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'Prepare For The Meeting Of Truth'

Abuu 'Atiyyah Mahmoud Ibn Muhammad

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Does A Woman Who Wears Hijaab Have To Cover Her Feet?

As for the ruling concerning a woman uncovering her feet in public in front of non-mahram men, then I’m unaware of much difference between the scholars regarding it being impermissible, and the basis for this verdict is the following narration:

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏”‏ مَنْ جَرَّ ثَوْبَهُ مِنَ الْخُيَلاَءِ لَمْ يَنْظُرِ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَكَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ النِّسَاءُ بِذُيُولِهِنَّ قَالَ ‏”‏ تُرْخِينَهُ شِبْرًا ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ إِذًا تَنْكَشِفَ أَقْدَامُهُنَّ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏”‏ تُرْخِينَهُ ذِرَاعًا لاَ تَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ‏”‌‏.‏

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever drags his garment out of pride, Allah will not look at him.’ Umm Salamah said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what should women do with their hems?’ He said: ‘Let it down a hand span.’ She said: ‘But then their feet will show.’ He said: ‘Let it down a forearm’s length, but no more than that.'” [Reported by at-Tirimidhi and others. As-Silsilah As-Saheehah (460)].

Ash-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen rahimahullah, said,

“.. ففي هذا الحديث [رقم 4] دليل على وجوب ستر قدم المرأة وأنه أمر معلوم عند نساء الصحابة رضي الله عنهم”

“Therefore, in this hadith is a proof for the obligation for the women to cover their feet [in public] and also a proof that this was the common practice among the female companions.” End quote. [Treatise “Hijaab”, Hadith (#4)]

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Some Words Of Support For The Sisters Trying To Seek Knowledge In This Time Despite The Amount Of Challenges That They Have To Face

Speaker: Abu Fajr AbdulFattaah Bin Uthman

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'Preparing For Ramadhaan'

(25.03.2019)

Abuu Rayhaanah 'Abdul-Hakeem Al-Amreekee

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How Do We Welcome Ramadhaan

Shaykh Ibn-Baaz, may Allaah have mercy upon him:

I do not know of anything specific for welcoming Ramadhaan except that the Muslim receives it with happiness, cheerfulness, great pleasure and thankfulness that Allaah has brought Ramadhaan to him, as well as being thankful for making him from the successful whom He has allowed to live (during this month) and be from those who compete in righteous actions.

Indeed, witnessing a new Ramadhaan is an immense blessing from Allaah and due to this fact the Prophet ﷺ used to give glad tidings to his Companions at the commencement of Ramadhaan, exemplifying it's merits and what Allaah has prepared from the great rewards for those who fast and stand in prayer.

And it is legislated that the Muslim receives this noble month by making sincere repentance.

[Alikhtiyaaraat Al-Fiqhiyyah]

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➡️ CLASS: 14 ⬅️

EXPLANATION OF THE
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LINE 10:

The author, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:

وَالْـمُـؤْمِـنُـونَ يَـرَوْنَ حَـقًّا رَبَّـهُـمْ 

And the Believers will see their Lord in truth

وَإِلَـى الـسَّـمَـاءِ بِـغَـيْـرِ كَـيْـفٍ يَـنْـزِلُ

And to the (lowest) heaven does He (Allāh) descend without (designating) a how

1. In this line, the author mentions two matters of Belief.

1st:

BELIEF 8:
ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇʀs ᴡɪʟʟ sᴇᴇ ᴀʟʟᴀ̄ʜ ᴠɪsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇᴀғᴛᴇʀ

2nd:

BELIEF 9:
ᴀʟʟᴀ̄ʜ ᴅᴇsᴄᴇɴᴅᴇɴs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴡᴇsᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴛʜɪʀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴɴᴇʀ ʙᴇғɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ʜɪs ᴍᴀᴊᴇsᴛʏ

2. As for the first of these two matters of Belief; seeing Allāh in the Hereafter, then this affair is proven by the Qur'ān, the Sunnah, as well as the Ijmā' (consensus).

NOTE:
The word يَرَوْنَ is taken from رُؤْيَةٌ. And according to the Arabic language, this word (رُؤْيَةٌ) has two possible meanings:

1- النَّظَرُ بِالْعَيْنِ
Looking with the eyes

2- النَّظَرُ بِالْقَلْبِ
to envision something mentally
[Al-Qāmūs Al-Muḥīt]

And in this line, the author is referring to the first type of vision; looking with the eyes. He even emphasises this point when he says حَقًّا (in truth).

