A BELIEVER NEVER GETS SATISFIED DOING GOOD UNTIL HE REACHES JANNAH.

[Tirmidhi] - Prophet Muhammad (saw)

Personal 114

The weirdest things always happen to me I am convinced! Just having to pick up a couple of things today & I caught up with a friend alhamdulilah, we were walking and out of no where we pass by a homeless guy who was holding a beer can and yelling at me saying "SAY BISMILLAH, SAY BISMILLAH" I was terrified and right when we're walking away he yells "HATHA HALAL, HATHA HALAL"...homeless man knew straight Arabic and was saying "This is halal, this is halal" authobillah; clearly he was intoxicated but wow alcohol is by far if not the worst thing man has ever created!!! It strips individuals of respect and modesty in a second..ajeeb! Satan always manages to take control of some weak hearts. May Allah protect us all from the tricks of Satan and the evilness within us! Ameen. I believe people who are Muslim and fall into this drug lifestyle lack alot of knowledge and that's what made them very vulnerable to begin with sigh...

IslamicThinking : Allah eases the path for those who seek knowledge of Him and His deen. #islam #wisdom#knowledge

'From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again.'

(Surah Ta'ha 20:55)

It is not sufficient to wipe the head and run the fingers through the hair when doing ghusl from janaabah

In question no. 2648 it described the way of washing the hair when doing ghusl [full ablution] from janaabah [impurity following sexual activity], but is it permissible to run the fingers through the hair and just to wipe the head, because I find it difficult to wash my hair every time because I use a hairdryer to make my hair look nice for my husband.

Praise be to Allaah.  

When doing ghusl from janaabah you have to wash the entire body, including the hair. Ghusl means letting water run over every part of the body. Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 1/128. 

It is essential to pour water on the hair and make it reach what is beneath the hair. Simply wiping over the head is not sufficient because it is not regarded as ghusl (washing); what is required is washing not wiping. 

It was narrated that Aa’ishah said: When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did ghusl from janaabah, he would start by washing his two hands, then he would pour water into his left hand with his right hand and wash his private part, then do wudoo’ as for prayer, then he would take the water and, using his fingers, make it reach the roots of his hair, until he was certain that the water had reached the roots of his hair, then he would pour three scoops of water over his head, then he would pour water over the rest of his body, then he would wash his feet.” 

Narrated by Muslim, 474. 

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said in his commentary on this hadeeth: It is essential when doing ghusl from janaabah to make sure the water reaches what is under the hair, even if the hair is thick. 

This is understood from the fact that he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) put his fingers in his hair and poured water over it three times after he made sure that the water was reaching the roots of his hair. 

Sharh Buloogh al-Maraam, p. 399 

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Women who find it difficult to wash their heads when doing ghusl from janaabah should be told that it is sufficient to pour water over their heads three times so that the water reaches every part of their heads, with no need to undo their braids or change anything of their hairstyle which they find it hard to change. They should also be reminded of the great reward they will have with Allaah, the good consequences and the everlasting good life that they will have in the abode of honour if they are patient in adhering to the rulings of sharee’ah. 

Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him), 6/236 

See also question no. 34776.

Islam Q&A

TO EACH THEIR OWN.

Beautiful Ma'sha'Allah !

"The ability to readily forgive should be driven by an awareness of our own flaws and mistakes towards others. But most of all, our humility should be driven by the fact that we wrong Allah every single day of our lives, when we sin. Who are we compared to Allah? And yet, Allah, Master of the universe, forgives by day and by night. Who are we to withhold forgiveness? If we hope to be forgiven by Allah, how can we not forgive others? It is for this reason that the Prophet ﷺ teaches us: “Those who show no mercy to others will have no mercy shown to them by Allah.” [Muslim]"

Mosque

Al-Baqara [2:144] 

We see the turning of thy face (for guidance) to the heavens; now shall We turn thee to a Qiblah that shall please thee. Turn then thy face in the direction of the Sacred mosque; wherever ye are turn your faces in that direction. The people of the book know well that that is the truth from their Lord nor is Allah unmindful of what they do.

Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, said:
 
“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islâm as your religion” [al-Maa’idah 5:3]

You Are An Author Of A Book That You Will Receive On The Day Of Judgment.

A woman’s best jewelry is her shyness.

-Fatima (AS)

True Salvation

On the authority of Uqbah bin Aamir RadhiAllaahu anhu said:
"I said, Oh Messenger of Allaah, what is the salvation?" The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said,

"Restrain your tongue, let your house suffice you, and cry over your sins"

• At-Tirmidhee #2306, Authenticated by Imaam Al-Albaani

Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan on Wearing Clothes that have the Names of Kuffar on them

In one of his lessons on Tathir Al-I'tiqad, Shaykh Salih b. Fawzan Al-Fawzan - Allah protect him, was asked the following question:

[What about] a person who wears what the unbelievers wear, and on the back [of the clothing] is written the name of a Kafir player (sportsman) when the wearer does not intend to copy this player or the unbelievers?

