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Al-Imām Ahmad said:
“We are a poor people. If it were not for Allāh screening us we would have been exposed.”
Al-Hilyah of Abu Nu’aym, 9/181.
Al-Imām Ahmad said:
“We are a poor people. If it were not for Allāh screening us we would have been exposed.”
Al-Hilyah of Abu Nu’aym, 9/181.
My Thoughts on Birthday Celebrations in General, and the Mawlid in Particular
1. It is an established fact the birthdays are of pagan origin and therefore foreign to Islām. A Muslim is not to imitate the pagans, as proven in the following Ḥadīth:
Ibn 'Umar reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” [Source: Sunan Abū Dāwūd 4031 ~ Grade: Ḥasan (fair) according to Ibn Ḥajar]
2. The so-called Mawlid birthday celebration has no basis in Islām. It was not practiced by Muḥammad ﷺ nor his companions, may Allāh be pleased with them, nor the subsequent generations until later on (by the Shiites of all people). Acts of worship in Islām require clear evidence from the texts, and so, innovations in matters of worship are not allowed due to the following clear evidences:
‘Ā’ishah reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, “Whoever innovates something into this matter of ours which does not belong to it will have it rejected.”
In another narration, the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever performs a deed that is not in accordance with our matter will have it rejected.”
[Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2550, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1718]
3. There is no such thing as a good innovation in matters of worship, as some may claim. The evidence is clear in this Ḥadīth:
Jābir ibn 'Abd Allāh reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would praise Allāh in his sermon as He deserves to be praised and then he would say, “Whoever Allāh guides, no one can lead him astray. Whoever Allāh sends astray, no one can guide him. The truest word is the Book of Allāh and the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad. The most evil matters are those that are newly invented, for every newly invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance and every misguidance is in the Hellfire.”
[Source: Sunan an-Nasā’ī 1578 ~ Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ (authentic) according to al-Albānī]
Also, it is equivalent to accusing Muḥammad ﷺ of not fulfilling the mission and that he missed some good things about which to inform us to do. Such implicit claims are blasphemous, because it would mean disbelieving in the following verse in Noble Qur'ān 5:67
"O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people."
4. What is an innovation in the religion?
An innovation in religion has the following attributes:
i. It is a good deed.
ii. It is done in order to get closer to Allāh.
iii. But is not based on the teachings of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him.
There is a principle that some scholars use; if there was any good in it, they (the early Muslims) would have succeeded us to [to do] it, meaning, we are not going to know more than them in matters of devotion.
Specifying a time for and giving a special status to an act of worship is not allowed without clear evidence from the texts.
5. Statements of the companions regarding innovations
The companion, ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Mas‘ūd, may Allāh be pleased with him, said: Follow and do not innovate, for indeed you have been sufficed, and every innovation is misguidance.”
[Source: Reported in Aḥmad in Az-Zuhd p. 162 - Authentic]
The companion ‘Abd Allāh Ibn 'Umar said: "Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good."
[Source: Al-Bayhaqī in Al-Madkhal Ilas-Sunan (no. 191) and also Ibn Naṣr in as-Sunnah (p. 24) - Authentic]
6. Many people come to you with the difference of opinion card. They fail to realize that not every difference of opinion is valid. One must bring evidence for such claims.
You will also hear Sufis (mystics) like Hamza Yusuf admit that it is an innovation, but that it is a "good innovation". In reality, the Sufis as well as the Shiites are both guilty of over-praising the righteous, whether it is Muḥammad ﷺ or others, and this over-praising is where polytheism (Shirk) begins.
7. Clearing a doubt
1. It is an established fact the birthdays are of pagan origin and therefore foreign to Islām. A Muslim is not to imitate the pagans, as proven in the following Ḥadīth:
Ibn 'Umar reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” [Source: Sunan Abū Dāwūd 4031 ~ Grade: Ḥasan (fair) according to Ibn Ḥajar]
2. The so-called Mawlid birthday celebration has no basis in Islām. It was not practiced by Muḥammad ﷺ nor his companions, may Allāh be pleased with them, nor the subsequent generations until later on (by the Shiites of all people). Acts of worship in Islām require clear evidence from the texts, and so, innovations in matters of worship are not allowed due to the following clear evidences:
‘Ā’ishah reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, “Whoever innovates something into this matter of ours which does not belong to it will have it rejected.”
In another narration, the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever performs a deed that is not in accordance with our matter will have it rejected.”
[Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2550, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1718]
3. There is no such thing as a good innovation in matters of worship, as some may claim. The evidence is clear in this Ḥadīth:
Jābir ibn 'Abd Allāh reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would praise Allāh in his sermon as He deserves to be praised and then he would say, “Whoever Allāh guides, no one can lead him astray. Whoever Allāh sends astray, no one can guide him. The truest word is the Book of Allāh and the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad. The most evil matters are those that are newly invented, for every newly invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance and every misguidance is in the Hellfire.”
[Source: Sunan an-Nasā’ī 1578 ~ Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ (authentic) according to al-Albānī]
Also, it is equivalent to accusing Muḥammad ﷺ of not fulfilling the mission and that he missed some good things about which to inform us to do. Such implicit claims are blasphemous, because it would mean disbelieving in the following verse in Noble Qur'ān 5:67
"O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people."
4. What is an innovation in the religion?
An innovation in religion has the following attributes:
i. It is a good deed.
ii. It is done in order to get closer to Allāh.
iii. But is not based on the teachings of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him.
There is a principle that some scholars use; if there was any good in it, they (the early Muslims) would have succeeded us to [to do] it, meaning, we are not going to know more than them in matters of devotion.
Specifying a time for and giving a special status to an act of worship is not allowed without clear evidence from the texts.
5. Statements of the companions regarding innovations
The companion, ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Mas‘ūd, may Allāh be pleased with him, said: Follow and do not innovate, for indeed you have been sufficed, and every innovation is misguidance.”
[Source: Reported in Aḥmad in Az-Zuhd p. 162 - Authentic]
The companion ‘Abd Allāh Ibn 'Umar said: "Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good."
[Source: Al-Bayhaqī in Al-Madkhal Ilas-Sunan (no. 191) and also Ibn Naṣr in as-Sunnah (p. 24) - Authentic]
6. Many people come to you with the difference of opinion card. They fail to realize that not every difference of opinion is valid. One must bring evidence for such claims.
You will also hear Sufis (mystics) like Hamza Yusuf admit that it is an innovation, but that it is a "good innovation". In reality, the Sufis as well as the Shiites are both guilty of over-praising the righteous, whether it is Muḥammad ﷺ or others, and this over-praising is where polytheism (Shirk) begins.
7. Clearing a doubt
Some may use the evidence that when Muḥammad ﷺ was asked as to why he fasted Mondays, he answered that this was because Monday is the day that he was born. So, Muḥammad ﷺ was born on a Monday. But he fasted every Monday of every week, so if someone really wants to "celebrate" the Mawlid, then this person should fast every Monday, and Muḥammad's birthday ﷺ was not every Monday of every week anyway, so that argument holds no ground.
8. The actual date of the Mawlid
The date commonly known is that Muḥammad ﷺ was born on the 12th of Rabī‘ al-Awwal of the Islamic calendar. Interestingly enough, that date is not actually confirmed, because other scholars gave different dates. What is confirmed is that Muḥammad ﷺ was born in the Year of the Elephant, the one in which Abrahah tried to trample the Ka‘bah with an army of elephants and Allāh destroyed him and his army before he reached the Ka‘bah as we read in chapter 105 of the Noble Qur'ān
Interestingly enough, what is CONFIRMED is that Muḥammad ﷺ died on the 12th of Rabī‘ al-Awwal, so the irony is that people are actually celebrating the day he died - imagine?
9. Conclusion
Whoever tells you that you should celebrate birthdays for your children or to take part in birthday celebrations, and using the Mawlid as evidence, you can answer them very easily that the Mawlid has no basis in Islām, and that birthday celebrations are of pagan origin to begin with, and that we as Muslims ought to be the ones who uphold strict and pure monotheism and follow the Sunnah properly.
You can also question them as to which calendar they base the birthday, the Islamic one or the Gregorian one. The Islamic lunar calendar is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian solar calendar, which means that when you and I were 33 years old on the Gregorian calendar which we use everyday, we were in fact 34 years old according to the Islamic calendar.
والله أعلم
8. The actual date of the Mawlid
The date commonly known is that Muḥammad ﷺ was born on the 12th of Rabī‘ al-Awwal of the Islamic calendar. Interestingly enough, that date is not actually confirmed, because other scholars gave different dates. What is confirmed is that Muḥammad ﷺ was born in the Year of the Elephant, the one in which Abrahah tried to trample the Ka‘bah with an army of elephants and Allāh destroyed him and his army before he reached the Ka‘bah as we read in chapter 105 of the Noble Qur'ān
Interestingly enough, what is CONFIRMED is that Muḥammad ﷺ died on the 12th of Rabī‘ al-Awwal, so the irony is that people are actually celebrating the day he died - imagine?
