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25 Feb 2025 10:38

THE OBLIGATION OF FASTING RAMADĀN

ALLĀH said:

فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ
So whoever is present this month, let them fast.

This Ayah requires the healthy persons who witness the beginning of the month, while residing in their land, to fast the month.

This Ayah abrogated the Ayah that allows a choice of fasting or paying the Fidyah. When ALLĀH ordered fasting, HE again mentioned the permission for the ill person and the traveler to break the fast and to fast other days instead as compensation.

ALLĀH said:

وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ
and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number ˹of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasting) must be made up˺ from other days.

This Ayah indicates that ill persons who are unable to fast or fear harm by fasting, and the traveler, are all allowed to break the fast. When one does not fast in this case, he is obliged to fast other days instead.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

Abdur Rahman ibn Awf reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Verily, Ramadān is a month in which ALLĀH Almighty has obligated its fasting. I have instituted for Muslims the practice of prayer at night. Thus, whoever fasts it with faith and expecting reward will be rid of sins like the day he was born from his mother." {Musnad Aḥmad #1688}

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24 Feb 2025 09:27

THE VIRTUE OF RAMADĀN AND THE REVELATION OF THE QUR'AN IN IT

ALLĀH says;

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِيَ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْانُ
Ramadān is the month in which the Qur’an was sent down.

That is, the fast that you are enjoined to observe is the month of Ramadān, the great month in which ALLĀH bestowed the great blessing upon you, namely the Holy Qur’an, which contains guidance to that which is in your best interests in both religious and worldly affairs, explains the truth in the clearest manner, and distinguishes between truth and falsehood, guidance and misguidance, those who are destined for paradise and those who are destined for hell. So it should come as no surprise that a month of such blessings that ALLĀH bestowed upon you should be a season of worship in which fasting is enjoined.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

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Wathila ibn al-Asqa’ reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said, "The Suhuf of Ibrahim were revealed during the first night of Ramadān. The Torah was revealed during the sixth night of Ramadān. The Injil was revealed during the thirteenth night of Ramadān. ALLĀH revealed the Qur'an on the twenty-fourth night of Ramadān." {Musnad Ahmad #16984}

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23 Feb 2025 21:01

Qawām Al-Sunnah Al-Aṣbahānī (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

‎"It is upon a man to love the people of Sunnah wherever they may be, hoping for ALLĀH’s love in return."

📖 Al-Ḥujjah Fī Bayān Al-Maḥajja (2/539)

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

23 Feb 2025 08:28

THE ORDER TO FAST

ALLĀH said:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ امَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
O believers! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become pious.

In an address to the believers of this Ummah, ALLĀH ordered them to fast, that is, to abstain from food, drink and sexual activity with the intention of doing so sincerely for ALLĀH the Exalted alone. This is because fasting purifies the souls and cleanses them from the evil that might mix with them and their ill behavior.

ALLĀH mentioned that HE has ordained fasting for Muslims just as HE ordained it for those before them, they being an example for them in that, so they should vigorously perform this obligation more obediently than the previous nations.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

ALLĀH tells us of the wisdom behind the prescription of fasting, as HE says "that you may become pious".

Fasting is one of the greatest means of developing piety, because it involves obeying the command of ALLĀH and avoiding that which HE has forbidden.

Part of the piety that fasting involves is that the fasting person refrains from that which ALLĀH has forbidden to him of food, drink, intercourse and so on, to which he is naturally inclined, seeking thereby to draw closer to ALLĀH, hoping for HIS reward by giving up these things. This is part of piety. Piety also includes the following:

• The fasting person trains himself to remember that ALLĀH is always watching, so he gives up things that he desires even though they may be available to him, because he knows that ALLĀH is watching him.

• Fasting narrows the pathways of the Shaytan, who flows through the son of Adam like blood. Fasting weakens the Shaytan’s influence and reduces sins.

• The fasting person usually does many acts of worship and obedience, which are characteristics of piety.

