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Concern for Learning the Quran

Oct 31

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By the great scholar

Shaikh Abdul-Azeez ibn Baz (d. 1420 AH)

(رحمه اللّه)

All praise is for Allah and may peace and blessings be upon His messenger, upon his messenger’s family, companions, and all that follow his guidance.

I thank Allah the Glorified for this meeting with my noble sons regarding learning, memorizing, calling to, and acting according to the Quran.  There is no doubt that the Quran is the revealed speech of Allah, which is not created, from Him it came and to Him it shall return.  He sent it to His servant and messenger the seal of the prophets Muhammad ibn Abdillah (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) containing an evidence (or argument) over all His servants.  The Most High said,

ِكتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ لِتُخْرِجَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَى صِرَاطِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ

“(This is) a Book which We have revealed unto you (O Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) in order that you might lead mankind out of darkness (of disbelief and polytheism) into light (of belief in the Oneness of Allah and Islamic Monotheism) by their Lord’s Leave to the Path of the All-Mighty, the Owner of all Praise.” (Ibrahim 14:1)

إِنَّ هَـذَا الْقُرْآنَ يِهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا

“Verily, this Quran guides to that which is most just and right and gives glad tidings to the believers (in the Oneness of Allah and His Messenger, Muhammad SAW, etc.). who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a great reward (Paradise).” (Al-Isra 17:9)

قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاء

“Say: ‘It is for those who believe, a guide and a healing.’” (Fussilat 41:44)

وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ. نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ. عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ. بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ.

“And truly, this (the Quran) is a revelation from the Lord of the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists), Which the trustworthy Rûh [Jibrael (Gabriel)] has brought down; Upon your heart (O Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) that you may be (one) of the warners,  In the plain Arabic language.” (Ash-Shu’ara 26:192-195)

كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُوا الْأَلْبَابِ

“(This is) a Book(the Quran) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember.” (Sad 38:29)

وَهَـذَا كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مُبَارَكٌ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَاتَّقُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

“And this is a blessed Book (the Quran) which We have sent down, so follow it and fear Allah (i.e. do not disobey His Orders), that you may receive mercy (i.e. saved from the torment of Hell).” (Al-An’am 6:155)  So it is an obligation upon every responsible individual to act in accordance with this book and to follow its directive, what Allah has conveyed therein and refrain from that which is in opposition to it.  Likewise it is obligatory upon everyone to act according to the prophetic practice as the Most High said,

قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ فَإِن تَوَلَّوا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُم مَّا حُمِّلْتُمْ وَإِن تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ

“Say: ‘Obey Allah and obey the Messenger, but if you turn away, he (Messenger Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) is only responsible for the duty placed on him (i.e. to convey Allah’s Message) and you for that placed on you. If you obey him, you shall be on the right guidance. The Messenger’s duty is only to convey (the message) in a clear way (i.e. to preach in a plain way).’” (An-Nur 24:54)

وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُوا

“And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) gives you, take it, and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it” (Al-Hashr 59:7) Allah the Glorified has conveyed that He sent him to all of mankind, both man and jinn, Arab and non-Arab and said,

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ يُحْيِـي وَيُمِيتُ فَآمِنُواْ بِاللّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ النَّبِيِّ الأُمِّيِّ الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّهِ وَكَلِمَاتِهِ وَاتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

“Say (O Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)):  ’O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah – to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He); It is He Who gives life and causes death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)), the Prophet who can neither read nor write (i.e. Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) who believes in Allah and His Words [(this Quran), the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) and also Allah's Word: "Be!" - and he was, i.e. 'Iesa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary),], and follow him so that you may be guided.’” (Al-A’raf 7:158)  Thus guidance is found in following him (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) and following what has come in Allah’s book as He the Glorified said,

وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا كَافَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا

“And We have not sent you (O Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) except as a giver of glad tidings and a warner to all mankind” (Saba’ 34:28)

وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

“And We have sent you (O Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) not but as a mercy for the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).” (Al-Anbiya 21:107)  And the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “I was sent to all of mankind” therefore it is a must that every accountable person hold firm (and follow) Allah’s book and practice of His messenger (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam).  In another tradition he (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “I have left you with two things, the first is Allah’s book which contains guidance and light so take Allah’s book and adhere to it” and Allah created the creation to worship Him as He said,

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

“And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone).” (Adh-Dhariyat 51:56)

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُواْ رَبَّكُمُ

“O mankind! Worship your Lord (Allah( “ (Al-Baqarah 2:21)

وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُواْ الطَّاغُوتَ

“And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): “Worship Allah (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Tâghût” (An-Nahl 16:3)  This worship is obedience to Allah which is monotheism, fear of Allah, piousness, and guidance as the Most High said,

