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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Allah سبحانه و تعالى stated in Surat Yunus, ayat number 58, the meaning of which is, “Say: “In the Bounty of Allah, and in His Mercy (i.e. Islam and the Quran); -therein let them rejoice.” That is better than what (the wealth) they amass.”
Before mentioning the explanation of this ayat, we should mention that Allah سبحانه و تعالى has mentioned in the previous ayat that indeed an admonishen and good advice has come to the people from Allah, warning the people from the actions that cause the displeasure of Allah and bring about the punishment, then similarly it was mentioned that the Qur’an is a healer for that which is found in the breasts of mankind; be it from desires of various sorts, or doubts from the whisperings of the Shaytaan cast upon them, causing what was once certainty in their belief to become uncertain. Then it was mentioned that it is a guidance and mercy for the believers in directing them to the pleasure of Allah and the righteous actions.
Then Allah stated that they should rejoice in the Bounty and Mercy of Allah; many of the scholars state that the Bounty of Allah is the Qur’an itself, such as Shaikh ‘AbdurRahman as-Sa’di, and that the Qur’an is the greatest blessing bestowed upon the creation, a virtue from Allah upon us. Since the Quran no doubt guides and removes the people from darkness into light, from ignorance into knowledge, from shirk into tawhid.
As for the Mercy, then it is stated that it is the religion of Islam, and eemaan in the hearts of the believers, and the love the servant of Allah finds in his heart for his Creator and the knowledge of who the Creator is.
These are the two affairs Allah states the believers should rejoice upon, for indeed they are connected to the happiness of this World and the Hereafter, and there is no comparison between those two affairs and anything else in the World a person may have, since everything a person may achieve and rejoice with from the worldly affairs will all come to an end and perish at some point, whereas guidance and worship will save him after death in the Herafter. So Allah ordered that we are pleased with those affairs of the Qur’an and the guidance to the religon and eemaan, since that will cause peace and serenity within our hearts to further our worship of Allah. Similarly, upon recognising the greatness of those affairs causes a person to wish to thank his Lord, and so he increases in his worship.
Therefore this type of rejoicing is praiseworthy, rejoicing over the greatest blessings Allah has bestowed upon us in guiding us and revealing the Qur’an and Sunnah and therefore acting and implementing them, rejoicing does not mean innovating new celebrations or gatherings as some of the sufi sects may do, and consequently always asking Allah to keep us firm upon the correct path and increase us in knowledge.
[Based on Shaikh ‘AbdurRahman as-Sa’di’s explanation of the ayat]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
It is common to hear the phrase “Habeeb ullah” referring to the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم, however how accurate is this statement? Shaikh ibn ul-Uthaymeen رحمه الله responds:
“The prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم is habeeb ullah [beloved of Allah] no doubt, for indeed he loves Allah and is beloved to Allah, however there is a description that is higher and better than this, and that is to say “Khaleel ullah”. For indeed the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم is the khaleel of Allah as in the hadith, “Indeed Allah took me as a khaleel just as He took Ibrahim as a khaleel”.
Therefore, the one who describes the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم as “habeeb ullah” has actually lowered him صلى الله عليه و سلم from his status, because “khaleel” is greater and higher than “habeeb”, since all the believers can be said to be the “habeeb” of Allah, but the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم is in a position higher than that, and that is the position of being the “khaleel” [which is a greater level of love than habeeb]”.
[Fataawa Arkaan il-Islaam p98/99 paraphrased]
Similarly Shaikh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned, “The statement of some of the people that Mohammad صلى الله عليه و سلم is “habeeb ullah” and that Ibrahim عليه السلام is “khaleel ullah”, thinking that “habeeb” is a greater love than “khaleel” is a weak statement, rather the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم is khaleel ullah”
[Majmoo’ ul Fataawa 10/24 paraphrased]
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Many people often ask regarding the narration that the Shaytaan is expelled from a home that Surat ul-Baqarah is recited within; whether it is a must to actually have to recite, or if it is possible to simply play a recording of Surat ul-Baqarah on some electronic device?
The following is the response of Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen رحمه الله تعالى:
“Q: Oh Shaikh, there is a hadith from the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم that if a person recites Surat ul-Baqarah in his home then the Shaytaan cannot enter, but if the Surah was recorded on a cassette [or any other electronic means, and then played] then does the same still occur? [i.e. is that sufficient to prevent the Shaytaan from entering?]
A: No…no…an audio recording is nothing, it doesn’t benefit [in this regard], it cannot be said he [the house resident in this instance] has recited the Qur’an [since the hadith mentions “the one who recites…”], all that can be said is he has listened to a previous reciter on the recording.
Therefore, similarly if we were to record the adhaan [call to prayer] and then leave it at the microphone to play when the time for adhaan enters, then is that sufficient and fulfilling to the right of the adhaan? It is not fulfilling the right….and similarly if we were to record an inspiring and moving khutba of a khateeb and then when Friday comes we play it on the microphone and so the recording starts, “Assalamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu[!] then the mu’adhin makes the adhaan and then the khutba begins [on the recorder]…then is that fulfilling the obligation? No, it is not.”
