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It's to do actions of obedience to Allaah upon light from Allaah hoping for the reward of Allaah.
And to leave the disobedience of Allaah upon light from Allaah fearing the punishment of Allaah.
Source: Kitab al-Eeman by Ibn Abi Shaybah (no. 99)
It's to do actions of obedience to Allaah upon light from Allaah hoping for the reward of Allaah.
And to leave the disobedience of Allaah upon light from Allaah fearing the punishment of Allaah.
Source: Kitab al-Eeman by Ibn Abi Shaybah (no. 99)
Ibn Masud:
"The Qur'ān is an intercessor and an intercession and a truthful witness, so whoever places it in front of him, it will lead him to paradise and whoever places it behind him, it will drive him to the hellfire."
● [عبد الرزاق في المصنف٦٠١٠]
"The Qur'ān is an intercessor and an intercession and a truthful witness, so whoever places it in front of him, it will lead him to paradise and whoever places it behind him, it will drive him to the hellfire."
● [عبد الرزاق في المصنف٦٠١٠]
Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymīn: “It is OBLIGATORY to respect Muslims who witness Fajr prayer, for no one prays it EXCEPT a BELIEVER.”
● [شرح رياض ١/٥٩١]
● [شرح رياض ١/٥٩١]
SubḥaanAllāh
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : لولا أنكم تذنبون لخلق الله خلقاً يذنبون يغفر لهم.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “If you were to not commit sins, Allāh would have brought into existence a creation that would commit sins and (Allāh) would forgive them.”
● [رواه مسلم ٢٧٤٨]
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : لولا أنكم تذنبون لخلق الله خلقاً يذنبون يغفر لهم.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “If you were to not commit sins, Allāh would have brought into existence a creation that would commit sins and (Allāh) would forgive them.”
● [رواه مسلم ٢٧٤٨]
Sh. Ibn ‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said: “Whoever leaves something for Allaah, Allaah will replace it with something better!”
Source: Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf (p. 66)
Source: Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf (p. 66)
Hands During Du’a
Shaikh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله:
What’s correct is that he raises his hands because that’s authentic from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab.
And ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab is one of the four guided Caliphs whose Sunnah is followed due to the order of the Prophet.
He raises his hands to his chest, and doesn’t raise them a lot.
He spreads his hands and both palms towards the sky.
He joins his hands together, one to the other.
As for separating the hands and spacing them out, then I don’t know an origin for it.
Source: Sharh al-Mumti’ (v. 4, p. 9)
NOTE | Shaikh Bakr Abu Zaid:
If he wishes, he can cover his face and the back of his hands can face the Qiblah.
Source: Tasheehul-Du’a (pp. 116-117)
Shaikh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله:
What’s correct is that he raises his hands because that’s authentic from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab.
And ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab is one of the four guided Caliphs whose Sunnah is followed due to the order of the Prophet.
He raises his hands to his chest, and doesn’t raise them a lot.
He spreads his hands and both palms towards the sky.
He joins his hands together, one to the other.
As for separating the hands and spacing them out, then I don’t know an origin for it.
Source: Sharh al-Mumti’ (v. 4, p. 9)
NOTE | Shaikh Bakr Abu Zaid:
If he wishes, he can cover his face and the back of his hands can face the Qiblah.
Source: Tasheehul-Du’a (pp. 116-117)
Imam Dhahabi: “Either you speak with knowledge or you remain silent with gentleness.”
Source: Wasitiyyyah Ahlus Sunnah Baynal Firaq (p.103)
Source: Wasitiyyyah Ahlus Sunnah Baynal Firaq (p.103)
Prophet ﷺ said: “…and before the Dajjal arrives, there will be three years of hardship during which people will suffer extreme hunger.”
Source: Sahih al-Jami (no. 7875)
Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said: “The Dajjal is a deceitful man who will emerge toward the end of time claiming (divine) Lordship.”
Source: Sharh Lum'ah al-‘Itiqad (p. 105)
Prophet ﷺ said: “His (Dajjal’s) eye is green like glass.”
Source: as-Saheehah (no. 1863)
How will a Muslim who doesn’t know how to read be able to read what’s written between the Dajjal’s eyes?
Imam Ibn Hajr explains:
His (Prophet’s) statement:
“Every believer, literate or illiterate, will be able to read it” informs about something that is real and actual.
