The Social Media culture:
Imaam Al-Awzaaee رحمه الله:
❝When Allaah تعالى intents evil for a people, He تعالى opens for them the door of argument (and quarrel), and prevents them from (doing righteous) Deeds.❞
📚 [Taareekh Damishq of Ibn Asaakir]
Imaam Al-Awzaaee رحمه الله:
❝When Allaah تعالى intents evil for a people, He تعالى opens for them the door of argument (and quarrel), and prevents them from (doing righteous) Deeds.❞
📚 [Taareekh Damishq of Ibn Asaakir]
🔹Imaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Zamzam water is the best and noblest of all waters, the highest in status, the dearest to people, the most precious and valuable to them. It was dug by Jibreel and is the water with which Allaah quenched the thirst of Ismaa’eel.🔹
Zamzam water is the best and noblest of all waters, the highest in status, the dearest to people, the most precious and valuable to them. It was dug by Jibreel and is the water with which Allaah quenched the thirst of Ismaa’eel.🔹
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“Behave well in your private life and Allaah will make your public life excellent.
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Take care of what is between you and Allaah, and he will take care of what is between you and the people.
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Work for your Hereafter and Allaah will suffice your affairs in this world.
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Sell your worldly life for your Hereafter and you will profit in them both together, and do not sell your Hereafter for your worldly life or you will lose them both together.”
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Sufyan Ath-Thawri [رحمه الله]
[Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā 7/35]🌴
“Behave well in your private life and Allaah will make your public life excellent.
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Take care of what is between you and Allaah, and he will take care of what is between you and the people.
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Work for your Hereafter and Allaah will suffice your affairs in this world.
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Sell your worldly life for your Hereafter and you will profit in them both together, and do not sell your Hereafter for your worldly life or you will lose them both together.”
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Sufyan Ath-Thawri [رحمه الله]
[Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā 7/35]🌴
It is disliked for the student of knowledge that when he seeks permission to (enter the dwelling place of his Shaikh) and thus it is said, ”Who is that?" So he says, ”I" without mentioning his name. (1)
Narrated Jabir Bin Abdillaah (radiyallaahu-anhuma): I came to the Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) in order to consult him regarding my father’s debt. When I knocked at the door, he asked, ”Who is that?” I replied, ”I” He said, ”I”, ”I?” He repeated it as if he disliked it. (2)
(1) Fadlul Ilm of Shaikh Raslaan, page 305
(2) Hadeeth quoted by Shaikh Raslaan in Fadlul Ilm page 305. Reported by Imaam Bukhaari (rahimahullaah) in Kitaab Al-Istisdhaan [The Book of Asking permission; chapter: If someone says, Who is that? And another replies, ”I.” (See Summarized Sahih Al-Bukhaari (Publisher: Darussalaam) Hadeeth Number 2063, page 968-969]
http://www.salaficentre.com/2014/09/8-advice-for-the-seekers-of-knowledge-when-you-seek-permissible-to-enter/
Narrated Jabir Bin Abdillaah (radiyallaahu-anhuma): I came to the Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) in order to consult him regarding my father’s debt. When I knocked at the door, he asked, ”Who is that?” I replied, ”I” He said, ”I”, ”I?” He repeated it as if he disliked it. (2)
(1) Fadlul Ilm of Shaikh Raslaan, page 305
(2) Hadeeth quoted by Shaikh Raslaan in Fadlul Ilm page 305. Reported by Imaam Bukhaari (rahimahullaah) in Kitaab Al-Istisdhaan [The Book of Asking permission; chapter: If someone says, Who is that? And another replies, ”I.” (See Summarized Sahih Al-Bukhaari (Publisher: Darussalaam) Hadeeth Number 2063, page 968-969]
http://www.salaficentre.com/2014/09/8-advice-for-the-seekers-of-knowledge-when-you-seek-permissible-to-enter/
The Salafi Centre of Manchester
[8] Advice for the seekers of knowledge-when you seek permission to enter... - The Salafi Centre of Manchester
It is disliked for the student of knowledge that when he seeks permission to (enter the dwelling place of his Shaikh) and thus it is said, ”Who is that? So he says, ”I’ without mentioning his name. (1) Narrated Jabir Bin Abdillaah (radiyallaahu-anhuma): I…
🌀✨A memoriser of the Qur'an✨🌀
“A memoriser of the Qur'an should be known for
🔹his long night prayers when people are asleep,
🔹his fasting when people are eating,
🔹his saddness when people are happy,
🔹his silence when people are talking nonsense, and
🔹his humbleness when people are not.
