✍️ Abul-Mutawakkil Al-Naji ( Rady'Allahu anhu ) reports:

🔰"When Abu Hurayrah (Rady'Allahu anhu) And his companions fasted. They would sit in the Masjid and say

💥"let us pürify our fast"

[Hunad b. Al-Sari, Kitab Al-Zuhd, article 1207]

✍️It was narrated from Talhah bin `Ubaidullah (Rady'Allahu anhu) that Two men came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and they both became Muslim, but one of them strove harder in worship than his companion.

💢The one who strove hard in worship went out on a military campaign and was martyred. The other one remained for a year after that, then he died. Talhah (Rady'Allahu anhu) said:

💥“I saw in a dream that I was at the gate of Paradise, and I saw them both. Someone had come out from Paradise and he gave permission to the one who died last (to enter); then he came out and gave permission to the one who had been martyred. Then they both came back to me and said to me: Go back, for your time has not yet come.”

‼️The next morning, Talhah (Rady'Allahu anhu) told the people about that and they were amazed by it. News of that reached the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said:

🔰“Why are you amazed?` They said: “O Messenger of Allah, this one strove harder in worship and then was martyred for the sake of Allah, but the other one entered Paradise before him?” He said: `Did he not remain for a year after (the other one) died?” They said: “Yes.” He said:

💥“Did he not live until Ramadan came and fast it?” They said: “Yes.” He said: Did he not pray this many rak`ahs during that year? They said: “Yes.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Verily, the distance between them is the distance between heaven and earth.”

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ، قَدِمَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَانَ إِسْلَامُهُمَا جَمِيعًا وَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَشَدَّ اجْتِهَادًا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ فَغَزَا الْمُجْتَهِدُ مِنْهُمَا فَاسْتُشْهِدَ ثُمَّ مَكَثَ الْآخَرُ بَعْدَهُ سَنَةً ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّائِمُ كَأَنِّي عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ إِذَا أَنَا بِهِمَا وَقَدْ خَرَجَ خَارِجٌ مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَذِنَ لِلَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ الْآخِرَ مِنْهُمَا ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَأَذِنَ لِلَّذِي اسْتُشْهِدَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَا إِلَيَّ فَقَالَا لِي ارْجِعْ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَأْنِ لَكَ بَعْدُ فَأَصْبَحَ طَلْحَةُ يُحَدِّثُ بِهِ النَّاسَ فَعَجِبُوا لِذَلِكَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مِنْ أَيِّ ذَلِكَ تَعْجَبُونَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا كَانَ أَشَدَّ اجْتِهَادًا ثُمَّ اسْتُشْهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدَخَلَ هَذَا الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَهُ فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ مَكَثَ هَذَا بَعْدَهُ سَنَةً قَالُوا بَلَى وَأَدْرَكَ رَمَضَانَ فَصَامَهُ قَالُوا بَلَى وَصَلَّى كَذَا وَكَذَا سَجْدَةً فِي السَّنَةِ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَلَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا أَبْعَدُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ‏.‏

[Musnad Imam Ahmad 1403 | Book 6 Hadith 21]

[Grade Hasan because of corroborating evidence, and its isnad is interrupted | Graded By Darussalam]

🌙Help your brothers and sisters this Ramadan:

✍️ Imam Ibn al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:

💥❝Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله would search a lot to find people to help them with their needs.

🔰This was because he knew that everytime he helped someone then Allaah would aid him.❞

[Rawdat al-Muhibbeen]

💥Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) says in the Qur’an:

🌙 “The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months,” [Qur’an | 97:3].

💠The Prophet (peace be upon him) reported to have said,

🔰“Whoever prays on Laylatul Qadr out of faith and sincerity, shall have all their past sins forgiven,”

[Hadith, Bukhari and Muslim]

✍️Al-Imām ibn Rajab al-Hambali [may Allāh have mercy on him] said:

💥“O’ you who have wasted the years of his life, make up what you have missed, there is nothing which will amend those lost and wasted years except for the Night of Glory (Laylatul Qadr) for certainly its (value is) equivalent to that of a lifetime.”

