Advising in private: Is it a condition?!

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

`Adee bin Haatim رضي الله عنه reported that a person delivered a sermon in the presence of the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم saying: ‘He who obeys Allaah and His Apostle, he in fact follows the right path, and he who disobeys both of them, he has gone astray.’ Upon this the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “[Get up! or he said: Go away!] What a bad speaker you are! (Rather) say: ‘He who disobeys Allaah and His Apostle’”. [Saheeh Muslim (1890), Sunan Abu Dawood (1099, 4981) and Sunan al-Nasaa`ee (3281). The words within the brackets are from Sunan Abu Dawood.]

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“What a bad speaker you are”: The Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم rebuke was because the man mentioned Allaah تعالى and His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم in one pronoun (Ya`sihimaa), “disobeys”, which creates the notion that Allaah and His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم are equivalent in rank, while there is absolutely no comparison between the Creator and the created.

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Avoid statements which have no references and verify before you narrate:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Chapter: Ascertaining what one hears and narrates

Allaah تعالى says:

﴿وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ﴾

{And follow not (O man i.e., say not, or do not or witness not, etc.) that of which you have no knowledge} [Surah al-Israa (17): 36]

He تعالى also said:

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On the prohibition of taking back the gift

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Chapter: On it being disliked for a man to take back his gift; and on the gift given by a man to his son; and on it being disliked to purchase something which he had given - as Sadaqah, or paid as Zakaah or as an expiation - from the one to whom he gave it. But there is no objection if he purchases it from a third person who is now in possession of the same.

1612 Narrated Ibn `Abbaas رضي الله عنهما: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “The one who takes back his gift is like a dog that swallows its own vomit and we do not set (nor act according to) this bad example.” [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (2589, 2621, 2622, 6975) and Saheeh Muslim (3955, 3958, 3960)]

In another narration it is: “He who gets back his CHARITY is like a dog which vomits and then returns to that and eats it.” [Saheeh Muslim (3957)]

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Prohibition of raising one's eyes towards the sky during the Salaah

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Chapter: Prohibition of raising one’s eyes towards the sky during the Salaah

1754 Narrated Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “What is wrong with those people who look towards the sky during the prayer?” His talk grew stern while delivering this speech and he صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “They should stop (looking towards the sky during the prayer); otherwise their eyesight would be taken away.” [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (750)]

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

Anas Ibn Maalik رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prohibited that a person should raise his eyes towards the sky. He صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “What is wrong with those people who look towards the sky during the prayer?”; meaning: What is the matter with them? Why are they raising their eyes towards the sky? Either they should stop doing that or their eyesight would be snatched away. This is a threat, a proof that it is prohibited for a person to raise his eyes towards the sky while he is praying.

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Undesirability of looking around while praying:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Chapter: From the prohibited actions in prayer: Undesirability of looking here and there during the prayer without a valid excuse.

1755 - Narrated `Aaishah رضي الله عنها: I asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم about one’s randomly looking here and there during the prayer. He صلى الله عليه وسلم replied: “It is what Shaitaan (Satan) steals from the prayer of any one of you.” [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (751, 3291)]