📌🔥 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 📍📚

🖇http://twitter.com/MTWSNC/status/692911166507634688/photo/1

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)]

Miraath Benefit

*Provision Due to Studying Knowledge*

Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

From Anas who said: ‘There were two brothers at the time of the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam-, one of whom would come to the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- [in another narration: He would attend the speeches of the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and his gatherings.] the other brother had a skill and worked, and he complained to the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- about his brother saying: ‘O Messenger of Allaah! Indeed my brother does not help me with anything.’

The Messenger –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– said:

*لعلك ترزق له*
*‘Perhaps you are provided with provision due to him.’*

Taken from 'Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah' No. 2769. Collected by Tirmidhi, al-Hakim, Rooyaani in 'Musnad', Ibn Addee in 'al-Kamil'.& Albaani graded it as Saheeh

https://followingthesunnah.com/2012/10/04/part-e-ahadeeth-pertaining-to-transactions-earnings-zuhd/

Shaikh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaimeen said:

"The more people increase in comfort and luxury and the more they open up before the people [with the Dunya], the more evils will open up before them. It is comfort and luxury that destroys a person. Because if a person was to concern himself with comfort and luxury and providing enjoyment to his body, he will become negligent of providing enjoyment to his heart, and his greatest worry will become providing enjoyment to this body that is doomed to become worms and rotten.

This is the ordeal, and this is what has harmed people today. You can hardly find anyone except that they say: "What is our palace? What is our car? What is our furniture? What is our food?" Even those who study [Islamic] knowledge, some of them only study in order to gain rank or status to reach the blessings of the Dunya. As if man was not created for a significant purpose. The Dunya and its blessings are only a means, nothing more. We ask Allah to make us and you use it as a means.

Ibn Taimiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: "A person should use money as he uses a donkey to ride, and as he uses the toilet to relieve himself."

These are the ones who know money and its value. So do not make money your greatest worry, rather ride on money, for if you do not ride on it, it will ride on you, and your worry will become the Dunya.

For this, we say, that the more the Dunya opens up before the people, and they end up concerning themselves with it, they will lose as much of the Akhira as they have gained from the Dunya. The Prophet
Salla Allahou Alayhi wa salam
said: "By Allah, I am not afraid of your poverty," meaning I am not afraid of poverty for you, for the Dunya will open up before you, "but I am afraid that you will lead a life of luxury as past nations did, whereupon you will compete with each other for it, as they competed for it, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them." [Bukhari & Muslim].

The Messenger Salla Allahou Alayhi wa salam spoke the truth. This is what has destroyed the people today. What has destroyed the people today, is their competing with one another for the Dunya, and them being as if they were only created for it, and not it created for them. So they have preoccupied themselves with what was created for them over what they were created for. This is backwardness. We ask Allah for protection."

Explanation of Riyadh-us-Saliheen [Chapter 10: Hastening to do Good Deeds, Hadeeth #92].

Shaykh al-Fawzân: The scholars are known. Not all who got diplomas, graduate, memorise Hadîths and verses and read books are scholars with understanding. The scholars with understanding are known amongst the people. But many people only want that which suits them. He looks for that which suits him even if he were to get an answer from the most ignorant or most deviant people. What is most important is that he gets what suits him and his desire. It is a great error and especially today. The scholars are few. There are few scholars with understanding unlike those who read who are many. There are many who read but the scholars with understanding are few. The prophet (sallâ Allâhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said [what means]:

“Allâh does not seize this knowledge by pulling it out from the chests of men. It is seized by the death of the scholars. When there then are no scholar left, the people take the ignorant as leaders who in turn will answer without knowledge and go astray and lead others astray.”

We fear that this has started today. We therefore have to be vigilant, apprehensive and observant. We have to choose the scholars and trustworthy who live today as good as we can. As for the early scholars, then they have past away. But one should stick to the best of those (who are) alive:

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ

“So fear Allah as much as you are able”
(64:16, interpretation of the meaning)

Scholar: ´Allâmah Sâlih bin Fawzân al-Fawzân
Source: alfawzan.ws/node/5412
Reference: Darulhadith.com
aFatwa.com

https://abdurrahman.org/2011/12/25/not-all-who-read-are-scholars-must-see-emotional/

*The House in which the Quran is Recited*

It is reported that ‘Abdullâh b. Mas’ûd – Allâh be pleased with him – said:

The house in which the Qur’ân is not recited is like a derelict house that has no one to maintain it.

It is also reported that he said:

Verily the emptiest of houses are those that are empty of the Book of Allâh.

It is reported that Abû Hurayrah – Allâh be pleased with him – used to say about the house in which the Qur’ân is recited:

It becomes spacious for its inhabitants, the good of it becomes plentiful, the angels come to it and the devils leave it. And the house in which the Qur’ân is not recited becomes cramped for its inhabitants, has little good in it, and the devils come to it.

Ibn Abî Shaybah, Al-Musannaf articles 30645, 30647 and 30650.

https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/the-house-in-which-the-quran-is-recited/

NEW: #Shaitān takes the person in stages, step by step until he destroys him.

Advice from Abû Al-Dardâ’

A man once asked Abû Al-Dardâ’ – Allah be pleased with him – for advice. He said:

"Remember Allah in good times and He will mention you in hard times. When you remember those who have passed away, consider yourself like one of them. And when you think of involving yourself in some worldly matter, consider first what it will lead to in the end.

[Al-Dhahabî in Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ’, under the biography of Abû Al-Dardâ’]