BENEFIT:
The believers will see Allāh on the day of Resurrection and in Paradise.
[At-Ta'līqāt Al-Ḥisān of Sheikh Abdulḥamīd Az-Zu'karī pg. 203]

NOTE:
There's a difference of opinion amongst Ahlus-Sunnah concerning the day of Resurrection; is it only the believers who will see Allāh on this day, or will everyone see Him?

1st opinion: everyone will see Allāh on this day.

2nd opinion: He will only be seen by the believers and those who manifested Islām outwardly; like the hypocrites.

3rd opinion: only the believers will see Him.

There is ample room for differing in this particular matter. However, rejecting the fact that Allāh will be seen in the Hereafter, in totality, this is what leads a person to be deemed an innovator (mubtadi').
[At-Ta'līqāt Al-Ḥisān of Sheikh Abdulḥamīd Az-Zu'karī pg. 203]

3. Here are some of the evidences affirming this Belief:

Evidences from the Qur'ān:

(1) Allāh ﷻ said:

{وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۝ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ}

"Some faces that Day shall be (shining and radiant), looking at their Lord."
[Sūrat Al-Qiyāmah 22 - 23]

(2) Allāh ﷻ said:

{لَهُم مَّا یَشَاۤءُونَ فِیهَا وَلَدَیۡنَا مَزِیدࣱ}

"There they will have all that they desire, and We have more (for them)"
[Sūrat Qāf 35]

What is meant by "more" here is looking at Allāh, The All-Mighty, All-Majestic. [tafsīr Ibn Kathīr]

(3) Allāh ﷻ said:

{عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ}

"On thrones, looking".

The scholars of tafsīr explained that they will be allowed to look at Allāh as well as all the numerous blessings that Allāh prepared for them.

(4) Allāh ﷻ said:

{لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ}

"For those who have done good is the best reward and even more."

The "best reward (Al-Ḥusnā)" refers to Paradise, and "even more (Az-Ziyādah)" refers to looking at Allāh, as proven from the ḥadīth of Ṣuhayb Ibn Sinān, coming shortly.

(5) Additionally, Allāh ﷻ said:

{كَلَّاۤ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ}

"Nay! Surely, they (evil-doers) will be veiled from seeing their Lord that Day."
[Sūrat Al-Muṭaffifīn 15]

From the opposite/implied meaning of this Āyah, Imām Ash-Shāfi'ī derived that - if the evil doers are deprived from seeing their Lord as a punishment, that means the believers will be allowed to see Him as a reward. [tafsīr Ibn Kathīr]

Likewise, there are many evidences in the Sunnah affirming this Belief.

In fact, Ibn Kathīr, may Allāh have mercy on him, states:
"It has been established through authentic narrations that the believers will see Allāh in the Hereafter, and these narrations -according to the scholars of ḥadīth- are mutawātir, so it's impossible to deny or reject this fact."
[tafsīr Ibn Kathīr Āyah 23 of Sūratul Qiyāmah]

From these evidences:

(1) On the authority of Ṣuhayb Ibn Sinān, may Allāh be pleased with him, that the Prophet ﷺ said:

((إِذَا دَخَلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ - قَالَ - يَقُولُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: تُرِيدُونَ شَيْئًا أَزِيدُكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: أَلَمْ تُبَيِّضْ وُجُوهَنَا، أَلَمْ تُدْخِلْنَا الْجَنَّةَ، وَتُنَجِّنَا مِنَ النَّارِ - قَالَ - فَيَكْشِفُ الْحِجَابَ، فَمَا أُعْطُوا شَيْئًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.))

"When those deserving of Paradise would enter Paradise, the Blessed and the Exalted (Allāh) would ask: Do you wish Me to give you anything more? They would say: Have you not brightened our faces? Have you not made us enter Paradise and saved us from Fire? He (the narrator) said: He (Allāh) would then lift the veil, and of things given to them nothing would be dearer to them than the sight of their Lord, the Mighty and the Glorious. Then the Messenger of Allāh recited this Verse: 'For those who have done good is the best reward and even more'."
[Muslim 181]

(2) On the authority of 'Abdullāh ibn Jarīr, may Allāh be pleased with him, who said: "We were sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he looked at the moon on the night of the full moon and said:

((إِنَّكُمْ سَتَرَوْنَ رَبَّكُمْ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ هَذَا الْقَمَرَ لاَ تُضَامُّونَ فِي رُؤْيَتِهِ))

"You will see your Lord as you see this full moon, and you will have no trouble in seeing Him."
[Bukhāri and Muslim]

NOTE:
The comparison in this ḥadīth is between looking at one thing and another - not the things being looked at, i.e. just as we clearly see the full moon at night, so too will the believers see their Lord in the Hereafter.

As for the Ijmā':

Ibnul Qayyim [D. 751 H], may Allāh have mercy on him, states:

«اتفق عليها الأنبياء والمرسلون، وجميع الصحابة والتابعون، وأئمة الإسلام على تتابع القرون»

"The Prophets and Messengers were agreed in this affair, as too were all the Ṣaḥābah and Tābi'ūn, as well as the great scholars of Islām in every century."
[Ḥādil-Arwāḥ pg. 326 - 380]

There are many more proofs in this regard, but the ones we have cited are the most explicit, and in them is great contentment for those who Allāh has granted success and guidance.

We suffice with this, and we ask Allāh to save us from His punishment and to bestow upon us the joy of looking at His Majestic Face

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➡️ CLASS: 15 ⬅️

EXPLANATION OF THE
LĀMIYYAH OF IBN TAYMIYYAH
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1. In our last class, we explained the first half of line 10. Today, we are going to complete the other half of this line by Allāh's permission.

2. The second matter of belief mentioned in this line is to affirm that Allāh descends during the last third of the night in a manner befitting His Majesty, as is authentically established in the Sunnah and confirmed by ijmā'.

Ibnul Qayyim states:

«وتواترت الرواية عن رسول الله ﷺ بنزول الرب تبارك وتعالى كل ليلة إلى سماء الدنيا»

"The narrations from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ are mutawātir in that the Lord Blessed is He, Most High, descends to the lowest heaven every night."
[Mukhtaṣar Aṣ-Ṣawā'iq pg. 420]

And one of the most common narrations in this regard is the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah, may Allāh be pleased with him, that the prophet (ﷺ) said:

((يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرُ، يَقُولُ: مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ، مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ، مَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ))

"Our Lord, Blessed is He, the Most High, comes down every night to the lowest Heaven when the last third of the night remains, and He says: Who calls upon Me, so that I may answer him? Who asks of Me, so that I may give him? Who seeks My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?’
[Reported by Bukhārī and Muslim]

As for the ijmā':

Ibn 'Abdil Hādī [D. 744H] states:

«واعلم أن السلف الصالح ومن سلك سبيلهم من الخلف متفقون على إثبات نزول الرب تبارك وتعالى كل ليلة إلى السماء الدنيا»

"Know that the righteous predecessors and those who followed their way from the later generations were all in agreement in affirming that the Lord Blessed is He, Most High, descends to the lowest heaven every night."
[Aṣ-Ṣārimul Mankī pg. 229]

NOTE:
By affirming the attribute of descension (Nuzūl), a person unavoidably affirms the Attribute of Highness ('Uluww) for Allāh; because descending occurs from a higher to a lower place.

BENEFIT:
One of the scholars of misguidance who negated the Attribute of Highness for Allāh was asked concerning the meaning of descension; what does it refer to - if not Allāh? He said, it refers to Allāh's command. So someone asked, who sends down the command (bearing in mind that he doesn't believe Allāh is above His creation)? Does it descend from nothing? So he was left dumbstruck.
[Majmū' Al-Fatāwā 5/369]

3. Some of the people of innovation distort this attribute from its apparent meaning without any evidence. And this is the way of the innovators; they use any means possible to weaken and then reject the evidences that expose their misguidance, and if they cannot do that, they resort to distorting and misinterpreting their meanings. Hence, some of them said, it is Allāh's command that descends - not Allāh Himself. And some of them said, it is Allāh's mercy that descends, while others said it is an angel who descends. However, these are all false and baseless misinterpretations of the texts.

3.1: How do we respond to their claim?

Firstly: we ask them, is it Allāh's command, His mercy or His angel that calls out: "who calls upon Me, so that I may answer him? Who asks of Me, so that I may give him? Who seeks My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?"

No two Muslims will disagree that only Allāh is capable of responding to supplications, fulfilling requests, and forgiving sins.

Secondly: we ask them, does Allāh's command, mercy and angel - only descend in the last third of the night?

The answer -as evidences suggest- is, OF COURSE NOT!

4. So it is incumbent upon us to affirm this attribute for Allāh. As for how? Then we have no knowledge of this, just like all other Attributes of Allāh. We have no knowledge of the 'how', but we must still affirm each and every one them. This is why the author said:

وإلى السماء بغير كيف ينزل
And to the (lowest) heaven does He (Allāh) descend without designating a how

5. Likewise, this line contains a refutation against ibn Baṭūṭah; who claimed that when he arrived

in Damascus, he saw Sheikhul Islām on the pulpit delivering a sermon, and during that sermon he heard Sheikhul Islām say: "Allāh descends from His throne in the same manner I am descending from this pulpit."

However, this is a vicious slander; because this man entered Damascus while Sheikhul Islām was still in prison. What's more, look at what Sheikhul Islām says in this line; he clearly states that he affirms Allāh's descension without designating a how.

6. There are some side issues which the scholars in the past spoke about, however, it is more befitting that we avoid indulging in these issues; for example, does Allāh vacate His Throne when He descends? How does Allāh descend when the timing of the nights differ?

We simply say, Allāh is able to do all things.

{لَا يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ}

"He is not questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned."
[Sūrat Al-Anbiyā 23]

And this is the case with all affairs related to the unseen which we have not been informed of; we do not indulge in them. As long as we have not been informed of them, we must remain silent and not concern ourselves with them. Therefore, although Shaykhul Islām mentions that most of the Salaf believed that Allāh does not vacate His Throne when He descends to the lowest heaven, we say that sticking to the texts and refraining from speaking about these affairs is the safest option.

We are not in need of knowing these affairs, and if we were, our prophet (ﷺ) would have surely clarified them to us.

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The Best Of You Is The Best To His Family

"...And they (women) have rights (over their husbands as regards living expenses) similar (to those of their husbands) over them (as regards obedience and respect) to what is reasonable, but men have a degree (of responsibility) over them. And Allaah is All-Mighty, All-Wise."

[Al-Quraan 2:228]

"...And live with them honourably. If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allah brings through it a great deal of good."

[Al-Quraan 4:19]

Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:

خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِهِ ، وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِي

"The best of you is the best to his family, and I am the best to my family.” 

[Jaami' At-Tirmithee]

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen, may Allaah have mercy upon:

"Regarding the saying of the Prophet - sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam: ‘The best of you . . .’ This person is the best of the people, he is the best of them to his wife. So if you have any goodness, then make that goodness for the closest of the people to you, and make it so that your wife is the first to benefit from this good.

And this is the opposite of what some people do today. You find that he has bad manners with his wife, and has good behaviour with other people, and this is a great mistake.
Your wife has the most right to good behaviour, and having the best manners to them, because she is the one who is with you day and night, openly and secretly. 

If you are afflicted with something she is afflicted along with you, and if you're happy, she is happy along with you. If you're sad, she is sad along with you, therefore you should make your dealings with her better than your dealings with strangers, so the best of the people are those who are best of them to their wives.

I ask Allaah to complete my eemaan and that of the Muslims, and that he makes us the best of the slaves of Allaah to our wives and upon those who have a right upon us."

[Taken from: ‘Explanation of Riyadh as-Saliheen’ 3/134]

Imaam ash-Shawkaanee, may Allaah have mercy upon him, mentioned:

فترى الرجل إذا لقي أهله كان أسوأ الناس أخلاقاً وأشجعهم نفساً وأقلهم خيراً، وإذا لقي غير الأهل من الأجانب لانت عريكته وانبسطت أخلاقه وجادت نفسه، وكثر خيره، ولا شك أن من كان كذلك فهو محروم التوفيق، زائغ عن سواء الطريق، نسأل الله السلامة!

“You find a man, if he comes into contact with his family, he displays the worst of character, he is prideful, and very little good is seen from him. But if he meets with other people, his disposition is very gentle, his character is very soft, he is very giving, and he displays much good. There is no doubt, this type of individual is from those who have been prevented from good and success, and he is one who has deviated from the correct path. We ask Allaah for protection!"

[Nayl al-Awtaar 2/246]

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(Interpretation of the meaning)

"...that you may become Al-Muttaquun (the pious)."

[Al-Quraan 2:183]

Explained by Shaykh Al-Albaanee

Shaykh Al-Albaanee, may Allaah have mercy upon him:

“Allaah, the Exalted and Most High, says in the Noble Quraan:

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

(Interpretation of the meaning)

'O you who believe! Observing As-Sawm (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaquun (the pious).'

[Al-Quraan 2:183]

So in this Verse, as will not be hidden to all those who are present, Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, informs the nation of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم), through this Verse, that He has made fasting obligatory upon them just as He had made its like obligatory upon the nations before us. This is a matter that is well-known to all of the Muslims who read this Verse, and clearly understand its meaning.

But what I wish to speak about is something else, a matter which very few of the general people notice – and this is the saying of Allaah, the Exalted and Most High, at the end of this Verse:

'...that you may become Al-Muttaquun (the pious).'

So Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, when He commands His believing servants, or obligates them with some Legislation, (then He) usually just mentions the command, without explaining the wisdom behind it. This is because the general wisdom behind Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, placing duties upon His servants is that He should test them by it, so that it should become apparent (as to) those who will obey Him and those who will disobey Him, the Exalted and Most High.

However in this Verse, He mentioned something that is not found frequently in the Noble Quraan, which is that He mentioned the reason for the order to fast, by His Saying:

‘...that you may become Al-Muttaquun (the pious).'

So the wisdom behind the believers’ fasting is not just that they should prevent themselves from enjoyable and permissible good things, even though this is an obligation upon the fasting person – but this is not the only thing that is required and intended by this fasting. Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, concluded His command to fast by saying:

‘…that you may become Al-Muttaquun (the pious).'

Meaning: that the wisdom behind the prescription of fasting is that the Muslim should increase in obedience to Allaah, the Exalted and Most High, in the month of fasting, and become more obedient than he was before it.

Also the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم) clearly stated and completely clarified this point of divine wisdom, by his (صلى الله عليه و سلم) saying, as is reported in the Saheeh of Al-Bukhaaree (No. 1903), that he (صلى الله عليه و سلم) said,

مَنْ لَمْ يَدَعْ قَوْلَ الزُّورِ وَالْعَمَلَ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ لِلَّهِ حَاجَةٌ فِي أَنْ يَدَعَ طَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ

(translated meaning)

'Whoever does not abandon falsehood in speech and action, then Allaah has no need that he should leave his food and drink.'

Meaning: that Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, did not intend and desire, by the obligation of fasting – which is to withhold for a stated time, well known to you all – that they should only withhold from eating and drinking. Rather they should also withhold from that which Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, has forbidden with regard to sins and acts of disobedience to Him; and from that is falsehood in speech and action.

So the Messenger (صلى الله عليه و سلم) is emphasizing the Verse:

‘…that you may become Al-Muttaquun (the pious).'

i.e. that you should, as an act of worship to draw you closer to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, in addition to withholding from food and drink, also withhold from forbidden actions such as backbiting, carrying tales to cause harm to people, false witness, lying and so on, with regard to those forbidden manners that we are all aware of.

Therefore it is obligatory that all the Muslims should be aware that actions, which disrupt the fast, are n

ot just the physical acts, which are generally known, which are eating, drinking and sexual intercourse. The fast is not just that you withhold from this. Therefore some of the scholars differentiate, and divide those things which disrupt the fast into two categories, and this is what I intend by this talk of mine at this time that is blessed, if Allaah wills.

This is especially important since those who deliver sermons and admonish the people during Ramadhaan, when they speak about those things which disrupt the fast, then they only speak about the material things, those things that we have just mentioned – eating, drinking and sexual intercourse. But what they should do, as sincere advisers and people who give reminder to the Muslims in general, is to concentrate a great deal upon the second category of things which disrupt the fast.

This is because the people have become used to thinking that fasting is just to refrain from the first category, to withhold from the material things. But there is another category of things, which disrupt the fast, which we are able to call the non-material things that disrupt the fast. So you have just heard his (صلى الله عليه و سلم) saying, 'Whoever does not abandon falsehood in speech and action, then Allaah has no need that he should leave his food and drink.'

Therefore every fasting person should examine himself and see: is he just withholding from the material things, or is he also withholding from those non-material things? Meaning: has he made his manners and behaviour good when the blessed month of Ramadhaan comes? If that is the case, then he has fulfilled the Saying of Allaah, the Exalted and Most High, at the end of the Verse: ‘…that you may become Al-Muttaquun (the pious).'

But as for the one who restricts himself in his fasting to just withholding from food and drink, but who continues and persists upon the evil manners which he was upon previously, before Ramadhaan, then this is not the fasting that is desired and required from the wisdom behind the legislation of this noble month, which our Lord, the Mighty and Majestic indicates in His Saying:

‘…that you may become Al-Muttaquun (the pious).'

So therefore we advise and remind our brother Muslims that they should remember this other category of things, those that are non-material, which disrupt the fast, and it is something which the admonishers and those who seek to direct the people to the correct way rarely speak about, not to mention the general people, who are not aware of this category of things which disrupt the fast, i.e., the non-material things.

This is what I wanted to remind our brothers who are present in this fine gathering about, if Allaah wills, so that it may be a cause for their increasing in acts of worship, seeking to draw closer to Allaah, the Exalted and Most High, in this blessed month, the month of fasting, which is such that we hope that Allaah, the Exalted and Most High, will guide and grant us all the success of fulfilling the due right of this blessed month, which is that we withhold from both the material and the non-material things that disrupt the fast."

[Source: A Talk By The Shaykh - Sunnah's Neglected In Ramadhaan]

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'We Need A Ramadhaan!'

Much needed reminder and motivation

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