::: IMPORTANCE OF SPREADING KNOWLEDGE :::

The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, "“Convey from me, even if it be an ayah.” (Bukhari, #3461).

Ibn Hajar (rahimahullah) said about this hadith in Fathul Baari, “So that everyone who heard him would hasten to convey whatever he heard of the verses and in this manner, everything that he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said brought would be conveyed.”

Ibnul Arabi (rahimahullah) said, "It stands proven that a person who hears a verse of the Qur'an or a hadith is bound to convey it to the Ummah." (Ahkam ul Qur'an)

Umar bin Abdul Aziz (rahimahullah) said, "Knowledge does not disappear until it becomes secretive." (Bukhari, 1/115)

He also said, "Spread knowledge and do not sit until all of those who do not know know." (Raafatul Bari, 1/62)

Ibn Abdul Barr (rahimahullah) said, "Hiding knowledge means destruction." (Al Istidhkar, 2/143)

Imam Malik (rahimahullah) said, "Knowledge shall be quickly removed so let anyone who possesses some of it reveal it without exaggeration or neglect." (Al Bidayah wal Nihayah, 9/64)

Al Hakam ibn Utaybah (rahimahullah) said, “Whenever Allah endows a scholar with knowledge, he takes a covenant from him not to conceal it.” (Tarikh ul Dimashq, 55/367)

Ibn Hazm (rahimahullah) said, "My goal in this life is to acquire knowledge and then spread it to all...the great enjoyment and the peak of bliss in this world is to teach and spread knowledge." (Siratu Imamil Zuhri, 101)

::: Therefore, we kindly request you all to share the knowledge that we share to you and to please invite others onto our channel. Jazaakallahu Khayran

Ibn Bāz [رحمه الله] said:

❝It is not permissible to study in mixed institutes where males and females occupy the same facility, school, or seats. This is one of the gravest ways leading to Fitnah. Thus, it is not permissible for a male or female student to place themselves in this situation leading to Fitnah.❞

[Fatwas of Ibn Bāz, (4/247) | Alifta]

Seeking knowledge requires sacrifice

al-Khateeb al-Bhagdaadi 463 AH narrates that some of the salaf said,

لا ينال هذا العلم الا من عطل داكانه, و خرب بستانه, و هجر اخوانه, و مات أقرب أهله فلم يشهد جنازته

“No one will attain this knowledge except one who shuts down his store, destroys his garden, abandons his brothers, and (when) his closest of relatives dies he does not witness the janaazah.”

Collected in “al-Jaami'” 2/252

http://tryingtofollowthesalaf.com/2014/08/31/seeking-knowledge-requires-sacrifice/

From ar-Rabia’ who said: ‘I heard Shaafi’ee saying:

‘If you find in my book that which opposes the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam, then take the Sunnah and leave that which I said.’

[From: ‘Siyaar ‘Alaam an-Nubala’ 10/34]

Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

"Salafiyyah" is not something new or invented.

Salafiyyah is following the Qur'an & Sunnah on the understanding of the companions without blindly holding on to any madhab or clinging to personalities.

Salafiyyah is respecting / loving the scholars as a whole but not going overboard in ANY of them.

Salafiyyah is to cling to the narrations and place them over the intellect or analogies.

Salafiyyah is to call the people first and foremost to the worship of Allah, free from partners.

Salafiyyah is to clarify shirk to the people so that they may stay away from it.

Salafiyyah is to warn the people against innovations in the religion because it has already been perfected.

Salafiyyah is to call the people to the sunnah of the messenger (salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) - without bending it to fit with one's desires.

Salafiyyah is to be merciful to the people by calling them to that which will benefit them - even though sometimes it may be difficult for them to stomach.

Salafiyyah is understanding that Emaan is belief and action - it rises with obedience and falls with disobedience.

Salafiyyah is to understand that this ummah will be honoured by tawheed and sunnah and will be humiliated due to shirk and innovation.

Salafiyyah is to purify one's soul by being a person of reflection and contemplation.

Salafiyyah is to give everyone their rights - be they parents, wives, children, neighbours or anyone else.

Salafiyyah is to be gentle and kind when required and firm and tough when required.

In short, salafiyyah is Islam. It is the way of the companions and those early generations of Muslims. So when a person ascribes himself to salafiyyah - he is not coming with a new group or religion. Rather he is explaining his methodology and his approach to Islam. There may be those who are trying to monopolise it, but it doesn't belong to them. It doesn't revolve around them. It doesn't need them.

So focus on following those pious predecessors and leave off those who want to hijack salafiyyah for their own material goals."