The Shaykh replied:

This is to be considered respect and esteem for the Kafir. As long as he is wearing clothes upon which is written the name of the Kafir, or a picture of him, this is respect and esteem for the Kafir. It is not allowed to do this; the least that can be said about it is that it is haram (forbidden in Islam). If [the wearer really does] respect and esteem [the Kafir], he is in danger of apostasy (leaving the fold of Islam). Yes.

Translated by: Abu Abdillah Owais Al-Hashimi
From: (Arabic)  http://www.sahab.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=120239
Audio clip (Arabic, download) of the original question/answer: http://shup.com/Shup/500033/adran-9.mp3

We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient. — [Surat al-Baqarah 2:155]

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

 “The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they rely”

- (Surah al-Anfal 8:2)

Innallaha Ma’as Sabrieen

Allah is with the patient ones.

Islam - My Choice

Beautiful - must see :)

roadside2islam  : When your imam feels abit low its a nasty feeling

StunningHijab: Life is too short to surround ourselves with negative people. #life

Personal 113

All this hype about the Royal Wedding is becoming annoying, like yeah ma'sha'Allah there getting married and there famous - yes wonderful...BUT does it need to be on every channel I switch on? SubhanAllah I'm not bitter but the media is just showering in all the info they can get about the Royal couple. They are not the first couple in the WORLD to proclaim their love for eachother infront of a camera, so why make it a big deal? People are dieing..hello Libya is still fighting! Anyone there? caring, listening, helping maybe? Well surely the media doesn't and it's disgusting how they drop all of the worlds misery just to go after what Kate is going to be wearing on her wedding day. Authobillah like even America is having the worst tornado season ever and people don't think all of these signs are from Allah (aza wa jal) ? But no there just after this Royal Wedding that does nothing to better the world. SubhanAllah I'll never understand but I do get that human life means nothing to some people....=S 

“If you are afraid of any creature, you will run away from it. When you are afraid of Allah, you will love Him and seek to be close to Him.” 

— Ibn al-Qayyim

"Every external act of ugliness begins with an internal act of ugliness in the heart."

Why is it so hard to find the job of your dreams that makes you want to wake up to go to work & actually work at that job for a very long time? lol I'm currently experiencing this need in my life right now sighh alhamdulilah alaa kulli hall tho :D

Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.

— Plato

Marriage of Adam’s sons to his daughters at the beginning of creation

I read question 255, about Intermarrying among Adam and Eves children and I did not see any proofs from the Quran nor in the hadith.Can you show us some clear proofs(some evidences) from the Quran and from the hadith.Because Islam is not base on opinions but with proofs and evidences.May Allah reward you with your hard work and may Allah forgive your sins and all our sins and guide us and you and make us among those who enter His Jannah Fardus.Ameen peace be upon those follow the guidance.

Praise be to Allaah.

Allah, may He be exalted, created Adam the father of mankind (peace be upon him) and he created from him his wife Hawwa’, then mankind spread from them as Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honourable of you with Allaah is that (believer) who has At‑Taqwa [i.e. he is one of the Muttaqoon (the pious)]”

[al-Hujuraat 49:13] 

“O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)], and from them both He created many men and women”

[al-Nisa’ 4:1]. 

More than one of the scholars have stated that Allah, may He be exalted, ordained that Adam (peace be upon him) should marry his daughters to his sons, so he would marry the female from one pregnancy to the male from another pregnancy. Allah, may He be exalted, says concerning the two sons of Adam (peace be upon him) (interpretation of the meaning): 

“And (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) recite to them (the Jews) the story of the two sons of Adam (Haabeel and Qaabeel - Abel and Cain) in truth; when each offered a sacrifice (to Allaah), it was accepted from the one but not from the other. The latter said to the former: ‘I will surely, kill you.’ The former said: ‘Verily, Allaah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqoon (the pious)’”

[al-Maa’idah 5:27]. 

Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

It was narrated concerning them, as quoted by more than one of the earlier and later scholars, that Allah prescribed that Adam (peace be upon him) should marry his daughters to his sons as a matter of necessity. But they said: A male and female were born from each pregnancy, so he would marry the female from one pregnancy to the male from another. The sister of Habeel was ugly and the sister of Qabeel was beautiful. Qabeel wanted to keep her for himself and not give her to his brother, but Adam insisted that they should offer sacrifices and whichever brother’s sacrifice was accepted by Allah would win her hand. So they offered sacrifices and it was accepted from Habeel but it was not accepted from Qabeel. And their story was told by Allah in His Book. End quote. 

Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 3/82 

Ibn Abi Haatim narrated: It was forbidden for a woman to marry her twin brother, and he was commanded to give her in marriage to a brother from another pregnancy. And from each pregnancy one boy and one girl were born. Whilst they were like that, a beautiful girl was born to him, and another was born who was ugly. The twin brother of the ugly one said to his brother: Give me your twin sister in marriage and I will give you my twon sister in marriage. He said: I have more right to my twin sister. So they offered sacrifices, and the sacrifice of the one who offered a ram was accepted but the sacrifice of the one who offered crops was not accepted, so he killed him. Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Its isnaad is jayyid. 

Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 3/83 

See also: Tafseer Ibn Jeeri, 10/206; Tafseer al-Baghawi, 3/41; Tafseer al-Tha‘labi, p. 732; al-Jaami‘ li Ahkaam al-Qur’aan, 6/134; Zaad al-Maseer, 2/332; al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah, 1/103 

As this is proven from the Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased with them) or some of them, especially from Ibn ‘Abbaas who was the most knowledgeable of people in the interpretation of the Qur’aan, and the scholars narrated what he mentioned, this is not regarded as speculation that it is not permissible to accept. 

Rather, in the words quoted above, Ibn Katheer indicated that this is a definitive matter, as he said: Allah prescribed that Adam (peace be upon him) should marry his daughters to his sons as a matter of necessity. End quote. 

The words “as a matter of necessity” indicate that it is not possible that things could have happened differently, otherwise how could all of mankind have come about? How could they have reproduced? There is no way that could have happened except by the sons of Adam marrying his daughters. 

And Allah knows best.

Islam Q&A

Imagine Having Class With Abdullah Ibn Abas...

Boonaa Mohammed - Heroes

:) !

Footsteps of the Forgotten Conference Trailor

Great conference coming up!
If your in Toronto I recommend that you attend :)

On May 21-22 2011, Jarvis MSA in collaboration with Riverdale MSA will hold their annual conference title "Footsteps of the Forgotten: Lives of the Sahaba".

IslamicThinking :"Acquire the riches of the world but let that not overpower or affect the heart." (Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani) #islam #heart

Miracles are a re-telling in small letters of the very same story written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

The Quran is shifa’, a source of healing and restoration of health.

Turkish Mosque: Tokyo, Japan

A brother performing Maghrib at the Sultan Qaboos Masjid in Muscat. (Muscat, Oman)

-beautiful masjid !

IslamicThinking : The key to Paradise is prayer and the key to prayer is cleanliness (Ablution). #islam #purity

IslamicThinking  : Prayer is the cure for a lost soul, confused mind, and broken heart. #islam #pray

Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Taken

:)

IslamicThinking  : While we are postponing, life speeds by. Don't wait, now is the only moment we have. Spend time in the remembrance of Allah SWT. #islam 

 

SubhanAllah , In Islamic teachings we as Muslims are not allowed to fear poverty let alone stop having children because of it.

. . .

you have to respect the woman for who she is, not who you desire her to be in your mind

— The Man’s Guide To Love #229

A good looking woman works out to keep her body in shape. But a pretty woman kneels down in prayer to keep her heart in shape.

If you educate a boy,
you educate an individual.
If you educate a girl,
you educate a community.

 

— African proverb

To Allaah We Belong and to Him We Shall Return !

Al-Fudhayl ibn ‘Iyyaadh (rahimahullaah) said to a man: “How many (years) have come upon you?”

He replied: “Sixty years.”

He said: “Therefore, for sixty years you have been going to your Lord and you are about to reach (Him).”

So the man said: “To Allaah we belong and to Him we shall return!”

So Al-Fudhayl asked:

“Do you know the meaning of that (statement)? You are saying, I belong to Allaah as a servant and I am going to return to Him. So whoever knows that he belongs to Allaah as a servant and that he will return to him, then he should know that he will be stopped. And whoever knows that he will be stopped, then he should know that he will be questioned. And whoever knows that he will be questioned, then let him prepare an answer for the question.”

Jaami’ al-Uloom wal-Hikam of Ibn Rajab

And as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. The ruler is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock; the man is the shepherd of his family members and is responsible for them...”

Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 853; Muslim, 1829

Are you who you want to be ? 

This is your life, is it everything you dreamed it would be...

Allergy shot Monday morning; I was just reminded :(

Sighh now that Spring/Summer is here I gotta get it.

Pollen, dust, freshly cut grass =S omg it is not fun for me; allergies ugh. -__-"

Personal 112

Just been watching some beautiful youtube videos of little children with amazing voices, this is surely one of the greatest blessings to be able to memorize so much & being of a very young age! Ma'sha'Allah I love it & I really want to strive to make my children like that aswell because it would be a great protection that they know the words of Allah and understand the meaning of what their saying aswell is very important. I just want to ask their parents what they did in teaching them like is there a technique I need to acquire to enable my child to be successful in memorizing the Quran. I really have alot of questions about these things like whats an age to make them start learning the Quran is it 1, 2 or 3 years old ? I understand I must instill the fundamentals of Islam to them sucha as who is Allah? & who is our prophets? but when should I start literally teaching them Fatiha and so on...I got alot of researching ahead of me in'sha'Allah because I really for the sake of Allah want my children to be equipped with the book of Allah on their side throughout their lives and so that they never forget it, so I need to instill it in them while their young so that it grows with them. Not them growing up and having to memorize it (not that theres anything wrong with that) but just because it'll become a little more challenging as I myself am going through that as I try to memorize right now. I just want better for them in'sha'Allah. May Allah make our children Hafideen (people who have memorized the Quran) of his book & firm believers in this religion! Ameeen<3

Young Boy Leading tahajjud prayer at east london Mosque

He's so small Ma'sha'Allah just 7 years old
& he's from AL-Mizan and Madrassah al islamiyah (evening madrassah east london mosque)
so beautiful !

