The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Perform good deeds after doing bad actions, the former will wipe out the later.” [Al-Albaani graded it Hasan in Saheeh At-Tirmidhi, no. 1987]

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A Great Piece of Advice to the Men and Women who Listen to Music – Imam Ibn Baaz rahimaullah

Advising women who listen to music
‼Nur Ala Al-Darb Program, Tape no. 11‼

🔵: Kindly advise those women who listen to songs.

I advise all men and women not to listen to music, because they bring about evil consequences.
Songs are presented on TV, broadcast on the radio, and recorded on cassettes. All Muslim men and women are thus required to beware the evil of these songs. Instead, they should listen to the Qur’an, Hadiths of the Prophet (peace be upon him) or Islamic lectures which benefit them in this life and the Hereafter.

💢As for songs and music, their evil is great as they may cause Muslims to deviate from their religion.

💢Songs and music may sow seeds of hypocrisy in the heart, at which point one begins to develop a dislike for everything that is good and become fond of every other thing that is evil. This is the true meaning of hypocrisy in addition to its literal meaning of pretending to be a Muslim while concealing Kufr (disbelief). Therefore, music is one of the means that invites to hypocrisy.

💢Having the habit of listening to music may lead to hating the recitation of the Qur’an, being heedless of beneficial advice, or listening to Hadiths of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

💢Moreover, one may be deluded into committing obscenities and corruption.

Thus, it is the duty of faithful men and women to be cautious of evil of songs and music.

💎Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) states in the Glorious Qur’an:

And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing, etc.) to mislead (men) from the Path of Allâh without knowledge, and takes it (the Path of Allâh, or the Verses of the Qur’ân) by way of mockery. For such there will be a humiliating torment (in the Hell-fire).(Surah Luqman, 31: 6)💎

💎And when Our Verses (of the Qur’ân) are recited to such a one, he turns away in pride, as if he heard them not – as if there were deafness in his ear. So announce to him a painful torment. (Surah Luqman, 31: 7)💎

Commentators of the Qur’an interpret “idol talk” to mean singing and it is equally applied to every sound produced by musical instruments and diversions. This is the view held by most scholars of the Qur’an (may Allah have mercy on them).

📚Commenting on the above Ayah (Qur’anic verse),Abdullah Ibn Mas`ud (may Allah be pleased with him) swore:

“By Allah! The reference in this Ayah is to singing.”

He would swear and say:

“Singing causes the seeds of hypocrisy to grow in the heart like water causes seeds of plants to grow.”⭕

This means that singing causes one to hate good and to love evil; to hate listening to the Qur’an and to love songs and diversion and other things of the sort. This is a type of hypocrisy.

A hypocrite pretends to be associated with Islam.
He pretends to be a believer while in fact he conceals Kufr. He pretends to love the Qur’an while in fact he does not.
Music causes one to hate listening to the Qur’an or listening to someone calling to the way of Allah.
It encourages the love of falsehood, speaking evil and obscene words.
It not only causes the heart to deviate from the straight path but also to develop a fondness for what Allah (Glorified be He) has declared prohibited.

💢This has been proven by experience. Those who are in close contact with singers know how corrupt and spoiled they are because of their love of music and song.
This brings about great evil to those who are accustomed to it. There is no power or might except with Allah.

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THOSE WHO PRACTICE ANY BID'AH DOES NOT HAVE A SOUND HEART

Imam Ibn ul-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:

“The heart’s safety and soundness cannot be perfected, absolutely, until it is secure from five things:
(1) From shirk which nullifies Tawheed
(2) From innovation which opposes the Sunnah
(3) From a desire/lust that opposes the command (of Allah)
(4) From heedlessness that contradicts remembrance (of Him)
(5) From a desire that nullifies purity and sincerity (in intent and purpose)

These five are barriers to Allah and beneath each of them are many other categories that contain unique issues which cannot be enumerated.”

