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The Superstition Of Fragrances Emanating From The Prophets Grave
Question: What is your opinion regarding a person who says that: whosoever comes to the grave of the Prophet would smell the fragrance of the grave - or the fragrance of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم ) - and [claims] that these fragrances have Barakah (blessing) in them?
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan حفظه الله answers:
There is no fragrance that one smells when visiting a grave, neither the grave of the Prophet nor anyone else's grave. This is from lying and falsehood. Maybe he smells a fragrance which the people put there so he thinks that this is surely the fragrance of the Messenger ( صلى الله عليه و سلم )! This is from the superstitious deviations for which no authority has been sent down.
'Aqeedatul-Haaj Fee dawil-Kitaab was-Sunnah, p25.
Translated by Abu 'Abdillaah al-Kashmiree
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The Superstition Of Fragrances Emanating From The Prophets Grave
Question: What is your opinion regarding a person who says that: whosoever comes to the grave of the Prophet would smell the fragrance of the grave - or the fragrance of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم ) - and [claims] that these fragrances have Barakah (blessing) in them?
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan حفظه الله answers:
There is no fragrance that one smells when visiting a grave, neither the grave of the Prophet nor anyone else's grave. This is from lying and falsehood. Maybe he smells a fragrance which the people put there so he thinks that this is surely the fragrance of the Messenger ( صلى الله عليه و سلم )! This is from the superstitious deviations for which no authority has been sent down.
'Aqeedatul-Haaj Fee dawil-Kitaab was-Sunnah, p25.
Translated by Abu 'Abdillaah al-Kashmiree
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مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَزِينَتَہَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيۡہِمۡ أَعۡمَـٰلَهُمۡ فِيہَا وَهُمۡ فِيہَا لَا يُبۡخَسُونَ (١٥) أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُمۡ فِى ٱلۡأَخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُۖ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُواْ فِيہَا وَبَـٰطِلٌ۬ مَّا ڪَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ (١٦)
Whosoever desires the life of the world and its glitter; to them We shall pay in full (the wages of) their deeds therein, and they will have no diminution therein.They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but Fire; and vain are the deeds they did therein. And of no effect is that which they used to do. (Hud: 15-16)
Shaykh Rabee ibn Haadi Al-Madkhalee (Hafidahullah) said:
Some of the Imams said: Indeed, carrying out deeds for the sake of the worldly life is greater [sin] and more dangerous than riyaa [showing off]- because a Muslim can be exposed to riyaa sometimes; as for a person whose habitual [aim] is to [receive] the worldly things and its adornments, then this is grave destruction, and Allaah’s Refuge is sought.
This is a type of shirk [related to the performance of] righteous deeds, which negates ikhlaas [sincerity]. Ibn Abbas [radiyallaahu-anhumaa] explained this as: an individual prays, fasts and stands in the night prayer, whilst desiring the worldly [gains] by way of that- desiring status. All of this is [considered to be] worldly goals; If a person intent [is to receive these worldly things] by way of his worship, then indeed he has fallen into a bottomless pit of destruction, and Allaah’s Refuge is sought.
Just as Allaah has threatened nullification of the deeds and [promised] a severe torment for the one who seeks nearness to Allaah outwardly with righteous deeds, whilst desiring the worldly things by way of that.
Therefore, take a severe warning regarding those deeds legislated by Allaah through which nearness to Allaah is sought outwardly, whilst the basis of one’s intent behind those deeds is only [to achieve] those worthless [worldly] goals – because in the Sight of Allaah the worldly life is not even equal to the weight of a mosquitoe’s wing.
Therefore, how can one make the religion a means to an end to receive these goals and lowly objectives.
Likewise, Allah says in other Aayaat -such as in Soorah Ash-Shoora-:
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلۡأَخِرَةِ نَزِدۡ لَهُ ۥ فِى حَرۡثِهِۦۖ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡہَا وَمَا لَهُ ۥ فِى ٱلۡأَخِرَةِ
مِن نَّصِيبٍ (٢٠)
Whosoever desires (by his deeds) the reward of the Hereafter, We give him increase in his reward, and whosoever desires the reward of this world (by his deeds), We give him thereof (what is decreed for him), and he has no portion in the Hereafter. (Ash-Shoora: 20)
This Aayah applies to the disbelievers first and foremost, and it applies to the hypocrites and the people of riya [i.e. the show offs], those who do not desire from their deeds and [outward adherence to] Islam, except the worldly things and its adornments, and Allaah’s refuge is sought.
The Aayaat regarding this [affair] are many, which clarify what negates sincerity to Allaah in the Religion, [The Blessed and Most High], in Aqeedah and worship.
Slightly Paraphraaed from Al-Wasaaya Al-Manhajiyyah lish Shaykh Rabee 507-508 (Min Usool I’tiqaad Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah)
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَزِينَتَہَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيۡہِمۡ أَعۡمَـٰلَهُمۡ فِيہَا وَهُمۡ فِيہَا لَا يُبۡخَسُونَ (١٥) أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُمۡ فِى ٱلۡأَخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُۖ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُواْ فِيہَا وَبَـٰطِلٌ۬ مَّا ڪَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ (١٦)
Whosoever desires the life of the world and its glitter; to them We shall pay in full (the wages of) their deeds therein, and they will have no diminution therein.They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but Fire; and vain are the deeds they did therein. And of no effect is that which they used to do. (Hud: 15-16)
Shaykh Rabee ibn Haadi Al-Madkhalee (Hafidahullah) said:
Some of the Imams said: Indeed, carrying out deeds for the sake of the worldly life is greater [sin] and more dangerous than riyaa [showing off]- because a Muslim can be exposed to riyaa sometimes; as for a person whose habitual [aim] is to [receive] the worldly things and its adornments, then this is grave destruction, and Allaah’s Refuge is sought.
This is a type of shirk [related to the performance of] righteous deeds, which negates ikhlaas [sincerity]. Ibn Abbas [radiyallaahu-anhumaa] explained this as: an individual prays, fasts and stands in the night prayer, whilst desiring the worldly [gains] by way of that- desiring status. All of this is [considered to be] worldly goals; If a person intent [is to receive these worldly things] by way of his worship, then indeed he has fallen into a bottomless pit of destruction, and Allaah’s Refuge is sought.
Just as Allaah has threatened nullification of the deeds and [promised] a severe torment for the one who seeks nearness to Allaah outwardly with righteous deeds, whilst desiring the worldly things by way of that.
Therefore, take a severe warning regarding those deeds legislated by Allaah through which nearness to Allaah is sought outwardly, whilst the basis of one’s intent behind those deeds is only [to achieve] those worthless [worldly] goals – because in the Sight of Allaah the worldly life is not even equal to the weight of a mosquitoe’s wing.
Therefore, how can one make the religion a means to an end to receive these goals and lowly objectives.
Likewise, Allah says in other Aayaat -such as in Soorah Ash-Shoora-:
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلۡأَخِرَةِ نَزِدۡ لَهُ ۥ فِى حَرۡثِهِۦۖ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡہَا وَمَا لَهُ ۥ فِى ٱلۡأَخِرَةِ
مِن نَّصِيبٍ (٢٠)
Whosoever desires (by his deeds) the reward of the Hereafter, We give him increase in his reward, and whosoever desires the reward of this world (by his deeds), We give him thereof (what is decreed for him), and he has no portion in the Hereafter. (Ash-Shoora: 20)
This Aayah applies to the disbelievers first and foremost, and it applies to the hypocrites and the people of riya [i.e. the show offs], those who do not desire from their deeds and [outward adherence to] Islam, except the worldly things and its adornments, and Allaah’s refuge is sought.
The Aayaat regarding this [affair] are many, which clarify what negates sincerity to Allaah in the Religion, [The Blessed and Most High], in Aqeedah and worship.
Slightly Paraphraaed from Al-Wasaaya Al-Manhajiyyah lish Shaykh Rabee 507-508 (Min Usool I’tiqaad Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah)
Imaam Muqbil (rahimahullaah) said:
"As for my Ikhlaas, it is weak." He said: "We fear Riyaa for ourselves and we are not safe from it; we fear self-amazement for ourselves and we are not safe from it."
[Source: Al-Fataawa Al-Hadeethiyyah.1/ 31]
"As for my Ikhlaas, it is weak." He said: "We fear Riyaa for ourselves and we are not safe from it; we fear self-amazement for ourselves and we are not safe from it."
