Do We Have This Love?

DO WE HAVE THIS LOVE? الحمد لله رب العلامين والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين : أما بعد Indeed Love or mahabbah of Allah is not possible or reached until one has complete love and acceptance of the Final Messenger, the leader of all mankind, Muhammad ibn Abdillaah (sala Allahu alayhi wassalam). Islam is not mere submission to the Quran and saying "I believe in Allah " NO! Islam is a deen of decency and does not allowing picking and choosing. Truly, the prophet's final advice before his passing away was, "I am leaving with you 2 things, whoever sticks to them will never go astray. The book of Allah and my sunnah." So, O male and female servant of Allah, know and realized that iman is categorized by confession by the tongue(saying la ilaha illa Allah, muhammadun rasullah), action by the limbs( fulfilling the obligations ,and staying away from the haram and that which Allah and His rasul told us to stay away from), and acceptance in the heart. Many of us claim we love Muhammad (Sala Allahu alayhi wassalam), but have we ever asked ourselves the question, Do I appreciate this Messenger? DO I truly Love him? O brother in Islam? O sister in Islam! Do you wish to have the sweetness (halawa) of imaan in you? One of the characteristics of those who have the sweetness of iman is to love Allaah and the messenger more than anything!(hadith of Anas ibn Malik in the sahihs of al Bukhari and Muslim) If you truly attach and connect your heart to Allaah and the prophet(salaAllahu alayhi wassalam) then I swear by Allaah, you will see great changes in your life and you will find your heart and self at rest. Imagine the despaired and awful state (since it is!) of one who does not have love of Allaah and His Messenger in his or her heart?! What a tragedy! I will tell you one thing for sure. No people on the face of the Earth have ever loved a human being and been so dedicated like the companions of our beloved prophet(salaAllahu alayhi wassalam). Do you think that it was mere friendship and love for a leader? No. It was an act of worship in itself. Here are some examples of the noble companions of Muhammad (alayhissalatu wassalam) and how much they loved and adored this man, the greatest man to walk the Earth! On the day of Badr, the day which Allah described as Youm alFurqaan(the day of the criterion), the day where the two forces met. One affirming belief and tawheed of Allah and the other a disbelieving, tyrannical , group representing and promoting shirk and evil. That day, in which the Messenger of Allah lifted his hands toward the sky and complained to His lord saying, O Allah if this small band is destroyed today, then your religion is done for and you will no longer be worshiped on the Earth. On that day,the prophet (sala Allahu alayhi wassalam )was straightening the rows on that historical day just before the battle. He, (salaAllahu alayhi wassalam) was using an arrow to make sure the people are in rows. Suddenly, the prophet saw the companion, Sawaad al Ansari, out of the rows , not in correctly. So, he lightly poked him on his stomach. Sawaad said " Ya Rasullaah! Allah has sent you with the truth and justice and you hurt me!?" The prophet (salaAllahu alayhi wassalam) smiled and lifted his shirt up and told the man, "take your revenge (do the same to me)." Sawaad went and instead began kissing the skin of the blessed Messenger. The prophet asked "what is this?" He replied, " Ya Rasullaah! We are about to go into battle and perhaps I may be killed(martyred) so the last thing I want in this dunyaa , is my skin touching yours." In another incident, the prophet was passing by the great sahabi Usayd ibn al Hudayr who was was known for his nice personality and making his companions laugh. The prophet striked Usayd's head with some palm leaves just as Usayd was engaged in this. Usayd said, " O Allah's rasul ! You have hurt me!" The prophet said, " Take your revenge then." Usayd, " O Allah's Rasul ! You are wearing a shirt and I am not. " The prophet took off the shirt. Instead of taking the shirt, Usayd kissed the noble chest and body of the prophet and said, " O Allah's Messenger! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! I did not want anything except this!" Subhaan Allah! How much they loved and respected their leader. Some of the sahaba loved the prophet so much that they were so shy to even look at his face out of respect for him. On another occasion, Urwah ibn Mas'ud was sent by the disbelieving Quraysh to Muhammad (salaAllahu alayhi wassalam) to make a truce between them . Urwah noticed some strange things in the followers of the prophet (salaAllahu alayhi wassalam). As they were talking, Urwah stretched forth his hand to touch the beard of the prophet. Suddenly, a masked man standing near the prophet , tapped Urwah's hand with a sword and said to him, "Sir, I suggest you put that hand back in its place before it does not return to you!" The man was shocked and said to al Mustafa (alayhi ssalam), "Who is this? By Allah! He is the most harshest among you!" The prophet smiled at Urwah and said, "You do not recognize this young man?" Urwah looked at him and said confused, "No." The prophet (salaAllahu alayhi wassalam) smiled and said, " This is your nephew alMugheerah ibn Shu'bah." SubhaanAllah wallahu akbar! Look at the level of love and loyalty that the sahaba had for the messenger. Al Mugheerah loved the prophet so much more than his own uncle and blood. He put Allah and His Rasul first, and not family and nation. This is the real level of imaan that we lack nowadays. Indeed Allah's Messenger said, "Whoever loves for Allah, hates for Allah, gives for Allah, and withholds for Allah, then he has complete imaan." (sahih narration) We , as Muslims, especially in this day and age need to rethink and ponder our situation. How is it that we walk about freely , concerned and worried for our education, living expenses, financial stability, yet we do not give much thought to the most important thing of all. OUR IMAN. Sadly, you will find many muslims who are educated(in terms of dunyaa), but know very little when it comes to the life of this great man, (salaAllahu alayhi wassalam). How can you say you appreciate him , and not study his life and follow his way? It is indeed ironic. We need to recharge our imaan and we can start this by first developing love for our creator and sustainer, subhaanah! We can do this by also developing in our hearts love for Allah's final messenger