AlBaseerah

27 Feb 2024 22:14

BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT TIMES

I fear for those whose heart is content with ALLĀH during times of ease only to fail the test and misbehave during times of difficulty. This is when the real test takes place. ALLĀH gives and takes away. HE builds and destroys; hence the acceptance and contentment of a person with HIS decree shows during both, the good and bad times. As for him who continues to bask in grace and receives continuous boundes, he is only happy while they exist. Then when he is afflicted with a calamity then his steadfastness is lacking.

Al-Hasan al-Basri said, “They were all the same during good times, yet during calamines they would differ.” That being the case, an intelligent person is one who is well prepared to confront the war against calamities, which is inevitable. Even if no calamity befalls a person all his life, he should be prepared lest it befalls him on his deathbed. Because if a calamity befalls you and finds you without knowledge that equips you with contentment and patience, then during the moment of death it might take you into disbelief.

I heard a person whom I used to think was pious saying during his final nights (on earth), “My Lord is being unjust to me!” Since then, I have been worried and keen on acquiring enough ammunidon to pass that inevitable day. And how would I not be like that when it was reported that at the moment of death, the devil tells his companions, “focus on [deviating] this (dying) man for after he passes away, you will not then have power over him!”

What heart would hold firmly when breath will be stripped away and when the soul will be pulled out of the body knowing that you will depart your loved ones to an unknown destination; from which all what you can see is just the grave and perishing!

I ask ALLĀH that HE grants us a belief that would protect us from the evils of that day, so we may be patient and accepting of HIS destiny. WE ask the Giver that HE grants us from HIS excess bounties that HE bestowed on those whom HE loves so that meeting HIM would be more beloved to us than staying in this life, and that surrendering to HIS predestined decree would become more desirable to us over what we choose.

I seek refuge with ALLĀH from assuming that we have perfect administration of our deeds as this will cause us to resent the destiny whenever things are not going our way.

Truly, this is pure ignorance.

May ALLĀH protect us from it!

{Ibn al-Jawzī's Captured Thoughts, page 346-347}

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AlBaseerah

27 Feb 2024 17:37

UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE OCCURRENCE OF MENSTRUATION WHILE FASTING

Q9: What should a woman do if she sees menstrual blood after breaking the fast but is UNCERTAIN if it occurred before or after sunset?

Ans: Her fast is correct and there is nothing upon her.

One of the basic principles of fiqh that were mentioned by the scholars (may ALLĀH have mercy on them) is the principle that every incident is presumed to have begun at the closest time.

What this principle means is that if something happens, and it may have happened at a time that is closer or a time that is further, and there is nothing to suggest which of the two times is most likely, then we assume that it happened that the closer of the two times, because this is the time at which we may be certain that it happened, whereas the other is the subject of some doubt. 

If a woman saw menstrual blood and does not know when it began, was it before sunset or after, then in this case she should assume that the bleeding began at the closer of the two times.

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Mukhtaar ash-Shanqeeti (may ALLĀH preserve him) was asked about a woman who saw some menstrual blood after Maghrib prayer, and she does not know whether it came before Maghrib or after – what is the ruling on her prayer and fasting?

He replied: If she saw the blood and thinks it most likely that it came before Maghrib, then there is no doubt that the fast of that day is invalid and she has to make it up.

But if she thinks it most likely that the blood is fresh and that it happened after Maghrib, then there is no doubt that her fast is valid and she has to pray Maghrib when she becomes pure (i.e., her period ends and she does ghusl); she should make it up and offer that prayer.

But if she is uncertain, then the basic principle according to the scholars (may ALLĀH have mercy on them) is that it should be attributed to the closest time.

The basic principle is that the fast remains valid unless there is evidence to prove that it is not valid, and the basic principle is that she has fasted a whole day and has done what is required of her, unless we are certain that there is any evidence to the contrary. So in this case her fast is deemed to be valid. As for the blood, it does not affect that day. On the other hand, if you say that her fast is valid, she has to make up Maghrib, and if you say that her fast is not valid, she does not have to make up Maghrib, so if her fast is valid she has to make up Maghrib, because the time of Maghrib began when she was not menstruating, and her menses began after that, so she has to make up Maghrib because what matters is the beginning of the time (for Maghrib), not the end.