[Source: Al-Fataawa Al-Hadeethiyyah.1/ 31]
✒ *No Such Thing As 'Mind Your Own Business' Or 'Don't Judge Me' In Islām*
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن الناس إذا رأوا المنكر فلم يغيروه أوشك أن يعمهم الله بعقابه
The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “Indeed, when people see (something of) evil but do not change it (then) soon Allāh will send his punishment upon all of them.”
● [رواه ابن ماجه ٤٠٠٥ ، صححه الألباني]
Imām an-Nawawee Raḥimahullāh said: “The obligation of enjoining good and forbidding the evil is in accordance with Qur’ān, Sunnah and Ijmā' (consensus) of the Ummah and also it is from the advice which is religion (ad-Deenu an-Naṣīḥah), none opposes it except for the Raafiḍah (i.e extreme pagan Shi'ites).”
● [شرح النووي على مسلم صـ ٢٠٧]
Translated by: Sameeullaah Sameeullaah (Aboo Maryamm)
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن الناس إذا رأوا المنكر فلم يغيروه أوشك أن يعمهم الله بعقابه
The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “Indeed, when people see (something of) evil but do not change it (then) soon Allāh will send his punishment upon all of them.”
● [رواه ابن ماجه ٤٠٠٥ ، صححه الألباني]
Imām an-Nawawee Raḥimahullāh said: “The obligation of enjoining good and forbidding the evil is in accordance with Qur’ān, Sunnah and Ijmā' (consensus) of the Ummah and also it is from the advice which is religion (ad-Deenu an-Naṣīḥah), none opposes it except for the Raafiḍah (i.e extreme pagan Shi'ites).”
● [شرح النووي على مسلم صـ ٢٠٧]
Translated by: Sameeullaah Sameeullaah (Aboo Maryamm)
Sufyaan ath-Thawree رحمه الله said:
"The believer is in need of patience just as he is need of food and drink."
[Min akbaar as-Salaf p.144]
"The believer is in need of patience just as he is need of food and drink."
[Min akbaar as-Salaf p.144]
Aishah, رضي الله عنها – said:
“I recite my daily portion of Quran- or most of it- while laying upon my bed.” Authentic. Ibn Abi Shaybah 8659
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“I recite my daily portion of Quran- or most of it- while laying upon my bed.” Authentic. Ibn Abi Shaybah 8659
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Posted by Umar Quinn (may Allaah preserve him) on Twitter.
“Luxury is an obstacle, and so is the fatness of the body.”
Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (Radiy'Allahu'anhu)
Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (Radiy'Allahu'anhu)
Ibn Ḥazm Raḥimahullāh: “Look at the wealth, status and health of the one below you and look at the religion, knowledge and virtues of the one above you.”
● [الأخلاق والسير ١/٢٣]
● [الأخلاق والسير ١/٢٣]
🚫WOMEN WEARING TROUSERS👖🚫
Women wearing Jeans/Pants
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih ibn ‘Uthaymeen Rahimahullah was also asked about the ruling on women wearing any kind of pants or trousers. He Rahimahullaah answered:
“I think that women should not wear trousers at all, even if there is no one with her apart from her husband, because this is imitating men. The ones who wear trousers are men, and the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallaam) cursed women who imitate men.”
[Majmoo’ Fataawaa wa Rasaa’il al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, part 12, p. 287]
Women wearing Jeans/Pants
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih ibn ‘Uthaymeen Rahimahullah was also asked about the ruling on women wearing any kind of pants or trousers. He Rahimahullaah answered:
“I think that women should not wear trousers at all, even if there is no one with her apart from her husband, because this is imitating men. The ones who wear trousers are men, and the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallaam) cursed women who imitate men.”
[Majmoo’ Fataawaa wa Rasaa’il al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, part 12, p. 287]
Daily Hadith | Earth as Masjid except Wahroom & Graveyard
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا مَسْجِدٌ إِلاَّ الْمَقْبُرَةَ وَالْحَمَّامَ
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said: “All of the earth is a Masjid except for the graveyard and the washroom.”
ابوسعید خدری سے روایت ہے کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ قبرستان اور حمام کے علاوہ ساری زمین مسجد ہے۔
[Jami At-Tirmidhi, Book on Salat (Prayer), Hadith: 317]
Chapter: What has been related about all of the earth is a Masjid, except for the graveyard and washroom.