• By fasting, the rich man feels the pain of hunger, which makes him inclined to help the poor and destitute. This is also a characteristic of piety.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

22 Feb 2025 20:54

REWARD FOR PRAYING TARAWĪH WITH THE IMAM UNTIL HE FINISHES

Abu Hurayrah said: "ALLĀH’s Messenger ﷺ used to encourage the people to stand ˹for salah at night˺ during Ramadān, without sternly ordering them. He would say:

'Whoever stands ˹in salah in the nights of˺ Ramadān out of faith and expecting the reward from ALLĀH, he will be forgiven for what has preceded of his sins.'" {Muslim #759}

Therefore, it is essential for the Muslim to be diligent in praying tarawīh with the Imam, to not neglect any part of it, and to not turn away before his Imam - even if the Imam prayed more than eleven or thirteen raka'at - due to the saying of the Prophet (ﷺ):

"Whoever stands ˹in salah˺ with the Imam until he turns away, will have written for him the standing ˹in salah˺ for a whole night." {Abū Dawūd #1375}

The meaning of the turning away of the Imam is: the end of salah and not the leaving of the first Imam - if it is prayed by more than one Imam.

📖 Ahadith about Fasting, Rulings and Manners - Abridged || Page 27-28

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21 Feb 2025 18:31

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Our master Muhammad ﷺ was born in Makkah on Monday, the twelfth of Rabi' al-Awwal. He was the son of Abdullāh and Aminah al-Qurashiyyah. He is the last of the prophets and the messenger of ALLĀH, sent to all people to call them to worship ALLĀH alone and not associate anything with HIM. His father had passed away before his birth and was buried in Madinah, so he was raised by his mother. He ﷺ was breastfed after his mother by Thuwaybah al-Aslamiyyah, then Halimah al-Sa'diyyah. When he was six years old, his mother passed away, and he was taken care of by his foster mother, Umm Ayman. Thereafter, his grandfather took care of him. When he was eight years old, his grandfather passed away, so his uncle Abu Talib took care of him.

At the age of nine, he travelled with his uncle Abu Talib to Syria, where Bahīrā the monk recognized him. At the age of twenty-five, he travelled in trade for Sayyidah Khadijah, and two months after his return, he married her when she was forty years old.

At the age of thirty-five, he participated with the Quraysh in rebuilding the Kaaba and arbitrated among them in placing the Black Stone in its place. He became well-known among his people for his praiseworthy qualities, and they loved and respected him, so they called him "Al-Amīn" (the trustworthy one). ALLĀH protected him from the deeds of ignorance, and he preferred solitude as he approached forty years old. He used to worship in the cave of Hira, following the religion of his grandfather Ibrahim.

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

20 Feb 2025 22:03

Sh. Ibn ʿUthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"Some people spend on their families what they spend but they don't grasp that with this spending they get closer to ALLĀH, and if a poor person comes to them; they hand him a Riyāl and believe with this spending they're closer to ALLĀH. However, the best spending is the one for family and it has more reward, hence when you feed your family then that is the best of Islam."

📖 Sharḥ Riyādhus-Saliḥīn (4/389)

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

20 Feb 2025 09:01

THE BLESSINGS OF ALLĀH ARE COUNTLESS

ALLĀH said

وَإِن تَعُدُّواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحۡصُوهَآۗ
And if you count the Blessings of ALLĀH, never will you be able to count them.

let alone give thanks for them all.

إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَظَلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ
Verily man is highly unjust, exceedingly ungrateful

That is, this is the nature of man with regard to the fact that he is a wrongdoer and sinner, who falls short in his duty towards his Lord and is ungrateful for the blessings of ALLĀH; he does not give thanks for them or acknowledge them, except those whom ALLĀH guides, so they give thanks for HIS blessings, acknowledge the rights of their Lord and fulfil those rights.

These blessings highlight various types of the many blessings that ALLĀH bestows upon HIS slaves, some in general terms and some in specific terms, because of which ALLĀH calls HIS slaves to give thanks to HIM and remember HIM. HE urges them to do so and encourages them to ask of HIM and call upon HIM during the hours of the night and day, just as HIS blessings are repeatedly bestowed upon them at all times.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

In Sahih Al-Bukhari it is recorded that the Messenger of ALLĀH used to supplicate;

"O ALLĀH! All praise is due to YOU, without being able to sufficiently thank YOU, nor ever wish to be cutoff from YOU, nor ever feeling rich from relying on YOU; our Lord!"

It was reported that Prophet Dawud, peace be upon him, used to say in his supplication,

"O Lord! How can I ever duly thank YOU, when my thanking YOU is also a favor from YOU to me"

ALLĀH the Exalted answered him, "Now, you have thanked ME sufficiently, O Dawud,"

meaning, 'when you admitted that you will never be able to duly thank ME.'

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

18 Feb 2025 22:27

O MY servants who have believed, indeed MY earth is spacious, so worship only ME.

Every soul will taste death. Then to US will you be returned.

