Islaam has become a fashion show to the people who have no knowledge of the very fundamentals of Islaam such as Salaah, Zakaah, Siyaam, Hajj.

Whereas, Islaam has become a tool of entertainment to those who do not give preference to calling towards Tawheed – neither teaching it nor learning it.

Some pose for magazines (irrespective of the nature of the magazine) in the name of “promoting Islaam”.

Some take tours to places like Petra and the Dead Sea in the name of “religious tour”.

Some go to the beach with men sitting opposite of women, all in the name of “Da`wah”.

Indeed Da`wah - like Salaah, Siyaam, Hajj - is also from the acts of `Ibaadah; and acts of `Ibaadah are accepted only when they are in accordance with the Sunnah.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
❝There will be some people who will lead (people) according to principles other than my Sunnah. [In Saheeh Muslim it is: (That time will witness the rise of) the people who will adopt ways other than mine and seek guidance other than mine]. You will see their actions and disapprove of them.❞
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (3606, 7084) and Saheeh Muslim (4553) from the long Hadeeth of Hudhaifah رضي الله عنه]

"The believer has five types of fear:
(1) Allaah may take his faith away from him

(2) The recording angels may write down something that may expose him on the Day of Resurrection.

(3) Shaytan may cause his deeds to become invalid.

(4) The Angel of Death may come to him without warning

(5) The world may tempt him and distract him from the Hereafter"

Uthman ibn Affan (radiallahu anhu)

[Fara’id Al-Kalam li’l-Khulafa al-Kiram (pg. 278)]

Islam Growing Fast
Muslims are the only major religious group projected to increase faster than the world’s population as whole.

Estimated change in population size, 2010-2050
Muslims: 73%
Christians: 35%
Hindus: 34%
Jews: 16%
Folk Religions: 11%
Unaffiliated: 9%
Other Religions: 6%
Buddhists: -0.3%

Source: The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050 – Pew Research Center
Just checked web....
According to pew research centre by 2050 with present trend there will 9billion people with 2.9billion Christians and 2.8billion Muslims, that is barely 30% ...
Let us show our might with our hearts than numbers!!!!
http://dailysignal.com/2015/04/05/what-will-major-world-religions-look-like-in-2050/

Question:
What is the ruling on fasting the Day of 'Ashura'?

Answer:
When the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi-wasallam) arrived in Al-Madinah, he found the Jews fasting on the tenth day of Muharram. He said,
''I am more ennoscriptd to follow Musa (Peace be upon him) than you.'' Reported Al-Bukhari in the Book of Fasting)

In the Hadith of Ibn Abbas, may Allaah be please with him, whose authenticity is agreed upon by Al-Bukhari and Muslim it is stated that the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi-wasallam) fasted on the Day of Ashura and he ordered that the fast be performed on it, and when he was asked about the virtue of fasting on it, he Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi-wasallam) said,

''I anticipate that Allaah will wipe out the sins of the year before it, and the year after it.'' (Reported By Muslim in the Book of Fasting)

However, after that, he commanded that the Muslims should be different from the Jews by fasting the tenth and the day before it, which is the ninth or the day after it, which is the eleventh.

Based upon this, it is preferable to fast on the tenth and to add a day before it or a day after it. Adding the ninth day to it is better than the eleventh.

So, my Muslim brother, it is desirable that you should fast on the Day of 'Ashura' and likewise on the ninth.

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
Fatawa Arkanul-Islam- Question 442 pg 676

http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=1370

The virtues of fasting ‘Ashura
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

“For fasting the day of ‘Ashura, I hope that Allah will accept it as expiation for the year that went before.” [Reported by Muslim, 1976]

Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said:

“I never saw the Messenger of Allah, upon whom be peace, so keen to fast any day and give it priority over any other than this day, the day of ‘Ashura, and this month, meaning Ramadhan.” [Reported by al-Bukhari, 1867]

A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PIOUS SLAVES OF ALLAAH—THEY LISTEN TO NEITHER MUSIC NOR FALSEHOOD

Allaah (The Most High) said:

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشۡهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِٱللَّغۡوِ مَرُّواْ ڪِرَامً۬ا

”And those who do not witness falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.” [25:72]

Muhammad Ibn Al-Hanafiyyah (rahimahullaah) said: In this (Ayah) falsehood means music. This is (also) what Layth (rahimahullaah) reported from Mujaahid (rahimahullaah). Al-Kalbiy (rahimahullaah) said: They do not attend gatherings of falsehood. Az-Zujaaj (rahimahullaah) said: They do not sit with the sinful people…

[Ighaathatul Luhfaan 1/241-242]

http://www.salaficentre.com/2014/08/a-characteristic-of-the-pious-slaves-of-allaah-they-listen-to-neither-music-nor-falsehood/

Sh. Ibn Bāz Raḥimahullāh:

“Some people say: 'Dunyā was made because of Muḥammad (Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam), had it not been for Muḥammad (Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam), neither Dunyā nor mankind would be created', this is FALSEHOOD which has NO BASIS (from Kitāb or Sunnah) and this is CORRUPT SPEECH, Allāh created Dunyā and mankind to be aware of His Names and Attributes and His Ability and His Knowledge and to worship Him, He is alone and has no partners and to obey Him, NOT because of Muḥammad (Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam) or Nooḥ or Moosā or Eesā or any other Prophet ('Alaihim-us-Salām).”

● [فتاوى نور على الدرب]

The people r asleep And when they die They wake up.

Virtues of the Month of Muharram and Fasting on Aashoora khutbah by Abu Muhammad al-Maghribee hafidhahullah:
http://followthesalaf.com/home/2013/11/8/khutbah-virtues-of-the-month-of-muharram-and-fasting-on-aashoora
A reminder benefits the believer.

