💠Fazr Salat on Friday💠

💎It was narrated by Ibn ‘Umar (Rady'Allahu Anhu): The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said:

💠‼️“The best prayer before Allaah is Fajr prayer on Friday in congregation"‼️

[al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Eemaan]

🌷Sending Salah upon the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihe wa sallam 🌷

💠Sending ṣalāh upon the Prophet ﷺ on Friday is better than on the rest of the days, and its night (Thursday night) is the best of nights. He ﷺ said,

🌷“Among the best of your days is Friday, so frequently send ṣalāh upon me therein.”

الصلاة على النبي ﷺ يوم الجمعة أفضل من بقيّة الأيام، وليلتها أفضل الليالي، قال ﷺ: (إن من أفضل أيامكم يوم الجمعة فأكثروا عليّ من الصلاة فيه)

💠The crown of all adhkār on Friday is sending ṣalāh (supplications for peace) upon the Prophet ﷺ. Those who mention it the most are those most mentioned in the heavens (by the angels) and those with the most tranquility on earth.

تاج الأذكار يوم الجمعة الصلاة على النبي ﷺ، أكثر الناس لها ذكراً أكثرهم ذكراً في السماء وطمأنينة في الأرض

Sheikh Abdel Aziz AlTarefe (May Allah free him)

💠“Truly Allah and His angels say Salah on the Prophet, O you believers, recite Salah on him and send Salam on him completely.” [Al-Ahzab | C.33: A.56]

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💠 Narrated by Abu Huraira (Rady'Allahu Anhu) I heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) saying :

💥"We (Muslims) are the last (to come) but (will be) the foremost on the Day of Resurrection though the former nations were given the Holy Scriptures before us.

💢And this was their day (Friday) the celebration of which was made compulsory for them but they differed about it.

‼️💥So Allah gave us the guidance for it (FRIDAY) and all the other people are behind us in this respect:

💢the Jews' (holy day is) tomorrow (i.e. Saturday)
💢and the Christians' (is) the day after tomorrow (i.e. Sunday)."

[Sahih Al-Bukhari | Volume 2 - Book 13 | Number 1]

🌻The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday

💠 Abu Huraira (Rady'Allahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah, (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said:

💥 “The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday. On that day Adam was created, he was admitted to Jannah and he was expelled therefrom.

🔥The Hour will not be established except on Friday.”

[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 854 | Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Imam Muslim]

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💢Al-Fiqh al-Akbar : Part - 3

💠Abu Hanifah an-Nu'man ibn Thabit al-Kufi (rahimahullah)

7️⃣ The Prophets, peace and blessings be upon them, are free of all sins, major and minor, of unbelief, and of all that is repugnant. It may be, however, that they commit insignificant lapses and errors. Muhammad the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) is His Prophet, His Bondsman, His Messenger and His Chosen One. He never worshiped idols, he never assigned partner to Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) , even for an instant, and he never committed a sin, major or minor.

8️⃣The most virtuous of all men after the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) are Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (Rady'Allahu Anhu); then Umar ibn al-Khattab (Rady'Allahu Anhu); then Uthman ibn Affan (Rady'Allahu Anhu); then Ali ibn Abi Talib (Rady'Allahu Anhu). They were all steadfast in the truth, with the truth, and we proclaim our allegiance to all of them. We make only good mention of all of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam).

9️⃣We do not proclaim any Muslim an unbeliever on account of any sin, however great, unless it be that he regards his sin as permissible. Nor does he forfeit the name of belief; we continue to call him a believer in essence. It is possible to be a sinful believer without being an unbeliever.

❖❐ The wiping of the feet when covered, by way of ablution, is a sunnah (under conditions specified by the fuqaha). Tarawih prayer in the month of Ramadan is similarly a sunnah. It is permissible to pray behind any believer, pious or sinful. We say neither that sins do not harm the believer, nor that they cause him to remain indefinitely in hell, even if he leaves the world in a state of sin.

🔟 We do not say, like Murji’ites, that our good deeds are accepted by Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) , and our evil deeds forgiven by Him. Rather we say that the matter is to be clarified and expounded as follows:

❖❐ whoever performs a good deed in accordance with all requisite conditions, free of all corrupting deficiencies and nullifying concerns, and does not then cancel his deed with unbelief or apostasy at any time before his death, Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) will not cause his deed to be wasted; rather He will accept it and bestow reward for it.

❖❐ As for evil deeds –other than the assigning of partners to Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and unbelief– for which the believer does not offer repentance before his death, the will of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) may elect either to chastise their author or to forgive him, without chastising him in Hellfire. Hypocrisy and arrogance in any deed annul its reward.

💢Miraculous signs (mu'jizat) bestowed on the Prophets are established as true, and so too ennobling wonders (karamat) made manifest through the saints (awliya). As for apparently miraculous and wondrous deeds performed by Allah’s enemies, like Iblis, the Pharaoh and the Dajjal, whatever is mentioned in tradition as having been performed by them in future, is neither miraculous nor wondrous.

💢Rather it is a question of their needs being fulfilled by Allah Most High; this he does in order to lead them toward destruction and to chastise them, but they are deceived. They increase in rebelliousness and unbelief. All of the foregoing is possible and contingent on Allah’s will.

