It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “People should stop boasting about their forefathers who have died, for they are no more than the fuel of Hell, or they will be more insignificant before Allah than the dung beetle which rolls up dung with its nose. Allah has taken away your jaahili arrogance and pride in your ancestors; rather man is either a believer who fears Allah or an immoral person who is doomed. All of them are the sons of Adam and Adam was created from dust.” (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, al-Manaaqib, 3890; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 3100).
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Types of Patience
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
Patience is of two types: physical and psychological. Each type may also be optional or obligatory. Thus, we have four types of patience:
1) Optional physical patience such as doing hard labor willingly.
2) Obligatory physical patience, such as enduring the pain of beatings, illness, wounds or cold or hot weather.
3) Optional psychological patience, such as refraining from doing ill-conduct that contradicts sacred knowledge or reason.
4) Obligatory psychological patience, such as enduring the pain of separation from one's loved ones who are beyond his reach.
The obligatory types of patience can be applied to human beings and animals, whereas the optional types apply only to people. However, some people may only maintain patience for obligatory things, like animals, and forsake optional patience.
[The Way to Patience & Gratitude | Pg. 13-14]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
Patience is of two types: physical and psychological. Each type may also be optional or obligatory. Thus, we have four types of patience:
1) Optional physical patience such as doing hard labor willingly.
2) Obligatory physical patience, such as enduring the pain of beatings, illness, wounds or cold or hot weather.
3) Optional psychological patience, such as refraining from doing ill-conduct that contradicts sacred knowledge or reason.
4) Obligatory psychological patience, such as enduring the pain of separation from one's loved ones who are beyond his reach.
The obligatory types of patience can be applied to human beings and animals, whereas the optional types apply only to people. However, some people may only maintain patience for obligatory things, like animals, and forsake optional patience.
[The Way to Patience & Gratitude | Pg. 13-14]
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Shaykh Ibn Baaz on Using Zakaat Money to Finish the Construction of a Masjid
Posted on August 28, 2013 by admin
In the Name of Allaah…
Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have Mercy on him) was asked about using zakaat money to finish building a masjid that is almost completed, and its construction may be halted (due to lack of funding). He replied:
What is well-known to the scholars, and it is the position of the vast majority of them, so it can be considered like ijmaa’ (scholarly consensus) of the scholars of the early As-Salaf As-Saalih, is that zakaat is not to be used for building masjids, buying books, or the likes. It may only be distributed to the eight kinds of recipients who are mentioned in the verse in Soorah At-Tawbah [v.60], and they are:
(1) The fuqaraa’ (those who are extremely poor),
(2) The masaakeen (the poor and needy),
(3) Those who work in distributing it (zakaat),
(4) Those whose hearts need firmness upon Islaam (new Muslims),
(5) Freeing slaves,
(6) Paying debts,
(7) In the way of Allaah, and
(8) The traveler who is in need.
And the phrase “in the way of Allaah” means jihaad specifically. This is what is known to the people of knowledge, and the building of masjids is not mentioned here, nor is the building of schools or roadways, nor their likes.
And Allaah is the One who grants success.
Source: Majmoo’ Fataawee wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwa’ah (14/294)
Translated by: Moosaa Richardson
ST Archives – Originally Published 02-22-2008
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Citations of Scholarly Consensus About Zakaat Money Spent on General Charities
Citations of Scholarly Consensus Regarding Zakaat Spent on General Charities
Posted on August 22, 2013 by Webmaster
In the Name of Allaah, the Ever-Compassionate, the Bestower of Mercy…
A number of scholars of the past, from different math-habs, lands, and time periods, have cited ijmaa’ (scholarly consensus) on the impermissibility of spending zakaat on general charities, like building masjids, roads, bridges, or buying a shroud for a dead person or paying his debts. They viewed that “fee sabeelillaah” (in the way of Allaah) in the verse of zakaat recipients (9:60) was specific to the Muslim army and its battles, and some added: Battles and Hajj.
