Insignificance of this world:
The purpose of our creation is to worship Allaah, so don’t make this world our only focus:
Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: that the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Allaah تعالى says: {O son of Aadam, devote yourself to my worship. I will fill your heart with contentment and alleviate your poverty. If you do not do this, I will fill your heart with (worldly) pursuits and will not alleviate your poverty.}❞
[Musnad of Imaam Ahmad (8696), Tirmidhee (2466), Ibn Maajah (4107). and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (1359). The wordings are of Ibn Maajah]
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﴿مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ﴾
{Whosoever desires (with his deeds) the reward of the Hereafter, We give him increase in his reward, and whosoever desires the reward of this world (with his deeds), We give him thereof (what is written for him), and he has no portion in the Hereafter.} [Surah al-Shooraa (42): 20]
Anas ibn Maalik رضي الله عنه reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝If anyone’s intention is to seek the Hereafter Allaah will place his sufficiency in his heart and order (take care of) his affairs and the world will come to him submissively; but if anyone’s intention is to seek worldly good, Allaah will place poverty before him and disorder his affairs, and only so much of it as has been decreed for him will come to him.❞
[Tirmidhee (2473) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (949)]
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Zaid bin Thaabit رضي الله عنه said that the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Whoever is focused only on this world, Allaah will confound his affairs and make him fear poverty constantly, and he will not get anything of this world except what has been decreed for him. Whoever is focused on the Hereafter, Allaah will settle his affairs for him and make him feel content with his lot and his provision and the worldly gains will undoubtedly come to him.❞
[Sunan Ibn Maajah (4105) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
The purpose of our creation is to worship Allaah, so don’t make this world our only focus:
Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: that the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Allaah تعالى says: {O son of Aadam, devote yourself to my worship. I will fill your heart with contentment and alleviate your poverty. If you do not do this, I will fill your heart with (worldly) pursuits and will not alleviate your poverty.}❞
[Musnad of Imaam Ahmad (8696), Tirmidhee (2466), Ibn Maajah (4107). and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (1359). The wordings are of Ibn Maajah]
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﴿مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ﴾
{Whosoever desires (with his deeds) the reward of the Hereafter, We give him increase in his reward, and whosoever desires the reward of this world (with his deeds), We give him thereof (what is written for him), and he has no portion in the Hereafter.} [Surah al-Shooraa (42): 20]
Anas ibn Maalik رضي الله عنه reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝If anyone’s intention is to seek the Hereafter Allaah will place his sufficiency in his heart and order (take care of) his affairs and the world will come to him submissively; but if anyone’s intention is to seek worldly good, Allaah will place poverty before him and disorder his affairs, and only so much of it as has been decreed for him will come to him.❞
[Tirmidhee (2473) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (949)]
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Zaid bin Thaabit رضي الله عنه said that the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Whoever is focused only on this world, Allaah will confound his affairs and make him fear poverty constantly, and he will not get anything of this world except what has been decreed for him. Whoever is focused on the Hereafter, Allaah will settle his affairs for him and make him feel content with his lot and his provision and the worldly gains will undoubtedly come to him.❞
[Sunan Ibn Maajah (4105) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
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THE RULINGS OF I'TIKĀF
ALLĀH said:
وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ
And do not have sexual relations with them (your wives) while you are in I'tikāf in the Masjids.
Ali bin Abu Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas said, "This Ayah is about the man who stays in I'tikāf at the mosque during Ramadān or other months, ALLĀH prohibited him from touching (having sexual intercourse with) women, during the night or day, until he finishes his I'tikāf."
Ad-Dahhak said, "Formerly, the man who practiced I'tikāf would go out of the mosque and, if he wished, would have sexual intercourse (with his wife). ALLĀH then said:
وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ
And do not have sexual relations with them (your wives) while you are in I'tikāf in the Masjids.
meaning, 'Do not touch your wives as long as you are in I'tikāf, whether you were in the mosque or outside of it'."
It is also the opinion of Mujahid, Qatadah and several other scholars, that; the Muslims used to have sexual intercourse with the wife while in I'tikāf if they departed the mosque until the Ayah was revealed.
Ibn Abu Hatim commented, "It was reported that Ibn Mas’ud, Muhammad bin Ka'b, Mujahid, Ata Al-Hasan, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi, Ar-Rabi bin Anas and Muqatil said that the Ayah means,
'Do not touch the wife while in I'tikāf."'
What Ibn Abu Hatim reported from these people is the agreed upon practice among the scholars.
Those who are in I'tikāf are not allowed to have sexual intercourse as long as they are still in I'tikāf in the mosque. If one has to leave the mosque to attend to a need, such as to relieve the call of nature or to eat, he is not allowed to kiss or embrace his wife or to busy himself with other than his I'tikāf. He is not even allowed to visit ailing persons, but he can merely ask about their condition while passing by.
I'tikāf has several other rulings that are explained in the books (of Fiqh), and we have mentioned several of these rulings at the end of our book on Siyam (Fasting), all praise is due to ALLĀH.