وَلَقَدْ جَاءهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَى

“Whereas there has surely come to them the Guidance from their Lord!” (An-Najm 53:23).  Thus it is a must that these types of worship be learned and understood as they are the religion of Islam and you are a creation (made) for worship.  It is a must that man and woman learn and know these types of worship well so that they can be performed upon insight.  These acts of worship are what you were created for and Allah called this religion worship due to the servant performing them in this world with submissiveness to Allah.  The religion of Islam is worship; the prayer is worship, giving the mandatory charity is worship, fasting is worship, the pilgrimage is worship, and struggling in the way of Allah is worship.  Similar is all that Allah obligated us to perform in His obedience.  This is a great religion, the religion of Islam, a religion of worship which you have been created for, a religion of guidance, piousness, and awareness of Allah.  Thus it is a must that everyone, both male and female, fear Allah and worship Him by being obedient, following His command and refraining from His prohibitions being sincere to Him alone not worshipping anyone or thing other than Him, which embodies the testimony “there is no god but Allah” meaning, “there is no god worthy of worship except Allah” as the Most High mentioned in the Quran,

ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ هُوَ الْبَاطِلُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ

“That is because Allah He is the Truth (the only True God of all that exists, Who has no partners or rivals with Him), and what they (the polytheists) invoke besides Him, it is Bâtil (falsehood) And verily, Allah He is the Most High, the Most Great.” (Al-Hajj 22:62),

وَإِلَـهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ

“And your Ilâh (God) is One Ilâh (God – Allah), Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (there is none who has the right to be worshipped but He), the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.” (Al-Baqarah 2:163), and

فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنبِكَ

“So know (O Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) that Lâ ilâha ill-Allâh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), and ask forgiveness for your sin” (Muhammad 47:19)  This is the meaning of “there is no god but Allah” and the god is that which the heart deifies and glorifies with many types of worship and none are worthy of that except Allah alone nor is it correct to worship others.  Hence it is an obligation upon every responsible male and female on the face of the earth, both Arab and non-Arab, to worship Allah and be aware of Him, obey His commands, stay away from that which he prohibited, and not overstep the bounds which He set out of obedience, truthfulness, desire, and fear as they were created for this, they were created for Islam and Allah commands this,

إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللّهِ الإِسْلاَمُ

“Truly, the religion with Allah is Islam.” (Aali Imran 3:19)

وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

“And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.” (Aali Imran 3:85)

الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الإِسْلاَمَ

“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.” (Al-Ma’idah 5:3)  This is Islam, the way of life which Allah is pleased with.  He will not accept another religion.  Islam is Allah’s worship, monotheism, and conforming to His legislation in speech, action, and creed.  The Most High said,

إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللّهِ الإِسْلاَمُ

“Truly, the religion with Allah is Islam.” (Aali Imran 3:19)  There is no path to the knowledge and awareness of this worship except by (the grace of) Allah and then by learning, understanding, and studying.  Learning, understanding, and having care and concern for the Quran and sunnah is a must in order to learn this mentioned worship which you have been created for so that you may act accordingly sincerely for Allah, loving Him, and glorifying Him in all situations and circumstances.  It is a must that you are always righteous and upright upon monotheism, His obedience, following His legislation, and abandoning that which He has prohibited wherever you are until you pass away.  Allah the Most High said to His prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam),

وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ

“And worship your Lord until there comes unto you the certainty (i.e. death).” (Al-Hijr 15:99) and He said,

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلاَ تَمُوتُنَّ إِلاَّ وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ.  وَاعْتَصِمُواْ بِحَبْلِ اللّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلاَ تَفَرَّقُواْ

“O you who believe! Fear Allah (by doing all that He has ordered and by abstaining from all that He has forbidden) as He should be feared. [Obey Him, be thankful to Him, and remember Him always], and die not except in a state of Islam (as Muslims) with complete submission to Allah.  And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (i.e. this Quran), and be not divided among yourselves…” (Aali Imran 3:102-103)

This is the worship which you have been created for; fearing Allah, holding firm to His rope (i.e. the Quran), and being upright (and righteous) in the religion and from the means of obtaining this are having concern for the Quran (i.e. dedicating yourself to it), studying it and gaining understanding in it and the practice of His messenger (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) according to the statement of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam), “whoever Allah wants good for, He grants him understanding in the religion” [agreed upon by Al-Bukhari and Muslim].  For this, I congratulate those who are responsible for the schools which care for the Quran and I thank them for what they are doing, glorifying the book of Allah and teaching it to the generations.  This is the way to true happiness for the one who is upright and sincere in doing that.

We ask Allah to aid them in that which He is pleased with, that which contains their happiness and understanding in the religion.  I request both teachers and students to have concern for the book of Allah, the teacher, student, and employee and I advise everyone to dedicate themselves to the book of Allah, reciting it, reflecting over it, understanding it, acting according to it, and memorizing it because it contains guidance and light as the Glorified said,

إِنَّ هَـذَا الْقُرْآنَ يِهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُ

“Verily, this Quran guides to that which is most just and right” (Al-Isra 17:9),

قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاء

“Say: ‘It is for those who believe, a guide and a healing.’” (Fussilat 41:44), and

وَهَـذَا كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مُبَارَكٌ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَاتَّقُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

“And this is a blessed Book (the Quran) which We have sent down, so follow it and fear Allah (i.e. do not disobey His Orders), that you may receive mercy (i.e. saved from the torment of Hell).” (Al-An’am 6:155).  This is a great book containing guidance and light, every letter contains reward, and everyone who learns a single letter will be rewarded ten fold.

