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)]

Being able to Praise and Thank Allaah تعالى is the ultimate blessing

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Thanking Allaah for a blessing that He تعالى has given to us is in itself a blessing that many are deprived of:

﴿وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِيَ الشَّكُورُ﴾

{But (only) few of My slaves are grateful.} [Surah Saba (34): 13]

  

Impermissibility of taking the Shahaadah on behalf of someone else

One cannot affirm what is in other people's heart except to judge them for their speech and actions

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

❝Indeed all praise is due to Allaah,

WE praise Him,

And WE seek His help,

And WE seek His forgiveness,

And WE seek refuge with Allaah from the evils of our souls and the mischief of our deeds.

Whoever He تعالى guides, then here is none to lead him astray,

And whomever He تعالى misleads, then there is no guide for him.

I ^[1] testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allaah,

and I testify that Muhammad is His Slave and His Messenger.❞

Tafseer: {And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein}

From the Tafaseer of Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen and Imaam Ibn Katheer رحمهم الله

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Allaah تعالى said:

﴿وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ﴾

{And indeed We have created man, and know what his ownself whispers to him. And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (by Our Knowledge).} [Surah Qaaf (50): 16]

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله commented:

Allaah عز وجل, after providing proofs for His ability to resurrect (mankind), said: {And indeed We have created man}, meaning: We originated his creation and brought him into existence, and gave him intellect, and the ability to hear, see, think and speak to himself. 

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Ma`iyyah (معية: "Withness") of Allaah with His creation
[Removing the Doubts: Allaah being with His creation does not mean that He تعالى is everywhere]

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

The saying of Allaah تعالى:

﴿إِنَّ اللَّـهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ﴾

{Truly! Allaah is with As-Saabireen (the patient ones)} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 153]

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

Meaning: this Ma`iyyah (معية: “Withness”) is a specific one because the Ma`iyyah of Allaah سبحانه وتعالى (with His creation) is of two types: a general type and a specific.

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The Adhkaar: its Spiritual and Physical effects on a person.

(The Adhkaar: Food for Body & Soul)

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Narrated `Alee رضي الله عنه: Faatimah رضي الله عنها went to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم complaining about the bad effect of the stone hand-mill on her hand. She heard that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had received a few slave girls (as captives of war). But (when she came there) she did not find him, so she mentioned her problem to `Aaishah رضي الله عنها. When the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم came, ‘Aaishah informed him about that. `Alee رضي الله عنه added: So the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم came to us when we had gone to bed. We wanted to get up (on his arrival) but he صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Stay where you are.” Then he came and sat between me and her and I felt the coldness of his feet on my abdomen. He صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Shall I direct you to something better than what you have requested? When you go to bed say سبحان الله (Subhaan Allaah) thirty-three times, الحمد لله (al-hamdulillaah) thirty three times, and الله أكبر (Allaahu Akbar) thirty four times, for that is better for you than a servant.” 

Removing the Doubts: Index

1. Doubting the Kufr of a Kaafir?

2. The Impermissibility of calling Allaah by the names of other “gods”

3. Hoor: Their Correct Gender

4. The Existence Of al-Dajjaal

5. Hadeeth on "Completion of 100 Years"

Manhaj: Index

1. What is Tawheed al-Haakimiyyah?

2. We were first given Imaan...

3. Two criteria to judge the soundness of the person's religion

4. People will receive leaders which they deserve

5. Imaam al-Bukhaaree: How to achieve unity?

Justice is a necessity in everything, while a Favor is recommended

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

The following is one of the chapters from the book of Shaikh `Abdul Rahmaan Ibn Naser al-Sa`dee رحمه الله, “al-Qawaaid wal-Usool al-Jaami`ah”, with the brief comments by Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Saaleh al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله. The following points are covered under this chapter:

