The use of smileys in text messages, emails, is this allowed?

Mūsá Richardson - May Allāh preserve him responds:

As for the use of smileys, then I'm afraid that smileys, I won't say it with certainty, but I'm afraid that smileys are very close to if not included in the issue of image making as there are generally the drawings of what resemble human faces and that is the part of the picture that you would remove! The head! If there was an image so it is the essential part of the image so let us not say, "well it's too small and it's tiny", let us remind ourselves with the seriousness of this matter, that the Messenger ﷺ spoke about image making in so many aḥādīth that nearly 20 in number! As he has not spoken about other prohibited matters and you've seen the wordings of those texts today, so at least without saying it's ḥarām without being absolutely certain about it can we stay away from it? Fearing that, that could be ḥarām? At the least? Or if a person said, "that's just a face! How can that be permissible?" I would have to agree!

And so without giving a fatāwa on that issue then I would say I admonish you, advise you and remind you to stay away from issues that could be an image. And that's the least of the situation.

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🔸 Some of the effects of jealousy, desires of the self and wanting to be above others.

✏️Ibn Taimiyah رحمه الله stated in Majmoo’ al Fataawa, pg. 191, v.7:
‘Verily an individual may know that the truth is with another person, yet despite knowing this, he rejects it due to:

1. Having jealousy of the other person.
2. Or Seeking to be above the other person.
3. Or due to desires of his soul.

And these desires of the soul cause him to:
1. Violate the rights of this individual.
2. Reject what he says utilizing all means.
All the while knowing in his heart that the truth is with the other person.

https://twitter.com/aljuned77/status/1033552895738818560?s=19

*Umar on Trustworthiness*

It is reported that ʿUmar b. Al-Khaṭṭāb – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

Do not expose yourself to what does not concern you, stay away from your enemy, beware of [taking as] your friend anyone except the trustworthy amongst people – and there is no one who is trustworthy except one who fears Allāh; and do not accompany the sinner in case you learn his sinfulness, and do not let him know your secrets, and consult those who fear Allāh for your affairs.

Ibn Abī Shaybah, Al-Muṣannaf 34476.

https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/umar-on-trustworthiness/

Trials Distinguish The Truthful Ones From The Liars - By Shaikh Fawzaan

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Blind followers of personalities get confused and ask,"You used to listen to so and so, what happened?" A sign they haven't learned the Salafi usul of al Walā wa al Barā for the sake of Allāh.A person may have once been clear, but if they become unclear, we stick to what's clear!

https://twitter.com/AbiRumaysa/status/1011435556679667712?s=09

Sh Sālih al-Fawzān:

How many claim Salafiyyah and claim to be upon the path of the Salaf, but they are in opposition to it (either due to ignorance or by following their desires)?!

https://twitter.com/AbiRumaysa/status/1012829495223611397?s=09

1) Al-Fudhayl ibn 'Iyyād: 'If you want to befriend a person, make them angry and if he reacts in a manner that pleases you, befriend him.'

Today, this advice is risky because relationships are no longer pure as was the case in the time of Salaf of this Ummah whose concern was...

https://twitter.com/AbiRumaysa/status/1016020622516764672?s=09

2) only the Hereafter. They built relationships solely on the basis of Dīn and not this dunyā. Today, the love of dunyā has overpowered the hearts, so test the person who wears the garments of Dīn and you will realise his reality.
- Ibn al-Jawzī

https://twitter.com/AbiRumaysa/status/1016022144835248128?s=09

A reminder benefits the believer.

A tender, merciful heart is the most precious gem hidden inside the human body.

Imran ibn Husayn Rathy Allahu an ha said, "The Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said,

'Some people of this Ummah will be swallowed up by the earth, some will be transformed into animals, and some will be bombarded with stones.' One of the Muslims asked, 'When will that be, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'When singers and musical instruments will become popular, and much wine will be drunk.' " [Narrated by at-Tirmidhi]

Use the Text (from the Kitaab and Sunnah - upon the understanding of the Salaf) to interpret the Deen and not your logic:

Narrated `Alee ibn Abu Taalib:
❝If the religion were based on (personal) opinion, it would be more essential to wipe the under part of the shoe than the upper, but I have seen the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم wiping over the upper part of his shoes (while making Wudhoo).❞
📚 [Sunan Abu Dawood (162, 164) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

*0% Interest does NOT mean Halal.* @Finances!

Shaykh Rabee bin Hadee al-Madkhallee:

“Search for the believing companion who aids you in the obedience of Allah, motivates you to do good, warns you from evil and you do not gain from him except good.”

[Al-Majmoo’ al-Raa'iq p.28]

Imaam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about a number of actions.

He responded by saying: “Examine them, and do the one that is the most beneficial for the condition of your heart.”

See “Maxims of Jurisprudence” by Imaam as-S’adee, pg. 90.

MUST READ: The two faced person!

Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, may Allah protect him, said:
…A two-faced person is a chameleon-like individual with the people. In one sitting, he says what pleases the people who are there. Then, he goes to another sitting, praises those people, says what pleases them and speaks ill of the first group.

He shows one face to a group of people and another face to others. This is hypocrisy, and we seek refuge with Allah; it is also impermissible flattery. He goes to people who do evil deeds and gives the appearance that he is pleased with them. He shows them a pardoning, cheery face. He does the same with the people upon the truth.

For this reason, he is under a sever threat. Allah, The Lofty, described these people by saying (i.e. its meaning):

Wavering between them, [belonging] neither to these [i.e., the believers] nor to those [i.e., the disbelievers]
[Soorah an-Nisaa (4): 153]

And in another verse, He says (i.e. its meaning):
And when they meet those who believe, they say, “We believe”;but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, “Indeed,we are with you; we were only mockers.” [Soorah al-Baqaraa (2): 14]

As for a Muslim, then he is truthful, he does not display chameleon-like behavior, and he does not do things for the sake of people. He interacts with everyone according to what Islam dictates.

