AlBaseerah

22 Jan 2025 19:48

THE THREE CATEGORIES OF PATIENCE

Patience is divided into three categories:

1⃣. Patience upon the obedience of ALLĀH.

2⃣. Patience with staying away from disobedience to ALLĀH.

3⃣. Patience upon the pre-decree of ALLĀH.

Sheikh al-’Uthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) wrote in his explanation of Riyadh us-Sāliheen:

“Sabr (patience), in the language, means to hold back and restrain oneself. As for its intent in the Sharee’ah, it is to restrain the soul with respect to three matters:

1⃣. Upon obedience to ALLĀH.

2⃣. Upon the prohibitions of ALLĀH.

3⃣. Upon the unpleasant and agonising decrees of ALLĀH.

These are the three types of sabr that the people of knowledge have mentioned:

The first type is that a person is patient upon the obedience of ALLĀH, because obedience is heavy upon the soul and some aspects of it are difficult upon a person, and it can be difficult upon the body such that a person experiences inability and fatigue. A person may even experience financial difficulty such as when paying Zakah or making Hajj, and all of these hardships necessitate patience, just As ALLĀH the Most High says:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اصْبِرُوا وَصَابِرُوا وَرَابِطُوا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
“O you who believe, endure patiently, and be more patient (than your enemy) and guard your territory, and fear ALLĀH so that you may be successful.” {Āli ‘Imrān || Verse 200}.

The second type is to be patient with regard to staying away from the prohibitions, and that is because the soul incites a person towards evil so he must show patience against his soul by restraining himself from lying, cheating, consuming the wealth of others, dealing with interest, fornication, drinking wine, theft and other prohibited acts. So, a person must restrain himself so that he does not commit these sins—and this also requires patience and perseverance.

The third type is being patient upon the painful decree (Qadar) of ALLĀH. The decree of ALLĀH is of two types:

1. Agreeable and pleasing. 2. Painful and unpleasant.

That which is pleasing requires being thankful to ALLĀH by obeying HIM. That which is unpleasant and painful may be that a person is put to trial in his body, or that he loses his wealth, or has family problems—the types of calamities are numerous and all of them require patience and perseverance, and a person is patient by restraining himself from expressing his displeasure on his tongue or heart or limbs.

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AlBaseerah

22 Jan 2025 08:53

THREE LEVELS OF FASTING

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

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

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

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

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

📖 Mukhtasar Minhāj al-Qāsidīn || Page 44

5⃣0⃣ QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FAST OF RAMADĀN

AlBaseerah

21 Jan 2025 22:04

IS THE NAME OF ANGEL OF DEATH IZRĀ'ĪL?

Sheikh Ibn 'Uthaymīn: "NO, there is nothing such reported from Prophet ﷺ." {I'lām al-Muā'sirīn}

Sheikh al-Albānī: "His name (angel of death) in Qur’ān & Sunnah is Malak al-Maut, as for his name Izra'īl, it is baseless."
{Ahkam al-Janāiz}

Sheikh Ibn 'Uthaymīn: "Some people name the angel of death 'Izrā'īl' but this is not correct."
{At-Tafsīr}

AlBaseerah

21 Jan 2025 08:42

THE SUPERIORITY OF RAMADĀN

The Prophet ﷺ said: "When the first night of the month of Ramadān comes, the devils and rebellious jinn are chained up and the gates of Hell are closed, and not one gate of it is opened. The gates of Paradise are opened and not one gate of it is closed. And a caller cries out: ‘O seeker of good, proceed; O seeker of evil, desist. And ALLĀH has those whom HE redeems from the Fire, and that happens every night.” {Sunan al-Tirmidhī #682}

Sheikh Salīh al-Fawzān (may ALLĀH preserve him upon goodness) said: “This hadith is evidence for the virtue of the month of Ramadān and the greatness of its special qualities. ALLĀH, the Most High, favored it over all other months, and singled it out with characteristics that are not found in other than it; making it a reason to perform righteous actions, kindness and goodness.” {Ahadith about Fasting, Rulings, and Manners: Page 24}

5⃣0⃣ QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FAST OF RAMADĀN

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AlBaseerah

20 Jan 2025 11:25

CHASTISEMENT FOR ONE WHO COMMANDS GOOD AND FORBIDS EVIL WHILE ACTING OTHERWISE

ALLĀH says: "Do you enjoin righteousness of the people and forget ˹to practice it˺ yourselves, while you read the Scripture? Will you not reason?" {Al-Baqarah Verse 44}

"˹Shu'aib said:˺ I do not want to do what I am forbidding you from. I only intend reform to the best of my ability. My success comes only through ALLĀH. In HIM I trust and to HIM I turn." {Hud Verse 88}

Jundub ibn ‘Abdillah al-Azdi narrated that the companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said: "The likeness of the scholar who teaches people good and forgets himself is that of a lamp which gives light to the people but burns itself." {Al-Mu‘jam al-Kabeer 2/165-166}

Usaamah ibn Zayd (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) say: "A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown in the Hell Fire, so that his intestines will come out, and he will go around like a donkey goes around a millstone. The people of Hell Fire will gather around him and say: O so-and-so! What is wrong with you? Didn't you use to order us to do good deeds and forbid us to do bad deeds? He will reply: Yes, I used to order you to do good deeds, but I did not do them myself, and I used to forbid you to do bad deeds, yet I used to do them myself." {Al-Bukhari #3094, Muslim #2989}


Shaykh Abdur-Rahman As-Sa'di (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "Reason encourages the individual to be the first one to do what he tells others to do, and the first one to refrain from what he tells others not to do. If a person tells others to do good but does not do it himself, and he tells them not to commit evil but does not refrain from it himself, that indicates that he in fact has no understanding and is ignorant, especially if he does that knowingly. Thus proof is established against him." {Taysir al-Karīm ar-Rahmān Page 41}

Ibn Bāz (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "One of the qualities and characteristics that the dā‘iyah (the one who calls others to ALLĀH) should – indeed must – have is that he must act upon what he calls people to and he should be a good example of what he is promoting. He should not be one of those who call people to something then fail to do it themselves, or who tell people not to do something, then do it. That is the state of the losers; we seek refuge with ALLĀH from that. As for the believers who will succeed, they call people to the truth and act in accordance with it, striving and hastening to attain it, and keeping away from that which they tell others not to do." {Majmu'l-Fatāwā Ibn Bāz || 1/346}

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AlBaseerah

19 Jan 2025 18:06

"Don’t judge the success of your Da’wah by likes, shares, or followers. True success lies in whether it is accepted by Allāh. Share authentic knowledge sincerely, even if unnoticed by others, for it is Allāh who rewards what is done for His sake and you may never know whose life He changes through your words.

