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Some Ahadeeth pertaining to Manners, Righteousness & Keeping Good Relations – 06

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Taken from Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

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42- 146 – On the authority of Abdullaah bin ‘Amr who said: Someone asked : O Messenger of Allaah! Who are the best of the people?’ He answered: ‘Everyone who has a mahkmoom heart and a truthful tongue.’

They asked: ‘We know what a truthful tongue is, but what is a mahkmoom heart?’
He said: ‘A pious, pure one, which has no sin in it nor is it oppressive, nor does it have hatred and jealousy.’
No.948

43- 148- On the authority of Salmah bin al-Akwaa’ who said: ‘If we saw a person cursing his brother, we viewed it as though he had arrived at a major sin.’
No. 2649

44- 161 – On the authority of UbaydAllaah bin Ma’mar that the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said:
‘A family is not given gentleness except that it benefits them, nor are they prohibited from gentleness except that it harms them.’
No. 942

45- 164- On the authority of Jabir : that a man came to the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – and said: ‘Indeed so and so has a cluster of dates on my farm he has harmed me and the place his cluster of dates are a burden for me.

The Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – sent someone to call him. The Prophet said: ‘Sell me your cluster of dates which is in so and so’s farm.’

He answered: ‘No.’

The Prophet said: ‘Give it to me as a gift.’

He answered: ‘No.’

The Prophet said: ‘Then sell me this cluster of dates, for a cluster of dates in Paradise.’

He answered: ‘No.’

Then the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said: ‘I have not seen anyone more miserly than you, except for the one who is miserly in giving salaam.’
No. 3383

46- 165 – On the authority of Abu Huraira on the authority of the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said: ‘The son of Adam never performed anything better than the prayer, reconciling between people and having good manners.’
No. 1448

47- 166 – on the authority of ‘Aeysha – RadhiAllaahu anha – who said: ‘There was no behaviour more hated to the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – than lying. If he came across it from one of his Companions, then he would keep away from him until he knew that he had repented.’
No. 2052

48- 169- On the authority of Younas bin al-Qaasim al-Yamamee that ‘Ikrima bin Khalid bin Sa’eed bin al-‘Aaas al-Mahkzoomee narrated to him that he met Abdullaah bin Umar bin al-Khattab and asked him: ‘O Abu AbdurRahmaan! Indeed Banu al-Mughira is a tribe ¬¬¬¬¬which has haughtiness and pride. Did you hear the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – saying anything about this?’

Abdullaah bin Umar said to him: I heard the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – saying: ‘There is no person who regards himself as great and walks in an arrogant way except that he meets Allaah while Allaah is very angry with him.’
No. 2272

49- 170- On the authority of Abul Darda in a narration ascribed to the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam: ‘There are no two people who love each other for Allaah’s sake behind each others’ backs, except that the one who is more beloved to Allaah is the one who is stronger in his love for his companion.’
No. 3273

50- 171 – On the authority of Anas in a narration ascribed to the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam: ‘There is no slave of Allaah who goes to visit his brother for the sake of Allaah, except that a voice calls out from the sky, “You have been good so Paradise has been made pleasurable for you.” Also Allaah says in His Dominion of the ‘Arsh: “He is My slave and was visiting for My sake, so his hospitality is upon Me and I am not pleased with any hospitality other than Paradise.”
No. 2632

51 – 174 – On the authority of Sufyan bin ‘Uayainah, on the authority of Ibn al-Munkadir in a narration ascribed to the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam:
‘From the best of actions is to make a believer happy, to pay his debt off for him, to take care of his need and to relieve him from distress.’
No. 2291

52- 177 – On the authority of Ibn Umar, on the authority of Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – that he said:
‘Whoever regards him self to be great or is proud when he walks, then he meets Allaah while Allaah is very angry with him.’
No. 543

53 – 178 – On the authority of Abu Huraira in a narration ascribed to the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam: ‘Whoever humbles himself for Allaah, Allaah raises his rank.’
No. 2328

Some Ahadeeth pertaining to Manners, Righteousness & Keeping Good Relations – 05

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Taken from Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

All Parts – Part 01 | Part 02 | Part 03 | Part 04 | Part 05 | Part 06 | Part 07 | Part 08

33- 130- On the authority of Abdullaah bin Basr the Companion of the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – that he said: ‘When he would come to a door of someone’s house asking permission to enter he would not face the door. He said: ‘Walk along the wall until you ask for permission and you are given permission or you go away.’
No.3003

34- 68- 204 – On the authority of ‘Ayesha that the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said to her: ‘O ‘Ayesha be gentle; indeed if Allaah intends good to the people of a home (family) then He directs them to the door of gentleness.’
No. 523

35- 136- on the authority of al-Miqdam bin Shuraay, on the authority of his father who said that ‘Aeysha –radhiAllaahu anha- asked about going out to the desert so she said:

The Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – used to go out to the stream which came own a hill. One day he wanted to go out to the desert, so he sent me a female-camel which could not be tamed and rode from the camels which were for charity.

