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
Maktabatulirshad Publications
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)]

🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹

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]

🌐https://twitter.com/MarkazMuaadh/status/987751235053850624

🌐https://twitter.com/MarkazMuaadh/status/987752976214261761

Knowledge must precede speech & action!

Before you enjoin good, you must learn what good is.

Before you forbid evil, you must learn what evil is.

Before you arrive at a conclusion, make sure you have understood the issue.

Sometimes a person can be hasty without the facts!


● Via Germantown Masjid Twitter ●
🌐https://twitter.com/GtownMasjid/status/1120313626538184707

Beware of debts.

The Ruling on Taking Pictures

Q: What is the ruling on photographs, when they are for necessity and when they are for adornment?

A: Pictures of the living (humans and animals) are unlawful eccept for necessity. Examples of necessity include indentity photos, passport photos, or photos of criminals for the purpose of identification and then arrest when they commit a crime or attempt to flee.

The Permanent Committee

Book: Fatawa Islamiyah Islamic Verdicts [Volume 8] - فتاوى إسلامية
Collected by: Muhammad bin ‘Abdul-‘Aziz Al-Musnad
Published and translated by: Darussalam
Page: 156

He Knows No Limits

Character is exposed in the home with the family. You find out who really has good manners and who doesn't. We have said this many times before. Some of us perfect our character when we leave the home; even if someone harms another, you will find him smiling, saying, "JazākAllāhu khayran (may Allāh reward you with good), may Allāh pardon you!" But when he enters his home, he changes completely. When he enters the home, he becomes someone who curses, insults, slanders, and beats. He becomes angry for the slightest reason. He beats his family for the slightest reason. He knows no limits. In reality, he needs to examine himself, because good manners are manners the person can adorn himself with throughout different situations.

[Book: Explanation Of The Concise Advices Of Shaykh-ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah by Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruḥaylī, p. 92-93 |

*Merits of Salat-ul-Duha.* SubhanAllah.

Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu.

you can download this book in pdf form here in shaa Allah:

https://followingthesunnah.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/miraathpublications-benefits-derived-from-the-story-of-yusuf.pdf

May Allah make it of benefit forall of us while doing the tadabbur on the beautiful story of Prophet Yusuf 'alayhi salaam - ameen. 💐

He Would Cry So Much...

'Umar Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (رضى الله عنه) used to read in the Morning Prayer (fajr):

إِنَّمَآ أَشۡكُواْ بَثِّي وَحُزۡنِيٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ

"I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allāh."

[Yūsuf (12): 86]

In doing so he would cry so much that the people in the last row heard his sobbing.

[Book: Gardens Of Purification by Shaykhu'l-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah, p. 166-167 |

Having A Good Interior

Fear Allāh regarding the inner feelings (sarā'ir), because having a good exterior on its own, cannot benefit while the interior (ẓāhir) is corrupt.

[Book: Captured Thoughts by al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī, p. 501 | Translated from the Original Arabic | Dār as-Sunnah Publishers]

#RamadanPrep

When you sit to recite the Quran, your phone will ring.
When you stand to pray two rak’ah(s), a message will ping you.
When you intend to do a righteous act, a distraction or disturbance will surface.

Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله)said, “When the servant embarks on a devotional act, Allah sends diversions to him to test his truthfulness. If he fights, endures, and stands his ground, these diversions are soon replaced by that which assists him in devotion.”

قال ابن القيم: إذا أقبل العبد على طاعة، بعث الله له الصوارف ليتبيّن صِدقه، فإذا جاهد وصبر وثابت، عادت هذه الصّوارف في حقّه معاونات على الطّاعة.

O Allah, make us genuinely Yours this Ramadan. #GearUp

Saying RAMADAN KAREEM Explained By Shaykh Fawzan

#Question: The statement ❝Ramadan Kareem❞, is not Allah Al Kareem?

