Sa'id Ibn Jubayrراضي الله عنه said:

"The first ones to be called towards Jannah are those who praise Allahﷻ in every condition, in happiness and in distress."

[Kitab az-Zuhd #206]

Allah the Exalted said:

إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْعُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ۗ

It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allah.

(Surah Fatir 35:28)

Some of the Salaf said, “Knowledge is sufficient to have fear of Allah, while being in ignorance is enough to believe that Allah's goodness is enough for them to be safe from His Plan (and not be punished for their sins **translator's note)

One Hundred Pieces of Advice by Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله 📙



#Knowledge  #Taqwa

Ibn Qayyim on Jama’ah: Even if you are alone, you are the Jama’ah

Ibn al-Qayyim reported: Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “The united community is that which adheres to the truth, even if you are alone.”

Nuaym ibn Hammad said, “If the community becomes corrupted, you must adhere to its practice before it became corrupt. Even if you are alone, you by yourself would be the united community.”

Source: I’lām al-Muwaqqi’īn 3/308

عن ابن القيم قال عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه الْجَمَاعَةُ مَا وَافَقَ الْحَقَّ وَإِنْ كُنْت وَحْدَك

وَقَالَ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ إذَا فَسَدَتْ الْجَمَاعَةُ فَعَلَيْك بِمَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْجَمَاعَةُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَفْسُدَ وَإِنْ كُنْت وَحْدَك فَإِنَّك أَنْتَ الْجَمَاعَةُ حِينَئِذٍ

3/308 إعلام الموقعين عن رب العالمين

‘Abd-Allāh ibn ‘Umar [may Allah be pleased with both of them] narrated:

“Allāh created four things with His Hand:

‘The Throne, the Pen, Ādam عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم, the Garden of ‘Adn. He then said to the rest of the creation ‘Be and it was.’”

Its Isnād is Jayyid | Mukhtasar al-‘Uluw #53 | Page 105 | Imām adh-Dhahabi [may Allāh have mercy on him]

Translation: Authentic Quotes

1️⃣ We are supposed to complain about our problems to Allaah, but instead, a lot of us end up complaining about Allaah.

What this leads one to is lose hope in Allaah’s promise, abandoning Du`aa, weak Imaan, lack of Trust, and in some cases, apostasy.
نعوذ بالله من ذلك

2️⃣ We are in no position to impose conditions on Allaah. We should not say/think: "O Allaah! If You do such-and-such for me, I will do such-and-such for You." Rather, it is Allaah who imposes conditions on us. If you do good, you will be rewarded with good, and if you do evil, then you will reap evil.

The proper method is to do good and ask Allaah through the Waseelah of our good deeds. Like how the three - who got stuck - in the cave did.

{And among mankind is he who worships Allaah as it were, upon the very edge (i.e. in doubt); if good befalls him, he is content therewith; but if a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face (i.e. reverts back to disbelief after embracing Islaam). He loses both this world and the Hereafter. That is the evident loss.}
📚[Surah al-Hajj (22):11]

Be easy going on the insolvents:

In this materialistic world it is difficult to find someone who after losing financially is still not hurt by the loss. Therefore, we find that the people who give out money (as a loan) are less; and lesser than them are those who give respite to the insolvent; and even lesser than them are those who write-off the debt. No wonder Allaah تعالى has assigned great rewards for these actions.

Hudhaifah رضي الله عنه reported Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم as saying: “The angels took away the soul of a person who had lived among people who were before you. They (the angels) said: Did you do anything good? He said: No. they said: Try to recall. He said: I used to lend to people and order my servants to give respite to one in straitened circumstances and give allowance to the solvent. Then Allaah تعالى said (to the angels): {You should ignore (his failing).}” [Saheeh Muslim (4076)]