And those who have believed and done righteous deeds -  WE will certainly house them in ˹elevated˺ mansions in Paradise, under which rivers flow, to stay there forever. Excellent is the reward of the ˹righteous˺ workers.

Those who have been patient and upon their Lord rely.

And how many a creature carries not its ˹own˺ provision. ALLĀH provides for it and for you. And HE is the Hearing, the Knowing.

📖 Al-Ankabūt || Verse 56-60

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

18 Feb 2025 21:00

Abū Bakr as-Ṣiddīq (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said:

"Indeed ALLĀH forgives major sins, so do not despair, and indeed ALLĀH punishes for minor sins, so do not be deceived."

📖 Sharh Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhāri by Ibn Battal (19/267)

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

16 Feb 2025 20:45

Sheikh Uthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"It is benefiting for man to seek assistance with ALLĀH in every matter, even small matters like, leaving to and from a place, eating, drinking and wearing ones clothes. So that with this, he can fulfil his need and worship his Lord. Seeking assistance is from the acts of worship and if the slave seeks assistance from his Lord, HE will facilitate the matter for him and make it easy."

📖 Ahkām Al-Qur’an (1/37)

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

15 Feb 2025 15:02

ETIQUETTE OF DEALING WITH DREAMS

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported:

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "When one of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from ALLĀH he should praise ALLĀH for it and relate it to (others).''

Another narration adds: Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "He should not report it except to those whom he loves. And if he sees one which he dislikes, then it is from the Satan. He should seek refuge in ALLĀH against its evil and should not mention it to anyone. Then it will not harm him.'' {Al-Bukhari and Muslim}

📖 Riyādhus-Saliḥīn: Book 5, Chapter 130, Hadith 841

Hafiz Salahudeen Yusuf said: "These are clear instructions from Messenger of ALLĀH about both good and bad dreams. A good dream means a good news sent by ALLĀH to a person who has seen it. It should be related only to those who are close to his heart and not to such people who may start nourishing malice against him like the brothers of Prophet Yusuf (Joseph). A bad dream should be attributed to Satan and not be described to others because it often causes one to be pessimistic and it may be taken as a bad omen, which is not allowed in Islam. Rather, a man should seek ALLĀH'S Refuge against its evil. And if he puts faith in ALLĀH, no harm will come to him." {Sharḥ Riyādhus-Saliḥīn}

GUIDANCE FROM THE HADITHS:

1⃣. A bad dream, in which a person sees unpleasant and disturbing things, comes from Satan. A good dream, on the other hand, is glad tidings to the believer, and it comes from ALLĀH Almighty.

2⃣ . A bad dream does not harm a person if he does certain things: spitting dryly three times to his left side, seeking refuge with ALLĀH three times from the evil of Satan and the evil of what he has seen in the dream, and turning to the other side. Moreover, if he feels active, he can get up, perform ablution, and pray. He should not relate the dream to anyone or try to interpret it. Whoever does these things will not be harmed by such dreams, ALLĀH Willing.

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

13 Feb 2025 22:22

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13 Feb 2025 18:40

Shaykh Ibn Bāz (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said,

"Certainly, celebrating the fifteenth night of Sha'bān by performing supererogatory prayers or other acts of worship, and singling out its day with fast is a despicable innovation, as viewed by the majority of the people of knowledge.

There is no basis for it in the pure Shari'ah, rather, it is from that which arose in Islaam after the era of the Companions (may ALLĀH be pleased with them)."

📖 Hukm al-Ihtifal bi Laylat al-Nisf min Sha’bān

He (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) also said:

"There is no sahih hadith concerning the night of the fifteenth of Sha'ban (Laylat al-Nisf min Sha’ban). All the ahadith that have been narrated concerning that are mawdu’ (fabricated) and da’if (weak), and have no basis. There is nothing special about this night, and no recitation of Quran or prayer, whether alone or in congregation, is specified for this night. What some of the scholars have said about it being special is a weak opinion. It is not permissible to single it out for any special actions. This is the correct view. And ALLĀH is the Source of strength."

📖 Fatāwā Islamiyyah (4/511)

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

25 Feb 2025 21:56

Imam al-Qurtubi (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said;

"The followers of every religion are agreed that adultery is forbidden; no religion regards it as permissible. Hence the punishment for it is one of the most severe punishments, because it is a crime against honour and lineage, which is one of the five basic principles that Islam seeks to protect, namely life, religion, lineage, reason and wealth."

