🎙Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

🔘The people of Islam are strangers amongst mankind
🔘And the believers are strangers amongst the people of Islam
🔘And the people of knowledge are strangers amongst the believers
🔘And the people of Sunnah who sperate (distinguish) it from the desires and innovations, they are the strangers.
🔘And those who call to it and have patience upon the harm of the opposers, they are the severest of them (all) in strangeness.

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▪️However, they are the people of Allah in truth (in reality).
☑️There is no strangeness for them
(rather) their strangeness is only in relation to the majority about whom Allah, the Mighty and Magestic, said,
☑️ "If you were to obey most of those upon earth, they will misguide you from the path of Allah" (6:116).

▪️So these ones (mentioned in this verse), they are strangers to Allah and His Messenger, and their strangeness is the deserting strangeness.

📓Madārij al-Sālikīn (3/195)
✒Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq

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The father should strive to carefully choose a good school for his child ..

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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"The majority of people have sold their souls for a cheap price."

[Jawab al-Kafi (pg.104)]

اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ الَّذِيْنَ اشْتَرَوُا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْاٰخِرَةِ‌ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُوْنَ

Those are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided. :'(

Al-Baqarah 2:86

Habit Of Bringing Up Peoples Past?...⬇️

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]

What Is More Of A Fitnah? The Face Or The Feet?

Regardnig Allaah’s statement, “…and let them not stamp their feet, so as to reveal what they hide from their adornment.” [Noor(24):31]

Ibn ‘Uthaymeen says:

This means that a woman must not strike her foot so as to let it be known what she conceals (from her adornment), such as her ankle bracelets or anything else that she adorns herself with for a man. So is a woman is forbidden (in this aayah) from stamping her feet, for fear of causing fitnah for a man, due to what he hears rom the sound of her ankle-bracelet or its types, then how about exposing the face?

Which of the two is a greater cause for fitnah? That a man hears the sound of tthe ankle-bracelet produced by the foot of a woman, not knowing who she is, nor her beauty nor if she is young or old or if she is unattractive or beautiful. Which of these two is a greater fitnah?

This, or that he looks at a woman’s uncovered face that is perhaps beautiful, fair, young, bright, enticing, and which is perhaps beautified with that which attracts fitnah (temptation) and calls for the prohibited look?

Indeed, every man that has an interest in women knows which of the two is a greater fitnah and which is more deserving of being covered and concealed.”

[Taken from “The Four Essays On The Obligation Of Veiling” Ch. 2: An Essay On Hijaab, p. 31]

‼️SKINS of LAMBS over HEARTS of WOLVES ‼️

Allaahul Musta'aan!

May Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta'ala Protect us from being among those.. Aameen!

🎓It is reported that Abūl-‘Āliyah Rahimahullah said:

❝There will come upon the people a time when their hearts will be derelict of the Qur’ān: they will find neither sweetness nor pleasure by it. If they fall short of doing what they have been commanded to do, they will say: Allāh is most forgiving, merciful [He will forgive us], and if they do what they have been forbidden from doing, they will say: we will be forgiven, we haven’t committed any shirk with Allāh. Their affairs will all be based on [false] hope, having no truth and sincerity with it. They will wear the skins of lambs over hearts of wolves. The best of them in his religion will be someone who compromises.❞

📚[Imām Aḥmad, Al-Zuhd, (Article: 1741)]

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📌🔥 For the sake of Allaah or for the sake of Shaitaan?!

Kab ibn Ujarah رضي الله عنه said: “A man passed by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Companions were impressed by the man's strength and energy. They said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم, if only this was for the sake of Allaah!’

