AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

08 Apr 2025 18:49

BENEFIT 05: REGARDING DOWRY (MAHR)

It has been established that if the dowry (mahr) is specified and stipulated in the marriage contract, and he (the husband) divorces her (the wife) before consummation, she is entitled to half of the dowry. However, if the dowry is not mentioned in the contract but is later agreed upon either by mutual consent or through a judicial decision, does she then deserve half of the agreed (specified) dowry after the contract or not?

The Hanafis said: The dowry specified after the contract is not subject to halving, as the halving is exclusive to the dowry stipulated in the contract, according to the explicit text of the Qur'ān. The woman ˹in this case˺ is only entitled to a consolation gift (mut'ah).

The majority of scholars said: The dowry specified after the contract is subject to halving just like the one stipulated in the contract. This is the correct opinion because the statement of ALLĀH, "Then ˹give her˺ half of what you specified” includes every dowry in a valid marriage, whether specified in the contract or afterward. HE, the Almighty, did not say, "half of what you specified in the contract itself"... If that was intended, HE would have clarified it and not left it ambiguous... (End of quote) (¹)

📖 Sahih Fiqhus-Sunnah wa Adillatuhu (3/174)

Refrence:

(1) Al-Muhalla by Ibn Hazm (9/482), with slight modification and summarization.

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فائدة:

تقرر أن المهر إذا كان مسمى مفروضا في العقد، ثم طلقها قبل الدخول، فلها نصف المهر، لكن... إذا لم يذكر المهر في العقد، وإنما فرض بعده بالتراضي أو بالقضاء، فهل لها نصف المفروض (المسمى) بعد العقد أم لا؟

قال الحنفية : لا ينتصف المفروض بعد العقد، لاختصاص التنصيف بالمفروض في العقد بنص القرآن، وإنما تجب للمرأة المتعة فقط.

وقال الجمهور: ينتصف المفروض بعد العقد كالمسمى في العقد، وهو الصحيح لأن قوله تعالى: {فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ} عموم لكل صداق في نكاح صحيح فرضه الناكح في العقد أو بعده، ولم يقل عز وجل : فنصف ما فرضتم في نفس العقد، ... ولو أراد ذلك لبينه لنا ولم يهمله . . . » اهـ (1) .

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07 Apr 2025 13:48

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05 Apr 2025 22:51

Surely those who say, “Our Lord is ALLĀH,” and then remain steadfast, the angels descend upon them, ˹saying˺, “Do not fear, nor grieve. Rather, rejoice in the good news of Paradise, which you have been promised.

We (angels) were your allies in worldly life and ˹are so˺ in the Hereafter. There you will have whatever your souls desire, and there you will have whatever you ask for.

An accommodation from ˹ALLĀH˺, the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

📖 Fussilat || Verse 30-32

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

02 Apr 2025 23:01

Someone from the Salaf was asked, “What is deprivation?”

He replied, “It is when a person reads everything but does not make time for the Qur'ān.”

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

01 Apr 2025 19:12

🌙 THE SIX VOLUNTARY FASTS OF THE MONTH OF SHAWWĀL

Abu Ayyūb (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) relates that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever fasts Ramadaan and follows it with six days of Shawwaal, it will be as if he fasted for a lifetime." {Muslim}

He (ﷺ) explained this when he said: “Whoever fasts for six days after (Eid) al-Fitr has completed the year:  “ALLĀH has made for each hasanah ten like it, so a month is like fasting ten months, and fasting six days completes the year.” {Sahih al-Targhib wa’l-Tarhib (1/421)}

The rewards of the month of Ramadān are equal to that of ten months, and that of these six voluntary fasts are equal to that of the remaining two months to complete the full year. These fasts could be kept continuously after Eid or separately during the month of Shawwāl.

