The callers to falsehood are on the rise,
Everyone’s seeking the truth’s demise,
They preach an Islam I don’t recognize,
“Turn away from the Ummah’s suffering- just close your eyes”

Stand with the enemies and hold their hands,
Ignore the cries when they bomb our lands,
Betray those who migrated and obeyed His commands,
Hasten to carry out the enemy’s demands.
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But — Tawheed remains and always withstands.
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Greed for the Dunyah has reached its peak,
We’ve become cowards too afraid to stand and speak,
Undoubtedly, The Face of Allah we no longer seek,
Everyone’s concerned with their own group and clique.

The bombs are raining—they’re hitting deep,
I hear their cries in the nights— I cannot sleep,
A straying nation— as weak as sheep,
Oppression is darkness, yet not a peep.

Just take a step back and see what we’ve become,
Truth is now falsehood— except to some,
Those so called scholars are playing dumb,
Chanting fake slogans of “We Are One”...

May Allāh hasten the release of the Muslims Hamās has been oppressing and imprisoning! 

- Shaykh Ahmad Mūsā Jibrīl حفظه الله 
@AhmadJibrilArchives

"The Quran is the Muslim's companion, it should be recited and with the believer all the time. It is your guide. Pondering upon it and contemplating upon it is what softens the heart and increases your faith, it is the word of the Lord of the heavens and the Earth. When you want to speak with Allah, offer prayer. When you want Allah to speak with you, read the Quran.

Shaykh Musa completes the Quran regularly. However, there are times when completing it just once can take him months because he would stumble upon a verse and be unable to move on from it due to his intense weeping and pondering over it, he would continue to recite it all night long constantly. Recently, I've heard Shaykh recite a verse for more than two weeks constantly unable to move forward in his recitation.

■ Declare (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) unto My slaves, that truly, I am the Oft-Forgiving, the Most-Merciful. And that My Torment is indeed the most painful torment.
~ Soorat Al Hijr V 49-50

May Allah Almighty God protect our Shaykh and grant him a long life full of good deeds."

~ Shaykha Umm Musa حفظها الله https://news.1rj.ru/str/LightOfTheTruth

The heart is aching...

During the initial starting period of Islam, if a deceased believer was brought before the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, the Prophet would inquire if the deceased left behind any debt, if the deceased left behind no debt then the Prophet would offer the funeral prayer over him/her. However, if he was answered in the affirmative he would further inquire if the deceased left anything behind that would cover the payment of his debt, if his debt was covered and settled then the Prophet would offer the funeral prayer over him/her. But if he was informed there is nothing he left behind to settle his debt then the Prophet would tell his companions to perform the funeral prayer over their (deceased) companion.

After Allah made the Prophet victorious, and the bounty of Allah was abundant - booty came from all directions, the Prophet said, "I am closer to the believer than his self. If any believer leaves behind any wealth, let his relatives inherit it. But if he leaves behind debt or orphans, bring them to me, I will take care of them!"

There is an addition to this hadith which some scholars weakened but others held to be authentic. The Prophet was asked, O Messenger of Allah, is this rule only for you or does it apply to all those who come after you? The Prophet replied this applies to every ruler who comes after me.

The point we're extracting from here is that the Muslim Ummah, the Muslim people are like the human body if one part aches the rest of the body suffers with it. Islam has been completed, this religion is perfected by the Creator of all things, our hearts should ache with the ache of another believer. What we see is the opposite today, look at the Muslims these days, the rulers who stole the land and the wealth of the land and live lavishly whilst the population are poor and they are forced to sell their body parts to survive from starvation. It's strange, we see individuals hoarding enough wealth to enrich the entire Ummah, we ask these people what will this wealth benefit you in this grave? You will certainly be questioned about every cent.