The following citations from early scholars oppose the general broader understanding promoted by some later scholars and writers that “fee sabeelillaah” (in the way of Allaah) includes all types of charity and good deeds loved by Allaah:
1. Aboo ‘Ubayd al-Qaasim ibn Sallaam (d.224)
Regarding paying the debts of the deceased, buying shrouds for him, building masjids, or routing rivers, and similar things of a charitable nature, then Sufyaan (ath-Thawree), the scholars of Iraq, and others have all agreed that this does not fulfill the duty of zakaat, since these are not from its eight categories.
Source: His book, Kitaab al-Amwaal, 2/293.
2. Ibn Hazm (d.456)
There is no dispute (amongst the scholars) that Allaah did not intend (by “fee sabeelillaah”) every good and charitable kind of thing when distributing zakaat, thus it is not permissible to be spent in other than the ways identified by the text, which is what I have mentioned previously (i.e. on the Muslim army).
Source: His book, al-Muhallaa, 6/102.
3. Ibn al-‘Arabee (d.543)
I know of no differing (amongst the scholars) over the intended meaning of ‘fee sabeelillaah’ here (in the verse of zakaat, Quran 9:60) that it refers to the battles (of the Muslim Army), and this is something done for Allaah’s pleasure, except that it is reported from Ahmad [ibn Hanbal] and Is-haaq [ibn Raahwayh] that they said it includes Hajj.
Source: His book, Ahkaam al-Qur’aan, 2/435.
4. Ibn Hubayrah (d.560)
The Imaams have agreed that it is not permissible to, nor is it valid to spend zakaat to build Masajid or bridges, or shroud the dead, or other (charitable) things, since zakaat was not legislated for that.
Source: al-Ifsaah, as found in Nayl al-Ma’aarib of al-Bassaam, 2/71.
5. Ibn Qudaamah (d.620)
Posted on August 28, 2013 by admin
In the Name of Allaah…
Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have Mercy on him) was asked about using zakaat money to finish building a masjid that is almost completed, and its construction may be halted (due to lack of funding). He replied:
What is well-known to the scholars, and it is the position of the vast majority of them, so it can be considered like ijmaa’ (scholarly consensus) of the scholars of the early As-Salaf As-Saalih, is that zakaat is not to be used for building masjids, buying books, or the likes. It may only be distributed to the eight kinds of recipients who are mentioned in the verse in Soorah At-Tawbah [v.60], and they are:
(1) The fuqaraa’ (those who are extremely poor),
(2) The masaakeen (the poor and needy),
(3) Those who work in distributing it (zakaat),
(4) Those whose hearts need firmness upon Islaam (new Muslims),
(5) Freeing slaves,
(6) Paying debts,
(7) In the way of Allaah, and
(8) The traveler who is in need.
And the phrase “in the way of Allaah” means jihaad specifically. This is what is known to the people of knowledge, and the building of masjids is not mentioned here, nor is the building of schools or roadways, nor their likes.
And Allaah is the One who grants success.
Source: Majmoo’ Fataawee wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwa’ah (14/294)
Translated by: Moosaa Richardson
ST Archives – Originally Published 02-22-2008
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Citations of Scholarly Consensus About Zakaat Money Spent on General Charities
Citations of Scholarly Consensus Regarding Zakaat Spent on General Charities
Posted on August 22, 2013 by Webmaster
In the Name of Allaah, the Ever-Compassionate, the Bestower of Mercy…
A number of scholars of the past, from different math-habs, lands, and time periods, have cited ijmaa’ (scholarly consensus) on the impermissibility of spending zakaat on general charities, like building masjids, roads, bridges, or buying a shroud for a dead person or paying his debts. They viewed that “fee sabeelillaah” (in the way of Allaah) in the verse of zakaat recipients (9:60) was specific to the Muslim army and its battles, and some added: Battles and Hajj.
The following citations from early scholars oppose the general broader understanding promoted by some later scholars and writers that “fee sabeelillaah” (in the way of Allaah) includes all types of charity and good deeds loved by Allaah:
1. Aboo ‘Ubayd al-Qaasim ibn Sallaam (d.224)
Regarding paying the debts of the deceased, buying shrouds for him, building masjids, or routing rivers, and similar things of a charitable nature, then Sufyaan (ath-Thawree), the scholars of Iraq, and others have all agreed that this does not fulfill the duty of zakaat, since these are not from its eight categories.
