhaan. His assisting him to do that is a great favor, thus the calls for the servant to be grateful to his Lord. This understanding can be found in the statement of Allaah after completing the favor of the month of fasting:
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"(He wants that you) must complete the same number of days, and that you must magnify Allaah (by saying Allaahu Akbar) for having guided you, so that you may be grateful to Him." [2:185]</span>
<br />The one who is grateful for having fasted, will remain upon that condition and continue to perform righteous deeds. Verily, the true way of the Muslim is that of one who praises and thanks his Lord for giving him the ability to fast and make qiyaam. His condition after Ramadhaan is better than it was before Ramadhaan. He is more receptive to obey, desiring to do good deeds and quick to enforce the obligatory acts. This is because he has gained benefit form this prominent institute of learning. It is that of one who fears for having his fast not accepted, for indeed Allaah only accepts from those who fear Him. The righteous predecessors would struggle to complete and perfect their deeds, hoping afterwards, that it would be accepted and fearing that it would be rejected. From the reports of 'Alee, "Be more concerned with having your deeds accepted than the deed itself. Did you not hear Allaah say: <span style="font-weight:bold;">'Verily Allaah, only accepts those from those who fear Him. (i.e. possess taqwaa).' [5:27] </span>"[Lataa'if ul Ma'aarif, p. 246]
<br />'Aa'ishah said: "I asked the Messenger of Allaah concerning the ayah: 'And the one who are given what they are given and their hearts tremble with fear.' Are they the ones who drink alcohol and steal?" He said: "No, o daughter of as-Siddeeq. Rather, they are the ones who fast and pray and give in charity yet fear that it won't be accepted from them. They are the ones who rush to do good deeds and they are the first to do them." [Saheeh Sunan at-Tirmidhee 3/79-80]
<br />So be warned and again be warned of turning backward after having attained guidance of going astray after persevering. And ask Allaah to provide you with duration in doing righteous deeds and continuity in performing good acts. And ask Allaah that He grant you a good end, so that He may accept our Ramadhaan from us.Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-55820522977419144482011-08-29T18:34:00.000-07:002011-08-29T18:35:58.854-07:00sunnan of Eid and rulingsAllaah has set out several rulings concerning Eid, including the following:
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<br />1 – It is mustahabb to recite takbeer during the night of Eid from sunset on the last day of Ramadaan until the imam comes to lead the prayer. The format of the takbeer is as follows:
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<br />Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, wa Lillaahi’l-hamd (Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great, there is no god except Allaah, Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great, and all praise be to Allaah).
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<br />Or you can say Allaahu akbar three times, so you say:
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<br />Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, wa Lillaahi’l-hamd (Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great, there is no god except Allaah, Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great , Allaah is Most Great, and all praise be to Allaah).
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<br />Both are permissible.
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<br />Men should raise their voices reciting this dhikr in the marketplaces, mosques and homes, but women should not raise their voices.
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<br />2 – You should eat an odd number of dates before leaving for the Eid prayer, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not set out on the day of Eid until he had eaten an odd number of dates. He should stick to an odd number as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did.
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<br />3 – You should wear your best clothes – this is for men. With regard to women, they should not wear beautiful clothes when they go out to the Eid prayer-place, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Let them go out looking decent” i.e., in regular clothes that are not fancy. It is haraam for them to go out wearing perfume and makeup.
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<br />4 – Some of the scholars regarded it as mustahabb to do ghusl for the Eid prayer, because it is narrated that some of the salaf did this. Doing ghusl for Eid prayer is mustahabb, just as it is prescribed for Jumu’ah because one is going to meet people. So if one does ghusl, that is good.
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<br />5 – The Eid prayer. The Muslims are unanimously agreed that the Eid prayer is prescribed in Islam. Some of them say that it is Sunnah, some say that it is fard kafaayah (a communal obligation) and some say that it is fard ‘ayn (an individual obligation), and that not doing it is a sin. They quoted as evidence the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded even the virgins and women in seclusion, i.e., those who did not ordinarily come out, to attend the Eid prayer place, except that those who were menstruating should keep away from the prayer-place itself, because it is not permissible for a menstruating woman to stay in the mosque; it is permissible for her to pass through but not to stay there.
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<br />It seems to me, based on the evidence, that it is fard ‘ayn (an individual obligation) and that every male is obliged to attend the Eid prayer except for those who have an excuse. This was the view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him).
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<br />In the first rak’ah the imam should recite Sabbih isma rabbika al-A‘ala (Soorat al-A’la 87) and in the second rak’ah he should recite Hal ataaka hadeeth ul-ghaashiyah (al-Ghaashiyah 88). Or he may recite Soorat Qaaf (50) in the first and Soorat al-Qamar (54) in the second. Both options are narrated in saheeh reports from the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
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<br />6 – If Jumu’ah and Eid fall on the same day, the Eid prayer should be held, as should Jumu’ah prayer, as is indicated by the apparent meaning of the hadeeth of al-Nu’maan ibn Basheer which was narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh. But those who attend the Eid prayer with the imam may attend Jumu’ah if they wish, or they may pray Zuhr.
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<br />7 – One of the rulings on Eid prayer is that according to many scholars, if a person comes to the Eid prayer-place before the imam comes, he should sit down and not pray two rak’ahs, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed Eid with two rak’ahs, and he did not offer any prayer before or after it.
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<br />Some of the scholars are of the view that when a person comes he should not sit down until he has prayed two rak’ahs, because the Eid prayer-place is a mosque, based on the fact that menstruating women are not allowed there, so it comes under the same rulings as a mosque, which indicates that it is a mosque. Based on this, it comes under the general meaning of the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “When any one of you enters the mosque, let him not sit down until he has prayed two rak’ahs.” With regard to the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not offer any prayer before or after the Eid prayer, that is because when he arrived the prayer started.
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<br />Thus it is proven that we should pray Tahiyyat al-Masjid (two rak’ahs to “greet the mosque”) when arriving at the Eid prayer-place, as in the case of all mosques, because if we assume from the hadeeth that there is no Tahiyyat al-Masjid for the Eid mosque, then we should say that there is no Tahiyyat al-Masjid for the Jumu’ah mosque either, because when the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) arrived at the Jumu’ah mosque he would deliver the khutbah, then pray two rak’ahs then leave and pray the regular Sunnahs of Jumu’ah in his house, so he did not offer any prayer before it or after it (in the mosque).
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<br />What seems more likely to be correct in my view is that we should pray two rak’ahs in the Eid prayer-place to greet the mosque, but we should not denounce one another with regard to this issue, because it is a matter concerning which the scholars differ. We should not denounce others with regard to matters where the scholars differ, unless there is a clear text. So we should not denounce the one who prays (Tahiyyat al-Masjid) or the one who sits down without praying.
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<br />8 – One of the rulings on the day of Eid – Eid al-Fitr – is that Zakaat al-Fitr is due on this day. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) enjoined that it should be paid before the Eid prayer. It is permissible to pay it one or two days before that, because of the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) which was narrated by al-Bukhaari: “They used to give it one or two days before (Eid) al-Fitr.” If it is paid after the Eid prayer, it does not count as Sadaqat al-Fitr, because of the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas: “Whoever pays it before the prayer, it is Zakaat al-Fitr, and whoever pays it after the prayer, it is ordinary charity.” It is haraam to delay Zakaat al-Fitr until after the Eid prayer. If one delays it with no excuse then it is not acceptable zakaah, but if there is an excuse – such as if a person is traveling and does not have anything to give or anyone to give it to, or he is expecting his family to pay it and they are expecting him to pay it, then in this case he should pay it when it is easy for him to do so, even if that is after the prayer, and there is no sin on him because he has an excuse.
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<br />9 – People should greet one another, but that results in haraam actions on the part of many people, such as men entering houses and shaking hands with unveiled women without any mahram being present. Some of these evils are worse than others.
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<br />We see some people denouncing those who refuse to shake hands with those who are not their mahrams, but it is they who are the wrongdoers, not he. But he should explain to them and tell them to ask trustworthy scholars to verify his actions and he should tell them not to get angry and insist on following the customs of his forefathers, because they do not make a permissible thing forbidden or a forbidden thing permissible. He should explain to them that if they do that, they will be like those of whom Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
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<br />“And similarly, We sent not a warner before you (O Muhammad) to any town (people) but the luxurious ones among them said: “We found our fathers following a certain way and religion, and we will indeed follow their footsteps”
<br />[al-Zukhruf 43:23]
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<br />Some people have the custom of going out to the graveyard on the day of Eid to greet the occupants of the graves, but the occupants of the graves have no need of any greeting or congratulations, because they do not fast or pray qiyaam.
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<br />Visiting the graves is not something to be done especially on the day of Eid or Friday or any particular day. It was proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) visited the graves at night, as mentioned in the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah narrated by Muslim. And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Visit the graves for they will remind you of the Hereafter.”
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<br />Visiting graves is an act of worship, and acts of worship are not acceptable unless they are in accordance with sharee’ah. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not single out the day of Eid for visiting the graves, so we should not do so either.
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<br />10 – There is nothing wrong with what men do on the day of Eid of embracing one another.
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<br />11 – It is prescribed for the one who goes out to the Eid prayer to go by one route and return by another, following the example of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). This Sunnah does not apply to other prayers, Jumu’ah or anything else, it only applies to Eid.
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<br />Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 16/216-223Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-28408551476254945302011-08-23T05:13:00.000-07:002011-08-23T05:14:15.003-07:00dua at the time of the Adhaan
<br />Sa’d b. Abu Waqqas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: If anyone says on hearing the Mu’adhdhin:
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<br />وَأَنا أَشْـهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلـهَ إِلاّ اللهُ وَحْـدَهُ لا شَـريكَ لَـه ، وَأَنَّ محَمّـداً عَبْـدُهُ وَرَسـولُه ، رَضيـتُ بِاللهِ رَبَّاً ، وَبِمُحَمَّـدٍ رَسـولاً وَبِالإِسْلامِ دينَـاً .
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<br />Wa ‘anaa ashhadu an laa ilaaha illal-laahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, wa ‘anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasooluhu, radheetu billaahi Rabban, wa bi Muhammadin Rasoolan wabil-islami deenan.
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<br />‘I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allaah alone, Who has no partner, and that Muhammad is His salve and His Messenger. I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Muhammad as my Messenger and with Islam as my religion.’
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<br />his sins would be forgiven [1]
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<br />[To be recited in Arabic after the Mu'aththin's Tashahhud or the words of affirmation of faith][2]
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<br />[1] Muslim 1/290
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<br />[2] Ibn Khuzayma 1/220Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-71392788738937342512011-08-21T13:41:00.000-07:002011-08-21T13:42:42.182-07:00the divine decreeThe divine decree related to the believer is always a bounty, even if it is in the form of withholding (something that is desired), and it is a blessing, even if it appears to be a trial, and an affliction that has befallen him is in reality a cure, even though it appears to be a disease!
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<br />Unfortunately, due to the ignorance of the worshipper, and his transgressions, he does not consider anything to be a gift or a blessing or a cure unless he can enjoy it immediately, and it is in accordance with his nature.
<br />If he were only given a little bit of understanding, then he would have counted being withheld from as a blessing, and the sickness as a mercy, and he would relish the trouble that befalls him more than he relishes his ease, and he would enjoy poverty more than he enjoys richness, and he would be more thankful when he is blessed with little than when he is blessed with a lot."