and the seal of all prophets! Iman is not complete without having love and loyalty for Allaah and His Messenger first. This is what the textual evidences show. It is indeed amazing how we claim to love the prophet, yet completely neglect his sunnah, if not all of it! How can we feel offended when he is drawn and depicted by the disbelievers and insulted, if we lack this great love for him? The sahaba loved the prophet so much that they would prefer to be killed than one thorn even prick him. This is what Khubayb ibn Adiyy (radiaAllahu anhu) said when the kuffar of Quraysh were torturing him and cutting his flesh bit by bit. One of them said, " O young man, would you rather prefer Muhammad be here in your situation now?" Khubayb looked up and replied with the light of imaan emanating from his noble face, "By Allah! I would not to be in peace with my wife and kids while the Messenger of Allah is even pricked with a thorn!" Allahu akbar! May Allah have mercy on you O Khubayb ! Similarly, on the day of Uhud, the day in which the prophet when asked by one of his wives, "O messenger of Allah, which day was the most difficult and bitter for you?" to which he replied, " The day of Uhud." On this day, the situation of the Muslims in the battlefield reached its peak. The winds of victory turned on the muslims and this led to some of the believers disobeying the prophet's order. He (salaAllahu alayhi wassalam) had 50 archers remain on the hill of Uhud and told them not to come down for whatever reason, whether the muslims are winning or losing. It was a test from Allah. 40 of the 50 archers went down to aid and take part in the victory as they thought. Rumors spread that the prophet had been fallen, thus killed. Some of the companions were so shocked that they put their swords down and actually sat in the battlefield in shock. Others ran away in confusion , and the remaining continued fighting. The truth came out that the prophet was not actually killed , but the mushrik(pagan) fighter ibn Qamiya had hit the prophet as he was wearing armour covering his face. The prophet was injured badly, and blood was profusely flowing from his face. He began wiping the blood off , but part of the armour (metal)was stuck in the prophet (salaAllahu alayhi wassalam)'s cheek. They needed someone to remove this metal. As Abu Bakr, the Sideeq (truthful) and first man to believe in our Rasul was going to do just this, he saw a figure swiftly pass by him. Who was this noble person ,who rushed in defense of the noble Messenger? It was none other than Ameenul Ummah( The trustworthy) of the muslim nation, Abu Ubaidah Aamir ibn al Jarrah (radiaAllahu anhu). One of the 10 given glad tidings of jannah. Abu Ubaidah had no choice but to pull the metal from the prophet's cheek with his teeth. He pulled so hard that one of his front tooth fell out! Alhamdulillah, part of the metal came off, but the other part was still stuck in the prophet's noble face. Abu Ubaidah pulled harder and carefully, and subhaanAllah, it came out! But not by itself, Abu Ubaidah's other front tooth came out with it! Now, he had lost 2 of his front teeth. What a wonderful man! Do you think he left it at just that? No, by Allaah! Blood began flowing from the prophet's cheek, and there was nothing to wipe or stop the blood with. What do you think Abu Ubaidah did? Yes, he sucked the blood of the prophet himself. Do you think he spit the blood from his mouth? No! He swallowed the blood whole! The sahaba loved the prophet so much that even his blood and perspiration was something they would want to have in them. So, how can such a person who now has the blood of the prophet running through him even see the fire of Hell? SubhaanAllah. It is said Abu Ubaidah would be proud of the tooth he lost, even the some people would laugh at this grown man walking with 2 missing front teeth. However, he would say that those 2 front teeth were actually blessed than his other teeth, for they endured all that for Allaah's cause and in love of His rasul! It is narrated in Bukhari, on the authority of a large number of sahaba’s that a man came up to the Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu alayhi wassalam) and asked “What do you say of a man who loves a certain group of people but cannot be of them?” To this Muhammad (sallalahu alayhi wassalam) replied; “A person will be with whom he loves” Anas ibn Malik (ra) said that nothing made the sahaba more happy after hearing these words.What beautiful news for one who has the love of the prophets and pious in his heart! How merciful Allah is to give such good tidings! O Muslim , O servant of Allah, make the love of the pious , especially that of the prophets and particularly, Muhammad (salaAllahu alayhi wassalam) firm and established in your heart. It may be that Allah has mercy with you and brings you out on the day of resurrection with this great company. The matter of companionship in the hereafter is not a light matter. How can it be when it worried the companions so much? Ponder the following story O Muslim(a)! ‘A’ishah reported that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Indeed, I love you more than I love myself, and I love you more than I love my family, and I love you more than I love my children. When I am at home and I think of you, I am unable to contain myself until I can come to you and look at you. When I think about my death and your death, I know that when you enter Paradise, you will be raised to where the Prophets are. But, if I enter Paradise, I am afraid: will I be able to see you?” So, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did not answer him at all until Jibril revealed to him: ومن يطع الله والرسول , فأولئك مع الذين أنعم الله عليهم من النبيين والصديقين والشهداء والصالحين وحسن أولئك رفيقا {“And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, then they will be in the company of those on whom Allah has bestowed His Grace – of the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs and the righteous. And how excellent these companions are!”} [an-Nisa'; 69] ['Silsilat al-Ahadith as-Sahihah'; #2933] Allahuma! Indeed we love your prophets and Messengers, so Allahuma resurrect us with them on the day when no child and wealth shall benefit the person! وأخر دعوانا أن الحمد لله رب العالمين وصل الله وسلم على نبينا محمد main: the book, علموا أولادكم أخلاق الرسول للشيخ محمد صديق المنشاوي (Teach your children the akhlaaq of the Messenger by the Qari shaykh Muhammad al Minshaawi) By Umm Abdullah

