The Rukūʿ of the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Bāzmūl Taken From the Book: Sharḥ Ṣifah Ṣalāt al-Nabī’ (Explanation of the Prophet’s Prayer Described) [currently being translated].
What is the description of the rukūʿ? The description of the rukūʿ is that the individual bends his back and places his hands upon his knees; his back is to be level to the point that if a person were to come with a hollow plate and place it upon his back it would remain in its place. So this indicates that the back is level.
The author (Shaykh al-Albānī), may Allāh have mercy upon him…
Tawassul through the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) has a detailed explanation; if the (tawassul) is by means of following him, loving him, obeying his orders, abandoning his prohibitions, and having (utter) sincerity for Allāh in acts of worship, then this is Islām, and it is the religion of Allāh, that which He sent with His prophets, and (in fact) it is an obligation upon every sane being (of age).
Al-ʿAllāmah ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz[Q]: What is the ruling on Tawassul (seeking means) through the leader of the Prophets, and is there any proof for its pr…
In the Name of Allāh, the Ever Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy
Imām Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal said, “You should beware of speaking about an issue in which you are not preceded by a scholar.” A common saying among the people today is that the lines on the hand indicate 99 Names of Allāh subḥānahu wa taʿala. Our brother Abū al-ʿAbbās Mūsá Richardson discusses this issue…From the lectures entitled, ʿAqīdah Course- Summer Course.
Then there succeeded them a posterity who have neglected the ṣalāh and have followed lusts, so they will be thrown in hell. Except those who repent and believe and work righteousness, such will enter Paradise and will not be wronged.
The prayer, dear reader is a very important pillar of Islām. In an authentic narration, the Prophet (ﷺ) told us that this very prayer will be the thing which we will be brought to account for firstly on the Day of Resurrection, saying: “If it is good then he will be successful, and if not will be a loser.”
There is an abundance of benefit in the prayer as Allā…
Nowadays, it is common to see some of the youth, impressed by themselves and what they perceive to have a gathering of knowledge, to overrate themselves and believe that they can “bring the people of innovation close” by working with them or cooperating with them. They are heedless, not realising that they will be flattered with kindness, wealth and other forms of emotional blackmail.
One of the major scholars of our time, may Allāh preserve him, comments on such a (innovated) notion in the name of ‘cooperation and rectification’: Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī was asked, “When one of t…
On the authority of Abū Hurayrah (raḍī Allāhu ʿanhu) that a man said to the Prophet (ﷺ) “Advise me.” He (ﷺ) said: “Don’t become angry” So the man repeated (his request) several times (and each time) He (ﷺ) said: “Don’t become angry.” (AI-Bukhārī)
(Shaykh Ibn Daqīq al-ʿĪd explains): “The Author of Al-lfsāh1 said concerning what is understood (from this advice of the Prophet (ﷺ), that the Prophet (ﷺ) came to know about a great deal of anger on the part of this man so, (as a result of that) he (ﷺ) favored him with this advice.
The Prophet (ﷺ) has praised the one who controls himself at the t…
Ibn al-Sunnī reported in his book ‘Amalal-Yawm Wal-Laylah, Ḥadīth #161:
It’s been narrated that Anas ibn Mālik said, the Prophet, (صلى الله عليه وسلم)[allegedly] said: “When you have an important matter to decide, then seek guidance from your Lord seven times, then look to what your heart inclines to. For verily the good is found there-in.”
1) Al-Imām al-Nawawī (d. 676 h.) mentioned in his book al-Adhkaar (p. 132): “Its chain is gharīb (comes only by one narrator); it contains people whom I don’t know.”
2) Al-ʿIrāqi (d. 806 h.) said: “All of them [in the chain] are known, although some o…
In the Name of Allāh…
It has been relayed that Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl al-Shaykh – may Allāh bless and preserve him – said:
From the sayings of Abū ad-Dardāʾ – may Allāh be pleased with him – :
Once when Abū ad-Dardāʾ passed by a man who had committed a sin and the people became aware of it and were insulting him because of it – and Abū ad-Dardāʾ was so keen and insightful in helping people recovering from their religious ills and reviving sickened hearts – so he said:
Had you found him at the bottom of a well, wouldn’t you be helping him up and out of it?
They said, “Of course!”
So he repl…
The purpose behind fasting is to restrain the soul from desires and to wean it from those things which it has become accustomed to; and to balance the soul’s force of desire, so that it can be prepared to attain wherein lies the utmost degree of happiness and delight for the soul, and the acceptance of what purifies it for its eternal life. (By fasting) one curbs his hunger and thirst from its sharpness and intensity, and is reminded of the conditions of the hungry stomachs of needy people. (By fasting) one narrows the passageways of Shayṭān within the servant (of Allāh), by narrowing the p…