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<br />-Imam ibn al Qayyim rahimahullah
<br /> Madarij al-Salikin 2/215-216Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-51833456899473222732011-07-31T08:15:00.000-07:002011-07-31T08:17:28.034-07:00Impermissibilty of bringing children to the masjid that disturb those offering the prayersQuestion:<br /><br />Some of the people come to the Masjid and they have their children with them who have not reached the age of discernment and they cannot pray properly. These children line up in the rows with those who are offering prayer and some of them fidget (or play frivolously) and disturb those who are around them. So, what is the ruling on this? And what is your advice to the parents of such children?<br />Answer:<br /><br />I think that bringing children (to the Masjid) who will disturb those who are offering prayer is not permissible, because in that is a disturbance for the Muslims who are performing an obligation from the obligations of Allah. The Prophet heard some of his companions praying and reciting aloud, so he said:<br /> "You all should not raise your voices over each other in recitation ." (Ahmad 2:36, 67)<br /><br />In another Hadith he said:<br /><br />" You all should not harm (or bother) one another." (Abu Dawud no.1332)<br /><br />Thus, everything that contains something that bothers those who are offering prayer, is not permissible for the person to do it.<br /><br />Hence my advice to the parents of such children is that they do not bring them to the Masjid and they seek guidance in that which the Prophet directed to when he said:<br /><br /> "Command your children to pray when they are seven and beat them about (not offering) it when they are ten. " (Abu Dawud no. 494,495 and Ahmad 2:187)<br /><br />Likewise, I also direct advice to the people of the Masjid to open their hearts to the children whose coming to (i.e, presence in) the Masjid is legislated (in the Shariah). They should not make things difficult on them or remove them from their places (in the prayer lines) that they came to first. For verily, whoever is the first to come to something, he has the most right to it, regardless of whether he is a child or an adult. Hence, moving the children away from their places in the row contains:<br /><br />(1)Disregard of their right, because whoever comes to something first-that no one of the Muslims has beaten him to-then he has the most right to it.<br /><br />(2)It discourages them from attending the Masjids.<br /><br />(3)It contains the possibility of the child carrying hatred and dislike for the person who removed him from the place that he came to first.<br /><br />(4)It leads to the children being gathered together (in the row) and they end up playing and causing disturbance to the people of the Masjid that would not have occurred if the children were between the adult men.<br /><br />In reference to what some of the people of knowledge have mentioned regarding the child being removed from his place so that the child is made to stand at the end of the row or in the last row in the Masjid, using as a proof the Prophets statement:<br /><br /> "Let those of understanding and intelligence be near to me (in the prayer)." (Muslim no. 432)<br /><br />This opinion is not correct and in opposition to the prophet's statement:<br /><br />" Whoever comes first to what no on else has beaten him to, then he has the most right to it. " (Abu Dawud no. 3071)<br /><br />Also, their using the evidence, the prophets statement:<br /><br /> "Let those of understanding and intelligence be near to me (in the prayer)." (Muslim no. 432)<br /><br />This is not complete (in the way they use it), because the meaning of the Hadith is to encourage those of intellect and understanding to come forward so that they may be near the Prophet. This is because they are closer to correct understanding than the younger people, and more proficient in understanding what they saw from the Prophet or what they heard. The Prophet did not say,<br /><br />" No one but those of understanding and intellect should be near me (in prayer). "<br /><br />If the Prophet had said,<br /><br />" No one but those of understanding and intellect should be near me (in prayer)." <br /><br />then the opinion of removing the children from their places in the front rows would be acceptable. However, the manner in which this Hadith has been worded is merely his command to those of understanding and intellect to come forward so that they may be near the Messenger of Allah.<br /><br />Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen<br />Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 3, p26-29, DARUSSALAM.Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-53081443917479979282011-07-30T20:57:00.000-07:002011-07-30T20:58:03.926-07:00Umar's Instructions on the First Night of Ramadaan (Radiyallaahu 'anhu)It is reported that on the first night of Ramadân, ‘Umar – Allaah be pleased with him – would pray Maghrib, then say (to the people):<br />Sit down. Then he would give a small address: Verily the fasting of this month has been made a duty upon you, and standing in night prayer has not been made a duty upon you, but those amongst you who can stand in prayer should do so, for it is from the extra good deeds about which Allaah told us: so whoever cannot stand in prayer, let him sleep on his bed.<br /><br />And beware of saying: I will fast if so and so fasts and I will stand in night prayer if so and so stands in prayer. Whoever fasts or stands in night prayer, he must make this for Allaah. And you should know that you are in prayer as long as you are waiting for a prayer.<br /><br />Minimize any vain or false speech in the houses of Allaah (mosques; he said this two or three times). Let none of you fast a few days before the month (in order to avoid missing the beginning of the month; he said this three times). And do not fast until you see [the crescent of the new month] unless it is overcast. If it is overcast, count [the previous month] as 30 days. Then do not break your fasts until you see the night upon the mountain (i.e. you are sure the sun has set).<br /><br /> <br />‘Abd Al-Razzâq Al-San’ânî, Al-Musannaf article 7748.<br /><br /><br />Posted by: www.sayingsofthesalaf.netEdina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-68696468693881703422011-07-24T22:33:00.000-07:002011-07-24T22:36:08.405-07:00Advice on how to memorize the Qu'ran from shaykh Ibn Baz & shaykh Muqbil (rahimahullaah)Shaykh Ibn Baz’s advice on memorising the Qur’aan<br />July 21, 2010<br />The questioner asks Shaykh Ibn Baaz, may Allah have mercy upon him: I wish to memorize the noble Quran, so which surah (chapter) should I begin with and how can I preserve that which I memorise from the book of Allah?<br /><br />The answer: Memorising the mighty book (i.e. the Quran) is from the most virtuous ways of seeking nearness to Allah and that which is best is to begin with is Al Baqarah, that you start from the beginning of the Quran, and that you give importance to taking a bit at a time, and that you make for your self a suitable time in the day or at night in which you can strive to memorise the book of Allah, and I give glad tidings that the one who strives will find (i.e. fruitfulness), and whomsoever strives then Allah makes his affairs easy for him, as Allah free from all imperfections says: “and whosoever fears Allâh and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him” (At-Talaq 65:4)<br /><br />So if you strive, you will succeed, and also see a suitable time in the day or at night so that you may prepare it to preserve that which you have memorised, and start from Al Baqarah from its begining, and whomsoever strives whilst having the correct intention then Allah will grant him succes and make his affair easy for him<br /><br />This was taken from the Shaykhs webiste; http://www.binbaz.org.sa/mat/17115<br /><br />Translated by Abu Musa Ehsan Bin Manzoor<br /><br />Source: West London dawah Yahoo group, Message #3985<br /><br />Shaykh Muqbil on the Correct Way of Memorising the Qur’aan<br />July 15, 2010<br /><br />Shaykh Muqbil on the Correct Way of Memorising the Qur’aan and Hadeeth<br /><br /><br />Question:<br /><br />What is the correct way of memorising the Qur’aan and the Hadeeths?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />As for memorising the Qur’aan, then the people differ, from the people there are those that are able to memorise a page, and from them there are those that can memorise both sides of a page; and from them there are those that are not able to memorise except half a page or less (than that), so everyone according to their ability.<br /><br />From the affairs that which aid in memorising the Qur’aan are repetition, revision and standing in the night prayer with it (i.e. that which you have memorised) if you are able to perform the night prayer. For indeed Allaah, the One free from all imperfections and the Most High says:<br /><br />Verily, the rising by night (for Tahajjud prayer) is very hard and most potent and good for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (understanding) the Word (of Allâh). [Soorah Al-Muzzammil 73:6]<br /><br />And in some parts of the night (also) offer the Salât (prayer) with it (i.e. recite the Qur’an in the prayer), as an additional prayer (Tahajjud optional prayer Nawâfil) for you (O Muhammad sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). [Soorah Al-Isra 17:79]<br /><br />Likewise taking from the Mashaykh and memorising at their hands. If you do not find them, then I advise you to stick to the cassettes of the proficient reciters, those whom recite with a sound recitation, and not those who exaggerate as ‘Abdul Baasit does; rather, the recitation of just balanced sound reciters and not those that (recite in a manner) that was disliked by some of the Salaf.<br /><br />As for the memorisation of Hadeeth, then they are little easier if it is done without the Asaaneed (chains of narration), so it is possible that you memorise a Hadeeth in a day or two days or three days then act upon this hadeeth, for indeed this aids in making the Hadeeth firmly grounded, then studying with the brothers and lots of repetition.<br /><br />Taken From Tuhfatul Mujeeb ‘Alaa Asilatil-Hadhir wal-Ghareeb, p.157, Dar al-Aathar.<br />Translated by Abu Maryam Taariq bin ‘AliEdina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-49873912949169304172011-07-23T15:10:00.000-07:002011-07-23T15:14:13.135-07:00The bequest of Nooh (Noah) – alayhi as-Sallam134 - "When death was approaching the Prophet of Allaah Nooh -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – he said to his son: I will narrate to you my bequest; I command you with two things and prohibit you from two things. I command you with 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' (‘There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah) if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed upon a scale and 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' was placed on the other, then 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' would be heavier.<br />If the seven heavens and the seven earths were a closed off circle then 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' would be able to break it.<br /><br />The second thing I command you with is Subhana Allaahi wa bihamdihi (Far is Allaah from imperfection and praise is for Him), since it is a supplication for everything, and by it the creation is given its provision. I prohibit you from shirk and pride. ( the narrator said: I asked or someone asked) : O Messenger of Allaah as for shirk then we know about it, but what is pride? Is it that one of us has sandals with two good straps?<br /><br />The Messenger answered: No.<br /><br />He asked again: is it that one of us has companions and they sit with him?<br /><br />The Messenger again answered: No.<br /><br />Someone asked: O Messenger of Allaah, what is pride?<br /><br />He said: ridiculing the truth and belittling the people and reviling them."<br />Silsilah Saheehah: 134<br />From the benefits of the hadeeth:<br />The Ahaadeeth of Tawheed, Explained By the Muhaaddith, the Allaamah, Shaykh Naasirud-Deen al-Albaanee (rahimullaah)<br />Source: Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani<br />Translated by: Abbas Abu Yahya<br /><br />I say: there are many benefits from this hadeeth; I will suffice by indicating to some of them:<br /><br />1- The permissibility of writing a bequest at the time of death.<br /><br />2- The excellence of saying 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' and saying Subhana Allaah and that they are a cause for the creation to receive provision from Allaah.<br /><br />3- The scales on the Day of Judgment are true and real, and they have two pans. This is from the belief of the ahl-ul Sunnah, opposing that of the Mu'tazilah and their followers in the modern times. Who do not believe that which has been affirmed regarding 'Aqeedah in the authentic Ahadeeth, with the claim that these are Ahkbaar al-Ahad (singular narrations) which do not<br />convey certainty. I have exposed this claim in my book 'with ustaadh at-Tantawee'.<br /><br />4 - The seven earths are like the seven heavens. There are many Ahadeeth regarding this in Bukharee and Muslim and in other books. Perhaps one day we will have time to follow up these Ahadeeth and research them. What supports these Ahadeeth is the saying of Allaah Tabaraka wa Ta' aala : << It is Allaah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof (i.e. seven). >> I.e. they are similar in creation and in number.<br /><br />So, you should not pay any attention to the one who explains it away, there by it ends up as a negation of similarity as well as in numbers, being deceived by the Europeans and where their knowledge has reached to, from having gone up in to space however they do not know of seven earths, along with that they do not know about seven heavens. Will we reject the speech of Allaah and the speech of His Messenger due to the ignorance of the Europeans and others along with them, declaring that the more they increase their knowledge of the universe, the more they increase in their ignorance of it. Allaah the Most Great has spoken the truth when He said : << And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little>><br /><br />5 - That beautification with good clothing has nothing to do with pride what so ever. Rather, it is a matter which is permissible, because Allaah is Beautiful and He loves beauty, like the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said regarding this issue, as is narrated by Muslim in his 'Saheeh'.<br /><br />6- Pride which has been equated with Shirk will not allow entrance in to Paradise for the one who has an equivalent of an atoms worth. That is the pride, which is rejecting the truth after it has been made clear, and defaming innocent people without truth. So, the Muslim should be extremely cautious from being characterized with this type of pride, just like he should be extremely cautious from being characterized with the Shirk which places its companion in the Hell-fire for eternity.