{Sharh Zaad al-Mustaqni‘ by Shaykh ash-Shanqeeti}

Allāh knows best

Excerpted from Islamqa

AlBaseerah

26 Feb 2024 21:46

WHY SAHUR (PRE-FASTING MEAL) IS BLESSED

Ibn Umar (may ALLĀH be pleased with him): The Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said, “Verily, ALLĀH and HIS angels send blessings upon those who eat before fasting.”

{Ibn Ḥibbān #3467}

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said, “The pre-fasting meal is a blessed meal, so do not abandon it even if you only take a sip of water. Verily, ALLĀH and HIS angels send blessings upon those who take the pre-fasting meal.”

{Musnad Aḥmad #11086}

The pre-fasting meal is blessed because:

1⃣ It is an act of obedience and following the Sunnah.

2⃣ It is being different from the People of the Scriptures.

3⃣ It strengthens one for Ibaadah.

4⃣ It prevents bad manners that may be caused due to hunger.

5⃣ It may be a reason to give charity at the time of suhoor.

6⃣ It may be a reason for Dhikr at the time of Suhoor.

7⃣ It may be a reason in having an intention for the fast for one who becomes heedless regarding it.

{Excerpted from Fath al-Bari}

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AlBaseerah

26 Feb 2024 17:57

COMMON MISTAKES IN SALAH (STANDING POSITION)

1⃣ Negligence regarding the matter of sutrah.

2⃣ The woman uncovering her feet in salah.

3⃣ Exaggerating in spreading the feet or closing them.

4⃣ Audibly pronouncing the intention

5⃣ Tucking the garment and rolling it up in Salah

6⃣ Carelessness or exaggeration in the openeing takbīr

7⃣ Raising one’s vision toward the sky or Looking toward other than the place of prostration.

8⃣ Covering one’s mouth in Salah

9⃣ Placing the right hand upon the left in the salah in places which oppose the guidance of the Prophet ﷺ

These points are illustrated in the attachment.

- Shaykh Muhammad Bazmool

AlBaseerah

26 Feb 2024 06:08

VIRTUES OF FASTING SOLELY FOR ALLĀH

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

The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said,

"ALLĀH the Exalted and Majestic said: 'Every act of the son of Adam is for him, except As-Siyam (the fasting) which is (exclusively) for ME, and I will reward him for it.'

Fasting is a shield. When anyone of you is observing fast, he should neither indulge in obscene language nor should he raise his voice; and if anyone reviles him or tries to quarrel with him, he should say: 'I am fasting.'

By HIM in Whose Hand the soul of Muhammad is, the breath of one observing Saum is sweeter to ALLĀH than the fragrance of musk.

The one who fasts, experiences two joys: he feels pleasure when he breaks the fast. He is joyful by virtue of his fast when he meets his Rubb.''

{Al-Bukhari and Muslim}

5⃣0⃣ QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FAST OF RAMADĀN

AlBaseerah

25 Feb 2024 06:49

GUIDANCE OF THE PROPHET ﷺ IN RAMADĀN

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

"From the guidance of the Prophet ﷺ in the month of Ramadān is increasing in the different types of worship. Jibril used to make the Prophet ﷺ review the Qur’an in Ramaḍān. When Jibril used to meet him ﷺ, he ﷺ was more generous with good than a freely blowing wind, and he was the most generous of people and the most generous in Ramadān, in which he increased in charity and all types of goodness; recitation of the Qur’an, prayer, dhikr, and i’tikaf. He ﷺ singled out Ramadān for worship in a manner in which he didn’t for the other months, to the extent that, at times, he would persist and spend several hours of his day and night in worship."

{Jām'i al-Fiqh, 3/89}

50 Questions Regarding The  Fast of Ramadān

May ALLĀH make us reach the month of Ramadān

AlBaseerah

23 Feb 2024 09:52

ABUNDANCE IS NOT A SIGN OF GOODNESS

ALLĀH says:

قُل لَّا يَسۡتَوِى ٱلۡخَبِيثُ وَٱلطَّيِّبُ
Say, Not equal are the evil and the good

Say to the people, warning them against evil and encouraging them to do good. The bad and the good are not equal in any way. Faith and disbelief, obedience and disobedience, the people of paradise and the people of hell, good deeds and evil deeds, lawful wealth and unlawful wealth, are not equal.

وَلَوۡ أَعۡجَبَكَ كَثۡرَةُ ٱلۡخَبِيثِۚ
Although the abundance of evil might impress you.

For it is of no benefit to the one who possesses it; rather it is harmful in both spiritual and worldly terms.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ يَٰٓأُوْلِى ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ
So fear ALLĀH, O people of understanding, so that you may be successful.