🔹He should be wise, gentle and not talk to much:
🔹he should not be rude, negligent, clamorous, nor hot tempered. “
-Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ud Radhi-Allahu Anhu
[Ibn Al Jawzee, Sifaat As-Safwa: 1/413]
“A memoriser of the Qur'an should be known for
🔹his long night prayers when people are asleep,
🔹his fasting when people are eating,
🔹his saddness when people are happy,
🔹his silence when people are talking nonsense, and
🔹his humbleness when people are not.
🔹He should be wise, gentle and not talk to much:
🔹he should not be rude, negligent, clamorous, nor hot tempered. “
-Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ud Radhi-Allahu Anhu
[Ibn Al Jawzee, Sifaat As-Safwa: 1/413]
🔥 Do not use your intellect to judge the Deen!
Shaikh Muqbil Ibn Haadee al-Waadi`ee رحمه الله said:
❝If having a (sound) intellect was sufficient, Allaah would not have sent the Messengers nor revealed the Books.❞
📚[Ijaabaat al-Saail (pg. 366)]
✏ Fahad Barmem
العقل، هل يكفي؟
قال العلامة مقبل بن هادي الوادعي -رحمه الله- في إجابة السائل (366) :
" لو كان العقل كافيا ؛
ما أرسل الله رسلاً
وما أنزل الله كتباً .
Shaikh Muqbil Ibn Haadee al-Waadi`ee رحمه الله said:
❝If having a (sound) intellect was sufficient, Allaah would not have sent the Messengers nor revealed the Books.❞
📚[Ijaabaat al-Saail (pg. 366)]
✏ Fahad Barmem
العقل، هل يكفي؟
قال العلامة مقبل بن هادي الوادعي -رحمه الله- في إجابة السائل (366) :
" لو كان العقل كافيا ؛
ما أرسل الله رسلاً
وما أنزل الله كتباً .
Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said:
“Beware of the supplication of an oppressed person, EVEN if it is from a Kāfir (disbeliever), for indeed there is NO barrier between it and Allāh 'Azza Wa Jall.”
● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير ٢٦٨٢ ، حسنه الألباني]
Translated By: Sameeullaah Sameeullaah (Aboo Marayam )
“Beware of the supplication of an oppressed person, EVEN if it is from a Kāfir (disbeliever), for indeed there is NO barrier between it and Allāh 'Azza Wa Jall.”
● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير ٢٦٨٢ ، حسنه الألباني]
Translated By: Sameeullaah Sameeullaah (Aboo Marayam )
Sharhu Sunnah : Lesson 09 : Point 06
Shaykh Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|English]
The author Imam Barbahaaree rahimahullaah said,
“And beware of small matters that have been newly introduced, because small innovations grow, until they become large. This is what happened with every innovation introduced into this nation. Initially it was something small, having resemblance to the Truth; so those who entered into it were misled by this. Then they were unable to depart from it; so it grew large and it became the religion which they followed. So the person diverged from the Straight Path and exited from Islaam.”
https://abdurrahman.org/2017/11/28/small-innovations-grow-until-they-become-large/
Shaykh Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|English]
The author Imam Barbahaaree rahimahullaah said,
“And beware of small matters that have been newly introduced, because small innovations grow, until they become large. This is what happened with every innovation introduced into this nation. Initially it was something small, having resemblance to the Truth; so those who entered into it were misled by this. Then they were unable to depart from it; so it grew large and it became the religion which they followed. So the person diverged from the Straight Path and exited from Islaam.”
https://abdurrahman.org/2017/11/28/small-innovations-grow-until-they-become-large/
BILAL BIN SA'D:
When you see a MAN who is STUBBORN, ARGUMENTATIVE and PROUD of his opinion, then he is at LOSS.
[ابن بشران في فوائده ٤٤]
When you see a MAN who is STUBBORN, ARGUMENTATIVE and PROUD of his opinion, then he is at LOSS.
