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Sh ibn Uthaimeen rahimahullah said there is no harm for a person to read 1 juzz, half a juzz  or 2 or 3 juzz a day in and outside Ramadan. Don’t say bidah rather this is being organised as I am not intending to get closer to Allah by the number but by the recitation.

Liqaa Ramadan

Translated by Abdulilah Lahmami حفظه الله

1:20 PM / Apr 20, 2020 / @Abdulilah_UK

Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ said: “Whoever is silent has been saved.”

Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ said:

“Whoever is silent has been saved.”

[Saheeh at-Tirmidhee 2501]

Al-Mubarakforee: “Silent from speaking evil.”

Translation by MarkazMuaadh.com

Hafsah bint Sīrīn said, “Fasting is a protection (similar to a protective covering), so long as the fasting person does not tear it (the covering) and it’s tearing is backbiting”...

عبد الرزاق عن هشام عن حفصة بنت-٧٨٩٥

سيرين عن أَبي العالية قال:

الصائم في عبادةٍ ما لم يَغْتَب أَحدًا، وإن كان

نائمأً على فراشه،

فكانت حفصة تقول: يا حبذا عبادةً وأَنا

نائمة على فراشي.

قال هشام: و قالت حفصة: الصيام جُنّة ما لم

يَخرقها صا حبها، و خرقها الغيبة.

المصنف لعبد الرزاق الصنعاني، طبعة المكتبة

٣٠٧/  الإسلامي، ص٤

7895- Abdur Razzaq [narrated] on the authority of Hishām [bin Hassān], on the authority of Hafsah bint Sīrīn, on the authority of Abil-Āliyah [Al-Barrā’], who said:

“The fasting person is in state of worship aslong as he does not backbite (i.e. eat the flesh of) anybody, and he is in this state of worship even if he is sleeping on his bed”.

Hafsah used to say:

“Oh how nice that would be, to be in a state of worship while I am sleeping on my bed”.

Hishām said: And Hafsah said,

“Fasting is a protection (similar to a protective covering), so long as the fasting person does not tear it (the covering) and it’s tearing is backbiting”.

Al Mussnaf  li Abdur Razzaq As-Sanāni, Al Maktabah Al-Islāmi Edition, Page 307/4.

Translated by حكيم بن بلال بن احمد

Abu Affān, Hakīm bin Bilāl Davis

What does it mean to be pious?

Translated by Markaz Muaadh Ibn Jabal

23 August 2018 – 9:31 AM

Aboo Yazeed al-Bistāmee رحمه الله said:

“The pious individual is the one when he speaks, he speaks sincerely for Allaah, and when he acts, he acts sincerely for Allaah.”

[Tafseer al-Qurtubee 1/249, Resalah Publishers, 1^st edition]

What Is The Scale By Way of Which You Judge? By Al-Allaamah Muqbil Bin Haadee

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Al-Allaamah Muqbil Bin Haadee Al-Waadi’ee [rahimahullaah] said:

If numbers is the scale by way of which you judge, then the majority are mostly blameworthy; and if persuasive speech and eloquence is the scale by way of which you judge, then indeed Allaah described the Munaafiqoon that they have tongues that utter beautiful speech. Allaah said:

وَإِن يَقُولُوا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ

And when they speak, you listen to their words.

[Surah  Al- Munaafiqoon. Aayah  4]

Therefore, what is given consideration is that one knows the people of truth by their characteristics – that they call to the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of Allaah’s Messenger [peace be upon him, his family and companions], and they neither desire reward from the people nor seeking to be  thanked.

[2/547 – قم المعاند]

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Masjid Fuqan –Stoke on Trent  

Translator: Abdullah Jallow

sent via e-mail on July 15, 2020 at 11:13 pm

[إِنَّمَا يَخۡشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِ ٱلۡعُلَمَـٰٓؤُاْۗ – It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that will truly have awe of Allaah]. [Surah Faatir’ Aayah 28]

Shaikh Rabee Bin Haadi said: The Salaf used to say: “If you want to retain the hadeeth in your memory , then act upon it, for indeed acting makes knowledge remain firm”. If a person reads but does not act, then indeed he loses knowledge.

Marhaban Yaa Taalibal Ilm pg 78-80

TRANSLATED BY: Salafi Centre of Manchester

5 April 2019.5:18 AM

Hadith: "Whoever dies while still invoking anything other than Allâh..."

Narrated ‘Abdullâh رضى الله عنه: “The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said one statement and I said another. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم  said:  'Whoever dies while still invoking anything other than Allâh as a rival to Allâh, will enter Hell (Fire).’ And I said, “Whoever dies without invoking anything as a rival to Allâh, will enter Paradise.'”

(Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Vol. 6, Hadîth No. 24).

Translated by al-Hilâlî & Muhsin Khân

The Obstacles and Barriers to Acquiring Knowledge

Shaykh Rabee Bin Haadi Al-Madkhalee [hafidhahullaah] said:

One of the obstacles that prevents people from [acquiring] knowledge is [when they] turn to the knowledge of the Asaaghir [the small ones] – and Allaah’s refuge is sought. And from the [minor] signs of the hour [i.e the day of judgement] is that knowledge will be acquired from the young in age, who learn very little and thus considers himself as an Aalim!

This person is young and a Miskeen [i.e. lacking strength in the field of knowledge], but considers himself as one who has reached the highest level; so the ignoramuses come to him, gather around him and cut off from the scholars – and Allaah’s refuge is sought. This is one of the [minor] signs and portents of the hour, when the people abandon the senior scholars and embark upon acquiring knowledge from the ignorant young ones – those who pretend to be scholars. This is a calamity. Ibn Mas’ood [radiyallaahu- anhu] said: “The people will not cease to be upon good as long as they acquire knowledge from their elder, trustworthy ones and scholars.”

Contemplate on this statement, “And if they acquire knowledge from their young ones, they will be destroyed” – This is one of the obstacles and barriers to acquiring knowledge. It may be that some people desire knowledge, but he [i.e. an individual] becomes deceived by that young person and considers him to be the most knowledgeable of people. And had he gone to other than that young person, he would find that it is obligated on that young person to seek knowledge together with him, and sit down in the presence of the scholars.

The students of knowledge must think carefully and should direct their attention towards the senior scholars – the possessors of vast knowledge, those whose lives have been spent in seeking knowledge and its dessimination, and are possessors of experience [in many affairs]. They will give you – in one sitting- that which you cannot attain in a year.

They will give you the [required and precise] summary of knowledge, which if you and your young Shaikh were to look for, you will not reach it. This [i.e. abandoning the scholars and their knowledge and clinging to the young ones] is also an obstacle faced by the students of knowledge, so one should beware of it.

[Source: An Excerpt from ‘Marhaban Yaa Taalibal Ilm’ page 227-229. Slightly paraphrased]

Read more here: Obstacles In The Path of Knowledge

http://www.salafipublications.com/sps/sp.cfm?secID=SCL&subsecID=SCLo6&loadpage=displaysubsection.cfm

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Translation source:MarkazMuaadh.com

16 December 2018, 3:49 PM

Imaam ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“Perhaps one sin will be the cause for long term sadness.”

[Al-Fawaaid pg. 217, Dār ‘Aalim al-Fawaaid print, 2^nd edition]

Insincerity is a cause of confusion when Fitan and Trials strike. The Insincere Heart may follow Desires, Doubts, the Shaytān, it seeks Position and may fall into Shirk! So do not let those who have been striken with this sickness divert you from gaining the pleasure of Allah!

Ibn al Qayyim beautifully illustrates the example of trees in the heart

So oh possessor of a heart! Grow your tree on a ground fed with the love of your creator & seeking his pleasure!

And know that bitter fruits await the disobedient seekers of the pleasure of the creation!

Imām Ibn Al Qayyim Al Jawziyah – Rahimahullah – stated in his book of benefits, ‘Al-Fawāid’:

•The year is a tree, the months are its branches, the days are its smaller limbs or branches, the hours are its leaves and the breaths (that you take) are its fruits.

Whoever’s breaths are spent in obedience (to Allah) then the fruits of his tree will be good. And whoever’s breaths are spent in disobedience (to Allah) then his fruits will be bitter.

The time of harvest (of your fruits or rewards) will be the day of return (the day of judgement). At the time of harvest the sweet fruit  will become clear or distinct from the bitter fruit.