May ALLĀH grant us the strength and guidance to remain committed to our fast, Salah, recitation of the Qur'an and other righteous deeds after Ramadān. Aamīn

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01 Apr 2025 11:28

THE SIX FAST OF SHAWWAL

Abu Ayyub (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "He who observes fast in the month of Ramadān, and also observes fast for six days in the month of Shawwal, it is as if he has observed fast for the whole year.'' {Muslim}

{Riyādhus-Saliḥīn: Book 9, Chapter 228, Hadith 1254}

Hafiz Salahudeen Yusuf commented: "According to the formula that there is at least ten-fold reward for every virtue, the fast of one month (Ramadān) are equivalent to fast of ten months. If one also observes six days of fast of Shawwal, they will be equal to fast of two months. Thus, one becomes eligible for the reward of one full years' Saum. He who makes it a permanent feature is like one who observes Saum throughout his life. He will be considered by ALLĀH as one who observes fast permanently.

Although voluntary in nature, they are highly important. One can observe these six-day Saum at a stretch or with intervals, but their observance one after the other at the beginning of the month is better.

Similarly, if a person has missed some fast of Ramadān due to illness, travelling etc., he should first make up the shortfall and then observe the voluntary six-day fast of Shawwal."

📖 Sharḥ Riyādhus-Saliḥīn

GUIDANCE FROM THE HADITH:

1⃣. A good deed is rewarded with ten times as much. So, the fasting of Ramadān is equal to ten months. The six days in Shawwal equal sixty days, namely two months. This adds up to a whole year.

2⃣. It states the promised reward for those who fast the entire Ramadān along with six days in Shawwal even if the six days were not in succession.

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30 Mar 2025 21:56

📹 Bidding Farewell to Ramadān


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29 Mar 2025 20:41

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29 Mar 2025 08:16

🌙 ZAKĀT-UL-FITR

Fitr means to break fast or to refrain from fasting. Hence the Eid after the fasts of Ramadān is called Eid-ul-Fitr, as it is the day of rejoicing after the completion of fasting. On this occasion of happiness, as a sign of gratitude, one has to give a specific amount of food in alms, which is called Zakāt-ul-Fitr. To purify and obtain complete blessings for the fasts of Ramadān one has to give Zakāt al-fitr.

It was reported by Ibn Abbās (may ALLĀH be pleased with them) that the Prophet ﷺ made Zakāt-ul-fitr compulsory so that those who fasted may be purified of their idle deeds and shameful talk (committed during Ramadān) and so that the poor may be fed. Whoever gives it before the prayer, it is Zakat-ul-Fitr, and whoever gives it after the prayer, it is ordinary charity. {Abū Dawūd #1609}

Zakāt-ul-Fitr becomes obligatory on every Muslim, male or female, adult or child, at the end of Ramadān as long as he/she has the means to do so, even those who have not fasted during the month of Ramadān for any valid reason.

Ibn ‘Umar (may ALLĀH be pleased with them) said: “The Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ made giving a saa’ of dates or a saa’ of barley as Zakāt-ul-Fitr an obligation for all Muslims, slave and free, male and female, young and old, and ordered that it should be given before the people went out to pray (Salāt-ul-Eid).” {Al-Bukhari #1503 and Muslim #984}

It is permissible to pay it one or two days before that, because of the report narrated by Ibn 'Umar (may ALLĀH be pleased with them) who said: "The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) enjoined sadaqat al-fitr in Ramadan."

According to another report, they used to pay it one or two days before the end of Ramadān.

Whoever delays it after its time has sinned, and he has to repent for delaying and give it to the poor.

The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas (al-Lajnah ad-Dā'imah li'l-Ifta, 9/386) were asked: What is the ruling on someone who was able to give zakat al-fitr but did not?

They replied: "The one who did not give zakat al-fitr must repent to ALLĀH, may HE be glorified and exalted, and ask HIM for forgiveness, because he has sinned by withholding it. He must also give it to those who are entitled to it, although after the Eid prayer it is regarded as ordinary charity."

