The great day of 'Arafah:


Awza'ee رحمه الله said:

I realized that people were reserving things (their duas, needs, wishes) for the day of Arafah to ask Allāh for them.

And some of them used to say:

“For fifty years I have been supplicating on the day of Arafah and the year does not go by except that I see the answer of my dua come to pass as the morning light (as clear as day).”

[Lataif al Ma'arif pg. 494 | Ibn Rajab al Hanbali رحمه الله]

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

There is no day on which Allah frees more people from the Fire than the Day of 'Arafah.

[Muslim]

Abū Qatādah narrated:

رَسُول الله ... سُئِلَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةً فَقَالَ : يُكَفِّرُ السَّنَةَ المَاضِيَةَ وَالبَاقِيَةَ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about fasting the Day of 'Arafah and he replied: It expiates [the sins of] the previous and coming year.

Sahih Muslim (11625)

The best dua for 'Arafah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

The best Du'a is the Du'a on the Day of 'Arafah. And the best Du'a that I and the Prophets before me said is:

لا إله إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu lā sharīka lah Lahu'l-mulk wa lahu'l-hamd wa huwa 'alā kulli shay'in qadir

Translation:
There is no deity worthy of worship other than Allah, who is alone, having no partner. His is the dominion, and to Him belongs all praise. He is, of everything, All-Capable.

[at-Tirmidhi]

Du’a by ‘Ali رضي الله عنه on the day of ‘Arafah:

“Oh Allaah! Free me from the fire, increase my halal sustenance, and keep the transgressive jinns and humans away from me.”

‎[لطائف المعارف ص ٤٩]

Make Dua

Ibn al-Mubarak رحمه الله said

جئت إلى سفيان الثوري عشية عرفة، وهو جاث على ركبتيه، وعيناه تهملان فالتفت إلي، فقلت له : من أسوأ هذا الجمع حالاً ؟ قال : الذي يظن أن الله لا يغفر لهم.

I entered upon Sufyan at-Thawrī on the evening of 'Arafah while he was kneeling on his knees and his eyes shedding tears. He turned towards me, and I said to him:

Who is in the worst condition from amongst this gathering? He replied: The one who thinks that Allah will not forgive them.

[لطائف المعارف (٥٠٠) ]

Umar ibn al-Ward said that 'Ațaa' said to him:

إن استطعت أن تخلو بنفسك عشية عرفة فافعل

If you can be alone during the evening of 'Arafah, then do so.

[الحلية (٣١٤/٣) ]

"Fill every second with dhikr, you'll surely be in need of it."

Shaykh Rslān (Hafidhahullah)

Al-Hasan said, “Every day in which Allah Almighty is not disobeyed is an eid.”

Musalsal al-ʻĪdayn 28

Ibn al-Jawzi رحمه الله said,

“Be like how Allāh ordered you to be, He will be to you as He promised you, respond to Allāh when He calls you,

He will respond to you when you call upon Him.”

[التذكرة | (١٩)]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said,

"Whoever knows himself well, would keep himself busy reforming himself instead of talking about the faults of others.

Whoever knows his Lord, would keep himself busy trying to please Him instead of trying to please himself."

[Al-Fawa'id Pg.90]

Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه said:

"You must remember Allah, for it is a cure. And you must beware of remembering the people, for indeed it is a sickness."

[Kitab az-Zuhd, 644]

Imām Ash-Shafi'i رحمه الله said:

"You will never be able to please everyone, rather rectify what is between you and Allāh and do not care about the people."

[Tawāli at-Ta'nees, ibn Hajr, 168]

Question 269: What is the Islamic hijab?

Response by Shaykh al Uthaymeen رحمـــه الله :

The Islamic hijab is for the women to cover everything that is forbidden for her to expose. That is, she covers everything that she must cover.

The first of those bodily parts that she must cover is her face. It is the source of temptation and the source of people desiring her. Therefore, the woman must cover her face in front of those men that are not mahram.

