Knowledge Seeker
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Ibnul Qayyim–(rahimahullaah) – said, “Deeds without sincerity are like a traveler who carries in his water-jug dirt. The carrying of it burdens him and it brings no benefit.”
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Anas (radiallaahu ‘anhu) reported:
The Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) came to visit Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah (radiallaahu ‘anhu) who presented bread and olive oil to him. The Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) ate it and said, “The observers of fast have broken their fast with you (this is the literal translation, but the meaning is: ‘May Allaah reward you for providing a fasting people with food to break their fast’); the pious people have eaten your food and the angels invoked blessings on you.” [Abu Dawud]
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“Whoever feeds a fasting person will have a reward like that of the fasting person, without any reduction in his reward.”
[At-Tirmidhi, authenticated by Al-Albani (rahimahullaah).]
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Basically, the word ’ Islam’ is an Arabic word that denotes submission and obedience. Islam was not named after a person or a group of people, nor was it decided upon by later generations of humans. Indeed, the name Islam was given by God Himself as is clearly mentioned in the Qur’an in many verses.
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Q: “Is the Friday bath (ghusl)obligatory upon a woman?”
Shaikh al-Albaani:
“If the Friday prayer fundamentally is not obligatory upon her, then how can the subsidiary issue (the bath) be obligatory when the fundamental (the prayer) isn’t?”[1]
[1] Shaikh Bin Baaz, Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaimeen and Shaikh Fawzaan likewise said that the Friday bath is specifically for men – those who must attend the Friday prayer – not women.
[al-haawee min fataawaa ash-shaikh al-albaani p. 447 / asaheeha translations]
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Benefits of Attending Janāzah (Funeral)
1. It is a Sunnah.
2. It is the right of the deceased.
3. A person attending the ṣalāh will receive reward equivalent to Mount Uḥud and the one who stays till the burial will receive reward equivalent to two Mount Uḥuds.
4. It is a means of comfort for the family of the deceased.
5. It causes us to remember our death.”http://shaykh.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/benefits-of-attending-janazah-funeral/#more-6008
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Waste not your Lives
“There were pious people who came before us and have passed away, and there are pious people who exist today. At the time of birth, we and they were granted the same abilities.
However, they utilised their capabilities in the right manner and achieved many great things.
We on the contrary are wasting these potentials. If we were to put them to use by exerting a little effort, we will also experience many achievements in our lives.”
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When you reflect on the examples of the greatest people, you see that even their tests didn’t last forever. It took only a moment of true firmness, trust, faith, sacrifice, and then they were saved. The fire was cooled for Ibrahim (AS), the Sea was split for Musa (AS), and a lamb descended to replace Ismael (AS), as soon as Ibrahim (AS) made the right choice. Just one moment of firmness, trust, faith and sacrifice, and their opening came. Just one moment of firmness, trust, faith and sacrifice…and your opening will also come.
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Habib Kadhim
“There is a gate in paradise only for those who made children happy”
“Make smiling a habit.”
“We are people who seek to have a soft heart rather than a hard heart.”
”When wudu is performed properly then prayer is not the mere movement of limbs, but the movement of the soul.”
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“Improve your secret and private life, and Allah will improve your public and social life. Make matters well between you and Allah, and Allah will make matters well between you and people. Work for the Hereafter and Allah will be enough for you in your worldly concerns”
[Imam Sufyaan AthThawri, rahimahuAllah]
