Muslims urged to compete in good deeds
ref: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=125695&d=22&m=8&y=2009&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
MAKKAH: Sheikh Osama Khayyat, an imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, on Friday called upon Muslims to compete with one another in righteous deeds in order to win the pleasure and reward of God during the holy month of Ramadan that begins on Saturday (today).
Delivering the Friday sermon, the imam also urged Muslims to work for world peace, stop bloodshed, violence and injustice.
“Ramadan is a great opportunity for Muslims to change their behavior and correct their understanding of Shariah’s objectives,” he told the crowd. Khayyat also advised Muslims to learn the message and teachings of the Qur’an.
“The Holy Qur’an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a guidance and blessing for humanity,” the imam said, urging the faithful to work hard to win the blessings of God during the fasting month.
“The beginning of Ramadan is mercy, its middle is forgiveness and its end is escape from hell,” the imam said while explaining a Hadith of the Prophet.
He added: “Those who fast should not only abstain from food and drinks but also from bad words and deeds. Ramadan is a high season for goodness.”
At the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, Sheikh Hussein Al-Asheikh delivered the Friday sermon that echoed what the imam said in Makkah: Ramadan offers a good opportunity for Muslims to compete with one another in good deeds.
“During this holy month, Muslims should think how to improve their situation,” he said. “God’s curse will be on those people who do not try to win His pardon during Ramadan and they will be sent to hell.”
Al-Asheikh called upon the owners of Arab satellite television channels to honor the sanctity of Ramadan and should not air any provocative program that goes against its spirit and message.
“Is there any big crime other than challenging God and working contrary to the teachings of His Prophet?” the imam asked. “Those who telecast indecent programs and meaningless serials in order to engage Muslims in valueless amusement should seek God’s pardon.”
Saturday, November 21, 2009
No poverty after Paradise and no wealth in the Fire
No poverty after Paradise and no wealth in the Fire
Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:39 AM PDT
It is reported that Jundub b. ‘Abdillâh Al-Bajalî – Allah be pleased with him – was once asked for advice and instruction. He said:
I advise you to fear Allâh and obey Him (taqwâ) and I advise you to adhere to the Quran, for it is a light in the datk night and a guidance during the day, so implement it no matter how much struggle and poverty you have to face. If a calamity befalls you, put your wealth forward to protect your religion, and if the calamity continues, put forward your wealth and your life to save your religion [but never risk your religion], for the ruined is he whose religion is ruined, and the looted is he whose religion is taken. And know that there is no poverty after Paradise, and no riches after the Fire.
Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ` 3:174.
I advise you to fear Allâh and obey Him (taqwâ) and I advise you to adhere to the Quran, for it is a light in the datk night and a guidance during the day, so implement it no matter how much struggle and poverty you have to face. If a calamity befalls you, put your wealth forward to protect your religion, and if the calamity continues, put forward your wealth and your life to save your religion [but never risk your religion], for the ruined is he whose religion is ruined, and the looted is he whose religion is taken. And know that there is no poverty after Paradise, and no riches after the Fire.
Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ` 3:174.
A False testimony of Faith [hypocrisy and the shahadah]
A False testimony of Faith [hypocrisy and the shahadah]
The likeness [of the munâfiq] is as the likeness of one who kindled a fire; then, when it lighted all around him, Allâh took away their light and left them in darkness. So they could not see. They are deaf, dumb and blind, so they return not [to the Right Path]. (Quran 2:17)
Qatâdah – Allâh’s mercy be upon him – said:
This is the likeness Allâh has given of the Hypocrite (munâfiq); he says lâ ilâha illallâh and with it marries into the Muslims, inherits from the Muslims, fights alongside the Muslims, and protects his blood and wealth. But when death comes, [the testimony of faith] has no basis in his heart, and no reality in his actions, so the munâfiq is stripped of it at death and left in darkness and blindness wondering therein, just as he was blind about the right of Allâh and obedience to Him in his worldly life and deaf to the truth.
Al-Tabarî, Al-Tafsîr.
The likeness [of the munâfiq] is as the likeness of one who kindled a fire; then, when it lighted all around him, Allâh took away their light and left them in darkness. So they could not see. They are deaf, dumb and blind, so they return not [to the Right Path]. (Quran 2:17)
Qatâdah – Allâh’s mercy be upon him – said:
This is the likeness Allâh has given of the Hypocrite (munâfiq); he says lâ ilâha illallâh and with it marries into the Muslims, inherits from the Muslims, fights alongside the Muslims, and protects his blood and wealth. But when death comes, [the testimony of faith] has no basis in his heart, and no reality in his actions, so the munâfiq is stripped of it at death and left in darkness and blindness wondering therein, just as he was blind about the right of Allâh and obedience to Him in his worldly life and deaf to the truth.
