The Ruling on Benefitting from Christmas and New Year’s Sales

🎓Shaykh Sulaymān Salīmullāh ar-Ruḥāylī

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If one day...

Muḥammad bin 'Abdillāh bin Zinji al-Baghdādi recited the following poetry to me:

If one day a friend apologizes to you

For a shortcoming, the excuse or a brother is accepted;

So spare him from your harshness and forgive him,

Because tolerance is a quality of every noble man.

[Book: Selections From The Gardens Of The Wise And The Meadow Of The Virtuous by Abū Ḥātim Ibn Ḥibbān (D. 354H), p. 100-101 | Translation: Ihsan Gonsalves]

💡 Let's live like our Role Modelﷺ

🕌 Practice What You Preach

☪️ The Messenger of Allahﷺ said: “A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown into the Fire; his intestines will spill forth in the Fire and he will go around them as a donkey goes around the millstone.

The people of Hell will gather around him and will say: O So and so, what is the matter with you? Did you not enjoin us to do what is good and forbid us to do what is evil?

He will say: Yes, but I used to enjoin good and not do it, and I used to forbid evil and do it.”

📜 Narrated by al-Bukhaari (3267) and Muslim (2989)

🔖 The Prophet (Sall Allahu Aleihi Wa Salam) stated:
"No one has ever eaten any food that is better than eating what his hands have earned.And indeed the Prophets of Allah , Dawud, would eat from the earnings of his hannds"
📙(al-Bukhari (1410) and others) (Prophet Dawud (Aleyhi Salam- was making armour and selling it)

🔖 The Prophet  (Sall Allahu Aleihi Wa Salam) said:"
The Prophet Zakariyya was carpenter"
📙 (Muslim (2379) and others) 

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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"الحزن يُضعفُ القلب، ويُوهنُ العزمَ ويَضرُ الإرادة، ولا شيء أحب إلى الشيطان من حزن المؤمن، لذلك افرحوا واستبشروا وتفاءلوا، وأحسنوا الظن بالله، و ثقوا بما عند الله، وتوكلوا عليه، وستجدون السعادة والرضا."

"Sadness weakens the heart, diminishes confidence and harms willpower, and there is nothing more beloved to the Shaytān than the sadness of a believer, so for this reason rejoice and be optimistic, think well of Allāh, trust that which is with Allāh and rely only upon him, and you will find happiness and contentment."

✒ Allāh Protects His Believing Servants From The Trials Of This World And The Hereafter

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن الله تعالى ليحمي عبده المؤمن من الدنيا وهو يحبه ، كما تحمون مريضكم الطعام والشراب تخافون عليه

The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-‘Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “Verily Allāh Ta'ālā protects His believing servant from the (wealth and share) of the Dunyā out of His love for him just like you protect your sick from (too much) food and drink out of fear (of harm) for him.”

● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير ١٨١٤ ، صححه الألباني]

Sh. al-Fawzān said: "How can one taste the sweetness of salāh when his heart and mind are occupied by other thoughts?!”
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‎● [‎شرح زاد المستقنع ١/١٧٧]

“If you see that you reject the truth if it comes from a specific source, and you accept falsehood if it comes from a specific source, and you consider falsehood to be the truth: then know that your heart is diseased.”

إذا رأيت نفسك أنك ترفض الحق إذا جاء من جهة معينة، وتقبل الباطل إذا جاء من جهة معينة، وتجعله حقًا ؛ فاعلم أن قلبك مريض

Shaykh Rabīʿ b. Hādī al-Madkhalī, Aṣnāf al-Qulūb 1/14
ربيع بن هادي المدخلي، اصناف القلوب ١/١٤

Umar Quinn (@AbooSuhailah):
@1MMeducation @SalafiDawahCt @sirajunmunira Also during late antiquity Christianity became Rome’s state religion, & relics (bones, etc.) of the “Saints” like Santa Clause were unearthed & relocated to shrines, where they were prayed to & had ancient pagan holidays repurposed in commemoration of them. i.e. deification

https://twitter.com/AbooSuhailah/status/1076926370184335361

Imām ibn al-Jawzee رحمه الله said:

“When you sit in the darkness of the night between the Hands of your Master, then adopt the behaviour of children. For indeed, the child when he seeks something from his father, and is not given it, he cries over it [profusely].”

Al-Mudhish 1/219 | ibn al-Jawzee رحمه الله

Translation: Authentic Quotes

Abu Darda reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Shall I not tell you of what is better in degree than extra fasting, prayer, and charity?” They said, “Of course!” The Prophet said, “Reconciliation between people. Verily, corrupted relations between people is the razor.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2509

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Tirmidhi

عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْ دَرَجَةِ الصِّيَامِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَالصَّدَقَةِ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ صَلَاحُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ فَإِنَّ فَسَادَ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ هِيَ الْحَالِقَةُ

2509 سنن الترمذي كتاب صفة القيامة والرقائق والورع باب منه

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ

-Justin Parrott

‼️"If you are afraid of any, creature, you will run, away from it.