•Sincerity and Tawhīd (Monotheism) is a tree in the heart, its branches are actions, and its fruits are a good existence in the Dunya (the world) and an everlasting bliss in the hereafter.

The fruits of Jannah (paradise) are not limited to seasons and their supply is never cut off, likewise the fruits of Tawhīd and sincerity in the Dunya are the same (i.e. they are never cut off).

•Shirk (polytheism), lies and Riyā’ (showing off ones actions of worship to the people) is a tree in the heart, the fruit of which is fear, anxiety, distress or grief, tightening of the chest and  darkening of the heart.

Its fruit in the hereafter are Zaqqūm (the fruits  of its stalks are like  the heads  of devils) and an everlasting punishment.

And Allah has mentioned these two trees (the two trees that exist in the hearts, the tree of Tawhīd and the tree of Shirk) in Surah Ibrahīm.¹

(‘Al Fawaid’, page 240-241 ; Dār Ālim al-Fawāid, third edition, 1438H)

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¹See Surah Ibrahīm: Ayah 23-27

Translated by Abu Affān, HakĪm bin Bilāl Davis

@hakeemibnbilaal/status/1235611435838746625

8:01 PM . Mar 5, 2020

A Punishment None Can Bear

IBN ABĪ HĀTIM COLLECTED WITH HIS CHAIN OF NARRATION THAT AL-HASAN SAID REGARDING THE STATEMENT OF ALLAH:

“AS SOON AS THEIR SKINS ARE ROASTED THROUGH, WE WILL REPLACE THEM FOR NEW SKINS” THE AYAH.

THEY WILL BE BURNED THROUGH IN  A SINGLE DAY SEVENTY THOUSAND TIMES.

COLLECTED BY IBN KATHIR IN HIS TAFSIR

TRANSLATION: OXFORD SALAFI DAWAH 

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NOTE: Added for the benefit of New Muslims

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا سَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِمْ نَارًا كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُم بَدَّلْنَاهُمْ جُلُودًا غَيْرَهَا لِيَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا (56)

56. Surely! Those who disbelieved in Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), We shall burn them in Fire. As often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for other skins that they may taste the punishment. Truly, Allâh is Ever Most Powerful, All-Wise.

وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا ۖ

 57. But those who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh  - Islamic Monotheism) and do deeds of righteousness, We shall admit them to Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), abiding therein forever…

Sūrah 4. An-Nisâ’ - Ayah 56 -57

 (ARABIC) TAFSEER  here>> https://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/katheer/sura4-aya56.html

Who is A Mubtadi’? (Innovator)

Who is A Mubtadi’? (Innovator)

Compiled & Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

                                                                          

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Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said : Whoever opposes the clear Book, and the elaborate Sunnah or that which the Salaf of the Ummah held a consensus about, and this opposition is without a valid reason, then this person is dealt in the same manner in which the People of Bida’ are dealt with.’

[From: ‘Majmoo’ al-Fatawa Ibn Taymeeyah’ 35/414]

Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said : Whoever worshipped with an act of worship which is not obligatory nor recommended, and he believed that it was obligatory or recommended, then he is a misguided Mubtada’, and this is an evil Bida’ not a good Bida’, and the imams of the Deen are in agreement about this, since Allaah is not worshipped except with that which is obligatory or recommended.’

 [From: ‘Majmoo’ al-Fatawa Ibn Taymeeyah’ 1/160]

FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://followingthesunnah.com/2011/03/02/who-is-a-mubtadi%e2%80%99/

And on the Day when He will gather them together and that which they worship besides Allâh [idols, angels, pious men, saints]. He will say: “Was it you who misled these My slaves or did they (themselves) stray from the (Right) Path?” (Sûrah 25. Al-Furqân - Ayah 17)

 وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ أَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِي هَٰؤُلَاءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا السَّبِيلَ (17)

17. And on the Day when He will gather them together and that which they worship besides Allâh [idols, angels, pious men, saints]¹. He will say: “Was it you who misled these My slaves or did they (themselves) stray from the (Right) Path?”