This is because Allaah creates the perception within a worshipper’s sight however he wants, whenever he wants.
This will be something a believer will perceive without his sight (alone) even if he can’t read or write.
And a kaafir will be unable to see it even if he can read and write just as a believer may see proofs with his eyes and perception that a disbeliever can’t realize.
So Allaah will create for a believer such perception without having ever learned…
Source: Fath al-Bari (v. 13, p. 100)
The condition of those who don’t believe the Dajjal
The Prophet said: …And surely from his (Dajjal’s) tribulations is that he’ll pass a village but its people will deny him and disbelieve in him.
As a result, every remaining one of their farm animals will die.
Source: Sahih al-Jami (no. 5051)
The condition of those who do believe the Dajjal
The Prophet said: …He’ll pass by a village and its people will believe in him, believing him to be true.
So he’ll command the sky to rain and the earth to grow. It’ll rain and produce vegetation so much that their cattle will return that day fatter than they ever were, their flanks stretched, and their udders full of milk.
Source: Sahih al-Jami (no. 5875)
Source: Sahih al-Jami (no. 7875)
Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said: “The Dajjal is a deceitful man who will emerge toward the end of time claiming (divine) Lordship.”
Source: Sharh Lum'ah al-‘Itiqad (p. 105)
Prophet ﷺ said: “His (Dajjal’s) eye is green like glass.”
Source: as-Saheehah (no. 1863)
How will a Muslim who doesn’t know how to read be able to read what’s written between the Dajjal’s eyes?
Imam Ibn Hajr explains:
His (Prophet’s) statement:
“Every believer, literate or illiterate, will be able to read it” informs about something that is real and actual.
This is because Allaah creates the perception within a worshipper’s sight however he wants, whenever he wants.
This will be something a believer will perceive without his sight (alone) even if he can’t read or write.
And a kaafir will be unable to see it even if he can read and write just as a believer may see proofs with his eyes and perception that a disbeliever can’t realize.
So Allaah will create for a believer such perception without having ever learned…
Source: Fath al-Bari (v. 13, p. 100)
The condition of those who don’t believe the Dajjal
The Prophet said: …And surely from his (Dajjal’s) tribulations is that he’ll pass a village but its people will deny him and disbelieve in him.
As a result, every remaining one of their farm animals will die.
Source: Sahih al-Jami (no. 5051)
The condition of those who do believe the Dajjal
The Prophet said: …He’ll pass by a village and its people will believe in him, believing him to be true.
So he’ll command the sky to rain and the earth to grow. It’ll rain and produce vegetation so much that their cattle will return that day fatter than they ever were, their flanks stretched, and their udders full of milk.
Source: Sahih al-Jami (no. 5875)
Shaikh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said: “Whenever you fulfil the needs of your brother, Allaah will fulfil your needs!”
Source: Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen (v. 4, p. 295)
Source: Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen (v. 4, p. 295)
A man said to Imām Ibn al-Mubārak: 'Advise me'
He Raḥimahullāh said: “Know your LEVEL!!”
● [al-Jarḥ wat-Ta'deel of Ibn Abī Ḥātim 1/280]
He Raḥimahullāh said: “Know your LEVEL!!”
● [al-Jarḥ wat-Ta'deel of Ibn Abī Ḥātim 1/280]
Imam az-Zuhri said: “Upon Allaah is to explain, upon the Messenger is to convey, and upon us is to accept (without questioning).”
Source: Mu'jam al-Lateef (v. 1, p. 61)
Source: Mu'jam al-Lateef (v. 1, p. 61)
Ibn al-Mubārak: It is obligatory upon a wise man not to belittle three;
• Scholars
• Rulers
• & His brothers
● [سير أعلام النبلاء ١٧\٢٥١]
• Scholars
• Rulers
• & His brothers
● [سير أعلام النبلاء ١٧\٢٥١]
Abu Musa al-Ashari said: “Whoever has some knowledge, let him teach it to the people, but let him beware of saying things which he has no knowledge of, lest he transgress the limits and go beyond the pale of Islam.”
