قال العلّامة محمد أمان الجامي رحمه الله تعالى:
The eminent scholar Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī – may Allah, Most High, have mercy on him – said:

"المرأة [المتبرجة] مثلها كمثل طعام شهي بذل صانعه في إعداده كل ما في وسعه،
“The woman [who displays her adornment] is like delicious food whose maker exerted all his effort in preparing it,

ثم أخذه فجعله في قارعة الطريق وبجوار المستنقعات،
then he took it and placed it by the roadside and next to swamps,

فرفع عنه الغطاء فهاجرت إليه الحشرات من كل مكان تستنشق ريحه،
then he removed its cover, so insects migrated to it from every place, smelling its scent,

فأخذ الذباب يحوم حوله فيسقط فيه أحياناً،
and flies began to circle around it, sometimes falling into it,

والناس ينظرون إليه مستقذرين وعابسين وجوههم.
while people look at it with disgust, frowning their faces.

وفي النهاية يصبح عشاء للكلاب إذا تغلبت على الحشرات ولابد أن تتغلب، هذا مثل المتبرجات المتجولات.
In the end, it becomes food for dogs when they overpower the insects—and they inevitably will overpower them. This is the likeness of women who go about displaying their adornment.

فلتربأ المرأة المسلمة بنفسها وشرفها عن هذه المنزلة المنحطة،
So let the Muslim woman elevate herself and her honor above this debased rank,

ولتسدل جلباب الحياء على وجهها كما أمرها ربها،
and let her draw the garment of modesty over her face as her Lord has commanded her,

وذلك خير لها عند الله وعند المجتمع".
and that is better for her with Allah and with society.”

[مجموع رسائل الجامي في العقيدة والسنة (٣٤٦)]
Majmūʿ Rasāʾil al-Jāmī fī al-ʿAqīdah wa al-Sunnah (p. 346)

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Do Not Miss the Hour When Supplication Is Answered on Friday!

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“The day of Friday has twelve hours. There is no Muslim who asks Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for anything except that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, grants it to him. So seek it in the last hour after ʿAṣr.”

[Ṣaḥīḥ Abū Dāwūd (1048), and it was authenticated by al-Albānī]

On the authority of Abū Saʿīd, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“There is no Muslim who supplicates with a supplication in which there is no sin and no severing of kinship, except that Allah gives him one of three things: either his supplication is hastened for him, or it is stored for him in the Hereafter, or He averts from him an evil equal to it. They said: ‘Then we will increase (in supplication)?’
He said: ‘Allah is greater (in giving).’”

[Narrated by Aḥmad (10749), and authenticated by al-Albānī in “Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb wat-Tarhīb (163)”]

Shaykh Ibn Bāz, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

“So it is upon a person to persist in supplication, to have good expectations of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and to know that He is All-Wise, All-Knowing. He may hasten the response for a wisdom, and He may delay it for a wisdom, and He may give the one who asks something better than what he asked for, as has been established from the Prophet ﷺ.”

📩 The Question:

Is ululation (a high-pitched, wavering sound—often described as “lee-lee-lee”) for women at weddings and whistling permissible?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by the Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad bin Ḥizām al-Baʿdānī — may Allah preserve him.

That is permissible. Ululation and whistling are permissible. However, if they are in a place close to men, then they should leave that off, and they should not raise their voices. And it should be arranged that weddings take place in places far from men, or that the windows are closed. And if some sound escapes, then there is no harm.

The basic ruling regarding ululation and whistling for women is permissibility; there is no evidence that prevents that. However, excessive raising of the voice is ugly, and leaving it is recommended. Likewise, directing the sounds out to the streets and to the hearing of men is very ugly. Rather, it should be inside the house, with the windows closed, to prevent the sounds from going out to the paths of the Muslims and to the hearing of men. And Allah is the One whose help is sought.

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📩 The Question:

What is the ruling on wearing short clothing among women?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by the Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad bin Ḥizām al-Baʿdānī — may Allah preserve him.