It should noted that a saa' is approximately equivalent to three kilograms. It is acceptable to give a saa' of the local staple food such as wheat, corn, rice, beans, lentils, chickpeas, foul (fava beans), pasta, meat and so on. etc.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "The correct view is that anything that may be a staple food, whether it is grains, fruit, meat and so on, is acceptable." {Ash-Sharh al-Mumti' (6/183)}

THE REASONS FOR GIVING ZAKĀT-UL-FITR

1⃣. To give Zakāt-ul-Fitr in lieu of the acceptance of one’s fasting.

2⃣. To thank ALLĀH for bestowing on us the strength to fast during the month of Ramadān.

3⃣. To purify one’s fast and obtain the complete blessings of fasting.

4⃣. To celebrate the completion of fasting.

5⃣. To demonstrate the greatness of the day of Eid.

6⃣. To assist the poor in joining the atmosphere of Eid.

#zakah #fitr #Zakatulfitr

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

28 Mar 2025 18:26

Ibn ‘Umar (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said:

"The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) enjoined zakat al-fitr at the end of Ramadān upon the people, a saa‘ of dates or a saa‘ of barley, to be given on behalf of everyone, free or slave, male or female, among the Muslims."

📖 Al-Bukhaari #1503 and Muslim #984

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

27 Mar 2025 21:28

Have you seen he who has taken as his god his ˹own˺ desire, and ALLĀH has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after ALLĀH? Then will you not be reminded?

And they say, "There is nothing beyond our worldly life. We die; others are born. And nothing destroys us but ˹the passage of˺ time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

And whenever OUR clear revelations are recited to them, their only argument is to say: "Bring our forefathers back, if what you say is true!"

Say, ALLĀH causes you to live, then causes you to die; then HE will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt, but most of the people do not know.

📖 Al-Jāthiyah || Verse 23-26

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24 Mar 2025 22:05

The Oneness of ALLĀH demonstrated by sending down the Rain and creating the Fire that Mankind needs Alone.

📖 Surah Al-Wāqiah || Verse 68-74

Recited by Mishari al-'Afasy with English Translation by Ibrahim Walk (Saheeh intl Translation).

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23 Mar 2025 20:22

Ibn al-Jawzī (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"My brothers; by ALLĀH; one would not be going to excesses in pursuing it over ten ˹nights˺, no by ALLĀH; not even a month; no by ALLĀH; not even a lifetime. So strive hard in pursuit, for perhaps a diligent one may well achieve."

📖 At-Tabsirah (2/106)

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

08 Apr 2025 10:53

GLAD TIDINGS TO THE HUMBLE AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS

ALLĀH says,

وَبَشِّرِ
And give good tidings

in this world and the hereafter

ٱلۡمُخۡبِتِينَ
to the humble

That is, those who humble themselves before their Lord and submit to HIS command, and are humble towards HIS slaves.

Then ALLĀH describes the characteristics of the humble:

الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ
those whose hearts are filled with awe when ALLĀH is mentioned,

That is, their hearts are filled with fear and veneration, and for that reason they refrain from that which is forbidden, because of their fear and awe of ALLĀH alone.

وَالصَّابِرِينَ عَلَى مَا أَصَابَهُمْ
who endure with patience whatever befalls them

of hardship, sickness or other kinds of harm. They do not become discontent with any of that; rather they bear it with patience for the sake of their Lord, seeking HIS reward and hoping for it.

وَالْمُقِيمِي الصَّلَاةِ
and who perform the Salah,

That is, those who establish it properly and perfectly, by doing that which is obligatory and that which is recommended, with complete submission and servitude, both outward and inward.

وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ
and spend out of what WE have provided for them.

This includes all kinds of obligatory expenditure, such as zakah, expiation, spending on wives, dependents and relatives, as well as recommended kinds of spending such as charity of all kinds.

It says "out of what" so as to highlight that it is only some of it, so as to indicate how easy the commands of ALLĀH are, and to encourage people to do that, because it is only a small part of that which ALLĀH has provided. The individual could not have obtained it, were it not that ALLĀH made it easy for him and provided it to him. This command is addressed to one who has received provision from the bounty of ALLĀH: spend out of what ALLĀH has provided for you, and ALLĀH will spend on you and give you more.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

07 Apr 2025 10:55

THE COMMAND TO AVOID SIN OPENLY AND SECRETLY

ALLĀH says,

وَذَرُواْ ظَاهِرَ الاِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ الاِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَقْتَرِفُونَ
Leave sin, open and secret. Verily, those who commit sin will get due recompense for that which they used to commit.

