Forgotten Sunnah *Hijamah* (Cupping Therapy )

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said in Madaarij al-Saalikeen (2/242):

Faith is of two halves: half is gratitude and half is patience. [End quote]

✒ Why Friendships Break | Ḥadeeth Benefit

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : ما تواد اثنان في الله عز وجل أو في الإسلام فيفرق بينهما إلا ذنب يحدثه أحدهما

The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said:

“No two people are friends/love one another for the sake of Allāh 'Azza Wa Jall or for the sake of Islām then they split from each other EXCEPT due to a sin newly committed by (either) one of them.”

● [سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة ٦٣٧]

Translated By: Sameeullaah Sameeullaah (Aboo Maryamm)

Ka’b ibn Malik reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever seeks knowledge in order to impress the scholars, or to argue with the foolish, or to attract the attention of people, then Allah will admit him into Hellfire.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2654

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ لِيُجَارِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ أَوْ لِيُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ أَوْ يَصْرِفَ بِهِ وُجُوهَ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ النَّارَ

2654 سنن الترمذي كتاب العلم باب ما جاء فيمن يطلب بعلمه الدنيا

2654 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن في صحيح الترمذي

What does it mean to love for the sake of Allaah?

Imam Ahmad (Rahimahullah): It’s when you don't love someone for any worldly gain.

● [طبقات الحنابلة ١/٥٧]

But the hypocrites, they enjoin evil and forbid good:

"The hypocrites, men and women, are from one another, they enjoin (on the people) Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief and polytheism of all kinds and all that Islam has forbidden), and forbid (people) from Al-Ma'ruf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do)..." Qur'an 9:67

Translation: Muhsin Khan

Hadeeth 11 from Buloogh: Narrated Abu Qadata (رضي الله عنه): Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه و سلم) Said about the cat that, “It is not unclean, indeed it is only one of those who intermingle with you (in your homes).” [Reported by Al-Arba’a. At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Khuzaima graded it Sahih (sound)].

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Al-Arba’a meaning: Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa’i and Ibn Majah.

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “You will not enter Paradise until you believe and you will not believe until you love each other. Shall I show you something that, if you did, you would love each other? Spread peace between yourselves.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 54
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَا تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا أَوَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُمْ أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ

54 صحيح مسلم كتاب الإيمان باب بيان أنه لا يدخل الجنة إلا المؤمنون وأن محبة المؤمنين من الإيمان وأن إفشاء السلام سببا لحصولها

🎯 *Continue Calling to Allāh and Pay No Attention to Rumormongers*

Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān

The Noble Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān was asked,

📍[Q]: May Allah bestow good upon you, the questioner asks: Some callers (duʿāt) in our land have become known by way of lectures, tapes and social media, and in their call there are errors, which are in opposition to the Sunnah and the Aqīdah (correct belief). When we refute their falsehood coupled with proofs and evidences (people) say ‘This person is a caller to Islam and has done for Islam what you all have not done, so why do you criticize him?’

[🅰]: *It is upon you to continue upon the path of calling to Allāh; and do not turn towards those who forsake (the truth and its callers), those who spread rumors and those who oppose you.*

Do not turn towards them (at all).

⏯Continue [with your call].

🕰You did not come to please the people, but you came to please Allāh (سبحان وتعالى).

So if you are upon the truth, the correct path and sound methodology, then do not turn towards those who forsake (this) and those who spread rumors against you.

http://www.af.org.sa/ar/node/5717
✍🏼Translated by Anwar Wright
http://germantownmasjid.com/continue-calling-to-allah-and-pay-no-attention-to-rumormongers-shaykh-ṣaliḥ-al-fawzan/

Ibn Al-Qiyyam رحمة الله said: "The majority of people have sold their souls for a cheap price" {Jawab Al-Kâfi Pg.104}

Imaam Maalik (Rahimahullah):

My mother would dress me up in the clothes of the scholars whilst I still was a young boy and she would tell me “Go to the masjid and seek knowledge from Imaam ar-Rabee’ah, study his manners before you take from his knowledge”

[Siyar ‘Alaam an-Nubalaa]

FIGHTING EVIL THOUGHTS AND FOLLOWING BAD DEEDS WITH THE GOOD

“Stand firm against evil thoughts, for if you fail to do so, they will become ideas, if you do not, they will become desires, so fight against them. If you do not, they will become a form of determination and intention, if you do not resist, they will become habits that will be hard to quite.”

~ Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله

[Al-fawa’id, p. 55-56]

Virtue of Salatul Duha (forenoon prayer)..

The time of Duha prayer is from the time (fifteen or twenty minutes after sunrise) when the sun has risen to a certain height, until just before the time for Zuhr prayer.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen defined it as being from a quarter of an hour after the sun has risen until ten minutes before Zuhr prayer.

Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 4/122

An easy prize |

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ❝Fasting in the winter is the easy prize.❞ (❶)

Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (‎رحمه الله) commented:

“And the meaning of it being an easy prize is that it is a prize obtained without any battle or effort or hardship. So, the owner of this prize has been given it as a favor without any effort on his part."

He also mentioned, “Winter is the best season for the believer because Allah strengthens his practice in it by making worship easy for him.

This is because in winter, the believer can fast during the day with ease without suffering from hunger and thirst. The days are short and cold, and he therefore doesn’t feel the hardship of fasting.

As for praying at night in the winter due to its long nights, one can have his share of sleep and then get up to pray afterwards and recite all that he usually recites of the Qur’an while he has had enough sleep.

So, he can combine between the sleep that he needs and the usual amount of recitation of the Qur’an that he completes in a day. So, he fulfills the interests of both his religion and the comfort of his body." (❷)

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❶ - It was reported by Ahmad (4/335) with a chain authenticated by al-Albani in ‘as-Silsilah as-Sahihah’ (1922).

❷ - ‘Lata’if al-Ma’arif’ (p. 276).

Ruling on Chain Messages – Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan

Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzan was asked about chain messages which are sent telling people to send peace and blessings upon the Prophet- May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him- and forwarding it to (for eg) 10 people so as to attain good deeds by way of it.

The Shaykh- may Allah preserve him- answered: This is an innovation, this is an innovation; the origin of sending peace and blessings upon the prophet is legistlated and is a good thing, however specifying with sending it to “x” amount of people is an innovation with no evidence supporting it.

From the lecture: من أسباب محبة الله

Partly paraphrased
http://masjidfurqan.co.uk/2014/01/06/ruling-on-chain-messages-shaykh-saalih-al-fawzaan/

Shaykh al-ʿUthaymīn: "When Allāh knows that there is any good in a person’s heart, He gives him all good." [Tafsīr Sūrah al-Ḥadīd]

THE REALITY OF THIS ‘PRECIOUS’ LIFE

"It is impossible for a person to feel sufficiency when he is not content with what he already has in his hand! Woe to you, all that you rejoice for in this life is actually what you should be sad for, if only you would realise."

~ Ibn al-Jawzee رحمه الله تعالى

[Seeds of Admonishment and Reform, p. 146-147]

The levels of the early Muslims with regards to Night Prayer.
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Imam Ibnul Jawzi said: You should know that the early Muslims were at one of seven levels with regards to night prayer:

Level one: These would stay up the entire night. Some of them would pray Fajr with the same wudu as Isha.

Level two: These would pray half of the night.

Level three: These would pray one-third of the night. The Prophet peace be upon him) said: " The most beloved salah to Allah The Exalted is the salah of Dawud. He would sleep half of the night, pray one-third, and sleep one-sixth". [Agreed upon]

Level four: These would pray one-sixth of the night or one-fifth.

Level five: These would not specify an amount of the night. He would only pray until he became sleepy, and would then sleep. When he woke up, he would pray.

Level six: These would pray two or four rakah.

Level seven: These would stay awake between the two Isha times [the early time for Isha and the later, recommended time], and they would sweeten their mornings [with dua]. This way, they would join the night and morning. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: " Indeed in every night is a time wherein if the worshipper asks Allah for something good, He will give it. And this is in every night."

[Narrated by Muslim]

Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him said

“People whose hearts are like the hearts of birds will enter Paradise.”

Source: Sahih Muslim 2840, Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim

An-Nawawi said, “It is interpreted to mean those who depend upon Allah, or those who have soft hearts.”

Source: Riyad us-Saliheen 1/59