9. Conclusion
Whoever tells you that you should celebrate birthdays for your children or to take part in birthday celebrations, and using the Mawlid as evidence, you can answer them very easily that the Mawlid has no basis in Islām, and that birthday celebrations are of pagan origin to begin with, and that we as Muslims ought to be the ones who uphold strict and pure monotheism and follow the Sunnah properly.
You can also question them as to which calendar they base the birthday, the Islamic one or the Gregorian one. The Islamic lunar calendar is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian solar calendar, which means that when you and I were 33 years old on the Gregorian calendar which we use everyday, we were in fact 34 years old according to the Islamic calendar.
والله أعلم
My Thoughts on Birthday Celebrations in General, and the Mawlid in Particular
1. It is an established fact the birthdays are of pagan origin and therefore foreign to Islām. A Muslim is not to imitate the pagans, as proven in the following Ḥadīth:
Ibn 'Umar reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” [Source: Sunan Abū Dāwūd 4031 ~ Grade: Ḥasan (fair) according to Ibn Ḥajar]
2. The so-called Mawlid birthday celebration has no basis in Islām. It was not practiced by Muḥammad ﷺ nor his companions, may Allāh be pleased with them, nor the subsequent generations until later on (by the Shiites of all people). Acts of worship in Islām require clear evidence from the texts, and so, innovations in matters of worship are not allowed due to the following clear evidences:
‘Ā’ishah reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, “Whoever innovates something into this matter of ours which does not belong to it will have it rejected.”
In another narration, the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever performs a deed that is not in accordance with our matter will have it rejected.”
[Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2550, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1718]
3. There is no such thing as a good innovation in matters of worship, as some may claim. The evidence is clear in this Ḥadīth:
Jābir ibn 'Abd Allāh reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would praise Allāh in his sermon as He deserves to be praised and then he would say, “Whoever Allāh guides, no one can lead him astray. Whoever Allāh sends astray, no one can guide him. The truest word is the Book of Allāh and the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad. The most evil matters are those that are newly invented, for every newly invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance and every misguidance is in the Hellfire.”
[Source: Sunan an-Nasā’ī 1578 ~ Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ (authentic) according to al-Albānī]
Also, it is equivalent to accusing Muḥammad ﷺ of not fulfilling the mission and that he missed some good things about which to inform us to do. Such implicit claims are blasphemous, because it would mean disbelieving in the following verse in Noble Qur'ān 5:67
"O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people."
4. What is an innovation in the religion?
An innovation in religion has the following attributes:
i. It is a good deed.
ii. It is done in order to get closer to Allāh.
iii. But is not based on the teachings of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him.
There is a principle that some scholars use; if there was any good in it, they (the early Muslims) would have succeeded us to [to do] it, meaning, we are not going to know more than them in matters of devotion.
Specifying a time for and giving a special status to an act of worship is not allowed without clear evidence from the texts.
5. Statements of the companions regarding innovations
The companion, ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Mas‘ūd, may Allāh be pleased with him, said: Follow and do not innovate, for indeed you have been sufficed, and every innovation is misguidance.”
[Source: Reported in Aḥmad in Az-Zuhd p. 162 - Authentic]
The companion ‘Abd Allāh Ibn 'Umar said: "Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good."
[Source: Al-Bayhaqī in Al-Madkhal Ilas-Sunan (no. 191) and also Ibn Naṣr in as-Sunnah (p. 24) - Authentic]
6. Many people come to you with the difference of opinion card. They fail to realize that not every difference of opinion is valid. One must bring evidence for such claims.
You will also hear Sufis (mystics) like Hamza Yusuf admit that it is an innovation, but that it is a "good innovation". In reality, the Sufis as well as the Shiites are both guilty of over-praising the righteous, whether it is Muḥammad ﷺ or others, and this over-praising is where polytheism (Shirk) begins.
7. Clearing a doubt
1. It is an established fact the birthdays are of pagan origin and therefore foreign to Islām. A Muslim is not to imitate the pagans, as proven in the following Ḥadīth:
Ibn 'Umar reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” [Source: Sunan Abū Dāwūd 4031 ~ Grade: Ḥasan (fair) according to Ibn Ḥajar]
2. The so-called Mawlid birthday celebration has no basis in Islām. It was not practiced by Muḥammad ﷺ nor his companions, may Allāh be pleased with them, nor the subsequent generations until later on (by the Shiites of all people). Acts of worship in Islām require clear evidence from the texts, and so, innovations in matters of worship are not allowed due to the following clear evidences:
‘Ā’ishah reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, “Whoever innovates something into this matter of ours which does not belong to it will have it rejected.”