He said to me: ‘O ‘Aeysha! Be gentle; indeed there is nothing that has gentleness in it except that it beautifies it and it is not taken away from anything except that it defaces/disfigures it.’
No.524

36- 137- On the authority of a servant of the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – a man or a woman, who said: ‘From what the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – used to say to his servant is: Do you have a need? Until one day the servant said: O Messenger of Allaah! I have a need. He asked: ‘What is your need?’ He said: ‘My need is that you intercede for me on the Day of Judgement.’
He asked the servant: ‘Who directed you to this?’ He said: ‘My Lord.’ He answered: ‘Only if you help me by performing a lot of prostration.’
No.2102

37- 139- On the authority of Jaabir bin Abdullaah: ‘The Messenger – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – used to stay at the back of the group (who were) travelling, to urge on the weak ones, carry passengers and supplicate for them.’
No.2120

38- 140- On the authority of Ibn Abbas: The Messenger – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – used to sit on the floor, eat on the floor, tie down sheep and respond to an invitation from a slave to eat bread made of barley.’
No.2125

39- 141- On the authority of Abu Ayoob: ‘The Messenger – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – used to ride a donkey, used to mend shoes, used to patch up shirts and he said: whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not of me.’
no.2130

40- 131- On the authority of Jaabir bin Abdullaah: ‘When the Messenger – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – used to walk, his Companions used to walk in front of him, they would leave his back for the Angels.’
no.2087

41- On the authority of Abu Huraira who said: We would pray the Isha prayer with the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – and when he would prostrate al-Hasan and al-Hussain would jump on to his back. When he would raise his head, he would take them off his back with his hand gently and place them on the ground gently. If they repeated what they did, he would take them off again.

When he had prayed, he placed them on his lap, one on one side the other on the other side.

Abu Huraira then mentions ‘I came to him and said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah! Shall I not take them to their mother?’ He answered: ‘No.’ then lightening struck and the Messenger said: ‘Go to your mother.’ they continued walking in the light from the lightening until they reached their mother.
No. 3325

Some Ahadeeth pertaining to Manners, Righteousness & Keeping Good Relations – 08

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Taken from Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

All Parts – Part 01 | Part 02 | Part 03 | Part 04 | Part 05 | Part 06 | Part 07 | Part 08

63- 197- On the authority Dhamarah bin Thaalabah who said that the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said: ‘The people will remain upon goodness, as long as they are not jealous of each other.’
No. 3386

64- 198 – On the authority Anas bin Maalik who said that the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said: ‘A slave’s Eemaan will not be honest and just until his heart is honest and just and his heart will not be honest and just until his tongue is honest and just. A man will not enter Paradise if his neighbour is not safe from his harm.’
No. 2841

65- 201 – On the authority of Ibn Umar, on the authority of the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – who said: ‘It is not correct for a believer to be a person who curses.’
No.2636

66- 202 – On the authority of Anas who said that the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – met Abu Dharr, and said to him: ‘O Abu Dharr Shall I not inform you of two characteristics which are lighter on your back and heavier on the scales than other than them?’

He answered: ‘Of course O Messenger of Allaah.’

He said: ‘You should have good manners and remain silent for a long time. I swear by He in whose Hand is my soul no-one has acted upon better than the likes of these two characteristics.’
No. 1938

Some Ahadeeth pertaining to Manners, Righteousness & Keeping Good Relations – 07

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Taken from Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

All Parts – Part 01 | Part 02 | Part 03 | Part 04 | Part 05 | Part 06 | Part 07 | Part 08

54- 184 – On the authority of Abu Huraira who said that the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said: ‘A believer is not corrupt, his inner-self does not differ with his outer-self (i.e. what you see is what you get) and he is easy going. An evil person is one who spreads corruption between people and has evil behaviour.’
No. 935

55- On the authority of ‘Aeysha the wife of the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – who said that some Ethiopians entered the masjid and were playing. The Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said to me ‘O Humayra would you like to see them?’

She said: ‘Yes.’

So he stood by the door and I came and placed my chin on his shoulder, so that my face was touching his cheek. What they said that day was that ‘Abul-Qaasim is good’.

So the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said: ‘Have you had enough?’

I said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah, do not be hasty.’

So he stood for me.

Then the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said: ‘Have you had enough?’

I said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah, do not be hasty.’

So he stood for me.

She said: ‘It is not that I loved to see them, but I loved that what would reach the women was his status with me and my status with him.’
No. 3277

56- 186- The Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said: ‘Evil plots and deception are in the Fire.’
No.1057

57- 189 – On the authority of Abu Huraira –RadhiAllaahu anhu- from the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – that he said: ‘By Him in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad! The Day of Judgement will not be established until obscenity and miserliness appear; when a trustworthy person will be cheated and a cheater will be trusted, when al-Waaool will be destroyed and at-Toohowat will appear.’
They asked: ‘O Messenger of Allaah What is al-Waaol and what is at-Toohawat?’
He said: ‘al-Waaool are the leaders and the noble people and at-Toohowat are those who are under the feet of the people and are disregarded.’
No. 3211

58- 191 On the authority of Abul Darda who said I heard the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – saying: ‘A father is the middle door to Paradise.’
No.914

59- 192 – On the authority Abu Dharr in a narration ascribed to the Prophet: -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam: ‘There is no reward except due to good actions and there is no action except by intention.’
No. 2415

60- 193 – On the authority of ‘Uqbah bin ‘Aamir in a narration ascribed to the Prophet: -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam: ‘There is no good in the one who doesn’t receive guests.’
No.2434

61- 194 – On the authority of Abu Huraira who said that the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – passed by Abdullah bin Ubay bin Salool, while he was in the shade of thick bushes, he said: ‘Indeed Ibn Abu Kabshah (the Prophet) has covered us with dust.’

