Increase in Righteous Actions as You Increase in Age

Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn notes: The author (Imām al-Nawawī, may Allāh have mercy upon him) noscripts [his chapter]: The Chapter of Urging Towards Increasing in Good Deeds in the Latter Part of one’s Life.
Know that the latter part of one’s life is crucial, as the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) mentioned: Verily one of you performs the actions of the people of Paradise until there is only an arm’s length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him, so he acts with the actions of the people of the Hellfire and therefore enters it. And verily one of you performs the actions of the people of the Hellfire, until there is only an arm’s length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him, so he acts with the actions of the people of Paradise and therefore enters it.

Likewise, we have from the reported supplications: O’ Allāh, make the latter part of my life the best [part]. And make my last actions the best.

Also it has been authenticated from the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) that he mentioned: Whoever’s last words in the dunya is that there is no deity worthy of worship in truth except Allāh, will enter paradise.

So that which is required from the person, as he increases in age, is that he also increases in righteous actions. Likewise, the youth should also increase in righteous actions because one does not know when he will die. He may die in his youth or his death may be delayed, but their is no doubt that the one who is older in age is closer to death than the youth because he is at the end of his life.

Source: Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn li Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn, Chapter #12, Pg. 461, [Dār al-Fajr li-Turāth, Cairo. First Edition, 2005].
Translated by: Munīb al-Ṣumālī
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"For how many were there that were not of handsome appearance, however through the performance of righteous deeds his beauty and attractiveness intensified until that became manifest upon his appearance."

📚[Al-Istiqaamah, (1/364)]
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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.❞
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📘[Bada’ia at-Tafseer, (2/143)]
🖌Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya

💡Refutation on those working for the re-establishment of the Khilafah
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♻The Messenger of Allāh [ﷺ] said:

↪The khilāfah after me in my Ummah will last for thirty years. Then there will be kingship after that.

📚Sahīh al-Jāmi' as-Sagheer(#3341)
✒ Abu Iyād Amjad Rafīq حفظه الله
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♻Sa'eed bin Jamhaan who narrated from Safeenah (after mentioning the hadeeth above), Safeenah said (to me):

↪Hold on (meaning, listen), the khilāfah of Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه) was two years, and
↪[that of] Umar (رضي الله عنه) was ten years, and
↪[that of] Uthmaan (رضي الله عنه) twelve years, and
↪[that of] Alee (رضي الله عنه) six years.

📚Sunan Abu Dawud (#4647)
✒ Abu Iyād Amjad Rafīq حفظه الله
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♻Mu'awiyyah bin Abu Sufyan رضي الله عنهما said:

❝I am the first of the Kings.❞

📚Abi Zayd al-Qayrawaanee (1/96)
✒ Rasheed Barbee حفظه الله
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♻Shaykh Muhammad Al-'Anjaree حفظه الله said:

❝You will not find a single text from the Shariah that orders an individual to re-establish a caliphate.❞

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Should we fast Arafah according to the moon sighting in the country where we are or according to the moon sighting in al-Haramayn (the two Holy Sanctuaries)?

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: what if the day of ‘Arafah is different because of the moon being sighted at different times in different countries? Should we fast according to the moon sighting in the country where we are or according to the moon sighting in al-Haramayn (the two Holy Sanctuaries)? 

He replied: This is based on a difference of opinion among the scholars: Is there only one moon sighting for the whole world or does it vary according to when the moon rises in different places? 

The correct view is that it varies according to when the moon rises in different places. For example, if the moon is sighted in Makkah, and today is the ninth, and it is sighted elsewhere one day before Makkah, and the day of ‘Arafah in Makkah is the tenth for them, it is not permissible for them to fast on this day because it is Eid. Similarly if it so happens that they sight the moon after Makkah, and the 9th in Makkah is the 8th for them, then they should fast the day that is the 9thfor them, which is the 10th in Makkah. This is the correct view, because the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When you see it (the new moon) fast and when you see it break your fast.” Those who did not see the moon in their own location have not seen it. Just as people are unanimously agreed that the times for dawn and sunset vary according to their own location, so too the months are also worked out by location, just like the daily timings. 

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 20. 

قال الإمام الأوزاعي :

Al-Awzaa'ee said:

بلغني أن من ابتدع بدعة زيّن له الشيطان التنسك والعبادة وألقى عليه الخشوع والبكاء كي يصطاد به !!

"It has reached me that whoever innovates an innovation, shaytaan beautifies for him devotion and worship. And throws upon him humility and crying so that he can be used as a trap."

