🤳 *Selfies & Students of Knowledge.*

Nowdays, we see students of Islamic Knowledge who study in Islamic Colleges, taking photos and uploading them over the WhatsApp and social Media.

We would like to remind them of the seriousness of the Sin, they are involved in.

Abdullāh ibn Mas'ūd (رضي الله عنه‎) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Those who will be most severely punished by Allāh on the Day of Resurrection will be the image-makers." (Reported by al-Bukhāri, see al-Fath, 10/382).

Ali (رضي الله عنه‎) said: "Shall I not send you on the same mission as the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) sent me? Do not leave any built-up tomb without levelling it, and do not leave any picture in any house without erasing it." (Reported by Muslim and al-Nisā'i; this is the version narrated by al-Nisā'i).

Ibn 'Abbās (رضي الله عنهم) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Every image-maker will be in the Fire, and for every image that he made a soul will be created for him, which will be punished in the Fire." Ibn 'Abbās (رضي الله عنهم) said: "If you must do that, make pictures of trees and other inanimate objects." (Reported by Muslim, 3/1871)

Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) said:

“It is not permissible to picture people whether with their consent or without their consent; and if it is with their consent then the sin is greater. And pictures with souls in them are prohibited, because the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the picture makers”

Refer: “Fataawa Noor ala Darb” (Aqeedah) No.318

Imam Naasiruddin al Albani (رحمه الله).

“I fear that Salafiyoon one day will say- Photography isn’t picture making. You just press a button.”

[Silsilat ul Huda wan Nur 393]

We ask Allāh to guide us and you. And may Allah make us steadfast upon the way of Salaf us Salih

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❝O Abu Abdur-Rahmaan! Supplicate to Allaah for me.❞
So, he said:
❝Supplicate for yourself because Allaah responds to the distressed one when he supplicates to Him.❞
[Sifatus Safwah2/289]

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🤲 *【 The Supplication for al-Istikhārah Prayer 】*


🍃 *The Messenger of Allāh –ﷺ– said,* “ If any one of you is concerned about a decision he has to make, then let him pray two raka’at of non-obligatory prayer, then say:

اللهم إني أستخيرك بعلمك، وأستقدرك بقدرتك، وأسألك من فضلك العظيم، فإنك تقدر ولا أقدر، وتعلم ولا أعلم، وأنت علام الغيوب.

اللهم إن كنت تعلم أن هذا الأمر (ثم تسميه باسمه بعينه) خير لي في ديني و معاشي وعاجل أمري و آجله، فاقدره لي، و يسره لي، ثم بارك لي فيه، و إن كنت تعلم أن هذا الأمر شر لي في ديني ومعاشي وعاقبة أمري، فاصرفه عني، و اصرفني عنه، و اقدر لي الخير حيث كان، ثم رضِّني به.


🍃 Allāhumma inni astakhayruka bi-'ilmik, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratik, wa as'aluka min fadlikal-Azim; fa-innaka taqdiru wa lā aqdir, wa ta'lamu wa lā a'lam, wa Anta ‘Allāmul-ghuyub; Allāhumma in kunta ta’lamu an hādhal-amra (then mention the specific matter) khayrul-li fi dini wa ma'āshi, ‘ājili amri wa ājilih, faqdurhu li wa yassirhu li, thumma bārik li fihi. Wa in kunta ta’lamu an hādhal-amra sharrul-li fi dini wa ma'āshi wa ‘āgibati amri, faşrifhu 'anni wașrifni 'anh, waqdur li al-khayr haythu kāna thumma raddini bih.


🌷 •• *O Allāh, I seek Your guidance [in making a choice] by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek ability by virtue of Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty. You have power, I have none. And You know, I know not. You are the Knower of hidden things. O Allāh, if in Your knowledge, this matter (then mention the specific matter) is good for me both in this world and in the Hereafter (or: in my religion, my livelihood, and my affairs), then ordain it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. And if in your knowledge it is bad for me and for my religion, my livelihood, and my affairs (or: for me both in this world and the next), then turn me away from it, (and turn it away from me), and ordain for me the good wherever it may be and make me pleased with it.*


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Sa’d bij Hishām asked our mother ‘Ā’ishah رضي الله عنها a question. He said:

يا أم المؤمنين؛ أنبئيني عن خلق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ قالت: ألست تقرأ القرآن؟ قلت: بلى!! قالت: فإن خلق نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان القرآن.

