Whoever increases in worry and sadness must recite; “Lā Ḥawla Walā Quwwata Illā Billāh.””
-[Imām Ibn Qayyim | Zād al-Ma'ād (4/183)]
-[Imām Ibn Qayyim | Zād al-Ma'ād (4/183)]
OUR PHONES 📱📱📱📞📞📞
One of the hardest task in this 21st century is for the youths to spend 30 mins without "touching" their phones!
Almost everyone is now a phone addict.
It's the last thing you touch before you sleep at night.
It's the first thing you touch when you wake up at dawn
Some even put earpiece on their ears overnight.
Some still wake at night to download films but they can't wake up for tahajud.
Some are always "online" chatting.
As early as 6am they are online and they remain online till midnight.
They have thousands of friends online whom they chat with but they don't relate with their families at home.
They isolate themselves in their rooms.
Some argue till midnight about aqeedah issues, yet by fajr time, he is sleeping and snoring.
Immediately after the tasleem in salat, you see people pressing their phones again, no time for adhkaar!
As if all their past and future sins have already been forgiven!
When accidents happen, instead of saving lives, you see people snapping the victims with their phones.
When a house is burning, instead of quenching it, you see people snapping so as to be the first to upload it on social network.
When a person loses a loved one, instead of thinking about the funeral issues, the first thing the person does is to upload the news on social network perhaps to get
comments!
We are so addicted to phones, we even chat when we are on motorcycles.
Some still chat in the exam halls.
Some play games with their phones in the masjid.
Subhan'Allah
Some watch films in the masjid.
What a fitnah befalling the Ummah.
Along the road, some keep pressing their phones, until perhaps they narrowly dodge an accident or until a banana peel slips them.
Even when we have guests, we still concentrate on our phones than our guest.
Some ignore their spouses because they are chatting with "mere friends" on Facebook!
Some use Suratul Asr to hasten their salat because of their phones, not knowing that Suratul Asr is talking about spending time in righteous deeds.
Many are those whose phones have made them "hypocrites". Many are those whose phones are leading them to hellfire
Because of your phone, you are the last person to come to Juma'ah and you are always the first
person to leave!
Allah said, 'Closer and closer to mankind comes their judgement, yet they don't take heed, and they turn away' (Sura Al-Anbiyaa vs 1)
Sheik Uthaymeen rahimahuLlah said, Whoever does not spend his time for the sake of Allah, what is better for him is DEATH!
May Allah forgive our numerous sins. Aameen
One of the hardest task in this 21st century is for the youths to spend 30 mins without "touching" their phones!
Almost everyone is now a phone addict.
It's the last thing you touch before you sleep at night.
It's the first thing you touch when you wake up at dawn
Some even put earpiece on their ears overnight.
Some still wake at night to download films but they can't wake up for tahajud.
Some are always "online" chatting.
As early as 6am they are online and they remain online till midnight.
They have thousands of friends online whom they chat with but they don't relate with their families at home.
They isolate themselves in their rooms.
Some argue till midnight about aqeedah issues, yet by fajr time, he is sleeping and snoring.
Immediately after the tasleem in salat, you see people pressing their phones again, no time for adhkaar!
As if all their past and future sins have already been forgiven!
When accidents happen, instead of saving lives, you see people snapping the victims with their phones.
When a house is burning, instead of quenching it, you see people snapping so as to be the first to upload it on social network.
When a person loses a loved one, instead of thinking about the funeral issues, the first thing the person does is to upload the news on social network perhaps to get
comments!
We are so addicted to phones, we even chat when we are on motorcycles.
Some still chat in the exam halls.
Some play games with their phones in the masjid.
Subhan'Allah
Some watch films in the masjid.
What a fitnah befalling the Ummah.
Along the road, some keep pressing their phones, until perhaps they narrowly dodge an accident or until a banana peel slips them.
Even when we have guests, we still concentrate on our phones than our guest.
Some ignore their spouses because they are chatting with "mere friends" on Facebook!
Some use Suratul Asr to hasten their salat because of their phones, not knowing that Suratul Asr is talking about spending time in righteous deeds.
Many are those whose phones have made them "hypocrites". Many are those whose phones are leading them to hellfire
Because of your phone, you are the last person to come to Juma'ah and you are always the first
person to leave!
