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⏩ Some Benefits From The Hadeeth “The One Who Believes In Allaah And The Last Day Then Let Him Say Good Or Remain Silent”

Regarding the hadeethL

“The one who believes in Allah and the last day then let him say good or remain silent” reported by Bukhari and Muslim from the narration of Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen said:

“It is known from this that the one who does not speak good, then his belief in Allah and the last day is deficient, then what about if he spoke evil? What about the one who rises eating the flesh of the people and refuge is sought in Allah, he spreads amongst them tale-carrying, he lies and cheats? Rather what about the one who rises inciting the people against the people of knowledge, and curses the people of knowledge. He criticizes them due to something they are closer to the truth in then that which is claimed or thought! Then this is greater because speaking about the people of knowledge is not like speaking about the general folk”. End. [Explanation of Riyadus Saaliheen (4/111)]

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Majid Jawed Al-Afghanee

Abu Aisha

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⏩ Ruling On Participating In A Draw To Win Money And Does This Fall Under Gambling

Question:

Assalamu alaikum, what is the ruling on participating in a draw to win money (ex. scholarship)? Does this fall under gambling?

Answer:

Wa ‘Alaykum us-Salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. The concept of casting lots or draws (القرعة) is allowed in Islam based on the Qur’an, Sunnah, and consensus. Doing draws is different from gambling. Allah allowed casting lots in the Qur’an in the story of Prophet Yunus (may peace be upon him) and the Prophet Zakariyyah (may peace be upon him). And Allah says,

“And, verily, Yunus (Jonah) was one of the Messengers. When he ran to the laden ship, He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was among the losers” [37:139-141]

Allah said:

“This is a part of the news of the Ghaib (unseen, i.e. the news of the past nations of which you have no knowledge) which We inspire you with (O Muhammad). You were not with them, when they cast lots with their pens as to which of them should be charged with the care of Maryam (Mary); nor were you with them when they disputed” [3:44]

`Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said, “Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to proceed on a journey, he used to draw lots among his wives and would take the one upon whom the lot fell. Once, before setting out for Jihad, he drew lots among us and the lot came to me; so I went with the Prophet; and that happened after the revelation of the Verse Hijab (i.e. veiling)”. End. [al-Bukhari no. 2879]

And there is a consensus of the Jurists on the matter [See: al-Mowsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah (33/137)]

There is a difference between casting lots and gambling. Gambling as defined by the scholars is every dealing which wavers between gain and loss and a person does not know if he will gain or lose. This is different from drawing lots which involves determining which of the two parties is deserving of something and neither of the parties loses anything in the process.

With that being said, participating in draws which do not require someone to pay to enter into it is permissible.

Shaikh Sulaymaan ar-Ruhayli (may Allah preserve him) said:

“The fifth form is that there is a draw for a prize in which everyone who wants to enter does so without any action. For example, it is announced in such and such a market that there is a draw for a prize and at the doors there are tickets in which you write your name and your phone number. There is no condition to buy something, nor get rid of something, or write anything [else]. Then they choose someone for the prize through a draw, then this prize is permissible and there is no harm in it because there is no preventative against it”

End. As for draws in which someone has to pay to enter, then it is considered gambling because a person is between gain and loss. They pay to possibly win a prize without the guarantee of receiving anything in exchange for their money. As for draws in which someone buys a product and then they enter into the draw, then these types of draws are permissible with conditions. One can read about such competitions here .

Returning to the question at hand, entering a free draw to win a prize or scholarship is permissible in shaa Allah and it is not considered gambling

And Allah knows best

Faisal bin Abdul Qaadir bin Hassan

Abu Sulaymaan

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بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

◾️ By Allāh they are great blessings, it is obligatory to be grateful for them, by Allāh they are continuous blessings, and repetitive, by Allāh they are blessings being bestowed upon us, these blessings require gratitude◾️

By our Shaykh, the 'Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abū 'Abdirrahmān Yahya bin 'Alī Al-Hajūri - may Allāh preserve him -
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The Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, said:

▪️All praise is for Allāh, for the blessings, Abū Bakr As-Siddīq, may Allāh be pleased with him, was shrouded in his thowb, he said:

"Shroud me in my thowb"

It wasn't a new thowb but a washed one.