Source: Sunan ad-Darimi (no. 174)
Source: Sunan ad-Darimi (no. 174)
A Severe Warning For Those Who Have Abandoned Prayer
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : من حافظ عليها كانت له نورا وبرهانا ونجاة يوم القيامة ومن لم يحافظ عليها لم يكن له نورا ولا برهانا ولا نجاة ويأتي يوم القيامة مع قارون وفرعون وهامان وأبي بن خلف
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Whoever guards it (i.e the prayer), for him it will be a light, a proof and a means of salvation on the Day of Resurrection, and whoever does not guard it, then it will not be a light, neither it will be a proof, nor it would be a means of salvation for him and he will be brought on the Day of Resurrection alongwith Qāroon and Fir'awn and Hāmān and Ubay b. Khalaf (A Mushrik who was killed by the Prophet ﷺ himself).”
● [قال الهيثمي في (مجمع الزوائد) ١/٢٩٧ : رواه أحمد والطبراني في الكبير والأوسط ، ورجال أحمد ثقات]
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : من حافظ عليها كانت له نورا وبرهانا ونجاة يوم القيامة ومن لم يحافظ عليها لم يكن له نورا ولا برهانا ولا نجاة ويأتي يوم القيامة مع قارون وفرعون وهامان وأبي بن خلف
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Whoever guards it (i.e the prayer), for him it will be a light, a proof and a means of salvation on the Day of Resurrection, and whoever does not guard it, then it will not be a light, neither it will be a proof, nor it would be a means of salvation for him and he will be brought on the Day of Resurrection alongwith Qāroon and Fir'awn and Hāmān and Ubay b. Khalaf (A Mushrik who was killed by the Prophet ﷺ himself).”
● [قال الهيثمي في (مجمع الزوائد) ١/٢٩٧ : رواه أحمد والطبراني في الكبير والأوسط ، ورجال أحمد ثقات]
The Prophet:
“The one who repents from sin is like the one who did not sin.”
● [Ibn Maajah (no. 4250)]
Ibn Taymiyyah:
If one repents from sin then the punishment and consequences of the sin are removed.
● [Sharh al-‘Umdah (v. 4 p. 39)]
Ibn al-Qayyim:
Allaah makes the one who repents to be like the one who did not commit the sin.
● [I’laam al-Muwaqqi’een (v. 3 p. 115)]
Ibn al-Qayyim:
If someone repents from sin then in terms of consequences it is as if it never occurred.
● [Tareeq al-Hijratayn (p. 231)]
“The one who repents from sin is like the one who did not sin.”
● [Ibn Maajah (no. 4250)]
Ibn Taymiyyah:
If one repents from sin then the punishment and consequences of the sin are removed.
● [Sharh al-‘Umdah (v. 4 p. 39)]
Ibn al-Qayyim:
Allaah makes the one who repents to be like the one who did not commit the sin.
● [I’laam al-Muwaqqi’een (v. 3 p. 115)]
Ibn al-Qayyim:
If someone repents from sin then in terms of consequences it is as if it never occurred.
● [Tareeq al-Hijratayn (p. 231)]
Ibn Hibban said:
“The Prophet rebuked the one who does not accept gifts among Muslims.
If a person’s offered a gift, he must accept it and not refuse it, then he should reciprocate if he’s able to, and express gratitude for it.”
Source: Rawdat al-‘Uqalaa’ (242)
“The Prophet rebuked the one who does not accept gifts among Muslims.
If a person’s offered a gift, he must accept it and not refuse it, then he should reciprocate if he’s able to, and express gratitude for it.”
Source: Rawdat al-‘Uqalaa’ (242)
If You Want To Be With Muḥammad ﷺ Then Obey Allāh And Him
وعن عائشة قالت : جاء رجل إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال : يا رسول الله والله إنك لأحب إلي من نفسي وأحب إلي من أهلي ، وأحب إلي من ولدي ، وإني لأكون في البيت فأذكرك فما أصبر حتى آتيك فأنظر إليك ، وإذا ذكرت موتي وموتك عرفت أنك إذا دخلت الجنة رُفعت مع النبيين ، وإن دخلت الجنة خشيت ألا أراك ، فلم يردَّ عليه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم حتى نزلت عليه : ( وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُولَئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَئِكَ رَفِيقًا ).