Somali Boy Reciting Quran Dubai Quran Awards

Ma'sha'Allah by far the most amazing voice for a young boy!
SubhanAllah ; May Allah continue to bless this child w/ knowledge! Ameen

She prayed whilst menstruating because of shyness

She prayed whilst menstruating because of shyness. What is the ruling on that and what expiation should she offer?.

Praise be to Allaah.  

Al-Nawawi said: The ummah is unanimously agreed that it is haraam for a menstruating woman to pray, whether that is obligatory (fard) prayers or supererogatory (naafil).” Al-Majmoo’, 2/351. 

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen was asked about that and replied: 

It is not permissible for a woman who is menstruating or bleeding following childbirth (nifaas) to pray, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said concerning women: “Is it not the case that if a woman menstruates she does not pray or fast?” The Muslims are unanimously agreed that it is not permissible for a menstruating women to fast, or for her to pray. Based on this, if a woman does that she has to repent to Allaah and to seek His forgiveness for what she did. 

Fataawa al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 1/285.

Islam Q&A

"...Indeed, Allah loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves." (Quran 2:222)

"Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy..." (Quran 35:6)

“Know that you will never truly love Allah until you love obeying Him.”

 — Hasan Al-Basri

Quran {HD}

Young brother from east london Imran reciting Quran live on roadside2islam

We Hear And We Obey.

SPENT MY WHOLE DAY AT THE MASJID =D

& I MET ABU MUSLIMAHS WIFE TABARAKALLAH 

+ HIS LECTURE AFTER MAGHRIB WAS EXCELLENT MA'SHA'ALLAH!

LOVED MY DAY ALHAMDULILAH =D....

We ignore the people that need us 
and need the people that ignore us.

Currently job searching...blah &I want a better job :D

In'sha'Allahh

“O you believe … 

Do not you love that Allah would forgive you?” ( 24:22)

The Honorable Person

Imaam Abu Hatim said:

“The honorable person becomes soft if he is begged, while the evil one becomes harsher if he is treated with leniency. Moreover, the generous (or honorable) person honors honorable people and neither insults the wicked nor harms the wise nor jokes with fools nor associates with sinners. The honorable person prefers his brethren to himself and gives them from what he owns; if a brother of his had a wish, he strives hard to fulfill it; if he found affection from a friend, he does not give thought to enmity; and to he who offers sincere friendship and brotherhood, he does not decline any request from him.”

Rawdhaat ul-’Uqalaa, p173

It becomes obligatory to learn enough of Allah’s religion so that this knowledge can become a weapon with which you can fight these Shayatin.

-Shaykh Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Wahab (Rahimuhullah)

The 4 primary enemies for a Muslim are:

• Nafs (Self desires),
• Dunyawiyyah (Worldly desires),
• Shaitan (Devil)
• Ghurur (Ego).

May Allah protect us from these four and accept our repentace. Amin.

O my brother who has fallen into sins, do not despair from the mercy of your Lord, for indeed the door to repentance is open until the sun rises from the west. — Ibn al-Uthaymeen

How true that none recognize men but men, 

and none know their true worth except those among them.

He wants to get married but his sperm count is low; does he have to disclose that?

There is a young man who has not got married yet, but he found out that he has varicose veins on his testes. He did a test of his sperm and the result was bad; his sperm count was two million per millilitre and the motility was very very weak. Then he had surgery on the varicose veins, and after three months he did another test on his sperm and found that the result was much improved, but he still needed treatment because the improvement may only last three to twelve months.
Now the number of sperm per millilitre is fourteen million, and the motility increased to approximately 10%. 
Based on the explanation given by the doctors, it is essential to have a count of twenty million at least and motility of 50% at least, but the doctor who is treating him is optimistic about the final outcome, although the treatment will continue for another three months.
Now he wants to propose marriage. Should he tell the wife or not? Please note that the hope of improvement is there, in sha Allah.

Praise be to Allaah.

Having a low sperm count and low sperm motility of the level mentioned is regarded as a fault which must be disclosed, and it is not permissible to conceal it, because of what it may lead to of not having children. Having children is one of the most important aims of marriage, so the wife has the right to have children just as the husband has the same right. 

If a man gets married and is aware of this weakness, and cannot have children, that is more likely to put the wife off him and make her regard him as having deceived her. 

