GIVE GLAD TIDINGS, MAKE IT EASY & REMAIN UNITED

When I see someone who is struggling, the first thing that comes to my head is how the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ did it when he encountered those who made mistakes and still struggling, it is to *empathize not criticize*

This way I'd understand why that person committed that sin, why that person still can't do such and such.

To clarify before judging, to observe before concluding and to understand before reacting. How is this hard to apply?

Humility causes people to empathize before criticizing because they know they were once ignorant and sinners while arrogance causes people to be rude and judgemental.

Commanding good and prohibiting evil is a must. But it must be done in a proper manner not shaming your brother or sister or shoo them away from this Dīn. If you can, embrace them and correct them in a manner they will understand.

Harshness is not for everyone. Be lenient yet firm with people who have the potential of growth and guide them throughout their learning process. This will bring more changes otherwise, your da'wah may only cause enmity, hatred, and disunity.

The love for being right, for being righteous while rejoicing seeing your brother/sister being weak and not feeling rahmah (mercy) for them is a trait of a hypocrite.

Also, you need to give time to people. We don't all have the same situations, circumstances, mindset, and state of eeman. The people you shame now because you think you are "stricter" and more "righteous" than them, could be better than you tomorrow, may Allah forgive us and guide us.

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:

“Make things easy and do not make things difficult. Give glad tidings and do not repel people. Cooperate with each other and do not become divided.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3038, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1733

“Teach others, make things easy, and do not make things difficult. When one of you is angry, he should remain silent.”

[Musnad Aḥmad 2137]

“Verily, Allah is gentle and he loves gentleness. He gives for it what is not given for harshness.”

[Sunan Abī Dāwūd]

Al-Azimabadi said, “Allah loves gentleness, meaning, kindness to his servants, desire to make things easy for them and not to desire hardship for them.”

[‘Awn al-Ma’būd 4807]

“Whoever is kind, affable, and easy-going, Allah will forbid him from entering Hellfire.”

Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá lil-Bayhaqī 20806

Ahmad ibn Hanbal reported: The companions of Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, if they passed by people from whom they saw something they disapproved, they would say, “Take it easy, may Allah have mercy on you.”

Source: al-Amr bil-Maʻrūf lil-Khallāl 1/25

Submit and surrender yourself to Allah who is the Malik al-Muluk and watch miracles happen to yourself

‎الإسلام | Islam

The word Islam combines two meanings.

One of the two meanings is surrendering and submission.

The second is having sincerity in that and solely giving that submission for Allaah.

Ibn Taymiyyah's Fatawa (v. 2, p. 173)


Take care of your Hereafter, Allah takes care of the rest

Zayd ibn Thabit reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever is concerned about the world, Allah will disorder his affairs, make poverty appear before his eyes, he will not get anything from the world but what has been decreed for him. Whoever is concerned about the Hereafter, Allah will settle his affairs, make him content in his heart, the world will inevitably come to him.”
Source: Sunan Ibn Ma‌jah 4105
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

Busy yourself with Ibadah and Allah will enrich the heart

Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah Almighty said: O son of Adam, use your free time to worship Me and I will fill your heart with riches and alleviate your poverty, otherwise I will fill your life with troubles and never relieve your poverty.”
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi‌ 2466
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

“The dunya is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. But if you turn your back to it, it has no choice but to follow.” (Ibn al-Qayyim)

𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞

Al-Kurayzi told me the following poetry:

“Everyone sees the faults of others
But are blind to their own faults.
What good is a person whose faults are hidden from him,
But the faults of his brother are clear for him te see?”

Spying is from the branches of hypocrisy, just as thinking the best of people is a branch of faith. The wise person thinks the best of his brothers and considers his miseries and woes, just as the ignorant person is untrusting of his brothers and doesn’t think about his crimes and grief.

[The Garden of the Wise the Meadow of the virtuous by Abu Hatim Ibn Hibban, p. 67 | Translated by Ihsan Gonsalves | Authentic Statements Publishing]

Ibn Al Jawzī (رحمه الله) said:

“A poet said;

“Beware of your enemy once, but beware of your friend a thousand times.
Perhaps a friend might flip, so he will know how to harm you more.”

[صيد الخاطر ص١٦٨]📚

Retweeted أبو رقية عبد الصمد (@AbooRuqayyahAMK):

Imām Mālik:

It took Ibn ‘Umar 8 years to memorise Sūrah al-Baqarah due to learning tafsīr of it at the same time.

[Al-Muwatta’ (p. 205)]

As-Sulamī:

The Sahābah would not memorise more than ten ayāt until they learnt tafsīr of it.

[Musannaf of Ibn Abī Shaybah (v. 6 p. 117)]

﴿مَن يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ‎﴾

Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it. (an-Nisaa’, 4:123)

An example of this is when Adam (alayhi assalam) ate the morsel from the tree; and you know what happened to him.

[Ibn al-Jawzi (rahimahullah), Sayd al-Khater, 346, 972]

Umar on Testimony: How do you know this man is righteous and truthful?

