AlBaseerah

06 Jun 2024 18:30

BREAKING | The crescent moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia. Dhul Hijjah 1445 (2024) has commenced.

AlBaseerah

05 Jun 2024 22:48

SUMMARY OF SĪRAH

SECTION 2⃣

PART 1⃣8⃣: THE DEATH OF KHADIJAH AND THE MARRIAGES TO SAWDAH AND A'ISHAH, MAY ALLĀH BE PLEASED WITH THEM

1⃣. In the tenth year of Prophethood, Sayyidah Khadijah passed away, and the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) grieved deeply for her because she loved him and protected him from the harm of the Quraysh.

2⃣ After her death, he married Sawdah (may ALLĀH be pleased with her) after her husband had passed away. She had believed in ALLĀH and HIS Messenger and opposed her relatives.

3⃣. A month later, he married A'ishah (may ALLĀH be pleased with her), the daughter of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (may ALLĀH be pleased with him), when she was seven years old.

4⃣. He did not marry any virgin other than her, and he consummated the marriage with her in Madinah.

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AlBaseerah

04 Jun 2024 19:27

LIST OF THE BEST FORMS OF WORSHIP AND AN ACCOUNT OF WHEN AND HOW TO PERFORM THEM

Ibn Al-Qayyim (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:
 
"The best forms of worship are the actions that are in accordance to the pleasure of The Lord , The Most High, at all times – according to the requisite of that specific time as well as its purpose…
 
…So what is better at the time of the presence of the guest for example is to fulfill his rights and to be busied with him from the recommended timings (during the day or night designated for supererogatory forms of worship) and that is likewise when seeing to the rights of the wife and the family.
 
What is better at the time before daybreak (the early dawn) is to be busied with prayer and the Qur'an and in supplication and in remembrance (of ALLĀH) and in seeking forgiveness.
 
What is better at the time of the adhān (call to prayer) is that one leaves off that which he is embroiled in from his specified times (devoted to supererogatory worship etc) and becoming occupied with responding to the Mu-adhin.

What is better at the timings of the five daily prayers is to endeavor and to sincerely counsel oneself upon performing it in the most complete manner, as well as to hasten to it in its initial time along with setting out to the Masjid; and if it is distant then that is better.
 
What is better at times when one who is in need of help with influential standing or physically or financially is to be engaged with helping him and in relieving his concern and giving preference to that upon your specified times (devoted to supererogatory worship etc) as well as your secluded isolation.
 
What is better at the time of reciting the Qur'an is the assembly of the heart and determination upon having contemplation of it and in understanding it, such that it is as though ALLĀH is speaking to you by way of it. So you should gather your heart upon understanding it and in contemplation of it and to be resolved upon carrying out its commands greater than that of the assembly of the heart of the one to whom there arrives a letter from the Sultān.

What is better during the time of the (first) ten days of Dhul-Hijjah is to be plentiful in worship, especially in making takbīr (saying: Allāhu Akbar) and tahlīl (saying: Laa ilāha illallāh) and tahmīd (saying: Alhamdulillāh), for it is better than the Jihaad which is not assigned.

What is better at the time of the sickness of your Muslim brother or at his death is to visit him and to attend his janaazah and his burial as well as to give that precedence over your isolation and your association.
 
So that which is better at every time and circumstance is giving preference to the pleasure of ALLĀH, The Most High, in that time and circumstance, as well as being busied with the obligation of that time and its purpose as well as its requisite.
 
These people (who adhere to this) – they are unrestrictedly the people of worship."
 
{Taken from: Madărij as-Sālikeen Bayna Manaazil Iyaaka Na’budu wa Iyyaaka Nasta’een || Vol. 1 Page 355-358}

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AlBaseerah

03 Jun 2024 23:43

INCREASING AND DECREASING IN THE MEASURE AND WEIGHT WILL BE A CAUSE FOR REGRET AND LOSS

An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah both recorded from Ibn Abbas (may ALLĀH be pleased with them) that he said,

"When the Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah, the people of Al-Madinah were the most terrible people in giving measurement (i.e., they used to cheat). Thus, ALLĀH revealed,

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Woe to those who give less ˹than due˺,

After this, they began to give good measure."

The meaning of the word Tatfif here is to be stingy with measurement and weight, either by increasing it if it is due from the others, or decreasing it if it is a debt.

Thus, ALLĀH explains that the Mutaffifin those whom HE has promised loss and destruction, whom are meant by "Woe"

الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُواْ عَلَى النَّاسِ
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men,

meaning, from among the people.

يَسْتَوْفُونَ
demand full measure,

meaning, they take their right by demanding full measure and extra as well.

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
And when they have to give by measure or weight to (other) men, give less than due.

HE says in another Ayah,

وَأَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ إِذا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُواْ بِالقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلً
And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a balance that is straight. That is good and better in the end. (17:35)

ALLĀH also says,

وَأَوْفُواْ الْكَيْلَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلاَّ وُسْعَهَا
And give full measure and full weight with justice. WE burden not any person, but with that which he can bear. (6:152)

and HE says,

وَأَقِيمُواْ الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُواْ الْمِيزَانَ
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient. (55:9)

ALLĀH destroyed the people of Shu`ayb and wiped them out because of their cheating in weights and measurements.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

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AlBaseerah

03 Jun 2024 19:19

THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH OF DHUL-HIJJAH

One of the special characteristics that ALLĀH has blessed the Muslims with are those times of the year, during which, acts of obedience are extremely advantageous. During those times, Muslims are urged to strive to obtain the pleasure of ALLĀH and compete with others in doing things that bring them to the grace and favour of ALLĀH.