Hence Ameer al-Mu’mineen ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the one who married a woman but could not have children: “Tell her that you are sterile and give her the choice.” Quoted in Zaad al-Ma‘aad, 5/183 

It says in Masaa’il al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, narrated by Abu Ya‘qoob al-Kawsaj (no. 1282): I said: What about the man who marries a woman when he is sterile and cannot have children? 

Ahmad said: I prefer the one who knows that about himself to disclose it; perhaps his wife wants to have children. 

Ishaaq said the same as he said, because he cannot deceive her. End quote. Narrated by Ibn Qudaamah in al-Mughni (6/653). 

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah and Ibn al-Qayyim favoured the view that sterility is regarded as a fault that constitutes grounds for annulment of the marriage, unlike the majority of scholars. 

See: al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Fiqhiyyah, 30/268 

See also the answers to questions no. 85101 and 112455. 

Based on that, this young man has to tell his fiancée, then if she accepts, that is up to her. 

If he hopes that the situation will improve and the problem will be resolved within a short time as mentioned, then he may delay proposing marriage until that time. 

We ask Allah to guide and help us and you. 

And Allah knows best.

Islam Q&A

Al Kiriri (a poet) once said : "And do not walk upon this earth except in humbleness, for how many people inderneath it are exalted than you! If you are in glory, goodness and strengthen, then how many have died that were more stronger then you"

Knowledge is a comforting friend in times of loneliness, it is the best companion during travels, and it is the inner friend who speaks to you in your privacy. Knowledge is the discerning proof of what is right and what is wrong, and it is the positive force that will help you surmount the trials of comfort, as well as those of hardships. Knowledge is your most powerful sword against your enemy, and finally, it is your most dignifying raiment in the company of your close companions. Through knowledge, Allah, blessed be His Name, raises some people in rank, and He makes them leaders in righteousness and models in morality. The vestige of their faith is avidly sought, their deeds are emulated perceptively, and people will seek and sanction their opinions solicitously and unequivocally. The heavenly angels seek their company and anoint them with their wings, every fresh or withered life they pass by implore Almighty Allah to forgive them their sins, even the fish in the oceans, the beasts of the lands and every bird of prey and migratory bird pray and solicit the mercy of Almighty Allah on their behalf. This is because knowledge revives the dead hearts and drives them out of darkness into light, and because knowledge is the light of the inner eyes that cures one’s blindness and restores his inner sight

-Abu Nu’aym narrating Mu’adh bin Jabal

What hand do you think you will get your book on the Day of Judgement?

Close your mind
Close your eyes
See with your, heart.

GREAT FRIDAY THUS FAR, TABARAKALLAH

Face to Face: A Niqab Narrative

“You don’t know what the future holds, but you know Who holds it. Tawakal ‘alaa ALLAH (Place your trust in ALLAH)”

Personal 111

Very happy day for me alhamdulilahh :) No more school & yet I'm contimplating going to summer school -_-" i really do not want to think about it lol sigh this school year has been a very interesting one & alot of things happened. I feel like I've accomplished alot finishing up my first year and I look forward to finish the next couple of years as well, just seemed hard because it was a first for everything and meeting new people along the way to help or assist really made things interesting this year ma'sha'Allah. I realize the school year sure does go by fast subhanAllah I always think it is zooming by; yet when I'm in a lecture I feel like it's taking forever lol ajeeb...but nevertheless very rewarding sighh I really do want to finish up my education just so I can take Islamic studies full time afterwards and devote it to my life as I wish..but I gotta go through the hard parts of my journey in order to enjoy the rest and please my family in'sha'Allah<3 Everyone is trying to find themselves when their in school and then there are those who already know what there life's purpose is. Well mine is a mix of the 2 when it comes down to education & islam. In'sha'Allah within the next few years I'll discover and explore different routes Allah willingly in order to accomplish the goals that I have for this Life & The Next. . .TabarakAllah as for now I am thrilled to start my Summer Book list, I have alot of books that I need to read in'sha'Allah & I'm excited to begin 8-)!

..Every Friday is a GOOD FRIDAY- Jum'Ah TabarakAllahhh

Some of us have no idea what this feels like. . .