His son Abdullaah ibn Abdullaah said: ‘I swear by The One Who has been generous to you and revealed the Book to you if you want I will bring his head to you.’

The Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said: ‘No, but rather, be good to your father and maintain good companionship with him.’
No. 3223

62- 196 – On the authority al-Qaasim bin Muhammad who said that Abdullaah bin Hanzala claimed that Abdullaah bin Salam passed by in the market who had a bundle of wood. So it was said to him: ‘Has Allaah not enriched you?’

Abdullaah bin Salam answered: Indeed, but I intend to repel pride by doing this. I heard the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – saying: ‘The one who has a mustard seed of pride in his heart will not enter Paradise.’
No. 3257

The Ruling on Television today – Imam al-Albanee

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Author: Imaam Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaanee
Source: Al-Asaalah Magazine, Issue #10 al-manhaj.com
Translator: isma’eel alarcon

Question: What is the ruling on television today?

Answer: There is no doubt that television, today, is Haraam (forbidden). This is since television is like the radio and tape recorder – they are like all the other blessings that Allaah has bestowed upon His servants, as He has stated:

“And if you were to count the blessings of Allaah, you would never be able to count them.” [Surah An-Nahl: 18]

Thus, hearing is a blessing and eyesight is a blessing, and so are the lips and the tongue. However, many of these blessings become trials upon their possessors because they do not use them in a way that Allaah loves and wants for them to be used.

Therefore, I consider the radio, television and the tape recorder to be from the blessings of Allaah, but when are they deemed as blessings? When they are used to bring benefit to the ummah. Today, ninety-nine percent of what is on television is evil, licentious, immoral, forbidden, and so on, while one percent of it has some shows presented that are of benefit to some people.

But the consideration is with regard to the majority (and not the minority). So when a true Muslim state exists that can place programs based on knowledge, which would be beneficial for the ummah, at that point I will not say that television is permissible, but rather I will say that it is obligatory.

Dividing the Qayyam al-Layl (Night Prayer) in the Last Ten nights of Ramadhaan – Compiled & Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya

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1 – Abu Dawood as-Sijistani (d. 275 A.H.) said:

‘Imam Ahmad was asked while I was listening: Should the Qayyam – meaning the Taraweeh prayer – be delayed to the last part of the night?

He -Rahimullaah- answered:

‘No, the Sunnah of the Muslims is more beloved to me.’ [From: Masa’il Abee Dawood’ p.90]

2 – Al-Marwazi quotes from Imraan bin Haydar -Rahimullaah-:

I sent a question to al-Hasan -Rahimullaah- and I asked him about the Isha prayer in Ramadan, should we pray it then return to our homes and sleep then return to the Masjid after wards?

He rejected that and said:

‘No, Salatul- Isha then the Qayaam.’ [From ‘Qayyam al-Layl’ by al-Marwazi]

3 – Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said:

‘…and Taraweeh prayer is a Sunnah after the Isha prayer.’ [From: ‘Mukhtasir al-Fatawa’ by Baali p.81]

And he also said:

‘The Sunnah of the Taraweeh prayer is that it is prayed after the end of the Isha prayer, as is agreed upon by the Salaf and the Imams.’ [From: ‘Majmoo Fatawa’ 23/119]

4 – Shaykh Muhammad Nasir- Deen Al-Albaani (d.1420A.H) -Rahimullaah- was asked:

Questioner: ‘In the last ten nights of Ramadan, they divide up the prayer, the night prayer at the first part of the night, and the last part of the night, and this has become a continuous practice.’

The Shaykh: ‘Bida’.

Questioner: ‘How would it be then if we wanted to establish the Sunnah and make it easy for the people?’

The Shaykh: ‘They presume the like of what Umar had said, that those who delay the prayer are better. Meaning that Umar ordered Ubayy bin Ka’ab to establish the night prayer with the people after the Isha prayer, so he did so, and when Umar went out he said: ‘ This is a blessed Bida’ and those who sleep instead of it are better.’

The questioner: ‘So you mean that the situation of the night prayer is the same as it was before the last ten nights?’

The Shaykh: ‘Yes.’ [From: ‘Silsilah al-Huda wa Noor’ Tape no. 719]

5 – Shaykh Salih bin Fawzan bin Abdullaah al-Fawzan said:

‘As for the Salat-ul-Taraweehya; then this is a stressed Sunnah, and it is done straight after the Isha prayer and the optional prayers after the Isha prayer. This is what was the practice of the Muslims.