Al-Tabarî, Al-Tafsîr.
Man's Haste and Prayers against Himself
Man's Haste and Prayers against Himself
(11. And man invokes (Allah) for evil as he invokes (Allah) for good and man is ever hasty.)
Allah tells us about man's haste and how he sometimes prays against himself or his children or his wealth, praying for something bad to happen for them, or for them to die or be destroyed, invoking curses, etc. If Allah were to answer his prayer, he would be destroyed because of it, as Allah says:
(And were Allah to hasten for mankind the evil...) ﴿10:11﴾ This is how it was interpreted by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah. We have already discussed the Hadith:
(Do not pray against yourselves or your wealth, for that might coincide with a time when Allah answers prayers.) What makes the son of Adam do that is his anxiety and haste. Allah says:
(And man is ever hasty.) Salman Al-Farisi and Ibn `Abbas mentioned the story of Adam, when he wanted to get up before his soul reached his feet. When his soul was breathed into him, it entered his body from his head downwards. When it reached his brain he sneezed, and said, "Al-Hamdu Lillah'' (praise be to Allah), and Allah said, "May your Lord have mercy on you, O Adam.'' When it reached his eyes, he opened them, and when it reached his body and limbs he started to stare at them in wonder. He wanted to get up before it reached his feet, but he could not. He said, "O Lord, make it happen before night comes.''
Tafseer Ibn Katheer
(11. And man invokes (Allah) for evil as he invokes (Allah) for good and man is ever hasty.)
Allah tells us about man's haste and how he sometimes prays against himself or his children or his wealth, praying for something bad to happen for them, or for them to die or be destroyed, invoking curses, etc. If Allah were to answer his prayer, he would be destroyed because of it, as Allah says:
﴿وَلَوْ يُعَجِّلُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ الشَّرَّ﴾
(And were Allah to hasten for mankind the evil...) ﴿10:11﴾ This is how it was interpreted by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah. We have already discussed the Hadith:
«لَا تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَلَا عَلَى أَمْوَالِكُمْ أَنْ تُوَافِقُوا مِنَ اللهِ سَاعَةَ إِجَابَةٍ يَسْتَجِيبُ فِيهَا»
(Do not pray against yourselves or your wealth, for that might coincide with a time when Allah answers prayers.) What makes the son of Adam do that is his anxiety and haste. Allah says:
﴿وَكَانَ الإِنْسَـنُ عَجُولاً﴾
(And man is ever hasty.) Salman Al-Farisi and Ibn `Abbas mentioned the story of Adam, when he wanted to get up before his soul reached his feet. When his soul was breathed into him, it entered his body from his head downwards. When it reached his brain he sneezed, and said, "Al-Hamdu Lillah'' (praise be to Allah), and Allah said, "May your Lord have mercy on you, O Adam.'' When it reached his eyes, he opened them, and when it reached his body and limbs he started to stare at them in wonder. He wanted to get up before it reached his feet, but he could not. He said, "O Lord, make it happen before night comes.''
Tafseer Ibn Katheer
Thumbs up Preoccupying with one who will bring you nothing but a loss: Ibn al Qayyim
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
"Know that the greatest of losses is for you to be preoccupied with one who will bring you nothing but a loss in your time with Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - and being cut off from Him, a wasting your time with the person, a weakening of your energy, and the dispersing of your resolve. So, if you are tested with this - and you must be tested with this - deal with him according to how Allah would wish, and be patient with him as much as possible. Get closer to Allah and His Pleasure by way of this person, and make your getting together with him something to benefit from, not something to incur a loss from. Be with him as if you are a man who is on a road who was stopped by another man, who then asks you to take him on your journey. Make sure that you are the one who gives him a ride, and that he is not the one giving you the ride. If he refuses, and there is nothing to gain from travelling with him, do not stop for him, bid him farewell, and do not even turn back to look at him, as he is a highway robber, regardless of who he really is.
So, save your heart, be wary of how you spend your days and nights, and do not let the Sun set before you arrive at your destination.