Strive for His pleasure alone, for His acceptance outweighs the praise of all creation and transforms even the smallest act into an eternal treasure."

Abū Ismā’īl
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AlBaseerah

18 Jan 2025 21:18

THE PARENTS RECEIVE A REWARD WHEN THEIR OFFSPRING RECITE THE QUR'ĀN.

Teaching the Qur'ān to children is a significant commitment that offers rewards in this life and the hereafter. It provides timeless wisdom, fulfills a crucial parental duty, and brings blessings into family life. The people of knowledge state that the deceased parents receive the reward of the recitation of the Qur'ān when recited by their offspring, this being due to the children being from the earning of the parents.

Sheikh Al-Albanī (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) was asked concerning whether the reward of the recitation of the Qur'ān reaches the parents or not, the Sheikh said: "That which I believe is that every righteous action that emanates from a righteous son, its merit and reward reaches the parents of this individual who carried out such righteous act. This is an affair that is agreed upon amongst the scholars as far as I know, and that has evidences; from them is:

وَأَن لَّیۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
And that there is not for man except what he strives for. {An-Najm || Verse 39}

Likewise when there is attached to this verse, his saying (ﷺ): "Indeed the purest thing that a man eats is that which is from his own earning, and indeed his child is from his earning." {Abū Dāwūd #3528}

So for as long as the child is from the earning of the parents, then every righteous act which he does is considered to be from the earning of the parents. Except that it is manifest to me from some ahādīth that have come clearly in the issue of charity for example, that if the child intends his parents by his righteous act, then that is more beneficial for them than if he had not intended ˹that˺ with the reward of his act coming to them both of them – as it is said these days and based upon what I have just explained that it is automatic – whether he intended or did not intend then the parents are rewarded, however if he specifies the parents and intends the righteous act for them; then that is better for them by the permission of ALLĀH, The Most High."

Shaikh Al-Albanī (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) was similarly asked by a questioner: "Is it permissible to recite the Qur’aan and donate its reward to the deceased?"

The Shaikh: "Which deceased?"

The Questioner: "The deceased who was a friend."

The Shaikh: "It is impermissible."

The Questioner: "And if he had been from the family?"

The Shaikh: "The father and the mother only."

{Jāmi’ Turāth Al-‘Allāmah Al-Albanī (9/257-258)}

Shaykh Muqbil Al-Wādi’ī (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "They (the parents) by the will of ALLĀH are rewarded on account of your recitation without you intending so, because they are the ones that were the cause of your existence by the permission of ALLĀH, The Most High...

If they had both been the reason for your memorization of the Qur'ān, then they will be rewarded without your having to intend it." {Min Fiqh Al-Imām Abī ‘Abdir-Rahmān Muqbil bin Hādi al-Wādi’ī (1/513)}

Teaching the Qur'ān to your children offers numerous benefits, not just for them, but for you as well. The advantages go beyond this worldly life, as it promises parental rewards in the Hereafter. Each time your child recites a verse that they have learned, you share in that reward!

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AlBaseerah

18 Jan 2025 14:58

WHO IS IBN AL-QAYYIM?

Al Imam Abu AbdiLlah, Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr Ibn Ayyub Az-Zurahi. He became popularly refered to as Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyya.

'Qayyim Al-Jawziyya' refer to the head of a Madrasah, the name of the madrasah is Al Masrasatul Jawziyya. Masrasatul Jawziyya belongs to Muhyideen, Yusuf bn Al-Jawzi. You would have been hearing Ibn Jawzi. He authored many books. He has a son called Yusuf who was a very learned person, it was that his son who started Al Masrasatul Jawziyya and was now handed over to the father of Ibn Al Qayyim - Abu Abubkr

Ibn Qayyim's father was a very learned person. He was made the head of a Madrasah, that madrasah is called, Al Madrasatul Al-Jawziyya. When Yusuf the son of Ibn Al Jawzi was passing away he handed that madrasah to Abubakr ibn Ayyub, Abubakr Ibn Ayyub is the father of Ibn Al Qayyim.

The 'Qayyim' is the head of a Madrasah like we call Headmaster or principal in our own time. So who is this Ibn Qayyim, he is the son of the Headteacher of a Madrasah called Al-Jawziyya. I hope that it is clear so he is Ibn Al-Qayyim Jawziyya, that was how he became to be called for that. Moreso when his father died, he became very knowledgeable and the name was ascribed to him.
You can call him Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyya or Ibn Al-Qayyim - (the son of the principal).

Al Imam ibn-Al Qayyim Al-Jawziyya has some children ALLĀH has blessed with knowledge, one of them is AbduLlah, he was very knowledgeable, he used to read the entire Quran from his mind in Solah when he was 9years old, it was said the he memoried Surah a'raf in two days. He also has a son Ibrahim, he was a well known scholar of Fiqh, he has a daughter who was very learned and gave birth to a scholar called  Abdurahman, he also used to be referred to as Ibn Qayyim.

Ibn Rajab Al Hanbal (the student of Ibn Al Qayyim) told us about Ibn Al-Qayyim, He said: he was a person full of worship, he always wake up for late night prayers. He was known for always extending his Solah, he was calm in his Solah. He did alot of Ibaadah. He was a person who is always making Adhkar, all these things they are talking about Ibn Al-Qayyim rahimahuLlah, if you read his book you will sense it in it. He has books he wrote on Adhkar, he has books he wrote on matters of spirituality.

He was a person full of serious love for ALLĀH, always regularly repenting to ALLĀH. He was always asking for forgiveness from ALLĀH. He was always returning to ALLĀH showing his poverty and need, he was always humble before ALLĀH (Subhanahu wata'ala). He was always bringing himself down before ALLĀH on the door of servitude to ALLĀH.

Ibn Rajab said, I never witnessed anyone who was like him regarding these matters. In all of his worship in his adherent devotion to ALLĀH it was as a result for knowledge. He said, I never knew anyone who truly understand the meaning of the Quran (like Ibn Al-Qayyim). And wallahi ladhi lailaha ila huwa, when you read this book, you'll be confirming all of this. Ibn Al Qayyim will sight a verse of the Quran and he will be deducing wonderful points of benefit from that verse. Likewise when he bring deductions of hadith and reality of faith. Ibn Rajab said, I'm not saying that he is an infallible person, or that he never make mistakes.

