Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Morals and etiquette of the Da`ee to Allaah
The morals and qualities necessary for
a Da’ee (caller to Islaam) are highlighted by Allaah (سُبحانه وتعالى) in many
occurrences in the Qur’aan.
First:
Devotedness. It is obligatory for a Da’ee to be so devoted to Allaah that he
neither intends to show off, nor wants a good reputation or praise from people.
Rather, he should only call to Allaah to please Him.
Allaah
(سُبحانه وتعالى) says: Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "This is my way; I invite unto
Allâh (i.e. to the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism)." He (سُبحانه وتعالى) also says: And
who is better in speech than he who [says: “My Lord is Allâh (believes in His
Oneness) Therefore, you have to be devoted
to Allaah (سُبحانه
وتعالى).
It is the most important virtue and the greatest quality that has to
characterize your way of Da`wah (call to Islaam), i.e. seeking Allaah and the
Hereafter.
Second: Knowledge. Invite people to Allaah with firm knowledge. You should not be unaware of or ignorant about what you call people to. Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "This is my way; I invite unto Allâh (i.e. to the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) with sure knowledge."
Monday, January 11, 2016
Neither Slumber, Nor Sleep overtakes Allaah
–
Sheikh ibn Uthaimeen
In
His Saying:
{ لاَ
تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ}
‘Neither slumber, nor
sleep overtakes Him’,
Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى did not say (what means): “He does not
sleep,” instead He said: {لا
تأخُذُهُ} (which means) “does not overtake Him” in order to
comprise the sleep which overcomes and that arising by choice. If you say,
“Does not sleep,” it would imply that He does not sleep by choice. However,
Allaah, سُبحانه وتعالى does not sleep neither by ghalabah (overcoming)
nor by choice, because sleep is an imperfect attribute which contradicts both
the perfection of the Self and the perfection in relation to others.
The
person who is given to sleep misses a lot of his work because of His sleeping.
Consider, for example, the case of a person who has many people working for him
and he sleeps a lot. He is unable to reckon with nor manage the business or
other related matters. This is an imperfection with respect to others.
As
regard to self-perfection, sleep is a deficiency because it indicates
that the person’s body got tired and thus he needed the sleep as a rest from
what has passed, as well as a means to renew his activity to engage in what
will come ahead. That is the why the people of al-Jannah
do not sleep — because of the perfection of their lives and bodies. No illness or
the like touches them.
If
someone says, “We know that the person who does not sleep is unable to do so
because of some kind of sickness or a defect, while you say that the lack of
sleep is a perfection. Explain.”
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Seven Phases of Shaitaan to destroy the son of Adam
Ibnul-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said:
“Shaitaan tries to destroy the son of Adam in one of seven phases. Some of them are more intense than others. Shaitaan would not try to destroy him in the next phase until he fails to destroy him in a previous one.
These phases are:
1/ The phase of disbelief in Allaah.
His Deen, His perfect attributes, and in
what Rasulullah [صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم] informed us
about, and the fact that we will be resurrected. If Shaitaan is successful in
misleading the slave in this phase, his enmity towards him would diminish and
he would take rest. If the slave succeeds, and survives in this phase, Shaitaan
would try to destroy him in the next phase.
2/ The phase of Bid’ah (religious innovation)
Whether it pertains to believing in other
than the truth which Rasulullah [صلّى اللَّهُ
عليه وسلّم] was sent with or by worshipping other than Allaah; such as
worshipping idols, and the like. Shaitaan enjoys that one succumbs in this
phase, for Bid’ah conflicts with the nature of the Deen and compels one to
reject it. Furthermore, the one who observes innovated religious practices
would not repent from his actions; rather, he would invite people to his Bid’ah!
Observing innovated religious practices would compel one to forge lies against Allaah
and speak without knowledge; thus it openly clashes with the Sunnah. Observing
minor Bid’ah practices would lead one to observing major Bid’ah practices. In
this manner, a person would eventually exit the folds of Islam. Scholars and
people of knowledge alone know the real dangers of Bid’ah practices. If a
person succeeds and survives in this phase by adhering to the Sunnah, and
understanding its texts as the Pious Predecessors understood them, Shaitaan
would seek to destroy him in the next phase.
3/The phase of major sins
If
he is able to destroy the slave in this phase, he would beautify the deed that
he is doing and probably compel him to say the following: “No sin would harm
the Tawheed (creedal belief) as no good deed would benefit a man who has
committed Shirk (i.e. to associate partners with Allaah)? If the person is
successful and survives this phase, Shaitaan would seek to destroy him in the
next phase.
Beautiful Description of Tawakul on Allaah
Sheikh ul
Islaam Imâm Ibnul Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah Rahimahullah said:
“The condition of the one who relies
on Allaah is like the condition of the one who is given a dirham by a king,
then it gets stolen from him; so the king says to him: ‘I have many times as
much as that, so don’t worry. When you come to me, I will give you from my
treasures much more than that.’ Thus if (this person) knows the truthfulness of
the king’s statement, and trusts him, and knows that his treasures are full of
that, then what he missed will not make him sad.”
[Madaarij us-Saalikeen, Tawakkul;
Vol.1, pg.527]
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Thank Allaah For Favouring You With The Sunnah
Ibnul
Qayyim (رحمه
الله) stated:
‘I entered upon one of our companions
and there was a matter that happened with him which caused him to cry. So, I asked
him about it and he said: “I remembered that which Allaah has bestowed upon me
of favour from the Sunnah, knowing it, being free from the doubts of the people
and their false principles, being given success to have clear intellect and
sound natural disposition towards that which the Messenger came with.
Saturday, January 2, 2016
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