[Abu Ibraheem Hussnayn]

Narrated ‘Ali (rad):
If the religion were based on opinion, it would be more important to wipe over the under parts of the leather socks than the upper, but I have seen Allah’s Messenger (rad) wiping over the upper parts of his leather socks. [Reported by Abu Da’ud with good Isnad (chain of narrators)].
وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ: { لَوْ كَانَ اَلدِّينُ بِالرَّأْيِ لَكَانَ أَسْفَلُ اَلْخُفِّ أَوْلَى بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ أَعْلَاهُ, وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-يَمْسَحُ عَلَى ظَاهِرِ خُفَّيْهِ } أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِإِسْنَادٍ حَسَن ٍ (76)‏ .‏

‏2 ‏- صحيح.‏ رواه أبو داود (162)‏.‏

Reference : Bulugh al-Maram 60
In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 70
English translation : Book 1, Hadith 65

802. Mu`adh bin Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever gives up wearing elegant and expensive garments out of humbleness, when he can do so, Allah will call him on the Day of Resurrection and before all the creations, He will give him the choice to wear whichever garment of Iman he would like to wear.”
[At-Tirmidhi].

Imam Al-Nawawi’s Riyad-us-Saliheen
Chapter 120
Excellence of giving up Elegant Clothes for Humility

https://abdurrahman.org/2014/09/04/riyad-us-saliheen-imaam-nawawi-chapter-120/

THE LOVING AND HATING WITH THE HEART

The true believers in Allah and His Messenger do not befriend the disbelievers.

If you really have the right (sound) heart you won't love them. Allah will not make you love them with your heart.

Allah is the One who made you love
Allah is the One who made you hate
Who makes the heart love and hate?

Imagine someone who rejected Allah and His Messenger, doesn't believe in Allah and His Messenger, will Allah direct the heart of a believer to love him?

If your heart is in the Hand of Allah and that person rejected Allah (disbelieved in Allah), do you think Allah will direct your heart to love that person? Impossible! That you find somebody who hold the proper belief in Allah and His Messenger love these people!

لا تجد قوما يؤمنون بالله واليوم الاخر يوادون من حاد الله ورسوله ولو كانوا اباءهم او ابناءهم او اخوانهم او عشيرتهم اولئك كتب في قلوبهم الايمان وايدهم بروح منه ويدخلهم جنات تجري من تحتها الانهار خالدين فيها رضي الله عنهم ورضوا عنه اولئك حزب الله الا ان حزب الله هم المفلحون

You will never find any people who truly believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For such He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a spirit from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein (forever). Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him. They are the party of Allah. Verily, the party of Allah will be the successful.
[Qur'ān 58:22]

Allah made you love Imaan and made your heart decorated by it and made you resent hate. So isn't what you love and hate supplementary action of who you are?

The fact that you're falling in love with a polytheist, that means something is wrong with your Imaan.

If you really have the right heart you cannot love them.

Because every love that a believer has in this world is a branch from the love of Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ

Will Allah direct the heart of a believer to love a polytheist, someone who rejects Allah and His Messenger?

His heart is in the Hands of Allah and my heart is in the hands of Allah. If he loves Allah and I love Allah then certainly the hearts will merge.

Its an automatic process.

If you want my heart to fall in love with you why don't you fall in love with Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.

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The perfection of TAWHEED is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allah, the servant is left loving those He loves and what He loves, hating those He hates and what He hates, showing allegiance to those He has allegiance to, showing enmity to those He show enmity towards, ordering what He orders and prohibiting what He prohibits.

Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Madarij [3/485]

The Keys to the Success – Imam Ibnul-Qayyim Rahimahullah

Ibnul-Qayyim al-Jawzeeyah (d.751) -Rahimullaah- said:

Bukhari mentions in his ‘Saheeh’ from Wahab bin Munnabih that it was said to him: ‘Is not ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ the key to Paradise?’

He said: ‘Of course, however there is no key except that it has teeth, so if a key is brought which has teeth then it will be opened, otherwise it will not open.’

Ibnul-Qayyim Rahimahullah continues:

‘Allaah Subhanahu has placed keys for everything that is necessary, and they open the way, so Allaah made purification the key for prayer, as the Messenger–sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– said:

‘The key to prayer is purification.’ [Saheeh al-Jamia as-Sagheer No.5885] .

