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Ibnul Qayyim–(rahimahullaah) – said, “Deeds without sincerity are like a traveler who carries...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:07:20 +0530

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.”

Anas (radiallaahu ‘anhu) reported: The Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) came to visit Sa’d...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:06:03 +0530

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]

“Whoever feeds a fasting person will have a reward like that of the fasting person, without any...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:05:21 +0530

“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).]

Bilal Philips Basically, the word ’ Islam’ is an Arabic word that denotes submission...

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:32:18 +0530

Bilal Philips

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.

Q: “Is the Friday bath (ghusl)obligatory upon a woman?” Shaikh al-Albaani: “If the Friday prayer...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:21:33 +0530

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]

Benefits of Attending Janāzah (Funeral)

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:19:50 +0530

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

Waste not your Lives

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:17:00 +0530

“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.”

http://shaykh.wordpress.com/

Yasmin Mogahed When you reflect on the examples of the greatest people, you see that even their...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:10:47 +0530

Yasmin Mogahed

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.

Habib Kadhim

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:48:00 +0530

“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.”

“Improve your secret and private life, and Allah will improve your public and social life. Make...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:23:37 +0530

“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]

Habib Kadhim

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:25 +0530

Recitation of the Qur’an drives away the shaytan, and invites the Angels. Protect your house, recite the Qur’an

Know that at every point we are always connected to Allah SWT.If we want something,call unto Allah SWT and engage the means

“And some people only know blessings once they lose them.”

“A person is covered in blessings from Allah but they don’t see them so thereby they show no gratitude for them.”

“When advising someone pretend you are looking at yourself in the mirror advising yourself”

“Be ambitious in life and don’t allow something or someone to blow out that candle within you. At...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:47 +0530

“Be ambitious in life and don’t allow something or someone to blow out that candle within you. At the end of the day, it is you who will be living out your life, it is you who will be basking in success or coping with regret, and it is you who will be looking back at life when you’re on your deathbed and concluding whether you’ve lived fully, lived sincerely, and lived well, or if you were just living for the sake of others…”
- Fajr

Reminder to me, first and foremost.

Source: Fajr.wordpress.com

16 ways of remaining steadfast upon the religion: 1) Nagging to Allah with urgency for it 2)...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:56:22 +0530

16 ways of remaining steadfast upon the religion:

1) Nagging to Allah with urgency for it

2) Adhering to the company of righteous ones

3) Contemplating the Qur’an

4) Contemplating the life of the Prophet (SAW)

5) Contemplating the stories of the Prophets

6) Seeking knowledge and adhering the company of righteous scholars

7) Staying far from the places of fitnah (trials)

8) Calling to Allah and striving hard for it

9) Remembering Allah a lot

10) Knowing what falsehood is and not being deceived by it

11) Discipling oneself with faith and knowledge

12) Having confidence in the road you are undertaking

13) Having confidence that the future is for Islam

14) Seeking advice from the righteous

15) Contemplating the pleasures of Paradise and punishment of Hell-Fire

16) Lastly…remember that you may depart from this life at any time so don’t be deceived by it.

O Allah we ask You for steadfastness upon Your religion…Ameen.

- Shaikh Mohammed Al-Habdan

Source: http://pure-words.com/2013/04/23/16-ways-of-remaining-steadfast/

No one acted better than the likes of these two characteristics

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:52:03 +0530

From of Anas who said that the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – met Abu Dharr, and said to him:

‘O Abu Dharr Shall I not inform you of two characteristics which are lighter on your back and heavier on the scales than other than them?’ He answered: ‘Of course O Messenger of Allaah.’ He said:

‘You should have good manners and remain silent for a long time. I swear by He in whose Hand is my soul no one has acted upon better than the likes of these two characteristics.’

[Silsilah ahadeeth a saheehah No. 1938]

Note – the first and foremost of good manners is to give Allaah His right: tawhid. It is impossible to achieve good manners while committing the greatest dhulm (oppression) i.e. shirk.

“Today the problem is, if you correct someone, then that...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:16:42 +0530

“Today the problem is, if you correct someone, then that person becomes your enemy. A person who looks in the mirror and realises some blemish on his face, will he break the mirror? No. Just like a mirror points out the blemishes of the face likewise a good friend points out the blemishes of a person’s being/character” - Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad

Really good advice. Must listen.

Haya’: Shyness

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:06:04 +0530

Rawdhatul-’Uqalaa’

The Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: “… If you do not have shyness, then do as you please.” [al-Bukhari]

Abu Hatim: It only befits the wise one to have haya’ (shyness) because it is the foundation of intellect and the seed of goodness, and abandoning it is the foundation of ignorance and the seed of evil. Haya’ signifies intelligence just like the lack of it signifies ignorance.