He clings to the fear of Allah and truthfulness in every circumstance and sitting in all situations. His goal is Allah, and he seeks His pleasure. He doesn’t seek the pleasure of people…(1)
(1): Saalih al-Fawzaan, An Exaplanation of al-Kabaa’ir by Muhammad b. Abdul-Wahaab, 392
#Muslim4Real

Sh. Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān رحمه الله said:

"Trials are like the flood, and nothing saves from it except for holding/clinging onto the Sunnah, and it is not possible for you to hold on to the Sunnah except when you know it."

‎● [شرح رسالة العبودية ٩٠]

‘Ikrimah رحمه الله [from the students of Ibn Abbaas رضي الله عنهما] said:

Everyone becomes happy and becomes sad, so turn your happiness into thankfulness and your sadness into patience.

تفسير ابن كثير - رحمه الله - ٨/ ٢٧.
#haqq

Ibn al-Jawzee

Those who used to stay awake at night have gone away & the lovers of sleep are left.

[al-Yawaqit al Jaweeyya, p29]

(https://twitter.com/SalafiIbnSalaf/status/1035245426151247873?s=03)

PERMITTING WOMEN TO ATTEND THE MOSQUE AND THE SEVERE REBUKE OF THOSE WHO PREVENT THEM — Hadīth From Ibn Mājah,

Explained By Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin
| Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid

Ibn Mājah reported in his Sunan in Kitāb As-Sunnah: “Chapter: Veneration of the Hadīth of Allāh’s Messenger and rebuking harshly with those who contradict it.” (no. 16) that: Muhammad Ibn Yahyā An-Naysabūri narrated to us, saying: Abdur-Razzāq narrated to us, saying: Ma’mar informed us, from Az-Zuhri, from Sālim, from Ibn ‘Umar that Allāh’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wassallam) said:

لاَ تَمْنَعُوا إِمَاءَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُصَلِّينَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ ابْنٌ لَهُ إِنَّا لَنَمْنَعُهُنَّ فَقَالَ فَغَضِبَ غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا وَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَإِنَّكَ تَقُولُ إِنَّا لَنَمْنَعُهُنَّ

“Do not prevent the female servants of Allāh from praying in the Mosque.” So the son of Ibn ‘Umar said: “We will surely prevent them!” So Ibn ‘Umar became very angry and said to his son: “I narrate to you from Allāh’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wassallam) and you say: ‘We will surely prevent them?!’” (Muslim 135,442; Ahmad 2/76)

Ash-Shaikh Al-‘Allāmah Abdul-Muhsin Al-‘Abbād (may Allah preserve him) explained (slightly abridged): It means that you are not to prevent your womenfolk from praying in the mosques if they desire that, however their homes are better for them. Abu Dawūd reports (no. 567) from Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wassallam) said: “Do not prevent your womenfolk from the Mosques, though their homes are better for them.” (Authenticated by Al-Albāni in Al-Irwā, no. 515) Her prayer in her home is better and more virtuous than in the masjid, both obligatory and supererogatory (nafl) prayers. As for the man, then the supererogatory prayers are better for him in the home than in the Masjid. Al-Bukhāri (731) and Muslim (213/781) report from Zayd Ibn Thābit (may Allah be pleased with him) that Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wassallam) said: “The best prayer for a man is what he prays in his home, except for the obligatory prayers.”

So, if a woman desires to pray in the mosque, she is not be prevented as the above hadīth proves. She may attain good from attending the mosques, gain benefit in knowledge, listen to admonitions, reminders and guidance. However, permission is granted to attend the masjid so long as there is no fitnah — that she is not put to trial and she is not a trial for others by applying perfume or beautifying herself.

So the origin is that she is allowed and not prevented — her guardian should permit her so long as there is no resulting tribulation or harm — and likewise there is no neglect in her responsibilities at home, or in her responsibilities towards her children or other household duties.

This hadīth comes under the chapter heading in Ibn Mājah, Kitāb As-Sunnah: “Chapter: Veneration of the Hadīth of Allāh’s Messenger and rebuking harshly with those who contradict it.” In the hadīth, the son of Abdullāh Ibn ‘Umar said: “We will surely prevent them?!” Upon that Abdullāh Ibn ‘Umar became very angry and said: “I narrate to you from Allāh’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wassallam) and you say: ‘We will surely prevent them?!’” So Ibn ‘Umar censured him sternly, boycotted him and was harsh with him in speech — so this agrees with the chapter of Ibn Mājah: “Rebuking harshly with those who contradict it.” So the son of Ibn ‘Umar contradicted this hadīth of the Messenger due to his jealousy over women, and he saw that [acting on it] may result in harm. However, when the Sunnah of the Messenger comes then he must direct himself to act on that when it is requested of him, meaning: If she requests to go, she should be allowed to go — but if she does not request to go, it is not said to her: “Go to the Masjid."

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Where Is the Best Place for a Woman to Seek Knowledge?

Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī (رحمه الله) was asked:
“Is the woman who never leaves her house, not even to go to the masjid, better than the woman who seeks knowledge and goes to the masjid?”

The shaykh (رحمه الله) stated:
“A woman should remain in her house and seek knowledge since the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
‘Do not prevent the female slaves of Allāh from going to the masājid of Allāh; however, their houses are better for them.’”

Source: Ghārah al-Ashriṭah, vol. 2, pg. 481
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