So, that was Ibn Qayyim, from the things were special about Ibn Al Qayyim was that in his writings as you read them, you'll be feeling the spirituality in it.

👤 Shaykh Abu Nāsir in his Introduction to the explanation of Ibn Qayyim's book, Ad-Daa wad-Dawā

©️ Notes taken by Mas'ud Concepts

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AlBaseerah

17 Jan 2025 18:29

Benefits 20 & 21: REGARDING THE FAST OF A MENSTRUATING WOMAN

1 - If a menstruating woman becomes pure before Fajr but hasn’t performed ghusl (ritual bath), should she fast?

The answer: If a menstruating woman becomes pure before Fajr and intends to fast, her fast is valid. The validity of the fast does not depend on performing ghusl, unlike prayer. This is the opinion of the majority of scholars (¹).

2 - If a menstruating woman becomes pure before sunset, should she abstain from eating for the rest of the day?

The answer: She is not required to refrain from eating for the rest of the day. Since she was already not fasting at the start of the day, she will make up the missed day later. Therefore, there is no need for her to abstain for the remainder of the day.

Ibn Jurayj reported: I said to 'Ata, "If a woman begins the day menstruating and becomes pure during the day, should she fast the rest of the day?" He said: "No, she will make it up later" (²).

📖 Sahih Fiqhus-Sunnah wa Adillatuhu (1/211)

(1) Fath al-Bari (1/192).

(2) Its chain of narration is authentic: Reported by 'Abd al-Razzaq in Al-Musannaf (1292) with an authentic chain of narration.


فوائد:

١ - إذا طهرت الحائض قبل الفجر ولم تغتسل فهل تصوم؟

والجواب: أن الحائض إذا طهرت قبل الفجر ونوت الصيام صح صومها ولا يتوقف صحة الصيام على الغسل بخلاف الصلاة وهو قول الجمهور (۱).

٢ - إذا طهرت الحائض قبل غروب الشمس فهل تصوم باقي النهار؟

والجواب: لا يلزمها أن تمسك بقية النهار فهي قد أفطرت في أوله وستقضى يوما عنه فلا داعى للإمساك باقي اليوم.

فعن ابن جريج قال : قلت العطاء : المرأة تصبح حائضا ثم تظهر في بعض النهار أتتمه؟ قال: لا، هي قاضية (٢).

📖 صحيح فقه السنة وأدلته (١/٢١١)

(۱) فتح الباری (۱/۱۹۲).

(۲) إسناده صحيح: أخرجه عبد الرزاق في المصنف (۱۲۹۲) بسند صحيح.

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AlBaseerah

17 Jan 2025 18:25

Bilāl Bin Sa'd (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"Righteous deeds are not accepted along with (theses) three things:

• Shirk (Major and Minor)
• Kufr.
• Opinion."

He was asked: "What is 'Opinion'?"

He said: "Ignoring the book of ALLĀH and the Sunnah of ALLĀH’s Messenger ﷺ and acting upon ones own opinion."

📖 Al-Hilyah || 5/229

AlBaseerah

14 Jan 2025 22:10

THE QUR'ĀN IS A REMINDER

ALLĀH says;

مَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِتَشۡقَىٰٓ
WE have not sent down to you the Qur’ān that you be distressed

that is, the purpose behind the revelation, the sending down of the Qur’ān to you and the prescription of laws is not to cause you distress, or to cause undue hardship, or to make it too difficult for people to comply with the laws and teachings. Rather the revelation, the Qur’ān and the laws have all been prescribed by the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious, and HE has made them a means of attaining happiness, prosperity and success. HE has made it very easy and has caused it to offer nourishment for hearts and souls and to be a source of physical well-being. Thus people who are possessed of sound reasoning and sound human nature accept it and submit, because they know what it contains of goodness in this world and the hereafter. Hence ALLĀH says:

إِلَّا تَذۡكِرَةً لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰ
But only as a Reminder to those who fear ˹ALLĀH˺.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

#sadi #Taha (20:1)

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AlBaseerah

07 Jan 2025 22:20

THE HEART

• The heart has a weight of approximately 312 grams; its size is nearly that of the clenched fist.

• The pulse of a man's heart is approximately 60-80 beats/minute, about 40 million beats per year.

• In every beat, about one quarter pound of blood enters the heart, and it pumps 2200 gallons of blood every day, about 56 million gallons during a lifetime.

Can you think of another machine that can perform such a stupendous amount of work for such a prolonged period, without need of maintenance?

📖 Men and The Universe (Page 36)

ALLĀHU AKBAR!

AlBaseerah

06 Jan 2025 19:43

BENEFITS 18: REGARDING THE CORRECTION OF THE IMĀM'S RECITATION DURING SALĀH

1 - One should not interrupt the Imām as long as he is repeating the recitation, as he might remember by himself, which is better.

2 - One should not interrupt the Imām if he remains silent without hesitation in recitation unless his silence is prolonged, as he might be reflecting on what he is reciting.

3 - One should not interrupt the Imām if he makes a mistake in recitation unless it is a mistake that changes the meaning.

Ubayy ibn Ka'b narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "I have been taught the Qur'an on seven modes, and all of them are sufficient and complete. If you say, Ghafūran Rahīman (Forgiving, Merciful), or you say, Samī’an ‘Alīman (All-Hearing, All-Knowing), or you say, ‘Alīman Samī’an (All-Knowing, All-Hearing), it is the same, as long as you do not conclude a verse of punishment with mercy or a verse of mercy with punishment."(¹)

📖 Sahih Fiqh al-Sunnah wa Adillatuhu (1/352)

(1) Narrated by Ahmad (20646) with an authentic chain of narration.



۞ فوائد:

١- ينبغى ألا يُفتح على الإمام ما دام يُردِّد التلاوة، لأنه ربما تذكر بنفسه فهو أولى.

٢ - لا يُفتح على الإمام إذا سكت ولم يتردد في القراءة إلا إذا تأخر في سكوته، لأنه يحتمل أن يكون تفكَّر قليلاً فيما يقرأ.

