Updated: Why Do I Want to Be More Knowledgeable Than My Contemporaries?
Author: Salafi Dawah Manchester
How to memorise and review the Qur’ān? – Shaykh Abdullah Bukhari
Shaykh Abdullah Bukhari answers a very important question in relation to how the Qur’ān should be memorised. A much needed reminder for us all.
The question – may Allāh bless you – is concerning how to memorise and review the Qur’ān?
Firstly, memorise the Qur’ān from a teacher who is proficient, a sincere advisor and Sunnī (firm upon the Sunnah). Memorising the Qur’ān is just like the other sciences and branches from the branches of studying (talab al-‘ilm). You are to read (the Qur’ān) to a man upon the Sunnah, who is knowledgeable, has memorised, good and precise (in what he teaches).
Is It Required To Feed A Group Of The Poor For Missed Fasts – Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Al-Fawzān
Question: I heard on the program ‘Nūr ‘alā ad-Darb’ in reply to a question that it is obligatory that the feeding (expiation for not fasting) is NOT to restricted to one poor person, but rather for every day missed, a different poor person is to be fed.
Answer: Concerning this matter I am not aware of it being obligatory to feed a multiple of poor persons when making the expiation for missed fasts. Allāh, the Majestic, the Most-High, says:
“As for those who can fast with difficulty, they have (a choice either to fast or)
to feed a Miskīn (needy person) (for every day).”
[Al-Baqarah:184]
And so long as the person concerned carries out the expiation of feeding and was to do so with one poor person, I hope and see that as being sufficient, if Allāh wills.
Majmū’ Fatāwā of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Al-Fawzān, volume 2, page 423.
Zakāt For The One Who Receives A Monthly Salary – Shaykh Al-Fawzān
Question: How is zakāt to be paid on the wealth of an employee whose salary increases every month? With some of his wealth, a full year has passed and so zakāt is obligatory on it, however with some of it, a year has not yet completed, so what does he do?
Answer: If you were to specify a month from the year in which you extract your zakāt from the wealth you have accumulated, such as the month of Ramadān, this is good. You pay the zakāt on all the wealth that which is with you – the wealth on which a year has passed, you would have paid the zakāt in its time, as for that which a year has not passed, you would have paid it earlier, and the early payment of zakāt is permissible for a legislative reason. This is the only way available for the people (specifically employees receiving a monthly salary). He is to choose a month from the year and makes it the time for extracting zakāt until the coming year in which he does the same.
Majmū Fatāwā, volume 2, page 453.
[Arabic] -Short Commentary On Four Books of Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah- By Imaam Abdul Azeez Bin Baaz
Al-Aqeedah Al-Waasitiyyah
Al-Hamawiyyah
Iqtidaa Siraat Al-Mustaqeem
Kitaab Al-Istiqaamah
What Enables a Person to Speak With Wisdom?
Abu Uthmaan An-Naysabooree [rahimahullaah] said: Whoever commands himself with the Sunnah in speech and action will speak with wisdom. And whoever commands himself with desires in speech and action will speak with innovation.
Unity is Based on Book and Sunnah! An Insightful Statement of Ustaadh Abu Khadeejah During Eedul Fitr Khutbah
Unity is based on the Book and the Sunnah and not bidah. We do not look for a common enemy and unite against him… because as soon as we overcome him, we will start to fight amongst ourselves.
Treat Neighbours Well – Be They Muslims or Non-Muslims
A Sheep was slaughtered for Abdullaah Ibn Umar [radiyallaahu-anhumaa], so he said to his slave, “Have you given to our Jewish neighbour? Have you given to our Jewish neighbours? I heard the Messenger of Allaah [sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam] saying, ‘Jibreel did not cease advising me [about the rights of] a neighbour until I thought that he [a neighbour] would inherit from me.’ “
O Terrorists And Racists! Fear Your Lord and Repent
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Allaah [The Most High] said:
إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡىِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَنَڪۡتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُواْ وَءَاثَـٰرَهُمۡۚ وَكُلَّ شَىۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَـٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ۬ مُّبِينٍ۬
Verily, We give life to the dead, and We record that which they send before (them), and their traces, and all things We have recorded with numbers (as a record) in a Clear Book. [Soorah Yaaseen Aayah 12]
[Verily, We give life to the dead, and We record that which they send before (them)]- Meaning: their good and evil deeds. [And their traces]-Meaning: the evil and good deeds they left behind [in this worldly life after their departure from this worldly life], which are then followed by others [are also recorded]. [1] Those deeds that came into effect because of their statements, deeds and state of affairs. [2]
[1] Zaadul Maseer Fee Ilmit Tafseer’ by Imaam Ibn Al-Jawzi (paraphrase & abridged)
[2]Tayseer Al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan Fee Tafseer Kalaam Al-Mannaan (paraphrased & abridged)