العلم قبل العمل KNOWLEDGE BEFORE...

بسم الله الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على خير خلق الله محمد إبن عبد الله ، فعليه أفضل السلام واتم التسليم وعلى صحبته الكرام وعلى آله الطيبين الطاهرين ومن سلك نهجهم إلى يوم الدين .

:أما بعد

Indeed the greatest jareema or crime in the sight of Allah is to call others to the haqq whilst you yourself are neglecting it. How many a times do we see a person of "knowlegde" calling others to follow and revive the sunnah of our beloved prophet and rasul, sala Allahu alayhi wassalam, yet no sunnah is apparent on them.

It is as the person said:يا من تدعى محبته اين أنت من سنته
meaning, "Oh you who has claimed his love(the prophet), where are you from his sunnah."

This is a true statement. WE muslims should not be like the yahud whom Allah said about,

أتأمرون الناس بالبر وتنسون أنفسكم ؟

meaning, " Do you order others to do good while you forget your own selves ??" (surat al Baqarah)

So, Allah cursed them and His wrath was over them for what they(the Jews) did. They betrayed the truth by not only killing the ones who called to it(their prophets), distorting it and hiding it, but also CLAIMING to be from its people.

Let us ponder the words of Allah azza wa jall when He says:

يا أيها الذين امنوا لم تقولون ما لا تفعلون كبر مقتاً عند الله أن تقولواما لا تفعلون

"Oh you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do? It is a great sin in the sight of Allah that you say that which you do not do!" (Surat as-Saff)

Subhaan Allah! We should pay close attention to this because guess what? Allah is talking to YOU! Yes, you and not the other one. Ibn Abbass radiAllahu anhu, who was one of the greatest scholars of the sahaba and the paternal cousin of the prophet sala Allahu alayhi wassalam, said that we should pay CLLOSE attention whenever we see YA AYYUHAL-LATHEENA AMANO or OH YOU WHO BELIEVE in the Quraan. This is because when Allah says this he is either telling us to do something OR warning us from doing something.

In this case, He , azza wa jall, is warning us from a nasty practice. O MUSLIM! Realize and know that Islam is a deen of decency and honesty. We do not like lying , hypocrisy, and inaccuracy.