٣ - لا يُفتح على الإمام إذا أخطأ فى القراءة ما لم يكن خطأ يغير المعنى.

فعن أبي بن كعب أن النبي ﷺ قال :
"إنى أقرئت القرآن على ... سبعة أحرف ليس منها إلا شاف كاف: إن قلت: غفوراً رحيماً أو قلت: سميعاً عليمًا أو قلت: عليما سميعا فالله كذلك، ما لم تختم آية عذاب برحمة أو آية رحمة بعذاب" (١) .


📖 صحيح فقه السنة وأدلته (١/٣٥٢)

(١) أخرجه أحمد (٦٤٦ ٢٠) بسند صحيح


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06 Jan 2025 17:57

THE EXPLANATION OF THE PRESCRIBED PUNISHMENT FOR ZINA (ILLICIT SEX)

Please read👇
Application of hudud punishments in Sharia law

ALLĀH says

الزَّانِيَةُ وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِيَةَ جَلْدَةٍ
The Zaniyah and the Zani, flog each of them with a hundred stripes.

This honorable Ayah contains the ruling on the law of retaliation for the person who commits illegal sex, and details of the punishment.

Such a person will either be unmarried, meaning that he has never been married, or he will be married, meaning that he has had intercourse within the bounds of a lawful marriage, and he is free, adult and of sound mind.

As for the virgin who is unwedded, the prescribed punishment is one hundred stripes, as stated in this Ayah.

In addition to this he is to be banished from his homeland for one year, as was recorded in the Two Sahihs from Abu Hurayrah and Zayd bin Khalid Al-Juhani in the Hadith about the two Bedouins who came to the Messenger of ALLĀH.

One of them said, "O Messenger of ALLĀH, this son of mine was employed by this man, and committed Zina with his wife. I paid a ransom with him on behalf of my son one hundred sheep and a slave-girl, but when I asked the people of knowledge, they said that my son should be given one hundred stripes and banished for a year, and that this man's wife8 should be stoned to death."

The Messenger of ALLĀH said:

"By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, I will judge between you both according to the Book of ALLĀH.

Take back the slave-girl and sheep, and your son is to be given one hundred stripes and banished for one year.

O Unays -- he said to a man from the tribe of Aslam -- go to this man's wife, and if she confesses, then stone her to death."

Unays went to her and she confessed, so he stoned her to death.

This indicates that if the person who is guilty of illegal sex is a virgin and unmarried, he should be banished in addition to being given one hundred stripes.

But if married, meaning he has had intercourse within the bounds of lawful marriage, and he is free, adult and of sound mind, then he should be stoned to death.

Imam Malik recorded that Umar, may ALLĀH be pleased with him, stood up and praised and glorified ALLĀH, then he said;

"O people! ALLĀH sent Muhammad with the truth, and revealed to him the Book. One of the things that was revealed to him was the Ayah of stoning to death, which we have recited and understood. The Messenger of ALLĀH carried out the punishment of stoning and after him we did so, but I am afraid that as time goes by, some will say that they did not find the Ayah of stoning in the Book of ALLĀH, and they will go astray because they abandoned one of the obligations revealed by ALLĀH. Stoning is something that is prescribed in the Book of ALLĀH for the person -- man or woman -- who commits illegal sex, if he or she is married, if decisive evidence is produced, or if pregnancy results from that, or if they confess to it."

It was also recorded in the Two Sahihs in the lengthy Hadith of Malik, from which we have quoted briefly only the portion that is relevant to the current discussion.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

#ibnkathir #Nur (24:2)

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AlBaseerah

04 Jan 2025 21:59

'You May Die and Your Book May Not Be Closed!'

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

AlBaseerah

22 Jan 2025 16:52

CONDEMNATION OF ARROGANCE AND SELF-CONCEIT

ALLĀH says: "And turn not your face away from people with pride, nor walk in insolence through the earth. Verily, ALLĀH likes not any arrogant boaster." {Luqman || Verse 18}

"And do not walk on the earth arrogantly. Surely you can neither crack the earth nor stretch to the height of the mountains." {Al-Isra || Verse 37}


Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, No one who has the weight of a seed of arrogance in his heart will enter Paradise." A man said, "But a man likes to have nice clothes and nice shoes." The Prophet said, "Verily, ALLĀH is beautiful and HE loves beauty. Arrogance is to disregard the truth and to look down upon people." {Muslim #91}

Harithah ibn Wahb (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Shall I not tell you about the inhabitants of Paradise? Every meek and humble person, but if they swore an oath by ALLĀH, HE would surely fulfill it. Shall I not tell you about the inhabitants of Hellfire? Everyone cruel, rude, and arrogant." {Al-Bukhārī #4918, Muslim #2853}


Ibn al-Jawzi (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "I wonder at him who is fond of his own image and walks with pride while forgetting the beginning of his creation. His life starts with the small bite of bread, a couple of dates, a piece of meat and some milk that were consumed with a sip of water; afterwards is filtered through the liver and extracted from it are drops of semen that settle in the testicles, which later on are moved by the excitement of his lust to eject out of him and into the mother to remain for a while before the foetus is developed; coming out through the channel of urine as a child. As for his end, he is thrown in dust to be eaten by worms and becomes ashes the wind blows!" {Captured Thoughts || Page 763-764}

Arrogance is one of the characteristics of Shaytān, so whoever wants to be arrogant should realize that he is acquiring a characteristic of Shaytān. Moreover, arrogance may be the cause of a person being deprived of Paradise. Anyone who tries to be arrogant and put himself above others, ALLĀH will bring him down among the lowest of the low, and will humiliate him, because he is going against reality, so ALLĀH will punish him by thwarting his aims. Therefore, never lose sight of who you are and what ALLĀH has given you or favoured you with over others. Remain humble and never put others down, lest you be from amongst the humiliated on the day of Resurrection.

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AlBaseerah

21 Jan 2025 22:10

When and How Do We Command Our Children To Pray

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

AlBaseerah

21 Jan 2025 22:03

Ibn Qadama Al-Maqdasi (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"Whoever followed other than the path of his Salaf then this leads to his loss.

Whoever lnclines away from the Sunnah then he has deviated from the path of Paradise.

So fear ALLĀH and fear for yourselves for indeed the ˹Day of Judgement˺  is difficult.

There is nothing other than Paradise, except the Hell-Fire, there is nothing after the truth except misguidance, and there is nothing after the Sunnah except Bid'ah."

