Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

‎“If Allāh had forgiven the one who had quenched the thirst of a very thirsty dog, so what would be the case for he who quenches the thirst, feeds the hungry, and clothes the unclothed from among the Muslims?.”

‎['Udat as-Saabireen | 1/216]

Jabir (رضي الله عنه) reported:

I heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying.

Every servant would be raised (in the same very state) in which he dies.

Sahih Muslim 2878 a

So If you lived a life of disobedience, if you lived a life of sin, you will die the same way and you will be resurrected the way you died !

May Allah accept our acts of worship and forgive our sins. Ameen

And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

[ Quran, 51:55 ]

𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 | 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 | 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘

The pain and suffering of this world is temporary so be patient🤍🩵

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said “The most privileged people in the world among the people of Hellfire will come on the Day of Resurrection to be dipped in Hellfire, then it will be said: 0 son of Adam, did you see any good? Did you get any blessing? He will say: No, by Allah, my Lord!

Then, the most miserable people in the world among the people of Paradise will come on the Day of Resurrection to be dipped in Paradise, then it will be said: O son of Adam, did you see any hardship? Did you have any distress? He will say: No, by Allah, my Lord! I did not once see hardship or distress."
Sahih Muslim 2807

The Prophet ﷺ said: “He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while his neighbor to his side goes hungry.” (Sahih Al-Jaami: 5382).

We learn from the Hadith that feeding the poor and needy increases a persons Eemaan (faith), therefore, bringing him closer to Allah ﷻ.

And we all need to strive to draw nearer to Allah ﷻ. This is why Ibn Al-Qayim said: “you are in need of the reward of your charity more than the poor is in need of your charity.”

Make a sincere intention and feed at least one poor person today for the sake of Allah ﷻ in order to drawer nearer to Allah ﷻ.

ANGELS PRAY WITH ONE WHO PRAYS ALONE.

Allah will not let you pray alone, but He subhanahu wa'ta'ala will surround you with angels the size of mountains that would pray with you. Allah would announce to another group of angels that he has forgiven you for your sins and entered you into paradise.

Salman al-Farsi (radiAllahuanhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhiwa sallam), said,

“If a man is in a deserted land and the time of prayer arrives, let him perform ablution. If he does not find water, let him perform dry ablution. If he performs the prayer, two angels pray with him. If he announces the call to prayer and performs the prayer, behind him will be angels among the armies of Allah whose great numbers cannot be seen.”

[Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr lil-Ṭabarānī 6120
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani]

عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ بِأَرْضِ قِيٍّ فَحَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ مَاءً فَلْيَتَيَمَّمْ فَإِنْ أَقَامَ صَلَّى مَعَهُ مَلَكَاهُ وَإِنْ أَذَّنَ وَأَقَامَ صَلَّى خَلْفَهُ مِنْ جُنُودِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يُرَى طَرَفَاهُ

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Please note.

This is a prayer (Fard) one is necessarily prevented from attending the Masjid due to example travel, extreme weather etc. Additionally all superogatory prayers one is encouraged to pray at home. The Prophet of Allah (sallallaahu alayhiwa sallam) said "do not make your homes a graveyard". What do we learn from this? You're not supposed to pray at graveyards, accordingly the house in which Salah is not made (optional prayer) is a defacto graveyard, this has to be clearly understood. From another angle our scholars say "those who come forward to recite Qurʾān in graveyards should take specific cognizance of this hadeeth". Recitation of the Qur’an is inbuilt in Salah hence no Qurʾān must be recited in graveyards.

This is not to be construed as an alternative to avoid going to the Masjid for the regular fard prayer. Instead the wise one must contemplate the sheer reward for going to the Masjid. If angels pray with you when praying alone what will be the reward when praying in congregation???

Allah knows best.

AL WAHYAIN CENTRE.
Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦.
Striving to be upon Salafiyyah.

Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله تعالى said: “The Shaytān wants mankind to be excessive and wasteful in all his matters.”
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‎● [تفسير الكبير ٥/٢٤٧]

SAFEGUARD YOUR TONGUE AND HEART

Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam said:

“When son of Ādam wakes up in the morning, all of his limbs humble themselves to the tongue and say:

‘Fear Allāh regarding us for we are only as you are; so if you are upright; we will be upright, and if you are crooked; we will be crooked’.”

[مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير برقم ٣٥١ ، حسنه الألباني]

Learn Manners before taking Knowledge

Malik ibn Anas, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
تَعَلَّمِ الأَدَبَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَعَلَّمَ الْعِلْمَ
Learn good manners before seeking knowledge.
Source: Gharāʼib Mālik ibn Anas 45

And Malik said:
كانت أمي تعممني وتقول لي اذهب إلى ربيعة فتعلم من أدبه قبل علمه
My mother would dress me up and say to me: Go to Sheikh Rabi’ah and learn from his manners before his knowledge.
Source: Tartīb al-Madārik 1/130

Ibn Al-Mubarak, may Allah have mercy on him, said to the people of hadīth:
أنتم إِلَى قَلِيلٍ مِنَ الْأَدَبِ أَحْوَجُ منكم إِلَى كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ
You are in greater need of a little manners than a great deal of knowledge.
Source: Tārīkh Dimashq 32918

And Ibn Al-Mubarak said:
طلبت الأدب ثلاثين سنة وطلبت العلم عشرين سنة وكانوا يطلبون الأدب ثم العلم
I sought manners for thirty years and I sought knowledge for twenty years. The righteous predecessors would seek manners and then seek knowledge.
Source: Ghāyat al-Nihāyah 1/446

Sufyan Ath-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ الْحَدِيثَ تَأَدَّبَ وَتَعَبَّدَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ بِعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً
If a man intended to write the hadīth, he would study good manners and worship for twenty years before doing so.
Source: Hilyat al-Awliyā 361

Al-Laith ibn Sa’d, may Allah have mercy on him, said to the people of hadīth:
تَعَلَّمُوا الْحِلْمَ قَبْلَ الْعِلْمِ
Learn forbearance before seeking knowledge.
Source: Jāmi’ Bayān al-‘Ilm 581
In fact, the righteous predecessors would learn more from a scholar’s manners than they would from his knowledge.

Az-Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
كُنَّا نَأْتِي الْعَالِمَ فَمَا نَتَعَلَّمُ مِنْ أَدَبِهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْنَا مِنْ عِلْمِهِ
We would come to a scholar and what we learned from his manners was more beloved to us than his knowledge.
Source: Hilyat al-Awliyā 4575

Ibn Wahb, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
مَا تَعَلَّمْتُ مِنْ أَدَبِ مَالِكٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ
What I learned from the manners of Malik was better than his knowledge.
Source: Jāmi’ Bayān al-‘Ilm 581

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

Crying is different types:

Crying out of mercy and compassion. Crying out of fear and awe. Crying out of love and longing. Crying out of joy and happiness. Crying out of panic due to the arrival of something painful and unbearable. Crying out of sadness.

The difference between crying out of sadness and crying out of fear: Crying out of sadness is for what has passed of a calamity or the loss of a beloved one. Crying out of fear is for what is expected in the future of that. The difference between crying out of joy and crying out of sadness: Tears of joy are cold and the heart is happy. Tears of sadness are warm and the heart is sad.

Crying out of weakness and vulnerability. Crying out of hypocrisy, when the eyes tear up but the heart is hard, so the person appears to be pious while having one of the hardest hearts.

Borrowed crying, like the crying of a professional mourner for a fee, as Umar ibn Al-Khattab said: “She sells her emotions and cries for the pain of others.”

Crying out of conformity, when a person sees others crying for something that has happened to them, so he cries with them without knowing what they are crying for, but he sees them crying and cries with them.

Zaad Al-Ma’aad (1/184, 185)

💎𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟 (𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬) 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞💎

Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:

❝Knowledge is more precious than money.❞

‎[Madārij Al-Sālikīn, (2/217) | Translated By Musa Shaleem Mohammed]

Never mistake wealth, possessions, fame or power for real success. Even firawn had all of it.