These seasons or times of the year are gifts from ALLĀH that HE has given to HIS worshippers since they are generously rewarded for small actions.

One of the seasons or times of the year, during which acts of worship and obedience are extremely advantageous is the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah.

The Prophet (ﷺ) testified that these are the best days of this world, he said:

"There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to ALLĀH than these ten days."

The people asked, "Not even jihad for the sake of ALLĀH?"

He (ﷺ) said, "Not even jihad for the sake of ALLĀH, except in the case of a man who went out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing."

{Al-Bukhārī #969, Abū Dāwūd #2438}

This hadith as well as some others, clearly explains the virtues of the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah and the superiority of performing righteous actions during them.

Let's strive to start these days - which will soon be upon us - with sincere repentance to ALLĀH from major and minor sins. Then we should strive to do loads of righteous deeds in general.

We ask ALLĀH to perfect for us the blessings of these days, help us fast and pray qiyam throughout them and beyond, accept our acts of worship, and forgive our shortcomings. Aamīn

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AlBaseerah

02 Jun 2024 20:10

Verily, those who conceal what ALLĀH has sent down of the Book, and purchase a small gain therewith ˹of worldly things˺, they eat into their bellies nothing but fire. ALLĀH will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor purify them, and theirs will be a painful torment.

Those are they who have purchased error at the price of Guidance, and torment at the price of Forgiveness. So how bold they are ˹for evil deeds which will push them˺ to the Fire.

That is ˹deserved by them˺ because ALLĀH has sent down the Book in truth. And indeed, those who differ over the Book are in extreme dissension.

{Al-Baqarah: Verse 174-176}

AlBaseerah

01 Jun 2024 18:44

THE MIRACULOUS NATURE OF THE QUR’AN

Shaikh Muhammad bin Saalih al-‘Uthaimeen (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:
 
“If a person were to say; what is the aspect of the miraculous nature of the Qur’an, and how has mankind been rendered incapable (through inimitability)?

The answer is that it is a miracle from all aspects of miraculous nature, because it is the Speech of ALLĀH, and in it are aspects of miraculous nature which cannot be comprehended, so from that is:
 
1⃣. The strength of manner, and its beauty and the eloquence and the purity of language (articulacy), and the absence of becoming weary in its recitation. So the person reads the Qur’aan morning and evening, and maybe he completes it in two days or three, and it does not cause him to become tired by any means, however if he were to make repetition of a text from the texts as he repeats the Qur’an, he would become wearisome.
 
2⃣. It is a miracle in the sense that the individual; every time he reads it with reflection, there appears for him in the second recitation that which did not become manifest for him in the first recitation.
 
3⃣. The truthfulness of what it informs of, in that the actual reality bears testimony to it, as well as the complete perfection of its rulings which comprise of the welfare of the world and the Hereafter, due to HIS saying, The Most High:

وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا
And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. {Al-An’aam: Verse 115}

4⃣. Its effect upon the hearts and the manners of action (procedures) and its influences, in that by way of it the pious predecessors ruled the east of the earth as well as its west.
 
As for the nature of inimitability then it is the challenge to the jinn and mankind to come with the like of it, and they cannot do so.”
 
{Taken from: At-Tafsīr ath-Thamīn || Vol. 1 Page 117}

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AlBaseerah

01 Jun 2024 16:02

May ALLAH forgive Brother Abdul-Latif Aliyu (Mufti Yaks) who passed away today. May ALLAH ease for him what is ahead and grant him Jannah. Allāhu Akbar!

AlBaseerah

30 May 2024 22:23

SUMMARY OF SĪRAH

SECTION 2⃣

PART 1⃣6⃣: THE PROPHET'S ﷺ DEPARTURE FROM THE SIEGE.

1⃣. In the tenth year of Prophethood, five of the nobles of Quraysh agreed to annul the document.

2⃣. The Prophet ﷺ and those with him came out of the siege after having stayed in the valley for nearly three years.

3⃣. Nothing reached them in terms of food except secretly, to the extent that they ate tree leaves.

4⃣. The Prophet ﷺ had informed them that termites had eaten the document, and when Quraysh brought it down to tear it apart, they found it as he had informed.

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AlBaseerah

30 May 2024 09:17

BRIBERY IS PROHIBITED AND SINFUL

ALLĀH says;

وَلَا تَأْكُلُواْ أَمْوَالَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُواْ بِهَا إِلَى الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُواْ فَرِيقًا مِّنْ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِالاِثْمِ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Do not consume one another's property unjustly, nor give bribery to the rulers that you may knowingly eat up a part of others' property sinfully.