Grade: Sahih
#Masjid #Hadith
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا مَسْجِدٌ إِلاَّ الْمَقْبُرَةَ وَالْحَمَّامَ
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said: “All of the earth is a Masjid except for the graveyard and the washroom.”
ابوسعید خدری سے روایت ہے کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ قبرستان اور حمام کے علاوہ ساری زمین مسجد ہے۔
[Jami At-Tirmidhi, Book on Salat (Prayer), Hadith: 317]
Chapter: What has been related about all of the earth is a Masjid, except for the graveyard and washroom.
Grade: Sahih
#Masjid #Hadith
Hudhaifah (radhiAllaahu anhu) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
"Do not let yourselves be 'yes-men', saying: 'If the people are good then we will be good, and if they are wrong then we will be wrong.' Rather, make up your own minds, if the people are good then you are good, and if they are evil, then do not behave unjustly.
(Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 113)
"Do not let yourselves be 'yes-men', saying: 'If the people are good then we will be good, and if they are wrong then we will be wrong.' Rather, make up your own minds, if the people are good then you are good, and if they are evil, then do not behave unjustly.
(Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 113)
Narrated by Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (RA) that the Prophet (SAW) said: “You will certainly follow the ways of those who came before you hand span by hand span, cubit by cubit, to the extent that if they entered the hole of a lizard, you will enter it too.” We said: “O Messenger of Allaah, (do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?” He said: “Who else?” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1397; Muslim, 4822.
May Allaah grant us wisdom and understanding. Aameen.
May Allaah grant us wisdom and understanding. Aameen.
Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan
"Many people nowadays, if you see them doing something wrong and forbid them, will say to you, There is a difference of opinion on this issue. They take difference of opinion as a justification for what they are doing, even if it contradicts the evidence."
Ṣāliḥ b. Fawzān Al-Fawzān
Member of the Council of Senior Scholars
Al-Fawzān, Ṣ. (n.d.). Arguing on the Basis of Difference of Opinion (Arabic). Website of His Eminence Shaykh Ṣāliḥ b. Fawzān Al-Fawzān. Retrieved April 15, 2014,
"Many people nowadays, if you see them doing something wrong and forbid them, will say to you, There is a difference of opinion on this issue. They take difference of opinion as a justification for what they are doing, even if it contradicts the evidence."
Ṣāliḥ b. Fawzān Al-Fawzān
Member of the Council of Senior Scholars
Al-Fawzān, Ṣ. (n.d.). Arguing on the Basis of Difference of Opinion (Arabic). Website of His Eminence Shaykh Ṣāliḥ b. Fawzān Al-Fawzān. Retrieved April 15, 2014,
The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “The sweetness of Dunyā is the bitterness of Ākhirah and the bitterness of Dunyā is the sweetness of Ākhirah.”
● [سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة ٤/٤٣١]
● [سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة ٤/٤٣١]
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
‘Every Muslim should be warned of the oppression of:
"I – My/Mine – I Possess"
Indeed these three words are what Iblees (Shaytan), Fir’awn and Qaroon were tried with.
Iblees said: "I am better than him"
Fir’awn said: "Is not mine the Kingdom of Egypt,"
Qaroon said: "This has been given to me only because of knowledge I possess."
So regarding the saying of the Slave of Allaah ‘I’ – then the best that he can be described with is:
I am a slave who sins, makes mistakes, seeks forgiveness and recognizes this.
So regarding the saying of ‘My/Mine’ – and those statements similar to that is:
My sins, my crimes, my humbleness, my deprivation and submissiveness.
So regarding the saying of ‘I Possess’:
Forgive me for my mistakes and what I do intentionally, in jest, or in seriousness and I possess all these shortcomings.
[Taken from ‘Za’ad al-Ma’aad’ 2/475 – By Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzeeyah]
‘Every Muslim should be warned of the oppression of:
"I – My/Mine – I Possess"
Indeed these three words are what Iblees (Shaytan), Fir’awn and Qaroon were tried with.
Iblees said: "I am better than him"
Fir’awn said: "Is not mine the Kingdom of Egypt,"
Qaroon said: "This has been given to me only because of knowledge I possess."
So regarding the saying of the Slave of Allaah ‘I’ – then the best that he can be described with is:
I am a slave who sins, makes mistakes, seeks forgiveness and recognizes this.