Source: Al-Jawaab al-Kaafee (1/176)

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Narrated Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
❝ The soul of a believer remains suspended by his debt until it is paid.❞
📖 Sunan At-Tirmidhi 1078 (Hasan)

Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimhu Allāh) said:

“If a person falls into the same sin a hundred times or a thousand times — or even more, and he repents after each time, his repentance will be accepted and his sins nullified. Even if he was to repent after all his sins just one time, his repentance would still be sound.”
{شرح النووي على مسلم ١٧/٧٥}

Who Has More Reward? #Taqwa

Imām Ahmad recorded in the Book of az-Zuhd that Mujāhid رحمه الله said:

“Someone wrote to ‘Umar b. al-Khattāb رضي الله عنه,

‘O Leader of the faithful!

Who is better?

- a man who does not feel the desire to commit a sin and does not commit it, or

- a man who feels desire to commit a sin, but does not commit it?’

‘Umar replied,

‘He who feels desire to commit a sin, but does not commit it, (they are the ones whose hearts Allāh has tested for Taqwā.

For them is forgiveness and a great reward.)”’

● [تفسير إبن كثير ٤٩\٣]

Shaykh 'Abd Al-Ilāh al-Juhanī :

📍...The rights of Allāh is above the rights of anything else & there is no obedience to the creation in disobedience to the Creator.

- No doubt this is from putting the Pleasure of Allāh above the pleasure of anyone else,

-What can be mentioned in this regard is the story of when S’ad b. Abī Waqqās became Muslim.

- His mother wanted him to leave Islām and she told him that either he leaves his dīn or she will not eat or drink until she dies

-then he will be looked down upon and cursed regarding her and it will be said to him that he is the killer of his mother.

- S’ad said to her: My mother, do not do so. I am not going to leave my dīn for anything.

- His mother stayed for a day and night without eating or drinking until she became tired.

- She woke up the next day and did not see him change and stayed another day and night until it took a greater toll upon her

- He said: O my mother,by Allāh,if you had 100 souls and each one of them came out of you one after the other I will never leave this dīn

- so if you want, eat and if you want, do not eat

- When she saw her son so firm upon his dīn she went ahead and ate because she knew he would never leave his dīn

-and he was seeking the Pleasure of Allāh beyond that of any creation

-Regarding companionship and whomever you mingle with, the rights of Allāh is consistently above the rights of any of His creation

- If your companion or colleague enter into something that is against the Sharī’ah you must fulfill the right of advising them first

- then fulfill the right of negating what they are doing of wrong against the dīn and do not compromise with them.

- So do not think that you are doing them a favour by remaining silent.

-Not forbidding them from wrong is entering into what Allāh has forbidden and no doubt this is munkar

- and it is for this reason that the curse of Allāh was upon Banī Isrā`īl due to what they did regarding this matter.

[Taken from the notes of the lecture ,translated and transcribed by Mpubs:
Mpubs Tele-Lecture: Whoever seeks the pleasure of Allāh...by Shaykh 'Abd Al-Ilāh al-Juhanī @alrfaee1433 (link: http://Live.Mpubs.Org) Live.Mpubs.Org]

The 3 afflictions which daily affect every human being:

Everyday and every night, the children of Aadam are affected by the 3 afflictions. Not a day goes by except that they are afflicted by all the 3 of them.

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THE FIRST AFFLICTION:

His lifespan is reduced everyday. He does not care much about his lifespan being reduced, but if there is any reduction in his wealth, he starts worrying. What he forgets is that wealth is recoverable but not the lifespan.

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THE SECOND AFFLICTION:

Everyday he consumes the sustenance provided to him by Allaah. If it is Halaal, he will be questioned about it [Surah al-Takaathur (102): 8]. But if it is through Haraam means, then he will be punished for it; and no one knows the extent of the punishment except Allaah.

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THE THIRD AFFLICTION:

Everyday he is nearing the Aakhirah by some distance; while at the same time he is being distanced from this worldly life by some distance. But his concern for the EVERLASTING HEREAFTER is nothing as compared to his concern for this FLEETING WORLD. He does not know if his abode will be the highest station in Paradise or the lowest depths of Hell.

