The questions:
[Q1] We know that the best place for the woman is the home and the maintenance of the wife is obligatory upon the husband, and ḥajj is a pillar of Islām; so is it obligatory upon the husband to pay the wife’s cost for ḥajj?
[Q2] At what age are children to be prevented from free mixing?
[Q3] A sister contacted us (Maktabah Salafīyyah) and claimed that her father does not pray and he has prevented her from marrying a man who is upon the Sunnah. How do we verify these accusations? Should we ask her to come and bring with her witnesses? And if it is established that he does…
The audio starts with some Ḥadith corrections and explanations from a previous class. The lecture starts at approximately: 9:20.
Abū Ḥurayrah (raḍī Allāhu ʿanhu) mentioned that he noticed that when the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) prayed he would leave a gap (silence) between the takbīr (saying, “Allāhu Akbar”) and the recitation of al-Faṭiḥah. So he asked him, “What is it that you say during that time?” The Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said “I say: ‘O Allāh separate me from my sins with the distance that you have separated the east from the west. O Allāh, purify me fro…
Ustādh Abū al-ʿAbbās (ḥafiẓahullāh) goes through a highly beneficial question and answer session revolving around Waraqa ibn Naufal, at the beginning of the lecture, the continuation of the ṣīrah series begins at 26.22.
It is Narrated in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī in Ḥādīth No. 2987 [Eng.]:
It is narrated by Mālik bin Ṣaʿṣaʿah: The Prophet Muḥammad (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said,
“While I was at the House in a state midway between sleep and wakefulness, amongst the people who were either awake or asleep. A golden tray full of wisdom and belief was brought to me and my body was cut open from the…
A person’s need for marriage is a necessity. In some cases, a person’s need for marriage becomes as urgent as someone’s need for food and drink.
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (رحمه الله)
[Q]: If a person is able to earn his basic provisions [food and shelter], and needs to get married but is not [financially] able to do so, is it permissible to give him zakāh?
[A]: Yes, it is permissible for us to help him get married using zakāh funds, and to give him the mahr [dowry] in full. If it is said: How do we determine the permissibility of helping a poor man get married with zakāh funds…
From the beneficial points mentioned by our respected elder whilst going through the treatise of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalī entitled, ‘Clarification of the Salaf Above the Khalaf’:
The ‘Khalaf’ are those who came after the Salaf
There is no doubt regarding the great praise that the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) gave to the Salaf, as can be found in the authentic narration, “The best of mankind is my generation, and then those who come after them, then those who come after them.”
Ibn Rajab in this treatise speaks about the evil of disputing and argumentation in the religion. He b…
The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), prior to revelation, was known to possess the noblest of qualities, was from the most truthful, and had the highest standard of character. The following narration in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī tells the story of the human weakness of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), and Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿāla) then made him infallible through Messengership, meaning he would not err after becoming a prophet, except that Allāh would send down revelation in order to clarify to the people.
ʿĀʾishah (raḍi Allāhu ʿanhā) narrated: The commencement of t…
Beneficial knowledge is the means to the removal of ignorance, and its attainment causes one to reflect upon his blessings, particularly in these times of fitan that have come from every angle, causing the heart of the believer to become very tight and constricted, and making the dunyá which is very wide restricted. This highly beneficial reminder addresses the reasons for which the heart becomes constricted and the way in which tranquillity may be attained alongside that which will give us firmness in the dīn of Allāh. Allāh has opened the hearts of the believers and shown them that w…
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 t…
