بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
O my brothers and sisters!
Allaah has Decreed and Preordained that every individual will face trials:
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ
{And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear,
hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits…}
📚[Surah al-Baqarah (2):155]
And Allaah تعالى created us into a life of Kabad:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
A plaintiff (complainant) can bring a case against a person in court and sue him or accuse him for various reasons. These accusations are broadly divided into two categories:
PART 1: DEFINITION
👉 Accusations: Two
types:
1. True accusations:
When a person seeks his rights, or where a person feels that he was oppressed or wronged, or when he fights for the cause of others.
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
(Al-Hayaa’: modesty, shyness, bashfulness, decency)
The distinct characteristic with which we are known for is al-Hayaa’. Why is al-Hayaa’ given so much importance? It is because al-Hayaa’ is good and it only brings good, and al-Hayaa’ is not present in a thing except that it beautifies it.
A woman who is shy will not be in the gathering of men, she will not be in crowded places, she will not raise her voice in the presence of men. So, when her feminine characteristics get corroded, and she mingles with the opposite gender, her femininity goes away, or it declines drastically. It does not necessarily mean that her character is bad or that she has lost her dignity, but her femininity is part of her beauty, which goes away when it gets corroded or when she intermingles.
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
`Abdullaah Ibn `Amr Ibn al-`Aas رضي الله عنهما narrated: The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ used to say these words in his supplication:
اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ، وَغَلَبَةِ الْعَدُوِّ، وَشَمَاتَةِ الأعْدَاءِ
❝Allaahumma
innee a`oodhu bika min ghalabatid-dain, wa ghalabatil-`aduww, wa shamaatatil-a`daa’.
O Allaah, I seek refuge with You from the burden of debt, from being overpowered by the enemy, and from the enemy rejoicing (at an evil I am afflicted with)❞ [1]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Whoever comes across a person suffering a calamity and says (silently):
الحمد لله الذي عافاني مما ابتلاك به ، وفضلني على كثير ممن خلق تفضيلا
(Alhamdulillaahi-ladhee `aafaanee mimmaa ibtalaaka bih,
wa fadh-dhalanee alaa katheerim mimman
khalaqa tafdheelaa)
‘All praise is for Allaah Who saved me from that which He tested you with and Who most certainly favored me over much of His creation.’
He will be kept safe from
that calamity.❞
[1]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
1. The Past, The Present, And The Future:
The depression, the tightness of the chest, the restlessness, the stress, the anxiety, the sorrow, the distress, the agitation, the discomfort, the fear, and other such mental and psychological disturbances, these are all unpleasant guests. These are not the guests which one can see; these are not the guests which occupy space in the homes. The problem with these guests is that they live in the hearts, dominate the minds, and influence the decisions.
We see many people around us – apparently – living a life of bliss. Having all the luxuries of life - a car, a big house, a nice family, good income, good health etc. But he is overpowered by distress, as if his chest is going to explode; and he is overpowered by anxiety which takes away his happiness; and he is overpowered by depression which makes him antisocial.
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ
{And certainly, We shall test
you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives, and fruits}
[Surah al-Baqarah (2): 155]
Contemplate that Allaah تعالى said: {We shall test you with something of
fear…}, meaning: ❝Indeed, We will test you with
something light of fear…❞
[Tafseer Muyassar]
Meaning: If Allaah تعالى Willed, He would have tested us with something more difficult, but He تعالى, out of His infinite Mercy, tests us with things that are within our capacity to bear.
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Surah al-Qasas (28) is a Makkee Surah. One of the main themes of this Surah is about the Promise of Allaah and Victory from Him.
It is the promise of Allaah to Muhammad ﷺ: “O Muhammad! We will fulfill our promise to you as We had fulfilled it for Moosaa عليه السلام.”