In another narration, the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever performs a deed that is not in accordance with our matter will have it rejected.”
[Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2550, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1718]
3. There is no such thing as a good innovation in matters of worship, as some may claim. The evidence is clear in this Ḥadīth:
Jābir ibn 'Abd Allāh reported: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would praise Allāh in his sermon as He deserves to be praised and then he would say, “Whoever Allāh guides, no one can lead him astray. Whoever Allāh sends astray, no one can guide him. The truest word is the Book of Allāh and the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad. The most evil matters are those that are newly invented, for every newly invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance and every misguidance is in the Hellfire.”
[Source: Sunan an-Nasā’ī 1578 ~ Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ (authentic) according to al-Albānī]
Also, it is equivalent to accusing Muḥammad ﷺ of not fulfilling the mission and that he missed some good things about which to inform us to do. Such implicit claims are blasphemous, because it would mean disbelieving in the following verse in Noble Qur'ān 5:67
"O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people."
4. What is an innovation in the religion?
An innovation in religion has the following attributes:
i. It is a good deed.
ii. It is done in order to get closer to Allāh.
iii. But is not based on the teachings of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him.
There is a principle that some scholars use; if there was any good in it, they (the early Muslims) would have succeeded us to [to do] it, meaning, we are not going to know more than them in matters of devotion.
Specifying a time for and giving a special status to an act of worship is not allowed without clear evidence from the texts.
5. Statements of the companions regarding innovations
The companion, ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Mas‘ūd, may Allāh be pleased with him, said: Follow and do not innovate, for indeed you have been sufficed, and every innovation is misguidance.”
[Source: Reported in Aḥmad in Az-Zuhd p. 162 - Authentic]
The companion ‘Abd Allāh Ibn 'Umar said: "Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good."
[Source: Al-Bayhaqī in Al-Madkhal Ilas-Sunan (no. 191) and also Ibn Naṣr in as-Sunnah (p. 24) - Authentic]
6. Many people come to you with the difference of opinion card. They fail to realize that not every difference of opinion is valid. One must bring evidence for such claims.
You will also hear Sufis (mystics) like Hamza Yusuf admit that it is an innovation, but that it is a "good innovation". In reality, the Sufis as well as the Shiites are both guilty of over-praising the righteous, whether it is Muḥammad ﷺ or others, and this over-praising is where polytheism (Shirk) begins.
7. Clearing a doubt
Some may use the evidence that when Muḥammad ﷺ was asked as to why he fasted Mondays, he answered that this was because Monday is the day that he was born. So, Muḥammad ﷺ was born on a Monday. But he fasted every Monday of every week, so if someone really wants to "celebrate" the Mawlid, then this person should fast every Monday, and Muḥammad's birthday ﷺ was not every Monday of every week anyway, so that argument holds no ground.
8. The actual date of the Mawlid
The date commonly known is that Muḥammad ﷺ was born on the 12th of Rabī‘ al-Awwal of the Islamic calendar. Interestingly enough, that date is not actually confirmed, because other scholars gave different dates. What is confirmed is that Muḥammad ﷺ was born in the Year of the Elephant, the one in which Abrahah tried to trample the Ka‘bah with an army of elephants and Allāh destroyed him and his army before he reached the Ka‘bah as we read in chapter 105 of the Noble Qur'ān
Interestingly enough, what is CONFIRMED is that Muḥammad ﷺ died on the 12th of Rabī‘ al-Awwal, so the irony is that people are actually celebrating the day he died - imagine?
9. Conclusion
Whoever tells you that you should celebrate birthdays for your children or to take part in birthday celebrations, and using the Mawlid as evidence, you can answer them very easily that the Mawlid has no basis in Islām, and that birthday celebrations are of pagan origin to begin with, and that we as Muslims ought to be the ones who uphold strict and pure monotheism and follow the Sunnah properly.
You can also question them as to which calendar they base the birthday, the Islamic one or the Gregorian one. The Islamic lunar calendar is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian solar calendar, which means that when you and I were 33 years old on the Gregorian calendar which we use everyday, we were in fact 34 years old according to the Islamic calendar.