Here ALLĀH issues a command to people of understanding - that is, people of mature thinking and wisdom. They are addressed here because they are the ones to whom attention is paid, and it is hoped that there is good in them.

Then ALLĀH tells us that prosperity depends on fearing ALLĀH, which means complying with HIS commands and prohibitions. Whoever fears HIM will prosper, but whoever does not fear HIM will incur loss and miss out on gains.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

AlBaseerah

22 Feb 2024 22:54

THE FAST OF THE TERMINALLY ILL PERSON

Q8: What is legislated for the person who has no hope of recovery and cannot fast during Ramadān?

Ans: He should feed one poor person for each day in Ramadān.

The sick person who has no hope of recovery and cannot fast during Ramadān has to feed one poor person for each day that he did not fast because ALLĀH says:

وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُۥ فِدۡيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسۡكِينٍۖ
For those who can only fast with extreme difficulty, compensation can be made by feeding a needy person ˹for every day not fasted˺.

{Al-Baqarah: Verse 184}

Ibn `Abbas (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: "This refers to the old man or old woman who cannot fast, so for each day they should feed one poor person."

{Al-Bukhari #4505}.

The sick person who has no hope of recovery comes under the same ruling as the elderly.

Ibn Qudamah (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "The sick person who has no hope of recovery should not fast, and for each day he should feed one poor person, because he is like one who is elderly."

{Al-Mughni, 4/396}

Sheikh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) was asked: If a person recovers from a sickness that the doctors previously stated it was impossible to recover from, and that is after several days of Ramadān have passed, is he required to make up the previous days?

He replied: "If a person does not fast in Ramadān because of sickness for which there is no hope of recovery, either because this is the usual pattern with that sickness or because trustworthy doctors have stated that, then he has to feed one poor person for each day. If he does that, then ALLĀH decrees that he should be healed after that, he does not have to make up the fasts for which he fed the poor, because his duty was discharged when he fed poor persons instead of fasting.

If his duty has been discharged, then it is not followed by another obligation. This is like what the fuqaha’ (may ALLĀH have mercy on them) mentioned about a man who is unable to perform the duty of Hajj because of a reason for which there is no hope that it will end, and someone does Hajj on his behalf, then he recovers after that: he does not have to do the obligatory Hajj again."

{Majmu' Fatāwa al-Sheikh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn, 19/126}

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AlBaseerah

22 Feb 2024 19:38

PRIORITIZING THE ETERNAL

Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said:

"Man feels sad when he does not acquire what was not destined for him, but delights at earning what would not have missed him. You should feel delight for what you have performed for your Hereafter, grieve for the part of your life you wasted, and feel disinterest in whatever splendor you acquire in this life. Dedicate your vitality at what will come after death (ie. deeds that will grant you ALLĀH’s Mercy)."

{Life is a fading shadow: Page 59}

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22 Feb 2024 15:48

FASTING AL-AYYAM AL-BEED (THE WHITE DAYS) FOR SHA'BĀN 1445H

The white days of the month refer to the 13th, 14th, and 15th of each lunar month. The moon is at its fullest and most luminous during this period. Fasting on these days (Al-Ayyam Al-Beed) is sunnah, mentioned in various hadith.

The Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said: "Fasting three days of each month is equivalent to fasting for a lifetime. The days of al-beed (white days) are the 13th, 14th & 15th." [Sunan an-Nasai]

ALLAH'S Messenger ﷺ said: "It is sufficient for you to fast three days every month because, for every good deed, you will have (the reward of) ten like it, so that will be like fasting for a lifetime." [Sahih al-Bukhari]

NB: Please confirm the dates with your local Islamic Centers.

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22 Feb 2024 06:02

THE EXCELLENCE OF RAMADĀN AND THE REVELATION OF THE QUR'ĀN IN IT

The month of Ramadān ˹is that˺ in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights ˹the new moon of˺ the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. ALLĀH intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and ˹wants˺ for you to complete the period and to glorify ALLĀH for that to which HE has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.

{Al-Baqarah: Verse 185}

50 Questions Regarding The  Fast of Ramadān

May ALLĀH make us reach the month of Ramadān, and grant us the ability to fast therein, Aamin.

