tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14533695492217323782024-03-13T17:31:43.223-04:00вɛautiғul ƿаtiɛncɛ♥ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَىuмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-50518753361265859562011-10-01T21:17:00.000-04:002011-10-01T21:17:43.254-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://epicponyz.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/red-clouds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://epicponyz.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/red-clouds.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
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</span></div></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-26300099442646294752011-06-12T14:53:00.000-04:002011-06-12T14:53:37.043-04:00Istikhaara after Choice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-m6erXmjqpstXx08XSrZTI2ROZ9kd57LZNDfuwlq65pAXYzNaAZwOlkqO8gPyY8lXg1jokEvpxnUxAr928TrSdVP9B-U8bKxfdmZPIr6__1XnC-Xu0oflUoShI3L9bPxi0JSXmmPAWac/s400/fork-in-the-road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-m6erXmjqpstXx08XSrZTI2ROZ9kd57LZNDfuwlq65pAXYzNaAZwOlkqO8gPyY8lXg1jokEvpxnUxAr928TrSdVP9B-U8bKxfdmZPIr6__1XnC-Xu0oflUoShI3L9bPxi0JSXmmPAWac/s200/fork-in-the-road.jpg" t8="true" width="200px" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><br />
Shaykh Muhammad bin 'Umar Bazmool said: ‘That al-Istikharah is not done when a person is uncertain about the matter at hand; because the Prophet -sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam- said: ‘If any of you intends to undertake a matter’ and that the whole of the Dua’ indicates to this point.<br />
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So if a Muslim is uncertain about a matter, and he intends to pray al-Istikharah , then he should make a choice between the two matters and then pray al-Istikharah , and then after al-Istikharah he executes that matter, and if it was good then Allaah will make it easy for him and bless him in that, and if it was not good for him, then Allaah turns it away from him and makes easy for him that in which there is good by the permission of Allaah -Subhanahu wa Ta’ala.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[Taken from: ‘Buggeeyat al-Mutattawa’ fee salat at-tattawa’ p.105]<br />
Translated by Abbaas Abu Yahyaa</span></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-30255231394552525902011-05-13T17:50:00.003-04:002011-05-16T13:09:17.717-04:00Some verses clear, others not.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.naturewallpapers.in/bulkupload/Nature/Others/Green%20Leaf%20blurry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150px" j8="true" src="http://www.naturewallpapers.in/bulkupload/Nature/Others/Green%20Leaf%20blurry.jpg" width="200px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> It is He who has sent down to you (Muhammad) the Book (this Qur’an). In it are <b>Verses that are entirely clear,</b> they are the foundations of the Book [and those are the Verses of Al-Ahkam (commandments), Al-Fara’id (obligatory duties) and Al-Hudud (laws for the punishment of thieves, adululterers)]; and <b>others not entirely clear.</b> So, as for <b>those in whose hearts there is a deviation</b> (from the truth) <b>they follow that which is not entirely clear</b> thereof, seeking <strong>Al-Fitnah</strong> (polytheism and trials), and seeking for its hidden meanings, but none knows its hidden meanings except Allah. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: “We believe in it; the whole of it (clear and unclear Verses) are from our Lord.” And none receive admonition except men of understanding.[Imran v.7] (<i>tafsir tabari</i>). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Allah states that in the Qur'an, there are Ayat that are Muhkamat, entirely clear and plain, and these are the foundations of the Book which are plain for everyone. And there are Ayat in the Qur'an that are Mutashabihat not entirely clear for many, or some people. So those who refer to the Muhkam Ayat to understand the Mutashabih Ayat, will have acquired the correct guidance, and vice versa. This is why Allah said (They are the foundations of the Book), meaning, they are the basis of the Qur'an, and should be referred to for clarification, when warranted, (And others not entirely clear) as they have several meanings, some that agree with the Muhkam and some that carry other literal indications, although these meaning might not be desired. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">(So as for those in whose hearts there is a deviation) meaning, those who are misguided and deviate from truth to falsehood, (they follow that which is not entirely clear thereof) meaning, they refer to the Mutashabih, because they are able to alter its meanings to conform with their false interpretation since the wordings of the Mutashabihat encompass such a wide area of meanings. As for the Muhkam Ayat, they cannot be altered because they are clear and, thus, constitute unequivocal proof against the misguided people. This is why Allah said (they follow that which is not entirely clear thereof) meaning, they refer to the Mutashabih, because they are able to alter its meanings to conform with their false interpretation since the wordings of the Mutashabihat encompass such a wide area of meanings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">As for the Muhkam Ayat, they cannot be altered because they are clear and, thus, constitute unequivocal proof against the misguided people. This is why Allah said (He [`Isa] was not more than a servant. We granted Our favor to him.) [43:59], and (Verily, the likeness of `Isa before Allah is the likeness of Adam. He created him from dust, then (He) said to him: "Be!'' and he was.) [3:59]. There are other Ayat that clearly assert that `Isa is but one of Allah's creatures and that he is the servant and Messenger of Allah, among other Messengers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Al-Bukhari recorded a similar Hadith in the Tafsir of this Ayah [3:7], as did Muslim in the book of Qadar (the Divine Will) in his Sahih, and Abu Dawud in the Sunnah section of his Sunan, from `A'ishah; "The Messenger of Allah recited this Ayah (It is He Who has sent down to you the Book. In it are verses that are entirely clear,) until (And none receive admonition except men of understanding.) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">He then said (When you see those who follow what is not so clear of the Qur'an, then they are those whom Allah described, so beware of them.)'' This is the wording recorded by Al-Bukhari.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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This leads to nothing but each side trying to show itself as being better and smarter than the other, belittling the other, etc. And he who picks arguments with his brother has essentially made him out to be stupid, low, heedless, and incompetent, and all of this is considered belittlement. This inflames the heart and makes one person hate the other, and this is all contradictory to what brotherhood is all about.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">The rights of brotherhood also entail that you say certain things. Just as you have to remain silent from saying what you shouldn’t say, you should also say what should be said. In fact, this is from the most particular rights of brotherhood, because the one who wants to befriend the mute can go to the graveyard. The point of brotherhood is that you benefit from your brother, not that you are relieved of him. So, you should strengthen your ties of brotherhood with words by asking about him, asking how things are going, let him know that you are concerned about him, and be happy with what makes him happy.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">You should refer to him in the best light and praise him to others for the good that you know of him. You should also speak well of his family, children, actions – even his character, intellect, appearance, personality – and everything that can make him happy without going into extremes or saying what is untrue. Likewise, you should inform him if someone says something good about him while showing him that you are happy about this, as to hide such joy is tantamount to envy.</span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">You should thank him for anything he does for you, and defend him in his absence if he is mentioned in a bad light, as the right between brothers is that they rush to defend and assist one another.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">You should teach and advise him, as your brother’s need for knowledge is not any less than his need for money. So, if you have been blessed with a wealth of knowledge, distribute it and guide him.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">And you should advise him in secret, and the difference between advising and condemning is whether you do it in public or private. Likewise, the difference between ignoring the fault of your brother and compromising with him is all in the purpose of doing so. So, if you ignore his fault for the sake of a religious benefit, or you see that this will lead to his long-term benefit, you are not compromising. If you put aside his fault for your own personal benefit, you are compromising.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">You should supplicate for your brother during his life and after his death for everything you want for yourself. Abu ad-Darda’ (may Allah be Pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“The supplication of a Muslim man for his brother in his absence is accepted, and there is an Angel appointed for each supplication of a man for his brother with good who says: ‘Allah, accept it, and give him the same that he asks for his friend,’”</em>2 and Abu ad-Darda’ used to supplicate for many of his brothers, mentioning them by name in his supplications. Likewise, Ahmad bin Hambal used to supplicate at dawn for six specific individuals.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">You should make a pact to love your brother until death, and to love his family and friends after his death. You should also not stop being humble with him even if you end up exceeding him in wealth and status. From the implications of this pact is also that you do not listen to criticism of your friend from others, and that you do not befriend his enemies.</span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">You should also not task him with what he cannot bear. Rather, you should try to relieve him of his own concerns and pressures, and should not use his friendship to get to his wealth or resources, and should not pressure him to go out of his way to help you. Rather, your love of him should only be for Allah’s Pleasure and to deal with him in an easygoing and reserved manner, so that he would not hesitate to ask of you what you would ask of him.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Ja’far bin Muhammad said: <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“The most difficult friends are those who are a burden on me and I try to avoid, and the easiest of friends are those whose presence is just as burdensome as their absence </em>(i.e. they are not at all burdensome)<em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">.”</em>3</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">So, the student of knowledge should be sure to avoid those who should not be befriended in order to preserve his time and protect his heart. He should choose the friend who will help him in the matters of his religion and the Hereafter, and al-Khawarizmi (may Allah have Mercy on him) said:</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"></span></em></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Do not befriend one who is lazy * How many righteous people have been corrupted by the corrupt?</span></em></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"></span></em></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">The steadfast are quickly infected by the lazy * And burning coals simmer down when thrown into ashes.</span></em></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;"></span></em></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"></span></em></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Footnotes:</span></span></strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"></span></span></strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1</strong> al-Mutaffifin; 2-3</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2</strong> ‘Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad’ (487) and ‘Sahih Ibn Majah’ (2358)</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3</strong> ‘Mukhtasar Minhaj al-Qasidin’ (p. 126-132)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Source: </strong><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Manners of the Knowledge Seeker</em> – Abu Abdillaah Muhammad Sa’eed Raslaan</span></div></div></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-64253397449313961682011-04-18T10:30:00.004-04:002011-04-18T16:47:17.862-04:00What can he see, before he marries me?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ea9999;"> Shaykh Abdul-Azeez ibn Baaz<br />
Reference: Fatawah Noor `ala ad Darb<br />
Category: Women's Matters</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.precadet26.org/msgboard/userpic/Lone_rose_nicole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><img border="0" height="180" r6="true" src="http://www.precadet26.org/msgboard/userpic/Lone_rose_nicole.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ea9999;">Ibn Qudaamah said:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">"Whoever desires to marry a woman then it is permissible for him to look at her without being alone with her. We don't know any differing amongst the people of knowledge regarding the permissibility of looking at the woman intended for marriage based upon the Hadeeth of Jaabir Ibn `Abdullaah that the Messenger, May the Salat and Salaam of Allaah be upon him, said:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">"If one of you proposes to a woman and he has the ability to look at her, then he should do so"</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">For the Prophet ordered us to look and it was left general.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Imaam Ahmad said:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">"He is to look at her face and this is not to be done lustfully or out of pleasure. He has the right to look more than once and to observe her beauty because the goal cannot be achieved except through this."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">So there is no difference of opinion amongst the `Ulamaa in reference to the permissibility of looking at the face of the woman, and that is because the face is not `Awrah, rather is the place where her beauty is gathered and it is not permissible for him to look at what normally shows of the woman. There is a difference of opinion amongst the scholars regarding other than the face like the hands and the feet and other than this which the woman would display normally.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">The first: It is not permissible to look at because it is considered her to be her `Awrah just like the other parts of the body due to the Hadeeth of `Abdullaaah Ibn Mas'ood where the prophet said:"All of the woman is `Awrah."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">This Hadeeth is Hassan. For the necessity of looking at anything else is removed by looking at the face and everything else remains in its legislative <br />
origin of impressibility.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">The Second: It is permissible to look at other than the face just as Imaam Ahmad said: "There is nothing wrong with looking at her face and at what <br />