والله أعلم
8. The actual date of the Mawlid
The date commonly known is that Muḥammad ﷺ was born on the 12th of Rabī‘ al-Awwal of the Islamic calendar. Interestingly enough, that date is not actually confirmed, because other scholars gave different dates. What is confirmed is that Muḥammad ﷺ was born in the Year of the Elephant, the one in which Abrahah tried to trample the Ka‘bah with an army of elephants and Allāh destroyed him and his army before he reached the Ka‘bah as we read in chapter 105 of the Noble Qur'ān
Interestingly enough, what is CONFIRMED is that Muḥammad ﷺ died on the 12th of Rabī‘ al-Awwal, so the irony is that people are actually celebrating the day he died - imagine?
9. Conclusion
Whoever tells you that you should celebrate birthdays for your children or to take part in birthday celebrations, and using the Mawlid as evidence, you can answer them very easily that the Mawlid has no basis in Islām, and that birthday celebrations are of pagan origin to begin with, and that we as Muslims ought to be the ones who uphold strict and pure monotheism and follow the Sunnah properly.
You can also question them as to which calendar they base the birthday, the Islamic one or the Gregorian one. The Islamic lunar calendar is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian solar calendar, which means that when you and I were 33 years old on the Gregorian calendar which we use everyday, we were in fact 34 years old according to the Islamic calendar.
والله أعلم
Tie your Camel: Do your Part
One day Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) noticed a Bedouin leaving his camel without tying it. He asked the Bedouin, "Why don't you tie down your camel?" The Bedouin answered, "I put my trust in Allah." The Prophet then said, "Tie your camel first, then put your trust in Allah" (Tirmidhi).
Although we know only Allah is in control and that He has decreed all things, we are each responsible for making the right choices and doing the right thing in all situations of our lives.
One day Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) noticed a Bedouin leaving his camel without tying it. He asked the Bedouin, "Why don't you tie down your camel?" The Bedouin answered, "I put my trust in Allah." The Prophet then said, "Tie your camel first, then put your trust in Allah" (Tirmidhi).
Although we know only Allah is in control and that He has decreed all things, we are each responsible for making the right choices and doing the right thing in all situations of our lives.
al-Qurtubi (rahimahullah) mentioned the following saying in the introduction to his famous book of tafsir:
[وقال الليث يقال ما الرحمة إلى أحد بأسرع منها إلى مستمع القرآن، لقول الله جل ذكره: " وإذا قرئ القرآن فاستمعوا له وأنصتوا لعلكم ترحمون ". و " لعل " من الله واجبة.]
al-Layth (rahimahullah) said: There is no one to whom Rahmah goes to more quickly than it does to one listening to the Qur'an. That follows from Allah's statement:
[ وَإِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَأَنصِتُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ]
"And when the Qur'an is recited, listen to it and be silent so that you might receive rahmah." (al-A'raaf 204)
And whenever the word
— لَعَلَّ —
“so that you might ..."
comes from Allah,
it is something certain.
[al-Layth (rahimahullah), al-Qurtubi (rahimahullah), Jaami' li-Ahkam al-Quran, 1/9]
[وقال الليث يقال ما الرحمة إلى أحد بأسرع منها إلى مستمع القرآن، لقول الله جل ذكره: " وإذا قرئ القرآن فاستمعوا له وأنصتوا لعلكم ترحمون ". و " لعل " من الله واجبة.]
al-Layth (rahimahullah) said: There is no one to whom Rahmah goes to more quickly than it does to one listening to the Qur'an. That follows from Allah's statement:
[ وَإِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَأَنصِتُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ]
"And when the Qur'an is recited, listen to it and be silent so that you might receive rahmah." (al-A'raaf 204)
And whenever the word
— لَعَلَّ —
“so that you might ..."
comes from Allah,
it is something certain.
[al-Layth (rahimahullah), al-Qurtubi (rahimahullah), Jaami' li-Ahkam al-Quran, 1/9]
Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said:
"If you have no enthusiasm for getting in first row of prayer, Allāh will take away your enthusiasm for every good deed."
[شرح رياض الصالحين ٥\١١١]
"If you have no enthusiasm for getting in first row of prayer, Allāh will take away your enthusiasm for every good deed."
[شرح رياض الصالحين ٥\١١١]
𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴/𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗻;
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
He who relieves the hardship of a believer in this world, Allah will relieve his hardship on the Day of Judgment. He who makes easy what is difficult, Allah will make it easy for him in the world and the Hereafter. He who conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults in the world and the Hereafter, for Allah helps the servant as long as he helps his brother.