[ابن بشران في فوائده ٤٤]
THE PROPHET صلى الله عليه وسلم SAID:
“This WORLD is CURSED, as is EVERYTHING in it, EXCEPT for remembrance of Allaah (DHIKR) and what he likes (righteous DEEDS etc), and a SCHOLAR or a STUDENT.”
[AL-TIRMIDHI 2322]
🔘 CLASSED as HASAN by TIRMIDHI, IBN AL-QAYYIM & AL-ALBAANI]
“This WORLD is CURSED, as is EVERYTHING in it, EXCEPT for remembrance of Allaah (DHIKR) and what he likes (righteous DEEDS etc), and a SCHOLAR or a STUDENT.”
[AL-TIRMIDHI 2322]
🔘 CLASSED as HASAN by TIRMIDHI, IBN AL-QAYYIM & AL-ALBAANI]
IBN TAYMIYYAH:
“The DISTINGUISHING characteristic between the BELIEVER and the HYPOCRITE is SINCERITY.”
[IBN TAYMIYYAHS FATAAWA v. 20, p. 75]
“The DISTINGUISHING characteristic between the BELIEVER and the HYPOCRITE is SINCERITY.”
[IBN TAYMIYYAHS FATAAWA v. 20, p. 75]
Speculative speech (kalaam) about Allaah, the Most High, is an innovation and misguidance
Sharhu Sunnah : Lesson 13 : Point 11
Shaykh Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|English]
The author Imam Barbahaaree rahimahullaah said,
And know, may Allaah have mercy upon you, that speculative speech, kalaam, about the Lord, the Most High, is a newly introduced matter and it is an innovation and misguidance. Nothing is to be said about the Lord except what He, the Mighty and Majestic, described Himself with in the Qur·aan and what the Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam explained to his Companions. So He, the Majestic in Renown, is One.
There is nothing like Him; and He is The All Hearing The All Seeing. (Sooratush-Shooraa (42), aayah 11)
Our Lord is the First without any beginning, and the Last without any end. He knows whatever is secret and whatever is most hidden. He has ascended over His Throne, and His Knowledge is in every place. And no place is free of His Knowledge.
https://abdurrahman.org/2017/12/02/speculative-speech-kalaam-about-allaah-is-an-innovation-and-misguidance/
Sharhu Sunnah : Lesson 13 : Point 11
Shaykh Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|English]
The author Imam Barbahaaree rahimahullaah said,
And know, may Allaah have mercy upon you, that speculative speech, kalaam, about the Lord, the Most High, is a newly introduced matter and it is an innovation and misguidance. Nothing is to be said about the Lord except what He, the Mighty and Majestic, described Himself with in the Qur·aan and what the Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam explained to his Companions. So He, the Majestic in Renown, is One.
There is nothing like Him; and He is The All Hearing The All Seeing. (Sooratush-Shooraa (42), aayah 11)
Our Lord is the First without any beginning, and the Last without any end. He knows whatever is secret and whatever is most hidden. He has ascended over His Throne, and His Knowledge is in every place. And no place is free of His Knowledge.
https://abdurrahman.org/2017/12/02/speculative-speech-kalaam-about-allaah-is-an-innovation-and-misguidance/
AbdurRahman.Org
Speculative speech (kalaam) about Allaah, the Most High, is an innovation and misguidance (Part A) – Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]
Sharhu Sunnah : Lesson 13 : Point 11 (Part A) Shaykh Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|English] The author Imam Barbahaaree rahimahullaah said, And know, may Allaah have mercy upon you, that speculativ…
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*Milad Un Nabi (ﷺ)*
– UNFOLDING FACTS
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*“Let’s Celebrate Prophet’s (ﷺ) Birth, The Prophet’s (ﷺ) Way”*
*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
By Allah, I hope that I am the one who fears Allah the most among you, and the most knowledgeable of that which I should guard against.
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #3, Hadith #2593)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #3, Hadith #2588)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #3, Hadith #2389)
(MUWATTA MALIK Hadith #642)
*➨ QURAN 3:31*
Say, (O Muhammad ﷺ), "If you should LOVE ALLAH, then FOLLOW ME, [so] Allah will love you and FORGIVE you your SINS. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
*➨ QURAN 49:1*
O you who have believed, do not put [yourselves] forward before Allah and His Messenger but fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
Do not EXAGGERATE in PRAISING me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle.
