Tafseer - The Meaning of the word "Toobaa"

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Allaah تعالى said:

﴿الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ طُوبَى لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَابٍ﴾

{Those who believed, and work righteousness, Toobaa is for them and a beautiful place of (final) return.} [Surah al-Ra`d (13):29]

Tafseer: The Takbeer

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Allaah تعالى says:

﴿وَلِتُكَبِّرُواْ اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ﴾

{…and that you must magnify Allaah [i.e. to say Takbeer (Allaahu Akbar: Allaah is the Most Great)] for having guided you so that you may be grateful to Him.} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 185]

Yaa ikhwaan! Raise your voices when you say the Takbeer on the two Eids. Don’t murmur it and don’t keep silent, looking here and there. Every Eid, it is seen that only a handful of people are reciting the Takbeer out loudly, and the vast majority sits in such a way as if they had no purpose coming out for Eid.

Weakness of the Hadeeth: Rewards Are Multiplied 70 Times In Ramadhaan

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Imaam Ibn Khuzaymah said in his Saheeh:

Chapter: Virtues of the month of Ramadhaan – (only) if the Hadeeth is authentic

`Alee bin Hijr al-Sa`dee narrated to us that Yousuf bin Ziyaad narrated to him that Hammaam bin Yahyaa narrated on the authority of `Alee bin Zaid bin Jad`aan on the authority of Sa`eed bin al-Musayyib on the authority of Salmaan (al-Faarisee) that he said: 

The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم addressed us (i.e. the companions) on the last day of Sha`baan, saying, “Oh people! A great month has come over you; a blessed month; a month in which is a night better than a thousand months; a month in which Allaah has made it compulsory upon you to fast (by day), and voluntary to pray by night. Whoever draws nearer (to Allaah) by performing any of the (optional) good deeds in (this month) shall receive the same reward as performing an obligatory deed at any other time, and whoever discharges an obligatory deed in (this month) shall receive the reward of performing seventy obligations at any other time. It is the month of patience, and the reward of patience is Paradise. It is the month of charity, and a month in which a believer's sustenance is increased. Whoever gives food to a fasting person to break his fast shall have his sins forgiven, and he will be saved from the Fire of Hell, and he shall have the same reward as the fasting person, without his reward being diminished at all”. They said: “Not all of us can find that which (we can provide to) the fasting person to break his fast.” He said: “Allaah تعالى gives this reward to anyone who helps the fasting person in breaking the fast even by a (single) date or provides him with water to drink or gives him milk. And it is a month the beginning of which is Mercy, its middle is Forgiveness, and its last is emancipation from the Fire.  Whoever reduces (the burden) on his slave, Allaah will forgive him and will emancipate him from the Fire. And increase in it the four things: Your Lord is pleased with two things, and with the (other) two He will enrich you. The two things with which your Lord is pleased are bearing witness that Laa ilaaha illallaah (there is no one worthy of being worshipped except Allaah) and that you seek His forgiveness. And the two things with which he will enrich you are when you ask for Paradise from Allaah and that you seek His refuge from the Hell. And whoever feeds a fasting person till he is satisfied, Allaah will give him the drink from my Cistern, the drink after which he will not feel thirsty till he enters the Paradise.”  [Saheeh Ibn Khuzaimah (1887)]

Brief Comments of Shaikh Ibn Baaz on Saheeh al-Bukhaaree #6

Circles of Knowledge

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Imaam al-Bukhaaree رحمه الله said:

Chapter: Sitting in gatherings (circles of knowledge)

Narrated Abu Waqid Al Laithi: While Allaah's Apostle صلى الله عليه وسلم was sitting in the Masjid with some people, three men came. Two of them came in front of Allaah's Apostle صلى الله عليه وسلم and the third one went away. The two persons kept on standing before Allaah's Apostle صلى الله عليه وسلم for a while and then one of them found a place in the circle and sat there while the other sat behind the gathering, and the third one went away. When Allaah's Apostle صلى الله عليه وسلم finished his preaching, he said, "Shall I tell you about these three persons? One of them betook himself to Allaah, so Allaah took him into His grace and mercy and accommodated him, the second felt shy from Allaah, so Allaah sheltered Him in His mercy (and did not punish him), while the third turned (his face from Allaah) and went away, so Allaah turned (His face) from him likewise." [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (66)]

Tafseer: Tawbah - When it will not be accepted.

