The whole of life is lessons and morals. How many people are there who have an accident and lose consciousness, and yet one hears them recite Qur’aan clearly and vividly as if they were reciting it when healthy. In contrast, another unconscious person may repeat, ‘May Allaah curse you, so-and-so!,’ ‘Where are you, cursed one?,’ or similar cursing and ill-talk. Some of these occurrences I have…
Rulings
Imaam AN-Nawawy (may Allaah’s Mercy be upon him) lived upon water, salt and bread and he never ate the fruit of Dimishq out of caution. When he was asked about the reason for preventing himself from doing so, he replied, “I do so because of the fact that, in the religion, there are many endowments, and properties of others who are in charge, so taking from these fruit is not permissible…
‘Abd Allaah son of Imaam Ahmad said, “I used to hear my father being asked many questions, and he would respond, ‘I do not know!’ if the issue had a difference of opinion. Often he would say, ‘Ask another person!’ If he was then asked, “Who shall we ask?,” he would reply, ‘Ask the scholars!’ and he would hardly name any person.” (Masaa’il Al-Imaam Ahmad [Questions to Imaam Ahmad], narrated by…
Ibn Wahb reported from Muhammad ibn Sulaymaan Al-Muraady from Abu Is-haaq, ‘I used to see a man from that time who would enter and ask a question, and would be referred from one gathering to another, until he was referred to the gathering of Sa’eed ibn Al-Musayyib, asnd all this would be because they used to hate giving rulings.’ (I’laam Al-Muwaqqi’een 1:35) Sa’eed would then answer him, and…
Among the ways of being saved at times of trials is that:
a) a Muslim should ask his Lord to protect him from trials, those apparent and hidden. It is narrated from Abu Hurayrah, Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ said,
“When any of you says the testimony of Faith at the end of the prayer, let him seek Refuge in Allaah from four matters,…
Allaah drew an example for a monotheist and polytheist in His ’s Words,
{ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا رَّجُلًۭا فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ…
It is noticed that some of those that pray, when prostrating, they do so on their fingers only, and this does not fulfil the manner of prayer, because placing the hand in prayer includes the whole hand. Placing part of the hand does not fulfil the manner of prayer. In fact, some pray like a person who kneads, bringing both hands together and prostrates upon them. We seen this often, especially…
Performing acts of worship with mixed intentions related to polytheism, that being, when a person does an act of worship for the Sake of Allaah and another purpose at the same time, such as he makes ablution in the sense of worship and to cool down at the same time. Such mixed intentions is of three types. It is either to do one act of worship alongside another, a permissible act alongside an…
There are words for bowing and for prostration.
“As for bowing, exalt the Lord in it, and, as for prostration, supplicate much in it,for your supplication is expected to be answered then.”…
It is narrated from Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet ﷺ,
“Any person who dies is remorseful!”
They asked, ‘And why is he…
The righteous predecessors never hung items with writing or phrases on, on curtains and walls in order to adorn houses and mosques, whether in the form of the Names of Allaah ﷻ or the names of His Prophet ﷺ, and greater than that, the Noble Qur’aan. This action is also a belittling of Allaah’s aayahs, and a ruling was issued to prohibit such action. A person may say, ‘I place the aayah of the…
Every monotheist should say often,
{رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًۭا تَرْضَىٰه}
“My Lord, enable me to be…
The Qur’aan is unique for its inimitability and preservation. Our Book is preserved and Allaah Himself is in charge of its preservation until the time it is raised from the bosoms, while the Scriptures of previous people, they were charged with preserving them, and they did not do so. There is a story from the judge Yahyaa ibn Aktham ,who narrates it from a Jew with nice garments, and…
In the hadeeth narrated by Abu Humayd,
“… and when he raised his head, he stood straight until each bone in his back returned to its place.”
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15: Idle talk
Unfortunately, many people have made it their occupation so-and-so said and so-and-so said, al-qeel wa al-qaal, especially after arising trials which has overswept people and they have engaged in. You would find their gatherings full of statements of some people and what is conveyed by various media channels, whether seen, heard or read. Likewise, you find some people incessantly attack the…
A person has to gather with others because, as Ibn Al-Qayyim, Ibn Khaldoon and others said, “A person is social by nature.” (Zaad Al-Ma’aad, Provisions for the Hereafter, 3:11, and Muqaddimah ibn Khaldoon, The Introduction of Ibn Khaldoon, p. 137) They may have a need for others, or others have a need for them. There is no issue in…
17: The trial of turning the people of the trenches away from their religion was worse than killing them
Allaah mentioned in Soorah al-Burooj the event of the people of the trenches, in His Words,
{إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا}
“Indeed, those who…
One can find some people who become disturbed on hearing something, so when an Imaam recites aloud, the person cannot recite Soorah Al-Faatihah at the same time. The ruling for such a person is like that for a person who is unable to recite. This is like some people say, ‘When I pray with an Imaam who hurries in his recitation, I am unable to recite Soorah Al-Faatihah behind him.’ We then…
We have to memorize Soorah Al-Faatihah accurately and recite it because if it is mislearned, the error will persist and it is difficult to be rid of it in the future. Thus, it is necessary to be learned orally correctly with its elongations, germination and all its diacritics, in order for the recitation is appropriate and correct, and…
The superiority of the Speech of Allaah over any other speech is like the superiority of Allaah upon His creation. Therefore, if we come to know the status of the Qur’aan, it is necessary for us to pay great attention to it and constantly recite it, for the superiority of the Speech of Allaah over any other speech is like the superiority of Allaah upon His creation. Unfortunately, many Muslims…