Place your trust & reliance in Allah

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“If the nations gathered together to benefit you, they will not benefit you unless Allah has decreed it for you. And if they gathered together to harm you, they will not harm you unless Allah has decreed it for you...”

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DIRTY THE GLASS NOT THE SUNNAH.

Shaykh Abdul Azeez Ibn Baaz (rahimahullah) once entered a people who were eating. He was told that a young man was drinking water with his left hand. (Ibn Baaz rahimahullah by the way is totally blind ) He asked the young man why he was drinking with his left hand. The young man said;

"The glass will get dirty"

to which Ibn Baaz (raimahullah) responded

"Dirty the glass but don't dirty the Sunnah"

Allahuakbar.

Narated By Abdullah bin 'Amr : The Prophet ﷺ said, "Al-Wasil is not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his relatives, but Al-Wasil is the one who keeps good relations with those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with him".
[Bukhari Vol.8,Book.73,Hadith No.20]

Al-'Allamah Ibn 'Uthaymin (رحمه الله) said:

"The wisdom in praying optional prayers at home:

1. Closer to sincerity,
2. Farther from showing off,
3. Prevents homes from becoming graveyards,
4. Makes the family love the prayer."

Fatawa Nur ala al-Darb (2/8).

FROM THE BEST GENERATIONS, HOW THEY VIEWED THE SCOURGE OF INNOVATION.

Linguistically bid’ah (innovation) means ‘a newly invented matter’. The Sharee’ah definition of bid’ah is: “A newly invented way [beliefs or action] in the religion, in imitation of the Sharee’ah (prescribed Law), by which nearness to Allaah is sought, [but] not being supported by any authentic proof – neither in its foundations, nor in the manner in which it is performed.”Al-I’tisaam of ash-Shaatibee(1/37).

The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: “Every innovation is misguidance and going astray” Reported by Abu Daawood (no. 4607), at-Tirmidhee (no. 2676) and it is saheeh. Ibn Hajr authenticated it Takhreej Ahaadeeth Ibn ul-Haajib (1/137).

And he (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) also said: “… and every innovation is misguidance and all misguidance is in the Hellfire.” Reported by an-Nasaa’ee (1/224) from Jaabir bin Abdullaah and it is saheeh as declared by Shaikh ul-
Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmoo’ ul-Fataawaa (3/58).

The Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) also warned against the people of innovation, from befriending, supporting or taking from them saying: “Whoever innovates or accommodates an innovator then upon him is the curse of Allaah, His Angels and the whole of mankind.” Reported by Bukhaaree (12/41) and Muslim (9/140)

And in his footsteps, we find the Noble Companions and the Taabi’een after them warning from the danger of innovations upon the Ummah, its people and their unity, since it is innovations which have divided the Ummah and split it asunder.

• Abdullah Ibn Abbaas (d. 68H) said: “Indeed the most detestable of things to Allaah are the innovations.” Reported by al-Bayhaqee in as-Sunan al-Kubraa (4/316)

• Abdullah Ibn Umar (d. 84H) said: “Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good.” Reported by Abu Shaamah (no. 39)

• Sufyaan ath-Thawree (d. 161H) said:
”Innovation is more beloved to Iblees than sin, since a sin may be repented from but innovation is not repented from.” Reported by al-Laalikaa’ee (no. 238)

• Al-Fudayl bin ‘Iyaad (d. 187H) said: “I met the best of people, all of them people of the Sunnah and they used to forbid from accompanying the people of innovation.” Reported by al-Laalikaa’ee (no.267)

• Al-Hasan al-Basree (d. 110H) said: “Do not sit with the people of innovation and desires, nor argue with them, nor listen to them.” Reported by ad-Daarimee in his Sunan (1/121)

• Ibraaheem bin Maysarah (d.132H) said: “Whoever honours an innovator has aided in the destruction of Islam.” Reported by al-
Laalikaa’ee (1/139).

• Sufyaan ath-Thawree (d. 161H) said: “Whoever listens to an innovator has left the protection of Allaah and is entrusted with the innovation.” Reported by Abu Nu’aym in al-Hilyah (7/26) and Ibn Battah (no.444).

• Imaam Maalik (d. 179H) said: “How evil are the people of innovation, we do no give them salaam.” Reported by al-Baghawee in Sharh us-Sunnah (1/234).