Furthermore, the scholars of Fiqh used to follow their explanation of the rules for fasting with the explanation of the rules for I'tikāf, as this is the way these acts of worship were mentioned in the Qur'ān.
By mentioning I'tikāf after fasting, ALLĀH draws attention to practicing I'tikāf during the month of the fast, especially the last part of the month. The Sunnah of ALLĀH's Messenger is that he used to perform I'tikāf during the last ten nights of the month of Ramadān until he died.
Afterwards, the Prophet's wives used to perform I'tikāf as the Two Sahihs recorded from Aishah the Mother of the believers.
It is reported in the Two Sahihs that;
Safiyyah, the daughter of Huyai, went to ALLĀH's Messenger to visit him in the mosque while he was in Itikaf.
She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up in order to return home. The Prophet accompanied her back home, as it was night. Her house was at Usamah bin Zayd's house on the edge of Al-Madinah.
While they were walking, two Ansari men met them and passed by them in a hurry, for they were shy to bother the Prophet while he was walking with his wife. He told them:
"Do not run away! She is (my wife) Safiyyah bint Huyai."
Both of them said, "All praise is due to ALLĀH, How dare we think of any evil? O ALLĀH's Messenger!"
The Prophet said (to them):
"Shaytān reaches everywhere in the human body, that the blood reaches. I was afraid lest Shaytān might suggest an evil thought in your minds."
Imam Ash-Shafii commented, "ALLĀH's Messenger sought to teach his Ummah to instantly eliminate any evil thought, so that they do not fall into the prohibited. They (the two Ansari men) had more fear of ALLĀH than to think evil of the Prophet. ALLĀH knows best."
{Tafsir Ibn Kathīr}
#ibnkathir #baqarah (2:187)
ALLĀH said:
وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ
And do not have sexual relations with them (your wives) while you are in I'tikāf in the Masjids.
Ali bin Abu Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas said, "This Ayah is about the man who stays in I'tikāf at the mosque during Ramadān or other months, ALLĀH prohibited him from touching (having sexual intercourse with) women, during the night or day, until he finishes his I'tikāf."
Ad-Dahhak said, "Formerly, the man who practiced I'tikāf would go out of the mosque and, if he wished, would have sexual intercourse (with his wife). ALLĀH then said:
وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ
And do not have sexual relations with them (your wives) while you are in I'tikāf in the Masjids.
meaning, 'Do not touch your wives as long as you are in I'tikāf, whether you were in the mosque or outside of it'."
It is also the opinion of Mujahid, Qatadah and several other scholars, that; the Muslims used to have sexual intercourse with the wife while in I'tikāf if they departed the mosque until the Ayah was revealed.
Ibn Abu Hatim commented, "It was reported that Ibn Mas’ud, Muhammad bin Ka'b, Mujahid, Ata Al-Hasan, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi, Ar-Rabi bin Anas and Muqatil said that the Ayah means,
'Do not touch the wife while in I'tikāf."'
What Ibn Abu Hatim reported from these people is the agreed upon practice among the scholars.
Those who are in I'tikāf are not allowed to have sexual intercourse as long as they are still in I'tikāf in the mosque. If one has to leave the mosque to attend to a need, such as to relieve the call of nature or to eat, he is not allowed to kiss or embrace his wife or to busy himself with other than his I'tikāf. He is not even allowed to visit ailing persons, but he can merely ask about their condition while passing by.
I'tikāf has several other rulings that are explained in the books (of Fiqh), and we have mentioned several of these rulings at the end of our book on Siyam (Fasting), all praise is due to ALLĀH.
Furthermore, the scholars of Fiqh used to follow their explanation of the rules for fasting with the explanation of the rules for I'tikāf, as this is the way these acts of worship were mentioned in the Qur'ān.
By mentioning I'tikāf after fasting, ALLĀH draws attention to practicing I'tikāf during the month of the fast, especially the last part of the month. The Sunnah of ALLĀH's Messenger is that he used to perform I'tikāf during the last ten nights of the month of Ramadān until he died.
Afterwards, the Prophet's wives used to perform I'tikāf as the Two Sahihs recorded from Aishah the Mother of the believers.
It is reported in the Two Sahihs that;
Safiyyah, the daughter of Huyai, went to ALLĀH's Messenger to visit him in the mosque while he was in Itikaf.
She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up in order to return home. The Prophet accompanied her back home, as it was night. Her house was at Usamah bin Zayd's house on the edge of Al-Madinah.
While they were walking, two Ansari men met them and passed by them in a hurry, for they were shy to bother the Prophet while he was walking with his wife. He told them:
"Do not run away! She is (my wife) Safiyyah bint Huyai."
Both of them said, "All praise is due to ALLĀH, How dare we think of any evil? O ALLĀH's Messenger!"
The Prophet said (to them):
"Shaytān reaches everywhere in the human body, that the blood reaches. I was afraid lest Shaytān might suggest an evil thought in your minds."
Imam Ash-Shafii commented, "ALLĀH's Messenger sought to teach his Ummah to instantly eliminate any evil thought, so that they do not fall into the prohibited. They (the two Ansari men) had more fear of ALLĀH than to think evil of the Prophet. ALLĀH knows best."