Abu Masood and Hudhaifah رضي الله عنهما were together in a gathering. Hudhaifah رضي الله عنه said: A person met his Lord (after death) and He تعالى said: {What (good) did you do?} He said: I did no good except that I was a rich man, and I demanded from the people (the repayment of debt that I advanced to them). I, however, accepted that which the solvent gave and remitted (the debt) of the insolvent, whereupon He تعالى said (to the angels): {You should ignore (the faults) of My servant}. Abu Masood رضي الله عنه said: This is what I heard Allaah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم as saying. [Saheeh Muslim (4077)]

`Abdullaah bin Abu Qataadah reported that Abu Qataadah رضي الله عنه demanded (the payment of his debt) from his debtor but he (the debtor) disappeared; later on he (Abu Qataadah) found him and he (the debtor) said: I am hard up financially, whereupon he (Abu Qataadah) said: (Do you state it) by Allaah? He said: By Allaah! Upon this he (Abu Qataadah) said: I heard Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم as saying: “He who loves that Allaah saves him from the torments of the Day of Resurrection should give respite to the insolvent or remit (his debt).” [Saheeh Muslim (4083)]

Refraining From Forbidding Evil

Iblīs has convinced some worshipers not to forbid evil on the basis that only righteous people ought to do so. They say: I am not worthy because I am not righteous enough, so how could I impose on others?

This is wrong, for he should forbid others from committing sins including sins that he, himself, is committing. However, it is better if he stops committing this sin and then forbids others. His admonishment would be more effective this way.

[Book: *The Devil’s Deceptions by al Hāfiz Abū’l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله* | p. 254-255 | Translation: Haitham Hamdan | Published by: Dār as-Sunnah Publishers]

The Prevalence of Usury in Speaking ill of Muslims

Narrated Sa'id ibn Zayd: The Prophet ﷺ said:

إِنَّ مِنْ أَرْبَى الرِّبَا الاِسْتِطَالَةَ فِي عِرْضِ الْمُسْلِمِ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ

The most prevalent kind of usury is going to lengths in talking unjustly against a Muslim's honour.

📖 Sunan Abū Dāwūd 4867 | Ṣaḥīḥ

Explanation: This Ḥadīth warns against speaking ill about another Muslim's honour. It is considered to be the most common form of usury and should be avoided at all costs. Usury is an act that goes against Islamic teachings and values; it involves taking undue advantage or exploiting someone else for personal gain by charging more interest than normal.In this case, it would involve using words to hurt another person's reputation or character in order to benefit oneself. This hadith teaches us that we should always strive to protect each other's honour and respect one another regardless of our differences. We should not use words as a weapon but instead use them to build bridges between people and create understanding between different communities.

Who is Your Brother?

Shaykh Ibn Baz -may Allah have mercy on him- said:

“Your brother is the one who advises you, reminds you and alerts you. Your brother is not the one who ignores you, turns away from you and is amiable to you. Rather you brother in reality is the one who advises you, the one who warns you and reminds you, calls you to Allah, clarifies for you the path to salvation until you tread it and warns you from the path of destruction and clarifies for you its evil outcome until you avoid it.”

Majmu’ al-Fatawa 14/21

“Whoever harms [others], Allah will harm him, and whoever causes hardship [to others] Allah will cause hardship to him.” 💦💦💦

Abu Dawood (3635), at-Tirmidhi (1940), Ibn Maajah (2342), Ahmad (15755), and others.

Who Lowers the Deceased Body into the grave

Men should lower the dead person into the grave, even if it was a woman. There are several reasons for this, among which the following:

a) This has been the practice of the Muslims since the time of Allah’s Messenger (H)
b) Men are stronger than women for that job.
c) If women were to do it, some of their bodies may get exposed to the strangers in the process.
d) It is prohibited for the women to follow the janazah, which limits their presence during the burial.

_see Funeral Regulations, exhortations, by Mustafa Jibaly, page 219

ibtilaa إبتلاء

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimullaah) said,

“If Allaah puts a person under certain tests and trials and the person recognizes that he must resort to Allaah alone seeking His help, then this is a good sign for him; the trials turn to purification and mercy.

