True Brothers
Shaykh 'Abd Ul-'Azīz Ibn Bāz ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ said:
"So your brother is the one who advises you, reminds you and alerts you. Your brother is not the one who gives you no thought, avoids you, or speaks to you with pretty words that lack real truth and sincerity. Rather, your brother, in reality, is the one who advises you, the one who admonishes you and reminds you. He calls you to Allāh, keeps explaining to you the path to deliverance clearly until you follow it, and warns you about the path to destruction - he keeps explaining to you how evil its end is until you avoid it.
[Majmū' Al-Fatāwa Wa-Maqālāt Mutanawwi'ah, 14/21. Translated by Mikail Ibn Mahboob Ariff]
Shaykh 'Abd Ul-'Azīz Ibn Bāz ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ said:
"So your brother is the one who advises you, reminds you and alerts you. Your brother is not the one who gives you no thought, avoids you, or speaks to you with pretty words that lack real truth and sincerity. Rather, your brother, in reality, is the one who advises you, the one who admonishes you and reminds you. He calls you to Allāh, keeps explaining to you the path to deliverance clearly until you follow it, and warns you about the path to destruction - he keeps explaining to you how evil its end is until you avoid it.
[Majmū' Al-Fatāwa Wa-Maqālāt Mutanawwi'ah, 14/21. Translated by Mikail Ibn Mahboob Ariff]
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Ali Ibn Abee Taalib said:
“The thing I fear for you most is following desires and having extensive hopes (about this worldly life). Following one’s desires blocks you from the truth, and having extensive hopes makes you forget the hereafter. Verily, this worldly life is departing and the hereafter is approaching and each of them has its children. So be children of the hereafter, not children of this world, for today there are (opportunities to do) deeds and there is no reckoning, but tomorrow there will be reckoning and no deeds.” [Aboo Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyaa’, 1/40]
Abdullaah Ibn Al-Mubaarak said:
“Know that death nowadays is an honour for every Muslim who meets Allah adhering to the Sunnah. Verily, to Allah we belong and unto Him is our return. It is to Allah that we complain of our Alienation, the passing away of our brothers, the lack of support and the emergence of bid’ah. it is to Allah that we complain of the great calamity that has befallen this ummah because of the passing away of the scholars and Ahl as-Sunnah, and the emergence of bid’ah.”
[Al-Bia’h wan-Nahy ‘anha by Ibn Waddaah]
“The thing I fear for you most is following desires and having extensive hopes (about this worldly life). Following one’s desires blocks you from the truth, and having extensive hopes makes you forget the hereafter. Verily, this worldly life is departing and the hereafter is approaching and each of them has its children. So be children of the hereafter, not children of this world, for today there are (opportunities to do) deeds and there is no reckoning, but tomorrow there will be reckoning and no deeds.” [Aboo Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyaa’, 1/40]
Abdullaah Ibn Al-Mubaarak said:
“Know that death nowadays is an honour for every Muslim who meets Allah adhering to the Sunnah. Verily, to Allah we belong and unto Him is our return. It is to Allah that we complain of our Alienation, the passing away of our brothers, the lack of support and the emergence of bid’ah. it is to Allah that we complain of the great calamity that has befallen this ummah because of the passing away of the scholars and Ahl as-Sunnah, and the emergence of bid’ah.”
[Al-Bia’h wan-Nahy ‘anha by Ibn Waddaah]
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Learn from life's lessons, even bad experiences.
It is important for growth and development.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
لَا يُلْدَغُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ جُحْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ
"The believer is not stung from the same hole twice."
All praise belongs to Allaah.
It is important for growth and development.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
لَا يُلْدَغُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ جُحْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ
"The believer is not stung from the same hole twice."
All praise belongs to Allaah.
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Most people entertain bad thoughts about Allaah regarding their own personal situations and the situations of others. The only ones who remain safe from this are those who truly know Allaah, His Names, His Attributes, and what His Wisdom and Right to be praised really entails.
So let every sincere, sound-minded individual focus on himself regarding this, and then repent to Allaah and seek His Forgiveness from the negative notions he entertains about his Lord.