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

From the Tafaaseer of Ibn Katheer and al-Sa`dee رحمهم الله on the saying of Allaah تعالى:

﴿إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَ بِجَهَـلَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيماً حَكِيماً - وَلَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَـتِ حَتَّى إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّى تُبْتُ الاٌّنَ وَلاَ الَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُوْلَـئِكَ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً﴾

{Allaah accepts only the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon (afterwards); it is they to whom Allaah will forgive and Allaah is Ever All-Knower, All-Wise. And of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil deeds until death faces one of them and he says: “Now I repent”, nor of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them, We have prepared a painful torment.} [Surah al-Nisaa (4): 17-18]

Lessons In The Month Of Ramadhaan # 4

Rulings on the Night Prayers in Ramadhaan.

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Brief translation of Shaikh al-`Uthaymeen's " مجالس شهر الرمضان "

All praises are for Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And peace and blessings upon Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions and all those who follow their path.

O my brothers! Verily, Allaah has legislated for His worship different acts of worship. He made some of these acts as obligatory, and it is not allowed for anyone to reduce from it any act or to breach it. Other acts are supererogatory, with which a person can get even more close to Allaah and which can act as a completion for the deficiencies in the obligatory acts.

Lessons In The Month Of Ramadhaan # 3

Obligation of Fasting in Ramadhaan
(Revised on March 18, 2017)

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

All praises are for Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And peace and blessings upon Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions and all those who follow their path.

My brothers! Verily Fasting in the month of Ramadhaan is one of the pillars of Islaam and one of its core foundations. Allaah تعالى said:

﴿يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ * أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَتٍ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُ وَأَن تَصُومُواْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُ وَأَن تَصُومُواْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُ وَأَن تَصُومُواْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ  شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِى أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَـتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلاَ يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُواْ الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُواْ اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ﴾ [البقرة: 183-185].

{O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the Fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon. [Observing Saum (Fasts)] for a fixed number of days, but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the same number (should be made up) from other days. And as for those who can Fast with difficulty, (e.g. an old man), they have (a choice either to Fast or) to feed a Miskeen (needy person) (for every day). But whoever does good of his own accord, it is better for him. And that you Fast is better for you if only you know. The month of Ramadhaan in which was revealed the Qur’aan, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the Criterion (between right and wrong). So, whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadhaan, i.e. is present at his home), he must observe Saum (Fasts) that month, and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Saum (Fasts) must be made up] from other days. Allaah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (He wants that you) must complete the same number (of days), and that you must magnify Allaah [i.e. to say Takbeer (Allaahu Akbar: Allaah is the Most Great)] for having guided you so that you may be grateful to Him.} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 183-185]

Lessons In The Month Of Ramadhaan # 2

Virtues of Fasting

(Revised on March 18, 2017)

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

All praises are for Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And peace and blessings upon Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions and all those who follow their path.

My brothers! Know that Fasting is from one of the best forms of `Ibaadaat (acts of worship) and from the highest types of obedience. There are many Texts (from the Qur’aan and the Sunnah) about its virtues.

Lessons In The Month Of Ramadhaan # 1

Virtues of the Month of Ramadhaan

(Revised on March 18, 2017)

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Brief translation of Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen's “ مجالس شهر الرمضان ”

All praises be to Allaah, the one who brought into existence and invented; and who created water and the soil. Nothing is hidden from His sight even as small as the ant hidden in the night. Nothing equal to the weight of an atom, in the earth below or the heavens above, is distant from His knowledge.