Personal 110

I was thinking to myself yesterday and just being very very honest with myself. I was wondering about do people who get married change or do they stay the same ; personality wise..hmmm I think I'd stay the same but become less greedy just because I know I'm not with my parents or family anymore. And when I mean greedy, I really mean like not asking much or wanting a whole lot of stuff just because I've accepted the fact that there are other important things in life that money can buy like hajj, school tuition (already feeling that burden) etc plus living under someone elses income is something you have to be grateful to Allah for just cause you don't have to be the breadwinner tabarakAllah lool =P. Alot of things change tho and everyone knows that but what about personality? Do you become so mature that you become a new person?Well what I'm really trying to say is that if I meet someone and decide that I want to spend the rest of my life with them In'sha'Allah I pray to Allah that they don't change and show me a different face; unless there even more better lool then that's an exception =) It's like signing up for a contract and everything sounds amazing at first, once you get into it your already trying to file a cancellation lol subhanAllahh ajeeb...I don't want that at all authobillah. May Allah bless all the Muslimahs out here with beautiful, trustworthy, pious companions..Allahumma Ameen<3

“Marry those among you who are single, or the virtuous ones among yourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah will give them means out of His grace: for Allah encompasses all, and he knoweth all things. -[Quran 24:32]”

inshaAllah<3 

Tranquility & Peace

Tranquility & Peace By Shaykh ul –Islaam Ibn Qayyim aj-Jawzeeyah as-Salafi -Rahimullaah-
From his book ‘Madarij as-Salikeen’ Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya
Shamsuddeen Muhammad bin Abee Bakr Ibn Qayyim aj-Jawzeeyah (d.751 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said:
‘Indeed Allaah mentioned ‘as-Sakeenah’ (Tranquility) in His Book in six places:

1) The saying of Allaah Ta’ala:
<< وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ آيَةَ مُلْكِهِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ التَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ >>
<< And their prophet said to them, Indeed, a sign of his kingship is that the chest will come to you in which is assurance from your Lord >>[al-Baqarah: 248]

2) The saying of Allaah Ta’ala:
<< ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ >>
<< Then Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers >>[Tawbah: 26]

3) The saying of Allaah Ta’ala:
<<إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَمْ تَرَوْهَا >>
<< and he said to his companion, ‘Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us.’ And Allah sent down his tranquility upon him and supported him with Angels you did not see >>[Tawbah: 40]

4) The saying of Allaah Ta’ala:
<< هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِيمَانًا مَعَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا >>
<< It is He who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that they would increase in faith along with their [present] faith. And to Allah belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and ever is Allah Knowing and Wise. >>[al-Fath: 4]

5) The saying of Allaah Ta’ala:
<< لَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنْزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَثَابَهُمْ فَتْحًا قَرِيبًا >>
<< Certainly was Allah pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you, [O Muhammad], under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquility upon them and rewarded them with an imminent conquest >>[al-Fath: 18]

6) The saying of Allaah Ta’ala:
<< إِذْ جَعَلَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ >>
<< When those who disbelieved had put into their hearts chauvinism - the chauvinism of the time of ignorance. But Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers >>[al-Fath: 26]

Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- used to read the Ayaat of as-Sakeenah (Tranquility) if matters became intense for him. And I heard him talk about a great incident which occurred when he was sick, the general intellect is too deficient to comprehend how evil souls emerged and waged war against him in his state of weakness.

Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said :
When this matter became intense, I said to my relatives and those around me:
‘Read the Ayaat of as-Sakeenah (Tranquility). Then I would be free from this condition, and I would sit up as if a transformation had taken place and there was nothing wrong with me.’

Ibn Qayyim aj-Jawzeeyah (d.751 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said:
I also tried this, and I read these Ayaat of as-Sakeenah (Tranquility) when the heart becomes agitated due to what affects it and I witnessed the amazing effects of these Ayaat on the tranquility of the heart and its peacefulness.’

[From: ‘Samma’aat Ibn al-Qayyim min Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah’ p.352-353 Quoted from: ‘Madarij as-Salikeen’ 2/502]

Allah says in Surah an-Nisa, Ayat# 84:

And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner]. Indeed Allah is ever, over all things, an Accountant.

Is there a Reward for Reading Hadeeth?

Is there a Reward for Reading Hadeeth? From Shaykh, Allaama, Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdul Azeez bin Abdullaah Bin Baz Translated by Umm Yahya
The Noble Shaykh Bin Baz -Rahimullaah- was asked:

‘The reward for reciting the Book of Allaah is evident. Is there a reward for reading Hadeeth too?’

The Shaykh replied:

‘There is a great reward for reading the Noble Qur’an in terms of coming closer to Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, as is reading and memorizing the Hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam. And this is because it is worship of Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala (in pursuit of) acquiring knowledge and a greater understanding of the religion.

Evidence in the Shariah indicates that seeking knowledge and gaining an understanding of the religion is obligatory in order for the slave to worship His Lord upon firm knowledge (Baseerah)

An example of this evidence is the saying of the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam:

‘Whoever Allaah wills good for He grants them the understanding of the Deen (religion)’ And he said:‘The best of you are those who learn the Qur’aan and teach it’

And the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam said:

‘Whoever treads a path seeking knowledge on that path, then Allaah makes the path to paradise easy for him due to his seeking knowledge, and no group of people gather in one of the houses of Allah reciting the Book of Allaah and studying it, except tranquillity descends and they are covered with Mercy and the angels surround them and Allaah mentions them to those who are close to Him’

And there are many Hadeeth regarding the virtues of reciting the Qur’aan such as the saying of the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam:

