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31 Dec 2024 18:16

A MUSLIM'S PURPOSE: NOT CREATED FOR MERE PLAY AND CELEBRATION

Islam teaches that every aspect of a Muslim's life is meaningful and tied to their ultimate purpose: worshipping and obeying ALLĀH. Life is not intended for frivolity or constant celebrations, as ALLĀH has created humanity for a profound objective. ALLĀH says,

أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ عَبَثࣰا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَیۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ
Did you think that WE had created you in play (without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to US.{Al-Mu’minun || Verss 115}

Similarly, ALLĀH states,

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِیَعۡبُدُونِ
“And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship ME". {Adh-Dhariyat || 56}

These verses highlight that human life is centred on devotion to ALLĀH rather than idle amusement.

The days of Eid, legislated by ALLĀH and HIS Messenger (ﷺ), provide a clear example of how celebration in Islam is rooted in gratitude and obedience to ALLĀH, not mere play and celebration. Anas ibn Malik (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) arrived in Medina during two days which they were celebrating. The Prophet said, "What are these two days?" They said, "We would celebrate these two days in the time of ignorance." The Prophet said, "Verily, ALLĀH has replaced these two days with two better days: Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr." {Abu Da‌wu‌d #1134}

As for Eid al-Adha, it is tied to the Hajj pilgrimage and the commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim’s (peace be upon him) sacrifice, both acts of profound worship. The Prophet (ﷺ) described it as "days of eating, drinking, and remembering ALLĀH." {An-Nasa’i #1599}

Similarly, Eid al-Fitr marks the completion of Ramadān, a month of fasting and worship, and is celebrated with gratitude to ALLĀH for enabling Muslims to fulfill this obligation. ALLĀH says:

یُرِیدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلۡیُسۡرَ وَلَا یُرِیدُ بِكُمُ ٱلۡعُسۡرَ وَلِتُكۡمِلُوا۟ ٱلۡعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمۡ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ
"ALLĀH intends ease for you, not hardship, so that you may complete the prescribed period and proclaim the greatness of ALLĀH for guiding you, and perhaps you will be grateful.{Al-Baqarah || 185}.

These celebrations are not mere festive occasions but spiritual milestones that reflect submission to ALLĀH.

In contrast, days like December 31st hold no religious significance in Islam; it's just like every other day where we are enjoined to give gratitude for witnessing it and spend it in obedience to ALLĀH. When the Prophet woke up, he would say, "All praise is due to ALLĀH who has given us life after our death and unto HIM is the Resurrection." {al-Bukha‌ri‌ #7394}

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the son of Adam gets up in the morning, all the limbs humble themselves before the tongue and say: 'Fear ALLĀH for our sake because we are with you: (i.e., we will be rewarded or punished as a result of what you do) if you are straight, we will be straight; and if you are crooked, we will become crooked."' {At- Tirmidhi #2407}.

The life of a Muslim is not defined by secular milestones or arbitrary celebrations but by their commitment to fulfilling their purpose. As Ibn al-Qayyim (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "The life of a believer revolves around obedience to ALLĀH in every moment of their existence, and this is their true celebration." {Al-Fawā'id || Page 119}

By living with intention and striving for ALLAH’s pleasure, a Muslim ensures that every day is special and meaningful, aligning with the ultimate purpose of their creation.

May ALLĀH grant us steadfastness.

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AlBaseerah

30 Dec 2024 18:27

ADVICE TO MY SOON-TO-BE MARRED BROTHER

Our Shaykh, Abū Nāsir Ibrāhīm 'Abdur-Rauf's Advice to a brother who will Soon Be Married:

1. Keep a daily routine with reading and studying the Qura'an.

2. Keep a daily routine for your daily Adhkars and those of the various circumstances

3. Regular Qiyam al-Layl; wake up and wake your wife up as well. Avoid excuses.

4. Keep a daily routine to study classes. Follow a regular study of selected books by scholars, like: a. Tafseer as-Sa'adiy by Shaykh Razaq Al-Badr, b) his Commentary on Riyadus Saaliheen, his Commentary on ad-Daa wad-Dawaa by Ibn al-Qayyim, and c) his Commentary on Rawdat al-Uqalaa by Ibn Hibban. Regular lessons Keep the mind regularly attentive to guidance and goodness.

5. Do not give excuses to providing guidance of Deen, maintenance, accommodation, clothings, and similar other needs of your wife. Let it be different when you have plenty from the times you may not have as much. It is a major act of worship in marriage. Do not fail here, otherwise, the home gradually begins to weaken from where it should take strength. Avoid seeking help from inside the house on these matters. If you ever do, be quick to pay back. That's the path of honour.

6. Keep your friends away from your marriage. Modesty deserves that you avoid mentioning the virtues and execllence of your wife to your friends. You may suffer Hasad not knowing. Alhamdulillah is a good enough answer for those who may ask.
7. Keep regularly NEAT, not necessarily expensive; just as you would desire that she's neat and clean too.

8. Mind what you say to her. Appreciate and praise her when she does well, advise her when needed. Avoid insults.

9. Do not allow your parents or relatives or friends or neighbours or anyone else like the cowife to oppress your wife. Don't leave her to them; address whatever comes between her and these people, especially your parents and relatives. Leaving her alone to them can destroy the home.

10. Create good time to play with your wife, touch her, smile, and have good intimacy with her. Make it as frequent as is convenient for you both. Be knowledge-based and deliberate about intimacy, seeking Allahs pleasure with it as you make her attain deep pleasure at all times.

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AlBaseerah

29 Dec 2024 19:47

BENEFITS OF WINDS

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

"Consider how much the wind has served the clouds until they rained! There is first the 'raiser', the wind that raises the cloud, which suspends it between the earth and the sky. There is then the 'transporter', that transports the cloud, carrying it on its back the way a camel transports a water-bag. Another wind is 'the collector', the wind that gathers bits and pieces of cloud into a big mass. This is followed by the 'fertilizer' that acts in the way a male fertilizes a female, but it is with water that the wind fertilizes without it, the cloud is dry, without water. The next wind is the 'driver', the wind that drives clouds wherever it is commanded to drive them, where they release their water. A different wind, the 'disperser', disperses the clouds, stretching them around the sky, so that when it rains, it does not pour the water in a mass; for if it does, it would destroy dwellings, plants and animals; so the 'disperser' is designed to keep clouds spread in a way that they rain in drops. There are winds that fertilize plants and trees, without which they would be barren; the winds that propel ships, without which ships would be immobile on the surface of the sea. Some other functions of the wind are that it cools water, helps people in kindling fire, and dries what people want to dry.