[Latā’if al-Ma’ārif | Page 191 | Al-Imām ibn Rajab al-Hambali [may Allāh have mercy on him]

💥Abu Nu’aym al-Asbahānī (Rahimahu'Allah):

💠Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (Rahimahu'Allah) shared a narration from 'Aisha, the mother of the believers, (Rady'Allahu anha) . She narrated that Allah's messenger (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said,

🔰"Do you know who will find refuge under Allah's Throne on the Day of Judgment?" People responded, "Only Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) and His Messenger(sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) know."

💢He (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) explained that those who will find refuge are the ones who gracefully accept fairness and justice when it is offered to them, generously give when they are asked, and judge others based on the same standards they seek for themselves.

🔰They appear cheerful outwardly but carry inner anxiety. Their happiness stems from being content, satisfied, and constantly longing for their beloved (Allah subhanahu wa taala).

♨️The fear of losing their devotion or even the mere thought of being separated from Allah subhanahu wa taala troubles and confuses them."

[ Hilyat al-Awliya' wa Tabaqat al-Asfiya' ]

🔥⛔️Taghout⛔️🔥

‼️The practicing of Tawheed has two key pillars (arkaan), without which one cannot claim to be a true Muwahhid (monotheist).

💠Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) says: “There is no compulsion in the Deen. Verily, the Right Path has become distinct from the wrong path. Whosoever rejects Taghout and believes in Allah then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break. And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower” [C.2:V.256]

1️⃣ From this verse in Surah Baqarah the first pillar of Tawheed is understood (Al Rukn min Awol min Arkaan at-Tawheed) as “whosoever rejects Taghout” (in all its forms) i.e. “Al Kufr Bi Taghout”.

💠Ibn Masood (Rady'Allahu Anhu) defined Al-Taghout as:

💎“Any thing worshipped (Ma’boud) instead of Allah, any thing obeyed (Mutaa’) instead of Allah and anything followed (Matbou’) instead of Allah”
[Hadith Mowqouf].

⚠️Some examples of present day Taghout include:

🔥 Ahl ul-Hawaa (the people of rational desires) whose criteria of judgment is not the Shariah but their own limited weak minds;

⚖️ the rulers (hukaam) in the Muslim world who do not rule by whatever Allah has revealed as legislation;

🏛the parliaments in the world who legislate law (majaalis ash-shaab); the United Nations (ummah mutahhida), the kufr and nationalistic parties existent in the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds’s e.g. Labour party or Conservative Party;

🏕Human Rights (al-insaneeyah); the nation-state concept and nationalism (al-qawm’u wal qawmiyyah);

🎭the majority of the people (sawaad al-a’tham) amongst others.

2️⃣ The second pillar of Tawheed understood from the ayah (verse) is: “to believe in Allah” i.e. “Al Eemaanu Bil-Allah”.

‼️It is those people who reject the Taghout first, and then believe in Allah - who have the correct belief, as the ayah says:

💥“then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold” i.e. “Al Urwaa tul Wuthqaa” [C. 2:V. 256]

💠 The “trustworthy handhold” according to Ibn Abbas (Rady'Allahu Anhu) in Sunnan ad-Darimi is

☝“Laa Ilaaha Illa Allah” (none has the right to be worshipped, followed or obeyed except Allah). So we can see that the first pillar is one of negation and rejection, and the second pillar is one of affirmation.

‼️In Ilm ut-Tawheed (science of Tawheed) the usuli scholars summarise this principle as:

♨️“At Takhliyyah qabla Tahliyyah” or “Give up (Taghout) before taking up (Islam and Eemaan)”.

‼️The implications of these two pillars are that, today we find many people professing their Islam and claiming to be real Muslims, that they believe in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala , yet they fail to reject Taghout (in all its forms).

☝ The rejection of Taghout is a binding condition before believing in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

💠The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

💥The nearest a servant comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication (in this state).

وَحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ سَوَّادٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ سُمَىٍّ، مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا صَالِحٍ، ذَكْوَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَأَكْثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

[ Sahih Muslim | 482]

💠Ibn Rajab al-hanbali (Rahimahu'Allah) reported:

‼️Oh servants of Allah, indeed the month of Ramadan has prepared to leave, and nothing remains except a few more days. 🌙

💥Whoever has done well during the month should continue to do well, and whoever was deficient, should try to end the month in good, for indeed actions are according to their completion.

🌷Therefore, take advantage of what remains of the month, and give the month the best farewell and peace.

[Laṭāʼif al-Maʻārif 486/7]

💠VIRTUE OF FASTING SIX DAYS OF SHAWWAAL💠

❖❐ Fasting six days of Shawwaal after the obligatory fast of Ramadaan is Sunnah Mustahabbah, not waajib. It is recommended for the Muslim to fast six days of Shawwaal, and in this there is great virtue and an immense reward.

❐ Whoever fasts these six days will have recorded for him a reward as if he had fasted a whole year, as was reported in a sahih Hadith from the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam).

❐ Abu Ayyoob (Rady'Allahu Anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said:

❖ “Whoever fasts Ramadaan and follows it with six days of Shawwaal, it will be as if he fasted for a lifetime.” [Narrated by Muslim, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nisaa’i and Ibn Maajah]

❐ The Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) explained this when he said:

❖ “Whoever fasts for six days after (Eid) al-Fitr has completed the year: (whoever does a good deed (hasanah) will have ten hasanah like it).”

❐According to another report:

❖ “Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) has made for each hasanah ten like it, so a month is like fasting ten months, and fasting six days completes the year.” [al-Nisaa’i and Ibn Maajah. See also sahih al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb, 1/421]

❐ It was also narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah with the wording:

❖ “Fasting for the month of Ramadaan brings the reward of ten like it, and fasting for six days brings the reward of two months, and that is the fasting of the whole year.”

❐ The Hanbali and Shaafa’i fuqaha’ explained that fasting six days of Shawwaal after fasting Ramadaan makes it as if one has fasted for an entire year of obligatory fasts, because the multiplication of the reward applies even to naafil fasts, because each hasanah brings the reward of ten like it.

❐ Another of the important benefits of fasting six days of Shawwaal is that is makes up for any shortfall in a person's obligatory Ramadaan fasts, because no one is free of shortcomings or sins that have a negative effect on his fasting.

❐ On the Day of Resurrection, some of his naafil deeds will be taken to make up the shortcomings in his obligatory deeds, as the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said:

❖ “The first thing for which people will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection will be their salaah (prayer). Our Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, will say to His angels – although He knows best – ‘Look at the salaah of My slave, whether it is complete or incomplete.’ If it is perfect, it will be recorded as perfect, and if something is lacking, He will say, ‘Look and see whether My slave did any voluntary (naafil) prayers.’ If he did some voluntary prayers, [Allah] will say, Complete the obligatory actions of My slave from his voluntary actions.’ Then all his actions will be dealt with in a similar manner.”
[Narrated by Abu Dawud]

❐ And Allah knows best!

❖ @AlfurqaN_FoundatioN | #Shawwal

💠Usoul as-Sunnah (principle of Sunnah)

💠Imam Abu Bakr Abd-Allah ibn az-Zubair al-Humaydi [d. 219AH]

💠Biography of the Author

💠Name and Lineage :

❖❐ He is Abd-Allah ibn az-Zubair ibn Isa ibn Ubayd-Allah ibn Usaamah, Abu Bakr, al-Qurashi al-Asadi al-Humaydi al-Makki, Shaykh of the Haraam, and the author of al-Musnad.

❖❐ His Teachers:

❖❐ He narrated hadith from Fudayl ibn Iyyad and Sufyan ibn Uyaynah -and he did so with frequency and he excelled- and Waki and ash-Shafi’i, and others.

❖❐ His Students:

❖❐ Imam Bukhari narrated the first hadith in his sahih from him. His students also include adh-Dhuhli, Abu Zur’ah ar-Razi, Abu Haatim ar-Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Idris al-Makki, his scribe, and many besides them.

❖❐ The Scholars’ Praise for Him:

❖❐ Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal said: “We consider Humaydi an imam.” Abu Hatim said: “The most reliable of people (in narrating) from ibn Uyaynah is al-Humaydi. He is the head of his companions (students), and he is a reliable Imam.” Ya’qub al-Fasawi said: “We narrated from al-Humaydi and I did not meet anyone more sincere to Islam and its people than him.” Hakim said: “When Bukhari would find a hadith with al-Humaydi, he would not go beyond it to others.” Harb al-Kirmani, al-Lalaka’i, ibn Taymiyyah, and others described him as an Imam in the Sunnah.