“O Mother of the Believers, tell me about the character of the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم.” She said, “Do you not read the Qur’ān?” I said, “Of course!” She said, “The character of the Prophet of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم was the Qur’ān.”*

* Sahīh Muslim 746

Book: Explanation of the Concise Advices of Shaykh-ul-Islām ibn Taymiyyah
Author: Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruhaylī
Published by: Authentic Statements Publishing
Translated by: Rasheed Barbee
Page: 107,108

✒ Da'wah To People Is Better Than Acquiring Worldly Possessions

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : فوالله لأن يهدي الله بك رجلا واحدا خير لك من أن يكون لك حمر النعم

The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “By Allāh, if Allāh guides a single person through you; that is BETTER for you than (a whole lot of) red camels.”

● [رواه البخاري ومسلم]

Imām an-Nawawī Raḥimahullāh said regarding the parable of 'red camels' in the narration: “That is because red camels are from the most valuable of properties to the Arabs.”

Sh. 'Alī b. Yaḥyā al-Ḥaddādī Hafiẓahullāh said whilst mentioning the benefits of this Ḥadeeth: “For a single person to be guided at your hands is better for you than owning the treasures of this world for whatever is in this world will PERISH but whatever is with Allāh will REMAIN.”

● [من الموقع الرسمي للشيخ]

The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “He whose last words are: Lā Ilāha Illallāh (There is none worthy of worship except Allāh) will enter Jannah.”

‎● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير ٦٤٧٩]

When a person curses somebody or something, the curse goes up to heaven and the gates of heaven get closed. Then it comes down to the earth and its gates get closed. Then it turns right and left, and if it does not find an entrance to go anywhere, it returns to the person or thing that was cursed; if he or it deserves to be cursed; otherwise it returns to the person who uttered it.(Related by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad and Abu Dawud in his Sunan). May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions!

http://www.alifta.net/Fatawa/FatawaChapters.aspx?languagename=en&View=Page&PageID=10109&PageNo=1&BookID=7

💠 The Best Gift: #Taqwa

➡️ Taqwa is: “the Fear of Allaah” by which one abstains from sins.

➡️ Taqwa is: “the Love of Allaah” by which one performs all that he has been commanded to do.

➡️ Taqwa is: “God-consciousness” by which one is in constant remembrance of Allaah and is mindful of Him تعالى in all his affairs.

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▶️ The best provision is: “Taqwa”
▶️ The best advice one can give is: “Taqwa”
▶️ The best advice one receives is: “Taqwa”
▶️ The best thing one enjoins upon others is: “Taqwa”
▶️ The best gift one can give to his loved ones is: “Taqwa”
▶️ The thing by which people will enter Paradise the most is: “Taqwa”

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Allaah تعالى said:

وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَىٰ ۚ وَاتَّقُونِ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ

{And take a provision (with you) for the journey, but the best provision is al-Taqwa. So fear Me, O men of understanding!} 📚 [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 197]

The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked about the (deed) for which people are admitted into Paradise the most, so he صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Taqwa of Allaah, and good manners.” And he صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked about that for which people are admitted into the Fire the most, and he said صلى الله عليه وسلم: “The mouth and the private parts.”
📚 [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2004) and Sunan Ibn Maajah (4246) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

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💠Questioner:
Advise me with something which will rectify for me my Deen and my worldly life.

🎓 Shaikh al-Islaam, Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله replied:

All praise is for Allaah, the Lord of the worlds. To proceed:

As for the advice, I do not know of any advice better than what Allaah تعالى and His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم enjoined upon those who understand it and follow it. Allaah تعالى said:

وَلَقَدْ وَصَّيْنَا الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنِ اتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ

{And verily, We have recommended to the people of the Scripture before you, and to you (O Muslims) that you (all) fear Allaah}
📚 [Surah al-Nisaa’ (4): 131]

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم advised Muaadh Ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه, when he sent him to Yemen saying: “Have Taqwa of Allaah wherever you are, and follow an evil deed with a good one which will wipe it out, and treat the people with good behavior.”
📚 [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (1987) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم gave this advice to Abu Dhar as well as to Muaadh رضي الله عنهما]

Muaadh Ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه enjoyed a lofty status with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to Muaadh رضي الله عنه: “O Muaadh! By Allaah! I love you…”
📚 [Sunan Abu Dawood (1522) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم also said about Muaadh رضي الله عنه: “…the most knowledgeable of my Ummah concerning the lawful and the unlawful is Muaadh bin Jabal.”
📚 [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (3790, 3791), Sunan Ibn Maajah (154), and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee.]