AlBaseerah

21 Feb 2024 10:39

SEEK THE HEREAFTER WITH YOUR RIGHTEOUS DEEDS

ALLAH says:

وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا
And whosoever desires the reward of this world

In the sense that this world is his only aim, and he does not give precedence to the hereafter, as he has no hope for its reward and does not fear its punishment

نُوتِهِ مِنْهَا
WE give him some of it

His share that is already decreed for him

وَمَا لَهُ فِي الاْخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ
But he will have no share in the hereafter

For he will be deprived of paradise and its delights, and he will deserve hell and its blazing fire. This is like the verse in which ALLĀH says:

مَن كَانَ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا وَزِینَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَیۡهِمۡ أَعۡمَـٰلَهُمۡ فِیهَا وَهُمۡ فِیهَا لَا یُبۡخَسُونَ
Whoever desires ˹only˺ this worldly life and its luxuries, WE will pay them in full for their deeds in this life—nothing will be left out.

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ ٱلَّذِینَ لَیۡسَ لَهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُۖ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا۟ فِیهَا وَبَـٰطِلࣱ مَّا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ
It is they who will have nothing in the Hereafter except the Fire. Their efforts in this life will be fruitless and their deeds will be useless.

{Hūd: 15-16}

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

Zayd ibn Thabit (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said, "Whoever is focused only on this world, ALLĀH will confound his affairs and make him fear poverty constantly, and he will not get anything of this world except that which has been decreed for him. Whoever is focused on the Hereafter, ALLĀH will settle his affairs for him and make him feel content with his lot, and his provision and worldly gains will undoubtedly come to him."

{Sunan Ibn Mājah #4105}

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AlBaseerah

20 Feb 2024 22:42

As for toothbrush, the Shaykh (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "… This leads us to the question: Is it permissible to use a toothbrush and toothpaste whilst fasting or not?

The answer is that it is permitted, but it is preferable not to use them because the toothpaste is too strong and may go down into the throat. Instead of doing that during the day, one should do it at night."

{Al-Sharh al-Mumti', 6/407-408}

And ALLĀH knows best.

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AlBaseerah

20 Feb 2024 21:13

SPECIAL GATE IN PARADISE FOR THE OBSERVERS OF SAWM

Sahl bin Sa'd (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) narrated that Prophet (ﷺ) said: "In Jannah there is a gate which is called Ar-Raiyan through which only those who observe Sawm (fasting) will enter on the Day of Resurrection. None else will enter through it. It will be called out, "Where are those who observe fasting?'' So they will stand up and proceed towards it. When the last of them will have entered, the gate will be closed and then no one will enter through that gate.'' {Muslim}

{Riyadhus-Saliheen: Book 9, Chapter 217, Hadith 1217}

COMMENTARY:
This Hadith tells us about the special distinction of those who observe Sawm. "Only those who observe Sawm'' signify the faithful who not only observe Saum during the month of Ramadān but also frequently observe voluntary fasts over and above the obligatory ones, otherwise Sawm of Ramadān are compulsory for every Muslim. Similar is the case of the people of Salat, people of Sadaqah and people of Jihad, who have been mentioned in the preceding Ahadith otherwise all Muslims are on par so far as the Salat, Sadaqah, etc., are concerned.

{Commentary by Hafiz Salahudeen Yusuf}

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AlBaseerah

20 Feb 2024 10:53

ALLĀH'S FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE

ALLĀH said:

إِنَّ اللّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ
Indeed, ALLĀH will not change the condition of a people

In terms of blessings, bounty and prosperity

حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمۡۗ
Until they change what is in themselves.

By shifting from faith to disbelief, from obedience to disobedience, or from gratitude for the blessings of ALLĀH to insolence because of them; in such cases ALLĀH takes those blessings away from them. By the same token, if people change their condition of sin, and shift towards obedience to ALLĀH, ALLĀH will change the miserable situation in which they were to one of blessing, happiness, joy and mercy.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

AlBaseerah

27 Feb 2024 18:36

STRANGE DOWRY

Musaylamah, was an infamous liar and a false Prophet, who appeared in Arabia towards the end of the Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ life. He copied Islam and changed whatever he didn’t like. He managed to gather some followers here and there. Then he wanted to marry a girl, and as her dowry, she demanded that he cancels two daily Islamic prayers on her tribe – and he did it!! lol

Imam Ibn Kathir said:
فقال: ناد في قومك إن مسيلمة بن حبيب رسول الله قد وضع عنكم صلاتين مما أتاكم به محمد – يعني: صلاة الفجر، وصلاة العشاء الآخرة – فكان هذا صداقها عليه
He said: ‘Announce to your people that Musaylamah, the Prophet of God, has cancelled the Isha [night] and Fajr [morning] prayers on you.’
This was a dowry she demanded from him.’