Look at our pious predecessors, Islam reached its peak in their hands to the extent that even the birds that flew over their empire wouldn't go hungry! That's because of their justice and selfless characteristics, they would priorities the hereafter and the wellbeing of the Ummah despite it requiring them to remain hungry and sleepless. One time Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him) sent out his men to collect and distribute the Zakah to the poor in Yemen, they went out and searched around and came back saying, we would not find anyone who is poor and in need. So they took the Zakah which they collected (wheat, dates etc.,) and they threw it in the desert for the birds to eat, that's when the famous statement was made, "Indeed, Umar ibn Abdul Aziz enriched the people."

All the Muslim countries live in sub-human conditions, extreme poverty and oppressive regimes. Most of the Muslim people in the majority of the Muslim world starve to death whilst the Riff-Raff scholars watch them silently die, supporting and empowering the rulers who live lavishly at the expense of the Ummah so they can take a share with them.

- Shaykh Musa Jibril حفظه الله
https://news.1rj.ru/str/LightOfTheTruth

One of the tricks of the Shaytaan that the youth allow themselves to be fooled with when their Imaan dips is the extreme hope in the fact that since their Aqeedah is good, the sins they do aren’t as serious. They use their correct Aqeedah as a justification for themselves to fall into certain matters by comparing themselves with those who are upon Baatil creeds and are sinners, so they have a mentality of “Well, hey, at least I’m not as bad as that guy/girl because s/he’s coupling sins and corrupt Aqeedah” “I’m just low on Imaan, so I’m doing xyz, but my Aqeedah is sound still”

While it’s true that many sins with correct Tawheed is better than no sins with corrupted Tawheed, we need to understand a concept:

Sins lead to weakening of Imaan, and when the Imaan becomes weak, one becomes more susceptible to doubts regarding their principles. It’s very possible that one moment you let yourself slip into a sin, no matter how “small” it may be, that you lose your Aqeedah due to it. That one sin may weaken your faith to the point that you lose the Yaqeen and Istiqamah that you had upon your principles due to it.

Your Aqeedah is not an excuse to slack off just because it’s rare to possess such beliefs. Perhaps your slacking off and indulging in sins that you belittle will be the reason that Allah decides that you actually don’t deserve this Aqeedah, or it may be the reason that he takes away the light of faith from your heart and leaves you to wander in darkness.

If anything, this Aqeedah should push you harder to hold yourself to the highest standards in regards to obedience of Allah in every matter. Your gratefulness to Allah is displayed through your obedience to Him and your consciousness of His boundaries. So don’t take guidance for granted, show Allah your appreciation for this great Ni’mah (blessing) by striving your hardest to stay away from everything he forbid and racing towards everything He loves and orders.

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It Is A Lonely Path...

"Being that the seeker of the straight path (Siraat Al Mustaqeem) seeks what most men avoid, companions on his path are all too rare. Being disposed against loneliness and to intimacy and friendship, he is reminded by Allah the Exalted of companions on this path: “whom Allah has blessed from among the prophets, the Siddiqeen, the martyrs, and the righteous, and how wonderful are such companions!” [4:69]. He has attributed the the path to the companions who tread it, the ones whom Allah has blessed [1:6], so the seeker’s anguish of being alone among the people of his time and his kind may be allayed, and so he may know that his company on this path comprises the blessed ones, and not care about the opposition of those who divert from the path, for, though in majority, they are of little worth.

As one of the Predecessors said, “Follow the path of truth, let the scarcity of its travelers not make you feel lonely, and avoid the path of falsehood, and not let the abundance of the ruined deceive you.” If you ever feel lonely, look at those who have passed of old and yearn to join them, and turn your eyes away from those other than them, for the [unworthy many] will be of no avail to you against Allah. If they call out to you in your journey on the path, turn not to them, for if you do they will take you away and deprive you."