Like wise

Ihram is the key to Hajj,

Truthfulness is the key to righteousness,

Tawheed is the key to Paradise,

Asking good questions and being attentive is the key to knowledge,

Patience is the key to victory and triumph,

Gratitude is the key to increase of provision,

Remembrance of Allaah is the key to having loyalty to Allaah and His love,

Taqwa (piety) is the key to success,

Fervent desire and dread of Allaah is the key to being successful,

Dua’ (Supplicating) is the key to being responded to,

Zuhd (Abstaining from the luxuries of the world) is the key to desiring the Hereafter,

Reflecting about that which Allaah calls His slaves to is the key to Eemaan (having faith),

Making the heart accept Islaam and making it secure for Allaah and having sincerity for Him by having love and hate and fulfilling His commands and leaving the prohibitions is the key to going in front of Allaah,

Pondering upon the Qur’aan, and imploring Allaah before dawn and not sinning is the key to giving the heart life,

Being kind to the worshippers of the Creator and striving to benefit His worshippers is the key to obtaining mercy,

Striving to seek forgiveness from Allaah and Taqwa (piety) is the key to Rizq (provisions),

Obedience to Allaah and His Messenger is the key to honour,

Longing for the Hereafter is the key to being prepared for the Hereafter,

Fervent desire for Allaah and the Hereafter is the key to all goodness,

Love for the world, continuously longing for it and turning away from the Hereafter is the key to all evil.

This is a great matter from the most beneficial chapters of knowledge, namely knowing the keys to goodness and evil.’

[Taken from: ‘Haadi al-Arwaaha ila Bilaad al-Afraaha’ by Ibn Qayyim vol 1 p.139]

Anas [رضي اللّٰه عنه] narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:

"Sufficient for you among the women of mankind are Mariam bint 'Imran, Khadijah bint Khuwailid, Fãtimah bint Muhammad and Asiyah the wife of Fir'awn."

Comments: The women mentioned in this narration were the best and superior women of their respective times. Khadijah is superior to all of them in the sense that she supported the Prophet morally and financially. 'Aishah is superior in the field of knowledge and its dissemination. Being the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, Fatimah is superior.

{Jami At-Tirmidhi, Vol.6, No.3878; Saheeh}

Earthquake during the time of 'Umar RadiyAllahu 'anhu.
There was an earthquake during the time of 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab and he said: "O people, this earthquake is only because of some sins that you are commiting. By the One Whose hand is my soul, if it happens again I will never stay among you."
[Fara'id al- kalam, (p.140) quoting from ad-Da'wa ad-Dawa' by Ibn al-Qayyim, (p.53.)]

▪️‌‏قال رسول الله ﷺ :
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‏إذا ظهر الزنا والربا في قرية فقد أحلُّوا بأنفسهم عذاب الله .
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📌‏[ صحيح الجامع (678) ]

(( If Zina (adultery) & riba (usury) become apparent / prominent in a village/place, they have allowed for the themselves the punishment of Allah upon them ))

SubhaanAllah !

Look at these 2 words in Arabic !

الزنا Zina
الربا Riba
only the dots differ ....but the 'adhaab is severe !

There's another narration where it says Riba has so many (around 70 baab) ways / paths...
Embarking the least amongs them is similar to Zina !!

Wallahul musta'an.

“The keys of the unseen are five and none knows them but Allah :

(1) None knows what is in the womb, but Allah:
(2) None knows what will happen tomorrow, but Allah;
(3) None knows when it will rain, but Allah;
(4) None knows where he will die, but Allah (knows that) and
(5) None knows when the Hour will be established, but Allah .”

- Prophet Muhammad (SalAllahu Alayhi Wasallam)

[Sahih Bukhari Volume 9, Book 93, Number 476]

Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah [رحمه الله] said:

❝The sensible person does not [merely] look at what is apparent, but he looks at the reality.❞

[Al-Uboodiyyah, (Page: 112) | Translated By Abu Mu'aawiyyah Abdullah al-Gambi]

MAKES SENSE!

Al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyaad said:

❝Whosoever is saddened by loneliness and feels tranquil around the people, is not safe from Riyaa.❞

[As-Siyar, (8/436) | Translated By Abu Abdillaah Hassan as-Somali]

The foundations of Good Manners:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

All the Good Islaamic values have been gathered in two words. Allaah عز وجل says:

إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ

{Verily, Allaah enjoins Al-`Adl and Al-Ihsaan} [Surah al-Nahl (16): 90]

[Sharh al-Arba`een al-Nawawee (1/158-159)]

🌴 🌴 🌴

And in his book, Jaami` al-`Uloom wal-Hikam, al-Haafidh Ibn Rajab رحمه الله mentioned:

Imaam Ibn Salaah رحمه الله reported from Abu Muhammad Ibn Abu Zaid - who was the leading Imaam of the Maalikee Jurisprudence of his time - that he said: (The basis for all) the Good Manners and that which opposes it have been gathered in four Ahaadeeth:

1) The saying of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: ❝He who believes in Allaah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent.❞ [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (6018, 6019, 6135, 6136, 6138, 6475, 6476) and Saheeh Muslim (75, 76, 78, 4286)]