[Source: Sahih Muslim 2699]
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
He who relieves the hardship of a believer in this world, Allah will relieve his hardship on the Day of Judgment. He who makes easy what is difficult, Allah will make it easy for him in the world and the Hereafter. He who conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults in the world and the Hereafter, for Allah helps the servant as long as he helps his brother.
[Source: Sahih Muslim 2699]
*Beautiful Message with a wise Lesson*
Financial deficiency is not a curse nor does it mean that Allah doesn't love you. Financial comfort is not a privilege nor does it mean that Allah loves you. Allah gave Pharaoh and Qaroon tremendous wealth but He hated them. He gave Sulaiman (as) great wealth and kingdom but He loved him. Allah took away wealth from Ayoub (as) but He loved him.
If Allah gives you wealth, it's just your 'test' in life. If He denies you wealth, it's just your 'test' in life. Nothing more, nothing less. It's temporary. It's expiry date is death, where both are equal once again. No believer should feel humbled or lose self-esteem before a wealthy person, nor complain like a victim to everyone because they have less wealth than others. If you have to ask Allah for wealth because of hardship say what Musa(as) said : "my Lord, while I am grateful for the blessings You have already bestowed upon me, I am poor" (Al-Qasas, 28:24).
A truly wealthy person is the one who is not affected by what others have more than him/her in the least. This is called 'iffah' in the Quran.
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Financial deficiency is not a curse nor does it mean that Allah doesn't love you. Financial comfort is not a privilege nor does it mean that Allah loves you. Allah gave Pharaoh and Qaroon tremendous wealth but He hated them. He gave Sulaiman (as) great wealth and kingdom but He loved him. Allah took away wealth from Ayoub (as) but He loved him.
If Allah gives you wealth, it's just your 'test' in life. If He denies you wealth, it's just your 'test' in life. Nothing more, nothing less. It's temporary. It's expiry date is death, where both are equal once again. No believer should feel humbled or lose self-esteem before a wealthy person, nor complain like a victim to everyone because they have less wealth than others. If you have to ask Allah for wealth because of hardship say what Musa(as) said : "my Lord, while I am grateful for the blessings You have already bestowed upon me, I am poor" (Al-Qasas, 28:24).
A truly wealthy person is the one who is not affected by what others have more than him/her in the least. This is called 'iffah' in the Quran.
~ Copied
Islam is not like software, constantly upgraded to a newer version. Only the ORIGINAL VERSION is accepted by ALLAH.
The best advice I can give you today.
STOP DEPENDING ON AND EXPECTING FROM PEOPLE.
As you go through seasons of life you will quickly realize much of hurt, resentment, cynicism and detachment is because you place too much trust in people and expect alot from people.
Flip that expectation towards Allah alone!
📚 ❝Whoever is afflicted with poverty and seeks relief from people, then he will never be relieved, but whoever seeks relief from Allah, then Allah will soon give him relief, either by quickly sufficing him or causing his death.❞
- Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
[Sunan Ibn Majah]
✤ Stop asking people for money.
✤ Stop asking people to help you get married.
✤ Stop coveting what others have.
✤ Stop complaining too much to people.
✤ Stop begging people for appreciation, love and comfort.
✤ Stop have hopes that others will treat you like you treat them.
✤ Stop being afraid of losing people.
❝And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.❞
- Ibn al-Qayyim (ra)
YOU.
WILL.
BE.
DISAPPOINTED.
If you place too much hope in people. Rather work on being self sufficient and depending on Allah alone.
The Angel Jibreel came to the Prophet ﷺ and he said,
📚 ❝O Muhammad, live as you wish, for you will die. Work as you wish, for you will be repaid accordingly. Love whomever you wish, for you will be separated. Know that the nobility of the believer is in prayer at night and his honor is in his independence of the people.❞
[al-Muʻjam al-Awsaṭ 4410]
When you do this people will love you and the more you ask Allah, depend on Allah – Allah will love you.
📚 ❝By Him in Whose Hand my life is, it is better for anyone of you to take a rope and cut the wood (from the forest) and carry it over his back and sell it (as a means of earning his living) rather than to ask a person for something and that person may give him or not.❞
- Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
[Sahih Bukhari]
CUT THE ROPE WITH PEOPLE & HOLD ONTO THE ROPE OF ALLAH.
Make dua to Allah to free you from the need of others. Focus on helping people, focus on being a giver, focus on being a healer and inshaAllah as long as you are helping someone else Allah will continue to help you.