#Answer: This has no basis. Their statement Ramadan Kareem, this has no basis. As for ❝Ramadan Shareef❞, ❝Ramadan Mubaarik❞, ❝Ramadan Atheem❞, these denoscriptions appear in various narrations. Atheem, Mubaarik, Shareef, there is no problem (with these terms). As for Kareem, then I do not know of any origin for this.

✒ Translated by Rasheed Ibn Estes Barbee
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Saying Ramadan Kareem Explained By Shaykh Uthamin ⬇️

#Questioner: When the fasting person falls into a sin and he is prohibited from that sin he will say, Ramadan Kareem. So what is the ruling concerning this phrase and what is the ruling concerning this behavior?

Shaykh Uthamin: said: The ruling concerning this is, this phrase Ramadan Kareem is not correct, and the only phrase that should be said is Ramadan Mubarak or what resembles that.

Because Ramadan is not the one that gives such that it can be called generous (Kareem), rather it is only Allah the Exalted that put virtue in it and made it a virtuous month and made the time period for performing (the fasting) a pillar from Islam.

And it is as though the one who said this thinks that due to the nobility of this month it is permissible to commit sins. And this is in opposition to what the people of knowledge have said (for they have said) that the sins are multiplied if they are done during virtuous times or noble places so this is the opposite of what this person has assumed.

And they have said that it is incumbent upon the person to have Taqwa of Allah the Mighty and Majestic during every time and in every place especially during virtuous times and in noble places.

And Allah the Mighty and Majestic says:

❝Oh you who believe fasting has been prescribed for you like it was prescribed for those before you that you may obtain Taqwa.❞

So the wisdom behind the obligation of fasting is to gain Taqwa of Allah the Mighty and Majestic by doing what He has ordered and avoiding what He has prohibited.

And it has been established that the Prophet peace and blessing be upon him said:

Whoever does not abandon falsehood in word and action, then Allah Mighty and Majestic has no need that he should leave his food and drink.

Therefore fasting is worship for Allah and cultivation for the soul and a safeguard for it from the prohibitions of Allah.

And it is not like this one without knowledge has said that due to the nobility of this month and its blessing, sinning is allowed in it.

✒ Translated by Rasheed Bin Estes Barbee

http://www.sahab.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=130714

- Via http://mtws.posthaven.com/saying-ramadan-kareem-explained-by-shaykh-faw

Is it permissible for a menstruating woman or a woman with postpartum bleeding to touch and read the Qurʾān in the blessed month of Ramaḍān, which the people specify in completing the Qurʾān?

Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī:

I don’t know anything that prohibits this, and the ḥadīth: “…and no one should touch the Qurʾān, except the pure.” There are some [scholars] who say that it is mursal and even if it is accepted due to its numerous narrations,

Then it is said as stated by ash-Shawkānī in Nayl al-Awtar, “and no one touches the Qurʾān except the pure, meaning: the Muslim, so the non-Muslim should not touch it. However, the Messenger prohibited that a person should travel with the Qurʾān to the land of the enemy…”

Likewise what is meant by the statement of Allah ﷻ:

“None can touch but the purified” (Q 56:79)

are the Angels as Imām Mālik explained in his al-Muwaṭṭa. He said, “This verse has been explained in Allah’s statement;

“Nay, indeed it is an admonition, So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it. (It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfūz). Exalted (in dignity), purified, In the hands of scribes” (Q 78:11-16)

meaning the Angels.

And the meaning

“None can touch but the purified” (Q 56:79)

is referring to the Angels as Allah ﷻ has said,

“And it is not the devils who have brought it (this Qurʾān) down, Verily, they have been removed far from hearing it.” (Q 26:210-212)

The Ruling on a Menstruating Woman Attending the Masjid and the Weak Narration | Shaykh Muqbil

Questioner:
Is it permissible for her to attend classes and sittings in the masjid?

Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī:
There is no problem in doing so In shā Allah. As for the ḥadīth: “I do not allow the menstruating, nor the postpartum bleeding to [enter] the masjid.” This is ḥadīth is weak. Likewise the Prophet said ʿĀʾisha, “Your menstruation is not in your hand.” He also said to her “Do everything a Pilgrim does, except for tawwāf around the Ka’ba.” So there is no problem – In shā Allah, for her to attend lessons in the masjid.

in #DuSunnah -
http://dusunnah.com/video/is-it-permissible-for-a-menstruating-woman-to-attend-the-masjid-and-read-the-quran-in-ramadan-shaykh-muqbil-ibn-hadi-al-wadi/

The Menstruating Woman Sitting in the Mosque | al-Imaam al-Muhaddith Muhammad NaasirudDeen al-Abaani

Questioner:
The menstruating woman, the Prophet Sallallāhu ‘Alaihi waSallam permitted her to enter the mosque except that she is not allowed to perform Tawaaf?

Al-Albaani:
Yes.

Questioner:
[If she enters the mosque does she] or does she not pray the two rak’ahs performed upon entering the mosque [Tahayyatul-Masjid]? Does she pray or [just] sit down in the mosque?

Al-Albaani:
She sits down without praying, it’s not allowed for her to pray, she sits in the mosque without praying.

Questioner: … [she sits] without praying, but what is the proof for that, O Shaikh?

Al-Albaani:
The proof is the hadith I mentioned to you which is in Sahih Bukhaari,
❝Do what the pilgrims do, except that you should not perform tawaaf and nor pray.❞
So what does the pilgrim do?
He enters the mosque, prays, performs tawaaf, sits, and reads the Quraan—the Prophet Sallallāhu ‘Alaihi waSallam allowed her to do all of that but excluded the prayer and the tawaaf from it.

Questioner:
This noble Prophetic hadith [states] that it is not allowed for her to pray …

Al-Albaani:
Yes, and there are other hadiths about the fact that the woman does not pray or fast but that she makes up the fast but not the prayer.

[Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 160.]

In Islam, the night precedes the day.

The new hijri date begins with the setting of sun. Hence for e.g. once the sun sets after the 11th day in Ramadhaan, the 12th has already begun.

So, if today is Thursday 3:15 pm then Maghrib begins at 5:00 pm then know from the moment Maghrib time begins on that day, Friday begins.

The Islamic cycle of a day begins with the setting, not the rising of the sun. In countries such as Saudi Arabia, where the Islamic calendar alone is norm, when someone is speaking about going out on Friday night, he means the night that comes before the “day” of Friday.

And since the day starts at maghrib, then its the first of Ramadan. On the last day, we dont pray Taraweeh, and that’s because the day (new day) has started at maghrib, so Ramadan is over and Eid has begun. That is also why we start to say the Takbir for Eid after Maghrib of the last day of Ramadan. This is all because the Islamic month is lunar, so the moon we see after Ramadan is that of Eid, so we celebrate Eid, and Ramadan is then officially over.

This information is really crucial to find out the odd nights in the last 10 days of ramadhan for seeking layla-tul-qadr for e.g the night preceding the 27th day is actually the 27th night

https://abdurrahman.org/2009/09/09/the-islamic-date-hijri-date-starts-after-maghrib/

Mending Your Intentions

So my brothers! Focus on mending your intentions (islāḥ al-niyya) and refrain from showing-off to people, and let your main pillar (of support) be straight with Allāh. This was how the salaf gained elevation and fortune.

[Book: Captured Thoughts by al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī, p. 569 | Translated from the Original Arabic | Dār as-Sunnah Publishers]

‎‘Abdullaah Ibn ‘Urwah said:

‎“I asked my grandmother Asma —

‎‘How were the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ when they recited the Qur’ān?‘

‎“She replied: *'Their eyes watered & their skins trembled just as Allāh has described them [in the Qur’ān].*‘“

‎[Ash-Shu’ab, p. 1900]