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بارك الله فيكم

Everyone in Da’wah needs to come together and offer what they can to the Deen of Allah, whether it be graphic design, translation, creating snippets of scholars work, or whatever they have the skill set to offer.

It’s important that we all come together and support each other, as Allah says:

وَتَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰۖ

Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-
Taqwâ (virtue, righteousness and piety)

‏[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]

It’s been really great as of late, brothers and sisters offering their services and insight, into furthering the Da’wah of Tawheed, May Allah reward and preserve you all.

(Video taken from the Shaykh’s official TikTok, حفظه الله)

How much our sisters compromise on Halāl and Harām for the sake of a worldly education that will not follow them to the grave nor help them in it, but will rather harm their hereafter. Things like removing or compromising Hijāb, free mixing in schools, studying Harām, all for the sake of a degree that Allāh never obligated upon her. Is a degree worth the desecration of your Hayā’ and earning the displeasure of Allāh سبحانه وتعالى?

📘#NEW PDF Release

Qur’ānic Etiquette: Euphemisms
| Shaykh Ahmad Jibril (حفظه الله)

The trannoscript of a lecture in which Shaykh Ahmad Jibril (حفظه الله) discusses a method used by Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى) in the Qur'ān, when Teaching us matters that may be bashful or reprehensible. Because the Qur’ān is the summit of manners and eloquency, there's something called Kināyah (euphemism). Kināyah is where you hint to or substitute a term with another, that’s not specific for that matter.

"The Qur’ān is the word of Allāh, and it’s perfected in every way, and it's in the highest of all standards. And so we should learn its style in our speech, especially as Talabat ‘Ilm. We’re talking about the choice of words in the context of teaching... 'bashful Fiqh matters'."
— Shaykh AMJ

🔗 PDF Link: https://archive.org/details/quranic-etiquette-euphemism

📘#NEW PDF Release

Qur’ānic Etiquette: Euphemisms
| Shaykh Ahmad Jibril (حفظه الله)

The trannoscript of a lecture in which Shaykh Ahmad Jibril (حفظه الله) discusses a method used by Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى) in the Qur'ān, when Teaching us matters that may be bashful or reprehensible. Because the Qur’ān is the summit of manners and eloquency, there's something called Kināyah (euphemism). Kināyah is where you hint to or substitute a term with another, that’s not specific for that matter.

"The Qur’ān is the word of Allāh, and it’s perfected in every way, and it's in the highest of all standards. And so we should learn its style in our speech, especially as Talabat ‘Ilm. We’re talking about the choice of words in the context of teaching... 'bashful Fiqh matters'."
— Shaykh AMJ

🎥 #NEW video uploaded on our YouTube channel

Qur'anic Etiquette: Euphemisms
| Shaykh Ahmad Jibril (حفظه الله)

https://youtu.be/br9EJTRqkaQ

“أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ هَاذِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ‏"‌‏.‏ يَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ‏.‏

"Increase in remembrance of the severer of pleasures." Meaning death. [At-Tirmidhi]

You forget death,
but by Allāh, it never forgets you.

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Given the large gap between the first exam that was a comprehensive review of lectures 1-8 of Furu' Al-Fiqh, and the most recent lecture that is #23, there will be no lectures posted for the next few weeks to provide students with sufficient time to review lectures 9-23 to prepare for a final exam. May Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) grant us all Tawfīq and beneficial knowledge.

Attached is a PDF made by a sister - Umm Al-Muthanna - outlining, summarizing, and detailing the key points covered in lectures 1-5 of Furū' Al-Fiqh in a well organized manner. We found it to be an excellent source of review, may Allah reward her abundantly & bless her and all her work, and all those eager to learn and benefit from the Shaykh's lectures. May Allah continue to grant Shaykh Ahmad facilitaiton and blessings in all his Da'wah, and make it a Sadaqah Jariyah for him until Yawm Ad-Deen, Ameen. حفظه الله تعالى

🔗 Archive Link: https://archive.org/details/Furu-Al-Fiqh-Notes-Classes-1-5

"These notes are intended to be used as an organized summary to aid in revision and knowledge retention. For all original Arabic texts and proofs, please refer to the provided class trannoscripts. We encourage students to use this document as an additional resource to the video lectures of the Shaykh, حفظه الله, and to refer to the video lectures to attain the full benefits of the classes."

Reposted from the Shaykh حفظه الله's official TikTok account.

A PDF shared by a brother on Furū' al-Fiqh lectures 1-23, consisting of Arabic and English texts of the matn, summarised notes (in prose format) on the Shaykh's explanation, along with extensive sourcing.