الاعتصام للشاطبي (1/125)

Al-I'tissaam by Ash-Shaatibee (1/125)

Translated by: Abu 'Abdirrahmaan Samir Al-Oklahomie

💥Don't miss fasting the Day of #Arafah!💥May we all witness this great day, may Allah accept our ibadah and may Allah forgive our sins. Ameen.

SALAAF AS SAALIH:
Dawud عليه السلام said,

"Be like a merciful father towards the orphan.

Know that you will reap as you sow.
How ugly poverty is after wealth! More than that: how ugly is misguidance after guidance!

When you make a promise to your friend, fulfil your promise. If you do not, it will bring about enmity between you and him.

Seek refuge in Allah from a companion who, when you mention something to him, does not help you and who does not remind you when you forget.

[Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 138; Saheeh by Shaykh al-albani ﺭﺣﻤﻪﺍﻟﻠﻪ]

As a precaution against shirk, the Prophet ﷺ took the following steps:

i) He ﷺ had prohibited us from making pictures and statues as in the Hadeeth of Aaishah and Ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما, and said that those who make pictures will be punished severely in Hell-Fire and it will be said to them: ❝make alive what you have created❞. [Saheehain]

ii) The second step he ﷺ had taken was to destroy all the pictures and statues and to level all the permanent graves, as has been reported by the Hadeeth of `Alee رضي الله عنه. [Saheeh Muslim]

iii) The third step was to prohibit from making the grave as permanent, or whitewashing it, or writing on it, or building any structure over it (like Masaajid and domes). [Saheeh Muslim]

iv) The Prophet ﷺ was well aware that this Ummah (nation) will follow the footsteps of the people of the Book – who built places of worship over the graves of their Prophets [Saheehain] and made them into places of festivities [Sunan Abu Dawood]. So the fourth step was to prohibit the people to visit the graves. Then he ﷺ gave them permission only to increase their remembrance of the Hereafter.

In the beginning stages of Islaam, it was prohibited by the Prophet ﷺ to visit the graves because the people in Jaahiliyyah (days of ignorance) were deeply rooted in Shirk, and the Jews and the Christians had the graves of the righteous converted into places of worship and worshiped them, and sought their help and called them in difficulties. When the People of the Book (the Jews and the Christians) were in such a bad state, then the state of the Mushriks could well be imagined.

The Prophet ﷺ prohibited the new Muslims from visiting the graves because of all that was going on; then in the very same Hadeeth we get the reason for the permission to visit the graves, that it reminds one of the Hereafter. It is possible to remember the Hereafter only if the grave is simple, which reminds us that we were created of this earth to it we will be returned. But if one were to go to the graves of the so called “Awliyaa”, which are covered in very costly Ghilaaf (cloth); well-built and decorated in marbles and stones; and well-structured inside a dome, then it is impossible that it would remind one of the Hereafter. The example of this is the world famous structure – The Taj Mahal, which is actually a Maqbara (grave site) of the wife of the Moghul king. People all over the world come to it to visit it, not because it reminds them of death or the Hereafter, but only to admire the beauty of its structure and as sightseeing. But from this Ummah there are those who have opposed the teachings of the Prophet ﷺ and took the graves as places of worship. So we have the Ajmerees, Tijaanees, Disookees, Jilaanees. May Allaah save us and our children from ever falling into Shirk.

The Excellence Of The Day Of ‘Arafah


Allaah, The Most High states in His Book:

﴿وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُود﴾‏

❝And by the Promised Day [i.e. the Day of Resurrection]; And by the witnessing day [i.e. Friday], and by the witnessed day [i.e. the day of 'Arafat [Hajj] the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah]…❞

[Qur’ān, Surah Al-Burooj, (2-3) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]

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From Abee Hurairah [رضي الله عنه] who said that the Prophet [ﷺ] said:

❝The Promised Day is: The Day of Resurrection; and the day which is witnessed is: the day of ‘Arafah; and the witness is: the day of Friday. And the sun has not risen nor has it set upon a day that is better than it. In it is an hour in which a believing servant does not coincide supplicating to Allaah for good – except that Allaah will answer him; and nor does he seek refuge from anything except Allaah will grant him refuge from it.❞

[Reported By At-Tirmidhee | Al-‘Allaamah Al-Albaanee: 'Hasan' In His Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmidhee, (No. 3339) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

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Ibn Rajab [رحمه الله] said:

❝Upon this basis; if the day of ‘Arafah falls on a Friday – then there is incorporated into that day the witness and the witnessed.❞