❝Whoever relies on Allah (has Tawakkul), He is sufficient for him.❞
{Surah At-Talaaq 65: Verse 3}
📚 ❝Allah helps the servant as long as he helps his brother.❞
- Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
[Sahih Muslim]
🤲 O Allah! I seek refuge with You from worry and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from being heavily in debt and from being overpowered by (other) men.
Ameen!
STOP DEPENDING ON AND EXPECTING FROM PEOPLE.
As you go through seasons of life you will quickly realize much of hurt, resentment, cynicism and detachment is because you place too much trust in people and expect alot from people.
Flip that expectation towards Allah alone!
📚 ❝Whoever is afflicted with poverty and seeks relief from people, then he will never be relieved, but whoever seeks relief from Allah, then Allah will soon give him relief, either by quickly sufficing him or causing his death.❞
- Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
[Sunan Ibn Majah]
✤ Stop asking people for money.
✤ Stop asking people to help you get married.
✤ Stop coveting what others have.
✤ Stop complaining too much to people.
✤ Stop begging people for appreciation, love and comfort.
✤ Stop have hopes that others will treat you like you treat them.
✤ Stop being afraid of losing people.
❝And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.❞
- Ibn al-Qayyim (ra)
YOU.
WILL.
BE.
DISAPPOINTED.
If you place too much hope in people. Rather work on being self sufficient and depending on Allah alone.
The Angel Jibreel came to the Prophet ﷺ and he said,
📚 ❝O Muhammad, live as you wish, for you will die. Work as you wish, for you will be repaid accordingly. Love whomever you wish, for you will be separated. Know that the nobility of the believer is in prayer at night and his honor is in his independence of the people.❞
[al-Muʻjam al-Awsaṭ 4410]
When you do this people will love you and the more you ask Allah, depend on Allah – Allah will love you.
📚 ❝By Him in Whose Hand my life is, it is better for anyone of you to take a rope and cut the wood (from the forest) and carry it over his back and sell it (as a means of earning his living) rather than to ask a person for something and that person may give him or not.❞
- Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
[Sahih Bukhari]
CUT THE ROPE WITH PEOPLE & HOLD ONTO THE ROPE OF ALLAH.
Make dua to Allah to free you from the need of others. Focus on helping people, focus on being a giver, focus on being a healer and inshaAllah as long as you are helping someone else Allah will continue to help you.
❝Whoever relies on Allah (has Tawakkul), He is sufficient for him.❞
{Surah At-Talaaq 65: Verse 3}
📚 ❝Allah helps the servant as long as he helps his brother.❞
- Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
[Sahih Muslim]
🤲 O Allah! I seek refuge with You from worry and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from being heavily in debt and from being overpowered by (other) men.
Ameen!
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Life is very confusing.
One day we're the happiest person in the world and tomorrow we are the most lonely. Sometimes when we’re experiencing hardships in our lives we fail to see Allah’s Wisdom and Mercy in the hardships. We become consumed with the hardship itself. However difficult the hardships may be, Allah always helps the believers and intends good for them. Indeed, Allah has His plans. You would be surprised as to what is waiting to walk in to your life, once you learn to stop running. Because that's what humans do, we run...We run from one thing to another. But once you stop, you begin to feel more. You begin to understand, what is meant to be and what is meant to run away.
Never worry about the delay of your success compared to others because construction of a palace takes more time than a ordinary building. If Allaah has withheld something from you, then it is only to give you something better
Patience is hard. It's really hard. Sometimes you feel like you could no longer be patient, as if you've broken and that's it. Then Allaah suddenly grants you strength to endure whatever comes your way. Tawakkul (trust) is like a superpower; once you completely rely upon Allaah to bring you through anything, to help you, to make you a way out, to heal you-you feel the calmness to the storm, the sweetness in your tears and the bitterness just seem to fade away.
"Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.." [2:286]
لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ
#reposted #sabr
One day we're the happiest person in the world and tomorrow we are the most lonely. Sometimes when we’re experiencing hardships in our lives we fail to see Allah’s Wisdom and Mercy in the hardships. We become consumed with the hardship itself. However difficult the hardships may be, Allah always helps the believers and intends good for them. Indeed, Allah has His plans. You would be surprised as to what is waiting to walk in to your life, once you learn to stop running. Because that's what humans do, we run...We run from one thing to another. But once you stop, you begin to feel more. You begin to understand, what is meant to be and what is meant to run away.
