Those Who are Silent Have Drawn on Themselves the Sin of Concealment -Shaykh Bin Baz:

Shaykh Bin Baz (rahimahullaah) said:

If the people of the truth remained silent about clarifying it, then certainly those upon error would continue upon their errors, and others would follow them in error; likewise, those who are silent will have drawn on themselves the sin of concealment about which Allah (subhanahu) threatened them:

Indeed, those who conceal what We sent down of clear proofs and guidance after We made it clear for the people in the Scripture - those are cursed by Allah and cursed by those who curse, except for those who repent and correct themselves and make evident [what they concealed]. Those - I will accept their repentance, and I am the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful. [Surah al-Baqarah (2):159-160]

Indeed, Allah took a covenant with the scholars from the People of the Book to clarify the book for the people and not to conceal it, and he blamed them for throwing it behind their backs, and he warned us from following them. So, if Ahlus-Sunnah remained quiet about clarifying the mistakes of those who oppose the Qur'an and Sunnah, they have resembled the People of the Book whom Allah is angry with and those who are astray.[1]

Likewise, Shaykh Bin Baz (rahimahullaah) warned by name. He said: "Usamah b. Laden is from those who cause corruption on earth. He searches out evil, corrupt paths, and he exited from obedience to those in authority."[2]

Translated by: Abu Adam Finch (hafidhahullaah)
Translation Completed: 28th of Dhul Hijjah,
1434 AH Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

[1] ‘Abdul-‘Aziz b. Baz, Majmu al-Fatawa, v.3/pg. 72
[2] Jaridatul-Muslimin, Date: 9/5/1418 AH

🔖 Adhering To The Sunnah
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🖍 Shaykh Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wada'aee said⤵️

« ﻭﺗﻌﺠﺒﻨﻲ ﻛﻠﻤﺔ ﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﺍﻻﺳﻼﻡ ﺍﺑﻦ ﺗﻴﻤﻴﻪ ﺭﺣﻤﻬﻢ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ : ﺇﻧﻤﺎ ﻳﺮﻓﻊ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﺸﺨﺺ ﺑﻘﺪﺭ ﺗﻤﺴﻜﻪ ﺑﺴﻨﺔ ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ .»

❝I am amazed by the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymeeyah [ ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ]:
Indeed Allaah raises a person's status due to the amount he adheres to the Sunnah of the Messenger [ﷺ ].❞
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📚 [Tuhfat ul-Mujeeb, (Page: 339)]
🖌 Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya

Dangers of saying ‘If Only"

The Prophetﷺ

“Persist in what benefits you, seek Allaah’s help and do not behave helplessly. And if something happens to you do not say, “If only I had done (such and such), the such and such would have happened.’

Rather say, “Allaah has Decreed and He has done as He willed.” [Qadar Allaaha wa maa shaa fa ‘al] for ‘if only’ opens the door to the work of the shaytaan.”

Sahih Muslim #2664

💎 Gem from Ibn Taymiyyah (Rahimahu'Allah):

💠 "The secret of being a strong person is relying on Alläh, and with istighfaar does a person not only gain forgiveness but has punishment driven away."

💥 Then he recited :

‼️"And Alläh will not punish them whilst they are seeking forgiveness"‼️

[ Surat al-Anfal | C.8 - V.33]

THE SECRET OF SALAH LIES IN DEVOTION TO ALLAH

“The secret and the essence of salah is to devote oneself to Allah while praying -just as the slave should not turn his face away from the direction of the qiblah, he should also disallow his heart from giving attention to anything except his Lord.

Therefore the ‘abd should let the Ka`bah - the House of Allah - be the direction of his body and face, and let Allah be the direction of his heart and soul. Allah shall give His attention to His ‘abd in proportion to the level of his devotion and focus in salah. Thus, if he turns away from Allah (by becoming unmindful), He too shall turn away from him - truly, as you judge, shall you yourself be judged.”

~ Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله

[Inner Dimensions Of The Prayer, p. 66]

Souls Are Like Recruited Troops...⬇️

Narrated Aisha (radiyallaahu-anhaa): I heard the Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) saying,

❝Souls are like recruited troops; those who are of like qualities are inclined to each other, but those who have dissimilar qualities differ.❞

[Saheeh Bukhaari Vol 4. Hadeeth Number 3336. Darusallam]

Al-Haafidh Ibn Hajar (rahimahullaah) stated one of the meanings of this hadeeth in Fat-hul Baari that Al-Khattaabi (rahimahullaah) said:

This may indicate to mean similarity in good and evil, righteousness or corruption – the good one amongst the people is inclined towards one similar to him, and the evil one is similarly inclined towards the one similar to him.