That is why Islam encourages honesty and being true. The earlier nations, christians and jews went astray because of not doing these things. They played with the religion of Allah and took it lightly. WE should avoid falling in the same crime.

When someone robs a bank or commits murder, that person is looked down upon in the worst way and what he or she did is warned from and rejected. However, when someone plays with the religion of Allah by neglecting his awamir(orders, commandments), insults His messenger(s), twists the deen to fit people's opinions and "rationale" , then this is OK. How is this fair?

Do the creation now have more rights to be respected and obeyed than the Creator?! This is not fair. The laws of Allah and His deen should be more dear to us than our own selves. WE should not only do what we are required to do but we should also LOVE doing it.

فلا وربك لا يؤمنون حتى يحكموك فيما شجر بينهم ثم لا يجدوا في أنفسهم حرجاً مما قضيت ويسلموا تسليما

"But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission." (Surat an-Nisaa)

Yes , this is the state of the true believer. This is true submission to Allah. Worshipping Allah and obeying Him should not be a chore that you just do and get done with. It should be something one should be looking forward to.
So, this is my piece of advice for the Muslims and those who are involved in working for the deen of Allah. It is not a light matter , so be careful O servant of Allah. O Allah guide us to the best of haqq.

-By Umm Abdillah

Come to success!

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ


Come to success



After ar-Rabi` bin Khaytham became partially paralyzed, he used to go to the mosque helped by two men.
He was told: O AbuYazid! You have been given permission to pray at home.

He said,

You have said the truth, but I heard the caller hearld, ‘Hayya `ala al-Falah (Come to success)’,
and I thought that whoever heras this call should answer it even by crawling.

[Hilyat al Awliya 2/113]


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Abu Bakr bin Abdullah al Muzani said:

Who is like you, O son of Adam?
Whenever you wish, you use water to make Ablution, go to the place fo worship and thus enter the presence of your Lord (start praying) without a translator or a barrier between you and Him!


[Al Bidayah wa an Nihayah 9/256]


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Abu Rajaa al `Ataridi said:

Nothing that I leave behind grieves me, except that I used to bow down on my face five times a day before my Lord, the Exalted and Most Honored.

[Hilyat al Awliya 2/306]

Look at how the early righteous guarded their prayers in the house of Allaah. Yet today- forget praying at the masjid, we have servants of Allaah who have abandoned salah in its totality yet still claim to be Muslims!!What kind of a religion is this? Subhaan Allah, the laws of Allaah are not like any other laws, so we should guard our obligations, if we know and believe, that a day will come where will be in front of Allaah and have to answer to everything that we did! Salah will be amongst those things which you will be asked about O fellow muslim!
Indeed whoever has no salah, has no connection with Allaah. Salah is the coolness of the eyes of the believers in salah. The prophet (saws) said "the coolness of my eyes is in my prayer," salah is the true raaha(pleasure and relaxation) of the believer in this dunya.


The salah has such a high position in Allaah's deen that there is absolutely If you are poor, it is not a must on you to give zakah, if you are blind, old, or weak, it is not a must for you to fight obligatory jihaad, if the road to hajj is not safe even if you have the money, you are excused from making hajj. If you are travelling or ill, you are excused from fasting in Ramadhan. As for salah, then By Allaah who raised the skies with no pillars, it is a MUST for you to pray. Allaah has blessed us with a flexible deen and sharia, where we can pray differently depending on our situation. Even if you are in a state of fear or are paralyzed , there is a way to pray your obligatory prayers( you can use your eyes).

So O servant of Allaah, fear Your Creator and guard your prayers for whoever leaves it will never succeed. This is because Allaah has said " Successful indeed are the believers." and what did Allaah say right after that?? "Those who are conscious of their prayers." So Allaah has described salah as a characteristic of the true believer.

The sahaba use to consider the one who leaves salah to be a DISBELIEVER , let alone a hypocrite. Ummar ibn al Khattab said that whoever abandons one salah intentionally for whatever reason, then he is a disbeliever. So, imagine the case of a person who claims to be a muslim, gives sadaqa, comes to islamic events, wears "hijaab" and has a muslim name But yet does not pray?!!! Why? Maybe this person is lazy or careless or is quite confident from Allaah's punishment. What a loser indeed!!! Allaah has said in His noble revelation that those who feel security(amn) from His punishment , then they are indeed losers. How can ou believe that you must pray and accept it as a fareedha(obligation) , yet O servant of Allaah, neglect it?!! What kind of a contradiction is this?

