Did you ever get that feeling...after giving a good reminder, a brief talk, after having written a commendable piece, or having just given simple advice to anyone...then suddenly it hits you...you look back at what you've said...and then time for a reality check..."i dont even do some of the things i've just spoken about...so am i now a hypocrite?" So you continue to praise Allah that no one can open the curtains of your life ...see your faults..time to keep silent...isnt it?
Did you ever get that feeling...when you were online or dealt with someone in "real" life...speaking to that person...then you noticing that they actually look up to you...believing that you're worthy...maybe somewhat of a pious soul...but then you regretaby look at yourself...knowing what and who you "really" are! Makes you stop for a second...your heart feels weird at that very moment...time to keep away from people...isnt it?
Did you ever get that feeling...when you've wronged someone...and you know you have...all the ahadith come in mind...about going back and apologising...about cutting relations for more than three days...about being the bigger and better person in a conflict..yet its so hard...beacuse you think that if you surrender to this...this ungrateful person...then this can only mean that its a sign of weakness...and so the shaytan wins...again...hmm...time for me to run away from these kind of situations...isnt it?
Did you ever get that feeling...when you begin to look at your life...CLEARLY...after days and days of blurred vision...and you realize that your faith has fallen...dropped...sunken...almost feels like living death...you look around you...the books...the tapes/cd's...papers...knowledge...your small rememberance book...the way you started...the you way you fought...the way you struggle to reach where you are...and now look...just look at what i've become...time to go to sleep...just sleep...to forget...isnt it?
Did you ever get that feeling...a long time ago...when you held the quran...you felt each and every single word as you read them...POWERFUL on the heart... werent they? you read it...on your bed...and it made you cry...and you felt as though you never wanted to be bothered...just you and Allah...and when Allah spoke of the believers...you stopped...pulled the quran back...you started to imagine...you thought maybe one day you would be one of them...those who live in jannah...Subhanna allah...when you heard a hadith...you somehow memorised it and kept reciting it back...conveyed it to almost everyone who crossed your path...as if you just heard the best announcement...those days were special...and you yearn for them now...it was all about Allah then...nothing else...time for us to bring back that feeling...that AMAZING feeling...isnt it?
wait...i'm not done...
Did you ever get the feeling while prostrating...lost in your love and humility for allah...just wishing in your heart...that Allah would take your life...right there and then...Time to bring back that feeling!! Isnt it?
Did you ever get that feeling...when going early to the mosque felt good?? when you sat in the first row and after the prayer...you got to see everyone behind you and you knew you beat them?? Time to bring back that feeling!! Isnt it?
Did you ever get that feeling...when you used to do everything for Allah...everything...you just didnt care about people...even when you would post a thread like this?? TIME TO BRING BACK THAT FEELING?? isnt it?
Did you ever get that feeling....when you felt Allah watching you...YOU FELT IT...YOU FELT HIM WATCHING YOU....he was there with you...that second...somehow your head just went down...maybe out of humility...you dont know what made it go that way....you knew...that he was the only one that guided you...watched over you...and helped you. That still hasnt changed.
Brothers and Sisters....
I think its time to bring it back!! You with me?
written by LivingUndertheMercyofAllah (IslamicNetwork)
Tuesday 19 June 2007
Wednesday 23 May 2007
Wednesday 2 May 2007
alAdab4 - Hadith 1 - 1. Prayer at its proper time…
First answer RasoolAllah gave ibn Masood:
1. Prayer on its proper time.
There are different narrations of this Hadith. Narrations from ibn Khuzaymah say prayer at the beginning of its time. Imam Nawawi and Hanafi school didn’t find support for this. Ibn Hajar shows that narrations for this are authentic. Even understanding and knowing that to pray Salah at its beginning time isn’t enough as we know its not always the best from other narrations for example to pray in congregation is better and also it’s better to delay the Isha prayer and pray as late as possible.
Salah comes before the parents. This is the number one priority in our lives. We know this from the Hadith of Prophet in at-Tirmidhi, the first thing to be judged is the prayer and if that is proper then everything else will follow. If prayer is defective then everything else will be defective.
