Abu Muslim Al Khawlani said:

"Asceticism in this world does not mean making a lawful thing unlawful or squandering money. True ascetism means that you put more trust in Allah than in what you have. When you face a calamity, you should prefer to have its reward for being afflicted by it."

Fireworks go up in some Arabic capitals celebrating kuffār rituals while missiles fall on the Muslims. 

- Shaykh Ahmad Mūsā Jibrīl حفظه الله
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The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:

“Whoever among you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand [by taking action]; if he cannot, then with his tongue [by speaking out]; and if he cannot, then with his heart [by at least hating it and believing that it is wrong], and that is the weakest of faith.” [Muslim]

Ibn Mas'ud رضي الله عنه said:

"Those who are living are about to witness evil which they cannot change, except that Allah knows that which their hearts hate."

[Jaami' al-'Uloom wal-Hikam]

Ibn Rajab mentioned this saying: “And this is a good statement.”
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The affair of the believer is truly strange, but what a beautiful strangeness it is

When inflicted with the harshest of trials and the most extended periods of tribulations, most of mankind falls into despair and grief, hating the trial and lamenting at being struck by it.

But the believer is so different. The believer experiences the worst of days and passes through the darkest of nights that seemingly have no end, and although his heart feels all the natural grief and pain that a human would experience, in the depths of his heart there is a strange breeze of relief, happiness, and contentment.

Relief knowing that his Lord didn’t leave him to live an easy life as He left his enemies to live, in knowing that if this Dunya has become a troubling abode for him, that he is not from those whom his Lord has left in peace to exceed in their transgressions, only to punish in the hereafter with the severest of punishments.

Happiness in knowing that his Lord is testing him because He loves him, and in knowing that his sins are being forgiven and his ranks are being raised.

And contentment in knowing that this was the decree of his Lord for him specifically that he could never avert from himself, and that when his Lord takes something, He gives better, and in knowing that every trial that afflicts him, it harms him once, but it benefits him tenfold the amount of that which it harmed him.

He raises his hands to Allāh while his eyes brim with tears but his heart smiles... because he knows that even if he gains nothing out of these trials except that his heart becomes fully reliant upon his Lord and he draws near to him, that those are blessings worth more than the world and everything it contains.

Oh Lord, if you remove our burdens from us, we are pleased, and if you increase them, we only increase in our pleasure. We can bear patiently the difficulties of this life so long as we aren’t faced with any in the hereafter.

It’s amazing how some parents will prevent and criticize their children for practicing the Deen and striving in Allāh’s path, while not realizing that their children strive for the sake of Allāh, in hopes that one day He will allow them to intercede for their parents and take them by the hand into Jannah.

“Why must you always speak when you see evil? You’re offending our relatives.”

“How dare you advise me regarding the Deen when you were just born yesterday?”

“Shave/shorten your beard. You look so old fashioned.”

“Remove your Niqāb.”

“Marry this Fāsiq.”

“How could you be so stupid to reject such a good job offer? Everyone earns Harām, it’s unavoidable!”

SubhanAllah, here we have the Qur’an commanding us to ask Allāh for righteous descendants, and here we have parents, who claim to follow this Book, that strive to pull their children away from righteousness and Taqwa at any chance they see it. Truly, they live for this life and not the hereafter, while the hereafter is better and more lasting.

For some parents, it’s not enough that they should be defiantly disobedient to Allāh by themselves, they want it to be a tradition carried on by their progeny!

May Allāh forgive us and guide us.

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله وبركاته

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Two Rare Things in Decline

It is reported that Yūnus bin ‘Ubayd رحمه الله said:

“I do not know anything rarer than a good dirham (money earnt lawfully) whose owner spends it on something right, or a brother in Islām in whose company one finds peace. And they are only getting rarer.”

[Abu Nu’aym, Hilyatu Al-Awliyā’]

Ibn Mas’ood رضي الله عنه said,

“Know the people by their friends. The Muslim follows the Muslim and the faajir (disobedient one) accompanies the faajir.”

‘Umar رضي الله عنه said:

“Take righteous brothers [as friends]; acquire them in plenty, for they are a beautification in prosperity and an aid during calamity.”

[Kitab Az-Zuhd]

Hasten to the Truthful Scholars!

“The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم informed us that holding onto this religion will become like holding on to a burning coal in your hand. But there are always righteous believers, they will continue to exist until the Judgement Day, calling to the truth, commanding good and forbidding evil with no fear or concern of anyone but Allah. Everywhere you go, you find some scattered fragment particles of sincere scholars, they are around but they are few. So when you find one, know that he is more precious than everything in this world, hasten to him, crawl to him and learn from him, he’s a rare gem Allah placed on this Earth, for verily Allah takes away knowledge by the death of these scholars, and that’s when evil, corruption and ignorance spreads.”

— Shaykh Musa Jibril (حفظه الله)

“Don’t be deceived with external appearances, anyone can grow a long beard and throw on some “religious looking” clothes. The real scholar is the one who stands firmly upon the truth, always speaks the truth, acts upon it and teaches it - they do not fear the blame of the blamers. It doesn’t mater where they are or in which situation they are in, they rely solely on Allah as their protector and guardian. These are the men Allah opened their chests and gave them understanding of the religion, the giants upholding this religion the way it deserves to be upheld. Indeed how few they are!”

— Shaykh Musa Jibril (حفظه الله)

Message from Shaykh Musa Jibril حفظه الله

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Praise be to Allah - The Almighty High - under all circumstances. By the grace, the blessings and the bounty of Allah and afterwards your supplications, my health has been improving and I feel a lot better. Praise be to Allah. We recieved a high volume of calls and messages to which we were unable to reply or return but are profoundly overwhelmed and grateful for the support, the love, the concern and mostly the duah and prayers from all our beloved ones near and far, who stand by us during times of difficulty. Every message, every call and every thought is appreciated dearly. We ask Allah to reward each and every one for the support. May Allah bestow His grace, bounty and mercy upon you all, and be kind to you. May Allah bless you and bless your families and loved ones, and may Allah reward you good.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “The Muslim is the brother of his fellow Muslim; he does not wrong him nor let him down. The one who meets the needs of his brother, Allah will meet his needs. Whoever relieves a Muslim of distress, Allah will relieve him of distress on the Day of Resurrection.”

- Umm Musa

An outline for Lecture 05 of Furū' Al-Fiqh, may Allah reward those who suggested it and grant us beneficial knowledge!

Rights of the Wife #4: Fairness & Justice

It is an obligation upon the husband to treat his wife (and family in general) with fairness and justice, and not to use his dominance and degree over her to oppress or harm her. In reality, this right falls into the previous right (kind treatment), but it needs separate attention to bring emphasis and to properly address this much needed issue.

Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Oppression will be a darkness on the Day of Resurrection."

💠 He should be fair with her in regards to the relationship between her and his family. The husband must understand that his wife did not marry him to become a slave to his family with no worth or honor in their eyes. He should be fair and just in dealing between her and his family and not oppress her by taking the side of his family in every argument and repressing her emotions and her struggles in such matters. Although the man's parents have great rights upon him, he must know that they do not have the same rights upon his wife, and he cannot force her to blindly obey and serve them. Of course, the intelligent woman knows how to deal with her in-laws in a respectful and courteous manner, and she knows what level of respect and honor she should give them in order to maintain the peace between the family and stability in her relationship with them and her husband, but the husband cannot oppress her with injustice in regards to his family by forcing her to act as their maid, become blindly obedient to them, or blaming her in every situation as being in the wrong. He should deal with disputes in wisdom and without bias, recognizing that his family may often be in the wrong, just as his wife may be. He should not allow his family to infringe on her privacy and interfere in her affairs or mistreat her. He should give her her due right of independence to do things in her household as she wishes, without interference from her in-laws. Lastly, he should defend her and protect her name from any slander or backbiting that may take place in his family against her, in her absence or presence, as this is the right of every Muslim upon him, and even moreso the right of his wife, as he owes her protection. If he cannot defend her due to his weakness before his family, he should permit her to defend herself properly instead of silencing her when she is mistreated, insulted, and slandered. Many men are pleased to be silent in the face of the injustice and mistreatment towards their wives by their families, but are lions towards their wife whenever she attempts to defend herself or assert her dignity and self respect among her in laws. This is unjust and oppressive.

💠 He should be fair and just in his treatment of his wives if he has more than one wife. Fairness between the wives is a condition of polygyny as Allāh says:

وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا۟ فِى ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَـٰثَ وَرُبَـٰعَ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟

And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hands possess [i.e., slaves]. That is more suitable that you may not incline [to injustice]. [an-Nisā’]

Fairness here is in material matters, such as time, equal turns, and being equitable with them in regards to clothing, food and drink, and dwelling.

Fairness in regards to cowives does not, however, apply to feelings of the heart towards them, as this is something that is not in the man's control. It is well known that The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ loved A’isha (رضي الله عنها) more than his other wives. However, Allāh commands men that they should not let their feeling of affection and love towards one wife cause them neglect or to be unjust towards the others. Allāh says:

وَلَن تَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتُمْ ۖ فَلَا تَمِيلُوا۟ كُلَّ ٱلْمَيْلِ فَتَذَرُوهَا كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ ۚ وَإِن تُصْلِحُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

“And you will never be able to be equal [in feeling] between wives, even if you should strive [to do so]. So do not incline completely [toward one] and leave another hanging. And if you amend [your affairs] and fear Allah - then indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.” [an-Nisā’]

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It truly pains the heart to know that Ulama' of Haqq can simply be snatched from their homes by the government, missing for years with no info about their whereabouts, & returned to their families, years later, insane.

They may silence our 'Ulama, but they cannot silence their message. The truth lives on, no matter how much the Tawagheet strive to bury it. May Allah's eternal curse be upon the Pakistani government and it's army, who waged war on the Awliya' of Ar-Rahman!

Our tears never dry in remembering him, our Shaykh Allamah 'Abdul Jabbar Shakir (حفظه الله)

“The Muslim Is Just Like a Bee!”

The Muslim, a believer in the lethal society he lives in, that’s filled with the poison of corruption and havoc all over, spreading rapidly, should forbid the evil and enjoin the good. In a society that seeks nothing else but to corrupt the innocence of the people and tare down the pureness and justice system of the Shari’ah, leaving no remanence of goodness and sparing none, he should stand steadfast like a bulwark. The comparison of a believer especially in such circumstances - as our beloved Shaykh Musa Jibril always taught and embodied - is supposed to be like that of a bee, all the time giving honey - spreading good wherever it goes. He is supposed to be an agent for the preservation of virtues and modesty, goodness and faith wherever he goes, and eliminate the vices.

- Shaykha Umm Musa حفظها الله
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