What is meant by sin here is all acts of disobedience that cause trouble for the individual with regard to the rights of ALLĀH and the rights of other people. ALLĀH forbids HIS slaves to commit sin openly or in secret, whether those sins have to do with physical actions or have to do with thoughts, beliefs and attitudes in the heart.

The individual has not fully given up sin, either outward or hidden, until he learns what it is and finds out about it. Finding out about it and learning what constitutes sin, both outward or hidden, so that one is aware of it, is an individual obligation for everyone who is accountable.

Many people are unaware of many sins, especially the sins of the heart such as arrogance, self-admiration, showing off and so on, to such an extent that a person may commit many of these sins without being aware of it, because of lack of knowledge and lack of understanding.

Then ALLĀH tells us that those who incur a burden of sin, whether openly or in secret, will be requited according to what they earn and according to the extent of their sins, small or great. This recompense will come in the hereafter, and it may come in this world, whereby a person will be punished, thus reducing his burden of sin.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

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05 Apr 2025 20:54

"I wonder whether the one who during Ramadān was fasting, reciting and reading Qur’ān, giving and spending in charity, praying at night, making du’aa’, will he be like that after Ramadān, or will he follow another path, I mean the path of the Shaytān, so that he commits sin and does things that anger the Most Gracious, Most Merciful?

If a Muslim continues to have the patience to do righteous deeds after Ramadān, this is a sign that his fasting has been accepted by his Lord, the Most Generous, the Bestower of blessings. If he fails to do righteous deeds after Ramadān, and follows the ways of the Shaytān, this is a sign of humiliation, meanness, lowly status and being deprived of the help of ALLĀH."

~ Advice After Ramadān, Islamqa Questions and Answer 10505

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01 Apr 2025 22:46

So by your Lord! WE will surely question them all about what they used to do.

So proclaim what you have been commanded and turn away from the polytheists.

Indeed, WE are sufficient for you against the mockers, who make ˹equal˺ with ALLĀH another deity. They will soon come to know.

And WE certainly know that your heart is truly distressed by what they say.

So glorify  the praises of your Lord and be of those who prostrate ˹to HIM˺.

And worship your Lord until the certainty (i.e death) comes to you.

📖 Al-Hijr: Verse 92-99

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01 Apr 2025 11:57

PARABLE OF THE ONE LACKING IN RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT

ALLĀH says,

وَلَا تَكُونُواْ كَالَّتِي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِن بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنكَاثًا
And be not like her who undoes the thread which she has spun, after it has become strong.

By breaking your covenants, like the worst example that is most indicative of the foolishness of the one who breaks his covenant, which is the likeness of the woman who spins a strong thread, then when it has become strong as expected, she undoes it and breaks it into strands, because she got tired of spinning it, then when she undid it she got tired again, so she did not gain anything except frustration, tiredness, foolishness and lack of reasoning. This is like the one who breaks the covenant he made: he is a wrongdoer and a fool who is lacking in religious commitment and dignity.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

The Prophet ﷺ said: "The most beloved of deeds to ALLĀH are those which are continuous, even if they are little." {Muslim}

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31 Mar 2025 10:23

THE PROHIBITION OF GOING AGAINST THE MESSENGER'S ﷺ COMMANDMENT

ALLĀH says:

فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ
And let those beware who oppose the Messenger's commandment,

This means going against the commandment of the Prophet ﷺ, which is his way, methodology and Sunnah. All words and deeds will be measured against his words and deeds; those that are in accordance with his words and deeds will be accepted, and whatever does not match up will be rejected, no matter who the person is who said and did them.