{Tafsir Ibn Kathīr}
#ibnkathir #baqarah (2:187)
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🚨*You Might Be Missing Laylatul Qadr Every Year Because of This One Mistake*
Many Muslims have grown up hearing one simple advice:
“Look for Laylatul Qadr on the odd nights.” And yes, there are authentic narrations mentioning the odd nights of the last ten. But here is the question that many people never stop to think about:
How exactly do we determine which nights are the odd ones?
Do we count the odd nights based on what has already passed in Ramadan?
Or do we count them based on what remains of the month?
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
> “Seek it in the ninth remaining, the seventh remaining, and the fifth remaining.”
– Sahih Al-Bukhari.
Because of this wording, the scholars explained that sometimes the “oddness” is counted by what remains of the month, not only by the calendar dates we usually label as odd.
The great scholar Ibn Taymiyyah explained that Laylatul Qadr is in the last ten nights and occurs in the odd nights, but the oddness may be calculated in two ways:
By counting what has passed,
or by counting what remains.
And if the month completes 30 days, the nights described in the hadith as “remaining” can actually correspond to nights that many people normally treat as even dates. For example, the 22nd night may correspond to the ninth remaining. The 24th night may correspond to the seventh remaining. The 26th night may correspond to the fifth remaining. Meaning someone who only focuses on 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 could unknowingly skip a night that might actually be Laylatul Qadr.
There is another reality as well.
Different countries sometimes begin Ramadan on different days. One country may be observing the 21st night, while another is still on the 20th. So which one is truly the odd night?
Only Allah knows with certainty.
This is why the Prophet ﷺ gave a broader guidance:
*“Seek it in the last ten nights.”*
Not five nights. Ten nights!
Now think about this carefully. If someone told you:
“Behind one of ten doors is a treasure beyond imagination.” Would you open only five doors and ignore the rest? Or would you open all ten until you find the treasure?
Now ask yourself something honestly. If someone told you that for ₦30,000… £30… or $30, you could:
Have your sins erased.
Have your Duʿa answered.
Fix a problem that has weighed on your heart for years.
Repair that marriage.
Receive a breakthrough you have been begging Allah for.
Most people would pay instantly without hesitation.
But Allah is offering something far greater.
And He is not asking you for money.
Instead of ₦30,000… imagine offering something else.
Just 3 hours of sincere worship each night.
Three hours of standing before Allah.
Three hours of Duʿa and tears.
Three hours of Sujood and quiet conversation with your Lord.
Across the 10 nights of the last ten. That is only 30 hours in total.
Thirty hours…
For a night that Allah says is better than more than 83 years of worship.
Thirty hours that could change your life in this world.
Thirty hours that could transform your hereafter forever.
So don’t gamble with Laylatul Qadr.
Don’t search for it in only five nights.
Open all ten doors.
Because the one who sincerely searches through every night of the last ten…Will never miss Laylatul Qadr. 🌙
👣 *@TheNaasirInstitute*
#Ramadan
#1447
Many Muslims have grown up hearing one simple advice:
“Look for Laylatul Qadr on the odd nights.” And yes, there are authentic narrations mentioning the odd nights of the last ten. But here is the question that many people never stop to think about:
How exactly do we determine which nights are the odd ones?
Do we count the odd nights based on what has already passed in Ramadan?
Or do we count them based on what remains of the month?
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
> “Seek it in the ninth remaining, the seventh remaining, and the fifth remaining.”
– Sahih Al-Bukhari.
Because of this wording, the scholars explained that sometimes the “oddness” is counted by what remains of the month, not only by the calendar dates we usually label as odd.
The great scholar Ibn Taymiyyah explained that Laylatul Qadr is in the last ten nights and occurs in the odd nights, but the oddness may be calculated in two ways:
By counting what has passed,
or by counting what remains.
And if the month completes 30 days, the nights described in the hadith as “remaining” can actually correspond to nights that many people normally treat as even dates. For example, the 22nd night may correspond to the ninth remaining. The 24th night may correspond to the seventh remaining. The 26th night may correspond to the fifth remaining. Meaning someone who only focuses on 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 could unknowingly skip a night that might actually be Laylatul Qadr.
There is another reality as well.
Different countries sometimes begin Ramadan on different days. One country may be observing the 21st night, while another is still on the 20th. So which one is truly the odd night?
Only Allah knows with certainty.
This is why the Prophet ﷺ gave a broader guidance:
*“Seek it in the last ten nights.”*
Not five nights. Ten nights!
Now think about this carefully. If someone told you:
“Behind one of ten doors is a treasure beyond imagination.” Would you open only five doors and ignore the rest? Or would you open all ten until you find the treasure?
Now ask yourself something honestly. If someone told you that for ₦30,000… £30… or $30, you could:
Have your sins erased.
Have your Duʿa answered.
Fix a problem that has weighed on your heart for years.
Repair that marriage.
Receive a breakthrough you have been begging Allah for.
Most people would pay instantly without hesitation.
But Allah is offering something far greater.
And He is not asking you for money.
Instead of ₦30,000… imagine offering something else.