will encourage him to marry her whether it is the hand or what normally shows and the likes of this."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Imaam Shafi'ee said:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">"He is to look at her face and hands." Then he mentioned the story of `Umar Ibn Al Khataab when he proposed to the daughter of `Ali Ibn Abi Talib (Umm Kulthum). `Ali sent her to `Umar for him to look at her and `Umar was pleased with what he saw and as she was walking away `Umar looked at her shin and she said to him: "If it wasn't for the fact that you were the Leader of the Believers I would hit you in both of your eyes!"</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">Al Mughni Vol.7 P.453</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Imaam An Nawwawi said after mentioning the Hadeeth of Abu Hurairah where he said:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">"I was with the Messenger of Allaah when a man came to him and said: "I married a woman from the Ansaar" so the Prophet said to him: "Did you look at her? For indeed there is something in the eyes of the women of the Ansar."</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">"In this Hadeeth is a recommendation to look at the face of the woman that is intended for marriage. This is our Mathhab (as Imaam An Nawwawi followed the Mathhab of Imaam Ash Shafi'ee) and it is the Mathhab of Imaam Malik, Abu Haneefah and the rest of the scholars from Kufah (Iraq), Imaam Ahmad and the great majority of the `Ulamaa, that it is permissible to look at the face and hands only because they are not her `Awrah and because the face points to her beauty and it's opposite and the hands point to the richness of her shin or otherwise. This is the Mathhab of the great majority of scholars.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Imaam Al Awzaa'ee said:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">"It is permissible for him to look at her without her (over) garment."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Dawud (Adh Dhahiri) said:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">"He can look at all of her body."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">This is a clear misconception and it is in opposition to the foundations of the Sunnah and the Consensus (of the `Ulamaa) and in opposition to our Mathhab and that of Maalik, Ahmad and the Jamhoor (great majority of the scholars)" Sarh Sahih Muslim Vol.9 P.214</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Ibn Rushd said:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">"As for looking at the woman at the time of proposal of marriage then Imaam Malik says it is permissible to look at the face and the two hands only, and Abu Haneefah said the feet the face and the hands as Allaah says:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">"And not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent (i.e. eyes and hands)" (24: 31)</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">Bidayah tul Mujtahid Vol. 2 P.114</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Shaykh Saaleh Al Fawzaan said:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">"It is permissible for the man who desires to propose to a woman to look at her with three conditions:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">The First: He is almost positive that he is going to marry her;</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">The Second: He is to look at what is not considered to be her `Awrah, that which is normally apparent;</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">The Third: This all being done without being in seclusion or alone with her. Based upon the statement of the </span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">Messenger: "If one of you proposes to a woman and he has the ability to see what will encourage him to marry her then he should do so" Sharh Zaad ul Mustaqni' Vol.3 P.4383</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saaleh Al `Uthaymeen was asked:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">I am not married but if a pilgrim arrives at Saudi Arabia and he performs the Hajj, is it permissible afterwards for him to look at the woman he has proposed to and wants to settle a contract of marriage with? Is it permissible if I give her half of the dowry but we have not concluded the contract? We desire some clarity from you may Allaah give you success.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">The Shaykh replied: Looking at the woman intended for marriage is permissible with the conditions that:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Firstly: You don't seclude yourself with her, meaning you are not to be alone with her in a place where there is no one other than the two of you;</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Secondly: That there is no Fitnah involved;</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Thirdly: You looking at her is not to be lustfully nor out of desire;</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Fourthly: <strong>You are almost positive that she is going to marry you</strong> because sitting with her and talking frivolously to her is not permissible, for in that case there is nothing necessitating him to look at her. For there is reason behind looking which is to cause harmony and accord between the two and for him to ultimately marry her based upon sound desire. But just sitting with her and talking to her or to be alone with her then this is not permissible.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Translator: Shadeed Muhammad, Abu Az-Zubayr</span></div></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-463706938621219972011-04-17T03:09:00.004-04:002011-04-18T18:36:07.560-04:00واسع المغفره [ vasт fоrgiνεиεss ]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMdSaKKm0M-7jk62KZ3C8HpU2VvegJZNGjdR7g1TZMibHmL9_Ybdm-PuTK8MLBZ4HkDYdATj0qhdghyphenhyphenfix_NMCgSPSPtWXwmzh9tY8w4b_8sCxccjTjw4w70_UbKMkg5Hai7aPxjahQk/s1600/pink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMdSaKKm0M-7jk62KZ3C8HpU2VvegJZNGjdR7g1TZMibHmL9_Ybdm-PuTK8MLBZ4HkDYdATj0qhdghyphenhyphenfix_NMCgSPSPtWXwmzh9tY8w4b_8sCxccjTjw4w70_UbKMkg5Hai7aPxjahQk/s320/pink.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">The empty sighs of the downcast servant</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">drift among the waves</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">sunset taking with it any remnants</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">of possible reprieve</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Turbulent thoughts rent asunder</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">amidst the shambles of mental ruin</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">faint elucidations fail to simplify</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">the tears begotten by a complex cry</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Grotesque possibilities endless</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">happy dreams limited in quantity</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">few and far in between</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">treasured when finally seen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Golden words etched lovingly to memory</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">greatly valued and held on to dearly</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">whispered hopefully in the darkness of life's treachery</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;"><em>"Indeed your Lord is of vast forgiveness"</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">profoundness to which we are witness</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">belittled deeds the source of tiny hope</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">A foothold, for in the darkness we will always grope</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Alone in a crowded room, company forever evades</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">sweet solitude granting a chance at reflection</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">small talk a thing of the distant past</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">dialogue, a blotted imperfection</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Oh tongue of mine, when will you behave?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">I know not what to do with you </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">and the major sins are grave</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Remember your Lord, so that we may be successful</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">perhaps He'll show us mercy, if we but try</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">To say that we are at all deserving</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Would be an obscene lie</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Countless are the sins we’ve sinned</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Many are the mountains we’ve created</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Vast as the foam of the sea</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calibri;">Yet our regret, <em>always belated</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">She walks strange streets, her garments dragging behind her</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Her eyes lowered to the ground</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Furtive glances cast her way, comments made</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">She speaks not a sound.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Infuriated by the mystery they can’t answer</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">They seek to degrade what she stands for</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">They cannot comprehend how she walks their land</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Standing strong for all they’ve come to abhor.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Unnerved, they attempt to rationalize</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">How dare she keep her body to herself?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">They seethe inwardly.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Does she not realize how everyone else is dressed?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">It would seem by default, she is deemed <i>public property</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">They say they are free, from exactly what, <em>we are uncertain</em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">From the reality of their own shadows they flee to this freedom</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Unable to handle logic, they create their own parameters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;"><em>Painting a colourful prison and calling it a kingdom</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">With the shackles of this world snugly in place</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Laughing maniacally, dying to live happiness in some form</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hearts hardened to stone, <i>but still dressed to impress</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Cold to the touch, anything but warm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Fake smiles granted, disdain firmly planted</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">We don’t mind that they hate it</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Hotly debated.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">Don’t look at us as strange, for <i>we are the norm</i>.</span></div></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-4504185554308792662011-04-06T13:03:00.004-04:002011-04-10T18:29:18.487-04:00Du'a for studying... Du'a for laziness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Finals are fast approaching (may Allah protect us all, sigh). Thought this would be beneficial for all the students and lazy people out there (as well as a combination of being a student and being lazy i.e. myself.). I am now on the hunt for a du'aa for procrastination. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Dua for when studying something difficult</span></strong><br />
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<div><strong><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">اللهم لا سهل إلا ما جعلته سهلا أنت تجعل الحزن إذا ما شئت سهلا</span></span></strong></div><br />
<strong><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><em>Allahumma la sahla illaa ma ja-’altahu sahla wa anta taj ‘alu al hazana ithaa shi’ta sahla</em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">O Allah ! Nothing is easy except what You have made easy. If You wish, You can make the difficult easy.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Dua for laziness among other things</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">اَللّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعِجْزِ ، وَالْكَسْلِ، وَالْجُبْنِ ، وَالْهَرَمِ ، وَالْبُخْلِ ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"> عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"><em>Allâhumma innî acûdhu bika minal-ajzi wal-kasli wal-jubni wal-harami wal-bukhli, wa a'udhbika min adhabil qabri, wa a'udhubika fitnatil mahya walmamat.</em></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">O Allah, I seek refuge in You from weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, anxiety and sorrow, and I seek refuge in You from the torments of grave, and I seek refuge in You from the trials and tribulations of life and death.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The first: The category of the oppressor to himself, the negligent one, one who is deficient in performing ablution for it, negligent with its appointed time periods, its boundaries and its pillars. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The second: One who preserves it appointed time periods, its boundaries, its outward pillars and ablution for it. However, he forsakes striving against his own self from whisperings and thinking to himself, and so is preoccupied with whisperings and thoughts. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The third: One who preserves its appointed time periods, its pillars as well as strives against himself in repelling whisperings and distracting thoughts that overcome him, he is busy in striving against his enemy in order to prevent him from stealing his prayer, he is in prayer as well as Jihaad. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The fourth: One whom when he stands for prayer perfects its rights, its pillars and its boundaries. His heart is occupied with preserving its boundaries and preventing anything of it being lost, rather all his attention is directed to performing it as it should be, in its most complete and perfect form, his heart is occupied with the prayer and worshiping his Lord the Elevated with it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The fifth: One who performs the prayer like the previous person, but in addition to this, he has taken his heart and presented it to his Lord. He looks at his Lord with his heart, fully concerned with Him, in utmost obedience out of love and reverence for Him, it is as if he sees and witnesses his Lord. All distracting thoughts and whisperings fade away and the veil between him and his Lord is removed. The difference between this person in his prayer and others, is greater and better than all that is between the heavens and earth, he is fully occupied and overjoyed with his Lord in his prayer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The first category is punished, the second is held accountable, the third is pardoned, the fourth is rewarded and the fifth is brought close to his Lord, because he gains a portion of what made the prayer a delight to him. For whoever is delighted with his prayer in the life of this world, will be delighted by being close to his Lord in the afterlife as well as being delighted with his Lord in this life, and whoever is delighted with Allaah, everything would be delighted with him, and whoever is not delighted with Allaah the Elevated, his soul will be torn apart for the life of this world in loss. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">It is narrated that when a servant stands for prayer, Allaah the Glorified says; “Remove the veil.”, and if the servant turns away He says: “Replace it.” </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">This ‘turning away’ has been explained as the turning of the heart away from Allaah the Mighty to other than Him. So if he turns away, the veil is replaced between him and his Lord and Shaytaan enters and presents worldly affairs to him, he shows them to him in the image of a woman. But if he turns with his heart to Allaah and does not turn away, Shaytaan would not be able to come between Allaah and that heart, he only enters if the veil is replaced. If he returns to Allaah the Elevated with his heart, the Shaytaan would escape, and if he turns away, the Shaytaan would return, such is his state with his enemy in prayer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Al Waabil as Sayyib : Vol. 1 P. 138</span></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-67414442593034132002011-04-05T11:08:00.000-04:002011-04-05T11:08:07.727-04:00Why we can't attach our feet in Salaah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong>Why we can't Attach Our Feet in Salaah </strong><br />