Allah said, 'Closer and closer to mankind comes their judgement, yet they don't take heed, and they turn away' (Sura Al-Anbiyaa vs 1)
Sheik Uthaymeen rahimahuLlah said, Whoever does not spend his time for the sake of Allah, what is better for him is DEATH!
May Allah forgive our numerous sins. Aameen
ENTERING JANNAH OR JAHANNAM BECAUSE OF A FLY Question Is the following narration authentic? “A man entered Jannah because of a fly, while another entered Jahannam because of a fly. “Two men passed by a people who had an idol, which it was not permissible for anyone to pass without making a sacrifice to it. They [the people] said to the first man: “Sacrifice [something in the name of the idol]. He said: “I will not sacrifice anything unless it be to Allah so they struck his neck (and he died) and entered Jannah” Then they said to the second man: “Sacrifice [something].” He said: “I have nothing with which to do so.” They said: “Sacrifice something, even if it were only a fly,” and so he did so, and they allowed him to continue on his way and so he entered Jahannam” Answer Imam Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah (rahimahullah) and others have recorded this incident as the statements of Sayyiduna Salman Al Farisi (radiyallahu ‘anhu) -موقوفا- via an authentic chain. (Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 33709 with footnotes of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwamah) Note: This narration is reported as the statement of Sayyiduna Salman Al Farisi (radiyallahu ‘anhu) and should be quoted as such. And Allah Ta’ala knows best.
Why dont you find someone to make Ruqya to protect him from the Evil Eye?
The Evil Eye - Muwwatta Imaam Malik (Rahimahullah).
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Sulayman ibn Yasar that Urwa ibn az-Zubayr told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered the house of Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. There was a child weeping in the house, and they told him that it was from the evil eye. Urwa said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Why do you not find someone to make an incantation to protect it from the evil eye?' " [1]
Yahya related to me from Malik that Humayd ibn Qays al-Makki said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with the two sons of Jafar ibn Abi Talib. He said to their nursemaid, 'Why do I see them so thin?' Their nursemaid said, 'Messenger of Allah, the evil eye goes quickly to them. Nothing stops us from asking someone to make incantations (using ayats of Qur'an) for them, except that we do not know what of that would agree with you.' The Messenger of ,Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Make incantations (Ruqya) for them. Had anything been able to precede the decree, the evil eye would precede it.' " [2]
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Khusayfa that Amr ibn Abdullah ibn Kab as-Salami told him that Nafi ibn Jubayr told him that Uthman ibn Abi al-As came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Uthman said that he had a pain which was enough to kill him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Rub it with your right hand seven times and say, 'I take refuge with the might of Allah and His power from the evil of what I feel.' "
Uthman added, "I said that, and Allah removed what I had. I still command my family and others to say it." [3]
[(1) USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 50, Hadith 4 - Arabic reference : Book 50, Hadith 1717]
[(2) USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 50, Hadith 3 - Arabic reference : Book 50, Hadith 1716]
[(3) USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 50, Hadith 9 - Arabic reference : Book 50, Hadith 1722]
The Evil Eye - Muwwatta Imaam Malik (Rahimahullah).
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Sulayman ibn Yasar that Urwa ibn az-Zubayr told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered the house of Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. There was a child weeping in the house, and they told him that it was from the evil eye. Urwa said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Why do you not find someone to make an incantation to protect it from the evil eye?' " [1]
Yahya related to me from Malik that Humayd ibn Qays al-Makki said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with the two sons of Jafar ibn Abi Talib. He said to their nursemaid, 'Why do I see them so thin?' Their nursemaid said, 'Messenger of Allah, the evil eye goes quickly to them. Nothing stops us from asking someone to make incantations (using ayats of Qur'an) for them, except that we do not know what of that would agree with you.' The Messenger of ,Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Make incantations (Ruqya) for them. Had anything been able to precede the decree, the evil eye would precede it.' " [2]
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Khusayfa that Amr ibn Abdullah ibn Kab as-Salami told him that Nafi ibn Jubayr told him that Uthman ibn Abi al-As came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Uthman said that he had a pain which was enough to kill him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Rub it with your right hand seven times and say, 'I take refuge with the might of Allah and His power from the evil of what I feel.' "
Uthman added, "I said that, and Allah removed what I had. I still command my family and others to say it." [3]
[(1) USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 50, Hadith 4 - Arabic reference : Book 50, Hadith 1717]
[(2) USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 50, Hadith 3 - Arabic reference : Book 50, Hadith 1716]
[(3) USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 50, Hadith 9 - Arabic reference : Book 50, Hadith 1722]
Ibn alQayyim said on morning and evening supplications " The place of these supplications are after the Fajr prayer and after the Asr prayer
[ الوابل الصيب ٢٤٠ ]
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'Alī Ibn Tālib [رضي الله عنه] said:
❝The beginning of anger is madness and the end of it, is regret.❞
[al-Adāb al-Shar'iyyah, (1/183)]
❝The beginning of anger is madness and the end of it, is regret.❞
[al-Adāb al-Shar'iyyah, (1/183)]
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
“Whoever mocks his brother for a sin they repented from will not die until he himself falls into the same sin.”
