⚠️Safeguard Your Prayers‼️
▪️Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“You stand in your prayers with your body, directing your face to the Qiblah, while your heart is directed to a different territory.
Woe to you!!
That prayer of yours is not worthy of being Mahr (dowry) for Paradise, how can it be befitting for attaining the love of Allah!!”
[Badee' al-Fawaid 3/753]
▪️Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“You stand in your prayers with your body, directing your face to the Qiblah, while your heart is directed to a different territory.
Woe to you!!
That prayer of yours is not worthy of being Mahr (dowry) for Paradise, how can it be befitting for attaining the love of Allah!!”
[Badee' al-Fawaid 3/753]
Forwarded from ilm4all
*Levels of Certainty (al-Yaqeen)*
🚩Al-Yaqeen has three levels:
🌟1. Sure Knowledge (علم اليقين)
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
{Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge} [Surah al-Takaathur (102): 5]
🌟2. Certainty of Sight (عين اليقين)
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
{And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!} [Surah al-Takaathur (102): 7]
🌟3. True (or absolute) Certainty (حق اليقين)
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
{Verily, this! This is an absolute Truth with certainty.} [Surah al-Waaqi`ah (56): 95]
📑Example:
🔴1. Your knowledge that there is water in the valley.
🔵2. Seeing the water with your own eyes.
🔴3. Drinking from that water.
📑Another example:
🔵1. When someone tells you that he has honey and you have no reason to doubt him, this is Certainty.
🔴2. He shows it to you, and this increases your certainty.
🔵3. He lets you taste it, and this is the highest level of Certainty.
📑One more example:
🔴1. Our firm belief in the existence of al-Jannah (Paradise) and al-Naar (Fire) - this is Sure Knowledge.
🔵2. On the Day of Judgment, when the Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, and the (Hell) Fire will be placed in full view of the wrongdoers - this is certainty of sight.
🔴3. When people of the Paradise enter the Paradise and the people of the Fire enter the Fire - on that Day it would be True Certainty.
🚩Al-Yaqeen has three levels:
🌟1. Sure Knowledge (علم اليقين)
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
{Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge} [Surah al-Takaathur (102): 5]
🌟2. Certainty of Sight (عين اليقين)
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
{And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!} [Surah al-Takaathur (102): 7]
🌟3. True (or absolute) Certainty (حق اليقين)
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
{Verily, this! This is an absolute Truth with certainty.} [Surah al-Waaqi`ah (56): 95]
📑Example:
🔴1. Your knowledge that there is water in the valley.
🔵2. Seeing the water with your own eyes.
🔴3. Drinking from that water.
📑Another example:
🔵1. When someone tells you that he has honey and you have no reason to doubt him, this is Certainty.
🔴2. He shows it to you, and this increases your certainty.
🔵3. He lets you taste it, and this is the highest level of Certainty.
📑One more example:
🔴1. Our firm belief in the existence of al-Jannah (Paradise) and al-Naar (Fire) - this is Sure Knowledge.
🔵2. On the Day of Judgment, when the Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, and the (Hell) Fire will be placed in full view of the wrongdoers - this is certainty of sight.
🔴3. When people of the Paradise enter the Paradise and the people of the Fire enter the Fire - on that Day it would be True Certainty.
The Corruption Caused By Liars
Yahyaa Ibn Abee Katheer (Allaah have mercy upon him) said:
"The (amount of) corruption caused by the tale carrier and liar in an hour that which even the magician does not cause in a (whole) year."
[Bahjatul-majaalis by Ibn Abdul-Barr 1/403]
Yahyaa Ibn Abee Katheer (Allaah have mercy upon him) said:
"The (amount of) corruption caused by the tale carrier and liar in an hour that which even the magician does not cause in a (whole) year."
