Purification of the soul: Duā
O Allāh, grant my soul its piety and purify it. You are the Best to purify it, You are its Guardian and Master.
Allāhumma ā'tī nafsi taqwāhā wa zakkihā. Anta khayru man Zakkāhā anta Waliyyuhā wa Mawlāhā.
Allāhumma āmīn.
O Allāh, grant my soul its piety and purify it. You are the Best to purify it, You are its Guardian and Master.
Allāhumma ā'tī nafsi taqwāhā wa zakkihā. Anta khayru man Zakkāhā anta Waliyyuhā wa Mawlāhā.
Allāhumma āmīn.
I heard the Messenger of Allaah, peace and blessings be upon him, say,
“Verily, the people are like camels. Out of one hundred you will hardly find one suitable to ride.”
Sahih Bukhari 6133
“Verily, the people are like camels. Out of one hundred you will hardly find one suitable to ride.”
Sahih Bukhari 6133
Anas radiAllahu anhu narrated that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah! When a man among us meets his brother or his friend should he bow to him?" He said: "No."
He said: "Should he embrace him and kiss him?" He said: "No." He said: "Should he take his hand and shake it?" He said: "Yes."
[Ahmad 13044, Tirmidhi 2728, Ibn Majah 3702]
He said: "Should he embrace him and kiss him?" He said: "No." He said: "Should he take his hand and shake it?" He said: "Yes."
[Ahmad 13044, Tirmidhi 2728, Ibn Majah 3702]
Imām al-Hasan al-Basri and Imām ibn Sireen رحمهما الله both would say:
“Do not sit with the people of desire, do not debate with them and do not listen to them.”
Musnad-ad-Dārimi 435, Page 176 | ad-Dārimi
Al-Ibānah al-Kubra 2/464, 458 | ibn Battah
“Do not sit with the people of desire, do not debate with them and do not listen to them.”
Musnad-ad-Dārimi 435, Page 176 | ad-Dārimi
Al-Ibānah al-Kubra 2/464, 458 | ibn Battah
Sheikh Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz rahimahullah mentioned:
The sitting after the taslim in the prescribed prayers is from the most important times, in which the mercy of Allah descends (upon his
slaves).
Do not hastily get up, rather seek forgiveness from Allah, glorify Him, praise Him, and magnify Him.
Ibn Baṭṭal raḥimahullah said:
"Whoever has many sins and desires that Allah remove these sins from him without burdening himself, then let him seize this opportunity and remain seated in his place after the prayer, so that he may take advantage of the supplications from the Angels and their asking
forgiveness for him."
[Source: Sharh Ibn Battal, vol. 3, pg. 114]
The sitting after the taslim in the prescribed prayers is from the most important times, in which the mercy of Allah descends (upon his
slaves).
Do not hastily get up, rather seek forgiveness from Allah, glorify Him, praise Him, and magnify Him.
Ibn Baṭṭal raḥimahullah said:
"Whoever has many sins and desires that Allah remove these sins from him without burdening himself, then let him seize this opportunity and remain seated in his place after the prayer, so that he may take advantage of the supplications from the Angels and their asking
forgiveness for him."
[Source: Sharh Ibn Battal, vol. 3, pg. 114]
The Prophet {ﷺ} said:
❝Simplicity is part of faith.❞
[📚 Sunan Ibn Majah, Book:37, Hadith:4257]
❝Simplicity is part of faith.❞
[📚 Sunan Ibn Majah, Book:37, Hadith:4257]
Ibn ‘Aqeel al-Hanbali (may Allah have mercy on him) said of himself:
It is not permissible for me to waste an hour of my life. When I stop discussing issues of knowledge and debating them (with others) and when I stop reading in a book, I would start pondering and thinking when I am resting and lying down, and before I get up, I will have already an idea that I should write down and I am very keen to increase my knowledge now I am in my eighties and more keen than when I was twenty years old.
Quoted from him by Ibn al-Jawzi in al-Muntazam, 9/214
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man’s time is in fact his life, and his eternal life, whether it is eternal bliss or eternal suffering, is based on how he spent it. Time is passing quickly; whatever time he spends for the sake of Allah and by the help of Allah, this is his true life; any other time is not counted as part of his life, even if he spends it doing what animals do. So if he spends his time in heedlessness, idle entertainment and false wishes, and the best of what he spends his time in is sleep and idleness, then his death is better than his life.
Al-Jawaab al-Kaafi, p. 109
It is not permissible for me to waste an hour of my life. When I stop discussing issues of knowledge and debating them (with others) and when I stop reading in a book, I would start pondering and thinking when I am resting and lying down, and before I get up, I will have already an idea that I should write down and I am very keen to increase my knowledge now I am in my eighties and more keen than when I was twenty years old.