[Madaarij vol 1 p. 177]
“Whoever mocks his brother for a sin they repented from will not die until he himself falls into the same sin.”
[Madaarij vol 1 p. 177]
❝Befriend the one who is above you in the religion and below you in the worldly life.❞
- Uthmaan Ibn Hakeem
[As-Samt, of Ibn Abee Dunyaa, p. 45]
- Uthmaan Ibn Hakeem
[As-Samt, of Ibn Abee Dunyaa, p. 45]
Abû Qilâbah (d.104H) - rahimahullâh - said:
“If Allâh gives you knowledge, then give Him worship; and do not let your desire be just to narrate it to the people.”
Related by al-Khattîb in Iqtidâ’ul-’Ilmil-’Aml (no.37)
“If Allâh gives you knowledge, then give Him worship; and do not let your desire be just to narrate it to the people.”
Related by al-Khattîb in Iqtidâ’ul-’Ilmil-’Aml (no.37)
Luqmaan al-Hakeem (alayhis-salaam) said to his son,
“O my son! Man is composed of three thirds – a third for Allaah, a third for himself and a third for the worms. The third that is for Allaah is his soul; the third that is for himself is his actions, and the third that is for the worms is his body.”
~ [Preparing for the Day of Judgement, Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalaani, p.g.14]
“O my son! Man is composed of three thirds – a third for Allaah, a third for himself and a third for the worms. The third that is for Allaah is his soul; the third that is for himself is his actions, and the third that is for the worms is his body.”
~ [Preparing for the Day of Judgement, Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalaani, p.g.14]
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The Muslim Woman is a Queen within her Home
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Haadee Al-Madkhalee
I say: ❝The Muslim woman must cling to her home and not to go out except for a need. This is what is obligatory upon her. For she is a queen within her home.❞
Secondly: ❝It is not permissible for her to be negligent regarding the rights of her husband and children in order to patronize her friends.❞
Thirdly: ❝If she goes out then it is not permissible for her to go out without the permission of her husband.❞
Fourthly: ❝She must inform him of where she is going.❞
Fifthly: ❝If she goes out then this must be for a known (specified) need. Meaning, for a specific (and known) amount of time. She doesn’t go and sit until midnight. The man has a need; he needs his wife. Who is going to fulfill his needs if she is roaming about?❞
Sixthly: ❝These children, are they the responsibility of the husband or the wife with regard to the home training (within the house)? It is the wife firstly. The husband shares in that; he is not devoid of responsibility. However, the primary responsibility is upon the wife. This is because the inner household affairs are upon her and none knows them; and the man participates by disciplining, cultivating, advising, directing, teaching, being a fear factor, threatening, as he is needed. He is the one who acts as a deterrent (from impropriety). However, the affairs of the household are for none other than this woman.❞
Translation by Raha ibn Donald Batts
Source - http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-muslim-woman-is-a-queen-within-her-home-shaykh-muhammad-ibn-haadee
Illustration showing the Mahrams - http://www.abukhadeejah.com/mind-map-illustration-showing-the-mahrams-male-chaperones-of-a-woman-for-travel-and-sittings/
The Muslim Woman is a Queen within her Home
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Haadee Al-Madkhalee
I say: ❝The Muslim woman must cling to her home and not to go out except for a need. This is what is obligatory upon her. For she is a queen within her home.❞
Secondly: ❝It is not permissible for her to be negligent regarding the rights of her husband and children in order to patronize her friends.❞
Thirdly: ❝If she goes out then it is not permissible for her to go out without the permission of her husband.❞
Fourthly: ❝She must inform him of where she is going.❞
