Imaam Muhammad Bin Saaleh Al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah) was asked: “Do you have an advice for the beginner student of knowledge?”
Answer:
“The advice to every person is that he purifies his intention for the sake of Allaah (The Mighty and Majestic) and his intention should neither be leadership nor prestige, nor wealth; rather his intention should be the removal of ignorance from himself and others. And he should establish the religion, defend and guard it. This is the most virtuous thing.” [Liqaa Al-Baab Al-Maftooh 226]
An Unambiguous and Knowledge Based Clarification Regarding Woolwich Attacks- [By Ustaadh Abu Khadijah]; Always Applicable To Atrocities Perpetrated By Lone Wolves & Organised Terrorist Groups In The West- Whether Attributed To Radicalisation Or Extremism In The Name of Islaam
Muhammad Ibn Kab Al-Qurdiy (rahimahullaah) said: ”If Allaah wishes good for a slave, He places three qualities in him: [Sound] understanding in the religion, abstinence from (the unnecessary worldly pleasures) and being aware of his faults”.
Reducing spending and not being extravagant and wasteful is an obligation during marriage ceremonies and other than it. These squanderers who waste meat and food and dispose of it in waste bins should be reminded that there are hungry people hoping for a mouth full of (food) and a scrap of bread. (They should be reminded) to fear Allaah and to fear Him in their gatherings, and that they do not become the cause of Allaah’s blessings being stop.
[Source: An Excerpt From (Al-Bayaan Li-Akhtaa’i Ba’dil Kuttaab) page: 27, Vol: 2]
Indeed, after thanking Allaah [The Most High], I then thank you for the great services you have offered this family for many years. Two weeks ago, after you toiled all day to look after me, my guests and my children, I said to you, ‘’You have been going up and down all day’’ and your reply was, ‘’I thank Allaah for granting me the Tawfeeq to look after my family’’. By Allaah! This brought great joy to my heart and tears to my eyes. And here you are again during this month of Ramadhaan fulfilling many tasks in the household without complaint.
I ask Allaah [The Most High] that He never makes me take you for granted. I greatly appreciate your efforts, kindness, love and compassion. I greatly appreciate your support throughout these years- in times of ease and hardship, illness and good health. I ask Allaah [The Most High] to forgive me if I have ever undervalued your efforts, for I have never looked around the house but only found my children happy, loved and cared for by a mother who takes great pride in looking after her family. I ask Allaah [The Most High] to grant you abundant good in this Dunyah and the Aakhirah. I ask Allaah [The Mighty and Majestic] to unite our hearts upon everything pleasing to Him and to increase the love and compassion between us and our children. Aameen.
Wife says:
All praise is due to Allaah for everything He has given me. You are a selfless husband who takes great care of us by the Tawfeeq of Allaah. I cannot thank Allaah enough for granting me such a loyal and sincere friend – a husband who always puts me first and always advises me with good InshaaAllaah. I am behind you as we continue to strive to obey Allaah and His Messenger until death separates us InShaaAllaah. You’re not only a husband, rather you are my best friend, and I am glad that you are! How can that not be when it is the case that you always listen attentively even when I am short-sighted and hasty! I ask Allaah [The Most High] to increase the love between us for His Sake and strengthen the compassion you have shown me throughout the years. May Allaah bless you – Aameen
Narrated Abu Sa’eed (radiyallaahu-anhu): I heard the Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) saying, ”Whoever observes Sawm (fast) for one day in Allaah’s Cause (to seek His good pleasure), Allaah will keep his face away from (hell) fire (a distance covered by a journey of ) seventy years”.
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[Sahih al-Bukhaari. Vol 4. Hadeeth number 2840. Darussalam Print]
Al Allaamah Ash Shaykh Saalih Al Fawzan (Hafidahullah) was asked: Is it obligatory to have the intention for all fasts whether they are supererogatory or in Ramadan?
It is obligatory to have the intention for the supererogatory or obligatory fasts. The Messenger said “Verily actions are based upon the intention”. For the obligatory fast it is a must that the intention is made prior to the coming of Fajr. As for the supererogatory fasts it is possible for a person to keep the fast after the coming of Fajr, if he has not eaten or drank after Fajr. It is therefore permissible to make the intention for the supererogatory fast during the day because (the affair) is broader for supererogatory fasts.
Question: A girl (started) menstuating at the age of eleven, so is fasting incumbent upon her despite the fact that her health has not been very good and she is in a state in which she does not have the ability to fast. Therefore, what is it that should be determined regarding her affair?
Answer: If the situation is as you have stated, then fasting is incumbent upon her because menstruation is a sign that (females) have reached the age of puberty and that can be at the (age) of nine or more. If she is able to fast, it is obligated on her to fulfil it during the (prescribed) time (i.e. in Ramadhaan). If she is incapable or is affected by severe difficulty, she should break the fast and it is obligated on her to make up for the (fasts she has missed) on other days when she has the ability to do that.
And He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession, for such who desires to remember or desires to show his gratitude. [25:62]
The night and the day differ- this one is white and that one is black. So one takes admonition and contemplates on the difference between them and thanks Allaah for them. [Ref 1] Whoever has missed the remembrance of Allaah in the morning, then indeed the evening has arrived so that he can do so. [Ref 2]
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[Ref 1: Source: A paraphrased excerpt from ‘Zaadul Maseer’ by Imaam Ibn Al-Jawzi (rahimahullaah). Publisher: Daar Ibn Hazm 1st edition 1423AH (Year 2002)]
[Ref 2: Source: A paraphrased excerpt from ‘Tayseer Al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan Fee Tafseer Kalaam Al-Mannaan’ by Imaam Sadi (rahimahullaah). Publisher: Daar ibn Hazm 1st ed 1424AH (Year 2003)]
O slave of Allaah, may Allaah have mercy upon you; Observe the fasting of the month of Ramadhaan and standing in its night prayer. Take benefit from this opportunity, it may be that you will not get it again, as perhaps death may snatch you before the next Ramadhaan reaches you again.