📖 Tafsīr Al-Qurtubi (24/20-21)

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

24 Feb 2025 19:55

Atā al-Khurasani (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"I don’t advise you to mind your life's affairs because I know that you are covetous to do so, but I advise you to mind the affairs of the Hereafter. Take from this temporary home to the eternal one. Consider this life as something that you have left, I swear by ALLĀH you will leave it. Consider death as something that you have tasted, I swear by ALLĀH you will taste it. And consider the Hereafter as a home that you have visited, I swear by ALLĀH you will be there."

📖 The Life of This World Is a Transient Shade

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

23 Feb 2025 21:02

PROHIBITION AGAINST FAVORING ONE CHILD OVER ANOTHER IN GIVING GIFT

An-Nu'man bin Bashir (may ALLĀH be pleased with them) said:

My father took me to the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ and said to him: "I have gifted one of my slaves to this son of mine.''

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Have you given such gift to every son of yours?''

He replied, "No.''

Thereupon he said, "Take this gift back.''

Another narration is:
The Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said, "Be mindful of your obligation to ALLĀH and do justice in respect of your children.''

My father came back and revoked his gift.

Another narration is:
The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Have you other children besides this one?''

He said, "Yes.''

The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Have you awarded a gift like this to all of them.''

He said, "No.'' The Prophet ﷺ said, "I am not going to bear witness to this act of injustice.''

Another narration is:
The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Do you not except goodness from all of them as you except from him?''

He said, "Yes, of course.''

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then don't do this (i.e., do not give a gift to one son only).'' {Al-Bukhari and Muslim}

{Riyādhus-Saliḥīn: Book 18, Chapter 353, Hadith 1773}

Sheikh Ibn Uthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) commented: "Al-Awlād encompasses males and females. The intended meaning of Al-Atiyah is gift, not Nafaqah (maintenance). With regards to maintenance, one should give every person what he needs, whether small or big. If it is assumed that one of them needs books to study while others do not need it, there is no harm in giving him the books. Similarly, if one of them needs clothes while others do not have a need, he should be provided with the clothes. If one of them is ill and needs money for treatment, there is no harm in giving him. In the same vein, there is no harm to marry for anyone of them who reaches the age of marriage.

The important point is that as long as it is to fulfill a need, justice demands giving each person according to his needs. However, if it is an ordinary act of giving gifts, it is a must to be fair among them...

So, there are three ways of redressing preferential treatment of some children.

First: He should revoke the gift.

Second: He should give the like of what he gave him to others, and ‘A male takes the share of two females.'

Third: He should seek for their clemency on the conditions that they grant him pardon out of pleasure and contentment not out of shyness or duress...

If he bestows a gift on one of them for memorizing the Qur’an, and he says to the others: ‘Whoever seeks for knowledge among you, I will give him the like of what I have given his brother’ or ‘Whoever memorizes the Qur’an, I will give him the like of what I have give his brother.’ If some seek for the knowledge and others do not, the latter group has no right to the gift. Nonetheless, it is not permissible to bestow the privilege on one of them without opening the door for his brothers."

📖 Sharḥ Riyādhus-Saliḥīn (6/584,5,6)

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

23 Feb 2025 20:50

Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Khalifah al-Tamimi said:

"Belief in ALLĀH is the foundation of every good, source of all guidance and reason for every success."

📖 Tawheed Of Allāh's Most Beautiful Names And Lofty Attributes || Page 18

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

22 Feb 2025 21:53

And indeed WE created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay (water and earth).

Thereafter WE made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman).

Then WE made the Nutfah into a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood), then WE made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then WE made out of that little lump of flesh bones, then WE clothed the bones with flesh, and then WE brought it forth as another creation. So Blessed is ALLĀH, the Best of creators.

After that you will surely die.

Then, surely, you will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection.

📖 Al-Mu'minūn || Verse 12-16

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

22 Feb 2025 19:50

Qawām Al-Sunnah Al-Aṣbahānī (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

‎"It is upon a man to love the people of Sunnah wherever they may be, hoping for ALLĀH’s love in return."

📖 Al-Ḥujjah Fī Bayān Al-Maḥajja (2/539)

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

21 Feb 2025 09:40

ALLĀH ALONE IS THE BESTOWER OF GUIDANCE

ALLĀH says,

وَمَن لَّمْ يَجْعَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ نُورًا فَمَا لَهُ مِن نُّورٍ
And he to whom ALLĀH has not granted light - for him there is no light.

One whom ALLĀH does not guide is ignorant and doomed, an utter loser and disbeliever...

