Saturday, July 6, 2013
Reality of ‘Tawakkul' (relying upon Allaah) by Sheikh Salehh Al-Fawzaan- Part 2
The
Meaning of Reliance (Tawakkul) on Allaah
Furthermore,
relying upon Allaah does not mean that you abandon the means and entrust all of
your affairs to Allaah. So (for example) you should not abandon seeking (your
daily) sustenance, saying: “If Allaah wanted us to have sustenance, it would
come to us even if we are sitting.” We should also not abandon seeking
knowledge, saying: “If Allaah wanted us to have knowledge, it would come to
us even if we are sitting in our homes.” This also applies to abandoning
all of the other necessary things that we must have, saying: “If Allaah had
decreed it for us, it would come to us without us embarking on the means for it.”
This is extremely wrong.
So
there MUST be a combination of the two:
(1) Putting one’s trust in Allaah;
(2) Abiding by the necessary means.
So a
person must embark on the means when seeking after sustenance, whilst at the
same time putting his trust in Allaah to achieve his objective.
A
person plants crops while putting his trust in Allaah that his crops will grow
and produce fruit. At the same time, he protects his crops from threats. In
order for you to reap the benefits of the crops and for them to be useful to
you, you must plant the crops, sow the seeds, water them and care for them. At
the same time, you should put your trust in Allaah that He will protect them,
make them grow, allow them produce fruit, enable you to reap their benefits and
use them.
Similar
to this is when a person forsakes marriage, saying: “This is part of putting
one’s trust in Allaah since if Allaah intended children for me, they would come
to me without me getting married.”
We
say: This is wrong. No one with any common sense, let alone a believer, says
such a thing.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Spreading the Good News of Ramadaan - Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan
Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
said: "Ramadhan has come to you - a blessed month. Allaah has made
it obligatory on you to fast in it. During this month, the gates of heaven are
open, the gates of the Hellfire are closed and the evil devils are chained. To
Allaah belongs a night in it, which is better than a thousand months. Whosoever
is prevented from its good, then he has been deprived." [1]
The hadeeth is a glad tiding to the righteous servants of Allaah, of the
coming of the blessed month of Ramadhan. The Prophet (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) informed his Companions of its
coming and it was not just a simple relaying of news. Rather, his intent was to
give them the glad tidings of a magnificent time of the year, so that the
righteous people who are quick to do deeds can give it its due estimate. This
is because the Prophet (sallAllaahu
‘alayhi wa sallam) explained in it (the hadeeth) what Allaah has
prepared for His servants from the ways towards gaining forgiveness and His
contentment - and they are many. So whoever has
forgiveness escape him during the month of Ramadhan, then he has been deprived with the utmost deprivation.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Selected Duroos from Riyaad-us-Saaliheen on Fasting - 1
Translated by Abu Talhah Dawud ibn Ronald Burbank.
The following audio
lessons are a translation of this famous collection of hadeeth, along with
precisely quoted explanations and points of benefit from numerous
scholars.
Chapter 217 - Fasting in Ramadaan,
its obligation and virtues
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
We call to the Book of Allaah…
Sheikh
Muqbil (رحمه
الله):
“I say: ‘You have money and we have
men.’ That’s right brothers.!! The important thing is that we spend energy on
teaching people the Book of Allaah and Allaah’s Messenger (صلّى
اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم) Sunnah. Our calling is not as al-Ikhwaan al-Muslimoon’s call.
What do they call people to? They call them to election and polls while Ahl-us-Sunnah is calling to the Book of Allaah and His Messenger صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم ‘s Sunnah.”
How can the believer be content to live in the land of the kuffaar?
“How can the believer be content to
live in the land of the kuffaar where the rituals of kufr are proclaimed openly
and rule belongs to someone other than Allaah and His Messenger, seeing that
with his own eyes, hearing that with his own ears and approving of it, and even
starting to feel that he belongs there and living there with his wife and
children, and feeling as comfortable there as he does in the Muslim lands, even
though he and his wife and children are in such great danger and their
religious commitment and morals are in such peril?”
Majmoo’
Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthyameen, Fatwa no. 388.
Ibnul-Qayyim: Superiority of the Prophetic Medicine Over All Other Medicine
Imaam
Ibn al-Qayyim said in his excellent work, Zaad al-Ma'aad (3/97-98), after discussing the benefits of honey
in relation to the man who was advised by the Messenger (alayhis salaam) to
treat the ailment of his stomach with honey:
“His medicine (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) is NOT like the medicine
of the physicians, for the medicine of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam) is certain, definitive, emanating from (divine) revelation, the
lantern of prophethood, and perfection of reason. As for the medicine of
others, most of it is conjecture, presumptions and experimentation.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Is The Witr Prayer Different Than The Night Prayer?
Sheikh ibn Baaz (May Allaah have mercy upon him) was asked:
Is the Witr prayer different than the night
prayer in terms of it’s timing, the duaa that is made in the two prayers, as
well as the number of units of prayer that is made in it?
His Reply was:
The Witr prayer is part of the night prayer. It
is from the Sunnah and something that is recommended to do. It is the
way in which the night prayer should be completed or finished. The
Witr prayer is one unit of prayer, in which you end the night prayer.
This is done either at the end of the night, in the middle of the night or even
in the beginning of the night after the Isha prayer.
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