As for delaying it, as the questioner mentions, to another time, then coming to the Masjid and praying at-Taraweehya, then this is in contrast to what was practiced. The scholars of Fiqh mention that it is done after the Isha prayer and it is the optional prayers after the Isha prayer.

So if they delay it, then we do not say it is Haraam, however, it is in opposition to that which was practiced. Taraweehya is prayed in the beginning of the night, this is what was the practice.’

[http://www.ajurry.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15049 and http://www.sahab.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=104174%5D

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Only Performing one Umrah in one Journey – Compiled and translated By Abbas Abu Yahya

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Shamsuddeen Muhammad bin Abee Bakr Ibn Qayyim aj-Jawzeeyah (d.751 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said:

‘The Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- would not perform an extra Umrah exiting out of Makkah, after already having performed one, as many of the people do nowadays. Rather all the Umrahs that the Messenger performed were upon entering Makkah.

He -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- lived in Makkah for thirteen years after the revelation had first descended, and it is not reported from the outset about him that he performed Umrah exiting from Makkah in that time period.

So, the Umrah that the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- performed and legislated, is the Umrah of entering into Makkah, there is no Umrah for the person who is in Makkah and he goes outside the boundary of Makkah whereby he can enter again and perform Umrah. This was not ever done by anyone at the time of the Prophet, except by ‘Aeysha alone out of all those who were with her. This was because she had made the intention and entered into Ihram but had begun her menstrual cycle. So the Prophet ordered her to connect up her Umrah with the Hajj, and informed her that her Tawaf of the House and going between Safa and Marwa, would indeed be sufficient for her Hajj and Umrah together (instead of performing a separate Umrah).

So she found that her female companions were returning with a Hajj and a separate Umrah, since they had intended to perform Hajj at-Tamattu (with an Umrah and a Hajj), and they had not begun their menstrual cycle and did not have to combine their Umrah in with the Hajj. However, she would have only returned with an Umrah within her Hajj, so he -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- ordered her brother to take her to perform an Umrah from at-Tan’eem, to soothe her heart, and her brother did not perform an Umrah from Tan’eem in that Hajj nor did anyone else from those who were with him.’

[Taken from: ‘Zad al-Ma’ad’ 1/94]

Muhammad Nasir- Deen Al-Albaani (d.1420A.H) -Rahimullaah- was asked:

‘Is it permissible for me to perform Umrah twice in one journey, since I am from Jordan. The first one from Abyaar Ali (the local name for the Meeqat Dhul Hulayfah just outside Madina), and the second from at-Tan’eem (outskirts of Makkah), just like ‘Aeysha -Radhi Allaahu anha. If this is not permissible, then can I perform it for my deceased father or mother? May Allah reward you with goodness.

The Shaykh answered:

‘The person who wants to repeat an Umrah then it is necessary for him to return to the Meeqat from whence he entered into Ihraam, whether that is for his own self or for his parents.
As for entering into Ihraam from at-Tan’eem, from whence the Noble lady ‘Aeysha entered into Ihraam, then this ruling is specific for ‘Aeysha and those who are in a similar condition to her.

I term this Umrah from at-Tan’eem as the Umrah of the menstruating woman. The reason for this is because when ‘Aeysha -Radhi Allaahu anha- went out with the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- to perform the farewell Hajj, and she had entered into Ihraam to perform Umrah, but when she reached a place close to Makkah, known as ‘Sarif’ the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- entered upon her and found her crying. So he said to her:

مالك أنفست

‘Why are you crying? Have you started your menstrual cycle?’

She replied: ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allaah.’

He –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:

هذا أمر قد كتبه الله على بنات آدم، فاصنعي ما يصنع الحاج غير ألَّا تطوفي ولا تصلي

‘This is a matter which Allaah has written for the daughters of Adam, so do that which the person performing Hajj does, except do not perform the Tawaf and do not perform the Salat.’

So she did not perform the Tawaf or the Salat until she had become clean in Araafat, then she continued with the rites of Hajj and accomplished Hajj completely. When the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- had decided to travel and return to Madina, he entered upon ‘Aeysha in her tent and again he found her crying.

He asked her: ‘What is wrong with you?’

She said: ‘What is wrong with me? The people are returning with Hajj and Umrah, and I am returning with Hajj without Umrah.’

The reason was because her menstruation had caused her Umrah to be changed to a Hajj, a Hajj Mufrad (Hajj without Umrah), so here she is saying, she is crying out of grief of what she missed out from performing an Umrah before performing the Hajj, whereas her co-wives like Umm Salamah and other than her, returned with Umrah and Hajj, and that is why was crying.

She said: ‘Why should I not cry? The people are returning with a Hajj and Umrah and I am returning with a Hajj.’ So the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- had compassion on her and ordered her brother AbdurRahmaan bin Abi Bakr as-Siddiq to accompany her, with him on his camel and go out with her to at-Tan’eem. So he did that and she returned, and performed an Umrah and soothed her soul.