Quoted from him by Ibn al-Jawzi in al-Muntazam, 9/214
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man’s time is in fact his life, and his eternal life, whether it is eternal bliss or eternal suffering, is based on how he spent it. Time is passing quickly; whatever time he spends for the sake of Allah and by the help of Allah, this is his true life; any other time is not counted as part of his life, even if he spends it doing what animals do. So if he spends his time in heedlessness, idle entertainment and false wishes, and the best of what he spends his time in is sleep and idleness, then his death is better than his life.
Al-Jawaab al-Kaafi, p. 109
Shaikh Muqbil: *How Is the Head to Be Cut Off from a Picture*
SHAYKH MUQBIL IBN HADI AL-WADI‘I
CATEGORIZED UNDER: FATAWA AND RULINGS
●Question:
The hadith: “The [prohibited] image is only the head, so when the head has been cut off, there is no [remaining prohibition in the] image.”
So how is the cutting of the image to be done
●Answer:
The blotting out [of the picture] comes about as in the [authentic] hadith: that it take the form of a tree, [that] it not be like an image of a person.
So one blots it out and draws lines on it until it takes the form of a tree.
Source:
http://www.muqbel.net/fatwa.php?fatwa_id=1760
N.B.: Title mine (Trans.).
🖌Translator: Mikail ibn Mahboob
SHAYKH MUQBIL IBN HADI AL-WADI‘I
CATEGORIZED UNDER: FATAWA AND RULINGS
●Question:
The hadith: “The [prohibited] image is only the head, so when the head has been cut off, there is no [remaining prohibition in the] image.”
So how is the cutting of the image to be done
●Answer:
The blotting out [of the picture] comes about as in the [authentic] hadith: that it take the form of a tree, [that] it not be like an image of a person.
So one blots it out and draws lines on it until it takes the form of a tree.
Source:
http://www.muqbel.net/fatwa.php?fatwa_id=1760
N.B.: Title mine (Trans.).
🖌Translator: Mikail ibn Mahboob
www.muqbel.net
حديث :
🎓Upon the authority of Wuhaib Ibnil Warad [رحمه الله] who said:
❝It used to be said that wisdom is in ten parts, nine of them are connected to silence while the tenth is in seclusion from the people.❞
📚[Collected By Ibn Abi Dunya In ‘As Samt, (No. 36)]
❝It used to be said that wisdom is in ten parts, nine of them are connected to silence while the tenth is in seclusion from the people.❞
📚[Collected By Ibn Abi Dunya In ‘As Samt, (No. 36)]
It is reported that Sufyân Al-Thawrî said:
A man who wanted to write hadîth would [learn] manners and worship for twenty years before starting.
Abû Nu’aym, Hilyatu Al-Awliyâ`, 6:361.
A man who wanted to write hadîth would [learn] manners and worship for twenty years before starting.
Abû Nu’aym, Hilyatu Al-Awliyâ`, 6:361.
The Disease of this Ummah and its Doctor
It is reported that Sufyân Al-Thawrî – Allâh have mercy on him – said, “Wealth is the disease of this Ummah, and the scholar is the doctor of this Ummah. So if the doctor brings the disease to himself, how will he cure the people?”
Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ`, Vol. 7 p243
It is reported that Sufyân Al-Thawrî – Allâh have mercy on him – said, “Wealth is the disease of this Ummah, and the scholar is the doctor of this Ummah. So if the doctor brings the disease to himself, how will he cure the people?”
Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ`, Vol. 7 p243
Types of Jinn Possession and Effects Upon Humans:
1. A total possession:
A Jinn possesses the whole body of a person, such as the one who suffers from seizures.
2. A partial possession:
A Jinn possesses one particular organ of the body, such as an arm, leg or tongue.
3. Constant possession:
A Jinn possesses the body for a long period of time.
4. Temporary possession:
Which lasts no more than a few minutes, like a nightmare. [1]
The Jinn Effects:
SPIRITUAL - The Jinn effect a person spiritually. Their ultimate goal is to take a person away from Allah and outside of Islam. They achieve this through making a person lazy to perform salah, until they leave it. Difficult to recite Qur'an, until they stop it. Unmotivated to study Islam, until they abandon it. Slowly taking a toll on the person's eeman (faith), until they destroy it.
PSYCHOLOGICAL - The Jinn effect a person psychologically. Whether it is for revenge, sent through Magic or out of love, their objective is to fulfill their task and desires. They achieve this through getting to the person's heart and into their minds. Through waswaas they can cause severe mood swings leading to depression, anxiety, anger as well as extreme lust and lewd behavior. This taking a toll on the person's life until it is destroyed.