▪️Similarly the (rest of the) Sahābah, Jābir said:

"And which of us (is it who) use to have two thowbs"

Meaning he didn't own except a single thowb.

▪️And now a person, it is if he doesn't have have two and three or more, for it is very rare that a person only has three.

▪️So you find him having different types of thowbs, this is a qamīs, this is an izār, this is a sarawīl, this is that, verily by Allāh these are great blessings, it is obligatory to be grateful for them.

▪️Verily by Allāh it is continuous blessings, and repetitive, verily by Allāh they are blessings which are being bestowed upon us, these blessings require gratitude; especially in the lifestyles of the people and their food and drink and clothing.

▪️Perhaps you will find a woman has a wardrobe adorned with clothes, especially after her wedding, and after that, this garment is like this, that garment is like that, and numerous types of clothes, and similarly the man.

▪️These blessings require gratitude, and they require remembrance, that a person remembers them and does not become heedless; but if he becomes heedless it points towards him being heedless of the important affairs pertaining to him, and to his religion, and this points towards that he doesn't care that this blessing came to him without struggle and burden.

▪️He doesn't care until it is taken away from him, he doesn't care that the blessing came to him, it will be taken from him without care, and after that he doesn't pay attention until it's too late, and i used to have, and he used to have, and other than that.

▪️So these thobes that are found thrown in some places where they are hung, then they become lost, the wind takes them and they stay for a few days lying around on the ground and their owners are not found, thowbs and izārs, and new things which still do not have a single rip; this is from wasting the blessings, just as wasting the blessing of bread and water, and this blessing, do not waste the blessing of clothing.

▪️These are great blessings, covering the private parts, and adornment,

Allāh said:

(يَا بَنِي آدَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَارِي سَوْآتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ)

"O Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover yourselves (screen your private parts, etc.) and as an adornment, and the raiment of righteousness, that is better. Such are among the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah, that they may remember (i.e. leave falsehood and follow truth)."
[Al-A'rāf:26]


▪️Remembering the likes of the Sahābah that did not used to have except one single thobe to pray Jum'ah in and to pray the rest of the congregation in, to sleep in, to awaken in, to socialize in, to work in, to carry out his needs in, one thobe!, and if he needs to he removes it and washes it and rewears it, he removes it and is naked in a confined place, so he washes it and then wears it, perhaps he wears it wet and it dries on him, because this is the condition that he is in, what else can he do?

▪️Upon this is what the lions of Allāh treaded upon, those who poverty did not reduce them and those who the religion was relayed through them.

▪️The lion dies in the forests out of hunger
And the meat of the sheep is eaten by the dogs
[And an ignorant person could sleep on silk
And a knowledgeable person's bed is the sand.]

▪️So these are the lions of Allāh, those who Allāh aided the religion by way of them, upon that state.

▪️The people of luxury, and the people of comfort, and the people who don't care about blessings, became like the froth of the sea, as comes in the hadith (...you will that day be many, but you are like throth like the froth of the sea, busy concerned with his private part and belly and his sleep, and he is not concerned about the affair of the religion of Allāh and worship and remembering the blessings of Allāh, so this one is a miskīn.


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Hamūd Ath-Thawābi
- may Allāh reward him with good -
on the 8th, Ramadhān, 1441H

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We are pleased to announce the reopening of Masjid Al-Imām Muqbil from Salātul Fajr 1st Dhul- Qi'dah 1441 corresponding to Monday 22 June 2020.

The masjid will be open for the five daily prayers from the entry time of each prayer for a period of half an hour in shā Allāh.

Anyone who wishes to pray their individual prayers during this time may do so.

To insure the safety of all attendees and the community at large the bathroom and wudhu facilities will be closed temporarily.

May Allāh bless you all.

Subhaanallaah! walhamdulillaah ! Wallaahu akbar ! Wa laa Ilaaha IlAllaah. We thank Allaah for this incredible news

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Jesus (peace be upon him) is someone who is loved and revered by billions of people including Muslims, yet there is a great deal of confusion surrounding this noble honourable man.

This pamphlet sheds light on the life & teachings of Jesus in the light of Islām.

