Valentine's Day
Shaykh Ibn Utheymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked:
In recent times the celebration of Valentine’s Day has become widespread, especially among female students. It is a Christian festival where people dress completely in red, including clothes and shoes and they exchange red flowers. We hope that you can explain the ruling on celebrating this festival, and what your advice is to Muslims with regard to such matters: may Allah bless you and protects you.
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The Month of Safar
Praise be to
Allaah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah.
The month of Safar is one of the twelve Hijri months, and it is the month which comes after Muharram. Some of the (scholars) said that it is so named because of the emptying (isfaar) of Makkah (i.e., its people would all leave) when they travelled during this month. It was also said that this month is named Safar because they used to raid other tribes at this time, and they would leave those whom they encountered bereft of their possessions (sifran min al-mataa’) – i.e., they would take all their belongings away and they would leave them with nothing.
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Rites of Hajj and Umrah
Manaasik-ul-Hajj wal 'Umrah
from the Book and Sunnah and Narrations from the Pious Predecessors
fil Kitaab wa Sunnah wa Athar as-Salaf
Shaikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaani
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KNOW that fasting has one special attribute which belongs to it alone. That is that Allah assigned it to Himself as in the following hadith:
البخاري
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ اللَّهُ كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَالصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ وَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ صَوْمِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلَا يَرْفُثْ وَلَا يَصْخَبْ فَإِنْ سَابَّهُ أَحَدٌ أَوْ قَاتَلَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ صَائِمٌ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ يَفْرَحُهُمَا إِذَا أَفْطَرَ فَرِحَ وَإِذَا لَقِيَ رَبَّهُ فَرِحَ بِصَوْمِهِ
Allah's Messenger (sas) said: Allah said: Every deed of the son of Adam is his except for fasting for it is mine and I reward it. And fasting is a protection so whenever one of you is fasting a day, do not argue and do not shout. And if anyone insults you or fights with you, say, "I am a man who is fasting." By the one in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the bad breath of one who is fasting is more pleasing to Allah than the scent of musk. The one who fasts has two pleasures: when he breaks his fast it is a pleasure and when he meets his Lord, he is pleased with his fasting.
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Book by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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What is Fasting in Islam? And what is the Wisdom behind it? What is Ramadan?
Ramadan is the name of the Muslims' fasting month. Ramadan comes approximately every 11.5 months (10 to 12 days earlier every year, because the Muslim month is 29 days except for Ramadan which could be 29 or 30, and February in the normal calendar is almost always 28 days while the other months are usually 30 to 31 days such as July). So fasting could occur during the summer and during the winter:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle took an oath that he would abstain from his wives, and at that time his leg had been sprained (dislocated). So he stayed in the Mashruba (an attic room) of his for 29 days. Then he came down, and they (the people) said, "O Allah's Apostle! You took an oath to abstain from your wives for one month." He said, "The month is of twenty nine days." (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Divorce, Volume 7, Book 63, Number 212)"
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Night Prayer
during Ramadhan
(Al-Qiyaam or Taraweeh)
Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to encourage us to pray at night in Ramadaan, without making it obligatory. Then he said, Whoever prays at night in Ramadaan out of faith and the hope of reward, all his previous sins will be forgiven. When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) died, this is how things were (i.e., Taraaweeh was not prayed in congregation), and this is how they remained during the khilaafah of Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him), until the beginning of the khilaafah of Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him).
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Biographies of Companions
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Biographies of Companions
Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi
History would have by-passed this man as it had bypassed thousands of
Arabs before him. He, like them, would have had no claim to attention or
fame. The greatness of Islam, however, gave to Abdullah ibn Hudhafah the
opportunity to meet two world potentates of his time--Khusraw Parvez the
King of Persia and Heraclius, the Byzantine emperor.
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Biographies of Companions
Abdullah ibn Abbas
Abdullah was the son of Abbas, an uncle of the noble Prophet. He was
born just three years before the Hijrah. When the Prophet died, Abdullah
was thus only thirteen years old.
When he was born, his mother took him to the blessed Prophet who put
some of his saliva on the babe's tongue even before he began to suckle.
This was the beginning of the close and intimate tie between Abbas and
the Prophet that was to be part of a life-long love and devotion.
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Abdullah ibn Masud
When he was still a youth, not yet past the age of puberty, he used to roam the
mountain trails of Makkah far away from people, tending the flocks of a Quraysh
chieftain, Uqbah ibn Muayt. People called him "Ibn Umm Abd"--the son of the
mother of a slave. His real name was Abdullah and his father's name was Masud.
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Abdullah ibn Umar
At Shaykhan, halfway between Madinah and Uhud, the thousand strong Muslim army
led by the Prophet stopped. The sun had begun to sink beneath the horizon. The
Prophet dismounted from his horse Sakb. He was fully dressed for battle. A
turban was wound about his helmet. He wore a breastplate beneath which was a
coat of mail which was fastened with a leather sword belt. A shield was slung
across his back and his sword hung from his side.
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FATWA FROM SHEIKH BIN UTHAIMEEN ABOUT CELEBRATING THE MAWLID AN ANABAWI
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FATWA FROM SHEIKH FAWZAN ABOUT CELEBRATING THE MAWLID AN ANABAWI
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Help for prononciation of "Azkar"
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After eating we say. Prononciation : Alhamdoulillah Alladhi at'amana wa saqana wa ja'alana mouslimine. Signification : ‘All praise is for Allah who fed me this and gave me this drink and made us Muslims.
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Before Sleeping. Prononciation: Allahoumma bismika amoutou wa ahyae. Signification : ‘In Your name O Allah, I live and I die.’
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Strangeness and the Strangers
By Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah
Adapted by Ammar ibn Abdullah al-Hindi
Based on a booklet by ibn Qayyim entitled al-Ghurbathu wa al-Ghuraba
"Islam began as something strange, and it shall return to being something strange, so give glad tidings to the strangers."
The Meaning of "Strangeness"
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THE GREAT VIRTUE OF LOWERING THE GAZE
By Imaam ibn al-Qayyim
Taken from ‘al-Muntaqaa min Ighaathatul Lufhaan fee Masaayid ash-Shaytaan’ [pp.’s 102-105] of ibn al-Qayyim, summarised by Alee Hasan
Allaah, the Exalted said,
“Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their private parts; that will make for greater purity for them. Indeed Allaah is well acquainted with all that they do.” [an-Nur (24):30]
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HOW DOES ONE ATTAIN SINCERITY?
Al-Fawaa`id [218-219] of ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, may Allaah have mercy upon him.
[Taken from ‘An Explanation to Riyaadh as-Saaliheen’ Vol1, Trans. Abu Sulaymaan and modified.]
Sincerity cannot coexist in a heart that contains the love of praise and commendation and the yearning to possess that which is owned by the people save in the manner that fire and water or a lizard and fish may coexist.
If your soul directs you to seek sincerity then first turn your attention towards your yearning and slaughter it with the knife of renunciation. Then turn your attention towards praise and commendation and forsake it with the asceticism of those who loved the world for the sake of the Hereafter. When your slaughtering of your yearning and the renunciation of praise and commendation becomes firm then attaining sincerity will become easy for you.
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The Virtues of Allah's sacred month of Muharram
Fasting On the Day of `Ashura' Expiates the Sins of the Preceding Year
When the Day of Judgment comes, we will without doubt all desire to steer clear
from our sins and wish that we had done more good deeds that would be a cause
for removal of our bad deeds.
Of much interest to us Muslims these days should be the fasting the 9th and the
10th of Muharram. The Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, said about the
voluntary fasting on the Day of `Aashoraa:
"It expiates the sins of the preceding year." [Saheeh Muslim]
Ibn `Abbas, radhiallahu `anhu, reported: "The Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa
sallam, came to al-Madeenah and saw the Jews fasting on the day of `Aashooraa.
He asked them about that. They replied, "This is a good day, the day on which
Allah rescued Baani Israaeel from their enemy. So Moosa observed fast on this
day." The Prophet said, "We have more claim over Moosa than you." So the
Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, observed fast on that day and ordered
(the Muslims) to observe fast (on that day)." [Saheeh al-Bukhari, Muslim]
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Buying alcohol for use as fuel .Dar El Ifta |
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