y Muslim]. However, as for the one who is physically present at Arafah, it is disliked that he should fast, because the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) stood at Arafah whilst he was not fasting

How should the Muslim approach these days of goodness

The Muslim should approach these first days of goodness with sincere repentance to Allaah, keeping away from sins and disobedience; because sins prevents a person from receiving the favours of His Lord and veils his heart from his Protector- Allaah

Likewise, a person should approach these days with all good deeds. He should strive to benefit from them by performing deeds that are pleasing to Allaah. Allaah (The Most High) said

وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُواْ فِينَا لَنَهدِيَنَّهُمّ سُبُلَنَا [العنكبوت:69]

As for those who strive hard in Us (Our Cause), We will surely guide them to Our Paths (i.e. Allah’s Religion – Islamic Monotheism). And verily, Allah is with the Muhsinun (good doers).” Soorah Al-Ankaboot: Ayah: 69]

O brothers and sisters in Islaam! Let us be eager to take benefit from the ten days of Dhul Hijja before they elapse and we become regretful. We ask Allaah to benefit us and yourselves in these days of goodness; and we ask Him (The Most High) to aid us to obey Him and perform acts of worship for His sake

This article was abridged and paraphrased from an article posted in the following link: http://www.sahab.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=132815

For more beneficial information on this topic, see the following links

http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=6&Topic=11659

http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=10&Topic=3134

Al-Qaasim bin Muhammad:

❝The ugliest form of ignorance is that I speak without knowledge or I narrate from someone who is not trustworthy.❞

[At-Tamheed, (1/39) | Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad]

The Khawarij And The Qur’aan

From Uqba Bin Aamir from the Prophet [ﷺ]:

«سيخرُجُ أقوامٌ من أُمَّتِي يَشربُونَ القرآنَ كشُربِهِمْ اللَّبَنَ.»

❝There will appear groups from my Ummah who will drink the Qur’aan like the drinking of milk.❞

[Collected By Tabraani | Sh. Al-Albaani: 'Hasan' In Saheehal-Jama, (No. 3653) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

In another wording:

«سيخرج قوم من أمتي يشربون القرآن كشربهم الماء.»

❝A group from my Ummah will appear who will drink the Qur’aan like they would drink water.❞

[Collected By Faryabi | Sh. Al-Albaani: 'Isnaad Hasan' In Saheehah, (No. 1886) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

«أي يسلقونه بألسنتهم من غير تدبر لمعانيه ولا تأمل في أحكامه بل يمر على ألسنتهم كما يمر اللبن المشروب عليها بسرعة.»

❝Its meaning is that they only pay lip service to the Qur’aan without reflecting upon its meanings or pondering about its rulings. Rather they let it pass on their tongues like hastily drinking milk.❞

[Fayd al Qadeer, (4/155) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

“The internet has avenues for good and avenues for evil, but the avenues for evil are many!”

Beware the Perils of the Internet

https://www.troid.ca/comprehensive/technology/1816-beware-the-perils-of-the-internet

If the person mixes the actions of the Deen with the actions of the Dunya, he will have no reward.

Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: A man said: Messenger of Allaah! A man wishes to take part in Jihaad in Allaah’s path desiring some worldly advantage? The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: ❝He will have no reward.❞ The people thought it terrible, and they said to the man: Go back to the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم, for you might not have made him understand well. He, therefore, (went and again) asked: Messenger of Allaah, a man wishes to take part in Jihaad in Allaah’s path desiring some worldly advantage? He صلى الله عليه وسلم replied: ❝There is no reward for him.❞ They again said to the man: Return to the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم. He, therefore, said to him third time. He صلى الله عليه وسلم replied: ❝There is no reward for him.❞
[Sunan Abu Dawood (2516) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee. Shaikh Ahmad Shaakir graded it “Saheeh” in Musnad Ahmad (15/16)]

Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: ❝If anyone acquires knowledge of things by which Allaah's good pleasure is sought, but acquires it only to get some worldly advantage, he will not experience the `arf (the odor) of Paradise.❞
[Sunan Abu Dawood (3664), Ibn Maajah (252) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

And the Hadeeth of Intention is very clear on this: ❝...and whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for.❞
[Saheehain]

Imaam Ahmad said:

“Do not follow my opinion; neither follow the opinion of Maalik, nor Shaafi’i, nor Awzaa’i, nor Thawri, but take from where they took.” [Ibn al-Qayyim in I’laam, 2/302]

Ibn Kathīr said: “The one who neglects Allāh in his youth, Allāh will neglect him in his prime.”

● [البداية والنهاية ٨٠/١٢]

*Forgotten Sunnah*

*To say Bismillah when we trip*

Abu Al-Malih narrated that a man said:
"I was riding behind the Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa salim) and his mount stumbled.

I said: "May the Shaytan perish!"

The Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa salim) said:

"Do not say May the Shaytan perish," because when you say that he swells up so much that he becomes like a house and says,

" By my power."

Rather say say: (بسم الله) Bismillah
(In the name of Allah),

"for if you say that the Shaytan shrinks until he becomes like a fly."

[Ref: Collected by Abu Dawud (4982 ) and Ahmed (5/59) graded Sahih by Shaykh Abdul Muhsin Al-Abbadd (may Allah preserve him )]

Let’s be mindful how we treat others. Our words and physical behavior. Imagine hurting someone or your behavior towards them isn’t of good conduct, and they make dua against you.

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا تُرَدُّ دَعْوَتُهُمْ الصَّائِمُ حَتَّى يُفْطِرَ وَالْإِمَامُ الْعَادِلُ وَدَعْوَةُ الْمَظْلُومِ يَرْفَعُهَا اللَّهُ فَوْقَ الْغَمَامِ وَيَفْتَحُ لَهَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ وَعِزَّتِي لَأَنْصُرَنَّكِ وَلَوْ بَعْدَ حِينٍ

The supplications of three persons are never turned away: a fasting person until he breaks his fast, a just ruler, and the supplication of the oppressed which is raised by Allah above the clouds, the gates of heaven are opened for it, and the Lord says: By my might, I will help you in due time.

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3598, Grade: Sahih

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

اتَّقُوا دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَافِرًا فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ دُونَهَا حِجَابٌ

Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, even if he is an unbeliever, for there is no barrier between it and Allah.

Source: Musnad Aḥmad 12140, Grade: Sahih

The riding beasts of Jannah!

Upon the authority of Sulaimaan ibn Buraidah from his father who said: That a man asked the prophet – Sallallahu alaihi Was Salam – and said: “Are there horses in Jannah? So the prophet – Sallallahu Alaihi Was Salam said: “If Allah enters you into Jannah Then you not wish to be brought a Stallion made of red ruby that will fly with you wherever you wish, except that it will occur!” So (another) man asked “Oh Messenger of Allah! are there any Camels in Jannah? but he didnt respond to him with that which he said to his companion (ie the first questioner) He said: “If Allah enters you into Jannah then you will have whatever your soul desires and whatever delights your eye!”

(Collected by At Tirmidhi and declared ‘Hasan Li Ghairihi’ by Shaikh Albaani in ‘Saheeh Targheeb’ (3756)

Oh Allah enter us into Jannah and save us from your anger and the fire!

Wa Sallallahu Alaa nabiyinaa Muhammad Wa ‘alaa aalihi wa Sahbihi Ajma’een

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Why do you laugh excessively while the Matter Ahead Is Horrifying?

Once Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri رحمه الله passed by a man who was laughing (excessively) and asked him, ❝O my nephew! Have you safely passed over the Sirât?❞

The man said, “No.”

Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri رحمه الله then asked, ❝Have you received news that you will end up in Paradise or Hell?❞

The man said, “No.”

Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri رحمه الله asked him, ❝Why do you laugh then, may Allâh save you, while the matter ahead is horrifying?❞

That man was never seen in such laughter until he died.*

* But he smiled to people, as this is a part of the Sunnah of the Prophet & for which the Muslim earns a charity (Refer to Al-Hasan Al-Basri, p. 89)

Source: || Silent Moments: The Denoscription of Before and After Death Aspects | Darussalam Publishers | p. 56 ||

THE PROPHET(PEACE BE UPON HIM )SAID :
"The destruction of my Ummah will be upon the hands of YOUTHFUL Foolish ones.
[Sahih Bukhari, Book No 9,Hadith No 7058 ]

Ibn Al-Qayyim said:

“Allaah sometimes gives the earth permission to breathe, which is when major earthquakes happen; this makes people feel scared, so they repent, give up sins, pray to Allaah and feel regret [for their sins]. When there had been an earthquake, some of the Salaf said: your Lord is warning you. When Madeenah was struck by an earthquake, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with you) addressed the people and said: if there is another earthquake, I will not stay here with you.”
[“Miftah Dar al-Sa’ada”, 1/221].

Salman Al-Farsi said:

“When Allah intends the destruction of a slave (due to his evil nafs), He strips him of shame”.
[“Hilyat Al-Awliya”, 1/204]

Hudhayfah Ibn Al-Yamaan said

“My companions used to learn about the good, while I used to learn about the evil (from the Prophet)”. It was said to him, “What made you do such a thing?” He said, “Whoever learns the place where evil is will avoid it”
[“Kitaab-Al-‘Ilm”, 74].