— Ibn Al Qayyim رحمه الله
[Madaarij As Salikeen v.1]

Ibraheem’s Father Knew Allah Better Than The Jahmiyyah

“None among His creation can encompass His attributes of perfection, which is why Allah the Exalted dispraised the gods of the unbelievers for lacking the attributes of perfection and said that they do not hear, see, speak, guide, benefit, or harm. These are the attributes of the god of the Jahmis by which Allah has faulted the idols; exalted is Allah above what the transgressors and vain disputers say. Consider what the Exalted has reported concerning His friend, Ibraheem, peace be upon him, in his argument with his father, “Father, why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, nor avails you anything?” [19:42]. If Abraham’s deity (Allah) were devoid of these attributes, Āzar [his father] would have said,“And you, your god is similar, why do you deny me mine?” But despite his polytheism, he knew God better than the Jahmis.”

— Ibn Al Qayyim رحمه الله
[Madaarij As Saalikeen v.1]

Once a Khārijī, a Murji'ī and a Rāfidī gathered at Imām Abī Bakr ibn 'Ayyāsh. When he exposed and refuted the Rāfidī and the Khārijī, he said to the Murji'ī: "You're the craziest of the three, they claim that you are in the Hell-Fire and you're claiming they are in Jannah."

📕 Tārīkh Baghdād page 380

جتمع خارجي ومرجئ ورافضي عند الإمام أبي بكر بن عياش بعد أن بين عوار الرافضي والحروري قال للمرجئ : أنت أحمق الثلاثة :هما يزعمان أنك في النار وأنت تزعم أنهما في الجنة

تاريخ بغداد٣٨٠/٤

#muslimjokes

Shaykh Sulaymān ibn Sahmān رحمه الله تعالى said:

فابرأ من الطاغوتِ وابغض أهلهُ * واكفر بشرعِ الزورِ والبهتانِ

❝Distance yourself from at-Tāghūt and hate its people, and declare disbelief in the shari'ah of falsehood.❞

لا بدَ من تحقيقِ هذا أولاً * قبلَ الصلاةِ وتلكمَ الأركانِ

❝This must be achieved first before [praying] Salāh and those are the pillars [of islām].❞

If those Muslim rich countries alone paid the Zakah (the poor-due) as they ought to, you would find no one in need anymore in the whole world, Muslim and Non-Muslims. But they stole the rights of the poor and that's why you see starvation and poverty rampant in the world. They stole the wealth of the people and in return persecuted and oppressed them too. Instead of giving they continue to take. They border the land to prevent anyone coming in claiming the land belongs to them, but the whole of Earth and everything within it and beyond belongs to Allah and Allah alone. People are free to travel wherever they want, nationality and ethnicity has nothing to do with it. The shahadah is your passport, travel anywhere and everywhere with no restriction or discrimination. See the beauty of Islamic rulership unlike the voracious leaders today!

Indeed, Allah is aware of all that has taken place, is taking place and will take place. Our rulers and their riff-raff scholars for dollars will be stopped on Judgement day and questioned about each and every person who starved to death under them and/or because of them! No one will be left out. Every one of us is a shepherd and every shepherd will be asked regarding his flock and held to account. How will they answer Allah on that day?! How will they answer Allah, the Most Just, who will not allow even an atom's weight of injustice to occur?!! The oppressors and persecutors will come to know by what overturning will be overturned!

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم informed us of a woman was punished on account of a cat which she held captive till it died. She tortured it and hence as a result she entered the Hell-Fire due to her mistreatment of the cat. If she entered the Hell-Fire because of a cat, what then of those who mistreat the chosen and honoured creation of Allah especially those who say, "There is no true God but Allah and Muhammad is His last and final Messenger?!"

Allah said, O My slave, I have forbidden oppression and persecution upon Me and I have made it forbidden upon you, so do not oppress and persecute each other.