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...and from it is the saying of Anas, may Allaah be pleased with him, in a Sunnah from the Sunan of Salaat; and it is the spacing in the Salaat; that a Muslim stands beside his Muslim brother and attaches is feet, knees and shoulders to his brother without being excessive or negligent, as was legislated by the Messenger – صلى الله عليه وسلم – who said: <br />
“You will straighten your lines or Allaah will separate between your hearts or faces.” <br />
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This is why when the hearts have become separated during this time, so did the feet. Why is it that we can’t attach our feet to each other’s feet? It is because our hearts are detached from one another, if our hearts were attached to one another, our feet would also be attached. This is why if a person who loves you and whom you love were to put his foot over yours, you would not get upset, you would not say; ‘why is he bothering me’, this is because your heart loves him. But because there is a detachment between you and him, you cannot stand that he attaches his foot to yours let alone that he puts his foot over yours. <br />
This is why Anas, may Allaah be pleased with him, when he describes his state at the time of the Messenger of Allaah – صلى الله عليه وسلم – and his state after that, he says; <strong>“At the time of the Messenger – صلى الله عليه وسلم – we would attach our feet to our brother’s feet, and our knees to our brother’s knees, and our shoulders to our brother’s shoulders, in obedience to the Messenger’s orders – صلى الله عليه وسلم - , but if we were to do so today, he would escape like an obstinate mule.” </strong><br />
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By Allaah I saw with my own eyes here in Madeenah, a man wanted to attach his foot to his brother’s foot, by Allaah his brother cut his Salaat, he cut his Salaat and left the whole first line and went to the second line. He left the first line to escape this Sunnah, and the cause of this is ignorance, may Allaah preserve you. This is why we must teach the people the Sunnah of the Prophet – صلى الله عليه وسلم – because people are enemies to what they are ignorant of. </div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-62246025365734207202011-04-05T10:46:00.004-04:002011-04-17T12:33:58.441-04:00The 7 Levels of Hadeeth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/310216232_ecb16de842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" r6="true" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/310216232_ecb16de842.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><u>There are seven levels of Hadeeth - Sheykh Ibn Uthaymeen- </u></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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2. A Hadeeth that was collected by al Bukhaaree but not by Muslim. <br />
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Who is Abu ‘Abdur Rahman Muhammad ‘Ajial?<br />
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ash Shaykh al ‘Allaamah Saaleh ibn Sa’d as Suhaymee.<br />
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All praise is due to Allaah and may the Salaat and Salaam be upon the Messenger of Allaah.<br />
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Indeed the brother, the Shaykh, Muhammad ‘Alee ‘Ajaal, who graduated from the faculty of Hadeeth in the Islaamic University of Madeenah, is one of the students of knowledge who are known to me for steadfastness, good mannerisms, sound methodology and keen upon seeking knowledge. He has exerted good efforts in calling to Allaah the Elevated, upon the methodology of the Salaf as Saaleh.<br />
One should be keen upon sitting and benefiting from the likes of him by the permission of Allah.<br />
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Likewise I believe him to be so, and Allah is the One Who holds him to account, and I do not praise anyone over Allaah.<br />
May Allaah grant all success to what He loves and is pleased with, and may the Salaat and Salaam be upon the Messenger of Allaah, his family and companions.<br />
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Dr. Saaleh ibn Sa’d as Suhaymee.<br />
Lecturer at the Islaamic University of Madeenah.<br />
Teacher at the Prophetic Masjid of Madeenah.<br />
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Haatim al-Assam stated:<br />
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Haste is from the Shaytaan except in five cases: <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">1. Feeding the guest when he arrives. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">2.Preparing the deceased when he dies. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">3.Marrying off the virgin when she reaches the appropriate age. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">5.Repenting from a sin when a sin is commited. </div><br />
<div></div>reference: <a href="http://www.subulassalaam.com/references/reference.cfm?ref_id=67"><span style="color: #835d3b;">Hilyat Al Awliyaa</span></a> :8/78<br />
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<div></div>source: <a href="http://www.subulassalaam.com/">http://www.subulassalaam.com/</a><br />
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Question: May Allaah be good to you O esteemed Shaykh. This questioner states: “in recent times the following statement has become widely used, ‘so and so is not a Salafee’ or ‘he is not from The Salafees.’ Are these types of statements considered as tabdee’ (considering a person to be an innovator) and therefore it is a must that the evidence is established upon him?”<br />
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Response: By Allaah, I warn from using these types of nick names. All praise is due to Allaah, It is more befitting for the Muslim and more befitting for the students of knowledge…that they are all upon goodness, they are upon the belief of the Salaf. Some of them may have some deficiencies or some ignorance; however they are not to be exited from Salafiyyah. <br />
This type of speech is not permissible. This type of speech is not permissible between brothers, between students of knowledge, between the children of the Muslims and in the countries of the Muslims - this is not permissible.<br />
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If you know of some point of contention with your brother, then you should advise him. As for saying, he is not from ‘The Salafees’ or ‘is not upon salafiyyah’…maybe you yourself do not yet know what salafiyyah is!<br />
Some of them claim salafiyyah and yet they don’t know what it is...If you were to ask him what is salafiyyah and what does it mean, then he will not know. Yes.<br />
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source: madeenah.com<br />
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<span style="color: #f4cccc;">From Haadi al-Arwaah ilaa Bilaad il-Afraah by Ibn al-Qayyim, pg. 193</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f4cccc;">Ibn al-Qayyim said, in regards to the description of the Paradise and the delights that it contains:<br />
And if you ask about its ground and its soil, then it is of musk and saffron.And if you ask about its roof, then it is the Throne of the Most Merciful.</span><br />
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And if you ask about its rocks, then they are pearls and jewels.<br />
And if you ask about its buildings, then they are made of bricks of gold and silver. And if you ask about its trees, then it does not contain a single tree except that its trunk is made of gold and silver.<br />
And if you ask about its fruits, then they are softer than butter and sweeter than honey.<br />
And if you ask about its leaves, then they are softer than the softest cloth.<br />
And if you ask about its rivers, then there are rivers of milk who’s taste does not change, and rivers of wine that is delicious to those who drink it, and rivers of honey that is pure, and rivers of water that is fresh.<br />
And if you ask about their food, then it is fruits from whatever they will choose, and the meat of whatever birds they desire.<br />
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And if you ask about their drink, then it is Tasneem, ginger, and Kaafoor.And if you ask about their drinking cups, then they are crystal-clear and made of gold and silver.And if you ask about its shade, then a fast rider would ride in the shade of one of its trees for a hundred years and not escape it.<br />
And if you ask about its vastness, then the lowest of its people would have within his kingdom and walls and palaces and gardens the distance that would be travelled in a thousand years.<br />
And if you ask about its tents and encampments, then one tent is like a concealed pearl that is sixty miles long.And if you ask about its towers, then they are rooms above rooms in buildings that have rivers running underneath them.<br />
And if you ask about how far it reaches into the sky, then look at the shining star that is visible, as well as those that are far in the heavens that the eyesight cannot possibly reach.<br />
And if you ask about the clothing of its inhabitants, then they are of silk and gold.And if you ask about its beds, then its blankets are of the finest silk laid out in the highest of its levels.And if you ask about the faces of its inhabitants and their beauty, then they are like the image of the Moon.<br />
And if you ask about their age, then they are young ones of 33 years in the image of Adam, the father of humanity.<br />
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And if you ask about what they will be hearing, then it is the singing of their wives from among the Hoor al-’Ayn, and better than that are the voices of the Angels and the Prophets, and better than that is the Speech of the Lord of the Worlds.And if you ask about their servants, then they are young boys of everlasting youth who resemble scattered pearls.<br />
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And if you ask about their brides and wives, then they are young and full-breasted and have had the liquid of youth flow through their limbs; the Sun runs along the beauty of her face if she shows it, light shines from between her teeth if she smiles; if you meet her love, then say whatever you want regarding the joining of two lights; he sees his face in the roundness of her cheek as if he is looking into a polished mirror, and he sees the brightness from behind her muscles and bones; if she were to be unleashed upon the World, she would fill what is between the Heavens and the Earth with a beautiful wind, and the mouths of the creation would glorifiy, praise, and exclaim greatness, and everything between the East and the West would be adorned for her, and every eye would be shut from everthing but her, and the light of the Sun would be outshone just as the light of the Sun outshines the light of the stars, and everyone on the face of the Earth would believe in the Ever-Living, the one who Sustains and Protects all the exists.<br />
And the covering on her head is better than the World and all that is in it, and she does not increase with age except in beauty; free from an umbilical cord, childbirth and menses, and pure of mucous, saliva, urine and other filthy things; her youth never fades, her clothing is never worn out, no garment can be created that matches her beauty, and no one who is with her can ever become bored; her attention is restricted to her husband, so she desires none but him, just as his attention is restricted to her so she is the sole object of his desire, and he is with her in utmost safety and security, as none has touched her before of either humans or Jinn.<br />
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And if you ask about the Day of Increase (in reward) and the visit of the all-Mighty, all-Wise, and the sight of His Face – free from any resemblance or likeness to anything – as you see the Sun in the middle of the day and the full Moon on a cloudless night, then listen on the day that the caller will call: ‘O People of Paradise! Your Lord – Blessed and Exalted – requests you to visit Him, so come to visit Him!’ So they will say: ‘We hear and obey!’<br />
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Until, when they finally reach the wide valley where they will all meet – and none of them will turn down the request of the caller – the Lord – Blessed and Exalted – will order His Chair to be brought there. Then, pulpits of light will emerge, as well as pulpits of pearls, gemstone, gold, and silver. The lowest of them in rank will sit on sheets of musk, and will not see what those who are on the chairs above them are given. When they are comfortable where they are sitting and are secure in their places, and the caller calls: ‘O People of Paradise! You have an appointment with Allaah in which He wishes to reward you!’ So they will say: ‘And what is that reward? Has He not already made our faces bright, made our scales heavy, entered us into Paradise, and pushed us away from the Fire?’<br />
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And when they are like that, all of a sudden a light shines that encompasses all of Paradise. So, they raise their heads, and, behold: the Compeller – Exalted is He, and Holy are His Names – has come to them from above them and majestified them and said: ‘O People of Paradise! Peace be upon you!’ So, this greeting will not be responded to with anything better than: ‘O Allaah! You are Peace, and from You is Peace! Blessed are You, O possessor of Majesty and Honor!’ So the Lord – Blessed and Exalted – will laugh to them and say: ‘O People of Paradise! Where are those who used to obey Me without having ever seen Me? This is the Day of Increase!’So, they will all give the same response: ‘We are pleased, so be pleased with us!’ So, He will say: ‘O People of Paradise! If I were not pleased with you, I would not have made you inhabitants of My Paradise! So, ask of Me!’ So, they will all give the same response: ‘Show us your Face so that we may look at it!’ So, the Lord – Mighty and Majestic – will remove his covering and will majestify them and will cover them with His Light, which, if Allaah – the Exalted – had not Willed not to burn them, would have burned them.And there will not remain a single person in this gathering except that his Lord – the Exalted – will speak to him and say: ‘Do you remember the day that you did this and that?’ and He will remind him of some of his bad deeds in the Worldy life, so he will say: ‘O Lord! Will you not forgive me?’ So, He will say: ‘Of course! You have not reached this position of yours (in Paradise) except by my forgiveness.’So, how sweet is this speech to the ears, and how cooled are the righteous eyes by the glance at His Noble Face in the Afterlife…{Some faces that Day will be shining and radiant, looking at their Lord…} (al-Qiyaamah:22-3)<br />