It is reported in the Two Sahihs that Umm Salamah narrated that ALLAH'S Messenger ﷺ said:

"I am only human! You people present your cases to me, and as some of you may be more eloquent and persuasive in presenting his argument, I might issue a judgment in his benefit. So, if I give a Muslim's right to another, I am really giving him a piece of fire; so he should not take it."

The Ayah and the Hadith prove that the judgment of the authorities in any case does not change the reality of the truth. Hence, the ruling does not allow what is in fact prohibited or prohibit what is in fact allowed. It is only applicable in that case. So if the ruling agrees with the truth, then there is no harm in this case. Otherwise, the judge will acquire his reward, while the cheater will acquire the evil burden. This is why ALLĀH said:

وَلَا تَأْكُلُواْ أَمْوَالَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُواْ بِهَا إِلَى الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُواْ فَرِيقًا مِّنْ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِالاِثْمِ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Do not consume one another's property unjustly, nor give bribery to the rulers that you may knowingly eat up a part of others' property sinfully.

meaning, `While you know the falsehood of what you claim.'

Qatadah said: "O son of Adam! Know that the judge's ruling does not allow you what is prohibited or prohibit you from what is allowed. The judge only rules according to his best judgment and according to the testimony of the witnesses. The judge is only human and is bound to make mistakes.

Know that if the judge erroneously rules in some one's favor, then that person will still encounter the dispute when the disputing parties meet Allah on the Day of Resurrection. Then, the unjust person will be judged swiftly and precisely with that which will surpass whatever he acquired by the erroneous judgment he received in the life of this world."

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

#ibnkathir #baqarah (2:188)

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AlBaseerah

29 May 2024 20:44

THE TRUE CALAMITY

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

"Perhaps losing what you have missed out will cause you to turn to ALLĀH ﷻ and getting it will distract you from HIM. This is obvious, based on the fact that were it not for this calamity you would not have turned to HIM, because the real calamity is what distracts you from HIM, but what makes you stand before HIM is good for you and is in your best interests."

{Sayd al-Khatir, page 59-60}

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AlBaseerah

27 May 2024 22:32

So be patient over what they say and glorify the praises of your Lord before sunrise and before sunset, and glorify HIM in the hours of the night and at both ends of the day, so that you may be satisfied.

And do not extend your eyes toward that by which WE have given enjoyment to ˹some˺ categories of them, ˹its being but˺ the splendor of worldly life by which WE test them. But the provision of your Lord is better and more lasting.

And enjoin your family ˹and people˺ to establish prayer and remain steadfast therein. WE do not ask you for provision; rather it is WE who provide for you. And the best outcome is for those who fear ˹ALLĀH˺.

{Tā Hā: Verse 130-132}

AlBaseerah

26 May 2024 21:50

VIRTUE OF SEEKING FORGIVENESS FOR THE BELIEVERS

ALLĀH said:

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُوْمِنًا
(Nūh said) My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer,

Ad-Dahhak said, "This means, my Masjid."

However, there is no harm in understanding the Ayah according to its apparent meaning, which would be that he supplicated for every person who entered his house who was a believer.

Then he said,

وَلِلْمُوْمِنِينَ وَالْمُوْمِنَاتِ
and all the believing men and women.

He supplicated for all of the believing men and women, and that includes those of them who were living and those of them who were dead. For this reason, it is recommended to supplicate like this, in following the example of Nuh, and that which has been reported in the narrations and well-known, legislated supplications.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

#ibnkathir #Nuh (71:28)

Ubadah ibn al-Samit reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Whoever seeks forgiveness for the believing men and women, ALLĀH will record a good deed for him by each man and woman."

{Musnad al-Sha‌mi‌yi‌n lil-T‌abarani #2118}

Abu Hurayrah reported: When the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer he would say:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا، وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا، وَصَغِيْرِنَا وَكَبِيْرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا، اَللّٰهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلاَمِ، وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِيْمَانِ، اَللّٰهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ، وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ

O ALLĀH forgive our living and our dead, those who are with us and those who are absent, our young and our old, our menfolk and our womenfolk. O ALLĀH, whomever you give life from among us give him life in Islam, and whomever you take way from us take him away in Faith. O ALLĀH, do not forbid us their reward and do not send us astray after them.

Allaahum-maghfir lihayyinaa, wa mayyitinaa, wa shaahidinaa, wa ghaa'ibinaa, wa sagheerinaa wa kabeerinaa, wa thakarinaa wa 'unthaanaa. Allaahumma man 'ahyaytahu minnaa fa'ahyihi 'alal-'Islaami, wa man tawaffaytahu minnaa fatawaffahu 'alal-'eemaani, Allaahumma laa tahrimnaa 'ajrahu wa laa tudhillanaa ba'dahu.

{Ibn Majah #1498}

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AlBaseerah

25 May 2024 23:27

A LIFE BETTER THAN THE LIVES OF KINGS.

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

"Rushing towards ALLAAH ﷻ and depending on HIM, being pleased with HIM, filling the heart with love of HIM, constantly remembering HIM, feeling happiness and joy with knowing HIM – all of these are instantaneous rewards, a paradise of this world, and a life that the lives of kings cannot even compare to."