If it meant anything in Allah's sight He wouldn't have given it to Firawn.

True success lies in seeking the pleasure of Allah and obeying his commands, staying away from his prohibitions and being content with his decree while doing all the permissible means for success with Ihsan.

Eastern and Western Cultural invasion on Muslim societies – Imam Ibn Baz

How to fight the Eastern and Western cultural invasion [1]

All praise be to Allah Alone, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family and Companions.

There is no doubt that the gravest danger that Muslim societies are facing nowadays is the so-called cultural invasion with its different weapons, including all media means, printed and broadcast alike. Invaders have realized in the modern age that the old ways have become ineffective. Nations fight courageously to defend their religion, homelands and their heritage. Usurping by violence and terrorism is an inherently refused concept, especially in modern times after the spread of awareness among the people. The world has become like a small village and many organizations were established to defend the rights of nations, refuse political invasion, and claim the right to self-determination. Every nation has the right to have sovereignty over its own territory, invest its resources, and rule its territories according to its own standards. Nations also adopt different beliefs, creeds and ruling systems, which made invaders leave these countries after fierce, bloody wars.

However, before leaving those countries, the invaders thought of many ways and prepared many plots based on thorough investigation, full awareness of the aims and effectiveness of those plans, and the ways that should be followed to accomplish them. Their aims revolved around designing highly deceiving curriculums of weak ties with religion, focusing on spreading their culture and instilling in the souls of most of the people the admiration of their material achievements in different aspects of life. When people, especially teenagers and young students, are impressed by this superficial brilliant achievements and inventions in the world, some of them who are totally impressed choose to complete their education in European and American universities. There they are surrounded with doubts and sorts of lusts systematically presented by orientalists and atheists, using well-organized, perverted, cunning schemes, where they face the Western lifestyle with all its corruption, dissolution and obscenity.

Rarely does a person remain safe from these weapons, being accompanied with enticement and lack of religion or authority. After completing their study and returning to their countries, those people assume important posts and become agents for the colonialists and apply their demands and implement their plots precisely, even with harsher means than those used by the colonialists themselves. This has taken place, indeed, in many countries that were occupied by invaders. The way to safety from this danger lies in establishing universities and institutes in different specializations, in order to limit the missions abroad and teach all forms of knowledge in all universities and institutes. This should be accompanied with paying attention to Islamic subjects and culture, in order to keep the Aqidah (creed) of the students intact, and protect their morals and future, so that they take part in building their society on a Shariah (Islamic law) basis and according to the needs of the Islamic Ummah (nation). We should restrict educational missions abroad to certain forms of knowledge that are not available at home.

May Allah guide us to all what benefits the people and the countries, and protects the Muslims against anything that might harm them in their Aqidah and morals. He is the Most Generous.

Moreover, we need to take more care of curricula, add a perfect Islamic touch to them, and establish more scientific institutions to help the people study at home instead of traveling abroad. We should also choose teachers and managers perfectly; all of them should be of good morals, sound Aqidah, reputation, jealousy on Islam, power and honesty. Whoever enjoys these traits is guaranteed and will most probably do their best to explain information to the students in a correct way.

However, if it is a necessity to send some students to learn abroad due to the lack of some professional institutions, especially in the field of industry, an objective committee should be formed to choose the most suitable students in terms of religion and morals and who are well-versed in Islamic culture and have an Islamic spirit. The committee can also choose a knowledgeable, righteous supervisor, who is active in practicing Dawah (calling to Islam), to accompany the mission, practices Dawah there, supervises and guides the students, and refutes any doubts they may come across.

They should be given even a short course before traveling to be aware of all the problems they might encounter abroad, and clarify the Shariah viewpoint and wisdom behind such issues according to the Qur’an, the Sunnah (whatever is reported from the Prophet), and the opinions of scholars. This includes, for instance, the rulings on slavery, polygyny in general, polygyny of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in particular, Talaq (divorce pronounced by a husband), the wisdom behind both offensive and defensive Jihad (fighting in the Cause of Allah), and such doubts that are mentioned by the enemies of Allah to Muslim youths, so that they would be fully ready to refute any such issues.