How will you face Allaah azza wa jall on the day of resurrection and hisaab(accounting and recompense)?? Do you know that salah will be the first thing You will questioned about?
Allaah ta'ala described the munafiqeen(hypocrites) as being lazy and lax in their prayers. If they are even lucky to get up and pray, Allah said that they get up and pray lazily. This is because there is no true faith in them. Beware of abandoning your prayers, this is a great loss.


May Allah guide us all !!

Beneficial sources

assalamu alaikum,

I recommend these 2 books for all the brothers and sisters here:

Fiqh Made Easy by sh Saalih Sadlan(ENGLISH translation PDF)

http://www.hoor-al-ayn.com/Books/Fiqh%20Made%20Easy.pdf

Fatawaa an-Nisaa by shaykh al Islam Ibn Taymiyyah(rh)

ENG translation in PDF format

http://www.mohdy.name/pdfs/e103.pdf




and Allaah is the best of Guides!

O BROTHER!

O BROTHER !


All praise is due to Allaah, Lord of the universe and peace and blessings upon His last and Final Messenger, Muhammad ibn Abdillaah (salaAllaahu alayhi wassalam) and upon his family, noble companions, and all those who follow his way and stick to his sunnah until the day of judgment.

To Proceed:

I direct this advice to the noble brothers of the muslim ummah. The sons of that noble generation that has passed. The generation of the sahaba. O Brother! Know and realize that you are a descendant of the greatest men to ever walk this earth after the prophets and messengers. Yes! You are a descendant of them through this deen which you claim to adhere to. You are a son of Ummar ibn al Khattab, Ali ibn Abee Taalib, Ja'far, Mus'ab, Khaalid ibn al Waleed, Khabab ibn al Arrat, Umayr ibn Sa'ad, Khubayb and all those noble companions who sacrificed their lives and their wealth for you to be able to pray 5 times a day in peace, and fast in Ramadhan and pray taraweeh freely, and most of all for you to show your deen and practice the sunnah and to be proud of it wherever you may be!

Yet, O Brother, how can you forget all this and neglect your deen? How can you neglect the Noble book which contains the words of Your Lord, The Most High? How can you turn away from the sunnah of your noble prophet, the greatest of Allaah's creation?

Why? Because you came to the lands of the disbelievers, so you thought that you are excused from practicing some aspects of your deen? You thought that you can hide your muslim identity just because you work with nonmuslims? Indeed what a tragedy!

O Brother, you affirm that you were created for the prupose of worship. If you affirm this O Noble brother, then how can you neglect your deen(religion, Islam) for the dunyaa(materialistic world)? Just for a few paper dollars? Wallahi, this world means nothing to Allaah, the Lord of the Worlds, and if it did, then He would not even let the kaafir(disbeliever) have a sip of water. This is what your noble prophet has said. You should know that your deen has more worth in the sight of Allaah than this world and all that is in it. This world meant nothing to the prophets and companions. They just saw this world like a train station.You are only passing through, you are not here to stay as a permenant resident, so dont unpack your luggage! I mean by this, do not think as those who say "live life to the fullest" You are here for a short time and are waiting for the next train. This is the train that will take you to your hereafter, it may lead to an everlasting paradise or a painful torment. You decide, Dear brother, which one it is that you are seeking?

The prophet (salaAllahu alayhi wassaalam) described this world as a paradise for the kaafir(disbeliever) and a prison for the muslim. (sahih Muslim). Meaning, you as a muslim are not free, You have limits set for you by Allaah (swt) so fear Him and guard these hudood(limits)!

As the Most High said: And whosoever disobeys Allaah and His Messenger (Muhammad ), and transgresses His limits, He will cast him into the Fire, to abide therein; and he shall have a disgraceful torment. (An-Nisaa: 14)

Brother, you should fear Allah because if you truly fear Allaah and have sincerity(ikhlaas), He will set for you a makhraj( a way out) as He said:

And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).(Al Talaaq: 2).