Source: His book, Kitaab al-Amwaal, 2/293.
2. Ibn Hazm (d.456)
There is no dispute (amongst the scholars) that Allaah did not intend (by “fee sabeelillaah”) every good and charitable kind of thing when distributing zakaat, thus it is not permissible to be spent in other than the ways identified by the text, which is what I have mentioned previously (i.e. on the Muslim army).
Source: His book, al-Muhallaa, 6/102.
3. Ibn al-‘Arabee (d.543)
I know of no differing (amongst the scholars) over the intended meaning of ‘fee sabeelillaah’ here (in the verse of zakaat, Quran 9:60) that it refers to the battles (of the Muslim Army), and this is something done for Allaah’s pleasure, except that it is reported from Ahmad [ibn Hanbal] and Is-haaq [ibn Raahwayh] that they said it includes Hajj.
Source: His book, Ahkaam al-Qur’aan, 2/435.
4. Ibn Hubayrah (d.560)
The Imaams have agreed that it is not permissible to, nor is it valid to spend zakaat to build Masajid or bridges, or shroud the dead, or other (charitable) things, since zakaat was not legislated for that.
Source: al-Ifsaah, as found in Nayl al-Ma’aarib of al-Bassaam, 2/71.
5. Ibn Qudaamah (d.620)
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This (“fee sabeelillaah”) is the seventh category of zakaat recipients. There is no differing over their right to receive it or that the ruling is still in effect. There is also no differing over them being members of the Muslim Army fee sabeelillaah, since the way of Allaah when mentioned without a further restriction is understood to refer to battles…
Source: His book, al-Mughnee, 9/326.
And Allaah knows best.
Written by: Moosaa Richardson
ST Archives – Originally Published 02-22-2008
Source: His book, al-Mughnee, 9/326.
And Allaah knows best.
Written by: Moosaa Richardson
ST Archives – Originally Published 02-22-2008
The most beautiful form of Rizq is not just money.
Rather it is: tranquility of the soul, healthiness of the body, purity of the heart, Du’ā from a mother, kindness of a father, Du’ā from someone who loves you for the sake of Allāh.
May Allāh grant us all of these forms of Rizq, Āmīn. 🩷
Rather it is: tranquility of the soul, healthiness of the body, purity of the heart, Du’ā from a mother, kindness of a father, Du’ā from someone who loves you for the sake of Allāh.
May Allāh grant us all of these forms of Rizq, Āmīn. 🩷
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An-Nawawi said:
"𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗱, 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵, 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁."
شرح مسلم للنووي (10/92)
"𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗱, 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵, 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁."
شرح مسلم للنووي (10/92)
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Avoid labeling the 27th night as Laylat Al-Qadr.
Yes, many scholars have pointed to its strong possibility, however, it’s still called the 27th night of Ramadan, not Laylat Al-Qadr.
If it were known for sure, why would the Prophet ﷺ and his companions devote themselves to worship throughout all ten nights?
Their actions remind us that Laylat Al-Qadr is not a night you guess, it’s a night you seek. And you seek it with dedication, humility, and consistency.
So keep striving, night after night.
Don’t slow down. One of these nights could change your destiny forever.
May Allah accept our worship and grant us the full reward of Laylat Al-Qadr. Aameen
Yes, many scholars have pointed to its strong possibility, however, it’s still called the 27th night of Ramadan, not Laylat Al-Qadr.
If it were known for sure, why would the Prophet ﷺ and his companions devote themselves to worship throughout all ten nights?
Their actions remind us that Laylat Al-Qadr is not a night you guess, it’s a night you seek. And you seek it with dedication, humility, and consistency.
So keep striving, night after night.
Don’t slow down. One of these nights could change your destiny forever.
May Allah accept our worship and grant us the full reward of Laylat Al-Qadr. Aameen
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Forwarded from Fawaid Raslan
New Book: Rulings of Zakat al-Fitr
📚 A concise and beneficial book on the rulings of Zakat al-Fitr.
