Question: I am a beginner student of knowledge. What do you advise me to read? There are so many books that I don’t know which ones are the most useful and beneficial.
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Jazaa'iri ḥafidhahullāh:
I advise you to start with the Book of Allāh: memorising it, reciting it, reflecting on it, and acting upon it. Along with that, read a simple tafsīr, such as the tafsīr of Shaykh As-Sa‘dī (may Allāh have…
May Allāh make your work in these masjids a light for you on the Day of Judgment and raise your ranks.
Written by Abu Muhammad Tahir As-Samawi may Allāh grant him success.
[18 / Jumada Al-Ākhirah / 1447 AH]
As-Samdah – Ma’rib – Yemen
We ask Allāh to benefit Islam and the Muslims through it.
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A Warning to Donors and Benefactors:
Be careful not to hand over masjids to people of innovation or to those seeking worldly gain
1⃣. Masjids are a great trust
Dear donors, know that a masjid is not a social project, a place to gain influence, settle personal conflicts, or try out personal ideas. A masjid is the House of Allāh.
Allāh says: “The masjids belong to Allāh, so do not call upon anyone besides…
LESSON 23 ⤵️
https://youtu.be/BWAEBxo72mE
Class Summary:
The student begins section 3, where they are introduced to the second most common vowel in the Arabic language — the kasrah ـِ In this lesson, the student learns the (إِ) sound.
Pdf: https://t.me/masjidsahabah/1110
Due to the continual requests to have the entire book uploaded, we will be restarting Fiqh Al-Muyassar, beginning with The Book of Purification.
Classes will take place every Thursday evening, in shā’ Allāh, live on t.me/masjidsahabah
Sheikh ’Abdulḥamīd Az-Zu'kari hafidahullāh mentions the following means:
1. Practice, repetition, and consistency
2. Avoiding distractions – Distractions weaken memory and cause what is memorised to be forgotten.
3. Avoiding savoury foods
4. Consuming sweet foods in moderation – Sweet foods enhance memory because the brain’s primary fuel is glucose, which comes from sugars.
5. Du'a – Consider the example of…
Never Show Weakness to the Enemy
Sheikh Daghsh ibn Shabeeb Al-’Ajmi ḥafidhahullāh states:
Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān, the maternal uncle of the Believers, and one of the most astute men of the Arabs, when death approached him, said:
وَتَجَلُّدي لِلشامِتينَ أُريهِمُ * أَنّي لرَيبِ الدَهرِ لا أَتَضَعضَعُ
“And I harden myself before those who rejoice at my misfortune, showing them that, in the trials of fate, I do…
Christians with the greeting of peace, and if you meet them on the road, force them to its narrowest part.”
If a person greets us and we know that he is a disbeliever and he says, “Peace be upon you,” then there is no harm in our saying, “And upon you be peace,” or in our saying, “And upon you.” Unless we doubt his saying “Peace be upon you,” whether he intended السام “death” as the Jews used to do that in Madinah with the Messenger ﷺ. If we doubt, then we say, “And upon you” only, and we do not say, “And upon you be…
Sheikh ’Uthaymeen raḥimahullāh said:
"Since you have been dispatched to these disbelieving lands, this may be an opportunity for the one whom Allāh grants success to call to Islam: to call to Islam through his speech, his state, and his actions.
Calling to Islam through speech means that a person tells the people, “This is Islam,” and explains its merits and virtues, and that the religion of Islam (i.e. The…
LESSON 17 ⤵️
https://youtu.be/_6w5Sa_yO1o
Class Summary:
مَا مَعْنَى الْإِحْسَانِ وَكَمْ أَرْكَانُهُ؟
What is the meaning of Ihsan, and how many parts does it have?
الْإِحْسَانُ رُكْنٌ وَاحِدٌ. وَالدَّلِيلُ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ((الْإِحْسَانُ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ)).
Ihsan has one part. The proof is what the Prophet ﷺ said: "Ihsan is to worship Allah as…
LESSON 16 ⤵️
https://youtu.be/9_t0e6PUPdw
Class Summary:
كَمْ أَرْكَانُ الْإِيمَانِ؟
How many pillars of Ēmān are there?
أَرْكَانُ الْإِيمَانِ سِتَّةُ. وَالدَّلِيلُ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ: ((أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ)).
The pillars of Ēmān are six. The evidence for this is the statement of the Prophet ﷺ…
Types of Companions
Ibn Al-Qayyim rahimahullah said:
People are of four categories:
1⃣. Those whose companionship is like food - one cannot do without them. They are rarer than red sulfur. They are the people of knowledge of Allāh and His commands, those who are sincere to Allāh, His Book, His Messenger, and His creation.
2⃣. Those whose companionship is like medicine - needed only at times of illness. They are…
Speak Well Or Remain Silent
طِيبُ الكَلامِ كالثِّمَار اليَانِعَةْ * فاخْتَرْ مِنَ الألفاظِ كُلَّ نافِعَةْ
Good speech is like ripe fruit,
so choose from words only those that are beneficial.
قُلِ الّتِي لِلسّامِعِينَ أَحْسَنُ * إنّ اللّسَانَ كَالسّلاحِ يَطْعَنُ
Say that which is best to the listeners, for the tongue, like a weapon, can wound.
وَرَاعِ قَدْرَ عَقْلِ مَنْ تُكِلِّمُ * وبَسِّطِ الكلامَ حتّى…
