Cultivation Begins with the Parents
Abū Khadījah delivers a very stirring sermon on how to cultivate children/youth. He says that Allāh has commanded parents to cultivate their children and for children to remain steadfast upon what they have been cultivated with.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said that there are seven who will be shaded on that day when there is no shade (the Day of Judgement) and from amongst them is the youth who has been raised with the worship of Allāh.
Allāh has placed responsibility on the one who cultivates (parents) and the one who has been cultivated (children/youth). Cultiv…
Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) was asked:1 “What is the ruling on fasting the day of Āshūrā? And is it better to fast the day before or after it? Or should we fast all of them [i.e. the day of Āshūrā and the day before and after it]? Or should we fast the day of Āshūrā alone? We hope for some clarification on that, and may Allāh reward you with goodness.”
The Shaykh (رحمه الله) responded with the following:
Fasting the day of Āshūrā is sunnah because of what has been confirmed in numerous authentic Aḥadīth from Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) supporting that.
It was a day the Jews used to fast because…
Letters would come to him, and he would not know when they were written and when they were sent. Therefore, he (رضي الله عنه) set the calendar to make it begin from the month of al-Muḥarram.
Al-ʿAllāmah Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-FawzānShaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (حفظه الله) said:
As for the beginning of the year [starting the Islamic calendar with al-Muḥarram], then it is an affair that was adopted in the era of ʿUmar [ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the second rightly guided Khalīfah] (رضي الله عنه) because of the letters that would come to him from his workers.1
Letters would come to him, and he would not know w…
12 Rights of a Wife upon Her Husband
1. To spend upon her, to feed her. Not to be excessive in this and not to be stingy.
2. To be kind to her.
The Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: “The best among you is the one who is the best towards his wife.”
3. Not to harm her.
4. To be loving to her, examples:
(A) Loving to her with your tongue. Nice words, tell her you love her. Tell her how good she looks.
(B) If your wife asks you to get her something and you can’t get it , say I’ll get it in shaa’ Allāh.
(C) That the man beautifies himself with that which is reasonable, (not in…
Verily, it is obligatory upon an individual to look to his past year to see what he has done. Did he perform his obligatory acts the way they should be performed, or did he fall short? Did he avoid and distance himself from what was made unlawful [upon him], or did he indulge in it?
Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, al-Liqāʾ al-Shahrī, Sitting no. 44, Question no. 12.
Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn (رحمه الله) said:
Indeed, every merchant looks in his record books at the end of the year to see what profit was made, [or] what loss occurred, and if there was some loss, is it …
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (حفظه الله) was asked the following:
There are those who single out the month of Rajab with fast; hence, is [there] anything that is confirmed [in the Sunnah to support this]?
The shaykh (حفظه الله) responded with the following:
There is nothing that is confirmed from worship that is specific to the month of Rajab; no fasting, no ṣalah, no ʿumrah—absolutely nothing at all specific to it. [As for] those who are singling it out with worship, then they are the innovators since they introduced into the dīn that which is not from it.
Thus, Allah and His Messenger did…
In this two-part lecture, Abū Ḥakīm (ḥafiẓahullāh) details the importance of understanding the status of the nation of Muḥammad (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) and the blessing that Allāh has placed upon this Ummah. He goes into detail concerning the importance of seeking and attaining knowledge and thereafter acting upon it. He advised the Muslims to revisit and revise the books of the Salaf, and to give them their due right, as well as giving importance to learning and benefitting from the Scholars of al-Islām, and knowing their status as described by the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu …
From the many beneficial points which our noble brother Abū Ḥakīm benefits us within this important reminder are:
The importance of increasing slowly in understanding that which will cause us to become closer to Allāh’s Pleasure and protect us from the fire.
The path to seeking knowledge is a long but rewarding path. The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: “Whoever treads the path to seeking knowledge, Allāh will make easy for him the path to Paradise.’
Learning and retaining what is learned is done slowly by way of memorising, understanding and then acting up…
From the many beneficial points which our noble brother, Abū Ḥakīm, benefits us with in this important reminder are:
The fitan that are facing the Muslims in the West and the land of the Arabs and encompass the Salafi, whether it is the fitnah of bidʿah and shirk, or shubuhāt and shahawāt.
The person trying to walk the path of the ḥaqq has many obstacles of fitan before him.
The Salaf used to say “give glad tidings, O Ahl al-Sunnah for you are the least of the people.”
Those who are clearly Salafi without any taint in their manḥaj and who try to follow the scholars who seek …