• Imaam ash-Shaafi’ee (d. 204H) said: “That a person meets Allaah with every sin except Shirk is better than meeting Him upon any one of the innovated beliefs.” Reported by al-Bayhaqee in al-I’tiqaad (p.158)

• Al-Fudayl bin ‘Iyaad (d. 187H) said: “Whoever sits with a person of innovation, then beware of him and whoever sits with a person of innovation has not been given wisdom. I love that there was fort of iron between me and a person of innovation. That I eat with a Jew and a Christian is more beloved to me than that I eat with a person of innovation.” Reported by al-Laalikaa’ee (no.1149)

• Al-Layth bin Sa’d (d. 175H) said: “If I saw a person of desires (i.e. innovations) walking upon the water I would not accept from him.” So Imaam as-Shaafi’ee then said: “He (al-Layth) has fallen short. If I saw him walking in the air I would not accept from him.” [Reported by as-Suyooti in al-Amr bil ‘Ittibaa wan-Nahee anil Ibtidaa’].

• Al-Fudayl bin ‘Iyaad said: “If a man comes to a person to consult him and he directs him to an innovator, then he has made a deception of Islaam. Beware of going to a person of innovation for they divert [people] from the truth.” Sharh Usool ul-I’tiqaad of al-Laalikaa’ee (no.261)

Innovations and Innovators : The Stance of the Muslim Who Cares For His Religion.

Author: Translation by Abu ‘Iyaad as-Salafi.

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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 Mājah 4105
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

We Shouldn't Waste Our Time!

Time Management is divided between planning and application. Without adequate planning, there isn’t anything much to apply and the result is another day that just flies by. Don’t allow this to be such a life, we only have limited time here.

Today, we see amongst us who find pleasure in championing fitan, arguing on what is needed not, and another sort of irrelevancies. There is no goodness in people of such, rather they are time waster.

Our 24hours could be spent worshiping our Lord

Wake up for Tahajjud
Recite Qur'an
Observe Fajr
Observe Solah subhi
Adhkar
Observe Ishraq
Continue your adhkar (one that could be recited continuously)
Observe duha
Etc...

Set a goal for your daily activities.

Even If you are a Phone addict (not good enough tho) what matters most is what you doing with your phone.

Surfing for videos?
Watching football?
Comedy skits?
Top 10 football players?

Or

Beneficial sites to learn from (not sufficient)

Abdullah bin Masood – may Allah be please with him – once said:

*“I hate to see a man who wastes his time. He is not busy with the deeds of this world, nor is he busy with the deeds of the hereafter.”*

[Al Fawaaid page 211, Daarul Alim Al Fawaaid Publications, third edition]

Remember, our seconds and minutes will be questioned by Allah.

What have you then do with them??

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From the beauty of the legislation of Islam is that when a person falls upon hard times financially, their debt must be deferred until things become easy upon them. Allah says:
وَإِن كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍ ۚ وَأَن تَصَدَّقُوا خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

“And if the debtor is in a hard time (has no money), then grant him time till it is easy for him to repay, but if you remit it by way of charity, that is better for you if you did but know.”

And the Prophet ﷺ said: “and whoever brings ease to one who is in financial hardship, Allah will bring ease upon him in this life and the next...” Reported by Muslim

Likewise the Qādī Abul Hasan al Mawārdī (d.450 AH rahimahullahu) commented, saying:

"And Awn ibn Abdullah said: 'If your soul disobeys you in what it dislikes, then do not obey it in what it likes. And do not be deceived by the praise of those ignorant of your affairs.'

And some eloquent speakers have said: 'The one who has mastery over themselves restrains their desires, and the one who exercises patience in controlling their lust excels in manhood.'

At that point, one takes control of their soul, knowing its inclinations and understanding the consequences it may bring by rectifying its distortions and mending its corruptions...

Then, one carefully watches and guards what one possesses that is good and upright, guarding against deviance caused by heedlessness or inclinations caused by negligence. This enables one to attain righteousness and establish lasting happiness fully. Indeed, the one who remains foolishly heedless after suffering is lost and who becomes negligent after careful-mindedness is deviant."

Adab al-Dunyā wal-Dīn by al Mawārdī (p.236).
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𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮̄ (𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀)

In our times, the Strangers are those who adhere to the Sunnah and are steadfast upon it, those who steadfastly avoid innovations, those who follow the narrations of the past Imāms, and those who know the reality of the time they live in and the extent of the corruption found therein.

They devote themselves to self-purification, safeguarding their limbs from disobedience, leaving alone anything that does not concern them, and striving in correcting their own faults.

What they seek of this world is that which would suffice them, and they leave anything surplus lest it serve to misguide them.