When and how did Allaah fulfill the promise for Moosaa عليه السلام? Allaah تعالى said:
وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَرْضِعِيهِ ۖ فَإِذَا خِفْتِ عَلَيْهِ فَأَلْقِيهِ فِي الْيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَافِي وَلَا تَحْزَنِي ۖ إِنَّا رَادُّوهُ إِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
{And We inspired the mother
of Moosaa (saying): “Suckle him, but when you fear for him, then cast him into
the river and fear not, nor grieve. Verily! We shall bring him back to you and
shall make him one of (Our) Messengers.”}
[Surah al-Qasas (28): 6]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
You will - without a doubt - be afflicted with a calamity, as it is mentioned in the Qur’aan, repeatedly. And sometimes, this calamity is extended for a long period of time.
While a person is in the midst of the first calamity, he is struck with another one. Sometimes, Allaah تعالى tests a person with two calamities at the same time. A person finds himself in a dilemma. A person is afflicted with a calamity, and he prays and supplicates - supplications after supplications, and supplications after supplications, and all of a sudden, another calamity befalls him, or the same calamity intensifies and becomes more severe. This happens sometimes, this is the test from Allaah.
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
The life under the shade of the Qur’aan is a great favor and bounty from Allaah, which adds blessings in a person's age and purifies his soul, which delights and comforts the heart and guides it, and is soothing to the ears.
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
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INTRODUCTION:
When
trials get tough, people fall into depression, anxiety, and other mental
illnesses. Depression, anxiety, worry, grief, etc. all have a tremendous impact
on a person’s life, social behavior, performance, quality of life, and health,
etc. In other religions, they have no
remedy to cope with the situation in the face of difficulties. Other religions
simply do not offer any solution. So, when people feel empty and directionless,
some opt for consuming alcohol or other intoxicants to cope with this, and some
live a life of drugs and illegal sex to look for a way out, and some just end
up committing suicide when they feel the pain and suffering is unbearable. All
this does nothing but harms a person in this world and the Hereafter. Depression,
anxiety, and other mental illnesses are some of the tools of Shaitaan, as
Allaah تعالى said:
إِنَّمَا النَّجْوَىٰ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ لِيَحْزُنَ الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا وَلَيْسَ بِضَارِّهِمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ
فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
{Secret
counsels (conspiracies) are only from Shaitaan, so that he may cause grief to
the Believers. But he cannot harm them in the least, except as Allaah permits,
and in Allaah let the Believers put their trust.} [1]
Since
Shaitaan is our enemy, so the cure has to be Divine. In Islaam, when faced with
difficulties, we are taught to seek Allaah’s help through patience and prayers:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ
وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ
{O
you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allaah is
with those who are patient.} [2]
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ۗ
أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ
{Those
who have believed and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allaah.
Verily, in the remembrance of Allaah do hearts find rest.} [3]
The
obligatory and optional Salaah, Dhikr (remembrance of Allaah), Du`aa, Tawakkal
(reliance on Allaah), Trusting Him are the way out for the believers when faced
with difficulties, calamities, and adversities.
Prophet
Muhammad ﷺ taught many Divine supplications to cope with the situation
when the affairs get difficult. He ﷺ was given the gift of Jawaami` al-Kalim
(expressing much in a few words), as the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝I
have been given Jawaami` al-Kalim (i.e., words which are concise but comprehensive
in meaning).❞ [4]
The book deals with explaining some of these supplications to help one
understand their meaning and what they imply, which, by Allaah’s permission,
will give them strength in the face of difficulties.
May
Allaah ease our burden, forgive our sins, give us patience during the times of
trials and guide us out of the misery we suffer.
[1] Surah al-Mujaadalah (58): 10
[2] Surah al-Baqarah (2): 153
[3] Surah al-Ra`d (13): 28
[4] Saheeh Muslim (523)
How to really thank Allaah for His favors?!
(What is real gratitude?)
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Allaah تعالى said about Nooh عليه السلام:
ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ
عَبْدًا شَكُورًا
{O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.}
[Surah al-Israa (17): 3]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Using
examples from three incidents
A Muslim's Faith (Imaan) in Allaah can never be complete till he affirms for Allaah all that which He تعالى has affirmed for Himself in His Book and through His Messenger ﷺ. We believe in all His Beautiful Names, Lofty Attributes, and Perfect Actions of Allaah…
a) without
Takyyeef (without describing the HOW of it),
b) without
Tamtheel (without equating them with the creation),
c) without
Tashbeeh (without comparing them with the creation),
d) without
Ta`teel (without denying or negating them),
e) and without Tahreef (without distorting or changing their meaning).