‘Recite the Qur’aan for verily it will come as an intercession for the one who recites it on the Day of Resurrection’ 

'Collected by Muslim

And one day the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam came out and said:
‘Who would like to go to Bathaan (a valley in Medina) or to al-Aqeeq (a valley in Makkah) and return with two great female camels, without sinning and without severing the ties of kinship?’
So we said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah we would love that’

He -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:
‘If one of you went to the masjid and learnt or read two Ayaat from the Book of Allah Azza wa Jal (that) is better for him than two female camels and three Ayaat are better than four female camels and in addition to that the same amount in male camels’ As is collected by Imam Muslim in ‘Saheeh Muslim’ and this is an evidence concerning the virtue of reciting the Qur’aan and teaching it.

There is (another) famous Hadeeth from Ibn Mas’ood which is collected in ‘Jamia Tirmidhi’ with a Hassan (good) chain of narrators that the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:

‘Whoever reads one letter from the Book of Allaah he gets one reward for it and one reward is equivalent to ten times the reward of it.’

And it is the same for reading the Sunnah, if a believer learns it by reading the Ahadeeth and studying them and memorizing them, distinguishing the authentic from the non authentic, then he will receive a great reward. This is because this is considered acquiring knowledge, concerning which the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:

‘Whoever treads a path seeking knowledge on that path, then Allaah makes the path to paradise easy for him due to his seeking knowledge, and no group of people gather in one of the houses of Allaah reciting the Book of Allaah and studying it, except tranquility descends and they are covered with Mercy and the angels surround them and Allaah mentions them to those who are close to Him’

This is proof of reading the Ayaat and reflecting upon them, studying Hadeeth and memorizing them, desiring knowledge and (desiring) an understanding of the religion and acting upon it (consequently) is from (one of the reasons) for entering paradise and being saved from the hell-fire. As the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:

‘Whoever Allah wills good for He grants them the understanding of the Deen (religion)’

There is a consensus with regard to its authenticity and it clarifies the virtue of knowledge and seeking it, and that is a sign of goodness as we clarified earlier. And the understanding of the Deen is attained through the Book (The Qur’aan) and through the Sunnah (Hadeeth) therefore (attaining the) understanding the Sunnah is a sign that Allah has intended goodness for His slave, there is a lot of evidence to substantiate (this point).

All Praise is for Allah Lord of the worlds

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‘The Wasateeyyah (Middle course) of Ahl-ul-Sunnah regarding Tawheed’  
By Shaykh Ubayd bin Abdullaah al-Jaabiree (hafidhahullaah)
-On Tuesday 8th Jumada al-Awwal 1432A.H. – 12th of April 2011

‘The Wasateeyyah (Middle course) of Ahl-ul-Sunnah regarding the Points of al-Qada wa Qadr’  
By Shaykh Muhammad bin Rabee’ bin Hadee al-Madkhalee (hafidhahullaah)
-On Friday 11th Jumada al-Awwal 1432A.H. – 15th of April 2011

‘The Wasateeyyah (Middle course) of Ahl-ul-Sunnah regarding Eemaan’  
By Shaykh Muhammad bin Umar Bazmool (hafidhahullaah)
-On Friday 18th Jumada al-Awwal 1432A.H. – 22nd of April 2011

‘The Wasateeyyah (Middle course) of Ahl-ul-Sunnah regarding the
Companions & the first Generation’

By Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhaab al-Aqeel (hafidhahullaah)
-On Thursday 24th Jumada al-Awwal 1432A.H. – 28th of April 2011

The Lectures are taking place in the Masjid al-Ameerah al-Hissa, Jamia’
District, Jeddah, K.S.A.

All Lectures take place after Maghrib *Saudi Time* approx. 7p.m.
All the lectures will be *in Arabic* and Broadcasted live by:

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Volume 8, Book 80, Number 717:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, 'Beware of suspicion, for it is the worst of false tales and don't look for the other's faults and don't spy and don't hate each other, and don't desert (cut your relations with) one another O Allah's slaves, be brothers!"

[Sahih Al Bukhari]

Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Whoever eats food obtained at the expense of a Muslim, Allah will feed him hellfire on Judgement Day. He who gains a prestigious reputation at the expense of a Muslim, Allah will reduce him to the position of the show-offs and boasters on Judgement Day. He who wears a garment acquired at the expense of a Muslim, Allah will dress him in a garment of fire on Judgement Day.”

 
[Al-Hakim]

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The trouble with the world is that, the stupids are full of confidence and the intelligent are full of doubts.

-Shakespeare

Befriend Righteous People

Imaam Abu Hatim said:

“The honorable person appreciates whoever favors him, gives excuse when his friends decline to help him, keeps ties with those who sever them, draws closer to whoever keeps relation with him, grants and favors those who seek his help, and feels pity and kindness for whoever he thinks is weak. As for those who mistakenly perceive him as being weak, death would be dearer to them than the consequences of their error(1). As for the wicked, his are the opposite of these qualities.”

