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The Prophet’s ﷺ Tafsir of لا اله الا الله | Shaykh Abdurrazzaq al-Badr حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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The Prophet’s ﷺ Tafsir of لا اله الا الله
Shaykh Abdurrazzaq al-Badr حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRtUo9PZ5Q8 [15 min]

The Importance of Correctly Understanding “لا إله إلا الله”

If the understanding of the people are deviated from the correct meaning of (لا إله إلا الله), what kind of deviation do you think will happen to the religion of the people? Therefore, from the most emphasized obligations and from the most important of affairs, is that the Muslim has correct understanding of this tremendous statement (لا إله إلا الله). When an individual wants what will aid him in having correct understanding of لا إله إلا الله, I direct you to a way, which I believe has a tremendous benefit. I advise with it and I also advise it to be propagated, in specifically understanding لا إله إلا الله.

While we are speaking about the dangers of the shortcomings in understanding لا إله إلا الله and the incorrect understandings that exist in the books that the people have, I direct you to a beneficial way in understanding this statement, also this understanding will be remembered daily, by way of a narrated Sunnah from our Prophet.

A Prophetic Remembrance for Nourishing the Heart

I am not narrating a statement from myself nor a statement from a scholar. Rather I only narrate to you the statement of the Messenger of Allah, regarding something you do everyday. And it nourishes the correct understanding of لا إله إلا الله in the hearts. And its affair is amazing سبحان الله. And everything from the Sunnah is blessed. Whoever is blessed to preserve the narrated Sunnah from our Prophet and act upon it, there is an effect upon him, especially the narrated remembrances from our Prophet. All of you have memorized and act upon the authentic remembrance, that is said at the end of each prayer from the Hadith of Mughirah and Abdullah ibn Zubayr. That which is stated in this Hadith, and I request complete focus from everyone, because this is from the loftiest affairs the Muslim should take heed to, and most tremendous affairs the Muslim should take heed to.

The Three Tahlilat After Prayer

When you look at the Hadith, three Tahlilat (the utterance of لا إله إلا الله) are stated, that is legislated for you to say after each prayer.

لا إله إلا الله، وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيء قدير

لا إله إلا الله، ولا نعبد إلا إياه، له النعمة، وله الفضل، وله الثناء الحسن

لا إله إلا الله، مخلصين له الدين، ولو كره الكافرون

It is legislated for you to repeat these three Tahlilat daily after each prayer. This repetition is a nourishment for your heart, O Muslim, in understanding لا إله إلا الله and establishing its meaning. And this is what is intended by the legislated remembrances. It is not merely statements that are said. Rather it is a nourishment for the heart. So when you read these remembrances daily at the end of each prayer as legislated, and you are conscious, then you are renewing this Tawhid and this belief in لا إله إلا الله in your heart.

Breakdown of the First Tahlil: Negation, Affirmation, and Evidence

لا إله إلا الله، وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيء قدير

لا إله إلا الله (There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah) – We said that this includes negation and affirmation, a general negation and a specific affirmation.

وحده لا شريك له (alone without any partner) – This is an emphasis of the negation and the affirmation that the statement لا إله إلا الله guides to. The statement: وحده (alone), emphasizes: إلا الله (except Allah). And the statement: لا شريك له (alone without any partner), emphasizes: لا إله (There is no deity worthy of worship). It is stated as an emphasis giving attention to the status of Tawhid and its lofty significance, emphasizing the negation and affirmation that the statement لا إله إلا الله guides to. لا إله إلا الله، وحده لا شريك له. You are emphasizing the meaning that is in لا إله إلا الله.

After that: له الملك، وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيء قدير (His is the dominion and His is the praise and He is Able to do all things.) – These are the evidences for Tawhid. You worship Allah and single Him out because His is the dominion alone! These are all evidences of Tawhid. Similar to this is: الله لا إله إلا هو… Allah! None has the right to be worshipped but He… This is Tawhid. الحي القيوم لا تأخذه سنة ولا نوم the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. Neither slumber, nor sleep overtake Him… until the end of the verse, these are all evidences of Tawhid.

Breakdown of the Second Tahlilat:

Explanation and Sincerity

[2] لا إله إلا الله، ولا نعبد إلا إياه،
(There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and we worship none except Him…)

ولا نعبد إلا إياه، (and we worship none except Him…) This is an explanation. You read the statement of Tawhid then you follow it with the reality of its meaning. ولا نعبد إلا إياه، (and we worship none except Him…) is the meaning of لا إله إلا الله that we don’t worship none except Allah.

له النعمة، وله الفضل، وله الثناء الحسن
(to Him belongs the bounty and to Him belongs the grace, and to Him belongs all excellent praise…) These are the evidences of Tawhid.

Breakdown of the Third Tahlilat:

The last Tahlil that you say after it:

[3] لا إله إلا الله، مخلصين له الدين، ولو كره الكافرون
There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, being sincere to Him in religion, although the disbelievers dislike it.

In this it shows that لا إله إلا الله includes making the religion sincerely for Allah. As Allah the Most High said:

ألا لله الدين الخالص
Surely the religion is for Allah only.﴾ al-Zumar:3 ﴿

وما أمروا إلا ليعبدوا الله مخلصين له الدين
And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allah, and worship none but Him Alone…﴾ al-Bayyinah:5 ﴿

فادعوه مخلصين له الدين
so invoke Him making your worship pure for Him Alone…﴾ Ghafir:65﴿

And that which is pure is that which is unadulterated. This is how the religion should be, sincere, pure, nothing is intended from it except Allah.

The Comprehensive Explanation Derived from the Prophet

If it was said to one of us: What is the meaning of لا إله إلا الله ? Don’t go to any book. Take the explanation from this remembrance that you repeat, which your Prophet taught you, in nourishing this tremendous affair, which is from the most important of affairs.

So if it is said to you: What is the explanation of لا إله إلا الله , what is its meaning? From the compilation of these three Tahlilat, you are able to summarize the explanation of لا إله إلا الله. Listen to the explanation from these three statements and write it down. The meaning of لا إله إلا الله that we worship none except Him alone without any partner being sincere to Him in religion… Whose explanation is this? The Messenger! It is not the explanation of a scholar you believe that such and such is possible… This is the explanation of the Messenger who commanded you to repeat these Tahlilat, and to follow him in repeating this five times every day.