I advise everyone to take care of Allah’s book being dedicated to reading it, reflecting over it, striving to know its meaning, and acting according to it along with memorizing that which is easy.  This is Allah’s book, the greatest and most truthful book which He sent down as a mercy for mankind and a healing for the heart.  Likewise He made His messenger a mercy to all of mankind and guidance to all people as he said,

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاء لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

“O mankind! There has come to you a good advice from your Lord (i.e. the Quran, ordering all that is good and forbidding all that is evil), and a healing for that (disease of ignorance, doubt, hypocrisy and differences, etc.) in your breasts, – a guidance and a mercy (explaining lawful and unlawful things, etc.) for the believers.” (Yunus 10:57),

وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ تِبْيَانًا لِّكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ

“And We have sent down to you the Book (the Quran) as an exposition of everything, a guidance, a mercy, and glad tidings for those who have submitted themselves (to Allah as Muslims).” (An-Nahl 16:89), and

وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

“And We have sent you (O Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) not but as a mercy for the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).” (Al-Anbiya 21:107)

It is a must that we learn this book and understand it so we may know what we were created for and know what worship we were created for in order that we may be upright (in observing it).  Likewise is the practice of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam), we must learn it, memorize it, and understand it asking about that which we do not understand because the student always asks about that which he does not understand in the Quran and Sunnah.  Allah the Most High said,

فَاسْأَلُواْ أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ

“So ask of those who know the Scripture [learned men of the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)], if you know not.” (An-Nahl 16:43)  Learning Allah’s book is from the greatest blessings thus we congratulate very student to has concern for the Quran and I advise you to be upright upon this great good and to ask Allah for success and sincerity in this, and in the concern (and effort) in understanding Allah’s book and the practice of His messenger (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam), performing the obligations and refraining from prohibitions, rushing to good deeds, and being aware of every evil along with increasing in reciting His book, studying, gaining understanding in it while referring to the beneficial books for commentary such as Ibn Jarir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Baghawi, and the likes so that you may know the truth and understand that which you do not.  It is also a must that the student ask his/her teacher about that which he/she does not understand with a pure intention in order to learn the book of Allah. It is the responsibility of the teacher to take care of the students, having concern for them, advising them and teaching them that which is good and righteous deeds. And I ask Allah that they be righteous youth, learning, teaching, and rushing to good deeds because the most important thing after bearing witness that there is no deity worshiped in truth other than Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger is performing the five obligatory prayers in congregation in the masjid.  It is also a must that the people of knowledge, the scholar and the student of knowledge be role models in that, performing the prayers in congregation so that others can follow in their footsteps and take their example.  The scholars are the inheritors of the prophets starting with the messengers, may peace and blessings be upon them, and then the scholars as they are their predecessors calling to Allah in speech, action, and behavior.  The students of knowledge must learn and act being role models for others and display the effects of knowledge, learning, and understanding in the religion and book of Allah.

We ask Allah by His perfect names and lofty attributes to grant success to everyone in that which pleases Him, to bless us with complete understanding of this religion, to grant us with concern and dedication to His book and practice of His messenger acting according to them, calling and advising with them in speech, action, creed, and understanding, and to protect us from that which drives us astray from trials and the temptations of the Devil…

Translated by John ‘Eesa’ Starling

Found in:

Al-Qawlul Mufeed, November 2009

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Super-Size Your Reward!

Oct 20

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What haram floodare the Reasons and Deeds that Increase Reward

By the great scholar

Shaikh Abdur-Rahman Nasir As-Sa’di (d. 1376 AH)

(رحمه اللّه)

The answer, and success is with Allah; increasing the reward of righteous actions to the amount of 10 fold is something that occurs in every righteous deed as the Most High said,

من جاء بالحسنة فله عشر أمثالها

“Whoever brings a good deed shall have ten times the like thereof to his credit…” (Al-An’am 6:160) As far as increasing the reward of good deeds beyond that, which is the intent of the question, then there are reasons or causes directly connected to the one performing the deed, the deed itself, its time, place, or effect.  From the most important causes for the reward of a righteous deed to be increased is the worshipper actualizing in his/her deed sincerity to the One he/she is worshipping i.e. Allah and following the practice of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam).  That’s if the action or deed is legislated, the worshipper’s intention is to please his Lord and gain His reward, and he actualizes this intent by making it the driving cause for the action, which is the purpose of the deed or action in that it is done out of ones faith in Allah and His messenger (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) seeking to fulfill an order from the Legislator solely for His pleasure as has come in many verses and traditions such as the Most High’s statement,

إنما يتقبل الله من المتقين

“Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are the pious.”  (Al-Ma’idah 5:27) Those who are pious to Allah by actualizing sincerity and in agreement with the sunnah.  Similar is what has been reported in the prophetic tradition, “whoever fasts the month of Ramadan with faith (in its obligation) seeking the reward from Allah, he will be forgiven for what has proceeded of sin and whoever prays the month of Ramadan while faith (in its obligation) seeking the reward from Allah, he will be forgiven for what has proceeded of sin.”  And there are many texts which contain a similar meaning.