It is obligatory upon a woman to cover her body and not to expose it in front of Muslim women except that which ordinarily appears from her among her maḥārim, and during her work in her home. So whatever appears from her during her work in her home, then there is no harm for it to appear in front of her maḥārim and in front of Muslim women, such as, for example, the neck and something of the chest, or the arm and something of the upper arm, and likewise the foot and something of the shin. Whatever customarily appears during her work in her home in front of her maḥārim is what she may show in front of Muslim women.

Because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned Muslim women together with the maḥārim in His saying, the Most High:

﴿وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ﴾
“And not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband’s fathers, their sons, their husband’s sons, their brothers or their brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess.”
(Surah An-Nur 24:31)

So she does not show in front of women except what she shows to her maḥārim. Thus, it is not permissible for her to appear uncovered in front of women by wearing short clothing or transparent clothing that exposes her chest and her abdomen.

Then also this action enters under the saying of the Prophet ﷺ:

“Two types of the people of Hell I have not yet seen: men who have whips like the tails of cattle with which they strike the people, and women who are clothed yet naked, inclined and inclining others, their heads like the humps of tilted camels. They will not enter Paradise, nor will they find its fragrance, although its fragrance can be found from the distance of such and such.”

Reported by Muslim from Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him.

So there is no doubt regarding its prohibition. Thus, it is obligatory upon women to keep away from that. And it is obligatory upon her to wear concealing clothing and to cover from herself, in front of women, that which she covers in front of her maḥārim.

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📩 The Question:

If a man marries more than four wives and children are born to him, what is his ruling?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by the Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad bin Ḥizām al-Baʿdānī — may Allah preserve him.

Marriage beyond four is invalid, and it is considered fornication with respect to the one whom he married in excess of four. And the children from the woman who was in excess of four, after completing four, are illegitimate children. And these are matters known from the religion by necessity.

However, if it is hypothetically that an ignorant person existed due to being newly entered into Islam, or because they were raised among non-Arabs, and they thought that it was permissible, or a wicked person came to them and gave them a fatwa that it is permissible to marry nine, because it is combined in the verse:

﴿مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ﴾
“two or three or four”

So he combined three with two and four, making it equal to nine. So if people confused them and they held this assumption, then the children are legitimate, and the marriage is invalid. So once he comes to know the ruling, then whatever is beyond four is an invalid marriage.

Meaning: the one whom he contracted as a fifth, and whatever comes after her — the contract with them is invalid, and it does not require divorce. As soon as he knows the ruling, it is obligatory upon him to separate, and the contract is invalid.

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Three Supplications Before the Taslīm — Seeking Refuge From Four: A Duʿāʾ Through Which Everlasting Happiness Is Attained!

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

🌱Three Comprehensive Supplications to Say Before the Taslīm: A Duʿāʾ for Everlasting Happiness

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli, may Allah preserve him, said:

Three comprehensive supplications, said in the prayer before the taslīm.

Whoever says them, and is granted success in what they contain, is granted everlasting happiness.

The first of them is that the one praying seeks refuge, before giving the taslīm, from four, so he says:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ
(O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hellfire, and from the punishment of the grave, and from the trials of life and death, and from the evil of the trial of the False Messiah [al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl].)

Or he says:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ
(O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and the punishment of the Fire, and the trials of life and death, and the trial of the False Messiah [al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl].)

For our Prophet ﷺ used to frequently say this supplication in his prayer, and he ﷺ commanded us to do so. He said:

“When one of you finishes the tashahhud, let him seek refuge with Allah from four.”

He says:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ
(O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hellfire, and from the punishment of the grave, and from the trials of life and death, and from the evil of the trial of the False Messiah [al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl].)

