Allaah (The Most High) said:
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ ۚ لَا تَسْجُدُوا لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ
And from among His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Prostrate not to the sun nor to the moon, but prostrate to Allah Who created them, if you (really) worship Him. [1]
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[41:37]
Question to Shaikh Abdullaah Bin Humaid (rahimahullaah):
Is attendance at the Haram (in Makkah) and breaking the fast over there something desired in the Sunnah or not, for some people obligate that on themselves?
Answer:
It is not Sunnah; rather some people break their fast at the Haram in order to be present for Maghrib Salaah. That is because they will miss the Maghrib Salaah if they were to break their fast at home. And it is not the case that breaking the fast at a Masjid has a distinguished virtue; rather it is for the purpose of attending the congregational prayer. So they (i.e. the people) break their fast over there in order to attend the congregational prayer and not miss it. As for merely breaking the fast, it contains the same reward whether the person does so in his house or at another place. They (i.e. the people) only choose it (i.e. the Masjid) because the Salaah is established over there, so that they can perform it at the Kabah and together with the Muslims as a group. This is the aim.
Question to Shaikh Abdullaah Bin Humaid (rahimahullaah)
Some of the people come for Umrah and eat in the Haram because they are travellers; but they eat in the presence of the people. Is it permissible for them to do so?
Answer:
It is permissible for a traveller to eat, but the scholars have stated that he (or she) should not eat in the presence of the people. He (or she) should eat in private lest the people disapproved of him (or her) and say that this person is thoughtless or lest the sinful people blindly follow him (or her).
You have a (legislated) excuse because you are a traveler. But it is not befitting that you eat in the presence of the people because they will accuse you and a person is commanded to safeguard his (or her) honour. Also the sinful people will follow you when they see you eating, saying: ‘’Such and such a person eats so we will also eat like him.’’
And indeed the scholars from the Hanaabilah (i.e. the scholars of the Madhab of Imaam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) and other than them have stated that it is permissible for the traveller to eat during the day in Ramadhaan and there is no harm in doing so, except that it is not befitting for him (or her) to eat in the presence of the people, rather of he (or she) should eat in private.
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[Source: Al-Fataawaa Wad-Duroos Fil Masjidil Haraam…pages: 493-494]
Question to Al-Allaamah Ahmad An-Naajmi (rahimahullaah)
What is the ruling on the saying [Shukran (i.e. thank you)] to the one who did good to a person?
Answer:
Whoever does so [i.e. says Shukran ] has indeed abandoned what is better and that is the statement [جزاك الله خير – May Allaah reward you with good]
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[Source: Fath Ar-Rabb Al-Wadood Fil Fataawaa War-Rasaa’il War-Rudood’ 1/68]
Imaam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) stated:
(There) is nothing equal to knowledge, for the one who makes his intention correct (i.e. sincere). So they (i.e. the people) said: And how do (we) make the intention correct (i.e. sincere) O father of Abdullaah?! He said: You make an intention to remove ignorance from yourself and others.
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[Aadaab Ash-Sharee’ah’ 2/45, by Ibn Muflih (rahimahullaah)]
Imaam Ibn Rajab (rahimahullaah) said:
”The reward of a deed being multiplied is dependent on the perfection of (a person’s) Islaam and the perfection of sincerity in that action.” [Jaami-ul uloom wal-hikam 2/316]
Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:
”The level of a slave’s (sincerity) in his intention, determination, aim and fervent desire determines Allaah’s Tawfeeq (i.e. Allaah’s guidance for a slave and enabling him to act upon it) and His Aid for him. Aid and Assistance from Allaah descends upon the slaves in accordance with the (sincerity) in their determination.”
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[Al-Fawaa-id: 181]
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Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:
The greatest type of reliance upon Allaah is: Reliance upon Allaah in (seeking) guidance; establishing Tawheed; adhering to the path of the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) and striving against the people of falsehood. This is the Tawukkul of the Messengers and particularly that of their (true) followers.
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[Al-Fawaa’id…page: 138]