As for those who claim that the Islamic hijab is to cover the head, shoulders, back, feet, shin and forearms while allowing her to uncover her face and hands, this is a very amazing claim. This is because it is well-known that the source of temptation and looking is the face.

How can one say that the Shariah does not allow the exposure of the foot of the woman while it allows her to uncover her face?

It is not possible that there could be in the Esteemed, Wise and Noble Shariah a contradiction. Yet everyone knows that the temptation from uncovering the face is much greater than the temptation that results from the uncovering of the feet. Everyone also knows that the most sought after aspect of the woman for men is the face.

If you told a prospective groom that a woman's face is ugly but her feet are beautiful, he would not propose to such a woman. However, if you told him that her face was beautiful but her hands, palms, or shins were less than beautiful, he would still propose to her. From this one can conclude that the face is the first thing that must be covered.

There are also evidences from the Book of Allah and the sunnah of our Prophet ﷺ . There are also statements from the Companions, the leading Imams and the great scholars of Islam that indicate that it is obligatory for the woman to cover all of her body in the presence of non-mahram men.
This obviously indicates that it is obligatory upon the woman to cover her face in front of such men. However, this is not the place to quote all those authorities. And Allah knows best.

Q No. 269: Islamic Fatawa Regarding Women by Muhammad bin Abdul Azīz Al Musnad, Darussalam.

Al-Qaasim Ibn Muhammad, the grandson of Abu Bakr, said:

“In my time the people were not impressed by speech, they were impressed by actions. Anyone can say whatever he wants.”

[Abu Daawood, Kitaab Al-Zuhd, p.354]

Al-Hasan Al-Basree heard a group of people arguing, so he said,

“These people have become bored with worship, and speech has become light upon (their tongue), and their piety has decreased and that is why they speak.”

[Ahmad in Az-Zuhd]

So-and-so only remembers me when they need something!

Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyaad رحـــمه اللـــه said:

"Do you not know that people’s need for you is a blessing from Allaah upon you?"

Shu'ab al-Imaan (10/119)

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A man said to Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رحمه الله:

"Indeed, someone has backbitten you."

Ḥasan sent a dish of sweet dates to the backbiter and he said: "I heard that you have given me your good deeds as a gift so I would like to repay you for it, but please excuse me because I am unable to completely repay you."

[بريقة محمودية ]

Shaqeeq al-Balkhee said:

“The sign of repentance (is): weeping at what has preceded, fear of falling into sin, leaving evil company and maintaining the company of the good.”

[Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa, 9/315]

Fasting on 'Āshura was Fardh before Ramadān

Ibn ʿAbbās [رضي الله عنه] said:

❝I never saw the Prophet [ﷺ] seeking to fast a day, giving it preference over another, except this day, the day of ʿĀshūrā, and this month, meaning the month of Ramaḍān.❞

[Sahīh Bukharī, (No. 2006)]

Narrated ‘Aishah [رضي الله عنها]:  

❝Allāh's Messenger [ﷺ] ordered [the Muslims] to observe Saum [fast] on the day of ‘Ashura’, and when fasting in the month of Ramadān was prescribed, it became optional for one to observe Saum [fast] on that day [‘Ashura’] or not.❞

[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2001)]

'Āshūra will not come back.

Muhammad ibn Shihab az Zuhri was traveling and still fasted on the Day of Ashura, so it was said to him,

“You fast on the Day of Ashura while traveling, but you break your fast in Ramadan?”

He replied, “Ramadan fasts can be made up on other days, but the Day of Ashura will pass you by (i.e., it is not legislated to make it up later).”

[شعب الأيمان للبيهقي ٣٥١٨]

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“There is no believing servant except that he has a sin which he falls into from time to time, or a sin that he persists upon and does not part from until he departs this world. Indeed, the believer was created prone to trial, ever-repenting, and forgetful. When he is reminded, he remembers.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ, no. 5735.