Just 3 hours of sincere worship each night.
Three hours of standing before Allah.
Three hours of Duʿa and tears.
Three hours of Sujood and quiet conversation with your Lord.
Across the 10 nights of the last ten. That is only 30 hours in total.
Thirty hours…
For a night that Allah says is better than more than 83 years of worship.
Thirty hours that could change your life in this world.
Thirty hours that could transform your hereafter forever.
So don’t gamble with Laylatul Qadr.
Don’t search for it in only five nights.
Open all ten doors.
Because the one who sincerely searches through every night of the last ten…Will never miss Laylatul Qadr. 🌙
👣 *@TheNaasirInstitute*
#Ramadan
#1447
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The Islamic Ruling on Magic and Magicians
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (Hafidhahullah)
The seventh kind of apostasy is magic, the practice of magicians. It is two types: genuine and illusionary.
The first type, genuine magic, consists of the magician blowing on tied knots, murmuring phrases and words over them, seeking assistance from the devils within these words, the hanging of charms, and writing the names of devils on talismans. This is what genuine magic is, and it is something that has an effect on the targeted person, either by him being killed, becoming sick, or his mind being affected.
The second type, illusionary magic, is when things are manipulated in a way that causes someone to think that what he sees is actually that way, while it is not true. A man is made to think that the magician has done the following things:
* He turned a rock turned into an animal;
* He killed someone and then brought him back to life, by cutting his head off and then replacing it;
* He pulled a car along by his hair or teeth;
* A car ran him over and did not harm him;
* He entered into a fire;
* He ate fire;
* He stabbed himself with some piece of iron;
* He stabbed himself in the eye with an iron skewer;
* Or that he ate a piece of glass.
All of these are kinds of fake tricks that have no truth in them, and they are like the magic of Fir'awn's magicians. Allah, the Most High, has said:
"He (Moosaa) was made to believe from their magic
that they (the magicians' sticks) were (snakes) moving about." [4]
And Allah, the Most High, has said:
"They put magic on the eyes of the people
and sought to frighten them." [5]
This is illusionary magic [6]. They call it al-qamrah, a trick that the magician does to the people's eyes. When the qamrah wears off, things return to their normal states.
Magic is disbelief, and the proof is the statement of Allah, the Most High:
"However, the devils disbelieved, teaching the people magic." [7]
Both learning and teaching magic are disbelief in Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. It is also one of the kinds of apostasy. The magician is an apostate. If he was first a believer and then practiced magic, then he has apostated from the Religion of Islam [8]. He is to be killed without requesting him to repent according to some of the scholars, since if he repented openly, he is known as a person who deceives the people, and the knowledge of magic would still remain in his heart even after he has repented.
The proof is His Statement: "And they
(the two who taught magic) did not teach
anyone before first saying, 'We are merely
a tribulation, so do not disbelieve.' " [7]
Allah the Majestic and Exalted sent down two angels from the heavens, teaching the people magic, as a trial and a test for the people [9]. When they came to those who desired to learn magic, they advised them, saying to them:
"We are merely a tribulation, so do not disbelieve." [7]
Meaning: "Do not learn magic." So this proves that learning magic is disbelief.
This article was taken from BAKKAHnet (www.bakkah.net)
FOOTNOTES
[1] From the TROID publication: Things that Nullify One's Islam by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abdil-Wahhaab, explained by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan. Click here for information about ordering the book.
[2] As-sarf and al-'atf: Two different types of magic that involve turning people against each other (as-sarf) and causing them to love each other (al-'atf)
[3] The words in the box are from Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abdil-Wahhaab, and what follows is Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan's explanation.
[4] A translation of the meaning of Soorah Taa-Haa (20):66
[5] A translation of the meaning of Soorah al-A'raaf (7):116
[6] Even illusionary magic can be considered disbelief in Allah. Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, may Allaah preserve him, says in his book, Duroos fee Sharh Nawaaqidh al-Islam (p.146-147):
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (Hafidhahullah)
The seventh kind of apostasy is magic, the practice of magicians. It is two types: genuine and illusionary.
The first type, genuine magic, consists of the magician blowing on tied knots, murmuring phrases and words over them, seeking assistance from the devils within these words, the hanging of charms, and writing the names of devils on talismans. This is what genuine magic is, and it is something that has an effect on the targeted person, either by him being killed, becoming sick, or his mind being affected.
The second type, illusionary magic, is when things are manipulated in a way that causes someone to think that what he sees is actually that way, while it is not true. A man is made to think that the magician has done the following things:
* He turned a rock turned into an animal;
* He killed someone and then brought him back to life, by cutting his head off and then replacing it;
* He pulled a car along by his hair or teeth;
* A car ran him over and did not harm him;
* He entered into a fire;
* He ate fire;
* He stabbed himself with some piece of iron;
* He stabbed himself in the eye with an iron skewer;
* Or that he ate a piece of glass.