{al-Wābil as-Sayyib’ || Page 44}

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AlBaseerah

25 May 2024 06:40

SAYING "IF ALLĀH WILLS" WHEN PLANNING FUTURE ACTIONS

ALLĀH says:

وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَلِكَ غَدًا إِلاَّ أَن يَشَاء اللَّهُ

And never say of anything, “I will definitely do that tomorrow,” without adding, “if ALLĀH wills!”

This prohibition is like others; although it was addressed to the Messenger (ﷺ) for a specific reason, it is also applicable to all accountable individuals. ALLĀH forbade the individual to say, concerning matters in the future, “I will definitely do that” without also mentioning the will of ALLĀH. This is so as to avoid falling into error, which is speaking of the unseen future without being certain as to whether he will do it or not, or whether it will happen or not. That is because failing to say “if ALLĀH wills” is attributing the action to the will of the individual, independently of ALLĀH, and that is not allowed, because the will is all ALLĀH’s.

وَمَا تَشَاۤءُونَ إِلَّاۤ أَن یَشَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ
And you do not will except that ALLĀH wills - Lord of the worlds. {at-Takwīr: 29}

Moreover, mentioning the will of ALLĀH makes things easier, brings barakah (blessing) and is a means of seeking the help of one’s Lord.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

#Sadi #Kahf (18:24)

Abu Hurayrah (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said:

Suleiman bin Dawud (peace be upon them both) said: "Tonight I will go round (i.e. have sexual relations with) one hundred women (my wives) everyone of whom will deliver a male child who will fight in ALLĀH'S Cause."

On that an Angel said to him, "Say: 'If ALLĀH will.' " But Solomon did not say it and forgot to say it. Then he had sexual relations with them but none of them delivered any child except for one who gave birth to a half-formed child.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If Solomon had said: 'If ALLĀH will,' ALLĀH would have fulfilled his desire and that saying would have made him more hopeful."

{al-Bukhari #5242}

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AlBaseerah

05 Jun 2024 22:56

SHOW FORGIVENESS, ENJOIN GOODNESS, AND IGNORE THE IGNORANT

ALLĀH says:
خُذِ الْعَفْوَ
Show forgiveness

This verse is a comprehensive summary that tells one, in a concise way, how to interact with people in the best manner; he should take people as they appear to be and adopt an easy-going approach, by accepting them as they are, with whatever they have to offer of deeds and characteristics. He should not expect more from them than they are able to do; rather he should appreciate whatever he sees of good words and deeds, and whatever is less than that, and overlook their shortcomings. He should not look down on the minor because he is young, or on one who is lacking in reason for his shortcomings, or on one who is poor because of his poverty. Rather he should treat everyone with kindness and respond kindly to each person as is appropriate to his nature and situation, with an open heart and mind.

وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ
enjoin what is good

that is, enjoin all good words, good deeds and good attitudes, addressed to close associates and strangers alike; ensure that whatever reaches people from you is either: teaching knowledge; encouraging good, such as upholding ties of kinship or honouring parents; reconciling people; beneficial advice; sound opinions; help in righteousness and piety; discouraging abhorrent deeds; or guiding to that which will attain some good purpose, be it spiritual or worldly.

وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَ
and turn away from the ignorant.

As it is not possible to avoid the harm of the ignorant, ALLĀH instructs us to turn away from the ignorant one and not to respond to his ignorance; whoever harms you in word or deed, do not harm him in response; do not deprive the one who deprives you; whoever cuts you off, uphold ties with him; and whoever wrongs you, be fair towards him.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

#sadi #Araf (7:199)

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AlBaseerah

05 Jun 2024 19:44

WHAT MUST BE AVOIDED BY THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO SLAUGHTER

Ummu Salamah (may ALLĀH be pleased with her) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

"When you see the new moon of Dhul-Hijjah, if any one of you wants to offer a sacrifice, then he should stop cutting his hair and nails until he has offered his sacrifice."

In another narration: "Then let him not touch anything from his hair or his skin."

{Muslim #1977}

The hadith is evidence that when the Ten Days have entered and a person wants to sacrifice then he does not remove anything from his hair, his nails or his skin until he slaughters his sacrifice. If he has more than one sacrifice it is permissible for him to remove from them after he slaughtered the first.

What is most apparent from the statements of the people of knowledge is that the command to refrain here is an obligation and the forbiddance to remove anything shows prohibition because this is the norm (of orders and prohibitions). If he intentionally removes anything from them then he must repent and seek forgiveness but there is no expiation due from him according to the consensus; and that does not affect his sacrifice.

This prohibition is specific to the one sacrificing due to his (ﷺ) statement,

"And he wants to sacrifice." So it does not include the wife or the children if he wants to share the reward with them.

Whoever sacrifices for other than himself, by bequest or by being entrusted, it is permissible for him to take from his hair, nails and skin because the sacrifice is not his.

Whoever took from his hair what is permissible to remove, or his nails during the beginning of the Ten Days because he did not intend to sacrifice but then he intended to do so during the Ten Days, he should refrain starting from the time he has the intention.

Whoever needs to take something from them due to harm caused if they remain, such as a broken nail or a wound that has hair on it, and he specifies removing that only, then there is no problem. This is because the one sacrificing (and is not making Hajj) is not greater than the pilgrim who is allowed to shave if he is sick or has something harming his head. The difference being, the pilgrim has to expiation and the non-pilgrim does not.