Look closely at anyone! You will find that people become upset with Qadr and blame things on it, saying that, “It should have been this way or that way…”
Some people behave this way only rarely, others more commonly!
Inspect yourself – Are you innocent!?
If you are saved from it, you are safe from something terrible…
But really, I doubt you are even safe!
-Ibn al-Qayyim
So let every sincere, sound-minded individual focus on himself regarding this, and then repent to Allaah and seek His Forgiveness from the negative notions he entertains about his Lord.
Look closely at anyone! You will find that people become upset with Qadr and blame things on it, saying that, “It should have been this way or that way…”
Some people behave this way only rarely, others more commonly!
Inspect yourself – Are you innocent!?
If you are saved from it, you are safe from something terrible…
But really, I doubt you are even safe!
-Ibn al-Qayyim
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Sayyida Hajar (alayha-salam) was left alone in the desert, with very little provisions and her baby son.
In our times if this happened there would either be an uproar, but as a faith-based experience, I get the wisdom and importance of such a life-changing, heart-rendering lived experience for a woman.
I appreciate the sheer heartache Prophet Ibrahim (alayhi-salam) must have felt as he put Allah (swt) above his own needs and love. I appreciate the hardship of not knowing your future or the reasons behind your test, but putting your deep trust in Allah (swt) and fully believing that He will protect, honour and support you and the ones you love throughout.
Sayyidah Hajar (alayha-salam) speaks for many, not only as a husband and wife dynamic but also as a mother and a person who has to raise herself up and find purpose and meaning alone.
Ultimately I believe Allah (swt) wanted to teach us: that these experiences show us that we have the strength, intelligence, self-worth, faith, and resilience to be women of faith, and purpose and have the confidence about moving forward, whatever tests come by us. This was a true actualisation of faith: a lived experience and masterclass in tawhid.
Several months ago, I sat in the park and watched my three-year-old playing and I said to myself, I would do anything for you. My love, my heart, and my being at that moment swelled up. I can imagine Sayyida Hajar lovingly looking at her her son, Ismail, with even more desperation and love. Look how Allah (swt) supported her and recognised her story provides comfort to ALL women.
You can run far and wide to support your child and you don't exactly know where you are running, but you will keep running until you find Him. It's beautiful. How these life experiences and journeys always take you back to Allah (swt). These are my many Dhul-Hijjah reflections.
In our times if this happened there would either be an uproar, but as a faith-based experience, I get the wisdom and importance of such a life-changing, heart-rendering lived experience for a woman.
I appreciate the sheer heartache Prophet Ibrahim (alayhi-salam) must have felt as he put Allah (swt) above his own needs and love. I appreciate the hardship of not knowing your future or the reasons behind your test, but putting your deep trust in Allah (swt) and fully believing that He will protect, honour and support you and the ones you love throughout.
Sayyidah Hajar (alayha-salam) speaks for many, not only as a husband and wife dynamic but also as a mother and a person who has to raise herself up and find purpose and meaning alone.
Ultimately I believe Allah (swt) wanted to teach us: that these experiences show us that we have the strength, intelligence, self-worth, faith, and resilience to be women of faith, and purpose and have the confidence about moving forward, whatever tests come by us. This was a true actualisation of faith: a lived experience and masterclass in tawhid.
Several months ago, I sat in the park and watched my three-year-old playing and I said to myself, I would do anything for you. My love, my heart, and my being at that moment swelled up. I can imagine Sayyida Hajar lovingly looking at her her son, Ismail, with even more desperation and love. Look how Allah (swt) supported her and recognised her story provides comfort to ALL women.
You can run far and wide to support your child and you don't exactly know where you are running, but you will keep running until you find Him. It's beautiful. How these life experiences and journeys always take you back to Allah (swt). These are my many Dhul-Hijjah reflections.
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Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said
If you are studying the deen and not realising your own ignorance then your ilm is not benefittng you. If it is only increasing you in ARROGANCE, then your intention is not sincere. Re-evaluate and START AGAIN.