All of these are kinds of fake tricks that have no truth in them, and they are like the magic of Fir'awn's magicians. Allah, the Most High, has said:
"He (Moosaa) was made to believe from their magic
that they (the magicians' sticks) were (snakes) moving about." [4]
And Allah, the Most High, has said:
"They put magic on the eyes of the people
and sought to frighten them." [5]
This is illusionary magic [6]. They call it al-qamrah, a trick that the magician does to the people's eyes. When the qamrah wears off, things return to their normal states.
Magic is disbelief, and the proof is the statement of Allah, the Most High:
"However, the devils disbelieved, teaching the people magic." [7]
Both learning and teaching magic are disbelief in Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. It is also one of the kinds of apostasy. The magician is an apostate. If he was first a believer and then practiced magic, then he has apostated from the Religion of Islam [8]. He is to be killed without requesting him to repent according to some of the scholars, since if he repented openly, he is known as a person who deceives the people, and the knowledge of magic would still remain in his heart even after he has repented.
The proof is His Statement: "And they
(the two who taught magic) did not teach
anyone before first saying, 'We are merely
a tribulation, so do not disbelieve.' " [7]
Allah the Majestic and Exalted sent down two angels from the heavens, teaching the people magic, as a trial and a test for the people [9]. When they came to those who desired to learn magic, they advised them, saying to them:
"We are merely a tribulation, so do not disbelieve." [7]
Meaning: "Do not learn magic." So this proves that learning magic is disbelief.
This article was taken from BAKKAHnet (www.bakkah.net)
FOOTNOTES
[1] From the TROID publication: Things that Nullify One's Islam by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abdil-Wahhaab, explained by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan. Click here for information about ordering the book.
[2] As-sarf and al-'atf: Two different types of magic that involve turning people against each other (as-sarf) and causing them to love each other (al-'atf)
[3] The words in the box are from Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abdil-Wahhaab, and what follows is Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan's explanation.
[4] A translation of the meaning of Soorah Taa-Haa (20):66
[5] A translation of the meaning of Soorah al-A'raaf (7):116
[6] Even illusionary magic can be considered disbelief in Allah. Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, may Allaah preserve him, says in his book, Duroos fee Sharh Nawaaqidh al-Islam (p.146-147):
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Jundub ibn Ka'b, the Companion, killed a magician in the presence of one of the governors of Banee Umayyah. He came and found the magician playing games in front of the governor, pretending to kill a person and then bring him back to life by cutting off his head and then replacing it. This is a kind of illusionary magic. He was trying to convince the people that he was killing him and then putting his head back upon his shoulders. He did not actually do anything, he was only tricking the people with an illusion. So Jundub went up to him and struck him with his sword until he chopped his head off, and said, "If he was truthful, then let him bring himself back to life."
Translator's note: Ibn 'Abdil-Barr (may Allaah have Mercy on him) mentioned that the governor was al-Waleed ibn 'Uqbah (may Allaah be pleased with him), and that he arrested Jundub for this action and wrote to the khaleefah 'Uthmaan ibn 'Affaan (may Allaah be pleased with him) about what happened. 'Uthmaan then ordered him to be released and he was. (Alistee'aab, p.113)
[7] A translation of the meaning of Soorah al-Baqarah (2):102
[8] Shaykh Saalih discusses the impermissibility of using magic to cure magic and refutes the claim that Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have Mercy on him) allowed it. See: Question #32 in Appendix I: Questions and Answers (of the published version).
[9] Shaykh Saalih was asked, "How is it that the angels taught magic when teaching magic is a form of disbelief?" For his answer, refer to Question #31 in Appendix I: Questions and Answers (of the published version).
Source: http://www.bakkah.net/articles/islam-magic-magicians.htm
https://abdurrahman.org/category/islam/magic/
Translator's note: Ibn 'Abdil-Barr (may Allaah have Mercy on him) mentioned that the governor was al-Waleed ibn 'Uqbah (may Allaah be pleased with him), and that he arrested Jundub for this action and wrote to the khaleefah 'Uthmaan ibn 'Affaan (may Allaah be pleased with him) about what happened. 'Uthmaan then ordered him to be released and he was. (Alistee'aab, p.113)
[7] A translation of the meaning of Soorah al-Baqarah (2):102
[8] Shaykh Saalih discusses the impermissibility of using magic to cure magic and refutes the claim that Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have Mercy on him) allowed it. See: Question #32 in Appendix I: Questions and Answers (of the published version).
[9] Shaykh Saalih was asked, "How is it that the angels taught magic when teaching magic is a form of disbelief?" For his answer, refer to Question #31 in Appendix I: Questions and Answers (of the published version).
Source: http://www.bakkah.net/articles/islam-magic-magicians.htm
https://abdurrahman.org/category/islam/magic/
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He has lost, he has lost, he has lost… the one who does not sell hours and buy eighty-three years:
{ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ }
“The night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months.” [Al-Qadr 97:3]
مغبون .. مغبون .. مغبون، من لم يبع ساعات ويشتري ثلاثة وثمانين عاماً (ليلة القدر خيرٌ من ألف شهر)
{ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ }
“The night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months.” [Al-Qadr 97:3]
مغبون .. مغبون .. مغبون، من لم يبع ساعات ويشتري ثلاثة وثمانين عاماً (ليلة القدر خيرٌ من ألف شهر)
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Do not write to a captive sister: “If you need anything, contact me.”