[Lataa-if Wal Ma’aarif, (Page: 375) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

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From ‘Umar bin Al-Khattaab [رضي الله عنه] that a man from the Jews said to him:

❝'O leader of the believers; there is an Aayah in your Book which you read; if it had been revealed to the like of us Jews then we would have taken that day as an ‘Eid.' So he said: 'which Aayah is that?' he said:

﴿الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإسْلامَ دِينًا﴾‏

«This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you Islaam as your religion» [Al-Maa-idah: 3]

So ‘Umar said: 'Indeed we know of that day as well as the place in which it was revealed upon the Prophet [ﷺ] - and he was standing at ‘Arafaat on a Friday.'❞

[Reported By Al-Bukhārī, (No. 45) | Muslim, (No. 7443) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

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From ‘Aisha [رضي الله عنها] who said that the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:

❝There is no day in which Allaah sets free more slaves from the Hell-Fire than He does on the Day of ‘Arafah.❞

[Reported By Muslim, (No. 1277) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

Giving money to an organisation to slaughter


Question:

Is it permissible to give money for an organisation for sacrifice rather than doing it personally? what about for lady who is giving sacrifice?

Zaynab El-Kateb:
No. The The Scholars say that aa Muslim needs to sacrifice individually. Slaughtering is a great act of worship and it is a Shaira ( شعيرة ) which should be apparent among the Muslims, also distributing meat and eating from it as another act of worship which needs to be done.
Either you slaughter a sheep by yourself or you can share in slaughtering a cow with maximum of 7 people sharing in same cow.
A woman can also slaugter an Udheyya and she can authorize another person or a butcher to slaughter it on her behalf, this is also same for a man who is not able to slaughter by himself, he can authorize someone to do it on his behalf.

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📌📌 *Important Reminder* 📌📌

“THEY CHANGE THEIR COLOURS LIKE A CHAMELEON…”

✒️SHAIKH AL-FAWZAN {حفظه الله}
✒️Written by Abu Muadh Taqweem Aslam

Narrated Abu Dharr Jundub bin Junada and Abu AbdirRahman Mu’adh bin Jabal رضي الله عنهما that the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم said:
“Fear Allah [have taqwa] wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed with a good one, and engage the people with good character” [Tirmidhi]

Shaikh al-Fawzan stated regarding this great hadith that within it are 3 advices, and these 3 advises are the methodology of a muslim that he treads upon in his life.

The First Advice: That a muslim has Taqwa of Allah wherever he may be, whether in front of the people or in isolation away from the eyes of the people. And Taqwa is to perform that which Allah has commanded and to leave that which Allah has forbidden, since that will protect him from the punishment and anger of Allah.

The prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم stated “wherever you are” i.e. that a person does not look toward the people and does not fear the people but rather he fears Allah whether he is alone or among the people. Allah stated, the meaning of which is, ” Truly, nothing is hidden from Allah, in the earth or in the heavens” [Ale-Imran:5].

And some people [regrettably] if they are in a muslim country they demonstrate openly that they are upon Islam, yet if they go to a land of non-muslims they conform to their ways [and leave Islamic ways], so they change colours like a chameleon, and this affair is not permissible, what is a must upon the muslim that he fears Allah in every place, in every country.

The Second Advice: To follow up evil deeds with good ones, and so if an evil action occurs from the servant it is upon him to repent to Allah; since the good deeds they expiate and wipe out the evil, and that is from the virtue and blessing of Allah, although this relates to the minor sins, the major must be actually repented from.

The Third Advice: To engage the people with good manners, and indeed the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم was upon the best of characteristics.

📕[Based on Explanation of 40 hadith Shaikh al-Fawzan p168-172]

[Translator’s note: An excellent advice for us to all remain upright upon the one and only correct methodology, and to practice that openly and secretly in all situations, and not to fall into the chameleon-like behaviour the Shaikh refererred to, since indeed changing colours and having disgraceful double standards is not from the religion of Allah. Similarly an excellent advice for the one who sins to repent to Allah, be sincere in the tawba as is required and not allow whisperings of the Shaitaan to prevent him and continue upon falsehood, since Allah is to be feared and not the people. We ask Allah to give us the ability to implement the advices].

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Sheikh Uthaimeen رحمه الله said:

Whoever abuses the Religion of Islaam is  Disbeliever, whether he abused Seriously or jokingly, Until even if he says that he(himself) is a Believer, how he could be a believer in Allahﷻ, his Book(Quran), his religion(Islam), and his Messenger when he is Abusing the Religion(of Allah)?!

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