Excessive Arguing leads to Misguidance!

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Excessive Arguing leads to Misguidance!

The Hadith:

عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :

(( مَا ضَلَّ قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ هُدًى كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أُوتُوا الْجَدَلَ ، ثُمَّ تَلَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ : ﴿ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ ﴾ ))
[ الترمذي ابن ماجه

‘No people become misguided after being upon guidance except due to them being trialed with excessive arguing’

The hadith has been reported by al-Imaam at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Maajah and others.

Call Disbelieving Parents to Islam, then Travel to seek knowledge

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Call Disbelieving Parents to Islam, then Travel to Seek Knowledge

Question: May Allaah bless you, our shaikh. We come from America, where the majority of our families are disbelievers. What advice do you have for us that can help bring our families to Islaam?

Answer by Shaikh Muhammad ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhab al-‘Aqeel (hafidhahullaah):
This is a very good question, and extremely important question, because the finest gift you can give to your relatives is that you call them to Islaam.

The first of the ways for their guidance is that you make a lot of du’aa, and supplicate to Allaah, asking Him to guide them. It’s not just that you say, “O Allaah guide these people,” and walk away; rather you must adhere to all the proper etiquettes and manners of du’aa.* And you repeat it a lot, in the night and the day.

Then, it is upon you to look towards and adhere to the way of the Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) and his Seerah. Because the method of the Prophet in calling to Allaah was the most excellent method. Being good and benevolent to them, assisting them upon that which they have to do [in halal matters], trying to bring their hearts together, giving them gifts. Make them love you. And if they love you, they will follow you (accept your da’wah, accept your advice).

And this is the most obligatory matter you must do for them.

Indeed one of the Salaf left from Khurasan to seek some knowledge. So he met some people, who asked him, “Where do you want to go?”

He said, “I want to seek knowledge.”

(One of them) asked, “Are your parents alive?”

He replied, “Yes.”

(One of them) asked, “Are they Muslim?”

He said, “No.”

(One of them) said, “Go back and call them to Islaam, for indeed that is better for you than seeking knowledge.”

So he went back to them, and he served them until they accepted Islaam. And he said:

That was the finest advice I ever received in my life.
His parents died just a short while after that. He was extremely happy that they died upon Islaam. Then, he went on to seek knowledge afterwards, and he obtained a huge portion of knowledge.

Source: Tape The Guidance of Allaah; talk by Shaikh Muhammad ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhab al-‘Aqeel

Giving your absent father his rights

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Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about the Islamic ruling on a person whose father – as he says – did not play any role in his upbringing and did not give him any kind of care, even when he was an infant, despite the fact that the father could have spent on his child.

In this case is it still obligatory to uphold ties between the father and his son?

He replied:

Yes, the son is obliged to honour his father, acknowledge his rights and treat him kindly, even if the father did badly and even if he fell short. And the father has to repent to Allah for his shortcomings; he has to repent to Allah from his shortcomings with regard to his upbringing of his son, but this does not justify disobedience on the part of the son. Rather the son must honour his parents, even if they fell short with regard to his rights.

Allah says concerning the rights of the disbelievers, in the story of Luqmaan (interpretation of the meaning):

“but behave with them in the world kindly”

[Luqmaan 31:15],

even if they are disbelievers in Islam.

What is required of the son is to treat his parents kindly and honour them, and to interact with them in a nice manner, even if they fell short with regard to his rights.

End quote from the shaykh’s website:

binbaz.org.sa/mat/9310

Great advice from Sufyaan Ath-Thawree, رحمه الله:

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Great advice from Sufyaan Ath-Thawree, رحمه الله

My brother, use the time you have between dawn and sunrise to contemplate the previous day. Remain steadfast on the good deeds you performed the previous day, and abandon anything you did out of disobedience to Allaah, سبحانه و تعالى. Do not repeat the same mistakes, for you do not know whether or not you will live for the rest of your day!
As long as you are alive, the option of repentance is available to you, but refraining from sinning is easier for you than trying to perform a sincere repentance. A sincere repentance involves regret and a firm resolve never to repeat the same sin again.
Wherever you are, fear Allaah. If you perpetrated a sin in secret, then repent to Allaah in secret. And if you perpetrated a sin out in the open, then repent to Allaah out in the open. Do not let one sin lead to another (so that they pile up onto one another). Cry frequently and as much as you are able to, and do not laugh (frequently), for you were not created without purpose. Join ties with and be kind to your family, your relatives, your neighbours, and your brothers.
When you intend to show mercy, show mercy to the poor, to orphans, and to the weak.

If you intend to give charity or to perform a good deed, then do it right away, before the Shaytaan positions himself between you and the execution of what you intended to do. Act always on a good intention, eat with a good intention and drink with a good intention.
Do not be miserly, for miserliness corrupts a person’s religion. Do not promise someone something and refrain from fulfilling your promise, for in that case, the love you will have gained through your promise will be replaced by hate. Do not feel rancor in your heart towards your Muslim brother, for Allaah does not accept repentance from a person if there is rancor and malice between him and his Muslim brother. Do not be angry, for anger is like a shaver – just as a shaver shaves off hair, anger shaves off good deeds (unless one becomes angry for the sake of Allaah, سبحانه و تعالى).

Make it a practice to extend greetings of peace to every Muslim, for if you do so, hatred, deception, and rancor will all be purged from your heart. Shake hands with your Muslim brothers and you will, as a result, become loved by the people.
Remain in a constant state of purity (by performing ablution whenever you pass wind or empty your bowels) and, as a result, you will be loved by the Al-Hafazah (the angels who record your deeds). Love only for the sake of Allaah, and hate only for the sake of Allaah. If you do not possess these two qualities, it means that you have on you the mark of a hypocrite.
[Abridged from ‘The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thawree, رحمه الله. Pgs. 175]

Repentance

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Repentance

The People of Knowledge have stated: It is necessary to repent from every sin. If the offense involves the Right of Allaah, not a human , then there are three conditions to be met in order that repentance be accepted by Allaah:

1- To desist from committing it.
2- To feel sorry for committing it
3- To decide not to recommit it

Any repentance failing to meet any of these three conditions, would not be sound.
But if the sin involves a human’s right, it requires a fourth condition, (i.e.,) to absolve oneself from such right. If it is a property, he should return it to its rightful owner. If it is slandering or backbiting, one should ask the pardon of the offended.
One should also repent from all sins. If he repents from some, his repentance would still be sound according to the people of sound knowledge . He should, however, repent from the rest. Scriptural proofs from the Book and the Sunnah and the consensus of the scholars support the incumbency of repentance.

Allaah, the exalted, says:

“And all of you beg Allaah to forgive you, O believers, that you may be successful. ” (24:31)

” Seek the forgiveness of your Rabb, and turn to him in repentance.” (11:3)

“O you who believe! Turn to Allaah with sincere repentance!”(66:8)
Al-Agharr bin Yasar Al-Muzani narrated that Allaah’s Messenger  Said, ” Turn you people in repentance to Allaah and beg pardon of him . I turn to him a hundred times a day.” (Muslim)

Ref:
Riyad-us-Saliheen pg20/chapter 2

Preservation (of knowledge) – Sh. Bakr Abu Zayd (Rahimahullah)

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Preservation (of knowledge)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Do your utmost to preserve the knowledge by implementing it and following it. Al- Khateeb said: “It is incumbent upon the seeker of knowledge to purify his intention in seeking knowledge, and it should be achieving the pleasure of Allaah. He Should beware of making it a way to achieve materialistic gain, and a way of gaining [worldly] compensation; for the penalty of such has been set aside for the one who seeks that with his knowledge.
He should beware of boasting or showing off with it , and making his intention in seeking hadeeth for the sake of leadership, and to gain following or to summon gatherings ( Where hadeeths are narrated) , for these were the flaws that some scholars fell into.

He should preserve hadeeth by paying attention to it , and not just by narrating it , for the (verbal) narrators of knowledge are many and those who preserve it (by action) are few , and many-a-time a person who is present ( physically and absent mentally) is as good as absent person, and a knowledgeable person is as good as an ignorant person, and a carrier of hadeeth who has nothing of it in his possession due to his rejection of its rulings is on the same level as one does not know it or rejects learning it.

The seeker of hadeeth should also be distinguished in his general affairs from the common people by implementing the narrations of the Messenger of Allaah (  ) as much as he can , and implementing the traditions upon himself; for verily Allaah said:
لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِیْ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ اُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ
[Soorah al- Ahzaab (33;): 21]

“indeed in the messenger of Allaah  you have a good example”
Ref: The Ettiquette of Seeking Knowldge

By: The Noble Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd ( Rahimullaah )

Shall I not tell you about your men in Paradise?

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It was narrated from Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“Shall I not tell you about your men in Paradise?” We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allaah. He said: “The Prophet will be in Paradise, the Siddeeq will be in Paradise, the man who visits his brother who lives far away and visits him only for the sake of Allaah will be in Paradise. Shall I not tell you about your women in Paradise?” We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allaah. He said: “The loving and fertile one who, if she gets angry or is mistreated or her husband gets angry says, ‘Here is my hand in your hand, I shall not sleep until you are pleased.’”

[Narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Mu’jam al-Awsat (2/206). It was also narrated from a number of other Sahaabah, hence it was classed as hasan by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah (3380) and in Saheeh al-Targheeb (1942)]

Shaykh Albani on True Love!

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Shaykh Albani on True Love!

Questioner: Someone who loves a person for the sake of Allaah, must he say, “I love you for the sake of Allaah,” to him?

Al-Albaani: Yes, but loving [someone] for the sake of Allaah has a huge price, only very few people pay it. Do you know what the price [to be paid] for loving someone for Allaah’s sake is? Do any of you know the price?

Let whoever knows give us the answer.

Someone present: Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “There are seven whom Allaah will shade with His shade on the day when there will be no shade except His …” one of the categories mentioned are two men who love each other for Allaah’s sake, who get together for that reason and part for it too.

Al-Albaani: This is correct in and of itself but it is not the answer to the question, it’s an approximate definition of loving for the sake of Allaah but not a conclusive one.

My question was what is the price that two people who love each other for the sake of Allaah must give one another? And I’m not referring to the reward in the Hereafter. What I’m getting at from the question is what is the practical proof that two people love each other for the sake of Allaah? Because two people may love each other but their love is nominal, not real.

So what is the proof of true love?

Someone present: “That he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”

Al-Albaani: This is the characteristic of love or [at the very least] one of the characteristics of love …

Someone else: Allaah said, “Say: ‘If you love Allaah, then follow me and He will love you.’” [Aali-’Imraan 3:31]

Al-Albaani: This is the correct answer to another question.

Someone present: Maybe the answer can be found in the authentic hadith, “There are three things if found in a person, he will experience the sweetness of faith …” one of which is two people who love each other for Allaah’s sake.

Al-Albaani: This is the effect of loving someone for the sake of Allaah, [that you find] a [certain] sweetness in your heart.

Someone present: The Most High said, “By Time! Indeed, mankind is in loss. Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.” [Surah Asr 103]

Al-Albaani: Well done. That is the answer.

And an explanation of that is that if I really love you for the sake of Allaah I would persist in advising you, and you would do the same. Persevering in advising one another is very rare between those who claim to love each other, this love might have some sincerity in it, but it is not complete, because we try to make an allowance for the other, afraid that the other person will become angry, that he will flee … and so on.

It is in light of this that [you can see that] the cost of loving someone for the sake of Allaah is that each person shows sincerity towards the other by advising him, always and forever telling him to do good and preventing him from bad—he is more constant in advising him than that person’s own shadow is close—for this reason it has been authentically reported that when parting from one another, one of the habits of the Companions was that one of them would read to the other, “By Time! Indeed, mankind is in loss. Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.” [Surah Asr 103]

Al-Haawi min Fataawaa al-Albaani, pp. 165-166.