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
There are a few actions which are the foundation of one sin or the other:
1️⃣ Kibr (الكبر - pride, conceit, arrogance, narcissism). It was excessive pride that prevented Iblees from obeying the Command of Allaah to prostrate to Aadam.
2️⃣ Hirs (الحرص - wish, crave, desire). It was the desire to live long that made Aadam to disobey Allaah and eat from the tree.
3️⃣ Hasad (الحسد - jealousy, envy, animosity). One son of Aadam (Qaabil) killed the other son (Haabeel) out of jealousy that the sacrifice of the latter was accepted and not of the former.
4️⃣ Ghuloo (الغلو - exaggeration, excessiveness). Shirk first appeared on earth when the people exaggerated in praising the righteous people and took their graves as places of worship, while others made statues of these people and worshiped them.
5️⃣ Hubb al-Dunya (حب الدنيا - love, attachment to this worldly life). The love of the Dunyaa and the amassing of wealth is the head of all the wrongdoings, and it makes the person do all of the above in addition to niggardliness, oppression, malignity, cutting of ties with relatives, lust, etc.
And Allaah knows best.
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
[Majmoo` al-Fataawa of Ibn Taymiyyah (3/58)]
The virtue of repeating the Adhaan behind the Muadhdhin
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Narrated Abu Sa`eed
al-Khudree رضي الله عنه: Allaah’s
Messenger ﷺ said: ❝When you hear the Adhaan, repeat what
the Muadhdhin (the call-maker) says.❞
[Saheehain]
`Abdullaah bin `Amr bin al-`Aas
رضي الله عنهما reported: I heard the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ saying: ❝When you hear the Adhaan, repeat what
the Muadhdhin says. Then send Salah upon me (i.e. invoke blessings on me)
because everyone who does so will receive in return ten blessings from Allaah.
Then beseech Allaah to grant me al-Waseelah, which is a high rank in Jannah,
fitting for only one of Allaah’s slaves; and I hope that I will be that man. Whoever
asks that I be given al-Waseelah, he will be assured of my intercession.❞
[Saheeh Muslim (384),
Sunan Abu Dawood (523), Sunan al-Tirmidhee (3614), Sunan al-Nasaa’ee (678)]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
All praise is for Allaah alone, the One who is a Guide to the Right Path. He guides from His slaves – those who repent – to the Straight Path, and He brings them out of darkness into light. And He sends astray those who turn away (from His obedience) and follow their desires.
وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّـهُ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
{And Allaah wronged them not,
but they used to wrong themselves}
[Surah al-Nahl (16): 33]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Allaah تعالى says:
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا
يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِن قَبْلِكُم ۖ مَّسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأْسَاءُ
وَالضَّرَّاءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
مَعَهُ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ اللَّـهِ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّ نَصْرَ اللَّـهِ قَرِيبٌ
{Or think you that you will enter Paradise without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? They were afflicted with severe poverty and ailments and were so shaken that even the Messenger and those who believed along with him said: “When (will come) the Help of Allaah?” Yes! Certainly, the Help of Allaah is near!}
[Surah al-Baqarah (2): 214]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
❝This
is from the perfection of the Lord’s Favors and Blessings that He تعالى makes His slave taste
the bitterness of being broken down into fragments before making him taste the sweetness of relief and reparation. Allaah تعالى makes the person know the extent of His
Favors upon him by testing him with the opposite (i.e. by taking away the
Favors). Like when how He سبحانه وتعالى
wished to complete for Aadam the pleasure and delight of Paradise; He تعالى made him taste the bitterness of being expelled from the Jannah and made him suffer in this abode
(earth), in which prosperity and pleasure are blended in with hardships and
tribulations.