PHYSICAL - The Jinn effect a person physically just as they effect psychologically. Being afflicted in the heart and mind has a direct effect on the physical state and health of a person. Jinn can cause medical illnesses, unexplained pains and bruises as well as sexual abuse by possessing and living inside of a person. This taking a toll on the person's overall well being and health until it is destroyed.
[1] Shaykh al Islam Ibn Taimiyya’s “Eedawh ad-Dalaalah fee ‘Umoom ar-Risaalah” in vol 19. of Majmoo’ul Fataawaa
1. A total possession:
A Jinn possesses the whole body of a person, such as the one who suffers from seizures.
2. A partial possession:
A Jinn possesses one particular organ of the body, such as an arm, leg or tongue.
3. Constant possession:
A Jinn possesses the body for a long period of time.
4. Temporary possession:
Which lasts no more than a few minutes, like a nightmare. [1]
The Jinn Effects:
SPIRITUAL - The Jinn effect a person spiritually. Their ultimate goal is to take a person away from Allah and outside of Islam. They achieve this through making a person lazy to perform salah, until they leave it. Difficult to recite Qur'an, until they stop it. Unmotivated to study Islam, until they abandon it. Slowly taking a toll on the person's eeman (faith), until they destroy it.
PSYCHOLOGICAL - The Jinn effect a person psychologically. Whether it is for revenge, sent through Magic or out of love, their objective is to fulfill their task and desires. They achieve this through getting to the person's heart and into their minds. Through waswaas they can cause severe mood swings leading to depression, anxiety, anger as well as extreme lust and lewd behavior. This taking a toll on the person's life until it is destroyed.
PHYSICAL - The Jinn effect a person physically just as they effect psychologically. Being afflicted in the heart and mind has a direct effect on the physical state and health of a person. Jinn can cause medical illnesses, unexplained pains and bruises as well as sexual abuse by possessing and living inside of a person. This taking a toll on the person's overall well being and health until it is destroyed.
[1] Shaykh al Islam Ibn Taimiyya’s “Eedawh ad-Dalaalah fee ‘Umoom ar-Risaalah” in vol 19. of Majmoo’ul Fataawaa
قال الشيخ ابن عثيمين رحمه الله:
Ash-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn- may Allāh have mercy on him- said:
"كلما كان الإنسان في عبادته أخلص لله كان أجره أكثر،
“The more a person is sincere to Allāh the more is his reward,
وكلما كان الإنسان في عبادته أتبع للرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم كانت عبادته أكمل وثوابه أكثر،
And every time a person follows the Messenger ﷺ in his worship the more complete his worship is and the more his recompense,
فالتفاوت يكون بحسب الإخلاص لله والمتابعة لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم."
So the variance is according to sincerity for Allāh and following the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ .”
(شرح رياض الصالحين / ج1 / ص76).
(Explanation of Riyād-us-Sālihīn, Vol 1, p 76)
Ash-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn- may Allāh have mercy on him- said:
"كلما كان الإنسان في عبادته أخلص لله كان أجره أكثر،
“The more a person is sincere to Allāh the more is his reward,
وكلما كان الإنسان في عبادته أتبع للرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم كانت عبادته أكمل وثوابه أكثر،
And every time a person follows the Messenger ﷺ in his worship the more complete his worship is and the more his recompense,
فالتفاوت يكون بحسب الإخلاص لله والمتابعة لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم."
So the variance is according to sincerity for Allāh and following the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ .”
(شرح رياض الصالحين / ج1 / ص76).
(Explanation of Riyād-us-Sālihīn, Vol 1, p 76)
✒ The Eyesight Follows The Soul At The Time Of Death
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن الروح إذا قبض تبعه البصر
The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said:
“Indeed, when the soul is captured (at the time of death); the eyes follow it.”
● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير ١٦٣٤ ، صححه الألباني
Mukhtaṣar Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi' aṣ-Ṣagheer no. 1634, declared 'Authentic' by al-Albānī]
Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen Raḥimahullāh said in its explanation: “.. When soul (Rūḥ) exits the body it is witnessed by the dead body, the soul has a shape or figure however it is not seen by the people except for the one who is dying or the angels.”
● [شرح رياض الصالحين ٩١٩]
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن الروح إذا قبض تبعه البصر
The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said:
“Indeed, when the soul is captured (at the time of death); the eyes follow it.”
● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير ١٦٣٤ ، صححه الألباني
Mukhtaṣar Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi' aṣ-Ṣagheer no. 1634, declared 'Authentic' by al-Albānī]
Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen Raḥimahullāh said in its explanation: “.. When soul (Rūḥ) exits the body it is witnessed by the dead body, the soul has a shape or figure however it is not seen by the people except for the one who is dying or the angels.”