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SOURCE:http://www.calgaryislam.com/articles/islaamic/aqeedah/647-description-of-jannah.html</span><br />
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It is reported that Mu<span style="text-decoration: underline;">h</span>ammad b. Sîrîn said, having been asked about a man who drops unconscious when the Quran is recited to him, “Make an appointment between us and him, we will sit on a wall, and the Quran – from beginning to end – will be recited unto him. If he falls off the wall, he is as he claims.”<br />
<em>Ibid.</em>, Al-Baghawî, <em>op. cit</em>.<br />
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It is reported that Mu<span style="text-decoration: underline;">h</span>ammad b. Sîrîn – Allâh have mercy on him – said, “I have never envied anyone over anything: if a person is going to be in the Fire, how could I envy him over some worldly matter when he is destined for the Fire?! And if he is going to Paradise, how could I be envious of a man of Paradise with whom Allâh tabâraka wa ta’âlâ is pleased?!” Muslim said, “We have never heard anything better than this from the words of Ibn Sîrîn.”<br />
Abû Bakr Al-Daynûrî, <em>Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawâhir Al-‘Ilm</em> article 2931.<br />
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There are ahaadeeth which say that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade drinking whilst standing. For example, Muslim (2024, 2025) narrated from Anas and Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade drinking whilst standing. <br />
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But there are other ahaadeeth which say that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) drank whilst standing, such as the following: <br />
Al-Bukhaari (1637) and Muslim (2027) narrated that Ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I brought water to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) from Zamzam and he drank whilst standing. <br />
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Al-Bukhaari (5615) narrated from ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) that he drank whilst standing then he said: Some people say it is makrooh for one of you to drink whilst standing, but I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) doing what you have seen me do. <br />
Ahmad (797) narrated that ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allaah be pleased with him) drank whilst standing, and the people looked at him as if they objected to that. He said: “What are you looking at? If I drink whilst standing, I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) drink whilst standing, and if I drink sitting, I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) drink whilst sitting.” Ahmad Shaakir said in Tahqeeq al-Musnad: its isnaad is saheeh. <br />
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Al-Tirmidhi (1881) narrated that Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “We used to eat at the time of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) whilst walking, and we used to drink whilst standing.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi. <br />
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The scholars reconciled these hadeeth by stating that the forbidding mentioned here does not mean that it is haraam, rather it is to be understood as advice, and that it is better to drink whilst sitting. The ahaadeeth which describe the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) drinking whilst standing indicate that it is permissible to do that. <br />
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Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: <br />
There is no contradiction in these ahaadeeth, praise be to Allaah, and none of them are da’eef (weak). Rather they are all saheeh. The correct view is that the forbidding mentioned in them is to be understood as meaning that it is disliked. The fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) drank whilst standing indicates that it is permissible to do so. This is all that needs to be said on the matter. <br />
If it is asked: How come it is makrooh to drink whilst standing when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did that? <br />
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The answer is that if what he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did was to show that it is permissible, then it is not makrooh, rather he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was obliged to show and explain that, so how can it be makrooh? It is proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did wudoo’ washing each part only once, and that he circumambulated the Ka’bah (i.e., did tawaaf) riding a camel – even though there is scholarly consensus that it is better to do wudoo’ washing each part three times and that it is better to do tawaaf walking. There are many similar examples. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was demonstrating that something is permissible one time or many times, but he persisted in following the better option. So usually when he did wudoo’ he washed each part three times, and he usually did tawaaf walking, and he usually drank whilst sitting. This is clear and is not confusing to anyone who has the slightest claim to knowledge. And Allaah knows best. <br />
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This reconciliation between the ahaadeeth was suggested by al-Khattaabi, Ibn Battaal, al-Tabari and others. <br />
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Al-Haafiz said in Fath al-Baari: <br />
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The basic ruling is that one should drink whilst sitting, which is better, but one may drink whilst standing. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did both to demonstrate that there is a lot of room for manoeuvre in this matter.</div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-44167048770015973512011-02-10T12:42:00.001-05:002011-04-10T18:31:07.095-04:00Absolutely Beautiful Du'aa by... Idris Abkar ♡♡♡<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/gvIC9h4cgTo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-83264916029124265862011-02-10T12:25:00.003-05:002011-04-10T18:34:18.626-04:00A Motivation to Memorize ♡<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span lang="RU"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">A Grandmother Who Completed Memorizing the Qur’an at Eighty-Two Years Old </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Many all over the world memorize the Qur’aan, and it is not strange to see the youth memorizing the Noble Qur’aan and an early age. Al-Hamdulillaah, the One who made the Qur’aan easy for remembrance, had made it easy for Umm Saalih age 82. In an interview with Umm Saalih, she was asked the following questions: </div><br />
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Q1: “What was the reason that drove you to memorize the Qur’aan after so many years?”<br />
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She said, “I always hoped to memorize the Qur’aan from the time I was young. My father always used to invoke Allaah for me to become one of the memorizers of the Qur’aan, like himself and like the elder brothers of my family who memorized it. So I memorized in the beginning about three parts and then after I completed the age of thirteen, I got married and became busy with the household and the children. After I had seven children, my husband died. They (the children) were all young so I took the time to raise them and educate them, and then after they grew up and got married, I had more time for myself. Therefore, the first thing I directed myself to focus upon was the Qur’aan. <br />
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Q2: “Tell us about your journey with the Noble Qur’aan.”<br />
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She said, “My younger daughter was going to high school and she was the closest of my children to me and the most beloved, because she stayed with me after her older sisters got married and got busy with their lives, and because she was a quiet girl, upright, loving, and good. In addition, she was interested in learning the Noble Qur’aan, and her teachers encouraged her. <br />
Furthermore, she was very enthusiastic and always told me of many women who were driven by this great motivation to memorize the Qur’aan, and this is where I started.” <br />
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Q3: “Tell me about your way of memorization.”<br />
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She said, “We assigned ten verses (meaning her and her daughter who was going to high school). So each day after Asr, we used to sit together. She reads and I repeat after her three times. Then she explains the meaning to me, and after a while, she repeats that three times. On the next morning, she repeats them to me before she goes to school. <br />
She recorded also the recitations of Ash Shaykh al Husary, Rahimuhullaah, repeating each verse three times and thus I continued to listen most of the time. Therefore, the next day we would go to the next ten verses if my memorization was good. Otherwise, we would postpone taking additional verses until the day after. Moreover, we assigned the day of Friday to review the memorizations of the entire week. And this was the journey from the beginning.” <br />
Then she said, “Over four years and a half, I memorized twelve juz” according to the way I described to you. Then this young daughter got married. When her husband knew of our task concerning the memorization, he rented a house close to me, close to my house, so that he could allow the continuation of the memorization. In addition, he, May Allah reward him used to encourage us and sometimes sit with us listening, explaining and teaching. <br />
Then after three years of her marriage, my daughter got busy with the children and the household and our schedule was interrupted, but that did not make her give up. To the contrary, she sensed that my eagerness for the memorization was still established so she looked for a special good teacher to continue the journey under her supervision. So, I completed the memorization by the success of Allaah and my daughter is still working to finish the memorization of the Glorious Qur’aan. She has a little left, In Shaa Allaah Ta’aala. <br />
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Q4: “This motivation of yours, did it have an effect on other women around you?”<br />
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She said, “It really had a good strong effect. My daughters and stepdaughters were all encouraged and worked on learning and teaching the Qur’aan to their children and learning it themselves. <br />
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Q5: “After finishing the Noble Qur’aan, don’t you think about working on memorizing hadith?”<br />
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She said, “Now I have memorized ninety hadith and In Shaa Allaah I will continue the journey. I depend, in my memorization, upon the tapes and upon the Qur’aan radio station. At the end of each week, my daughter comes and checks for me the memorization of three hadith, and I am trying now to memorize more. <br />
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Q6: “Over this period of memorization of the Qur’aan, did your life change? Was it affected in one way or another?”<br />
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She said, “Yes, I went through a major change and I tried always, all praise is due to Allaah, to obey Allaah before I started the memorization. However, after I started the task of memorization, I began to feel a self-comfort, a great self-comfort and all worries began to move away from me. I even reached the stage of freeing myself from all these excessive worries concerning fearing for the children and their affairs, and my morale was boosted. <br />
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I had a noble objective to work for and this is a great Ni’mah (Favor) from Allaah . upon me, since we know that some women, when they get old and they do not have a husband, and their children got married, may be destroyed by the empty time, thoughts, worries, and so forth. But, AlHamdulillaah, I didn’t go through this and I made myself busy with a great task and a great objective.<br />
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Q7: “Didn’t you think at one point, to join one of the circles focusing on teaching the Noble Qur’aan?”<br />
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The answer was, “Yes, some of the women suggested this to me, but I am a woman who got used to staying at home, and I don’t like to go out everyday, and Al Hamdulillaah, my daughter sufficed me from all difficulty and I was so happy while I was learning from her. My daughter had set an example in goodness and righteousness which we rarely find in our days. <br />
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She started this task and journey with me while she was an adolescent and this is a critical age many people complain of. She used to pressure herself so that she could have spare time to teach me, and she used to teach me with kindness and wisdom. Her husband was a good help to her and he exerted a lot of effort. I ask Allaah . to give them success and to bring their children up on uprightness.” <br />
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Q8: “What do you say to a woman of your age who wishes to learn and memorize the Qur’aan yet she is worried about it and feeling unable to?”<br />
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She said, “I say to her there their shall be no despair with the firm, sincere and truthful determination. Begin with sincerity, firm determination and dependence on Allaah at each time. And remember that at this age you should have the time for yourself. However, do not use your time to only go out or to sleep and so forth. Rather, busy yourself with righteous work. <br />
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Q9: “Now what would you say to a woman who is still young? What would you advise her?”<br />
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She, may Allaah preserve her, said: “Preserve Allaah and He will preserve you. Make use of the favor of Allaah bestowed upon you from health and ways and means of comfort. Use that to memorize the Book of Allaah. This is the light which enlivens your heart, your life and your grave after you die. <br />
And if you have a mother then exert the effort to teach her, and there is no better favor upon a mother than one of her righteous children aiding her to be close to Allaah.” <br />
