“If you hear something from your brother ..."

“If you hear something from your brother ..."

Al-Bayhaqi reported: Ja’far ibn Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “If you hear something from your brother that you reject, make an excuse for him up to seventy excuses. If you cannot do it, then say: Perhaps he has an excuse I do not know.”

Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 7853

عن البيهقي قَالَ قَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ رحمه الله إِذَا بَلَغَكَ عَنْ أَخِيكَ الشَّيْءُ تُنْكِرُهُ فَالْتَمِسْ لَهُ عُذْرًا وَاحِدًا إِلَى سَبْعِينَ عُذْرًا فَإِنْ أَصَبْتَهُ وَإِلا قُلْ لَعَلَّ لَهُ عُذْرًا لا أَعْرِفُهُ

It is Not Permissible to Seek Tabarruk from the Dead

 

It is Not Permissible to Seek Tabarruk

 from the Dead 

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Q: During the day we received the news of the death of someone in our village. The old women went to his house and stood around his shrouded body. When we asked them why they did so, they replied that they do so to seek blessings from this man. What is the ruling on this act? Is it an act of the Sunnah (supererogatory act of worship following the example of the Prophet)? 

A: This act is impermissible, in fact, it is Munkar (that which is unacceptable or disapproved of by Islamic law and Muslims of sound intellect). It is impermissible to seek blessings from the dead or their graves. People should not invoke or ask anyone other than Allah (عز وجل) to meet their needs, heal a patient or so on. Allah (عز وجل) alone is entitled to be worshipped and asked for blessings, as He (سبحانه وتعالى) is who is described as "Blessed". In Surah Al-Furqan, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says, “Blessed is He Who sent down the criterion (of right and wrong, i.e. this Qur’ân) to His slave (Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)) that he may be a warner to the ‘Alamîn (mankind and jinn).” [Surah Al-Furqan, 25: 1] He (سبحانه) says: “Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the dominion; and He is Able to do all things.” [Surah Al-Mulk, 67: 1] It means that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى)  has the maximum degree of sublimity and blessings. The slave, on the other hand, is made blessed if Allah guides, rectifies and makes him beneficial for people. Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says about His Slave and Messenger ‘Isâ, the son of Mariam, (صلى الله عليه وسلم), “He [‘Isâ (Jesus)] said: “Verily, I am a slave of Allâh, He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet; And He has made me blessed wheresoever I be.” [Surah Maryam, 19: 30 – 31] May Allah grant us success. 

[Majmoo ’al-Fataawa Ibn Baaz, Vol.: 13; pp. 291 - 292]

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Four Signs of the Wretched

 

Four Signs of the Wretched

It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

Four signs of wretchedness are: [having] a hard heart, dry eyes [that never cry], extended hopes [about this life], and greed and keenness to amass worldly things (the dunyā).

Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Kitāb Al-Zuhd article 36.

Taken from: https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/four-signs-of-the-wretched/

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Saying of the scholars (Ibn Uthaymeen): A person who has spent his life in obedience to Allah...

Saying of the scholars (Ibn Uthaymeen): 

"A person who has spent his life

 in obedience to Allah..."*

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn, may Allāh have mercy upon him, said:

“Allāh, Glorified and Exalted, is too generous to forsake a person who has spent his life in obedience to Him. If a person is nurtured upon obedience to Allāh, the Almighty and Majestic, and disciplines himself to remain steadfast upon it, then Allāh, in gratitude for his devotion, grants him a good ending and causes him to die upon Islām.”


Sharḥ Bulūgh al-Marām | Volume 11, Page 52


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Translation: Authentic Quotes

* (Title suggested by the owner of this blog).

The key to all goodness and the key to all evil

  

The key to all goodness and the key to all evil

Shaykh ul-Islām ibn Taymiyyah [may Allāh have mercy on him] said: 

“Truthfulness is the key to all goodness, just as lying is the key to all evil.”