So realize O Brother , Islaam is a comprehensive religion, it is a complete way of life, this means you are a muslim 24 hours 7 days a week. It is NOT a part time job. Islam should mean more to you than your mother, father, friends, job, and even your ownself. We are to enter into the deen of Allaah azza wa jall completely. As Allaah Almighty says:

O you who believe! Enter perfectly in Islam (by obeying all the rules and regulations of the Islamic religion) and follow not the footsteps of Shaitan (Satan). Verily! He is to you a plain enemy. ( Al Baqarah:208)

Warned and be warned O brother! Do not follow the footsteps of shaytaan, because all that pleases him is seeing you in a state of ma'siyyah(disobedience) to your lord. Have you forgotten that this ar-Rajeem(cursed one) made an oath to Allaah to do his best to misguide every single person from the straight path. Let me tell you something. Shaytan doesnt care that he is going to hell because Allaah has promised him the ultimate punishment. His (Iblees) job is to make sure that he is not alone and that he has company with him in the hellfire. Allaah has created paradise and hell fire for people to dwell in. One is of everlasting and eternal bliss and joy. The other is the abode of everlasting , eternal, and intense punishment and torture. Allaah the Almighty says that He will make sure that hellfire is filled with those who disbelieve and disobey Him. This is a promise upon Allaah and will be fulfilled. Yes, this is the true situation. " A party in paradise and a party in the blazing fire. " (ash-Shura:7)

Do not take the matter lightly O Brother. It is an issue of your final destination. If you want Allaah to have mercy with you, then set your heart and goal for al jannah. Of course, the path will be hard and difficult, but is more than worth it. It is what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no heart can comprehend. On the other hand, if you wish to live your temporary, materialistic life, and do whatever sin you want under the sun, then remember that this earth does not belong to you. It belongs to Allaah. You have permission to sin and disobey the Earth's creator, for it is itself a muslim and obeying its lord. So, why can't you, a intellectual human being do the same!!
O Brother! Your life is a treasure and you should not put it to waste. It is one of the things Allaah will question you about on the day of resurrection. Indeed, the Messenger(sws) said

“The two feet of the servant will not cease (from standing before Allaah) on the Day of Judgment until he is asked about four things: on his life and how he spent it; on his knowledge and what he did with it; on his wealth and where he earned it and how he spent it; and on his body and in what way he utilized it.” [Saheeh, reported by At-Tirmidhi]

Fear Allaah O Brother! Do you not fear that Allaah will ask you about this on the day of resurrection? Did you think that you were excused from worshipping your Lord properly just because you came to amreeka(America) or britaaniyyah(Britain)?? O Brother, know that WORSHIPPING Allah does not just mean praying 5 times a day, fasting in Ramadhan, and the rest of the 5 pillars. Islam is not just rituals and acts of worship. Islaam should revolve around your entire life. You are suppose to be a muslim in private and in public. Heed the words of your prophet (sala Allaahu alayhi wassalam) :

"Fear Allaah wherever you are.." (At-Tirmithi)

Indeed , Allaah loves those who have taqwaa of Him. What does this taqwaa mean? Does it mean praying fajr one day, and abandoning it the next few days? Does it mean , praying all the prayers and taraweeh in the masjid during Ramadhan, and spending other days and nights in the night clubs? If we truly feared Allaah the way we should fear him, then this ummah would not be in the state and condition it is in today.

The fear of Allaah is in the heart. Train your heart to love and fear Allaah. If you do this, you will find yourself committing less sins and increasing in good deeds. When Allaah loves a slave of His, he makes the good easy for him and the bad difficult for him. Ask Allaah for guidance O brother, and do not be of those who do not make duaa to Allaah. Just ask sincerely and if you are sincere, Allaah will help you.

You should fear Allaah and remember that He is Ar-Raqeeb. The Watchful One. Allaah sees all that we do, so we should feel shy and shame from disobeying him. O brother, a person who fears Allaah is keen to guard his commandments and is careful not to disobey him. The Muslim has the balance of the fear of Allaah(alkhawf) and having hope in Allaah(alrajaa'). The scholar, ibn al qayyim said these are two wings of the muslim that he should have. The balance of hope and fear. The Christians went astray because that he had too much hope in going to paradise, and the Jews went astray because they had too much fear and completely lost hope in Allaah. The Muslim ummah (nation) is a balanced one. O Brother, have hope in Allaah's mercy and fear his punishment and know that he is shadeedul 'iqaab(The most severe in punishment).


O Brother, I remind you that you were created for only one purpose to start with, and that is to worship the Almighty, azza wa jall. This life is temporary and will soon cease to exist. So, do you really think it is worth neglecting your deen for?? No. By Allaah, it is not worth it.