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Presented on the 1st of Muharram 1426, Feb 10th 2005. Originally published in Ad-Da’wah Magazine, no.1552, 17th of Rabee’ Al-Awwal 1417,corresponding to Aug 1, 1996.<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">I woke up but a moment ago, and now the sun has set again</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">I can tell you what the time is, but I can never tell you when</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">I'm struggling in this temporal madness that I constantly find myself in</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Left unwittingly bewitched by this foolishness, and barely in it to win</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Lit before me is the stark, eerie image of what I know will come to be</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Bright lights and satisfaction elude me in my half-hearted fantasy</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">I'm at sea, I'm drifting away, there's not a soul that can save me now</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">I'd come running back, seeking His mercy, if fate would but allow</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">My eyes seek out the shadows of life, partially hidden from view</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Even daylight couldn't chase away the darkness, and this the shadows knew</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Running like blood flows through the veins of the son of Adam, unbeknownst to men</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">If the moon but knew the evil that it canvassed, perhaps it would never rise again</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Reminded of a day when the written pages of every person shall be laid wide open</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">You can see it all before you now, the misgivings, and all you've ever put hope in</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">When the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its previous place</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">The poor among them elevated in status, while the rich have fallen from grace</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">When the hell fire shall be set ablaze, and paradise finally brought near</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">The taste left in your mouth that of almost palpable fear</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">For one last chance to be cast into the past many will surely grieve</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Because this Hour, and this Day, is beyond anything you could conceive</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Thrown back into the region of reality, I watch the hands of the clock make its rounds</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Tick, tock, tick, tock. Continuity mocked by its sounds</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">My eyes finally close, my mind put to rest, while I'm left blissfully unaware</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Temporarily, temporally, 'tis all but one affair </span></div></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-60858576644684289962011-01-05T19:36:00.002-05:002011-01-05T19:56:38.224-05:00DaruSalaam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://files.myopera.com/brokenheartvn/albums/797178/Field-of-green......jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" n4="true" src="http://files.myopera.com/brokenheartvn/albums/797178/Field-of-green......jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I stood there hoping for mercy, when to my soul I have lied<br />
the cries have become subdued, as the countless tears have dried<br />
Living in delirium, in a world that wasn't made for me<br />
I thought it to be real, when there was better saved for me</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />
May we reach daruSalaam by His, and only His Decree<br />
I would die for the cause if I knew only to what degree</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">for a secret, which Allah has made them understand<br />
and made them to pursue, and fully comprehend<br />
Those are the Ulul Albaab, people of comprehension <br />
that freed themselves from ignorance and it's constant oppression<br />
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By the light of the fire, they read the revelation<br />
May we follow their footsteps, truly the best of creation<br />
We stand in dire need of rescuing from our own souls<br />
as we thoughtlessly jumped into various holes<br />
caught at cross roads, like deers caught in the headlight<br />
we were brought down, hardly putting up a fight<br />
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So we hope for a light that starts in our hearts to show us the way<br />
we hope for emaan that does not deplete, and blessings that do not go away</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-35966944512574162332011-01-03T23:29:00.006-05:002011-04-17T12:36:20.523-04:00The Refuters have been Refuted. This article simply wins..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Asalaamu 'alaykum warahmatullaahi wabarakaatuh<br />
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I'm happy to have come across this article written by Shaykh Abdul Muhsin al Abbad alhamdulillah! It basically drives home exactly the message I have been trying to put across in many of my posts here, and a message I feel really strongly about (incase that's not already obvious). I feel this is a really huge problem in the Salafi community and the sheykh, may Allah ta'aala reward him, outlines the problem and provided the exact solution for it. May Allah preserve our scholars, they truly are filled with so much wisdom and see past what many of us cannot. It's no wonder they are said to be the inheritors of the prophets. Please read the following article carefully. Hopefully we can all agree afterwards that you don't have to always be refuting people to identify as a Salafi. You're actually allowed minding your own business after all. Enjoy! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Solution to the Current Fitnah of (Tajreeh) Defaming People and (Hajr) Ostracizing Them That is Coming From Some of the People of Ahl-us-Sunnah of Our Time</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>By: Sheykh Abdul Muhsin Al Abbad</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Some of the people of Ahl-us-Sunnah of our time have busied themselves with defaming each other (Tajreeh or as is more commonly referred to in the west, Jarh wa Ta’deel) and warning against one another (Tahdheer). As a result, division, conflict and cutting off of relations has occurred between them, despite the fact that they should be – no it is a must for them to be - loving, merciful and compassionate with one another; unified against the people of bid’ah who oppose Ahl-us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah. There are two reasons for this problem:<br />
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1. There are some from amongst the people of Ahl-us-Sunnah who are preoccupied with searching for and following the mistakes of others, either in their audio tapes or in their books and writings. Then they warn against anyone who they found to have certain mistakes. Some of the mistakes that they defame a person for and warn against him for include:<br />
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• Giving speeches or lessons for a da’wah organization, or participating in conferences (organized by that da’wah organization). Despite the fact that both Shaykh Abd-ul- ‘Azeez ibn Baaz and Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaimeen gave lectures by telephone to these organizations. Likewise, the organization may be criticized for doing something that they obtained permission to do in a fatwa given by both of those well respected scholars. However, it is more appropriate to blame a person for his own opinion than to blame him for someone else’s. Especially if it was an opinion given in a fatwa by one of the major scholars. Furthermore, some of the Companions of the Prophet (ρ) said after what happened the day of the Treaty of Al-Hudaybiyyah: “O people! Blame your personal opinions in your religion!” (1)<br />
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• Also from those who have been defamed are those who are of great benefit (to the Muslims) through their lectures, or their books, or their sermons. However, he has been warned against because his opinion about someone or some da’wah organization is unknown (2). Even some of the religious people in a few Arab countries have been defamed and warned against, whose tremendous efforts in teaching the Sunnah, and spreading it, and calling to it, benefit everyone. And there can be no doubt that warning against people like them simply cuts off the path between the students of knowledge and those (scholars) who they might benefit from their knowledge and their good character.<br />
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2. There are some from amongst the people of Ahl-us-Sunnah who, if they see a mistake from anybody from Ahl-us-Sunnah, they write a refutation against him. Then the one who was refuted writes a refutation of the refutation. Then both of them busy themselves reading everything that the other has written recently or in the past, and listening to all of the audio tapes of the other hoping to find a mistake and catch him in it. Some of these mistakes may have simply been a slip of the tongue, the likes of which he or someone else could (easily) have made. Then each one of them strives to get as many supporters as he can to also stand against the other. Then each group of supporters raises their voices with the statements of anyone who supports them and criticizes the other party.<br />
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They also try to force everyone they meet to ‘take a position against’ those who do not support him. And if he does not (take a position against the other) then he is said to be a person of bid’ah based solely on the fact that they have pronounced the other (person or) group as people of bid’ah. Then they ostracize (the one who did not take ‘the proper position’). (3) The actions of two groups such as these are some of the most serious causes of the fitnah and one of the most serious reasons why it has spread so far and wide.<br />
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The matter becomes even worse when each of the two parties spread their criticisms of the other party on the Internet! At that point, the youth of Ahl-us-Sunnah from various countries and even various continents, busy themselves keeping up to date with what has been published on the website from qeela wa qaala (talking about what this one said and what that one said) which is an activity that does not bring about any good, and only brings about harm and disunity. (4) In fact, these activities cause them to resemble those who watch the news bulletins in order to find out what is the best news to publish. They also resemble sports enthusiasts who cheer for one team or another, and get into arguments and quarrels as a result!<br />
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The way to end this fitnah is as follows: <br />
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Firstly: Regarding (the problems) related to (Tajreeh) defaming one another and (Tahdheer) warning against one another, the following points should be observed:<br />
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1. Anyone who has busied himself with defaming the scholars and the students of knowledge and warning against them should fear Allah. And instead, he should busy himself with looking for his own faults so that he might get rid of them instead of busying himself with the faults of others. And he should endeavor to keep his good deeds from being given to those he has distressed by defaming them and maligning their character. After all, he will be in more need of his good deeds than anyone else on the Day when neither wealth nor sons will avail, except him who brings to Allah a clean heart. (5)<br />
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2. Instead of busying himself with defaming others and warning against them, he should busy himself striving hard to obtaining beneficial knowledge that will benefit him as well as others. One of the best things that a person can do –if he is able – is to busy himself with knowledge; learning it, and teaching it, and calling to it, and writing about it, so that he might be from the people who build things up. And he should not busy himself with defaming the scholars and the students of knowledge from Ahl-us- Sunnah, cutting off the pathway to benefiting from them, and thereby becoming one of the people who tear things down! The person who busies himself with defaming others in this way does not leave behind any beneficial knowledge when he dies. And when he dies, the people do not lose a knowledgeable person that was of benefit to them, rather as a result of his death they simply become safe from his evil!<br />
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3. The students from Ahl-us-Sunnah in every place should turn themselves away (from this fitnah) and busy themselves with knowledge; reading beneficial books, and listening to the audio tapes of the scholars of Ahl-us-Sunnah, like Shaykh ibn Baaz and Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen, instead of busying themselves calling such and such person or such and such person in order to ask: “What is your opinion about such and such person or such and such person.” or “What is your opinion about the statement of such and such person or such and such person.”<br />
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4. When the students of knowledge want to ask about the condition of other (students of knowledge or scholars), then they should refer their question to the headquarters of The Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Fataawa in Riyadh in order to ask about them. After all, are these the people who are returned to for fataawa and knowledge or not?<br />
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And whoever has any information about the condition of specific people, then it is possible for him to write a letter to the headquarters of The Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Fataawa, explaining to them what he knows about them so that they might look into it. That way, if there is any (Tajreeh) or (Tahdheer) warning against someone, then it comes from those who are returned to and depended upon for fataawa, and from those who knowledge is taken from. And there can be no doubt that the proper place to turn to for fataawa in these matters is the same place that should be returned to in order to find out from whom fataawa should be sought. And from whom should we seek knowledge? Furthermore, no one should try to establish himself as the one who is returned to for these important matters! Because, from the good Islam of a person is his leaving off that which does not concern him! (6)<br />
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Secondly: Regarding (the problems) related to the writing of refutations against those who have made a mistake, the following points should be observed:<br />
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1. A refutation should only be made for clear mistakes and then the refutation should be made utilizing kindness and gentleness, and with a strong desire for the person to be free of the mistake. The refutations made by Shaykh ibn Baaz (rahimahullaah) should be referred to in order to learn the proper way of making a refutation.<br />
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2. However, if the mistake is not a clear one, or it is a mistake that the one making the refutation may have fallen into himself, then it is best to refer the matter to the headquarters of The Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Fataawa for decision. However, if the mistake was a clear one, then it is upon the one who has been refuted to leave the mistake because returning to the haqq (truth) is better than continuing upon falsehood.<br />