['al-Wabil as-Sayyib'; p. 45]
"Know that the greatest of losses is for you to be preoccupied with one who will bring you nothing but a loss in your time with Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - and being cut off from Him, a wasting your time with the person, a weakening of your energy, and the dispersing of your resolve. So, if you are tested with this - and you must be tested with this - deal with him according to how Allah would wish, and be patient with him as much as possible. Get closer to Allah and His Pleasure by way of this person, and make your getting together with him something to benefit from, not something to incur a loss from. Be with him as if you are a man who is on a road who was stopped by another man, who then asks you to take him on your journey. Make sure that you are the one who gives him a ride, and that he is not the one giving you the ride. If he refuses, and there is nothing to gain from travelling with him, do not stop for him, bid him farewell, and do not even turn back to look at him, as he is a highway robber, regardless of who he really is.
So, save your heart, be wary of how you spend your days and nights, and do not let the Sun set before you arrive at your destination.
['al-Wabil as-Sayyib'; p. 45]
Intention for seeking knowledge
Intention for seeking knowledge
Allah has said in his book: "And they were not ordered except to worship Allah with sincerity..."
On the authority of Umar Ibn Khattab
he said: I heard the Messenger 
say: "Verily actions are by intentions and everyone will have what he has intended. So whomsoever's migration is for Allah and his Messenger then it was for Allah and his Messenger. And his his migration was for the Dunya to get something from it or for a woman wo marry her then his migration would be for what he migrated for."
The Prophet said: "Whomsoever seeks knowledge that supposed to be for the face of Allah, but they do not seek it except to show themselves in front of the Ulama, and argue with the foolish, and so that people's faces are turned toward them they will not smell the fragrance of Jannah."
And he informed us in a Hadeeth in Muslim that the first one to be flung into the hellfire is a scholar who did not read the Qur'an except to be known as a Qaari.
One of the Salaf said: "I have not repaired anything as hard upon me as my intention."
One of the Salaf said: "Whomsoever seeks knowledge for other than the sake of Allah, Allah plans for him."
Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal when asked about the intention to seek knowledge said: "To raise ignorance from yourself and from others."
And there are many other Aathar or narrations in this. We must be careful with our intentions for seeking knowledge. Because good intentions bring blessings and understanding of the religion. As the Messenger said: "Whomsoever Allah wants good for he makes him understand the relgion." As for evil intentions it would only bring about ignorance and the curse of Allah as what happened with the hypocrites who were described as those who do not understand.
As for how to gain sincerity it is through two ways:
(1) Not loving praise. As Ibnul Qayyim Al Jawzeeyah said that cut off the love of praise for yourself and slaughter it with a knife. As for those who love praise they do not have good intentions. As Allah described them in Surah Aali 'Imraan: "They loved to be praised for what they did not do." Additionally the Messenger said if someone praises you throw dirt on their faces because it is as if they want to slaughter you.
(2) Renewal of the intention at all times. This requires that one is always conscious of Allah ta'ala. Through this one's intention will be kept straight and would not go right or left. Meaning that if Shaitaan whispers remember Allah and renew your intention.
And Allah knows best.
On the authority of Umar Ibn Khattab
he said: I heard the Messenger say: "Verily actions are by intentions and everyone will have what he has intended. So whomsoever's migration is for Allah and his Messenger then it was for Allah and his Messenger. And his his migration was for the Dunya to get something from it or for a woman wo marry her then his migration would be for what he migrated for." The Prophet
said: "Whomsoever seeks knowledge that supposed to be for the face of Allah, but they do not seek it except to show themselves in front of the Ulama, and argue with the foolish, and so that people's faces are turned toward them they will not smell the fragrance of Jannah." And he informed us in a Hadeeth in Muslim that the first one to be flung into the hellfire is a scholar who did not read the Qur'an except to be known as a Qaari.
One of the Salaf said: "I have not repaired anything as hard upon me as my intention."
One of the Salaf said: "Whomsoever seeks knowledge for other than the sake of Allah, Allah plans for him."
Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal when asked about the intention to seek knowledge said: "To raise ignorance from yourself and from others."
And there are many other Aathar or narrations in this. We must be careful with our intentions for seeking knowledge. Because good intentions bring blessings and understanding of the religion. As the Messenger
said: "Whomsoever Allah wants good for he makes him understand the relgion." As for evil intentions it would only bring about ignorance and the curse of Allah as what happened with the hypocrites who were described as those who do not understand. As for how to gain sincerity it is through two ways:
(1) Not loving praise. As Ibnul Qayyim Al Jawzeeyah said that cut off the love of praise for yourself and slaughter it with a knife. As for those who love praise they do not have good intentions. As Allah described them in Surah Aali 'Imraan: "They loved to be praised for what they did not do." Additionally the Messenger
said if someone praises you throw dirt on their faces because it is as if they want to slaughter you. (2) Renewal of the intention at all times. This requires that one is always conscious of Allah ta'ala. Through this one's intention will be kept straight and would not go right or left. Meaning that if Shaitaan whispers remember Allah and renew your intention.
And Allah knows best.
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Shaikh Rabee' said: It is upon you to place emphasis on your time. It is compulsory for a Salafi student of knowledge to not waste his time.
Shaikh Rabee' said: It is upon you to place emphasis on your time. It is compulsory for a Salafi student of knowledge to not waste his time.
The Ruling on Writing Bismillah on invitation Cards
| The Ruling on Writing Bismillah on invitation Cards |
| Question: What is the ruling on writing Bismillah on wedding invitation cards, bearing in mind that they will be thrown in the streets or in waste paper baskets? |
| Answer: Writing Bismillah on cards and other messages is allowed, based upon the narration from the Prophet in which he said: Any important matter which does not start with Bismillah is a matter which is cut of (from every good thing). [1] ý and because he used to begin his letters with the Tasmiyyah. It is not permissible for one who receives a card or letter in which Allaahs Name, or a Quranic Verse is mentioned to throw it in the rubbish or refuse, or to put it in an undesirable place. Likewise, it is not permissible to abuse newspapers and other such things, or throw them in the rubbish, nor to use them as eating mats for food, nor as wrappers for things due to the fact that they contain mention of Allaahs Name, the Almighty, the All-Powerful and because doing that involves sin. As for the writer, there is no sin upon him. May Allaah grant the Muslims success in attaining all goodness. [1] Irwa ul-Ghalil 1/29 and Ad-Durrul-Manthoor 1/31. |
| Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz |
| Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 5 Page 308 |
The Sale or Rental of Video Tapes
| The Sale or Rental of Video Tapes |
| Question: What is the ruling regarding the sale or rental of videos, which at the very least, contain scenes of unveiled women and stories of passion and lust. Is the wealth of a person who deals in the sale of these videos unlawful, and what should that person do to rid himself of both the videos and the machines used to record them? |
| Answer: Since these videos both glorify and invite people to moral temptations and corruption, it is forbidden to watch or listen to them. In order to protect the Muslims, it is the obligation of whoever has these videos, to destroy them. And with Allaah is the facilitation to do what is right. |
| Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz |
| Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 8 Page 176 |
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The Sitting of the Bride and Groom Among the Women is Detested
| The Sitting of the Bride and Groom Among the Women is Detested |
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| Shaikh Abdul-Aziz bin Baz says: Among the detested things which the people have innovated in these times is placing the bride on a throne among the women, and sitting her husband next to her in the presence of unveiled women who are revealing their beauty. This may also occur within the presence of other male members of his family. For those possessing an unimpaired innate character, a religious sense of self respect, the great corruption entailed by this action and the opportunity which it gives to unrelated men is well known. That is, they see alluring, revealingly-dressed women, and the evil consequences which result from it. Therefore, it must be prohibited and completely eradicated due to the Fitnah which it causes to safeguard womens gatherings from that which contradicts the pure Islamic Law. I advise all of my Muslim brothers to fear Allaah, to adhere to His Law in all matters, and to beware of all that Allaah has forbidden to them, to abstain from the causes of evil and corruption in weddings and in other matters, seeking the Pleasure of Allaah, Most Glorified, Most High, and avoiding those things which cause His Anger and His Punishment. |
| Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz |
| Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 5 Page 321 |
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates.
| And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates. |
| Question: What is the meaning of this verse: And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates. [1] |
| Answer: This precious verse points to events on the Day of Judgement: the gates of the heaven will be open from all directions; there will be many gates, from which the angels will descend; Allaah Almighty says: And (remember) the Day when the heaven shall be sent asunder with clouds, and angels will be sent down, with a grand descending. The sovereignty on that Day will be the true (sovereignty), belonging to the Most Beneficent (Allaah), and it will be the hard Day for disbelievers. [2] And this verse points out to this opening. It has been recited in two ways: The first one: And the heaven shall been opened, and it will become as gates. And the Second one: And the heaven has been opened, and it will become as gates. The Second one is more impressive as it implies exaggeration and abundance. [1] An-Naba 78:19 [2] Al-Furqan 25:25,26 |
| Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen |
| Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 7 Page 120 |
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