This is why we say, if a woman is afflicted with that which had afflicted ‘Aeysha from amongst the women, whereby her menstrual cycle started, while she wanted to perform Umrah, and she could not complete the Umrah, so that her Umrah was changed into a Hajj. So here a woman can perform Umrah in place of what she missed out on, in the same way that Allaah legislated upon the tongue of His Messenger for ‘Aeysha, so the woman who was menstruating goes out again to at-Tan’eem and comes and performs an Umrah.

As for men then, Alhamdulillah they do not menstruate so they do not take the ruling of the menstruating woman. The proof is, as some of the scholars of Seerah and history of the Companions, say: a hundred thousand Companions performed Hajj with the Messenger, not one of them did an Umrah the like of the Umrah of ‘Aeysha -Radhi Allaahu anha, so if that was something good then they would have proceeded us in that action. Therefore, the person who wants to perform an Umrah returns to the Meeqat and enters into Ihraam from there, whether for himself or for his mother and father.

This is sufficient and praise be to Allaah Lord of all the worlds.’

[Taken from: ‘Silsilah Huda wa Noor’ no.2]

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Slandering the Scholars of the Hijaaz – Shaykh al-Albaanee [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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Slandering the Scholars of the Hijaaz
Sheikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaanee رحمه الله
Silsilatul-huda wan-Noor Tape 574

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Al-Hejaz, also, Hijaz (Arabic: الحجاز‎ al-Ḥiǧāz, literally “the barrier”) is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia. It is bordered on the west by the Red Sea, on the north by Jordan, on the east by Nejd and on the south by Asir. Its main city is Jeddah, but it is probably better known for the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. – from wikipedia

(Beautiful Talk) Sunnahs Neglected in Ramadaan – Imaam Al-Albaanee

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Sunnahs Neglected in Ramadaan

Author:Imaam Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaanee
Source:The Tape Set Silsilah al-Hudaa wan-Noor, Tape No. 590
Translated by Abu Talha Dawud Burbank rahimahullaah
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Sunnahs Neglected in Ramadaan – Shaykh al-Albaani [PDF]
The following articles are extracted from the above transcription

Shaykh Al-Albaanee’s Refutation of Hizb ut-Tahrir and Other Sects Who Deviate from the Salafi Manhaj [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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Taken from سلسلة الهدى والنور no.740

Shaykh Muhammad Nasir ud-Deen al-Albaanee clarifies the deviation of Hizb ut-Tahrir and the other sects who deviate away from the Methodology of the Salaf us-Saalih i.e. Salafiyyah (Qur’aan and Sunnah upon the understanding of the righteous predecessors). The Shaykh explains many sects/groups claim to follow the Qur’aan and Sunnah, however the only sect i.e. the saved sect are the ones who follow the salaf us-saalih in their understanding of the Qur’aan and Sunnah

What a Muslim does with death of his close relative who is a Mushrik? – Shaykh Al-Albaani

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The Ahadeeth of Tawheed from the Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani
Chapters of Tawheed and the Shahadtayn Part 14
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya

37- What a Muslim does with his close relative who is a Mushrik And Abu Talib died upon Shirk

161- The Messenger of Allaah said to Ali bin Abu Ta lib: ‘Go and bury your father.’ He said; ‘No, I won’t bury him, because he died as a Mushrik.’

The Messenger said to him: ‘Go and bury him, and do n’t speak to anyone until you come to me. ‘I came to him and I had signs of dirt and dust upon me. He ordered me to wash, so I washed and he supplicated for me with supplications which would not please me to exchange anything for them on the face of this earth.

From the benefits of the hadeeth:

1. That it is permissible for a Muslim to take the responsibilities of burying his close Mushrik relative. This does not negate his hate for his relative’s shirk. Do you not see that ‘Alee refused to bury his father for the first time. Whereby, he said: ‘he died as a mushrik ‘ thinking that if he buried him then this would enter into being in alliance with his father which is pro hibited. Like the saying of Allaah Ta’ala: <<Take not as friends the people who incurred the Wrath of Allaah >>

When the Messenger ordered him again to bury his father he hastened to fulfill the Messenger’s order. And he left that which seemed to be correct to him the first time. It is also from obedience, that a person leaves his own opinion for the command of his Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam.

It appears to me that the son burying his mushrik father or his mother is the last of what the son possesses of good companionship wit h his mushrik father in this world. As for after the burial then it is not allowed for him to pray for him, nor seek forgiveness for him, this is due to the clear statement of Allaah Ta’ala: << It is not proper for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allaah’s Forgiveness for the Mushrikeen even though they be of kin >>

So, if this is the case, what is the situation of t he one who supplicates for mercy and forgiveness on the pages of newspapers and magazines for some of the kuffar , announcing their deaths, for a small amount of dirhams !

The one who is concerned for his hereafter should fear Allaah.

2- It is not legislated for him to wash the unbeliever, nor should he shroud him. And nor should he pray upon him even if he is a close relative, since, the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam did not order Alee to do so. If this had been permissible, the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam would have mentioned it, since delaying the explanation of an order when there is a need for it, is not permissible. This is the Madhab of the Hambalees and other than them.