From his merits is that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم sent him to Yemen as a propagator on his behalf, as a Daaee (caller to Islaam), as a Mufaqqih (Jurist), as a Muftee (the one who is capable of giving Fatwa (religious verdicts)), as a Haakim (judge).

And even after this, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم advised him with this instruction (to have Taqwa) – because this is a Jaami (the most comprehensive) advice.

[Majmoo al-Fataawa (10/653-654)]

[This Religion Will Reach Everywhere In The World]

عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيَبْلُغَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ مَا بَلَغَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَلَا يَتْرُكُ اللَّهُ بَيْتَ مَدَرٍ وَلَا وَبَرٍ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ هَذَا الدِّينَ بِعِزِّ عَزِيزٍ أَوْ بِذُلِّ ذَلِيلٍ عِزًّا يُعِزُّ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْإِسْلَامَ وَذُلًّا يُذِلُّ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْكُفْرَ

Tamim al-Dari reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,

“This matter (Islam) will certainly reach every place touched by the night and day. Allah will not leave a house or residence except that Allah will cause this religion to enter it, by which the honorable will be honored and the disgraceful will be disgraced. Allah will honor the honorable with Islam and he will disgrace the disgraceful with unbelief.”

[Musnad Ahmad | 16509]

"Or add to it, and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation." ● [al-Qur’ān 73:4]
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‎Shaykh as-Sa'dī رحمه الله said in Tafseer of this Āyah: “Through reciting the Qur'an with Tartil you will reach/achieve contemplation and deep thinking and moving the hearts to it and devotion through its verses and mobilising and preparing it (the hearts) completely for it (the Qur'an).”
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‎● [أنظر : تفسير السعدي ٤/٧٣]

Shaykh Bin Baz [رحمه الله] said:

❝If the people of truth did not speak out in clarification of the truth, then the people of error would remain upon their mistakes, others would blindly follow them in that, and the sin of withholding the truth would fall back on those who remained silent.❞

[Fatawa Shaykh Bin Baz, (3/72) | Translated By Abu Muadh Taqweem Aslam]

"The Religion is Sincere Advice..."

There is no doubt that no man amongst us can totally rectify himself by himself, or see all the crookedness or errors within himself. Therefore, it is a must that you are criticized by someone else, so that you may know what is for you and what is against you. The evidence of that is in the statement of the Prophet, (صلى الله عليه و سلم)

"The believer is the mirror of his brother, if he sees in it any deficiency he corrects it." *

So whomsoever finds within himself any of these qualities, let him praise Allāh for allowing him to recognize that, and let him resolute to rid himself from them.

[Source*: Collected by Al-Bukhāri in al-Adab al-Mufrad (no. 238) | Book: A Message Exclusively to the Husbands By Shaykh Abū Furayhān Jamāl Ibn Furayhān al-Hārithī, p. 96-97 | Translated by: Anwar Wright and Isa Underdue | Hikmah Publications]

'Umar Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه said:

"Do not be fooled by someone who recites the Qur'ān, for it is only speech.

Rather, look at the one who acts upon it."

‎● [إقتضاء العلم العمل الخطيب البغدادي]

[One of the Salaf-us-Saaliheen, said]

“Wisdom does not reside in a stomach filled with food.”

Al-Fudayl رحمه الله said:

“Not to act for the sake of others is Riyaa (showing off /hypocrisy), while to act for the sake of others is shirk.”

سمعت ذا النون يَقُول: لا تسكن الحكمة معدة ملئت طعاما

وَقَالَ الفضيل: ترك العمل لأجل النَّاس هُوَ الرياء , والعمل لأجل النَّاس هُوَ

Strangers to the Sunnah.

From the Hadeeth of Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

❝Islaam began as something strange, and it would revert to its (old position) of being something strange. So glad tidings to the strangers.❞

[Saheeh Muslim (145) (270)]

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Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen said (paraphrased):

❝During its advent in Makkah, Islaam was a stranger. In the beginning and for a long time, there were only ten companions; then they gradually increased in numbers. Similarly, at the end of times, it (Islaam) will return back to its state of being a stranger.

