Brief Comments on Riyaadh al-Saaliheen #113

From the signs of a person’s understanding of the Deen

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Abu Wail reported: `Ammaar Ibn Yaaser رضي الله عنه delivered to us the Khutbah (Friday sermon). It was short and eloquent. When he (`Ammaar) descended (from the pulpit) we said to him: O `Aba al-Yaqdhaan, you have delivered a short and eloquent sermon. Would that you had lengthened (the sermon). He said: I have heard the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ as saying:

❝The lengthening of prayer by a man and the shortness of the sermon is the sign of his understanding (of faith). So lengthen the prayer and shorten the sermon, for there is charm (in precise) expression.❞

📚 [ Saheeh Muslim ]

The bond between “Lying about the Deen” and “Bid`ah”

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

۞ Telling lies about/in the Deen leads towards Bid`ah in the religion.

۞ Bid`ah needs lying for its survival.

۞ and the common thing about “Kadhib” (lying, fabricating) and “Bid`ah” (innovating in religion) is that they do not stop till they drag its people towards the Hell-fire.

Importance of treating children equally and making them feel that way

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Part of good parenting is to treat the children equally and to make them feel that way. It is important that they feel that they are equally important as their siblings.

1. Treating children fairly:

Narrated An-Nu`maan bin Basheer رضي الله عنه: My mother asked my father to present me a gift from his property; and he gave it to me after some hesitation. My mother said that she would not be satisfied unless the Prophet ﷺ was made a witness to it. I being a young boy, my father held me by the hand and took me to the Prophet ﷺ. He said to the Prophet ﷺ: “His mother, bint Rawahah, requested me to give this boy a gift.” The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Do you have other sons besides him?❞ He said: “Yes.” Thereupon he ﷺ said: ❝Have you given gifts to all of them like this (as you have given to Nu`maan)?❞ He said: “No.” The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Do not make me a witness for injustice.❞ [or he said: ❝I will not become a witness for injustice.❞]

[Saheehain]

From the signs of rudeness...

 بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه said:

❝Four things are from rudeness:

1) that a person urinates while standing; ^[1]

2) that a person prays while people are passing in front of him, and he does not have a Sutrah in front of him to act as a barrier between him and the people; ^[2] 

Hadeeth: Illustrative example of Life between Hope and Death

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

`Alee Ibn Abee Taalib رضي الله عنه said:

❝Verily, this worldly life is departing and the Hereafter is approaching and each of them has its children. So be the children of the Hereafter, and don’t be the children of this world. For indeed today there are (opportunities to do) deeds and there is no reckoning, but tomorrow there will be reckoning and no deeds.❞ 

Brief description of the events that will take place on the Day of Judgment

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Note: Only Allaah knows best the chronological sequence of the events. The numbering is only for punctuation.

1. The Dunya: (الدنيا): The way we live in this world will determine what path we will be following on the Day of Judgment.

2. The Grave: (القبر): The answers to the three questions in the grave will determine if the grave will become for us a garden from the gardens of Paradise or a pit from the pits of Hell.

3. The Blowing of the Trumpet:  (النفخ في الصور): This will be the second blowing. On the first blowing, everything on Earth will die. On the second blowing, everything will rise up from their graves.

Tafseer: To marry only one wife when one fears he might do injustice to his other wives

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

﴿وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ مَثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ ذَلِكَ أَدْنَى أَلَّا تَعُولُوا﴾

{And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan-girls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three, or four but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one or (the captives and the slaves) that your right hands possess. That is nearer to prevent you from doing injustice.} [Surah al-Nisaa’ (4): 3]

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Narrated `Urwah Ibn al-Zubair that he had asked `Aaishah رضي الله عنها about the meaning of the Statement of Allaah:

Encouragement to make Wudhoo’ and Adhkaar before going to bed

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Hadeeth #1: If a person dies in this state, he would die upon Fitrah

Narrated Al-Baraa’ Ibn `Aazib رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said to me:

❝Whenever you go to bed perform ablution like that for the prayer, lie on your right side and say:

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ، اللَّهُمَّ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ

“Allaahumma aslamtu wajhee ilaika, wa fauwaḌhtu amree ilaika, wa alja’tu Żhahree ilaika raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika. Laa Malja’a wa laa manjaa minka illaa ilaika. Allaahumma aamantu bi kitaabika-l-ladhee anzalta wa bi nabiyyika-l ladhee arsalta” 

`Ilm, Huda & Hikmah

There are three things associated with knowledge:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

1. `Ilm (Knowledge)

2. Huda (Guidance)

3. Hikmah (Wisdom)

1) `Ilm: this refers to having information, or awareness of the Texts or its memorization. Not everyone who knows the Texts is guided or has wisdom.