3- It is not legislated for the relatives of that Mushrik to follow the funeral procession. Because the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam did not do this for his uncle. His uncle was the kindest and the most compassionate of the people to him. Even to the extent that the Prophet supplicated to Allaah for him, whereby his uncle’s punishment will be the least in the Hellfire, as has been previously explained.

And in all of this there is a lesson for those peop le who have been deceived by their ancestry, but they do not do any thing for their hereafter with their Lord, and Allaah the Great spoke the truth when He said: << There will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another. >>

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The Bequest of Nooh (alayhi as-Salaam) to his Son at the time of his Death – Shaykh Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee

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The bequest of Nooh – alayhi as-Sallam

134 – “When death was approaching the Prophet of Allaah Nooh -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – he said to his son: I will narrate to you my bequest; I command you with two things and prohibit you from two things. I command you with ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ (‘There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah) if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed upon a scale and ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ was placed on the other, then ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ would be heavier.

If the seven heavens and the seven earths were a closed off circle then ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ would be able to break it.

The second thing I command you with is Subhana Allaahi wa bihamdihi (Far is Allaah from imperfection and praise is for Him), since it is a supplication for everything, and by it the creation is given its provision. I prohibit you from shirk and pride.

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( the narrator said: I asked or someone asked) : O Messenger of Allaah as for shirk then we know about it, but what is pride? Is it that one of us has sandals with two good straps?

The Messenger answered: No.

He asked again: is it that one of us has companions and they sit with him?

The Messenger again answered: No.

Someone asked: O Messenger of Allaah, what is pride?

He said: ridiculing the truth and belittling the people and reviling them.”

Silsilah Saheehah: 134

From the benefits of the hadeeth:

I say: there are many benefits from this hadeeth; I will suffice by indicating to some of them:

1- The permissibility of writing a bequest at the time of death.

2- The excellence of saying ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ and saying Subhana Allaah and that they are a cause for the creation to receive provision from Allaah.

3- The scales on the Day of Judgment are true and real, and they have two pans. This is from the belief of the ahl-ul Sunnah, opposing that of the Mu’tazilah and their followers in the modern times. Who do not believe that which has been affirmed regarding ‘Aqeedah in the authentic Ahadeeth, with the claim that these are Ahkbaar al-Ahad (singular narrations) which do not convey certainty. I have exposed this claim in my book ‘with ustaadh at-Tantawee’.

4 – The seven earths are like the seven heavens. There are many Ahadeeth regarding this in Bukharee and Muslim and in other books. Perhaps one day we will have time to follow up these Ahadeeth and research them. What supports these Ahadeeth is the saying of Allaah Tabaraka wa Ta’ aala : << It is Allaah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof (i.e. seven). >> I.e. they are similar in creation and in number.

So, you should not pay any attention to the one who explains it away, there by it ends up as a negation of similarity as well as in numbers, being deceived by the Europeans and where their knowledge has reached to, from having gone up in to space however they do not know of seven earths, along with that they do not know about seven heavens. Will we reject the speech of Allaah and the speech of His Messenger due to the ignorance of the Europeans and others along with them, declaring that the more they increase their knowledge of the universe, the more they increase in their ignorance of it. Allaah the Most Great has spoken the truth when He said : << And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little>>

5 – That beautification with good clothing has nothing to do with pride what so ever. Rather, it is a matter which is permissible, because Allaah is Beautiful and He loves beauty, like the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said regarding this issue, as is narrated by Muslim in his ‘Saheeh’.

6- Pride which has been equated with Shirk will not allow entrance in to Paradise for the one who has an equivalent of an atoms worth. That is the pride, which is rejecting the truth after it has been made clear, and defaming innocent people without truth. So, the Muslim should be extremely cautious from being characterized with this type of pride, just like he should be extremely cautious from being characterized with the Shirk which places its companion in the Hell-fire for eternity.

All Praise belongs to Allaah, may His peace and blessings be upon our final Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and all those who follow his guidance

The Ahadeeth of Tawheed, Explained By the Muhaaddith, the Allaamah, Shaykh Naasirud-Deen al-Albaanee (rahimullaah), Source: Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani (rahimahullaah), Translated by: Abbas Abu Yahya (hafidhahullaah)

Are There People in Paradise or the Fire Now? – Shaykh al-Albanee [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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Silsilatul-huda wan-Noor Tape 28
Are There People in Paradise or the Fire Now?
Sheikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaani rahimahullah
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“All Rights Reserved” by Shaykh al-Albani and Shaykh al-Fawzaan [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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The messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “Whoever cheats is not from us.” And in another Hadeeth, he, sallallahu alahi wa sallam, mentioned: “Muslims follow the conditions they agree to (in their agreements, contracts, treaties, etc.)” There are numerous verses of the Quran and Ahadeeth which establish the sanctity of the property of others.

Guidelines on Children’s Clothes with Pictures and on Dolls – Sheikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaanee (may Allah have mercy on him)

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Guidelines on Children’s Clothes with Pictures and on Dolls
Sheikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaanee (may Allah have mercy on him)

Question:

Here, one of the sisters asks: What is the ruling on clothing children with clothes which contains pictures of things which have souls if it is not possible to erase these pictures from them, because by erasing them (the pictures), the garment is spoiled?