In this is a tremendous benefit in establishing this affair, and making it firm in the hearts of the slaves. So if it is said: What is the meaning of لا إله إلا الله ? Explain it with the statement of the Messenger that is in this Hadith. A second time, its explanation in light of these remembrances that are repeated every day: The meaning of لا إله إلا الله : that we worship none except Him. This is from the second Tahlil. alone without any partner This is from the first Tahlil. being sincere to Him in religion… This is from the third Tahlil.

From this day forth, every time you read these Tahlilat, you remember this, which I believe is beneficial and important for every Muslim. And if someone is trialed with some obscurities and it diverts his understanding, and he is he given another meaning of it, he says: The Messenger of Allah is sufficient for us from the statement of everyone else! If the river of Allah comes, then the river of Zayd and Amr is worthless. We are not in need of it. This is the statement of the Messenger.

Quranic Proofs and the Danger of Deviant Interpretations

There are plenty verses in the Qur’an that explain to you لا إله إلا الله with the same meaning. When you read:

واعبدوا الله ولا تشركوا به شيئا
Worship Allah and join none with Him (in worship)…﴾ al-Nisa:36 ﴿

وقضى ربك ألا تعبدوا إلا إياه
And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him…﴾ al-Isra:23 ﴿

وما أمروا إلا ليعبدوا الله مخلصين له الدين
And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allah, and worship none but Him Alone…﴾ al-Bayyinah:5 ﴿

إنني براء مما تعبدون إلا الذي فطرني فإنه سيهدين وجعلها كلمة باقية في عقبه
Verily, I am innocent of what you worship Except Him who created me and verily, He will guide me. And he made it a Word lasting among his offspring.﴾ al-Zukhruf:26-28.

These are all statements that explain لا إله إلا الله. Therefore, the Imam, reviver and rectifier, Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn Abdulwahhab, when he put together the chapters in the introduction of his book Kitab al-Tawhid, all of it is in emphasizing the correct understanding of Tawhid, he put together a chapter for the explanation for Tawhid and لا إله إلا الله. He didn’t come with anything from himself. Rather he brought verses that explain the meaning of لا إله إلا الله. And he brought Ahadith that explain the meaning of لا إله إلا الله. You read them and understand from them the meaning of Tawhid.

The Consequences of Incorrect Understanding

After today, if someone from them comes and says that لا إله إلا الله means: There is no one that is able to create except Allah. Or he explains the singling out of His worship to mean singling Him out in being the Creator. An individual mustn’t believe that this incorrect explanation is something insignificant. This is a loss! This is a loss of the religion of the people.

When one comes with the statement which the religion is built upon, and causes the lay people to understand it incorrectly, what kind of deviation for the lay people do you think will occur because of this? Therefore, you find that some of the lay people repeat لا إله إلا الله , and they perform actions that nullify it. But because they have an incorrect understanding of it, they don’t believe that these actions nullify لا إله إلا الله. Because they had an incorrect understanding of لا إله إلا الله. Therefore, this affair is considered from the greatest and most important of affairs, and from the greatest of advice regarding the religion of Allah.

Read the Qur’an from the beginning of the call of the messengers to their people. And to ‘Ad (people, We sent) their brother Hud… And to Thamud (people, We sent) their brother Saleh… And to Madyan (people, We sent) their brother Shu’ayb… They all said:

يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره
O my people! Worship Allah, you have no other Ilah (God) but Him…

This is the explanation of لا إله إلا الله. So the meaning of لا إله إلا الله is clear in the Book and the Sunnah and clear in the proofs. However, when these incorrect explanations exist, loss occurs.

Protection Against Misguidance

Also, I will mention to you something important. The people with deviated beliefs… There is a saying that everyone gives from what they have. So when their intellects are absorbed with an incorrect Aqidah, then they come with a legislated statement, like this statement: لا إله إلا الله the greatest statement, when they explain it, it will be an explanation in light of the Aqidah that is absorbed their hearts. And this is a place where this shortcoming is hidden regarding this affair. So praise Allah for well-being. This well-being is from the greatest of bounties. And from well-being is being safe from this misguidance and this falsehood

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The Truthful Believers Are Firm When There Are Trials – Shaykh Saleh al Fawzan حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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The Truthful Believers Are Firm When There Are Trials
Shaykh Saleh al Fawzan حفظه الله
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSt8IEpaC6U [2 Min]

الم أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوا أَن يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكَاذِبِينَ

Alif-Lam-Mim. Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: “We believe,” and will not be tested. And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allah will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars. (Surah al-Ankabut: 1-3)

مَّا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَذَرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّىٰ يَمِيزَ ٱلْخَبِيثَ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبِ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجْتَبِى مِن رُّسُلِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ فَـَٔامِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ ۚ وَإِن تُؤْمِنُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ فَلَكُمْ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ ‎﴿١٧٩﴾‏

Allah will not leave the believers in the state in which you are now, until He distinguishes the wicked from the good. Nor will Allah disclose to you the secrets of the unseen.. (Surah Ale Imran: 179)

So it will not be clarified for us who are the people of Iman from the people hypocrisy and who are the people of truthfulness from the people of lies unless tests and trials takes place.Verily the truthful believers are firm when there are trials.While the hypocrites and liars get swept away.

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْفٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُۥ خَيْرٌ ٱطْمَأَنَّ بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ ٱنقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ خَسِرَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ‎﴿١١﴾‏

And among mankind is he who worships Allah as it were, upon the very edge; if good befalls him, he is content therewith; but if a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face. He loses both this world and the Hereafter. That is the evident loss (Surah al-Hajj: 11)

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Fitan (Trials) & Istiqamah (Steadfastness):
https://abdurrahman.org/fitan-trials-istiqamah-steadfastness/

Testing, Afflictions and Calamities – Dr Saleh As-Saleh [Audio & Transcribed Notes]
In times of calamity, people divide into four levels – Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen
How to Behave in Times of Fitnah – Dawud Adib [Audio|En]

Lowering the Gaze & the Sweetness of Iman – Shaykh Abdussalam al Shuwayir حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En subtitles]

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Lowering the Gaze & the Sweetness of Iman
Shaykh Abdussalam al Shuwayir حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En subtitles]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzyStw-uOMg [4 min]

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “O youth, whoever amongst you is able to get married, then get married”. And this shows us the emphasis of performing this action and it is from the affairs that are pleasing to Allah. Indeed, it helps lower the gaze and protects the private parts.