{‘Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah’, 9/460}

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AlBaseerah

27 Feb 2024 06:46

THREE LEVELS OF FASTING

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

Fasting is of three levels: The fast of the common people, the fast of the elite, and the fast of the elite of the elite.

1⃣ As for the fast of the common people, it is the abstaining of the stomach and private parts from fulfilling their desires.

2⃣ As for the fast of the elite, it is the abstaining of the eyes, tongue, hands, feet, hearing, eyesight, and all the other limbs from sins.

3⃣ As for the fast of the elite of the elite, it is the fasting of the heart from shameful aspirations, thinking of anything other than ALLĀH, and abstaining from everything except ALLĀH in totality.

{Mukhtasar Minhāj al-Qāsidīn, Page 44}

5⃣0⃣ QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FAST OF RAMADĀN

AlBaseerah

26 Feb 2024 20:05

WE WILL BE QUESTIONED ABOUT EVERYTHING

فلو أنا إذا متنا تُركنا
If when we die, we would be left alone,

لكانَ المَوْتُ راحَة َ كُلِّ حَيِّ
Then surely death would be a relief for every living person.

ولكنا إذا متنا بُعثنا
But when we die, we shall be resurrected,

ونُسأل بعده عن كل شي
And we shall be questioned about everything.

PONDER!

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AlBaseerah

26 Feb 2024 10:47

THE PROHIBITION OF SUPPLICATING FOR THE POLYTHEISTS

ALLĀH says:

مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ امَنُواْ أَن يَسْتَغْفِرُواْ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ
It is not ˹proper˺ for the Prophet and the believers to seek forgiveness for the polytheists,

That is, for those who disbelieve in ALLĀH and worship someone else besides HIM

وَلَوْ كَانُواْ أُوْلِي قُرْبَى مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ
Even if they were close relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are bound for the Hellfire.

Praying for forgiveness for them in this case is wrong and is of no benefit. Therefore it is not appropriate for the Prophet ﷺ and the believers to do that, because if they die ascribing partners to ALLĀH, or it is known that they died with that belief, then they deserve the punishment and they are bound to remain in hell for eternity; the intercession of those who intercede and the prayers for forgiveness of those who pray for them will be of no benefit.

Moreover, the Prophet ﷺ and those who believed with him are required to go along with their Lord with regard to whatever HE is pleased or angry with, and to take as allies those whom ALLĀH takes as allies, and take as enemies those whom ALLĀH takes as enemies. So their praying for forgiveness for one who is clearly doomed to hell is contrary to that.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

Ibn Jarir recorded that Sulayman bin Buraydah said that his father said,

"When the Prophet came to Makkah, he went to a grave, sat next to it, started talking and then stood up with tears in his eyes. We said, `O ALLĀH's Messenger! We saw what you did.'

He said: "I asked my Lord for permission to visit the grave of my mother and HE gave me permission. I asked for HIS permission to invoke HIM for forgiveness for her, but HE did not give me permission."

We never saw him more tearful than on that day."'

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

AlBaseerah

25 Feb 2024 22:57

📹 Lying to Children


🎙️Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan حفظه الله

AlBaseerah

24 Feb 2024 05:59

A MONTH OF BLESSING, MERCY, AND SALVATION

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

The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said when the month of Ramadān arrived,

“The month of Ramadān has come, a blessed month in which ALLĀH Almighty has obligated you to fast. In it the gates of the heavens are opened, and in it the gates of Hellfire are closed, and in it the devils are chained, and in it is a night that is better than a thousand months. Thus, whoever is deprived of its good is truly deprived.”

[Musnad Aḥmad #7148]

50 Questions Regarding The  Fast of Ramadān

May ALLĀH make us reach the month of Ramadān

AlBaseerah

23 Feb 2024 06:01

PUNISHMENT OF THOSE WHO DELIBERATELY BROKE THE FAST PREMATURELY

Abu Umaamah al-Baahili reported: I heard the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) say: “Whilst I was sleeping, two men came to me and took hold of my upper arm, and brought me to a rugged mountain.

They said: ‘Climb up.’

I said: ‘I cannot do it.’

They said: ‘We will make it easy for you.’

So I climbed up until I was at the top of the mountain. There I heard loud voices.

I said: ‘What are these voices?’