So, the Sheikh replied:

Answer:

Without doubt, it has to be said, that for the likes of this question, the purchasing of the garment which is illustrated with pictures, has to have definitely already occurred by mistake or negligence from the father or mother who bought (it), because the fundamental principle is that it is not appropriate for the Muslims that they purchase clothes which have pictures on them. However, a person may be unaware, and he may be negligent, and they may forget…and he may forget and he may purchase a garment, (and) after he returns with it to his house it becomes clear to him that there is a full prohibited picture on it. So, in this situation also, this question (above) is not to be found. It is imperative that another introduction precede it (this question), and it is…the changing of the garment for another garment from the place where it was purchased from, (whereby this new garment) does not have on it a prohibited picture. So if… so if it was not possible for the father or the mother to change it (for another garment), then here in the third stage (of this situation) this question comes about.

So, I remind about these two introductions (which should be placed before the question) because the majority of the people are heedless when they proceed to the markets. They buy everyday necessities (which are made) from different materials, from them which are the likes of those things which are spread out (carpets, rugs, mats etc.) and blankets or what resembles that, those (things) which are predominantly illustrated with pictures and decorated. And they do not pay any attention to them at all (these materials which have pictures) and they buy them with the excuse that these materials are not respected (because they are sat on, slept on etc.) and are not hung up. So, we say: It is imperative upon the Muslims that they be those who are awake (and) not those who are asleep, and that they pay attention to the plot of the disbelievers, those who are invading them in the midst of their own house with diverse ways – and that which is from them (these ways) are these clothes which are illustrated with pictures.And it (this matter) is mentioned bit by bit, specifically if the people are in need of it. And in a manner more specific when they are made heedless through some of the erroneous guidelines, through some of the fataawa (religious edicts) which are not based upon authentic proof, like (the fataawa for) these dolls and children’s toys which cram up the markets and the mothers go and buy for the boys and girls many a thing from these amusements in the name of them (being) toys for children or toys for girls.

So, it is imperative that we remember something here, and it is that the toys (i.e. dolls) which are allowed to be used for the small children… rather I say for girls only and not for the males from the children, that there is not out there any proof for the permissibility (of these toys/dolls) except the hadeeth of ‘Aaishah (may Allah be pleased with her) which says that she used to send for the daughters from the daughters of her neighbours to come to her and she would play with them with girls’ toys and the Messenger (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa ‘ala aalihi wa sallam) would help her in that and consent to her (doing that) and he would not rebuke her. Rather, indeed he (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa ‘ala aalihi wa sallam) [entered upon her] one time and saw amongst her toys a horse with two wings. So he (‘alaihi salaam) said to ‘Aaishah, playing about with her: ‘A horse which has two wings?!’ She said: ‘O’ Messenger of Allah, have you not heard’ or ‘has it not reached you that the horse of Sulaymaan (‘alaihi salaam) had wings?’ and he (‘alaihi salaatu wa salaam) laughed and he affirmed her in that. This hadeeth is the proof which makes it possible for us to rely upon it in allowing girl’s toys (i.e. dolls) with images and sculptured forms.

However, there is a principle of fiqh (jurisprudence) out there that every text which comes and carries within its folds a ruling which is an exception from the general proofs, then this ruling is halted at and it is not increased upon because it is against the fundamental principle. And that which was like that, i.e. that which was against the fundamental principle, then an analogy (qiyaas) is not made from that which was irregular to the fundamental principle, (and) because that which was against (an) analogy (being made with it), cannot (then) be used to make (a further) analogy based upon it, and indeed it is but connected (back) to the general principle.

If this meaning is clear to all, inshaa’Allah, then at this time we say: The toys which Sayyidah ‘Aaishah (may Allah be pleased with her) [had], they were from that type which some of the other women engaged in, in diverting the attention of their children away from requesting food and drink in the state of them fasting. And indeed they (the women) used to take for them images from coloured wool, from cotton and give them to those who were fasting from the youngsters, diverting their attention away from requesting food and drink. This type from the images, this type from the toys of the children, it was a local (type of image and toy) and it was a domestic [i.e. in the house] (type of image and toy), and it was not imported from outside the Islamic households, let alone being imported from the lands of disbelief and misguidance which manufacture toys and figures which are in accordance with their tastes, with their habits and their customs, and which do not agree in any way whatsoever with the habits of the Muslims and their customs and the rulings of their share ‘ah. And from that which shows you this, is what you see in these (imported) images, from the (imported) figures (which) sometimes are small (in size) and sometimes are big (in size), until (even) a young girl (who) can just about hold the doll and (yet) it is the same length as her and the same width as her and it has blond hair and clipped (in its hair) from the sides like the male children. And it (the imported doll) has a garment which are shorts i.e. the garment which has no legs to it, and it has the short garment which reveals the thighs (of the dolls). These sculptured forms contain the customs of those disbelievers and their habits and their mannerisms.