It is not permissible for a woman who has entrusted someone to sacrifice on her behalf to take from her hair because the ruling is connected to the one offering the sacrifice whether they entrusted that to someone else or not. As for the one who was entrusted, then the ruling does not apply to him as was previously mentioned.

There is no harm in washing the head for a man or a woman during these Ten Days, because he only prohibited intentionally removing hair, and because the pilgrim is permitted to wash his head.

{Taken from: Sheikh Sālih al-Fawzān's Ahadith about the Tens Days of Dhul-Hijjah and the Days of Tashriq, Rulings and Manners || Page 17-19}

The 1st of Dhul-Hijjah, subject to moonsighting, will begin in Nigeria after Maghrib on the 6th or 7th of June (Thursday or Friday night).

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AlBaseerah

04 Jun 2024 19:11

It is ALLĀH who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a ceiling and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is ALLĀH, your Lord; then blessed is ALLĀH, the Lord of the ‘Ālamīn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

HE is the Ever-Living. Lā ilāha illā Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but HE); so call upon HIM, ˹being˺ sincere to HIM in religion. All the praises and thanks be to ALLĀH, the Lord of the ‘Ālamīn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

Say, ˹O Prophet˺, “Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you call upon besides ALLĀH once the clear proofs have come to me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit ˹in Islam˺ to the Lord of the ‘Ālamīn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).”

{Ghāfir || Verse 64-66}

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03 Jun 2024 22:52

SUMMARY OF SĪRAH

SECTION 2⃣

PART 1⃣7⃣: DELEGATION OF NAJRAN¹

1⃣. In the tenth year, a delegation from the Christians of Najran came to him (ﷺ).

2⃣. They had heard about him from the emigrants in Abyssinia, and they were twenty in number.

3⃣. The Messenger (ﷺ) recited the Qur'an to them, and they all believed.

4⃣. Abu Jahl rebuked them for their conversion to Islam, and they replied to him, "You have your belief, and we have chosen ours."

¹ A city between Makkah and Yemen.

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01 Jun 2024 23:27

A STORY OF A WOMAN WHO HAD TAQWA

ALLĀH'S statement;

سَيَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا
ALLĀH will grant after hardship, ease.

This is a sure promise from HIM, and indeed, ALLĀH'S promises are true and HE never breaks them,

This is an ALLĀH'S saying;

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْراً ۞ إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْراً
Verily, along with every hardship is relief. Verily, along with every hardship is relief. (94:5-6)

There is a relevant Hadith that we should mention here.

Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said: "A man and his wife from an earlier generation were poor. Once when the man came back from a journey, he went to his wife saying to her, while feeling hunger and fatigued, Do you have anything to eat'

She said, Yes, receive the good news of ALLĀH'S provisions.'

He again said to her, If you have anything to eat, bring it to me.'

She said, 'Wait a little longer.'

She was awaiting ALLĀH'S mercy. When the matter was prolonged, he said to her, Get up and bring me whatever you have to eat, because I am real hungry and fatigued.'

She said, I will. Soon I will open the oven's cover, so do not be hasty.'

When he was busy and refrained from insisting for a while, she said to herself, `I should look in my oven.'

So she got up and looked in her oven and found it full of the meat of a lamb, and her mortar and pestle was full of seed grains; it was crushing the seeds on its own. So, she took out what was in the mortar and pestle, after shaking it to remove everything from inside, and also took the meat out that she found in the oven."

Abu Hurayrah added,

"By HE in Whose Hand is the life of Abu Al-Qasim (Prophet Muhammad)! This is the same statement that Muhammad (ﷺ) said: "Had she taken out what was in her mortar and not emptied it fully by shaking it, it would have continued crushing the seeds until the Day of Resurrection."

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

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01 Jun 2024 18:38

EVERYTHING BESIDES ALLĀH IS BOUND TO PERISH

Labid ibn Rabi'ah said in a poem mourning al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir:

ألا كل شيء ما خلا اللهَ باطل ۞ وكل نعيم لا محالة زائل
Know that everything except ALLĀH is perishable, and every blessing, without doubt, will fade away.

وكل أناس سوف تدخل بينهم ۞ ذويهية تصفرّ منها الأنامل
It will soon enter upon everyone, a great disaster (i.e death) that makes them bite fingers in regret.

وكل امرئ يوماً سيُعلم غيبُه ۞ إذا حصلتْ عند الإلهِ الحصائلُ
And every person, that day, his hidden aspects will be made known, when deeds are made apparent before ALLĀH.

فإن أنت لم ينفعك علمك فانتسب ۞ لعلك تهديك القرون الأوائل
If you do not take heed through knowledge, then ponder, perhaps the early generations will guide you (i.e, remember your forefathers and how they were buried under the soil).

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Translation: AlBaseerah

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AlBaseerah

31 May 2024 10:38

THOSE WHO DESERVE THE SPENDING OR CHARITY

ALLĀH says;

يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ
They ask you, ˹O Prophet˺, what they should spend.

That is, they ask you about spending, which includes asking about what is spent and on whom it is spent.