Fifthly: ❝If she goes out then this must be for a known (specified) need. Meaning, for a specific (and known) amount of time. She doesn’t go and sit until midnight. The man has a need; he needs his wife. Who is going to fulfill his needs if she is roaming about?❞
Sixthly: ❝These children, are they the responsibility of the husband or the wife with regard to the home training (within the house)? It is the wife firstly. The husband shares in that; he is not devoid of responsibility. However, the primary responsibility is upon the wife. This is because the inner household affairs are upon her and none knows them; and the man participates by disciplining, cultivating, advising, directing, teaching, being a fear factor, threatening, as he is needed. He is the one who acts as a deterrent (from impropriety). However, the affairs of the household are for none other than this woman.❞
Translation by Raha ibn Donald Batts
Source - http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-muslim-woman-is-a-queen-within-her-home-shaykh-muhammad-ibn-haadee
Illustration showing the Mahrams - http://www.abukhadeejah.com/mind-map-illustration-showing-the-mahrams-male-chaperones-of-a-woman-for-travel-and-sittings/
🎯Nine lessons from Surah Hujrah
"When a glass is broken, the sound of breaking disappears immediately whereas the glass pieces are scattered over the ground hurting whoever walks over it".
Similarly, "when you say something that hurts people's emotions and feelings, the voice disappears immediately but the heart remains in pain for long."
Therefore, don't say anything except good and remember always the nine advises and prohibitions that Allah Almighty gave us in Suratul Hujurat (The Sura of Islamic manners) before you say something to anyone:
1.-فتبينوا:
"Fa Tabayyanu": Investigate: when you receive an information, lest you harm people out of ignorance.
2.-فأصلحوا:
"Fa Aslihu": Make settlement: between your brothers as believers are brothers.
3.-وأقسطوا:
"Wa Aqsitu": Act justly: whenever there is a dispute try for settlement and act justly among both parties as Allah loves those who act justly.
4.-لا يسخر:
"La Yaskhar": Don't ridicule people, perhaps they may be better than you to Allah.
5.-ولا تلمزوا:
"Wa La Talmizu": Don't insult one another.
6.-ولا تنابزوا:
"Wa La Tanabazu": Don't call each other with offensive nicknames.
7.-اجتنبو كثيرا من الظن:
"Ijtanibu Kathiiran min Aldhan": Avoid negative assumptions, indeed some of the assumptions are sins.
8.-ولا تجسسوا:
"Wa La Tajassasu": Don't spy on each other.
9.-ولا يغتب بعضكم بعضا:
"Wa La Yaghtab": Don't backbite each other. Its a major sin equivalent to eating your dead brother's flesh.
Lastly Allah said in the Qur'an "Remind, for the reminder benefits believers".
*May Allah continue to Bless and Guide us in all our affairs*...
A'ameen. ..
"When a glass is broken, the sound of breaking disappears immediately whereas the glass pieces are scattered over the ground hurting whoever walks over it".
Similarly, "when you say something that hurts people's emotions and feelings, the voice disappears immediately but the heart remains in pain for long."
Therefore, don't say anything except good and remember always the nine advises and prohibitions that Allah Almighty gave us in Suratul Hujurat (The Sura of Islamic manners) before you say something to anyone:
1.-فتبينوا:
"Fa Tabayyanu": Investigate: when you receive an information, lest you harm people out of ignorance.
2.-فأصلحوا:
"Fa Aslihu": Make settlement: between your brothers as believers are brothers.
3.-وأقسطوا:
"Wa Aqsitu": Act justly: whenever there is a dispute try for settlement and act justly among both parties as Allah loves those who act justly.
4.-لا يسخر:
"La Yaskhar": Don't ridicule people, perhaps they may be better than you to Allah.
5.-ولا تلمزوا:
"Wa La Talmizu": Don't insult one another.
6.-ولا تنابزوا:
"Wa La Tanabazu": Don't call each other with offensive nicknames.