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Clarifying your stance and removing the doubt:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Narrated `Alee bin Al-Husain: Safiyah, the wife of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told me that she went to Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم to visit him in the Masjid while he was in I`tikaaf in the last ten days of Ramadhaan. She had a talk with him for a while then she got up in order to return home. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم accompanied her. When they reached the gate of the Masjid, opposite the door of Um-Salamah, two Ansari men were passing by and they greeted Allaah’s Messenger and they quickened their pace. He صلى الله عليه وسلم told them: “Do not hurry!” And said: “She is (my wife) Safiyah bint Huyai.” Both of them said: Subhaan-Allaah! O Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم (how dare we think of any evil about you, you are far away from any suspicion)! And they felt it. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said (to them): “Satan reaches everywhere in the human body as blood reaches in it, (everywhere in one's body). I was afraid lest Satan might insert an evil thought in your minds.” 

Tafseer: Two similar Aayaat that end in two different ways

 بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Allaah تعالى says:

﴿وَإِن تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّـهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا ۗ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَظَلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ﴾

{And if you count the Blessings of Allaah, never will you be able to count them. Verily! Man is indeed an extreme wrong-doer, - a disbeliever} [Surah Ibraaheem (14): 34]

Allaah تعالى also says: 

The 4 categories of people during the congregational prayers

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

During the congregational prayers, in regards to following the Imaam, people are divided into four groups:

The “Forerunners”: Those who precede the Imaam in their bowing and prostration and getting up from them. It is like some race or competition as to who will do it first, the Imaam or those who are praying behind him. They do their action even before the Imaam says the Takbeer (Allaahu Akbar).

The “Coinciders”: Those who do the actions simultaneously with the Imaam.  They don't want to precede the Imaam but they also don’t want to be left behind. They will bow and prostrate with the Imaam. They do their actions while the Imaam is still saying the Takbeer. (Many people come under this category).

The “Followers”: Those who follow the Imaam in his actions.  They do not precede him, nor do it simultaneously with him. They wait for the Imaam to complete the Takbeer before doing the required action.

The “Delayers”: They do not precede the Imaam, nor do they coincide with him, but they also don't follow him in the true sense. They do not follow the Imaam even after he has said the Takbeer.  They will keep doing the Adhkaar and wait for a little longer before joining the Imaam.

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Narrated Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه: Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم fell from a horse and got injured so he led the prayer sitting and we also prayed sitting. When he completed the prayer he صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “The Imaam is appointed so that he should be followed; if he says the Takbeer then say Takbeer, bow if he bows; raise your heads when he raises his head, when he says: ‘Sami`a-llaahu liman hamidah’, say: ‘Rabbanaa lakal-hamd’, and prostrate when he prostrates.”

[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree and Saheeh Muslim. This has also been reported from `Aaishah, Abu Hurairah and others رضي الله عنهم. In other narration it is also mentioned: “And when he prays, standing, you should pray standing. And when he prays sitting, all of you should pray sitting. and straighten the rows for the prayer, as the straightening of the rows is amongst those things which make your prayer a correct and perfect one.”]

The three Bid`aat regarding the month of Sha`baan

The three Bid`aat (religious innovations) which some people do in the month of Sha`baan:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Saaleh al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

“I would like to warn against the three things which are done in the middle of Sha`baan:

The First issue:

Amongst the general mass, there are many people who think that the night of the middle of Sha`baan (i.e. the 15<sup>th</sup> of Sha`baan) is Laylatul-Qadr (the Night of Decree) and that one (who prays in this night) gets the reward that has been mentioned in the Sunnah (i.e. his previous sins would be forgiven). But what is known is that Laylatul-Qadr occurs in the month of Ramadhaan and the evidence for that is the saying of Allaah تبارك وتعالى in the Qur’aan:

A few rulings pertaining to Fasting in the month of Sha`baan

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

1. It is Mustahab (preferred) to Fast as many days as possible in Sha`baan:

`Aaishah رضي الله عنها reported: “The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did not observe voluntary Saum (Fasting) so frequently during any other month as he did during Sha`baan. He observed Saum throughout the month of Sha`baan.”