How do we compare to those people who did make the prayer their priority? Are we like the sahabah? Is it the single most important thing in our lives?
The Hadith of Dajjal
Greatest fitnah which will afflict us. There never came a Prophet that didn’t warn against the dajjaal. The Prophet taught us to seek refuge from the evil fitnah of the dajjaal. He will make false miracles and people will take him like a God. Allah will cause draught and famine and the dajjaal will bring food and cause rain to come down. He will cause the dead to come back to life.
The Prophet warns the Companions of the dajjal in a narration and says to them that the dajjaal will stay with you for 40 days. The first day will be like a year, the second day will be like a month, the third day will be like a week and the rest of the days will be like your days. In these days people will wake up a believer and die a disbeliever.
What was the reaction of the Companions to this news?
The Sahabah only asked - how are we going to pray that day?
Look at their priorities. SubhanAllaah. Look at what prayer meant to them.
Allah says in the Quran, The Salah repels/prohibits open evil actions (fahshaa) and evil sins in society (munkar).
By prioritising what Allaah and His Messenger prioritises for us we will be able to take the benefit from that prayer and make it repel fahshaa and munkar and have it fulfil the rest of obligations including the ones towards our parents.
When Allah says give thanks to me and give thanks to your parents. How is this done? The scholars have said this is done by performing the five prayers. By doing this you have thanked Allah and by making dua for the parents after the five prayers you have thanked them.
What does it mean? The prayer in its proper time
There are aspects of this which scholars have agreed upon and some aspects in whcih the scholars have disagreed upon.
- There’s no dispute over the timings of the beginning of Fajr and the end of Fajr.
- The beginning of dhuhr is agreed upon, this is when the sun passes the zenith. If you have a stick, you can see that when the sun gets to the highest point it castes a shadow on the stick itself. As soon as that shadow starts to move and elongate this is the beginning of dhuhr time, its called az-Zawaal.
- ‘Asr has major difference of opinion between two schools of thought. The majority are upon Shafi position, this is when Asr time begins when the shadow is one times the length of the stick plus the original shadow that was present at az-Zawaal time.
- The Hanafi school believe it to be when the shadow is twice the length of the stick plus the original shadow from az-Zawaal time. Both narrated in alMuwatta.
- Maghrib, everyone agrees about the beginning of Maghrib but they disagree upon its ending. Some scholars say Maghrib is valid to pray all the way until Ishaa’. Others such as the Hanafis say Maghrib only lasts for 10-15 minutes.
- Isha time is another issue of dispute, some scholars from the Hanafi school set the time of Maghrib to be a set time - about an hour. This is from hadith of Nu’man ibn Basheer. Some say Maghrib finishes when the whiteness or the redness disappears. These difference is acceptable. Especially in this country its difficult to judge these times, especially Ishaa’.
If we take the narration of prayer at the beginning of its time. We can see in the sunnah when it comes to do good actions we should try to do it quickly. So the principle to do it quickly is present in Islam. We should compete with one another to do good deeds. Other obligations like hajj shouldn’t be pushed away but done at a good time and may be accountable if they could’ve been done earlier in life but left till later when unexpected situations occur and the obligation is not fulfilled.
Prayer at the beginning of its time is something general. There are other narrations to specify issues. There are hadiths which are specific such as praying in congregation is better. Regarding Isha, if the Prophet didn’t fear for us then he would’ve delayed it as late as possible.
alAdab alMufrad 3 - Hadith 1
Abu ‘Abdillah Muhammad b. Isma’il b. Ibrahim b. al-Mughira b. al-Ahnaf al-Ju’fi al- Bukhari said: Abu’l-Walid narrated to us and said: Shu’ba narrated to us and said: al-Walid b. al-‘Ayzar related to me: I heard Abu ‘Amr ash-Shaybani say:
“The owner of this house (and he pointed to the house of Abdullah b. Masud) said, ‘I asked the Prophet which action of Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, loves best?”
He said, ‘Prayer at its proper time.’
I asked, ‘and after that?’
He said, ‘Then dutifulness to parents.’
I asked, ‘And after that?’
He said, ‘Then jihad in the way of Allah.’”
Ibn Mas’ud said: “He told me about these things. If I had asked him to tell me more, he would have told me more.”
This hadith is classified as Saheeh and is also found Imam Bukharis authentic collection Jaami’ Saheeh and in Kitab al Eemaan.
Narrators
Main narrator is ibn Umar ash-Shaybani. He was not a sahabi, was a masjor companion of Abdullah ibn Mas’ood so it puts him in the generation of the kibaar attabi’een
He was alive at time of Prophet. When the Prophet was sent with message, he was sent as a shepherd to look after the flock.
Benefit when he was talking about Abdullah bin Masood he did not mention his name, he only said the owner of this house. This shows respect but also shows Abdullah ibn Masood which is referred to Daar al Abdillah. When Abdullah is mentioned on its own in Hadith books it means Abdullah ibn Masood – shows the status amongst the rest of the scholars.
Abdullah ibn masood is from the early sahaabah he was. He was the narrator the of this hadith and learnt 70 surahs from the quran from the Prophet. To show the greatness they say he learnt them while Zaid ibn Thabit was still a child playing with the children and he was the main scribe! The spread of Hanafi schools and domination is through ibn Masoods moving to Iraq and then his opinions taking such strength and spreading.
They used to say he was most similar to prophet in his manner and the way he addressed people. Passed away in the 32nd year of hijri and was sixty something years old.
The Question Asked
Which action is most beloved to Allah subanahu wa ta’ala?
We have many similar narrations from various people. What does that question actually mean? Prophet didn’t mention Eemaan and those things before prayer but mentioned: Prayer, Birr al Walidain and Jihad.
Different opinions as to what this question meant:
“The owner of this house (and he pointed to the house of Abdullah b. Masud) said, ‘I asked the Prophet which action of Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, loves best?”
He said, ‘Prayer at its proper time.’
I asked, ‘and after that?’
He said, ‘Then dutifulness to parents.’
I asked, ‘And after that?’
He said, ‘Then jihad in the way of Allah.’”
Ibn Mas’ud said: “He told me about these things. If I had asked him to tell me more, he would have told me more.”
This hadith is classified as Saheeh and is also found Imam Bukharis authentic collection Jaami’ Saheeh and in Kitab al Eemaan.
Narrators
Main narrator is ibn Umar ash-Shaybani. He was not a sahabi, was a masjor companion of Abdullah ibn Mas’ood so it puts him in the generation of the kibaar attabi’een
He was alive at time of Prophet. When the Prophet was sent with message, he was sent as a shepherd to look after the flock.
Benefit when he was talking about Abdullah bin Masood he did not mention his name, he only said the owner of this house. This shows respect but also shows Abdullah ibn Masood which is referred to Daar al Abdillah. When Abdullah is mentioned on its own in Hadith books it means Abdullah ibn Masood – shows the status amongst the rest of the scholars.
Abdullah ibn masood is from the early sahaabah he was. He was the narrator the of this hadith and learnt 70 surahs from the quran from the Prophet. To show the greatness they say he learnt them while Zaid ibn Thabit was still a child playing with the children and he was the main scribe! The spread of Hanafi schools and domination is through ibn Masoods moving to Iraq and then his opinions taking such strength and spreading.
They used to say he was most similar to prophet in his manner and the way he addressed people. Passed away in the 32nd year of hijri and was sixty something years old.
The Question Asked
Which action is most beloved to Allah subanahu wa ta’ala?
We have many similar narrations from various people. What does that question actually mean? Prophet didn’t mention Eemaan and those things before prayer but mentioned: Prayer, Birr al Walidain and Jihad.
Different opinions as to what this question meant:
- In general what is the best action.
- Responses are given to exaggerate the action in order to show its importance magnitude
- The answer changes depending on who asks the question.. Some answers have been: The best are those who are best to their to families, to their women etc. The responder thus answers in a way which specifically benefits the questioner and circumstances of the questioner.
- The answer would differ according to the time they lived in and what stages they were at. At the beginning of revelation Jihad was the best and was needed and thus was the best action and then once state had achieved stability something else might become more important like at the time of Hajj thus this becomes more important. If there’s a drought then zakah may be more important..