Not everyone who claims to be Salafi is truly Salafi – Shaykh Salih bin Fowzan

Shaykh Saleh bin Fowzan stated:

Not everyone who claims to be Salafi is truly Salafi. Some individuals have made this claim but they are ignorant and they don’t know the Salafi Minhaj. Some individuals have made this claim but they have actually adopted the methodology of the Khawarij, and this is displayed in their spilling of blood and causing mischief throughout the earth. Others have made this claim but they are self-taught and they have not taken knowledge from the scholars, but rather, they have taken it from books and that which they have read. They depend on their memorization of texts without (true) understanding. 

Source: The Reality of the Salafi Methodology by Shaykh ‘Abdullah al Dhufari pg. 65

https://abdurrahman.org/2014/02/19/not-everyone-who-claims-to-be-salafi-is-truly-salafi/

*“There shall come upon the people years of deception, (wherein) the liar will be deemed truthful, and the truthful deemed a liar..."
"..The untrustworthy will be trusted and the trustworthy deemed untrustworthy, and the Ruwaibidhah will speak.."

"..It was said: ‘Oh Messenger of Allah! Who are the Ruwaibidhah?.."

"..He replied *“The irrelevant foolish evildoer who speaks about the general affairs (of the Ummah)"*

_Twitter@AbuHakeemBilal_

(Ahmad:2/291 'Hasan' As sahīhah:1887)

Sh. ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah raḥimahullāh said:

❝The sensible person does not [merely] look at what is apparent, but he looks at the reality.❞

[Al-Uboodiyyah, (Page: 112) | Translated By Abu Mu'aawiyyah Abdullah al-Gambi]

The Sound Of The Qur’aan

Al-Imam Ibn al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:

"The sound of the Qur’aan: soothes souls, gives them tranquillity and causes them to be calm…

The sound of music causes the souls to become instigated, excited and causes it unease and causes it to become disturbed and agitated."

[Bada’ia at-Tafseer, (2/143) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

The Messenger [ﷺ] said:

❝If you see those who praise you, throw dirt in their faces.❞

[Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani, (No. 912) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya]

Alee Bin Zaid Al-Madkhalee says:

The twenty third advice: *The dislike of praising (someone) to their face*

And the reason for it being disliked is so that the one who is being spoken about does not become deceived by it and then feel arrogance, and that is an offense against him, and so that the one who is praising will not enter into anything of lying and bring about sin (upon himself).

And the proof for the dislike is what the two Sheikhs (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim) have reported from the hadeeth of ‘Abdur-Rahmaan Bin Abee Bakrah from his father that a man praised a man in front of the Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam). So, the Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam) said:

*“Woe be to you, you have cut the neck of your companion”.*

Then he said:

*“If one of you is to definitely praise his brother then let him say: ‘I deem such and such (to be like that) and I do not praise anyone above Allah, Allah is his Reckoner’ – if he believes that he is like that.”* [2]

So, there is in this hadeeth a prohibition against the open praising (of a person) due to what it leads to in terms of harm which may beset both the one who is praising and the one who is being praised as I have already said, except that the Prophet (sallalahualaihi wa sallam) guided towards a substitute when a person wants to praise another person, as you have seen.

And in Saheeh Muslim from Miqdaad (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man began to praise ‘Uthmaan (may Allah be pleased with him) so Miqdaad proceeded (towards him) and went down on his knees and began to throw the gravel on his face. So, ‘Uthmaan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ‘What’s the matter with you?’ So, he said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam) said:

*“When you see those who praise people (to their faces), then throw dirt in their faces.”* [3]

And in the two Saheehs of Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim from Abu Moosa Al-Ash’aree (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam) heard a man praise a man and extol him in praise, so he said:

*‘You have destroyed or cut the back of the man.”* [4]

And indeed, some of the scholars have made an exception to the dislike of a man praising (another) man for a good action or a praiseworthy affair occurring from him so that it would incite in him a desire to do the likes of it (again), and as an exhortation for the people in taking it as an example to be followed in those things which are similar to it.

I say: So, whosoever has to praise his brother to his face for a correct purpose which has limited or diverse benefit, then it is upon him to beware of exaggerating in the praise and making it long-winded. And it is also upon him to use the method which the Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam) guided towards in the previous hadeeth.

Imaam Al-Baghawee said after mentioning the aforementioned hadeeth (of Miqdaad):

‘I say: And in totality, praise and commendation of a person (to their face) is disliked, for very rarely is the one who praises safe from a lie which he says whilst praising him, and very rarely is the one who is praised safe from the amazement (of himself) which enters him.’ [5]

https://abdurrahman.org/2012/09/12/the-dislike-of-praising-someone-to-their-face-byalee-bin-zaid-bin-muhammad-bin-haadee-al-madkhalee/

Throwing dirt in the face of the one who praises you - Explained by Shaykh Sulaymaan Ar-Ruhaylee حفظه الله

mtws.posthaven.com/throwing-dirt-in-the-face-of-the-one-who-prai

Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee حفظه الله

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