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3. If someone has already made a refutation on somebody else, then he has already done what was obligatory for him to do, and he should not busy himself following up on the one he has refuted. Instead, he should busy himself with (seeking) knowledge that will be of great benefit to himself as well as others. That was the way of Shaykh ibn Baaz.<br />
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4. It is not permissible to test any student of knowledge, or any one else for that matter, by questioning him about his (mawqif) position on such and such person who has been refuted, or about his (mawqif) position on the person who made the refutation. And if he agrees (with your opinion) then he is safe, but if he disagrees then he is called a person of bid’ah and then ostracized. Likewise, it is not for anyone to attribute this kind of chaos and confusion (in the method of) of defaming people and ostracizing them to the people of Ahl-us-Sunnah. Nor should anyone who does not follow this path of chaos be described as being one who is not firm on the Salafy Manhaj. <br />
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The type of (hajr) or ostracization that is beneficial in the opinion of Ahl-us-Sunnah is the kind that really benefits the one who is ostracized. Such as a father (punishing) his son by not speaking to him, or a teacher (punishing) his student. Likewise, the (hajr) should come from someone who has a position of status and authority because this type of hajr is beneficial for the one who is being ostracized. However, if the hajr is practiced by some students of knowledge against others – especially if it was being done over something that is not permissible to ostracize someone over – then this doesn’t benefit the one being ostracized at all. Instead, it simply brings about quarrels and the cutting off of relations.<br />
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Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah said, while mentioning Yazeed ibn Mu’aawiyah: “The correct position (regarding Yazeed ibn Mu’aawiyah) is the position of the scholars. He is not singled out for any special kind of love, nor should he be cursed. Likewise, if he was a faasiq (sinner) or dhaalim (an oppressor), then Allah forgives sinners and oppressors, especially if they have done many great deeds of goodness. Imam Al-Bukhaari narrated a hadeeth in his Saheeh on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar who said that the Prophet said:<br />
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“The first army to invade Constantinople will be forgiven their sins.” (7)<br />
<br />
And the first army to invade Constantinople was led by Yazeed ibn Mu’aawiyah! And Abu Ayyoob Al-Ansaari was present also...Therefore it is obligatory to speak as little as possible about that and to avoid mentioning Yazeed ibn Mu’aawiyah, and to avoid testing the Muslims about (their opinion) of him because this is a bid’ah that contradicts (the way of) Ahl-us-Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah!” (8)<br />
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Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah also said: “Also (to be avoided) is splitting up the Ummah and testing people with criteria that Allah and His Messenger have not commanded us to test people with.” (9)<br />
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Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah also said: “It is not for anyone to raise some person up, and call the Ummah to follow his path, treating all of those who follow him as allies, and all of those who do not as enemies, if that person is other than the Prophet. Likewise, it is not for anyone to raise up for (the Ummah) some opinion or quote from the words of some person, and treat all those who agree with it as allies, and all of those who do not agree with it as enemies, if those words are not from the speech of Allah, or from the speech of His Messenger, or from those matters that the entire Ummah has agreed upon. Rather, this is from the behavior of the people of bid’ah who put up some person or some opinion and divide the Ummah with it. They ally themselves to those who agree, while treating as enemies all who do not.” (10)<br />
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Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah also said: “If a professor or a teacher orders that someone be ostracized, or discredited, or expelled etc. then this matter must be investigated. If in fact (the student) committed a sin in the eyes of the law, then he should be punished according to the seriousness of the sin he committed and no more. If however he did not commit a sin in the eyes of the law, then it is not permissible to punish him at all, simply because of the personal objectives of the teacher or anyone else for that matter. Likewise, teachers should not do anything that will divide the people up into groups and put enmity and hatred between them. Rather they should be as brothers cooperating with each other in righteousness and taqwaa. Allah the Most High says:<br />
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Help you one another in righteousness and piety, but do not help each other in<br />
sin and transgression.) [Surah Al-Maidah: 2].” (11)<br />
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Al-Haafidh ibn Rajab said in his explanation of the hadeeth: “From the good Islam of a person is his leaving off that which does not concern him.”: “This hadeeth is a very important principle of good behavior. Al-Imam Abu ‘Amr ibn Salaah reported that Abu Muhammad ibn Abee Zaid – the foremost scholar of Maaliki fiqh of his time – said: ‘The sum of good manners and their importance can be derived from four hadeeth:<br />
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“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak what is good or keep quiet.”(12)<br />
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“From the good Islam of a person is his leaving off that which does not concern him.”(13)<br />
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And the advice of the Prophet (ρ) for someone - which he summarized in just a few words, saying:<br />
“Don’t get angry.” (14)<br />
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“The believer loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” (15, 16)<br />
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I say: “The students of knowledge are in great need of disciplining themselves with these manners which will bring goodness and benefit to them, as well as others. (They also need to) stay far away from harshness and rudeness, the only result of which is quarreling, disunity, turning away of the hearts, and breaking up into groups.”<br />
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5. It is upon every sincere student of knowledge to stop following on the Internet what this group is saying about that one, and what that group is saying about this one. Instead they should use the Internet to look at websites such as the website of Shaykh Abd-ul-‘Azeez ibn Baaz in order to read his essays and fataawa that have now reached up to twenty one volumes. (They should also use the Internet to read) the fataawa written by The Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Fataawa which have now reached up to twenty volumes. Likewise, (they should also use the Internet to look at) the website of Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaimeen (and read his many books and fataawa,)<br />
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And in conclusion, I advise the students of knowledge to: thank Allah the Mighty and the Majestic for the success that he gave them when He made them from amongst His students. And to make sure that they have Ikhlaas (sincerity) in seeking knowledge and that they work as hard as they can to obtain it. (I also advise the students of knowledge) not to waste their time and to spend it seeking knowledge, because knowledge cannot be obtained by simply wishing and lingering about while being lazy and indifferent.<br />
Yahya ibn Abee Katheer said, in a saying narrated by Imam Muslim in his Saheeh, while narrating ahadeeth about the times for prayer: “Knowledge cannot be obtained while relaxing.”<br />
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There are many texts in the Book of Allah (i.e. the Qur'aan) and in the Sunnah of His Prophet (ρ) that prove the elevated status of knowledge and the superiority of the scholars. Allah the Most High says:<br />
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(Allah bears witness that none has the right to be worshipped but He, and the angels, and those having knowledge (also bear witness).) [Surah Al-Imran: 18].<br />
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He also says:<br />
(Say: “Are those who know equal to those who know not?”) [Surah Az-Zumar: 9].<br />
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He also says:<br />
(Allah will raise in degree those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge...) [Surah Al-Mujaadilah: 11]. <br />
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He also says:<br />
(Say: “My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.”) [Surah Ta-Ha: 114].<br />
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Some of the hadeeth (that prove the elevated status of knowledge and the superiority of the scholars) include:<br />
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“Whoever Allah wants good for, then he gives him understanding in religion.” (17)<br />
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This hadeeth proves that one of the signs that Allah the Most High wants good for His servant is that He gives him understanding in religion. That is because if he understands his Deen he will be able to worship Allah upon knowledge, and call others (to Islam) with knowledge. He (ρ) also said:<br />
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“The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'aan and teach it.” (18)<br />
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He also said:<br />
“Verily Allah raises up some people with this Book (i.e. the Qur'aan) and He puts down others with it.” (19)<br />
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He also said:<br />
“Allah will bless the person (i.e. by brightening him [his face]) who hears something I have said (i.e. a hadeeth) and then he memorizes it and narrates it just as he heard it.” (20)<br />
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And this is a hadeeth that was widely narrated by more than twenty Companions. I mentioned all of the narrations of this hadeeth in my book entitled: A Study of the Hadeeth: “Allah will bless the person who hears something I have said (i.e. a hadeeth) and then he memorizes it and narrates it just as he heard it.”<br />
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He also said:<br />
“Whoever travels on a path in search of knowledge, then Allah the Mighty and the Majestic will put him on a path from the pathways to Paradise. Verily the angels lower their wings out of pleasure for the one who seeks knowledge. And the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth ask for forgiveness on behalf the scholar, even the fish in the depths of the ocean. Verily the superiority of the scholar over the devout worshipper is like the superiority of the moon over the rest of the stars on a night when it is full. Verily the scholars are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets do not bequeath dinaar or dirham, rather they leave behind (only) knowledge. And he who takes it, takes an abundant portion.” (21)<br />
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This hadeeth is hasan ligairihi (it has a good chain of narrators). It was narrated by Abu Daud and others. Refer to Saheeh At-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb (hadeeth # 70) and At-Ta’leeq Alaa Musnad Al-Imam Ahmed in order to find out which scholars narrated this hadeeth in their collections. And Al-Haafidh ibn Rajab explained this hadeeth in a small book containing only the explanation of this hadeeth. And Imam Muslim in his Saheeh (Eng. Trans. Vol. 4, pg. 1417), narrated the first sentence of this hadeeth (i.e. Whoever travels on a path in search of knowledge, then Allah the Mighty and the Majestic will put him on a path from the pathways to Paradise.) (22)<br />
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He also said:<br />
“When a person dies, his actions come to an end except for three of them: an ongoing work of charity, beneficial knowledge, and a righteous child who supplicates to Allah for him (the deceased).” (23)<br />
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He also said:<br />
َ“Whoever called (people) to right guidance, there would be reward (assured) for him like the rewards of those who adhered to it, without their rewards being diminished in any respect. And he who called (people) to misguidance (error), he shall have upon him the sins of those who adhered to it, without their sins being diminished in any respect.” (24)<br />
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I also advise everyone to safeguard and structure their time doing what will be of a good benefit to themselves, because the Messenger of Allah said:<br />
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“There are two blessings that many people lose: Good health and free time (i.e. for doing good).” (25)<br />
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This is the first hadeeth that Imam Al-Bukhaari narrated in the book of Things That Soften the Heart. And (Al-Imam Haafidh ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalaani) narrated in Fat-hul-Baaree a statement made by ‘Alee ibn Abee Taalib who said: “The world has departed behind us, and the hereafter has started towards us. Each one of them has offspring. So be from the sons of the hereafter, and do not be from the sons of this worldly life. Verily today (we do) deeds without any taking of account, while tomorrow is the taking of account and (we are unable) to do any deeds.” (26)<br />
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I also advise everyone to busy themselves with what concerns them instead of busying themselves with that which does not concern them, because the Prophet said:<br />
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“From the good Islam of a person is his leaving off that which does not concern him.” (27)<br />
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This hadeeth is narrated by Imam At-Tirmidhi with a good chain of narrators. And it is the twelfth hadeeth from An-Nawawi’s 40 Hadeeth. I also advise everyone to be moderate and to position themselves between the two extremes of excessive (tolerance) and cruelty, and between exaggeration and neglect. The Messenger of Allah said:<br />
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“Beware of excessiveness in religion (i.e. extremism or exceeding the bounds). Those who came before you were destroyed by excessiveness in religion.” (28)<br />
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This is an authentic hadeeth from those hadeeth that describe what happened during the Farewell Hajj of the Prophet. It was narrated by Imam An-Nasaaee as well as others. Refer to hadeeth #1283 in Silsilat-ul-Ahadeeth As-Saheehah by Shaykh Al-Albaani in order to find out which scholars narrated this hadeeth in their collections.<br />
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I also advise everyone to beware of oppressing others because the Prophet said in a hadeeth qudsi (that Allah the Mighty and the Majestic said):<br />