Souls have an affinity with others in accordance with the nature in which they were created, good or evil. They will agree if their natures are similar, otherwise they will be at loggerheads…

[See Fat-hul Baari for further details]

- Via http://www.salaficentre.com/2014/08/الأرواح-جنود-مجندة-souls-are-like-recruited-troops-look-at-the-associates-and-guests-of-masjid-al-furqans-a/

✒ The People Of Hellfire Will Cry Blood | Ḥadeeth Benefit

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن أهل النار ليبكون حتى لو أجريت السفن في دموعهم لجرت وإنهم ليبكون الدم يعني مكان الدمع

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

“Verily, the people of Hellfire will cry, so much so that if ships were to sail in their tears; THEY WOULD FLOAT, and indeed they cry blood – meaning instead of tears.”

● [أخرجه الحاكم وصححه الألباني في السلسلة الصحيحة ٤/٢٤٥ ، رقم الحديث : ١٦٧٩]

Translated By : Sameeullaah Sameeullaah (Aboo Maryamm)

How difficult is it to attain khushoo in salah?

#SignsOfTheHour

The Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَوَّلُ مَا يُرْفَعُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ الْخُشُوعُ حَتَّى لا يُرَى فِيهِ خَاشِعًا

“The very first thing to be raised from this Ummah is Khushoo (awe, fear of Allaah) until there is not a single person in it with khushoo.”

[Saheeh al-Jaami` (2569) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

“Khushoo’ in prayer happens when a person empties his heart for it (prayer), and focuses on it to the exlusion of all else, and prefers it to everything else. Only then does he find comfort and joy in it, as the Prophet (sw) said: ‘… and my joy has been made in salaah.’” ( Ahmad, 3/128 Saheeh al-Jaami’, 3124).

Allaah has mentioned al-khaashi’eena wa’l-khaashi’aat (men and women who are humble (before their Lord)), and described this quality as one of the qualities of those who are chosen. He tells us that He has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward (i.e., Paradise). [See al-Ahzaab 33:35].

Shaykh al-Islam [Ibn Taymiyah] said:

We do not mean by Ahl al-Hadeeth only those who study it, write it down or narrate it, rather we mean anyone who takes care to memorize it, understand it and follow it, both inwardly and outwardly. The same may be said of “Ahl al-Qur’aan” (the people of the Qur’aan).
The basic quality of these people is their love of the Qur’aan and hadeeth, referring to them and their meanings, and acting upon what they learn.

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 4/95

*Importance of Fasting:*

Narrated Abu Huraira : The Prophet said, "(Allah said), 'Every good deed of Adam's son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.' Verily, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk."
[Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 72 :: Hadith 811]

*Fast on Mondays and Thursdays:*

It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Deeds are shown (to Allaah) on Mondays and Thursdays, and I like my deeds to be shown when I am fasting.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 747; class...ed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1041

It was narrated from Abu Qataadah al-Ansaari that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was asked about fasting on Mondays. He said: “On that day I was born, and on it the Revelation came to me.” Narrated by Muslim, 1162.

It was narrated that ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was keen to fast on Mondays and Thursdays. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 745; al-Nasaa’i, 2361; Ibn Maajah, 1739; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1044.

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Radiya Allaahu 'Anhu) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

❝No-one can be given a better and more abundant gift than patience.❞

[Al-Bukhari And Muslim]

- Via Sayings of the Salaf @durrsalafi_eng
https://mobile.twitter.com/durrsalafi_eng/status/837403289050296320

Every person starts his/her day as a vendor of his/her soul…

The Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said:

كل الناس يغدو فبائع نفسه فمعتقها أو موبقها

‘’Every person starts his day as a vendor of his soul, either freeing it (i.e. from sin) or bringing about its ruin (i.e. through sin).” [1]

AbuBakr Ibn Ayyaash (rahimahullaah) said: A man once said to me when I was a young man: ‘’Save yourself in this worldly life as much as you can by (seeking) after the provision of the afterlife; for indeed the prisoner of the afterlife (i.e. the one condemned in the fire) will never be unfastened. ‘’ [2]

[1] Hadeeth 23. Forty hadith of Nawawi
[2] Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam. Page: 390. Daar Ibn Rajab
http://masjidfurqan.co.uk/2014/10/22/every-person-starts-hisher-day-as-a-vendor-of-hisher-soul/

Mistakes & Advising

The senior scholar Rabee bin Hadi al-Mudkhali -hafidhullaah- said:

‘If your brother makes a mistake, advise him with gentleness and present him proofs and evidences through which Allaah will benefit him.