Khutbah: What Should You Say Before the Taslīm

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My dear brother and sister,

Know that from the sanctities Allah has placed between spouses is the veil of privacy—one that must never be torn, neither by a man nor by a woman. It is strictly forbidden for either spouse to disclose the intimate secrets of enjoyment that occur between them. Yet this sin, though grave, has become widespread in the world today. Many Muslims fall into it lightly: a man boasts or hints about what occurs with his wife before people, and a woman, likewise, divulges such matters among other women—forgetting that what was meant to be hidden has been entrusted to them as a sacred trust.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ warned with words that should make hearts tremble: “Indeed, among the most evil of people in status before Allah on the Day of Resurrection is a man who has intimate relations with his wife and she has intimate relations with him, then he spreads her secret.” This is not a minor lapse of manners; it is a betrayal that drags a person to one of the lowest ranks before Allah. The Prophet ﷺ once addressed a gathering that included men and women and said, “Perhaps a man speaks of what he does with his family, and perhaps a woman informs of what she does with her husband.” The people fell silent—because many were entangled in this very act. A noble woman from among the companions affirmed the reality, saying that indeed both men and women do this. The Prophet ﷺ then said with firm clarity: “Do not do so, for it is like a devil who meets a she-devil on the road and has intercourse with her while the people are looking on.”

Reflect deeply upon this image. When a man speaks of what occurs between him and his wife, or when a woman speaks of what occurs between her and her husband, the Prophet ﷺ likened them to shameless devils committing an act in public view. The issue is not merely words; it is the stripping away of modesty, the exposure of what Allah commanded to be concealed, and the poisoning of hearts with indecency. What should have been a source of tranquillity and mercy becomes a spectacle of corruption, breeding comparisons, temptations, jealousy, and the erosion of shame.

So guard your tongues, O believers, and honour the trust Allah placed between you. Let your home be a sanctuary, not a story told; a veil, not a display. True nobility is not in speaking, but in restraint; not in sharing, but in safeguarding. Whoever protects the sanctity of marriage protects their own honour before Allah. O Allah, send Your prayers and peace upon the trustworthy Prophet ﷺ, who taught us purity, modesty, and the protection of what You love to be concealed.

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The Ultimate Test of the Believer: The Fajr Prayer — The Scale That Reveals Who Truly Establishes the Prayer!

Shaykh Aziz Farhan Al-Anizi حفظه الله

Words of Reassurance to Every Worried Heart: Do Not Worry — Relief Is with Allah!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said:

﴿وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَعْفُو عَنِ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ﴾
“And He it is Who accepts repentance from His slaves, and forgives sins, and He knows what you do.” (Surah Ash-Shūrā 42:25)

Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir al-Saʿdī — may Allah have mercy on him — said in the explanation of this verse:

This is a clarification of the perfection of Allah’s generosity, the vastness of His bounty, and the completeness of His kindness, in His accepting repentance that proceeds from His servants when they give up their sins, regret them, and firmly resolve not to return to them, if by that they intend the Face of their Lord. For indeed Allah accepts it after it had become a cause for destruction and for the occurrence of worldly and religious punishments.

{and forgives sins}, meaning: He erases them, and erases their effects from defects and what they necessitated of punishments. And the repentant person returns with Him noble, as though he never committed any evil at all; and He loves him and grants him success in that which brings him near to Him.

And since repentance is from the great deeds—which may be complete due to the perfection of sincerity and truthfulness in it, and may be deficient when they are deficient, and may be corrupt if the intention behind it is attaining a worldly objective—and since the place of that is the heart, which none knows except Allah, He concluded this verse with His saying: {and He knows what you do}.

So Allah, the Most High, called all the servants to turning back to Him and repenting from shortcomings. Then they divided—according to their response to Him—into two categories: those who respond, whom He described with His saying:

﴿وَيَسْتَجِيبُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ﴾
{And He answers (the invocation of) those who believe and do righteous good deeds}. (Surah Ash-Shūrā 42:26)

The Horrifying Outcome of Those Given Their Record in the Left Hand — The Day Regret Speaks and Only the Fire Is Seen!

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

Three Signs of Ignorance: If Any of These Are Found in You — You Are Truly Ignorant!

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

Beware of Neglecting This Right Upon You, O Muslim Women — For You Will Never Find the Sweetness of Faith Until You Fulfill It!

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله