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…
[Benefit] Over lining a Word Instead of Underlining it – Umm Abdillah al-Waad’iyyah
Umm Abdillah al-Waadi’yyah (may Allah preserve her) said: “There was a word which I had [written] and it had a mistake in it. So I placed a line below the word. So my father [Shaikh Muqbil may Allah have mercy upon him] said: ‘Shaikh al-Albani (may Allah have mercy upon him) said: ‘The line is written above the word in…
A Word of Guidance from Shaikh Abdul-Aziz ar-Raajihi (may Allah preserve him) in Relation to Eastern Ghouta
“In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah and may peace and blessings be upon the servant of Allah and His Messenger Muhammad, and upon his followers, and Companions altogether. As for what follows: Verily our brothers in Eastern Ghouta have been touched by evil and the affair has intensified upon…
The Recommendation of Having a Siwaak Next to You When You Sleep
On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): كَانَ لا يَنَامُ إِلا وَالسِّوَاكُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ ، فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ بَدَأَ بِالسِّوَاكِ “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not sleep except the siwaak was at his head. When he woke up he would begin with the siwaak” [Reported by Ahmad and Ibn Nasr graded Hasan by Imam al-Albani…
A Forgotten Sunnah: When the Mu’adhin says the Two Testimonies of Faith (in the Adhan), the listener says: “And I (too), and I (too)”
A Forgotten Sunnah: When the Mu’adhin says the Two Testimonies of Faith (in the Adhan), the listener says: “And I (too), and I (too)” عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْمُؤَذِّنَ يَتَشَهَّدُ قَالَ “ وَأَنَا وَأَنَا ‘A’ishah said that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard the Mu’adhain uttering the testimonties,…
Is it Permissible to Deal With Usury in the Lands of Disbelief? – Shaikh al-Albani
Shaikh al-Albani (may Allah have mercy upon him) said: “Many of the jurists in this time, based on what comes in some of the books of the Mathaahib, say that usury is prohibited in the lands of Islam. As for the lands of war, then it is permissible for them. Therefore you find, as they say today, a double-standard in…
The Ruling on Emoticons – Umm Abdillah al-Waadi’iyyah
Umm Abdillah al-Wadi’yyah (may Allah have preserve her) wrote: “On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: أَمَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ ـ أَوْ لاَ يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ ـ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ Isn’t he who raises his head before the…
Is the Meaning of La ilaha illallah: (لا معبود بحق إلا الله) or (لا معبود حق إلاّ الله)? – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy upon him) wrote: “(I bear witness): I affirm in my heart and profess on my tongue (That there is no Deity worthy of worship): Deity means (مألوه), which is that which is worshiped with love and veneration. So La ilaha illallah means: “There is no Deity worthy of worship in truth except Allah,…
Raising the Hands in the Qunoot an-Naazilah
Raising the hands in the Qunoot an-Naazilah is established from the Prophet (ﷺ). It comes on the authority of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: ، فلقدْ رأيتُ رسولَ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلم في صلاةِ الغَداةِ رفع يديهِ فدعا عليهم . وفي روايةٍ : يدعو عليهم I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…