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“My worshippers! Verily I have made oppression prohibited for Myself, and I have made it prohibited for you, so do not oppress one another.” (29)<br />
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I ask Allah, the Mighty and the Majestic, to give everyone success in obtaining beneficial knowledge, working in accordance with it, and calling to it with knowledge. And I ask Allah to gather everyone together upon the truth and right guidance, and to protect them from all fitnah - that which is apparent from it as well as that which is hidden. Verily He has the Power (to answer this du’a) and the Authority to do so. May peace and blessings be upon His servant and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family, and upon his Companions, and upon all of those who follow them until the Day of Resurrection. Ameen.<br />
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Footnotes:<br />
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1 Here the distinguished author is referring to a hadeeth narrated by Imam Al-Bukhaari upon the authority of Al- A’mash who asked Abu Waa-il:<br />
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“Did you take part in the Battle of Siffeen (i.e. the battle that took place between ‘Ali’s followers and Mu’aawiya’s followers at the river of Euphrates in Iraq)? He said: ‘Yes. And I heard Sahl ibn Hunaif say (when he was blamed for lack of zeal for fighting): ‘You had better blame your wrong opinions! I wish that you had seen me on the Day of Abu Jandal (i.e. the Day of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. Abu Jandal embraced Islam at the time when the Muslims had concluded a treaty with the pagans of Makkah by virtue of which the Prophet had to return Abu Jandal to them despite his conversion.). If I had had the courage to disobey the Prophet’s orders I would have done so....’ ” [Saheeh Al-Bukhaari (Eng. Trans. Vol. 4, Pg. 271).]<br />
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And in another narration upon the authority of Abu Waa-il who said:<br />
َ“We were at Siffeen and Sehl ibn Hunaif got up and said: ‘O people! Blame yourselves! We were vwith the Prophet on the Day of Hudaybiyyah, and if we had been called we would have fought. ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattaab came and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Are we not upon the truth and they upon falsehood?’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Yes.’ ‘Umar said: ‘Are not those who are killed from amongst us in Paradise and theirs in Hell?’ He (the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Yes.’ ‘Umar said: ‘Then why should we accept hard terms in matters concerning our religion? Shall we go back (to Medina) before Allah judges between us and them?’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘O Ibn Al-Khataab! I am the Messenger of Allah and Allah will never neglect or destroy me!’ Then ‘Umar went to Abu Bakr and told him what the Prophet had said. On that Abu Bakr said (to ‘Umar): ‘He is the Messenger of Allah and Allah will never neglect or destroy him!’ Then Surah Al-Fath (i.e. Victory) was revealed and the Messenger of Allah recited it all the way to the end in front of ‘Umar. On that ‘Umar asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Was it (i.e. the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah) a victory?’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Yes.’ ” [Saheeh Al-Bukhaari (Eng. Trans. Vol. 4, Pg. 271-272).]<br />
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It should be noted that Al-Haafidh ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalaani explained that Sahl ibn Hunaif said: ‘You had better blame your wrong opinions!’ to those present at Siffeen when it became apparent that the Companions were reluctant to agree to settle their dispute through arbitration. So he reminded them of what took place on the Day of Hudaybiyyah and how most of the people did not want the peace treaty even though, in the end it turned out to be something very good, and it became clear that the opinion of the Prophet was correct. [Fat-hul-Baaree (Vol. 7, 325).] <br />
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2 This is frighteningly similar to those who go around saying ‘So and so is unclear’ because he has not ‘clarified his position’ on such and such person or such and such issue.<br />
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3 This is frighteningly similar to those who confront others with the question ‘what is your position (mawqif) on so and so?’ Al-Hamdu lillaah, the shaykh will explain the error of this type of behavior in the coming pages in shaa Allahu ta’aala.<br />
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4 And Allah disapproves for you (qeela wa qaala) talking about what was said and what somebody said. Refer once again to the hadeeth on page 10 please.<br />
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5 Refer to Surah Ash-Shu’ara: 88-89.<br />
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6 Here the distinguished author is referring to a hadeeth narrated upon the authority of Abu Hurairah who said that the Messenger of Allah said:<br />
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“From the good Islam of a person is his leaving off that which does not concern him.”<br />
[Narrated by Imam At-Tirmidhi and authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmidhi (Vol. 2, page 530-531, # 2317 & 2318).]<br />
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7 I was unable to find any hadeeth with this wording , however, I did find a hadeeth narrated upon the authority of Umm Haraam who said that she heard the Prophet say:<br />
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“Paradise will be granted to the first army from my nation to fight a naval battle.” Umm Haraam asked: “O Messenger of Allah! Will I be amongst them?” He replied: “You will be amongst them.” The Prophet said:<br />
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“The first army from my nation to invade Caesar’s city (i.e. Contantinople) will be forgiven their sins.” I asked: “Will I be one of them O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “No.” [Saheeh Al-Bukhaari (Eng. Trans. Vol. 4, Pg.109)].<br />
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8 Majmoo’ Fataawa (Vol. 3, page 413-414).<br />
9 Majmoo’ Fataawa (Vol. 3, page 415).<br />
10 Majmoo’ Fataawa (Vol. 20, page 164).<br />
11 Majmoo’ Fataawa (Vol. 28, page 15-16).<br />
12 Saheeh Al-Bukhaari (Eng. Trans. Vol. 8, pg. 321, # 482). Saheeh Muslim, (Eng. Trans. Vol. 1, pg. 32, # 75).<br />
13 Narrated by Imam At-Tirmidhi and authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmidhi (Vol. 2, page 530-531, # 2317 & 2318).<br />
14 Saheeh Al-Bukhaari (Eng. Trans. Vol. , pg. ). The hadeeth in its entirety was narrated by Abu Hurairah who said:<br />
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“A man said to the Prophet: ‘Advise me.’ He said: ‘Don’t get angry.’ Then he repeated it several times.”<br />
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15 Saheeh Al-Bukhaari (Eng. Trans. Vol. 1, pg. 19). Saheeh Muslim, (Eng. Trans. Vol. 1, pg. 31).<br />
16 Jaami’-ul-‘Uloomi wal-Hikam (Vol. 1, pg. 288).<br />
17 Saheeh Al-Bukhaari (Eng. Trans. Vol. 1, pg. 61). Saheeh Muslim, (Eng. Trans. Vol. 2, pg. 495-496).<br />
18 Saheeh Al-Bukhaari (Eng. Trans. Vol. 6, pg. 501-502).<br />
19 Saheeh Muslim, (Eng. Trans. Vol. 2, pg. 389). The hadeeth in its entirety is narrated by ‘Aamir ibn Waathilah and it reads:<br />
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“Naafi’ ibn ‘Abd-ul-Haarith met ‘Umar (ibn-ul-Khattaab) in ‘Usfaan (a place that is approximately 80 kilometers north of Makkah on the road to Medina). ‘Umar had put him in charge of the people of Makkah so (‘Umar) said to him: ‘Who have you left in charge of the people of the valley (i.e. Makkah)?’ He (Naafi’) said: ‘I left Ibn Abza in charge of them.’ (‘Umar) said: ‘Who is Ibn Abza?’ (Naafi’) said: ‘One of our freed slaves.’ (‘Umar) said: ‘You left a freed slave in charge of them?’ (Naafi’) said: ‘He is well versed in the Qur'aan and a scholar of inheritance law.’ (‘Umar) said: ‘Verily your Prophet said: ‘Verily Allah raises up some people with this Book (i.e. the Quran) and He lowers others with it.’”<br />
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20 Narrated by Imam Ahmed, At-Tirmidhi, Abu Daud (Eng. Trans. Vol. 3, pg. 1038), and Ibn Maajah and authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmidhi (Vol. 3, page 61, # 2658).<br />
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21 Narrated by Imam Ahmed, Abu Daud (Eng. Trans. Vol. 3, pg. 1034)., At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah, and Ad-Daaramee as well as others and authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmidhi (Vol. 3, page 71, # 2682).<br />
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22 Here the author is referring to a hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurairah who said that the Messenger of Allah said:<br />
“Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship from the hardships of this world, then Allah will relieve him of a hardship from the hardships of the Day of Resurrection. And whoever makes something easy for one who is hard pressed, then Allah would make things easy for him in this world and in the hereafter. And whoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah would conceal his faults in this world and in the hereafter. Allah is helping the servant as long as the servant is helping his brother. Whoever travels on a path in search of knowledge, then Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. And people do not assemble in a house from the houses of Allah (i.e. a Masjid), and recite the book of Allah, and learn and teach the Qur'aan amongst themselves, except that As-Sakeenah (tranquility) will descend upon them, and mercy would cover them, and the angels would surround them, and Allah makes mention of them in the prescence of those near Him. And whoever was slow or deficient in his actions, then (the nobility of) his ancestry will not make up for (the slowness and deficiency in his actions).”<br />
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23 Narrated by Imam At-Tirmidhi and authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmidhi (Vol. 2, page 93, # 1376).<br />
24 Saheeh Muslim, (Eng. Trans. Vol. 4, pg. 1406, # 6470).<br />
25 Saheeh Al-Bukhaari (Eng. Trans. Vol. 8, pg. 282).<br />
26 Fat-hul-Baaree (Vol. 11, page 235).<br />
27 Narrated by Imam At-Tirmidhi as well as others and authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan At- Tirmidhi (Vol. 2, page 530-531, # 2317 & 2318).<br />
28 Narrated by Imam Ahmed, An-Nasaai, and Ibn Maajah and authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan An-Nasaaee (Vol. 2, page 357, # 3057).<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">29 Saheeh Muslim, (Eng. Trans. Vol. 4, pg. 1365, # 6246).</div></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453369549221732378.post-58489748529677317982010-12-30T18:35:00.006-05:002010-12-30T18:53:35.699-05:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Vivaldi; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">The 7 <span style="font-family: Vivaldi; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">C</span>onditions of Laa ilaaha illallah</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Ilm</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">– knowledge [which negates ignorance] </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Evidence: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The evidence for (the condition of) ‘<i>Ilm</i> is His Saying: </span></div><div align="left" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So <b>know</b> (O Muhammad) that Laa ilaaha ill Allah (none has the right to be worshipped except Allah) and seek forgiveness for your sins…</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> [Muhammad 47:19]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, His Saying: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And those whom they invoke instead of Him have no power of intercession; except those who bear witness to the truth (i.e. believed in the Oneness of Allâh, and obeyed His Orders), and<b> </b>they<b> know</b> (the facts about the Oneness of Allâh).</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [az-Zukhruf 43:86]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Allaah –Ta’ala- said:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><<allaah <="" bears="" span="" that="" witness=""><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Garamond,Italic';">La ilaha ‘illa Huwa </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">(none has the right to be worshipped but He), and the angels and those having knowledge (also give this witness); (He is always) maintaining His creation in Justice. </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Garamond,Italic';">La ilaha ‘illa Huwa</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"> (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.>></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">[Aali-‘Imran: 18]</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And from the <b>Sunnah</b>, the confirmed Hadeeth in <i>as-Saheeh (Muslim)</i>, on the authority of Uthman, who said: the Prophet said: <i>Whoever dies <b>knowing</b> that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah (i.e. laa ilaaha ill Allah) will enter paradise</i></span><span dir="rtl"></span><i><span dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="rtl"></span>.</span></i><span dir="ltr"></span><i><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="ltr"></span> </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[Muslim]</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Yaqeen </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">- Certainty [which negates doubt]</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">You need to have Ilm al yaqeen (certain knowledge) as opposed to Ilm al-dhann (suspicious knowledge).</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Evidence: </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The evidence (for the condition of) <i>al-Yaqeen</i> is His Saying:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The believers are only those who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and afterward <b>doubt</b> not, but they strive with their wealth and their lives for the Cause of Allah. Those! They are the truthful.</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[al-Hujuraat 49:15]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">From the Sunnah, the confirmed Hadeeth in the <i>Saheeh</i> (i.e. Muslim), on the authority of Abu Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allah said:</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoHeading7" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>I bear witness that nothing deserves to be worshipped except Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one will meet Allah with these two [words of testimony] – while he has <b>no doubt</b> about them, except that he will enter Paradise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></em></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[Muslim]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, from Abu Hurairah – from a long Hadeeth – [the saying of the Prophet]: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Whoever you meet on the other side of this wall, who testifies that nothing deserves to be worshipped except Allah, while his heart is <b>certain</b> of this (testimony) – give him the good news of al-Jannah. </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[Muslim]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">It is only those who believe not in Allaah and the Last Day and whose hearts are in doubt that ask your leave (to be exempted from </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Garamond,Italic';">Jihaad</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">). So in their doubts they waver [Tawbah: 45]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-- speaking of the munaafiqs</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Qabool <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">–Acceptance [which negates ar-Radd- Negation]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The evidence (for the condition of) <i>al-Qubool</i> is His Saying:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And similarly, We sent not a warner before you (O Muhammad Sallahu alaihi wa sallam) to any town (people) but the luxurious ones among them said: ‘We found our fathers following a certain way and religion, and we will indeed follow their footsteps.’