<br /><br />All Praise belongs to Allaah, may His peace and blessings be upon our final Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and all those who follow his guidanceEdina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-38228676454558486642011-07-18T11:57:00.000-07:002011-07-18T11:58:23.396-07:00The Legal Length of the Beard and the Ruling on Shaving the BeardQ. I request your Excellencies to make clear the ruling on shaving the beard, or removing anything from it, and what is the legislated area of the beard? <br /><br />A. Shaving the beard is forbidden, because it is disobedience to the Messenger of Allaah-Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam-, for the Prophet-Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam- said : <br /><br />"Grow your beards and shorten your moustaches." <br /><br />And because it is a departure from the guidance of the Messengers to the guidance of the Zoroastrians and the polytheists. The legislated area or the beard is as defined by the scholars of language, which is that it is the facial hair, the jaws and the cheeks, that is, the hair on the cheeks, jaws and chin-all of that is the beard. And removing anything from it is an act of disobedience and also, because the Messenger-Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam- said: <br /><br />"Grow your beards...." <br /><br />and: <br /><br />"Leave your beards..." <br /><br />and: <br /><br />"Let your beards..." <br /><br />and: <br /><br />"Expand your beards..." <br /><br />-and this proves that it is not permitted to remove anything from it; however, acts of disobedience differ, so shaving is worse than removing a part of it, because it is a greater and clearer violation than removing a part of it. <br /><br />Ibn 'Uthaimeen-Rahimahullaah<br /><br />Source: Fataawa IslaamiyyaEdina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-16074319739928300292011-07-13T16:46:00.000-07:002011-07-13T16:49:07.139-07:00Signs (major and minor) before the Day of JudgementA. The Minor Signs<br /><br />1. The Prophethood of Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)<br />2. The death of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)<br />3. The conquering of Bait ul-Maqdis<br />4. The Plague of Amwaas (in Palestine)<br />5. The increase in wealth so that sadaqah is not needed<br />6. Trials and civil strife:<br /><br />(i) The appearance of troubles in the east<br />(ii) The killing of Uthmaan (ra)<br />(iii) The battle of al-Jamaal<br />(iv) The battle of Siffeen<br />(v) The appearance of the Khawaarij (the Renegades - bin Laden & the likes)<br />(vi) The happening of al-Harrah<br />(vii) The appearance of the saying that the Quran is created<br />(viii) The following of the ways of the previous nations<br /><br />7. The appearance of claimants to Prophethood<br />8. Widespread safety<br />9. The appearance of fire in the Hijaz<br />10. Fighting the Turks<br />11. Fighting the non-Arabs<br />12. Dissappearance of trustworthiness<br />13. Dissappearance of knowledge and appearance of ignorance<br />14. Increase in the number of police and helpers of the oppressors<br />15. Spread of fornication<br />16. Spread of usury<br />17. Spread of musical instruments and their being thought to be allowed<br />18. Drinking of intoxicants and its being allowed<br />19. Adorning the mosques and rivalling therein<br />20. Building tall buildings<br />21. The slave girls giving birth to her mistress [Shaikh `Abdul-Muhsin al-`Abbaad said "It has been explained to mean that it is an indication of the many conquests and the large number of captives taken. So from the females captured will be those whose masters have relations with them, and then she gives birth to a child of his. So she will be a slave-girl who has given birth to the child of a free-man (umm walad), and her child will be in the position of being like her master; and it has otherwise been explained to mean how times will change, and that children will become disobedient to their fathers and mothers, and dominate them, until the children become like masters over their fathers and mothers."]<br />22. Increase in killing<br />23. Time passing quickly<br />24. Coming together of markets<br />25. Appearance of Shirk (Polytheism) in this Ummah (Muslim Nation)<br />26. Appearance of wickedness, cutting off of relations and ill treatment of neighbours<br />27. Dying of grey hairs with black dye<br />28. Increase of extreme miserliness<br />29. Increase in trade<br />30. Many earthquakes<br />31. Appearance of sinking into the earth, transformation into animals and false-accusations<br />32. The passing away of the pious<br />33. The raising of the despicable people to positions of importance<br />34. That greeting is given only to those the person knows<br />35. That knowledge is sought from other than the scholars in truth<br />36. Appearance of women in clothes which do not cover them<br />37. The truthfulness of the dreams of the Believers<br />38. Spread and increase in writing<br />39. Laxity with regard to the Sunnah (teachings of Muhammad)<br />40. Increase in size of the new moons<br />41. Increase in falsehood and having no concern to check reports (!)<br />42. Increase in false testimony and witholding true witness<br />43. Large number of women and small number of men<br />44. Sudden death being common<br />45. Hatred amongst peoples hearts<br />46. The return of the land of the Arabs to being pastures and rivers<br />47. Increase in rain but decrease in produce<br />48. The revealing of a mountain of gold by the Euphrates river<br />49. The talking of wild animals and inanimate objects to people<br />50. Wishing for death because of the severity of trials<br />51. Increase in the number of 'Romans' and their fighting the muslims<br />52. Victory over Constantinople<br />53. The appearance of al-Qahtaanee<br />54. Fighting the Jews<br />55. The expelling by al-Madeenah of its wicked people, then its desolation at the end of time<br />56. The sending of a pleasant wind to take away the souls of the Believers<br />57. The attacking of the Sacred House and dismantling of the Ka'bah (in Mecca)<br /><br />B. The Major Signs<br /><br />1. The Mahdee<br />2. The Anti-Christ [Maseeh ud-Dajjal]<br />3. The descent of Eesaa (Jesus)<br />4. Yajooj and Maajooj (Gog & Magog)<br />5. The three great sinkings of the earth<br />6. The appearance of smoke in the sky<br />7. The rising of the sun in the west<br />8. The beast of the earth [Daabbat ul-Ard]<br />9. The fire which brings the people <br /><br />source: http://www.salafipublications.com/sps/sp.cfm?subsecID=AQD08&articleID=AQD080001&articlePages=1Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-26191246625612246572011-07-13T13:55:00.000-07:002011-07-13T13:56:13.388-07:00Do Not Marry 7 Types Of WomenDo Not Marry 7 Types Of Women<br /><br /><br />1.Al-Annaanah:<br /><br />The woman who whines, moans and complains and 'ties a band around her head' all the time (i.e. complains of a headache or some illness but in reality she is not sick, rather she is faking).<br /><br />2. Al-Mannaanah:<br /><br />The woman who bestows favours, gifts, etc. upon her husband then (at that time or the future) says; "I did such and such for you or on your behalf or because of you.<br /><br />3. Al-Hannaanah:<br /><br />The women who yearns or craves for her former husband or children of the former husband.<br /><br />4. Kay'atul-Qafaa:<br /><br />The women who has a brand mark on the nape of her neck (i.e. has a bad reputation or doubts about her).<br /><br />5. Al-Haddaaqah:<br /><br />The women who cast her eyes at things (i.e. always looking at something to purchase, then desires it and requires her husband to buy it (No Matter What).<br /><br />6. Al-Barraaqah:<br /><br />The women who spends much of her day enhancing her face and beautifying it to such an extent that it will seem like it was manufactured.<br /><br />7. Al-Shaddaaqah:<br /><br />The woman who talks excessively...<br /><br />[Taken from the Book: 'A Concise Manual of Marriage' by Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen]Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-39930118562219708752011-07-12T09:48:00.000-07:002011-07-12T09:49:31.851-07:00Get Your Sins Forgiven on the 15th of Shaabanأَبِى مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِىِّ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ « إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَطَّلِعُ فِى لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِجَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ إِلاَّ لِمُشْرِكٍ أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ<br /><br />Abu Musa Al-Ashar’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that Allah’s messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Verily Allah looks at His creation on the 15th of Sha’ban and forgives everyone except a person who commits shirk and a person feels rancor towards his brother<br /><br />Collect by Ibn Majah (1390) Ibn Abee Asim (510) and others .Graded as being Saheeh by Shaykh Al-Albani<br /><br /><br />Ibn Rajab (may Allah have mercy on him) commented on this topic saying, “ My brothers you must avoid the sins that prevent the servant from receiving Allah’s forgiveness during the fixed dates of Allah’s mercy and pardon. They are as follow;<br /><br />Shirk- Allah says,”<br /><br />مَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ ۖ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنْصَارٍ<br /><br /> “Whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.[Al-Ma’idah 72]<br /><br />Murder – If everyone in the Heavens and Earth gathered together and killed a Muslim unjustly Allah would throw them all in Hell.<br /><br />Zina- Beware, think twice from being exposed to the Almighty’s wrath. The entire creation is Allah’s servants and slaves. Allah vies to protect them and there isn’t anyone who vies for this protection more than Allah. Allah doesn’t want His male and female slaves to commit zina. Therefore He has prohibited fornication and adultery and ordered His servants to lower their gaze.<br /><br />Shahnaa’- This is when a person harbors ill will against his brother and wants to harm him. Allah says, “<br /><br /> وَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ غَافِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ الْأَبْصَا<br /><br /> “ And do not think Allah to be heedless of what the unjust do; He only respites them to a day on which the eyes shall be fixedly open," [ Ibrahim 42 ]<br /><br /><br />This is should spare you the harm, knowing these acts prevent forgiveness during the times of pardon for sin.”<br /><br />TN – Inshallah the 15th will Thursday August 6.<br /><br />Taken from Lataif al Maa’rif by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali (may Allah have mercy on him). Pages 249-250 printed by Maktabatul Islameeyah in 1428 H<br /><br />Translated by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle<br /><br />Doha, Qatar 1430 H © 12/8/1430Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-39813478087094293022011-07-06T14:15:00.000-07:002011-07-06T14:17:48.368-07:00the wives of Ismael (Ishmael) , the story of the Ka'bahBukhari<br />Hadith 4:583<br />Narrated Ibn Abbas:<br /><br />The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a girdle so that she might hide her tracks from Sarah. Abraham brought her and her son Ishmael while she was suckling him, to a place near the Ka'ba under a tree on the spot of Zam-zam, at the highest place in the mosque. During those days there was nobody in Mecca, nor was there any water So he made them sit over there and placed near them a leather bag containing some dates, and a small water-skin containing some water, and set out homeward. Ishmael's mother followed him saying, "O Abraham! Where are you going, leaving us in this valley where there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything (to enjoy)?" She repeated that to him many times, but he did not look back at her Then she asked him, "Has Allah ordered you to do so?" He said, "Yes." She said, "Then He will not neglect us," and returned while Abraham proceeded onwards, and on reaching the Thaniya where they could not see him, he faced the Ka'ba, and raising both hands, invoked Allah saying the following prayers: <br />'O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Your Sacred House (Kaba at Mecca) in order, O our Lord, that they may offer prayer perfectly. So fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide them with fruits, so that they may give thanks.' (14.37) Ishmael's mother went on suckling Ishmael and drinking from the water (she had). <br /><br />When the water in the water-skin had all been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became thirsty. She started looking at him (i.e. Ishmael) tossing in agony; She left him, for she could not endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that land. She stood on it and started looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she could not see anybody. Then she descended from Safa and when she reached the valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in distress and trouble, till she crossed the valley and reached the Marwa mountain where she stood and started looking, expecting to see somebody, but she could not see anybody. She repeated that (running between Safa and Marwa) seven times." <br /><br />The Prophet said, "This is the source of the tradition of the walking of people between them (i.e. Safa and Marwa). When she reached the Marwa (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself to be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said, 'O, (whoever you may be)! You have made me hear your voice; have you got something to help me?" And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zam-zam, digging the earth with his heel (or his wing), till water flowed from that place. She started to make something like a basin around it, using her hand in this way, and started filling her water-skin with water with her hands, and the water was flowing out after she had scooped some of it." <br /><br />The Prophet added, "May Allah bestow Mercy on Ishmael's mother! Had she let the Zam-zam (flow without trying to control it) (or had she not scooped from that water) (to fill her water-skin), Zam-zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth." The Prophet further added, "Then she drank (water) and suckled her child. The angel said to her, 'Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House of Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah never neglects His people.' The House (i.e. Kaba) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. She lived in that way till some people from the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child, as they (i.e. the Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kada'. They landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it. They said, 'This bird must be flying around water, though we know that there is no water in this valley.' They sent one or two messengers who discovered the source of water, and returned to inform them of the water. So, they all came (towards the water)." The Prophet added, "Ishmael's mother was sitting near the water. They asked her, 'Do you allow us to stay with you?" She replied, 'Yes, but you will have no right to possess the water.' They agreed to that." The Prophet further said, "Ishmael's mother was pleased with the whole situation as she used to love to enjoy the company of the people. So, they settled there, and later on they sent for their families who came and settled with them so that some families became permanent residents there. The child (i.e. Ishmael) grew up and learnt Arabic from them and (his virtues) caused them to love and admire him as he grew up, and when he reached the age of puberty they made him marry a woman from amongst them. <br /><br />After Ishmael's mother had died, Abraham came after Ishmael's marriage in order to see his family that he had left before, but he did not find Ishmael there. When he asked Ishmael's wife about him, she replied, 'He has gone in search of our livelihood.' Then he asked her about their way of living and their condition, and she replied, 'We are living in misery; we are living in hardship and destitution,' complaining to him. He said, 'When your husband returns, convey my salutation to him and tell him to change the threshold of the gate (of his house).' When Ishmael came, he seemed to have felt something unusual, so he asked his wife, 'Has anyone visited you?' She replied, 'Yes, an old man of so-and-so description came and asked me about you and I informed him, and he asked about our state of living, and I told him that we were living in a hardship and poverty.' On that Ishmael said, 'Did he advise you anything?' She replied, 'Yes, he told me to convey his salutation to you and to tell you to change the threshold of your gate.' Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back to your family.' So, Ishmael divorced her and married another woman from amongst them (i.e. Jurhum). <br /><br />Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on them again but did not find Ishmael. So he came to Ishmael's wife and asked her about Ishmael. She said, 'He has gone in search of our livelihood.' Abraham asked her, 'How are you getting on?' asking her about their sustenance and living. She replied, 'We are prosperous and well-off (i.e. we have everything in abundance).' Then she thanked Allah' Abraham said, 'What kind of food do you eat?' She said. 'Meat.' He said, 'What do you drink?' She said, 'Water." He said, "O Allah! Bless their meat and water." The Prophet added, "At that time they did not have grain, and if they had grain, he would have also invoked Allah to bless it." The Prophet added, "If somebody has only these two things as his sustenance, his health and disposition will be badly affected, unless he lives in Mecca." The Prophet added," Then Abraham said Ishmael's wife, "When your husband comes, give my regards to him and tell him that he should keep firm the threshold of his gate.' When Ishmael came back, he asked his wife, 'Did anyone call on you?' She replied, 'Yes, a good-looking old man came to me,' so she praised him and added. 'He asked about you, and I informed him, and he asked about our livelihood and I told him that we were in a good condition.' Ishmael asked her, 'Did he give you any piece of advice?' She said, 'Yes, he told me to give his regards to you and ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of your gate.' On that Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and you are the threshold (of the gate). He has ordered me to keep you with me.' <br /><br />Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished, and called on them afterwards. He saw Ishmael under a tree near Zamzam, sharpening his arrows. When he saw Abraham, he rose up to welcome him (and they greeted each other as a father does with his son or a son does with his father). Abraham said, 'O Ishmael! Allah has given me an order.' Ishmael said, 'Do what your Lord has ordered you to do.' Abraham asked, 'Will you help me?' Ishmael said, 'I will help you.' Abraham said, Allah has ordered me to build a house here,' pointing to a hillock higher than the land surrounding it." The Prophet added, "Then they raised the foundations of the House (i.e. the Ka'ba). Ishmael brought the stones and Abraham was building, and when the walls became high, Ishmael brought this stone and put it for Abraham who stood over it and carried on building, while Ishmael was handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, 'O our Lord! Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.' The Prophet added, "Then both of them went on building and going round the Ka'ba saying: O our Lord ! Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." (2.127)Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-56228176631833721932011-06-28T21:25:00.000-07:002011-06-28T21:26:47.628-07:00What Benefits the Dead (person)117 - The dead (person) benefits from the action of other than his (action) in (the following) matters:<br /> <br />First: Supplication of the Muslim for him, if the conditions of acceptance are fulfilled in it, due to the saying of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, “And those who came after them say: 'Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in Faith, and put not in our hearts any hatred against those who have believed. Our Lord! You are indeed full of kindness, Most Merciful.’” [Surah Al-Hashr 59:10]<br /> <br />And as for the ahadeeth, they are a lot, some of them were already mentioned, and some of them will come in the visiting of the graves (chapter), and the supplication of the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam for them, and his order with that.<br /> <br />From that is his saying sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, “Supplication of a Muslim for his brother in his absence is answered, by his head is an appointed angel, everything that he supplicated for his brother with good, the appointed angel with him says, ‘ Aameen and for you with same.” [Muslim reported it (87, 8/86) and the text is by him, and Abu Dawud (1/240), and Ahmed (6/452) from the Hadith of Abu Ad-dardaa.] But, the funeral prayer takes most of the witness for that, because most of it is supplication for the dead (person) and seeking forgiveness for him, as its explanation preceded.<br /> <br />Second: Carrying out of the guardian of the dead (person) the fast of oath for him and there are ahadeeth about it:<br /> <br />The First: Aysha radi Allahu anha narrated that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, “Whoever dies and there is (make up of) fast upon him, then his guardian should fast (them) for him.” [Al-Bukhari reported it (4/156), and Muslim (3/155) and Abu Dawud (376/1), and AlBayhaqee from his path (6/279), and At-Tahaawee in Mishkal Alathaar (141, 3/140) and Ahmed (6/69)]<br /> <br />The Second: Ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhu narrated, “A lady traveled by the sea so she vowed, if Allah, the Blessed and Exalted saves her, she would fast a month, so Allah, Azza wa Jal saved her but she did not fast until she died, so a relative to her came (Either her sister or her daughter) to the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, she mentioned that to him, so he sallallahu alahe wa sallam said, ‘If you saw, if she had a debt upon her, then would you discharge it?’ She said, ‘Yes’. So, he sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, ‘Then the debt of Allah has more right that you discharge (it), (in another narration, then discharge (it) for your mother).’”<br /> <br />[Abu Dawud reported it (2/81), and An-Nasaee (2/143), and At-Tahaawee (3/140), and Al-Bayhaqee (4/255, 256, 10/85), and At-Tayalesee (2630), Ahmed (1861, 1970, 3137, 3224, 3420) and the text with the second addition is by him, and its chain is authentic based upon the condition of the two Shaykh (Al-Bukhari and Muslim), and the first addition is by Abu Dawud and Al-Bayhaqee. And Al-Bukhari reported it (159 − 4/158) and Muslim (3/156) and At-Tirmidhi (43 − 2/42) and he authenticated it, and Ibn Majah (1/535) with its like, and there is with all of them the second addition, and with Muslim is the last]<br /> <br />The Third: From him also. “Sad bin Ubadah radi Allahu anhu asked the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam for legal opinion (fatwa), he said, ‘My mother died and there is a oath upon her?’ he sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, ‘Discharge it for her’.” [Al-Bukhari reported it (5/400, 494) and Muslim (6/76) and Abu Dawud (2/81) and An-Nasaee (144, 2/130) and At-Tirmidhi (2/375) and Al-Bayhaqee authenticated it (10/85, 278/6, 4/256) and Al-Tayalesee (2717 and Ahmed (1893, 3049, 47/6)1]<br /> <br />Third: Discharging of the debt for him by any person, a guardian or other than him (i.e. guardian), there are many ahadeeth about it; the mention of many already preceded in the issue # 17.<br /> <br />Forth: Whatever the righteous son does from the righteous actions, his parents receive same (reward) as his reward, without any decrease from his reward, because the son is from their labor and their earning, and Allah Ajja wa Jal says it, “And that man can have nothing but what he does (good or bad).” [Surah An-Najm 53:39] and the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, “The best of what the man eats is from his earning, and his son is from his earning”. [Abu Dawud reported it (2/108) and An-Nasaa’ee (2/211) and At-Tirmidhee (2/287) and he graded it as hasan, and Ad-Daaremee (2/247), and Ibn Majah (430 − 2/2), and Al-Haakem (2/46), and At-Tayalesee (1580), and Ahmed (220, 202, 201, 193, 173, 162, 127, 126, 6/41), and Al-Haakem said, “(it is) authentic upon the condition of the two Shaykh (Al-Bukhari and Muslim), and Ad-Dhahabe agreed with him, it is a mistake from (many) aspects there is not enough room to discuss it (here). There is a witness for it from the hadith of Abdullah bin Amr. Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Ahmed reported it with an authentic chain (214, 204, 2/179)]<br /> <br />And it supports what the ayat (verses) and the ahadeeth points to (it), and particular ahadeeth mentioned about the parent benefiting with the action of his righteous son like the charity, and the fasting, and the emancipation (of slaves) and the likes of it and they are these (ahadeeth):<br /> <br />The First: Aysha radi Allahu anha narrated, “A man said, ‘my mother died suddenly2, (and she did not fast), and I think if she could speak, she would have given charity, so is there reward for her if I give charity for her (and for me reward)? He sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, ‘Yes’. [Al-Bukhari reported it (5/399 − 400, 3/198) and Muslim (5/73, 3/81), and Malik in Muwatta (2/228), and Abu Dawud (2/15), and An-Nasaaee (2/129) and Ibn Majah (2/160), and Al-Bayhaqee (4/62, 6/277-278,) and Ahmed (6/51).<br /> <br />And the text is by Al-Bukhari in one of his narration, and the last addition is the other narration, and Ibn Majah, and the second addition is by him, and the first by Muslim.<br /> <br />The Second: Ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhu narrated, “Sad bin Ubadah - brother of Bane Saa’edah - his mother died while he was absent from her, he said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, my mother died while I was absent from her, so would it benefit her if I give charity with anything for her?’ He sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said: ‘Yes’, so he said, ‘I take you as a witness that the garden of Al-Mukharaf3 is a charity for her’”. [Al-Bukhari reported it (5/297, 301, 307), and Abu Dawud (2/15), and An-Nasaaee (2/130) and At-Tirmidhee (2/25), and Al-Bayhaqee (6/278) and Ahmed (3080 − 3504 − 3508) and the text is by him]<br /> <br />The Third: Abu Hurayra radi Allahu anhu narrated, “A man said to the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam: my father died and he left behind wealth and did not advise (me regarding it), so would it expiate for him if I give charity for him? He sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, ‘Yes’.” [Muslim reported it (5/73) and An-Nasaee (2/129), and Ibn Majah (2/160) and Al-Bayhaqee (6/278) and Ahmed (2/371)]<br /> <br />The Forth: Abdullah bin Amr radi Allahu anhu narrated, “Al-Aase bin Waael As-Samee advised to free for him hundred slaves, so his son Hishaam freed fifty slaves, and his son Amr wanted to free for him the remaining fifty, he said: Until I ask the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam (about it), so he came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, then he said: O Messenger of Allah, my father advised to free for him hundred slaves, and Hishaam freed for him fifty, and fifty remains upon him, so should I free for him (the remaining fifty)? So, he sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said: If he was a Muslim, then you should emancipate (slaves), and give charity for him or perform Hajj for him, that would reach him, (in another narration): If he acknowledged the tawheed, then you should fast, and give charity for him, that would benefit him.”4 [Abu Dawud reported it in other (Al-Wachaayaa) (2/15), and Al-Bayhaqee (6/279), and the text is by him, and Ahmed (number 6704) and the other narration is by him, and their chains are hasan]<br /> <br />Fifth: Whatever behind him, which reaches him are righteous traces, continuous charities, due to His, the Blessed and Exalted saying, “ and We record that which they send before (them), and their traces…” [Surah Yaseen 36:12] and there are ahadeeth about it:<br /> <br />The First: Abu Hurayra radi Allahu anhu narrated that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, “When the man dies, his action5 comes to an end for him except for three (things): A continuous charity, or knowledge which he has benefited (others) with, or a righteous6 son who supplicates for him.” [Muslim reported it (5/73), and the text is by him, and Al-Bukhari in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad (page 8), and Abu Dawud (2/15), and An-Nasaaee (2/129), and At-Tahaawee in Al-Mishkal (1/85), and Al-Bayhaqee (6/278), and Ahmed (2/372), and the addition is by Abu Dawud and Al-Bayhaqee]<br /> <br />The Second: Abu Qutaadah radi Allahu anhu narrated, “The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, ‘The best of what the man leaves behind after him are three: a righteous son who supplicates for him, a charity (that) is going on its reward reaches him, and knowledge, (which he left behind, others) working by it after him.’” [Ibn Majah reported it (1/106), and Ibn Hibban in His Saheh (number 84, 85), and At-Tabaraanee in Al-Mu’ajam Al-Chager (page 79), and Ibn Abdulbarr in Jamia Bayan Al’ilm (1/15), and its chain is authentic as Al-Mundheree said in Attargeeb (1/58).