A few deeds performed with full sincerity outweigh many which do not reach their level of strong sincerity and for this, the outward actions are given superiority by Allah i.e increased in reward, in accordance with their superiority established in the hearts or strength of faith and sincerity.  Included in the actions which are increased in reward according to the sincerity of the worshiper is abandoning the souls desires of that which is impermissible if those desires are left sincerely from the heart for no other reason (other than Allah) and the people of the cave’s story is an evidence for this…

Translated by John ‘Eesa’ Starling

Found in:

Al-Qawlul Mufeed, October 2009

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Sunnah or Arab Culture?

Oct 16

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How to Dblack stoneistinguish between Sunnah and Arab Culture

Ash-Shaikh Al-Muhaddith Muhammad Nasirud-Deen Al-Albani (d. 1420 AH)

(رحمه اللّه)

Questioner: May Allah bless you.  What is the criterion according to the Islamic legislation for distinguishing between the Sunnah which is considered custom and the Sunnah which is considered worship?

Shaikh Al-Albani: The criterion requires a level of knowledge as relates to the one who wishes to distinguish between a Sunnah that is worship and a Sunnah that is a custom.  It has been mentioned that there are actions of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam), that came from him and he did them seeking to get closer to Allah the Blessed and Exalted; this category is the Sunnah that is worship.  Its opposite is another category that also mentions actions of the prophet, (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam); and the least we can say is that these actions don’t have the ruling of worship, rather they have the ruling of customs or that the issue returns to the persons desires and they have no connection to worship. This category clearly has no connection to worship therefore it is in the category of customs; and between these two categories are doubtful matters.

If we look at these doubtful matters from a particular angle then the person might lean towards connecting an action to worship and from another angle might lean towards connecting them to a Sunnah that is only a custom; according to the student of knowledge (who is investigating these issues). It is sufficient for the student of knowledge to stop at the second category that is opposite the first category.  For example, the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to have sandals that had two straps, so what appears at first glance is that, if the student of knowledge has sandals with one strap then he is opposing the Sunnah as the Sunnah is to have sandals with two straps!! It appears that this has a connection to worship, but it is only a custom of the Arabs, they used to wear this type of sandal and they didn’t wear the type of footwear known today as ‘shoes’ or what resembles them.

What is left as relates to the student of knowledge is the category that can be linked to the first group or the second group, and this requires knowledge to determine which group it is from either worship or sunnah and with this (in mind) we find the Scholars agreeing upon affairs that are from the Sunnah but differing upon the particulars of it i.e. being either from the Sunnah of custom or from the Sunnah of worship.  An example of this is what is related to the Hajj which we shall begin soon.  It has been related that the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) descended at Al Batha, so some of the companions said, and I think it was Aisha, ‘Staying at Al-Mahassab is not the Sunnah.’, only agreeing that he pitched a tent there and rested, but some of the people who arrive believe that resting at Al Batha is from the completeness of Hajj and here there could be a difference of opinion because this affair requires something extremely clear in order to connect it to the first category or the second category.

Now we shall mention some current examples, because many of the youth, and all praises belong to Allah, shorten their garments not allowing them to flow long with the intent of following the Sunnah. So is this a Sunnah that is custom or a Sunnah that is worship?

If we looked at this action (shortening the garment) of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) separately from some of his statements then perhaps we would waver between connecting this action to the Sunnah that is worship or the Sunnah that is custom. But when the traditions containing the statements of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) came such as the narration where he said, ‘The izaar of the believer is to the midway point of the shin and if it is longer then let it go to the ankles and if it is longer then it is in the fire.’ This (narration) puts and end to the wavering between whether this action is a Sunnah of worship or a Sunnah of custom and it is certain that this is a Sunnah of worship because when he described the method of clothing as it relates to the believer he said it is to the middle of the shin and if it is longer then there is no problem if it goes to the ankle but as for what is longer than that then it is in the fire.

Opposite to this is a Sunnah that has been affirmed for the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) which is him having long hair.  Sometimes his hair would reach his earlobes and if it was longer then it would reach the top of his shoulders. Rather, it has been confirmed that when the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) entered Mecca he had his hair in four braids. So is growing the hair long firstly, and then putting it into braids secondly, a Sunnah of worship or a Sunnah of custom?  The answer as I see it, there is nothing here that calls to, justifies, or can be construed to cause any wavering concerning as to whether this is a Sunnah or custom or worship. Why?  Firstly, because the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) was not the one who started this Sunnah, rather this was present before the Messenger was born, not to mention before he became a prophet(salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam)!  This was the custom of the Arabs; they used to grow their hair long. And some of the youth to this day, like the youth in the deserts of Syria that we have witnessed, bunch their hair and put it into braids.  Therefore this is a custom that was not started by the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) rather he just continued upon the customs of the Arabs letting his hair grow and when he entered Mecca he put it into four braids.  There is nothing here that would hurt us if we considered this Sunnah a Sunnah of custom, as opposed to a Sunnah of worship.