ALLĀH responded by saying:

قُلْ مَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِلْوَالِدَيْنِ
Say, whatever you spend of good is to be for parents

Whether it is a smaller or greater amount, the most deserving people of it, the most entitled to be given precedence, the ones who have the greatest rights over you, are parents to whom it is obligatory to show kindness and it is forbidden to disobey them. One of the greatest ways of showing kindness to them is to spend on them, and one of the greatest kinds of disobedience to parents is to fail to spend on them. Hence spending on them is obligatory for the one who can afford it.

وَالَاقْرَبِينَ
And relatives

Then after parents come relatives of varying degrees, the closest then the next closest, according to the degree of closeness and of need. Spending on them is both an act of charity and upholding ties of kinship.

وَالْيَتَامَى
And orphans

This refers to small children who have no breadwinner; they are usually in need because they are not able to look after themselves and they have lost their breadwinner. So ALLĀH enjoined people to take care of them, out of mercy and kindness towards them.

وَالْمَسَاكِينِ
And the needy

This refers to those who have urgent needs and are helpless. They should be given charity to meet their needs and make them independent of means.

وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ
and the traveler.

The traveller is a stranger who is cut off in a foreign land. He should be helped on his way by spending on that which will help him to reach his destination.

ALLĀH singled out these categories for mention because of the severity of their need. Then ALLĀH spoke in more general terms:

وَمَا تَفْعَلُواْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللّهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ
And whatever you do of good deeds, truly, ALLĀH knows it well.

And whatever good you do of charity to these people and others, and all kinds of acts of obedience and worship - because they all come under the heading of good. ALLĀH is aware of it and will reward you for it and preserve that reward for you, each according to his intention and sincerity, how much or how little he spent, the severity of the need for it, and the impact of it and how beneficial it was.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

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30 May 2024 20:59

Whoever comes ˹at Judgement˺ with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe.

And whoever comes with an evil deed -  their faces will be overturned into the Fire, ˹and it will be said˺, “Are you recompensed except for what you used to do?”

˹Say, O Prophet˺, “I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city, Who has made it sacred, and to HIM belongs everything. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims.

And that I should recite the Qur'an.” And whoever is guided is only guided for ˹the benefit of˺ himself; and whoever strays - say, “I am only ˹one˺ of the warners.”

And say, “All praise is for ALLĀH! HE will show you HIS signs, and you will recognize them. And your Lord is never unaware of what you do.”

{An-Naml || Verse 89-93}

AlBaseerah

29 May 2024 23:03

A TRUE PERSON PRESERVES THE LIMITS AND SINCERITY OF DEED

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

Do not be fooled by a man’s humming (of supplications) and what you observe of him performing prayers, fasting, alms giving and self-isolation. The true man is one who observes two things: Preserves the limits, and is sincere in his deed.

How often have we seen a worshipper who exceeds the limits through backbiting and commits forbidden deeds on a whim! How often have we found a religious person, the purpose of whose deeds was not for ALLĀH, the Almighty!

This illness fluctuates among people. A true person is one who observes the limits set by ALLĀH—which are HIS obligations—and one whose intentions are proper so that his words and deeds are sincerely for ALLĀH, not aiming for people or their praise.

A man may be humble to be called ‘ascetic’, he may be silent to be labeled ‘God-fearing’, and he may be disinterested in the worldly pleasures to be known as a ‘hermit’.

The mark of a sincere person is to be among people in public, as he is in solitude by himself. He may even feign smiling and happiness among people to avoid being called an ascetic.

Ibn Sirīn used to laugh in the day, but when the night came, it was as if he killed the townsfolk.

Know that the Worshipped (ALLĀH) does not want associates. The sincere one dedicates the deeds to HIM alone, and the insincere one associates with HIM to gain people’s praise.

This will turn against him, because the hearts of people are in Hand of ALLĀH, and HE will turn them against him and not the other way round.

Therefore, a successful person is one whose deeds are mostly hidden (from people) and sincerely for ALLĀH. This is the one loved by people, even if he did not care for them, for they hate the insincere, even if his worship was evident.

A person who has these attributes does not make short on pursuing knowledge or virtues. He fills his time with as much good as he can and his heart does not grow weary of its work, until it is fully occupied with the Truth (that is ALLĀH).

{Taken from: Sayd al-Kātir || Chapter 314, Page 899-900}

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AlBaseerah

29 May 2024 09:51

THE DEVIL'S INSPIRATION AND GIVING PREFERENCE TO ANYONE'S SAYING OVER ALLĀH'S LEGISLATION IS SHIRK

ALLĀH said,

وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَأيِهِمْ لِيُجَادِلُوكُمْ
And certainly, the devils do inspire their friends to dispute with you,

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Ishaq said that; "A man said to Ibn Umar that Al-Mukhtar claimed that he received revelation.

So Ibn Umar said, "He has said the truth," and recited this Ayah,

وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَأيِهِمْ
And certainly, the devils do inspire their friends...

Abu Zamil said, "I was sitting next to Ibn Abbas at a time when Al-Mukhtar bin Abi Ubayd was performing Hajj. So a man came to Ibn Abbas and said, O Ibn Abbas! Abu Ishaq (Al-Mukhtar) claimed that he received revelation this night.'