❖❐ His Writings:

💢al-Musnad
💢ar-Radd Ala an-Nu’man
💢at-Tafsir
💢ad-Dala’il

❖❐ Text: The Foundations of the Sunnah

❖❐ Bishr ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: al-Humaydi narrated to us, saying:

❖❐ Belief in the Divine Decree :

❖❐ The sunnah, in our view: is that a man must believe in the Decree, the good of it and the bad of it, the sweetness of it, and the bitterness of it, and to know that what befalls would not have missed him, and what missed him would never have touched him. And that all of that is decreed by Allah (azza wajal - the Mighty and Sublime).

❖❐ Belief is Speech and Action, It Increases and Decreases :

❖❐ And that belief is speech and action. It increases and decreases. Speech does not benefit without action, nor do action or speech benefit without (proper) intention, nor do speech, action, or intention benefit except with the Sunnah.

❖❐ Praising the Sahabah, may Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) be pleased with them all :

❖❐ Invoking mercy upon all of the companions of Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), for Allah (azza wajal - the Mighty and Sublime) said:

❖❐“And those who come after them say O our Rabb! Forgive our brethren they were our predecessors in faith.” [al-Hashr 49/10] .

❖❐ Thus, one will not have belief except by seeking forgiveness for them. Whoever insults or belittles them or even a single one of them, then he is not upon the Sunnah. And he has no right in the fay (spoils).

❖❐ More than one has informed us: from Malik ibn Anas (Rady'Allahu Anhu) that he said:

❖❐"Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala, divided the fay (spoils) between the poor emigrants, those who were driven out of their homes” and then said: “and those who come after them say oh our Lord forgive us and our brethren.” [al-Hashr 49/8-10]

❖❐ And whoever does not say this concerning them, then he is not from those for whom there is fay (spoils).

❖❐ The Qur'an is the Speech of Allah The Exalted :

❖❐ The Qur'an is the speech of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) . I heard Sufyan (ibn Uyaynah) saying:

❖❐“The Qur’an is the speech of Allah, and whoever says it is created is an innovator. And we have not heard anyone saying this.”

❖❐ The View of Sufyan regarding Iman :

❖❐ I heard Sufyan saying: “Iman is speech and action, it increases and decreases.”

❖❐ His brother Ibrahim ibn Uyaynah said to him: “O Abu Muhammad! Do not say that it decreases. So he got mad and said: Be quiet o fool, rather it decreases until there is nothing left of it.”

❖❐ The Believers seeing their Lord on the Day of Judgement :

❖❐ And affirmation of ar-Ru’yah (seeing Allah) after death.

❖❐ Affirming the Attributes :

❖❐ And (affirming) what is stated in the Qur'an and the hadith such as:

❖❐“The Jews say Allah’s Hand is tied up.” [al-Maidah 5/64] .

❖❐ And such as: “And the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand.” [az-Zumar 39/67]

❖❐ And what is similar to this from the Qur’an and the hadith. We do not add to it nor explain it. We stop where the Qur'an and Sunnah stop, and we say:

❖❐“The Most Merciful rose over the Throne.” [Ta-Ha 20/5]

❖❐ And whoever claims other than this is a Jahmi and a denier of Allah’s Attributes.

❖❐ The difference between Ahlu's-Sunnah and the Khawaarij :

‼️And that we do not say as the Khawaarij do:

‼️“Whoever commits a major sin has commited disbelief.”

❖❐ And we do not declare a person a disbeliever because of a sin that they commit. Kufr is only in abandoning the five concerning which RasulAllah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said:

❖❐“Islam is built upon five: Bearing witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger, to establish prayer, to give zakat, to fast in Ramadan, and to make Hajj to the house (Ka’bah).”

❖❐ When is the proof established on the one who leaves the pillars of Islam, or some of them?

❖❐ As for three of them, then do not dispute the one who abandons them:

❖❐ The one who does not give the testimony of faith; nor does he pray; nor does he fast for none of these are delayed from its time nor does it suffice one to make them up after deliberately neglecting to perform them at their time.

❖❐ As for zakah, whenever he gives it, it suffices him, while he is sinful in withholding it. And as for Hajj, then for whoever it is obligatory and he is capable of performing it, then it becomes binding on him, but it is not binding on him in that very year such that he is no other choice.

❖❐ Whenever, he performs it, then he has fulfilled it, and he is not sinful in delaying it as he would be in delaying zakaah for zakaah is the right of poor Muslims which he has withheld from them, and hence he is sinful until it reaches them.

❖❐ As for Hajj, it is between him and his Lord, whenever he performs it, it is fulfilled. If he dies while he is able to perform it without having performed Hajj, he asks to be returned to the Dunya to perform Hajj, and it is obligatory on his family to perform Hajj on his behalf, and we hope that would fulfill it on his behalf, as if he had a debt and it was repaid on his behalf after he died.

💠[End of the risalah and all praise is due to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala, Lord of the Worlds]

@AlfurqaN_FoundatioN | #aqidah

💢Aqidah of Imam Tahawi

🔰 Aqidah -The Islamic Belief - Part - 1
💠 Imam Abu Ja'far Tahawi

💢 In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate

💎 Praise be to Allah, Lord of all the Worlds.

💠 The great scholar Hujjat al-lslam Abu J'afar al-Warraq al-Tahawi al-Misri, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

‼️"This is a presentation of the beliefs of ahlu's-Sunnah wa'l-jamaa'ah, according to the school of the jurists of this religion, Abu Hanifah an-Nu'man ibn Thabit al-Kufi (Rahimahu'Allah), Abu Yusuf Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (Rahimahu'Allah) and Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani (Rahimahu'Allah) and what they believe regarding the fundamentals of the religion and their faith in the Lord of all the Worlds.

🔰Allah (azza wajal)

❖❐ 1- We say about Allah's unity believing by Allah's help that Allah is One, without any partners.

❖❐ 2- There is nothing like Him.

❖❐ 3- There is nothing that can overwhelm Him.

❖❐ 4- There is no god other than Him.

❖❐ 5- He is the Eternal without a beginning and enduring without end.

❖❐ 6- He will never perish or come to an end.

❖❐ 7- Nothing happens except what He wills.

❖❐ 8- No imagination can conceive of Him and no understanding can comprehend Him.

❖❐ 9- He is different from any created being.

❖❐ 10- He is living and never dies and is eternally active and never sleeps.

❖❐ 11- He creates without His being in need to do so and provides for His creation without any effort.

❖❐ 12- He causes death with no fear and restores to life without difficulty.

❖❐ 13- He has always existed together with His attributes since before creation. Bringing creation into existence did not add anything to His attributes that was not already there. As He was, together with His attributes, in pre-eternity, so He will remain throughout endless time.

❖❐ 14- It was not only after the act of creation that He could be described as 'the Creator' nor was it only by the act of origination that He could he described as 'the Originator'.

❖❐ 15- He was always the Lord even when there was nothing to be Lord of, and always the Creator even when there was no creation.

❖❐ 16- In the same way that He is the 'Bringer to life of the dead', after He has brought them lo life a first time, and deserves this name before bringing them to life, so too He deserves the name of 'Creator' before He has created them.

❖❐ 17- This is because He has the power to do everything, everything is dependent on Him, everything is easy for Him, and He does not need anything. "There is nothing like Him and He is the Hearer, the Seer." (ash-Shura 42/11)

❖❐ 18- He created creation with His knowledge.

❖❐ 19- He appointed destinies for those He created.

❖❐ 20- He allotted to them fixed life spans.

❖❐ 21- Nothing about them was hidden from Him before He created them, and He knew everything that they would do before He created them.

❖❐ 22- He ordered them to obey Him and forbade them to disobey Him.

❖❐ 23- Everything happens according to His degree and will, and His will is accomplished. The only will that people have is what He wills for them. What He wills for them occurs and what He does not will, does not occur.

❖❐ 24- He gives guidance to whoever He wills, and protects them, and keeps them safe from harm, out of His generosity; and He leads astray whoever He wills, and abases them, and afflicts them, out of His justice.

❖❐ 25- All of them are subject to His will between either His generosity or His justice.

❖❐ 26- He is exalted beyond having opposites or equals.

❖❐ 27- No one can ward off His decree or put back His command or overpower His affairs.

❖❐ 28- We believe in all of this and are certain that everything comes from Him.

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