📖 Tahrīm an-Nadhr fī Kutub al-Kalam #71

AlBaseerah

20 Jan 2025 19:51

THE CONDEMNATION OF COMMANDING OTHERS TO OBSERVE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHILE IGNORING RIGHTEOUSNESS

ALLĀH says:

أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ
Do you enjoin righteousness of the people

that is, do you tell them to believe and do good

وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ
and fail to practice it yourselves,

that is, you do not remind yourselves to do that, at the time when

وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
you read the Scripture? Will you not reason?

The root meaning of the word ‘aql (reasoning or understanding) is to make a person understand that which will benefit him and restrain him from doing that which will harm him. Reason encourages the individual to be the first one to do what he tells others to do, and the first one to refrain from what he tells others not to do. If a person tells others to do good but does not do it himself, and he tells them not to commit evil but does not refrain from it himself, that indicates that he in fact has no understanding and is ignorant, especially if he does that knowingly. Thus proof is established against him.

Although this verse was revealed concerning the Children of Israel, it is general in meaning and applies to everyone, because ALLĀH says:

یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ۞ كَبُرَ مَقۡتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا لَا تَفۡعَلُونَ
0 you who believe, why do you say that which you do not do? It is most loathsome to ALLĀH that you say that which you do not do. {as-Saff: 2-3}

There is nothing in the verse to indicate that if a person does not do what he is enjoining others to do, then he should give up enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil, because it is well known that the individual has two duties: enjoining (what is good) and forbidding (what is evil) to others, and doing likewise for himself. The fact that he gives up doing one of them does not mean that he has a concession allowing him to give up the other. Perfection is attained when the individual does both duties, and the worst-case scenario is when he gives up both. As for doing one of them and not the other, it is not as good as the former, but it is not as bad as the latter. Moreover, it is human nature that people do not follow those whose deeds contradict their words; deeds are more likely to be heeded and emulated than mere words.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

#sadi #baqarah (2:44)

The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said:

"A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown in the Hell Fire, so that his intestines will come out, and he will go around like a donkey goes around a millstone. The people of Hell Fire will gather around him and say: O so-and-so! What is wrong with you? Didn't you use to order us to do good deeds and forbid us to do bad deeds?

He will reply: Yes, I used to order you to do good deeds, but I did not do them myself, and I used to forbid you to do bad deeds, yet I used to do them myself."

{Al-Bukhari #3267}

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AlBaseerah

19 Jan 2025 20:55

DUTIFULNES TO ONE'S PARENTS AFTER THEY PASS AWAY

There is no doubt that dutifulness and good treatment of parents is from the most important and greatest of obligations of Islam. There are many ways a Muslim can continue to honor and respect his or her parents, even after their death.

Regarding this, Shaikh Muhammad bin Sālih al-'Uthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:
 
"Dutifulness to one’s parents means showing fine treatment to both of them by way of wealth and influential standing and physical benefit, and it is obligatory, and disobedience to the parents is from the major sins; and it is a prevention of their rights.

So showing fine treatment to them in their lifetime is known as we have just stated, it is done by way of wealth and influential standing, as well as physically. As for after their death, then dutifulness to them is by way of:

• Supplicating for them.

• Seeking forgiveness for them.
Carrying out their bequest after them.

• Honouring their friends.

• Maintaining the ties of kinship – which are such that there could be no kinship for you with them except due the both of them (i.e. the parents).

These five things are from dutifulness to one’s parents after death.

As for giving charity on their behalf, then it is permissible, however it is not said to the offspring to: give in charity, but rather it is said: if you give in charity then it is permissible, and if you do not give in charity – then making supplication for them both is better, due to the saying of the Prophet (ﷺ):
 
"When a person dies, his deeds are cut off from him except for three: a continuous charity, or knowledge which is benefited from, or a righteous son who supplicates for him." {Muslim #1631}

{Mawsu'ah al-Ahkām wal-Fatāwa ash-Shar'iyyah || Page 1565}

Indeed, our supplications for them after they pass away can directly affect their standing in the next life.

Abu Huraira (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) narrated that, The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said:

"Verily, ALLĀH Almighty will raise the status of his righteous servant in paradise, and he will say 'O Lord, what is this?' ALLĀH will say, 'This is ˹due to˺ your child seeking forgiveness for you.'" {Musnad Aḥmad #10610}

As such, our connection with our parents and our dutifulness to them is so profound that we can continue to increase their status even after they begin their journey to the next life. Moreover, not only can we raise their station, but they will be informed that this elevation is due to your supplications for them. This makes your supplications not just a means of solace for yourself, and aid for them, but also a means of continued goodness between you and your parents.

To pray for both of your deceased parents, and help them to enter Jannah, in sha ALLĀH, you can say:

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرا
Rabbighfirlī wa-liwālidayya war'hamhuma kamā rabbayāni saghīrā (O ALLĀH forgive me and my parents, and have mercy on them as they raised me when I was young)

To change the formulation to pray for just your father, you can say,

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدي وارْحَمْهُ كَمَا رَبَّنِي صَغِيرًۭا
Rabbighfirlī waliwālidī war'hamhu kamā rabbani saghīrā

Whereas, to pray for just your mother, you can say the following,

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدتي وارْحَمْهُا كَمَا رَبَّتنِي صَغِيرًۭا
Rabbighfirlī waliwālidatī war'hamhā kamā rabbatnī saghīrā

Alongside the prescribed formulations provided here, allow yourself the liberty to speak to ALLĀH, the All-Hearing, directly from your heart. Offer earnest supplications in your own language and truthfulness of heart as though you were the one in desperation and in the most dire need for HIS divine intervention.

May ALLĀH bestow HIS immeasurable mercy on all of our deceased and forgive us and them for our shortcomings. Aamīn.

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AlBaseerah

18 Jan 2025 21:57

THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THE PROPHET (ﷺ) AND FALSEHOOD OF THE ONE WHO CLAIMED PROPHETHOOD AFTER HIM (ﷺ)

ALLĀH says;

فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِأيَاتِهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ
So who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about ALLĀH or denies HIS signs? Indeed, the criminals will not succeed.

ALLĀH says that no one is more wrong, unjust and arrogant than he who invented a lie against ALLĀH, forged claims about ALLĀH, or claimed that ALLĀH has sent a message to him but his claim was not true.