We ask ALLĀH the Almighty to put light in our hearts and give us light on our right and on our left, and to increase us in light

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

It is Sunnah to recite the following Du'a when walking to the mosque from home:

"O ALLĀH, place light in my heart, and on my tongue light, and in my ears light and in my sight light, and above me light, and below me light, and to my right light, and to my left light, and before me light and behind me light. Place in my soul light. Magnify for me light, and amplify for me light. Make for me light and make me a light. O ALLĀH, grant me light, and place light in my nerves, and in my body light and in my blood light and in my hair light and in my skin light.

O ALLĀH, make for me a light in my grave... and a light in my bones.

Increase me in light, increase me in light, increase me in light.

Grant me light upon light."

{See Hisnul-Muslim #12}

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

20 Feb 2025 19:39

HOUSEHOLD CHORES ARE FROM THE SUNNAH

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"When a person is at home then it is from the Sunnah, that for example he makes his own tea, cooks if he knows how to and washes up that which needs washing, all of this is from the Sunnah.

If you do this then you get the reward of following the Sunnah, with imitating the Messenger [ﷺ] and in humbling yourself for ALLĀH - the Mighty and Majestic.

This also brings about love between you and your wife. When your family sense that you help them in their chores they will love you and your value to them will increase, therefore, this will end up being a great benefit."

📖 Sharḥ Riyādhus-Saliḥīn (3/529)

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19 Feb 2025 18:21

IF THE DEVILS ARE CHAINED UP, WHY DO WE SEE EVILS AND SINS HAPPENING IN RAMADĀN?

Abu Hurayrah (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said: "When Ramadān begins, the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are put in chains." {Al-Bukhārī #3277 and Muslim #1079}

"When the first night of Ramadān comes, the devils and mischievous jinn are chained up, and the gates of Hell are closed, and none of its gates are opened. The gates of Paradise are opened and none of its gates are closed…" {At-Tirmidhi #682 and Ibn Majah #1642}


Shaykh Taqiy ad-Din Ibrahim ibn Muflih (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "The devils are put in chains and shackled in Ramadān, according to the apparent meaning of the hadith. Or it may be that what is meant is the mischievous devils, as was stated by Abu Hatim and other scholars. That does not mean that no evil is committed at all; rather evil is reduced, because they are weakened. Imam Ahmad also interpreted this according to the apparent meaning. ‘Abdullah ibn al-Imam Ahmad said: 'I said to my father: We sometimes see the majnun (person who is possessed by jinn) having fits during the month of Ramadān.'

He said: 'This is what the hadith says, and there is no need to argue about it.'" {Masaib al-Insan min Makaid ash-Shaytan || Page 144}

Imam Abul-'Abbas al-Qurtubi (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "If it is said, we often see evils and sins happening in Ramadān; if the devils were chained up no evil would happen.

This may be answered from several angles:

1️⃣. They are only shackled and restrained from those who observe the fast, fulfilling the necessary conditions and adhering to the appropriate etiquette. As for those who do not observe the fast in the proper manner, the Shaytān is not restrained from them.

2️⃣. If we assume that they are chained up and kept away from every person who fasts, that does not necessarily mean that all the devils are chained up and no evil will happen, because there are other causes for the occurrence of evil, other than the devils, such as evil souls, bad customs and traditions, and the devils among mankind.

3️⃣. This is speaking of most of the devils and the mischievous ones among them; as for those who are not described as mischievous, they may not be chained up.

What is meant is that evil is reduced, and this does indeed happen during the month of Ramadān, because the incidence of evil and shameful deeds during this month is little compared to other months." {Al-Mufhim lima Ushkila min Talkhis Kitab Muslim, 3/136}

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

18 Feb 2025 21:31

Shaykh ul-Islam Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyya (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"Prayer attracts provisions, preserves health, it defends against harm, repels diseases. It strengths the heart and illuminates the face. It gives delight to the soul and removes laziness."

📖 Zād Al-Ma'ād (4/304)

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

18 Feb 2025 08:09

RELYING ON ALLAH ALONE IN ALL MATTERS

ALLĀH says,

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلًا
And rely upon ALLĀH; and sufficient is ALLĀH as Disposer of affairs.

Therefore matters are to be referred to HIM and left to HIM, so HE will direct them in a way that is in the best interests of the individual, because HE knows what is in the best interests of HIS slave, whereas the individual may not know, and HE is able to bring it about in a way that the individual cannot. ALLĀH is more merciful towards HIS slave than he himself or his parents are, and HE is more kind than anyone else, especially in the case of the chosen ones among HIS slaves, who HE has constantly been taking care of and bestowing blessings upon them, both visible and hidden, especially when HE has commanded him to leave his affairs to HIM and promised to take care of him.