On the whole, all that lives on earth, plants and animals, can survive only because of the winds. If ALLĀH had not put them in the service of HIS servants, plants would wilt and animals would die; edible things would go bad, and pollution and rotting would be unbearable. Do you not see that when the wind subsides for long, great distress and affliction are flagrant, to a point that people do not survive if this condition lasts too long? If this happens animals will be sick, healthy people will no longer be healthy, and sick people's condition will deteriorate; fruits will go bad, plants will rot, and there will be contagion in the atmosphere. So glory be to HIM Who made the blowing of wind a source of nourishment, mercy, blessing and a bounty from the Lord! It is as the Prophet (ﷺ) said of the wind that: 'Verily, it is of the Mercy of ALLĀH that heralds mercy.'¹"

📖 Men and The Universe || Page 286-288

¹ Ibn Majah (2/1228), Abu Dāwud (5705)...

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AlBaseerah

29 Dec 2024 17:57

THE SEVEN GREAT DESTRUCTIVE SINS

It is reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) that the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said:

"Avoid the seven great destructive sins."

They (the people!) asked, "O ALLĀH's Messenger (ﷺ) ! What are they?"

He (ﷺ) said, "To join partners in worship with ALLĀH; to practice sorcery; to kill the life which ALLĀH has forbidden except for a just cause (according to Islamic law); to eat up usury (Ribā), to eat up the property of an orphan; to give one's back to the enemy and fleeing from the battle-field at the time of fighting and to accuse chaste women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good believers."

{Al-Bukhārī #6857 and Muslim #89}

Because sins are the cause of loss and destruction, the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) has commanded his Ummah to avoid the following major sins which cause the destruction of their perpetrators in this life and in the Hereafter:

1⃣. Shirk (Associating partners with ALLĀH: This is because it ensnares a person in that which debases him - the worship of other created beings.

2⃣. Sorcery: This is because it leads to many sicknesses in society such as swindling of gullible people, superstition and ignorance, fraud and cheating people out of their money by lying and deception.

3⃣. Taking the life which ALLĀH has forbidden: This is because willful murder leads to a state of chaos and disorder and breakdown of law and order, causing the people to exist in a state of fear and insecurity.

4⃣. Devouring Usury (Ribā): This is because the presence of usury, ог interest in society causes loss of the peoples wealth and property, as greedy and unscupulous money- lenders rook people of their honestly earned money, growing fat at the expense of hard-working people, with no benefit to the society but only to themselves.

5⃣. Usurping the property of the orphan: This is because such behavour constitutes injustice against one who is a minor, without any who can help him or support him except ALLĀH.

6⃣. Running away from the enemy without cause or reason: This is because such an act of betrayal to one's Muslim brothers, weakening their forces and breaking their morale.

7⃣. Unjustly accusing chaste women of adultery: This is because it destroys their reputations and results in loss of trust in them and sows doubts concerning the paternity of their children.

{Kitābu At-Tawheed Explained || Page 156-157}

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AlBaseerah

28 Dec 2024 21:54

O you who have believed, do not consume one another's wealth unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves ˹or one another˺. Indeed, ALLĀH is to you ever Merciful.

And whoever commits that through aggression and injustice, WE shall cast him into the Fire, and that is easy for ALLĀH.

If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden to do, WE shall expiate from you your ˹minor˺ sins, and admit you to a Noble Entrance (i.e. Paradise).

{Surah An-Nisā || Verse 29-31}

Reciter: Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Hussary

AlBaseerah

28 Dec 2024 08:23

THE ESSENCE OF ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD

ALLĀH says: "The believers are nothing else than brothers. So make reconciliation between your brothers, and fear ALLĀH, that you may receive mercy." {Hujurāt || Verse 10}

"And remember the favor of ALLĀH upon you - when you were enemies and HE brought your hearts together and you became, by HIS favor, brothers." {Āli-Imrān || Verse 103}


Anas ibn Malik (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "I wish I could meet my brothers." The companions of the Prophet said, "Are we not your brothers?" The Prophet said, "You are my companions, but my brothers are those who have faith in me yet they never saw me." {Musnad Aḥmad #12579}

Abu Huraira (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) narrated: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices by overbidding against one another; do not hate one another; do not harbour malice against one another; and do not enter into commercial transaction when others have entered into that (transaction); but be you, O slaves of ALLĀH, as brothers. A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim; he neither oppresses him nor does he look down upon him, nor does he humiliate him. Piety is here, (and he pointed to his chest three times). It is enough evil for a Muslim to hold his brother Muslim in contempt. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother-in-faith: his blood, his property and his honour" {Muslim (Riyad as-Salihin#235)}

‘Imran ibn Husayn (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "If a man declares his brother to be an unbeliever, it is as if he has killed him. Cursing a believer is like killing him." {Musnad al-Bazzār #3158}

Anas ibn Malik, (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you will have faith until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself." {Al-Bukhārī #13, Muslim #45}


Shaykh Abdur-Rahman As-Sa'di (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "This (brotherhood) is a bond that ALLĀH has established between the believers. If anyone in the furthest east or west is found to believe in ALLĀH, HIS angels, HIS Books, HIS Messengers and the Last Day, then he is a brother to the believers, with a bond of brotherhood that dictates that the believers should love for him what they love for themselves, and hate for him what they hate for themselves." {Taysir al-Karīm ar-Rahmān || Page 944}


Many Muslims today have unfortunately neglected the profound bond of brotherhood that ALLĀH and HIS Messenger (ﷺ) emphasized in the Qur'an and Sunnah. Despite the divine guidance and noble teachings that call for unity, love, and mutual care among believers, we often see divisions, envy, hatred, and other negative traits affecting our relationships. To restore the essence of Islamic brotherhood, Muslims must return to the teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah. This involves actively working to eliminate negative traits, supporting one another, and fostering a genuine sense of care and unity. Such efforts will not only strengthen the Muslim ummah but also attract the mercy and blessings of ALLĀH, as Sheikh As-Sa'di stated: "Not fulfilling the rights of fellow believers is one of the greatest barriers to divine mercy."

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AlBaseerah

27 Dec 2024 21:33

The Race Against Time: Offering Your Best to Allāh in Your Prime

A sincere advice for my brothers & sisters in Islām,

A reflection I wanted to share to all as I watch my father who is weak and recovering from his brain operation. A man who, at 87 years old, was once the most active and vibrant person, now struggles to even move a limb. Seeing him, once so full of energy and independence, now fighting to perform even the simplest of movements—like raising his hands and legs. This has made me realise the importance of our youth, our prime and good health.

Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ have repeatedly reminded us of the fleeting nature of life, the value of youth, and the urgency to act before our time is up. This only becomes a reality for many of us when we have fallen weak, ill or just too late.

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said beautifully: “Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.” Sunan Tirmidhī

This narration strikes at the core of my advice. Youth is not just a phase of strength and energy—it’s a divine trust, a fleeting opportunity to earn Allāh’s pleasure before the inevitabilities of life—weakness, frailty, and death—overcome us.

When we are young and healthy, it’s easy to take our strength and time for granted, but every breath is a blessing that deserves gratitude through action. What excuse will we have when Allah asks about our youth?

The time to act is now. The time to serve Allāh, support others, dedicate your wealth and energy for the sake of Allāh—is NOW!!