Ibn Abbas said, 'He has said the truth.'

I was upset and said, Ibn Abbas says that Al-Mukhtar has said the truth.'

Ibn Abbas replied, There are two types of revelation, one from ALLĀH and one from the devil. ALLĀH'S revelation came to Muhammad, while the Shaytan's revelation comes to his friends.'

He then recited,
وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَأيِهِمْ
And certainly, the Shayatin do inspire their friends...

ALLĀH said next,
لِيُجَادِلُوكُمْ
to dispute with you,

Ibn Jarir recorded that Ibn Abbas commented;
وَلَا تَأْكُلُواْ مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللّهِ عَلَيْهِ
(Eat not of that on which ALLĀH's Name has not been mentioned...) until,

لِيُجَادِلُوكُمْ
(...to dispute with you),

"The devils inspire their loyal supporters, `Do you eat from what you kill but not from what ALLĀH causes to die"'

ALLĀH'S statement,

وَإِنْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُمْ إِنَّكُمْ لَمُشْرِكُونَ
and if you obey them, then you would indeed be polytheists.

means, when you turn away from ALLAH'S command and Legislation to the saying of anyone else, preferring other than what ALLĀH has said, then this constitutes Shirk.

ALLĀH said in another Ayah,

اتَّخَذُواْ أَحْبَـرَهُمْ وَرُهْبَـنَهُمْ أَرْبَاباً مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ
They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides ALLĀH. {At-Tawbah: Verse 31}

In explanation of this Ayah, At-Tirmidhi recorded that; Adi bin Hatim said, "O ALLĀH's Messenger! They did not worship them."

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Yes they did. They (monks and rabbis) allowed the impermissible for them and they prohibited the lawful for them, and they followed them in that. That was their worship of them."

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr (Abridged)}

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AlBaseerah

26 May 2024 23:24

SUMMARY OF SĪRAH

SECTION 2⃣

PART 1⃣5⃣: THE CONVERSION OF THE KING OF ABYSSINIA (AL-NAJĀSHI)

1⃣ When Quraysh learned about the migration of the Muslims to Abyssinia, they sent two men with gifts, requesting the king to return those who had migrated from the Muslims.

2⃣ Al-Najāshi (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) refused to hand them over after Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) informed him about the truth of the Islamic religion and recited to him the beginning of Surah Maryam.

3⃣ The two men returned disappointed, and al-Najāshi along with some of the priests and monks with him embraced Islām at that time (the seventh year of Prophethood).

4⃣ ALLĀH revealed regarding them:

وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقۡرَبَهُم مَّوَدَّةً لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا نَصَٰرَىٰۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنۡهُمۡ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهۡبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ
And you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians." That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant. {Al-Māidah: Verse 82}

5⃣ Then al-Najāshi passed away, and the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed for him after being informed by Jibrīl (peace be upon him) of his death, which is the origin of the funeral prayer for the absentee.

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AlBaseerah

26 May 2024 18:35

THE ERROR OF THE CLAIM THAT ISLĀM OPPRESSES WOMEN – IT IS ISLĀM THAT GAVE THE WOMAN HER RIGHTS

Shaikh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz bin Baaz (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: "Those who say that Islām oppresses the woman have erred very much and have made a great mistake. For indeed it is Islām that has been just towards her and elevated her status, she had been oppressed in the times of (pre-Islamic) ignorance amongst the Arabs and the Jews and Christians. It is Islām that elevated her and venerated her significance and was just towards her and gave to her the rights due to her. So it made her a noble mother and a noble wife and a daughter who is shown compassion – and has benevolence granted upon her who is spent upon; and is treated with excellence until she becomes independent or can marry."

{Fatāwa Noor ‘alaa Darb 4/2207}

Shaikh Muhammad bin Saalih al-‘Uthaimeen (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: "Indeed the Islamic religion – it is the one that rendered assistance to the woman and thus gave her rights to her – after she had been wronged during the times of ignorance, due to HIS saying:

وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ
And for the women is a share of what is left by the parents and close relatives. {An-Nisaa: Verse 7}
 
However; the Islamic religion did not give the woman more than her (rightful) due, neither did it lower her from her station. Rather it gave her the right that is appropriate for her, and it is known – and for ALLĀH is the praise – by way of the Book of ALLĀH and the Sunnah of His Messenger (ﷺ)."

{Tafsīr al-Qur’ān al-Kareem – Sūrah an-Nisaa 1/52}

The religion of Islām not only gives the woman the station she deserves, but encourages fine treatment of women and for both men and women to attain enlightenment through seeking and pursuing beneficial knowledge. Therefore the religion of Islām should not be confused with some of the erroneous cultural practices of particular nations and societies that are distant from the teachings of the religion – as is often presumed in these times, whether in regard to the treatment of women or other than that. The ill-treatment of women is not stipulated in Islām, and so should not be attributed to it, rather the religion of Islām encourages piety and dutifulness from both the men and the women, and it is on this basis and its implementation that an individual is deemed better than another – whether male or female.