The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
🌟❝If he goes out to work for the sake of his young children, he is striving for the sake of Allaah;
🌟if he goes out to work for the sake of his aged parents, he is striving for the sake of Allaah;
🌟if he goes out to work to keep himself from having to beg, he is striving for the sake of Allaah;
🚫but if he goes out to work for the purposes of showing off and boasting, then he is striving in the way of the Shaytaan.❞

[al-Tabaraanee in al-Kabeer (282) and in al-Sagheer (940) and graded as “Saheeh li-ghairihi” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in Saheeh al-Targheeb (1692 & 1959) and in al-Saheehah (2232) from the Hadeeth of Abu Hurairah]

Shaikh bin Baz rah answered this question by the below - There are many Islamic groups nowadays such as: Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimun Group (the Muslim Brotherhood), All these groups and others exist in Egypt. What should the attitude of a Muslim towards these groups be?

Answer : Each of these groups involves right and wrong, truth and falsehood, and some of them are closer to truth, rightness and goodness and are more useful to people than others.
Therefore, you have to cooperate with all of them with regard to what they have of truth. You also have to advise them in what you know to be wrong. Moreover, you should leave that which causes you doubt and turn to that which causes you no doubt. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

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✒ The Permissibility Of Speaking To Opposite Gender When The Legitimate Need Arises (i.e Buying/Selling, Forbidding Evil)

The Imām Aboo Daawood {d.275) collected in his Sunan (no. 4174) that *Aboo Hurayrah encountered a woman who was wearing perfume*, and the tail of her garment was dusty. He said: “O servant of al-Jabbaar! Have you come from the Masjid?” She said: “Yes.” He said: “And you have perfumed yourself for that purpose (i.e. praying in the Masjid)?” She said: “Yes.” He then said: “I heard my beloved Abul-Qaasim (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) saying:

'The prayer of a woman who wears perfume to go to the Masjid is NOT accepted until she returns and takes a bath, like the bath of Janābah (after sexual intercourse, i.e. a full bath)'.”

Br. Mūsā Richardson Hafiẓahullāh said: “This Ḥadeeth shows that the Companions (Raḍi-Allāhu 'Anhum) used to *enjoin the good and forbid the evil even with women who were not in their family* (i.e it is not a blameworthy action to interact with a Non-Maḥram in order to forbid evil).” ● [Taken From Salafitalk]

Where was your Hayaa (modesty) O sisters?! …those who were running after some “dude” only because he got famous on youtube; or those who prayed standing next to men; or those who do not mind intermingling with men in social gathering; or those who do not mind being surrounded by men during protest.

And where is your Ghairah (protective jealousy) O brothers?! ...those who are the least bothered by what their female household members (mother/sister/wife/daughter) are doing?!

Allaah تعالى mentions about one of the two sisters whom Moosaa عليه السلام had helped:

﴿فَجَآءَتْهُ إِحْدَاهُمَا تَمْشِى عَلَى اسْتِحْيَآءٍ﴾

{Then there came to him (Moosaa عليه السلام) one of them (the sisters), walking shyly} [Surah al-Qasas (28): 25]

Imaam Ibn Katheer رحمه الله says in his Tafseer:

{Then there came to him (Moosaa عليه السلام) one of them (the sisters), walking shyly} meaning: she was walking like a free woman, as it was narrated from the Commander of the Believers, Umar Ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه: “She was covering herself with the folds of her garment.”

Ibn Abee Haatim recorded that Amr bin Maymoon said: `Umar رضي الله عنه said: “She came walking shyly, putting her garment over her face. She was not one of those audacious women who come and go as they please.” This chain of narrators is Saheeh.

--end of quote from Tafseer Ibn Katheer.