Lowering the gaze, O noble brothers, is from the affairs that Allah commanded us with in His Book. Allah says addressing the men: “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts.” (Al-Nur: 30) Then He addresses the women and says: “Tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts.” (Al-Nur:31)

This lowering of the gaze is from the affairs that has a place in the heart. Due to this Allah (ﷻ) coupled the lowering of the gaze with the action of the heart. Allah said: “Allah knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal.” (Al-Ghafir:19) Therefore, you might be walking with your friend and you might look at something while he doesn’t know what you are looking at. And perhaps you might sneak a glance at something that is prohibited and he doesn’t know what it is you are looking at.

Therefore, it is stated in the Hadith that is with Ahmad and al-Hakim, the Hadith of Ibn Mas’ud, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever lowers his gaze from what Allah prohibits, while he is able to look at it, wanting what is with Allah (ﷻ), He will place in his heart the sweetness of Iman”.

And the people of knowledge say that the reason for the sweetness of Iman, after the Tawhid of Allah (ﷻ) and making one’s worship sincerely for Him, by freeing the heart from being attached to other than Him, is giving concern to those acts of worship done in secret. Therefore, an individual will not find an act of worship whereby he tastes the sweetness of Iman like the night prayer and spending in secret because only Allah (ﷻ) knows when one spends his wealth in secret. And wealth possesses sweetness and love in the heart. And from them is lowering the gaze and restraint.

During these times, lowering the gaze has become from the difficult affairs. An individual can be in his home with the doors closed and curtains drawn. And no one knows anything about him except Allah (ﷻ). Then he looks at his phone or at the screen in front of him. So he is looking at matters that are prohibited that no one else can see. However, if he remembers what is with Allah (ﷻ), and then he lowers his gaze hoping for what is with Allah (ﷻ), then let him rejoice because he will taste the sweetness of Iman. This is what the Prophet (ﷺ) said.

Many people say: I heard that Sufyan said that ‘there is a tremendous sweetness in seeking knowledge’, but I don’t experience it. And I heard that Ibrahim Ibn Adh’ham said that ‘there is a pleasure in the night prayer, if the children of the kings knew, they would fight us for it with their swords’, but I don’t experience it. And I heard that Abdullah Ibn Zubayr said that when he would stand for his prayer, he would be so preoccupied with his worship that he wouldn’t know who was beside him, to the extent that a hornet would come to him and sting him several times and he still wouldn’t move. Then he would say: I was preoccupied from it.

And in the Sunan of Abi Dawud, one of the companions would be shot by an arrow and he didn’t break his prayer saying: I was reading a Surah that is more beloved to me than the worldly life and all that is in it.

These affairs benefitted these people, but we don’t experience in our hearts what they experienced, due to two reasons that I mentioned to you earlier which is the issue of the actions of the heart, being attached to Allah (ﷻ), from negating partners and making one’s worship sincere. And from the types of making one’s worship sincerely for Allah is the sincerity of the actions of the heart. So you don’t rely upon, nor seek aid from, nor hope from, nor fear except Allah (ﷻ). And the second affair is giving concern to the acts of worship that are done in secret. And the Shaykh Taqi al-Din has a priceless statement regarding the acts of worship done in secret that he included in his book al-Istiqamah. And how it is that everyone has a door regarding acts of worship done in secret opened for him that are not opened for others. Therefore, giving concern to the acts of worship done in secret is important, in agreement to the statement of the Prophet (ﷺ): Indeed, it helps lower the gaze… Along with striving against the soul, the individual takes the means and from them is marriage.

The happy one is the one who steers clear from the Fitan – Shaykh Abdurrazzaq al Badr حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En subtitles]

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The happy one is the one who steers clear from the Fitan
Shaykh Abdurrazzaq al Badr حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En subtitles]
https://youtu.be/eeUkm3DnY-w [ 4 min]

It has been authenticated from our noble Prophet ﷺ in the Sunan and in the Musnad from the Hadith of al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad رضي الله عنه who said that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Verily the happy one is the one who steers clear from the Fitan”

Our noble Prophet ﷺ repeated it like this. Contemplate upon this firm connection and tremendous relation between happiness and steering clear from the Fitan. And that an individual steering clear, being distant from, and not delving into the Fitan is one of the doors and tremendous paths to happiness. And an individual’s portion of this happiness that is alluded to in this Hadith is in accordance of his distance from the Fitan. The more distant he is from the Fitan, the greater the portion of this happiness he will have. And the closer he is towards the Fitan, the greater the portion of misery and destruction he will have.

Contemplate over this matter in the statement of the Prophet ﷺ : “After me there will be Fitnah. The state of the one who is sitting will be better than the one who is standing. And the state of the one standing will be better than the one who is walking. And the state of the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running.”

Look at the one who is further away from the Fitan. His portion of happiness is greater and he is safer from destruction. Look at how the one who is closer to the Fitan… The one standing is closer to the Fitnah than the one who is sitting. The one walking towards the Fitnah is closer to the one who is standing. The one running towards the Fitnah is closer to the one who is walking towards it. So the slave’s portion of this tremendous happiness that is alluded to in this Hadith is in accordance to his distance and his steering clear from the Fitan.

Therefore, as we mentioned, the Hadith regarding steering clear from the Fitan is a Hadith regarding happiness. Delving and getting involved into Fitan is entering into misery which is the opposite of happiness because the opposite of happiness is misery.So whoever steers clear of Fitan will be happy. As it comes in the text of the Hadith. Verily the happy one is the one who steers clear from the Fitan.