<br /> <br />The Third: Abu Hurayra radi Allahu anhu said, “The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, ‘That which will reach the believer from his action and his rewards after his death are: knowledge, which he taught and spread, and a righteous son that he left behind, and a mushaf that he bequeathed, or a masjid that he made, or a house for wayfarer that he made, or a river, which he caused to flow, or a charity that he took out from his wealth during his good health and his life that (its reward) would reach him after his death.” [Ibn Majah reported it (1/106) with hasan chain, and Ibn Khuzayma reported it in his Sahih also, and Al-Bayhaqee as Al-Mundheer]<br /> <br />The Forth: Jareer bin Abdullah radi Allahu anhu said, “While we were in the company of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam in the early hours of the morning, some people came there (who) were barefooted, naked, wearing striped woolen clothes, or cloaks, with their swords hung (around their necks). {And there was no clothe upon them nor anything other than it.} Most of them were from Mudar tribe, nay all of them were from Mudar tribe.<br /> <br />The color of the face of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam underwent a change when he saw them in poverty. He then entered (his house) and came out and commanded Bilal (to pronounce Adhan). He pronounced Adhan and Iqima, and he sallallahu alayhe wa sallam prayed (with the Companions) {the Zuhr, then he claimed a small minbar}, then he addressed (the companions), {So he praised Allah and Exalted him}, {then he said, to proceed, Allah revealed in His Book}: “O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him He created his wife (Hawwâ), and from them both He created many men and women; and fear Allâh through Whom you demand (your mutual rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allâh is Ever an All-Watcher over you.” [Surah An-Nisaa 4:1]<br /> <br />“O you who believe! Fear Allâh and keep your duty to Him. And let every person look to what he has sent forth for tomorrow, and fear Allâh. Verily, Allâh is Well-Acquainted with what you do. {And be not like those who forgot Allâh (i.e. became disobedient to Allâh), and He caused them to forget their own selves (let them to forget to do righteous deeds). Those are the Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh). Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of Paradise. It is the dwellers of Paradise that will be successful.}” [Surah Al-Hashr 59:18 − 19]<br /> <br />Give charity before you are prevented from the charity (i.e. giving charity), so, some donated a dinar, others a dirham, still others clothes, some donated a sa' of wheat, {some donated barley} some a sa’ of dates, {until he sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said: and none of you should deem anything of the charity insignificant} even if it is half a date. {So they slowed down until the anger appeared on his face}, then a person from among the Ansar came there with a money bag {in another narration a bag of gold}, which his hands could scarcely lift; in fact, it could not be (lifted). {So, he handed it over to the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam while he was on his minbar}, {he (the Ansar man) said: O Messenger of Allah this is in the way of Allah}, {So, the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam grasped it}, {(then) Abu Bakr stood and gave, then Umar stood and gave, then the Muhajeroon and the Ansaar stood and they stood}.<br /> <br />Then the people followed {in (giving) the charities}, {whoever had dinar, and whoever had dirham, and whoever had, and whoever had…}, until I saw two heaps of food and clothes, and I saw the face of the Messenger sallallahu alayhe wa sallam glistening, like gold (on account of joy). The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said: He who sets a good precedent in Islam, there is a reward for him for this (act of goodness) and reward of that also who acted according to it subsequently, without any deduction from their rewards; and he who sets in Islam an evil precedent, there is upon him the burden of that, and the burden of him also who acted upon it subsequently, without any deduction from their burden, {then he recited this verse: “ and We record that which they send before (them), and their traces…” [Surah Yaseen 36:12]} {Then, he said, “Divide it amongst them”.}<br /> <br />[Muslim reported it (3/88, 89, 8/61, 62), and An-Nasaee (355/1, 356), and Ad-Daaremee (1/126, 127), and At-Tahaawee in Al-Mishkal (1/93, 97), And Al-Bayhaqee (4/175, 176), and At-Tahalesee (670), and Ahmed (4/357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362), and Ibn AbI Haatem also in his tafseer, as in Ibn Kathir (3/565), and the addition that is before the last is by him, and its chain is authentic, and by At-Tirmidhee (3/377) and he authenticated it, and Ibn Majah (1/90), The two sentences that is before the stated addition with the two addition are in both of them (At-Tirmidhee and bin Majah).<br /> <br />As for the first addition, it is in Al-Bayhaqee, and what is after it to the forth are by him, and by Muslim, and the fifth to the eighth by Al-Bayhaqee, and with At-Tahalesee the fifth, and the ninth by Ad-Daaremee and Ahmed, and by Muslim its like and such by At-Tayalesee and Ahmed also, and the tenth and twelfth, and fifteenth and nineteenth by Al-Bayhaqee, and eleventh and seventeenth by At-Tahaawee and Ahmed, and fourteenth by At-Tayalesee, and sixteenth and seventeenth by Muslim and At-Tirmidhee and Ahmed and other than them, the second narration is by An-Nasaee and Al-Bayhaqee, and the third by At-Tahawee and Ahmed]<br /> <br /> <br />Reference: “The Rulings of Funerals and its innovation” by Shaykh Albanee; Translated by Nasrin As.SalafiyahEdina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-75744750915649728792010-11-26T19:10:00.000-08:002010-11-26T19:16:52.462-08:00Keep Only a Few Friends (of benefit) ...Advice of Sufyaan Ath-ThawriSufyaan Ath-Thawri: A True Mountain of Knowledge & the Leader of Believers in Hadeeth<br /><br />Sufyaan ath-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him) said that one foolishly compromised one’s religion when one kept too many friends. Having too many acquaintances diverts one from one’s duty towards one’s Lord, for a person who has many friends is always busy socializing with them and fulfilling their rights over him; so he becomes preoccupied with people when he really should be preoccupied with his religious duties. The ill-effects of being too gregarious can last well beyond a social gathering. Sufyaan said,“I might meet a brother and as a result, remain heedless (of what I should be doing) for an entire month.”<br /> <br />A friend, Sufyaan insisted, should be someone who helps one to improve as a Muslim; otherwise he is not worth keeping as a friend. Sufyaan expressed this sentiment when he said, “If someone is not with you, then he is against you.”<br /> <br /> <br />And Yousuf ibn Asbaat reported that he heard Sufyaan ath-Thawri say, “Whenever I spoke contrary to the desires of any man, he, regardless of who he was, would inevitably become furious with me. The people of knowledge and piety have departed.<br /> <br />Sufyaan once advised someone to test the character of the person he wanted to befriend. Sufyaan said,“Choose whoever you want as your companion. But when you have made your choice, make him angry, and then order someone to go a nd ask him what he thinks about you-without him knowing that you sent that person.<br /> <br />Bakr ibn Muhammad Al-’Aabid related that Sufyaan ath-Thawri once said to him, “Direct me to a man with whom I can keep company.” Sufyaan said, “You are searching for something that cannot be found.”<br /> <br />Khalf ibn Ismaa’eel Al-Barzaanee reported that he heard Sufyaan ath-Thawri said,“Acquaint yourself with fewer people, and as a result, you will backbite less (frequently).”<br /> <br />Source: ‘Biography of Imam Sufyaan ath-Thawri ‘. This book is sold by Darussalaam and the author is Salaahud-Deen ibn Ali ibn Abd ul-Maujood.Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-171389124588534742010-11-23T21:38:00.000-08:002010-11-23T21:42:07.558-08:00subhanAllaah! a beautiful advice from Sufyaan ath ThawreeSufyaan once wrote to one of his Muslim brothers<br /><br />May Allaah, with His Mercy, protect both me and you from the Hellfire.<br /><br />I advise both you and myself to fear Allaah.<br /><br />And I warn you not to turn to ignorance after you have learned, not to turn to destruction after you have seen and recognized the truth, and not to leave the (Straight) Path after it has been made clear to you.<br /><br />Do not become deceived by worldly people, and do not become unduly impressed by the way they strive for and greedily gather worldly things, for the terror (that will envelop them on the Day of Resurrection) is indeed SEVERE.<br /><br />The danger (of the Day of Resurrection) is grave indeed, but what is more, is that it is near at hand.<br /><br /><br />So occupy yourself exclusively with the Hereafter, and empty your heart of all other thoughts; once you have done that, work hard! Do not waste time! And flee from the world and its temptations! Travel to the Hereafter (with your worship) before you are taken there… I have indeed given you the same advice that I gave myself.<br /><br />And understand that success comes from Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala). The key to gaining His help is supplication, prayer, feeling remorse for past negligence, and complete submission to Him.<br /><br />Your days and nights are numbered, so use the time you have left wisely, and do not be negligent in fulfilling the rights of your Lord.<br /><br />I ask Allaah, Who has blessed us to know Him, not to entrust us and you to our ownselves; and I ask Allaah to be our Guardian and Helper, just as He is the Guardian and Helper of His beloved, righteous slaves.<br /><br />Beware of doing that which will spoil your deeds, and know that it is showing off that spoils a person’s deeds; and if it is not showing off, then it is conceitedness – for you to imagine that you are better than one of your Muslim brothers, when in reality he performs more good deeds than you do; or perhaps he performs his deeds with a purer intention than you do.<br /><br />And even if you are not conceited, beware of developing a love for praise.<br /><br />Be ever so careful not to come to love other people’s praise of your good deeds, or the respect they feel for you and bestow upon you because of your good deeds.<br /><br />And beware of desiring that others should help you in your personal affairs just because they have become impressed with your good deeds.<br /><br />You surely claim (as does everyone else), after all, that you are doing good deeds only for the sake of Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala); well, then turn that claim into a reality.<br /><br />If you want to be less desirous of this world – its things, wealth, and pleasures – and more desirous of the Hereafter — Paradise and its bliss – then remember death frequently.<br /><br />And know that you have long term hopes for this world – which one should not have — if you fear Allaah only a little or if you recklessly perpetrate sins.<br /><br />And one will be sufficiently regretful and wretched on the Day of Resurrection if he has knowledge but does not apply it.<br /><br />* Transcribed from: The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree, rahimahullaah, page 181-182Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-74316000244277347722010-11-21T08:19:00.000-08:002010-11-21T08:21:21.533-08:00deed's that wash away our sins1. Perfecting ones ablution<br /> <br />“No worshipper perfects his ablution except that his past and future sins are forgiven.” (Hasan, Al-Bazzar. Al-Haythami and Al-Mundhiri agreed upon.)<br /> <br /> <br />2. Fasting in Ramadan<br /> <br />“Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and seeking Allahs reward then his past and future sins are forgiven.” (Ahmad)<br /> <br /> <br />3. Night prayer in Ramadan<br /> <br />“Whoever stands (in prayer) in Ramadan out of faith and seeking Allahs reward then his past and future sins are forgiven.” (Sahih An-Nasa’i)<br /> <br /> <br />4. Night of Al-Qadr<br /> <br />Laylat-ul-Qadr or the Night of Al-Qadr can be expected in the odd nights of the last 10 days of Ramadan. He who performs the night prayer in it out of belief and seeking Allahs reward his past and future sins are forgiven. (Ahmad)<br /> <br /> <br />5. Thanking Allah after eating and putting ones clothes on<br /> <br />“Whoever ate food and then said, Praise be to Allah who has fed me this food and provided it for me, without any strength or power on my part, is forgiven his past sins. And whoever wears a garment and says, Praise be to Allah who has clothed me with this (garment) and provided it for me, without any strength or power on my part’, is forgiven his past and future sins.” Ibn Majah, Abu Dawood, Al-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa’i, and others).<br /> <br /> <br />6. Getting old in Islam<br /> <br />“No one reaches 40 years in Islam except that Allah protects him from madness, leprosy and leucoderma. When he is 50, Allah makes his reckoning easy. When he reaches 60, Allah grants him repentance. And when he reaches 70, Allah loves him and the inhabitants of the heavens love him.<br /> <br />And when he reaches 80, Allah accepts his good deeds and overlooks his sins. When he reaches 90, Allah forgives his past and future sins, and he is named ‘the prisoner of Allah on earth’ and is granted intercession (for forgiveness) for his family.” (Hasan, Ibn Asakir. Ahmad Shakir said in his notes on Al-Musnad, 8/23, 25: “Its chain is at least Hasan. It is supported with other chains which raise it to the level of Sahih.”)<br /> <br /> <br />7. Neither Ruqya nor belief in bad omens<br /> <br />“I was told: ‘These are your people and amongst them there are 70,000 who shall enter Paradise without being taken to either account or torment.’ …’They are those who do not make Ruqya nor seek it, nor believe in bad omens, but trust in their Lord (Allah).’” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)<br /> <br /> <br />8. Patiently bearing childrens death<br /> <br />“Whoever buries three children, Allah will forbid the (Hell) Fire for him.” (Sahih, Tabarani in Al-Kabeer, Al-Albani authenticated it in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 6238)<br /> <br />“There are no two Muslim parents whose three children die before reaching puberty except that Allah will enter them into Paradise due to His mercy to the children.