“It is upon you to take permission when entering upon your mothers & your sisters.”

From: Tafseer Ibn Katheer:

 Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى says in His Noble Book:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ بُيُوتِكُمْ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْنِسُوا وَتُسَلِّمُوا عَلَى أَهْلِهَا ذَلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

O you who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until you have asked permission and greeted those within them; that is better for you, in order that you may remember.

[An Nur 24:27] 

Ibn Katheer comments:

Hushaym stated that Ash’ath ibn Suwwaar narrated to us that ibn Mas’ood رضي اللّه عنـه said:

“It is upon you to take permission when entering upon your mothers and your sisters.”

Ash’ath said on the authority of ‘Abee ibn Thaabit who said: A woman from the Ansaar said to the Messenger صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم:

“O Messenger of Allaah, sometimes I am in a state at home in which I do not like anyone to see me in, not my father nor my sons, but men amongst my relatives keep walking in on me while I am in that state.”

The Believers are Tested so That it May Be Known Who is Sincere & Who is Lying

 

Allaah - the Most High - stated:

﴿أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُواْ أَن يَقُولُواْ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لاَ يُفْتَنُونَ ﴾

(Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: "We believe,'' & will not be tested.)

Will the Heavens and Earth Weep for YOU?

Ibn Jareer recorded that Sa`eed bin Jubayr said, 

"A man came to Ibn `Abbaasرضي اللّه عنـه  and said to him: ‘O Abaa al-`Abbaas, Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى  says,

﴿فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَآءُ وَالاٌّرْضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ ﴾

{And the heavens and the earth wept not for them, nor were they given respite.}

 [ad-Dukhaan 44:29]

Increase of Provision through Forgiveness - 2

Al-Hafidh Emaad ad-Deen Isma’eel Ibn Katheer (d. 774 A.H.) رحمه الله said in his Tafseer about the Ayaat:

“Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.”

[Nuh: 10-12]

‘If you repented to Allaah & sought forgiveness from Him & showed obedience to Him your Rizq (provision) would increase & rain would fall from the blessings of the skies, & the blessings of the earth would spring forth, crops would grow for you. You will be given abundant livestock. You will be aided with wealth & offspring; meaning that offspring & wealth would be given to you. And you will be given gardens that have numerous types of fruits & throughout there will be rivers that flow in these gardens. This is the way of giving Dawa’ by encouragement.’

       [Taken from: ‘Tafseer al-Qur’aan al-Atheem’ 4/p.536]

So They Know...

 

“And We gave him (back) his family, and along with them the like thereof, as a mercy from Us and a reminder for those who understand.“
~ Surah Saad, 38:43

Shaykh Ibn Katheer (rahimahullaah) comments:

“{And as a reminder for those who understand}: meaning, for those of intellect so they know that the end result of patience is relief, a way out and ease.”

Source: Tafseer Ibn Katheer p. 456

Did You Know?

“The month of Ramadhan in which was revealed the Qur’aan, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right & wrong).”

(Sooratul Baqarah 2:185)

Allaah praised the month of Ramadhan out of the other months by choosing it to send down the Glorious Qur’aan, just as He did for all of the Divine Books He revealed to the Prophets. 

Imaam Ahmad reported Wathilah bin Al Asqa` that Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم  said:

أُنْزِلَتْ صُحُفُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي أَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، وَأُنْزِلَتِ التَّوْرَاةُ لِسِتَ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، وَالْإِنْجِيلُ لِثَلاثَ عَشَرةَ خَلَتْ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، وَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ الْقُرْآنَ لأَرْبَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ خَلَتْ مِنْ رَمَضَان

“The Suhuf (Pages) of Ibraaheem were revealed during the first night of Ramadhan. The Torah was revealed during the sixth night of Ramadhan. The Injeel was revealed during the thirteenth night of Ramadhan. Allaah revealed the Qur’aan on the twenty-fourth night of Ramadhan.”

Tafseer Ibn Katheer