These are empty words. Words do not warm the night or feed orphans. If Allah has given you the ability, then help yourself — quietly, without conditions and without expectations.
Do not say to a widow: “If you need something, let me know.”
She lives in need every single day. Do not wait for her to ask.
Do not write to the mother of orphans: “If treatment is needed, tell me.”
Pain does not wait. Give on your own, even if it is little. Allah does not look at the amount, but at the sincerity.
Do not say to the family of a prisoner: “Don’t take a loan, come to me instead.”
Help before debt becomes humiliation.
If you know and see that a brother or sister is in need, do not wait until they ask you for help, and do not ask: “Brother/Sister, are you in need?”
If you have truly decided to help, then help immediately, without forcing them to humiliate themselves by asking.
This is a trade with Allah. You give something small — and you receive something great.
The profit is eternal.
Closeness to the Prophet ﷺ is found in caring: in supporting the orphan, the widow, and the one in need.
These are empty words. Words do not warm the night or feed orphans. If Allah has given you the ability, then help yourself — quietly, without conditions and without expectations.
Do not say to a widow: “If you need something, let me know.”
She lives in need every single day. Do not wait for her to ask.
Do not write to the mother of orphans: “If treatment is needed, tell me.”
Pain does not wait. Give on your own, even if it is little. Allah does not look at the amount, but at the sincerity.
Do not say to the family of a prisoner: “Don’t take a loan, come to me instead.”
Help before debt becomes humiliation.
If you know and see that a brother or sister is in need, do not wait until they ask you for help, and do not ask: “Brother/Sister, are you in need?”
If you have truly decided to help, then help immediately, without forcing them to humiliate themselves by asking.
This is a trade with Allah. You give something small — and you receive something great.
The profit is eternal.
Closeness to the Prophet ﷺ is found in caring: in supporting the orphan, the widow, and the one in need.
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• FRIDAY, 23rd Night of Ramadhan •
According to Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (Rahimahullah):
"If the night of Friday coincides with one of the odd-numbered nights (in the last ten nights), then it is more likely than others to be Laylatul Qadr."
— (Majmu’ al-Fatawa)
Increase your dhikr, salah, du’a and every good deed tonight. This might be the night. Allahu’alam.
May Allah bless us with Laylatul Qadr. Ameen.
According to Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (Rahimahullah):
"If the night of Friday coincides with one of the odd-numbered nights (in the last ten nights), then it is more likely than others to be Laylatul Qadr."
— (Majmu’ al-Fatawa)
Increase your dhikr, salah, du’a and every good deed tonight. This might be the night. Allahu’alam.
May Allah bless us with Laylatul Qadr. Ameen.
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Ahmad ibn Hanbal (rahimahullaah) said:
"Do not follow my opinion; neither follow the opinion of Maalik, nor Shaafi'i, nor Awzaa'i, nor Thawri, but take from where they took."
{Fulaani (p. 113) & Ibn al-Qayyim in I'laam (2/302)}.
"Do not copy your Deen from anyone of these, but whatever comes from the Prophet (sallallaahu
{Abu Daawood in Masaa'il of Imaam Ahmad (pp. 276-7)}
"The opinion of Awzaa'i, the opinion of Maalik, the opinion of Abu Haneefah: all of it is opinion, and it is all equal in my eyes. However, the proof is in the narrations (from the Prophet (sallallaahu
"Whoever rejects a statement of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) is on the brink of destruction."
{Ibn al-Jawzi (p. 182)2)}
"Do not follow my opinion; neither follow the opinion of Maalik, nor Shaafi'i, nor Awzaa'i, nor Thawri, but take from where they took."
{Fulaani (p. 113) & Ibn al-Qayyim in I'laam (2/302)}.
"Do not copy your Deen from anyone of these, but whatever comes from the Prophet (sallallaahu
alaihi wa sallam) and his Companions, take it; next are their Successors, where a man has a choice."
"Following (ittibaa') means that a man follows what comes from the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) and his Companions; after the Successors, he has a choice."{Abu Daawood in Masaa'il of Imaam Ahmad (pp. 276-7)}
"The opinion of Awzaa'i, the opinion of Maalik, the opinion of Abu Haneefah: all of it is opinion, and it is all equal in my eyes. However, the proof is in the narrations (from the Prophet (sallallaahu
alaihi wa sallam) and his Companions)."
{Ibn Abdul Barr in Jaami' Bayaan al-'Ilm (2/149)}."Whoever rejects a statement of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) is on the brink of destruction."
{Ibn al-Jawzi (p. 182)2)}
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🎓Shaikh `Abdul Razzaaq al-Badr:
While reciting the Qur’aan, your concern should not be: "When can I finish this Surah?"
Rather, when reciting the Qur’aan, you should be concerned with: "When will I receive guidance through this Qur’aan?", "When will I benefit from this Qur’aan?", "When will I be from the people of al-Qur’aan (those who recite it and implement it)?"
While reciting the Qur’aan, your concern should not be: "When can I finish this Surah?"