As for facing the invasion of print and broadcast media, which have afflicted the Muslim Ummah in the modern age and have come to occupy most of the time of Muslims in spite of the deadly poison and the misleading promotion they usually contain, it is one of the most important tasks to protect Islam and the Islamic culture from its evil plotting. We should make sure that the Duah (callers to Islam) dedicate themselves to writing useful researches, periodicals and articles; practicing Dawah, replying to different forms of cultural invasion and exposing their falsehood. The enemies have dedicated all their resources and potentials, founded many organizations and applied different means to deceive Muslims. Their misconceptions should be refuted and Islamic Aqidah, legislation, rulings and morals should be clarified and explained in a nice, attractive way using suitable modern ways; wisdom and good discourse of preaching, arguing in a gentle way via all mass media as much as possible. Islam is the perfect religion that encompasses all goodness, guarantees happiness to all people, good progress, sound development, peace, security, prosperous life and winning in this world and in the Hereafter.

The Muslims are afflicted by all this as they do not stick to their religion as they should have, with most of the people not understanding its reality, because of being not interested; ignorant of it; negligent of many scholars in clarifying its advantages, wisdoms and secrets; lack of honesty and patience in inviting others to it; and not bearing harm and using the modern ways. Thus, discrepancy took place. Most of the people have become ignorant of the Islamic rulings. They have become deluded.

It is known that the last generation of this Ummah will not succeed except with what brought success to the first generation – that is, to follow the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).

Allah (Exalted be He) says:

[Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to these idolaters (pagan Arabs) of your folk:] Follow what has been sent down unto you from your Lord (the Qur’ân and Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah), and follow not any Auliyâ’ (protectors and helpers who order you to associate partners in worship with Allâh), besides Him (Allâh). Little do you remember! [Surah Al-Araf, 7: 3]

Allah (Exalted be He) also says:

“And verily, this (i.e. Allâh’s Commandments mentioned in the above two Verses 151 and 152) is My Straight Path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His Path. This He has ordained for you that you may become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious – see V.2:2).” [Surah Al-Anam, 6: 153]

And: And this is a blessed Book (the Qur’ân) which We have sent down, so follow it and fear Allâh (i.e. do not disobey His Orders), that you may receive mercy (i.e. be saved from the torment of Hell). [Surah Al-Anam, 6: 155]

Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He), Who is the Most Truthful, has promised us a great victory and successful outcome in return for this in His Statement: …and (as for) the believers, it was incumbent upon Us to help (them). [Surah Al­Rum, 30: 47]

He (Glorified be He) also says:

But if you remain patient and become Al-Muttaqûn [the pious – See V.2:2], not the least harm will their cunning do to you. Surely, Allâh surrounds all that they do. [Surah Al-Imran, 3: 120]

And: Allâh has promised those among you who believe and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the land, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to practise their religion which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islâm). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they (believers) worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me. But whoever disbelieves after this, they are the Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).[Surah Al-Nur, 24: 55]

And: O you who believe! If you help (in the cause of) Allâh, He will help you, and make your foothold firm.[Surah Muhammad, 47: 7]

There are many Ayahs (Qur’anic verses) in this regard. When the Salaf (righteous predecessors) applied these noble Ayahs, whether in words, actions, or beliefs, Allah granted them victory over their enemies, made them rulers of the world, spread justice through them, and made them leaders of the Ummah and Imams of guidance. When the latter generations faltered in this (Allah’s Orders) their conditions declined, according to Allah’s Statement: Verily, Allâh will not change the (good) condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves (by committing sins and by being ungrateful and disobedient to Allâh).[Surah Al-Rad, 13: 11]

May Allah make the Muslims, whether people or governments, return to their faith in a proper way; grant them comprehension of it, cause them to apply it, make them unanimous on Al-Haqq (the Truth), guide them to cooperation in righteousness and piety, and enjoining each other to Al-Haqq and persevering upon it. He is the All-Hearing, Ever Near. May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions.