</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">(The warner) said: ‘Even if I bring you better guidance than that which you found your fathers following?’ They said: ‘Verily, We disbelieve in that with which you have been sent.’</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">So We took revenge of them, then see what was the end of those who denied (the worship of Allah alone).</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [az-Zukhruf 43:23 – 25]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, His Saying:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Truly when it was said to them: 'laa ilaaha ill Allah', they puffed themselves up with pride (i.e. they denied it), and they said: Are we going to abandon our gods for the sake</span></i><span dir="rtl"></span><i><span dir="rtl" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="rtl"></span> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">of a mad poet?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[as- Saaffaat 37:35, 36]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">And from the <b>Sunnah</b> in the Saheeh on the authority of Abu Musa </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Garamond,Italic';">–RadhiAllaahu anhu- </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">that the Prophet </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Garamond,Italic';">- sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">- said: ‘The like of what Allaah sent me with of guidance and knowledge is like heavy rainfall which poured onto the ground. There was some land which was fertile which absorbed the water and many plants and grass began to grow. There was some land which was arid but it held the water and Allaah made the people benefit by it, so they drank from it, used the water and used it for agriculture. There was some other land which was affected by the water but was flat land where nothing would grow. It did not hold the water nor did it allow plants to grow. That is the example of the one who has understanding of the Deen and benefits from what Allaah sent me with, so he learns it and teaches it and the example of he who cannot raise his head due to it and does not accept the guidance of Allaah with which I have been sent.’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Inqiyaad</span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">- Submission & Obedience [negates disobedience]</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Inqiyaad definition: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Complete Submission and Compliance with its rights, which are the obligatory duties, doing it purely for Allah, seeking His Pleasure<b>.</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The evidence (for this condition of) <i>al-Inqiyaad</i> is His Saying: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And turn in repentance and in obedience with true faith to your Lord, and submit to Him before the torment comes upon you, and then you will not be helped.</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [az-Zumar 39:54]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, His Saying: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And who can be better in religion than one who submits his face (himself) to Allah, and he is a Muhsin (a doer of good), and follows the religion of Ibraaheem, Haneefan (to worship none but Allah alone). And Allah did take Ibraaheem as a Khaleel (an intimate friend). </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[an-Nisaa’ 4:125]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, His Saying:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And whoever submits his face [i.e. himself] to Allah, while he is Muhsin (a doer of good), then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <i>[i.e. laa ilaaha ill Allah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>[Luqmaan 31:22]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, His Saying:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad <tt><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sallahu alaihi wa sallam</span></tt>) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[an-Nisaa’ 4:65]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And from the <b>Sunnah</b>, his saying: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">No one of you with have (true) Faith, until his Hawaa (desires,whims etc.) are in accordance with what I have come with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[al-Baghawee, <i>Sharh as-Sunnah </i>1/213.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its chain contains <i>Nu’aim ibn Hammad, </i>who has been declared to be <b><i>da’eef</i></b><i> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(weak)]</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">As-Sidq </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">- Truthfulness [which negates lying (khadib) and prohibits hypocrisy (nifaaq)]</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">-and it is to say ‘laa ilaaha illallah’ truthfully from one’s heart and to make one’s speech in accordance to what is in one’s heart.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The evidence (for the condition of) <i>as-Sidq</i> is His Saying: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">AlifLâmMîm.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: ‘We believe,’ and will not be tested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allâh will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars, (although Allâh knows all that before putting them to test).</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [al-‘Ankaboot 29:1-3]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, His Saying: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And of mankind, there are some (i.e. hypocrites) who say: ‘We believe in Allâh and the Last Day’ while in fact they believe not. </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">They (think to) deceive Allâh and those who believe, while they only deceive themselves, and perceive (it) not! </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">In their hearts is a disease (of doubt and hypocrisy) and Allâh has increased their disease. A painful torment is theirs because they used to tell lies.</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [al-Baqarah 2:8-10<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And from the <b>Sunnah</b>, that which is confirmed in <i>as-Saheehain</i> (i.e. al-Bukhaaree and Muslim), on the authority of Mu’aadh ibn Jabal, from the Prophet: <i></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<i>There is none who testifies <b>truthfully</b> from his heart that there is no deity (god) worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is His servant and His Messenger, except that Allah will make Haraam for him (i.e. save him from) the Hell-Fire... </i>[al-Bukhaaree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Al-Albaanee said that this narration is not in Muslim. See: Mishkaat, 1/15, no. 25)]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Al-Ikhlaas</span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Purity and Sincerity-worshipping Allah exclusively- [which negates shirk]<b></b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The evidence (for the condition of) <i>al-Ikhlaas</i> is His Saying:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Surely, the pure religion<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(i.e. the worship and obedience) is for Allah alone. </i>[az-Zumar 39:3]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, His Saying: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allâh, and worship none but Him Alone (abstaining from ascribing partners to Him)…</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [al-Bayyinah 98:5]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And from the <b>Sunnah</b> is the confirmed Hadeeth in the Saheeh (i.e. al-Bukhaaree), on the authority of Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet [that he said]: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The most fortunate of people who will receive my Shafaa’ah (intercession), will be the one who said: ‘La ilaaha ill Allah – sincerely from his heart or his soul. </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[al-Bukhaaree]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, in the Saheeh (i.e. al-Bukhaaree), on the authority of Utbaan ibn Maalik, from the Prophet, that he said:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Allah has forbidden the Fire upon one who says Laa ilaaha ill Allah, seeking by this the Face of Allah (i.e. saying this sincerely for Allah Alone)</i></span><span dir="rtl"></span><i><span dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="rtl"></span>.</span></i><span dir="ltr"></span><i><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="ltr"></span> </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[al-Bukhaaree]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, that which is reported by an-Nasaa’ee, in <i>‘Amal al-Yawm wa-l-Lailah, </i>from the Hadeeth of two men from among the companions, that the Prophet said: <i>Whoever said: Laa ilaaha ill Allah, Wahda-hu, Laa Shareeka la-hu, la-hu-l-Mulk wa la-hu-l-Hamd, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in Qadeer – the heart being sincere, the tongue being truthful – Allah will make an opening in the sky due to it, such that He will look at the one who has said it from the people of the earth; and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it is the right of a servant whom Allah looks at that he be given what he asks for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>[This hadeeth has two <b>weak</b> narrators in its <i>Isnaad</i> (chain): Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Maimoon and Ya’qoob ibn ‘Aasim ibn ‘Urwah ibn Mas’ood]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And of mankind are some who take [for worship] others besides Allah as Andaal (rivals). They love them as they love Allah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But those who believe <b>love</b> Allah more (than anything else).</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [al Baqarah 2:65]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, His Saying: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">O you who believe! Whoever from among you turns back from his religion (Islâm), Allâh will bring a people whom He will love and they will <b>love</b> <b>Him</b>; humble towards the believers, stern towards the disbelievers, fighting in the Way of Allâh, and never afraid of the blame of the blamers…</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[al-Maa’idah 5:54]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><< Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibraheem and those with him, when they said to their people: ‘Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allaah. We have rejected you and there has begun between us and you hostility and hatred forever, until you believe in Allaah Alone’>> [Mumtahana: 4]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">You will not find any people who believe in Allaah and the Last Day befriending those who oppose Allaah and His Messenger even though they were their fathers, their sons, their brothers or their kindred (people). For such</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">He has written Faith in their hearts >> [Mujadilah:22] </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline and the dwellings in which you delight ... are dearer to you than Allaah and His Messenger and striving hard and fighting in His Cause, then wait until Allaah brings about His Decision (torment). And Allaah guides not the people who are the rebellious, disobedient to Allaah. >> [Tawbah: 23-24]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And from the <b>Sunnah</b>, that which is confirmed in the <i>Saheeh</i> (i.e. Muslim) on the authority of Anas, that he said, that the Messenger of Allah said: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Whoever possesses the following three characteristics will taste the sweetness of faith: (1) That he <b>loves</b> Allah<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and His Messenger more than anything else; (2)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that he <b>loves</b> a person, and he only loves him for the sake of Allah; (3) and that</span></i><span dir="rtl"></span><i><span dir="rtl" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="rtl"></span> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">he <b>hates</b> to return to disbelief after being saved from it just as he would hate to be thrown into the Fire. </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[Muslim]</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Bukhari </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Garamond,Italic';">-Rahimahullaah- </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">said: Muhammad bin Sinaan narrated to us that Faleeh said that Hilaal bin ‘Alee narrated to us on the authority of ‘Atta bin Yassar on the authority of Abu Huraira </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Garamond,Italic';">–RadhiAllaahu anhu- </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">that the Messenger of Allaah </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Garamond,Italic';">– sallAllaahu</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Garamond,Italic';">alayhi wa sallam </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">- said:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Everyone from my Ummah will enter Paradise, except the one who refuses to enter.’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">They asked: ‘O Messenger of Allaah, who would refuse?’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">He said: ‘Whoever obeys me enters Paradise and whoever disobeys me has</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">refused to enter.’</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Knowledge and certainty and acceptance along with submission, and be aware of what I am saying</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">And truthfulness along with sincerity and love,</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Allaah grant you tawfeeq to what He loves</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Source: A collaboration of Ma’aarij al-Qabool by Hafidh al Hakamee (translated by Abbas abu Yahya) &<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notes from ‘Evidences of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laa ilaaha Illallaah’ –Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhaab</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18pt;"></div>uмм Dujaanaнhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372857204025500955noreply@blogger.com2