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Jul 7, 2014
How to Nurture Children upon the Prophetic Sunnah
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
“My Lord! Grant me (offspring) from the righteous.”
Rabbi hablee mina As-al-Ṣāliḥīn
─ Sūrah al-Sāffāt verse 100
O you who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who disobey not, (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allāh, but do that which they are commanded. – Sūrah Tahrīm verse 6
Indeed, Allāh Has many favours upon us, sometimes we are tried through blessings or trials, in this lecture our brother Abū ʿIyāḍ talks about parents and the…
Jul 2, 2014
The Importance of Sincere Intentions
Allāh, Allāh!! ‘O Brothers! The intention is to be made sincerely for Allāh alone, the Perfect and Most High!!
al-Imām al-Nawawī (d.676AH)
CHAPTER 1: Sincerity and Having an Intention in All Deeds and Statements, Outward and Inward
Allāh, the Most High, said:
((وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّـهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ الْقَيِّمَةِ))
«And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allāh, and worship none but Him alone (abstaining from ascriibng partners to Him), and perf…
Jun 30, 2014
Jilbāb Starts From the Head Not the Shoulders
How is the Jilbāb really meant to be worn? What is the true Hijāb?
Umm Salamah narrated:
When the verse, “That they should draw their jalabib close around them” was revealed, the women of Anṣar came out as if they had crows over their heads by wearing jalabib.”
Sunan Abū Dāwūd Book 32 #4090.
Transcription:
The companions, when they met one another they would not depart until they had recited, “Wal ʿAṣr,” وَالْعَصْر – (Sūrah ʿAṣr Chapter 103). We advise one another, if we see someone is doing something openly if they’re openly falling into Tabarrūj, it’s blatant it’s not someth…
Jun 29, 2014
30 Ḥadīth on Raising Children – Advice for Parents and Educators
Lesson 01: Raḥmah is the Foundation of Education
Raising children correctly is a vitally important issue for every parent and every educator because it is an amānah from Allāh. Allāh has ordered us:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا ﴿٦﴾
O you who believe save your own selves and your families from the hellfire.
[Al-Taḥrīm, 66:6]
Introduction:
From the advantages of Islām is that Allāh has given due attention to all of the stages of a person’s life. The childhood stage is the most important stage. Childhood will set the pace for the rest of a perso…
Jun 29, 2014
Divine Revelation (Belief in al-Qaḍāʾ wa-al-Qadr)
Points discussed:
To believe in the al-Qadā wal-Qadr are pillars of Islām
There are four levels of believing in al-Qadā wal-Qadr
It is wājib upon the Muslims to believe in the al-Qadā wal-Qadr
The false belief of the group al-Qadariyya and to be aware of this belief
It is not permissible to use the Qadr as an excuse to commit acts of disobedience and say “It was the Qadr of Allāh that I did such and such a sin”
When the believer accepts the Qadr it will be easy for him to go through the calamities and hardships of this dunyá