It was recorded in the Two Sahihs and elsewhere that the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said: "Whoever does a deed that is not in accordance with this matter of ours will have it rejected."

meaning, let those beware who go against the Shariah of the Messenger, in secret and in the open,

أَن تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ
lest some Fitnah should befall them,

i.e., lest some disbelief or hypocrisy or innovation enter their hearts.

أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
or a painful torment be inflicted on them.

means in this world afflicting them with capital punishment, or by law of prescribed punishment, or by confinement in prison, or so on.

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30 Mar 2025 09:50

Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen (may ALLĀH have mercy on him)  said,

“It is highly recommended to recite the Eid takbeer during the night of Eid from sunset on the last day Ramadān until the Imam attends and leads the prayer. The prescribed  manner and wording of the takbeer is as follows:

الله أكبر الله أكبر، لا إله إلا الله، الله أكبر الله أكبر ولله الحمد

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, la ilaha ill-Allah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa Lillaahil-Hamd

Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, none has the right to be worshipped [in truth] but Allah, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, and to Allah belongs all praise.

You can say the first set of Allahu Akbar three times instead of two and this way is permitted too.

Men should raise their voices reciting this rememberance and commemoration of Allah in the marketplaces, mosques and homes, but women should not raise their voices.”

📖 Majmu Fatāwa wa Rasail (16/216)

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29 Mar 2025 16:31

BREAKING NEWS:

Eid Al Fitr 1446/2025 is tomorrow: Sunday, 30 March 2025 The Crescent for the month of Shawwal 1446 was SEEN in Saudi Arabia today subsequently tomorrow is the beginning of the month of Shawwal 1446

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29 Mar 2025 08:20

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

Dear Muslim, before you is a collection of Fatwas regarding Zakātul Fiṭr - answered by our Shaykh, Muḥammad ibn Hizām -may Allāh preserve him and make him a source of benefit for Islām and the Muslims-

NOTE: Some of these Fatwas follow on from one another, so it's best to read them in order.

1. What is the ruling of Zakātul Fiṭr?

2. Is the slavemaster required to give Zakātul Fiṭr on behalf of a non-believing slave?

3. Is a Muslim slave required to pay Zakātul Fiṭr for himself if his slavemaster is a non-Muslim?

4. Who must give Zakātul Fiṭr for an orphan?

5. Who must give Zakātul Fiṭr for a married woman?

6. He divorced his wife, does he still have to give Zakātul Fiṭr on her behalf?

7. How rich must a person be before he is required to give Zakātul Fiṭr?

8. Is Zakātul Fiṭr due on the newborn?

9. When does it become obligatory to give Zakātul Fiṭr?

10. Do you have to give Zakātul Fiṭr for the deceased?

11. Do you have to give Zakātul Fiṭr on the fetus that is still in the womb of the mother?

12. What foodstuff can a person give as Zakātul Fiṭr?

13. What is the correct standard for measuring one Ṣā‘?

14. Determining the Prophetic Ṣā‘?

15. How much Zakātul Fiṭr do you have to give from the different foodstuff?

16. How do you weigh flour for Zakātul Fiṭr?

17. If you want to give dates for Zakātul Fiṭr, how do you calculate the weight?

18. Is it permissible to exceed the required amount when giving Zakātul Fiṭr?

19. Is it permissible to give Zakātul Fiṭr as monetary funds?

20. What if the ruler enforces a 'money only' policy for Zakātul Fiṭr?

21. When is the deadline for submitting Zakātul Fiṭr?

22. There's no poor people local to me, what do I do with my Zakātul Fiṭr?

23. If the Zakātul Fiṭr is sent for distribution overseas, what time zone do they go by; that of the sender or the country of distribution?

24. I only remembered to give Zakātul Fiṭr after the ‘Eid prayer, What do I do?

25. Who is deserving of Zakātul Fiṭr?

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

28 Mar 2025 21:14

Ibn 'Abbas (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

"Whoever pays it (Zakātul-Fitr) before the prayer, it is an accepted zakah (i.e., zakat al-fitr), and whoever pays it after the prayer, it is ordinary charity."