Fear Allaah my brother, and remember death and the hereafter. This world will soon end, soon everything on the face of this Earth will perish, and there will be nothing left except Allaah, so why waste your time enjoying it? It doesnt make sense. The prophet and companions always remembered death and expected to meet Allaah. We, on the other hand, we avoid remembering death in many cases and we do this because we know we will realize that we are wrong . Fear Allah O brother! How do you want to meet Allaah? Do you want to meet Him and He is pleased with you or do you want to meet Allaah and face His wrath and displeasure? Choose now as time is short. You may wonder why you are being told to "fear Allaah" repeatedly here. Well, the true believer(mumin), when he is told to fear Allaah stands up straight and freezes. If the fear of Allaah cannot stop you from doing what you are doing, than what will soften your heart? O Brother, the life of this world is full of temptation and tests, so be patient for Allaah's sake and fear Allaah as much as you can.Allaah the Most High says:

Allaah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (Al Baqarah: 185)
We are not saying it is is easy to be a practicing Muslim in these lands; but you should know that Allaah is Most Merciful and wants yusr(ease) for the muslims and Islam is not 'usr(hard, difficult).Allaah is also Al- Hakeem(The Most Wise and full of Wisdom). Allaah has chosen this way of life for us(Islam) and perfected it for us. So, we can not say that Islam is hard or difficult. It is our weak faith and sinning that has made us think this way.
Allaah's deen is beautiful and simple. All it takes is for you to have taqwaa of Allaah(being aware and fearing Him,subhaanah), thus avoiding disobeying His commandments and having hope and faith in the Almighty, and desiring and working for His paradise. I remind you that the jannah is the ultimate reward and you should not compromise anything to reach there.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

A slave (of Allah) may utter a word which pleases Allah without giving it much importance, and because of that Allah will raise him to degrees (of reward): a slave (of Allah) may utter a word (carelessly) which displeases Allah without thinking of its gravity and because of that he will be thrown into the Hell-Fire. (Bukhari)

One statement can lead to you going up levels in the jannah of Allah and one action or statement can take you levels down in the hellfire. Just remember O brother, that the paradise of Allah is expensive and is therefore surrounded by hardships and remember, that hellfire is surrounded by desires. We should guard our speech. The same goes for our actions. O Brother, you should never forget that Allaah has set 2 noble angels who record your every statement and action. Allaah described them as Kiraman (honourable) Katibin, writing down (your deeds). Yet, we make them to write down the filthy words that come out of our mouthes . If it is not fair to make the angels hear and write down curse words, then it is an even more greater injustice to Allaah, azza wa jall, to hear these words coming out of some mouthes. Fear Allaah O brother!
You never know ,which deed or statement that you say which can enter you into Allaah's paradise. So, never belittle any good deed. And remember , O Brother, the way to hellfire has been made easy to enter. All it takes is one word or one action that can have someone be thrown in Allaah's fire and punishment. May Allaah make practicing his deen easy for you , O Brother and guide you and keep you firm on the straight path.

And our Final call is all praise be to Allaah,Lord of the worlds and peace and blessings be upon the Final Messenger.

Fiqh4Sisters2: Rulings related to al Haydh(and Nifaas)

الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله
:وبعد

Assalamu alaikum sisters

أحكام تختص المؤمنات في مسائل الحيض والاستحاضة

Rulings related to Muslim women in issues of Haydh and al Istihaadhah


O Muslim sister know, that the blood of the women is of 3 types:

1. one that is a habit: Scenario: A woman who gets her monthly period for 6 or 7 days. So, she knows that her period is going to last 6 or 7 days.

2. not fixed days but she knows that it is her period : Scenario: a woman gets her period 5 days this month, 6 days another, 7 days another.

3. istihaadha: Scenario: the sister gets her period for 7 days but then she gets continuous blood which extends up to 15 days.


In the case of Istihadha, the woman is to make ghusl on the 7th day(if she has her regular period 7 days). The days after that, she still prays but she is to make wudhu for each salah.


IMPORTANT: QUESTION: If the muslim woman's period came to her in the time of prayer(EX: asr time),as she was about to pray or a few minutes near the salah, Does she makeup this prayer after the end of her period??

ANSWER: some ulama like Ibn Hazm, who mentioned it in his book Al Muhalla said YES. She is to make up that prayer, other ulama have said this is not necessary. However, it is safer to pray that salah after you become clean but is not mandatory.

Generally, the rule is as the authentic hadith of the mother of the believers, Aisha goes, the fasting missed from the period during Ramadhan is WAJIB to be made up for while the women were not ordered to make up for the prayers.

PERIOD AND FASTING:

shaykh ibn uthaymeen writes in his (Risaalah fi’l-Dima’ al-Tabee’iyyah li’l-Nisa’)

If a woman gets her menses when she is fasting, her fast becomes invalid even if that happens just before Maghrib, and she has to make up that day if it was an obligatory fast.