[via Sahab]
In other various fataawa the scholars have mentioned that one of the reasons for this is because the recitation of the Qur’an is an act of worship and therefore an intention is required, and clearly the electronic device has no intention, or indeed any ability to make an intention. Similarly the Permanent Committee of Scholars mentioned it is not correct to play a recording of the Qur’an for ruqya purposes, rather it requires intention from the reader which the recorder does not have.
An insightful lecture by Ustaadh Abu Muaadh Taqweem Aslam on the topic of Celebrating the Birthday of the Prophet صلى
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Those who have manifested their hatred for Tawheed, the Sunnah of the final Messenger and the understanding of the Sahaabah always seek to distort the true image of Islaam when the khawaarij commit their crimes. So do not lend an ear to the ill-informed views of the so called experts on Islaam, the biased secularist slanderers, the munaafiqoon, the modernists and the apologists. Listen to the Major scholars and seek their advise in times of fitnah. Visit the following link and may Allaah bless you.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
The time of year is upon us where those with a restricted share of knowledge from the Qur’an and Sunnah, upon the methodology of the Salaf of this Ummah, find themselves engaged in acts of “love” for the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم – and yet in reality they are barren and void of any true love. They find themselves conducting marches, food festivals and other affairs claiming guidance within their activities, and in reality no revelation ever descended upon its validity.
Shaikh bin Baz رحمه الله was asked the following, “What is the ruling on the “prophet’s birthday”? And what is the ruling upon the one who attends it? And is the one who does it and dies upon that state [not having repented] punished?”
Regarding birthdays, then there is nothing in the legislation that indicates they should be celebrated, neither the “birthday” of the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم or other than him. That which we know from the pure legislation and what the people of knowledge have established is that celebrating birthdays is an innovation – there is no doubt in that. Since the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم who was the greatest in his advice to the people, and the most knowledgable regarding the legislation of Allah and the one who preached and spread it, did not celebrate his “birthday” and nor did the companions, neither Abu Bakr, Umar, ‘Uthman, ‘Ali رضي الله عنهم or other than them.
So if this was correct and a sunnah they would have hastened to doing it, and the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم himself would not have left it, rather he would have done it himself صلى الله عليه و سلم and taught us to do it, and the companions would have done it…but since they all left it and did not do it, then we know with certainty this is not from the legislation. Similarly the righteous Salaf did not do it, and so it becomes clear this is an innovation and indeed the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم said translated, “Whomsoever introduces something into our religion that which is not from it will have it rejected”.
Therefore celebration of the “prophet’s birthday” in Rabee’ ul-Awwal [an islamic month] or in other months [since it is not established the exact date!], similarly other celebrations such as birthdays of al-Badawy or of al-Husain – all are reviled innovations and it is upon the people of Islam to abandon them. Instead Allah سبحانه و تعالى has bestowed upon us ‘Eid ul-Fitr and ‘Eid ul-Adha as the days of legislated celebration.
It is not a demonstration of love to the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم in celebrating the “birthday”, rather the true love of the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم necessitates following him and clinging to his Sunnah, and defending it, and calling to it, and being upright upon it…this is the true love, as Allah سبحانه و تعالى stated in Surah Ale ‘Imran: 31, the meaning of which is, “Say (O Muhammad SAW to mankind): “If you (really) love Allah then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Quran and the Sunnah), Allah will love you and forgive you of your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
As for the individual being punished or not [the one who participates and dies upon that state], then that affair is with Allah. However, innovations and sins are from the means that lead to punishment, so a person may be punished due to his sin or he may be pardoned by Allah, the individual is under the command of Allah”.
[Summarized from Shaikh bin Baz’s fataawa on the Radio -volume 1 -, via his official website]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
”Yahyah Ibn Jaafar (rahimahullaah) said: (Good) etiquettes in the view of an idiot is like water at the bottom of a colocynth; it increases in bitterness whenever its taste intensifies” [Quoted by Imaam Ibn Jawzee in Akhbaarul Hamqaa Wal-Mughaffileen]
We advise all the salafi brothers and sisters to ignore any fool going about with unwarranted harshness, false accusations and foolish speech. If such foolish and erratic people are really true to their opinions, they should set up their own websites and voice their views. This is much better than hurling false accusations at the salafiyyoon. Perhaps such individuals are in need of reading the observations of Shaikh Rabee once again:
http://salaficentre.com/2013/01/a-golden-observation-of-al-allaamah-rabee-bin-haadee-al-madkhalee/
As for the lackadaisical ones, they are those who accommodate ahlul bidah, such as the followers of Maribi, Halabi, Maghraawi and other innovators.
More articles to follow on the ugliness of idiocy Inshaa-Allaah.