So regarding the saying of ‘My/Mine’ – and those statements similar to that is:
My sins, my crimes, my humbleness, my deprivation and submissiveness.
So regarding the saying of ‘I Possess’:
Forgive me for my mistakes and what I do intentionally, in jest, or in seriousness and I possess all these shortcomings.
[Taken from ‘Za’ad al-Ma’aad’ 2/475 – By Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzeeyah]
Beautiful advise from the Shaykh Al ‘Allaamah 'Abdul 'Azeez Ibn Baaz
It was said to the shaykh,
“Oh shaykh, so and so has become misguided”. The Shaykh replied:
“Perhaps his deviation was due to two things:
1. He didn’t ask Allah for Ath-thabaat (firmness).
2. He didn’t thank Allah for Al-Istiqaamah (steadfastness)
So when Allah chose for you the path of guidance, it was not because you are special, nor was it because of your obedience. But rather, it was a mercy from Him that enveloped you. He can remove it from you at any time.
Therefore, do not be deceived by your actions nor by your worship. And do not look down upon the one who has deviated from His path. For had it not been due to His mercy, you would have been in his position.
Repeat the recitation of this verse while pondering:
﴿ ولوﻵ أن ثبتناك لقد كدت تركن إليهم شيئا قليلا ﴾
"Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed صلى الله عيه وسلم) then you would have inclined towards them slightly.”
So upon is to not to think that thabaat (firmness) upon Al-Istiqaamah (steadfastness) is due to your own personal achievements. Ponder over His statement (Ta'aalaa) to the best of mankind: “Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed صلى الله عيه وسلم).”
So how about you?!
We are greatly mistaken when we disregard and pay no attention to our athkaar (supplications of remembrance). We believe it to be something that is not important and we forget that Allah preserves us with it. And perhaps the decree will change…
Ibnul-Qayyim says:
“The need of the servant in his supplications by which he seeks refuge [in Allah], is more severe than his need for food, drink and clothes!”
Be consistent in your athkaar (supplications of remembrance), so that you can encompass the meaning:
“Preserve Allah, He will preserve you.”
Fortify [yourselves] every morning and evening [with your athkaar (supplications of remembrance)]. For the dunya (life of this world) is horrifying and full of surprises and Allah is the protector of His servants.
Shaykh Abdul ‘Aziz bin Baaz
Majmoo al Fatawa (297\4)
It was said to the shaykh,
“Oh shaykh, so and so has become misguided”. The Shaykh replied:
“Perhaps his deviation was due to two things:
1. He didn’t ask Allah for Ath-thabaat (firmness).
2. He didn’t thank Allah for Al-Istiqaamah (steadfastness)
So when Allah chose for you the path of guidance, it was not because you are special, nor was it because of your obedience. But rather, it was a mercy from Him that enveloped you. He can remove it from you at any time.
Therefore, do not be deceived by your actions nor by your worship. And do not look down upon the one who has deviated from His path. For had it not been due to His mercy, you would have been in his position.
Repeat the recitation of this verse while pondering:
﴿ ولوﻵ أن ثبتناك لقد كدت تركن إليهم شيئا قليلا ﴾
"Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed صلى الله عيه وسلم) then you would have inclined towards them slightly.”
So upon is to not to think that thabaat (firmness) upon Al-Istiqaamah (steadfastness) is due to your own personal achievements. Ponder over His statement (Ta'aalaa) to the best of mankind: “Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed صلى الله عيه وسلم).”
So how about you?!
We are greatly mistaken when we disregard and pay no attention to our athkaar (supplications of remembrance). We believe it to be something that is not important and we forget that Allah preserves us with it. And perhaps the decree will change…
Ibnul-Qayyim says:
“The need of the servant in his supplications by which he seeks refuge [in Allah], is more severe than his need for food, drink and clothes!”
Be consistent in your athkaar (supplications of remembrance), so that you can encompass the meaning:
“Preserve Allah, He will preserve you.”
Fortify [yourselves] every morning and evening [with your athkaar (supplications of remembrance)]. For the dunya (life of this world) is horrifying and full of surprises and Allah is the protector of His servants.
Shaykh Abdul ‘Aziz bin Baaz
Majmoo al Fatawa (297\4)