رَبِّ ابْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتاً فِى الْجَنَّةِ
'My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Jannaah'
(At-Tahreem 66:11)


Thursday, July 4, 2013

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?

Sheikh ibn ‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

“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.

Belief in the Angels and Its Effect on the Life of the Ummah

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.

A man kissing and touching his wife while fasting.

Blooming Flower

Sheikh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy upon him) was asked:

If a man kisses his wife during the day of Ramadhan or plays around with her, does this nullify his fast or not?"

Backbiting,Slandering, Cursing, etc while fasting…

Sheikh Bin Baaz was asked: “Does backbiting someone break ones fast during Ramadan?”

His reply was: “Backbiting does not break ones fast. It is to mention about someone that which they would not like. It is a form of disobedience. We know this because of the statement of Allah

{وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا}
{… neither backbite one another …}
[Al Hujuraat : 12]

Like this is slandering, cursing, swearing and lying. None of these things break someones fast. They are though, disobedience. Therefore

Monday, July 1, 2013

Let Him Prefer Allaah to His Desires

 

Whosoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allaah to his desires!

The heart which is clinging to its desires is veiled from Allaah, commensurate to the degree that it is attached to them, the hearts are the vessels of Allaah upon his earth, hence the most beloved of them to him, are the ones most compassionate, pure and resistant to deviation. They (the transgressors) preoccupied their hearts [in the pursuance] of the Dunya, would that they preoccupied them with Allaah and the hereafter, then surely they would have reflected upon the intended meaning of his poignant words and verses. 

Increase of Provision through Forgiveness - 3


 It is narrated from Abi Saeed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allaah صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:

                                                  ‘Whoever performs wudhu and then says:
‘ Subhanaka-Allahuma wabihamdika laa ilaaha illaa anta astaghfiruka wa atooboo ilaika’
(Far are You O Allaah from imperfection, & You have all praise, there is none worthy of worship in truth except You, I seek forgiveness from You & I repent to You),
then this reward is written in a parchment and it is stamped with a seal and no falsehood can break it until the Day of Judgment.

[Taken from ‘Silsilah as-Saheehah’ No. 2333 declared Hasan by Shaykh al-Albaani]