◾ Some of the merits of Prostrating (Sajdah) to Allaah alone◾

Abu Umaamah رضي الله عنه said: I came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and said to him: “Teach me something, for which I will have to ask no one after you.” He صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Know that you do not prostrate to Allaah except that (with every) prostration Allaah raises you a degree, and removes from you a sin.” [Musnad Ahmad (5/248-249) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (1488) and said: “It is as per the condition of (Imaam) Muslim”]

Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه reported: The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “The nearest a servant comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication (in this state).” [Saheeh Muslim (979)]

Allāh تعالى says:

"I shall turn away from My Ayāt (verses of the Quran) those who behave arrogantly on the earth, without a right..." (Surah A'rāf verse 146)

Sufyān bin 'Uyaynah said: "He (Allāh) prevents them from understanding the Qurān."

[Qā'idah fī Fadāil Al-Qurān pg. 64]

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The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said:

"Allah has FORBIDDEN for you:

1⃣ To be undutiful to your mothers
2⃣ To bury your daughters alive
3⃣ To not to pay the rights of the others (e.g. charity, etc.)
4⃣ To beg of men (begging).

And Allah has HATED for you:

1⃣ Vain, useless talk, or that you talk too much about others
2⃣ To ask too many questions (in disputed religious matters)
3⃣ To waste the wealth (by extravagance)."

Sahih Bukhari 2408

Trustworthiness (In Religion) Is Not Merely Affirmed through Fine Physical Appearance (in one’s clothing and Islamic personality)

Ya’qoob Ibn Sufyaan (rahimahullaah) said
❝I heard a person saying to Ahmad Bin Yoonus (rahimahullaah): "Is Abdullaah Al-Umariy a weak narrator of hadeeth?"
He (Ahmad) said “Indeed, he is weak. He is a Raafidi who harbors hatred towards his forefathers; and had you seen his beard, his graceful and fine physical (appearance), you would have conceded that he is trustworthy.”❞

Al-Haafidh Al-Khateeb al Baghdaadee (rahimahullaah) said:
❝So Ahmad Ibn Yoonus used this as a proof that Abdullaah Al-Umari (appeared) trustworthy through that which was not a proof; because fine physical appearance is something shared between a trustworthy person and a disparaged person.❞

Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) stated in Ar-Radd Alal-Bakri
❝These ones (i.e. Bakri and others like him) have a religious and righteous appearance, but they are not from the people of knowledge; those who (possess) knowledge of the rulings of the religion and whose statements are accepted regarding the prescribed duties in Islaam and knowledge (regarding) what is lawful and unlawful. They (i.e. Bakri and those like him) neither have any legislated proofs with them nor a transmitted (text) from an approved scholar…❞

[Source: Quoted by Shaikh Abdullaah Bukhaari in At-Taliqaat Ar-Radiyyah Alal Mandhoomah Al-Bayqooniyyah: Lecture number 1]
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Ibn Hibbān Al-Bustī:

"True brothers (or sisters) are known during times of need, for indeed everyone is a friend during the good times. And the worst of brothers (or sisters) are those that betray their brethren in times of hardship and need."

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Importance of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abd’il Wahhab once said:

أرى ناساً يجلسون في المسجد على مصاحفهم، يقرؤون ويبكون، فإذا رأوا المعروف لم يأمروا به، وإذا رأوا المنكر لم ينهوا عنه، وأرى أناساً يعكفون عندهم، يقولون: هؤلاء لحى غوانم، وأنا أقول: إنهم لحى فوائن، فقال السامع: أنا لا أقدر أقول إنهم لحى فوائن، فقال الشيخ: أنا أقول: إنهم من العمي البكم

"I saw some people sitting in the Masjid with their Musahaf (i.e., Qur'an), reciting and weeping. However, they didn't enjoin the good if they saw it and they didn't prevent evil if they saw it. I saw people busily engaged near them saying: These are the source of benefit.

I (the Shaykh) said: "These are the source of disgrace". The one who heard me said: I can't say they are a source of disgrace! So, the Shakyh replied to him: "I say they are among the blind and the mute."

Ad-Durar As-Saniyyah (8/74-79)

IT IS ALLAAH WHO PLACED IT THERE

"If my heart was removed and placed in my left hand and all the good things were brought and placed in my right hand, I would not have the ability to place any of that in my heart unless it is Allaah who places it there." *

Therefore, before and after the affair is in the Hands of Allaah. This is why you find sometimes that people may hear sermons and highly beneficial things to him concerning his religious and worldly duties, and he hears things from the affairs of good, uprightness and prosperity, but his soul turns away and is obstinate. Action and contribution diminish from him because success is in the Hands of Allaah and there is no might nor power except by Him, Mighty and Majestic.