[Bahjatul-majaalis by Ibn Abdul-Barr 1/403]
Forwarded from Sαℓαf Athαr
Not A Leaf Falls Anywhere In The World Except That Allaah Is Aware
Allaah [سبحانه و تعالى] stated in the Qur’ān:
«...not a leaf falls, but he knows it.» [Surah al-An’aam: 59]
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Imam al-Qurtuby stated regarding this Ayah:
❝Not a leaf falls except that Allah knows of it, i.e. from the leaves of the trees, [not a single leaf falls] except that Allah knows when it fell, where it fell, and how long it floated in the air [before falling to the ground itself].❞
[Tafsir Imam al-Qurtuby, (8/406) | Translated By Abu Muadh Taqweem Aslam]
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Imam Ibn Kathir stated regarding the same section of the Ayah:
❝[Allah] knows of [all] movements even from inanimate objects, so what therefore do you think [is Allah’s knowledge] of the animals and especially those whom responsibility is upon and are legally obligated and bound by the Shariah from amongst the humans and Jinn.❞
[Tafsir Ibn Kathir, (6/53) | Translated By Abu Muadh Taqweem Aslam]
Allaah [سبحانه و تعالى] stated in the Qur’ān:
«...not a leaf falls, but he knows it.» [Surah al-An’aam: 59]
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Imam al-Qurtuby stated regarding this Ayah:
❝Not a leaf falls except that Allah knows of it, i.e. from the leaves of the trees, [not a single leaf falls] except that Allah knows when it fell, where it fell, and how long it floated in the air [before falling to the ground itself].❞
[Tafsir Imam al-Qurtuby, (8/406) | Translated By Abu Muadh Taqweem Aslam]
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Imam Ibn Kathir stated regarding the same section of the Ayah:
❝[Allah] knows of [all] movements even from inanimate objects, so what therefore do you think [is Allah’s knowledge] of the animals and especially those whom responsibility is upon and are legally obligated and bound by the Shariah from amongst the humans and Jinn.❞
[Tafsir Ibn Kathir, (6/53) | Translated By Abu Muadh Taqweem Aslam]
Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimoeAllaah said:
"Whenever a person makes halal wat is haraam by consensus or makes haraam what is halaal by consensus or replaces the sharee'ah that is agreed upon by consensus, then he is a Kaafir by the agreement of the scholars of fiqh."
- "Al-Fataawa", Vol. 3/267
"Whenever a person makes halal wat is haraam by consensus or makes haraam what is halaal by consensus or replaces the sharee'ah that is agreed upon by consensus, then he is a Kaafir by the agreement of the scholars of fiqh."
- "Al-Fataawa", Vol. 3/267
Forwarded from Authentic Narrations
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Hamdoon Al-Qassaar was asked:
❝Why is the speech of the Salaf more beneficial than ours?
He replied: ‘This is because they spoke to give ascendancy to Islam and to please The Most Merciful; whereas we speak to give ascendancy to ourselves, to seek after the worldly life and please the creation.’❞
[Safwatus Safwah, (2/122) | Translated By Abu Abdillaah Hassan as-Somali
❝Why is the speech of the Salaf more beneficial than ours?
He replied: ‘This is because they spoke to give ascendancy to Islam and to please The Most Merciful; whereas we speak to give ascendancy to ourselves, to seek after the worldly life and please the creation.’❞
[Safwatus Safwah, (2/122) | Translated By Abu Abdillaah Hassan as-Somali
Which action is most beloved to Allāh?
It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd radi'Allāhu anhu said:
"I asked the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ which action is most beloved to Allāh?
He said: "Establishing prayer on time, honoring one's parents and Jihād in the cause of Allāh."
[Sunan an-Nasā'i hadīth 618]
🔘The Prophet ﷺ said: "The Lord's pleasure is in the parent's pleasure, and the Lord's anger is in the parent's anger."
(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1899)
It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd radi'Allāhu anhu said:
"I asked the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ which action is most beloved to Allāh?
He said: "Establishing prayer on time, honoring one's parents and Jihād in the cause of Allāh."
[Sunan an-Nasā'i hadīth 618]
🔘The Prophet ﷺ said: "The Lord's pleasure is in the parent's pleasure, and the Lord's anger is in the parent's anger."