Another narration it is: “He صلى الله عليه وسلم observed Saum during the whole month of Sha`baan except a few days.” [Saheeh al- Bukhaaree and Saheeh Muslim]

Tafseer: The wise are the ones who hold fast to the Book of Allaah

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

﴿وَالَّذِينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ﴾

{And as to those who hold fast to the Book and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), certainly, We shall never waste the reward of the reformers.} [Surah al-A`raaf (7): 170]

In his Tafseer of Surah al-A`raaf, Shaikh al-Sa`dee رحمه الله said:

In truth, the wise ones are those whom Allaah تعالى described by saying: {And as to those who hold fast to the Book}, meaning: they hold fast to it by (seeking) knowledge and (putting it into) practice. They know the rulings that are mentioned in it as well as the information (about the important events) that it contains – the knowledge of which is the noblest of sciences.

They know the commandments that are mentioned in it, which are (the means of) comfort for the eyes, joy for the hearts, happiness for the souls and rectification for the worldly affairs and the Hereafter.

And from the Commandments, one of the greatest things one can hold fast to is: performing the Salaah (prayer) – outwardly and inwardly (i.e. by remembering Allaah openly and in secret). And this is why Allaah تعالى specially mentioned it because of its merits and lofty status, and because it is a scale to measure one’s Imaan, and establishing the Salaah is the means by which one is able to perform other acts of worship.

So when all their actions are working for the betterment, Allaah تعالى says: {We shall never waste the reward of the reformers}, (those who have rectified) their speech, their actions, their intentions, (being) reformers for themselves and for others.

[Tafseer al-Sa`dee, Surah al-A`raaf (7): 170]

Weakness of the Hadeeth: Paradise will mock at those who used to mock at others in this world

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

It is reported on the authority of al-Hasan (al-Basree) that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “A gate of paradise will open to one of those who used to mock people and a cry will be heard: ‘Come here, come here,’ and he will come forward in concern and anxiety, but when he reaches it, it will close in front of him. And this will happen again and again, until the gate will open and the cry ‘Come here, come here,’ will be heard as before, but he will not approach because he knows it will only close in front of him.” [Ibn Abi al-Dunya in al-Samt (285) and Dham al-Gheebah (149) and al-Baihaqee in Shu`ab al-Imaan (6333)]

Both, Ibn Abi al-Dunya and al-Baihaqee, reported this narration from their respective chains on the authority of Rauh bin `Ubaadah from Mubaarak bin Fudhaalah from al-Hasan from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.

`Ibaadah: Definition, Pillars, Conditions, Characteristics and Types

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Preface:

It is very important that we all understand the purpose for which we were created; otherwise we are likely to waste our time doing things, which are of no real value. For example, if everyone were sent to school without knowing why they were sent there, they would probably all start playing and would continue to do so until someone tells them what they are supposed to do there. Allaah تعالى, who is the Most Wise, would not create us without a purpose, because anyone who does something without any reason behind it is considered unreasonable and foolish, and Allaah سبحانه وتعالى could never be that. For example, if a man made a machine, which did not do anything, he would be looked as being crazy. Or if someone came and knocked on a door, but when asked whom he wanted, he answered: ‘I don’t know’ and when asked why he knocked, he again answered: ‘I don’t know’. Such an individual would be taken to a madhouse for treatment. A wise man is one who plans his affairs well in advance and does things for good reasons. Therefore, Allaah, the All-Wise Creator of man, must have created us for a very important purpose.

The whole purpose of learning Tawheed is to establish the `Ibaadah of Allaah. Therefore the purpose of life is the `Ibaadah of Allaah and if we are to perform Allaah’s `Ibaadah properly, we must know exactly what it is and what it is not, as Allaah تعالى says:

True Khilaafah is only established when the `Ibaadah of Allaah is first established on earth; rather, Khilaafah is from the fruits of `Ibaadah. Unlike those who think that establishing the Khilaafah is more important than `Ibaadah or that there is no `Ibaadah if there is no Khilaafah.