May Allāh ﷻ immensely reward the brother for his efforts in compiling this, and make it beneficial for everyone. May Allāh ﷻ preserve Shaykh Aḥmad and his īmān, and allow us to keep benefitting from him.
اللهم آمين

A GEM IN OUR MIDST

Very few people can light up a room with their smile and laugh. Even fewer, who do so whilst having experienced some of the most hostile treatment by the disbelievers for being upon The pure path of Tawheed. We truly have a Gem in our midst. Only a legend raises a legend like Shaykh Ahmad حفظه الله تعالى.

I ask Allah to protect and preserve the two Shaykhs, and allow us to benefit from their knowledge and wisdom.

If you haven’t already gone through this series, then you are missing out. A wonderful and heart touching series by Shaykh Musa حفظه الله تعالى, that was released in Ramadan 2021 and the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah, that’s easily one of the best series I’ve ever listened to, Allahumma Bārek Lahu.

The Unveiled Treasures of Islam

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1gQBy_Us0btNzmpvW_Q9N6xm6ZhKMIjv

كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ۬ ذَآٮِٕقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ‌ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ

(Everyone shall taste death. Then unto Us you shall be returned.)

Meaning, wherever you are, death will catch up with you, so always obey Allah and be where Allah commands you to be, for this is better for you. Death is inevitable and there is no escape from it, and then you will return to Allah, and whoever was obedient to Him will have the best reward. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]

How often it happens that a people discuss death and the moment of it while oblivious to how near it is to them. They depart from their gathering under the impression that it is far, yet one of them misses it by inches just mere moments later. How many times have we been in a setting, while totally unaware that The Angel of Death was also present? Perhaps not to take us, but one day he will be there not for someone else, but for you. Don’t wait to miss death by inches to become certain of the fact that it certainly can and will strike you any day or moment.

May Allāh سبحانه وتعالى only take us when He is pleased with us, and grant us the best of endings.

Patience in Da'wah is Special

"Most trials you cannot avoid. Sometimes patience is almost forced on you and you have no choice. For example death – Muslim, righteous, evil, non-believer, atheist, Jew or Christian, everyone goes through that and they are tested with that. Loss of wealth – everyone gets tested with it. Marital problems – everyone goes through that. There is nothing special about that.

Patience in Da’wah, that is special. Being steadfast on your Deen and being patient on that, that is special. Why? Because the other ones you cannot avoid, whereas this one you can usually avoid. If you are tested, you have the chance and opportunity to leave or even avoid it before it even starts. You can say "I am done. My Salah is causing me problems at work, so I am done with my Salah at work and I will go combine all five Salah after Ishaa’ when I get home. My Da’wah is causing me to be under scrutiny or possibly even worse, so I am going to sit back with my wife and kids." That is why this is the most noble type of patience, because it is suffering in the path of Allah. This is the most noble type of suffering, because it is suffering in the path of Allah and you are patient with it. You are patient by choice and not by force. It is the special ones that Allah has a place for in Firdaws that their deeds may not get them to as we mentioned, so these kinds of trials are what Allah is using to raise your rank to be close to Him and to be near al-‘Arsh."

— Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril (حفظه الله تعالى)

"As a Da’iyah, be like Ibrahim. He sacrificed himself to fire, he sacrificed his food for his guests, and he submitted his son to sacrifice. You give, you give, you give, and never ever expect or ask anything. Be exemplary and refuse any reward. If anything, expect harm in return. Give, give, give, be patient over trials and you will get the ultimate reward from Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎."

— Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril (حفظه الله تعالى)

WEBSITE DEVELOPER

Previously we made an announcement with regards to a website developer. We’ve since fine tuned what we are looking for Alhamdulillah.

The Website will be a source for videos, pdfs, articles, and Fatwa.

Main categories > Subcategories > List of Series playlist to choose from > Specific Playlist

For this portion, if you’d like to be apart of this effort for the sake of Allah, please create a sample website with the following landing pages, and suggested flow path:

Video

Main categories > Subcategories > List of Series playlist to choose from > Specific Playlist

Aqeedah > Tawheed > Explanation of Usūl Al-Thalātha > Playlist of the series

Fiqh > General > (On-going) Explanation of Furū’ Al-Fiqh > Playlist of each of the series (on separate pages)

Tazkiyat Ul-Nafs > Istighfār > Expalanation of Mujibāt Al-Istighfār > Playlist of the series

Refuting Doubts and Misconceptions > Murji’a/Modernists > The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah > Playlist of the series

Books/PDFs

This landing page will have all the Books/PDFs displayed, with the option to filter by categories, such as:

Tawheed, Walā and Barā, Fiqh, Tazkiyatu Al-Nafs, etc

Articles

Articles landing page will also all be listed by noscript, with the option to filter by categories — similar to the categories listed above.