This decrease may not necessarily mean the decrease in numbers, as there are more than a Billion Muslims in the world. It may not necessarily mean that during the end of times there will be only ten or twenty Muslims left. It may mean that the Muslims might be in their hundreds or in their thousands, but they will be strangers to the Sunnah (i.e. very few will be following and implementing the Sunnah in their lives as compared to the total Muslim population).❞

[Sharh Saheeh Muslim (1/302)]

*An outside appearance alone is like a costume, which is of no benefit.* _*Even Exterior appearance should be sign of righteous & devotion.*_

~Reward for reciting Qur'an~

If you feel lazy to read the Qur'an then remember:

* Every page you recite= 5,000 rewards approx.

* Every Juz' = 100,000 rewards approx.

* Reciting the entire Qur'an = 3 million rewards approx.

The above is based on the narration that for every letter a person recites, for him is ten rewards as reported by
al-Tirmidhi.

‎﴿ذَلِكَ فَضلُ الله يُؤْتيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَالله ذُو الْفَضْل الْعظِيمِ﴾.

‎_"That is the bounty of Allah which He gives to whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty."_

‎- Sh. 'Abdul Karim al-Khudayr (h)

* If A Person Commits A Sin, Then He Should Say, “O Allah, I Have Committed A Sin So Forgive Me”

Praying Allah for forgiveness is an important matter, for it is a means by which sin is expiated.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

إذا أذنب عبدٌ ذنباً فقال أي رب أذنبت ذنباً فاغفر لي ، فقال : علم عبدي أن له رباً يغفر الذنب ويأخذ به ، قد غفرت لعبدي

“If a person commits a sin, then says, ‘O Lord, I have committed a sin so forgive me,’ He says, ‘My slave knows that he has a Lord Who may forgive sins or punish for it; I have forgiven My slave…’”

(Narrated by al-Bukhari, 6953; Muslim, 4953)

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

لو لم تذنبوا لذهب الله بكم ولجاء بقومٍ يذنبون ثم يستغفرون فيُغفَرُ لهم

“If you did not commit sin, Allah would do away with you and bring people who would commit sins then ask Him to forgive them, so He would forgive them.”

(Saheeh Muslim : # 4936)

Whoever makes the worldly life their focal point and attaches their heart to other than Allāh, Allāh will confound their affairs, so their heart will not be at ease; rather, their heart will be scattered. How can someone be happy when their heart is scattered?! By Allāh, even if he possesses the entire world, he will not be happy if his heart is not at ease.

Book: Explanation of the Concise Advices of Shaykh-ul-Islām ibn Taymiyyah
Author: Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruhaylī
Published by: Authentic Statements Publishing
Translated by: Rasheed Barbee
Page: 132,133

’Shaykh Uthaimeen: *The Layman in His Belief and Sincerity is Better than Many ‘Students of Knowledge.’*

Questioner: I want to ask you about [the periods of] slackness [a person goes through], its causes and the cure for it, because a person sometimes feels weakness in his [practice of the] religion?

’Shaykh Uthaimeen: It is not possible for a person to remain on a single uniform routine, even the Companions said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah! When we are with you we take heed and believe, and when we go to our families, our women and children, we forget,’ so he said, ‘A time for this and a time for that.’

It is not possible for a person to remain on a single uniform routine, but he must try to guard his heart’s uprightness, when the heart becomes good the whole body does so too.

He must leave delving into things that do not concern him.
He must leave disputing about things that have no benefit.
He must leave partisanship which has split the Ummah, and he must turn to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.

For this reason you will see that the layman is better in his belief [‘aqeedah] and sincerity than many of the students of knowledge, [students of knowledge] whose only concern is to criticise and refute, [whose only concern is], ‘It was said and he said [qeel wa qaal],’ and, ‘What do you say, O so and so?’ and, ‘What do you say about so and so?’ and, ‘What do you say about that book and about what so and so wrote?’

This is what causes a servant to become lost and takes Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, away from his heart, and leaves him without any concern except for, ‘It was said … he said …’

So my advice to every person is that he turns to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, and that he leaves the people and their disagreements.

This is the best thing.”

For Shaykh’s Audio : https://giftsofknowledge.net/2014/07/25/uthaimeen-the-layman-in-his-belief-and-sincerity-is-better-than-many-students-of-knowledge/

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al-Hasan al-Basrī [رحمه الله] said:
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“Allāh didn’t MENTION the MISTAKES of the past prophets to humiliate them but He mentioned these mistakes so that you don’t lose hope in repentance.”
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[Tafsir al-Qurtubi, (v. 9, p. 147)]