7.-اجتنبو كثيرا من الظن:
"Ijtanibu Kathiiran min Aldhan": Avoid negative assumptions, indeed some of the assumptions are sins.
8.-ولا تجسسوا:
"Wa La Tajassasu": Don't spy on each other.
9.-ولا يغتب بعضكم بعضا:
"Wa La Yaghtab": Don't backbite each other. Its a major sin equivalent to eating your dead brother's flesh.
Lastly Allah said in the Qur'an "Remind, for the reminder benefits believers".
*May Allah continue to Bless and Guide us in all our affairs*...
A'ameen. ..
WE HAVE REACHED ANOTHER MORNING, SO WHO EXPECTS TO LIVE TILL THE EVENING?!
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Allaah (The Most High) informed us that the believer amongst the people of Pharaoh said:
يَـٰقَوۡمِ إِنَّمَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مَتَـٰعٌ۬ وَإِنَّ ٱلۡأَخِرَةَ هِىَ دَارُ ٱلۡقَرَارِ
“O my people! Truly, this life of the world is nothing but a (quick passing) enjoyment, and verily, the Hereafter that is the home that will remain forever.” [1]
Mujaahid (rahimahullaah) narrated: Abdullaah Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhumaa) said: Allaah’s Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) took hold of my shoulder and said: ‘’Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveller.’’ The subnarrator added: Ibn Umar Used to say: ‘’If you survive till the evening, do not expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not expect to be alive in the evening, and take from your health for your sickness, and (take) from your life for your death.’’ [2]
The Muslim is like a stranger in this worldly life:
The stranger is one residing in a country other than his country. The worldly life is not the Muslim’s permanent place of residence; rather the Muslim’s permanent place of residence is paradise. He is in this worldly life in order work for entry into Paradise. He takes what is needed from this world in order to aid him to work for entry into paradise.
The Muslim is like a traveller in this worldly life
The traveller takes rest during his journey and then carries on travelling. He does not reside permanently in that place he stopped to take a rest. In the life of this world the Muslim is that traveller. In reality he is not a permanent resident in the worldly life because his time in it is very little. His nights and days take him towards the afterlife.
What is befitting the Muslim with regards to the days, nights, and his health etc!
If you reach the morning do not delay good deeds till in the evening because it maybe that you will not reach the evening. If you reach the evening do not delay good deeds till the morning because it maybe that you will not reach the morning. Do not delay repentance and righteous deeds till another time.
As long as a person is in a state of good health and wellbeing, he is able to perform Sawm, Tahajjud etc; but when he becomes sick he is not able to perform Sawm, Tahajjud etc. Therefore, as long as Allaah has given you good health, then hasten towards righteous actions because a time will come in which you will be unable to perform them—either due to illness, old age, or senility.
Prepare for death and what is to come after it. Allaah gave you this life in order that you busy yourself with what will benefit you in the afterlife. So do not spend your life in play and jest. [3]
References:
[1]Soorah Ghaafir: Ayah 39
[2]Bukhaari: The Book of Ar-Riqaaq Vol 8: Hadeeth Number: 6416]
[3] Source: Al-Minhatur Rabbaaniyyah Fee sharh al-arba’een of Al-Allaamah Saaleh Al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him) pages 285 287. Abridged & paraphrased]
http://www.salaficentre.com/2014/01/we-have-reached-another-morning-who-expects-to-live-till-the-evening/
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Allaah (The Most High) informed us that the believer amongst the people of Pharaoh said:
يَـٰقَوۡمِ إِنَّمَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مَتَـٰعٌ۬ وَإِنَّ ٱلۡأَخِرَةَ هِىَ دَارُ ٱلۡقَرَارِ
“O my people! Truly, this life of the world is nothing but a (quick passing) enjoyment, and verily, the Hereafter that is the home that will remain forever.” [1]
Mujaahid (rahimahullaah) narrated: Abdullaah Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhumaa) said: Allaah’s Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) took hold of my shoulder and said: ‘’Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveller.’’ The subnarrator added: Ibn Umar Used to say: ‘’If you survive till the evening, do not expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not expect to be alive in the evening, and take from your health for your sickness, and (take) from your life for your death.’’ [2]
The Muslim is like a stranger in this worldly life:
The stranger is one residing in a country other than his country. The worldly life is not the Muslim’s permanent place of residence; rather the Muslim’s permanent place of residence is paradise. He is in this worldly life in order work for entry into Paradise. He takes what is needed from this world in order to aid him to work for entry into paradise.