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بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

▪️And Indeed, You are of a Great Moral Character ▪️

Our Shaykh, Abu Abdillah Muhammad ba Jamaal - may Allaah preserve him - said in his Tafsir of Surah Al-Qalam:

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✨ Benefit:


Allah the Mighty and Majestic said,


{وَإنّكَ لَعَلَى خُلُقٍ عَظِيم}


"And indeed, you are of a great moral character."[Al-Qalam:4]


⤵️The Shaikh explained that this means:

"And verily you, oh Muhammad, are upon an exalted religion, and it is al-Islaam. This was confirmed by Ibn Abbas, Muhaajid, and Ibn Zaid. And it was narrated on Ad- Dahaak, As-Sudi, Abu Malik, and Rabee ibn Anas.

And it was said (that it meant): He ﷺ had great lofty mannerisms. And this was the mannerisms of the Quran which Allaah taught him with, from kindness to the people, forgiveness, overlooking (faults), keeping family ties, commanding the good and forbidding the evil. And there was not a praiseworthy character except that you would find the Prophet ﷺ exceeding in it. And no dispraised characteristic except he was the furthest from it.

And it was reported by Imaam Ahmad with a sound chain of narrators from Abu Huraira (May Allah be pleased with him) who said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily I have been sent to perfect the good character."

And certainly there are many clear ahaadith that illustrate the noble character of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his kindness and high quality of goodness, of which had we enumerated it would have filled volumes in future writings. However, we will mention a few of his characteristics, and they are as follows:


🔸 He ﷺ was easy going, soft,  close to the people, humble not oppressive, stubborn or arrogant. He was not inaccessible to the people nor were they prevented from him.


🔸 He ﷺ was always accepting the invitation of the one that invited him, even if he was invited to a meal that contained the foot of an animal.


🔸 He ﷺ took care of the poor and the needy, orphans, widows and others with incapabilities, fulfilling their needs, taking care of their requests, vocalising their virtues.


🔸 He ﷺ used to satisfy the heart of the one who asked him, not denying him (of what he sought) nor making them turn away in dispair, so long as he had the ability to give it to them. And the ones he found not deserving, he would admonish and remind them (of it's reality) leaving it up to them if they took it or left it.


🔸 When his companions ﷺ  wanted something from him, and he agreed with them in its regard, he followed them in it, if there was no danger or difficulty involved, nor if it was contrary to his utmost greatfulness to his lord.


🔸When he ﷺ decided on a matter he was not dictative to them nor other than them. Rather he would consult those that had expertise in that what relates to them in their fields of expertise.


🔸 He ﷺ was receptive of their generosity even if it was little, and he was forgiving of their bad conduct, what was not in opposition to Allah's legislation.


🔸 He ﷺ would not be with a company of people except that he would be with them in the most complete and best of ways, he would not frown his face, nor be harsh in his speech, nor turn his sight away from the person he was talking to, nor hold slips of the tongue against the person, he would not hold it against the person whatever would take place of rudeness, rather he would be good to the person with the utmost of goodness, and he would excuse him with utmost excuse except in that which he saw the rights of Allaah being transgressed upon, he would become angry for the sake of Allaah, and take the side of his Lord.


🔸He ﷺ strove with himself and his wealth to bring about the rectification between the people, one by one or in groups, doing whatever it took to bring the hearts and the people together.


🔸 He ﷺ was the most modest, more than a virgin in her room, but if he observed that which was offensive or repugnant, it would be known on his face.


🔸 When he ﷺ saw something that he liked, his face would light up, as if it was a piece of the moon.  And when he saw something th

at offended him, his face would change and he would be rough in his disapproval.


🔸 He ﷺ was gentle and kind with the orphans and the young children, and when he would pass by them he would give them the salaams. He would joke and play with them and he was not harsh to them.


🔸 He ﷺ was good to his servants with the utmost kindness and generosity.


🔸 He ﷺ would visit the sick and attend the funeral prayer of the Muslims.


🔸 He ﷺ was generous, open handed and unselfish; spending and giving, never fearing poverty or insufficiency.


🔸He ﷺ would take care of the household chores, helping his family and always joking and playing with them.


🔸 He ﷺ was truthful, trustworthy, pious, and ever-advising.


🔸 He ﷺ was the furthest of the people from transgression, wrongdoing, sinfulness, and other blameworthy actions.


🔸 He ﷺ was the most ascetic of the people in worldly affairs, giving generously that which he possessed here and there.


🔸  He ﷺ would rule with justice between two disputing parties, not differentiating between those close to him and those who were distant, nor a loved one or an enemy.


🔸 He ﷺ was the bravest of the people and at the forefront at the battlefields, and the people found firmness with his firmness and and found safety behind him.


🔸 He ﷺ disliked indecency, obscenity, foul speech, and evil actions.


🔸He ﷺ was the best of the people to his neighbors.


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WHAT'S THE DATE TODAY❓

The more dependent we are upon the Gregorian calender the more negligent we become of Allāh's rulings

Firstly, “The Gregorian calendar is named after Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in October 1582.” [Wikipedia]

Whereas the Hijri calender was introduced by ‘Umar ibnul Khaṭṭāb -raḍhiyallāhu ‘anhu- and named after the most significant incident in the propagation of Islām; the Prophet's migration (Hijrah) from Makkah to Madīnah.
[Ibn Ḥajar - Fat-hul Bāri (7/268) & Ibn Kathīr - Al-Bidāyah wan Nihāyah 4/510]

Secondly, the Gregorian calender is a solar calender, hence a year in the Gregorian calender consists of 365 days (approximately). On the other hand, the Hijri calendar is based on the lunar calendar, which means one year in the Hijri calender consists of approximately 354.36 days; that's 10.88 days fewer than the Solar calendar.

Essentially, that means a teenager reaches 15; the age of bulūgh (adolescence), 163.2 days earlier according to the lunar calendar. It's very important to bear this mind - especially for those who haven't undergone any other sign of bulūgh!

Thirdly, every time based ruling in Islam is dependent on the lunar/Hijri calendar - not the Gregorian calender❗️

Allāh ﷻ said:

{یَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡأَهِلَّةِۖ قُلۡ هِیَ مَوَ ٰ⁠قِیتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلۡحَجِّ}

“They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about the phases of the moon. Say, “They are a means for people to determine time and pilgrimage.”
[Surah Al-Baqarah 189]

Imām As-Sa‘dī comments on this Āyah in his Tafsīr, saying:

❝ {They ask you about the phases of the moon}: what is the wisdom behind them? Or they ask about the moon phases themselves. {Say: They are a means of determining time}. By His grace and mercy, Allāh (ﷻ) has caused it (the moon) to change; so it appears weak at the beginning of the month, then it gradually increases until halfway through the month, then it begins to decrease until the end of the month. This is so that the people will know thereby times for their acts of worship, such as fasting, as well as the times for paying Zakāh and offering
expiation, and the time of Ḥajj.
Because Ḥajj takes place during certain well-known months and
takes a long time, Allāh says {and pilgrimage}. From the phases of the moon people also know the times for paying off deferred debts, rental
periods, the length of the ‘iddah and pregnancy, and other matters that have to do with people’s affairs. Allāh has made it a means of working out times that is available to everyone, young and old, knowledgeable and ignorant. If times were calculated according to the solar calendar, no one would know it except very few people.❞

Fourthly, Sheikh Muqbil -raḥimahullāh- was asked, what is the ruling on using the Gregorian calender?

He answered: It is considered blindfollow [the Kuffār], and the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever imitates a people, then he is from them.” I advise to use the Hijri calendar. And Allāh is the One Whose aid is sought. Essentially brothers, they don't want to leave off any of the milestones of Islām, except that they want to eradicate them.
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Lastly, did you know -oh noble reader- that we have entered the sacred month of Dhul Qi‘dah?

What does that mean exactly❓

Please listen to the following audio:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18594251

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It presents compelling evidence of how it is the speech of the Creator of all that exists, Allāh the Most High.

