Monday, July 25, 2016

Brief Comments on Riyaadh al-Saaliheen #103

The sickness of being pretentious:
(Behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or distinction to attract others)

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Asmaa’ رضي الله عنها reported: A woman came to the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم and said: I have a co-wife. Is there any harm for me if I give her the false impression of getting something from my husband which he has not in fact given me? The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: The one who creates a false impression of receiving what one has not been given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood.
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (5219) and Saheeh Muslim (5311, 5312)]

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Brief Comments on Riyaadh al-Saaliheen #102

Why do you make fun of someone for the things which you yourself do?!

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Narrated `Abdullah bin Zama: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم also advised them not to laugh when somebody breaks wind and said: Why should anybody laugh at what he himself does?
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (4942) and Saheeh Muslim (6837)]


Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

And among the things the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم admonished against in this Hadeeth is, laughing at someone who breaks wind; meaning: those people who laugh at a person who breaks wind and it had a smell and sound. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم addressed such people as an admonition to them in this regards: Why should anybody laugh at what he himself does?

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Allaah gives guidance only to those who deserve it and are worthy of it

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

In the Qur'aan, Allaah تعالى says:

﴿إِذْ جَعَلَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنزَلَ اللَّـهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَلْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوَىٰ وَكَانُوا أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَأَهْلَهَا ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّـهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا﴾

{When those who disbelieve had put in their hearts pride and haughtiness the pride and haughtiness of the time of ignorance, then Allaah sent down His Sakeenah (calmness and tranquillity) upon His Messenger () and upon the believers, and made them stick to the word of piety (i.e. لا إلهَ إلاّ الله none has the right to be worshipped but Allaah), and they were well entitled to it and worthy of it. And Allaah is the All-Knower of everything.} [Surah al-Fath (48): 26]

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

The meaning of the Muslim greeting: السلام عليك

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:
The Muslim greeting: السلام عليك is a supplication for peace and safety. Meaning: May Allaah protect you from affliction and harm - in your Deen (religiosity) and your worldly life, in your own self and your family, and in your home and your wealth; i.e. seeking protection in everything. This is the meaning with which a person starts (his conversation) when he meets his brother: السلام عليك. You are asking Allaah to protect him from every calamity, disaster and ordeal; and from every harm and adversity (and unpleasant things). This is the meaning of السلام, which also enacts as a greeting, generous reception and buoyancy when meeting a person. This is why when you come across a person and he does not greet you, automatically you sense (an ill) feeling within you against him. But when he greets you, whatever (ill) feeling you had goes away, and you now know that he is your brother who loves you.*

So with this the meaning of السلام عليك becomes: “I seek Allaah’s protection for you from every harm - in your Deen and Dunya, and in your family and wealth and in everything.

[al-Liqaa’ al-Shahree (13/3)] 


*Note: Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه reported that the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: By Him in Whose Hand is my soul! You will not enter the Jannah until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I inform you of something which, if you do, you will love one another? Spread the greetings of Salaam amongst yourselves. [Saheeh Muslim (96)]

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Don't be from the people who do NOT understand the message of the Qur’aan:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Shaikh al-Fawzaan حفظه الله in his Sharh (explanation) of Usool al-Sittah mentioned the following statement of Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

The Qur’aan, the whole of it is about Tawheed, because:
1. It either commands to worship Allaah alone and to abandon Shirk.
2. Or it informs us about the reward of the people of Tawheed and the punishment of the people of Shirk.
3. Or it informs us about the Halaal and Haraam in Islaam - and this is from the rights of Tawheed.
4. Or it informs us about the stories of the Prophets and their nations and what took place between them of the disobedience and negligence.

Then Shaikh al-Fawzaan حفظه الله says:
The whole of the Qur’aan is about Tawheed, from its beginning till its end. Yet there are people who recite this Qur’aan but commit Major Shirk. They say (with their tongues): لا إلهَ إلاّ الله (that none has the right to be worshiped except Allaah), but do not act on it (with their hearts and their limbs). They are in one valley while the Qur’aan and لا إلهَ إلاّ الله are in another valley. Rather, this is only a statement which they utter with their tongues (without understanding what it means or what it implies).

If you ask them: “What is the meaning of لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ?”
They'll say: “I don't know. I did not learn about it.”
We say to him: So if you say لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ and you do not know what it means, does this (characteristic) befit a Muslim?!

Do you say a statement which you do not understand and it does not bothers you?! Or do you say: I heard the people saying something, so I also said the same?! Like how the hypocrites will respond to the questions in the graves: I do not know, but I heard the people saying something and so I said (the same). [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (86, 184, 922, 1053, 1338, 1374, 7287) and Saheeh Muslim (1977)]

Allaah تعالى says:

وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَاءً وَنِدَاءً ۚ صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

{And the example of those who disbelieve, is as that of him who shouts to the (flock of sheep) that hears nothing but calls and cries. (They are) deaf, dumb and blind. So they do not understand.} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 171]

Allaah تعالى likened them to the cattle which hears the sound of the shepherd and reacts to this sound but does not understand it.

[Sharh Usool al-Sittah (1/16-17)]

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Brief Comments on Riyaadh al-Saaliheen #101

Begging others to increase one’s own wealth:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
He who begs others in order to increase his own wealth, is in fact asking only for a live coal (as punishment). It is up to him, if he wishes to have more (live coals), let him have it; and he who wishes to have less (live coals), let him have it.
[Saheeh Muslim (2266)]

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:
There are certain people – and we seek Allaah’s refuge – who we know for sure that they are rich, and (we find) them asking people in order to increase their own wealth.
[Tafseer of Surah al-Baqarah (2/290)]


Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله also said:
In this Hadeeth there is a threat for all those who beg others of their wealth without a valid reason. Meaning: whoever begs the people to give him wealth in order to increase his own wealth then it is like asking for a live coal (as punishment). The more he asks, the more live coals will be dumped on him; and the less he asks, the less live coals will be dumped on him; and if he abandons it, he will be safe from the live coal.

From this we also learn that asking wealth from others without necessity is a Major Sin.
[Sharh Riyaadh al-Saaliheen (3/392)]

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Brief Comments on Riyaadh al-Saaliheen #100

The Companions set forth the example of the highest level of submission and obedience to the commandments of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

`Abdullaah Ibn `Abbaas رضي الله عنهما reported that Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم saw a person wearing a gold ring in his hand. He صلى الله عليه وسلم pulled it off and threw it away, saying:

One of you is wishing live coal from Hell and putting it on his hand.

It was said to the person after Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم had left: “Take your ring (of gold) and derive benefit out of it.” Whereupon he said: “No! By Allaah! I would never take it when Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم has thrown it away.”

[Saheeh Muslim (5209)]

The following is the summary of Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen’s commentary on this Hadeeth from his Sharh of Riyaadh al-Saaliheeh (2/444 - 449).

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

Friday, July 8, 2016

Du`aa al-Istiftaah - Part 3

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

You can read part 1 from here:

And Part 2 from here:


The second Du`aa al-Istiftaah and its meaning:

When the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم started to pray he would say:

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرَكَ

“Subhaanakallaahumma, wa bihamdika tabaarakasmuka wa ta`aala jadduka wa laa ilaaha ghairuk”

(Glory and praise be to You, O Allaah. Blessed be Your Name and Exalted be Your Majesty, there is none worthy of worship except You)

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

The meaning of "Subhaan-Allaah"

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله:

Those who recite this Du`aa are many, but no one understands its meaning except for a very few.

“Subhaanakallaahumma”, meaning: I Glorify you O Allaah! The Glorification means Tanzeeh: to declare Allaah to be free of all imperfections and everything that is falsely attributed to Him and that does not suit His Majesty (such as attributing to Him a son, or trinity etc.).

There are two things which does not befit Allaah:
1) Equating Allaah with the creation.
2) Denying Allaah’s Attributes.


So when you say “Subhaanakallaahumma”, it is like saying: O Allaah! I declare you free from having any likeness with the creation or having any deficiencies in Your Attributes.

صفة الصلاة

Friday, July 1, 2016

Sh Rabee`: Don't read the Qur'aan just for seeking blessings only

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Shaikh Rabee ` Ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee حفظه الله said:

Whenever you recite the Qur’aan, don't just recite it for seeking blessings only; rather, recite it, O my brother, so that you believe (in its Message) and act (on its commandments)!

Recite the Qur’aan so that you believe and act upon it, because this is what the Companions of the Prophet used to do. The Qur’aan used to be revealed amongst them in stages (or portions) and the Prophet used to teach them 10 Aayaat at a time. They used to memorize them, act upon it teachings, and believe in it (before they moved on to the other Aayaat).*