<br /> <br />It will be said to them, ‘Enter the Paradise,’ so they will say, ‘Not until our parents enter first.’ It will be said, ‘Enter the Paradise you and your parents.’ (Ahmad and An-Nasa’i; Al-Albani authenticated it in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 5780)<br /> <br />“Whoever remains content and patient after the death of three of his offspring will enter Jannah.”<br /> <br />A woman said, “What about two?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “And two.”(Sahih, An-Nasa’i and Ibn Hibban; authenticated by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 5969)<br /> <br /> <br />9. Raising three daughters<br /> <br />“There is no one from my Ummah who takes care of three daughters or three sisters, and is nice to them, except that they will be a screen (protection) for him from the Fire.” (Sahih, Al-Bayhaqi and Al-Bukhari in Al-Adab, authenticated by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 5372)<br /> <br /> <br />10. Defending a Muslims honor<br /> <br />“Whoever defends the honor of his brother in absence has the right with Allah to be freed from the Fire.” (Sahih, Ahmad and Al-Tabarani; authenticated by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 6240) <br /> <br /> <br />11. Sincerity to Allah<br /> <br />No servant who says ‘La ilaha ill Allah’, seeking the pleasure of Allah, will reach the Day of Judgment, except that Allah will forbid the Fire for him. (Ahmad and Al-Bukhari) Hafidh Ibn Hajr said, “It’s not like that (i.e. not entering the Fire at all) for everyone who believed in Tawheed and worshiped, but it is specific for the sincere, and sincerity (Ikhlas) requires the realization of its meaning by the heart. One cannot imagine that the heart will reach that while persisting in sins, as the heart would be filled with the love and fear of Allah, whereupon limbs will embark upon obedience and leave disobedience.”<br /> <br /> <br />12. Crying out of fear of Allah<br /> <br />“No man who cried out of fear of Allah will enter the Fire until the milk returns to the udder, and dust in the path of Allah (Jihad) and the smoke of the Fire cannot go together.” (Ahmad, Al-Tirmidhi, and An-Nasa’i; authenticated by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 7778)<br /> <br />13. Congregational prayer for 40 days<br /> <br />“Whoever prays to Allah for 40 days in congregation, reaching the opening Takbeer (Takbeer Al-Ihram), will have two (rewards) written for him: freedom from the Fire and freedom from hypocrisy.” (Al-Tirmidhi, declared Hasan by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 6365)<br /> “Whoever is easy-going, easy to deal with and kindhearted, Allah will forbid the Fire for him.” (Sahih, Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak, Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Tabarani; authenticated by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 6484)<br /> <br /> <br />14. Praying four Rakat before and after Dhuhr<br /> <br />“Whoever is consistent in praying four units of prayer before Dhuhr and four after it, Fire will be forbidden for him.” (Sahih, Abu Dawood, An-Nasa’i, Al-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah; authenticated by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 6195)<br /> <br /> <br />15. Praying before sunrise and after sunset<br /> <br />“No one will enter Fire who prays before sunrise and after sunset.” (Ahmad, Muslim, Abu Dawood, and An-Nasa’i; meaning: Fajr and Asr prayers)<br /> <br /> <br />16. Good character<br /> <br /> “Whoever is easy-going, easy to deal with and kindhearted, Allah will forbid the Fire for him.” (Sahih, Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak, Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Tabarani; authenticated by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Jami, no. 6484)<br />Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-14278111551863098982010-08-30T19:55:00.000-07:002010-08-30T19:57:22.672-07:00advice for a lifetimeIbn Mas’ood RadiAllaahu‘anhu said, “Certainty in Faith (Yaqeen) is that you do not make the people happy by angering Allaah, and that you do not envy anyone for that which Allaah has provided, and that you do not blame anyone for something which Allaah has not given you. Since provision will not be brought on by a persons craving after it, nor will it be repelled by a person’s disliking it. ndeed Allaah through His Justice has made joy and happiness dependent upon having certain faith and contentment, and He has made worries and sorrows spring from doubt and displeasure.<br /><br />Transcribed from: The Evil of Craving for Wealth and Status | Ibn RajabEdina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-29966347120275235262010-08-30T14:08:00.000-07:002010-08-30T14:10:33.239-07:00Last 10 nights of RamadaanActions Specific to the Last Ten of Ramadaan<br /><br /><a href="http://subulassalaam.com/articles/article.cfm?article_id=64">http://subulassalaam.com/articles/article.cfm?article_id=64</a><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Innovations During the Last Ten<br /><a href="http://subulassalaam.com/articles/article.cfm?article_id=65">http://subulassalaam.com/articles/article.cfm?article_id=65</a><br /><br />courtesy of: http://subulassalaam.com/Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-72402636686589442852010-08-30T09:05:00.000-07:002010-08-30T09:13:32.026-07:00all about i'tikaafThe good and desired actions (specified) for Ramadhaan<br />ref:<br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/9991226_1.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/9991226_1.htm</a><br /> <br />The meaning of "i'tikaaf" and its ruling<br />ref:<br /> <a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011208_1.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011208_1.htm</a><br /> <br />The conditions of i'tikaaf<br />ref: <br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/9991227_1.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/9991227_1.htm</a><br /> <br />Does i'tikaaf have a fixed time or is it restricted to Ramadhaan?<br />ref: <br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0000103_4.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0000103_4.htm</a><br /> <br />When a person in i'tikaaf leaves his i'tikaaf<br />ref: <br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0000105_6.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0000105_6.htm</a><br /> <br />Performing i'tikaaf in adjacent rooms within the masjid<br />ref:<br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011209_1.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011209_1.htm</a><br /> <br />Teaching or giving a lecture whilst in the state of i'tikaaf<br />ref: <br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011211_1.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011211_1.htm</a><br /> <br />Father does not allow him to do i'tikaaf for inconvincing reasons<br />ref: <br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0000105_7.htm<br />">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0000105_7.htm<br /></a> <br />Leaving the masjid to go and eat or drink whilst in the state of i'tkaaf<br />ref: <br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011212_1.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011212_1.htm</a><br /> <br />A woman performing i'tikaaf at home<br />ref: <br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011213_1.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011213_1.htm</a><br /> <br />Specifying a particular day for i'tikaaf<br />ref: <br /><a href="http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011214_1.htm">http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/worship/fasting/fas013/0011214_1.htm</a>Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-21239988680958766352010-08-30T08:35:00.000-07:002010-08-30T08:39:00.053-07:00Whoever says...Courtesy of maktabah al fawaid@yahoogroups<br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /><font size= 3> Fifty Authentic Hadeeth with great virtues, Alhamdulillaah: </font><br /> <br /> Gaining (Great) Rewards<br />The Hadeeth of the Prophet which were chosen for their Great Rewards for easy actions<br /> <br />Hadeeth taken from ‘Saheeh al-Kalima at-Tayib’, by Shaykhul Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah <br /><br />Checked by: Muhammad Nassirud-Deen al-Albaani<br /> <br />Compiled by: Hajaj bin Abdullaah al-Areeni<br /> <br />Translated by: Abbas Abu Yahya<br /> <br />1- The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said : Whoever says :<br />لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَه،ُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْد،ُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ<br />‘There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah Alone, He has no partners, to Him belongs the Dominion and for Him is all praise, and He is capable of all things.’ –<br />La ilaha ‘illa Allaahu wahdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadeer one hundred times in one day, then it is equivalent to, him freeing ten slaves, and a hundred good deeds are written for him, and a hundred bad deeds are erased, and it is a protection for him against shaytaan during that day until the evening, and no one comes with a better deed than him except for the man who does more actions than him.<br /> <br />2 – The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said: Whoever says : -<br />سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ<br />‘Far is Allaah from imperfection and praise is for Him’<br />Subhana allaahi wa bihamdihi<br />one hundred times in one day, then his mistakes / sins are cancelled out, even if they are like the foam on the ocean.<br /> <br />3 – The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />There are two words which are gentle on the tongue, heavy on the scales , and beloved to ar-Rahmaan : -<br />: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ.<br />‘Far is Allaah from imperfection and praise is for Him, Far is Allaah The Sublime from imperfection<br />Subhana allaahi wa bihamdihi, Subhana allaahil atheem<br /> <br />4 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Indeed that I say :<br />سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ<br />‘Far is Allaah from imperfection, and praise be to Allaah, and there is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah, and Allaah is the Greatest,’<br />Subhana allaahi, wal hamdu lillaahi, wa la illaah ila Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar - is more beloved to me than what the sun rose upon.<br /> <br />5 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Is one of you so weak that he cannot acquire a thousand good deeds everyday? So a questioner from amongst those sitting there asked him : How can anyone of us gain a thousand rewards? <br />He said : say :<br />سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ<br />Far is Allaah from imperfection –<br />Subhana allaahi<br />a hundred times, so a thousand good deeds are written for him or a thousand sins are cancelled for him.<br /> <br />6 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Shall I not inform you of a statement, which is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise? I said : yes O Messenger of Allaah, may my father & mother be sacrificed for you! He said : say :<br />لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ<br />There is no capability nor is there any power except with Allaah.<br />La hawla wa la quwwata illa billaa<br /> <br />7 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Whosoever, reaches the morning & reaches the evening and he says :<br />سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ<br />- ‘Allaah is far from imperfection and all praise is for Him’ –<br />Subhana allaahi wa bihamdihi<br />one hundred times, then no one brings anything better than him on the day of judgment, than what he has brought. Except the one who says what he has said, or has said more than him.<br /> <br />8 – On the authority of Mu’aad bin Abdillaah ibn Khubayb on the authority of his father who said we went out on a very dark and rainy night searching for the Messenger of Allaah so that he could pray for us, then I found him and he صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said : Recite. So I did not say anything, then he said : Recite. So I did not say anything, and he said : Recite, so I said : what should I recite? He said : recite :<br />"قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ"<br />‘Say that Allaah is the One.’ And the last two soorahs (al-muawaathatayan) in the evening and the morning, three times for it will suffice you for everything.<br /> <br />9 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Indeed the major supplication for forgiveness is to say<br />اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ<br />O Allaah You are my Lord, there is none worthy of worship in truth except You, You created me and I am Your slave and I am abiding to Your covenant and promise as best as I can, I seek refuge in You from the evil that I have committed, I profess to you my sins and I acknowledge Your favour upon me, so forgive me verily no one forgives sins except you.<br />Allaahumma anta rabbee, la ilaha illa anta, Khalaqtanee, wa ana abduka, wa ana ala ahdika wa wa’dika mastata’tu, a’outhu bika min sharri ma sanatu, aboo’u laka bini’matika alayya, wa aboo’u bitahmbee, faghfirlee fa’innahu la yaghfiru ath-thunooba ‘illa ‘anta<br />so if the worshipper says this when the morning arrives, truly believing in it and he dies enters Paradise, and if he says this when the evening arrives truly believing in it enters Paradise.<br /> <br />10 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />There is not one from amongst the worshippers, that if he says, in the morning of everyday an the evening of every night : -<br />بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ<br />In the name of Allaah with whose name nothing is harmed what so ever, on this earth nor in the heavens, and He is the All Hearing and All Knowing<br />Bismil-lahil-lathee la yadhurru ma’a ‘issmihi shay’un fil ‘ardhi wa la fissama’i wa huwa ‘as-samee’ul –‘aleem<br />three times nothing harms him what so ever.<br /> <br />11 – On the authority of Abu Huraira may Allaah be pleased with him, some one came to him to take from the charity – which the Prophet - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – had placed Abu Huraira to look after, and this person came night after night, so on the third night Abu Huraira said to him : I will take you to the Messenger of Allaah. So he said Why don’t you leave me and I will teach you some words that Allaah will benefit you by - and Abu Huraira was of those who were very attentive regarding good deeds – so that the person said to him: When you go to bed, read Ayaat ul-Kursi:<br />(الله لا إلهَ إلا هُوَ الحيُ القَيُومَ )<br />(( Allaah, none has the right to be worshipped except Him The Ever living, The One Who sustains and protects all that exists ))<br />until the end of the ayat, then this will continue to be a protection for you from Allaah, and shaytan will not be able to come near you until the morning arrives. The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said: He spoke the truth even though he is a liar, [ that was shaytan].