BENEFIT 45: WHAT'S MY STATE GOING TO BE LIKE IN THE GRAVE?
Ibnul Qayyim raḥimahullāh said:
“The state of the slave in the grave is like the state of the heart in the chest. If you want to know what your state will be in the grave, look at the state of your heart in your chest.”
[Ad-Dā' wad-Dawā', P. 187]
BENEFIT 44: AL-QAWĀ'ID AL-ḤISĀN FĪ TAFSĪRIL QURʿĀN
After completing Ash-Shinqīṭī's monumental work, 'Daf' Īhām Al-Idhṭirāb', Sheikh Abū Bilāl ḥafidhahullāh began reading through Al-Qawā'id Al-Ḥisān; the priceless booklet of Sheikh 'Abdurrahmān As-Sa'di raḥimahullāh.
Hereunder is a brief summary of some of the benefits taken from that first lesson:
1. This book (Al-Qawā'id Al-Ḥisān) contains 72 principles…
It is recommended for the one who comes to Jumu‘ah to offer voluntary prayers beforehand, whatever he is able to do, from when he enters the masjid until the imām comes out to the people, without that being limited to a specific number. So he may pray two or four rak‘ahs, or whatever Allāh wills that he should pray.
Al-Bukhāri (883) and Muslim (657) narrated that Salmān Al-Fārisi said: The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever…
BENEFIT 43: WHAT HAPPENS TO MY WEALTH AFTER MY DEATH?
Once a person dies, their wealth goes towards fulfilling the following five rights - in the order mentioned below:
1. (تَ) تَجْهِيزُ الْمَيِّتِ
Preparing the body; this includes covering the costs for washing the body, shrouds, digging the grave and in some cases, buying the land on which the grave sits.
2. (دُ) دَيْنٌ متعلقة بعين التركة
3. (") دَيْنٌ…
“If I was to backbite anyone, I would have backbitten my parents, as they are most deserving of my good deeds.”
[Ibn Baṭṭāl's explanation of Bukhāri (9/245)]
BENEFIT 42: TWO TYPES OF QUESTION THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER ASK❗️
Our teacher Abū Zur'ah Aṣ-Ṣomāli ḥafidhahullāh mentioned in one of the classes explaining Lum'atul I'tiqaad, that:
“There are two types of questions that a Muslim should never ask:
1⃣. In relation to the Divine Names and Attributes, he should never say, How (1)❓
How are Allāh's eyes?
How did Allah speak to Mūsā?
How does Allāh descend every night?…
The Adhān of 'Uthmān is not applicable in our times:
Sheikh Albāni raḥimahullāh said:
“We do not see following what Uthmān radhiyallāhu anhu did at all - without any restriction. Because we know from what has preceded that he only added the first Adhān because of a rational reason; which was due to the increased numbers and due to the settlements becoming distant from the Prophet's masjid. So whoever overlooks this reason and sticks to 'Uthmān’s Adhān unrestrictedly,…
BENEFIT 41: WHICH PRAYER HAS 2 ADHĀNS?
The only prayer with 2 Adhāns is Ṣalātul Fajr❗️
Ibn 'Umar radhiyallāhu 'anhu reported that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) had two Mu'adhdhins: Bilāl and Ibn Umm Maktūm (May Allāh be pleased with them both). He said, The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said:
((إِنَّ بِلاَلاً يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ فَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يُؤَذِّنَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ))
"Bilāl calls the Adhān during…
BENEFIT 40: A WEEKLY MISTAKE THAT TAKES PLACE IN MY LOCAL ḤANAFI/TABLĪGHI MASJID
Sheikh 'Uthaymīn raḥimahullāh was asked the following question:
DOES JUMU'AH PRAYER HAVE ANY VOLUNTARY PRAYERS PRIOR TO IT❓
He, may Allāh have mercy on him, responded:
“Jumu'ah prayer does not have any Sunnah before it, thus what some people do in terms of praying after the first Adhān is called, this has no basis for it. Because…
I went to a function where I saw one of the attendees persistently eating dates and drinking coffee, so I asked him: (why is it) I see you constantly eating dates and drinking coffee? He replied: are you aware that my father lived until he was 105 years old? So I enquired: was your father addicted to drinking coffee and eating dates? He replied: No, he -may Allāh have mercy on him- never used to get involved in…
BENEFIT 39: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROPHET & A MESSENGER?