From Ā`ishah رضي الله عنها it is narrated that a man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of Allāh, by Allāh I love you more than myself and I love you more than my family and I love you more than my sons and if I am in my house and I remember you, I cannot be patient until I come to you and have a look upon you and if I remember my death and your death I am aware that you will enter Paradise, raised among the Prophets and if I enter Paradise I fear that I will not see you there (due to the high rank of Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ)”,
The Prophet ﷺ did not reply him back until (this Āyah) was revealed to him:
‘And whosoever obeys Allāh and the Messenger, then they will be in the company of those on whom Allāh has bestowed His Grace, of the Prophets, the Ṣiddiqūn, the martyrs, and the righteous. And how excellent these companions are!’ • [al-Qur’ān 4:69]
● [المعجم الصغير للطبراني ٥١ ، رواه ابن كثير في تفسيره وقال : لا أرى بإسناده بأسا]
وعن عائشة قالت : جاء رجل إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال : يا رسول الله والله إنك لأحب إلي من نفسي وأحب إلي من أهلي ، وأحب إلي من ولدي ، وإني لأكون في البيت فأذكرك فما أصبر حتى آتيك فأنظر إليك ، وإذا ذكرت موتي وموتك عرفت أنك إذا دخلت الجنة رُفعت مع النبيين ، وإن دخلت الجنة خشيت ألا أراك ، فلم يردَّ عليه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم حتى نزلت عليه : ( وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُولَئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَئِكَ رَفِيقًا ).
From Ā`ishah رضي الله عنها it is narrated that a man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of Allāh, by Allāh I love you more than myself and I love you more than my family and I love you more than my sons and if I am in my house and I remember you, I cannot be patient until I come to you and have a look upon you and if I remember my death and your death I am aware that you will enter Paradise, raised among the Prophets and if I enter Paradise I fear that I will not see you there (due to the high rank of Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ)”,
The Prophet ﷺ did not reply him back until (this Āyah) was revealed to him:
‘And whosoever obeys Allāh and the Messenger, then they will be in the company of those on whom Allāh has bestowed His Grace, of the Prophets, the Ṣiddiqūn, the martyrs, and the righteous. And how excellent these companions are!’ • [al-Qur’ān 4:69]
● [المعجم الصغير للطبراني ٥١ ، رواه ابن كثير في تفسيره وقال : لا أرى بإسناده بأسا]
A Small Benefit | Does Recitation Of Qur’ān Through Cellphone App Requires Wuḍū?
كان ابن عمر وابن عباس رضي الله عنهما يقرأن القرآن وهما على غير وضوء.
Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn 'Abbās, Allāh be pleased with them both, used to recite Qur'ān (without touching it) while they were not in the state of Wuḍū (purification).
● [رواه عبدالرزاق في المصنف - ٨١٣١ بسند صحيح]
كان ابن عمر وابن عباس رضي الله عنهما يقرأن القرآن وهما على غير وضوء.
Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn 'Abbās, Allāh be pleased with them both, used to recite Qur'ān (without touching it) while they were not in the state of Wuḍū (purification).
● [رواه عبدالرزاق في المصنف - ٨١٣١ بسند صحيح]
The 3 Priceless Advices Of Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إذا قمت في صلاتك فصل صلاة مودع ، و لا تكلم بكلام تعتذر منه غدا ، وأجمع الإياس مما في أيدي الناس.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “When you stand up to say your prayer then pray as if it’s your last Ṣalāh and neither speak with a speech for which you have to apologise (later) nor gather hopes for what is in the hands of people (i.e what they own of Dunyā).”
● [سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة ، المجلد الأول ، رقم الحديث : ٤٠١]
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إذا قمت في صلاتك فصل صلاة مودع ، و لا تكلم بكلام تعتذر منه غدا ، وأجمع الإياس مما في أيدي الناس.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “When you stand up to say your prayer then pray as if it’s your last Ṣalāh and neither speak with a speech for which you have to apologise (later) nor gather hopes for what is in the hands of people (i.e what they own of Dunyā).”
● [سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة ، المجلد الأول ، رقم الحديث : ٤٠١]
Sh. Ibn al-‘Uthaymeen Raḥimahullāh said: “We should supplicate that Allāh brings people of falsehood back to the truth so that they can benefit themselves and others, THIS IS JUSTICE, in opposition to what some ignorant ones do, when they see a person persisting upon falsehood, they supplicate against him.”
● [شرح الكافية الشافية ٤/١٤٦]
● [شرح الكافية الشافية ٤/١٤٦]