Fatwa

The Fatwa landing page will be headlined by a Search bar, and will be underlain by another section which categorizes all existing Fatwas by category (Aqeedah, Fiqh, Family, Divorce, Finance, etc). The entirety of each question and answer is to be considered a “tag” so when one utilizes the search bar, it will yield beneficial and pertinent results.

Admin Panel

You will also need to provide an Admin Panel, where we can easily add new Categories and subcategories, and upload whatever videos/pdfs/articles/fatwas to each, as well as post new articles, and Fatwas, and the option to place searchable tags to each video/pdf/article/Fatwa that’s uploaded.

Videos can be embedded by way of either YouTube, or Online Archive, as to save hosting costs. All items must have the option to share to social media platforms and download to device. For videos, please have an audio file automatically generated or linked, to which someone has the option to stream or download since some people have data restrictions and audio takes much less data than video.

Other than that, please feel free to add your creative spin to this and purify your intentions for the sake of Allah Alone.

This is obviously a very big project, but Insha’Allah the Ajr is HUGE and GENERATIONAL. Many of us take time away from our families, as well as incur out of pocket “costs” which is nothing but a Tazkiyyah of our money in the path of Da’wah, and we’ve been taught the importance of maintaining a strict separation between Da’wah and money by Shaykh Ahmad حفظه الله, so it’s important that whoever works with us share this same mindset and approach to Da’wah.

If you’re interested, or have any questions, please submit your sample website to our Bot, and we will get back to you once we review it. BarakaAllahu Feekum.

@ProjectGuidingLight_bot

"I was present in a gathering recently in which the topic of discussion was death, & dying upon what one lives upon. Specifically, someone bought up how uttering the Shahadah at the moment of death is not something that happens at will, but rather is Tawfeeq from Allāh to one who lived by it.

One brother in specific mentioned car accidents, & how anytime he gets into a fender bender or something more serious, he always reflects on how his first utterance is always an exclamation of shock & how he wishes that Allāh تعالى would give him the ability to remember His Exalted Name instead, so that if he dies in such an accident, those would be his last words.

The convo continued around that point, & how we should accustom ourselves to Dhikr when taken by surprise, not mere yelling.

Not even 24 hrs passed, & the same brother who mentioned car accidents gets into a near fatal collision, where a driver came at full speed, colliding into his car just inches behind his head. Any closer, & he would have been killed instantly.

The entire car flipped, and he and the brother driving hung upside down inside. After coming out of the initial shock, he began to recite the Shahadah and do Istighfār, but he was still disappointed with the fact that the first thing he had done was yell in shock, not Dhikr. Had he been killed on impact, the yell would have been his last utterance, not the Shahadah.

Although miraculously, he & the brother with him emerged fine & just bruised up, it just goes to show how you may discuss a matter one day & Allāh تعالى brings it before you the next.

Death follows one like a shadow that may strike at any moment, there’s no being ready or expectant.

When we all sat the day prior discussing it, we didn’t even consider that one of us may miss it by inches the next day, in the EXACT scenario that we were hypothesizing about.

It’s a shame how certain we are in reaching the future when Allāh called death ‘Al-Yaqeen’ in the Qur’ān. It’s as if Allāh تعالى intended to emphasize the point of the first person, that Shahadah in the face of death is Tawfeeq from Allāh, not something that happens upon will.

All in all, it was a wake up call that made it difficult to sleep for a few days, and insha’Allah it benefits one who may have become heedless of death.

May Allāh only allow us to meet Him when He’s pleased with us and when our hearts have become vessels that house His Book. May Allāh grant us martyrdom and use us in His path and never replace us!"

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وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ
“And with them will be women limiting [their] glances”

Ibn ‘Abbās, Mujāhid and others said, “chaste females who will not look at anyone other than their husbands”, and others said “their eyes are described as beautiful and chaste” (Ibn Kathīr)
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Allāh تعالى singles out this quality of the women of paradise due to it’s great virtue and sign of purity. It is from the perfection of a woman’s good character, beauty and hayā’ to save her gaze for her husband. Mu’mināt should not be negligent with this matter and adopt these qualities of the women of paradise, in order to be from the women of paradise.

Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله):
“It is not permissible for a woman to look at men whether with or without desire, at all!”
[Majmū’ al-Fatāwā 15/396]
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“The woman who stares at men and distributes her glances at the passerby will lose something of her beauty.”