The implicit understanding is that the one who delves and gets involved in the Fitan will be miserable. So happiness is in steering clear from the Fitan and misery is in getting involved in the Fitan. So everytime an individual gets involved in the Fitan, he enters into what will necessitate his own destruction.

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The Softening of the Heart in Ramadhan | Shaykh Abdussalam al-Shuway’ir حفظه الله

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The Softening of the Heart in Ramadhan | Shaykh Abdussalam al-Shuway’ir حفظه الله [Video | En subtitles] – https://youtu.be/AqHUQX3cJAc [3:43 min]

From the tremendous characteristics acquired during this month is what is related to the softening of the heart. Indeed, this month is a means for the softening of the heart. And the softness of the heart is from the characteristics of the believer. And from the effects of the softness of the heart is that it brings about tears.

Indeed, if the heart softens, the eyes flow with tears.

And it comes down out of the fear of Allah ﷻ. Due to this, our Lord said in Al-Ma’idah:83:

When they listen to what has been sent down to the Messenger you see their eyes overflowing with tears…

If an individual reads the Speech of Allah abundantly, and contemplates over its meanings. Indeed, his heart will soften, and his eyes will relent. The greatest month wherein the Qur’an is read is the month of Ramadhan.

Due to this, Allah coupled the Qur’an with this month. He said in Al-Baqarah:185:

The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion.

In the Sahih from the Hadith of Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه, who said that the Prophet ﷺ was the most generous of people. And the most generous he would be was during Ramadhan when Jibril would come to him and study the Qur’an with him. Jibril would study the Qur’an with the Prophet. He would read the Qur’an once every Ramadhan, except the year he passed away, wherein he studied it with Jibril twice.

Therefore, this month is the month of the Qur’an. The Qur’an is read and recited in this month. And in it, the greatest stories are mentioned. And in it, the greatest narrations are mentioned, in reading the beginning of the Book of Allah.

Muhammad Nasr al-Marwazi spoke extensively about the narrations of the Salaf in their recitation of the Qur’an in this month specifically. And the scholars recommend that the month of Ramadhan should not be devoid of a completion of the Qur’an. And that the Tarawih prayers should not be devoid of a completion of the Qur’an.

Whoever reads the Qur’an in the month of Ramadhan and his heart is not softened, and tears don’t come down from his eyes, then it is feared that he has a hard heart. Therefore, Hasan al-Basri رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ said:

The people continue to cry when they remember Allah and when they read the Qur’an.

What he meant by: ‘The people’ are the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Therefore, this is one of the tremendous objectives, which is refining the character and softening the heart.

And the more an individual’s eyes flows with tears, the more of an effect it will have upon his heart, since there is a connection between the eyes and the heart. Listen to the Statement of Allah, Al-Ghafir:19:

Allah knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal

Some of the people of knowledge derive from this that there is a connection between the eyes and the heart. Verily, if the heart has fear, then the eyes will shed tears. And the affair of the heart is hidden and what the eyes see are hidden. And other than that which the people of knowledge derive from this tremendous verse.

The Wisdom Behind the Istinshaq – Shaykh Sulayman al Ruhayli حفظه الله [Video | En subtitles]

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The Wisdom Behind the Istinshaq – Shaykh Sulayman al Ruhayli حفظه الله [Video | En subtitles] – https://youtu.be/dIWyc5MRMWg [2:13 min]

Verily, many people nowadays are neglectful regarding the sniffing the water up the nose during Wudhu (Istinshaq) to begin with.

They might not be neglectful in rinsing the mouth (Madhmadha). And what is correct is that it is not a condition that one needs to thoroughly rinse the mouth. However when it comes to the Istinshaq, you find some people taking water and putting it at the end of the nose as if he is washing the nose on the outside. He doesn’t sniff the water. And this is not considered Istinshaq.

Exaggerating (Mubalaghah) is more than Madhmadha and Istinshaq. Mubalaghah in Madhmadha is when the individual enters the water in his mouth and thoroughly rinses it in his mouth. Mubalaghah in Istinshaq is when the individual sniffs the water until it reaches the upper end of his nose. He exaggerates in sniffing the water.

I’ve heard a doctor say that if the Muslims were to act upon the Sunnah in exaggerating in their Istinshaq, they would be safe from many illnesses. He says that many illnesses enter the body by way of the nose. So if they were to exaggerate in their Istinshaq, that area would be washed and the matters that cause illnesses would be removed.

And nothing has come from the Prophet except every type of good. Mubalaghah in Madhmadha and Istinshaq is a benefit.

However, it is disliked for the one who is fasting because water enters the stomach. Therefore, the Prophet said: And exaggerate in Istinshaq except if you are fasting.

When the Hearts Are Not Filled With the Love of Allah – Shaykh Saleh Ale ash Shaykh حفظه الله [Video | En subtitles]

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When the Hearts Are Not Filled With the Love of Allah – Shaykh Saleh Ale ash Shaykh حفظه الله [Video|En subtitles] – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTEyqTpu3ho [1:32 min]

Shortcomings in worship, the absence of humility and submission, committing evil actions, falling into the impermissible, and falling short in the obligations only occur when the love of Allah is not filled in the hearts.

And when He is not exalted with the utmost exaltation and He is not feared.

The more the individual contemplates and looks, the more he will know the signs that show that Allah alone is the Lord and He is the One administering, meaning, that which is included in Tawhid al-Rububiyyah- and that everything is in His Hands.

The more these hearts are filled and are submissive and humbled, even if all of mankind plotted, they wouldn’t pay any attention to it.

The absence of giving importance to the understanding of Tawhid al-Rububiyyah leads to weakness in the hearts towards the people and weakness in the hearts in holding fast to the religion.

And one’s submission will be weak because he doesn’t exalt Allah and he doesn’t see the marvelous creation of Allah in everything.

And the individual said well when he said: And in everything has a sign that shows that He is One.

Work Shouldn’t Stop One From Seeking Knowledge – Shaykh Sad al Shithri حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En subtitles]

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From the Signs of the Hour – The Nations summon one another to fight the Muslims | Shaykh Saleh al Fawzan [Video|Ar-En subtitles]

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The Virtue of ‘Arafah and Its Rulings – by Shaykh Sāleh ibn Fawzān al Fawzan حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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The Legislated Actions During the Ten Days of Dhil Hijjah [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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The Takbir of the Tongue & Heart During the Ten Days of Dhil Hijjah – Shaykh Saleh Sindi حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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The Takbir of the Tongue & Heart During the Ten Days of Dhil Hijjah
Shaykh Saleh Sindi حفظه الله
https://youtu.be/u1LD6Yvgab0 [17 min] – Arabic | English Subtitles

All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has not begotten a son, and Who has no partner in His Dominion, nor He is low to have a helper, protector or supporter. And magnify Him with all magnificence. May Allah send His peace and blessings upon the one whom His Lord sent as a guider, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner. And as one who invites to Allah by His Leave, and as a lamp spreading light. May His complete and abundant peace and blessings upon him, his family and his companions. Congratulations O noble brothers for the favor of Allah upon you, that He has extended your lifespan and your appointed term so that you could reach these blessed ten days. The first ten days of Dhil-Hijjah is a season of profit, a market of commerce and a field of competing towards goodness. So whomever Allah blesses to reach these ten days, then let him praise Allah abundantly and to ask Him to grant him success in these days by doing that which He loves. And that He favors him by accepting it.

These ten days, O noble brothers, every hour of it, rather every second of it, is of great significance. And it is sufficient regarding its virtue that Allah swore by these ten days, by saying: “By the dawn, By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah).” [al-Fajr:1-2] The Prophet mentioned in many Ahadith that they are the most beloved days to Allah. And that the actions performed in them are purer and more beloved to Allah than these ten days. Therefore, they are the best days and nights of the year without exception. So congratulations to the one who has been given success and recognizes the significance of these hours and these moments which will soon come to an end. Just as our lives will soon come to an end. O successful one, be one who has sure knowledge, one who is smart, pure, intelligent, one who knows the significance of this lifespan and its importance for your true future. The righteous actions during these ten days comprise everything that Allah loves and has legislated for His slaves. During these ten days, every righteous actions that is based upon the Sunnah and is beloved to Allah, its reward before Allah is greater in these ten days than in other than these ten days. This is the distinguished characteristic of these ten days. Allah creates whatever He wills and He chooses. He specified these ten days with this virtue.

And from the greatest actions of these ten days is the remembrance of Allah. “…and mention the Name of Allah on appointed days over the beast of cattle that He has provided for them…” [al-Hajj:28] So these are the days of the remembrance of Allah. So increase in the remembrance of Allah. In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad in the Hadith of Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, who said that the Prophet said regarding these days by saying: There are no days when actions are performed in that is more beloved to Allah than these ten days. So increase in them the Tahlil (saying لا اله الا الله), the Takbir (saying الله اكبر) and the Tahmid (saying الحمد لله). As the Prophet said and al-Mundhiri said its chain is Jayyid. So the remembrance of Allah is the best matter one should occupy his moments with during these ten days. And from the remembrance of Allah is the Takbir, which is the symbol of these ten days. Since the time of the companions of the Prophet until now, the Muslims continue to frequently make the Takbir of Allah during these ten days. al-Bukhari mentions in his Sahih that Ibn Umar, Abu Hurayrah would go out to the marketplace and make Takbir and the people would make Takbir along with their Takbir. And in another narration: And there was nothing that made them come out to the marketplace except for this purpose. They didn’t have any objective of buying and selling. Rather it was only to remind the people of this virtue, which is the Takbir. Maymun ibn Mihran, the noble Tabi’i, said: I came across a people who would make the Takbir abundantly during these ten days as if their Takbirat were like waves due to their abundance. And this shows that from the Sunnah of the Salaf in these ten days would be to repeatedly make the Takbir with a loud voice. And these two Sunnahs for this act of worship are forgotten among the people during these times, with great sorrow. Repeating the Takbir abundantly along with raising the voice. And this is what the Salaf were upon, may Allah have mercy upon them.

The Takbir begins when the ten days begin until they are finished. And the best time is on the Day of Arafah and on the Day of Sacrifice (the Day of Eid). So the best Takbir is done on these two days and the days that follow from the Days of Tashriq as the narrations of the companions allude to. There is no specific form of Takbir that is narrated from the Prophet. Rather, there are narrations stated from the companions regarding the Takbir during the ten days unrestrictedly. And for the Day of Arafah, the Day of Sacrifice and the Days of Tashriq, there are specific forms of the Takbir that are stated from the companions. So the affair regarding this is flexible. If you wish, you may make the Takbir with the well-known Takbir that has been handed down from the Salaf until today, which is by saying: الله اكبر الله اكبر لا اله الا الله و الله اكبر الله اكبر ولله الحمد. This is the Takbir of Ibn Mas’ud. And it was narrated on Ali ibn Abi Talib and other than him. And this is what the Salaf would use. Ja’far al-Firyabi narrated by Yazid ibn Ziyad who said: I saw Sa’id ibn Jubayr, Abdurrahman ibn Abi Layla, Mujahid, or he said two of these three, he wasn’t sure, and the scholars of Fiqh, making Takbir in these ten days saying: الله اكبر الله اكبر لا اله الا الله و الله اكبر الله اكبر ولله الحمد. And this form combines what the Hadith encourages with, which is the Takbir, Tahmid and Tahlil. So increase in the Tahlil (saying لا اله الا الله), the Takbir (saying الله اكبر) and the Tahmid (saying الحمد لله). If you wish, you may make the Takbir in another form. Like the Takbir of Salman: الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر كبيرا. If you wish, you may make the Takbir of Ibn Abbas: الله اكبر كبيرا الله اكبر كبيرا الله اكبر واجل الله اكبر ولله الحمد. If you wish you may make the Takbir in another form. Or if you wish you may just repeat: الله اكبر. So the variations of these narrations show that there is flexibility in the matter. And all praise is due to Allah. What is intended, O brothers, it is good for you and it is befitting for you to increase making the Takbir during these ten days.