📖 Abu Dawud #1609 and Ibn Majah #1827

AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

28 Mar 2025 10:40

THE PROHIBITION OF LEAVING THE MASJID WHILE THE IMĀM IS DELIVERING THE FRIDAY SERMON

ALLĀH says,

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ تِجَٰرَةً أَوۡ لَهۡوًا ٱنفَضُّوٓاْ إِلَيۡهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَآئِمًاۚ
When they see some merchandise or amusement, they rush towards it and leave you ˹O Muhammad˺ standing there.

that is, they leave the mosque, out of eagerness to see that distraction or that merchandise. They leave what is good, "and leave you standing there", addressing the people.

This refers to an incident that occurred one Friday, when the Prophet (ﷺ) was addressing the people. A trade caravan came to Madīnah, and when the people heard of it whilst they were in the mosque, they went out of the mosque and left the Prophet (ﷺ) addressing the people, and hastened towards that to which they should not have hastened, forgetting their manners.

قُلۡ مَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ
"Say: That which is with ALLĀH" of reward for the one who adheres to goodness and is patient in worshipping his Lord

خَيۡرٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهۡوِ وَمِنَ ٱلتِّجَٰرَةِۚ
"is better than any distraction or merchandise." Although there is some benefit in trade, it is little and tainted, and it will be the cause of missing out on goodness in the hereafter (for the one who left obligatory acts due to trade), whereas patience in obeying ALLĀH and continuing one's act of worship does not cause one to miss out on provision, for ALLĀH is the best of providers. So whoever fears ALLĀH, HE will grant him provision from where he does not expect.

From this passage we learn many things, including the following:

• It is prohibited to buy and sell after the call to Jumu’ah prayer. That is only because these actions cause one to miss out on the obligatory duty and distract one from it. This indicates that any matter, even if it is permissible in principle, if it results in missing something obligatory, then it is not permissible in that case.

• It is enjoined to attend the two khutbahs on Friday, and the one who does not attend them is blameworthy. What that implies is that one should listen attentively to both of them.

• The individual should focus on worshipping ALLĀH at a time when he is inclined to turn to distractions and trade, and respond to his desires. He should remind himself of that which is with ALLĀH of reward for the one who gives precedence to pleasing ALLĀH over his own whims and desires.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

JUMU'AH CHECKLIST

✅ Have a Ghusl.

✅ Wear the best clothes.

✅ Use Perfume (for men only).

✅ Go early for Salātul-Jumu’ah.

✅ Don't talk while the Imām is giving Khutbah.

✅ Make du'aa in abundance.

✅ Recite Suratul-Kahf.

✅ Recite salawāt upon the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) in abundance.

✅ Pray 4 raka'at (in masjid) or 2 raka'at (at home) after Salāh.

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

26 Mar 2025 15:58

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH NIGHT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE TO BE LAYLATUL-QADR.

Ibn 'Umar (may ALLĀH be pleased with them) said: 'The companions of the Prophet ﷺ used to tell him their dreams that (Laylatul-Qadr) was on the 27th of the month of Ramadān.' The Prophet ﷺ said, "I see that your dreams agree on the last ten nights of Ramadān and so whoever is in search of it should seek it in the last ten nights of Ramadān." {Al-Bukhari #1156}

Sheikh al-Albānī (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "It is on the twenty-seventh night of Ramadān according to the strongest opinion. A majority of the ahādīth comply with this, including the hadīth of Zurr Ibn Hubaysh who said:

"I heard Ubay Bin Ka'ab (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) say when it was said to him that ‘Abdullāh Ibn Mas'ūd (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: "Whoever performs the night prayer (every night) throughout the year will achieve the Night of Al-Qadr."