(SAHIH BUKHARI Vol #4, Hadith #3445)
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*1) FASTING ON MONDAY*
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► Narrated: Abu Qatada Ansari (Ra)
Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was asked about FASTING on MONDAY, whereupon he (ﷺ) said:
It is (the day) when I was BORN and revelation (Quran) was sent down to me.
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #3, Hadith #2750)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #3, Hadith #2426)
*NOTE:*
Fasting is prohibited on the day of Eid.
Hence, prophet's birth-day cannot be celebrated as Eid.
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*2) LYING ON BEHALF OF PROPHET (ﷺ)*
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*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
Do not tell a LIE against me for whoever tells a lie against me then he will surely enter the HELL-FIRE.
(SAHIH BUKHARI Vol #1, Hadith #106)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #1, Hadith #2-6)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #5, Hadith #2659-2662)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #1, Hadith #30-41)
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*3) STICK TO QURAN & SUNNAH**
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*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
I have left TWO matters with you. As long as you hold to them, you will not go the wrong way. They are the Book of Allah (QURAN) and the SUNNAH of His Prophet (saws).
(MUWATTA MALIK Hadith #1628)
*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
Indeed, whomever among you lives, he will see much difference. Beware of the newly invented matters, for indeed they are astray. Whoever among you sees that, then he must stick to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided Khulafa (companions).
(SUNAN TIRMIDHI Vol #5, Hadith #2676)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #2, Hadith #2005)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #1, Hadith #42-47)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #5, Hadith #4607,4612)
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*4) INNOVATIONS IN ISLAM – BIDAH*
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*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
If somebody INNOVATES something which is not present in our RELIGION, that thing is REJECTED.
(SAHIH BUKHARI Vol #3, Hadith #2697)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #4, Hadith #4492-4493)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #1, Hadith #14)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #5, Hadith #4606)
*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
The truest of word is the Book of Allah and best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (saws). The worst of things are those that are newly invented; every newly-invented thing is an innovation and every innovation is going astray, and every going astray is in the Fire.
(SUNAN NASAI Vol #2, Hadith #1579)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #2, Hadith #2005)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #1, Hadith #42-47)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #5, Hadith #4607)
► Narrated: Abdullah Bin Masud
Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said:
Among those in charge of you, after I am gone,
1) Will be men who extinguish the Sunnah and follow innovation.
2) They will delay the prayer from its proper time.”
I said: “O Messenger of Allah, if I live to see them, what should I do?” He said: “You ask me, O Ibn ‘Abdullah, what you should do? There is no obedience to one who disobeys Allah.”
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #4, Hadith #2865)
*Milad Un Nabi (ﷺ)*
– UNFOLDING FACTS
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*“Let’s Celebrate Prophet’s (ﷺ) Birth, The Prophet’s (ﷺ) Way”*
*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
By Allah, I hope that I am the one who fears Allah the most among you, and the most knowledgeable of that which I should guard against.
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #3, Hadith #2593)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #3, Hadith #2588)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #3, Hadith #2389)
(MUWATTA MALIK Hadith #642)
*➨ QURAN 3:31*
Say, (O Muhammad ﷺ), "If you should LOVE ALLAH, then FOLLOW ME, [so] Allah will love you and FORGIVE you your SINS. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
*➨ QURAN 49:1*
O you who have believed, do not put [yourselves] forward before Allah and His Messenger but fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
Do not EXAGGERATE in PRAISING me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle.
(SAHIH BUKHARI Vol #4, Hadith #3445)
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*1) FASTING ON MONDAY*
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► Narrated: Abu Qatada Ansari (Ra)
Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was asked about FASTING on MONDAY, whereupon he (ﷺ) said:
It is (the day) when I was BORN and revelation (Quran) was sent down to me.
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #3, Hadith #2750)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #3, Hadith #2426)
*NOTE:*
Fasting is prohibited on the day of Eid.
Hence, prophet's birth-day cannot be celebrated as Eid.