خليك متفائل - Be optimistic

Optimism is the attitude of a believer (Mo'min)

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Strange is the affair of the Mo'min (the believer), verily all his affairs are good for him. If something pleasing befalls him he thanks (Allah) and it becomes better for him. And if something harmful befalls him he is patient (Sabir) and it becomes better for him. And this is only for the Mo'min." [Muslim]

The Believer is always optimistic regardless of the situation. Because he believes Allah is in control and Allah can change things around in a second.

The Believer is always optimistic... always...regardless ! Because you believe that anything happens in this world Allah is in control of it and He permitted it to happen for a wisdom.

Upon the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr – Radhiyallahu anhumaa who said:

“Leave alone that which has nothing to do with you whatsoever, and do not speak about what does not concern you, and guard your tongue as you would guard silver!”

(Collected by ibn Abi Dunya in ‘As Samt’ (24))

http://ah-sp.com/2012/07/14/be-successful-hold-your-tongue/

Al-Bukhaaree, (may Allaah have mercy upon him), said:

"Chapter: Knowledge precedes speech and action"

{The Three Fundemental Principles by: Shaykh al-Fawzan hafidhullaah pg. 25}

Holding Birthday Parties

Q: Some of our Muslim brethren hold birthday parties for themselves and their children, what is the ruling on such festivals?

A: The basic principle regarding acts of Ibadah (worship) is that they are Tawqifiy (bound by a religious text and not amenable to personal opinion), and as such, no one is allowed to worship Allah in a way other than which He ordained, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) said in the Sahih (authentic) Hadith:

Anyone who introduces anything into this matter of ours (Islam) that is not part of it will have it rejected. [1]

He (peace be upon him) also said:

Anyone who does an action which is not in accordance with this matter of ours (Islam) will have it rejected. [2]

Birthday parties are an act of Bid’ah (innovation in religion) that should not be done for any person, regardless of their rank or role in life.

The most honorable of all creation and the best of all Messengers (peace be upon them), i.e. Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah (peace be upon him) was never reported to have held a festival for the day he was born, or even instructed his Ummah (nation based on one creed) to celebrate it.

Similarly, the best of this Ummah after its Prophet (peace be upon him) are the Rightly-Guided Caliphs and the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet), but none of them is reported to have made a festival for the Prophet’s birthday, or for any of them (may Allah be pleased with them), and all goodness is to be found in following their pathand patterning oneself after the teachings of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

Moreover, such Bid`ah pave the way to imitate the Jews, Christians and other Kafirs (non-Muslims) in terms of their newly invented festivals. Allah is the One sought for help!

May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions!

[1] Al-Bukhari, Sahih, Book on reconciliation, no. 2697; Muslim, Sahih, Book on judicial decisions, no. 1718; Abu Dawud, Sunan, Book on Al-Sunnah, no. 4606; Ibn Majah, Sunan, Introduction, no. 14; and Ahmad, Musnad, vol. 6, p. 240.

[2] Muslim, Sahih, Book on judicial decisions, no. 1718; and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 6, p. 180

Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’
Chairman : Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz
Source: Fatwas of the Permanent Committee

WHEN YOU ARE IN THE WORST OF GENERATIONS

Imaam Sufyaan bn Uyaynah (rahimahul Laah) said:

" When you live at a time when people are pleased with words more than actions; and with knowledge more than acting (with the knowledge), know you then that you are in the worst of generations and amidst the worst set of people. "

- Ibtaal al Hiyal of Ibn Battah, 1/24.

4 years and 1400 years!

They were admonished when only 4 years had passed and we feel safe even after 1400 years have passed. Indeed this is the sign of our foolishness.

Allaah تعالى said:

﴿أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَلاَ يَكُونُواْ كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَـبَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الاٌّمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَـسِقُونَ﴾

❝{Has not the time yet come for the believers that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allaah and that which has been revealed of the truth, lest they become as those who received the Scripture before, and the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened And many of them were rebellious.}❞
📚 [Surah al-Hadeed (57): 16]

Narrated `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood: ❝Since our acceptance of Islaam and the revelation of this Aayah in which Allaah has shown annoyance to us: {Has not the time yet come for the believers that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allaah?} there was a gap of four years.❞
📚 [Saheeh Muslim]

Know, Allaah have Mercy on you, this is `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه - he was among the first 6 people to embrace Islaam, and one of the most knowledgable Sahaabee on the Tafseer of Qur’aan - who said that only four years had passed after his embracing Islaam when Allaah تعالى revealed this Aayah of Surah al-Hadeed. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was still with them and they were admonished by Allaah.

But look at our affairs. It is now more than fourteen hundred (1400) years since this Aayah was revealed. It is now more than fourteen hundred (1400) years since the Prophet’s death. We are in need of more admonition than them.

In this age of fitan (trials) where:

🚫 one fitnah is being replaced by an even greater one;

🚫 where knowledge and scholars are decreasing;

🚫 where ignorant and ignorance have become widespread;

🚫 where one reads a few books and believes he has become a scholar;

🚫 where one reads a few books on `Aqeedah and thinks that he is safe from committing shirk;

🚫 where one does only a few good deeds and considers himself amongst the people of Paradise;

🚫 where one, time and again, commits major crimes and still feels safe from the punishment of Hell.

Allaahul musta`aan.

Upon the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr – Radhiyallahu anhumaa who said:

“Leave alone that which has nothing to do with you whatsoever, and do not speak about what does not concern you, and guard your tongue as you would guard silver!”

(Collected by ibn Abi Dunya in ‘As Samt’ (24))

http://ah-sp.com/2012/07/14/be-successful-hold-your-tongue/

Photo from F K I

Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said:

"The heart was only created for the remembrance of Allah."

[Majmu' Fataawa, 9/213]