An Honorable Etiquette: Not Facing the Door When Seeking Permission To Enter

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَتَى بَابَ قَوْمٍ لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْبَابَ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ وَجْهِهِ وَلَكِنْ مِنْ رُكْنِهِ الأَيْمَنِ أَوِ الأَيْسَرِ وَيَقُولُ ‏ “‏ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الدُّورَ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ سُتُورٌ

Narrated Abdullah ibn Busr:
When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to some people’s door, he did not face it squarely, but faced the right or left corner, and said: Peace be upon you! peace be upon you! That was because there were no curtains on the doors of the house at that time.

[Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood no. 5186]

Mulla Ali al-Qaari rahimahullah said:

“The meaning is that if there is a door or a curtain that makes a veil then there is no harm in facing the door. However, inclining [towards the right or left] is more deserving due to observing the origin of the Sunnah. This is because sometimes some exposure [of the inside of the house] will occur when the door is open or when the veil is lifted…”

[Mirqaah al-Mafateeh (13/464)]

Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad hafidhuhallah commented on this Hadith saying:

“This is from the beautiful manners and honorable characteristics: that is: a person not facing the door [when desiring to enter another’s house] because facing the door will make a person see inside the house. However, if he is faces to the right or left, then he will be far from his eye seeing what the owner of the house does not want that he sees or be shown”.

[Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood no. 588]

So it is upon us to return to this Sunnah

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

The Ruling on Playing With Money and Scattering It- Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan

Question: What is the ruling on playing with money and scattering it during celebrations? Sometimes, it is scattered on some people by way of bragging and boasting?

Answer: “It is not allowed. The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited wasting money. It is obligatory to preserve the money, not to waste it and be extravagant, nor waste it in competitions and in other than that [of things] which do not have benefit. He is responsible for this wealth.

[The Prophet (ﷺ) said]:

(( لا تَزولْ قدما عبد يوم القيامة حتى يسأل عن أربع ..)) وذكر منها (( وعن ماله من أين اكتسبه وفيما أنفقه )).

The two feet of the son of Adam will not move from near his Lord on the Day of Judgement until he is asked about four (matters):[and he (ﷺ) mentioned from them] about his wealth – how he earned it; 3) and where he spent it…”

[Saheeh Targheeb no. 3593]

[http://alfawzan.af.org.sa/node/15875 ]

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

قال عبد الملك بن إسحاق :
“ما من الناس إلا مبتلى بعافيةٍ لينظر كيف شكره ، أو بلية لينظر كيف صبره”
عدة الصابرين [٢٢٢]

Abdul-Malik bin Ishaaq Said:
There is no one from the people except he is tested with a good health to look how will he thank him (Allah Azzawajel) , or a calamity to look how will he be patient

Iddatus-Saabireen By ibnul Qayyum P222

Taking ones time and not rushing | Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah

قال العلامة ابن عثيمين رحمه الله : “الأناة: التَّأنِّي في الأمور وعدم التَّسرُّع،
Taking ones time in matter and not rushing.
وما أكثر ما يهلك الإنسان ويزلُّ بسبب التَّعجُّل في الأمور، وسواء في نقل الأخبار،
How often does a person become destroyed and slip due to rushing in matters, whether in relaying news
أو في الحكم على ما سمع، أو في غير ذلك. فمِن النَّاس -مثلًا- مَن يتخطَّف الأخبار بمجرَّد ما يسمع الخبر يحدِّث به، ينقله،..
Or in judging upon what he heard or in other than that. From the people for example are those whom grab the news by merely hearing the news, narrates it, and relays it.
ومِن النَّاس مَن يتسرَّع في الحكم، سمع عن شخص شيئًا مِن الأشياء، ويتأكَّد أنَّه قاله،
And from the people are those who rush in judgment, he heard from an individual something from the matters, he affirms that he said it
أو أنَّه فعله ثمَّ يتسرَّع في الحكم عليه، أنَّه أخطأ أو ضلَّ أو ما أشبه ذلك، وهذا غلط، التَّأنِّي في الأمور كلُّه خيرٌ” اهــ
Or that he did it then he rushed in ruling upon him, that he made a mistake or became misguided or similar to that and this is a mistake, taking ones time in the matters all of it is good.