When old age or illness comes, you will only wish you could do what you neglected in your youth. This life is short, and our youth even shorter. Every moment wasted in heedlessness is a moment lost forever. Imagine the regret of someone who spent their best days in leisure and dunya comfort, only to be reduced to weakness, unable to do what they once could.

Imagine standing before Allāh with nothing but excuses for why we did not pray more, fast more, serve more, and give more.

The companions of the Prophet ﷺ were young when they changed the world. They carried the message of Islām on their shoulders, sacrificing their youth for the eternal gardens of Jannah.

Where are we? Why not us?

The graveyards are full of people who thought they had more time. Don’t let that be your story. Seize your youth. Seize your health. Seize your life for Allāh. Because in the end, only what you do for Allāh will remain.

The time is now. Act, before it’s too late.

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AlBaseerah

26 Dec 2024 21:15

The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said: "Whoever has a favour done for him and says to the one who did it, ‘JazākAllāhu khayran,’ has done enough to thank him." {al-Tirmidhi #1958}

‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: "If one of you knew what there is in his saying to his brother, 'JazākĀllāhu khayran', you would say it a great deal to one another." {Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah || 5/322}

Note:

JazākAllāhu khayran (1 person, male)

Jazākillāhu khayran (1 person, female)

Jazākumullāhu khayran (2 or more people / as respect for one person, male)

Jazākunnallāhu khayran (2 or more females / as respect for one person, female)

All of the above mean: "May ALLĀH reward you with goodness."

If someone says any of the above, the response should be:

Wa anta fa JazākAllāhu khayran (1 person, male)

Wa anti fa Jazākillāhu khayran (1 person, female)

Wa antum fa Jazākumullāhu khayran (2 or more people / as respect for one person, male)

Wa antunna fa Jazākunnallāhu khayran (2 or more females / as respect for one person, female)

Which means: "And you too, may ALLĀH reward you with goodness."

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AlBaseerah

25 Dec 2024 19:35

BENEFIT 15: REGARDING THE PRAYERS MISSED AFTER BECOMING PURE FROM MENSTRUATION, BEFORE PERFOMING GHUSL

If a menstruating woman becomes pure shortly before 'Asr, for example, and after performing ghusl (ritual purification) the time for 'Asr begins, is she required to pray Dhuhr as well?

The answer is that if she becomes pure—whether from menstruation or postpartum bleeding—before sunset, she is required to pray both Dhuhr and 'Asr for that day. Likewise, if she becomes pure before Fajr, she is required to pray both Maghrib and 'Isha of that night, because the time of the second prayer is considered a time for the first prayer in cases of valid excuse.

Shaykh al-Islam said in Al-Fatāwā (2/334): "For this reason, the opinion of the majority of scholars, such as Mālik, al-Shafi'i, and Ahmad, is that if a menstruating woman becomes pure at the end of the day, she prays both Dhuhr and 'Asr. If she becomes pure at the end of the night, she prays both Maghrib and 'Isha. This has been reported from Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf, Abu Hurairah, and Ibn Abbas, because the time is shared between the two prayers in cases of excuse. If she becomes pure at the end of the day, the time for Dhuhr remains, so she prays it before Asr. If she becomes pure at the end of the night, the time for Maghrib remains in cases of excuse, so she prays it before 'Isha."

And ALLĀH knows best.

📖 Sahih Fiqhus-Sunnah wa Adillatuhu (1/210)


فائدة:

إذا طهرت الحائض قبيل العصر - مثلاً - فلما اغتسلت دخل وقت العصر، فهل يلزمها أن تصلى الظهر؟

والجواب أنه يلزمها إذا طهرت - من حيض أو نفاس قبل غروب الشمس أن تصلى الظهر والعصر من هذا اليوم، وكذلك إذا طهرت قبل طلوع الفجر لزمها أن تصلى المغرب والعشاء من هذه الليلة لأن وقت الصلاة الثانية وقت للصلاة الأولى في حالة العذر.

قال شيخ الإسلام في الفتاوى (٣٣٤/٢): "ولهذا كان مذهب جمهور العلماء كمالك والشافعي وأحمد إذا طهرت الحائض في آخر النهار صلت الظهر والعصر جميعاً، وإذا طهرت في آخر الليل صلت المغرب والعشاء جميعا، كما نقل ذلك عن عبد الرحمن بن عوف، وأبى هريرة وابن عباس، لأن الوقت مشترك بين الصلاتين في حال العذر، فإذا طهرت في آخر النهار فوقت الظهر باق فتصليها قبل العصر، وإذا طهرت في آخر الليل فوقت المغرب باق في حال العذر فتصليها قبل العشاء . . . ." اهـ . والله أعلم.

📖 صحيح فقه السنة وأدلته (١/٢١٠)

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AlBaseerah

23 Dec 2024 22:13

Unlocking ALLĀH’s Grace: Three Key Actions to Receive His Blessings

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli (may ALLĀH preserve him upon goodness)

AlBaseerah

22 Dec 2024 17:08

THE VIRTUE OF CALLING OTHERS TO ALLĀH.

ALLĀH says,

وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلاً مِّمَّن دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ 
And who is better in speech than he who invites to ALLĀH,

means, he calls the servants of ALLĀH to HIM.
 
وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ 
and does righteous deeds, and says:"I am one of the Muslims."

means, he himself follows that which he says, so it benefits him as well as others. He is not one of those who enjoin good but do not do it themselves, or who forbid evil yet they do it themselves. HE does good and avoids doing evil, and he calls people to their Creator, may HE be blessed and exalted.

This is general in meaning and applies to everyone who calls people to what is good and is himself guided by what he says. The Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ is the foremost among people in this regard, as Muhammad bin Sirin, As-Suddi and Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said.

It was also said that what was meant here is the righteous Mu'adhdhin, as it was mentioned in Sahih Muslim: "The Mu'adhdhins will be the ones with the longest necks on the Day of Resurrection."

In As-Sunan it is reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The Imam is a guarantor and the Mu'adhdhin is in a position of trust. May ALLĀH guide the Imams and forgive the Mu'adhdhin."

The correct view is that the Ayah is general in meaning, and includes the Mu'adhdhin and others. When this Ayah was revealed, the Adhan had not been prescribed at all. The Ayah was revealed in Makkah, and the Adhan was prescribed in Al-Madinah after the Hijrah, when it was shown to Abdullah bin Abd Rabbihi Al-Ansari in a dream. He told the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ about it, and he told him to teach it to Bilal, may ALLĀH be pleased with him, who had a more beautiful voice, as we have discussed elsewhere.

So the correct view is that the Ayah is general in meaning, as Abdur-Razzaq said, narrating from Mamar, from Al-Hasan Al-Basri, who recited this Ayah:

وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلاً مِّمَّن دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

And who is better in speech than he who invites to ALLĀH, and does righteous deeds, and says:"I am one of the Muslims." and said,

"This is the beloved of ALLĀH, this is the close friend of ALLĀH, this is the chosen one of ALLĀH, this is the most beloved of the all the people of earth to ALLĀH. He responded to the call of ALLĀH and called mankind to that to which he had responded. He did righteous deeds in response and said, I am one of the Muslims.' This is ALLĀH'S Khalifah."

