️What is the difference between ittibā' and Taqlīd?

 

Our Shaykh, Muḥammad ibn Ḥizām -may Allāh preserve him- was asked the following question:

Question: The questioner says: What is the difference between ittibā' and Taqlīd? 

Answer: Ittibā' is to follow an imām based on evidence which he provides from the Sharī'ah; this is called ittibā' - not taqlīd. It is not blameworthy to refer to oneself as a follower of a particular Imām/scholar - if this is based on evidence. The evidence for that i.e. to say that I follow Imām so-and-so intending by that adherence to the Sharī‘ evidences, is the ḥadīth of Al-Irbādh ibn Ṣāriyah; that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 

"Adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided Caliphs. Cling firmly to it with your molars." 

A more explicit evidence is the saying of Allāh - in reference to the Companions, may Allāh be pleased with them all:

{وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهَـٰجِرِینَ وَٱلۡأَنصَارِ وَٱلَّذِینَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحۡسَـٰنࣲ}

“As for the foremost—the first of the Emigrants and the Helpers—and those who follow them (ittaba‘ūhum) in goodness,” 

[Sūrah At-Tawbah 100]

So He (The Almighty) called that ittibā‘; although what's intended is adhering to the Sharī‘ evidences.  

Similarly, the saying of Allāh:  

{وَمَن یُشَاقِقِ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَیَّنَ لَهُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَیَتَّبِعۡ غَیۡرَ سَبِیلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ}

“And whoever defies the Messenger after guidance has become clear to them and follows a path (yattabi‘) other than that of the believers,” 

[Sūrah An-Nisā' 115]

The Best of Life

 Umar bin al-Khatab (may Allah be pleased with him) said:

"We found our best way of living through patience."

Source:

Imaam Ahmed in Zuhd (612) / Ibn Mubaaraq in Zuhd (630)(997)

 

He also said, "The most excellent way of living we attained was through patience, and if patience was from men he would be honorable."

Source: Ibn Abi Dunyah in the book of Patience (pg.6)

✍Translated by: Abu Hazm Eyssa Pakistani

The Treasures of Patience

 

Hassan Al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

"Patience is a treasure from the treasures of good, Allah does not grant it except to the slave that is honourable with him." 

Ibn Abi Dunyah in the book of Patience (pg.16)

 

Hayaan Ibn Abi Jabalah (may Allah have mercy on him) said regarding the verse of the Most-High: {Beautiful patience (is most befitting)} : (Yusuf:18)

"It is the patience that has no complaining in it."

Tafsir Ibn Jareer (Vol. 12, pg. 166)

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✍ Translated by:

Abu Hazm Eyssa Pakistani

Our acts of worship must be based on the Qur'ān & Sunnah

As Muslims, all our acts of worship must be based on the Qur'ān & Sunnah; so whatever is proven in the Qur'ān & Sunnah, we do as much as we can, and whatever is not, we refrain from it. Therefore, we do not say anything after yawning, burping or passing wind; because nothing specific has been established in the Qur'ān & Sunnah in this regard.

▪What you should say when you trip/ fall: Abul Malīḥ reported on the authority of a man: “I was riding on a mount behind the prophet ﷺ. It stumbled so I said: May the devil perish! He said: do not say; may the devil perish! For when you say that, he will swell so much so that he will be like a house, and says: by my power. But say: “Bismillaah” -- In the Name of Allāh; for when you say that, he will diminish so much so that he will be like a fly.

 [Sunan Abu Dawud (4982), graded 'Sahih' by Sh. Albani] 

Sunnah to Fast in Sha'ban

It is narrated from Usama ibn Zayd (رضي الله عنه) that he asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ):

“I have never seen you offer fast in a month as you do in Sha'ban.”

To which, the Prophet (ﷺ) replied:

“It is a month between Rajab and Ramadan that people disregard. In that month deeds are presented to the Lord of the Worlds, so I like my deeds to be presented while I am fasting.” (Nasai)

Aishah (رضي الله عنها) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not observe voluntary Saum (fasting) so frequently during any other month as he did during Shaban. He observed Saum all of the month of Shaban.

And in another narration: He (ﷺ) observed Saum during the whole month of Shaban except a few days.

[Al-Bukhari & Muslim].

 

 Clarifying the Doubt of Fasting the Second half of Sha'ban 

Imaam Al-Nawawi (رحمه الله) said: 

 

Reciting The Qur’aan Like It Is Music

 

Sheikh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Ibn Baaz رحمه الله تعالى stated:

It is not permissible for the believer to recite the Qur’aan in an incorrect manner as if it was music, upon the way of the musicians. Rather it is obligatory that the person recites it just as our Salafus-Saaalih recited it with proper recitation, being sad and with fear (of Allaah).

*(Majmoo’ 9/290)

The Conditions of Laa Ilaaha Illallaah (لا إله إلَّا الله ) - Lesson 1

Explanation compiled by: Umm Hyatt al-Ameriki حفظها الله

Transcribed by: Umm Sumayrah al-Ameriki

Treatise: The Conditions of Laa Ilaaha Illallaah

By: Sheikh Mohammed Ibn Abdul-Wahab an-Najdi

Lesson 1

Introduction

The conditions of Laa Ilaaha Illallaah have proofs and the author has mentioned some of the proofs related to each condition.

Someone could say why does the statement of Tawheed (Laa Ilaaha Illallaah) need conditions? Hasn’t the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الله دَخَلَ الجَنَّةَ

‘Whoever has said Laa Ilaaha Illallaah has entered Jannah.’

Yes, he did say that and there are also other narrations that aids the fact that the statement needs conditions such as:

‘Whoever says, Laa Ilaaha Illallaah sincerely from his heart...’

“Whoever says Laa Ilaaha Illallaah and disbelieves in that which is worshiped other than Allaah...”

So these are some of the different narrations that show that the statement of Laa Ilaaha Illallaah has conditions.

This also shows the fact that there are the hypocrites who also said Laa Ilaaha Illallaah but it did not benefit them and they found themselves in the lowest part of the Hell-Fire. This proves that the statement Laa Ilaaha Illallaah benefits some and does not benefit others.

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