Sheikh Muḥammad khalīl Al-Harrās ḥafidhahullāh wrote:
'Ar-Rasūl - linguistically - is anyone who is sent with a message (i.e. a Messenger)...and the plural is either 'Rusl' (with a sukoon on the seen), or 'Rusul' (with a Dhammah). As for the legislative definition: (A Messenger refers to) a human, male, freeman [the opposite of a slave], who is…
BENEFIT 38: THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROPHETS & MESSENGERS
Allāh The Almighty sent 114,000 Prophets; 315 of whom were Messengers.
And how do we know that❓
The evidence for this is the Ḥadīth of Abū Umāmah radhiyallāhu 'anhu, who asked the Prophet ﷺ: how many Prophets are there? So he ﷺ said:
((مائة ألف وأربعة عشر ألف))
“One hundred and fourteen thousand.”
[this ḥadīth is 'Ḥasan lighayrihi'; see 'Aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah' of…
BENEFIT 37: HOW MANY PROPHETS ARE MENTIONED IN THE QURʿĀN?
Sheikh Muḥammad Khalīl Al-Harrās raḥimahullāh wrote:
“We must have specific belief in those (Prophets & Messengers) Who Allāh has named in the Qurʿān; and they are 25 (in number), mentioned in the poet's saying:
فِي {تِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَا} مِنْهُمْ ثَمَانِيَةٌ * مِنْ بَعْدِ عَشْرٍ وَيَبْقَى سَبْعَةٌ وَهُمُ
إِدْرِيسُ هُودٌ شُعَيبٌ صَالِحٌ وَكَذَا * ذُو…
The Sixth: this demonstrates the intelligence of Ayyūb and his acceptance of advice, unlike many of the latecomers, who oppose every advisor, accusing them of being harsh, hasty, slandering the righte
Written by: Abu Abdullah Wahb bin Abdullah Al-Thifani, may Allāh forgive him and his parents.
The 15th of Rabi` ath-Thānī 1441 AH. Al-Ḥāmī, may Allāh protect it and increase it in honor.
BENEFIT 36: SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS EXTRACTED FROM THE SALAF
Our teacher, Sheikh Wahb Adh-Dhayfani ḥafidhahullāh, wrote:
Imām Abū Ubaid Al-Qāsim ibn Sallām, raḥimahullāh, mentioned in his precious book, 'Al-Imān', that:
Ismaīl ibn Ibrāhīm informed us, on the authority of Ayyūb, that he said: Saīd ibn Jubayr said to me - without me even asking or mentioning anything to him-:
“Do not sit with so-and-so; he…
BENEFIT 35: LEVELS OF FORBIDDING EVIL
Ibnul Qayyim raḥimahullāh said:
“Forbidding evil is of four levels:
The 1⃣st: the evil is removed and replaced with its opposite.
The 2⃣nd: the evil is reduced, if not completely removed
The 3⃣rd: it is replaced with an evil similar to it
The 4⃣th: it is replaced with a greater evil
The first two levels are prescribed in the Sharī'ah, the third is a matter of ijtihād,…
The colours mentioned in the Qurʿān:
1. ⬜️ أَبْيَضٌ (بِيضٌ) white
2. ⬛️ أَسْوَدُ (سُودٌ)
3. 🟩 أَخْضَرُ (خُضْرٌ)
4. 🟥 أَحْمَرُ (حُمْرٌ)
5. 🟦 أَزْرَقُ (زُرْقٌ)
6. 🟨 أَصْفَرُ (صُفْرٌ)
Challenge:
find these colours in the Qurʿān. Search for the plural forms (the ones in the brackets) if you cannot find the singular forms.
BENEFIT 34: wide scholarly acceptance of a weak historic report may be a reason to accept it as a factual event
Background:
Al-Ja'd ibn Dirham; the first to reject the Divine Attributes and claim that the Qurʿān was created; mentor of Jahm ibn Ṣafwān; the founding father of the Jahmiyyah.
As a result of his heretical beliefs, Al-Ja'd was executed by the Ummayad governor Khālid ibn ʿAbdullāh al-Qasri raḥimahullāh…
Please remember our dear brother Abū Bakr ibn 'Umar in your du'ās. He passed away yesterday leaving behind 7 children; may Allāh preserve them and their mother and grant the whole family patience.