The Muslim is like a traveller in this worldly life
The traveller takes rest during his journey and then carries on travelling. He does not reside permanently in that place he stopped to take a rest. In the life of this world the Muslim is that traveller. In reality he is not a permanent resident in the worldly life because his time in it is very little. His nights and days take him towards the afterlife.
What is befitting the Muslim with regards to the days, nights, and his health etc!
If you reach the morning do not delay good deeds till in the evening because it maybe that you will not reach the evening. If you reach the evening do not delay good deeds till the morning because it maybe that you will not reach the morning. Do not delay repentance and righteous deeds till another time.
As long as a person is in a state of good health and wellbeing, he is able to perform Sawm, Tahajjud etc; but when he becomes sick he is not able to perform Sawm, Tahajjud etc. Therefore, as long as Allaah has given you good health, then hasten towards righteous actions because a time will come in which you will be unable to perform them—either due to illness, old age, or senility.
Prepare for death and what is to come after it. Allaah gave you this life in order that you busy yourself with what will benefit you in the afterlife. So do not spend your life in play and jest. [3]
References:
[1]Soorah Ghaafir: Ayah 39
[2]Bukhaari: The Book of Ar-Riqaaq Vol 8: Hadeeth Number: 6416]
[3] Source: Al-Minhatur Rabbaaniyyah Fee sharh al-arba’een of Al-Allaamah Saaleh Al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him) pages 285 287. Abridged & paraphrased]
http://www.salaficentre.com/2014/01/we-have-reached-another-morning-who-expects-to-live-till-the-evening/
Islamic Fatwa in Prohibition of Taking Pictures Using A Mobile Phone
Question:
What is the ruling concerning taking pictures using a mobile phone considering some people say that it is just capturing a shadow and there is no prohibition in that, so what is the ruling concerning that?
Answer:
>>For HIM there is no prohibition in that, as for the Sunnah and the evidences then picture taking/making in general is Haraam (prohibited) and the picture maker is cursed.
And he will receive from the most severest of punishments on the Day of Judgment. So what is it that takes the mobile phone out from this generality?
The Messenger made picture making Haraam without exception by any means; (whether that be by way of ) a mobile phone, a camera, by hand(sculpting) or by drawing, he made it absolutely Haraam. So who is he that makes an exception from what the messenger sallallaahu alaihi wasallam said and attempts to redress the messenger. Apart from that the Muhaqqiqeen (verifiers) from the Scholars make an exception in the case of necessity, if a person is in need of taking a picture for a necessity then it is allowed due to this necessity due to His saying - the Most High:
(وقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إلاَّ مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إلَيْهِ )
ýwhile He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity? [Surah al-'An'aam:119]
As for picture taking as a hobby or as a form of art by the use of the camera or by hand or by any object then it is Haraam and it is not allowed except in case of necessity only. In accordance to the necessity it is a concession. It is a concession due to a necessity only.
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (Hafidhahullah)
Taken from the Shaykhs lecture series:(Tafseer of Surah al-Hujuraat to Surah an-Naas) Monday 15 Shawwal 1427H.
http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=1381
Question:
What is the ruling concerning taking pictures using a mobile phone considering some people say that it is just capturing a shadow and there is no prohibition in that, so what is the ruling concerning that?
Answer:
>>For HIM there is no prohibition in that, as for the Sunnah and the evidences then picture taking/making in general is Haraam (prohibited) and the picture maker is cursed.
And he will receive from the most severest of punishments on the Day of Judgment. So what is it that takes the mobile phone out from this generality?
The Messenger made picture making Haraam without exception by any means; (whether that be by way of ) a mobile phone, a camera, by hand(sculpting) or by drawing, he made it absolutely Haraam. So who is he that makes an exception from what the messenger sallallaahu alaihi wasallam said and attempts to redress the messenger. Apart from that the Muhaqqiqeen (verifiers) from the Scholars make an exception in the case of necessity, if a person is in need of taking a picture for a necessity then it is allowed due to this necessity due to His saying - the Most High:
(وقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إلاَّ مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إلَيْهِ )
ýwhile He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity? [Surah al-'An'aam:119]
As for picture taking as a hobby or as a form of art by the use of the camera or by hand or by any object then it is Haraam and it is not allowed except in case of necessity only. In accordance to the necessity it is a concession. It is a concession due to a necessity only.