Rather, when reciting the Qur’aan, you should be concerned with: "When will I receive guidance through this Qur’aan?", "When will I benefit from this Qur’aan?", "When will I be from the people of al-Qur’aan (those who recite it and implement it)?"
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“Don’t ruin your happiness with worry, and don’t ruin your mind with pessimism. Don’t ruin your success with deception and don’t ruin the optimism of others by destroying it. Don’t ruin your day by looking back at yesterday.” - Ibn al-Qayyim
A few points that we can derive from these golden words:
- Many people worry about a plethora of issues – the vast majority of which have not happened yet and probably never will. We tend to fear the future and as a result, we don’t actually get to enjoy the blessings of Allah in the present. We ruin great things for ourselves because of this habit of worry (yes, it’s a habit for a lot of people!). Learn to live in the present. Leave the future for when it comes, and cross bridges when you come to them!
- Pessimism often leads to a very ugly and dark mind as well as a troubled heart. It has the power to distort your perception in ways that you never thought possible. Snap out of it! Tell yourself positive things and keep a bright & well-lit mind. If you have nothing good to say to your soul, then as the golden rule states, remain silent – even from your own self.
- Truthfulness, honesty, and gratitude increase one’s blessings whilst deception, lies, and dishonesty remove them, as well as ruin the khayr in your life. Root these out! And whilst you’re at it, root out any deception or ill-will you may have placed in other people’s lives too. If you see someone positive, happy, upbeat, and generally getting on with their life, never ever take that away from them. It’s their gift and perhaps great things are unfolding for them purely because of this wonderful attitude they carry. Let them be, let them enjoy their positivity and radiant aura – even if it doesn’t make sense to you.
- Remember that every day is a new day. It has its challenges, its blessings, its opportunities, its treasures. Just as you cannot ruin your optimism or the optimism others, you cannot rob the day of the optimism that arrives with it. Staring back at the past and all the ‘what ifs’, and ‘if only’s’, will forever keep you chained down and restricted from moving forward. Leave the past where it is and look to the present before it escapes you and thus joins the past that you keep regretting.
May Allah grant us tawfiq in making the best of our days, ameen.
A few points that we can derive from these golden words:
- Many people worry about a plethora of issues – the vast majority of which have not happened yet and probably never will. We tend to fear the future and as a result, we don’t actually get to enjoy the blessings of Allah in the present. We ruin great things for ourselves because of this habit of worry (yes, it’s a habit for a lot of people!). Learn to live in the present. Leave the future for when it comes, and cross bridges when you come to them!
- Pessimism often leads to a very ugly and dark mind as well as a troubled heart. It has the power to distort your perception in ways that you never thought possible. Snap out of it! Tell yourself positive things and keep a bright & well-lit mind. If you have nothing good to say to your soul, then as the golden rule states, remain silent – even from your own self.
- Truthfulness, honesty, and gratitude increase one’s blessings whilst deception, lies, and dishonesty remove them, as well as ruin the khayr in your life. Root these out! And whilst you’re at it, root out any deception or ill-will you may have placed in other people’s lives too. If you see someone positive, happy, upbeat, and generally getting on with their life, never ever take that away from them. It’s their gift and perhaps great things are unfolding for them purely because of this wonderful attitude they carry. Let them be, let them enjoy their positivity and radiant aura – even if it doesn’t make sense to you.
- Remember that every day is a new day. It has its challenges, its blessings, its opportunities, its treasures. Just as you cannot ruin your optimism or the optimism others, you cannot rob the day of the optimism that arrives with it. Staring back at the past and all the ‘what ifs’, and ‘if only’s’, will forever keep you chained down and restricted from moving forward. Leave the past where it is and look to the present before it escapes you and thus joins the past that you keep regretting.
May Allah grant us tawfiq in making the best of our days, ameen.
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If ur so against Bid'ah why do u use a car, a mobile...why do u go to a hospital cos these are all bid'ah as well?
Na'am these are linguistic bid'ah but these are bidah in worldly affairs. Its Bid'ah in Deen, in an act of Worship that is munkar & rejected. We can't come up with a new way to get closer to Allah by inventing an act of worship, such as Mawlid.
Ruling on describing worldly inventions as 'Bid
A: Worldly affairs cannot be described as Bid
http://www.alifta.net/Fatawa/fatawaDetails.aspx?languagename=en&View=Page&PageID=275&PageNo=1&BookID=8
Na'am these are linguistic bid'ah but these are bidah in worldly affairs. Its Bid'ah in Deen, in an act of Worship that is munkar & rejected. We can't come up with a new way to get closer to Allah by inventing an act of worship, such as Mawlid.
