Welcoming our guest of Barakaah (Blessings)!

And soon we will be welcoming a NOBLE GUEST, a guest of mercy and blessings. One full year has passed since his last visit.

He was your guest for 30 days and again, he is at our doorstep waiting for you to open the door so he may fill your homes with blessings and favours of Allaah. He is yours, mine & all Muslims’ guest & we ask Allaah subhaanahu wa ta3alaa to enable us to behave well during his stay and to bless us to take advantage of his presence.

It is well known that the more you love your guest, the more you prepare yourself to welcome him; the more you respect your guest, the more things you plan to entertain him or to make his visit most comfortable. And if that guest happens to be someone from among our close relatives coming from overseas, then we plan way ahead before his arrival: we paint our houses, we redesign our living rooms and his name is on every lip. And if that guest is generous and is known to bring precious gifts for all family members, then that makes him a super guest. And we impatiently look forward to his generous gifts.

What is the Best way of asking Allaah for Forgiveness?

On the authority of Shaddad ibn Aws (رضي اللّه عنـه), the Prophet (صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم) said, 
“The chief of prayers for forgiveness is:

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْت،

خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ،

وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْت،

أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْت،

أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ

عَلَيَّ، وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِر لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ

الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

‘O Allaah, You are my Lord, none has the right to be worshipped except You, You created me and I am You servant and I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, I take refuge in You from the evil of which I committed. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for verily none can forgive sin except You.’

The Mannerisms of Suhoor & The One Eating The Sahoor

 

·       Sincerity of the intentions

·       Saying Bismillaah when one is about to eat, eating with the right hand and eating from that which is closer to you. Based upon the Hadeeth Umar ibn Abee Salamah.

·       Gathering together upon the food. Indeed in that there’s a blessing.

·       Not being wasteful in the meal and praising Allaah for it.

·       The the meal is from lawful wealth. Indeed it is stronger for the (carrying out) the act of worship. Indeed Allaah is good and He only accepts that which is good. 

·       Having concern for the (proper) time (regarding the Suhoor)

Joy because of the Coming of the Month of Ramadhan, by Shaikh Fawzaan

REMINDER in a Nutshell:

In brief, this is a tremendous opportunity in your life O Muslim, so take advantage of it and ask Allaah to assist you upon righteous actions in it, and ask Allaah for acceptance and an increase from His bounty. For indeed the one who reaches this month of Ramadhan and Allaah enables him to achieve benefit from it, then Allaah has bestowed upon him a magnificent blessing that nothing can equal.

By Allaah, the millionaires, owners of skyscrapers and realtors cannot equal this. By Allaah, nothing can equal up to this month for the one who Allaah, Exalted and Most High, grants success in it, even if he doesn’t own anything from this worldly life, not even a penny. If Allaah bestows upon him (success) in this (blessed) month, then he is the one who truly profits and he is the rich person in reality. The rich person is not the individual who possesses the dunyah but spoils his aakhirah (afterlife); (if this is his case) he is poor and destitute and has ruined his dunyah and aakhirah.

The Heart’s Best Medicine

Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله says:

In short, there is nothing more beneficial for the heart than reading the Qur’aan and with contemplation and reflection. The Qur’aan encompasses all the levels of the travellers, the conditions of the workers, and stations of those possessing knowledge. It is the Qur’aan that generates love, desire, fear, hope, repentance, reliance, pleasure, entrustment, gratitude, patience, and the rest of the different states that are life to the heart and perfection of it. Likewise, it repels all the rebuked characteristics and actions that cause the corruption and ruin of the heart.

When was Ramadhan made obligatory?

Imaam Al-Nawawee (رحمه الله) said in his book 'Sharh-ul-Almuhath', vol:6/250 :

" The Messenger of Allaah fasted for nine years ( Ramadan) because Ramadhan was made obligatory in the month of Sha'baan two years after the Hijrah."

O Allaah whatever blessing has come to me ...

“O Allaah whatever blessing has come to me or anyone else from Your creation this morning is from You ALONE there is no partner with You in that and to You is all praise and gratitude.”

And in the evening one says: “What has come to me this evening…”to the end of the supplication.

The Messenger of Allaah صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:  “Whoever recites in the morning O Allaah whatever blessing has come to me or anyone else from Your creation this morning is from You Alone there is no partner with You in that & to You is all praise & gratitude, then he has conveyed gratitude that day, & whoever recites the same in the evening he has conveyed gratitude for that evening.”

Related by Aboo Daawud (#5073) with this wording except that he did not mention ((…or anyone else from Your creation)) and this wording was related by Ibn Hibbaan in his Saheeh (#858) except that he (Ibn Hibbaan) did not mention ((…and whoever recites the same in the evening)) and it has been rendered Hasan by the ‘Alaamah Ibn Baaz (رحمه الله) in its entirety in at-Tuhfah.

[Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen]

“Woe unto you, O Son of Aadam”

Hassan Al Basree رحمه الله said:

“We laugh and yet – who knows? – perhaps Allaah has looked at some of our works and said: “I will not accept anything from you.” Woe to you, son of Aadam! Can you fight Allaah? Whoever disobeys Allaah is fighting Him. By Allaah! I have met seventy veterans of Badr. Most of their garments were wool. Had you seen them you would have said they are crazy, and had they seen the best among you they would have said: “Those people will have no part in the Hereafter.”

Medicines of the heart & soul - Ibnul Qayyim aj-Jawzeeyah

 

‘There are types of medicines which can treat illnesses which the minds of the senior doctors cannot comprehend, and that which their sciences, experiences and measurements cannot reach. These are the medicines of the heart and soul, and the strength of the heart, its dependence upon Allaah and trust upon Him and seeking refuge in Him. Prostrating and feeling in dire need of Allaah and humbling oneself for Allaah. Likewise giving Sadaqah (charity), making Dua’, repentance and seeking forgiveness, being good to the creation, aiding the distressed and liberating from grief and unhappiness.

Indeed these types of medication have been used by various nations, who are upon different religions and communities, and they found that they had an effect in the treatment of illnesses, which even the sciences of the most knowledgeable doctors could not reach, and they have no experience nor measurement of it. We have indeed experienced these matters a great deal and as others have, and we have seen what ordinary medicine can and cannot do.’

[Taken from: ‘Zad al-Ma’ad’ 4/11-12]

Special Characteristics of the Salafee Woman

Imaam Muqbil Ibn Haadee al-Waadi’ee (d.1421H) 

[1]: She holds fast to the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم, within the limits of her capability, upon the understanding of the Salafus-Saalih.

[2]: And it is also befitting for her to deal with the Muslims in a fine manner.  Rather, even with the disbelievers.  So Allaah the Mighty and Majestic says in his Noble Book,
                                                         “And speak to people good words…” 

                                                       [Sooratul-Baqarah  2:83]