But if she feels that the period was coming before Maghrib, but no blood came out until after the sun set, then her fast is complete and is not invalidated, according to the correct view, because there is no ruling connected to blood that is still inside the body, and when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was asked about a woman who sees in a dream what a man sees (i.e., an erotic dream), does she have to do ghusl? He said: “Yes, if she sees water.” So the ruling is connected to seeing water, not feeling body sensations. The same applies to menses: the rulings do not apply until it is seen outside the body, not just the body sensations.

If dawn comes when the woman is menstruating, it is not valid for her to fast that day even if she becomes pure even a moment after dawn.

If she becomes pure just before dawn and fasts, her fast is valid even if she does not do ghusl until after dawn. This is like the one who is junub – if he intends to fast when he is junub and dos not do ghusl until after dawn breaks, his fast is valid, because of the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to wake up junub as the result of intercourse, not a wet dream, and he would fast in Ramadaan. Agreed upon.

And Allaah knows best.

--summary from a fiqh of taharah class

umm abdullah al muwahiddah

Fiqh4Sisters1: Al Ghusl From Haydh&Nifaas

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah,

In sha Allaah I will be posting up some beneficial aspects of Fiqh of Worship relating to sisters. This will be a series relating to fiqh of worship. By Allaah's permission we are starting with fiqh of tahara.


كيفية الغسل من الحيض والنفاس

Types of ghusl for muslim woman:

Ghusl from janaba(after sexual relation with spouse)

AND

Ghusl from haydh or nifaas

HOW TO MAKE GHUSL?

1. make niyyah for GHUSL(bath from menses) and WUDHU
2. say BISMILLAH
3.wash the hands
4. make istinjaa'(washing the private part until there are no more traces of blood)
5.make wudhu except the feet
6.pour water over the head(and make sure that water reaches the entire hair and roots of head)
7.wash and rub the body well. start with the RIGHT side and LEFT side.

8. finally, wash the feet (To complete the wudhu)

OR :

you can make niyyah, say bismillah, make istinjaa' and begin making wudhu EXCEPT the feet. You then pour water over your head(u can do this using the shower also), and the rest of the steps...

This is another method which the ulama have mentioned. Also, if is preferable for a woman performing ghusl from haydh(menses) or nifaas(post partum bleeding) to unbraid her hair but it is not a must.

If someone wants to take normal shower by using shampoo and soap, they should do this BEFORE they do the ghusl or AFTER the ghusl but they should not mix.
The following is from Sh ibn Uthaymeen(one of the major scholars of fiqh in our times, rahimahullah)'s book on rulings related to muslim women during their periods.

Requirement of ghusl


When the menstruating woman’s period ends, she must do ghusl by purifying her entire body, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to Faatimah bint Abu Hubaysh: “When the time of your menses comes, stop praying, then when it ends, do ghusl and pray.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari.

*The minimum that is required for ghusl is to ensure that water reaches every part of the body, even beneath the hair. But it is better if it is done in the manner mentioned in the hadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), when Asma’ bint Shakl asked him how a menstruating woman should do ghusl. He (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: One of you should take her water and lotus leaves and purify herself and purify herself well. Then she should pour water over her head and rub it vigorously, so that it reaches the roots of her hair, and pour water over herself. Then she should take a piece of cloth that is scented with musk and purify herself with it.” Asma’ said: “How should she purify herself with it?” He said: ‘Subhaan Allaah, let her purify herself with it.” ‘Aa’ishah said to her: “She should follow the traces of blood.”

Narrated by Muslim.

*She does not have to undo the braids in her hair, unless they are tied so tightly that she fears that the water will not reach the roots, because of the hadeeth of Umm Salamah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that is narrated in Saheeh Muslim, where she asked the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said: I am a woman with braided hair; should I undo it when doing ghusl following menses or for janaabah? He said: “No, rather it will be sufficient for you to pour three handfuls of water on your head, then pour water over yourself and you will be purified.”

If a menstruating woman becomes pure during the time for prayer, she must hasten to do ghusl so that she can offer the prayer on time. If she is travelling and does not have any water, or she has water but she is afraid that she may be harmed by using it, or she is sick and the water will harm her, then she should do tayammum instead of ghusl, until the reason for not doing it ceases, then she should do ghusl.

Some women become pure at the time for prayer, but they delay ghusl until later, saying that they cannot purify themselves fully in this time. But this is no excuse, because they can limit themselves to the minimum that is required in ghusl and do the prayer on time, then when they have more time they can purify themselves more fully. End quote.

These are the most important rulings that have to do with menses in women.

Risaalah fi’l-Dima’ al-Tabee’iyyah li’l-Nisa’ by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him).

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compiled by Umm Abdullah Aisha