Another example: The prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to wear white; is this a Sunnah of custom or a Sunnah of worship?  If his statement had not been narrated, “The best clothes for you are white clothes, therefore dress your living in white clothes and bury your dead in white clothes” we would have said this was his preference as the Messenger (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to love white clothes just as he used to love honey for example and he used to hate lizard meat.  But when his statement came, ‘the best clothes for you are white’, and then he ordered with wearing it, and at the least a command shows that it is recommended, saying dress your living in white clothes and bury your dead in white clothes, it left from being a Sunnah of custom and became a Sunnah of worship.

With this standard and criterion it is obligatory for us to weigh the actions of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam). Therefore what he started having nothing in its context making us believe it is a Sunnah of custom then it is a Sunnah of worship.   As for his actions (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) which are consistent with the customs of the Arabs then these actions are from the Arab customs and it is no problem for the one who does them just as it is no problem for the one who leaves them.   Likewise are his actions (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) that dealt with his disposition or his personal taste which also have no connection to the affairs of worship. As for the aforementioned example, the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to love honey, and it’s possible that we will find some people who hate honey but we can’t say they have opposed the Sunnah!! Eating honey is not worship. Therefore if it is not easy for a person to eat honey or if they have no desire to eat honey then we don’t say they have opposed the Sunnah rather they have opposed the disposition of the Prophet which was that he loved honey.  From a different angle, the Prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to hate lizard meat and the Arabs found it to be pleasant, and when it was put on the table of the Prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) and he was told that it was lizard meat he didn’t touch it.

Once in front of him was one of the famous companions, none other than Khalid ibn Walid and he used to eat it with great desire such that it would cause people to look at him; he would eat and the juices would stream down his beard. So when he saw that his prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) was not eating he said, “O Messenger of Allah is this (lizard meat) haram?” because he felt a shock inside of himself, he’s eating ravenously and the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) is not reaching his hand towards the food; so he said, ‘is this haram’.  The prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “No, but this was not in the land of my people so I find that I detest it.”  Therefore we don’t say to the person that loves lizard meat, “you have opposed the Sunnah”, because the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to hate lizard meat and we also don’t say this to the one who does not like honey.  And you will find those who don’t like honey, and I have found that one of my sons does not like honey. I love honey and I love all sweets in general, but one of my sons hates honey; but I don’t say to him, ‘You have opposed the Sunnah’, because this has no connection to worship. And like this, it is incumbent upon us to look at the actions of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam).

Many of the people, especially the students of knowledge, during this time period are heedless of these specifics and some of them go to extremes. So you find some of the youth intending to grow their hair long believing that this is the Sunnah of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam). Yes, I say this is from the actions of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) but there is no proof that it is better. Rather the Prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) announced as is found in Sahih Muslim, ‘shave it all or leave it all’.  Therefore if the hair is grown long it is not a Sunnah of worship rather it is only a Sunnah of custom. So if a person continues to shave his head his entire life it can not be said that he is opposing the Sunnah of the prophet because the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) grew his hair his entire life; with the exception being during the Hajj and Umrah because he (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to shave his head during this time.

And you know the hadith that appears in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim where the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, ‘O Allah forgive those who shave their heads, O Allah forgive those who shave their heads, O Allah forgive those who shave their heads”, they said and those who cut their hair short O Messenger of Allah, and he said “and those who cut their hair short, but those who only cut their hair short receive a lesser reward, and to shave the head in more virtuous”.

Hence, if the person grows their hair long out of habit or because this is just his natural disposition then there is nothing preventing this, and as for the one who intends by this to get closer to Allah because the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) grew his hair long then we say this is in opposition to the Sunnah of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam).  Here, there is a detail that attention has to be given to, by the one who grows his hair long because the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) grew his hair long, so he believes that he is following the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) by growing his hair long.  I say with all frankness that he is opposing the prophet and his opposition is not apparent rather it is hidde. So from what is apparent is that it seems that he is following the prophet by growing his hair long, so what is the opposition?

The opposition: It is obligatory upon us to pay attention to the statement of our prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) “Verily Actions are (judged) by intentions, so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration was for Allah and His messenger, his migration is for Allah and His messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is for that which he migrated.”  So the one who goes out with the prophet peace and blessings are upon him, as a mujahid then that which is apparent is what? It is that he is a mujahid in the path of Allah; but in reality he went out for some worldly gain or to marry a woman therefore he opposed the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) in his intention.  So will he be rewarded as a mujahid, when he opposed the best of the mujahids; opposed him in what, in his intention, the answer is no.   Now the one who grows his hair long, emulating his prophet, his example is like the example of the mujahid that went out with the prophet as a mujahid, but his intention was opposed to the intention of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam). (So the question may be) how is this related to the one who grows his hair long? We say to him: Do you know that when the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam), grew the hair on his head long that his intention with this was to get closer to his Lord? He did not seek to get closer to Allah by loving honey, and he did not seek to get closer to Allah by hating lizard meat, and also he did not seek to get closer to Allah the Mighty and Majestic by growing his hair long!! So you seek to get closer to Allah (by growing your hair long)? Then you have opposed the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam), in the strongest condition from the conditions of worship.