They said: ‘This is the screaming of the people of Hell.’

Then I was taken and I saw people suspended by their ankles, with the corners of their mouths torn and pouring with blood.

I said: ‘Who are these?’

They said: ‘These are the people who broke their fast before it was time to do so.’”

[Ibn Khuzaymah #1986 and Ibn Hibbaan #7491]

5⃣0⃣ QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MONTH OF THE RAMADĀN

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AlBaseerah

22 Feb 2024 21:55

WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM JUMU'AH PRAYER

The Jumu'ah prayer is observed only in congregation. If one misses the congregation one should offer the noon prayer (i.e., Thuhr Prayer) alone, and not the Jumu'ah prayer. The Jumu'ah prayer is obligatory upon every Muslim except five persons:

1⃣ A slave

2⃣ A woman (and girls)

3⃣ A boy (under the age of 10 years of age)

4⃣ An ill person

5⃣ A traveller.

Hafsah, Ummul Mu’mineen (may ALLĀH be pleased with her) said that the Prophet ﷺ said: "It is necessary for every adult (person) to go for Jumu'ah (prayer)."

{Sunan Abi Dawūd #342}

In the above narration, it is mentioned that the Jumu'ah prayer is obligatory upon adults only. It is not clear from the narration which people are exempted. The next narration clears this point,

‘Taariq ibn Shihaab (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The Jumu'ah prayer in congregation is a necessary duty for every Muslim, except four persons: a slave, a woman, a boy, and a sick person."

{Sunan Abi Dawūd #1067}

(and elsewhere) "or a traveller"

{Irwāul-Ghalīl #592}

This narration clearly mentions that there are five persons upon whom the Friday prayer is not obligatory.

{Etiquettes of a Muslim on Friday, Page 30-31}

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AlBaseerah

22 Feb 2024 19:21

Race (i.e., compete) toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in ALLĀH and HIS messengers. That is the bounty of ALLĀH which HE gives to whom HE wills, and ALLĀH is the possessor of great bounty.

No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a Record before WE bring it into being - indeed that is easy for ALLĀH.

In order that you may not grieve at the things over that you fail to get, nor boast over that which has been given to you. And ALLĀH does not like whoever is arrogant, boastful -

Those who are stingy and promote stinginess among people. And whoever turns away - then indeed, ALLĀH is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

{Hadīd: Verse 21-24}

AlBaseerah

22 Feb 2024 09:51

THE SUPPORT THAT COMES WITH PATIENCE AND PRAYER

ALLĀH says:

وَٱسۡتَعِينُواْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِۚ
And seek help through patience and prayer.

Here, ALLĀH commands them (the believers) to seek help in their affairs by being patient in all situations. That means being patient in obeying ALLĀH so that one may fulfil one’s obligations properly, and being patient in refraining from disobedience, so that one may be able to keep away from it altogether. It also includes patience in accepting the decree of ALLĀH when it is painful, so as to avoid becoming angry or discontented with it. Having patience and compelling oneself to do what ALLĀH has enjoined is a great help in all situations. As a person strives to be patient, ALLĀH will grant him patience. That also applies to prayer, which is the foundation of faith and keeps one from committing shameful and evil deeds. By means of prayer, a person may seek help in all his affairs.

وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ
And indeed, it is difficult

That is, prayer is difficult.

إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلۡخَٰشِعِينَ
Except for the humbly submissive ˹to ALLĀH˺

It is easy and light for them, because humility, fear of ALLĀH and hope for that which is with HIM makes them do it happily, because they have the hope of reward and the fear of punishment. This is unlike the one who is not like that, for he has no motivation to do it, and if he does do it, it is one of the most burdensome of things for him.

Humility means submission of the heart, being tranquil and turning to ALLĀH, expressing one’s utter need of HIM, having faith in HIM and believing in the meeting with HIM.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

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21 Feb 2024 22:52

THE PREGNANT WOMAN AND THE BREAST-FEEDING WOMAN'S FAST

Q7: Do pregnant or breastfeeding women have to fast during Ramadān?

Ans: Yes, it's obligatory except if they fear for their health or the fetus.

A pregnant Muslim woman must fast like any other individual, unless it poses a threat to her own health or that of her unborn child, in which case it is allowed for her to abstain from fasting.