{Tafsir Ibn Kathīr}

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21 Dec 2024 20:56

BENEFITS 14: REGARDING THE PRAYER MISSED AT THE START OF MENSTRUATION

If a woman menstruates shortly before 'Asr, for example, and she had not prayed Dhuhr, is she required to make up Dhuhr when she becomes pure?

If a woman menstruates shortly before ‘Asr, for example, and she had not prayed Dhuhr, then when she becomes pure, she must make up the prayer that was obligatory upon her before menstruation (i.e., Dhuhr) according to the majority of scholars. The prayer had become obligatory upon her, and it is required to be made up as long as the time for it had entered while she was pure for the duration of one rak’ah. This is based on the verse:

"Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times"(¹)

There is another opinion that she is not required to make up Dhuhr. Those who hold this view argue that women during the time of the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ would menstruate at all times, and there is no report that the Prophet ﷺ commanded a woman, after becoming pure, to make up a prayer she had missed before menstruating.

Shaykh al-Islam said in Al-Fatawa (23/235): "The stronger evidence supports the opinion of Abū Hanīfa and Mālik that she is not required to make up anything, because making up is only required by a new command, and there is no command here obligating her to make up. Moreover, her delay in praying ˹before its time ends˺ was permissible and not negligent. As for one who is asleep or forgetful, even though they are not negligent, what they perform later is not considered making up; rather, that is the time of the prayer in their case when they wake up or remember."

📖 Sahih Fiqhus-Sunnah wa Adillatuhu (1/209-210)

(1) Surah An-Nisa: 103


فائدة:

إذا حاضت المرأة قبيل العصر - مثلاً - ولم تكن صلت الظهر، فهل يلزمها قضاء الظهر إذا طهرت؟

إذا أتى المرأة الحيض قبيل العصر مثلاً ولم تصل الظهر، فإذا طهرت فإنها تقضى تلك الصلاة التي وجبت عليها قبل العادة (وهى الظهر) عند الجمهور، فقد ثبتت الصلاة في حقها ولزمها أن تقضيها، ما دام قد دخل وقتها وهي طاهرة بمقدار الركعة، لقوله تعالى : "إن الصلاة كانت على المؤمنين كتابا موقوتاً" (۱) وهناك قول آخر أنه لا يلزمها قضاء الظهر، ويستدل القائلون به، بأن النساء على عهد رسول الله ﷺ كُن يحضن في كل الأوقات ولم يرد أن النبي أمر امرأة بعد طهرها أن تصلى صلاة فاتتها قبل نزول الحيض عليها، قال شيخ الإسلام في الفتاوى (٢٣٥/٢٣) : والأظهر فى الدليل مذهب أبي حنيفة ومالك أنها لا يلزمها شيء لأن القضاء إنما يجب بأمر جديد، ولا أمر هنا يلزمها بالقضاء، ولأنها أخرت تأخيراً جائزاً غير مفرطة، وأما النائم أو الناسي وإن كان غير مفرط أيضا فإن ما يفعله ليس قضاء بل ذلك وقت الصلاة في حقه حين يستيقظ ويذكر . . . . اهـ .

📖 صحيح فقه السنة وأدلته (١/٢٠٩،٢١٠)

(١) سورة النساء: ١٠٣

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21 Dec 2024 11:36

PROHIBITION OF CONSULTING SOOTHSAYERS

ALLĀH says: "Say, None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (Unseen) except ALLĀH" {Al-Naml || Verse 65}

"˹HE Alone is˺ the All-Knower of the Ghaib (Unseen), and HE reveals to none HIS Ghaib (Unseen)." {Al-Jinn || Verse 26}


Ibn Umar (may ALLĀH be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The keys of the Unseen are five and no one knows them but ALLĀH: no one knows what is in the womb but ALLĀH, no one knows what will happen tomorrow but ALLĀH, no one knows when it will rain but ALLĀH, no one knows where he will die but ALLĀH, and no one knows when the Hour will be established but ALLĀH." {al-Bukha‌ri‌ #6944}

Aisha (may ALLĀH be pleased with her) reported: Some people asked the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) about soothsayers. The Prophet said, "They are upon nothing." They said, "O Messenger of ALLĀH, sometimes they speak about things that come true." The Prophet said, "Those are the words snatched by the jinn, who whisper it into the ears of their friends, and it is mixed with more than one hundred lies." {Al-Bukha‌ri‌ #6213, Muslim #2228}

Abu Hurairah (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever comes to a fortune-teller and believes in that which he says then he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad (ﷺ)."  {Abu Dāwud #3904}


Shaykh As-Sa'di (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "Sorcery is considered an act of apostasy for two reasons:

1 - The using of devils and depending on them or, even worse, the sorcerer may offer the devils some acts which they love for them to serve him in response and respond to his requests.

2 - The claim that the sorcerer knows matters of the unseen and his allegation that he shares knowledge of ALLĀH the Almighty with HIM.*

*Thus, it is prohibited for any Muslim to seek the help of sorcerers or to believe them, because the Prophet (ﷺ) described those who soothsay and those for whom soothsaying is done, as well as sorcerers and those who seek sorcery as not being Muslims." {Al-Munthiri}

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17 Dec 2024 13:04

DU'A OF THE RIGHTEOUS

ALLĀH says,

قَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِىٓ
He (man) says: "My Lord, enable me

that is, guide me and help me

أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ
to be grateful for YOUR favor which YOU have bestowed upon me and upon my parents,

that is, spiritual blessings and worldly blessings. Gratitude means using those blessings in obedience to the One Who bestowed them and granted them, and responding to HIS blessings by acknowledging and admitting one’s inability to give proper thanks, and striving to praise ALLĀH for them. A blessing to the parents is a blessing to their children and descendants, because they will inevitably get some of them and some of their effects, especially the blessing of religious commitment, because the righteousness of the parents, that is based on knowledge and deeds, is one of the main reasons for the righteousness of their children.

وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحًا
and to do good deeds that please YOU.

by helping me to do the type of deed that meets all the prerequisites of being sound and right, and is free of anything that may spoil it. Such is the deed that ALLĀH is pleased with and accepts, and for which HE gives reward.

وَأَصۡلِحۡ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓۖ
and make righteous for me my offspring.

as he prayed for himself to be righteous, he also prayed for his offspring to be righteous, asking ALLĀH to rectify their condition. HE stated that the benefit of the children’s righteousness comes back to their parents, because he said, "and make righteous for me my offspring".

إِنِّى تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ
Verily I repent to YOU

from sins and acts of disobedience, and I come back to obedience to YOU,

وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
and indeed, I am of the Muslims."