The first condition: The intention must be sincerely for the face of Allah the Blessed and Exalted.  The second condition: It must be in accordance with the action of the prophet. You are in accordance with him in his action, but you opposed him in his intention.

As relates to the Fajr prayer, both the Sunnah for Fajr and the Fajr prayer itself, both are two rakats. So if a man prayed the two Sunnah rakat for Fajr with the intention that they were obligatory, was he in accordance with the Sunnah?  The answer is no.

And from the misguidance of the Qadianis is that they believe the two Sunnah rakats for Fajr are obligatory. So when they pray these two rakats the appearance is as though they are in accordance with the messenger (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam), but their heart and their intention oppose the messenger (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam). So the one who prays the two Sunnah rakats of Fajr with the intention that they are obligatory, this one is like the one who opposed the messenger in his intention but agreed with him in the appearance. The appearance doesn’t have any value because the deeds are by the intentions.  The meaning of the hadith is the righteous deeds are only by righteous intentions.

Therefore, if we don’t know that the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam), sought to get closer to Allah by growing his hair long then it’s not permissible for the Muslim to seek to get closer to Allah by something that the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) did not seek to get closer to Allah with; this is an innovation in the religion and you all know the traditions that strongly warn against innovation in the religion. Whoever invents something into this affair of ours that is not from it will have it rejected. Therefore this is a newly invented matter because the person seeks to get closer to Allah by something that the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) did not seek to get closer to Allah with. This is the nature of the innovator, because they bring actions that the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) did not seeking to get closer to his Lord with and like that, we distinguish between the Sunnah of worship, that which we emulate the messenger in and between the Sunnah of custom, that which we have a choice to do or to leave because it is only a Sunnah of habit.

This point is that it is incumbent that we separate between this and that; meaning our following the messenger (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) is in the affairs of the religion not in the affairs of the worldly life and in this there are mistakes, severe mistakes from some of the ignorant people, those who do not separate between the Sunnah of habit and the Sunnah of worship.  The Sunnah of worship does not accept anything extra and for this reason the Messenger peace be upon him said, ‘every innovation is misguidance and every misguidance is in the fire’.  The sunnah of custom accepts an increase and it accepts a decrease and it accepts everything, because it’s a custom. I will give you one example from the Sunnah of custom, from the messenger of Allah (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam).

He (the Prophet) entered Mecca opening it the day Allah helped him against the people of Mecca, and he had four braids. This is the sunnah of the Arabs and to this day you find this sunnah with some of the Bedouin youth. I have seen them in the desert; until today this custom is present with them. You are free with regards to this, if you see that it is suitable for you then you do it, and if you want you can leave it, and you have not opposed the Sunnah of the messenger with regards to this. Why, because it is a Sunnah of custom not a Sunnah of worship.

This categorization is from the completeness of comprehension and understanding in the religion where many of those beginners in knowledge are ignorant about this as they are not yet scholars.

Translated by Rasheed Barbee

Found in:

Al-Qawlul Mufeed, December 2007

Al-Qawlul Mufeed, January 2008

Al-Qawlul Mufeed, February 2008

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Now That Ramadan Has Passed

Oct 9

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very old medinahNow That Ramadan Has Passed

A Friday Sermon by The Great Scholar

Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Uthaimeen (d. 1421 AH)

(رحمه اللّه)

All praise is for Allah, we praise Him, seek His aid, seek His forgiveness, repent to Him, and seek refuge in Him from the evil of our souls and evil deeds.  Whomever Allah guides there is none to lead him astray and whomever Allah allows to stray there is none to guide him.  I bear witness that there is no deity worshiped in truth other than Allah who is alone and has no partner and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger who He sent with guidance and the true religion thus conveying the message, fulfilling the trust, and leaving his nation upon clearness whose night is like its day none stray from it except that they are destroyed.  I send salutations of peace and blessings upon him, his family, companions, and all that follow him in perfection until the last day.

You were looking forward to the month of Ramadan and it has come and now you have left it behind you which is how every individual is when waiting for something and then having it pass by them and then leaving it behind until death arrives.  Indeed the month of Ramadan came as a noble guest and now you have left it with what Allah has willed of righteous deeds and has left as a witness for you or against you.  There is a group that are happy to see it go as they have finished with it, finished fasting and worship that was difficult upon them and there is another group who are happy with its completion for they have ended it with ending sin and transgression with what they did in it of righteous deeds and achieved what Allah promised of forgiveness.  The difference between these two groups is great and the sign of those that are happy with its ending is the return of sin, neglect of the obligations, and boldness with the prohibitions all of which the effect can be seen in society as the number of people that pray in the masjid is decreased significantly, and whoever squanders his prayer then other than it is more of a waste as the prayer prevents vileness and abomination.  Sin perhaps conceals obedience and righteousness after it has been performed and the one acting has nothing except fatigue.  Some people say that the reward for virtue or good deeds is more good deeds or virtue after them so whoever acts righteously and then follows it with goodness then that is the sign of the acceptance of his first act of righteousness just as the one who does good deeds and then follows it with evilness could have his good deeds nullified when weighed on the scales.