✍️ By Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sa'eed Raslan — may Allah preserve him.
📝 This book contains: ⬇️
• The ruling on Zakat al-Fitr
• Its time
• Upon whom is it obligatory?
• On behalf of whom is it paid?
• What is its wisdom?
• The type of Zakat al-Fitr
• The ruling on giving Zakat al-Fitr as money instead of food
• The amount of Zakat al-Fitr
• The time when Zakat al-Fitr becomes obligatory
• The time of giving it (the virtuous time – the permissible time)
• The place where it is to be given
• Those eligible to receive Zakat al-Fitr
• A table of Zakat al-Fitr quantities
📒 Download the book in English here:
📥 Click to read: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n_-Czji_8gBZsNPwnBe_AgKbl1dfNzHL/view?usp=sharing
📚 A concise and beneficial book on the rulings of Zakat al-Fitr.
✍️ By Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sa'eed Raslan — may Allah preserve him.
📝 This book contains: ⬇️
• The ruling on Zakat al-Fitr
• Its time
• Upon whom is it obligatory?
• On behalf of whom is it paid?
• What is its wisdom?
• The type of Zakat al-Fitr
• The ruling on giving Zakat al-Fitr as money instead of food
• The amount of Zakat al-Fitr
• The time when Zakat al-Fitr becomes obligatory
• The time of giving it (the virtuous time – the permissible time)
• The place where it is to be given
• Those eligible to receive Zakat al-Fitr
• A table of Zakat al-Fitr quantities
📒 Download the book in English here:
📥 Click to read: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n_-Czji_8gBZsNPwnBe_AgKbl1dfNzHL/view?usp=sharing
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Maturity Is When You Realize Your Akhirah (The Hereafter) Is Infinitely More Important Than This Dunya (This World), The Akhirah Is Better For Us; We Need To Use Our Time In This Dunya To Work For It. So Why Do We Prioritize Dunya Over Jannah?
Abu Musa Reported: The Messenger Of Allah, Peace And Blessings Be Upon Him, Said, “Whoever Loves His Worldly Life Will Suffer In His Hereafter, And Whoever Loves His Hereafter Will Suffer In His Worldly Life. Thus, Prefer What Is Everlasting Over What Will Vanish.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 709
Grade: Sahih Li Ghayrihi 3247 (Authentic Due To External Evidence) According To Al-Albani
Abu Musa Reported: The Messenger Of Allah, Peace And Blessings Be Upon Him, Said, “Whoever Loves His Worldly Life Will Suffer In His Hereafter, And Whoever Loves His Hereafter Will Suffer In His Worldly Life. Thus, Prefer What Is Everlasting Over What Will Vanish.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 709
Grade: Sahih Li Ghayrihi 3247 (Authentic Due To External Evidence) According To Al-Albani
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*The Reward for Sabr*
✍🏼Sheikh Uthaimeen رحمه الله تعالى said:
Verily, the one who is afflicted with an affliction and is patient, Allaah سبحانه و تعالى will guide his heart, cause it to be opened to acceptance and make the affliction easy for him because of the hope he has in Allaah's reward.
Then when he is resurrected on the Last Day, he will be very much in need of those rewards which he had gained from his patience and persevering during the times of tribulations. He would have found them preserved for him with Allaah سبحانه و تعالى.
{Verily, the Patient will be given their reward}.
*إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ اجرهم بغير حساب*
*Only those who are patient shall receive their rewards in full, without reckoning*."
(Az-Zumar, 39:10)
▪الضياء للامم من الخطب الحوامع 《٧٩》
✒ Translated by:
Umm Hyatt al-Amerikiyyah حفظها الله
✍🏼Sheikh Uthaimeen رحمه الله تعالى said:
Verily, the one who is afflicted with an affliction and is patient, Allaah سبحانه و تعالى will guide his heart, cause it to be opened to acceptance and make the affliction easy for him because of the hope he has in Allaah's reward.
Then when he is resurrected on the Last Day, he will be very much in need of those rewards which he had gained from his patience and persevering during the times of tribulations. He would have found them preserved for him with Allaah سبحانه و تعالى.