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

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16 Dec 2024 08:15

THE VIRTUE OF SUPPLICATING FOR OTHERS IN THEIR ABSENCE

ALLĀH says: "And those who came after them say: Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in Faith." {Al-Hashr || Verse 10}

"And ask forgiveness for your sin, and also for ˹the sin of˺ believing men and believing women." {Muhammad || Verse 19}


Umm Darda' (may ALLĀH be pleased with her) reported: My husband reported that he heard ALLĀH'S Messenger ﷺ as saying: "He who supplicates for his brother behind his back (in his absence), the Angel commissioned ˹for carrying supplication to his Lord˺ says: Aamīn, and for you be the like." {Muslim #2732}

Ibn Abbas (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Two supplications have no barrier between them and ALLĀH: the supplication of the oppressed, and the supplication of a man for his brother behind his back." {Al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr #11232}


Abu Bakr at-Turtushee (may ALLĀH have mercy on him ) said regarding the hadith: "This hadith procures a tremendous point of benefit; because if you are answered in regard to your brother because he is absent from you, then we hope that the Angel will also be answered in regard to you – because you are absent from him." {Ad-Du’aa al-Ma'thoor wa Adābuhu || Page 34}

Sheikh Ibn Baz (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "...therefore if you say: 'O ALLĀH; forgive so and so, O ALLĀH; rectify his heart and his action, O ALLĀH; make his affairs easy for him, O ALLĀH; grant him righteous offspring, a righteous wife, beneficial knowledge.' You supplicate for your brother with that which you see to be appropriate, and the appointed Angel says: 'Aamīn – and for you be the like of it.'" {Sharh Riyadhus-Saliheen Sheikh bin Bāz || no. 469}

Imam an-Nawawī (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "Some of the Salaf, if one of them intended to supplicate for himself; then he would supplicate for his Muslim brother with that supplication, because it is answered, and he attains the like of that." {Sharh Sahih Muslim || 17/51}

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31 Dec 2024 12:24

THIS HAPPENS EVERY NIGHT, NOT MIDNIGHT ON THE 31ST OF DECEMBER

If you intend to perform tahajjud tonight because it is the beginning of 'a new year', be assured that your du'aa is rejected even before it leaves your lips.

The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, “He who innovates something in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam) that is not of it will have it rejected (by ALLĀH).” {Bukhari & Muslim}

In another version in Muslim, it reads: "He who does an act which we have not commanded, will have it rejected (by ALLĀH)"

Unless you can inform us how and where the Prophet (ﷺ) performed tahajjud to begin a new year.

Somewhere said: "It can be found in Kitābu al-Hawa (book of desire)."

Iro Lasan (Blatant Lie)!

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AlBaseerah

30 Dec 2024 18:25

ADVICE FOR MY SOON-TO-BE-MARRIED SISTER

Our Shaykh, Abū Nāsir Ibrāhīm 'Abdur-Rauf's Advice to a Sister Soon to Be Married:

1. Keep a daily routine with reading and studying the Qura'an

2. Keep a daily routine for your daily Adhkars and those of the various circumstances

3. Regular Qiyam al-Layl

4. Keep a daily routine to study classes. Follow a regular study of selected books by scholars, like: a. Tafseer as-Sa'adiy by Shaykh Razaq Al-Badr, his Commentary on Riyadus Saaliheen, his Commentary on ad-Daa wad-Dawaa by Ibn al-Qayyim, and his Commentary on Rawdat al-Uqalaa by Ibn Hibban. Regular lessons Keep the mind regularly attentive to guidance and goodness

5. Do not give excuses to obedience to your husband. Except he orders you to sin, otherwise, obey him and do his bidding. Live for him!

6. Do not listen to ANYONE who would cite the faults of your husband to you, even if it be your parents.

7. Keep NEAT with the entire home and the kids at all times! NO EXCUSES will be tolerated.
8. Cook good meals. Make them be to time.

9. Suffice with little: take whatever he provides and thank him honestly. Do not see it as a favour, see it rather as a means of providing ease and worshipping Allah by it.

10. Make him have access to you ANYWHERE and ANY TIME. So be ready. Keep it in mind he may look at you and feel to have access to you. Be available.

We beseech Allāh to bless her new home. Āmīn.

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29 Dec 2024 18:46

THE PROHIBITION OF CALLING UPON THE PROPHET (ﷺ) AFTER HIS DEATH

Anas ibn Malik (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: If a drought became threatening, Umar ibn al-Khattab (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) would ask Al-‘Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) to supplicate for ALLĀH to send rain. Umar would say, "O ALLĀH, we used to ask our Prophet (ﷺ) to supplicate for rain and YOU would bless us with rain. Now we ask the uncle of our Prophet to supplicate for rain, so bless us with rain." And so it would rain.

{Al-Bukhārī #1010}

Ibn Taymiyyah (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said, "When they replaced using the Prophet (ﷺ) as a means for using Al-Abbas instead, it was understood that what they did in his life became impossible after his death, unlike using him as a means by having faith in him and obeying him, which are legislated for all times."

{Majmū’ al-Fatāwā || 1/201}

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28 Dec 2024 21:55

BENEFICIAL POINTS FROM SŪRAH AN-NISĀ, VERSE 29-31

1⃣.  It is forbidden to take a Muslim's wealth or any unlawful wealth, regardless of whether it is obtained through theft, fraud, gambling, or usury.

2⃣. The permissibility of trade, encouragement toward it, and refutation of ignorant mystics who forbid earning under the pretext of reliance on ALLĀH.

3⃣. The prohibition of a Muslim killing themselves or other Muslims, as they are one nation.

4⃣. Severe warning for those who kill a soul unjustly and wrongfully, with punishment in the Fire.

5⃣. The obligation to avoid all major sins and to remain steadfast in doing so until death.

6⃣. Sins are divided into two types: major and minor. Therefore, it is obligatory to know them to avoid the major ones and, as much as possible, the minor ones. Whoever slips should repent, for the one who repents from a sin is like one who has no sin.

7⃣. Paradise is entered only by those with pure and righteous souls who avoid what defiles them, such as major sins, misdeeds, and immoralities.

{Aysar at Tafāsīr by Sheikh Abu Bakr al-Jazairi}

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28 Dec 2024 17:49

THE BELIEVERS ARE BUT A BROTHERHOOD

ALLĀH says:

إِنَّمَا الْمُوْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ
The believers are but brothers,

This is a bond that ALLĀH has established between the believers. If anyone in the furthest east or west is found to believe in ALLĀH, HIS angels, HIS Books, HIS Messengers and the Last Day, then he is a brother to the believers, with a bond of brotherhood that dictates that the believers should love for him what they love for themselves, and hate for him what they hate for themselves. Hence the Prophet (ﷺ) said, enjoining the fulfilment of the rights of brothers in faith: "Do not envy one another, do not artificially inflate prices, do not hate one another, do not undersell one another, and be - O slaves of ALLĀH - brothers. The believer is the brother of his fellow believer; he does not wrong him, let him down or despise him." {Bukhari and Muslim}

And he said: "The believers are like a structure, parts of which support other parts." {Bukhari} And he interlaced his fingers.

فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ
so make reconciliation between your brothers.

ALLĀH and HIS Messenger (ﷺ) have enjoined the believers to fulfil one another’s rights, and to do that which will lead to harmony, love and understanding among them. All of that confirms the rights that they have over one another. Therefore, if fighting occurs among them that would lead to division, hatred and shunning of one another, let the believers bring about reconciliation between their brothers and strive to do that which will remove grudges and ill feeling.

وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ
and have Taqwa of ALLĀH (in all of your affairs),

Then ALLĀH commands them to fear HIM in general terms, and makes fulfilling the rights of fellow believers and fearing ALLĀH conditions of HIS mercy, as HE says:

لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
so that you may be shown mercy.

If mercy is attained, then all that is good in this world and the hereafter is also attained. This indicates that not fulfilling the rights of fellow believers is one of the greatest barriers to divine mercy.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

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27 Dec 2024 21:34

SUPPLICATIONS AFTER MAGHRIB AND FAJR PRAYER

Abdur Rahman ibn Ghanm, (may Allāh be pleased with him, reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said,

"Whoever says ten times before departing the sunset (maghrib) and dawn (fajr) prayers or moving his feet,

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Lā ilāha illa Allāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-ḥamdu, biyadihi al-khayru, yuḥyī wa yumītu, wa huwa 'alā kulli shay'in qadīr.

There is no god ˹truly worthy of worship˺ but Allāh alone, without any partners, to Him belong the dominion and all praise, all goodness is in His hand, He gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things,’

then ten good deeds will be recorded for him each time, ten bad deeds will be erased, he will be raised by ten degrees, he will be fortified from everything he dislikes and from the accursed Satan. No sin will be allowed to harm him but idolatry. He will be the best of people in deeds except for a man who surpasses him by saying it more often than him.”

Source: Musnad Aḥmad 17990

Grade: Hasan li ghayrihi (fair due to external evidence) according to Al-Arna’ut

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26 Dec 2024 21:30

COMMANDMENTS REGARDING CHILDREN

'Amr bin Shu'aib (may ALLĀH be pleased with them) reported on his father's authority that his grandfather (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said:

The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Command your children to perform Salat (prayer) when they are seven years old, and beat them for (not offering) it when they are ten, and do not let (boys and girls) sleep together". {Abu Dawud}.

{Riyādhus-Saliḥīn: Book 1, Chapter 38, Hadith 301}

COMMENTARY:

This Hadith highlights the following points:

1⃣. The importance of the prescribed five daily Salat (prayers).

2⃣. When warranted by the situation, it is permissible to beat children for their proper upbringing and education. But this should not be in any case violent and aggressive. It should rather be done in a manner that the child does not suffer any physical injury and receives the right type of training. It is an absurd theory that children should be given a free hand, and leave alone the corporal punishment, they should not even be rebuked on doing something wrong. Suitable punishment is essential for their proper training and education.

3⃣. Muslim jurists have written that like Salat, other injunctions of Shari'ah should also be instilled in the minds of children, and if possible, they should also be given practical training for their performance. For instance, they should be made to observe Saum (fast) occasionally in accordance with their age and capacity during the month of Ramadan, so that the importance of obligation of fasting is impressed on their minds in an early age. This exercise will prove very fruitful when they attain maturity. They will then be conscious that for a Muslim, fasting in the month of Ramadan is compulsory like the five daily Salat.

4⃣. A child generally does not attain maturity at the age of ten years, but nevertheless he does acquire some sense. It is, therefore, necessary that rather than putting children in one bed they are provided separate beds once they reach the age of 10, especially children of the opposite sex.

{Hafiz Salahudeen Yusuf's Commentary on Riyādhus-Saliḥīn}

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AlBaseerah

25 Dec 2024 21:15

ETIQUETTES OF DU'A

When you fall into a troublesome situation or a hardship you can not seem to alleviate or resolve, supplicating to ALLĀH and turning to HIM after repenting from your sins is your only solution.

Because a sin necessitates punishment, when a sin is erased with repentance, the punishment shall be removed accordingly.

If you complied with the aforementioned advice and despite your repentance and du'aa, found none of your prayers were answered, you should investigate yourself further.

It is possible that your repentance was insincere; hence you should rectify it and supplicate again.

Beware also of letting boredom from supplications sneak into your heart because maybe in it was in your best interest for the answer of your prayers be postponed and not answered immediately.

It is therefore, in such a case, that you will be rewarded all the while waiting for your prayers to be (eventually) answered. It is in fact, in your best interest that you are not granted what you sought and be compensated with something different.

If Shaytan ever whispers to your heart saying, ‘How long have you been supplicating but you still see no answer?’

Let your answer be, ‘I worship HIM with my supplications, while I am confident and certain that my supplications shall be answered. Yet, maybe the answer is postponed to bring forth a goodness that is for my interest for answers come when the time comes. And even if no answer is noted, it suffices the humility and worship I am in.’

Beware of asking [ALLĀH] of a matter without asking HIM for the good therewith. Indeed, a matter you may ask regarding this worldly life may be the cause of your destruction.

If you are ordered in religion, to consult (mashawara) your worldly affairs with a person informed of what you are capable to realise, it befits more to ask your Lord to write for you goodness in what you ask, since HE knows all the best interests of His creation.

Seeking the guidance (istikhara) of ALLĀH in your affairs is an evidence of good consulting (hasan al-mashawara).

{Ibn al-Jawzī's Captured Thoughts ||| Page 729-730}

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AlBaseerah

24 Dec 2024 16:47

THE DECLARATION OF INNOCENCE FROM SHIRK (ASSOCIATING PARTNERS WITH ALLĀH)

ALLĀH says,

وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمۡ
˹Say˺: And I shall not worship that which you are worshipping.

meaning, 'I do not worship according to your worship, which means that I do not go along with it or follow it. I only worship ALLĀH in the manner in which HE loves and is pleased with.'

Thus, ALLĀH says,

وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَـبِدُونَ مَأ أَعْبُدُ
Nor will you worship whom I worship.

meaning, 'you do not follow the commands of ALLĀH and HIS Legislation in HIS worship. Rather, you have invented something out of the promptings of your own souls.'

This is as ALLĀH says,

إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الاٌّنفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَأءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَى
They follow but a guess and that which they themselves desire, whereas there has surely come to them the guidance from their Lord! (53:23)

Therefore, the disavowal is from all of what they are involved. For certainly the worshipper must have a god whom he worships and set acts of worship that he follows to get to him. So the Messenger and his followers worship ALLĀH according to what HE has legislated. This is why the statement of Islam is

"Laa ilāha illallāh wa anna Muhammadan Rasulullah (There is no God worthy of being worshipped except ALLĀH, and Muhammad is the Messenger of ALLĀH)."

This means that there is no (true) object of worship except ALLĀH and there is no path to HIM (i.e., way of worshipping HIM) other than that which the Messenger came with.

