Month: August 2015
Authentic Websites for Urdu Speakers
Asalamualikum
Below is the beneficial Islamic websites that offer free Urdu books of various scholars on various topics. It’s easy to download and cover almost all the important subjects.
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The Website that contains articles, book, pamphlets is as follows.
Hadith on Rage: Allah fills with faith those who swallow and control their anger
Hadith on Rage: Allah fills with faith those who swallow and control their angerPosted: 29 Aug 2015 12:26 AM PDT
Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever grants respite to someone in difficulty or alleviates him, then Allah will save him from the gates of Hell. No doubt, the deeds of Paradise are difficult to reach for they are atop a hill and the deeds of Hellfire are easy to reach for they are in the lowlands. The happy one is he who is saved from tribulations. Verily, there is no dose of anything more beloved to Allah than a dose of rage a servant has swallowed. No servant suppresses his anger except that Allah will fill him with faith.”
Source: Musnad Ahmad 3008
Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Ibn Kathir
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَنْظَرَ مُعْسِرًا أَوْ وَضَعَ لَهُ وَقَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ أَلَا إِنَّ عَمَلَ الْجَنَّةِ حَزْنٌ بِرَبْوَةٍ ثَلَاثًا أَلَا إِنَّ عَمَلَ النَّارِ سَهْلٌ بِسَهْوَةٍ وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُقِيَ الْفِتَنَ وَمَا مِنْ جَرْعَةٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ جَرْعَةِ غَيْظٍ يَكْظِمُهَا عَبْدٌ مَا كَظَمَهَا عَبْدٌ لِلَّهِ إِلَّا مَلَأَ اللَّهُ جَوْفَهُ إِيمَانًا
3008 مسند أحمد – وَمِنْ مُسْنَدِ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ مُسْنَدُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ المُطَّلِبِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ من أنظر معسرا أو وضع له وقاه الله من فيح جهنم
المحدث ابن كثير خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن
Faith Increases And Decreases
Praise be to Allaah.
According to Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah, eemaan (faith) is “belief in the heart, words on the tongue and actions of the body.” This includes three things:
1. Belief in the heart
2. Words on the tongue
3. Actions of the body
As this is the case, then it will increase and decrease. That is because the degree of belief in the heart differs from one person to another. Believing in what someone tells you is not the same as believing something that you see with your own eyes. Believing in what one person tells you is not the same as believing what two people tell you, and so on. Hence Ibraaheem (peace be upon him) said:
“ ‘My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead.’ He (Allaah) said: ‘Do you not believe?’ He [Ibraaheem (Abraham)] said: ‘Yes (I believe), but to be stronger in Faith’” [al-Baqarah 2:260]
Eemaan may increase with regard to belief, contentment and tranquillity in the heart. A person may experience that in himself when he attends gatherings of dhikr where he hears a lesson. Remembering Paradise and Hell increases eemaan to the point where it as if you can see them with your own eyes. But when a person is negligent and leaves those gatherings, this certain faith is reduced in his heart.
Eemaan in the sense of words may increase similarly. Whoever remembers Allaah a few times is not like one who remembers Him one hundred times. The latter is far better in eemaan.
And the one who does an act of worship in a perfect manner will have more faith than one who does it in an imperfect manner.
The same applies to righteous deeds. If a person does good deeds physically more than another, the one who does more will have more eemaan than the one who does less. This is stated in the Qur’aan and Sunnah – I mean the fact that eemaan may increase and decrease. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur’aan is the truth as it agrees with their Books regarding the number (19) which is written in the Tawraat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and that the believers may increase in Faith [al-Muddaththir 74:31]
“And whenever there comes down a Soorah, some of them (hypocrites) say: “Which of you has had his Faith increased by it?” As for those who believe, it has increased their Faith, and they rejoice.
But as for those in whose hearts is a disease (of doubt, disbelief and hypocrisy), it will add suspicion and doubt to their suspicion, disbelief and doubt; and they die while they are disbelievers [al-Tawbah 9:124-125]
According to a saheeh hadeeth, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I have never seen any women lacking in reason and faith who have a more negative impact on the mind of a serious man than you.”
Thus eemaan increases and decreases.
Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il Fadeelat al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him), vol. 1, p. 49)
AQEEDAH OF IMAM SHAFI (The Imam Of Ahlus Sunnah)
AQEEDAH OF IMAM SHAFI The Final Revelation
“القول في السنة التي ان عليها والقول في السنة التي أنا عليها ورأيت عليها الذين رأيتهم مثل سفيان ومالك وغيرهما :
الإقرار بشهادة ألا إله إلا الله وأن محمداً رسول الله ، وأن الله عرشه في سمائه يقرب من خلقه كيف يشاء وينزل من السماء كيف يشاء ، وأن الإيمان قول وعمل يزيد بالطاعة وينقص بالمعصية ، وأن القرآن كلام الله غير مخلوق ، وأنه لا خلود في النار للمؤمنين العصاة وإن ارتكبوا الكبائر..”
Imam Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullah) mentioned in his book Ijtimaa’ juyoosh Al Islamiyyah that Imam Al Shafie, Nasir us Sunnah said,
“My stance on Sunnah on which I am, and I saw our companions on it from Ahl al Hadith like Sufyan and Malik and others, is to testify that there is no one worthy of worship other than Allah and that the Muhammad is the messenger of Allah and that Allah ta’ala is established on his Arsh on the sky, gets close to his creation howsoever he wishes, and that Allah ta’ala descends down to the sky of the dunya howsoever he wishes, and that Iman is speech and action, it increases with acts of obedience and decreases with act of disobedience, and that Qur’an is the speech of Allah, not a creation; and that he would not put the believers in the fire forever for sins even if they were into the major sins..”
The Ruling on Speaking while the Quraan is being Recited from a tape/CD/recorder
The Ruling on Speaking while the Quraan is being Recited from a tape/CD/recorder
Question:
What is the legislative ruling for talking during the recitation of the Qur’an in general gatherings, like if the Qur’an is recited from a tape and a group of people are talking, what is the ruling on this action?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih Al-‘Uthaymeen:
Allah the Most High states, {So when the Qur’an is recited, then listen to it and give it due attention so that you may receive mercy}. [Soorah Al-‘Araaf: 204]
Thus, if we have a recorder playing the sound of a reciter (while we are talking); either we turn off the recorder or we listen to him. However. remaining in our chatter and talking as if we only hear the sounds of humans, then this is contrary to having manners with the Quran.
So here I say, that either we turn off the recorder or listen to it. Even if one of them was listening and the others continued to chat, then that one individual lowers the sound so that no one hears it except him.
Translated by Abu Afnaan Muhammad ‘Abdullah حفظه الله
The ruling regarding winning a hajj or `Umra trip in some competitions
The ruling regarding winning a hajj or `Umra trip in some competitions
The question:
Some media institutions organize seasonal competitions in which the winner gets the complete sum for performing hajj and `Umra. So, what it is the ruling concerning taking part in such competitions? Moreover, the asked questions may be related to movies, sports games, music or other things. What is the ruling of going to hajj or `Umra through winning in such competitions?
Can the same ruling be applied to each kind of competitions which are related to many fields of knowledge: like knowledge related to Sharia and knowledge related to worldly subjects or else? We hope to deliver us a detailed answer and May Allah reward you with good.
The answer:
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessing be upon whom Allah sent as a mercy to the Worlds, upon his Family, his Companions and his Brothers till the Day of Resurrection.
We should distinguish between the religious competitions in which there are pecuniary rewards given by the rulers, a charitable organization or by charitable persons, and the competitions diffused by media institutions.
The first example of competitions are organized according to the purpose of the Legislator (Allah عزَّ وجلَّ) which consists in being prepared as regards faith: learning Qur’an and Sunna, learning scientific matters related to Sharia; these are joined to the competitions which the Prophet صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم limited by saying : “Prizes are allowed only for racing camels, or horses or shooting arrows”.(1), that is to say, riding horses, camels and archery, and anything which is related to the material preparation among the means of jihad in the way of Allah for strengthening the power of the Muslims. Prizes in such things are valid (permissible), as both preparations (material and faith-related preparations) are a requirement and a purpose by the Sharia, because they are means for a purpose supported by the Sharia, as “The means take on the same ruling as their aims”.
