Sunday, 5 February 2017

[Fatawa] Should I post about my newborn baby on Facebook? / Shaykh ‘Abdul-Muhsin Al-‘Abbād Al-Badr






Shaykh ‘Abdul-Muhsin Al-‘Abbād Al-Badr

Question: O Noble Shaykh, may Allah treat you well; I was blessed with a child. Is it permissible for me to spread the news of that via the internet or Facebook so that Dua can be made for him?

Answer: Not at all! Do not do this. You make Dua for him; his family is to make Dua for him. Do not busy yourself with these affairs. Everyone who has a child is going to post about it on the internet?!

Source: Sharh Sahīh Muslim: Bāb Fadl Binā’ Al-Masājid wal-Hath 'Alayhā 17/6/1435

Translated by Raha Batts

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[Article] Basic principles of the Salafi Dawah / Shaykh ‘Abdus-Salām Ibn Barjis Āl 'Abdel-Karīm






The first principle: Placing great importance and concern on seeking Islamic knowledge and gaining understanding of the religion.

The second principle: Exercising great effort in implementing Islam practically.

The third principle: Inviting to Allāh, Exalted is He, with knowledge.

The fourth principle: Placing great importance on the creed of the Salaf (pious predecessors) as far as studying, implementation and teaching is concerned.

The fifth principle: Placing great importance on the Prophetic Sunnah, making efforts to act according to it and inviting to that.

The sixth principle: Having a strong connection to the scholars of the Sunnah.

The seventh principle: Staying away from the secret Islamic factions and groups.

The eighth principle: That we stick to what the Book (of Allāh) and the Sunnah allude to, and what the Salaf (pious predecessors) of this Ummah have agreed upon, regarding how to deal with our leaders and rulers.

The ninth principle: To abandon the people of innovations and warn against them. The tenth principle: That we stick to the Book (of Allāh) and the Sunnah (of Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم) in all our affairs and circumstances.

Shaykh ‘Abdus-Salām Ibn Barjis Āl 'Abdel-Karīm, may Allah have mercy upon him

Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.

Published on Salafi-Dawah.com. Source: From the treatise Usūl Ad-Da'wah As-Salafiyyah p. 8-9.



 أصول الدعوة السلفية

الأصل الأول: الإهتمام والعناية بطلب العلم الشرعي
الأصل الثاني: الحرص على التطبيق العملي للإسلام
الأصل الثالث: الدعوة إلى الله تعالى على بصيرة
الأصل الرابع: الإهتمام بعقيدة السلف علما وعملا وتعليما
الأصل الخامس: الإهتمام بالسنة النبوية، والحرص على العمل بها، والدعوة إلى ذلك
الأصل السادس: الإرتباط الوثيق بعلماء السنة
الأصل السابع: الإبتعاد عن الحزبيات والجماعات الإسلامية السرية
الأصل الثامن: إلتزامنا بما دل عليه الكتاب والسنة، وأجمع عليه سلف الأمة في معاملة أئمتنا وحكامنا
الأصل التاسع: منابذة أهل البدع والتحذير منهم
الأصل العاشر: التزامنا بالكتاب والسنة في كل شؤوننا وأحوالنا

الشيخ عبد السلام بن برجس العبد الكريم رحمه الله



Monday, 26 December 2016

[Quote] ​Academic refutations are of two types / Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan






Academic refutations are of two types:

Refutations which are issued by the people of knowledge, understanding and insight in order to clarify the truth and disprove the falsehood. These ones are beneficial and they are a must.

As for the refutations which stem from the ignorant and the unskilled students of knowledge, or the refutations which stem from whims and desires, then these are refutations which are impermissible because they harm and don't benefit.


(However) as for the correct refutations which have been issued by the people of knowledge and are based on clarifying the truth and not upon whims, then these are a must because it is not permissible to remain silent about the people of falsehood who/while they spread their misguidance and mislead the (Muslim) Ummah and its youth.

Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him

Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī. ​Published on Salafi-Dawah.com. Source: Sharh Mandhūmatil-Ādāb, tape 33.


قال الشيخ صالح الفوزان حفظه الله: الردود العلمية على قسمين: الردود الصادرة عن أهل العلم والمعرفة والبصرية لبيان الحق ودحض الباطل، فهذه مفيدة ولابد منها. أما الردود التي تصدر عن الجهال والطلاب غير المتمكنين أو الردود التي تصدر عن أهواء ورغبات فهذه ردود لا تجوز لأنها تضر ولا تنفع. أما الردود الصحيحة الصادرة عن أهل العلم المعتمدة على بيان الحق لا على الهوى فهذه لابد منها لأنه لا يجوز السكوت عن أهل الضلال ينشرون ضلالهم ويغررون بالأمة وشباب الأمة [شرح منظومة الآداب شريط ٣٣]

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

[Quote] Reading one Ayah with contemplation


Reading one Āyah with contemplation and understanding is better than reading a (whole) Khatmah (one complete reading of the Qur'ān) without contemplation and understanding. It is more beneficial for the heart, and more likely to assist in gaining Īmān and the taste of the sweetness of the Qur'ān.[1]

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him

Footnote by translator:
[1] He (Allāh), Exalted is He, says: {(This is) a Book (the Quran) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember.} [Sūrah Sād 38:29]

Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
​Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: Miftāh Dār As-Sa'ādah.

ﻗﺎﻝ ﺍﺑﻦ ﺍﻟﻘﻴﻢ ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ
ﻓﻘﺮﺍﺀﺓ ﺁﻳﺔ ﺑﺘﻔﻜﺮ ﻭﺗﻔﻬﻢ ﺧﻴﺮ ﻣﻦ ﻗﺮﺍﺀﺓ ﺧﺘﻤﺔ ﺑﻐﻴﺮ ﺗﺪﺑﺮ ﻭﺗﻔﻬﻢ، ﻭﺃﻧﻔﻊ ﻟﻠﻘﻠﺐ، وأدعى إلى حصول الإيمان، وذوق حلاوة القرآن
[ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺡ ﺩﺍﺭ ﺍﻟﺴﻌﺎﺩﺓ]


[Quotes] ​The body parts are going to bear witness on the Day of Judgement



Allāh, Glorified and Exalted is He, says in His Book:

{On the Day when their tongues, their hands, and their legs or feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.} [Sūrah An-Nūr 24:24]

{This Day, We shall seal up their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their legs will bear witness to what they used to earn.} [Surah Yāsīn 36:65]

The great mufassir, Imam Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī said: "It is said that one's left thigh will be the first to bear the witness."[1]

{Till, when they reach it (Hell-fire), their hearing (ears) and their eyes, and their skins will testify against them as to what they used to do. And they will say to their skins, "Why do you testify against us?" They will say: "Allah has caused us to speak, as He causes all things to speak, and He created you the first time, and to Him you are made to return."} [Sūrah Fussilat 41:20-21]

The noble Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azīz Ar-Rājihī, may Allāh preserve him, mentions: "The body parts, such as the ears, the eyes, and the skin will bear witness against the person on the Day of Judgement. It is therefore a must that the individual is very cautious because his body parts are going to be the witnesses."[2]

The noble Shaykh 'Abdurrahmān Ibn Nāsir As-Si'dī, may Allāh have mercy upon him, states in his famous tafsīr: "He (Allāh) has specifically mentioned these three body parts (the ears, the eyes, and the skins) because most of the sins occur either through them or on accord of them."[3]

Sources:
[1] Tafsīr At-Tabarī, Vol. 22, Page 24. Sūrah Yāsīn 36, Āyah 65.
[2] The Shaykh's official Twitter account @AbduazizCenter on 22/08/2016, 2:37pm.
[3] Tafsīr As-Si'di. Sūrah Fussilat 41, Āyah 20.

Compiled and translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
​Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
​Please note that the translation of the Āyāt have been taken from the translation of Shayk Muhammad Taqiuddīn Al-Hilālī and Shaykh Muhammad Muhsin Khān, may Allāh reward them immensely.


:يقول الله سبحانه وتعالى في كتابه

يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
(سورة النور)

الْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَا أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
(سورة يس)
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا مَا جَاءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَارُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ. وَقَالُوا لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ قَالُوا أَنْطَقَنَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَنْطَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
(سورة فصلت)

"يقول الشيخ عبد العزيز الراجحي حفظه الله في حسابه الرسمي في تويتر: "الإنسان تشهد عليه الجوارح يوم القيامة مثل السمع والبصر والجلد، فينبغي للإنسان أن يحذر، لأن جوارحه هي الشهود
وقال العلامة الشيخ عبد الرحمن بن ناصر السعدي رحمه الله في تفسيره: "وخص هذه الأعضاء الثلاثة،(السمع والبصر والجلد) لأن أكثر الذنوب، إنما تقع بها، أو بسببها." تفسير سورة فصلت

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Al-Albānī: Does Drawing a Line Through the Neck of a Prohibited Image Make It Permissible?


















Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī Categorized under: Fatāwá and Rulings, Ḥadīth

Ḥadīth 1921: “The [prohibited] picture is [really] the head, so if the head is cut off, there is no picture.”

[…H]is saying صلى الله عليه وسلم in Abu Hurairah’s ḥadīth, “Jibrīl came to me…” [to the end of] the ḥadīth bears supporting testimony to [the authenticity of ḥadīth 1921]: in it, [Jibrīl said], “So give an order that the head of the figure in the house be cut off so that it comes to take the form of a tree….”

So this is clear regarding the [ruling that] cutting the head of a formed image–a three dimensional figure–makes it like a non-image [in permissibility].

I [Shaikh Al-Albānī] say: And this is regarding the three dimensional figure, as we mentioned; as for images printed on paper or those embroidered on cloth, it is not enough to draw a line on the neck to make it appear as if [the head] has been cut off from the body.

Rather, it is a must that the head be removed, and with that, the distinguishing features of the image are changed, and it becomes, as he صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “like a tree in form.”

So memorize this and do not be deceived by that which has come in some of the books of Islāmic jurisprudence and by those who have taken that as a base [upon which the ruling here is made].

Silsilah Al-Aḥādīth Aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah, ḥadīth no. 1921, vol. 4, p. 554.

N.B.: Title mine (Trans.).

Translator: Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff

Source:  tasfiyah.com