السلام عليكم ورحمت الله و بركاته

Assalamu Alaikum Waramatullahi Wabarakatuhu,

(Peace & Blessing of Almighty Allah be Upon You)

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

(In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful)

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***EVERYTHING IS A REMINDER TO MYSELF FIRST AND FOREMOST*** 

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PRAISE BE TO ALLAH

Beautiful Cursed Women

On the authority of ‘Abdullâh Ibn Mas’ûd – Allâh be pleased with him, who said: "May Allâh curse those women who tattoo or seek to be tattooed, those women who remove facial hair or seek it to be removed and those women who put gaps between their teeth for beautification; those who seek to change Allâh’s creation."


This reached a woman from Banî Asad who was called Umm Ya’qûb and who used to read the Qur`ân. She came to [Ibn Mas’ûd] and said, “What is this I hear from you, that you curse women who tattoo or seek to get tattooed, and those who remove facial hair and those who put gaps between their teeth for beauty, those who change Allâh’s creation?” ‘Abdullâh [Ibn Mas’ûd] replied, “And why should I not curse those whom Allâh’s Messenger has cursed and those who are mentioned in Allâh’s Book?” She said, “I have read [the Qur`ân] from cover to cover and I have not seen it mentioned.” He replied, “If you had really read it [carefully] you would have found it; Allâh the Mighty and Sublime said:


And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, shun it. [Al-Hashr (59):7]


The woman then said, “Well I have just seen some of this on your own wife.” He said, “Go and see her.” So she went to the wife of ‘Abdullâh but didn’t see anything. She returned to him and said, “I don’t see anything.” He said, “Well, if any of those practices had been done I would not be with her any more.”


Al-Bukhârî and Muslim.
This translation is from the version in Muslim.


Points to note

• The teachings of Allâh’s Messenger SALALAHU ALAIHI WA SALAAM have the same legal weight as teachings in the Qur`ân because the Qur`ân commands us to take everything the Messenger SALALAHU ALAIHI WA SALAAM teaches us, even if it is not specifically mentioned in the
  Qur`ân. This refutes the claim of heretics who say we only need to
  follow the Qur`ân
• It can even be said that a ruling given by Allâh’s Messenger SALALAHU ALAIHI WA SALAAM is in the Qur`ân based on the verse quoted.
• Tattooing, removal of facial hair – including the plucking of eyebrows – and making gaps between the teeth for beautification are strictly forbidden in Islâm and are regarded as major sins. In another narration, hair extensions have also been mentioned.
• Exceptions have been made by scholars in cases where a woman suffers a condition that causes her to grow a full beard, or where filing of teeth and widening spaces are needed for medical reasons
• Being cursed (al-la’nah) means to be removed from Allâh’s mercy; this goes to prove that these practices are major sins.
• People should ask Allâh to curse those whom Allâh’s Messenger SALALAHU ALAIHI WA SALAAM has asked to be cursed.
• Women can ask male scholars about matters of religion and can converse with them for the purpose of understanding knowledge and legal rulings.
• Wives who remain disobedient to Allâh should be divorced.
• A person who helps another to sin is regarded as a participant in that sin.

These points have been summarized from Ibn Hajr, Fath Al-Bârî and Al-Nawawî, Sharh Sahîh Muslim.

Source: http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/beautiful-cursed-women/#ixzz195CWOuQB



*Jazzak'Allah khair to Br.Abdur Rahim Diallo

REMEMBER TO REMEMBER OUR RABB

Asalaam Alaikhum everyone, just a reminder on the importance of Dhikr of Allah. Let's Remember Allah even when times are easy so that Allah can help us when times are hard Insha Allah. Please read the below:

A group of the Sahabah asked Prophet Muhammad (Sallahu Alaihi Wa Salaam) : “Teach us which kind of wealth is best, so that we may try to acquire it?” He (Sallahu Alaihi Wa Salaam) said: “The best is a remembering tongue (one that remembers Allah), a grateful heart and a believing wife who helps one’s faith.” [Reported by Ahmad, 5/278; al-Tirmidhi, 3039; Saheeh al-Jaami’, 5231]



"Truly every tasbeehah [saying: subhaan Allaah] is a charity, and every takbeerah [saying: Allaahu akbar] is a charity, and every tahmeedah [saying: al-hamdu lillaah] is a charity, and every tahleelah [saying: laa ilaaha illaa Allaah] is a charity. And commanding the good is a charity, and forbidding an evil is a charity, and in the bud'i [sexual act] of each one of you there is a charity." [Muslim]
The Prophet Muhammad (Sallahu Alaihi Wa Salaam) once came to a tree with withered leaves. He struck the tree with his staff and scattered the leaves. The Prophet then said (Sallahu Alaihi Wa Salaam): "(Saying) 'Praise be to God,' 'Glory be to God,' 'There is no diety but God,' and 'God is most great' causes sins to fall away just as the leaves of that tree were falling." - (Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 737)


“The most beloved words according to Allah the Most High are four: Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illallah and Allahu Akbar; there is no problem with which one you start with.” (Muslim)

Aishah (Radiallahu Anha) also said the Messenger of Allah (Sallahu Alaihi Wa Salaam) was asked: "What is the most loved deed to Allah?" He (Sallahu Alaihi Wa Salaam) said "One that is performed constantly even if it is a small deed." [Bukhari and Muslim]

"Therefore remember Me. I will remember you. Be grateful to Me and never show Me ingratitude" - Al-Baqarah 2:152

Allah Humma inni Ala Zikrika Wa Shukrika Wa Husni Ibadatika -- O Allah Assist me in remembering you, in thanking you, and worshipping you in the best of manners. Ameen.

 

***EVERYTHING IS A REMINDER TO MYSELF FIRST AND FOREMOST**

Fasting on the day of Ashura

Allah’s sacred month of Muharram is a blessed and important month. It is the first month of the Hijri calendar and is one of the four sacred months concerning which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Verily, the number of months with Allaah is twelve months (in a year), so it was ordained by Allaah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them, four are sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein…” [al-Tawbah 9:36]

Qutaadah said concerning this phrase (so wrong not yourselves therein…) that wrongdoing during the sacred months is more serious and more sinful that wrongdoing at any other time. Wrongdoing at any time is a serious matter, but Allaah gives more weight to whichever of His commands He will. Allaah has chosen certain ones of His creation. He has chosen from among the angels Messengers and from among mankind Messengers. He chose from among speech the remembrance of Him (dhikr). He chose from among the earth the mosques, from among the months Ramadaan and the sacred months, from among the days Friday and from among the nights Laylat al-Qadr, so venerate that which Allaah has told us to venerate. People of understanding and wisdom venerate the things that Allaah has told us to venerate. (Summarized from the Tafseer of Ibn Katheer, may Allaah have mercy on him. Tafseer of Surat al-Tawbah, aayah 36).

Abu Bakrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The year is twelve months of which four are sacred, the three consecutive months of Dhu’l-Qa’dah, Dhu’l-Hijjah and Muharram, and Rajab which comes between Jumaada and Sha’baan.” (Reported by al-Bukhaari, 2958).

Muharram is so called because it is a sacred (muharram) month and to confirm its sanctity.

Significance of Fasting on the day of Ashura

Ibn Abbas (Allaah be pleased with both of them) reported that when Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came to Medina, he found the Jews observing the fast on the day of ashura. They (the Jews) were asked about it and they said: It is the day on which Allaah granted victory to Moses and (his people) Bani Isra'il over the Pharaoh and we observe fast out of gratitude to Him. Upon this the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: We have a closer connection with Moses than you have, and he commanded to observe fast on this day. (Muslim)

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Fasting the day of `Ashura' (is of great merits), I hope that Allah will accept it as an expiation for (the sins committed in) the previous year”(Muslim).

The great scholar Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyya (b. 691 AH/1292 CE) wrote: This misguided person does not know that fasting in Ramadan and praying five times a day are much more important than fasting on the Day of Arafah and the Day of Ashura, and that they expiate for the sins between one Ramadan and the next, or between one Friday and the next, so long as one avoids major sins. But they cannot expiate for minor sins unless one also avoids major sins; when the two things are put together, they have the strength to expiate for minor sins.

Among those deceived people may be one who thinks that his good deeds are more than his sins, because he does not pay attention to his bad deeds or check on his sins, but if he does a good deed he remembers it and relies on it.

This is like the one who seeks Allah’s forgiveness with his tongue (that is, by words only), and glorifies Allah by saying “subhan Allah” one hundred times a day, then he backbites about the Muslims and slanders their honor, and speaks all day long about things that are not pleasing to Allah. This person is always thinking about the virtues of his saying “subhan Allah” and saying “la ilaha illa Allah” but he pays no attention to what has been reported concerning those who backbite, tell lies, and slander others, or commit other sins of the tongue. They are completely deceived.

(Al-Mawsu`ah Al-Fiqhiyyah, part 31, Ghuroor)

The Virtue of observing more naafil fasts during Muharram.

Abu Haraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: The most excellent fast after Ramadan is God's month. al-muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night. (Bukhari)

Ibn 'Abbas reported that when the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) fasted on the day of 'Ashura and commanded that it should he observed as a fast, they (his Companions) said to him: Messenger of Allaah, it is a day which the jews and Christians hold in high esteem. Thereupon the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "When the next year comes, God willing, we would observe fast on the 9th" But the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) died before the advent of the next year.(Muslim)


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