The idolators worship other than ALLĀH, with acts of worship that ALLĀH has not allowed. This is why the Messenger said to them,

لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
For you is your religion, and for me is my religion.

This is similar to ALLĀH's statement,

وَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقُل لِّى عَمَلِى وَلَكُمْ عَمَلُكُمْ أَنتُمْ بَرِييُونَ مِمَّأ أَعْمَلُ وَأَنَاْ بَرِىءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
And if they belie you, say: "For me are my deeds and for you are your deeds! You are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what you do!" (10:41)

and HE said,

لَنَأ أَعْمَـلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَـلُكُمْ
To us our deeds, and to you your deeds. (28:55)

Al-Bukhari said, "It has been said,

لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ
For you is your religion. means disbelief.
وَلِىَ دِينِ
and for me my religion. means Islam.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

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23 Dec 2024 08:57

STERN WARNING AGAINST IMITATING OR PARTICIPATING IN ACTS OF DISBELIEF

ALLĀH says: "HE begets not, nor was HE begotten." {Al-Ikhlās || Verse 3}

"And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Qur’ān) that when you hear the Verses of ALLĀH being denied and mocked at, then do not sit in that company unless they engage in a different topic, or else you will be like them. Surely ALLĀH will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers all together in Hell.." {An-Nisa || Verse 140}


Abu Waqid al-Laythi reported: When we traveled to Hunayn with the Messenger of ALLĀH, peace and blessings be upon him, we passed by a tree which the idolaters called Dhat al-Anwat. They would hang their weapons upon it for blessings. I said, "O Messenger of ALLĀH, make a blessed tree for us, just as they have one." The Prophet said, "SubḥānAllāh! You have said just as the people of Moses said, ‘Make a god for us, just as they have a god’ (7:138). By the One in whose hand is my soul, you will follow the ways of people before you (i.e., Jews and Christians)." {Sunan al-Tirmidhī #2180}

Ibn Umar (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Whoever imitates a people is one of them." {Sunan Abī Dāwūd #4031}


Ibn al-Qayyim (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "Al-Bayhaqi (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) narrated with a good chain of narration from 'Abdullāh ibn 'Amr (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) that he said: "Whoever settles in the land of the non-Arabs and celebrates their new year and festival and imitates them until he dies in that state, will be gathered with them on the Day of Resurrection." {Ahkam Ahl Adh-Dhimmah || 1/724}

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymin (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "Similarly it is forbidden for the Muslims to imitate the unbelievers by holding parties on these occasions, or exchanging gifts, or distributing sweets or other foods, or taking time off work and so on, because the Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever imitates a people is one of them.'...
Those who do any of these things are sinning, whether they do it to go along with them, or to be friendly towards them, or because they feel too shy (to refuse to join in) or any other reason, because it is a kind of compromising the religion of ALLĀH to please others, and it is a means of lifting the spirits of the unbelievers and making them proud of their religion." {Fatāwa Ibn ‘Uthaymin ||| 3/44}

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AlBaseerah

22 Dec 2024 08:27

VIRTUE OF CALLING TO GOODNESS

ALLĀH says: "Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islâm), enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful." {Āli-'Imrān || Verse 104}

"And who is better in speech than one who invites to ALLĀH and does righteousness and says, Indeed, I am of the Muslims." {Al-Fussilat || Verse 33}


Abu Rafi’ (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "For ALLĀH to guide a man by your hand is better for you than everything over which the sun rises and sets." {al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr lil-Ṭabarānī 930}

Abu Huraira (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Whoever calls others to guidance will have a reward like that of those who follow it, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest. And whoever calls others to misguidance will have a burden of sin like that of those who follow it, without it detracting from their burden in the slightest." {Muslim #2674}

Abu Mas'ūd al-Ansāri (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said: "The one who tells another about a good deed is like the one who does it." {Muslim #1893}


Sheikh Muhammad 'Abdul-Ra'uf al-Munāwi (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "For everyone who guides people, shows them the righteous path and teaches them will have reward until the Day of Resurrection. A similar reward will be accredited to his shaykh who guided him, and the shaykh of his shaykh will have twice as much, the third shaykh will have four times as much, the fourth shaykh will have eight times as much, and so on; at every link in the chain, it will be multiplied, all the way back to the Prophet (ﷺ)...
Whoever reflects on this meaning and is helped and guided by ALLĀH will be motivated to teach others and spread knowledge, so that his reward will be multiplied during his life and after his death, without ceasing, and he will refrain from introducing innovations (bid‘ah) and wronging others by collecting unjust levies and otherwise, for this will multiply his sins and bad deeds in the manner described, so long as there is anyone who is still doing that. So let the Muslim reflect on this meaning, and think of how blessed the one who promotes the path of good will be and how wretched the one who promotes the path of evil will be." {Fayd al-Qadir Sharh al-Jami al-Saghir || 6/170}

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21 Dec 2024 20:42

EASY WAY TO PARADISE, BUT SATAN DISTRACTS THEM

Abdullāh ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings be upon him, said,

"There are two practices no Muslim man preserves but that he will enter Paradise. Surely, they are both easy yet few act upon them. Glorify Allāh at the end of every prayer ten times, praise Him ten times, and exalt Him ten times. These are one hundred and fifty upon the tongue, but one thousand and five hundred upon the Scale. When you retire to your bed, glorify Him, exalt Him, and praise Him one hundred times. These are one hundred upon the tongue, but one thousand upon the Scale. Which one of you would commit two thousand and five hundred sins in a day and night?"

They said, "How could we not preserve them?"

The Prophet said, "Satan comes to one of you while he is praying and he whispers for him to remember this and that until he turns away and, perhaps, he does not do it. While in his bed, Satan continues to lure him to sleep until he falls asleep."

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3410

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Tirmidhi

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17 Dec 2024 22:21

THE PROHIBITION OF SAYING 'IN SHA ALLĀH' IN DUA

It is authentically reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) that the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said: "None of you should say: 'O ALLĀH, Forgive me if You will,' or: 'O ALLĀH, Have mercy upon me if YOU Will.' Rather he should always appeal to ALLĀH firmly, for nobody can force ALLĀH to do something against HIS Will."

According to Muslim's report, He (ﷺ) said: "One should appeal to ALLĀH with firm determination for nothing is too much or too great for ALLĀH to give it."

Because all of us are wretched and humble before ALLĀH, Most High, and HE is Self-sufficient, Most Praiseworthy, ALLĀH'S Messenger (ﷺ) forbade anyone who supplicates ALLĀH from adding to his request: "...if You will," as this suggests a lack of interest on ALLĀH'S part in the needs of HIS slaves, nor is it befitting the true spirit of humility in which the Muslim is supposed to approach his Rabb. Nor is it fitting to suggest that ALLĀH treats HIS slaves in such a fickle manner, acceding to some requests, while rejecting others on a whim - ALLĀH, Most High, is far above that. In fact HE has informed us that HE answers the supplication of everyone who asks HIM:

"And when MY slaves ask you about ME, I am indeed near: I answer the supplication of the suppliant when he asks ME." (2:185).