● [شرح رياض الصالحين ٩١٩]
Ibn al-Qayyīm rahimahullah:
❝If you want to know what’s inside a person’s heart, you should listen to what comes out of his mouth❞
[Jawābul kāfi p.185]
❝If you want to know what’s inside a person’s heart, you should listen to what comes out of his mouth❞
[Jawābul kāfi p.185]
'Umar Ibn Al-Khattab رضي الله عنه said:
“Do not let your Love be Obsessive and Do not let your Hatred be Destructive. When you Love, do not go to a level of obsession as a child, does with a thing he loves. And when you hate, do not hate in such a way you want your opponent to be destroyed and doomed.”
[Narrated by Abd Ar-Razzaaq in Al-Musannaf, 20]
“Do not let your Love be Obsessive and Do not let your Hatred be Destructive. When you Love, do not go to a level of obsession as a child, does with a thing he loves. And when you hate, do not hate in such a way you want your opponent to be destroyed and doomed.”
[Narrated by Abd Ar-Razzaaq in Al-Musannaf, 20]
SHAYKH AL-ALBAANEE RAHIMAHULLAH; “THAT WHICH DESCRIBES A WOMAN WHEN SHE IS ALIVE IS WORSE AND WORSE! ‘…
Faatimah the daughter of RASULULLAH said:
‘O Asmaa’, I am repulsed by what is done to the women – at the time of death – when they lay a piece of cloth over the woman that describes her shape.”
Asmaa’ responded: “O daughter of the Messenger of Allaah; should I not show you something that I saw done in Abyssinia?” So she called for some palm branches of clover and then after dying it, laid the cloth upon Faatimah.
Faatimah exclaimed, “How nice and beautiful! It distinguishes the woman from the man (i.e. it does not describe the body shape). When I die, I want you and ‘Alee to wash me and do not allow anyone else to enter.”
[It was related by Aboo Nu’aym in al-Hilyah and by al-Bayhaqee.]
SubhaanAllah. she was worried about her body shape being exposed upon her death. How about you and I?
Now look at Faatimah the daughter of the Messenger of Allaah (salAllaahu alaiyhi wa sallam) how she disliked and found it shameful that the clothing of the dead woman describes the (dead) woman’s body!
Therefore, there is no doubt that which describes a woman when she is alive is worse and worse! So let the Muslim women of today ponder and think on this. The Muslim women of today who dress up in tight clothing which describes her breasts, her waist, her buttocks, her legs and other body parts. Then (let the women) seek forgiveness of Allaah ta’aalaa (the Exalted) and repent to Him.”
[Taken from the book ennoscriptd: جلباب المراة المسلمة في الكتاب والسنة - The Jilbâb of the Muslim woman as in the Qur'ân and Sunnah, pg.89. Authored by Al Imâm, Al Mujaddid, Al Muhaddith, ash-Shaykh Al-Albâni]
Faatimah the daughter of RASULULLAH said:
‘O Asmaa’, I am repulsed by what is done to the women – at the time of death – when they lay a piece of cloth over the woman that describes her shape.”
Asmaa’ responded: “O daughter of the Messenger of Allaah; should I not show you something that I saw done in Abyssinia?” So she called for some palm branches of clover and then after dying it, laid the cloth upon Faatimah.
Faatimah exclaimed, “How nice and beautiful! It distinguishes the woman from the man (i.e. it does not describe the body shape). When I die, I want you and ‘Alee to wash me and do not allow anyone else to enter.”
[It was related by Aboo Nu’aym in al-Hilyah and by al-Bayhaqee.]
SubhaanAllah. she was worried about her body shape being exposed upon her death. How about you and I?
Now look at Faatimah the daughter of the Messenger of Allaah (salAllaahu alaiyhi wa sallam) how she disliked and found it shameful that the clothing of the dead woman describes the (dead) woman’s body!
Therefore, there is no doubt that which describes a woman when she is alive is worse and worse! So let the Muslim women of today ponder and think on this. The Muslim women of today who dress up in tight clothing which describes her breasts, her waist, her buttocks, her legs and other body parts. Then (let the women) seek forgiveness of Allaah ta’aalaa (the Exalted) and repent to Him.”
[Taken from the book ennoscriptd: جلباب المراة المسلمة في الكتاب والسنة - The Jilbâb of the Muslim woman as in the Qur'ân and Sunnah, pg.89. Authored by Al Imâm, Al Mujaddid, Al Muhaddith, ash-Shaykh Al-Albâni]