{Verily, the Patient will be given their reward}.
*إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ اجرهم بغير حساب*
*Only those who are patient shall receive their rewards in full, without reckoning*."
(Az-Zumar, 39:10)
▪الضياء للامم من الخطب الحوامع 《٧٩》
✒ Translated by:
Umm Hyatt al-Amerikiyyah حفظها الله
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A Simple Act by Which Your Sins Are Forgiven!
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever performs ablution like my ablution, then prays two units of prayer without indulging in distractions, his previous sins will be forgiven."
(Reported by Al-Bukhari).
Ibn Hajar said in *Fath Al-Bari*:
"(Without indulging in distractions) refers to what the mind tends to linger on and can be interrupted, because the term 'to indulge' implies a deliberate engagement. However, any fleeting thoughts or whispers that come to mind and are difficult to avoid are excused."
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever performs ablution like my ablution, then prays two units of prayer without indulging in distractions, his previous sins will be forgiven."
(Reported by Al-Bukhari).
Ibn Hajar said in *Fath Al-Bari*:
"(Without indulging in distractions) refers to what the mind tends to linger on and can be interrupted, because the term 'to indulge' implies a deliberate engagement. However, any fleeting thoughts or whispers that come to mind and are difficult to avoid are excused."
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قال الشيخ سليمان الرحيلي حفظه الله:
Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli, may Allah preserve him, said:
وظيفة ليلة العيد:
• The duties of the night of Eid:
١- التكبير (الله أكبر الله أكبر الله أكبر لا إله إلا الله والله أكبر الله أكبر ولله الحمد)
• 1. Takbeer: “Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Lā ilāha illa Allāh, wa-Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar wa lillāhil-ḥamd.”
٢- الشكر (الحمد لله على ما هدانا)
• 2. Gratitude: “All praise is due to Allah for having guided us.”
٣- الاستغفار (أستغفر الله)
• 3. Seeking forgiveness: “Astaghfirullāh (I seek Allah’s forgiveness).”
٤- إخراج زكاة الفطر
• 4. Giving out Zakat al-Fitr.
٥- قيام الليل وآكده الوتر (لا تكن مثل فلان كان يقوم الليل ثم ترك قيام الليل)
• 5. Standing in prayer at night, the most emphasised of which is Witr: “Do not be like so-and-so who used to pray at night then abandoned it.”
Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli, may Allah preserve him, said:
وظيفة ليلة العيد:
• The duties of the night of Eid:
١- التكبير (الله أكبر الله أكبر الله أكبر لا إله إلا الله والله أكبر الله أكبر ولله الحمد)
• 1. Takbeer: “Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Lā ilāha illa Allāh, wa-Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar wa lillāhil-ḥamd.”
٢- الشكر (الحمد لله على ما هدانا)
• 2. Gratitude: “All praise is due to Allah for having guided us.”
٣- الاستغفار (أستغفر الله)
• 3. Seeking forgiveness: “Astaghfirullāh (I seek Allah’s forgiveness).”
٤- إخراج زكاة الفطر
• 4. Giving out Zakat al-Fitr.
٥- قيام الليل وآكده الوتر (لا تكن مثل فلان كان يقوم الليل ثم ترك قيام الليل)
• 5. Standing in prayer at night, the most emphasised of which is Witr: “Do not be like so-and-so who used to pray at night then abandoned it.”
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You have fasted and worshipped Allah for an entire month, may Allah accept all your worship.
You have charged your Imaan batteries hopefully to last until next Ramadan, may Allah let us witness the next Ramadan in a state of honour for the entire ummah.
Do not go and the first thing you do is wash away all your months worth of worship with disobedience to Allah!
Don't be like a chained shaytaan who got released and rushes to evil.
Don't be like those who look like circus clowns on eid, with all their bright colors and make-up, they belong with a traveling circus caravan.
They come to the eid prayer looking like Christmas trees.
Beware of free-mixing! No your cousins on the opposite gender or your uncles wife's/aunts husband's are NOT your maharem!