He (Ubay Bin Ka'ab) said: "May ALLĀH have mercy on him, his intention was that the people not (grow lazy) and depend solely (on just one night). By the One of whom there is no deity worthy of worship beside HIM, it is indeed in Ramadān. And by ALLĀH I know on which night it is. It is on the night that ALLĀH’s Messenger ﷺ commanded us to perform the Night Prayer. It is on the twenty-seventh night. Its sign is that the sun rises on its following morning bright with no rays." {Muslim #762}

In one report this is raised to being a saying of the Prophet ﷺ {Sahih Abī Dawūd #1378}

📚Qiyām Ramadān  || Page 18-19

Shaikhul-Islām Ibn Taimiyyah (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "...And it occurs more frequently in the last seven; and it occurs most frequently on the twenty-seventh, just as Ubayy ibn Kab used to swear an oath that it was the twenty-seventh night. So it was said to him: "How have you come to know that?" So he replied: "On account of the sign which ALLĀH's Messenger ﷺ informed us of. He informed us that the sun rises on the morning following it being like a brass dish, having no rays." {Muslim #762}

"So this sign which Ubayy ibn Kab reported from the Prophet ﷺ is from the most well known signs occurring in hadīth; and it is related regarding its signs that it is a night that is "bright, shining"; and it is calm; it is not very hot, nor very cold. It may occur that ALLĀH reveals it to some of the people in a dream, or whilst awake, such that he sees its light, or he sees one who says to him: "This is Laylatul-Qadr"; or he may open his heart to witnessing such things that make the affair clear to him, and ALLĀH -the Most High- knows best."

📚 Majmū'l-Fatāwā || 25/284-286

Translation: Abū Talhah Daawūd ibn Ronald Burbank (may ALLĀH have mercy on him)

As the end of Ramadān approaches, this night gives us the valuable opportunity to redeem ourselves through prayer, reflection, seeking pardon and forgiveness, and increased worship. On this blessed night, let us tighten our waist belts as the beloved Prophet ﷺ did and collect the infinite blessings that await.

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

25 Mar 2025 18:09

LAYLATUL-QADR IS BETTER THAN A THOUSAND MONTHS

ALLĀH's statement,

لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ خَيۡرٌ مِّنۡ أَلۡفِ شَهۡرٍ
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months

That is, in its virtue it is equivalent to a thousand months, and deeds that are done on this night are better than deeds in a thousand months that do not contain this night.

This is something that is utterly astounding and amazing, that ALLĀH has blessed this weak Ummah with a night on which good deeds are equivalent to and surpass a thousand months, which is the age of a man who lives for a very long time, eighty-odd years.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

#sadi #qadr (97:3)

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AlBaseerah Qur'an Institute

24 Mar 2025 13:42

THE VIRTUES OF THE NIGHT OF AL-QADR
 
Shaikh 'Abdur-Rahmān as-Sa'di (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"Due to its virtue it is equivalent to a thousand months, therefore the action carried out within it is better than the action of a thousand months which is devoid of it (the night). This is from that which has baffled the minds, and the intellects are astonished at it, in that HE, The Blessed and Most High has granted favour upon this weak Ummah (nation) with strength and potency – with a night in which the action within it is in equivalence and in excess of that of a thousand months – the lifetime of a long-lived man who had a long life in excess of eighty years."

{Taysīr al-Karīm ar-Rahmān || Page 931}
 
Shaikh 'Abdur-Rahmān as-Sa’dī said likewise: "Know that it is from the wisdom of ALLĀH and HIS Mercy for you that HE has hidden from you its concealment, in order that you should be plentiful in action which draws nearness to HIM, and that you should attain ample reward and find favour with HIM.

Indeed; whoever proficiently refines his intention and his purpose, and thus seeks it in anticipation ˹of reward˺, then it is a must that he is procured from its goodness. Since there is no believing man or believing woman except that they have a share from its grants and its benefaction – in accordance to one’s circumstance.

Therefore ALLĀH did not grant favour upon this Ummah with it except to give them from its comprehensive virtue, nor did HE call them to perseverance in obedience except to elevate their ranks in gardens of delight. Hence; if the servant were to know of some of what is in it by way of reward; then he would strive hard in pursuit of it, and if his heart were to become busied over that which is in it from the secrets and the affairs of acquaintance; then he would find the hardship in exertion after it to be sweet.