﴿لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَـوَتِ وَمَا فِي الارْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ الثَّرَى * وَإِن تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى * اللَّهُ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ لَهُ الاْسْمَآءُ الْحُسْنَى﴾ [طه: 6-8]

{To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, and all that is between them, and all that is under the soil. And if you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) speak (the invocation) aloud, then verily, He knows the secret and that which is yet more hidden. Allaah! Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He)! To Him belong the Best Names.} [Surah Taha (20): 6-8]

Hadeeth: Open repentance for open mistakes.

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

`Ataa reported from Mu`aadh bin Jabl that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “(O people!) Keep your duty to Allaah and fear him as much as you can. And remember Allaah عز وجل near every stone and tree (i.e. remember Allaah a lot). And if you committed a sin, follow it up with repentance – a secret (mistake to be repented) secretly; and an open (mistake to be repented) publicly.”

[Reported by Imaam Ahmad in “al-Zuhd” (26) and Tabaraanee in “al-Mu`jam al-Kabeer” (20/159/331). Shaikh al-Albaanee said in al-Saheehah (3320): “the narrators of this narration are reliable, they are the narrators of al-Bukhaaree and Muslim; except for Shareek (one of the narrators) who is weak, and the chain is Mursal (broken) as `Ataa did not meet Mu`aadh.” This Hadeeth also has supporting chain which takes it to the level of “Hasan li ghairihee”, see al-Silsilah al-Saheehah (1475) ]

(عليك بتقوى الله ما استطعت، واذكر الله عز وجل عند كل حجر وشجر. !اذا عملت سيئةً فأحدثْ عندها توبةً؛ السرُّ بالسرِّ، والعلانيةُ بالعلانيةِ).

Brief Comments of Shaikh Ibn Baaz on Saheeh al-Bukhaaree #5

Prayer is from Imaan.

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Imaam al-Bukhaaree رحمه الله said:

Chapter: The Prayer is from Imaan. And the saying of Allaah تعالى {And Allaah would never make your faith to be lost} i.e. your prayers offered towards Jerusalem. [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 143]

Hadeeth: Where should the second person stand when there are only two persons praying together?

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Shaikh al-Albaanee said in “Al-Silsilah al-Ahaadeeth al-Saheehah” 6/174:

2590 - “What is the matter (in another narration: what is with you) that I made you stand in line with me and you moved back?”

Brief Comments of Shaikh Ibn Baaz on Saheeh al-Bukhaaree #4

Hayaa'

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Imaam Bukhari رحمه الله said:

Chapter: Al-Hayaa' is part of Faith

Narrated `Abdullaah (bin Umar): Once Allaah's Apostle صلى الله عليه وسلم passed by an Ansaari (man) who was admonishing to his brother regarding Hayaa'. On that Allaah's Apostle صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Leave him as Hayaa' is a part of faith." [Sahih al-Bukhaaree (23)]

Brief Comments of Shaikh Ibn Baaz on Saheeh al-Bukhaaree #3

Injustice

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وبعد 

Imaam Bukhari رحمه الله said:

Chapter: “Dhulm doona dhulm” (Injustice without (greater) injustice). [1]

Brief Comments of Shaikh Ibn Baaz on Saheeh al-Bukhaaree #2

Waraqah bin Noufal

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Imaam Bukhari رحمه الله said:

Chapter: How the Divine Inspirations started:

Brief Comments of Shaikh Ibn Baaz on Saheeh al-Bukhaaree #1

Types of Revelations

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Imaam Bukhari رحمه الله said:

Chapter: How the Divine Inspirations started:

The Prophet's concern for the Ummah

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Allaah تعالى says:

قَدْ نَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُ لَيَحْزُنُكَ الَّذِى يَقُولُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يُكَذِّبُونَكَ وَلَـكِنَّ الظَّـلِمِينَ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

{We know indeed the grief which their words cause you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم); it is not you that they deny, but it is the verses of Allaah that the wrongdoers deny.} [Surah al-An`aam (6): 33]

The Beast

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Allaah تعالى said:

وَإِذَا وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَآبَّةً مِّنَ الاٌّرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا بِـَايَـتِنَا لاَ يُوقِنُونَ

{And when the Word is fulfilled against them, We shall bring out from the earth a beast for them, to speak to them because mankind believed not with certainty in Our Ayaat.} [Surah Al-Naml (27): 82]