❤️ When you, are afraid of Allah, you, will love Him and seek to, be close to Him 🦋

[Al-fawa'id : a collection of wise syaings | 55]

✒ Do Not Witness Falsehood

“And those who do not witness falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.” — [Qurʾān 25:72]

Imām al-Qurṭubī Raḥimahullāh said in its Tafseer:

“Meaning those who do not entertain LIES and FALSEHOOD nor do they witness them and the greatest of lies or falsehood is SHIRK and IDOLIZATION of men, and as was explained by aḍ-Ḍaḥāk and Ibn ʿAbbās; falsehood here refers to RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS OF DISBELIEVERS!!”

● [تفسير القرطبي]

The Denoscription of the Worldly Women in Jannah

7. Their Brilliance!

Upon the authority of Anas Ibn Maalik – Radhiyallahu ‘anhu – who said that the Messenger of Allah – Sallallahu alaihi Was Salam – Said: "..If a woman from the women of Jannah were to appear in this world, that which is between (the heavens and the earth) would be filled with her (beautiful) fragrance. And they would illuminate that which is between the heavens and the earth.."

8. The brilliant beauty of their garments alone
The previous hadeeth continues..

".. The scarf that is on her head is better than the world and that which is upon it!"

(Collected By Tirmidhi (1651) and declared ‘Saheeh’ by Shaikh Al Albaani in Saheeh Sunan At Tirmidhi)

And as some of the salaf said: "If this is her scarf (or shawl) then what about her!. Think of All the tremendous beauty that is present in our present world and know that one of her accessories alone is better than it all!

https://ah-sp.com/2012/01/09/the-denoscription-of-the-worldly-women-in-jannah/

Shaykh Abdul Aziz al Tarefe حفظه الله

The actual birth date of the Masīḥ is not known, and the dispute regarding it is known between the Orthodox and Catholic Christians till today. They weren’t able to preserve their book from alteration, so how could they preserve the birth date of the one who brought their book (Jesus)?

#Christmas

يوم ميلاد المسيح لا يثبت تحديده، والخلاف قائم لدى الأرثوذكس والكاثوليك إلى اليوم فهم لم يحفظوا كتابهم فكيف بحفظ ميلاد صاحب الكتاب

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله تعالى said:

"Congratulating (on Christmas) is worse of a sin than congratulating drinking alcohol, killing, zina etc."

[Ahkām, 1/441]

Sheikh Muhammad bin Sāleh al-Uthaymeên رحمه الله him):

❝ Congratulating the Kuffār on Christmas or on their other Religious days is harām by consensus.❞

[‏المصدر : فتاواه المجلد٣ ص٤٥]

Ibn Taymīyyāh رحمه الله said:

“Muslims should not celebrate any festival of the disbelievers.”

‎● [مختصر اقتضها أسصراط المستقيم ١٧-١٨]

It was narrated by Abu Hurrayrah رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم recited the Ayat:

وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا

"And you see that the people enter Allah's religion (Islam) in crowds"

Then he صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

"Surely they will exit from it in crowds, just like they enter it in crowds"

- The Hadeeth is reported by al Haakim who said that its isnad is authentic.

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Ibn Maajah (4245) narrated from Thawbaan (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“I certainly know people of my ummah who will come on the Day of Resurrection with good deeds like the mountains of Tihaamah, but Allaah will make them like scattered dust.”
Thawbaan said: O Messenger of Allaah, describe them to us and tell us more, so that we will not become of them unknowingly. He said: “They are your brothers and from your race, worshipping at night as you do, but they will be people who, when they are alone, transgress the sacred limits of Allaah.”

This is a saheeh hadeeth; it was classed as such by al-Buwaysari in Misbaah al-Zujaajah (4/246) and al-Albaani in al-Saheehah. Al-Mundhiri said in al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb (3/170): Its narrators are thiqaat (trustworthy).

Enjoining the good and forbidding the evil:

1. Let there arise from you a nation inviting to good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful. [Surat Ali Imran 3:104]

2. You are the best nation produced for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah. [Surat Ali Imran 3:110]

3. Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant. [Surat al-A’raf 7:199]

4. The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give charity and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah will have mercy upon them. Verily, Allah is Almighty and Wise. [Surat at-Tawba 9:71]

5. Whoever among you sees evil should change it with his hand. If he is unable to do so, then with his tongue. If he is unable to do so, then with his heart and that is the weakest level of faith. [Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 49, Grade: Saheeh]

6. An-Nu’man ibn Basheer reported: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)

The parable of the one who observes the limits prescribed by Allah and the one who transgresses them is the likeness of people who board a ship after casting lots. Some of them are in its lower deck and others are in its upper deck. Those in the lower deck, when they need water, go to the upper deck and say: If we make a hole in the bottom of the ship, we will not harm you. If those in the upper deck leave them to carry out their plan, they will all be drowned, but if they stop them, then all of them will be safe. [Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī 2361, Grade: Saheeh]

Abū Bakr as-Ṣiddīq رضي الله عنه said:

“Beware of boasting, for what boast can he have who’s created from dust, and then will later return to dust, then later maggots will eat him, and today he’s alive and tomorrow dead?!”

al-Khulafa’ ar-Rashidun (pp. 108-110)