The Imām, Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (رحمه الله) mentioned:1 Know, that in the fast (Ṣawm) is a special quality that is not found in anything else. And that is its close connection to Allāh, such that He says:
“The Fast (Ṣawm) is for Me and I will reward it.”2
This connection is enough to show the high status of fasting. Similarly, the Kaʿbah is highly dignified due to its close connection to Him, as occurs in His statement:
“And sanctify My House.”3
Indeed, the fast is only virtuous due to two significant concepts:
The First: It is a secret and hidden action, thus, no one from the creation…
Allāh -The Most High – said:
شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ ﴿١٨٥﴾
“The month of Ramaḍān in which the Qurʾān was revealed, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance of the Criterion between right and wrong. So whosoever of you sights the crescent for the month of Ramaḍān, he must fast that month.”
[al-Baqarah, 2:185].
Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) said:
“Islām is built upon five: Testifying that none has the right to be worshipped except Allāh and the Muḥamm…
Zakāt al-Fiṭr is not permissible except (to be paid) from food. And it is not allowed to discharge its value in money. This is because the Prophet (ﷺ) made it obligatory (to be discharged) from a sāʾ of dates or a sāʾ of barley.
Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīnQ.1 Is it permissible to discharge the obligation of Zakāt al-Fitr on the first day of Ramaḍān? And is it permissible to distribute it in money?
As for the discharging of it on the first day of Ramaḍān – there is Ikhtilāf (difference of opinion among the scholars) about it. The most correct opinion is that it’s not permissible, be…
During the Ḥajj period itself, the atmosphere around the sacred precincts of the Kaʿbah was like a circus. Men and women would go round the Kaʿbah naked, arguing that they should present themselves before Allāh in the same condition they were born.
Ḥajj literally means ‘to set out for a place’. Islamically however it refers to the annual pilgrimage that Muslims make to Makkah with the intention of performing certain religious rites in accordance with the method prescribed by the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).
Ḥajj and its rites were first ordained by Allāh in the time of the Prophet lbrāhīm [Abraham…
Ḥajj is one of the best forms of worship and is one of the most sublime deeds because it is one of the pillars of Islām that Allāh sent Muḥammad (may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) with. A servant’s religion is incomplete without it.
Imām Muhammmad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīnIn The Name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Preface
Praise be to Allāh, Lord of the Universe. May peace and blessings be upon Muḥammad, the last of the prophets and messengers, and upon his family and esteemed companions.
Ḥajj is one of the best forms of worship and is one of the most sublime deeds beca…
As for daʿwah by assassinations, fighting or striking, then this is not from the Sunnah of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), nor from the Sunnah of his Companions.
Allāh the Glorified and Exalted said,
“And do not kill a person whom Allāh has declared unlawful, except with due right.”
[Sūrah al-Anʿām, 6:151]
Allāh – the Lord of the Worlds – said, “And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell to abide therein, and the wrath and the curse of Allāh are upon him, and a great punishment is prepared for him. ”
[Sūrah al-Nisāʾ, 4:93]
Said Imām Muḥammad Nāṣir al…
Al-Imām Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله mentioned:1 It is essential to know that sins and acts of disobedience are, necessarily, very harmful. Their harm effects upon the heart are akin to the harmful effects of poison upon the body, though the effects vary in their levels and intensities. So is there any evil or harm in this world, or in the Hereafter, except that it is due to sins and disobedience? So what was it that expelled the two parents (i.e. Ādam and Eve) from Paradise; the home of delight, bliss, splendor and joy; to the home of pain, sorrow and misfortune?
What was it that expelled Iblīs f…
This was the case in the days of the Prophet (ﷺ), as Anas (raḍi Allāhu ʿanhu) related, ‘Once Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) and his Companions proceeded towards Badr and arrived there before the disbelievers of Makkah.’
Describing Paradise, Allāh – the Most High – said,
‘‘Indeed Allāh will enter those who believe and do righteous and correct actions into Paradise, beneath which rivers flow. Wherein they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls and their garments will be made of silk.’’
[Sūrah al-Ḥajj 24:23]
‘‘Indeed the pious and obedient ones will be in Paradise, amongst gardens and water-…
It is the weapon of the believer as is reported by al-Ḥākim in his ‘Mustadrak’ from the Ḥadīth of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (raḍī Allāhu ʿanhu) from the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) that he said, ‘Supplication is the weapon of the believer, the pillar of the religion, and the light of the heaven and earth.’
Al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn
Chapter One: Supplication is a Cure
Supplication is from the most beneficial types of healing, it is the enemy of illness and affliction – repressing it and treating it, preventing its occurrence, removing it or at least alleviating it. It is the weapon of t…