“I have discovered from my own experience that whenever someone increases in knowledge, they discover how much greater their ignorance is”
[The souls journey after death Ibnul-Qayyim Rahimahullah, page 37]
If you are studying the deen and not realising your own ignorance then your ilm is not benefittng you. If it is only increasing you in ARROGANCE, then your intention is not sincere. Re-evaluate and START AGAIN.
“I have discovered from my own experience that whenever someone increases in knowledge, they discover how much greater their ignorance is”
[The souls journey after death Ibnul-Qayyim Rahimahullah, page 37]
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The Tawakkul of Hajara (May Allah be pleased with her)🤍
When Prophet Ibrahim (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) was leaving his wife Hajara and His new born baby, Hajara called out to him,
"O Ibraaheem, will you go and leave us in this valley in which there are no people and nothing?" She said that to him several times, and he did not answer her. Then she said to him: "Is it Allaah Who has commanded you to do this?" He said: "Yes." She said: "Then He will not forsake us."
-Sahih al-Bukhaari
When Prophet Ibrahim (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) was leaving his wife Hajara and His new born baby, Hajara called out to him,
"O Ibraaheem, will you go and leave us in this valley in which there are no people and nothing?" She said that to him several times, and he did not answer her. Then she said to him: "Is it Allaah Who has commanded you to do this?" He said: "Yes." She said: "Then He will not forsake us."
-Sahih al-Bukhaari
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My wife or my mother, which one should I take for Hajj?
Question:
I intended to make Hajj this year, me and my wife; and my mother tried to go with us. But I refused because I am not able to help my mother and my wife at the same time. Am I sinning by refusing her request?
Answer:
It is befitting that you make Hajj with your mother and delay the Hajj with your wife because kindness to your mother is obligatory upon you; the only exception is if your mother allows you to leave her and to make Hajj with your wife, if so there is no problem with this.
Fatwa by Sheikh Saalih al Fawzan حفظه الله
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
http://mtws.posthaven.com/my-wife-or-my-mother-who-should-i-take-to-haj
Question:
I intended to make Hajj this year, me and my wife; and my mother tried to go with us. But I refused because I am not able to help my mother and my wife at the same time. Am I sinning by refusing her request?
Answer:
It is befitting that you make Hajj with your mother and delay the Hajj with your wife because kindness to your mother is obligatory upon you; the only exception is if your mother allows you to leave her and to make Hajj with your wife, if so there is no problem with this.
Fatwa by Sheikh Saalih al Fawzan حفظه الله
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
http://mtws.posthaven.com/my-wife-or-my-mother-who-should-i-take-to-haj
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My wife or my mother, who should I take to Hajj?
Download My_wife_or_my_mother_who_should_I_take_to_Hajj.doc
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The Day of 'Arafah has a Number of Virtues:
Imam lb Rajab رحمة الله said:
1. It is the day on which the religion was perfected and (Alläh's) favour upon us completed.
2. It is a day of 'Eid for the people of Islãm.
3. It is said it is al-Shaf, which Alläh swore by.
4. It has been narrated that it is the most virtuous day.
5. Fasting it expiates 2 years (of minor sins).
6. It is a day of forgiveness, pardoning, those present at the place being boasted about (by Alläh) and souls being freed from the Hellfire.
See Lata'if al-Ma'ārif, p 615-618
Imam lb Rajab رحمة الله said:
1. It is the day on which the religion was perfected and (Alläh's) favour upon us completed.
2. It is a day of 'Eid for the people of Islãm.
3. It is said it is al-Shaf, which Alläh swore by.
4. It has been narrated that it is the most virtuous day.
5. Fasting it expiates 2 years (of minor sins).
6. It is a day of forgiveness, pardoning, those present at the place being boasted about (by Alläh) and souls being freed from the Hellfire.
See Lata'if al-Ma'ārif, p 615-618
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Umm al-Dardā (raḍiyAllāhu 'anhā) asked a man: 'Have you acted upon what you have learnt?' He said 'No.' She replied: 'Why do you seek of what Allāh will use against you then?' Abū'l-Dardā' (raḍiyAllāhu 'anhu) said, 'Woe to the one whowhoosh acts without knowledge once and woe to the one who knows but does not act upon it seventy times.'
Captured Thoughts by al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī, Page 137 | Translated from the Original Arabic | Dār as-Sunnah Publishers.
Captured Thoughts by al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī, Page 137 | Translated from the Original Arabic | Dār as-Sunnah Publishers.
[June 15 - Dhul-Hijjah 9 (Day of Arafah)]
On the Authority of Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudaree [رضي الله عنه] said that the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
❝Whoever fasts the day of Arafat he is forgiven for the following year and the previous year. And whoever fasts ‘Ashura then he is forgiven the year.❞
[Narrated By Tabaranee | Muhaddith, Shaykh, Allamaa’ Muhammad Nasir Uddeen Al-Albaani: 'Saheeh Li Ghayreehi' In Saheeh Targheeb Wa Tarheeb, (No. 1021) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
https://news.1rj.ru/str/SalafAthar/2054
The Prophet was asked about fasting the day of Arafat and he answered:
❝It expiates for the past and coming years.❞
[Narrated By Muslim, (No. 1162) | Translated By Salah Al-Iranee]
https://news.1rj.ru/str/SalafAthar/2055
On the Authority of Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudaree [رضي الله عنه] said that the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
❝Whoever fasts the day of Arafat he is forgiven for the following year and the previous year. And whoever fasts ‘Ashura then he is forgiven the year.❞
[Narrated By Tabaranee | Muhaddith, Shaykh, Allamaa’ Muhammad Nasir Uddeen Al-Albaani: 'Saheeh Li Ghayreehi' In Saheeh Targheeb Wa Tarheeb, (No. 1021) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
https://news.1rj.ru/str/SalafAthar/2054
The Prophet was asked about fasting the day of Arafat and he answered:
❝It expiates for the past and coming years.❞
[Narrated By Muslim, (No. 1162) | Translated By Salah Al-Iranee]
https://news.1rj.ru/str/SalafAthar/2055
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On the Authority of Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudaree [رضي الله عنه] said that the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
❝Whoever fasts the day of Arafat he is forgiven for the following year and the previous year. And whoever fasts ‘Ashura then he is forgiven the year.❞
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❝Whoever fasts the day of Arafat he is forgiven for the following year and the previous year. And whoever fasts ‘Ashura then he is forgiven the year.❞
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Sahl ibn Sa’d reported: The Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings be upon him, said,
“Two supplications are not rejected, or seldom rejected: the supplication at the call to prayer and under the rain.”
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2540
Sahih according to Al-Albānī
“Two supplications are not rejected, or seldom rejected: the supplication at the call to prayer and under the rain.”
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2540
Sahih according to Al-Albānī
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A Friday that occurs in the ten days of Dhul Hijjah is more distinguished to any other Friday of the year.
—Ibn Hajar رحمه الله
Fath al Bārī 969
—Ibn Hajar رحمه الله
Fath al Bārī 969
'Abdullāh Ibn Mubārak رحمه الله:
"I entered upon Sufyān al-Thawrī on the evening of 'Arafah whilst he was kneeling on his knees and his eyes shedding tears, so he turned towards me and I said to him:
Do you know who the loser is today?
He replied:
The one who thinks Allāh shall not forgive him!
● [لطائف المعارف ابن رجب ص ٣١٠]
📚The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,
"There is no day on which Allah sets free more slaves from Hell than He does on the Day of 'Arafah."
[Sahih Muslim, Book of Hajj, #1277]
"I entered upon Sufyān al-Thawrī on the evening of 'Arafah whilst he was kneeling on his knees and his eyes shedding tears, so he turned towards me and I said to him:
Do you know who the loser is today?
He replied:
The one who thinks Allāh shall not forgive him!
● [لطائف المعارف ابن رجب ص ٣١٠]
📚The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,
"There is no day on which Allah sets free more slaves from Hell than He does on the Day of 'Arafah."
[Sahih Muslim, Book of Hajj, #1277]
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