Hence, the virtue of a person is by virtue of religion, and so whether male or female, a person is deemed better on account of Taqwa (piety and being fearful of ALLĀH), this is a right that the religion of Islām has stipulated, as such, a great number of women have appeared over the course of time that were better than the men on that basis, and is something that has been witnessed over the centuries and documented, Shaikh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez bin Baaz (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "How many a woman who is better than a man because of her knowledge and her religion and her uprightness and her insight. Whoever looks into the pages (of the books) of the female companions and the female Taabi’iyyat and the scholars of the Ummah from the women knows that there are good women, and that they are given preference over many of the men."

{Fatāwa Noor ‘alaa Darb 4/2208}

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AlBaseerah

25 May 2024 18:43

WORDS THAT INSPIRED – STATEMENTS THAT MOTIVATED THE GREAT SCHOLARS

Indeed the religion of Islām enjoins fine mannerism and good conduct; and from such conduct is to speak with that which is good, and to abstain from ill-speech. ALLĀH, The Most High, said:

وَقُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا
And speak good to people. {Al-Baqarah: 83}

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The good word is charity." {Al-Bukhari #2707}

Shaikh Muhammad bin Saalih al-‘Uthaimeen (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) mentioned: "Charity is not exclusive to wealth, rather everything that draws one close to ALLĀH is charity in the general sense, because carrying it is a proof of the truthfulness of its adherent in seeking the pleasures of ALLĀH, The Mighty and Majestic."

{Sharh Riyadhus-Saliheen || Vol. 3 Page 35}

From such good words and virtuous statements a person can make, are those words and statements that have a profound effect upon the one they are meant for, and as such, a few simple words become a reason for achieving a great deal of good. Shaikh ‘Uthaimeen (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "The good word in reality opens the heart and becomes a reason for an abundance of good."

{Al-Qawl al-Mufeed ‘alaa Kitaab at-Tawheed || Vol. 2 Page 88}

The following accounts draw attention to how such words and statements of this nature have opened the hearts of those that came before us – from the great scholars of Islaam, and were a reason for a great deal of good.

IMĀM ASH-SHAAFI'Ĕ – AND AN INCIDENT THAT SPURRED ONE OF THE GREAT SCHOLARS OF ISLĀM

From Mus’ab bin ‘Abdillaah az-Zubairi who said: Ash-Shaafi’ee (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) in the beginning of his affair would seek out poetry and the days of the Arabs (history) and literature (of culture of mind), thereafter he took to Fiqh.

The reason for his taking to it was due to his marching along one day upon a riding beast of his, and behind him was a writer for my father, so he made a quotation with a line of poetry, and so my father’s writer tapped him with his riding whip and then said to him: “The like of you goes about with his virtuous mannerism in the like of this? Where are you with regard to Fiqh?”

So that shook him, and thus he betook to sitting with Az-Zanji Muslim bin Khaalid – and he was the Mufti of Makkah, then he came to us (in Al-Madeenah) and so he adhered to Mālik bin Anas (Imaam Maalik).

{Tabaqaat Al-Fuqahaa Ash-Shaafi’iyeen || Vol. 1 Page 74}

IMĀM AL-BUKHĀRI – AND HIS MOST WELL-KNOWN WORK

Imaam al-Bukhāri (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) mentioned how on an occasion when he along with others were studying with their teacher Ishaaq bin Rāhawaih, and so his teacher made a statement that had a deep effect with Imaam al-Bukha‌ri‌, he (may ALLĀH have mercy on him ) said: "We were with Ishāq bin Rāhawaih, so he said: ‘were you to compile a concise book of the authentic Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ)."

He said: "So that came to settle in my heart, and so I took to gathering the Jaami as-Saheeh (Sahih al-Bukhārī).

{Hadiy as-Saari || Page 9}

ABDULLĀH BIN WAHB – THE COMPANION OF IMĀM MĀLIK WHO RECEIVED SIMPLE WORDS OF ADVICE

Ibn ‘Abdil Barr (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: ‘Abdullāh bin Wahb said: "My initial affair was in worship before that of seeking knowledge. So Satan effectuated with me an eager enthusiasm in regard to ‘Eesaa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) as to how ALLĀH, The Most High, created him, and the like of this. So I complained of that to a Shaikh, so he said to me: ‘Ibn Wahb.’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Seek knowledge.’ So that was the reason for my seeking knowledge."

{Siyar A’lām an-Nubalā || Vol. 9 Page 224}

In conclusion; it is clear to see that many of the statements in the accounts above were simple words of encouragement or advice that had far reaching effects. A good word costs nothing, yet the yield which those simple words can bring about can be immeasurable. This occurs when the tongue is utilized with its correct etiquette in order to bring about good and a positive outcome.

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AlBaseerah

24 May 2024 23:20

SUMMARY OF SĪRAH

SECTION 2⃣

PART 1⃣4⃣: THE SECOND MIGRATION TO ABYSSINIA

1⃣ After the Prophet ﷺ and his people entered the valley, he ordered all Muslims to migrate to Abyssinia.

2⃣ Thus, 73 men and 11 women migrated, among them was Ja'far ibn Abi Talib.

3⃣ Muslims from Yemen, including Abu Musa al-Ash'ari and his cousins, joined them.

4⃣ This migration took place in the seventh year of Prophethood.

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