WHAT MONTH ARE WE IN?
Answer:
DHUL QI‘DAH.
Tayyib, so what's the big deal?
The big deal is, Allāh ﷻ said:
(إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ عِندَ اللهِ ٱثۡنَا عَشَرَ شَهۡرࣰا فِی كِتَـٰبِ اللهِ یَوۡمَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۡهَاۤ أَرۡبَعَةٌ حُرُمࣱۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلدِّینُ ٱلۡقَیِّمُۚ فَلَا تَظۡلِمُوا۟ فِیهِنَّ أَنفُسَكُمۡ...}
“Indeed, the number of months ordained by Allah is twelve—in Allah’s Record…
4 SIMPLE STEPS TO HELP YOU ESTABLISH THE NIGHT PRAYERS:
1⃣- Start off by praying Witr (1 rak'ah minimum) straight after the ‘Isha congregation in the masjid.
2⃣- If that becomes a norm, you should start praying Witr as soon as you return home from the ‘Isha congregation.
3⃣- if that becomes a norm, delay Witr until just before bedtime.
4⃣- If that becomes a norm, start praying Witr 10 minutes before Fajr Adhān. Then from here, increase the time bit by bit until you…
“Ask the people of knowledge if you do not know.”
📝 QUESTION:
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
هناك فائدة ذكرتها إحدى الأخوات،
وهو ما يتعلق بتعريف المحرم، الفائدة تستند إلى قول ابن حجر في الفتح:
((وضابط المحرم عند العلماء من حرم عليه نكاحها على التأبيد بسبب مباح لحرمتها)) اهـ
علقت الأخت بأن الزوج ليس محرما لأنه لا يدخل في التعريف
Assālamu ‘alaikum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh. There's a benefit relayed by one…
BE CAREFUL NOT TO LEAVE THE RAT TO DIE OF HUNGER AND THIRST
Shaykh Muhammad bn Saalih Al-Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said:
When you want to kill a rat, and killing it is Mustahhab (encouraged), then kill well. Kill it with what will take its life immediately, and do not hurt it. And from hurting it, is what some people do where they put down something adhesive to which it will be glued, then they leave it to die of hunger and thirst. And this is not…
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📝 QUESTION:
Is it permissible for a woman to adorn herself for her husband by using makeup for colouring her cheeks, lips and eyelids? Could you kindly explain, bearing in mind that this kind of makeup is the adornment of the western women?
✅ ANSWER:
It is prescribed by Islam for the woman to adorn herself for her husband using the means legislated and made permissible by Allāh. The wife may…
I came across the following benefit and felt that I should shed some light:
The benefit reads:
“There is a difference between a husband and a Mahram. The mahram (مَحْرَم) is connected to raham (رَحَم). The raham is the womb. So the mahram is the relative by way of birth rights. Ie father brother grandfather uncle. The husband isn't a mahram because he is not a relative through birth. So we say for example, "My husband or a mahram will accompany me." Another example, "My mahram will be…
The beauty of righteousness excells physical beauty
"When a husband sees his wife obeying Allāh, his eyes become comforted; and when a believing wife sees her husband obeying Allāh, her eyes become comforted. So the righteous husband is a comfort to the eyes of his wife, and the righteous wife comforts the eyes of her believing husband, and the good offspring comfort the eyes of their believing father, mother and relatives."
[Fatāwā Ibn Bāz (4/44) Aliftā']
The irony of it all is that knowledge came down so we can become educated with it. Yet while knowledge has been easier to access than ever before, literally at the tips of our fingers with simple swipes, we have become more ignorant than ever. If someone were to ask us for proofs we would have to Google it. Knowledge is no longer given a home in our hearts but rather our hearts became a hotel room to accomodate it…
Abū Sa‘ēd and Abū Hurairah (may Allāh be pleased with them both) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
“Never is a believer stricken with a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or mental worry or even the pricking of a thorn except that Allāh expiates his sins on account of his patience”.
[Al-Bukhāri and Muslim].
Original quote benefited from Abū Ṭalḥah Al-Jamaiki
'AND REMIND, FOR INDEED THE REMINDER BENEFITS THE BELIEVERS!'
As Muslims our ultimate goal is to attain Allāh's love and stay clear of His wrath.
But how do we achieve that?
The simple answer is - do all that Allāh loves and stay away from all that He dislikes.
So what does Allāh love?
And what does He dislike?
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Allāh loves:
“those who fear Him” [3 - 76]
“those who follow the Prophet” [3 - 31]
“those who do good” [3 - 134]
“those who uphold…
فتشبهوا إن لم تكونوا مثلهم — إن التشبه بالكرام فلاح
“Imitate (them) if you cannot be exactly like them — For verily imitating the honorable ones is prosperity”
Listen to some biographies of the Salaf on these 2 links:
https://torontodawah.com/class-flag-bearers-of-islaam-faisal-ibn-abdul-qaadir-ibn-hassan/
https://torontodawah.com/class-elevating-our-sisters-series-of-lessons-on-the-greatest-women-in-islaam-faisal-ibn-abdul-qaadir-ibn-hassan/
AND REMIND, FOR INDEED THE REMINDER BENEFITS THE BELIEVERS!
The Prophet ﷺ said:
((من يرد الله به خيرا يفقه في الدين))
“If Allāh wants good for a person He grants him/her understanding of the Deen.”
(Bukhāri)
And the greatest way to gain understanding of the Deen is by exerting effort to study & learn the Deen - just as the Prophet ﷺ said:
((إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ بِالتَّعَلُّمِ))
“Knowledge is merely through learning.”
[أخرجه الخطيب البغدادي في تاريخه(9 /127) برقم:…
![“A person is on the same religion as his friend, so look to whom you take as a friend.” [authentic ḥadīth (see - Aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah No. 927)]](https://web.archive.org/web/20230320114135im_/https://cdn4.telegram-cdn.org/file/YZ-ymdbofulBU3O3J63P2YKplLe03hIQIvK6O0PnrHPQPWQ8H0EClFXTmRRUQgEtFPE62Lt0rzYIhcn2JMe91ldTzF6NSSMMjcsmnhVKuGLISD_oiqCr-aBnOV69EKJgewOG9J6jS3Mcg3tuzFcDdN4juOrIZbSiXB3mlaV2CbMdrMzSaN06ctRrribvu3JyPxeaIGA704RV8_JAvLDbYF880uGwGPxNk4NWRd2eYnwqNzrnoqpKbRYGCWtwVjJb5cYChgB1ciiSBxgh2MyEfP3PMwLy5tsJbklv-w6wHf_nwcyyXz-YaVODmlIKNbe-ySJru6-LynzM_BOjLC-2vA.jpg)