The Sunnah Before (Beginning) The Du`aa

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Shaikh Ibn Baaz رحمه الله , in his explanation to "Riyaadh al-Saaliheen", said: “The Sunnah before (beginning) the du`aa is to praise Allaah as has been mentioned in ‘al-Tahiyyaat’*, then after that to send the prayer upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, then (he should make) the du`aa. And this is how it should be done also when he is making the du`aa in Sujood (prostration), or at any other time; he should praise Allaah, send prayers upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and then supplicates to his Lord for whatever he wishes, and this is the first step for the du`aa being answered.”

Know the Companions #5 - `Abdullaah bin `Abbas رضي الله عنه

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

HIS NAME:

He is the Ink of the Ummah, the ocean of knowledge, the jurist of his time, the Imaam of Tafseer, Abu al-`Abbaas, `Abdullaah رضي الله عنه, the son of the uncle of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم – al-`Abbaas رضي الله عنه, bin `Abd al-Muttalib (Shaibah bin Haashim).

His mother was Umm al-Fadhl Lubaabah رضي الله عنها bint al-Haarith bin Hazn.

Notes on the Evils of Innovation

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

The Deen is complete:

Allaah تعالى says,

{This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed my favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islaam as your religion} [Surah al-Maaidah (5):4]

Know the Companions #4 - `Abdullaah Ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

The Imaam, the ocean (of knowledge), the jurist of the nation, Abu `Abdul-Rahmaan al-Hadhlee, al-Makee, al-Muhaajiree, al-Badaree.

HIS NAME

Know the Companions #3 - `Abdullaah Ibn `Umar رضي الله عنهما

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

`Abdullaah ibn `Umar رضي الله عنهما ibn al-Khattaab bin Nufail bin `Abdul `Uzza bin Riyaah bin Qart bin Razaah, bin `Adee bin Ka`b bin Lu’ai bin Ghaalib. The Imaam, the ideal (role model), Shaykh al-Islaam, Abu `Abdul-Rahmaan al-Qurashee al-`Adwee al-Makki then al-Madani.

His mother and the mother of his sister, Umm al-Mumineen Hafsah, was Zainab bint Madh`oon the sister of `Uthmaan bin Madh`oon al-Jamhee.

Know the Companions #2 - Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

He is the Imaam, the Ḥaafidh, the Mujtahid, the Faqeeh, the companion of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم – the one who narrated the most Aḥaadeeth from him صلى الله عليه وسلم, Abu Hurairah al-Dawsy (from the tribe of al-Daws in Yemen) رضي الله عنه.

Know the Companions #1: Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

HIS NAME

He is Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه bin Nadhr bin Ḍhamḍham bin Zaid bin Ḥarraam bin Jundab bin `Aamir bin Ghanam bin `Adee bin al-Najjaar. (His kunya is) Abu Ḥamzaa, al-Anṣaaree, al-Khazrajee (from the tribe of al-Khazraj).

The Black Stone

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

#1. About al-Ḥajar al-Aswad (the Black Stone). It is the only thing in this world which is not from it, nor from anywhere in the universe – rather it came from the Jannah.

#2. The Stone was whiter than milk [i.e. so radiant, snowy, free of any blemishes, stains or spots], but the sins of the sons of Aadam darkened it.

The Two Unavoidable Questions

First: On the Tawheed of Allaah (تبارك وتعالى):

Allaah (عزوجل) said:

{ وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَائِيَ الَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ } 

 {And (remember) the Day when He will call to them and say: "Where are My (so-called) partners whom you used to assert?"} [Surah al-Qasas (28): 62]

Second: On the Ittiba of the Messenger of Allaah (سبحانه وتعالى):

Allaah (تبارك وتعالى) said:

{ وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا أَجَبْتُمُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ }

{And (remember) the Day (Allâh) will call to them, and say: "What answer gave you to the Messengers?"} [Surah al-Qasas (28): 65]

Source:
http://noorul-furqaan.blogspot.com/2011/04/two-unavoidable-questions.html