MEN! Grow a pair and hold your wives! Do not let them rush out where there's freemixing, unrelated non mahram men. Don't let them out with make-up and perfume like the clowns I described above..
DON'T be a dayuth and parade your wife and daughters infront of non mahram relatives! Put your foot down and wear the pants!
What you do after Ramadan is a sign of if your worship in Ramadan was accepted.
You have charged your Imaan batteries hopefully to last until next Ramadan, may Allah let us witness the next Ramadan in a state of honour for the entire ummah.
Do not go and the first thing you do is wash away all your months worth of worship with disobedience to Allah!
Don't be like a chained shaytaan who got released and rushes to evil.
Don't be like those who look like circus clowns on eid, with all their bright colors and make-up, they belong with a traveling circus caravan.
They come to the eid prayer looking like Christmas trees.
Beware of free-mixing! No your cousins on the opposite gender or your uncles wife's/aunts husband's are NOT your maharem!
MEN! Grow a pair and hold your wives! Do not let them rush out where there's freemixing, unrelated non mahram men. Don't let them out with make-up and perfume like the clowns I described above..
DON'T be a dayuth and parade your wife and daughters infront of non mahram relatives! Put your foot down and wear the pants!
What you do after Ramadan is a sign of if your worship in Ramadan was accepted.
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🌷 *Don't LOSE your hard work on “CHAAND RAAT”, the night before Eid*🌷
by Asma bint Shameem
You’ve been working SO hard this Ramadhaan.
You’ve been fasting.
You’ve been praying.
You’ve been staying up nights.
You’ve been reading the Qur'aan.
You’ve made taubah....
Those are a LOT of good deeds for sure. Alhamdulillaah!
And your hard work was amazing.
May Allaah accept ALL of them and MORE.
Now don't *SPOIL* all those hard earned good deeds by doing things that may be displeasing to Allaah, on the night before Eid, when Ramadhaan ends.
Things such as listening to music, dancing, girls going out without hijaab, all dolled up in makeup, and jewelry, or in inappropriate clothes, free mixing of non mahrams, missing salaah, smoking hookah, or a'oodhu billaah something even worse.
And all this in the name of celebrating "Chaand Raat", the night before Eid?
Subhaan Allaah!
🛑 *Did you know that bad deeds may ERASE some good ones?*
Find it hard to believe?
Here are some examples:
🔹The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever does not pray ‘Asr, his (good) deeds are canceled out.” (al-Bukhaari 553)
🔹 Once a man said about another: "By Allaah, Allaah will not forgive So and so.
Allaah said: ‘Who is the one who swore by Me that I will not forgive So and so? I have forgiven So and so and I have cancelled out your good deeds." (Muslim 2621)
🔹 Hudhayfah radhi Allaahu anhu said:
"Slandering a chaste innocent woman cancels out the good deeds of a hundred years."
🔹 And Ata said:
"A man may say a word in anger that destroys the good deeds of sixty or seventy years."
🔹 Al-Fadl ibn Ziyaad said:
"No one of you can be sure that he will not steal a glance that will cancel out his good deeds."
My brothers and sisters!
Just think.....How many ‘glances’ are ‘stolen’ on this "Chaand Raat"!
🔹 Ibn al-Qayyim said:
"The things that cancel out or spoil good deeds are *too many to count*.
It is not the deeds that count, rather it is the *protection of one's good deeds from that which may spoil them or cancel them out*."
(Al-Waabil al-Sayyib)
🛑 *Side note:*
There's nothing wrong with celebrating the end of Ramadhaan and thanking Allaah for being able to worship Him by gathering with family and friends, (no non mahrams of course), enjoying food and drink, girls can apply Henna, and even sing to the daff amongst themselves.
But *remember what you promised Allaah*.
*Don’t cross the limits set by Allaah.*
Don't get involved in His disobedience and ruin all your hard work.
Don't even come _*close*_ to that which you KNOW is wrong.
Otherwise you’re at the risk of losing SOME or ALL of your good deeds and your hard work.
*So PROTECT it.*
*PRESERVE it.*
*And don’t LOSE it.*
*It’s just NOT worth it.*
by Asma bint Shameem
You’ve been working SO hard this Ramadhaan.