A night in which the hearts are upon humility, and in which The Lord grants bountifully to HIS servants every good and what is requested, in it every servant who turns ˹to ALLĀH˺ devotes himself to The Lord, and takes from his Lord a more abounding share and a most complete portion. In it the sins and misdeeds are forgiven, and written down is all that is sanctioned for the servant in his year by way of good and bad, and obedience and misdeeds."

{Majmu’ Khutab of Shaikh 'Abdur-Rahmān bin Naasir as-Sa’dī || Page 100-101}

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23 Mar 2025 18:43

SPECIFYING THE NIGHT OF DECREE AND ITS SIGNS (1/2)

This is supported by what Imam Ahmad recorded from Ubadah bin As-Samit that the Messenger of ALLĀH said, "The Night of Al-Qadr occurs during the last ten ˹nights˺. Whoever stands for them ˹in prayer˺ seeking their reward, then indeed ALLĀH will forgive his previous sins and his latter sins.

It is an odd night: the ninth, or the seventh, or the fifth, or the third or the last night ˹of Ramadān˺."

The Messenger of ALLĀH also said, "Verily, the sign of the Night of Al-Qadr is that it is pure and glowing as if there were a bright, tranquil, calm moon during it.

It is not cold, nor is it hot, and no shooting star is permitted until morning.

Its sign is that the sun appears on the morning following it smooth having no rays on it, just like the moon on a full moon night.

Shaytan is not allowed to come out with it (the sun) on that day."

This chain of narration is good.

In its text there is some oddities and in some of its wordings there are things that are objectionable.

Abu Dawud mentioned a section in his Sunan that he titled, "Chapter: Clarification that the Night of Al-Qadr occurs during every Ramadān." Then he recorded that 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said,

"The Messenger of ALLĀH was asked about the Night of Al-Qadr while I was listening and he said,

'It occurs during every Ramadān.'"

The men of this chain of narration are all reliable, but Abu Dawud said that Shu'bah and Sufyan both narrated it from Ishaq and they both considered it to be a statement of the Companion (Ibn 'Umar, and thus not the statement of the Prophet).

It has been reported that Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri said,

"The Messenger of ALLĀH performed I'tikāf during the first ten nights of Ramadān and we performed I'tikāf with him. Then Jibril came to him and said,

'That which you are seeking is in front of you.'

So the Prophet performed I'tikāf during the middle ten days of Ramadan and we also performed I'tikāf with him. Then Jibril came to him and said;

'That which you are seeking is ahead of you.'

So the Prophet stood up and gave a sermon on the morning of the twentieth of Ramadān and he said,

'Whoever performed I'tikāf with me, let him come back ˹for I'tikäf again˺, for verily I saw the Night of Al-Qadr, and I was caused to forget it, and indeed it is during the last ten (nights). It is during an odd night and I saw myself as if I were prostrating in mud and water.'

The roof of the Masjid was made of dried palm-tree leaves and we did not see anything (i.e., clouds) in the sky. But then a patch of wind-driven clouds came and it rained. So the Prophet lead us in prayer until we saw the traces of mud and water on the forehead of the Messenger of ALLĀH, which confirmed his dream."

In one narration it adds that

- this occurred on the morning of the twenty-first night (meaning the next morning).

They both (Al-Bukhari and Muslim) recorded it in the Two Sahihs.

Ash-Shafi'i said, "This Hadith is the most authentic of what has been reported."

It has also been said that it is on the twenty-third night due to a Hadith narrated from 'Abdullah bin Unays in Sahih Muslim.

It has also been said that it is on the twenty-fifth night due to what Al-Bukhari recorded from Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of ALLĀH said,

"Seek it in the last ten (nights) of Ramadān. In the ninth it still remains, in the seventh it still remains, in the fifth it still remains."

Many have explained this Hadith to refer to the odd nights, and this is the most apparent and most popular explanation.

It has also been said that it occurs on the twenty-seventh night because of what Muslim recorded in his Sahih from Ubay bin Ka'b that the Messenger of ALLĀH mentioned that it was on the twenty-seventh night.

#ibnkathir #qadr (97:5)

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