As for sitting waiting in ambush for someone to make a mistake and to rouse up hatred here and there that so-and-so did such-and-such. These are the ways of the Shayateen not the way of the people of the truth.’

[Bahjatul Qaaree p.107]
https://followingthesunnah.com/2017/06/16/social-media-benefit-cards-pt3/

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade from wasting wealth. He (ﷺ) told Sa'd (radiyAllahu'anhu):

"It is better for you to leave behind your
heirs wealthy, rather than leaving them poor begging others."

[Bukhari 5/363 and Muslim #1/628.]

Umm Salamah رضي الله عنها said, “Never did the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم leave my house without looking towards heaven, supplicating:

الَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَضِلَّ، أَوْ أُضَلَّ، أَوْ أَزِلَّ، أَوْ أُزَلَّ، أَوْ أَظْلِمَ، أَوْ أُظْلَمَ، أَوْ أَجْهَلَ، أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيَّ

Allaahumma ‘innee ‘a’oodhu bika ‘an ‘adhilla, ‘aw ‘udhalla, ‘aw ‘azilla, ‘aw ‘uzalla, ‘aw ‘adhlima, ‘aw ‘udhlama, ‘aw ‘ajhala ‘aw yujhala ‘alayya

O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

(Abu Dawud)

Ibn Qudamah said:

“If a man were to throw a stone into his house for every sin he commits, his house would be filled within a very short period of time.

But he doesn’t pay much attention to remembering his sins…
”
Source: Mukhtasar Minhaj al-Qaasideen (p. 373)

🌟 *Get your priorities straight* 🌟

🚫 *Even though Shirk & Bidah is spreading...*
...people remain silent, saying: _❝you don't know what is in the heart.❞_

🚫 *Even though wanton display (Tabarruj by women and girls) is spreading...*
...people remain silent, saying: _❝you don't know what is in the heart.❞_

🚫 *Even though vices (intoxicants/drugs/fornication etc) are spreading...*
...people remain silent, saying: _❝you don't know what is in the heart.❞_

🔥 But when the price of commodities increases...
*_ ...people come out to the streats, PROTESTING & SHOUTING: ❝the one who remains silent is a mute Shaitaan❞, ❝resist the oppression❞._*

💢💢💢

Indeed! What we suffer is because of our own doings:

أَوَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ ...
{(What is the matter with you?) When a single disaster smites you...

... قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَـٰذَا ۖ قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ
...you say: "From where does this come to us?" Say (to them): "IT IS FROM YOURSELVES (because of your evil deeds)."}
📚 [Surah aal-Imraan (3): 165]

🔥Warning against reciting the Qur'aan at "Supersonic" speed🚫

Narrated Uqbah Ibn Aamir that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

❝People will come forth from my Ummah who will drink (recite) the Qur’aan like (the way) they drink milk.❞

In another narration it is ❝water❞ instead of ❝milk❞

📚 [Tabaraanee in Mujam al-Kabeer (821) and by al-Faryaabee in Fadhaa’il al-Qur’aan (109) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (1886) and Saheeh al-Jaami (3653)]

📑 Meaning: ❝They will glide through the Qur’aan with their tongues without contemplating over its meaning nor implementing its commandments. They will glide through it like how milk or water slides down the throat of its drinker.❞
📚 [Faidh al-Qadeer (4/118)]

If crying in the prayer is due to the fear of Allah ﷻ or a person remembers some of the promises and admonitions that have been mentioned in the Noble Qurʾan, then this does not invalidate the prayer.

However, if the crying is a result of remembering some misfortune that has befallen or something similar, then this invalidates the prayer.

This is because something external has occurred in the prayer.

It is obligatory upon him to prevent himself from this type of crying so that he is not subjected to invalidating his prayer.

It has been legislated upon him not to be concerned with anything that is not connected to the prayer.

He should not think about other matters since thinking about matters that are not connected to the prayer greatly decrease the reward of the prayer.

💬https://goo.gl/Fz3xMH

Sh. Ibn ‘Uthaimīn رحمه الله :

"It is only right that a person be optimistic, feeling happy about the good he sees [in things]; and he should not look at the life lying ahead of him in this world as dark and dismal so that he becomes weary [of life] and loses hope."

[Sharḥ Riyaḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn, (4/115-116) | Translated by Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff]