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Is Asking A Scholar Considered From Treading a Path In Search of Knowledge? – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen

Question: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: مَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إلَى الْجَنَّةِ Whoever treads a path to seek knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise [Muslim] So is asking the Scholars considered from seeking knowledge? Answer: “Yes. It is a means from the means of knowledge. If…

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A Poem on the Names of the Day of Judgment – Shaikh Fath al-Qadasi

A Poem on the Names of the Day of Judgment Written by: Abu Abdurrahman Fath al-Qadasi (may Allah preserve him) on (4/6/1431 H.) “And the most common names for the Day of Judgement / Are the Overwhelming (غاشية), and the Hour (ساعة), like the Greatest Catastrophe (الطامة) And the Day of Resurrection’s second blowing of Trumpet (الصاخة), and the Last Day (أخرة),…

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Lines of Poetry on the Order of the Marriage of the Wives of the Prophet (ﷺ)- Shaikh Fath al-Qadasi

“The order of the marriage of wives of the Prophet (ﷺ), the guide / Is the following as come to us in Zaad [al-Ma’ad of Ibn al-Qaayim] He (ﷺ) began marriage with Khadeejah, [so] reflect / Then Sawdah, ‘Aisha, Bint Umar (Hafsah) Bint Khuzaimah (Zaynab), then Hind (Umm Salamah), Zaynab [bint Jahsh], / Bint al-Haarith (Juwayriyah) and then Ramlah (Umm…

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Advice for Those Who Withdraw from the Live Lessons and Suffice With Listening to Tapes – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen

Question: Some people suffice with listening to tapes of lectures and withdraw from the sittings of the remembrance of Allah [i.e. the lessons]. What is your advise on that? Answer: “Verily this does not equal sitting in front of the Shaikh and learning directly from him. However, sometimes a person is not free. No doubt sitting in the sittings of…

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The Ruling on Congratulating Somone on Their Birthday Via Text Message – Shaikh Sa’ad ash-Shathari

Question: Congratulating a person on the day of their birthday via text message only and not having a party [for that occasion]. [Is that allowed?] Answer: “A birthday is a day a person should comfort/console himself because a year of his life has passed. Following that, he should be given condolences [on such a day] not congratulations. The arrival of…

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