💢Allah Most High was a Creator before He created, and a Provider before He bestowed provision. Allah Most High will be seen in the Hereafter, visible to the believers in Paradise with their corporeal vision. This we say without any implication of anthropomorphism, or any notion of quality or quantity, for there is not a fixed distance between Him and His creation (to permit any comparison).

💢Belief means assent and affirmation. There is no increase of decrease with respect to the content of belief, whether for angels or men, but only with respect to degrees of certainty and affirmation.

The believers are equal in what they believe and in their assertion of the divine unity, but enjoy differing degrees of excellence with respect to their deeds.

❖❐ Islam is surrender and submission to the commands of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) . There is a lexical distinction between belief (iman) and Islam, but there is no belief without Islam, and Islam cannot be conceived of without belief. They are like the outer and inner aspect of a thing (that is inseparable). Religion (din) is a name applied to both belief and Islam, and indeed to all divine codes.

❖❐ We know Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) as it is fitting for us to know Him through His description of himself in His Book, with all His attributes; but none is able to worship Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) Most High as He deserves to be worshiped and as is fitting for Him.

❖❐ Rather man worships Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) in accordance with His Command, as promulgated in His Book and the sunnah of His Messenger (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam). Although believers are equal insofar as they believe, they differ with respect to knowledge, certainty, reliance, love satisfaction, fear, hope.

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💢Al-Fiqh al-Akbar : Part - 4

💠Abu Hanifah an-Nu'man ibn Thabit al-Kufi (rahimahullah)

❖❐ 14- Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) is both generous and just toward His bondsmen, bestowing on them in his liberality a reward far in excess of what they deserve. He requites them for their sins because of His justice, and forgives them because of His generosity.

❖❐ The intercession of the Prophets, upon whom be blessings and peace, is a reality, and in particular that of our Prophet (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) for sinful believers and for those who have committed major sins and are deserving of requital is a firmly established reality.

❖❐ The weighing of deeds in the balance on the Day of Resurrection is similarly a reality; the pool of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) is a reality; retribution among enemies on the Day of Resurrection through the redistribution of good deeds is a reality. If they have no good deeds, then the burden of evil deeds is redistributed; this too is a reality.

❖❐ Paradise and Hell are created and existing today, and shall never vanish. The houris shall never vanish, and the requital exacted by Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and the reward bestowed by Him shall never cease.

❖❐ Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) guides whomsoever He wills out of His generosity, and He leads astray whomsoever He wills out of His justice. Allah’s leading man astray consists of His abandoning him, and the meaning of Allah’s abandoning man is not impelling him to do that which is pleasing to Him. All this is determined by His justice.

❖❐ It is not permissible for us to say: "shaytan steals belief from man with violence and coercion." Rather we say: "Man himself abandons belief, and when he has abandoned it, then shaytan snatches it from him."

❖❐ The interrogation by Munkir and Nakir is a reality; the return of the spirit to the body in the tomb is a reality; the pressing in upon man of the tomb is a reality; Allah’s punishment of all unbelievers and some Muslims is a reality.

❖❐ All of the attributes of Allah Most High (may His name be glorified and his attributes be exalted!) may be mentioned by the ulama in languages other than Arabic, with the exception of yad (hand). Thus we may say "the face of Allah" may He be exalted and glorified, without any implication of anthropomorphism or of a particular modality.

❖❐ Closeness to Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and remoteness from Him do not refer to any spatial distance, great or small, nor do they refer to the nobility or humility or man in His sight. Rather the one obedient to Him is close to him, in indefinable fashion.

❖❐ Closeness, remoteness approaching all in fact refer to Allah’s action towards man (i.e., it is not man who in the strict sense defines relation to Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) ; it is rather Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) who determines that relation). Proximity to Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) in Paradise and standing before Him are similarly realities of indefinable modality.

❖❐ The Qur’an was sent down to His Messenger (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) and it is that which is now inscribed on collections of leaves. The verses of the Qur’an, insofar as they are all the Word of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) , are equal in excellence and magnificence; some, however, enjoy a special excellence by virtue what they mention, or the fashion in which they mention it.

❖❐ The Throne Verse, for example, enjoys excellence on both counts: what it mentions –splendor, magnificence and other attributes of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) – and the way in which it mentions it. Other verses have no excellence on account of what they mention –for example, those containing narratives of unbelievers– but only on account of the way in which they mention it. Similarly, all the names and attributes are equal in their magnificence and excellence; there is no difference among them.

❖❐ If someone experiences difficulty with the subtleties of the science of divine unity, it is incumbent upon him to believe (without further investigation) what is correct in the sight of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) until he finds a scholar to consult. He should not delay in seeking such a scholar, for hesitation and suspension of judgment may result in unbelief.

❖❐ The narration of the Mi’raj (by RasulAllah sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) is true, and whoever rejects it is misguided and an innovator.

❖❐ The emergence of the Dajjal and of Gog and Magog is a reality; the rising of the sun in the West is a reality; the descent of Isa (alayhi wa sallam) from the heavens is a reality; and all the other signs of the Day of Resurrection, as contained in authentic traditions, are also established reality.

