Dying on the path of knowledge

An excellent statement by the Sheikh

At least 100 commands from Allaah to mankind in the Quran

I was sent the below in a text message from a brother. A very useful reference point for commands and the verses where they can be found in the Quran.
May Allaah Aza Wajal bestow blessings upon the person who put the piece together.

1. Do not be rude in speech (3:159)
2. Restrain Anger (3:134)
3. Be good to others (4:36)
4. Do not be arrogant (7:13)
5. Forgive others for their mistakes (7:199)
6. Speak to people mildly (20:44)
7. Lower your voice (31:19)
8. Do not ridicule others (49:11)
9. Be dutiful to parents(17:23)
10. Do not say a word of disrespect to parents (17:23)
11. Do not enter parents’ private room without asking permission (24:58)
12. Write down the debt (2:282)
13. Do not follow anyone blindly (2:170)
14. Grant more time to repay if the debtor is in hard time (2:280)
15. Don’t consume interest (2:275)
16. Do not engage in bribery (2:188)
17. Do not break the promise (2:177)
18. Keep the trust (2:283)
19. Do not mix the truth with falsehood (2:42)
20. Judge with justice between people (4:58)
21. Stand out firmly for justice (4:135)
22. Wealth of the dead should be distributed among his family members (4:7)
23. Women also have the right for inheritance (4:7)
24. Do not devour the property of orphans (4:10)
25. Protect orphans (2:220)
26. Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly (4:29)
27. Try for settlement between people (49:9)
28. Avoid suspicion (49:12)
29. Do not spy and backbite (2:283)
30. Do not spy or backbite (49:12)
31. Spend wealth in charity (57:7)
32. Encourage feeding poor (107:3)
33. Help those in need 
by finding them (2:273)
34. Do not spend money extravagantly (17:29)
35. Do not invalidate charity with reminders (2:264)
36. Honor guests (51:26)
37. Order righteousness to people only after practicing it yourself(2:44)
38. Do not commit abuse on the earth (2:60)
39. Do not prevent people from mosques (2:114)
40. Fight only with those who fight you (2:190)
41. Keep the etiquettes of war (2:191)
42. Do not turn back in battle (8:15)
43. No compulsion in religion (2:256)
44. Believe in all prophets (2:285)
45. Do not have sexual intercourse during menstrual period (2:222)
46. Breast feed your children for two complete years (2:233)
47. Do not even approach unlawful sexual intercourse (17:32)
48. Choose rulers by their merit (2:247)
49. Do not burden a person beyond his scope (2:286)
50. Do not become divided (3:103)
51. Think deeply about the wonders and creation of this universe (3:191)
52. Men and Women have equal rewards for their deeds (3:195)
53. Do not marry those in your blood relation (4:23)
54. Family should be led by men (4:34)
55. Do not be miserly (4:37)
56.Do not keep envy (4:54)
57. Do not kill each other (4:92)
58. Do not be an advocate for deceit (4:105)
59. Do not cooperate in sin and aggression (5:2)
60. Cooperate in righteousness (5:2)
61. ’Having majority’ is not a criterion of truth (6:116)
62. Be just (5:8)
63. Punish for crimes in an exemplary way (5:38)
64. Strive against sinful and unlawful acts (5:63)
65. Dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine are prohibited (5:3)
66. Avoid intoxicants and alcohol (5:90)
67. Do not gamble (5:90)
68. Do not insult others’ deities (6:108)
69. Don’t reduce weight or measure to cheat people (6:152)
70. Eat and Drink, But Be Not Excessive (7:31)
71. Wear good cloths during prayer times (7:31)
72. protect and help those who seek protection (9:6)
73. Keep Purity (9:108)
74. Never give up hope of Allah’s Mercy (12:87)
75. Allah will forgive those who have done wrong out of ignorance (16:119)
76. Invitation to God should be with wisdom and good instruction (16:125)
77. No one will bear others’ sins (17:15)
78. Do not kill your children for fear of poverty (17:31)
79. Do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge (17:36)
80. Keep aloof from what is vain (23:3)
81. Do not enter others’ houses without seeking permission (24:27)
82. Allah will provide security for those who believe only in Allah (24:55)
83. Walk on earth in humility (25:63)
84. Do not neglect your portion of this world (28:77)
85. Invoke not any other god along with Allah (28:88)
86. Do not engage in homosexuality (29:29)
87. Enjoin right, forbid wrong (31:17)
88. Do not walk in insolence through the earth (31:18)
89. Women should not display their finery (33:33)
90. Allah forgives all sins (39:53)
91. Do not despair of the mercy of Allah (39:53)
92. Repel evil by good (41:34)
93. Decide on affairs by consultation (42:38)
94. Most noble of you is the most righteous (49:13)
95. No Monasticism in religion (57:27)
96. Those who have knowledge will be given a higher degree by Allah (58:11)
97. Treat non-Muslims in a kind and fair manner (60:8)
98. Save yourself from covetousness (64:16)
99. Seek forgiveness of Allah. He is Forgiving and Merciful (73:20)
100. Do not repel one who asks (93:10)

Compulsory to have trousers (lower garment) above the ankle

Al-Bukhaari reported that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "Whatever of the izaar (lower
garment) is below the ankles is in the
Fire." (al-Bukhaari, no. 5787)

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "There are three whom Allaah will not look at or praise on the Day of Judgement and theirs will be a painful punishment: the one who wears his garment below his ankles, the one who reminds others of his favours, and the one who sells his product by means of making false oaths" (reported by Muslim, no. 106)

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Isbaal (wearing one’s garment below the ankles) may apply to the izaar (lower garment), the shirt or the turban. Whoever allows any part of these to trail on the ground out of arrogance, Allaah will not look at him on the Day of Judgement." (reported by Abu Dawud, no. 4085, and al-Nisaa’i, no. 5334, with a saheeh isnaad).

Ibn ‘Abbaas reported that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "Allaah will not look at the one
who wears his lower garment below his
ankles." (Reported by al-Nisaa’i in al-
Mujtabaa, Kitaab al-Zeenah, Baab Isbaal
al-Izaar).

Hudhayfah said: "The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) took hold of the muscle of my calf (or his calf) and said, ‘This is where the izaar should stop; if you insist, it may be lower, but it should not reach the
ankles.’" (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, who said this is a saheeh hasan hadeeth; see Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 1783)

Do not take graves/graveyards as places of worship

Volume 2, Book 23, Number 414:

Narrated 'Urwa:

Aisha said, "The Prophet in his fatal illness said, 'Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians because they took the graves of their Prophets as places for praying."' Aisha added, "Had it not been for that the grave of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) would have been made prominent but I am afraid it might be taken (as a) place for praying.

Volume 2, Book 23, Number 425:

Narrated 'Aisha:

When the Prophet became ill, some of his wives talked about a church which they had seen in Ethiopia and it was called Mariya. Um Salma and Um Habiba had been to Ethiopia, and both of them narrated its (the Church's) beauty and the pictures it contained. The Prophet raised his head and said, "Those are the people who, whenever a pious man dies amongst them, make a place of worship at his grave and then they make those pictures in it. Those are the worst creatures in the Sight of Allah."

Sahih Al-Bukhari 

Virtues of voluntary prayers and it is better to pray them at home

What to say upon hearing adhaan (call to prayer)

Ref Sahih Muslim

Leaving the beard grow is compulsory

This page is taken from "the concise presentation of fiqh" by Dr Abdul Azeem Badawi

Arabia's Lost Sand Castle

Source - The Times Magazine 17/02/1992

Saleh As-Saleh - Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil

Saleh As-Saleh - Useful Ways of Leading a Happy Life part 2

Saleh As-Saleh - Useful Ways of Leading a Happy Life part 1

Front National councillor urges French far-Right party to convert to Islam

Front National councillor urges French far-Right party to convert to Islam

By David Chazan, Paris
1:34PM BST 25 Oct 2014

A far-right local councillor shocks Marine Le Pen's party by becoming a Muslim and sending Front National officials a video in which he urges them to embrace Islam

A Front National local councillor has embarrassed France's far-Right party by announcing his recent conversion to Islam – and urging fellow members to join him.

Maxence Buttey, 22, offended officials of the anti-immigration party by sending them a video in which he praised the "visionary" virtues of the Koran and urged them to become Muslims.

Mr Buttey, a councillor in the eastern Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand, said the Front National and Islam had much in common.

"Both are demonised and very far from the image portrayed in the media," he told Le Parisien newspaper. "Like Islam, the FN defends the weakest. The party denounces exorbitant interest rates charged on the debt of our country, and Islam is against the practice of usury."

Jordan Bardella, a local party secretary, said Mr Buttey had been suspended from a regional FN committee.

"Religion is a private choice which I respect but it must not enter into the sphere of our political activities. The proselytising video which Maxence sent out is unacceptable," Mr Bardella said.

However, Mr Buttey remains a party member and a councillor. The party has no power to sack him from the post.

"Some of my voters will be disappointed by my choice," Mr Buttey admitted. "But I'm ready to explain to them that Islam has a mission to unite all men and women."

He said he found it difficult to believe the "official" version of the September 11 attacks, adding that there was doubt about the "Merah affair" -- referring to the al-Qaeda inspired French gunman, Mohammed Merah, who killed seven people in the south of France in 2012.

"I am against the niqab [full-face veil]," he said, adding that Islam did not call for believers "to cut off heads as the Islamic State group does."

Mr Buttey said he had decided to convert after lengthy discussions with the local imam, whom he met while campaigning for election earlier this year.

"I was Catholic but when I reread the Bible I noticed all its inconsistencies," he said. "When I read the Koran thoroughly, I understood that this religion is more open."

The leader of the Front National, Marine Le Pen, has objected to schools serving Halal meat for Muslim pupils, a controversial issue in France, which has banned the wearing of the full-face veil in public and headscarves in state schools. It has Europe's largest Muslim population, estimated at six million.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11187632/Front-National-councillor-urges-French-far-Right-party-to-convert-to-Islam.html

Audio lecture 11 - The Three Fundamental Principles

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Audio lecture 10 - The Three Fundamental Principles

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Audio lecture 9 - The Three Fundamental Principles

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Audio lecture 8 - The Three Fundamental Principles

 

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Repentance (tawbah) - and it's conditions

Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan -حفظه الله تعالى- on the conditions of sincere Tawbah

Question:
"Tell us about Tawbah and what are it's conditions and what is the meaning of At-Tawbatun-Nasooh (the sincere repentance)?"

Answer;
"At-Tawbah is to return from the sin to the obedience, and it is compulsory. (وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعاً أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ)

This it is compulsory upon the Muslim, if he commits a sin that he rush with repent repentance to Allaah -عز وجل- and Allaah accepts the repentance of the one who repents.
(وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِمَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدَىٰ)
And this is from the virtue if Allaah -عز و جل- He commanded with At-Tawbah and promised to accept the repentance of the one who repents and forgive him for his sin. But At-Tawbah is not merely with the tongue alone. At-Tawbah has condition that must be fulfilled, and these conditions are:

First Condition:
Abandoning the sin and distancing oneself from it and he doesn't say I have repented to Allaah but he doesn't move away from the sin nor does he abandon it.

Second Condition:
That he is determined not to return to the sin a second time. For if he repented to Allaah and in his intention he intends to return to the sin at another time then this repentance is merely temporary and it is not accepted by Allaah -سبحانه وتعالى-.

Third Condition:
He regrets what took place and to imagine this sin and to fear (it's recompense) and he doesn't say I've repented and that it. Thus he should be fearful of the (recompense) of that sin thus he has regret over what he did.

These are the condition of At-Tawbah and if they are meet Allaah will accept the repentance -سبحانه وتعالى- as He has promised."
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Source:
http://www.alfawzan.af.org.sa/node/15159
Translated by:
Abu 'Ukkaashah 'Abdul Hakeem Ibn James

Qunoot al-Witr - word by word

Explanation of the Hadiith "Fasting is for me…" by ash-Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan

Explanation of the Hadiith "Fasting is for me…" by ash-Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan

Question:

In the Hadiith qudsi "every action of the children of Aadam is for him apart from fasting, it is indeed for me and I will reward for it," I would like an explanation for this Hadiith and to know why fasting was specified with this distinction.

Answer:

​All praise belongs to Allaah. This is a great, confirmed Hadiith on the authority of the Messenger—SallallAalhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam—who narrates from his lord—‘azza wa Jall—who said, “All of the deeds of Bany Aadam are for him except fasting, indeed it is for me and I will reward for it...” (Reported by al-Bukhaari 2/226 from the hadiith of Abu Hurairah)

​In this Hadiith is the virtue of fasting and its merit over the rest of the actions and that indeed Allaah specified it for Himself above the other actions of the servant. Some of the people of knowledge responded (regarding why Allaah specified fasting for Himself) in his statement “fasting is for me and I will reward for it...” with several answers.

​From them were those who said that the meaning of his statement –Ta’aalaa–“fasting is for me and I will reward for it...” is that the actions of the son (man or woman) of Aadam serves as retribution for what takes place between him and the oppressed. Those oppressed by him will seek retribution on Yawm al-Qiyaamah (Day of Standing/Judgement) by taking from his actions and good deeds as appears in the Hadiith, "A man will come on the day of judgment with good deeds the likes of mountains and he comes whilst having debased this one and struck that one and consumed the wealth of this one. Therefore, his good deeds will be taken from him for this one and for that one until all of his good deeds have vanished and there remains nothing, then the sins of the oppressed ones will be taken and casted upon him and [as a result] he is thrown into the fire (Sahiih Muslim 4/100, pg. 1997, from the Hadiith of Abu Hurairah). Except for fasting, for indeed, it (the reward of fasting) is not taken from him to be given to his rivals (those he oppressed) on Yawm al-Qiyaamah, rather Allaah–‘azza wa jall–stores it for the doer and rewards him for it.
​And what indicates this is his statement, “all the actions of the son of Aadam are an expiation for him apart from fasting, for indeed it is for me and I will reward for it,” meaning the actions of the son of Aadam serve us retribution and are taken by his rivals whom he has oppressed on Yawm al- Qiyaamah, apart from fasting, for indeed Allaah preserves it and it will not be overtaken by those he oppressed, [but will} remain with Allaah–‘azza wa jall—for its doer.