من شرح رياض الصالحين(3/577-578)

Translated by Majeed Al Afghanee

The virtue of the companions | Shaykh Saleem Hilalee hafidhahullaah

Shaikh Saleem al-Hilali hafidhuhallah wrote: 

“Allah looked at the hearts of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa salam and He found their hearts the best hearts of the servants after the heart of Muhammad sallahu alayhi wa saam. So He gave them understanding which those after them could not realize/obtain. So like that, what the Companions saw as good is good in the sight of Allah and what the Companions saw as evil is evil in the sight of Allah.

Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud radiallahu anhu said: “Verily, Allah looked at the hearts of the servants and He found that the heart of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, was the best among them, so He choose him for Himself and He sent him with His message. Then, He looked at the hearts of His servants after Muhammad, and He found that the hearts of his companions were the best among them. Thus, He made them into the ministers of His Prophet, fighting for the sake of His religion. And whatever the Muslims view as good is good in the sight of Allah, and whatever they view as evil is evil in the sight of Allah”

[Reported in Ahmad (1/379), Tayalisi in his Musnad (pg. 23), Khateeb in al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqih (1/166). Its chain is Jayyid Mawqoof]

On the authority of Abu Juhaifah who said:

I asked `Ali “Do you have anything Divine literature besides what is in the Qur’an?”  `Ali said, “By Him Who made the grain split (germinate) and created the soul, we have nothing except what is in the Qur’an and the ability (gift) of understanding Allah’s Book which He may endow a man, with and what is written in this sheet of paper.” I asked, “What is on this paper?” He replied, “The legal regulations of Diya (Blood-money) and the (ransom for) releasing of the captives, and the judgment that no Muslim should be killed in Qisas (equality in punishment) for killing a Kafir (disbeliever).

[Reported in Bukhari no. 111]

So like that, the Companions understanding of the Book and the Sunnah is evidence for those after them until the end of this Ummah. So like that, they are the witnesses of Allah on the earth”

[Taken from: Basaair Dhawil-Sharf bi Sharh Marwiyaat Manhaj Salaf pg. 63-64]

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan

A misconception of refutations

Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan hafidhuhallah said:

“Refuting the one who opposes the truth is the Sunnah of the Salaf. For the Salaf used to refute those who oppose the truth and these books are present. Imam Ahmad refuted the Zanaadiqah and the innovators. Shaikh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah refuted the philosophers and the scholars of Kalam and the Sufis and those who worshipped the graves. Imam Ibn Qayyim refuted and many of the scholars refuted those who opposed the truth in order to clarify and make apparent the truth for the people. So that the Ummah would not be misguided and follow those who are mistaken and those who oppose the truth. This is from the advice for the Ummah”

(Ajweebatul Mufeedah ‘an Asilatul Manaahij al-Jadeedah pg.90)

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan

Allah never does anything except for a wisdom

“He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned”

[Surat ul-Anbiyaa, 21:23]

Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (hafidhahullaah) comments:

“Allaah is not questioned about what He does, because Allaah never does anything except for a wisdom. And the wisdom may be apparent or may be hidden to us. So we believe that Allaah never does anything in vain, but rather He does it due to a wisdom, whether it is apparent to us or not.”

[At-Ta’leeqaat ul-Mukhtasarah ‘alaa l-’Aqeedat it-Tahaawiyyah, p. 113 Asaheeha Translations]

Al-Awzaa’ee – may Allaah have mercy upon him – said:

“It used to be said, ‘From the major sins is for a man to do a sin and then look down upon it. “

[Ash-Shu’ab, p.6752]

Imaam al-A’waam bin Hawshab, may Allah have mercy upon him,
said:

“It use to been said (in the time of the Salaf) that boasting about
ones sin is worse than committing it (the sin)”

Ash-Shu’ab (6756)