<br /> <br />12 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Who ever recites the last two Ayaat from Soorah al-Baqara at night, those two verses will be sufficient for him.<br /> <br />13 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Shall I not show what will be better for you than a servant? If you lie down on your bed, then say SubhanAllaah 33 times, and say al-hamdulillaah 33 times, and say Allaahu akbar 34 times.<br /> <br />14 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Who ever wakes up at night, and says : -<br />لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَه،ُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْد،ُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ،الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ،وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ،وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ العليِ الْعَظِيمِ.<br />‘There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah Alone, He has no partners, He has the Dominion and for Him is all praise, and He is capable of all things, praise is for Him, and Far is Allaah from imperfection, and There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah, and Allaah is the Greatest, there is no capability nor is there any power except with Allaah the Most High the ‘Atheem.’ (Supreme)<br /><br />La ilaha ‘illa Allaahu wahdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadeer, Subhana allaahi, wal hamdu lillaahi, wa la illaah ila Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar<br />La hawla wa la quwwata illa billaahi 'alial adheem<br />Then he says: اللهمَ اغْفِرْلي O Allaah forgive me, or he supplicates and his supplication is answered, and if he makes wudu and he pray then his prayer is accepted.<br /> <br />15- The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Who ever goes to bed with purification….there is not a hour of the night that he asks Allaah for something of good from this world and the hereafter, except that Allaah grants him that which he asked for.<br /> <br />16 – Abu Salma said that he heard Abu Qatada say that he heard the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – say:<br />A good dream is from Allaah and a bad dream is from shaytaan, so if anyone sees something in his dream which he dislikes, then he should spit on his left side 3 times when he awakens, and he should seek refuge with Allaah from its evil, then it will not harm him if Allaah so wills.<br /> <br />17 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />A good dream is from Allaah, so if any one of you sees something in his dream that he likes, then he should not relate it to anyone except the one whom he loves, and if he sees that which he dislikes, then he should not relate it to anyone, rather he should spit on his left side 3 times, and he should seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of the accursed shaytaan, and the evil of what he saw, then it will not harm him.<br /> <br />18- The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Our Lord –tabarak wa ta’ala descends every night to the lowest heavens, when there remains the last third part of the night, and He says whoever supplicates to me so that I may answer his supplication, whoever asks of me so that I may grant him what he asks for, whoever seeks my forgiveness so that I may forgive him.<br /> <br />19 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Indeed there is an hour from the night, which if a Muslim asks Allaah in that time from the good of the affairs of this world and the hereafter, then Allaah gives him of it, and that is in every night.<br /> <br />20 – On the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Whoever says, as he leaves from his house:<br />بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ ،ولَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ تعالى<br />In the name of Allaah, I have placed my trust in Allaah, and there is no capability nor is there any power except with Allaah Ta ála<br />Bismillaahi tawwakaltu al 'alaahi wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billahi,<br />then it is said to him: indeed you have been saved, and you have been protected, and you have been guided, and shaytaan has been kept away from him, so another shaytaan says: how can you affect a man who has indeed been guided and saved and been protected?<br /> <br />21 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said : <br />If a man enters his home, and he remembers Allaah when he enters and when he eats his food, the shaytaan says: there is no place for you to spend the night nor is there any dinner, and if he does not remember Allaah when he enters his house then the shaytaan says: you have found a place to spend the night and if he does not remember Allaah while he is eating his food then he says you have found food to eat.<br /> <br />22 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />O my son if you enter your home then say salaams it will be a blessing for you and your family.<br /> <br />23 – When the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – would enter the masjid he would say :<br />أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ الْقَدِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ<br />- I seek refuge with Allaah The Supreme and with His Noble Face, and His eternal authority from the accursed shaytaan –<br />A’outhu bil-lahil ‘atheemi, wa bi-wajhihil-kareem, wa bi-sultanihil-qadeem min ‘ash-shaytanir-rajeemi<br />then he said: if he says this supplication then the shaytaan says: this person has been protected from me for the rest of the day.<br /> <br />24 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />If the people knew what was there (in benefit for them) in the adhaan and praying in the front row, and they could not get to it except by drawing lots, then they would draw lots.<br /> <br />25- The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />There is none from the jinn, mankind and anything else that hears the reach of the muaddhin’s (the caller to pray) voice, except that they will testify for him on the day of Resurrection.<br /> <br />26 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />If you hear the muaddhin, then repeat what he says, then send prayers upon me, since indeed the one who sends prayers upon me once, Allaah sends ten prayers upon him, then ask Allaah for me to be an intercessor since it is a high station in Paradise which is not befitting except for a servant from the servants of Allaah, and I hope that I am the one, so whoever asks [Allaah for] intercession for me then intercession will take place for him.<br /> <br />27 -The Messenger of Allaah- may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Who ever says, when he hears the call to prayer :<br />اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ<br />- O Allaah Lord of this perfect call to prayer and Owner of this prayer to be performed, bestow upon Muhammad a station in Paradise and a rank above the rest of creation and give him the honorable station which you have promised him:<br />Allaahumma rabba hadhihi ‘adda’watit tammati, was-salatil qa’imati, ‘ati Muhammadan ál-waseelata wal faaheelata, wab’ath-hu maqqaman mahmoodan ‘allathee wa’adtahu<br />Then my intercession occurs for him on the day of Judgment.<br /> <br />28 -A man said O Messenger of Allaah, indeed the callers to the prayer are more favored than we are. So the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said: repeat what they say, and when you finish ask, and you will be given.<br /> <br />29 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />A supplication which is made between the Adhaan and the Iqama is not rejected.<br /> <br />30 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Two things which are not rejected, or rarely rejected. A supplication made at the time of the adhaan, and at the time when the battle becomes severe. <br /><br />31 -The Prophet - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Shall I not teach you something, which the people who proceeded you attained, and those who come after you will precede with this, and there will be no one better than you except the one who does what you do? They said of course O Messenger of Allaah- may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him. So he said: say: SubanAllaah [far is Allaah from imperfection], Allaahu akbar [Allaah is the Greatest], and Alhamdulillaah [All Praise is to Allaah] at the end of every Salaat 33 times.<br /> <br />32 -The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Whoever says SubhanAllaah at the end of every prayer 33 times, and says AlHamdulillaah 33 times, and says Allaahu akbar 33 times, then this adds up to 99, and if he says –<br />ِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ<br />‘There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah Alone, He has no partners, He has the Dominion and for Him is all praise, and He is capable of all things’<br />La ilaha ‘illa Allaahu wahdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadeer<br />to complete a hundred, then his mistakes/sins are forgiven even if they were equivalent to the foam on the sea.<br /> <br />33 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />There are two characteristics or two qualities that if a Muslim slave of Allaah is continuous upon, will enter Paradise. They are simple but those who do them are few. To say SubhanAllaah at the end of every prayer ten times, and say AlHamdulillah ten times and say Allaahu akbar ten times, which is equivalent to 150 times on the tongue and 1500 on the scales, and he says Allaahu Akbar 34 times when he goes to bed and he says AlHamdulillah 33 times and says SubhanAllaah 33 times, and that is equivalent to 100 on the tongue and 1000 on the scales.<br /> <br />34 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – used to teach us al-Istikhaarah for all matters, just like he used to teach us a chapter from the Quraan, he would say: If any of you intends to undertake a matter then he should pray two rakats other than an obligatory prayer then he should say:<br />اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي أَوْ قَالَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي أَوْ قَالَ فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ<br />O Allaah I request of You with Your knowledge, and by Your Power I seek capability, and I ask of you of your great favour, since indeed You are the One who is able while I am not, and You know and I do not, and You are the One who knows the unseen, O Allaah if You know that this matter – here he mentions his need - is good for me in this world and for my living and for the matters of my hereafter – or he said, for my affairs now and the future – then decree it for me and make it easy for me and bless it for me, and if You know that this matter is evil for me in this world and for my life and for the matters of my hereafter – or he said, for my affairs now and the affairs of my future – then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and decree goodness for me where ever it may be and make me pleased with it.<br /> <br />35 - The Messenger of Allaah- may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />The supplication of Yunas, when he supplicated while he was in the belly of the whale:<br />لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ<br />- there is none worthy of worship in truth except You, far are You from imperfection, indeed I am from amongst the thalimoon ( oppressors) –<br />La ilaha ‘illa ‘anta, subhanaka ‘innee kuntu minath-thalimeena<br />No Muslim ever supplicated with this for anything except that Allaah responds to him.<br /> <br />36 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said :<br />Allaah does not afflict a slave with grief nor sadness, except that if the slave says: -<br />اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي وَنُورَ صَدْرِي وَجِلَاءَ حُزْنِي وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي<br />O Allaah indeed I am Your slave, and the son of Your slave, and the son of Your female slave, my forelock is in Your Hand, Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask of You with all Your names, which belong to You, which You have named Yourself with, or which You have taught someone from Your creation or revealed it in Your Book or that which You have taken unto Your self with the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Quraan the life of my heart and light of my breast and keep away from me my sadness, and that my grief goes away –<br />Allaahumma ‘innee ‘abduka, wabnu ‘abdika, wabnu amatika, nasiyatee biyadika, madhin fiyya hukmuka, adlun fiyya qadha’uka, asaluka bikulli ismin huwa laka, sammayta bihi nafsaka, aw anzaltahu fee kitabika, ‘aw allamthu ahadan min khaliqika, aw ista’tharta bihi fee ilmil ghaybi ‘indaka, án taj’alal-qurana rabee’a qalbee, wa noora sadree, wa jala’a huznee, wa thahaba hammee<br />then Allaah takes away his grief and sadness and replaces it with happiness.<br /> <br />37 – Uthman ibn al-Aas came to the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – and said: O Messenger of Allaah indeed the shaytaan comes between me and my prayer, and my recitation becomes confusing? The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said: This is a shaytaan called khunsabun, so if you sense his presence then seek refuge in Allaah from him and spit on your left hand side three times. Uthman said : I did that and Allaah kept him away from me.<br /> <br />38 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />There is no one from among Allaah’s servants, who is afflicted with an affliction except that he says: <br />( إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ) اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا<br />Indeed we belong to Allaah and indeed to Him is our return - O Allaah recompense me for my affliction and replace it with something better than that<br />Inna lil-lahi wa inna ‘ilayhi raji’oona, ‘allahumma’jurnee fee museebatee, wa ákhliflee khayran minha<br />except that Allaah compensates him in what he has been afflicted with, and gives him that which is better than the previous thing.<br /> <br />39 – Alee – may Allaah be pleased with him said:<br />Shall I not teach you words that the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – taught me that even if you have an equivalent of a mountain of debt upon you that Allaah will pay it off on you behalf? Say: <br />َ اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ<br />O Allaah make what You have made lawful sufficient for me, as opposed to what You have made unlawful, and spare me by Your grace, of need of others.