The actions of the believer do not end with the ending of the season of deeds for the action of the believer is persistent and does not stop except with death, Allah the Most High said,

(وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ) الحجر:99

“And worship your Lord until there comes unto you the certainty (i.e. death).” (Al-Hijr 15:99)

And He said,

(يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ) آل عمران:102

“O you who believe! Fear Allah (by doing all that He has ordered and by abstaining from all that He has forbidden) as He should be feared. [Obey Him, be thankful to Him, and remember Him always], and die not except in a state of Islam (as Muslims) with complete submission to Allah.” (Aali Imran 3:102)

The month of fasting, the season of action, has come to an end but the time of action and deeds does not end.  The fasting of Ramadan is over but fasting is still legislated and all praise if for Allah so whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and then follows it with six days in the month of Shawwal is like fasting the entire year.  The prophet (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) has made fasting every Monday and Thursday a guided practice of his and said that the good deeds are displayed to Allah the Mighty and Majestic on those two days.  He also advised Adu Hurairah, Abu Thar, and Abu Darda (radi Allahu anhum) to fast three days of every month, “fasting three days of every month is fasting the entire year”.  Likewise he encouraged the performance of righteous action in the ten days of Thul-Hijjah such as fasting and it was narrated that he did not leave fasting in those ten days.  He (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “the best fast after Ramadan is Allah’s month Muharram” and said that fasting the tenth of that month was an expiation for the previous year.  He (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) also said that fasting the day of Arafah expiated the previous and coming year and Aisha said that he (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) did not fast in a month voluntarily like he fasted in the month of Shaban as he used to fast most of it, rather he used to fast all of it.

Praying in the night of Ramadan has come to an end but praying at night is still legislated for every night of the year.  The prophet (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) encouraged this and said, “the best prayer after the obligatory prayers is in the middle of the night”.  It has also been authentically reported that he (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Verily Allah descends to the heavens of the earth every final third of the night and says, who is supplicating to me so that I may answer him, who is asking me so that I may give him, and who is seeking forgiveness from me so that I may forgive him”.  So fear Allah O servants and spend your lives performing (good) deeds and realize your statements with action for the real life of a person is what he spends in the obedience of Allah.  The tactful person is he who subjects himself, taking himself to account and performs deeds for what is after death and the weak person is he who follows his desires and hopes that Allah will give him security.

O Muslims, Allah has made the ways to goodness easy for you and opened their doors and called you to enter them conveying to you their reward.  The five (obligatory) prayers are the most certain of the pillars of Islam after the testimony of faith and they are five in number and fifty on the scales of the one who performs them.  They are an expiation and salvation on the day of resurrection.  Allah has legislated them for you and completed them with extra voluntary prayers numbering 12 units.  Four before the noon prayer with two tasleems and two after, two after the sunset prayer, two after the night prayer, and two before the dawn prayer whoever prays them Allah will build a house for him in paradise.  The odd numbered pray or witr is also a prophetic practice in accordance to his statement, “whoever fears that he will not stand the last part of the night then he is to pray an odd number in the first of the night and whoever desires to pray in the last of the night then he is to pray an odd number then, for the prayer in the last part of the night is a witness and that is the best and most virtuous”.  So the witr is a certain practice and it is not appropriate that anyone leave it while some of the people of knowledge hold the opinion that it is obligatory and sinful if left.  Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal said, whoever leaves the witr then he is evil and his witness should not be taken.  The witr is at least one unit and at most 11 units and its time is after the night prayer until before the time of the dawn prayer and while its time is at night it can be made up in the day with an even number of units so if someone’s habit is to pray three units and forgets to pray them in the night or sleeps through them, he is to pray four units in the day as it has come in Muslim on the authority of Aisha that the prophet (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) would pray twelve units in the day if he slept or was unable to pray in the night.  The remembrances after the obligatory prayers were performed by the prophet (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) after he made tasleem and would seek forgiveness three times and then say,