2) And the saying of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: ❝Part of someone's being a good Muslim is his leaving alone that which does not concern him.❞ [Tirmidhee (2317) and Ibn Majah (3976) and Authenticated by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

3) And the advice of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to the man: ❝Do not get angry.❞ [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (6116)]

4) And the saying of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: ❝None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself.❞ [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (13) and Saheeh Muslim (72, 73)]

[Jaami` al-`Uloom wal-Hikam (1/288)]

Using such phrases as GOOD/BAD LUCK, LUCKILY/FORTUNATELY or UNLUCKILY/UNFORTUNATELY is HARAM

by The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta'
Bakr Abu Zayd, Salih Al-Fawzan, Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan, Abdul-`Aziz ibn `Abdullah Al Al-Shaykh

The first question of Fatwa no. 21699
Q 1: I want to know the ruling on the following frequently said phrases:
1. Bad luck and good luck.
2. All praise be to Allah, besides Whom no other can be praised for something bad.
3. I seek refuge with Allah from the evil of whoever has evil.
(Part No. 26; Page No. 367)
A: First: It is Haram (prohibited) to use the expressions: (luckily/fortunately) and (unluckily/unfortunately), because they are attributing the occurrence of good or adverse events to luck (fortune), which has no control over anything and is not the cause for good or ill fate. Allah (Exalted be He) says: Surely, His is the Creation and Commandment. If the sayer of this thinks that such fortunes act by themselves, without the intervention of Allah, this is major Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship). However, if they think that everything is subject to Allah’s Decree Alone and they have only verbally said it, then it falls under polytheistic words, which conflicts with the obligation to have perfect Tawhid (belief in the Oneness of Allah). The basic ruling concerning this is the Hadith reported by Muslim in his "Sahih (Book of Authentic Hadith)", that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “There is no ‘Adwa (contagion, disease transmission naturally by itself not by the Decree of Allah), nor is there Hamah (pre-Islamic superstitious belief that the bones of a dead person turn into an owl), nor is there Naw’ (stars bringing rain), nor is there Safar (the month of Safar was believed to bring bad luck during pre-Islamic time).” Also, it was authentically reported in the two Sahih (authentic) Books of Hadith (Al-Bukhari and Muslim) on the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid Al-Juhany (may Allah be pleased with him), who said, “The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) led us in the Subh (Dawn) Prayer at Al-Hudaybiyyah after a rainfall during the night. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) had finished praying, he faced the people and said, ‘Do you know what your Lord has said?’ They replied, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He said, ‘Some of My slaves have entered the morning as Mu’min (believers) in Me and (others) as Kafirs (disbelievers). Those who said, ‘We had rain by the Bounty of Allah and His Mercy,’ are believers in Me and disbelievers in the stars; and those who said, ‘We had rain by such-and-such a star,’ are disbelievers in Me and believers in the stars.’”
Second: Saying: "All praise be to Allah, besides Whom no other can be praised for something bad," is correct. There is nothing wrong in it.
(Part No. 26; Page No. 368)
Third: Saying: "I seek refuge with Allah from the evil of whoever has evil,'' is correct, as Isti‘adhah (seeking refuge with Allah from Satan) stated in the Qur’an and the Sunnah (whatever is reported from the Prophet) carry that meaning, such as the Saying of Allah (Exalted be He): Say: "I seek refuge with (Allâh), the Lord of the daybreak, "From the evil of what He has created, It was authentically reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) Used to seek refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them), saying, “I seek refuge for you two with Allah’s Perfect Words from every devil and poisonous pest, and from every evil (envious) eye.” It was also authentically reported that Jibril (Gabriel, peace be upon him) performed Ruqyah (reciting Qur’an and saying supplications over the sick seeking healing) for the Prophet (peace be upon him) when he was ill. He said, “In the name of Allah I perform Ruqyah for you, from everything that is harming you, from the evil of every soul or envious eye, may Allah heal you, in the name of Allah I perform Ruqyah for you.” It was authentically reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say in Khutbat-ul-Hajah (prelude to a sermon or speech):

“We seek refuge with Allah from the evil of our souls and from the wickedness of our deeds.”
May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

Imaam Ahmad رحمه الله said:

“Do not follow my opinion; neither follow the opinion of Maalik, nor Shaafi’i, nor Awzaa’i, nor Thawri, but take from where they took.”

[Ibn al-Qayyim in I’laam, 2/302]

From Ayoob as-Sahktiaani (d. 131 A.H.) who said:

"Indeed from the happiest of the youth and non-Arabs is whom Allaah guides to a scholar from the people of the Sunnah."

[From ‘Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahl-us-Sunnah’ al –Laalkaee 2/60 ]

Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

https://followingthesunnah.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/adhering-to-the-sunnah-and-reviving-it/