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Narrated Asmaa’ bint Abu Bakr رضي الله عنهما: When al-Zubair رضي الله عنه married me, he had no real property or any slave or anything else except a camel which drew water from the well, and his horse. I used to feed his horse with fodder and drew water and sew the bucket for drawing it, and prepare the dough, but I did not know how to bake bread. So our Ansari neighbors used to bake bread for me, and they were honorable ladies. I used to carry the date stones on my head from Zubair’s land given to him by Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and this land was two third Farsakh (about two miles) from my house. One day, while I was coming with the date stones on my head, I met Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم along with some Ansaaree people. He called me and then, (directing his camel to kneel down) said, "Ikh! Ikh!" so as to make me ride behind him (on his camel). I felt shy to travel with the men and remembered al-Zubair and his sense of Ghairah, as he was one of those people who had the greatest sense of Ghairah. Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم noticed that I felt shy, so he proceeded. I came to al-Zubair and said: “I met Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم while I was carrying a load of date stones on my head, and he had some companions with him. He made his camel kneel down so that I might ride, but I felt shy in his presence and remembered your sense of Ghairah. On that al-Zubair said: “By Allaah, your carrying the date stones (and you being seen by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in such a state) is more shameful to me than your riding with him.” (I continued serving in this way) till Abu Bakr sent me a servant to look after the horse, whereupon I felt as if he had set me free. [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (5224) and Saheeh Muslim (5417)]

Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah said:

” ﻣﺸﺎﺑﻬﺔ ﺍﻟﺼﺤﺎﺑﺔ ﻭ ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺑﻌﻴﻦ ﺗﺰﻳﺪ ﺍﻟﻌﻘﻞ ﻭ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺨﻠﻖ ” .

‘Copying the Sahaba and the Taba’een increases the intellect, Deen and mannerisms.’

[Iqtida as-Siraat al-Mustaqeem 1/527]

[Translated by ‘Miraath Publications Translation Team’]

‏ﻗﺎﻝ ﺷﻴﺦ ﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ ﺍﺑﻦ ﺗﻴﻤﻴﺔ ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ :
” ﻣﺸﺎﺑﻬﺔ ﺍﻟﺼﺤﺎﺑﺔ ﻭ ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺑﻌﻴﻦ ﺗﺰﻳﺪ ﺍﻟﻌﻘﻞ ﻭ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺨﻠﻖ ” .
[ﺍﻗﺘﻀﺎﺀ ﺍﻟﺼﺮﺍﻁ ﺍﻟﻤﺴﺘﻘﻴﻢ 527/1]

https://followingthesunnah.com/2017/06/16/social-media-benefit-cards-pt3/

✍🏽 Ibn ul-Qayyim رحمه الله تعالى mentioned a statement attributed to the Salaf in origin:

❗️A Shaytaan met another Shaytaan and said to him: "Why am I seeing you so thin & skinny?"

💡So he replied: "I am with a man who upon eating always mentions the name of Allah so I am unable to eat with him. When he drinks he mentions the name of Allah so I am unable to drink with him. When he enters his home he mentions the name of Allah so I (am unable to enter and instead l) have to sleep outside the house".

❌So the first Shaytaan said: "I am with a man who upon eating never mentions the name of Allah so I eat with him. When he drinks he never mentions the name of Allah, so I drink with him. When he enters his home he never mentions the name of Allah so I enter with him. When he has intercourse with his wife he never mentions the name of Allah so I have intercourse with her too alongside him".
عدة الصابرين ص٤٧

📍[Never mentions the name of Allah upon intercourse - i.e. does not say the prescribed du'a mentioned in Saheeh al-Bukhary & Saheeh Muslim: (In the name of Allah, O' Allah, keep the devil away from us and keep the devil away from what you have blessed us with).
@AbuMuadhTaqweem

CONDITIONS FOR A MUSLIM WOMAN TO USE COSMETICS AND OTHER FORM OF MAKE-UPS:

First of all, it is permissible for women to use cosmetics and other form of make-ups, but when saying it is permissible it is essential to pay attention to the following conditions:

(1) This beautification should not be for non-mahram men (general public). The one for whom she should beautify herself first and foremost is her husband.
Ibn Uthaymeen said, "Making herself beautiful for her husband is one of the things that a woman should do. The more beautiful a woman looks for her husband, the more that will make him love her and that will make harmony between them. This is one of the objectives of Shari'ah, so if the make up makes her look more beautiful and does not harm her, there is nothing wrong with that." [Fataawa al-Mar'ah al-Muslimah, 1/474].

