Allah, ta^ala, said in the Qur’an, Ayah 8 of Surat Qaf, what means: “Whatever one says, be it good or evil, two angels Raqib and ^Atid write it.” The wise person should be keen to protect his tongue from everything that is evil. Among what is evil is: gossip, fabrication, and tale-bearing. These three matters are among the sins of…
The chapter of Tadhkiyah, Slaughter and Hunting in the books of Islamic jurisprudence Fiqh did expound on the four integrals of Tadhkiyah matters in detail. Suspicious Meat The slaughter has to fulfill the four aforementioned integrals without any doubt. When this is true, the Muslim may eat the meat. Let one know that the Islamic scholars unanimously agreed on the…
Integrals of Islamic Slaughter One examines four integrals before judging whether the meat is lawful or unlawful (halal or haram). When these integrals are satisfied, the slaughter is Islamically acceptable, i.e., tathkiyah is proper. These integrals are as follows: the method of slaughter, the person doing the slaughter, the slaughtered animal and the tool used for slaughter. 1. Method: The…
Fasting the Day of `Aashooraa’ • `Aashooraa’ falls on the 10th day of Muharram, which is a greatly blessed day, and it will be on September 30, 2017 this year. Muharram is the first month of the Lunar Calendar. • Fasting `Aashooraa’ has a great merit and an old recognized status due to its honor. It was known among the…
Prophet’s Migration, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam • The immigration of Prophet Muhammad, otherwise known as the Hijrah, was not about running away from being killed, nor was it about fear, or a retreat from bidding the lawful or forbidding the unlawful. The Hijrah was done in obedience to what Allah had ordered. During the Hajj season, when the people gathered,…
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلَّم fasted the 10th of Muharram and then said: if I lived next year I will fast the 9th. He, صلى الله عليه وسلَّم , however, died before he could fast the 9th. As you know, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم fasted and encouraged the Muslims to fast the 10th after he learned that…
The servant is a worldly benefit, but to praise and glorify Allah in the manner described will bring the person a greater and everlasting benefit in the Hereafter, evidenced in the meaning of the previously mentioned Ayah of the Qur’an وَالآَخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى : {The Hereafter is more beneficial and everlasting}. In those early days, people used to grind the…
All praise is due to Allah The Exalted, and may Allah raise the rank of our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, his kind relatives and companions, and protect his nation from that which he feared for them thereafter; “Shall I not direct you to what is more beneficial for you than having a servant?” The meaning of the…
It was said about al-Hassan al-BiSriyy that he once stood at the edge of a grave after its occupant had been buried in it. Then he turned to a man who was next to him and said: if he (the one who was buried) returned to this world, what do you think he would do? The man replied: ask for…
The great waliyy and scholar the Shaykh AHmad Ar-rifaa^iyy may Allaah increase his rank, advised one of his students saying: “O my child, if you really had a mind, you would never be inclined towards this dunyaa even if the dunyaa inclined towards you, because the dunyaa is treacherous and deceitful humiliating its people. “The one who inclines away from…