And what is better than that is if you comprehend its meaning and then establish this meaning in your heart. الله اكبر. Take heed how you repeat this statement over and over again. So what is the meaning of: الله اكبر? The people of knowledge, like Ibn Atiyyah and al-Qurtubi and other than them from the people of Tafsir say: The most profound statement that the Arabs can say expressing glorification and magnification is the statement of Takbir: الله اكبر. And this is what Allah commanded with when He said: “And magnify Him with all the magnificence.” al-Isra:111. Allah is greater (than everything) regarding His Essence. Allah is greater than everything regarding His Attributes. So His Hearing is greater than every hearing. And His Seeing is greater than every seeing. His Honor, Mercy, Love and Power are greater than these attributes that are from other than Him. So He is greater (than everything) regarding His Attributes. And He is greater (than everything) regarding His Power. And He is greater (than everything) regarding His Praise. So there is none from His slaves that can praise Him as He should be praised, even the most knowledgeable of the creation of Him, our Prophet Muhammad. Verily, he said: I am not able of praising You as you should be praised, You are as You have praised Yourself. Allah is greater (than everything) regarding His Mercy. Allah is greater (than everything) regarding His Mention. Allah is greater (than everything) regarding His Anger. Allah is greater (than everything) regarding His Retribution. Allah is greater (than everything) regarding His Punishment. Allah is greater (than everything) regarding everything. And this unrestriction denotes generality. Therefore, O brothers, this is the meaning of the Takbir.

Know that if making the Takbir with the tongue is something that is good and it is a Sunnah, then making Takbir with the heart is something that is greater and more obligatory. The Takbir with the tongue, in other than the prayer, is Sunnah. However, the Takbir with the heart, is a Takbir that is obligatory. The Takbir of the tongue is required at times but the Takbir of the heart is obligatory at all times. And this repetition of the Takbir: الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر invites you to establish this meaning in your heart so that the Aqidah is firmly grounded. It affects the heart and in turn it will affect the limbs. If the Muslim were to recognize this reality, and was certain of it, and were to act upon it inwardly and outwardly with what it necessitates, by Allah, he would live a life unlike anyone else. He would be living another life. Whoever magnifies Allah with his heart, it will become magnified until everything other than Allah will disappear from his heart. He will not give any act of worship to other than Him, neither hope nor fear, neither love nor supplication, or sacrifice, nothing from it whatsoever. Therefore why does the heart turn to other than Allah? And why would the limbs be provoked by other than Him? Therefore, the polytheists didn’t magnify Allah in their hearts. “They made not a just estimate of Allah such as is due to Him…” al-Zumar:67. Yes, by Allah! The one who supplicates to other than Allah. The one who says O Messenger of Allah, grant me relief. The one who says: The most generous of mankind, I do not have anyone to take shelter in except you at occurrence at the time of widespread calamity. By Allah, they didn’t magnify Allah in their hearts. Whoever magnifies Allah in his heart, everything other than Allah will disappear from his heart. And to him, everything above the dirt is dirt. This is because he believes that Allah is greater.

Whoever magnifies Allah in his heart, his limbs will be provoked to the obedience of Allah. He will magnify His commands and prohibitions. If he is called to carry out the command of Allah, if he is called to the prayer, he will be reminded with: الله اكبر. He will have fear and get up. This is because Allah is greater. He is greater than your worldly life, your desires, your business, your family, your children, your studies, He is greater than everything in this life. Therefore, His command is greater. It necessitates that you magnify His prohibitions. So you avoid what Allah prohibits because you know that His prohibitions are tremendous. And that His punishment that results from that is tremendous. Whoever magnifies him in his heart, that which is beloved to him diminishes in his heart. So he reaches a state where he doesn’t love except Allah, or that which Allah loves, or that which He permits. Whoever magnifies Allah in his heart, his reliance, dependence and his entrustment upon his Lord will prove to be true. He will not give attention to anyone other than Him. And he wouldn’t care about anyone other than Him. Therefore, you find that the worries and problems of the worldly life becomes insignificant in the heart because He is depending upon the One Who is greater than everything. Whoever magnifies Allah in his heart, he will live a life, as I mentioned, that is other than this life. He will be living with Allah and living for Allah. The religion, from its beginning until its end, the establishment of Tawhid, is all gathered in this statement: الله اكبر. But it is not truthful if one utters it with his tongue, but its meaning doesn’t penetrate his heart so that his heart is firmly grounded in it. Therefore, O slave of Allah, make for yourself a goal in this life, and strive against your soul, to make Allah in your heart greater than everything. Strive against your soul, to magnify Allah with your heart, just as you magnify Him with your tongue. I ask Allah to make us from those that are granted success in reaching this tremendous, lofty and noble objective. Just as I ask Him to fill our hearts with His love and to grant us success in His obedience. May Allah send His Peace and Blessings upon His slave and messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions, and those that follow them in good.

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[Emotional] The Beautiful Advice of Umar ibn al Khattab to a Sinner – Shaykh Abdurrazzaq al Badr [Video|Ar-En]

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[Emotional] The Beautiful Advice of Umar ibn al Khattab to a Sinner
Shaykh Abdurrazzaq al Badr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzPs_1jaLIM [8 min]

There is an amazing story that Ibn Kathir mentions in the beginning of the Tafsir of Surah al-Ghafir. Perhaps you can refer back to it in his Tafsir. It is an amazing story in relation to the Leader of the Believers, Umar ibn al-Khattab. Ibn Kathir said: Ibn Abi Hatim narrates from Yazid al-Asam. There was a man from the people al-Sham who was strong, and he would visit Umar from time to time during his caliphate. After not seeing him for a long time, Umar inquired about him: “What happened to so-and-so? He hasn’t visited us in a long time.” They said: “O Leader of the Believers, he started drinking intoxicants and has become preoccupied with these type of affairs…”

So Umar called his scribe, and he said: “Write: From Umar ibn al-Khattab to so-and-so the son of so-and-so. Peace be upon you. Verily I praise Allah, the One Whom none has the right to worshipped but He, The Forgiver of sin, the Acceptor of repentance, the Severe in punishment, the Bestower (of favors), none has the right to be worshipped but He, to Him is the final return (غَافِرِ الذَّنْبِ وَقَابِلِ التَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ الْعِقَابِ ذِي الطَّوْلِ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ إِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ).” [Ghafir: 3]

Afterwards, Umar said to his companions that were around him: “Supplicate to Allah for your brother that He turns his heart towards Him and that He accepts his repentance.” So the letter reached the man. Umar combined two affairs in the letter: Gentle advice and telling those around him to supplicate to Allah for him, that He turns his heart towards Him and that He accepts his repentance. So when Umar’s letter reached the man, he began to read it and he kept repeating it and he said: “The Forgiver of sin, the Acceptor of repentance, the Severe in punishment… (غَافِرِ الذَّنْبِ وَقَابِلِ التَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ الْعِقَابِ).” The man said: “He (Allah) warned me of His (severe) punishment and promised me that He will forgive me (if I turn to Him and repent).”

Ibn Kathir said: And al-Hafidh Abu Nu’aym narrated this and added, and the addition is the reference point of mentioning this story, which is in relation to the Hadith: “Don’t aid the Shaytan against him (لَا تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ).” So he continued to repeat these statements over and over again to himself, then he wept and then he sincerely repented. When the news of this man reached Umar that the man was affected and he sincerely repented, he said: “This is the way we deal with this affair.” This is an admonition from Umar, he said: “This is the way we deal with this affair.” Meaning, if it reaches you that someone fell into sin, instead of saying: “May Allah humiliate, may Allah shame the one who committed the sin or abandoned an obligation…”, do what Umar did. Send him a gentle and beautiful advice and tell your brothers to supplicate for him to be guided.

He said: “This is the way we deal with this affair. If you see your brother slip, then correct him and supplicate to Allah that he accepts his repentance…” Listen to what he said: “And don’t be an aid for Shaytan against him (وَلَا تَكُونُوا أَعْوَانًا لِلشَّيْطَانِ عَلَيْهِ).” When the people said (to the one who was lashed for consuming intoxicants): “May Allah humiliate you…” the Prophet ﷺ said: “Don’t aid the Shaytan against him (لَا تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ).” And here Umar said: “Don’t be an aid for Shaytan against your brother.” So when an individual is preoccupied with saying: “May Allah humiliate him, may Allah shame him,” speaks against him, and he exposes what is concealed, etc… this will aid the Shaytan against him.

However, this blessed and tremendous approach of Umar ibn al-Khattab, which is derived from the Sunnah… And the Prophet ﷺ said: “Upon you is to adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs after me. Hold fast to it (عَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ مِنْ بَعْدِي، تَمَسَّكُوا بِهَا).” This is an extremely tremendous Sunnah and tremendous manner in dealing with others. Therefore, I advise that this narration be read and it is found in the beginning of the Tafsir of Surah Ghafir from the Tafsir of Ibn Kathir. I advise that this narration be read over and over until the heart embraces it, perhaps it becomes a characteristic of the slave. And I also advise that this story of Umar ibn al-Khattab be disseminated. So that this goodness, this gentleness and this mercy is disseminated.

And the disobedient nowadays, the doors (of trials) that didn’t exist in the past have been opened for them… They didn’t exist in the past… Calamitous doors have been opened for them… So they are in need of one… that will be merciful towards them… one that will supplicate for them… one that will be gentle towards them… one that will ask Allah to accept their repentance, to turn their hearts towards Him, to turn them away from the trials, to grant them refuge from the evil of their own souls, from the evil of the Shayatin and the evil of the trials. They are in need of this. They are in need of mercy, in need of gentleness, in need of one who will bring them closer to the good, to guide them to it with gentleness, to supplicate for them.

So with all these tremendous tests they are going through and trials that have swept them away from every angle, one doesn’t aid the Shaytan against him in addition to all this, by cursing him and supplicating against him for humiliation. This is not befitting. Rather the individual should be merciful, gentle, supplicating for his brothers for goodness, for mercy, for repentance.

We ask Allah the Generous, the Lord of the Magnificent Throne to accept all of our repentance (نسأل الله الكريم رب العرش العظيم أن يتوب علينا أجمعين), to guide us to the best character, none guides to the best of it except Him (وأن يهدينا لأحسن الأخلاق لا يهدي لأحسنها إلا هو), to grant us refuge from the evil of our own souls and the evil of our actions (وأن يعيذنا أجمعين من شرور أنفسنا وسيئات أعمالنا). We ask Allah to turn the hearts of the disobedient towards Him (نسأل الله جل وعلا أن يقبل بقلوب العصاة إلى الله). O Allah… O Allah turn their hearts towards You…. O Allah turn their hearts… O Allah turn their hearts towards You (اللهم أقبل بقلوبهم عليك). Accept their sincere repentance. Grant them nearness to You (وتب عليهم توبة نصوحة وارزقهم القرب منك). Prepare the doors of success, uprightness and guidance for them (وهيئ لهم من أبواب التوفيق والصلاح والهداية). O Ever Living the One Who sustains and protects all that exists (يا حي يا قيوم)… The One whose hearts of the slaves are in His Hands (يا من بيده قلوب العباد)… O Turner of the hearts (يا مقلب القلوب)… Accept the repentance of the disobedient believers (تب على عصاة المؤمنين). Guide us and them to Your straight path (واهدنا وإياهم إليك صراطاً مستقيماً). O Ever Living the One Who sustains and protects all that exists, O Owner of Majesty and Honor (يا حي يا قيوم يا ذا الجلال والإكرام).

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“.. his reward is 50 from the companions” – The Strangers (Ghuraba) by Shaykh ibn Bāz رحمه الله

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“.. his reward is 50 from the companions” – The Strangers by Shaykh ibn Bāz رحمه الله
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The Prophet (ﷺ) stated,

“Ahead of you are days of patience, when holding onto the religion will be like holding onto hot coals, and whomsoever holds onto His religion in that time, then his reward will be the reward of fifty men.” The Companions said, “O Messenger of Allah, fifty times the worth of their reward?” He said, “Rather fifty from you.”

Collected by Abu Dawood, At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Mājah, Al-Hākim who declared it authentic, Adh-Dhahabi agreed and Al-Albāni declared it Saheeh in As-Saheehah (no. 494).