- Shaykh Musa Jibril حفظه الله
(https://news.1rj.ru/str/LightOfTheTruth)

Those upon the path of the Fir’awn today taunt the youth who give Da’wah to the truth by bringing up their past sins and lifestyle in their Jahiliyyah, in the exact same way Fir’awn taunted Musa عليه الصلاة و السلام regarding his killing a man. This is their attempt to discredit the Message that the youth comes with, and this is the same old tactic that Fir’awn employed to discredit the Da’wah of Musa عليه الصلاة و السلام in the eyes of the people.

Fir’awn said:

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful."

The reply comes from Musa عليه الصلاة و السلام , confidently:

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophet hood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.


A reminder to the youth upon Haqq: Don’t let their taunting and teasing effect you. When they bring up your past, let them know: You did that when you were astray and Allah has now guided you. You past has no effect on the validity of the message you propagate now. You were favored above them by Allah, as He allowed you to recognize the truth and follow it and abandon your old ways. They are worse than you, as you are bringing them the truth and they react like Fir’awn and neither recognize the truth nor do they follow it.

Shaykh Sulaymân al-‘Alwân said:

Ibn Hazm narrated in al-Marâtib that the Muslim scholars agreed that growing the beard is obligatory. And where the Sahâbah differed was concerning what is more than a fist length. As for what is below that, then there is no difference of opinion concerning it.

COPIED ❗❗

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There is a virus spreading across Camp Al Hol with a lot of sisters complaining of the same symptoms SubhanAllāh include the sisters in both Roj and Al Hol in your duas in sha Allāh⛓



- Al Hol Camp
Raids are occurring again with Britain on the ground looking for it's citizens.



-Roj Camp

Raids are happening in the old side and the kurds are after phones.


May Allāh swt protect the sisters Ameen ❕

📜 Fatwa

Shaykh Sulaymān Al-‘Alwān may Allāh Subhānahu wa Ta'āla grant him thabāt

Question:

Beloved Shaykh, does the one who insults Rasūlī Allāh ﷺ become a kāfir by merily insulting or is it required that he makes istihlāl of it [i.e., deems it permissible]?

Answer:

The Sahābah, the Tābi’ūn and those who came after them from Ahl As-Sunnah, have agreed that a person who says or commits an act of clearcut kufr, he becomes a kāfir without restricting to him deeming it permissible.

And the scholars have agreed that kufr can be [committed] by Juhd [denial] or Takthīb [rejection] or Al-I’rād [indifference].

Kufr can be [committed] by a saying like insulting Allāh, and insulting Rasūlī Allāh ﷺ and ridiculing the religion and its rulings. It can also be [committed] by an action like prostrating to the idols and making tawāf around the graves and sacrificing for a djinn and the idols.

It can also be committed by Tark [failing to do something], like leaving the Jins Al-’Amal [physical actions of the limbs] entirely, and Imām Ishāq ibn Rāhwīyah رحمه الله and others stated an Ijmāa’ [consensus] from the Sahābah on the kufr of the one who leaves the prescribed prayers intentionally.

It is transmitted in Sahīh Muslim from the path of ibn Jurayj, from ibn Az-Zubayr Al-Mekkī from Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh that Rasūlī Allāh ﷺ said: “Between a man and shirk and kufr is the abandonment of salāt.”

And when the [word] kufr is preceded with the ‘Alif and Lām’ [i.e. Al-Kufr] then it is always a major kufr. But there is a difference of opinion with regards to leaving the prescribed prayers among the scholars of the Madhāhib, so a group from among them said that he doesn’t become a kāfir at all, as long as he doesn't deny [its obligation].

And a group said; he becomes a kāfir and he commits a major kufr because there is an Ijmāa’ [consensus] from the Sahābah, they did differ on when the person who leaves the prayers becomes a kāfir. Some of them said; ‘He becomes a kāfir by merily leaving a prayer until the time is over and he has not prayed’. And some of them said: ‘He doesn’t become a kāfir except when he doesn’t pray at all’.

In brief, Ahl As-Sunnah don’t make takfīr on sins in general or by every sin, like it’s done by the khawārij and the mu’tazillah because they make takfīr based upon the major sins and they label [actions] as sins that aren’t sins and based on that they arrange the rulings of kufr and sometimes they judge people based on their sayings.

This can be seen among many of the later members of the ummah because they don’t differentiate between the type and the individual when releasing judgments nor between this case and the other. They might even declare takfīr on a person who doesn’t agree with their deviations. And their characteristic came through the tongue of Rasūlī Allāh ﷺ who said: “They will kill the people of Islām and leave the idol-worshippers alone.” Narrated by Al-Imām Al-Bukhārī from the hadīth of Abī Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رضى الله عنه

So Ahl As-Sunnah wa Al-Jama’ah tread a middle path between the khawārij and the murji’ah. They do not declare takfīr on those who commit kabā’ir [major sins] as long as they don't believe that their actions are halāl [permissible]. Neither do they agree with the view of the murji’ah, that the sins don’t undermine a person's Imān [faith] at all, and that no one can’t be denounced as a kāfir unless he is known to believe that his actions are permissible.

So the one who insults Allāh, or insults Rasūlī Allāh ﷺ has committed kufr [disbelief] without restricting it to deeming it permissible. And more than one of the scholars have stated an ijmāa’ on this.

Imām Ishāq ibn Rāhwīyah رحمه الله said: “The scholars of Islām agreed with consensus that a person who insults Allāh, or insults Rasūlī Allāh ﷺ, or returns back something that was revealed by Allāh Ta’āla, or that he kills a prophet from the prophets of Allāh, while he’s acknowledging what was revealed by Allāh, is a kāfir.”


And Allāh knows best.

Sulaymān bin Nāsir Al-’Alwān
03-06-1421 AH

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: المسلم أخو المسلم، لا يظلمه، ولا يخذله، ولا يكذبه، ولا يحقره
A Muslim is a brother of a Muslim, he doesn’t turn his back on him. َُيخذله means turn your back on your brother, means refuse to give support or victory to your brother, that’s what it means.

A scholar said; “if a brother seeks the help of a brother, he must help him, he’s obligated to do so, unless [the exception is] he’s got a legitimate excuse.”

وَإِنِ اسْتَنْصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ
...but if they seek your aid in religion, it is your duty to help them...
[Sūrah al Anfāl verse 72]

The scholars of the Islām said, look at this: “if the state was to spend the entire treasure, the money from the Muslims to free the captive, it wouldn’t be a waste.”

So, if all the money goes to free the captive, it wouldn’t be a waste. Because back then, they used to ask for ransom.

Likewise, similar today would be returning bills or anything of that sort. In tafsīr al Qurtubī, imām Mālik رحمه الله says about the matter of the captives; “it’s obligatory upon the people to ransom the prisoners.” Obligatory. Ya’nī fardh, wājib, with all that which they possess. The money they possess and there’s no difference in this because back then it was ransom. There’s no difference amongst this, amongst the ‘ulamā and fuqahā. There’s no dispute, because the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “secure the release of the captives”. Meaning: you have to secure their release and he went on to say also “you must comfort them”, what would that mean? Probably sending them letters, take care of their families, look out for their families.

Al Musannaf ibn abī Shaybah, ‘Umar ibn al Khattāb رضي الله عنه said: “for me to release one prisoner would be better than the entire Arabian Peninsula”. Shaykh Al Islām رحمه الله has many quotes on this, shaykh al Islām has a quote in volume 28 page 635:

فكاك الأسارى من أعظم الواجبات، وبذل المال الموقوف وغيره في ذلك من أعظم القربات
Freeing prisoners is among the most honourable of the ordains, and giving wealth to free them, is among the most honourable things to do to bring you closer to Allāh.

- Shaykh Ahmad Mūsā Jibrīl حفظه الله
@AhmadJibrilArchives

Hayaa' is the last thing that we, as Muslimaat, should be careless about. So when it gets to the point that Muslim women have started posting fully uncovered and adorned pictures with their hair, makeup, tight clothing, and their faces on social media under the guise of "private, sisters only" accounts there is a need to point out a couple of things to these sisters.

Firstly - Nothing you post online is ever private. NEVER. Once it's out there you have absolutely no control over it. How so? Instagram has access to everything you post whether your account is private or not, whether you're posting on your private story or not. If one was to randomly decide to report your private account, who reviews it to check if it violates the terms and conditions? The Instagram team/staff. Who's behind that team? You don't know, most definitely there might be men. It's not safe and there are people other than your followers who have 24/7 access to your posts and stories. They are not gonna see the "sisters only" & "my pics are amanah" in your bio and think "Don't look at this account, lower the gaze". They have reserved the right to use and perhaps even store your content.

Secondly - How many of your followers do you ACTUALLY know? Not many. How many sisters may be following you who don't have passwords on their phones? Whose brothers, husbands, and male relatives may have open access to their phones and social media accounts? How many sisters may be sitting in public, or in public transportation surrounded by men as she scrolls through your selfies and watches your stories with your hair and makeup done and your workout videos? You have no guarantee that she would only watch in private or that her phone is 100% private or that she is even religiously committed enough to care about your Amanah and may screenshot and share amongst others (I've seen it happen). Some sisters will say "Well I only accept sisters who are religious and that I trust". However, many sisters have small children, who may open the app and leave the phone next to their father, with your selfie being the first picture in the feed, right there in plain sight. Or they may open images and hand them to random male family members. Sometimes children screenshot things and forward them to random contacts. All this is fairly common.

Also, when you have a falling out with some sisters, or arguments etc, many people turn bitter and angry and seek vengeance in bizarre ways. We've seen it happen many times. Sisters have an argument with certain sisters, and the next day there's an "exposing" account made of her with all her uncovered pictures displayed publicly. Especially when you run Da'wah accounts, some women may have real problems with stuff you're putting out, and you have many enemies in the online field. They can easily find ways to find out your private accounts by asking other oblivious sisters and sneak in, take your pictures, and expose them.

And to the previous point, some sisters have said "If I designated my pics and vids as Amaanah then whoever shares them or is not careful with them, the sin would be upon them fully and not upon me whatsoever!" To that we say since when was it considered intelligence to hand over your Amanah to one who is not trustworthy in the first place and then put the blame upon them? Give your money to unknown people to keep and then when they lose it or steal it, blame them. Who cares? You lost the money anyways. It's not about who incurs the sin! It's about the fact that now your pic has been saved in someone's phone, it's about the fact that you have been seen by the stranger behind her, or her brother/husband! One sister's pic of her adorned 'Awrah was reposted and when informed she said that's not on me because I said nobody is allowed to repost. Okay but now hundreds of men have seen your 'Awrah, you're still okay?

If you have a sisters only account the most one should feel comfortable posting should be absolutely covered pictures (preferably not with the eyes showing either for safety) or casual talk and jokes that you wouldn't post publicly because it would cause Fitnah and expose your personality and humor, but avoid posting your face or hands or anything else you wouldn't show to a non mahram. We would also like to remind our sisters to be careful when it comes to posting your voices, especially when singing or reciting Qur'an for the same reasons mentioned above, and to be careful to who you send voice notes to.

Lastly, sisters, please refrain from talking about your personal life or joking around and talking casually when it comes to your public accounts because this shows off your personality and is a source of Fitnah. A woman's personality and humor should be saved for her husband only and her sisters, not every man who follows her. There are sisters who run Da'wah accounts but they constantly post memes and jokes. Da'wah is not meant to be mixed with constant humor as it causes people to lose respect for the message and if it's a sister there's even more of a reason for her to remain dignified and serious when non Mahram's are reading her content and following her platform.

Wallahu 'Alam