<br />Allahumma kifinee bihalalika ‘an haramika wa ághninee bifadhlika ‘amman siwaka<br /> <br />40 – Uthmaan bin Abee al-Aaas complained to the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – about a pain he had in his body since he had become Muslim, so the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said to him: place your hand on the part of your body that pains you and then say: <br />بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ<br />In the name of Allaah, Bismillaah [three times],<br />and say seven times ‘Aouthu bi’izzatil-lahi waqudratihi min sharri ma ‘ajidu wa’uhathiru: <br />أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ<br />I seek refuge with Allaah and with His Capability from the evil that I feel and wary of <br /> <br />41 -The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Who ever visits a sick person who has not reached his appointed time, then says for him seven times: <br />أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ<br />I ask Allaah The Adheem, Lord of the magnificent Ársh to cure you -<br />except that Allaah cures him.<br />As’alul-laha ‘al-adheema, rabbal ‘arshil átheemi an yashfika<br /> <br />42 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Who ever stops at a place on his journey and then says: <br />أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ<br />I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allaah from the evil of what He has created <br />A’outhu bikalimatil-lahi ‘at-tammati min sharri ma khalaqa<br />nothing will harm him until he leaves from that place. <br /> <br />43 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Whoever eats some food and then says: <br />الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ<br />All praise be to Allaah Who fed me this food and provided it for me without any ability from my self nor any strength from my self –<br />Al-hamdu lil-lahi ‘al-lathee at-‘amanee hatha, wa razaqaneehi min ghayri hawlin minnee wa la quwwatin<br />except that his previous sins are forgiven.<br /> <br />44 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />You will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another, shall I not show you something that by doing it, will cause you to love one another, spread salaams between yourselves.<br /> <br />45 – Imran bin Hussain said: that a man came to the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – and said: As-salamu 'alaykum (Peace be to you), the Messenger of Allaah said: ten. <br />Then another man came and said: As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah (Peace be to you and the mercy of Allaah), the messenger of Allaah said: twenty. <br />Then another man came and said: As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu (Peace be to you and the mercy of Allaah and His blessings), the Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said: thirty. [Note: These are the number of deeds corresponding to the extent of the salam.] <br /> <br />46 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />If one of you wants to have relations with his wife and says: <br />بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا<br />In the name of Allaah, O Allaah keep shaytaan away from us and keep shaytaan away from that which You provide for us –<br />Bismillahi allaahumma jannibna ash-shaytana, wajannib ásh-shaytana ma razaqtana<br />so if a child is born from them then shaytaan will never be able to harm him.<br /> <br />47 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Whoever sits in a gathering and speaks a lot, then he says before he gets up from his sitting place –<br />سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ<br />You are far from imperfection o Allaah, and praise is to You, I testify that there is none worthy of worship in truth except You, I seek Your forgiveness, and I repent to You –<br />Subhanaka allahumma wa bihamdika, ash-hadu alla ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atoobu ilayka<br />except that Allaah covers up for him what he said in that gathering.<br /> <br />48 – Sulaymaan bin Suradin said: I was sitting with the Prophet - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – and two men were cursing, and the face of one of them became red, and he became furious. The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said: indeed I know a statement if he says it then his anger will go away, if he says : -<br />أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ<br />Aoodhoobillaahi min ashaytan ar-rajeem<br />I seek refuge in Allaah from the accursed shaytaan –<br />then his anger will go away.<br /> <br />49 - The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Whoever sees some one who has been trialed and then says: - <br />الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي مِمَّا ابْتَلَاكَ بِهِ وَفَضَّلَنِي عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضِيلًا<br />Praise be to Allaah Who has saved me from what He has trialed you with and chosen me above much of the creation –<br />Alhamdu lil-lahi allathee afanee mimma ibtalaka bihi, wa fadh-dhalanee ala katheerin mimman khalaqa tafdheelan<br />then that trial will not afflict him.<br /> <br />50 – The Messenger of Allaah - may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him – said:<br />Whoever enters the market place and says - <br />لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ<br />‘There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah Alone, He has no partners, He has the Dominion and for Him is all praise, He gives life and He takes life and He is the Ever living and does not die, in His Hand is goodness and He is capable of all things.’ –<br />La ilaha ‘illa Allaahu wahdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu yuhyee wa youmeet wa huwa hayun la yamoot biyadihi alkhair wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadeer<br />then Allaah writes a thousand thousand good deeds for him, and erases a thousand thousand bad deeds for him, and He raises him up a thousand thousand grades.Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-25206353993552019962010-08-17T04:47:00.000-07:002010-08-17T05:02:06.359-07:00glad tidings; a new Sarf class after Ramadhaanas salaamu alaykum.... maa shaa Allaah tabarakAllaah this is great news for students seeking to embark on the studies of Arabic sciences .. this brother maa shaa Allaah tabarakAllaah is an excellent teacher and I ask the most High to increase him in knowledge and allow him to facilitate his time to even further help the people. Allaahumma ameen.<br /><br />this class, is a beginners Sarf (morphology) class and is for super serious students, students who are committed and May Allaah ta'ala allow us to utilize our time wisely ameen.<br /><br />here is a message from our brother, and his bio/background of studies can also be found on line here.... http://www.islaam.ae/showthread.php?t=221 Allahumma barik <br /><br />بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم <br /><br />from your loving brother in Islam Fahd At' Tahiri <br />to everyone this message reaches to<br />Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi wa barakatuh <br /><br />Inshallah Because of many difficulties the brothers and sisters found in catching up with the second batch: A third batch is scheduled to start right after Ramadan with Sarf (Level one) <br />With priority to US timings <br />kindly pass this message to those interested<br />and if already a contact confirm your interest in registering from this moment so you can be updated. <br />For new comers kindly forward my e-mail to them so I can send them a step by step guide on how to join Wiziq and other important issues as well <br />My email is Fahadaltahiri@hotmail.com<br /><br />I wish all of you the best in this Dunyah and in the hereafter, and love you for the sake of AllahEdina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419640203395292562.post-64953775015481604812010-08-05T14:34:00.001-07:002010-08-05T14:35:39.219-07:00A Womans Brain is tied to her Tongueنحن نؤمن أن التوفيق بيد الله سبحانه وحدة وأن كل شيء مقدر ومكتوب .. ولكن هناك<br />أسباب يجب الأخذ بها مع التوكل على الله<br /><br />We believe that success is in the hands of Allah (Subhana wa ta 'ala) and that everything has<br />been written and destined.. but there are actions that we must be doing<br />whilst having Tawakul on Allah (Subhana wa ta 'ala)<br /><br />وهنا أذكر لكم ما قالته عجوز وهي سيدة حكيمة يحبها زوجها كثيراً حتى أنه كان<br />يحلو له أن ينشد لها أبيات الحب والغرام وكلما تقدماً في السن ازداد حبهما<br />وسعادتهما .. وعندما سألت تلك المرأة عن سر سعادتها الدائمة<br /><br />And I shall mention to you what an old lady, that was very wise and greatly<br />loved by her husband to a point where he loved to sing love poetry to her<br />and as they grew old their love and happiness grew with them, said when she<br />was asked about the secret to her enduring happiness.<br /><br />قالت : الحصول على السعادة الزوجية بيد المرأة , فالمرأة تستطيع أن تجعل من<br />بيتها جنة وارفة الظلال أو جهنم مستعرة النيران .><br />She Said: Attaining married life happiness is in the hands of the woman, for<br />she can make her house a living heaven or turn it into burning hell.<br /><br />لا تقولي المال .. فكثير من النساء الغنيات تعيسات وهرب منهن أزواجهن<br /><br />Dont say money for alot of rich women are miserable and have been deserted<br />by their husbands.<br /><br />ولا تقولي الأولاد .. فهناك من النساء من أنجبن 10 صبيان وزوجها يهينها ولا<br />يحبها ويمكن أن يطلقها<br /><br />And dont say children for there are alot of women with 10 boys, have<br />husbands insulting them, not loving them and will probably divorce them.<br /><br />ولا تقولي طباخة .. لأن الكثير منهن ماهرات في الطبخ , فالواحدة منهن تطبخ طوال<br />النهار ومع ذلك تشكو سوء معاملة زوجها وقلة احترامه لها<br /><br />And dont say cooking because alot of them are experts at cooking, the one of<br />them cooks all day and yet complains about the maltreatment of and lack of<br />respect by her husband.<br /><br />* إذا ما هو السر ؟؟؟<br /><br />So what is the secret?<br /><br />* ماذا كنت تعملين عند حدوث المشاكل مع زوجك ؟؟؟<br /><br />What did you do when problems occurred with your husband?<br /><br />قالت : عندما يغضب ويثور زوجي – وقد كان عصبياً – كنت ألجأ إلى الصمت المطبق<br />بكل احترام .. إياك والصمت المصاحب لنظرة سخرية ولو بالعين لأن الرجل ذكي و<br />يفهمها<br /><br />She said: When my husband gets angry and is in rage I used to resort to<br />respectful silence, beware of silence whilst ridiculing him with your look<br />for men are smart and get it.<br /><br />* لم لا تخرجي من الغرفة ؟؟<br /><br />Why dont you leave the room?<br /><br />قالت : إياك أن تخرجي من الغرفة .. قد يظن أنك تهربين منه ولا تريدين سماعه ,<br />عليك بالصمت وموافقته على ما يقول . كنت انتظره حتى يهدأ ثم بعد ذلك أقول له<br />وبصوتٍ خافت : هل انتهيت؟ ثم أخرج لأنه سيتعب وبحاجة للراحة بعد الكلام والصراخ<br />.. أخرج من الغرفة لأكمل أعمالي المنزلية وشؤون أولادي وأحاول أن لا أتذكر غضبه<br />وحربه لي .. وسيظل هو بمفرده وقد أنهكته الحرب التي شنها علي<br /><br />She said: Never leave the room, he will think you are running away and dont<br />want to listen to him, you must keep silent and agreeing to what he says. I<br />would wait for him until he cools down and then I would tell him in a gentle<br />voice: Are you done? then I leave because he will get tired and needs to<br />rest after the rage and shouting, I leave the room to complete my housework<br />and my children chores and I try not to remember his anger and assault on<br />me, he will remain by himself tired from the rage he has given me.<br /><br />* ماذا تفعلين هل تلجئين إلى أسلوب المقاطعة فلا تكلمينه لمدة أيام أو أسبوع ؟<br /><br />What do you then do, do you give him the silent treatment for a few days or<br />a week?<br /><br />قالت : لا .. إياك وإتباع أسلوب المقاطعة .. لأنها عادة سيئة وهي سلاح ذو حدين<br />عندما تقاطعين زوجك أسبوعاً قد يكون ذلك صعباً عليه في البداية ويحاول أن يكلمك<br />ولكن مع الأيام سوف يتعود على ذلك وإن قاطعته أسبوع قاطعك أسبوعين.<br /><br />She said: No, never give the silent treatment, its a bad habbit and is a<br />double bladed sword, when you boycott him for a week it would be difficult<br />on him in the beginning and he will try to speak to you but with time he<br />will get used to it so that if you boycott him for a week he will boycott<br />you for two.<br /><br />عليك أن تعوديه على أنك الهواء الذي يستنشقه والماء الذي يشربه ولا يستغني عنه<br />.. كوني كالهواء الرقيق وإياك والريح الشديدة<br /><br />You have to make him used to the fact that you are the air he breathes, the<br />water which he drinks and cant live without, be like a gentle breeze and<br />never like a strong wind.<br /><br />* إذاً ماذا تفعلين بعد ذلك ؟؟<br /><br />So what do you do afterwards?<br /><br />بعد ساعتين أو أكثر .. أضع له كوباً من العصير أو فنجاناً من القهوة وأقول له<br />تفضل أشرب , لأنه فعلاً محتاج إليه وأكلمه بشكل عادي ... سيقوم بسؤالي هل أنتِ<br />غاضبة ؟؟ فأقول لا<br /><br />After two hours or more, I give him a glass of juice or a cup of coffee and<br />tell him please drink, for he is really in need for it and I talk to him<br />normally, he will ask me: are you angry? and I say No.<br /><br />فيبدأ بالاعتذار عن كلامه القاسي ويسمعني الكلام الجميل<br /><br />He starts to apologize for his harsh talk and starts sweet talking me.<br /><br />* وهل تصدقين اعتذاره وكلامه الجميل؟؟<br /><br />And you believe his apology and sweet talk?<br /><br />طبعاً ... لأني أثق بنفسي ولست غبية ...!!!<br /><br />Of course, because I trust myself and because I am not stupid.<br /><br />هل تريدين مني تصديق كلامه وهو غاضب وتكذيبه وهو هادئ ؟؟؟<br /><br />You want me to believe his talk whilst he is in rage and disbelieve it<br />whilst he is calm?<br /><br />إن الإسلام لا يقر طلاق الغاضب ... وهو طلاق!! فكيف ما حصل معي أنا؟؟؟<br /><br />Islam has not approved divorce whilst in rage , and thats divorce! so what<br />about what happened to me?<br /><br />* فقيل لها ... و كرامتك ؟؟<br /><br />She was told: What about your dignity?<br /><br />قالت : أي كرامة ؟<br /><br />She said: What dignity?<br /><br />كرامتك ألا تصدقي أي كلمة جارحة من إنسان غاضب<br /><br />Your dignity is when you dont believe a harsh word from an angry person.<br /><br />و أن تصدقي كلامه عندما يكون هادئاً<br /><br />And to believe his talk when he is calm.<br /><br />أسامحه فوراً لأني قد نسيت كل الشتائم وأدركت أهمية<br /><br />.سماع الكلام المفيد<br /><br />I forgive him immediately because I have forgotten all the foul language and realized the importance of hearing beneficial talk<br /><br />وباختصار ومما سبق يمكن أن أقول :<br />سر السعادة الزوجية عقل المرأة ومربط تلك السعادة لسانها<br /><br />And to summarize the above I can say: The secret to a happy marriage is the woman's brain and that happiness's knot is her tongue.Edina Amatullaah al busniyyah as-Salafiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582071515063876948noreply@blogger.com0