‎How the salaf recognized good people

‎Fudayl ibn iyad رحمه الله said:

‎We do not recognize one [merely] due to his many prayers & fasting;

‎Rather what we recognise is generosity,openness,being good natured & to give sincere advice to the ummah.

‎Jaami-ul uloom wal-Hikam: page: 91

The Prophet (Sallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:

“Whoever is mainly concerned about the Hereafter, Allaah will make him feel independent of others and will make him focused and content, and his worldly affairs will fall into place. But whoever is mainly concerned with this world, Allaah will make him feel in constant need of others and will make him distracted and unfocused, and he will get nothing of this world except what is decreed for him.”

(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2389; classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 6510).

Ibn `Umar used to say, "If you survive till the evening, do not expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not expect to be alive in the evening, and take(advantage) from your health for your sickness, and (take) from your life for your death."

[Saheeh Al-Bukhari]

The Prophet Sallahu alaihi wa sallam said : "If you all depend on Allah with due reliance, He would certainly give you provision as He gives it to birds who go forth hungry in the morning and return with full belly at dusk".

[At-Tirmidhi]. Saheeh – [Saheeh Al jaami 5254]

✦ Helping others ✦

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al- ʿUthaymīn رحمه الله said:

“Whenever you fulfil the needs of your brother, Allāh will fulfil your needs.”

[Sharḥ Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn]

Ibn Umar–[kind treatment towards animals]

Wahb Ibn Kaysaan (rahimahullaah) narrated that Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhu) saw a shepherd and some sheep in a filthy place, and he saw (another) place better than it. So he said to the shepherd: Woe to you, O shepherd! Move your sheep (to the better place); for indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) saying: ”Every shepherd is responsible for his flock.” [1]

Shaikh Zaid Bin Haadi (rahimahullaah) said: This hadeeth shows the obligation of kind treatment towards those under one’s care, whether a human being or cattle…. [2]

[1] See Adabul Mufrad of Imaam Bukhaari. Number: 416

[2] Slightly paraphrased. For more benefits derived from this hadeeth, see ‘Awn Al-Ahadus Samad Sharh Adab Al-Mufrad of Shaikh Zayd (rahimahullaah) Vol. 1 page 459
https://masjidfurqan.co.uk/2014/09/01/our-salaf-ibn-umar-kind-treatment-towards-animals/

In the midst of an explanation of surah al-Hadeed, sheikh Salih al-Fawzan mentioned the following point:

[فليس المقصود أنك تحفظ القرآن عن ظهر قلب ، وأنك تقرؤه بتجويد وصوت الحسن ، ليس هذا هو المقصود ، هذا وسيلة إلى التدبر ، والتدبر وسيلة إلى الخشوغ والعمل . وأما مجرد أن تحفظ القرآن وتتلوه وتجيد تلاوته ، فهذا ليس هو المقصود .]

"The point is not that you memorize the Qur'an by heart and recite it with tajweed and a nice voice. That is not the end goal; that is just a means to contemplating the Qur'an, and contemplating is a means to having khushoo' and acting according to the Qur'an. As for merely memorizing the Qur'an, reciting it and beautifying your recitation - that is not the end goal."

[Tafsir Hizb al-Mufassal 1/394]

Know, my son, that my father was a rich man who left wealth worth thousands behind him. When I reached puberty, I was given twenty dinars and two houses and I was told it was all he had left. I took the dinars and bought books of Sacred Knowledge with them. I sold the houses and spent the money in my pursuit of knowledge. Nothing remained of the wealth I had inherited. Your father has never humiliated himself in his quest for knowledge nor has he gone around cities like other preachers have. He has never sent a note asking something from others and all his affairs are running smoothly:

٢ وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا
٣ وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ

For him who fears Allāh, He shall make a way out and provide for him from places he could not expect.
[Sūrah at- Ṭalāq : 2-3]

al- Ḥāfiẓ Abū’l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī, Sincere Counsel to the Seekers of Sacred Knowledge, page 71, Dār us-Sunnah Publishers

*Waking up your children for Salah isn't disturbing. Good parents train their kids to pray & ensure they have a pious upbringing.*

Taqwa, Knowledge and Beauty

It is reported that Abū Al-Dardā – Allāh be pleased with him – said:
You will never be pious (a person of taqwā) until you become knowledgeable, and you will never be beautiful with your knowledge until you act [by it].

Ibn Ábd Al-Barr, Jāmi’ Bayān Al-‘Ilm wa Faḍlihī article 1239.

https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/taqwa-knowledge-and-beauty/

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah) stated:

“The Qur’aan is a cure for that which is in the chests, a repeller of that which Satan casts into it by way of whisperings and desires and corrupt intents.”

Ighaathatul Lahfaan vol 1 p.157
https://www.wrightstreetmosque.com/the-whispers-of-satan-its-reasons-and-its-role-and-its-remedies/?fbclid=IwAR3c5_Ho0K3DXQdsguwsiPjhB7bV1LN_cVrJwqLv9aPVrXusiwND5vcdjKs#_ftnref29

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 Majah, An-Nasa’i, At-Tirmithi.
See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/152 and Sahih Ibn Majah 2/336

Source: Fortress of the Muslim, Darussalam publishers

Question: When I go out on excursions with a group of friends, I take pictures to keep them as mementos. What is the ruling on taking pictures for this purpose?

Answer: The ruling is this practice is that it is unlawful, that is, if the picture is taken of something with a soul (a human or an animal), The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) said: The people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Judgement will be the picture-makers. [1] The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) also cursed those who make pictures. As for taking pictures of things without a soul – a car, a plane, a tree, etc., – there is no harm in that. And with Allaah is the facilitation to do what is right.