(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1899)
GOSSIP ARE COMMON
To Abdullah Ibn Mubarak it was once said: “Why do you never sit next to us after the prayer?” He said: “I sit with the Sahaba and the Tabi’een. They asked, “How can you sit with the Sahaba and Tabi’een while they have lived previously?” He replied: “I read their narrations that I have collected. I examine their narrations and deeds. What do I find here with you? You are only here to gossip about people!
[Al-Dhahabi, Siyar A’lam Al-Nubala` in his biography of ‘Abdullah b. Al-Mubârak. Narrated Shaqiq bin Ibrahim. Translated by Owais Al Hashimi.
To Abdullah Ibn Mubarak it was once said: “Why do you never sit next to us after the prayer?” He said: “I sit with the Sahaba and the Tabi’een. They asked, “How can you sit with the Sahaba and Tabi’een while they have lived previously?” He replied: “I read their narrations that I have collected. I examine their narrations and deeds. What do I find here with you? You are only here to gossip about people!
[Al-Dhahabi, Siyar A’lam Al-Nubala` in his biography of ‘Abdullah b. Al-Mubârak. Narrated Shaqiq bin Ibrahim. Translated by Owais Al Hashimi.
14 Occasions in Which it is Disliked to Initiate the Islamic Greetings – Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan
These are the occasions in which initiating the Islamic greeting is disliked;
1. The One Speaking: It is disliked to initiate the Islamic greeting to a person who is speaking since he is busy with conversing with someone.
2. The One Busy with Remembering Allah: “The one who is occupied with remembering Allāh ﷻ” meaning saying – SubḥānAllāh, Allāhu Akbar and reciting the Quʾān.
3. The One Busy with the Speech of Muḥammad: Meaning the one who is busy in [reading, studying and memorising] the ḥadīth of the Prophet ﷺ.
4. The Orator: Meaning to greet the khaṭīb at times other than the Friday sermon, since speaking in Friday prayer is [already] prohibited, it is prohibited to greet the khāṭīb and those listening.
5. The One Teaching: “…whilst teaching…” meaning the person who is engaged in teaching the Qurʾān, ḥadīth, matters of jurisprudence or Arabic grammar, do not greet him. Some people, when they arrive to a gathering whilst the lesson has commenced, they greet and raise their voices. This is disliked since this will distract the teacher and those sitting and listening. This would cause the people to turn their attention to him (rather than the teacher).
6. The One Researching Knowledge: “..who is indulged in researching the sciences of knowledge..” meaning the person who is researching an academic issue. Do not greet him and disturb his research. This is not correct.
7. The Preacher: “..or the preacher..” meaning the one preaching to the people, so do not greet him if you arrive. Sit down and listen to the admonition and do not extend the Islamic greetings as you will disturb the lecturer and those listening.
8. The faqīḥ: Meaning the one revising knowledge of jurisprudence (fiqḥ).
9. The Caller to the Prayer: [meaning] the one calling the ʾathān for the prayer. Do not greet him whilst he is calling the people to prayer since you will disturb him during the ʾathān.
10. The One Praying: “..the one in prayer..” meaning if you arrive and there is a person praying then do not greet him until he has completed his prayer. It has been reported from the Prophet ﷺ that one of the companions had greeted him and he returned the salutation by indicating [with his hand, head or finger]. So if someone greets you whilst you are in prayer then return the salutation by indication.
11. The One Purifying Himself: “..or a person purifying himself..” the one who is performing the ablution, so do not greet him until he has finished making his ablution. However, if he is washing himself for other than the purpose of worship such as cooling down or merely cleaning, then there is no problem for you to greet him.
12. The One Eating: It is not legislated to greet the one busy eating.
13. The One Reliving Himself: “..and he who is relieving himself..” And this is severe. This is referring to the person who is urinating or defecating; do not greet him whilst he is relieving himself. Since it is disliked for the one urinating or defecating to speak whilst in this condition, so do not greet him.