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*2) LYING ON BEHALF OF PROPHET (ﷺ)*
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*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
Do not tell a LIE against me for whoever tells a lie against me then he will surely enter the HELL-FIRE.
(SAHIH BUKHARI Vol #1, Hadith #106)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #1, Hadith #2-6)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #5, Hadith #2659-2662)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #1, Hadith #30-41)
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*3) STICK TO QURAN & SUNNAH**
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*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
I have left TWO matters with you. As long as you hold to them, you will not go the wrong way. They are the Book of Allah (QURAN) and the SUNNAH of His Prophet (saws).
(MUWATTA MALIK Hadith #1628)
*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
Indeed, whomever among you lives, he will see much difference. Beware of the newly invented matters, for indeed they are astray. Whoever among you sees that, then he must stick to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided Khulafa (companions).
(SUNAN TIRMIDHI Vol #5, Hadith #2676)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #2, Hadith #2005)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #1, Hadith #42-47)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #5, Hadith #4607,4612)
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*4) INNOVATIONS IN ISLAM – BIDAH*
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*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
If somebody INNOVATES something which is not present in our RELIGION, that thing is REJECTED.
(SAHIH BUKHARI Vol #3, Hadith #2697)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #4, Hadith #4492-4493)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #1, Hadith #14)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #5, Hadith #4606)
*► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:*
The truest of word is the Book of Allah and best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (saws). The worst of things are those that are newly invented; every newly-invented thing is an innovation and every innovation is going astray, and every going astray is in the Fire.
(SUNAN NASAI Vol #2, Hadith #1579)
(SAHIH MUSLIM Vol #2, Hadith #2005)
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #1, Hadith #42-47)
(SUNAN ABU DAWUD Vol #5, Hadith #4607)
► Narrated: Abdullah Bin Masud
Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said:
Among those in charge of you, after I am gone,
1) Will be men who extinguish the Sunnah and follow innovation.
2) They will delay the prayer from its proper time.”
I said: “O Messenger of Allah, if I live to see them, what should I do?” He said: “You ask me, O Ibn ‘Abdullah, what you should do? There is no obedience to one who disobeys Allah.”
(SUNAN IBN MAJAH Vol #4, Hadith #2865)
Around ½ a year has passed since last Ramaḍān.
• have we improved❓
• have we sought more knowledge❓
• have we finished the Qur’ān since❓
• have we improved our relationship with our family❓
• have we steadily increased in worship❓
May Allāh allow us to reach Ramaḍān.
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• have we improved❓
• have we sought more knowledge❓
• have we finished the Qur’ān since❓
• have we improved our relationship with our family❓
• have we steadily increased in worship❓
May Allāh allow us to reach Ramaḍān.
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Around ½ a year has passed since last Ramaḍān. • have we improved? • have we sought more knowledge? • have we finished the Qur’ān since? • have we improved our relationship with our family? • have we steadily increased in worship? May Allāh allow us to reach…
Nabii SULEIMAN عليه السلام asked Malak Al Mawt (Angel of DEATH) عليه السلام ; "Why do i NOT see you treat humanity RIGHTEOUSLY? You TAKE one man's soul while you LEAVE the other."
He ANSWERED; "I've only been given SCROLL and books with NAMES in them."
[KITĀB DHIKR AL MAWT WA MAA BA'DAHU, PAGE 51 by IMĀM AL GHAZAALI رحمه الله]
He ANSWERED; "I've only been given SCROLL and books with NAMES in them."
[KITĀB DHIKR AL MAWT WA MAA BA'DAHU, PAGE 51 by IMĀM AL GHAZAALI رحمه الله]
QUESTION: I Wanted to ask about the secret behind number 7. Suratul FATIHA has 7 verses, SAMAWAAT is 7, ARDH is 7. Could there be some wisdom behind it as to why Allah choose 7?
ANSWER: Undoubtedly the Qur’aan is miraculous, and there are many facets to its miraculous nature, such as linguistic, legislative, and so on.
Its challenge to mankind and the jinn to produce something similar to it still stands.
ALLAAH says “Say: If the mankind and the jinn were together to produce the like of this QUR’AAN, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they helped one another” [AL-ISRA’ 17:88].