So, if we entered these sculptured forms into our houses, then first that (shows) that we are pleased with what they contain (i.e. from the customs, habits and mannerisms of those who made them)…firstly…, and secondly, that we are teaching our children (those) mannerisms and that we are bringing them up since their tender age upon finding pleasant these objects which are mutually contradictory to the Islamic clothing, and in particular that which is related to the men. And due to this, it is imperative upon us to beware of these imported clothes from the lands of disbelief with their [different] types and their (different) forms and their (different) purposes, and from that are the clothes of young children.

So we, with great sorrow, every time we enter a house we find the children of our brothers, those who adhere – according to our claim – to the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet, despite all of that, we find that the children have been dressed in clothes which have pictures on them and lewd pictures. Then, this calamity has spread until we have begun to clothe our youths who have passed the age of responsibility with shirts which have pictures on the back and on the front. And (when) sometimes we pray the Friday prayer, there comes to the Friday prayer, as you know, the one who does not pray except on the day of Friday, and most of his life he spends in play and amusement and despite that he (stills) attends the Friday prayer. So, we see him praying and behind him i.e. on the back of his shirt, there is a picture of a woman with her hair flowing and visible from her is her arm and her neck and the likes of that, and we face this picture (whilst praying).

These strange acts of heedlessness from the Muslims, I think that that which helps in spreading these shameful things and these Islamic violations is the saying that the prohibited images are indeed only but firstly, the three- dimensional images which have a shadow. As for that which is not three- dimensional, then these they claim are permissible and allowed and especially if they were not formed by the hand but were rather but formed with a photo camera or a printer. So, these are from the whisperings of shaytaan which he has thrown amongst humanity in this time and beautified for them (the fact) that there is nothing wrong with them.

So, it is upon the Muslims therefore, to stay away from buying any type from the types of clothes which have these pictures on them due to what we have mentioned earlier.

And in conclusion I say in response to that question (asked above): If the affair revolves around scraping off (the picture from) the garment and wasting the benefit from it and around seeking pleasure from it (the garment) despite its obvious and hidden shortcomings…I say if…., then seeking benefit (from it) is permissible. However, I believe that the believing woman and the one who with her capability is truly the mistress of the house, (should) erase the traces of that picture by scraping (it) off and with embroidery whereby the head is wiped out because the affair is as he (‘alaihi as salaam) said:

‘Indeed, the picture is but the head’.

So, if the head is wiped out, the picture is wiped out, even if some of its traces remain. And with this has the answer been completed inshaa’Allah.

Taken from the cassette entitled: Tawjeehaat Lil-Mar’atil- Muslimah (guidelines for the Muslim woman) of Sheikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaanee (may Allah have mercy on him).

Translated by: Abu Yusuf, Sagheer Ibn ‘Abdir-Rasheed Al-Kashmeeree

Sujood ash-Shukr: The Prostration of Thankfulness – Shaykh al-Albaani

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Sujood ash-Shukr: The Prostration of Thankfulness
Shaykh al-Albaani
source: silsilat ul-hudaa wa nnoor, 97/6
asaheeha translations

Q: “How does one perform sujood ash-shukr (the prostration of thankfulness)?”

Shaykh al-Albaani (rahimahullaah):

“It comprises of one prostration, and none of the preconditions needed for prayer are stipulated for it. So it is like sujood at-tilaawah, they both have the same ruling. Neither of them have a precondition such as being in a state of purification, facing the qiblah, making the takbeer, making the tasleem, and so on. Rather, if he is surprised by some blessing, he prostrates immediately the way he is and praises Allaah with whatever (words) he can for that blessing that He gave him, out of thanks to Him. Likewise if he recites a verse of prostration from the Book of Allaah (‘azza wa jal), he prostrates immediately, whether he haswudhoo or not, whether he is facing the qiblah or not, without making takbeer al-ihraam and without making any tashahhud or salaam.”


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Which one to follow When scholars give different religious verdicts ? – Shaykh al-Albanee [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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Silsilatul-huda wan-Noor Tape 455
Use Your Brain
Sheikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaani rahimahullah

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The Traveler, Traveling, and Its Conditions – Shaykh al-Albaani [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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Silsilatul-huda wan-Noor Tape 247
The Traveler, Traveling, and Its Conditions
Sheikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaani rahimahullah
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You can download this tape (Arabic only) at the following link:
http://www.alalbany.ws/alalbany/huda_…

You can download more of Sheikh al-Albaani’s tapes (Arabic only) at the following link: http://www.alalbany.net/albany_tapes.php

You can read the English translation of this question at the following link:
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Allah’s Attributes Precise or Unspecific – Shaykh al-Albaani [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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Allah’s Attributes: Precise or Unspecific?
Sheikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaani rahimahullah
As’ilah Wa Fataawaa Al-Imaaraat Tape 2-3

Performing Ruqyah through a Cassette – Shaykh al-Albaanee [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]

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Performing Ruqyah through a Cassette?
Sheikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaanee رحمه الله
Silsilatul-huda wan-Noor Tape 616

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You can download this tape (Arabic only) at the following link:http://www.alalbany.ws/alalbany/huda_…
Note: This particular question starts at approximately 50:42.

Surprisingly, I have actually seen someone praying behind a video recording.

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