No one is more of a criminal or has committed greater wrong than such a person. Liars cannot be confused with Prophets. Anyone who claims such a thing, whether lying or telling the truth, will necessarily be supported by ALLĀH with proofs and signs of his falsehood or truthfulness. The difference between Muhammad and Musaylamah the liar, was clearer to those who met both of them than the difference between forenoon and midnight when it is extremely dark. Those who are clear-sighted can distinguish via signs and proofs between the truthfulness of Muhammad and the falsehood of Musaylamah the liar!

Sajah and Al-Aswad Al-'Ansi. Abdullāh bin Salam said: "When ALLĀH's Messenger arrived at Al-Madinah, people were scared away and I was one of them. But when I saw him, I realized that his face could never be the face of a liar.

The first thing I heard from him was his statement: "O people, spread the greetings of peace, feed others, be dutiful to your relatives and offer prayers in the night when others are asleep so that you will enter Paradise in peace."

When Dimam bin Tha'labah came to ALLĀH's Messenger and asked him in the presence of his people -- Banu Sa'd bin Bakr:

"Who raised this heaven?" He replied, (ALLĀH). He asked:"And who erected these mountains?" He replied, (ALLĀH). He asked:"Who spread out this earth?" He replied, (ALLĀH).

Then he asked:"I ask you in the name of the One, Who raised the heavens, erected the mountains, and spread out this earth, has ALLĀH sent you as a Messenger to all mankind"

He (ﷺ) said: By ALLĀH, Yes!

Then Dimam asked him about Salah, Zakah, Hajj and fasting. With every question he swore by ALLĀH and with every response the Prophet swore also.

Dimam then said: "You indeed are telling the truth. By the One Who sent you with the truth I will not increase or decrease from what you have told me."

This man was content with the few responses of the Prophet. He was convinced of the Prophet's truthfulness by the signs that he saw and witnessed.

It was narrated that; Amr bin Al-'As went to Musaylamah. Amr was not a Muslim at that time and he was a friend of Musaylamah. Musaylamah said: "Woe unto you 'Amr. What was revealed unto your friend -- meaning ALLĀH's Messenger -- during this period"

Amr replied: "I heard his companions reading a short but great Surah."

He asked, "And what was that"

He recited:

وَالْعَصْرِ ۞ إِنَّ الاِنسَـنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ
By Al-'Asr (the time). Verily, man is in loss. (103:1-2) until the end of the Surah.

Musaylamah thought for a while and then said: "Something similar to that was also revealed to me."

Amr asked: "And what is it?"

He then recited: "'O Wabr, O Wabr! You are only two ears and a breast. The rest of you is hollow.' What do you think, Amr?"

Amr then said: "By ALLĀH, you know that I know that you are a liar."

This was a statement made by an idolator in judgment of Musaylamah. He knew Muhammad and his truthfulness. He also knew Musaylamah and his tendency toward falsehood and lying. People who think and have insight know even better.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

#ibnkathir #Yunus (10:17)

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AlBaseerah

18 Jan 2025 18:06

THE ADVICE OF UMĀMAH BINT AL-HĀRITH TO HER DAUGHTER UMM IYYĀS ON THE NIGHT OF HER MARRIAGE

Umāmah Bint Al-Hārith said to her daughter when she was being sent off to her husband:

My dear daughter, if advice were to be left off due to the refinement of one's manners then you would be in no need of that. However, it is a reminder for the heedless and useful tool for the intelligent. If it were that a woman could go without a husband due to the wealth of her parents and their great need for her then you would be the least of the people in need for that. However, the women have been created for the men and the men for the women.

My dear daughter, you have left the environment from which you have sprouted and left the life which you have grown up in, going to a home that you do not know and a companion that you are unfamiliar with. He has become, by his authority over you, an overseer and a king. So be a slave to him and he will be a willing servant to you.

My dear daughter, take from me ten qualities and they will be for you an asset and a reminder:

Accompany him in contentment and be amicable with him by hearing and obeying.

Safeguard where his eyes land and safeguard what his nose smells, so that his eyes never see anything ugly from you and his nose never smells any repugnant odor. Kohl is the best make-up and water (i.e., good hygiene) is the best perfume.

Safeguard his meal times and keep tranquil his sleep times. The heat of hunger is infuriating and deprivation of sleep is irritating.

Safeguard his home and his money and take good care of him, his relatives, and take care of his children. Safeguarding his money is a sign of good judgement and taking care of his children and relatives is a sign of good management.

Don't spread his secrets and don't disobey his commands. If you spread his secrets you will not be safe of him lying to you and if you oppose his commands he will resent you.

Beware of displaying joy when he is upset and and sadness when he is happy. The first is irresponsible and the second is antagonistic.

The more you honor him the more veneration he will have for you; the more you are in agreement with him the longer your time will be with him.

And know, that you will not attain that which you want from him until you give preference to pleasing him over pleasing yourself and to his desire over your own in whether you like it or not. And may Allāh give good to all.

📖 Al-Alūsī's 'Bulūgh al-Arb' (2/19)

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AlBaseerah

17 Jan 2025 21:49

SUMMARY OF THE METHOD OF SEEKING KNOWLEDGE

Shaikh Muhammad bin Sālih al-Uthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:
 
In summary, the method of seeking knowledge is in the following points:

1⃣. Be ardent upon memorization of the Book of ALLĀH, the Most High, and set aside something stipulated for yourself each day which you preserve for its recitation, and your recitation should be one of reflection and understanding, and if during the recitation there is denoted for you a point of benefit – then note it down.

2⃣. Be ardent upon memorizing that which is facilitated from the authentic Sunnah of the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ), and from that is memorizing: ‘Umdatul Ahkām. 

3⃣. Endeavour upon focalization and constant steadiness – in such a manner that you do not take knowledge by merely plucking; something from this and something from this, because this squanders your time and scatters your mind.

4⃣. Begin with the smaller of the books – and pay attention to them in a fine manner, then move on to that which is beyond that until you attain knowledge – step by step in such a manner that it becomes firmly rooted in your heart and so your soul becomes at ease with it.

 5⃣. Adhere to understanding the fundamentals of the issues and their principles, and make a note of everything which passes you by in this respect, for it has been said: ‘Whoever is deprived of the fundamentals is deprived of attaining arrival.’

6⃣. Discuss the issues with your Shaykh, or with the one who you trust in knowledge and religion from your fellow associates, and if you are able in your mind then you visualize that someone discusses that with you – that being if the discussion cannot be done with those that we have mentioned.