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (Hafidhahullah)
Taken from the Shaykhs lecture series:(Tafseer of Surah al-Hujuraat to Surah an-Naas) Monday 15 Shawwal 1427H.
http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=1381
KNOW YOUR ENEMY
The prophet pbuh said "When a man enters his house or goes to bed, an angel and shaytan hasten to him. The angel says, 'Seal it with good!' The Shaytan says, 'Seal it with evil.' If he praises Allah and remembers Him, he chases the shaytan away and spends the night with him guarding him. When he wakes up, the angel and shaytan hasten to him and say the same thing. If he mentions Allah and says, 'Praise be to Allah, who keeps firm hold of the heavens and earth, preventing them from vanishing away. And if they vanished no one could then keep hold of them. Certainly He is Most Forbearing, Ever-Forgiving.' (35:41) Praise be to Allah who holds back the sky preventing it from falling on the earth, except by His permission. Allah is All-Compassionate to mankind, Most Merciful.' (22:63) If he dies, he dies a martyr, If he gets up and prays, he prays in virtue.'"
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ الصَّوَّافِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ أَوْ أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ ابْتَدَرَهُ مَلَكٌ وَشَيْطَانٌ، فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ: اخْتِمْ بِخَيْرٍ، وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ: اخْتِمْ بِشَرٍّ، فَإِنْ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَذَكَرَهُ أَطْرَدَهُ، وَبَاتَ يَكْلَؤُهُ، فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ ابْتَدَرَهُ مَلَكٌ وَشَيْطَانٌ فَقَالاَ مِثْلَهُ، فَإِنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ وَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَدَّ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَلَمْ يُمِتْهَا فِي مَنَامِهَا، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي {يُمْسِكُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولاَ، وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا}، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي {يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ} إِلَى {لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ}، فَإِنْ مَاتَ مَاتَ شَهِيدًا، وَإِنْ قَامَ فَصَلَّى صَلَّى فِي فَضَائِلَ.
ضعيف الإسناد موقوفا (الألباني)
حكم :
English reference
: Book 50, Hadith 1214
Arabic reference
: Book 1, Hadith 1214
Abu Umama said, "Shaytan comes to one of you in bed after his family has covered him and wished him good night. He throws sticks, stones or other things on him to make him angry with his family. When he feels that, he should not get angry with his family.' He said, 'It is part of the work of Shaytan.'"
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ، عَنْ أَزْهَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْتِي إِلَى فِرَاشِ أَحَدِكُمْ بَعْدَ مَا يَفْرِشُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَيُهَيِّئُونَهُ، فَيُلْقِي عَلَيْهِ الْعُودَ أَوِ الْحَجَرَ أَوِ الشَّيْءَ، لِيُغْضِبَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ، فَإِذَا وَجَدَ ذَلِكَ فَلاَ يَغْضَبْ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ، قَالَ: لأَنَّهُ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ.
Grade
: Hasan (Al-Albani)
حـسـن (الألباني)
حكم :
English reference
: Book 48, Hadith 1191
Arabic reference
: Book 1, Hadith 1191
The prophet pbuh said "When a man enters his house or goes to bed, an angel and shaytan hasten to him. The angel says, 'Seal it with good!' The Shaytan says, 'Seal it with evil.' If he praises Allah and remembers Him, he chases the shaytan away and spends the night with him guarding him. When he wakes up, the angel and shaytan hasten to him and say the same thing. If he mentions Allah and says, 'Praise be to Allah, who keeps firm hold of the heavens and earth, preventing them from vanishing away. And if they vanished no one could then keep hold of them. Certainly He is Most Forbearing, Ever-Forgiving.' (35:41) Praise be to Allah who holds back the sky preventing it from falling on the earth, except by His permission. Allah is All-Compassionate to mankind, Most Merciful.' (22:63) If he dies, he dies a martyr, If he gets up and prays, he prays in virtue.'"