اللهم أنت السلام ومنك السلام تباركت يا ذا الجلال والإكرام

After the prayer he would glorify Allah saying Subhana Allah 33 times , Al-hamdulillah 33 times, and Allahu Akbar 33 times which is 99 and said whoever completes 100 by saying “la illaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lak, lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamd wa huwa ala kuli shai-en qadir” will be forgiven even if his sins are (as abundant) as the foam of the ocean.  The ablution for the one who performs it thoroughly and then says, “there is no deity worshipped in truth other than Allah who is alone and without partner and I bear witness that Muhammad is his servant and messenger, O Allah make me from those who are oft-repenting and of those who purify themselves” will have the eight doors of paradise opened for him and will be allowed to enter any of them he pleases.  Likewise spending of wealth in charity of all types on the family and children all draw one near to Allah the Mighty and Majestic even for one’s own self as there is not a servant who spends seeking the face of Allah except that he is rewarded for it.  Also Allah is pleased with the servant who eats and praises Him for the food and drinks and praises Him for the drink.  The one who aids the widow and the poor is like the one who struggles in the way of Allah, the one who fasts and does not break his fast, or the one who stands in prayer and does not stop and the one who aids the widow and poor is the one who answers their call for provision and sees to their needs just as your family, both young and weak who are not able to see to their own needs who are from the poor so aiding them is like struggling in the way of Allah or constant fasting and continuous praying.  O servants of Allah, the pathways to righteousness are numerous, so where are those that take these paths?!  Their doors are open, so where are those that enter them?!  The truth is very clear and no one strays from it except they are destroyed so take your portion of every righteous deed for Allah the Most High has said,

(يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ارْكَعُوا وَاسْجُدُوا وَاعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمْ وَافْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ) (الحج:77)

O you who believe! Bow down, and prostrate yourselves, and worship your Lord and do good that you may be successful. (Al-Hajj 22:77)

May Allah give me and you success in taking advantage of our time and spending it with righteous actions and avoiding sin and evilness, and I ask that He purify us from it from His favor and bounty for He is vast in granting and giving.  O Allah may peace and blessings upon your servant and prophet Muhammad, upon his family, companions, and those that follow them in perfection until the last day.

All praise is for Allah for His benevolence and I thank Him for granting success and His greatness.  I bear witness that there is no deity worshipped in truth except Allah who is alone and without partner in His godhead, lordship, and ruler ship and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger the aide to his religion and caller to His paradise and pleasure.  I send salutations of peace and blessings upon him, his family, companions, aides, and supporters.

As you have heard, whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and then follows it with six days from Shawwal is like the one who fasts the entire year.  Thus, it is a must that these six days of Shawwal not be left by anyone as they are few in number and contain great virtue.  It is best for these days be fasted consecutively starting with the second day of Eid until they are completed as this is considered rushing to goodness, but if they are delayed or separated then there is no problem so long as the month has not ended.   It must also be known that anyone who has days to make up of Ramadan, the six days of Shawwal will be of no benefit before those days are made up as the prophet (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “whoever fasts Ramadan and then follows it…” thusly whoever has days to make up from Ramadan is not to be considered as having finished and completed Ramadan and accordingly whoever has to make up days is to start with them first and then follow them with the six days of Shawwal.  If one finishes the days to be made up then finds some reason which prevents him from fasting such as sickness or travel and then makes up the six days of Shawwal in the following month then it is hoped that he will gain the reward as the days were not left except with a valid excuse.

Some of the common folk name the eighth day of this month the eid of the pious which is an incorrect naming as the 8th day is like the 7th day, it is not an eid for the pious nor the sinful as there is not found in the sunnah other than three legislated eids which are eid al-fitr, eid al-adha, and the weekly eid of Friday and all other holidays are innovations which Allah has replaced with that which is better, eid al-fitr and eid al-adha as the prophet (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said.  The prophet (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) entered Madinah and the residents had two days of play and joy and the prophet (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Allah has replaced them for you with that which is better” meaning eid al-fitr and eid al-adha. O Muslims, fear Allah the Most High, worship Him, and thank Him so that you may be successful as Allah the Mist High said,

(يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ارْكَعُوا وَاسْجُدُوا وَاعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمْ وَافْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ) (الحج:77)

O you who believe! Bow down, and prostrate yourselves, and worship your Lord and do good that you may be successful. (Al-Hajj 22:77)

Be devoted to doing goodness, be devoted to benevolence to the people and sparing them from harm for Allah the Most High loves those that are benevolent and know that the best speech is the book of Allah and the finest guidance is that of Muhammad (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam), the worst of affairs are newly invented, every newly invented affair in the religion of Allah is an innovation, every innovation is a going astray and every going astray is in the fire.  Stick to the main (orthodox) body of Muslims for Allah’s hand is over them and whoever strays, strays into the fire.  Know that Allah orders you with an order in which He began with Himself and said,

(إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً) (الأحزاب:56)

Allah sends His Salât (Graces, Honours, Blessings, Mercy, etc.) on the Prophet (Muhammad (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam)) and also His angels too (ask Allah to bless and forgive him). O you who believe! Send your Salât on (ask Allah to bless) him (Muhammad (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam)), and (you should) greet (salute) him with the Islamic way of greeting (salutation i.e. As­Salâmu ‘Alaikum). (Al-Ahzab 33:56)

O Allah, send your salutations of peace and blessings upon your servant and prophet Muhammad…

Translated by John ‘Eesa’ Starling

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Al-Qawlul Mufeed, October 2008

Al-Qawlul Mufeed, September 2008

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