* "Hilyatul Awliyaa (2/210), 'Alaam An-Nubalaa' (4/190)

Book: How Can You Become A Key Towards Good
By Shaykh 'Abdur-Razzaaq bin 'Abdil-Muhsin al-'Abbad al-Badr
Translated & Revised by
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P. 17, 18

Umm Abdalrahman Rashida:
Ibn al-Qayyim on the Hadeeth Qudsee : "I Have Divided the Prayer Between Myself and My Servant..."


Abu Hurairah (radiallaahu anhu) said: I have heard the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) say: "Allaah (the Mighty and Sublime) has said: I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. When the servant says:

All praise belongs to Allaah the Rabb of all the Worlds.

Allaah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has praised Me. And when he says:

The Most Gracious the Most Merciful

Allaah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has extolled Me, and when he says:

Master of the Day of Judgement

Allaah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has glorified Me -and on one occasion He said: My servant has submitted to My power. And when he says:

You alone do we worship and from You alone do we seek help

He says: This is between Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. And when he says:

Guide us to the Straight Path, the Path of those whom you have favoured, not of those upon whom is Your anger, nor of those who are astray

He says: This is for My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for." [Reported by Muslim, Maalik, at-Tirmidhee, Abu Daawood, an-Nasaaee and Ibn Maajah]

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:

And when he says: All praise is due to Allaah the Rabb of all the Worlds, he pauses for a short while waiting for the response of his Lord: "My servant has praised Me." Then when he says: The Most Gracious the Most Merciful, he waits for the response: "My servant has extolled Me" and when he says: Master of the Day of Judgement, he waits for the response: "My servant has glorified Me."

It is the delight of his heart, the pleasure of his eye and the joy of his soul that his Lord says about him: "My servant" three times. By Allaah! If the fumes of desire and the darknesses of the soul were not upon the hearts, they would have flown out of happiness and joy that their Lord, Maker and Diety says: "My servant has praised Me, My servant has extolled Me and My servant has glorified Me."

Then there would have been space in his heart to witness (the reality) of the three names which are the basis of all the Beautiful Names and these are: Allaah, ar-Rabb and ar-Rahmaan...

...When he says: Master of the Day of Judgement, he witnesses the glory which befits none but the the King, the Truth, the Manifest. So he witnesses a very powerful and compelling King, to Whom the whole creation has yielded, to Whom the faces are humbled, to Whom the the creation humbles itself, and to Whom every possessor of power and honour submits. He witnesses with his heart a King (Who is) upon the Throne of the Heaven...

...And then he says: You alone do we worship and from You alone do we seek help, in which lies the secret of the creation and the affair, of the world and the hereafter, and which contains the loftiest of goals and the most excellent of means (of approach to Allaah). The loftiest of goals is enslavement to Allaah and the most excellent of means is His help and assistance. There is no diety deserving of worship in truth except He and there is no helper in His worship besides Him. Therefore, His worship is the greatest of goals and His aid is the loftiest of means...

...And these words contain the two types of Tawheed and they are Tawheed ur-Ruboobiyyah and Tawheed ul-Uloohiyyah. Devotion to Allaah is comprised in His names ar-Rabb and Allaah, so he is worshipped on account of His Uloohiyyah, help is sought from Him on account of His Ruboobiyyah and He guides to the Straight Path on account of His Mercy. The first part of the surah therefore, mentions His names Allaah, ar-Rabb and ar-Rahmaan for the purpose of the one who seeks His worship, help and guidance. He is alone in being able to bestow all of that.

There is no one who can aid others in Allaah’s worship besides Allaah and none can guide (to the Straight Path) except Him.

Then the caller realises with the speech of Allaah:

Guide us to the Straight Path, his extreme need for this (guidance). He is never in need of any other thing as much as he is for this guidance. He is need of it in every moment and at every glance of the eye...

...Then Allaah makes it clear that the people of this Guidance are those who have been specified with His favour, not those upon whom is His anger, and they are the ones who know the Truth but do not follow it and not of those who are astray, and they are those who worship Allaah without knowledge. Both of these groups share with each other in speaking about His creation, His command and His Names and Attributes without knowledge. The path of those upon whom is His favour and blessing is different from that of the people of falsehood with respect to knowledge and action.

When he finishes from this praise, supplication and tawheed he has been ordered to end it with ‘aameen’ which is a seal to (to his supplication) and with which the aameen of the angels in the sky coincides. This aameen is from the beautification of the prayer, just like the raising of the hands is a beautification of the prayer, a following of the sunnah, veneration of the command of Allaah, worship by the hands and a sign of the transition from one pillar (of the prayer) to another.

Author: Ibn al-Qayyim
Source: As-Salaat wa Hukm Taarikihaa (Eng. Trans. Abu `Iyad as-Salafi)

The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said:

“The parable of one who knows the Qur’an by heart is as the parable of an owner of hobbled camel. If he remains vigilant, he will retain it; and if he neglects it, it will go away.”

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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Abul ‘Aaliyyah said: The Companions of Muhammad said to me:

❝Do not perform an action for other than Allaah, as He will leave you to the one whom you have acted for.❞

[Al-Musannaf, (7/207) | Translated By Abu Abdillaah Hassan as-Somali]

The Sunnah prayer are to be prayed after dhikr!

(NOTE: Recommended dhikr which are said after salah should be said after OBLIGATORY (fardh) salah)

Answered by Shaykh Salih Fawzan (hafidhahullah)

‘Iyâd ibn Himâr (وضي الله عنه) reported that Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: <<“Allah has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one boasts over another or oppresses another.”>>*

* Ibid.

Book: The Book of Major Sins - كتاب الكبائر
Author: Muhammad ibn Sulayman at-Tamimi
Published by: International Islamic Publishing House (IIPH)
Translated by: Dr. Ibraheem as-Selek
Page: 68

Be very careful who you ask for a Fatwa!

Sh Fawzān:

“There are some who issue verdicts who if you were to ask them a question respond immediately. However, if the question was posed to Abu Bakr & Umar they would have gathered the Companions who witnessed Badr (to research it).”

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A Muslim's allegiance and loyalty is first and foremost to Allah, His Messenger ﷺ and to the believers, not to a place where they were born that is defined by man-made borders.

Tameem ad-Dāri رضي الله عنه said that the Prophet ﷺ said: “The religion is sincerity.” We said: To whom? He said: “To Allah, to His Book, to His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk.” (Muslim)

ALLAAH THE BEST OF OPENERS (AL-FATTAAH)

Allaah عز وجل will not disappoint a slave who invokes Him nor reject a believer who desires what is with Him. All triumph and openings are from Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic. His opening upon you is by way of giving you beneficial knowledge; His opening upon you is by granting you performance of righteous actions; His opening upon you is by way of giving you moral character. Just as some of the Pious Predecessors said:

إنَّ هَزِهِ الْأَخْلَاقَ وَمَائِبٌ وَ إِنَّ اللّٰهَ - تَبَارَكَ وَ تعَالَى - إِذَا أَحَبَّ عَبْدَهُ وَهَبَهُ مِنْهَا.

"Indeed these noble characteristics are gifts from Allaah and when Allaah, Blessed and High, loves His slave, He bestows them upon him, i.e. Noble characteristics."

Book: How Can You Become A Key Towards Good
By Shaykh 'Abdur-Razzaaq bin 'Abdil-Muhsin al-'Abbad al-Badr
Translated & Revised by
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P. 16

Difference between lailatul Qadar and shab e baraat ☝️

Sabe barat is clearly a new innovation in deen.....

❌If hiding your Aqeedah was allowed…
❎If letting the falsehood to spread was allowed…
❌If letting the people to get misled was allowed…
❎If behaving in an ambiguous manner was allowed…
❌If mixing with the people of falsehood was allowed…
❎If not speaking the truth just for the sake of unity was allowed…

➡…then Bilaal, Sumayyah, Yaasir, Ammaar رضي الله عنهم or Imaam Ahmed رحمه الله and others had the most right to hide their Deen.

⏩May Allaah guide us and keep us firm, and help us in speaking the Truth all the time; and may Allaah save us from the double standards of this "Celebrity" Dawah.

IMPORTANCE OF MORNING AND EVENING AZKAAR

How thick is your coat?

Ibn al-Qayyim said, "The morning and evening adhkar play the role of a shield; the thicker it is the more its owner will not be affected. Rather, its strength can reach to such an extent that the arrow shot at it will bounce back to affect the one who shot it."

Shaykh Uthaymeen said, "The morning and evening adhkar are a stronger fortress than the wall of Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj, for the one who says it while his heart is present.

And Ibn Salah said, "Whoever maintains the morning and evening adhkar, the adhkar after the prayers, and the adhkar before sleeping will be written among those "who remember Allah much.""

Ibn Katheer said, "Wear the 'coat' of adhkar so it can protect you from the evils of humans and jinn. And cover your souls with istighfar so it can erase the sins of the night and day.

When the great scholar, Imaam 'Abdul Ghanee al-Maqdisee (d.600AH) رحمه الله was on his death bed, his son said:

"Do you not desire anything?"

He replied:

"I desire to see the Face of Allaah تعالى."

[شرح عقيدة الحافظ عبد الغني المقدسي ص.٩ تأليف عبد الرزاق البدر ( حفظه الله)]

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Make Sure Our Parents Leave This World Being Pleased With Us

When Haafidh 'Abdul Ghanee al-Maqdisee (d.600AH) رحمه الله was on his death bed, his son said to him:

"Are you not pleased with me?"

He replied:

"Yes, by Allaah I am pleased with you and your brothers."

[Ibid]

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