Ruling on describing worldly inventions as 'Bid
ah'
Q: There is no doubt that there is a fine distinction between what can be described as Bidah (innovation in religion) and what can be described as Sunnah (a commendable act), that is, between what is rejected in Din (religion) and what is accepted as a worldly affair. Your Eminence, can you clarify this matter? A: Worldly affairs cannot be described as Bid
ahs in terms of the religious connotation of the word. In fact, cars, planes, computers, phones and other forms of technology are inventions that can only be referred to as Bidahs in terms of being something new - as the linguistic meaning of the word denotes - and not as Bidahs in Din. Allah (Exalted be He) says: The Originator of the heavens and the earth. This means that Allah is the Inventor of the heavens and earth. Thus, linguistically the word 'Bidah' refers to an unprecedented discovery. Accordingly, we can describe worldly inventions, such as cars, computers, planes, etc., as Bidahs linguistically, and they are neither to be regarded as Munkar (that which is unacceptable or disapproved of by Shariah and Muslims of sound intellect) nor should they be rejected. What is Munkar and should be rejected, however, is what people have innovated in Deen, such as acts of Ibadah (worship) that are not prescribed in Islam. Shariah (Islamic law) must be void of Bidahs.
Shariah is what Allah (Exalted be He) and His Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلمr evealed to us. It is not the innovations that are made to Din, such as forms of Salah (Prayer), Sawm (Fast), and other acts of `Ibadah, and which are not prescribed by Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He). Indeed, Islam is perfect. Allah (Glorified be He) says: This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islâm as your religion.http://www.alifta.net/Fatawa/fatawaDetails.aspx?languagename=en&View=Page&PageID=275&PageNo=1&BookID=8
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Test with Good and Evil:
In the saying of Allaah تعالى:
﴿كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ ﴾
{Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall test you with evil and with good by way of trial. And to Us you will be returned} [Surah al-Anbiyaa (21): 35]
Shaikh al-Sa`dee رحمه الله said:
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ
(Everyone is going to taste death,) and this includes the souls of all the creation. And verily! From this cup (death), everyone is going to drink, even if (apparently) the slave lives for long. Allaah has created His slaves for this Dunyaa, and ordered them, and forbade them, and has tested them with good and evil, with wealth and poverty, with glory and humiliation, with life and death, a trial from Him تعالى to test which one of them are best in deeds and who will be tempted (fall into error) at the advent of the trials and who will be successful.
وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
(And to Us you will be returned.) We will reward you according to your deeds; good with good, and evil with evil.
In the saying of Allaah تعالى:
﴿كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ ﴾
{Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall test you with evil and with good by way of trial. And to Us you will be returned} [Surah al-Anbiyaa (21): 35]
Shaikh al-Sa`dee رحمه الله said:
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ
(Everyone is going to taste death,) and this includes the souls of all the creation. And verily! From this cup (death), everyone is going to drink, even if (apparently) the slave lives for long. Allaah has created His slaves for this Dunyaa, and ordered them, and forbade them, and has tested them with good and evil, with wealth and poverty, with glory and humiliation, with life and death, a trial from Him تعالى to test which one of them are best in deeds and who will be tempted (fall into error) at the advent of the trials and who will be successful.
وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
(And to Us you will be returned.) We will reward you according to your deeds; good with good, and evil with evil.
Whenever you find yourself in a difficult situation, whether financial, emotional, physical, etc. always always turn to ALLAH ﷻ first through Dua and worship, for he alone is capable of solving all your affairs in an instant, if he wills ﷻ.
Abdullah Ibn Massoud رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever falls into a troubled, difficult situation and seeks the help of the people, his difficult situation shall not end.
And whoever falls into a troubled difficult situation and seeks the help of ALLAH ﷻ, Allah will send provisions to him, sooner or later.”
Sahih Al-Jami’: 6566
Abdullah Ibn Massoud رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever falls into a troubled, difficult situation and seeks the help of the people, his difficult situation shall not end.
And whoever falls into a troubled difficult situation and seeks the help of ALLAH ﷻ, Allah will send provisions to him, sooner or later.”
Sahih Al-Jami’: 6566
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Rain also could be one of the sign of laylathul Qadar.
Based on the Hadith
Yes, there is an authentic report regarding rain. The Prophet ﷺ mentioned in a dream that he was prostrating in water and mud on the morning of Laylatul Qadr, which occurred in a 23rd-night context [Al-Bukhari, 813].
The Sunrises Feeble (Strongest Sign): The Prophet ﷺ said, "On the morning following Laylatul Qadr, the sun rises not having any rays, as if it were a brass dish, until it rises up" [Sahih Muslim, 762].
Calm and Pleasant Night: It is a serene, tranquil night, often with a gentle breeze.
Weather: It is reported to be neither hot nor cold.
Lessened Discomfort: Some narrations mention a feeling of ease and inner peace.
Based on the Hadith
Yes, there is an authentic report regarding rain. The Prophet ﷺ mentioned in a dream that he was prostrating in water and mud on the morning of Laylatul Qadr, which occurred in a 23rd-night context [Al-Bukhari, 813].
The Sunrises Feeble (Strongest Sign): The Prophet ﷺ said, "On the morning following Laylatul Qadr, the sun rises not having any rays, as if it were a brass dish, until it rises up" [Sahih Muslim, 762].
Calm and Pleasant Night: It is a serene, tranquil night, often with a gentle breeze.
Weather: It is reported to be neither hot nor cold.
Lessened Discomfort: Some narrations mention a feeling of ease and inner peace.
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