Therefore, the licit rewards which are given by the donors to the winners, in order to reach this purpose, is absolutely permissible, whether it is for a hajj or a `Umra or other things without any embarrassment.
As for the competitions diffused by media institutions like newspapers, journals, magazines or else, it is not permissible to participate in them, because they include gambling. The participant in such competitions pay money, even a little amount, in order to buy the mass medium, while the media institution gets money and incomes by promoting such competitions.
On the other hand, the aim of the Legislator (Allah عزَّ وجلَّ) is not reached by such means which, on the contrary, go against it. In fact, many aspects of obscenity, nudity, temptation are embodied during the course of these competitions by diffusing films and spreading musical instruments and music, and other manners that go against our true religion, even though we can find some valid competitions, they are submerged in a corrupt environment, as if there is an imposed will by this media means to destroy the Islamic values and exchange them for the ignobility of the occidental society’s values in order to separate religion from the social life, and this, under the influence of secularity that the Islamic Nation undergoes nowadays, and because of the deceived people of our Islamic society.
That being said, and as “The means take on the same ruling as their aims”, it is not permissible to use the gifts and rewards given in such a way because of the two aforementioned reasons. Thus, the person winning gifts after knowing they are prohibited, should give them as charity or spend their value in different ways of good. In fact, one of the conditions of making repentance is to get rid of the illicit money. However, if a person performs hajj with such money, his hajj is valid according to soundest of the two opinions of scholars, and the person is not required to perform this duty, but he incurs sin because of committing something prohibited, as the side of order is separated from the side of prohibition, and this person will not be rewarded for his hajj, in accordance with Allah’s عزَّ وجلَّ saying:
﴿وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى﴾ [البقرة: 197].
The meaning of the verse:
﴾And take a provision (with you) for the journey, but the best provision is At-Taqwa (piety, righteousness, etc.). So fear Me, O men of understanding!﴿ [Al-Baqarah (The Cow): 197].
And the Prophet’s صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم saying: “Verily, Allah عزَّ وجلَّ is good, and He never accepts but good”(2); whereas, before knowing its prohibition, he does not incur sin because he is excused by his ignorance, in accordance with Allah’s عزَّ وجلَّ saying:
﴿فَمَنْ جَاءَهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَانْتَهَى فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُ إلَى اللهِ﴾ [البقرة: 275].
﴾So whosoever receives an admonition from his Lord and stops eating Ribâ (usury) shall not be punished for the past; his case is for Allâh (to judge); but whoever returns [to Ribâ (usury)], such are the dwellers of the Fire – they will abide therein﴿ [Al-Baqarah (The Cow): 275].
The perfect knowledge belongs to Allah عزَّ وجلَّ. Our last prayer is all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessing be upon our Prophet صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم, his Family, his Companions and Brothers till the Day of Resurrection.
Algiers, Sha`bân 14th, 1428H.
Corresponding to: August 27th, 2007.
(1) Reported by Abu Dâwûd, chapter of “Jihad” concerning prizes (hadith 2574), At-Tirmidhi, chapter of “Jihad” concerning betting and prizes (hadith 2878), Ibn Hibbân (hadith 1638) and Ahmad (hadith 9788) from the hadith of Abu Hurayra رضي الله عنه. This hadith has been judged as Hassan (good) by Al-Baghawi in “Sharh As-Sunna” (5/525) and judged authentic by Ibn Al-Qattân in “Al-Wahm Wal-Îhâm” (5/382), by Ahmad Shâkir in his recension of “Musnad Ahmad” (13/232), by Al-Albâni in “Al-Irwâ’” (hadith 1506), and by Al-Wâdi`i in “Sahîh Al-Musnad” (hadith 1408).
(2) (2) Reported by Muslim, chapter of “The obligatory charity”, concerning accepting the charity which comes from the good earnings, and its growth (hadith 2346), At-Tirmidhi in “Qur’an exegesis” (hadith 2989) and Ahmad on the authority of Abu Hurayra رضي الله عنه.
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