[1] Contained in the eighth edition of the Islamic Research Journal for the period of Rabi Al-Awwal-Jumada Al-Thany in 1404 A.H. Intellectual invasion questions and answers prepared by the Journal editing staff.

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The Prophet ﷺ said: “Those who deal mercifully with others, Allah will deal mercifully with them, therefore, show mercy to those on Earth so that the one in the Heavens may show you mercy.”

The Hadith is very simple and straightforward, if we don’t show mercy and compassion to each other, especially during times of hardship and calamity, we risk losing the most important mercy that matters to us, and that is, the mercy of Allah upon us.

This is a serious matter. Stop cursing each other and stop hating each other, Allah ﷻ made us believers and He commanded us to maintain the tie of brotherhood with each other. So adhere to His command, and avoid the path of the Shaytaan, the path of hatred and arguments.

May Allah ﷻ not hold us to account for what the ignorant and foolish amongst us have done.

A reminder for myself first:

Not every issue raised or problem pointed out means that people are against us, or that they are attacking us.

We need to get rid of this mentality.

We find that this was done by the hypocrites during the lifetime of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم:

يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ

{They think that every cry is against them.}
📚[Surah al-Munaafiqoon (63): 4]

And we do not have different laws for the people based on their status or merits.

It is reported in the Saheehain that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "The people before you were ruined because when a noble person amongst them committed theft, they would leave him, but if a weak person amongst them committed theft, they would execute the legal punishment on him. By Allaah, were Faatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, to commit the theft, I would have cut off her hand."
📚[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (3475, 3733, 6788) and Saheeh Muslim]

Narrated Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree رضي الله عنه, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Nay, the awe (fear/status) of people should not prevent a man from speaking the truth, if he knows it.”
📚[Sunan Ibn Maajah (4007) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam said:

“Verily, there is nothing that is between the heaven and the earth but it knows that I am the Messenger of Allāh, except for the disobedient Jinns and humans.”

● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير برقم ٢٤٠٩ ، حسنه الألباني]

MAKING FUN OF ISLAM # Ahlul Athar

If you ask them (about this), they declare: "We were only talking idly and joking." Say: "Was it at Allaah, and His Ayaat and His Messenger that you were mocking?" Make no excuse; YOU HAVE DISBELIEVED after you had believed. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst you because they were Mujrimoon (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc) [Soorah Taubah 9.65-66]

*What’s your goal in life?*

Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله said:

‎"The greatest goal of the servant is to die upon Islam, and this is in the Hand of Allah."

📓Al-Fawaa‘id (page: 201).

Allah عز وجل said:

تَوَفَّنِىۡ مُسۡلِمًا وَّاَلۡحِقۡنِىۡ بِالصّٰلِحِيۡ

"...cause me to die as a Muslim (the one submitting to Your Will), and join me with the righteous." آمين
[Suurat Yuusuf: 101]

"The closest a servant is to his Lord is when he is in prostration." • [رواه مسلم ٢٨٤]

Sheikh Uthaymīn رحمه الله stated: "This is because he has placed his forehead (face) - the highest and most honourable part of his body - down into the ground where people treat upon with their feet, in doing so he demonstrates the perfection of subservience to Allāh."

The one standing up is actually higher up physically than the one down in prostration, however since the prostrating one humbled himself to Allāh, consequently Allāh raised him and so he is actually closer to Allāh."

So if is appropriate you make plentiful supplication in these prostrations - whether obligatory or supererogatory prayers -, and you supplicate for whatever you wish (after completing the prescribed supplications) as long as it's not a sin or cutting the ties of kinship.

So a student of knowledge may ask, "O' Allāh increase me in knowledge and grant me understanding and memorisation", the one building a house may ask, "O' Allāh aid me in the completion of the house", the youth may ask "O' Allāh grant me a wife", ... and so on."

● [صفة الصلاة (بتصرف يسير) للشيخ العثيمين ص ٤٢١]