Al-Istiqāmah, 1/467 |  Shaykh ul-Islām ibn Taymiyyah [may Allāh have mercy on him]

Translation: Authentic Quotes

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Your Children

 Your Children 

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Nasir al-Sa‘di (رحمه الله ) said:

“The people most deserving of your kindness and most entitled to your good treatment are your children, for they are trusts that Allah has placed with you. He has entrusted you with raising them in a righteous manner—nurturing both their bodies and their hearts.

Everything you do for them in this regard, whether small or great, is part of fulfilling your obligation and is among the best deeds that draw you closer to Allah. So strive in this and seek its reward from Allah.

Just as when you feed them, clothe them, and take care of their physical upbringing you are fulfilling a duty and are rewarded for it—then even more so when you nurture their hearts and their souls with beneficial knowledge, sound understanding, guiding them to noble character, and warning them against its opposites.”

📚 [Bahjat Qulūb al-Abrār wa Qurrat ‘Uyūn al-Akhyār, p.154]

Secret Tears

 Secret Tears

Muhammad b. Wāsi’ said:

I have lived amongst men who were such that one of them would lie with his wife on the same pillow and his side of the pillow would be soaked with his tears under his cheek without his wife even noticing.

Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Al-Ikhlās wa Al-Nīyah (Sincerity and Intentions) p34.

Muhammad b. Wāsi’ Al-Azadī Al-Basrī was one of the famous and pious Tābi’īn. He reports from Anas b. Mālik – Allah be pleased with him – and others. He died in 123H, Allah have mercy on him.

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Battle of Badr : Shaytan’s false promises to Mushrikeen – Tafseer Ibn Kathir

 

Battle of Badr : Shaytan’s false promises to Mushrikeen – Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And (remember) when Shaytan made their (evil) deeds seem fair to them and said, “No one of mankind can overcome you this day (of the battle of Badr) and verily, I am your neighbor (for each and every help).” But when the two forces came in sight of each other, he ran away and said “Verily, I have nothing to do with you. Verily, I see what you see not. Verily, I fear Allah for Allah is severe in punishment.”) [Soorah al-Anfal (8): 48]

(And (remember) when Shaytan made their (evil) deeds seem fair to them and said, “No one of mankind can overcome you today and verily, I am your neighbor.”)

Shaytan, may Allah curse him, made the idolators’ purpose for marching seem fair to them. He made them think that no other people could defeat them that day. He also ruled out the possibility that their enemies, the tribe of Bani Bakr, would attack Makkah, saying, “I am your neighbor.” Shaytan appeared to them in the shape of Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju`shum, the chief of Bani Mudlij, so that, as Allah described them,

(He﴿ Shaytan ﴾ makes promises to them, and arouses in them false desires; and Shaytan’s promises are nothing but deceptions) (4:120).

Ibn Jurayj said that Ibn `Abbas commented on this Ayah, (8:48)

“On the day of Badr, Shaytan, as well as, his flag holder and soldiers, accompanied the idolators. He whispered to the hearts of the idolators, `None can defeat you today! I am your neighbor.’ When they met the Muslims and Shaytan witnessed the angels coming to their aid, (he ran away), he went away in flight while proclaiming, (Verily, I see what you see not.)”

`Ali bin Abi Talhah said, that Ibn `Abbas said about this Ayah,

(“No one of mankind can overcome you today and verily, I am your neighbor’)

“Shaytan, as well as, his devil army and flag holders, came on the day of Badr in the shape of a Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju`shum, man from Bani Mudlij, Shaytan said to idolators, `None will defeat you this day, and I will help you.’ When the two armies stood face to face, the Messenger of Allah took a handful of sand and threw it at the faces of the idolators, causing them to retreat. Jibril, peace be upon him, came towards Shaytan, but when Shaytan, while holding the hand of a Mushrik man, saw him, he withdrew his hand and ran away with his soldiers. That man asked him, `O Suraqah! You claimed that you are our neighbor’ He said, (Verily, I see what you see not. Verily, I fear Allah for Allah is severe in punishment) Shaytan said this when he saw the angels.”

Source : Tafseer Ibn Kathir -Shaytan makes Evil seem fair and deceives the Idolators (darussalam english publication)

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Taken from: https://abdurrahman.org/2011/09/11/battle-of-badr-shaytans-false-promises-to-mushrikeen/