You’ve been fasting.
You’ve been praying.
You’ve been staying up nights.
You’ve been reading the Qur'aan.
You’ve made taubah....
Those are a LOT of good deeds for sure. Alhamdulillaah!
And your hard work was amazing.
May Allaah accept ALL of them and MORE.
Now don't *SPOIL* all those hard earned good deeds by doing things that may be displeasing to Allaah, on the night before Eid, when Ramadhaan ends.
Things such as listening to music, dancing, girls going out without hijaab, all dolled up in makeup, and jewelry, or in inappropriate clothes, free mixing of non mahrams, missing salaah, smoking hookah, or a'oodhu billaah something even worse.
And all this in the name of celebrating "Chaand Raat", the night before Eid?
Subhaan Allaah!
🛑 *Did you know that bad deeds may ERASE some good ones?*
Find it hard to believe?
Here are some examples:
🔹The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever does not pray ‘Asr, his (good) deeds are canceled out.” (al-Bukhaari 553)
🔹 Once a man said about another: "By Allaah, Allaah will not forgive So and so.
Allaah said: ‘Who is the one who swore by Me that I will not forgive So and so? I have forgiven So and so and I have cancelled out your good deeds." (Muslim 2621)
🔹 Hudhayfah radhi Allaahu anhu said:
"Slandering a chaste innocent woman cancels out the good deeds of a hundred years."
🔹 And Ata said:
"A man may say a word in anger that destroys the good deeds of sixty or seventy years."
🔹 Al-Fadl ibn Ziyaad said:
"No one of you can be sure that he will not steal a glance that will cancel out his good deeds."
My brothers and sisters!
Just think.....How many ‘glances’ are ‘stolen’ on this "Chaand Raat"!
🔹 Ibn al-Qayyim said:
"The things that cancel out or spoil good deeds are *too many to count*.
It is not the deeds that count, rather it is the *protection of one's good deeds from that which may spoil them or cancel them out*."
(Al-Waabil al-Sayyib)
🛑 *Side note:*
There's nothing wrong with celebrating the end of Ramadhaan and thanking Allaah for being able to worship Him by gathering with family and friends, (no non mahrams of course), enjoying food and drink, girls can apply Henna, and even sing to the daff amongst themselves.
But *remember what you promised Allaah*.
*Don’t cross the limits set by Allaah.*
Don't get involved in His disobedience and ruin all your hard work.
Don't even come _*close*_ to that which you KNOW is wrong.
Otherwise you’re at the risk of losing SOME or ALL of your good deeds and your hard work.
*So PROTECT it.*
*PRESERVE it.*
*And don’t LOSE it.*
*It’s just NOT worth it.*
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*What Is Recommended To Do On the Day of ‘Eīd Al-Fitr*
*1 - To take a bath on the morning of ‘Eid:*
- Ibn Umar would bathe on the morning of Eīd. Recorded in Muwatta of Imām Mālik (2/248) and others. Authenticated by Imām Nawawī in Majmoū’ (5/6).
*2 – Wear the best clothes for the day. As for women, they should not beautify themselves when they go out to the ‘Eīd prayer-place in front of everyone:*
- It is also known that Ibn ‘Umar would dress in his best clothes for the ‘Eīd. Recorded in Sunan Al-Bayhaqī (3/281). Authenticated by Imām Ibn Rajab in Fath Al-Bārī (6/68).
*3 – It is Sunnah to eat dates before we leave for ‘Eīd Al-Fitr Prayer:*
- Anas bin Mālik narrates Allāh's Messenger ﷺ never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Eīd-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet ﷺ used to eat odd number of dates. Recorded in Sahīh Bukhārī (no. 953).
*4 – It is Sunnah to say Takbīr (saying Allāhu Akbar):*
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar used to say it out loud on the day of al-Fitr until the Imām came out (to lead the prayers). The chain of transmission is authentic as mentioned by Shaykh Al-Albānī in Irwā’ Al-Ghalīl (3/122).