📖 Kitābul-'Ilm || Page 116

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AlBaseerah

17 Jan 2025 18:25

Ibn Qadama Al-Maqdasi (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"Whoever followed other than the path of his Salaf then this leads to his loss.

Whoever lnclines away from the Sunnah then he has deviated from the path of Paradise.

So fear ALLĀH and fear for yourselves for indeed the ˹Day of Judgement˺  is difficult.

There is nothing other than Paradise, except the Hell-Fire, there is nothing after the truth except misguidance, and there is nothing after the Sunnah except Bid'ah."

📖 Tahrīm an-Nadhr fī Kutub al-Kalam #71

AlBaseerah

16 Jan 2025 20:00

WHY DOES THE MENTION OF AHLUS SUNNAH LIVE ON AFTER THEIR DEATH – IN CONTRAST TO THOSE THAT OPPOSE THEM?

Shaikh ul Islām ibn Taymiyyah (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) stated:
 
"It was said to Abū Bakr bin 'Ayyaash: 'in the Masjid there are a people that are sat; and they are sat with (by other people).' So he said: 'Whoever sits for the people; then the people will sit for him. However – Ahlus Sunnah (the people of the Sunnah) pass away and yet their mention lives on, whilst Ahlul Bid’ah (the people of innovation) pass away – and their mention too passes away.' (¹)

Since Ahlus Sunnah revive that which the Messenger (ﷺ) came with, so they share a portion in HIS saying:

وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ
And WE have elevated for you your repute. {Ash-Sharḥ || Verss 4}

Likewise Ahlul-Bid’ah loathe that which the Messenger (ﷺ) came with, so they share a portion in HIS saying:

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلۡأَبۡتَرُ
Indeed; your loathing enemy – he will be cut off. {Al-Kawthar || Verse 3}

So caution – caution – O individual from your disliking anything which the Messenger (ﷺ) came with, or that you should reject it due to your desires, or out of supportive furtherance of your madhab, or due to your Shaikh, or due to your being pre-occupied with desires, or with the world. For indeed; ALLĀH has not obligated upon anyone the obedience of anyone else – except obedience to HIS Messenger, and to accept that which he came with. Such that were the servant to oppose the whole of creation – and he followed the Messenger; ALLĀH will not ask him regarding the opposition of anyone, since the one who obeys or is obeyed is obeyed out of following the Messenger, otherwise; were he to be commanded with that which opposes what the Messenger commanded with – he will not obey.

Know that; and hear; and obey; and follow – and do not innovate – you will be cut off – your action will be rejected back upon you. Rather; there is no good in an action that is cut off (severed) from following ˹the Messenger˺, and likewise there is no good in the one that carries it out – and ALLĀH Knows best.

📖 Majmu’ Fatāwā (16/528-529)

(1) That which adds clarity over the understanding of this narration can be found in another version of this statement that appears in the 'Ilal of Al-Tirmidhi (1/50) in which there occurs: It was said to Abī Bakr bin ‘Ayyāsh: "Indeed there are a people that are sat; and the people are sat with them – whilst they are not worthy (deserving)?" So Abū Bakr said: "Whoever sits ˹in a gathering˺; then the people will sit with him, and the companion of the Sunnah – when he passes away, ALLĀH revives his mention, whilst the innovator is not to be mentioned."

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AlBaseerah

14 Jan 2025 09:09

MODERATION IN SEEKING TO EARN A LIVING

ALLĀH says: "There is no moving creature on earth whose provision is not guaranteed by ALLĀH." {Hūd: Verse 6}

"And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared ALLĀH, We would have opened (i.e., bestowed) upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth..." {Al-A'rāf || Verse 96}


Abu Umamah (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Verily, the Holy Spirit inspired in my mind that a soul will never die until it finishes its term and consumes its provision. Thus, be graceful in seeking provision, and let not one of you allow the delay of provision to compel him to seek it by disobedience. Verily, ALLĀH does not grant what is with HIM but by obedience to HIM." {Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ #14924}

Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said: "O people, fear ALLĀH and be moderate in seeking a living, for no soul will die until it has received all its provision, even if it is slow in coming. So fear ALLĀH and be moderate in seeking provision; take that which is permissible and leave that which is forbidden." {Ibn Mājah #2144}


Ibn Abbas (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said, "There is no believer or sinner but that ALLĀH Almighty has decreed his provision from the lawful. If he is patient until it comes to him, ALLĀH will give it to him. If he becomes anxious and consumes something from the unlawful, ALLĀH will decrease his provision from the lawful." {Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 1184}

Hatim al-Asamm (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said, "I saw all people doubting the matter of their provision and I relied upon ALLĀH Almighty: 'There is no creature on earth but that upon ALLĀH is its provision' (11:6). I realized that I am one among these creatures, so I do not preoccupy myself with anything that my Lord has already guaranteed for me." {Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’}

These are reminders that our efforts should be balanced while seeking provision, trusting in ALLĀH'S promise. Overexerting ourselves out of anxiety or greed may distract from more important matters like worship and family. Strive with balance, seek lawful means, and trust in the decree of ALLĀH, knowing HE provides for all.

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AlBaseerah

07 Jan 2025 09:03

ORDERING CHILDREN TO PERFORM ACTS OF WORSHIP

ALLĀH says: "˹Luqmān said˺ O my son! Aqim-As-Salāt (perform As-Salāt)" {Luqmān: Verse 17}

"And enjoin the Salāh on your family, and be patient in offering them." {Ṭā-Hā: Verse 132}


Amr ibn Shu’ayb from his father that his grandfather said: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said: "Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and smack them (lightly) if they do not pray when they are ten years old, and separate them in their beds." {Abū Dāwūd #459}


Al-Rabia’ bint Mu’awwidh reported: "We would order our children to fast and we would make toys for them out of wool. If one of them cried for food, we would give them those toys until it was time to break fast." {al-Bukhārī #1859, Muslim #1136}

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymīn (may ALLĀH have mercy on him): "We see some people leaving their children alone and not telling them to pray or fast, but this is wrong, and he (the parent) will be responsible for that before ALLĀH. They say that they do not make their children fast out of kindness and compassion towards them, but in fact the one who is truly kind and compassionate towards his child is the one who trains him to acquire good characteristics and to do righteous deeds, not the one who refrains from disciplining and training him in a beneficial manner." {Majmu’ Fatawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymin || 19/19, 20}

Ibn al-Qayyim (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "Whoever neglects to teach his son that which will benefit him, and ignores him, has done something very bad indeed. Most children go astray because of their parents who neglect them and fail to teach them the duties and Sunnahs of their religion. They neglect them when they are young so they do not benefit themselves or benefit their parents when they grow up." {Tuhfat al-Mawdūd || Page 229}

Some parents are quite lenient and lax when it comes to making their children perform acts of worship. A situation may even arise where the child feels enthusiastic and chooses to pray or fast and is physically capable of doing so, then his father or mother discourages him from doing that claiming that it is out of sympathy. Little do they know that real sympathy is in stressing the importance of worshipping ALLĀH and teaching the child about it.

