Definition: The Two Black Things

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Question: What are the two black things, and why are they named as such, even though water is colorless?

Answer: The two black things are: dates and water, as mentioned in the Hadeeth reported in the Saheehain.

Narrated `Urwah: `Aaishah رضي الله عنها said to me: ❝O my nephew! We used to see the crescent, and then the crescent and then the crescent in this way we saw three crescents in two months and no fire (for cooking) used to be made in the houses of Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ.❞ I said: “O my aunt! Then what use to sustain you?” `Aaishah said: ❝The two black things: dates and water.❞ [Saheehain]

Brief Comments on Riyaadh al-Saaliheen #116

Preparing for the last ten nights of Ramadhaan

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Chapter: Being generous and diligent in doing what has been enjoined, and increasing in doing more good deeds in the Month of Ramadhaan, and especially more in the last ten days of Ramadhaan.

1222 - Ibn `Abbaas رضي الله عنه said: ❝The Prophet ﷺ was the most generous of the people, and he used to be the most generous during the month of Ramadhaan when Jibreel visited him, and Jibreel used to meet him on every night of Ramadhaan till the end of the month. The Prophet ﷺ used to recite the Qur’aan to Jibreel, and when Jibreel met him, he used to be more generous than a fast (rain-bearing) wind (which causes welfare).❞

[Saheehain]

Qur'aan singers: From the Signs of the Hour

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

🌟 From the signs of the hours: Giving preference to the man with a nice voice to lead the prayers

The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said:

❝Hasten to (good) deeds (before the appearance) of six traits:

➡1. The leadership of the foolish,

➡2. Abundance of (corrupt) police (squads),

➡3. Severing ties of kinship,

➡4. Selling of justice (and loss of trustworthiness through bribing),

➡5. Making light of bloodshed,

➡6. Emergence of a (new) generation who will recite the Qur’aan like singing. They (the people) will sent forth a man (to lead them in prayers) even though he would not be the one who has the most understanding or more knowledgeable than them. They will not send him forth except that he sings it (the Qur’aan) for them.❞

📚[al-Tabaraanee in al-Kabeer (59, 60) and the wording is his, Musnad Ahmad (16040, 23970) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee. In Musnad Ahmad, the wording is: ❝Emergence of a (new) generation who will recite the Qur’aan like singing. They will send him forth so that he sings it (the Qur’aan) for them, even though he would be the least knowledgeable among them.❞]

📑 There is a difference between beautifying your voice while reciting the Qur’aan, which is recommended, and reciting the Qur’aan like singing, which is disparaged.

📑 In Faidh al-Qadeer it is mentioned that “singing the Qur’aan” means: “reciting it like a song, in which the words are stretched or shrunk, or recited out of place (while ignoring the rules of Tajweed).”

📑 Al-`Allaamah Abu `Abdullaah Ibn al-Haaj al-Maalikee رحمه الله (d. 737H) said:

“Chapter: The characteristics of the Imaam who should be made to lead the night prayers in Ramadhaan:

He should be from the people of knowledge, known for his good manners and religiosity, in opposition to what some of them do today. A majority of them send forth a man to lead them in prayer because of his nice voice and not because of his religiosity. And Imaam Maalik had said: The people, who give precedence to the man with a nice voice to lead them in prayer, in fact send him forth so that he could sing it (the Qur’aan) to them.”

📚 [al-Madkhal of Ibn al-Haaj (2/292)]

Brief Description of How to Perform `Umrah

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Brief Description of How to Perform `Umrah

Distributed by: The General Presidency for the affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque

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