Ibn Qudāma said: "A pregnant woman can only break the fast if she fears for her health or that of the child (not all women react the same way to fasting, it depends on different factors). If this is proven by experience or by the advice of a trusted doctor, she is allowed not to fast and she will have to catch up after childbirth." {Al-Mughni}

Sheikh Ibn Uthaymīn was asked: What is due on the pregnant woman and the breast-feeding woman if they break their fasts during Ramadān, and what amount of rice suffices them for feeding poor people?

He said: "It is not permissible for the pregnant woman or the breast-feeding woman to break the fast during the daytime in Ramadān, except with an excuse. If they break their fast with an excuse, it is obligatory on them to make up for the fast, due to the ALLĀH’s Statement concerning the sick person:

فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِیضًا أَوۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرࣲ فَعِدَّةࣱ مِّنۡ أَیَّامٍ أُخَرَۚ
"So whoever among you is ill or on a journey, then (he may make up for his fast from) a number of other days."

{Al-Baqarah: 184}

And these two types of women (i.e., pregnant and breastfeeding) have the same meaning as the sick person.

If their excuse is fear for the child, then they must feed poor people for each day along with making up for the fasts. They may give wheat or rice or dried dates or other things from the food that people eat. Some of the scholars have said that nothing is due on them other than making up for the fasts regardless of the situation, because there is no evidence from the Book and the Sunnah that necessitates giving food (for this). And the basic principle is freedom of responsibility until evidence is established that proves doing. This is the position of Abu Hanifah and it is strong.

{Fatāwa Islāmiyah, page 300}

AlBaseerah

21 Feb 2024 06:02

ALLAH AND HIS ANGELS BLESS THOSE WHO EAT SAHUR (PRE-FASTING MEAL)

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said,

“The pre-fasting meal is a blessed meal, so do not abandon it even if you only take a sip of water. Verily, ALLĀH and HIS angels send blessings upon those who take the pre-fasting meal.”

{Musnad Aḥmad #11086}

Anas ibn Malik (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said,

"Take the Sahur meal. Verily, there is blessing in the pre-fasting meal."

{al-Bukhārī #1923 and Muslim #1095}

50 Questions Regarding The  Fast of Ramadān

May ALLĀH make us reach the month of Ramadān and grant us the ability to fast therein.

AlBaseerah

20 Feb 2024 22:42

THE RULING ON WET DREAM, BLOOD TEST, VOMIT, KISSING AND USING TOOTHSTICK DURING FAST

WET DREAM

Sheikh Ibn Baz (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "The wet dream does not corrupt the fast because it was not by the choice of the servant. However, he must perform complete bathing for sexual impurity if sperm was emitted from him. This is because when the Prophet ﷺ was asked about that he answered that the person who has a wet dream must perform complete bathing if he finds the fluid, meaning sperm."

{Fatāwa Islāmiyah, 3/271}

VOMITING

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymin (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) was asked about vomiting in Ramadān – does it break the fast?

He replied: "If a person vomits deliberately then it breaks the fast, but if he vomits unintentionally then it does not break the fast. The evidence for that is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may ALLĀH be pleased with him): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "If one has a sudden attack of vomiting while one is fasting, no atonement is required of him, but if he vomits intentionally he must make atonement."

{Abu Dawūd #2380}

If you could not help vomiting, then you did not break the fast. If a person feels that his stomach is queasy and that its contents will be expelled, do we say that you have to try to stop it? No. Or that you have to make it happen? No. Rather we say: Take a middle approach – do not make yourself vomit and do not try to stop it, because if you make yourself vomit you will break the fast, but if you try to stop it, that will harm you. So leave it, and if it comes out without any action on your part, then it will not matter and that will not break your fast."

{Fatāwa al-Siyam, page 231}

BLOOD TEST

Shaykh Ibn Baz (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) was asked about the ruling on a person who has blood taken when he is fasting in Ramadān for the purpose of testing.

He replied: "A test of this nature does not affect the fast, rather it is excused, because it is something needed, and it is not like the things that are known to break the fast according to Shari’ah."

{Majmu' Fatāwa Ibn Baz, 15/274}

KISSING

Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) was asked: If a man kisses his wife during the day in Ramadān, or touches her, does that invalidate his fast or not?

He replied: "If a man kisses his wife, touches her and is intimate with her, without having intercourse, whilst he is fasting, all of that is permissible and there is nothing wrong with it. This is because the Prophet (ﷺ) used to kiss his wife whilst he was fasting, and he used to touch her whilst he was fasting.
 