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AlBaseerah

06 Jan 2025 19:40

VIRTUE OF VISITING LOVED ONES FOR THE SAKE OF ALLĀH

Abu Huraira, may Allāh be pleased with him, reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said,

"A man set out to visit his brother from another town, so Allāh sent an angel to watch over his steps. When the angel came to him, he said: Where are you going?

The man said: I am visiting a brother of mine in this town.

The angel said: Do you have a favor over him to be repaid?

He said: No, only that I love him for the sake of Allāh Almighty.

The angel said: I am a messenger from Allāh to tell you that Allāh loves you just as you love him."

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2567

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim

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AlBaseerah

05 Jan 2025 18:17

VIRTUE OF SEEKING FORGIVENESS

ALLĀH says: "Why do you not seek forgiveness of ALLĀH that you may receive mercy?" {Al-Ankabūt || Verse 46}

"And seek your Lord’s forgiveness and turn to HIM in repentance. HE will grant you a good provision for an appointed term and graciously reward the doers of good." {Hūd || Verse 3}


Ibn Abbas (may ALLĀH be pleased with them) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Whoever increases his prayers for forgiveness, ALLĀH will grant him relief from every worry, a way out from every hardship, and provide for him in ways he does not expect." {Musnad Ah‌mad 2234}

Abdullah ibn Busr (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Blessed is he who finds many prayers for forgiveness in his record." {Sunan Ibn Mājah #3818}

Abu Huraira (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Verily, ALLĀH Almighty will raise the status of HIS righteous servants in Paradise, and they will say: O Lord, what is this? ALLĀH will say: This is your child seeking forgiveness for you." {Musnad Aḥmad #10610}


Imam al-Qurtubi (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) mentioned in his tafsīr: "Ibn Subayḥ said, A man complained to al-Hasan about a drought, and he said to him: 'Pray to ALLĀH for forgiveness.' Another man complained to him of poverty and he said to him: 'Pray to ALLĀH to forgive you.' Another man said to him: 'Pray to ALLĀH to bless me with a child.' He said: 'Pray to ALLĀH for forgiveness.' Another complained to him that his garden was dry. He said to him: 'Pray to ALLĀH for forgiveness.' We asked him about that and he said: 'This is not my personal opinion, for ALLĀH says in Surah Nūh: 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft‑Forgiving; HE will send rain to you in abundance. And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.' (71:10-12) " {Tafsīr al-Qurtubi || 18/301-302}

Sheikh al-Albani (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "ALLĀH'S forgiveness, my brothers, out of all of the goals of a Muslim's life, is the ultimate." {Silsilah al-huda wa al-Nur #696}

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AlBaseerah

04 Jan 2025 21:14

WHO TOOK SO MUCH CARE OF YOU? (2/4)

HE (ALLĀH) ordered the nourishment that you received inside ˹your mother's belly˺ to be transformed into milk preserved in two reservoirs hung on the breast of your mother. She bears your nourishment on her breast as she bore you inside her belly.

Milk flows to those two reservoirs for you in the subtlest way through paths that have been predesigned to carry it; it pauses in those paths until the milk already in the reservoirs is exhausted, and then a replenishment is provided for you to suck. It is like a well that is never depleted, and is never blocked, running to you through obscure ways, untrodden ways!

Who led it to follow those ways? Who purified it and gave it a delicious taste? Who chose its agreeable colour and made it to perfection? It is neither too hot nor too cold, neither bitter nor salty nor foul of scent. It is a feeding that is unlike that of the womb, different in quality and in nourishment. It reaches you when you need it badly, when you are extremely thirsty and hungry. It is a combination of drink and food.

You just smacked your lips at the time of birth, and moved your lips seeking sucking, and you found the breast reaching down to you, like a water-vessel, anxious to satisfy your desire with its flowing milk.

The teat at its tip is just the right size for your mouth, neither too big for it, nor uncomfortably small. The pore at its tip is just big enough for your convenience, neither big in a way that suffocates you, nor small in a way that you need to exert yourself in sucking at it; it is just the amount that the Great Judge has arranged to fit your convenience.

Who directed the mother's heart to have all that extraordinary compassion for you and amazing mercy, so that she dedicates to you the warmest, most convenient and the most precious of her devotion. On the slightest crying or complaint you make, she will every time put your pleasure before hers, even if that happens every moment. She would come obediently to attend to your needs, without any call or exhortation but the call of her mercy and the exhortation of her compassion. She wished that any affliction you suffered were inflicted on her body, that not the slightest pain should come to you, that years may be cut off from her life and added to yours. Who made her feel like that?

And then, after your body grew robust, your intestine expanded, your bones stiffened, and you needed tougher food, to solidify your bones, and strengthen your flesh, HE supplied you with the tool of cutting and grinding, the incisors that cut the food, and the molars that grind it.

Who held back the growth of your teeth while you were a sucking infant, out of mercy for your mother, and then let them out at the time you needed them, out of mercy for you, as a blessing and a boon to you?

How would it be for your mother if you were born with incisors, canine teeth and molars? And if you lacked the same at the time you needed them what would you have done with the foods that are not digestible before they are cut and ground? Observe how the stronger you grew, and the more you needed teeth to eat various nutrients, those tools in your mouth were increased, until you had canine teeth, that can stand the tearing of meat, the cutting of bread, and the breaking of solid foods. And after you grew stronger, stronger teeth were provided for you, until you had the grinders, the hindmost of the molars. So who bestowed on you all these tools and provided you with them and enabled you to work on all sorts of food?...

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

{Men and The Universe - Reflections of Ibn al-Qayyim || Page 47-48}

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