All praise and thanks belong to Allāh, the Lord of all creation. May the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon His servant and Messenger, our Prophet Muḥammad, and upon his family, Companions and whosoever follows them in righteousness until the Last Day.
Indeed, the greatest of blessings which Allāh has bestowed upon the Muslims is that He has guided them to al-Islām, taking them out of darkness into light.
There is no blessing equal to it nor is there a blessing which is close to it [in virtue]. From the greatest of blessings bestowed upon the Muslim, after the blessing of al-Islām, are…
Q: Is it permissible for the fasting person to smell perfume and ʿoūd [type of incense]?
A: Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz: One should not inhale ʿoūd. There is no problem with [smelling] the other types of perfumes, except bukhūr [incense]. As for ʿoūd itself, it should not be inhaled because some of the people of knowledge say that if ʿoūd is inhaled it breaks one’s fast. This is due to some of its elements going to the brain [therefore affecting the fast]. It also actively spreads [throughout the body]. But smelling it unintentionally does not break one’s fast.
Commentary of Ustādh Mūsá …
This lecture is from the sīrah series. From the beginning to 06:36 Ustādh Abū al-Abbās goes through some test answers. The lecture begins fully from 06.36.
Indeed, Allāh has created this life as a test for people. He made this life a life of enjoyment and absolute pleasure. He created life and death in order to test which of us are best in deeds. He made some of the people oppressors and some of the people oppressed, trying and testing the oppressors and the oppressed, and He is watching and recording our actions and will call us back to account. Our life is full of loss; we struggle thr…
There isn’t a methodology that is more ideal and suitable; rather, there isn’t a single suitable methodology other than the methodology of the Salaf of this Ummah—the Companions (رضي الله عنهم), the Tāba‘īn, and whoever followed their path and emulated their actions—because Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is the one who devised it. Therefore, disliking it undoubtedly conflicts with believing in him (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
Those who transmitted this methodology were those honourable men whom Allāh chose to accompany His Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and whom He prepared to succeed him (…
A Clarification of Some Common Doubts and Misconceptions Affiliated with the Month of Ramaḍān, as Clarified by Some of Our Noble Scholars
Verily, the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the scholars have all affirmed the fact that enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is something incumbent upon at least a portion of the Ummah.
Allāh, the Most High, has spoken in numerous places in His Glorious Book about this affair, for He said in one place:
وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ ۚوَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْل…
Allāh the Mighty and Majestic has said in His Magnificent Book:
۞ ذَٲلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمۡ شَعَـٰٓٮِٕرَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقۡوَى ٱلۡقُلُوبِ ۞
‘And whosoever honours the Symbols of Allāh, then it is truly from the piety of the hearts.’
[al-Ḥajj, 22:32]
The believer upholds these symbols and considers them to be great and lofty, and is not ashamed of them in any way, making them uppermost through the speech of his tongue and through his actions, and thus attaining honour. The great scholar of tafsīr, and student of the Companions, Imām al-Qatāda (raḍiAllāhu ʿanhu) said: ‘Verily Allāh ha…
This Ḥadīth consists of a few words, as is characteristic of the Prophet’s (ﷺ) sayings, but it has much meaning and blessings. The Prophet (ﷺ) used few words in his statements so it would be easy for his Companions to memorise what he said.
This Ḥadīth clarifies the blessing of Allāh upon some of His worshippers in that He blesses them with fiqh in the religion—and that is, they understand it as it was intended to be understood. The affair of understanding is greater than just memorizing.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah puts illumination in the face of the one who hears my statement and under…
Our noble brother discusses the importance of īmān and its branches based on a very beautiful ḥadīth from the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), collected by Bukhārī and Muslim. This ḥadīth regarding the branches of faith is narrated by Abū Hurayrah (raḍi Allāhu ʿanhu), in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, who said that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said, “Īmān is sixty odd branches.” In Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, there is a slight differing in wording in where it is narrated that he (ﷺ) said, “Īmān is 70 odd branches…the highest of which is the statement ‘Lā ilāha illā Allāh,’ and the lowest of its branches is removin…