The Dangers of Leaving Da’wah

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The Shaikh, Muhadith, Mujadid of Yemen Muqbil ibn Haadi al-Waadi’ee rahimahullah said:

“And you, Oh Miskeen, want to stay in the corner of your house and leave the Muslims confused? Do you not know that from the Muslims is the one who is not proficient in reading Fatihaa? Do you not know that from the Muslims is the one who cannot distinguish between the Scholar and the astrologer? Do you not know that from the Muslims is the one who cannot distinguish between a Muslim and a communist? They are in need of callers to Allah so they can awaken themselves. Allah, the Exalted says:

وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلاً مِّمَّن دَعَآ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَـلِحاً وَقَالَ إِنَّنِى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

And who is better in speech than he who [says: “My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness),” and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah’s (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: “I am one of the Muslims.

[41:33]

Who obligated it upon you that you cannot call except under the banner of so and so? Call to the Book of Allah. Take Saheeh al-Bukhari and Saheeh Muslim and teach the people how to make ablution, how they should worship their Lord, how to pray, how they should call to Allah, how they should confront a communist or nationalist. Do you leave the children of the Muslims to the schools with wicked teachers? No…”

[Majmoo’ al-Fataawa al-Waadi’ee (1/72)]

Shaikh Rab’ee ibn Haadi al-Madkhali hafidhuhallah was asked about this Hadith:

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ “‏ الْمُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ وَيَصْبِرُ عَلَى أَذَاهُمْ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لاَ يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ وَلاَ يَصْبِرُ عَلَى أَذَاهُمْ

The believer who mixes with people and bears their annoyance with patience will have a greater reward than the believer who does not mix with people and does not put up with their annoyance

[Reported by Musnad Ahamd (2/34), Tirmidhi no. 2507, Ibn Majah no. 4032. It’s chain is Hasan]

Answer: “No doubt, mixing with the people and being patient with their for the sake of Allah is better than the one who is secluded. In any case, mixing with the people in order to command the good and prohibit the evil is something desired. So how do you we call the people? How do we call the disbelievers? How do we call if we remain in our homes? It is necessary that we emerge by writing, by recording tapes, by delivering khutbahs, by giving lectures which the specific and general people attend. This is mixing with the people…”

[ad-Dhari’ah ila Bayaan Maqaasid Kitab as-Shariah (4/49)

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan

Abu Sulaymaan

Pertaining to the rulings of the supermoon eclipse

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Pertaining to the rulings of the supermoon eclipse:

Among them is that we do not pray it unless it is seen and we do not infrom others of its occurence beforehand.

Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah was asked:

Question: Is it more deserving to inform about the promise of an eclipse so that the people can prepare?

Answer: “What is more deserving in my opinion is not to inform because the coming of the eclipse suddenly will fall more severely in the souls of the people. So like this, we find that when the people knew about the physical means of the eclipse and they knew about it before its occurrence, the affair became weaker in the hearts. So like this, the people, before knowing these affairs, if an eclipse occurred were very afraid and went to the masaajid fearful and their hearts trembling. And in Allah aid is sought”

[Majmoo al-Fatawa wa-Rasaail no. 5931]

Also the Shaikh said rahimahullah”

Issue: If the astronomers say: there will be a eclipse, then we do not pray until we see it with a regular sight because the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam said:

إذا رأيتم ذلك فصلو

If you see that, then pray

[Bukhari no. 1058 and  Muslim no. 901]

As for if Allah favors us that we do not see it in our land except through a telescope, then we do not pray”

[Sharh Mumti’ (5/180)]

The Shaikh also said:

Issue: Is it better to inform people about its occurrence before it occurs?

Answer: “No doubt its occurrence suddenly is more severe upon the souls and if the people speak of it before its occurrence and calm the souls for it and prepare for it, then the affair becomes a natural affair. Like the Eid prayer which the people gather for. So like this, we do not find a benefit in informing about it, rather it is closer to harm than benefit”

[Sharh Mumti’ (5/179)

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan

Abu Sulaymaan