💎Golden Advice:

✍🏻 Sheikh Muhammad bin Ghalib Al-Umari - may Allah preserve him - said:

“Seasons of goodness, such as the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, are not only opportunities for righteous deeds; they are also moments to remind oneself of forgiveness and to dispel the Shaytan's schemes from our hearts.

For hearts are prepared for this during these seasons, so do not let the devil overcome you in the matter of forgiveness.

Forgive,
Overlook,
Forget disputes,
Eliminate the estrangement caused by the Shaytan,
And seek the reward from Allah, the Oft-Pardoning, the Most Generous.

Your souls will find peace,
Your hearts will be content,
And you will enjoy peace of mind.”

💎[The Best Du’ā on the Day of ‘Arafat & Every Other Day]1️⃣

The Prophet (ﷺ) said:

«خَيْرُ الدُّعَاءِ دُعَاءُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ، وَخَيْرُ مَا قُلْتُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ قَبْلِي: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ»

"The best supplication is the supplication of the Day of Arafah, and the best thing I and the Prophets before me have said is: 'None deserve worship but Allah alone, without partner. His is the dominion, and His is the praise, and He is over all things competent'" (Hasan, reported by Al-Tirmidhi).

In another narration:

«أَفْضَلُ الدُّعَاءِ دُعَاءُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ، وَأَفْضَلُ مَا قُلْتُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ قَبْلِي: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ»

"The most virtuous supplication is the supplication of the Day of Arafah, and the most virtuous thing I and the Prophets before me have said is: 'None deserve worship but Allah alone, without partner'" (Hasan, reported by Malik in Al-Muwatta).

Abdullah ibn Amr (رضي الله عنهما) reported:

كَانَ أَكْثَرُ دُعَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ: «لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ»

The most frequent supplication of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the Day of Arafah was: "None deserve worship but Allah alone, without partner. His is the dominion, and His is the praise, in His hand is all good, and He is over all things competent" (Hasan, reported by Ahmad).

🔘 Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said:

ﻓﺠﻤﻊ ﻓﻲ ﻫﺬا اﻟﺤﺪﻳﺚ ﺑﻴﻦ " ﺃﻓﻀﻞ اﻟﺪﻋﺎء ﻭﺃﻓﻀﻞ اﻟﺜﻨﺎء ﻓﺈﻥ اﻟﺬﻛﺮ ﻧﻮﻋﺎﻥ: ﺩﻋﺎء ﻭﺛﻨﺎء ﻓﻘﺎﻝ: ﺃﻓﻀﻞ اﻟﺪﻋﺎء ﺩﻋﺎء ﻳﻮﻡ ﻋﺮﻓﺔ. ﻭﺃﻓﻀﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻗﻠﺖ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻜﻼﻡ ". ﻭﻟﻢ ﻳﻘﻞ ﺃﻓﻀﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻗﻠﺖ ﻳﻮﻡ ﻋﺮﻓﺔ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻜﻼﻡ. ﻭﺇﻧﻤﺎ ﻫﻮ ﺃﻓﻀﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻗﻠﺖ ﻣﻄﻠﻘﺎ

“This hadith combines the best supplication and the best praise. Remembrance is of two types: supplication and praise. He said: "The best supplication is the supplication of the Day of Arafah, and the best thing I have said is this phrase." He did not say the best thing I have said on the Day of Arafah is this phrase. Rather, it is the best thing I have said in general.”

🔘 Al-Khattabi commented (in Sha’n Al-Du’a):

"ﻣﻌﻨﺎﻩ: ﺃﻛﺜﺮ ﻣﺎ ﺃﻓﺘﺘﺢ ﺑﻪ ﺩﻋﺎئي ﻭﺃﻗﺪﻣﻪ ﺃﻣﺎﻣﻪ ﻣﻦ ﺛﻨﺎﺋﻲ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ -ﻋﺰ ﻭﺟﻞ- ﻭﺫﻟﻚ ﺃﻥ اﻟﺪاﻋﻲ ﻳﻔﺘﺘﺢ ﺩﻋﺎءﻩ ﺑﺎﻟﺜﻨﺎء ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧﻪ ﻭﻳﻘﺪﻣﻪ ﺃﻣﺎﻡ ﻣﺴﺄﻟﺘﻪ،

“Its meaning is that the best way to begin supplication is by praising Allah - Mighty and Sublime - and presenting it before one's request.

