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2022-04-08 23:12:45 THE RIGHTS OF THE HUSBAND

Abdullāh ibn Abī' Awfā (رضي الله عنه) narrated that Allāh's Messenger (ﷺ) said,

"If I were to command anyone to prostrate to other than Allāh, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband. By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, a woman has not fulfilled the rights of her Lord until she has fulfilled the rights of her husband. And were he to call her to marital relations while she was sitting on the saddle of a camel, she should not refuse him."*

And it is said that the reference to the saddle of a camel is to the place where the Arab women used to sit and give birth. So, the hadīth refers to the fact that even if a woman is in the late stages of pregnancy, she should respond to the request of her husband. And if the woman is obligated to answer her husband at this difficult time, then how much more so at other times?

* Ibn Mājah (no.1853)...

Book: The Characteristics of A Righteous Wife in Light of the Qurān and Sunnah
By Shaykh Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wāhid
Salafi Publications
P. 8 Open / Comment

2022-04-08 10:17:29 THE PIOUS WIFE

The pious wife recognizes the nature of a man and behaves in a manner that brings about love and affection between her and her husband. He is kind to her and cares for her, when he looks at her, she pleases him; he trusts her, respects her and honours her. He is happy to provide for her and loves to return home at the end of the day to be with her and their children because the home is a place of comfort, tranquility, and a refuge from the toil and stresses of the world.

Book: The Characteristics of A Righteous Wife in Light of the Qurān and Sunnah
By Shaykh Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wāhid
Salafi Publications
P. 6 Open / Comment

2022-04-04 08:10:48 DO NOT WASTE YOUR FAST!

Perhaps the fasting person will fast and his hunger, thirst, and fatigue will be intense, but he has no reward with Allāh عز و جل because his tongue gained mastery over him by way of impermissible speech, and his vision gained mastery over him by way of looking at what is impermissible, and his ears gained mastery over him by way of listening to what is impermissible. Therefore, in reality, he has not fasted. He has only abandoned food and drink. Therefore, he has worn himself out to no avail. Hence, fasting comprises all of these things: fasting of the stomach from food, drink and the rest of that which nullifies the fast, as well as the fasting of the hearing from every impermissible speech and the fasting of the vision from everything that Allāh has made impermissible to look at, and the fasting of the tongue from speaking with lewdness and sin. Therefore, one's entire body fasts. Also, one's hands and feet fast from walking towards what Allāh has prohibited and striking what Allāh has prohibited.

Book: Sittings in the Month of Ramadān
By Shaykh Sālih Al-Fawzān
Translated by Raha Batts and Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
P. 31 Open / Comment

2022-04-03 14:40:50 BROTHERS UPON HAPPINESS

There is no sickness in Paradise, no worries, no sadness, and no death. There are no arguments or disputes between the inhabitants of Paradise; rather, Allāh will remove all traces of rancor from their hearts. As a result, they will all be brothers upon happiness, having social interaction with one another and bringing joy to one another. They will be united without any hatred or animosity. There will be no jealousy in Paradise, no transgression, and no hostility. This is in contrast to this world, which is filled with hatred, transgression, and animosity amongst the people. The inhabitants of Paradise will be free of this.

Book: Sittings in the Month of Ramadān
By Shaykh Sālih Al-Fawzān
Translated by Raha Batts and Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
P. 124 Open / Comment

2022-04-03 12:01:33 FASTING IS A TREMENDOUS ACT OF WORSHIP

Fasting is a tremendous act of worship that one must safeguard and respect. The time in which one is fasting should be similar to the time in which he is not. While he is not fasting, he must also have fear and reverence of Allāh and avoid what Allāh has made impermissible. And while he is fasting, this must be more so the case; otherwise, his fast merely wears him out and brings no benefit.

Book: Sittings in the Month of Ramadān
By Shaykh Sālih Al-Fawzān
Translated by Raha Batts and Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
P. 32 Open / Comment

2022-04-02 07:19:44 FASTING, THE MOST BELOVED ACT TO ALLĀH

Fasting is from the most virtuous actions. This is because the person prefers the pleasure of Allāh over the desires of his soul, so he deprives himself of food, drink, and that which it desires. Perhaps he is in dire need of it, such as the one who is thirsty and has a dire need for water, and the one who is hungry and has a dire need for food. In spite of this, he leaves his food, drink, and the desires of his soul while having the ability to partake in what is before him. Yet he leaves it out of obedience to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى and he draws near to his Lord by way of abandoning what he desires and is inclined to. Due to this, fasting is the most beloved act to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى.

Book: Sittings in the Month of Ramadān
By Shaykh Sālih al-Fawzān
Translated by Raha Batts & Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
P. 27 Open / Comment

2022-04-01 16:08:57 WELCOMING THE MONTH OF RAMADĀN

A month of good and blessings, a month of fasting and prayer, a month of mercy, forgiveness and emancipation from the Fire. A month of generosity, kindness, giving, spending, doing good and benevolence.

The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) would give glad tidings to his companions of the arrival of this great month. He would encourage them to exert themselves with righteous deeds from the obligations and the supererogatory acts, such as prayer, charity, showing goodness and benevolence, patience upon the obedience of Allāh, filling one's day with the fast and night with prayer, and occupying one's blessed time with remembrance, thanks, glorification of Allāh, saying Lā Ilāha Illa Allāh [none has the right to be worshipped except Allāh] and reciting the Qur'ān.

Book: Important Lessons For Ramadān
By Shaykh 'Abd al-Razzāq al-'Abbād
Translated by Hassan Hussein Abdi
Hikmah Publications
P. 7, 8 Open / Comment

2022-02-15 16:24:29 THE LIGHT OF ĪMĀN (FAITH)

From the affairs that cause happiness is the light that Allāh places in the heart of the servant, which is the light of Īmān (faith). Indeed, this brings happiness to the breast and expands it, and it brings joy to the heart.

If this light is lost from the servant's heart, then it is miserable and annoyed and it ends up in the most distressful and difficult of prisons.

Book: The Keys To Happiness
By Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim
Translated by Hassan Somali
Hikmah Publications
P. 25 Open / Comment

2022-02-14 19:01:43 PATIENCE

Be patient with the calamities that befall you, while having faith that these calamities only happen by the decree of Allāh ﷻ, and due to the sins of mankind. As Allāh, the Exalted, said:

وَمَآ أَصَٰبَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَن كَثِيرٍ {٣٠}

And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much.*

Included in belief in Allāh ﷻ is patience upon the decree of Allāh.

Patience is of three types:

patience upon the obedience of Allāh
such that you do not abandon it,
patience upon staying away from sins
such that you do not commit them,
and patience with the painful decree of Allāh ﷻ
such that you do not become angry.

Allāh, the Exalted, said:

وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ {١٥٥} ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ {١٥٦} أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَٰتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُهْتَدُونَ {١٥٧}

But give good tidings to the patient, who when aflicted with calamity, say: "Truly, to Allāh we belong and truly, to Him we shall return." Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided. **

* Sūrah ash-Shūrā, 42:30
** Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:155-157

Book: A Letter To The Incarcerated Muslim
By Shaykh AbduIlah ibn Jāru Allah
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
P. 13, 14 Open / Comment

2022-02-12 14:16:13 HOW CAN A PERSON BE DECEIVED BY THIS WORLDLY LIFE?

From the strangest affairs is that this world has been created by Allāh and facilitated for the human, with the inclusion of the heavens and the earth, and He has prepared the good of this life as a means of aid towards the obedience of Allāh, so how can it suit an individual to become distracted from fulfilling the reason of his creation by the things that have been created as a means for him!?
As Allāh (عزوجل) says,

{ وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ (٥٦) }

"I have not created the Jinn and Mankind except to worship me alone.".
[Sūrah al-Dhāriyāt 51:56]

Book: Fear The Temptations Of The Dunyá This Worldly Life
By al-Shaykh Hāfiz al-Hakamī
Translated by Osman Hamid
Hikmah Publications
P. 37 Open / Comment