(2): The materials used for the make-up should be permissible. It is not permissible for her to use fat from dead meat (i.e from animals that have not been slaughtered in accordance with Shari'ah) or impure (naajis) substances, because Islam forbids using impure and haraam things. However, if this impure ingredient has undergone a process that has made it pure, then there is nothing with it. And Allah Knows Best.

(3): The materials used for the cosmetic should not be harmful to her body. It is not permissible for her to use harmful chemical substances, whether the harmful effect will occur immediately or in the future, because Islam forbids harming oneself, as the Prophet (swal'Allahu alaihi wa salam) said, "There should be neither harm causing harm nor reciprocating harm."
Talking about lipstick, Ibn Uthaymeen said, "There is nothing wrong with using lipstick because the basic principle is that things are permissible until it is made clear that they are haraam. Allah's Saying: "He it is Who created for you all that is on earth." (2:29).
But if it becomes clear that it is harmful to the lips, that it dries them out and makes them lose their moisture, then in this case it is not allowed. I have been told that it may cause the lips crack. If that is proven then we are forbidden to do things that harm us." [Fataawa Manaar al-Islam, 3/831].

(4): The cosmetic/ make-up effect on the body should be temporary. It is not permissible for her to use those substances that change the creation of Allah, as some women do by having lip treatments, face peeling and tattoos which change the colour of the skin permanently.

And Allah Knows Best.

YAA ALLAH! FORGIVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS.

Al-Nasaa’i (4605) narrated that Muhammad ibn Jahsh (may Allaah be pleased with him) said:

We were sitting with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when he raised his head towards the sky, then he put his palm on his forehead and said: “Subhaan-Allaah! What a strict issue has been revealed to me!” We remained silent and were afraid. The following morning I asked him, “O Messenger of Allaah, what is this strict issue that has been revealed?” He said, “By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if a man were killed in battle for the sake of Allaah, then brought back to life, then killed and brought back to life again, then killed, and he owed a debt, he would not enter Paradise until his debt was paid off.”

Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Nasaa’i, 4367

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➽ The Evils Of Debt And Interest by Abu Hakeem

http://www.salafisounds.com/the-evils-of-debt-and-interest-by-abu-hakeem/

💡Are there any Remnants from the Prophet (ﷺ)? - By Shaykh, the Muhaddith, Rabee’ ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee حفظه الله

✨Question :

Are there any remnants from the Prophet (ﷺ)?

🎓The Answer :

There is nothing now from the remnants of the Prophet -alayhi as Sallat wa sallam. Whoever claims that there remains something from his belongings then he is a liar and a crazy foolish person!

We visited India and found people who claimed that they had a hair of the Prophet -alayhi as Sallat wa sallam. They are liars and they are cheaters.

We saw, I think it was either in Pakistan or in Bangladesh a Masjid, where they claimed they had the foot print of the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam.

Also in Delhi there was a Masjid and the Imam was a Bukhari and he had a lot of influence.

Non-Muslim European men and women who were barely dressed would visit this Masjid. They would go to a place in the Masjid and this Bukhari person would say:

‘At this place is a remnant of the Prophet -alayhi as Sallat wa Sallam.’

It had the like of a dome built over it. You see shameless women and men gathering to view the footprint of the Prophet -alayhi as Sallat wa sallam.

So I saw this evil and I came to this Imam to advise him and I said: ‘You people claim that the Prophet -alayhi as Sallat wa sallam – came to this place and this is his remnant/sign? ‘

He replied: the people say such-and-such.

I said to him: ‘O Brother we read history and came to know that the Messenger -alayhi as Sallat wa sallam- was taken up to the heavens, he went from Makkah to Madinah and he went out for battles to well known areas and he went to Tabuk, but we did not find in history that the Messenger came to Delhi and stood at this place! !