[1] Al-Bukhari no. 5950 and Muslim no. 2109.
Shaykh Abdul-Azeez Bin Baz
Fataawa Islamiyah Vol. 8 Page 125

Question: What is the ruling on photography?

Shaykh Muhammad bin Hādī Al-Madkhalī said:

“My position on this is well known, and the speech of the scholars about this is well-known. It is not permissible except where necessity calls for it. So if there is a necessity such as a license, card, a situation, passport or any official documentation where work depends on or matters relating to your life depend on there is no problem in that because necessity makes the forbidden permissible. The origin for this is His – جلا وعلا‏ – statement: “[…] He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity.” [Al-An’am 6:119]. So if there is a necessity then there is no problem, but apart from that, then no.”

Source: http://ar.miraath.net/fatwah/6317

WITH GOOD MANNERS.....

Yoonus ibn ‘Ubayd (d.139H) – rahimahullaah -said:

“With good manners you understand the knowledge...
With knowledge your actions are corrected...
With actions wisdom is obtained...
With wisdom you understand zuhd (abstinence) and are granted its benefits...
With zuhd comes abandoning the world...
With abandoning the world comes desire for the Hereafter...
With desire for the Hereafter the pleasure of Allaah – the Mighty and Majestic – is obtained.”

●[Iqtidaa’ul-‘llmil-‘Aml (no.31)]

Eemaan (faith) includes six matters:

1. Belief in Allaah
2. His Angels
3. His Books
4. His Messengers
5. The Last Day
6. The Qadr (the Divine Decree) and Qadaa’ (the occurrence of that Divine Decree), the good and bad thereof

Book: Explanatory Notes on Imaam an-Nawawee’s Forty Ahaadeeth (Revisited) - التعليقات على الأربعين النووية
Author: Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله
Published by: Tarbiyyah Publishing
Translated by: Aboo Mu’aawiyah ‘Aqeel ibn Kenneth Ingram
Page: 33

Whoever has no shyness...

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⏩ The Ruling on a Woman Travelling to Hajj or Umrah Without a Mahram – Shaikh Muhammad bin Hizaam and Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen

Shaikh Muhammad bin Hizaam (may Allah preserve him) wrote:

“A group of the People of Knowledge took the opinion that a Mahram is a condition for the obligation of making Hajj and this enters into the expenses which Allah mentions: “those who can afford the expenses” [3:97]. It is the opinion of Ahmad, Ishaaq, ath-Thawri, ash-Shafi’ee in one statement, Ibn al-Mundhir, the Companions of Opinion, and from the Tabi’een: al-Hasan, an-Nakha’ee.

They used as evidence the Hadith in this chapter: on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) deliver a sermon saying:

لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِاِمْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ, وَلَا تُسَافِرُ اَلْمَرْأَةُ إِلَّا مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ ” فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ, فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ, إِنَّ اِمْرَأَتِي خَرَجَتْ حَاجَّةً, وَإِنِّي اِكْتُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا, قَالَ: ” اِنْطَلِقْ, فَحُجَّ مَعَ اِمْرَأَتِكَ

“A man must never be alone with a woman unless there is a Mahram with her. A woman also may not travel with anyone except with a Mahram (relative).” A man stood up and asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah! My wife has gone for Hajj while I am enlisted for such and such a battle, what should I do?’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “Go and join your wife in Hajj” [Muslim]

And the Hadith of Abu Hurairah and Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) in the Two Saheehayn:

وَلَا تُسَافِرُ اَلْمَرْأَةُ إِلَّا مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ

A woman also may not travel with anyone except with a Mahram

And it comes in other than the Two Saheehs.

It has come from Ahmad in a narration that a Mahram is a condition for the necessity of Sa’iy and not for the obligation for Hajj. And it comes in another narration that the Mahram is not a condition for the obligation of Hajj.

Ibn Sireen, Malik, ash-Shafi’ee, and al-Awzaai took the view that a Mahram is not a condition in any situation.

Ibn Sireen (may Allah have mercy upon him) said: ‘She can go out with a man from the Muslims’. Malik said: ‘She can go out with a group of women’. ash-Shafi’ee said: ‘She can go out with a free, Muslimah, who is reliable’. al-Awzaai said: ‘She can go out with a trustworthy group’.

They used as evidence that the Prophet (ﷺ) explained ability to mean provisions and a ride. They also used the Hadith of ‘Adi bin Haatim (may Allah be pleased with him) in Saheeh al-Bukhari (no. 3595):

فَإِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ لَتَرَيَنَّ الظَّعِينَةَ تَرْتَحِلُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ، حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ، لاَ تَخَافُ أَحَدًا إِلاَّ اللَّهَ

If you should live for a long time, you will certainly see that a lady in a Howdah traveling from Al-Hira will (safely reach Mecca and) perform the Tawaf of the Ka`ba, fearing none but Allah’

They said: ‘It is an obligatory trip and the Prophet (ﷺ) did not stipulate a Mahram for it, like a Muslimah if she escapes from the hands of the disbelievers’. This is the statement of Ibn Hazm.

Abu Abdillah [the author] (may Allah grant him Tawfeeq) says: the first opinion is the correct one due to the evidence that preceded. Ibn ul-Mundhir said: ‘They (those who said otherwise) have left off the opinion which is based on the apparent Hadith and each of them (i.e. these Scholars) stipulated a condition which has no proof for it’.

[The first opinion] is the chosen opinion of the Permanent Committee, Shaikh Bin Baz (may Allah have mercy upon him), likewise Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen, and Shaikh Muqbil al-Wadi’ee (may Allah have mercy upon them).

As for that which they [those who say a woman can travel for Hajj without a Mahram] have of eviden

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