The Mujaddid is from the scholars

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Narrated Abu Hurayrah:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah will raise for this community at the end of every hundred years the one who will renovate its religion for it”.

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ شَرَاحِيلَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمَعَافِرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، فِيمَا أَعْلَمُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ لِهَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ عَلَى رَأْسِ كُلِّ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ مَنْ يُجَدِّدُ لَهَا دِينَهَا ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيُّ لَمْ يَجُزْ بِهِ شَرَاحِيلَ ‏.‏

[Abu Dawood, Graded Saheeh by Shaykh Albani]

Imam Munaawi said:

meaning:
send to it [i.e. the ummah]
“at the end of every hundred years”
from hijrah or other than it
and what is meant by “at the end/head”
approximately [close to it]
“who” meaning
a man or more,
“renovate its religion for it”
meaning: clarify the Sunnah from the Biddah [innovation] and increase knowledge and aid its people and shatter/destroy people of innovation and humiliate them.
They [scholars] said, “he will not be except a scholar of the sciences of the religion apparently and hidden.”
[Faid Al Qadir (2/281-282)]

Ibn kathir rahimahullah said, “Every nation claimed this regarding their imam, it is meant by this Hadith and what is apparent, generally in a sentence [is that] he will be from the scholars  from every  طائفة  and every category from Mufassir [scholar of tafseer], Muhaddith [scholar of Hadith] faqih, nahwi, laghawi, and other then them”.

[اضواء من فتاوى شيخ الاسلام ابن تيمية]

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Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنهما was asked: How did you gain your knowledge?

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بم أدركت العلم ؟ قال : أدركت العلم بلسان سؤول ،وقلب عقول ، وبدن غير ملول

Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنهما was asked:

How did you gain your knowledge?

He said: I gained it with an inquisitive tongue (i.e. a tongue that asks questions) , an understanding heart, and a body that doesn’t get tired.

Reported by al-Imam Ahmad in his book the virtues of the Sahaabahs (970/2).

Ruling on spoken word

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We asked Shaikh Saleem al-Hilali hafidhuhallah about spoken word during one of our classes and he said it is allowed.

Obviously it should be free of haram things like bad speech as comes in the Hadith:

‎عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ‏:‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ الشِّعْرُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْكَلاَمِ، حَسَنُهُ كَحَسَنِ الْكَلامِ، وَقَبِيحُهُ كَقَبِيحِ الْكَلامِ

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Poetry is in the same position as speech. The good of it is like good words and its bad part is like bad words.” [Saheeh Adab al-Mufrad no. 865]

Or taking a wage or imitating the disbelievers.

And Allah Knows Best

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

The Ruling on Breaking the Prayer If Someone is Stealing From Your Bag- Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen

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Question: The questioner says: One day I was praying and I had a bag which had an amount of money in it. Then I put it in front of me because my pocket was not big enough for it. So during the prayer, one person, from those with weak souls, came in front and stole it and escaped quickly. I was unable to cut my prayer to catch him. Is me allowing him to take it and flee while desiring the congregational prayer a correct action? Or is it obligatory to cut the prayer to catch him even if the money is a little?

Answer: “In this situation, if the prayer is voluntary, then no doubt that it is allowed for you to cut it in order to protect your wealth. As for if it is an obligatory prayer, then it is also allowed for you to cut your prayer in order to protect your wealth and catch this oppressor and transgressor. If you cut the prayer in this situation, then for you is the reward of the congregation because you did no cut the prayer except for an excuse. If you cut the prayer to protect your wealth and preserve it for yourself, and also save this man from this oppression and transgression due to the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

نصر أخاك ظالما أو مظلوما

Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or is oppressed

[Bukhari and Muslim]

(and he (ﷺ) clarified that helping an oppressor is by you stopping him from oppression), if you did his, then it is more deserving for you. What is important is that cutting the obligatory prayer or voluntary prayer in the likes of his situation, there is no harm in it to protect your wealth and prevent others from oppression.
Questioner: Even if the money is a little?

Shaikh: Yes, even if the money is a little because it is wasting money if you left it. Also, it will tempt this oppressor to transgress another time from another person.

Questioner: [I ask] in this occasion, what are the things or situations which it is allowed to cut the prayer?

Shaikh: There are many situations. From them: is if he fears for himself harm if he remains in prayer, [if] he fears harm to his wealth, and [if] he fears harm to an innocent person. For example, he witnesses a person attack another person in order to kill him or violate his honor or he sees a snake facing someone or wild animal or what resembles that. In this situation, he cuts the prayer to rescue an innocent person because rescuing an innocent person is obligatory. It [rescuing an innocent person] will be lost if he continues his prayer. As for continuing the prayer, it is obligatory [in general]; however, it is possible for him to catch it after rescuing an innocent person from destruction”.

[Fatawa Noor ‘ala Darb no. 197]

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

A virtue of constantly seeking forgiveness

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A virtue of constantly seeking forgiveness (istighfar):

فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
“I said (to them): ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَارًا
‘He will send rain to you in abundance;
وَيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
‘And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.”

(سورة نوح: ١٢-١٠)

A man complained to al-Hasan about a drought, and he said to him: “Pray to Allaah for forgiveness.” Another man complained to him of poverty and he said to him: “Pray to Allaah to forgive you.” Another man said to him: “Pray to Allaah to bless me with a child.” He said: “Pray to Allaah for forgiveness.” Another complained to him that his garden was dry. He said to him: “Pray to Allaah for forgiveness.” We asked him about that and he said: “This is not my personal opinion, for Allaah says in Soorat Nooh (interpretation of the meaning): ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft‑Forgiving; He will send rain to you in abundance. And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.”

‘And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.”

Tafseer al-Qurtubi, 18/301-302

The Ruling on April Fool’s

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The Ruling on April Fool’s

Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan hafidhuhallah was asked:

Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, this questioner is saying: we hope from the Shaikh (may Allah preserve him) some advice to the general Ummah specifically about April Fool’s which repeats year after year.

Answer: “This is imported in general from the false customs and it is not from the actions of the Muslims. Lying is not allowed. Not in April or in other than it. Lying is haram. Lying upon Allah, lying upon the Messenger (ﷺ), lying upon the people is haram. It is a major sin from the major sins. Allah forbid lying, prohibited it, and threatened the liars. It is not allowed in any time. Yes”.

[http://www.alfawzan.af.org.sa/node/13604]

Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah said:

“…In this occasion I warn my Muslim brothers from what some of the foolish ones do of April Fool’s. I think it is soon. This lie which came from the Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and the people of disbelief, then it is lying and lying is prohibited legislatively. It is an imitation of the disbelievers and imitation of the disbelievers is prohibited. The Prophet (ﷺ) said:

مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِقَوْمٍ, فَهُوَ مِنْهُمْ

He who imitates any people (in their actions) is considered to be one of them

[Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood no.2031]

Shaikhul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah said the chain is Jayyid. The least of the situations is that it is prohibited even if the apparent [meaning of the Hadith] necessitates disbelieve by imitating them…Fourth, most times this filthy lying includes consuming the wealth in falsehood or scaring the Muslims. Sometimes he lies and lies to the people of the house saying so and so said: you will be visited by a group today. So they cook a lot of food and meat and what resembles that. Or sometimes they inform them of an affair that scares them. Like he says: your guardian was run over by a car or the likes, which is not allowed even outside this situation [i.e. April Fool’s]. So it is upon the Muslim to fear Allah, the Exalted and to be mighty through his religion, proud of it, pleased with it so that the enemies may have awe of the Muslims and respect him…”

[Fatawa Noor ‘ala Darb no. 34]

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

This is along with what our brother Abu Tayyib already translated:

http://torontodawah.com/?p=727

Kind treatment to ones wife

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Kind treatment to ones wife

خيرُكم خيرُكم لأهلِه ، وأنا خيرُكم لأهلي

The best of you is the one who is best to his wife, and I am the best of you to my wives [Saheeh Targheeb no. 1925]

‘Allamah al-Mubaarkfoori rahimahullah said: “That is: his children and his relatives. It was said his wives and relatives” [Tuhfatul-Ahwadhi (10/269)]

Imam al-Munaawi rahimahullah said: “His children and relatives. This is what Ibn Atheer said” [Fayd al-Qadir (3/495)]

However, there is another wording of the same Hadith which states:

خيرُكم خيرُكم للنِّساءِ

The best of you is the best of you to your women

[Saheeh Targheeb no. 1925]

as-San’aani rahimahullah said:

“That is: his wives. It is a specific admonishment for doing good towards the wives in general, except they are more deserving  of good companionship. It is also carried to mean the daughters, sisters, and their like” [Tanweer Sharh Jami as-Sagheer (6/33)]

Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah said that the intent of women in one Hadith is the family as comes in the other Hadith [See: Sharh Riyaadhus-Saliheen (3/569)]

So the Hadith is in regards to the wives and other than them of the family.

And Allah knows best

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

A man who stayed away from his wife for a month or two months | Sh. Ibn Taymiyyah

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Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about a man who stayed away from his wife for a month or two months and did not have intercourse with her; was there any sin on him or not? Could the husband be asked to do that? 

He replied:

The husband is obliged to have intercourse with his wife on a reasonable basis, which is one of the most important rights that she has over him; it is more important than feeding her. It was said that what is obligatory with regard to intercourse is once every four months, or according to her need and his ability, just as he should feed her according to her need and his ability. And the latter is the more correct opinion.

Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa, 32/271