What follows is a translation of the article on the subject of `Ibaadah, its’ definition, its’ pillars, its’ and conditions that was printed in مجلة البحوث الإسلامية and which is available on the website of “alifta.com”.

The file can be downloaded from:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5a3nwj5iH9yWXQ4MWlRbWt1bzQ&authuser=0


Alternate Link:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/265070955/Ibaadah-Definition-Conditions-Pillars

  Ibaadah - Definition Conditions Pillars by foodiefahoodie

Umm al-Mu’mineen, `Aaishah رضي الله عنها: Refuting a practice adopted by the Sufees

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Umm `Alqamah narrated that when the nieces of `Aaishah رضي الله عنها were circumcised, `Aaishah was asked: “Shall we call someone to amuse them?” “Yes,” she replied. A person by the name `Adi was sent for and he came to them. `Aaishah passed by the room and saw him singing and shaking his head in rapture - and he had a large head of hair. She exclaimed: “Uff! A Shaytaan! Get him out! Get him out!”

[Adab al-Mufrad of Imaam al-Bukhaaree (1247) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee and in the narration of al-Baihaqee it is also mentioned: “So he was taken out”]

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What have the Sufees got to say about this?! Those who let the Shayaateen to play, dance, hop, climb poles or cling on to the ceiling fans etc. - while they claim to be in trance - inside or outside the Masaajid with blasting music.

Even for entertainment music is not allowed; then how far away are those who use music as a mode of worship? Deaf, dumb and blind! They will not understand.

Shaikh Muqbil: Do not say: "Natural Disaster" or "Mother Nature"

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Shaikh Muqbil رحمه الله said:

"So as for the one who tries to ascribe these matters to the nature, and he calls them ‘natural disasters’…if he intends by this that the nature itself is that which is causing these matters, then he is a Kaafir, a disbeliever.In a hadeeth Qudsi, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “He (Allaah تعالى) said: “This morning one of my slaves became a believer in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: ‘We have been given rain by virtue of Allaah and His mercy,’ that one is a believer in Me, a disbeliever in the stars; and as for him who said: ‘We have been given rain by such-and-such a star,’ that one is a disbeliever in Me, a believer in the stars.’“

So Allaah has clarified here that the one who ascribes these matters – whether it be rain, lightening, thunder, the Tsunami, whatever it may be – if he attributes that to the creation, then he has disbelieved in Allaah.

If a person says, for example, in describing an earthquake that the earth begins to do this and they begin to explain the actual way that the thing takes place, then this is a scientific explanation, but we understand that it is Allaah Who caused all of that to take place. That it is all from the Might of Allaah. So he does no ascribe that matter to the nature itself."

Source: Salafitalk.net

Shaikh al-Fawzaan: Natural Phenomenon or the Will of Allaah?!

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

In response to the question regarding the reasons for the earthquakes and if nature has any role in it, Shaikh Saaleh al-Fawzaan غفر الله له said:

❝There is no such thing as natural phenomenon ^[1], for these are from the statements of the atheists. Everything which happens is by Allaah’s Qadhaa and Qadar (Divine Will and Decree) and everything which takes place is by the Wisdom of Allaah جل وعلا. As for the earthquakes, Allaah تعالى decrees them so that He عز وجل can frighten His slaves ^[2] and to remind them to turn to their Lord in repentance. Indeed it is Allaah تعالى who {grasps the heavens and the earth lest they move away from their places} ^[3]. Allaah تعالى has grasped the heavens and the earth, and when He تعالى Wills, He shakes them to awakened His slaves and to warn them.❞

Source:

[(صحيفة المدينة) السبت 3 شعبان 1430هـ الموافق 25/7/2009م]