The Status of Women
AssalaamoAlaikumwa rahmatullaah,
As Shaykh ibn Baaz rahimAllaah shows the importance of women so elequently:
“The status of the Muslim woman in Islaam is a very noble and lofty one, and her effect is very great in the life of every Muslim. Indeed, the Muslim woman is the initial teacher in the building of a righteous society, providing she follows the guidance from the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Since adherence to the Qur’aan and the Sunnah distances every Muslim - male or female - from being misguided in any matter… The secret of her importance lies in the tremendous burden and responsibility that is placed upon her, and the difficulties that she has to shoulder - responsibilities and difficulties some of which not even a man bears.”
Umm ‘Abdillaah
As Shaykh ibn Baaz rahimAllaah shows the importance of women so elequently:
“The status of the Muslim woman in Islaam is a very noble and lofty one, and her effect is very great in the life of every Muslim. Indeed, the Muslim woman is the initial teacher in the building of a righteous society, providing she follows the guidance from the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Since adherence to the Qur’aan and the Sunnah distances every Muslim - male or female - from being misguided in any matter… The secret of her importance lies in the tremendous burden and responsibility that is placed upon her, and the difficulties that she has to shoulder - responsibilities and difficulties some of which not even a man bears.”
Umm ‘Abdillaah
Knowledge
THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE
Anas (RA) said: the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said:
“He who leaves his home in order to seek knowledge, he is in Allah’s path until he returns [to his home].”
(At-Tirmidhi, Sunan, An-Nawawi, Riyad As-Salahin)
Abud-Darda (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
“He who follows a path in quest of knowledge, Allah will make the path of Jannah easy to him. The angels lower their wings over the seeker of knowledge, being pleased with what he does. The inhabitants of the heavens and the earth and even the fish in the depth of the oceans seek forgiveness for him. The superiority of the learned man over the devout worshipper is like that of the full moon to the rest of the stars (i.e., in brightness). The learned are the heirs of the Prophets who bequeath neither dinar nor dirham but only that of knowledge; and he who acquires it, has in fact acquired an abundant portion.”
[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
Abu Dharr narrated, the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said to me:
“O Abu Dharr! If you learn one verse from The Book of Allah (The Quran), it is better for you than to voluntarily pray one hundred rak’as (units of prayer), and if you learn a category of knowledge (religion), regardless if it is applied or not, it is better for you than to voluntarily pray one thousand rak’as.”
Abu Dharr narrated, the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said to me:
“O Abu Dharr! If you learn one verse from The Book of Allah (The Quran), it is better for you than to voluntarily pray one hundred rak’as (units of prayer), and if you learn a category of knowledge (religion), regardless if it is applied or not, it is better for you than to voluntarily pray one thousand rak’as.”
(Ibn Majah, Sunan; Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani, Mukhtasar At-Targhib wa-t-Tarhib; Al-Ghazali, Ihya’ ‘Ulum Ad-Deen)
Abu Hurairah said: I heard the Messanger of Allah (SAAW) saying:
“Anyone who comes to this mosque of ours in order to learn a good thing, or to teach it, is equal to the Mujahid in the path of Allah, and whoever comes for anything else, he is like a man who looks at other people’s belongings.”
(Ibn Majah, Sunan; Ibn Hajar Al-Haithami, Mawarid Az-Zam’an)
Safwan Ibn ‘Assal said: I came to the Prophet (SAAW) while he was reclining on a red coat [in the mosque] and I said to him:
“O’ Messenger of Allah! I came to seek knowledge. He said: Welcome knowledge seeker! Indeed, the angels surround the knowledge seeker with their wings, then they pile on top of each other until they reach the lower heaven out of their love of what he is seeking.”
(Ahmad Ibn Hanbal; At-Tabarani; Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani, Mukhtasar At-Targhib; Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani, Al-Isabah fi Tamyziz As-Sahabah, article “Safwan Ibn ‘Assal”)
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
“He who goes forth in search of knowledge is considered as struggling in the Cause of Allah until he returns.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
Umm Maryam
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)