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When Afflicted With Doubts – Shaykh Saleh al Usaymi [Video|Ar-En]

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https://youtu.be/a96vxcyIn8c [2 mins]

The practice of the Salaf in removing doubts by asking the scholars.

He said: The practice of the Salaf in removing doubts by asking the scholars.

Not by asking Google, not that an individual searches the websites when he has doubts. No! If you were able to be safe from doubts it wouldn’t have intruded in your heart! So this individual is unable to remove it. Rather, the one that is able to remove it is the one who inherited from the Prophet ﷺ in explaining the religion. You should go back to a scholar and put forth this doubt to him in order for him to remove it for you. Don’t go back to other than him because if you went back to other than him, the doubt will increase and it will be established your heart.

Afterwards, he said:

The scholars will answer it with what will remove the doubt from him. And this is because they only ascribe the statement to the Messenger ﷺ

How will the scholar remove the doubt? With proofs, not with their opinions, or with desires, or with what the people of the land were brought up upon. No! Rather these doubts are removed with proofs. So none has the ability to remove doubts unless he has with him an army of proofs. If he doesn’t have an army of proofs, he will be from the humiliated. So the strong from the scholars is the one who is strengthened by an army of proofs from the Statements of Allah and the statements of His Messenger ﷺ. If a doubt takes over the heart of the creation, then he has the weapons that he can repel these doubts from himself and the Muslims. So when a doubt befalls the slave, then he is commanded to ask a firmly grounded scholar about it. And the firmly grounded scholar is commanded to repel these doubts with the Statement of Allah and the statement of His Messenger ﷺ.

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Allāh’s Perfect Wisdom – by Shaykh Sāleh Sindī [Video | Ar-En Subtitles]

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Beware of This Deception, May Allah Protect You! – Shaykh Saleh Sindi [Video| Ar-En] 

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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ وَٱلصَّـٰبِـِٔينَ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًۭا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Verily! Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allâh and the Last Day and does righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve (Suratul Baqarah 2:62)

English – Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Faith and doing Righteous Deeds equals Salvation in all Times

Allah says;

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ امَنُواْ وَالَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَالنَّصَارَى وَالصَّابِيِينَ مَنْ امَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الاخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians (Sabi’in), whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and does righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

After Allah described the condition – and punishment – of those who defy His commands, fall into His prohibitions and transgress set limits by committing prohibited acts, He stated that the earlier nations who were righteous and obedient received the rewards for their good deeds. This shall be the case, until the Day of Judgment. Therefore, whoever follows the unlettered Messenger and Prophet shall acquire eternal happiness and shall neither fear from what will happen in the future nor become sad for what has been lost in the past.

Similarly, Allah said,

أَلا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَأءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

No doubt! Verily, the Awliya of Allah, no fear shall come upon them nor shall they grieve. (10:62)

The angels will proclaim to the dying believers, as mentioned,

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَـمُواْ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَـيِكَةُ أَلاَّ تَخَافُواْ وَلَا تَحْزَنُواْ وَأَبْشِرُواْ بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

Verily, those who say:”Our Lord is Allah (alone),” and then they stand firm, on them the angels will descend (at the time of their death) (saying):”Fear not, nor grieve! But receive the glad tidings of Paradise which you have been promised!” (41:30)
The Meaning of Mu’min, or Believer

Ali bin Abi Talhah narrated from Ibn Abbas, about,

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ امَنُواْ وَالَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَالنَّصَارَى وَالصَّابِيِينَ مَنْ امَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الاخِرِ
(Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day) that Allah revealed the following Ayah afterwards,

وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الاِسْلَـمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَـسِرِينَ

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

This statement by Ibn Abbas indicates that Allah does not accept any deed or work from anyone, unless it conforms to the Law of Muhammad that is, after Allah sent Muhammad. Before that, every person who followed the guidance of his own Prophet was on the correct path, following the correct guidance and was saved.

Why the Jews were called `Yahud

The Jews are the followers of Prophet Musa, who used to refer to the Tawrah for judgment. Yahud is a word that means,

`repenting’, just as Musa said,
إِنَّا هُدْنَـا إِلَيْكَ
(We have Hudna (we repent, go back and return) unto You), (7:156).

Why the Christians were called Nasara

Allah said;

مَنْ أَنصَارِى إِلَى اللَّهِ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ

“Who will be my helpers in Allah’s cause” Al-Hawariyyun said:”We are the helpers of Allah.” (61:14)

It was said that;

they were called `Nasara’, because they inhabited a land called An-Nasirah (Nazareth), as Qatadah, Ibn Jurayj and Ibn Abbas were reported to have said, Allah knows best.
Nasara is certainly plural for Nasran.

When Allah sent Muhammad as the Last and Final Prophet and Messenger to all of the Children of Adam, mankind was required to believe in him, obey him and refrain from what he prohibited them; those who do this are true believers. The Ummah of Muhammad was called `Mu’minin’ (believers), because of the depth of their faith and certainty, and because they believe in all of the previous Prophets and matters of the Unseen.

The Sabi’un or Sabians

There is a difference of opinion over the identity of the Sabians.

Sufyan Ath-Thawri said that Layth bin Abu Sulaym said that Mujahid said that,

“The Sabians are between the Majus, the Jews and the Christians. They do not have a specific religion.”

Similar is reported from Ibn Abi Najih.

Similar statements were attributed to Ata and Sa`id bin Jubayr.

They (others) say that;

the Sabians are a sect among the People of the Book who used to read the Zabur (Psalms), others say that they are a people who worshipped the angels or the stars.

It appears that the closest opinion to the truth, and Allah knows best, is Mujahid’s statement and those who agree with him like Wahb bin Munabbih, that;

the Sabians are neither Jews nor Christians nor Majus nor polytheists. Rather, they did not have a specific religion that they followed and enforced, because they remained living according to their Fitrah (instinctual nature). This is why the idolators used to call whoever embraced Islam a `Sabi’, meaning, that he abandoned all religions that existed on the earth.

Some scholars stated that;

the Sabians are those who never received a message by any Prophet.

And Allah knows best

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