Never worry about the delay of your success compared to others because construction of a palace takes more time than a ordinary building. If Allaah has withheld something from you, then it is only to give you something better
Patience is hard. It's really hard. Sometimes you feel like you could no longer be patient, as if you've broken and that's it. Then Allaah suddenly grants you strength to endure whatever comes your way. Tawakkul (trust) is like a superpower; once you completely rely upon Allaah to bring you through anything, to help you, to make you a way out, to heal you-you feel the calmness to the storm, the sweetness in your tears and the bitterness just seem to fade away.
"Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.." [2:286]
لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ
#reposted #sabr
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Allaah does not delay a matter except for (a greater) goodness.
And He does not deprive you of something except for (a greater) goodness.
And no calamity befalls you except for (a greater) goodness.
So, do not be disheartened...
For the Lord of (all) goodness, nothing comes (from Him) except goodness!
And He does not deprive you of something except for (a greater) goodness.
And no calamity befalls you except for (a greater) goodness.
So, do not be disheartened...
For the Lord of (all) goodness, nothing comes (from Him) except goodness!
The Hadith
The Prophet ﷺ drew a square and then drew a line in the middle of it and let it extend outside the square and then drew several small lines attached to that central line, and said, "This is the human being, and this, (the square) is his lease of life, encircles him from all sides, and this (line), which is outside (the square), is his ambition, and these small lines are the calamities (which may befall him), and if one misses him another will get him (i.e. overtake) him, and if the other misses him, the next one will get him." - Sahih al-Bukhari 6417
The Lessons:
● Be present in the moment.
● Think and plan far ahead, but
● Pepare for a sudden death.
● Invest time wisely.
● Remember the flimsy nature of this life.
● Don't stress over the happenings in this life.
● Be content.
● Live a focused life.
The Prophet ﷺ drew a square and then drew a line in the middle of it and let it extend outside the square and then drew several small lines attached to that central line, and said, "This is the human being, and this, (the square) is his lease of life, encircles him from all sides, and this (line), which is outside (the square), is his ambition, and these small lines are the calamities (which may befall him), and if one misses him another will get him (i.e. overtake) him, and if the other misses him, the next one will get him." - Sahih al-Bukhari 6417
The Lessons:
● Be present in the moment.
● Think and plan far ahead, but
● Pepare for a sudden death.
● Invest time wisely.
● Remember the flimsy nature of this life.
● Don't stress over the happenings in this life.
● Be content.
● Live a focused life.
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📚THE BEST TIME TO GIVE CHARITY
Abu Huraira reported: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said,
“O Messenger of Allāh, which charity has the greatest reward?” The Prophet said, “That you give charity while you are healthy, greedy, fearing poverty, and hoping to be rich. Do not delay giving until you are on your deathbed, then say it is for such a person. It already belongs to that person.”
al-Bukhārī 1419, Muslim 1032
#sadaqah #hadeeth #islam
Abu Huraira reported: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said,
“O Messenger of Allāh, which charity has the greatest reward?” The Prophet said, “That you give charity while you are healthy, greedy, fearing poverty, and hoping to be rich. Do not delay giving until you are on your deathbed, then say it is for such a person. It already belongs to that person.”
al-Bukhārī 1419, Muslim 1032
#sadaqah #hadeeth #islam
Ibnul Jawzi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
"The life of this world is a greater seduction than the seduction of Harut and Marut. Because Harut and Marut caused division between a man and his wife, the life of this world causes division between the worshiper and his Lord."
Consequently, whenever you face multiple difficulties, remember that the Quran will maintain you on the Truth:
"Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart." [Al-Furqan, 25:32]
يقول ابن الجوزي رحمه الله :
الدنيا أعظم سحرًا من هاروت و ماروت ، فهاروت و ماروت يفرقان بين المرء وزوجه ، أما الدنيا فإنها تفرق بين العبد وربه .
فاذا كثُرت عليك الفتن ، فتذكر أن القرآن سيثبتك على الحق
( كذلك لنثبت بهِ فؤادك ).
"The life of this world is a greater seduction than the seduction of Harut and Marut. Because Harut and Marut caused division between a man and his wife, the life of this world causes division between the worshiper and his Lord."
Consequently, whenever you face multiple difficulties, remember that the Quran will maintain you on the Truth:
"Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart." [Al-Furqan, 25:32]
يقول ابن الجوزي رحمه الله :
الدنيا أعظم سحرًا من هاروت و ماروت ، فهاروت و ماروت يفرقان بين المرء وزوجه ، أما الدنيا فإنها تفرق بين العبد وربه .
فاذا كثُرت عليك الفتن ، فتذكر أن القرآن سيثبتك على الحق
( كذلك لنثبت بهِ فؤادك ).