One can say:
الله أكبر الله أكبر الله أكبر كبيراً
Allāhu Akbar, Allāh Akbar, Allāhu Akbar Kabīra.
- Musannaf Abdur Razzāq (118) on the authority of Salmān Al-Farsī. The Takbir begins after the night of Eīd has begun (after the last Iftār) and ends when the ‘Eīd Prayer is completed.
*5 – Offering congratulations. Such as saying to one another:*
تَقبَّلَ اللهُ مِنَّا ومِنكُم
Taqabbala Allāh minnā wa minkum - May Allāh accept (good deeds) from us and from you.
- Abū Umāmah Al-Bāhilī would say the above to his companions. Recorded in Al-Hāwī fi Fatāwa of Imām Suyutī (1/94). Authenticated by Shaykh Albāni in Tamīm Al-Minnah (no. 355)
It is allowed to say “Eid Mubārak.”
*6 - It is Sunnah to pray the ‘Eīd Prayer outdoors:*
- Abū Sa’īd Al-Khudrī narrated: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to go out to the prayer-place on the day of ('Eīd) al-Fitr and al-Adhā. Recorded in Sahīh Bukhārī (no. 956).
*7 – It is prescribed for the one who goes out to the Eid prayer to go by one route and return by another:*
Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh said: On the day of Eid, the Prophet ﷺ would vary his route, i.e., he would go via one route and come back via a different route. Recorded in Sahīh Bukhārī (no. 986).
*1 - To take a bath on the morning of ‘Eid:*
- Ibn Umar would bathe on the morning of Eīd. Recorded in Muwatta of Imām Mālik (2/248) and others. Authenticated by Imām Nawawī in Majmoū’ (5/6).
*2 – Wear the best clothes for the day. As for women, they should not beautify themselves when they go out to the ‘Eīd prayer-place in front of everyone:*
- It is also known that Ibn ‘Umar would dress in his best clothes for the ‘Eīd. Recorded in Sunan Al-Bayhaqī (3/281). Authenticated by Imām Ibn Rajab in Fath Al-Bārī (6/68).
*3 – It is Sunnah to eat dates before we leave for ‘Eīd Al-Fitr Prayer:*
- Anas bin Mālik narrates Allāh's Messenger ﷺ never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Eīd-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet ﷺ used to eat odd number of dates. Recorded in Sahīh Bukhārī (no. 953).
*4 – It is Sunnah to say Takbīr (saying Allāhu Akbar):*
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar used to say it out loud on the day of al-Fitr until the Imām came out (to lead the prayers). The chain of transmission is authentic as mentioned by Shaykh Al-Albānī in Irwā’ Al-Ghalīl (3/122).
One can say:
الله أكبر الله أكبر الله أكبر كبيراً
Allāhu Akbar, Allāh Akbar, Allāhu Akbar Kabīra.
- Musannaf Abdur Razzāq (118) on the authority of Salmān Al-Farsī. The Takbir begins after the night of Eīd has begun (after the last Iftār) and ends when the ‘Eīd Prayer is completed.
*5 – Offering congratulations. Such as saying to one another:*
تَقبَّلَ اللهُ مِنَّا ومِنكُم
Taqabbala Allāh minnā wa minkum - May Allāh accept (good deeds) from us and from you.
- Abū Umāmah Al-Bāhilī would say the above to his companions. Recorded in Al-Hāwī fi Fatāwa of Imām Suyutī (1/94). Authenticated by Shaykh Albāni in Tamīm Al-Minnah (no. 355)
It is allowed to say “Eid Mubārak.”
*6 - It is Sunnah to pray the ‘Eīd Prayer outdoors:*
- Abū Sa’īd Al-Khudrī narrated: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to go out to the prayer-place on the day of ('Eīd) al-Fitr and al-Adhā. Recorded in Sahīh Bukhārī (no. 956).
*7 – It is prescribed for the one who goes out to the Eid prayer to go by one route and return by another:*
Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh said: On the day of Eid, the Prophet ﷺ would vary his route, i.e., he would go via one route and come back via a different route. Recorded in Sahīh Bukhārī (no. 986).
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