Kharasha ibn Al-Hurr reported: A man gave testimony in the presence of Umar ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him. Umar said to him, “I do not know you and it will not harm you that I do not know you, but bring someone who knows you.” A man from his people said, “I know him.” Umar said, “What do you know about him?” The man said, “His justice and virtue.” Umar said, “Is he your closest neighbor such that you know him by his coming and going by day and night?” The man said no. Umar said, “Then have you had business dealings with him by which you are shown his scrupulousness?” The man said no. Umar said, “Then have you traveled with him on a journey by which you are shown his noble character?” The man said no. Umar said, “You do not know him.” Umar turned to the witness and said, “Bring me someone who knows you.”

Source: Sunan Al-Kubra 19769

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Ibn Kathir

The law of inheritance in Islam is based upon five main considerations:

a) To break up the concentration of wealth in individuals and spread it out in society.

b) To respect the property right of ownership of an individual earned through honest means.

c) To hammer in the consciousness of man the fact that man is not the absolute master of wealth he produces but he is its trustee and is not, therefore, authorised to pass it on to others as he likes.

d) To consolidate the family system which is the social unit of an Islamic society.

e) To give incentive to work and encourage economic activity as sanctioned by Islam.

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The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Shall I not tell you of something that is better than fasting, prayer and giving charity? ” They said: Yes indeed. He said: “Reconciling between people, for causing division among people is the ‘shaver’ (that shaves one of religious commitment).”

Narrated by at-Tirmidhi (2509); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami‘ (2595).

#reminderForSelf

Fudayl Ibn Iyadh (187 A.H) said:

“When backbiting appears, brotherhood for Allah will disappear; and at that time you will be like things plated with gold and silver: wooden on the inside, looking good on the outside.”

[Hilyah Al-Awliya, 3/395]

To be different from the Jews (who limit their fasting to the 10th Muharram only), Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) commanded to fast on 9th Muharram as well.

He (ﷺ) said:

“Next year, if Allāh wills, we will fast on the ninth day.” [Muslim 1134]

“If I live until next year, I will fast the ninth day (of Muharram) too.” [Ibn Majah 1736 | Sahih]

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‼ NOTE: SO A MUSLIM HAS TO FAST 9TH & 10TH MUHARRAM In sha Allāh! ‼

Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Don't abuse the dead, because they have reached the result of what they forwarded."

Sahih al-Bukhari 1393

Aaishah رضي الله عنها said that:

كُنَّ نِسَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَشْهَدْنَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ، مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ ، ثُمَّ يَنْقَلِبْنَ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِنَّ حِينَ يَقْضِينَ الصَّلَاةَ، لَا يَعْرِفُهُنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ.

The believing women covered with their veiling sheets used to attend the Fajr salah with the Messenger of Allaah, and after finishing the salah, they would return to their home and nobody could recognize them because of galas (the darkness).

Agreed upon (Bukhari 578 Muslim 645 transmitted it)

"Don't become obsessive nor rush into anything specially when it requires making a decision. You don't want be intoxicated with obsessive thoughts that cause you to make the wrong decisions and regret. Don't be hasty nor be obsessive. Mostly ending in giving yourself into obsessive compulsive devil's tricks of regret."

We share Islamic Reminders not because we are perfect,
but because we need these reminders the most.

This post is a bit of a rant for someone who abuses their own health as a result of being rude and hiding behind their illness.

The majority of people are going through some tough times. At some point, we all had our share of difficulties. Whether it's financial , physical or mental. As Muslims, it's our responsibility to make sure that our community is taken care of. This doesn't apply just to Muslims, rather communities as a whole. It could be just a genuine gesture to help with the smallest of matters. A smile on the face of a brother is always appreciated. Helping someone carry shopping. Offering help wherever possible. This won't move mountains nor will it reduce their burden, but it will make them feel better part of a community, someone acknowledges them. Listening to others and sharing experiences might help someone grieve a loss. It will reduce their emotional strain. You just don't know what people are dealing with. Our job is not to probe or ridicule people but rather try to help them .

At the same time, this is not an excuse for accepting rude behaviour or negative comments from people that are going through something. We're all in the same boat. Please be mindful of what you're saying and how it's affecting others around you. You might deprive yourself of any opportunity of getting any sort of help.

"Calamities, trials and tests are signs of love from Allah for the believers."

- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (RahimaHuAllah)

[Ighaathatul Lahfan pg.286]

Don't crib, wail or rant. Submission brings the change. Know this!!

Amir al-Mu'minin Umar عليه السلام saw a man talking to a woman on the side of the road. He immediately intervened and struck the man with his stick.

The man said: "O Amir al-Mu'minin (Commander of the Faithful), she is my wife!"

Umar عليه السلام replied: "Then behave appropriately where people cannot see you."

[Makarim al-Akhlaq by al-Khara'iti, (479)]📚

What if Al-Farooq (Umar) could see what people are doing on these social media platforms and in universities and colleges? How disappointed he would be! He would probably say, "Are these the people for whom I conquered the world?"

So pathetic the situation of Muslim today, some are not doing it but engaged in defending those who is doing it, there's no difference between them in the shari'ah ruling.

People sing and dance publicly in their marriage today while Islam prohibited it. And very few among our sisters are not involved in this.

Everything is not just going normal on this blue apps, just yesterday a brother pass a legless and wingles 'fatwa' that birthday celebration is halal and also trying to compare it with school graduation, what!, how are we going to defend this before Allah that we engaged in what we know nothing about. The funniest thing is that nominal Muslims were busy loving the said post and attacking those who oppose the post.

May Allah guide us all, This is so pathetic.