Rawdhaat ul-’Uqalaa’, p174

____________
(1) It means honorable persons are not weak and able to defend themselves sufficiently. Those who seek weakness in the forbearing and calmness of honorable persons will thus regret it if they seek to exploit this perceived weakness, for the response will be fierce and swift.

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Clear Water

Al-Hijr [15:45]

The righteous (will be) amid Gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing water).

Smoke

   Fussilat [41:11] 

Moreover, He Comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: "Come ye together willingly or unwillingly." They said: "We do come (together), in willing obedience."

Masjid in Iran

Who has created death and life, that He may test you which of you is best in deed. And He is theAll-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving;

[ Surah Al-Mulk (67) :2 ]

"Any People Who Believe..."

You will never find any people who believe in Allah and the last Day on friendly terms with those who oppose Allah and His Rasool, even though they be their fathers, their sons, their brothers or their relatives. It is they in whose hearts Allah has inscribed faith and has strengthened them with a spirit of His own. He will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, to live therein forever. Allah will be well pleased with them, and they will be well pleased with Him. They are the party of Allah. Beware! Surely it is the party of Allah that will be successful.

[Surah Mujadilah:22]

little girls confess their sins to a toilet bowl, shedding pounds from their cuticles ‘cause somebody lied and said becoming a toothpick would be beautiful’.

-Boona Mohamed.

Malcolm X’s Letter from Mecca

Many Muslims who have been blessed to make Hajj often speak of how the journey is a life-changing experience.  This is more the case for some than others.

Malcolm X, or Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, is one Muslim who saw the light of true Islam through his Hajj in April 1964.  As a former member and speaker for the Nation of Islam, a black spiritual and nationalist movement, he believed that the white man was the devil and the black man superior.
After leaving the Nation of Islam in March 1964, he made Hajj, which helped change his perspective on whites and racism completely.

Here is an excerpt of a letter El Hajj Malik El Shabazz wrote a letter to his loyal assistants in Harlem... from his heart, telling them of his experience.  In it, he explains what it was during this blessed journey that made him so profoundly shift his perspective on race and racism.  We should keep in mind that this letter was written in a time when the history of African Americans in America was in making, a time when centuries worth of oppression was being spoken about and condemned in public.[1]

“Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colors and races here in this ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad and all the other Prophets of the Holy Scriptures.  For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colors.

“I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca, I have made my seven circuits around the Ka’ba, led by a young Mutawaf named Muhammad, I drank water from the well of the Zam Zam.  I ran seven times back and forth between the hills of Mt. Al-Safa and Al Marwah.  I have prayed in the ancient city of Mina, and I have prayed on Mt. Arafat.

“There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world.  They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans.  But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white.

“America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.  Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white - but the white attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.  I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespective of their color.

“You may be shocked by these words coming from me.  But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions.  This was not too difficult for me.  Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it.  I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.

“During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on the same rug - while praying to the same God - with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white.  And in the words and in the deeds of the white Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan and Ghana.

“We were truly all the same (brothers) - because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the white from their behavior, and the white from their attitude.

“I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man - and cease to measure, and hinder, and harm others in terms of their ‘differences’ in color.

“With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called ‘Christian’ white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem.  Perhaps it could be in time to save America from imminent disaster - the same destruction brought upon Germany by racism that eventually destroyed the Germans themselves.

“Each hour here in the Holy Land enables me to have greater spiritual insights into what is happening in America between black and white.  The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities - he is only reacting to four hundred years of the conscious racism of the American whites.  But as racism leads America up the suicide path, I do believe, from the experiences that I have had with them, that the whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, will see the handwriting on the walls and many of them will turn to the spiritual path of truth - the only way left to America to ward off the disaster that racism inevitably must lead to.

“Never have I been so highly honored.  Never have I been made to feel more humble and unworthy.  Who would believe the blessings that have been heaped upon an American Negro?  A few nights ago, a man who would be called in America a white man, a United Nations diplomat, an ambassador, a companion of kings, gave me his hotel suite, his bed.  Never would I have even thought of dreaming that I would ever be a recipient of such honors - honors that in America would be bestowed upon a King - not a Negro.

“All praise is due to God, the Lord of all the Worlds.”

Malcolm X saw and experienced many positive things.  Generosity and openheartedness were qualities which were impressed on him by the welcome which he received in many places.  He saw brotherhood and the brotherhood of different races and this led him to disclaim racism and to say:

“I am not a racist... In the past I permitted myself to be used... to make sweeping indictments of all white people, the entire white race, and these generalizations have caused injuries to some whites who perhaps did not deserve to be hurt.  Because of the spiritual enlightenment which I was blessed to receive as the result of my recent pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of any one race.  I am now striving to live the life of a true Sunni Muslim.  I must repeat that I am not a racist nor do I subscribe to the tenets of racism.  I can state in all sincerity that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.”


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