If on the other hand, he rejects, complains, and turns away from Allaah and seeks help from human beings like himself, then this is a bad sign for him; the trials turn to punishment and misery for him.”

(Tareequl-Hijratayn, ftn. 103, p. 259)

We see there are differences of opinion when it comes to the Hijab. Mainly two opinions, one that it is not obligatory to cover the face and hands, and another, the authentic one, is that it is obligatory upon every woman to cover their faces.

But one day, regardless of how much argument one engages in, or even if some don't even adhere to hijab due to ignorance and many other reasons, may Allah guide us all and forgive us. One day every Muslim sister has to cover herself head to toe. Not a part of her body will be shown. Even if she did not wear the niqab, even if she did not wear hijab at all.

That day will be the day she dies, the day she will be shrouded. White long cloth will be wrapped around her. No body structure, no way will able to identify who she is just by looking.

Fearing death when it arrives is not really the time you should change your life because you will not have any life left to change. You will not be given any chance or option of different "opinions". The way you always lead your deen upon "different opinions", so much unacceptability, so much skepticism when it comes to the Deen of Allah. But you never once question the things you learn when you are studying Medicine. When we get sick, we do not counter-argue with the doctor; we trust him as if he speaks the revelation of Allah.

Life is hard for everyone; we have to ask ourselves what really is valuable for us. Tawheed is the only way of success. Tawheed is what we need in our day-to-day life. Unless we establish Tawheed, there is no hope for Muslims, true submission is when you have Tawheed in your heart. This is why we are so skeptical, we are so picky when it comes to Deen.

Everyone is a sinner; sin is to repent. We need to repent, but it won't be possible when you don't know who Allah is, you cannot keep up with your repentance, and keep repenting, unless you have Tawheed in your heart .

The Reasons for Humiliation

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘When you enter into ‘Īnah* transactions, take the hold of the tails of cattle, and are content with farming, and you forsake Jihād, Allāh will cause humiliation to prevail over you and will not withdraw it until you return to your religion.’”

Source: English Translation of Sunan Abū Dāwūd Volume 4 (Darussalam), The Book of Employment, Chapter 54. Regarding the Prohibition of al-‘Īnah, p. 123 [Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ (authentic) according to al-Albānī]

*An ‘Īnah transaction is to sell something for a price to be paid at a later date, then the seller buys it back for a lower price; this is a trick used to circumvent the prohibition on lending with interest. The buyer of the commodity simply sells it back to the original seller for cash while still owing the higher amount that is paid in installments. This is a backdoor to Ribā (usury).

He who gave himself to the world, the world will give him only a piece of land to be BURIED 😢

Surrender, give yourself to Allah and in reward & mercy, Allah will give paradise as wide as the heaven and earth!!

🌿Al-Imam Ibnul Qayyim said:
There is nothing that destroy righteous actions more than self-amazement and self admiration.
[Al-Fawaaid V1P152 | Translated by Abu Anwar an-Naijiriyy]

Yahyá bn Mu'ādh said:
"Beware of self-amazement. For indeed, self-amazement destroys those who possess it. And indeed, self-amazement consumes the good deeds as the fire consumes firewood."
[Shu'ab Al-Imãn By Al-Bayhaqi | Translated by
Rpubs Editorial]

▫️Beware of Being Self-amazed

Yahyā bin Mu'ādh رحمه الله stated:

"The one who is (rightfully) envied from amongst the people is:

•The one who leaves off (chasing) the life of this world before it leaves him.

•The one who builds his grave before he enters into it.

•The one who pleases his Lord before he meets Him."

[Az-Zuhd Al-Kabīr of Al-Bayhaqī #488]

قال ﻳﺤﻴﻰ ﺑﻦ ﻣﻌﺎﺫ - رحمه الله - :

"اﻟﻤﻐﺒﻮﻁ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻨﺎﺱ : ﻣَﻦ ﺗﺮﻙ اﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎ ﻗﺒﻞﺃﻥ ﺗﺘﺮﻛﻪ، ﻭﺑﻨﻰ ﻗﺒﺮﻩ ﻗﺒﻞ ﺃﻥ ﻳﺪﺧﻠﻪ، وﺃﺭﺿﻰ ﺭﺑﻪ ﻗﺒﻞ ﺃﻥ يلقاه ".