Then HE, Most Glorified, Most High, commands us that when we ask HIM, we should do so imploringly, beseechingly, whether the request is big or small since no request is difficult for HIM, Most High, to grant, for HE is the Owner of all things in the heavens and the earth, the absolute Disposer of all affairs therein and HE is Able to do all things.

BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THIS HADITH

1⃣. The prohibition of saying: "...if YOU will," when supplicating ALLĀH.

2⃣. The lawfulness of supplication and confirmation of its effectiveness.

3⃣. Confirmation of ALLĀH'S Completeness and Perfection.

4⃣. That imploring ALLĀH firmly, rather than timidly and apologetically, is to think well of HIM, Most Glorified, Most High.

5⃣. ALLĀH'S freedom from all imperfection.

{Kitābu at-Tawhīd Explained: Page 295-296}

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16 Dec 2024 21:22

BENEFIT 05: REGARDING THE MENSTRUATION OF A PREGNANT WOMAN

Does a pregnant woman menstruate?

Scholars have two opinions on this matter:

Most scholars hold that a pregnant woman does not menstruate, and they base this on the hadith of Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri ˹regarding the captives taken at Atwas˺: "A pregnant woman is not to be approached ˹sexually˺ until she gives birth, nor a non-pregnant woman until she menstruates once." (¹)

They said that the waiting period for a slave woman was based on menstruation to confirm the uterus is empty. If pregnant women could menstruate, then menstruation would not suffice to confirm this.

Some scholars, including Ash-Shafi’i, said that a pregnant woman can menstruate.

The correct view is that the general rule is that a pregnant woman does not menstruate, but there may be exceptions where a woman experiences bleeding while pregnant. If this blood has the color, smell, and nature of menstrual blood and occurs at the usual time of menstruation, it is considered menstruation, and the woman refrains from prayer and fasting, and her husband must abstain from ˹intimacy with˺ her.

However, this menstruation is not counted in issues like the waiting period ('iddah), as ALLĀH the Exalted says: "And for those who are pregnant, their term is until they give birth" (²)

If the blood seen during pregnancy does not match the nature of menstrual blood or does not occur at its usual time, it is not considered menstruation and holds no significance, similar to the blood of irregular bleeding (istihada).

📖 Sahih Fiqhus-Sunnah wa Adillatuhu (1/209-210)

(1) Sound due to supporting evidence (Hasan li ghayrih): Narrated by Abu Dāwūd (2157) and Ahmad (3/62), with a supporting narration (shahid) reported by Ad-Daraqutni (3/257).

(2) Surah at-Talāq: Verse 4

فائدة:

هل تحيض الحامل؟

للعلماء في هذا وجهان:
فذهب أكثر العلماء إلى أن الحامل لا تحيض واستدلوا بحديث أبي سعيد الخدري له: (لا توطأ حامل [حتى تضع] ولا غير حامل حتى تحيض حيضة) (١)

قالوا: إن استبراء الأمة اعتبر بالمحيض لتحقق براءة الرحم، فلو كانت الحامل تحيض لم تتم البراءة بالحيض.

وذهب بعضهم - منهم الشافعي إلى أن الحامل تحيض.

والصواب في هذا أن يقال: إن الأصل والقاعدة العامة الغالبة أن الحامل لا تحيض، لكن قد تشذ المرأة فينزل بها دم وهي حامل فينظر في هذا الدم ، فإن كان قدم الحيض لونا ورائحة وطبيعة وفي وقت الحيض فإنه يعد حيضا تترك له الصلاة والصوم ويعتزلها زوجها ، لكن هذا الحيض، لا يعتد به في مسألة العدة لأن الله تعلى قال : *{وَأُولاتُ الأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ} (٢)* أما إذا كان الدم النازل على الحامل يخالف طبيعة دم الحيض وفى غير أوانه فلا يكون دم حيض وليس له اعتبار، كدم الاستحاضة.

📖 صحيح فقه السنة وأدلته (١/٢٠٩،٢١٠)

(١) حسن لغيره: أخرجه أبو داود (٢١٥٧)، وأحمد (٦٢/٣) ، وله شاهد عند الدار قطني (٣/ ٢٥٧).

(٢) سورة الطلاق: ٤

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15 Dec 2024 18:17

THE IDDAH (WAITING PERIOD) OF THE WIDOW

ALLĀH says;

وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا
As for those of you who die and leave wives behind, let them observe a waiting period of four months and ten days.

This Ayah contains a command from ALLĀH to the wives whose husbands die, that they should observe a period of Iddah of four months and ten nights, including the cases where the marriage was consummated or otherwise, according to the consensus (of the scholars).

The proof that this ruling includes the case where the marriage was not consummated is included in the general meaning of the Ayah.

In a narration recorded by Imam Ahmad and the compilers of the Sunan, which At-Tirmidhi graded Sahih,

Ibn Mas'ud was asked about a man who married a woman, but he died before consummating the marriage. He also did not appoint a Mahr (dowry) for her. They kept asking Ibn Mas'ud about this subject until he said: "I shall give you my own opinion, and if it is correct then it is from ALLĀH, while if it is wrong it is because of my error and because of (the evil efforts of) Satan. In this case, ALLĀH and HIS Messenger are innocent of my opinion. She has her full Mahr."

In another narration, Ibn Mas'ud said: "She has a similar Mahr to that of the women of her status, without stinginess or extravagance."

He then continued, "She has to spend the Iddah and has a right to the inheritance."

Ma'qil bin Yasar Ashja'i then stood up and said, "I heard ALLĀH's Messenger issue a similar judgment for the benefit of Barwa' bint Washiq."

Abdullāh bin Mas'ud became very delighted upon hearing this statement.

In another narration, several men from Ashja (tribe) stood up and said, "We testify that ALLĀH's Messenger issued a similar ruling for the benefit of Barwa bint Washiq."

As for the case of the widow whose husband dies while she is pregnant, her term of Iddah ends when she gives birth, even if it occurs an instant (after her husband dies). This ruling is taken from ALLĀH's statement:

وَأُوْلَـتُ الاٌّحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ
And for those who are pregnant, their Iddah is until they lay down their burden. (65:4)

There is also a Hadith from Subay'ah Al-Aslamiyah in the Two Sahihs, through various chains of narration.

Her husband, Sa'd bin Khawlah, died while she was pregnant and she gave birth only a few nights after his death. When she finished her Nifas (postnatal period), she beautified herself for those who might seek to engage her (for marriage).

Then, Abu Sanabil bin Ba'kak came to her and said, "Why do I see you beautified yourself, do you wish to marry? By ALLĀH! You will not marry until the four months and ten nights have passed."

Subay'ah said, "When he said that to me, I collected my garments when night fell and went to ALLĀH's Messenger and asked him about this matter.

He (ﷺ) said that my Iddah had finished when I gave birth and allowed me to get married if I wished."

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

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