ﻓﺴﻤﻰ اﻟﺜﻨﺎء ﺩﻋﺎء؛ ﺇﺫ ﻛﺎﻥ ﻣﻘﺪﻣﺔ ﻟﻪ ﻭﺫﺭﻳﻌﺔ ﺇﻟﻴﻪ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺬﻫﺒﻬﻢ ﻓﻲ ﺗﺴﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﺸﻲء ﺑﺎﺳﻢ ﺳﺒﺒﻪ".

Thus, praise is called supplication because it precedes and leads to it, in line with the view that things are named after their causes.”

🔘 Al-Tibi (رحمه الله) commented on the phrase "in His hand is all good" by saying:

(أي: هذه الأشياء التي يطلبونها من الخَيرِ في يده، وهو على كُلِّ شيءٍ قدير). فهو سُبْحَانَهُ الْغَنِيُّ بِذَاتِهِ عَمَّنْ سِوَاهُ، وَلَهُ الْكَمَالُ الْمُطْلَقُ فِي ذَاتِهِ وَصِفَاتِهِ وَأَفْعَالِهِ، فَمُلْكُهُ مُلْكٌ كَامِلٌ وعَظِيمٌ.  

“This means the things they seek of goodness are in His hand, and He is capable of everything. He is self-sufficient in His essence, and He has absolute perfection in His essence, attributes, and actions. His dominion is complete and great. “

فهذا أكثَرُ الذِّكرِ، وأكثَرُ الدُّعاءِ بركةً، وأعظَمُه ثواباً، وأقْرَبُه إجابةً؛ لوقوعِه من أفضَلِ الناس؛ وهم الأنبياء، ووقوعِه في أفضَلِ أيَّام السَّنة؛ وهو يومُ عرفة.  

Therefore, this remembrance is the most blessed and beneficial supplication, the greatest in reward, and the closest to being answered because it is made by the best of people, the Prophets, on the best day of the year, the Day of Arafah.

💎[The Best Du’ā on the Day of ‘Arafat & Every Other Day]2️⃣

The Prophet (ﷺ) said about the Day of Arafah

«مَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ عَبْدًا مِنَ النَّارِ مِنْ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَدْنُو ثُمَّ يُبَاهِي بِهِمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ؛ فَيَقُولُ: مَا أَرَادَ هَؤُلاَءِ»  (رواه مسلم)."

There is no day on which Allah frees more servants from the Fire than the Day of Arafah. He draws near and then boasts about them to the angels, saying: 'What do these want?'" (Muslim).

فالإكثارُ مِنْ هذا الذِّكْرِ، ومِنَ الدُّعاء - في يوم عرفة - مُسْتَحَبٌ للحاجِّ وغيرِ الحاج.

It is recommended to frequently engage in this remembrance and supplication on the Day of Arafah for both pilgrims and non-pilgrims.

🔘 Ibn Abd al-Barr (رحمه الله) said (in Al-Tamhīd):

(دُعَاءُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ، وَفِي ذَلِكَ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى فَضْلِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ، وَفِي فَضْلِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ دَلِيلٌ أَنَّ لِلْأَيَّامِ بَعْضِهَا فَضْلًا عَلَى بَعْضٍ...

“The supplication of the Day of Arafah is better than any other supplication, indicating the virtue of the Day of Arafah over other days. It also indicates that some days have virtues over others...

وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ أَيْضًا دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّ دُعَاءَ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ مُجَابٌ كُلُّهُ فِي الْأَغْلَبِ، وَفِيهِ أَيْضًا أَنَّ أَفْضَلَ الذِّكْرِ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ).  

The hadith also shows that the supplication of the Day of Arafah is mostly answered, and the best remembrance is: 'There is no deity but Allah.'

🔘 Imam al-Nawawi (رحمه الله) said:

(يُسْتَحَبُّ الإِكثارُ من هذا الذِّكر والدُّعاء، ويَجتهدُ في ذلك، فهذا اليوم أفْضَلُ أيامِ السَّنَة للدُّعاء، وهو مُعْظَمُ الحَجِّ ومَقْصُودُه، والمُعَوَّلُ عليه،

“It is recommended to frequently engage in this remembrance and supplication and to strive hard in it. This day is the best day of the year for supplication. It is the main part of Hajj and its most important objective.

فينبغي أنْ يَسْتَفْرِغَ الإنسانُ وُسْعَهُ في الذِّكر والدُّعاءِ وفي قراءةِ القرآنِ، وأنْ يدعوَ بأنواعِ الأدعية، ويأتي بأنواعِ الأذكار، ويدعو لِنَفْسِه ووالديه وأقارِبِه، ومشايِخِه وأصحابِه وأصدقائِه وأحبابِه، وسائِرِ مَنْ أحْسَنَ إليه، وجميعِ المسلمين).  

Therefore, one should devote all their effort to remembrance, supplication, and recitation of the Quran, and pray for themselves, their parents, relatives, teachers, companions, friends, benefactors, and all Muslims.”

[The Combination of Al Mulk (Dominion) and Al Hamd (Praiseworthiness)]

Ibn al Qayyim (رحمه الله) said (in Shifā al ‘Alīl):

“إن كمال ملكه بأن يكون مقارنا بحمده فله الملك وله الحمد، …

Know that the perfection of His sovereignty is coupled with His praise, for to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise…

والمقصود أن عموم ملكه يستلزم إثبات القدرة، وأن لا يكون في ملكه شيء بغير مشيئته فالله أكبر من ذلك وأجل

The point is that the universality of His dominion necessitates the affirmation of power and that nothing exists in His dominion without His will. Allah is greater and more exalted than that.

وعموم حمده يستلزم أن لا يكون في خلقه وأمره ما لا حكمة فيه ولا غاية محمودة يفعل لأجلها ويأمر لأجلها فالله أكبر وأجل من ذلك."

The universality of His praise necessitates that there is nothing in His creation or command that lacks wisdom or a praiseworthy end for which it is done or commanded. Allah is greater and more exalted than that."

[For a broader explanation of the inseparable connection of Allah’s sovereignty over His kingdom and His unrestricted praiseworthiness read more here: https://www.umarquinn.com/articles/amazing-insights-into-allahs-exclusive-sovereignty-mulk-amp-praiseworthiness-hamd ]

💎[The Best Du’ā on the Day of ‘Arafat & Every Other Day]3️⃣

This form of dhikr can be said daily and has a tremendous reward. It is narrated by Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

((مَنْ قال لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له المُلْك، وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيء قدير، في يوم مائة مرة، كانت له عدل عشر رقاب، وكُتبت له مائة حسنة، ومُحيت عنه مائة سيئة، وكانت له حرزًا من الشيطان يومه ذلك حتى يُمسي،

"Whoever says 'None deserve worship but Allah alone, without partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things competent' one hundred times in a day, it will be equivalent to freeing ten slaves, a hundred good deeds will be written for him, a hundred bad deeds will be erased, and it will be a protection for him from Satan that day until evening.

ولم يأتِ أحدٌ بأفضل ممَّا جاء به إلا أحد عمل أكثر من ذلك))

No one will have done anything better except one who does more than that" (Bukhari, Muslim).

💎[[”Much Discord is Based On a Weak Premise”]]

In a time of highly opinionated people where oftentimes the loudest and most outspoken person/people in the room are the wrongest, we must always be careful to not treat our opinions and narrow perspectives as facts, as though they descended upon us from the heavens. A refusal to admit that you don’t know what you don’t know is compounded ignorance and results in much discord.

Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah -رحمه الله- said:

إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْ نِزَاعِ ٱلْعُقَلَاءِ لِكَوْنِهِمْ لَا يَتَصَوَّرُونَ مَوْرِدَ ٱلنِّزَاعِ تَصَوُّرًا بَيِّنًا، وَكَثِيرٌ مِنَ ٱلنِّزَاعِ قَدْ يَكُونُ ٱلصَّوَابُ فِيهِ فِي قَوْلٍ آخَرَ غَيْرِ ٱلْقَوْلَيْنِ ٱلَّذَيْنِ قَالَاهُمَا، وَكَثِيرٌ مِنَ ٱلنِّزَاعِ قَدْ يَكُونُ مَبْنِيًّا عَلَىٰ أَصْلٍ ضَعِيفٍ، إِذَا بُيِّنَ فَسَادُهُ ٱرْتَفَعَ ٱلنِّزَاعُ.

“Indeed, much of the dispute among rational people arises because they do not clearly conceptualize the point of contention. And many disagreements may contain the truth not in either of the two opposing views, but in a third, unspoken one. Moreover, much discord is often built upon a weak premise; and once the flaw in that premise is exposed, the dispute itself vanishes.”

📚 Ibn Taymiyyah, Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm. Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā. Edited by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Qāsim. Riyadh: Muʾassasat al-Risālah, 3rd ed., 1426 AH, vol. 12, p. 57.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/umarquinn/778

💎[[Keep a Low Profile, Get in Where You Fit In, & Protect Your Heart & Religion From The Slaughterhouse of Popularity]]

Al-Ṭabarānī reported in al Kabīr and al-Bayhaqī narrated in his Sunan from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

«ٱتَّقُوا هَذِهِ ٱلْمَذَابِحَ»، يَعْنِي: ٱلْمَحَارِيبَ.

“Beware of these slaughterhouses.” He meant by that: the elevated seats of gatherings (al-miḥrāb).

[Al-Albānī authenticated the narration in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (no. 120) Silsilah Al-Da’īfah (1/641).]

1️⃣ Al-Haythamī stated:

«ٱلْمَحَارِيبُ صُدُورُ ٱلْمَجَالِسِ». اهـ.

“Al-maḥārīb are the fronts of gatherings.”

2️⃣ Ibn al-Athīr explained:

«ٱلْمِحْرَابُ: ٱلْمَوْضِعُ ٱلْعَالِي ٱلْمُشْرِفُ، وَهُوَ صَدْرُ ٱلْمَجْلِسِ أَيْضًا، وَمِنْهُ سُمِّيَ مِحْرَابُ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ، وَهُوَ صَدْرُهُ وَأَشْرَفُ مَوْضِعٍ فِيهِ». اهـ.

“The miḥrāb is the elevated, prominent spot — the forefront of a gathering — and from this, the miḥrāb of the mosque derives its name, being the foremost and most dignified part of it.”

3️⃣ Al-Munāwī added:

«أَيْ تَجَنَّبُوا تَحَرِّي صُدُورِ ٱلْمَجَالِسِ، يَعْنِي ٱلتَّنَافُسَ فِيهَا».

“That is, avoid seeking out the head positions in assemblies — referring to competing over them.”

4️⃣ Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Amīr al-Ṣanʿānī remarked:

«وَذَٰلِكَ لِمَا تَجِدُهُ ٱلنَّفْسُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبْرِ وَٱلتَّرَفُّعِ عَلَىٰ مَنْ دُونَهَا، وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَنَسٍ: كَانَ يَكْرَهُ ٱلْمَحَارِيبَ، أَيْ: لَمْ يَكُنْ يَجْلِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلْمَجَالِسِ وَيَتَرَفَّعُ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ».

“This is due to what the self finds of arrogance and self-exaltation over others. And in the ḥadīth of Anas: ‘He used to dislike the maḥārīb,’ meaning: he would not sit at the heads of gatherings nor elevate himself above the people.”

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📚 Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ṣalāḥ al-Ṣanʿānī, al-Tanwīr Sharḥ al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr 1st ed. (Riyadh: Maktabat Dār al-Salām, 1432 AH / 2011 CE), 1:350.

-Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr, 1st ed. (Beirut: al-Maktab al-Islāmī, 1988), ḥadīth no. 120.

-al-Haythamī, Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid wa Manbaʿ al-Fawāʾid

-ʿAlī ibn al-Athīr, al-Nihāyah fī Gharīb al-Ḥadīth wa al-Athar (Beirut: Dār Ibn al-Jawzī, n.d.).