Abu al-Ahwas narrates from ‘Abdillah that he said: “The most painful (worst) trait in a believer is al-fahsh (shamelessness, obscenity etc).”

Abu Hatim: Al-Haya’ (shyness) is a name which gathers the meaning of ‘keeping away from disliked characteristics/mannerisms’. And haya’ is of two types:

• Haya’ which the servant has of Allah jalla wa ‘ala, concerning matters which He has cautioned against.
• Haya’ of the creation in not delving into matters which they dislike of speech and deeds.

Both types of haya’ are praiseworthy but one of them is fardh (compulsory) whilst the other is fadhl (virtuous). Adhering to haya’ by keeping away from what Allah has prohibited is fardh and adhering to haya’ by keeping away from what the people dislike is fadhl.

Muhammad ibn Khalaf al-Taymi said, ‘A man from Khuza’ah recited to me (the poem):

If you do not fear the outcome of nights
And you are not shy, then do as you please
By Allah, there is no good in life
And no good in the world if haya’ is absent
A person lives in goodness so long as he is bashful
For the ‘oud fragrance remains so long as its bark remains

Al-Zuhri narrates that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (radhiallahu ‘anhu) said in his khutbah one day: “O People! Be shy of Allah, for I swear by Allah, since I gave my pledge to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam), I have not gone out to the bathroom except with my head lowered out of shyness to Allah.”

The poet said it best when he said:

Perhaps there’s some evil act
And nothing prevents me from it except my haya’
So it becomes a cure against it
But if there is no haya’, then there is no cure

Zayd ibn Thabit (radhiallahu `anhu): “Whoever does not have haya’ (shyness) from the people, cannot have haya’ (shyness) from Allah.”

Abu Hatim: If a person’s haya’ is strengthened, his honour becomes fortified, his bad deeds become buried and his goodness becomes widespread. But when a person’s haya’ goes away, his very happiness goes away. And if his happiness leaves him, he becomes belittled in front of the people and is detested. And whoever is detested, is harmed (by people), and whoever is harmed becomes afflicted by sadness, and whoever is saddened, loses his mind and intellect, and whoever is afflicted in his mind and intellect, then most of what he says goes against him and is not for him. There is no therapy for the one without haya’ and there is no haya’ for the one who does not have wafa’ (fulfilment of word), and there is no wafa’ for the one who does not enjoin brotherhood (and keep friends). Whoever has little (or no) haya’, then he ends up doing whatever he wants and saying whatever he likes.

Source: fajr.wordpress.com

“If you pay close attention, you’ll see that the Qur’an speaks to you on a personal level. Whatever...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:58 +0530

“If you pay close attention, you’ll see that the Qur’an speaks to you on a personal level. Whatever circumstance you’re in, you will come across a verse which reflects your life at that point, and it uplifts you and guides you to the best of actions. It is a sign for you and hence it’s called an ‘Ayah’. But an ayah only reveals itself to those who seek it; those who read the Qur’an and turn to it on a regular basis…”
- Fajr blog

Narrated from Jundub (ra) that he said, “I advice you with the taqwa of Allah and I advice you with...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:00 +0530

Narrated from Jundub (ra) that he said,

“I advice you with the taqwa of Allah and I advice you with the Qur’an for truly it is a light by the dark night and a guidance by the day – act upon it in difficulty and in poverty. If a calamity befalls, sacrifice your wealth instead of your Deen (religion) and if the calamity intensifies, then sacrifice your wealth and your life instead of your Deen for surely the ruined one is he whose religion is ruined and the deprived is he who has been deprived of his Deen. Know that there is no poverty after entering Paradise and no prosperity after entering Hellfire.”

Islaam, the Quraan and Old Age

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:19:10 +0530

’Abdul-Aziz Ibn Abi Ruwaad, may Allaah have mercy on him, said, “Whoever does not take a lesson from three things will not take a lesson from anything: Islaam, the Quraan and old age.”

Mowsu’ah Ibn Abid-Dunyaa, 7/564.

Uthaimeen On the Greater Type of Punishment

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:18:13 +0530

Shaikh Uthaimeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, said, “Many people think that being punished [for one’s sins] is only in those things that are external, like the body, wealth and children, but the reality is that the punishment of the sickness of the heart and its corruption is more severe and greater than the punishment through those things.

Ahkaam minal-Qur’aanil-Karim, vol. 1, p. 87.