i’d rather lose because everyone else was cheating, rather than to win because i was the biggest cheater
thank you Allah for a lovely wife :)
: The Believer is the Mirror of the Believer∞
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allaah, may peace and blessings be upon him, said:
“The believer is the mirror of the believer.”
[Abu Daawud, no. 4918, with a good chain]
Commentary:
Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan, may Allaah preserve him,…
Was Allah pleased?
only for Allah’s sake.
Allah told us to seek knowledge, so i seek knowledge
Allah told us to call upon Him and Him alone, so i call upon Him
Allah told us to apply what we have learned, so i try my best to apply it little by little
Allah told us that He loves perseverance in doing good deeds even how small it is, so i try my best to stay consistent
Allah told us to spread His messages, so i spread it around
Allah told us to verify and always ask those who have better knowledge, so i did for most of my studies
Allah told to always put The Prophet Muhammad, sallAllahu alaihi wassalam, as judge for all our actions, so i always imagine if the Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wassalam would approve of the things i do
yet all my efforts, my studies, my research, my resources, my references are always seem to be perceived as if i merely google them out of negligence and looks to be an effort to make myself look good.
i mean, seriously? you judge me based on what? i try to share beneficial knowledge, i try to spread around the word of Allah, the words of The Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wassalam, i try to spread around the narrations of the ulema’, and this is what i am perceived?
and to top it all of, i have been getting accusations and cynical claims from these people whom i considered to be among the best of my friends, whom i have high respect with, whom we have share years of experiences together, whom i regard as people who have close access to the people of ilm so that they too have some knowledge in the deen.
but this is what i get. just for not coming to your circles. just for not coming for your anual dinners. just for not coming to our esteemed sheikh’s birthday celebration. just for merely not joining anymore the association that which i used to be part of. whom i used to acknowledge as my own family
but that’s the thing. how can i acknowledge a group of people close to me like my family, where i myself dont give the same respect and acknowledgement to my own actual family. the teacher has always said to put above your family first, the others later, so i did just that. and im being ridiculed for it.
WAllahi
though im tired of this.
it doesnt matter anyway.
i wish to please Allah and not anyone else.
i do the things i do for Allah’s approval, not anyone else.
i do the things i do for Allah’s sake, not anyone else.
for in the end, i answer to Allah, not to anyone else.
we all do. and my writings will be evidence that will either work for me, or against me in front of Allah.
and only Allah knows my true intention. as do all of us.
for one will get what he intended his actions are for.
may Allah help us to rectify our intention, to be solely for Allah.
i remember what we used to do, whenever before an event, we were always reminded to rectify our intentions. i wish to continue to do so. and i pray to all of us do too.
Ameen
i worry that i might write something out of anger and ignorance
may Allah help me
: Before you listen to a speaker:∞
Ask these questions:
- Where did he study?
- Who did he study with from Ahlul ‘Ilm (the people of knowledge)?
- Is he mu’adil (praised) or majrooh (criticised) by Ahlul ‘Ilm?*
- Does he speak with that which has preceded him (Qur’an, Sunnah, understanding of the earlier…
Party Til Fajr: “Abu Bakr used to say, ‘Please [The Prophet] Muhammad by doing good to...∞
“Abu Bakr used to say, ‘Please [The Prophet] Muhammad by doing good to his family.’”
-Sahih Bukhari.
I don’t want this to be come sectarian, but I was reading through Bukhari when I came upon this. I truly believe that we Muslims have done a disservice to all the personalities related to The…
on fasting in Rajab. my research so far
so i was doing some more research on fasting or any other types ibadah during this month of Rajab and i found this
Fasting: There is nothing rigorously authenticated from the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) pertaining to fasting the month of Rajab specifically. However, there are hadiths regarding fasting the sacrosanct months. Some of the Companions and imams (Allah be well pleased with them) considered it offensive to fast Rajab in its entirety, rather that one should omit fasting one or two days of Rajab. The Hanbalis are of the opinion that the offensiveness of fasting Rajab in its entirety ceases by voluntarily fasting another month with Rajab. Imam Ahmad’s opinion is that Rajab is not fasted in it entirety except by someone who fasts every day that is possible; there is something related from `Abd Allah bin `Omar (Allah be well pleased with them both) that indicates this.
http://udel.edu/stu-org/msaud/articles/rajab.htm was the link for the above mentioned texts
there are a few du’as that were spreading around i heard here and there and i found the hadith for it and it was this
كان إذا دخل رجب قال: اللهم بارك لنا في رجب وشعبان، وبلغنا رمضان. وكان إذا كانت ليلة الجمعة قال: هذه ليلة غراء، ويوم أزهر
التخريج (برموز السيوطي): (هب) وابن عساكر عن أنس
التخريج (مفصلا): البيهقي في شعب الإيمان وابن عساكر عن أنس
The Prophet
, when he entered the month of Rajab would say, “O Allah bless us in our Rajab and Sha`ban and cause us to reach Ramadan!” And on the night of Jum`ah he used to say, “This is the night of beauty and day of brightness.”[2]
Related by Ibn Asakir, al-Bazaar and at-Tabarani in al-Awsat, and by al-Bayhaqi in Shu`ab al-Iman from Anas, who graded it weak.
so i understand that there is evidence on that eventhough one of them graded them as weak, but alhamdulillah, there is evidence none then less
but again, about the fasting, i found this
حدثنا ابو بكر بن ابي شيبة. حدثنا عبدالله بن نمير. ح وحدثنا ابن نمير. حدثنا ابي. حدثنا عثمان بن حكيم الانصاري. قال: سالت سعيد بن جبير عن صوم رجب ؟ ونحن يومئذ في رجب. فقال: سمعت ابن عباس رضي الله عنها يقول: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصوم حتىنقول: لا يفطر. ويفطر حتى نقول: لا يصوم.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ
سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صَوْمِ رَجَبٍ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِيهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated that Abdullah ibn Nameer narrated and ibn Nameer narrated from his father that `Uthmān ibn Hakeem al-Ansaari
narrated, “I asked Sa`eed ibn Jubayr
Related in Sahih Muslim. (Book #006, Hadith #2585)
http://www.searchtruth.com/searchHadith.php?keyword=rajab&translator=2&search=1&book=&start=0&records_display=10&search_word=all
so i havent found out if the above mentioned hadith is daef or not, because the first article says there was no evidence pertaining to fasting whatsoever in the month of rajab, up to the point that some of the scholars says that it is offensive.
at this point, i need more research. i did fast for the last 2 days on the intention of claiming the benefits of fasting in rajab before i knew about the scholars view on it. and i was about to fast to day but then i forgot and had breakfast.
from what i understand, that it is ok to fast if it is done not specifically in this month or any particular day in this month alone. if it is done on a regular manner, say that you’re a person who regularly does voluntary fasting on a weekly basis, then its ok.
but that’s what i understand. correct me if im wrong. im still studying this anyways.
feel free to tell me if i did any mistakes in my research. and hope my study could help some of you if you were inclined to know about the matter at hand
may Allah make us more understanding of the deen. and may Allah grant us victory in showing us the true path.
Ameen