[الزهـد الكبير للبيهقي (٤٨٨)]

The Qur'an, Surah Al-Anaam, Verse 116:

وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِي الْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗲.

Therefore, strive to educate yourselves with knowledge of the truth, and refrain from the erroneous methodology of sectarian taqleed which encourages ignorance and intellectual abandonment. Hold firm upon the truth, even if you are alone in doing so.

Shab-e-barat : Specifying the day of the 15th of Sha’baan by fasting or reciting the Qur’aan or performing naafilah prayers

Question:

We see some people specifying the 15th of Sha’baan with particular supplications and reciting the Qur.aan and performing naafilah prayers. So what is the correct position concerning this, and may Allaah reward you with good?

Response:

That which is correct is that fasting the 15th of Sha’baan or specifying it with reciting (the Qur.aan) or making (particular) supplications has no basis. So the day of the 15th of Sha’baan is like any other 15th day of other months. So from that which is known is that it has been legislated for a person to fast the 13th, 14th and 15th of every month, however, Sha’baan is characterised unlike the other months in that (except for Ramadhaan) the Prophet (sal-Allaahu alayhe wa sallam) used to fast more in Sha’baan than any other month . So he used to either fast all of Sha’baan or just a little. Therefore, as long as it does not cause difficulty for a person, it is befitting to increase in fasting during Sha’baan in adherence to the example of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu alayhe wa sallam).

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen
al-Bid’u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa Asla lahu – Page 612
Fataawa Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen – Volume 1, Page 190

Standing the night of the 15th of Sha’baan in prayer and fasting during it’s day

Question: Is standing the night of the 15th of Sha’baan in prayer and fasting during it’s day legislated?

Response: Nothing firm and reliable has been established on the authority of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu alayhe wa sallam) that he stood in prayer in the night and fasted during the day of the 15th of Sha’baan. So the night of the 15th of Sha’baan is like any other night, and if someone is a regular worshipper during other nights, then he may stand the night in prayer on this night without assuming anything special (because of it being the night of the 15th of Sha’baan). This is because specifying a time for any act of worship requires a authentic proof, so if there is no authentic proof then the act is regarded as an innovation and all innovations are misguidance. Likewsie, regarding specifically fasting during the 15th day of Sha’baan, then no (authentic) proof has been established on the authority of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu alayhe wa sallam) to indicate the legislation of fasting on that particular day.

As for that which is mentioned from the ahaadeeth regarding this subject, then all of it is weak as the people of knowledge have indicated. However, whoever has the habit of fasting the 13th, 14th and 15th (of every month), then he can continue and fast during Sha’baan as he fasts during the other months, without assuming anything special about the 15th of Sha’baan. Also, the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) used to increase in fasting during this month (Sha’baan), however, he did not particularise the 15th day, rather proceeded as per norm.

Shaykh Ibn Fowzaan
al-Bid’u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa asla lahu – Page 614
Noorun alad-Darb Fataawa Shaykh Saalih Ibn Fowzaan – Volume 1, Page 87

Giving sadaqah specifically on the night of 15th of Sha’baan

Question:

When my father was alive, he entrusted me to give sadaqah (charity) according to my means on the 15th of Sha’baan every year, and likewise I have been doing this ever since. However, some people have admonished me for doing so saying it is not permissible. So is giving sadaqah on the night of the 15th of Sha’baan permissible according to the willment of my father or not? Kindly advise us and may Allaah reward you with good.

Response:

To specify the giving of sadaqah on the night of the 15th of Sha’baan every year is an innovation, and despite your father having entrusted you with that, it is not permissible. It is befitting you give this sadaqah without specifying the night of the 15th of Sha’baan, rather do so every year and in whichever month, but without particularising any one month (on a consistent basis).