❖❐ And Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) guides to his Path whomsoever He wills.

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💠The I’tiqaad (belief) of Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Ismail Bukhari (imam Bukhari)
💢Part - 1

❖❐ Imam al-Lalika’i (d. 418H) said: "The I’tiqaad (creed) of Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Ismail Bukhari and the group from the Salaf about whom he narrates:

❖❐ Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hafs al-Harwi said: Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Salamah narrated to us, saying: Abu'l-Husayn Muhammad ibn Imraan ibn Musa al-Jarjaani narrated to us saying: I heard Abu Muhammad Abdu'r-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Abdu'r-Rahman Bukhari from ash-Shaash saying: I heard Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Ismail Bukhari saying:

❖❐“I met more than a thousand men amongst the people of knowledge from the people of al-Hijaaz, al-Makkah, al-Madinah, al-Kufah, al-Basrah, Waasit, Baghdad, Shaam and Egypt. I met them numerous times, generation after generation and then generation after generation.

❖❐ I met them while they were ample and widespread for over forty-six years; the people of ash-Shaam, Egypt and al-Jazirah twice, (the people of) al-Basrah four times in a number of years. (Those of) al-Hijaaz (over a period) of six years and I cannot enumerate how many times I entered (upon the people of) al-Kufah and Baghdad along with the muhaddithun of Khurasan, amongst them:

❖❐ al-Makki ibn Ibrahim, Yahya ibn Yahya, Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Shaqiq, Qutaibah ibn Sa’d and Shihaab ibn Ma’mar.

❖❐ And in ash-Shaam: Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Firyaabi, Abu Mushir Abdu'l-Ala ibn Mushir, Abu'l-Mughirah Abdu'l-Quddus ibn al-Hajjaaj, Abu'l-Yamaan al-Hakam ibn Naafi and those who came after them, (I met them) numerous times.

❖❐ And in Egypt: Yahya ibn Kathir (or Yahya ibn Bukayr), Abu Salih the scribe of al-Layth ibn Sa’d, Sa’ed ibn Abi Maryam, Asbagh ibn al-Faraj and Nu’aym ibn Hammaad.

❖❐ And in Makkah: Abd-Allah ibn Zaid al-Muqri and al-Humaydi, Sulayman ibn Harb, the qadi of Makkah and Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Azraqi. And in al-Madinah: lsmail ibn Abi Uwais, Mutarrif ibn Abd-Allah, Abd-Allah ibn Naafi az-Zubairi, Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr Abu Mus’ab az-Zuhri, Ibrahim ibn Hamzah az-Zubairi and Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Hizami. And in al-Basrah:

❖❐ Abu Aasim ad-Dahhaak ibn Makhlad ash-Shaybaani, Abu'l-Walid Hishaam ibn Abdu'l-Malik, Hajjaaj ibn al-Minhaal and Ali ibn Abd-Allah ibn Ja’far al-Madini. And in al-Kufah: Abu Nu’aym al-Fadl ibn Dukayn, Ubayd-Allah ibn Musa, Ahmad ibn Yunus, Qabisah ibn Uqbah, Ibn Numayr, and Abd-Allah and Uthman, the two sons of Abu Shaybah.

❖❐ And in Baghdad: Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Yahya ibn Ma’in, Abu Ma’mar, Abu Khaithamah and Abu Ubaid al-Qaasim ibn Sallaam.

❖❐ And from the people of al-Jazirah: Amr ibn Khaalid al-Harrani. And in Waasit: Amr ibn Aun and Aasim ibn Ali ibn Aasim.

❖❐ And in Marw: Sadaqah ibn Fadl and Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Handhali.

❖❐ And we are content with the naming of these people (alone) so that (this discourse) may be brief and concise and that it may not be lengthened. And I never saw a single one amongst them differ with respect to the following matters:

❖❐ Speech and Action

❖❐ That the religion consists of (both) speech and action(‼️1‼️) and this is due to the saying of Allah (azza wajal):

❖❐"And they were commanded not but that they should worship Allah, and make their worship exclusively for Him alone, being Hunafaa (abstaining from ascribing partners to Him), and perform as-Salaah (Iqaamatu's-Salaah) and give Zakaah and that is the right religion."

[al-Bayyinah 98/5]

💢FN (‼️1‼️) The Murji’ah are a sect who uphold the belief of Irjaa (to hold that sins major or minor, do not affect faith and that faith neither increases nor decreases). The first to call to this belief was Ghilaan ibn Abi Ghilaan, the Qadariyy. He was executed in 105H. They claim that actions are not part of faith, that people do not vary in faith, that faith does not increase or decrease and that one should declare himself a believer without saying: ‘If Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) wills.’

♨️The Murji’ah are divided into three groups, as Shaykhu'l-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah has mentioned:

♨️Those who claim that faith is a condition of the heart only; those who claim that faith is merely verbal affirmation (i.e., the Karram
iyyah); those who claim that faith is only affirmation with the heart and tongue, but that action is necessary in addition to it.

❖❐ Imam al-Lalika’i (d. 418H) reports that Abdu'r-Razzaq (as-San’ani) said:

❖❐"I met sixty two Shaykhs, amongst them were: Ma’mar, al-Awza’i, ath-Thawri, al-Walid ibn Muhammad al-Qurashi, Yazid ibn as-Saa’ib, Hammaad ibn Salamah, Hammaad ibn Zaid, Sufyaan ibn Uyainah, Shu’ayb ibn Harh, Waki ibn al-Jarraah, Malik ibn Anas, Ibn Abi Laylaa, lsmail ibn Ayyaash, al-Walid ibn Muslim and those I have not named, all of them saying: Faith consists of speech and action, it increases and decreases.”

[Sharh Usoul I’tiqaad Ahlu's-Sunnah, 5/958]

❖❐ He also reports from Yahya ibn Salim that he said: "I asked ten amongst the Fuqaha about faith and they said: 'Speech and action.’ I asked Sufyan ath-Thawri and he said: ‘Speech and action.’ I asked Ibn Juraij and he said: ‘Speech and action.’ I asked Muhammad ibn Abd-Allah ibn Amr ibn Uthman and he said: ‘Speech and action.’

❖❐ I asked al-Muthni ibn as-Sahaah and he said: ‘Speech and action.’ I asked Naafi ibn Umar ibn Jamil and he said: ‘Speech and action.’ I asked Muhammad ibn Muslim at-Taa’ifi and he said: ‘Speech and action.’ I asked Malik ibn Anas and he said: ‘Speech and action,’ and I asked Sufyaan ibn Uyainah and he said: ‘Speech and action.’

[Sharh Usoul I’tiqaad Ahlu's-Sunnah, 4/848]

❖❐ Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) said: "And among the fundamentals of Ahlu's-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa’ah is that the religion which is whatever Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) has commanded and faith is speech and action: The speech of the heart and tongue and the action of the heart, the tongue and the limbs. This is the meaning of faith with Ahlu's-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa’ah. It is (both) speech and action. Speech is of two kinds:

1️⃣ The speech of the heart and that is its belief (I'tiqaad) and

2️⃣ the speech of the tongue and that is speaking with the word of Islam.

And action is of two types:

🅰️the action of the heart and that is the intention 🅱️and sincerity and the action of the limbs such as prayer, hajj and jihaad."

❖❐ Ibn Qayyim said: "The speech of the heart: It is belief in what Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) , the Most Perfect, has informed about Himself, upon the tongue of His Messengers concerning His Names, His Attributes, His Actions, His Angels and the meeting with Him.

❖❐ The speech of the tongue: It is to inform and convey about Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) with that (i.e., the above), to call to it, defend it, to explain the false innovations which oppose it, to perform His remembrance and to convey His orders.

❖❐ The action of the heart: Such as love for Him, reliance upon Him, having fear and hope in Him, making the din purely and sincerely for Him, having patience upon what He orders and prohibits, having patience with what He decrees and being pleased with it, having allegiance and enmity for His sake, humbling oneself in front of Him, having humility in front of Him, becoming tranquil with Him and other than this from among the actions of the heart whose obligation is more binding than (and precedes) the actions of the limbs.

❖❐ And (likewise) whose recommended actions are more loved by Allah than the recommended actions of the limbs. And the actions of the limbs without the action of the heart is either of no benefit at all or of little benefit.

❖❐ The action of the limbs: Such as prayer and jihaad, attending the Jumu’ah (the Friday Prayer) and congregational prayer, aiding those who are unable, displaying goodness to the creation and other such things." [al-Madaarij, 1/120-121]

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💠The I’tiqaad (belief) of Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Ismail Bukhari (imam Bukhari)
💢Part - 2

2️⃣ - One of the attributes of Allah is His Speech. Since His Attributes have been with Him eternally, His Speech cannot be created and therefore, the Qur'an is not created.

❖❐ The Imam of Ahlu's-Sunnah, Imam al-Barbahari (d. 329H) said: "The Qur'an is the Speech of Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala), His Revelation and Light. It is not created, since the Qur'an is from Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) and that which is from Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) is not created. This was what Malik ibn Anas, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and the scholars before and after them said and debating about it is disbelief." (Sharhu's-Sunnah)

❖❐ He also said: "Know that whoever says that his recitation of the Qur'an is created is an innovator. Whoever remains silent and will neither say created or uncreated, he too is a Jahmi. This was the saying of Ahmad ibn Hanbal." [Sharhu's-Sunnah, # 98]

❖❐ Imam al-Lalika’i reported from Abbas al-Azhar that he said: "And then I came to Makkah and met Sufyaan ibn Uyainah and narrated to him the words of the man (who came to Malik ibn Anas) and he said: A disbeliever. Then I went to Kufah and I met Abu Bakr ibn Iyaash and I said to him: What do you say about the one who says the Qur'an is created? And I narrated to him the words of the man. He said: He is a disbeliever and whoever does not say he is a disbeliever is himself a disbeliever.

❖❐ Then I met Ali ibn Aasim and Hashim and I said to them both the same and narrated to them the words of the man and they both said: A disbeliever. Then I met Abd-Allah ibn Idris, Abu Usamah, Ubdah ibn Sulayman al-Kallaabi, Yahya ibn Zakariyya and Waki and I narrated to them and they said: A disbeliever. Then I met Ibn al-Mubaarak, Abu Ishaq al-Fazaari and al-Walid ibn Muslim, so I narrated to them the words and they said, all of them: A disbeliever." [as-Sunnah, 2/ 249-250]

❖❐ Imam Bukhari (Rahimahu'Allah) said: "al-Hakam ibn Muhammad ibn at-Tahari, I wrote down from him in Makkah, said: Sufyaan ibn Uyainah said: I have met with our Shaykhs for seventy years, amongst them Amr ibn Dinaar (all of them saying): The Qur’an is the Speech (kalaam) of Allah and it is not created.” [Khalq Af’aali'l-Ibaad, 11]

❖❐ The saying of the Salaf is that the Qur'an which is written in the Mushaf, memorized in the heart and recited upon the tongue is the uncreated Speech of Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala). However, due to the fact that the human voice and movement of one’s tongue are created actions, the innovators innovated the ambiguous statement: "My recitation of the Qur'an is created." This saying leads to the previous saying that the Qur'an itself is created. Therefore, the scholars such as Imam Ahmad warned against this. [Bukhari, Khalq Af’aali'l-‘Ibaad, # 217, # 540]

❖❐ lmam Malik (d. 179H) said: "The Qur'an is the Speech of Allah, it is not created." (al-Lalika’i, as-Sunnah, # 414)

❖❐ Imam Ahmad (d. 241H) was asked about the one who says that the Qur'an is created, so he said: "(He is) a disbeliever." (al-Lalika’i, as-Sunnah, # 449)

❖❐ Imam al-Lalika’i reports from Ahmad ibn Abd-Allah ibn al-Khidr al-Muqri that Abu Muhammad Yahya ibn Khalf al-Muqri said: "I was with Malik ibn Anas in the year 68H, and a man came to him and said: 0 Abu Abd-Allah what do you say about the one who says: The Qur’an is created? He said: A disbeliever, heretic, kill him.

The man then said: I am just quoting these words which I heard. Then he (i.e., Imam Malik) said: I have not heard them from anyone else, I have heard them from you. Abu Muhammad said: Then that was a bit tough on me so I went to Egypt and I met al-Layth ibn Sa’d and said: ‘0 Abu'l-Haarith! What do you say about the one who says: The Qur'an is created? And then I narrated to him the words said to Malik, and then he (also) said: (Such a one is) a disbeliever. Then I met Ibn Lahei’ah and I said to him the equivalent of what I said to al-Layth ibn Sa’d and I narrated to him the words, he said: A disbeliever."

❖❐ Imam Aajurri (d.

360H) said: "May Allah have mercy upon us and you. Know that the saying of the Muslims whose hearts have not deviated from the truth and those who were guided to what is correct in the past and the present is that the Qur'an is the Speech of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. It is not created since the Qur'an is from the Knowledge of Allah, the Most High. The Knowledge of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic is not created. High is Allah, the Mighty and Majestic above that. This is proven by the Qur'an, the Sunnah, the sayings of the Companions, and the sayings of the scholars of the Muslims. It is not denied except by a filthy Jahmi. In the view of the scholars, the Jahmiyyah are disbelievers." [ash-Shari’ah]

❖❐ A Jahmi is one who denies Allah’s attributes, following in the way of al-Jahm ibn Safwaan and his teacher al-Ja’d ibn Dirham, both of whom were executed for their wicked and heretical teachings. The correct belief with regard to the attributes of Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) is the belief of Ahlu's-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa’ah. That is, we have faith in all of Allah’s attributes without denying them or their meanings (ta’til), without interpreting them and changing their meanings (tahrif), without explaining how they are (takyif) or likening them to those of the creation [tamthil].

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💠The I’tiqaad (belief) of Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Ismail Bukhari (imam Bukhari)
💢Part - 3

3️⃣ - RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) used to declare his Lord free from evil in one of the opening supplications of the prayer, saying: “I am here and happy to serve You. All good is in Your Hands, and evil is not ascribed to You.” [Muslim; Abu Dawud; Ahmad and others]

❖❐ Imam Ibn Qayyim (Rahimahu'Allah) said: "So Allah is Blessed and Exalted from that evil should be ascribed to Him. Rather, everything that is ascribed to Him is good. Evil only becomes evil when it ceases to be attributed and ascribed to Him, for if it was ascribed to Him it would not be evil and He, free is He from all imperfection, is the Creator of good and evil.

❖❐ However, the evil exists in some of His creatures, not in His act of creation or in His actions. His act of creating, His action, His decree and His apportionment, all of it is good and this is why He, free is He from all imperfection, is cleared of any dhulm (oppression), the reality of which is to place something in other than its proper place.

❖❐ So He does not place things except in their proper places, which befit them. This is (what constitutes) good, all of it. Evil is to put something in other than its proper place, for when it is put in its proper place it is no longer evil. It is then known that evil is not attributable to Him and His Beautiful Names testify to that...For His Beautiful Names prevent the ascription of evil and oppression to Him along with the fact that He, free is He from all imperfection, is the Creator of every single thing.

❖❐ So He is the Creator of the servants, their actions, their movements and their sayings, and when a servant does a repulsive deed which is forbidden, he has done evil and the Lord, free is He from all imperfection, is the One who made him engage upon that action. This (making the servant do the reprehensible deed) on His behalf, is justice, wisdom and (constitutes what is) correct.

❖❐ His making him do the action is something which (in itself) is good, however that which is done (i.e., the action) is evil and repugnant. And lie, free is He from all imperfections, by making him do this action has put something in its proper place on account of the far-reaching wisdom that He has in doing so and on account of which He is praised. So His (making the servant do such an action) is good, wise and something beneficial, even if its occurrence by the servant is a fault, a deficiency and something evil.” [Shifaau'l-Alil, 364-366]

4️⃣ - The danger of rushing to perform takfir on a Muslim

5️⃣ - That is by backbiting, reviling, casting aspersions or doubts about them or censuring them in any manner. RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam reported to have) said:

💠“Whoever abuses my Companions, upon them is the curse of Allah, the angels and the people.” [Tabarani]

❖❐ Imam al-Lalika’i (d. 418H) reports that Imam Ahmad Rahimahu'Allah said: "If you see anyone speaking ill of the Companions of RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), doubt his Islam.’" [as-Sunnah, # 2359]

❖❐ Imam al-Barbahari (d. 329H) said: "If you see a man criticizing the Companions of RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) know that he is a person of wicked speech and desires, since RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) reported to have said: “When my Companions are mentioned then withhold.” (Tabarani)." [Sharhu's-Sunnah]

❖❐ Imam al-Barbahari also said: "Do not discuss about their slips or wars, nor that of which you have no knowledge. Do not listen to such talk from anyone, for if you do, your heart will not remain safe and sound." [Sharhu's-Sunnah, 84]

6️⃣ - RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam reported to have) said: “Every innovation is misguidance and going astray.” [Abu Dawud]

💠RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) also warned against the people of innovation, from befriending, supporting or taking from them, saying: “Whoever innovates or accommodates an innovator then upon him is the curse of Allah, His Angels and the whole of mankind.

” [Bukhari; Muslim]

❖❐ And in his (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) footsteps, we find the Noble Companions and the Taabi’in after them warning from the danger of innovations upon the Ummah, its people and their unity.

🔰Ibn Abbas (Rady'Allahu anhu) said: "Indeed the most detestable of things to Allah are the innovations." [Bayhaqi, as-Sunnan al-Kubraa]

💢 Ibn Umar (Rady'Allahu anhu) said: "Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good." [Abu Shaamah, # 39]

💠 Sufyaan ath-Thawri (Rahimahu'Allah d. 161H) said: "Innovation is more beloved to Iblis than sin, since a sin may be repented from but innovation is not repented from." [al-Lalika’i, # 238]

🔰Fudayl ibn Iyaad (Rahimahu'Allah d. 187H] said: "I met the best of people, all of them people of the Sunnah and they used to forbid from accompanying the people of innovation." [al-Lalika’i, # 267]

💢Hasan al-Basri (d. 110H) said: "Do not sit with the people of innovation and desires, nor argue with them, nor listen to them." [Darimi]

💠Ibrahim ibn Maysarah (d. 132H) said: "Whoever honors an innovator has aided in the destruction of Islam." [al-Lalika’i, # 1139]

🔰 Sufyan ath-Thawri (Rahimahu'Allah d. 161H) said: "Whoever listens to an innovator has left the protection of Allah and is entrusted with the innovation." [Abu Nu’aym, al-Hilyah, 7/26; Ibn Battah, #444]

💢 Imam Malik (Rahimahu'Allah) said: "How evil are the people of innovation, we do not give them salaam." [Baghawi, Sharhu's-Sunnah, 1/234]

🔰Imam ash-Shaafi’i (Rahimahu'Allah) said: "That a person meets Allah with every sin except Shirk is better than meeting Him upon any one of the innovated beliefs." [Bayhaqi, al-I’tiqaad, 158]

💢 Fudayl ibn Iyaad (Rahimahu'Allah) said: "Whoever sits with a person of innovation, then beware of him and whoever sits with a person of innovation has not been given wisdom. I (would) love that there was a fort of iron between me and a person of innovation. That I eat with a Jew and a Christian is more beloved to me than that I eat with a person of innovation." [al-Lalika’i, 1149]

💠al-Layth ibn Sa’d (Rahimahu'Allah) said: "If I saw a person of desires (i.e., innovations) walking upon the water I would not accept from him. So Imam ash-Shaafi’i then said: He (i.e., al-Layth) has fallen short. If I saw him walking in the air I would not accept from him." [Suyuti, al-Amr bi'l-’Ittibaa wa'n-Nahi ani'l-Ibtidaa]

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💠The I’tiqaad (belief) of Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Ismail Bukhari (imam Bukhari)
💢Part - 4

7️⃣ - And this is where the source of the salvation of every Muslim lies: In clinging to the Sunnah upon the way of the Companions of the Messenger (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), in all matters. The texts supporting and requiring this are numerous and amongst them are:

🔰It was narrated on the authority of Abu Naajih al-Irbaad ibn Sariyyah (Rady'Allahu anhu), that he said: “RasulAllah gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. We said: 0 RasulAllah! It is as though this is a farewell sermon, so counsel us.

💢He (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said: I counsel you to fear Allah and to give absolute obedience even if a slave becomes your leader. Verily he among you who lives (long) will see great controversy, so you must keep to my Sunnah and to the Sunnah of the rightly guided Khalifahs, bite onto it with your molar teeth.

🔥Beware of newly invented matters, for every invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is a going astray, and every going astray is in Hell-fire.”

[Abu Dawud; Tirmidhi]

💠RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam reported to have) said: “He who turns away from my Sunnah is not from me.” [Bukhari; Muslim]

🔰Abu Hurayrah (Rady'Allahu anhu) said that RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said: “All of my Ummah will enter Paradise except those who refuse. It was said: Who will refuse? He (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) replied: Whoever obeys me enters Paradise and whoever disobeys me has refused.” [Bukhari]

💢RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam reported to have) said: “Indeed this Ummah will split into seventy three sects and all of them are in the Fire except for one, and that is the Jamaa’ah.” [Ibn Abi Aasim, al-Kitaab wa's-Sunnah, 1/33]

💠RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) also reported to have said: “And this Ummah will split into seven three sects, seventy-two will be in the Fire and one in Paradise and that is the Jamaa’ah.” [Abu Dawud]

🔰Abu Umaamah (Rady'Allahu anhu) reports that RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said: “My Ummah will split up into seventy-three sects, seventy-two in the Fire and one in Paradise. We said: Describe them to us. He (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said: as-Suwaad al-A‘dham (the Main Body).” [al-Lalika’i, Sharh Usouli'l-I’tiqaad; Ibn Abi Aasim, as-Sunnah]

💢The Main Body in this hadith does not refer to the great majority of people in every age and era. Rather this is specific for the era of the Companions and the Taabi’in. And furthermore, that person is from the Jamaa’ah who agrees and conforms to the truth.

🔰Abd-Allah Ibn Mas’ud (Rady'Allahu anhu) said: "The Jamaa’ah is whatever (agrees) with the Truth. Even if you are alone." [Ibn Asaakir, Taarikh-Dimashq]

💠Ishaq ibn Raahawaih, the teacher of Imam Bukhari (Rahimahu'Allah), said: "If you were to ask the ignorant people about the Main Body they would say: The majority of people. They do not know that al-Jamaa’ah is the Scholar who clings to the narrations from RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) and his way. So whoever is with him (the scholar) and follows him, then he is al-Jamaa’ah." [Abu Nu’aym, Hilyatu'l-Awliyah]

💢In the era of the Companions and their Followers, the Taabi’in, the Main Body in that time were upon the Truth. This was due to the fact that people were in nearness to the time of RasulAllah and RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) attested to the credibility of the best of generations. As for those who came after them then the fact that they are many is not to be considered due to the generality of the texts which give evidence that evil will increase and spread amongst the people, the Ummah will split into seventy-three sects and that Islam will return as something strange.

💠Imam az-Zuhri (d. 125H) said: "The people of knowledge who came before us used to say: "Salvation lies in clinging to the Sunnah." [Darimi]

❖❐ Imam Malik (Rahimahu'Allah) said: "The Sunnah is like the Ark of Nuh.

Whoever embarks upon it reaches salvation and whoever refuses is drowned." [Shaykhu'l-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmu al-Fatawa, 4/57]

❖❐ Abu'l-Aaliyah said: "You must stick to the original state of affairs which they were upon, before they are divided." [Suyuti, al-Amr bi'l-’Ittibaa wa'n-Nahi ani'l-Ibtidaa]

❖❐ Abd-Allah ibn Mas’ud (Rady'Allahu anhu) said: "Moderation upon the Sunnah is better than exertion in innovation." [Suyuti, al-Amr bi'l-’Ittibaa wa'n-Nahi ani'l-Ibtidaa]

❖❐ Awza’i (d. 158H) said: "Have patience upon the Sunnah, and stop where the people stopped (the Companions) and speak with what they spoke with and hold back from what they held back and travel upon the path of the Salafu's-Salih, for verily, what sufficed them will suffice you." [Suyuti, al-Amr bi'l-’Ittibaa wa'n-Nahi ani'l-Ibtidaa]

❖❐ Sufyaan ath-Thawri (d. 161H) said: "No word or action will be correct until it conforms with the Sunnah." [Suyuti, al-Amr bi'l-’Ittibaa wa'n-Nahi ani'l-Ibtidaa]

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💠The I’tiqaad (belief) of Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Ismail Bukhari (imam Bukhari)
💢Part - 5

8️⃣ - Imam al-Barbahari (d. 329H) said: "Whoever rebels against a Muslim ruler is one of the Khawarij, has caused dissent within the Muslims, has contradicted the narrations and has died the death of the days of ignorance." [Sharhu's-Sunnah, 42]

🔥The Khawarij are a group who first appeared in the time of Ali (Rady'Allahu anhu). They split from his army and began the grave innovation of Takfir (declaring Muslims, rulers or the ruled, in their view guilty of major sins, to be disbelievers). RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) warned against them in many authentic ahadith:

🔥“The Khawarij are the dogs of Hellfire.” [Ahmad]

❖❐ He (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) also informed us that they would continue to appear until the end of this world, saying: “A group will appear reciting the Qur’an, it will not pass beyond their throats, every time a group appears it will be cut off until the Dajjaal appears within them.” [Ibn Maajah]

❖❐ Imam al-Barbahari also said: "It is not permissible to fight the ruler or rebel against him even if he oppresses. This is due to the saying of RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) to Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (Rady'Allahu anhu): “Have patience even if he is an Abyssinian slave.” [Muslim]

❖❐ and his (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) saying to the Ansaar: “Have patience until you meet me at the Pool.” [Bukhari]

❖❐ There is no fighting against the ruler in the Sunnah. It causes destruction of the Religion and the worldly affairs." [Sharhu's-Sunnah, 43]

❖❐ Abu Bakr al-Aajurri (d. 360H) said: "It is not fitting for the one who sees the uprising of a Khariji who has revolted against the Imam, whether he is just or oppressive -so this person has revolted and gathered a group behind him, has pulled out his sword and has made lawful the killing of Muslims- it is not fitting for the one who sees this, that he becomes deceived by this person’s recitation of the Qur'an, the length of his standing in the prayer, nor his constant fasting or his good and excellent words in knowledge when (it is clear to him that) this person’s way and methodology (madhdhab) is that of the Khawarij." [ash-Shari’ah, 28]

❖❐ Ibn Qayyim (Rahimahu'Allah) said: "And as for Imam Malik, then Ibn al-Qaasim said: I heard Malik say: Indeed there are a people who desire worship but squander the knowledge (being deprived of it) so they revolt against the Ummah of Muhammad (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) with their swords. And if they had followed the knowledge, then it would have prevented them from doing that." [Miftaah Daaris-Sa’aadah, 1/119]

❖❐ It is authentically reported from RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) in the Hadith of lyaad ibn Ghunm who said: “RasulAllah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said: Whoever desires to advise the one with authority then he should not do so openly, rather he should take him by the hand and take him into seclusion (and then advise him). And if he accepts (the advice) from him then (he has achieved his objective) and if not then he has fulfilled that which was a duty upon him." [Ahmad; Ibn Abi Aasim]

💢 PS: [Here to mention that, all these Hadiths, athar, and the consensus of the scholars were established during the time when Sharia was implemented, and rulers, whether good or oppressive, governed people according to Sharia law.]

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💠Friday The Day Of Celebration💠

💢The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ❝ Verily, Allah has made this day (of Friday) a celebration for the Muslims. So whoever comes to Friday (prayer), then let him bathe himself, and if he has any perfume let him put some on, and use the toothstick.❞

● [رواه ابن ماجه ١٠٩٨ وصحيح الترغيب ١\٢٩٨]

💠 Ibn al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:
❝The Friday prayer is from the greatest of congregations of the Muslims.❞

● {زاد المعاد ١:٣٦٤-٣٦٥}

💢 The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ❝Increase in salutations upon me, on the day of Friday (Jumu'ah) and its night.❞

● [زاد المعاد ٢\٤٢٠]

💠 Prophet ﷺ reported to have said:

💥❝The best of prayers with Allāh is the prayer of morning (Fajr) on the Day of Friday in congregation.❞

● {الصحيحة ١٥٦٦}

💢Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Whoever reads Surah Al-Kahf on Fridays will be adorned with light from that Friday to the next.❞

● (صحيح جامع الصغير ٢/٦٤٧٠)

‎💠Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Whoever recites Surah Al-Kahf on Friday will have a light for him between this Friday and the next.❞
‎
‎● {السنن الكبرى ٥٨٥٦}

💢The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ❝Send prayer upon me abundantly on the day of Jumu’ah (Friday) & on the night of Jumu’ah (Thursday night) for he who sends prayer upon me one time, Allāh sends prayer upon him 10 times.❞

● [صحيح الجامع ١٢٠٩]

💠Prophet ﷺ said: ❝There is such an hour on Friday, that if any Muslim makes Du’ā during it, his Du’ā will be accepted.❞

‎● {صحيح البخاري ٥٢٩٥، صحيح مسلم ٨٥٢}

💢Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Whoever performs Ghusl on Friday, and bathes completely, and goes early, arriving early, gets close and listens and is silent, there will be for him in every step he takes, the reward of a year of fasting and standing (in prayer).❞

● {جامع الترمذي ٤٩٦}

💠Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ said: ❝Jummah to Jummah expiates the minor sins in between them except for the major sins.❞
● [السلسلة الصحيحة ٣٦٢٣]

💢Prophet ﷺ said: ❝The best of days with Allāh is the day of Jumu'ah.❞

● {صحيح الجامع ١٠٩٨، السلسة الصحيحة ١٥٠٢}

💠Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (Rahimahu'Allah) said: ❝A time when Du’ās will be accepted is during the last hour of ‘Asr on Jumu’ah.❞

● {زاد المعاد ١/١٠٤}

💢 Sa'id bin Jubayr رحمه الله said:

❝That I hit whips on my head, it is more beloved to me, than me talking whilst the Imām is giving a sermon.❞

● [طبقات ابن سعد ٠٦٢/٦]

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