​And it was said that the meaning of His statement, “fasting is for me and I will reward for it, “ is that fasting is a hidden action nobody can know about except Allaah–Subhaanahu wa Ta’aalaa–for it is an intention of the heart in opposition to the rest of the actions which are apparent and seen by the people. As for fasting, it is a concealed action which is between the servant and his lord–‘azza wa Jall–and for this reason he said, “fasting is for me and I will reward for it. He indeed abandoned his desires, food and drink for my sake.” And his abandonment of his desires and food for the sake of Allaah, this is a hidden action and a concealed intention that nobody knows about apart from Allaah –Ta’aalaa–in opposition to charity for example and prayer and hajj and [other] apparent actions; these are seen by the people. As for fasting, nobody sees it, because the meaning of fasting is not merely abandoning food, drink and those things which break the fast, rather along with this, it must be done sincerely for Allaah–‘azza wa jall. And nobody knows this (sincerity of his fasting) except Allaah–Subhaanahu wa Ta’aalaa. Thus, His statement, “he abandoned his desire, food and drink…etc.” is an explanation for His statement, “fasting is for me and I will reward for it.”

​From the scholars are those who said that the meaning of His Statement, “fasting is for me and I will reward for it” is that Shirk (Polytheism) does not enter into fasting, contrary to the rest of the deeds which the Mushrikuun (polytheists) present to their objects of worship like: slaughtering, oaths and other than that from the different types of worship. Also Du’aa (supplication), fear and hope, for verily many of the Mushrikuun sought nearness to their idols and that which they worshipped with these things in opposition to fasting; it has not been mentioned that the Mushrikuun would fast for their idols and gods. Fasting is rather specific for Allaah–‘azza wa Jall—and it is upon this that the meaning of His statement, “Fasting is for me and I will reward for it,” is that shirk does not penetrate it, because the Mushrikuun did not seek nearness with it to their idols but rather fasting is used to seek nearness only to Allaah–‘azza wa Jall.
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Source: http://www.alfawzan.af.org.sa/node/6066

Translated by Abu Ukkaashah Abdul-Hakeem Ibn James.

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Peter Chatfield - A message to the world

Hundreds of Muslims visit convert after message goes viral

Peter Chatfield, who is dying of cancer, received over 400 visitors after appealing to the Muslim world via social media.

World Bulletin / News Desk

British Muslim convert Peter Chatfield, is being held in Queens Hospital, Sahara Ward B5, due to spine cancer that has left him paralysed from the chest down. Doctors have given him an estimate of six months left to live.

Chatfield called upon Muslim brothers to surround him through his rough period of time, as he doesnt have many Muslim friends.

The response he received was amazing. Not long after the message spread via social media, hundreds of Muslims from all backgrounds went to visit Peter in the hospital.

“I am truly blessed,” Peter was quoted saying by Ilmfeed. “I don’t turn anyone away. In the last few days I have had over 400 visitors. It’s madness, and I’m so thrilled and feel so blessed to be so loved. That is the most important thing here – love.”

Peter has recieved an astonishing response to his cry out to the Muslim community. A visitor flew in from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, just to see him and fly back. The day before a family from Penaylvania, USA came to spend some time with him.

Peter said “I know I haven’t long left, I’m ready to go and I hope anyone I have hurt or upset can forgive me before I leave you all.”

“Am I scared about leaving life? No, I’m at peace and surrounded by so much love. In fact I had to temporarily block my phone as I couldn’t handle the calls and messages I have received. I have not had one moment of doubt of where I’m going. Blessed be those who visit me.”

He added, “I wish everyone here a speedy recovery. There’s so much you learn about human nature and life. Some people don’t receive a single visit and I have hundreds.”

“It’s so sad but that is the reality of life. People need to take a minute and spend some time with their loved ones – doing the important things in life – it’s a lot more than just a working, eating, sleeping routine for 60 or 70 years.”

Here are the details to his hospital, please call the ward before visiting him:

Peter Chatfield, Queens Hospital, Sahara Ward B5
Queens hospital.
Rom valley way, Romford, Essex RM7 O9A
01708435000
Visiting times 10:30am – 7:30pm

Source:

http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/139764/hundreds-of-muslims-visit-convert-after-message-goes-viral