14. The Mujāhid: “..the person who is engaged in fighting the enemy in jiḥād.” the last occasion is the fighter who is engaged in battle, do not greet him whilst he is fighting, because he is engaged in fighting the enemy of Allāh ﷻ.
Source: Itḥāf aṭ-Ṭālib Sharḥ Manẓūma al-ʼAdāb Li Ibn ʿAbd al-Qawī, al-Fawzān, Sāliḥ ibn Fawzān p.219: Maktab ar-Rushd, Riyadh, KSA, 2003
✍Translator: Ṣalaḥ al-Irānī
🌐http://dusunnah.com/article/14-occasions-in-which-initiating-the-greetings-is-disliked/
These are the occasions in which initiating the Islamic greeting is disliked;
1. The One Speaking: It is disliked to initiate the Islamic greeting to a person who is speaking since he is busy with conversing with someone.
2. The One Busy with Remembering Allah: “The one who is occupied with remembering Allāh ﷻ” meaning saying – SubḥānAllāh, Allāhu Akbar and reciting the Quʾān.
3. The One Busy with the Speech of Muḥammad: Meaning the one who is busy in [reading, studying and memorising] the ḥadīth of the Prophet ﷺ.
4. The Orator: Meaning to greet the khaṭīb at times other than the Friday sermon, since speaking in Friday prayer is [already] prohibited, it is prohibited to greet the khāṭīb and those listening.
5. The One Teaching: “…whilst teaching…” meaning the person who is engaged in teaching the Qurʾān, ḥadīth, matters of jurisprudence or Arabic grammar, do not greet him. Some people, when they arrive to a gathering whilst the lesson has commenced, they greet and raise their voices. This is disliked since this will distract the teacher and those sitting and listening. This would cause the people to turn their attention to him (rather than the teacher).
6. The One Researching Knowledge: “..who is indulged in researching the sciences of knowledge..” meaning the person who is researching an academic issue. Do not greet him and disturb his research. This is not correct.
7. The Preacher: “..or the preacher..” meaning the one preaching to the people, so do not greet him if you arrive. Sit down and listen to the admonition and do not extend the Islamic greetings as you will disturb the lecturer and those listening.
8. The faqīḥ: Meaning the one revising knowledge of jurisprudence (fiqḥ).
9. The Caller to the Prayer: [meaning] the one calling the ʾathān for the prayer. Do not greet him whilst he is calling the people to prayer since you will disturb him during the ʾathān.
10. The One Praying: “..the one in prayer..” meaning if you arrive and there is a person praying then do not greet him until he has completed his prayer. It has been reported from the Prophet ﷺ that one of the companions had greeted him and he returned the salutation by indicating [with his hand, head or finger]. So if someone greets you whilst you are in prayer then return the salutation by indication.
11. The One Purifying Himself: “..or a person purifying himself..” the one who is performing the ablution, so do not greet him until he has finished making his ablution. However, if he is washing himself for other than the purpose of worship such as cooling down or merely cleaning, then there is no problem for you to greet him.
12. The One Eating: It is not legislated to greet the one busy eating.
13. The One Reliving Himself: “..and he who is relieving himself..” And this is severe. This is referring to the person who is urinating or defecating; do not greet him whilst he is relieving himself. Since it is disliked for the one urinating or defecating to speak whilst in this condition, so do not greet him.
14. The Mujāhid: “..the person who is engaged in fighting the enemy in jiḥād.” the last occasion is the fighter who is engaged in battle, do not greet him whilst he is fighting, because he is engaged in fighting the enemy of Allāh ﷻ.
Source: Itḥāf aṭ-Ṭālib Sharḥ Manẓūma al-ʼAdāb Li Ibn ʿAbd al-Qawī, al-Fawzān, Sāliḥ ibn Fawzān p.219: Maktab ar-Rushd, Riyadh, KSA, 2003
✍Translator: Ṣalaḥ al-Irānī
🌐http://dusunnah.com/article/14-occasions-in-which-initiating-the-greetings-is-disliked/