They are fully aware of the people around them and are affable with them, but do not bring them close, and they are patient and steadfast in this.

Those who are close to them of brothers and family are few, but this does not affect them.

[The Journey of the Strangers pg. 64 | al-Hāfiz ibn Rajab (رحمه اللّٰه) & Imām al-Ājurrī (رحمه اللّٰه)]

ALWAYS HAVE GOOD THOUGHTS AND EXPECTATIONS FROM ALLAH 💭

The Prophet ﷺ said:

"Whoever among you is able to not die except with having husn ad-Dhann biLlah (having good thoughts and expectations from Allah), let him do so."

[Sahih Ibn Hibbaan (rahimahullah), 662]

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]

Is Umrah obligatory?

Al-Bukhaari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “Chapter: The obligation of ‘Umrah and its virtues.” Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There is no one who does not have to do Hajj and ‘Umrah. Ibn ‘Abbaas said: It is mentioned together with Hajj in the Book of Allah (interpretation of the meaning):

“And perform properly (i.e. all the ceremonies according to the ways of Prophet Muhammad), the Hajj and ‘Umrah (i.e. the pilgrimage to Makkah) for Allah” [al-Baqarah 2:196]

Because it is mentioned together with Hajj, this means that it is obligatory like Hajj.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz said: The correct view is that ‘Umrah is obligatory once in a lifetime, like Hajj. Fatawa Ibn Baaz, 16/355.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said in al-Sharh al-Mumti’ (7/9): The scholars differed concerning ‘Umrah and whether it is obligatory or Sunnah. It seems to us that it is obligatory.

It says in Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 11/317

The correct one of the two scholarly views is that ‘Umrah is obligatory, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And perform properly (i.e. all the ceremonies according to the ways of Prophet Muhammad), the Hajj and ‘Umrah (i.e. the pilgrimage to Makkah) for Allah” [al-Baqarah 2:196]

And because of the ahaadeeth which say that.

And Allah knows best.

See: al-Mughni, 5/13; al-Majmoo’. 7/4; Fatawa Ibn Taymiyah, 26/5; al-Sharh al-Mumti’ by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 7/9

Every person in life needs someone to listen to them and give them encouragement and support when things get tough.

Even the prophets of Allah were comforted repeatedly when their people rejected their message and accused them of lying

Al-Hasan al-Basri [may Allāh have mercy on him] said:

“The intelligent person’s tongue is behind his heart. when he wishes to speak, he first reflects. If his words will be in his favour, he utters them, and if they will be against him, he refrains from speaking. The ignorant person’s heart is behind his tongue. When he merely thinks of saying something, he says it [without contemplation], whether it is for or against him.”

Al-Mujālasah wal-Jawāhir al-‘Ilm, 2049 | Abu-Bakr ad-Daynūri [may Allāh have mercy on him]

وقال الحسن البصري رحمه الله:

لسان العاقل من وراء قلبه، فإذا أراد أن يتكلَّم فكَّر، فإن كان له قال، وإن كان عليه سكت، وقلب الجاهل من وراء لسانه.

المجالسة وجواهر العلم ٢٠٤٩ | أحمد بن مروان بن محمد الدينوري أبو بكر القاضي المالكي رحمه الله

Question: What is the Islamic ruling regarding cursing an individual?

Response: Shaykh Rabee‘ bin Hādi al-Madkhali, [may Allāh preserve him], said: “The prohibition of cursing specific individuals, whether they are sinful or disbelievers. Hope for their repentance exists, and perhaps the disbeliever will embrace Islām, so how can you curse them? While cursing well-known disbelievers like Iblees, Pharaoh, Hāmān, and Qārūn, who died upon disbelief, is permissible when necessary. However, you are not responsible for cursing them.

The Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said: ‘The believer does not taunt others, he does not curse others, he does not use profanity, and he does not abuse others.’ [Saheeh at-Tirmidhi,1977]. Cursing is usually avoided, but there may be instances where a situation warrants the use of strong language, though not on a regular basis.”

Adh-Tharee‘ah ilā Bayān Maqāsid Kitāb ish-Sharee‘ah, 4/52-53

Human nature is like a thief. If a person interacts with people then his nature will steal (from) their habits. But once he looks into the ways of early scholars then his nature will steal (from) their habits.

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī, The Devil's Deceptions- A Complete Translation of The Classical Text Talbīs Iblīs, page 211, Dār as-Sunnah Publishers Birmingham

When a servant is hot tempered we play with him just as kids play with a ball .. said the devil.