IBN AL-QAYYIM discussed the number 7 in his book Zaad al-Ma’aad fi Huda Khayr al-‘Ibaad (4/90) when he discussed the hadeeth in al-Saheehayn: “The one who eats seven dates of al-‘Aaliyah in the morning will not be harmed that day by poison or witchcraft.”
He said: As for specifying the NUMBER SEVEN, it has to do with the creation and sahr’i commands of Allaah. Allaah created seven heavens, seven earths and seven days, and man’s creation is completed in seven stages; Allaah has prescribed that His slaves should walk around the Ka’bah seven times (tawaaf) and go back and forth between Safa and Marwah seven times (saa’i), and stone the jamaraat with seven pebbles each, and the takbeeraat of Eid are seven in the first rak’ah.
The PROPHET ﷺ said: “Instruct your children to pray when they are seven.” When the boy reaches the age of seven he should be given the choice between his parents according to one report, and according to another report, his father has more right to him than his mother; according to a third report his mother has more right to him. When he was sick, the PROPHET ﷺ ordered that water from seven skins be poured on him. Allaah sent the wind against the people of ‘Aad for seven days. The PROPHET ﷺ asked Allaah to help him by sending upon his people seven (years) like the seven years of Yoosuf – i.e., seven years of famine. Allaah likened the reward of one who gives charity to a grain that produces seven ears, in each of which are one hundred grains.
The number of ears of grain seen by the companion of YOOSUF (in the dream) was seven, the number of years for which they were cultivated was seven, and (the reward for charity) is multiplied seven hundred fold or more. Seventy thousand of this ummah will be admitted to Paradise without being brought to account.
Then IBN AL-QAYYIM commented: Undoubtedly this number has some special qualities that are not shared by other numbers. … Allaah knows best about His wisdom, laws and decree in singling out this number. End quote.
Based on this, the correct view is to REFRAIN from indulging in DISCUSSION of the reason why this number is singled out for mention, except on the basis of clear, sound evidence.
ANSWER: Undoubtedly the Qur’aan is miraculous, and there are many facets to its miraculous nature, such as linguistic, legislative, and so on.
Its challenge to mankind and the jinn to produce something similar to it still stands.
ALLAAH says “Say: If the mankind and the jinn were together to produce the like of this QUR’AAN, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they helped one another” [AL-ISRA’ 17:88].
IBN AL-QAYYIM discussed the number 7 in his book Zaad al-Ma’aad fi Huda Khayr al-‘Ibaad (4/90) when he discussed the hadeeth in al-Saheehayn: “The one who eats seven dates of al-‘Aaliyah in the morning will not be harmed that day by poison or witchcraft.”
He said: As for specifying the NUMBER SEVEN, it has to do with the creation and sahr’i commands of Allaah. Allaah created seven heavens, seven earths and seven days, and man’s creation is completed in seven stages; Allaah has prescribed that His slaves should walk around the Ka’bah seven times (tawaaf) and go back and forth between Safa and Marwah seven times (saa’i), and stone the jamaraat with seven pebbles each, and the takbeeraat of Eid are seven in the first rak’ah.
The PROPHET ﷺ said: “Instruct your children to pray when they are seven.” When the boy reaches the age of seven he should be given the choice between his parents according to one report, and according to another report, his father has more right to him than his mother; according to a third report his mother has more right to him. When he was sick, the PROPHET ﷺ ordered that water from seven skins be poured on him. Allaah sent the wind against the people of ‘Aad for seven days. The PROPHET ﷺ asked Allaah to help him by sending upon his people seven (years) like the seven years of Yoosuf – i.e., seven years of famine. Allaah likened the reward of one who gives charity to a grain that produces seven ears, in each of which are one hundred grains.
The number of ears of grain seen by the companion of YOOSUF (in the dream) was seven, the number of years for which they were cultivated was seven, and (the reward for charity) is multiplied seven hundred fold or more. Seventy thousand of this ummah will be admitted to Paradise without being brought to account.
Then IBN AL-QAYYIM commented: Undoubtedly this number has some special qualities that are not shared by other numbers. … Allaah knows best about His wisdom, laws and decree in singling out this number. End quote.
Based on this, the correct view is to REFRAIN from indulging in DISCUSSION of the reason why this number is singled out for mention, except on the basis of clear, sound evidence.