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Starting now inshaallaah. Wallaahu alam

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

▪️He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving▪️

Our Shaykh, Abu Abdillah Muhammad ba Jamaal - may Allaah preserve him - said in his Tafsir of Surah Al-Mulk:

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✨ Benefit:

Allah the Mighty and Majestic said:

{وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُور}

"He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving” [67:2]

⤵️The Shaikh explained that this means:

‘Allah is extremely powerful in taking to account all that disobey and oppose His command. And He is the Most Honorable, Ever-Invincible. Yet with all of this ultimate power, He is Ever-Forgiving to the one that repents to Him from his mistakes then leaves them to return to His Lord.

And He combines between these two names to clarify to His servants the greatness of His forgiveness for them and to show the completeness of His power over them.

And His saying,


{الْغَفُورُ}

“The Forgiving”

This name comes on the scale in Arabic that means to do alot of. And this points to Allah’s great and tremendous forgiveness and in the numerous amounts that He forgives and it also shows how much the servant sins.

And the proof of Allah's amazing forgiveness is the hadith Qudsi that Imaam Muslim compiled from Abu Dhar (رضي الله عنه)

“ And he who meets Me in the state that his sins fill the earth, but not associating anything with Me, I would meet Him with the same (vastness) of pardon (on My behalf)."

And also the supporting hadith that Imaam Tirmidhi reported on the authority of Anas ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) also from Abu Dhar that the Prophet(صلى الله عليه وسلم) said,
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‘O son of Adam! Verily as long as you called upon Me and hoped in Me, I forgave you, despite whatever may have occurred from you, and I did not mind. O son of Adam! Were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky, then you sought forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you, and I would not mind. So son of Adam! If you came to me with sins nearly as great as the earth, and then you met Me not associating anything with Me, I would come to you with forgiveness nearly as great as it.'

So oh servant of Allah, the one constantly committing mistakes and disobeying his Lord, never despair of the mercy of Allah. Know that if you repent to Allah, He forgives all sins, again and again and again.


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PDF: The ruling of those who abandon the Prayer

By Al-'Allāmah Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen, may Allaah have mercy upon him

Translated by Shafiq Ibn Fadlillah, may Allaah preserve him

*Fasting Al Ayyam Al Beed (white days) الصيام أيام البيض*

Abu Dharr (radiAllahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam) said "If you want to observe Saum on three days in a month, then fast on the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of the (lunar) month.'' [At-Tirmidhi].

Fasting these 3 days this month will be on:

(13th) Sat 4th Jul. [TOMORROW]
(14th) Sun 5th Jul.
(15th) Mon 6th Jul.

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

◾Explanation of Sahīh Al Bukhāri from the Book of Knowledge◾️

By our Shaykh, the 'Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abū 'Abdirrahmān Yahya bin 'Alī Al-Hajūri - may Allāh preserve him -
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🎙"Race! Race in benefiting.

Try O student of knowledge to benefit early.
How do you benefit? You memorise the Qurān and be proficient in it, and you memorise the Sunnah and be proficient in it, and you take those lessons which you need and be proficient in them. Hasten, I am to you an advisor. Don't delay and say the affair is easy, like it is said "fāhinah" (easy). Don't delay. Consider this month by Allāh it is a treasure. You will regret (not taking) this opportunity. And the Sunnah is a treasure. A year and you persevere in seeking knowledge continuously. By Allāh this a great Treasure! So hasten with benefitting. This is not that you leap and rush with seeking knowledge. No, rather what it means is focus, focus until you benefit early and you benefit and take advantage of that. For the age is an opportunity and the time is an opportunity... And Dār ul Hadith is an opportunity. It is possible that you study in any school or in any department, however Dār ul Hadith is a favourable opportunity that won't return.

Dār ul Hadith, where a person is able to acquire sciences in Arabic grammar and pure creed without difficulty and without being charged money.

So I say hasten, may Allāh reward you with good."


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Transcribed to Arabic and summarised by:
Thābit Al-Hadhrami
- may Allāh reward him with good -
on the 28th, Safar, 1441H

Translated by:
Aāsim bin Bashārat Al-Bākistānī

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Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen [may Allāh have mercy on him] said:

“The worldly-life is not a great amount of time, [short, only a number of days], days which shall pass by. Therefore remain patient until Allāh delivers His decision. [Surely Allāh is able to do all things].”

Sharh Riyādh us-Sāliheen | Page 104 | Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen [may Allāh have mercy on him]