(V.25:17) Narrated Mu’âdh bin Jabal رضى الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “O Mu’âdh! Do you know what Allâh’s Right upon His slaves is?” I said, Allâh and His Messenger know better.” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “To worship Him (Allâh) Alone and to join none in worship with Him (Allâh). Do you know what their right upon Him is?” I replied, “Allâh and His Messenger know better.” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Not to punish them (if they did so).” (Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Vol. 9, Hadîth No. 470)

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For Arabic please refer to https://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/katheer/sura25-aya17.html

For English translation of the Ayah (17) & Hadīth please refer to Translation of The Noble Qur’ān in the English Language by Dr. Muhammad Taqî-ud-Dîn al-Hilâlî and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khân, Sûrah 25. Al-Furqân,  Part 18 page. 480. Published by King Fahd Complex For The Printing Of The Holy Qur'ân, Madinah K.S.A.

The Islamic Ruling On Wearing Charms, Amulets, Talismans... - Shaikh Ibn Baz & 'Allamah An-Najmi (رحمه الله) | (PDF)

The Companion, Sa’īd Ibn Jubair (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ) said: “Whoever cuts an amulet from  a person, it is like freeing a slave.”⁸

… Imām Abdul-‘Azīz Ibn Bāz (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ) said in his commentary on this point, “This is because of the fact that he will be freeing this servant from the Fire, and freedom from polytheism is better than freedom from slavery.”

⁸ Ibn Abī Shaybah in his  Musannaf (7/375, no. 23939).

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Taken from THE ISLAMIC RULING ON WEARING CHARMS, AMULETS, TALISMANS THE TA’WEEŻ & THE TAMĪMAH EPIDEMIC page 10 & 11. Written By Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wāhid Alam (حفظه الله)

PDF Download here>> https://www.abukhadeejah.com/charms-amulets-talismans-fortune-tellers-soothsayers-astrologers-quran-sunnah/

Benefits: Discouraging from concentrating on satisfying the stomach

24 June 2015, 10:54 AM

Discouraging from concentrating on satisfying the stomach

From Al-Miqdad bin Ma’d Yakrib  رضي الله عنه who said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ saying:

“A human does not fill a more evil container than the stomach. It is sufficient for the son of Adam to eat small portions by which his back can remain straight. If it is not possible, then he should reserve his stomach, a third for his food, a third for his drink and a third for breathing.”

[Collected by Tirmidhi and he declared it to be hasan, and by Ibn Majah and Ibn Hibban & Albaani declared it to be saheeh. No. 2135]

Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

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Three things which are not from good manners

Translated by Zubayr Abbasi  

13 May 2015.7:18 AM

Abû ‘Umar Al ‘Alâ (May Allah have mercy upon him) said,

“It is not from good manners that you answer the one who does not question you, or you ask the one who does not reply to you, or speak to the one who does not keep silent for you (to listen to you).”

Siyar A’lâm An-Nubalâ, Vol. 6, No. 409

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27 November 2015, 10:59 PM
https://salafinigeria.com

Al Alaamah Muqbil:

“No one puts up an attack against the people of the sunnah except he falls in disgrace.”

تحفة المجيب :369 

Translated by Ustaadh Uways At-Taweel أويس

Protect yourself from five:

Fudāyl ibn I’yād said:

“Whoever protects (himself) from five, has indeed protected (himself) from the evils of the Dunya and the Hereafter: self-amazement, showing off, arrogance, derogation, and desires.”

(8/95) حلية الأولياء

The Devil’s Plot - Taken from Ibn al-Qayyim's speech (رحمه الله)

The Devil’s Plot

The devil tries to lure the slave into his many traps. Anytime  one trap fails, he springs another trap. They are making the slave:

[1] Commit shirk, which is his ultimate objective

[2] Commit innovations

[3] Commit major sins

[4] Commit minor sins

[5] Continuously do unrewarding yet permissible acts, [like eating, drinking, sleeping, etc.]

[6] Do deeds that are less rewarding to prevent the slave from doing deeds that are more rewarding

If, however, the slave manages to evade entrapment, the devil then dispatches the people of innovation, falsehood and sins form his army to harm the slave and to prevent the people from benefiting from his knowledge and his da’wah.

Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله)

Source: Miftāḥ Dār al-Sa’ādah, vol. 1, pg. 308-309, I’lām al-Muwaqqi’īn, vol. 5, pg. 294-296.

Summarised by: Musa Shaleem Mohammed

@musashaleem