He was going around in circles. . . . then I spoke to his father when he came – and I had a Salafi with me translating – his father said about me: ‘This is bad manners’ [i.e. towards the Prophet’s hair.]

Then this Salafi who was with me informed me:

‘That when King Saud -rahimullaah- visited India and came to Banaras which is the main center idols and deities – this place Banaras is like Makkah – In this place they have many idols, so when they heard that he will visit this place they covered these idols – I swear by Allaah they covered them up – why ? Out of fear of Tawheed.

Then he came to this Masjid to pray and they said to him: Here is the footprint of the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- so he quickly left that place and came to know that this is foolishness.

The person who singles out Allaah alone has knowledge and insight, he has understanding, the people of Bida have stupidity, ignorance and foolishness or evilness. May Allaah bless you. So there are many claimants.

In Turkey they claim that the Prophet’s hair is present there, some of the people claim that the Mus’haf which Ali -radiAllaah anhu- wrote with his hand is present etc….. these are lies.

The Sunnah of Allaah regarding these things is that they pass away and cease to exist, this is the Sunnah which Allaah -Subhanahu wa Ta’ala- placed.

O Allaah send praise and security upon Muhammad, upon his family and his Companions.

🌍[Taken from: http://www.rabee.net/show_fatwa.aspx?id=50]
📝Translated By: Abbas Abu Yahya

Storing Books and Magazines That Have Pictures in Them 🎓Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azīz Bin Bāz⬇

Question:

As a student in a secondary school, I enjoy passing my time by reading, which has prompted me to subscribe to a number of magazines. Some of these are Islamic in content, some are for general news and general information, and some are military magazines. Most of these magazines, though, have pictures of people in them. I store these magazines in a private office. I am aware of the punishment picture-makers will receive and I am also aware that angels don’t enter any home in which a dog or a picture is present – these facts I am made aware of by sayings of the Prophet Salallaahu alayhi wasallam. Please clarify this issue for me, in such a way that no doubt is left in my mind.

Answer:

There is nothing wrong with keeping books, newspapers, and magazines – those that are beneficial – even if there are pictures in them. You should, however, wipe out any pictures of women and the faces of men, applying the authentic Hadith in this regard.

📚Fatawa Islamiyah, vol.8, p.124, DARUSSALAAM
🌐Source: http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=196

📚📍Studying books without scholars won’t clarify mistakes in the books 📍📚

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It is reported that Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

"Verily, you will find the believer (mu'min) consistent time after time, upon one way, showing the same face; [whereas] you will find the hypocrite (munāfiq) changing colors, trying to be like everyone around him, running with everywind.

[Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-ʿIlm #1936]

💢Do not attribute "your wordings" or "your interpretation" of the Hadeeth to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم💢

🎓 Shaikh Saaleh al-Fawzaan:

📚It is not possible that you can (correctly) act upon a Hadeeth without understanding its meaning; and nor is it allowed for you to interpret it from your own when you don’t understand its meaning. Don’t say: “the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said such-and-such and this is what it means”, till you understand the correct meaning, that which the reliable scholars have affirmed (and explained). So you should not attribute to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم except the wording, do not attribute to him صلى الله عليه وسلم your own interpretation; and that too only those narrations which you came to know about their authenticity.

[from the forthcoming book: al-Deen al-Naseehah]

NO CASTE IN ISLAM, EQUALITY

Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Those who boast about their forefathers should desist or they will be less significant before Allaah than the beetle that rolls up the dung with its nose. Allaah has taken away from you the arrogance of Jaahiliyyah and its pride in forefathers, so a person is either a pious believer or a doomed evildoer. All the people are the children of Adam and Adam was created from dust.”

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3890

“The majority of those who shout for an Islamic law in the world have neither an Islamic law in their own homes, in themselves, their sons, daughters or their wives. The one who has nothing can’t give anything.”
- Shaykh al Albanee.
[Silsilat-ul-Hu da wan-Nur (352)]