When a person has put his trust in ALLĀH in that manner, then do not ask about how every endeavour becomes easy, every difficult task becomes smooth, every calamity becomes bearable, every stressful situation is alleviated, all needs are met, blessings come down, trouble is warded off and evils are averted. Then you will see how the weak slave who delegated all his affairs to his master will be able to achieve many things that a group of people could not achieve, for ALLĀH will make easy for him that which is too difficult for the toughest and strongest of men to do. And it is ALLĀH Whose help we seek.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

15 Feb 2025 21:55

There certainly has come to you a messenger from among yourselves. He is concerned by your suffering, anxious for your well-being, and to the believers is kind and Merciful.

But if they turn away, say, ˹O Prophet˺, "ALLĀH is sufficient for me. There is no god  ˹worthy of worship˺ except HIM. On HIM I have relied, and HE is the Lord of the Great Throne."

📖 At-Tawbah || Verse 128-129

BENEFITS:

1⃣. An explanation of the favor of ALLĀH to the Arabs in particular and to humanity in general by sending the seal of HIS Prophets, Muhammad ﷺ.

2⃣. Attestation to the perfection of his morals ﷺ.

3⃣. The necessity of relying on ALLĀH and relying on HIM in everything that the servant does.

4⃣. The greatness of the Throne of the Most Merciful, the Almighty.

📖 Aysar al-Tafāsir

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

14 Feb 2025 09:50

GLAD TIDINGS OF RELIEF FOLLOWING DIFFICULT TIMES

ALLĀH's statement;

سَيَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا
After hardship, ALLĀH will bring about ease.

This is a sure promise from HIM, and indeed, ALLAH's promises are true and HE never breaks them. {Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

This is glad tidings for those who are in difficulty, that ALLĀH will relieve them of hardship. {Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

Abu Razin reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "ALLĀH laughs for the despair of HIS servant, as HE will soon relieve him." {Ibn Mājah #181}

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

13 Feb 2025 18:52

When Abdullah ibn al Mubarak (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) was asked about the descent of ALLĀH on the night of the 15th of Sha’bān, he said to the one who asked him:

"O weak one! The night of the fifteenth?! He, descends every night!"

📖 l'tiqaad Ahlul-Sunnah #92

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

13 Feb 2025 10:14

AMONG THE FAVORS ALLAH HAS GRANTED PEOPLE ARE HEARING, SIGHT AND THE HEART

ALLĀH says:

وَاللّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّن بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْيًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْسَّمْعَ وَالَابْصَارَ وَالَافْيِدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
And ALLĀH brought you out of the wombs of your mothers while you knew nothing. And HE gave you hearing, sight, and hearts, that you might give thanks.

ALLĀH mentions HIS blessings to HIS servants in that HE brought them from their mothers' wombs not knowing a thing, then HE gives them hearing to recognize voices, sight to see visible things and hearts - meaning reason - whose seat, according to the correct view, is the heart, although it was also said that its seat is the brain. With his reason, a person can distinguish between what is harmful and what is beneficial.

These abilities and senses develop gradually in man. The more he grows, the more his hearing, vision and reason increase, until they reach their peak.

ALLĀH has created these faculties in man to enable him to worship his Lord, so he uses all these organs, abilities and strengths to obey his Master.

Al-Bukhari reported in his Sahih from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of ALLĀH said: "ALLĀH says:

"Whoever takes MY friend as an enemy, has declared war on ME.

MY servant does not draw near to ME with anything better than his doing that which I have enjoined upon him, and MY servant keeps drawing near to ME by doing Nawafil (supererogatory) deeds until I love him.

And when I love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, his vision with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks.

Were he to ask ME for anything, I would give it to him, if he were to call on ME, I would respond, if he were to seek ME for refuge I would surely grant him it.

I do not hesitate to do anything as I hesitate to take the soul of MY believing servant, because he hates death and I hate to upset him, but it is inevitable."

The meaning of the Hadith is that when a person is sincere in his obedience towards ALLĀH, all his deeds are done for the sake of ALLĀH, so he only hears for the sake of ALLĀH, he only sees for the sake of ALLĀH - meaning he only listens to or looks at what has been allowed by ALLĀH. He does not strike or walk except in obedience to ALLĀH, seeking ALLĀH'S help in all of these things.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

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