So, He تعالى does breakdown His Believing slave except to mend him, and He تعالى does not prevent from him except to give it to him, and He تعالى does not afflict him (with sickness) except to heal him, and He تعالى does not cause him to die except to resurrect him, and He تعالى does not constrict for him the Dunya except to make him yearn more for the Hereafter, and He تعالى does not test him with people’s rudeness except to make him turn towards Him سبحانه وتعالى.❞
[مختصر الصواعق المرسلة 1/306]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Part #1:
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
The Prophet ﷺ
forbade from imitating the animals while in prayers. For he ﷺ
forbade from kneeling like a camel [1], and from looking here and there like a
fox [2], and resting (spreading the forearms) on the ground like a wild beast
[3], and squatting like a dog [4], and pecking like a crow [5], and from
raising the hands like wild horses while concluding the Salaah with the Tasleem
[6]. The actions of the one who is praying are different from the actions of
the animals.
[Zaad al-Ma`aad (1/217-218)]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
There is a continuous rise in police brutality everywhere around the world, especially in the power-hungry “democratic” (democrazy) countries of the world, the US, France, India, Russia, Philippines, etc., and new laws are being introduced to give the police officers more authority and immunity from criminal prosecution. These laws are being introduced especially to suppress the voice of the oppositions, and to oppress the minorities, without the fear of any repercussion or backlash from the public. There is more police brutality in the “democratic” countries than anywhere else. The systematic oppression and killing of the African-Americans and Native-Americans in the US, the pogroms and extrajudicial punishments against the Muslims in India, Burma (Myanmar) and China, and racial attacks on the minorities in different parts of the world are being carried out with the help of the police and army personnel. The people (police) who are supposed to uphold the law and maintain peace and security are the ones who are the worst in torturing the minorities. In many of these countries, torturing the poor has no consequences.
All this was prophesied by the Prophet ﷺ
1400 years ago, and a severe punishment awaits these perpetrators in the
Hereafter.
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
This is a poem about the mental condition and the understanding of the religion by many who claim to be practicing Islaam. This is based on an Urdu poem by the prose writer, Altaf Hussain Haali. His book, “Mussadas-e-Haali” was the most famous book of the 20th century in Muslims of India during the reign of the British. The book examines the state of social and moral degradation prevalent in the contemporary Muslim society, for it contained the mistakes and the reasons for the downfall of the Muslim empire in India. This book was used for upraising the morale of Muslims. But in our age this is not limited to India alone, this can be widely applied everywhere, throughout the world, wherever the Muslims live. (Disclaimer: This is not an exact translation but I relied on that extensively with a few additions and modifications).
In this period of Covid-19, where people have been instructed to bring their own prayer rugs to the Masaajid, as one of the means to control the spread of this virus, some have been observed to fix their prayer rugs over and over again while in prayer or during the Jumu`ah Khutbah (Friday sermon). If a person fixes his prayer rug or removes the pebbles before starting the prayer, then there is nothing wrong with that, but this unnecessary action during the prayer and during the Khutbah is disliked. The only exception is that if he can’t help it and he feels like he needs to fix his prayer rug while in prayer, then he may do so only once. This is based on the following Ahaadeeth and the explanation by the Scholars of this Ummah.
The sight of spilling of blood and its gushing out on the Day of `Eid. That is a sight when a slave (of Allaah) honors the Symbol from the Symbols of Allaah (by offering the sacrifice). And honoring the Symbols of Allaah is a sign of a righteous heart.
ذَٰلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ شَعَائِرَ
اللَّـهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى الْقُلُوبِ
{That is (so). And whosoever honors the Symbols of Allaah, then it is truly from the piety of the heart.}
[Surah al-Hajj (22): 32]
Hypocrisy,
like Kufr and Shirk, has different levels and grades, which may take a person
out of Islaam and which may not.
Hypocrisy
is of two types: Major and Minor.
بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة
والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
Part #2 (Entertainment)
Entertainment in the name of Islaam is another sickness
plaguing the Muslim Ummah.
The first Aayah and Command that was revealed was to READ, but many amongst us don't want to read. There are many educated ignorant amongst us; educated in the terms of worldly knowledge, but ignorant when it comes to religious knowledge. As Allaah تعالى says:
بـسـم الله والحـمـد
لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
...Either
through direct preaching or through entertainment.