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ الصَّوَّافِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ أَوْ أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ ابْتَدَرَهُ مَلَكٌ وَشَيْطَانٌ، فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ: اخْتِمْ بِخَيْرٍ، وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ: اخْتِمْ بِشَرٍّ، فَإِنْ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَذَكَرَهُ أَطْرَدَهُ، وَبَاتَ يَكْلَؤُهُ، فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ ابْتَدَرَهُ مَلَكٌ وَشَيْطَانٌ فَقَالاَ مِثْلَهُ، فَإِنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ وَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَدَّ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَلَمْ يُمِتْهَا فِي مَنَامِهَا، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي {يُمْسِكُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولاَ، وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا}، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي {يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ} إِلَى {لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ}، فَإِنْ مَاتَ مَاتَ شَهِيدًا، وَإِنْ قَامَ فَصَلَّى صَلَّى فِي فَضَائِلَ.
ضعيف الإسناد موقوفا (الألباني)
حكم :
English reference
: Book 50, Hadith 1214
Arabic reference
: Book 1, Hadith 1214
Abu Umama said, "Shaytan comes to one of you in bed after his family has covered him and wished him good night. He throws sticks, stones or other things on him to make him angry with his family. When he feels that, he should not get angry with his family.' He said, 'It is part of the work of Shaytan.'"
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ، عَنْ أَزْهَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْتِي إِلَى فِرَاشِ أَحَدِكُمْ بَعْدَ مَا يَفْرِشُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَيُهَيِّئُونَهُ، فَيُلْقِي عَلَيْهِ الْعُودَ أَوِ الْحَجَرَ أَوِ الشَّيْءَ، لِيُغْضِبَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ، فَإِذَا وَجَدَ ذَلِكَ فَلاَ يَغْضَبْ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ، قَالَ: لأَنَّهُ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ.
Grade
: Hasan (Al-Albani)
حـسـن (الألباني)
حكم :
English reference
: Book 48, Hadith 1191
Arabic reference
: Book 1, Hadith 1191
Imam al Shaf'aee (rahimahullah) said:
"The essence of a person lies in three things:
Concealing Poverty: So much so that people presume that you are wealthy due to your modesty and integrity.
Concealing Anger: So much so that people presume you are satisfied.
Concealing Hardship: So much so that people presume that you are blessed and have an easy life.
Manaqib al Shaf'aee by al Bayhaqi 188/2
"The essence of a person lies in three things:
Concealing Poverty: So much so that people presume that you are wealthy due to your modesty and integrity.
Concealing Anger: So much so that people presume you are satisfied.
Concealing Hardship: So much so that people presume that you are blessed and have an easy life.
Manaqib al Shaf'aee by al Bayhaqi 188/2
Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, ( رحمه الله ) said:
“Whoever thinks that he can simply take from, the Book (the Qur'ān) and the Sunnah without,following the Sahābah [the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, may Allāh be pleased with them], and pursues a path other than theirs, is from the people of innovation.”
[Mukhtasar Al-Fatāwā Al-Misriyyah p556]
“Whoever thinks that he can simply take from, the Book (the Qur'ān) and the Sunnah without,following the Sahābah [the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, may Allāh be pleased with them], and pursues a path other than theirs, is from the people of innovation.”
[Mukhtasar Al-Fatāwā Al-Misriyyah p556]
How sound is the hadeeth “Seek seventy excuses for your brother”?
Answered by Shaykh Ibn Baaz Rahimahullaah
I do not know of any basis for it. What is prescribed for the believer is to respect his brother if he apologizes to him and accept his excuse if possible, and to think positively of him whenever possible, in hopes that hearts will be free from resentment and that people will be brought together and will cooperate in doing good. It was narrated from ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) that he said: “Do not think badly of a word uttered by your brother, when you can find a good interpretation for it.”
Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn Baaz (26/365)
Answered by Shaykh Ibn Baaz Rahimahullaah
I do not know of any basis for it. What is prescribed for the believer is to respect his brother if he apologizes to him and accept his excuse if possible, and to think positively of him whenever possible, in hopes that hearts will be free from resentment and that people will be brought together and will cooperate in doing good. It was narrated from ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) that he said: “Do not think badly of a word uttered by your brother, when you can find a good interpretation for it.”
Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn Baaz (26/365)