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اللهم لا تجعل الدنيا أكبر همنا، ولا مبلغ علمنا ، ولا إلى النار مصيرنا ، واجعل الجنة هي دارنا

O Allaah! Do not make this world our greatest concern, nor the limit of our knowledge. And do not set our path leading towards Hell. And make Paradise our final abode.Aameen.

"When Allah knows that a person does not want the truth, He misguides his heart."

- Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (rahimahullah)

[Liqá at al-Bab al-Muftúh, (No.73)]

Question: What is the ruling on using some perfumes that contain some alcohol?
Answer: Praise be to Allaah.
The basic principle is that the perfumes which are commonly used among people are permissible, unless we find out that they contain some substance that make it disallowed for us to use them, such if it is an intoxicant, or a large amount would cause intoxication, or it contains some najaasah (impure substance) and so on.
But the basic principle is that the perfumes which are commonly used are permissible, such as 'ood, amber, musk, etc. But if a person finds out that a certain perfume contains something that would rule out its use, such as an intoxicating or impure substance, then he should not use it.
This includes cologne because it is has been proven by the testimony of doctors that it is not free of intoxicants; it contains a large amount of alcohol, which is an intoxicant, so we should not use it, unless we find a kind of cologne that is free of that. There are enough perfumes among the kinds that Allaah has permitted to us that we have no need of that kind, praise be to Allaah.
The same applies to every kind of food and drink which contains intoxicants - we should refrain from consuming them. The basic principle is that whatever causes intoxication in large amounts, a small amount of it is haraam, as the Messenger (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"Whatever causes intoxication in large amounts, a small amount of it is haraam." [Narrated by an-Nasaa'ee in al-Ashribah, 5607; Ibn Maajah, al-Ashribah, 3394]
And Allaah is the Source of strength.
Shaykh Abdul-Azeez Ibn Abdullaah Ibn Baaz (rahimahullaah)
Majallat al-Buhooth, Issue No. 33, p. 116

Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimhu Allāh) said:
“If a person falls into the same sin a hundred times or a thousand times — or even more, and he repents after each time, his repentance will be accepted and his sins nullified. Even if he was to repent after all his sins just one time, his repentance would still be sound.”
{شرح النووي على مسلم ١٧/٧٥}

Suhnun رحمه الله said:
" It was rare that Ibn al-Qasim would come to us without saying: "Fear Allaah since even a little of this-meaning knowledge- along with the fear of Allaah is alot. And a lot of it without fearing Allaah is a little."

As-Siyar by Adh-Dhahabi (Volume 9 page 122)

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

The first generations of Islam were the most righteous, so their rulers were likewise. When they later became tarnished with corruption, the rulers over them became corrupted. Hence, the wisdom of Allah refuses that righteous rulers like Mu’awiyah and Umar ibn Abdul Aziz are put in authority over us in these times, let alone the likes of Abu Bakr and Umar. Rather, our rulers are in accordance with our nature and the rulers of those before us were in accordance with their nature.

[Miftah Dar As-Sa’adah 1/253-254]

It is reported that Imām Mālik (رحمه الله) said:

❝Whatever you fool around with, don’t fool around with your dīn [religion].❞

[Al-Lālakāʾī, Sharh ʾUsūl ʾIʿtiqād Ahl Al-Sunnah, (1/163) ]

Mawlid? ??

Shaykh Al-Albaanee said:

“An unlearned cant simply say “Its allowed” or “Not”, rather he must mention the scholar who says it.”

[“Silsilah Huda wa-Noor”, 333].

INDEED SO TRUE. .

"The origin of evil is preferring opinion over the texts and preferring desires over the Shari’ah.”

- Ibn Taymiyyah (rahcimahullah)

[al-Minhaj 8/411]

‎Prophetﷺ:Verily,Allaah تعالى hates every person who is knowledgable of the worldly life,but ignorant of the Hereafter.
‎[Sahih al-Jami' 1879]

Al-Hasan Al-Basri (rahimahullah) heard a group of people arguing, so he said:

“These people have become bored with worship, and speech has become light upon (their tongue), and their piety has decreased and that is why they speak.”

[Ahmad in Az-Zuhd and Aboo Nu’aym in Al-Hilyah]