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Month: September 2017

Trials and Tests Distinguish the Believer from the Hypocrite – Shaykh Fawzān

Written by Amjad Khan on . Posted in Aqeedah (Creed & Belief), Articles, Monotheism - Tawheed, Morals and Manners - 'Akhlaaq', Pearls of Wisdom, Purification of The Soul.

Shaykh Ṣālih Al-Fawzān (hafidahullāh):

From the Way of Allāh – The Glorified, The Most High – with his creation, is that he trials and tests them. He does not leave them without trials and tribulation, for if he was to leave mankind without trialling them, then the believer would not be distinguished from the hypocrite and the truthful would not become clear from the liar.

Source: Official Website of the Shaykh

Reason Behind The Appearance and Disappearance of Calamities – By Ameerul Mu’mineen Ali [radiyallaahu-anhu]

Written by Abdullah Jallow on . Posted in Morals and Manners - 'Akhlaaq', Pearls of Wisdom, Purification of The Soul, Salaf As Saalih (Pious Predecessors).

Ameerul Mu’mineen Ali Ibn Abee Taalib [radiyallaahu-anhu] said:

”A calamity does not descend except due to sin and a calamity is not removed except due to repentance.”

[Al-Jawaab Al-Kaafi’ by Imaam Ibnul Qayyim. Page 49]

 

Do Not Betray the Responsibility you have been Entrusted with – Shaykh Ṣālih Al-Fawzān

Written by Amjad Khan on . Posted in Aqeedah (Creed & Belief), Articles, Morals and Manners - 'Akhlaaq', Purification of The Soul.

Shaykh Ṣālih Al-Fawzān (hafidahullāh):

Save yourself from the fire by having taqwa of Allāh and (likewise) save your children from the fire by way of (giving them) righteous cultivation upon Islām and upon (performing actions of) the religion and having excellent manners. If not (i.e. if you have not given them this cultivation), then indeed you have betrayed the responsibility which you were entrusted with.

Source: Official Website of the Shaykh

The Tongue is the Most Dangerous of Limbs – Shaykh Ṣālih Al-Fawzān

Written by Amjad Khan on . Posted in Articles, Morals and Manners - 'Akhlaaq', Pearls of Wisdom, Purification of The Soul.

Shaykh Ṣālih Al-Fawzān (hafidahullāh):

The tongue is the most dangerous of limbs, due to this every limb frees themselves from the tongue, admonishes it and reminds it to fear Allāh and have taqwa of Him, by saying:

” Fear Allāh for our sake, (for) we are with you; if you are upright, we will be upright; and if you are crooked, we will become crooked.” [1]

Source: Official Website of the Shaykh

[1] [Reported by Tirmidhī Number 2407: Chapter: What has been reported concerning preservation of the tongue] [Hadīth Declared Hasan By Imām Albāni]

Reflection: [O Allaah! Distance Us From This Type of Behaviour]

Written by Salafi Dawah Manchester on . Posted in Morals and Manners - 'Akhlaaq', Purification of The Soul, Qur'aan.

And when some hurt touches man, he cries to his Lord (Allah Alone), turning to Him in repentance, but when He bestows a favour upon him from Himself, he forgets that for which he cried for before, and he sets up rivals to Allah, in order to mislead others from His Path. Say: “Take pleasure in your disbelief for a while: surely, you are (one) of the dwellers of the Fire!”

Way of the Prophets in Supplicating to Allah – Shaykh Shaykh Sālih Al-Fawzān

Written by Amjad Khan on . Posted in Aqeedah (Creed & Belief), Articles, Monotheism - Tawheed, Pearls of Wisdom, Worship - 'Ibaadah'.

Shaykh Sālih Al-Fawzān (hafidahullāh):

It is a must that the Muslim supplicates and calls upon his Lord in every time and location. He (should) humble himself to Allāh because this is the way of the Prophets and Messengers (alayhimus salātu was salām.)

Source: Official website of the Shaykh.

Reflect!

Written by Salafi Dawah Manchester on . Posted in Purification of The Soul, Qur'aan.

By the night as it envelops;

And by the day as it appears in brightness;

And by Him Who created male and female;

Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);

As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and fears Him,

And believes in Al-Husna.

We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).

 But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient.

And gives the lie to Al-Husna (see Verse No: 6 footnote);

We will make smooth for him the path for evil

And what will his wealth benefit him when he goes down (in destruction).

Truly! Ours it is (to give) guidance,

And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).

Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely (Hell);

None shall enter it save the most wretched,

Who denies and turns away.

And Al-Muttaqun (the pious and righteous – see V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell).

He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,

And have in his mind no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return,

Except only the desire to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High;

He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise).

There is Nothing Heavier on the Scales than Good Manners – Shaykh Zayd ibn Hadi Al-Madkhali

Written by Amjad Khan on . Posted in Articles, Morals and Manners - 'Akhlaaq', Purification of The Soul, Qur'aan.

On the authority of Abī Dardā’ that the Messenger of Allāh (sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam) said:

“There is nothing heavier on the scales than good manners.”

In this hadīth there is an exhortation by the prophet for every male and female Muslim to be possessors of good manners, indeed Allah gave his Prophet (alayhis salātu was salām) the most complete of manners, He praised him for them in His statement:

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ۬

And verily you (Muhammad [sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam]) are on an exalted standard of character. (Al-Qalam:4)

And (in addition) Ā’isha, Mother of the Believers (Allāh be pleased with her) was asked about the manners of the Prophet (sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam) so she replied:

“His character was the Qurān,”(1)

meaning he submitted to its commands and abandoned its prohibitions; he would desire that which it exhorted to and fear that which it induced fear in; he adorned himself with the moral excellence which is in it, and took heed with that which is in it from stories (of the past) and parables, and good manners is by way of speech and action.

Good manners are connected to the rights of Allāh, performing them in the most complete manner, and it concerns the rights of creation by interacting well with them – generally and specifically – by way of speech and action. Due to this, it has been mentioned regarding its tremendous virtue and great reward, i.e. the statement of the Prophet (sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam):

“There is nothing heavier on the scales than good manners”, this is a supplication of the Prophet (alayhis salātu was salām), clearly showing that the male and female Muslims should adorn themselves with best of manners. It is not possible (in reality) that a servant (of Allāh) possesses good manners except that he has concern with the Book of Allah and the Authentic Sunnah of the Messenger (alayhis salātu was salām), because good manners are taken from these two weighty tremendous (sources), the Noble Qurān and the Authentic Sunnah.

And in the reported supplication:

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاهْدِنِي لِأَحْسَنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ لَا يَهْدِي لِأَحْسَنِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا لَا يَصْرِفُ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْك»

O Allāh! You are the King, there is no deity worthy of worship except You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have committed wrong against myself and admitted to my error, so forgive me all my sins. Verily, You, only You forgive the sins. (O Allāh!) Direct me to the best manners, for none except You directs to the best manners. Divert me from the worst manners, for only You divert from the worst manners. Glorified and Exalted You are. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You. (2)

‘Awn Al-Ahad As-Samad Sharh Al-Adab Al-Mufrad vol.1 pgs 295-296

(1)   Sahīh Muslim

(2)  Sahīh Muslim