But if he fears that he may end up doing that which ALLĀH has prohibited to him, because he is easily aroused, then it is makruh (disliked) for him to do that. If he ejaculates, then he must refrain from eating and so on for the rest of the day, and he must make up that day’s fast, but he does not have to offer expiation, according to the majority of scholars.”

{Majmu' Fatāwa Ibn Baz, 15/315}

TOOTHSTICK OR TOOTHBRUSH

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymīn said: "Refraining from using the toothstick during the daytime in Ramadān or during other days outside of Ramadān when a person is fasting is baseless. This is because using the toothstick is a Sunnah. It is as has been mentioned in the authentic Hadith: "Siwak is a means of purification for the mouth and is pleasing to the Lord."

{An-Nasa’i #5}

It is legislated especially during Wudhu’ (ablution), for the prayer, when getting up from sleep, upon entering the house when one first enters, while fasting and at other times. It does not corrupt the fast unless the toothstick has a taste and an effect upon the spit. In that case you should not swallow its taste. Likewise, if some blood comes out from the gums when using the toothstick, you should not swallow it. If you cautiously avoid this, then it (using the toothstick) does not affect the fasting at all."

{Fatāwa Islāmiyah, 3/261-262}

AlBaseerah

20 Feb 2024 20:35

Prayer is the second most important pillar of Islam, and is the most regular compulsory action in a Muslim’s life. We fast just one month a year; we must give Zakah once a year; and Hajj is only once a life time. However, prayer is the one act that must be fulfilled at least five times a day, regardless of the circumstance . In fact, ALLĀH did not even exempt the Muslims from praying during the battle! HE says:

وَإِذَا كُنتَ فِيهِمۡ فَأَقَمۡتَ لَهُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَلۡتَقُمۡ طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنۡهُم مَّعَكَ وَلۡيَأۡخُذُوٓاْ أَسۡلِحَتَهُمۡ

{And when you (O Prophet) are among them and lead them in prayer, let a group of them stand ˹in prayer˺ with you and let them carry their arms.}

{An-Nisā: 102}

Despite the importance of prayer, it is a sad fact that many Muslims do not offer prayer or fulfil the conditions of prayer.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The first thing for which a person will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayer. If it is sound, he will be successful, and if it is lacking in any way, he will be doomed."

{Al-Tirmidhī #413}

This Hadith points to the fact that there is no success for the one who does not establish the prayer.

Abd-Allāh ibn Shaqeeq (may ALLĀH have mercy on him), who was one of the well-known Taabi’ēn, said: “The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) did not think that omitting any action made a person a disbeliever, except for the prayer.”

{Al-Tirmidhi‌ #2622}

Based on this, if a person fasts but he does not pray, then his fast is rejected and not accepted, and it will not avail him anything before ALLĀH on the Day of Resurrection.

As Muslims, we must strive to ensure we never underestimate the critical importance of prayer to our faith, abandonment of some or all of them would have serious consequences. To be sure, the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
“The covenant between us and them is the prayer, so whoever abandons it has disbelieved.”

{Al-Tirmidhi‌ #2621}

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20 Feb 2024 09:58

HOW THE START OF RAMADĀN IS DETERMINED

Q6: How is the start of Ramadān determined?

Ans: Sighting the new moon or Counting Sha'bān to complete 30 days.

Sheikh Ibn Baz (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) was asked: "In some lands of the Muslims the people go about fasting without relying on the sighting of the new moon. Rather, they think it is sufficient to only rely on calendars. So, what is the ruling on this?"

He responded: "The Prophet ﷺ ordered the Muslims that they should:

"Start fasting on seeing the crescent (of Ramadān), and give up fasting on seeing the crescent (of Shawwal), and if the sky is overcast (and you cannot see it), complete thirty days of Sha'ban."

{al-Bukhari #1909 and Muslim #1081}

He ﷺ also said:

"We are an illiterate nation; we neither write, nor know accounts. The month is like this and this, i.e. sometimes of 29 days and sometimes of thirty days."

{al-Bukhari #1913 and Muslim #1080}

The Hadiths concerning this matter are numerous and all of them prove that it is obligatory to act according to the sighting or completion of the number of days (in the month as 30) when there is no sighting. Likewise they prove that it is not permissible to rely on calculations for this. Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taimiyyah mentioned that it is the consensus of the people of knowledge that it is not permissible to rely upon calculations to confirm the new moons. This is the truth concerning which there is no doubt. And ALLĀH is the Giver of success."

{Fatāwa Islāmiyah, 3/222-224}