Going To Meet Allah.....

Bismillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu   2:45. And seek help in patience and As-Salât (the prayer) and truly it is extremely heavy and hard except for Al-Khâshi'ûn [i.e. the true believers in Allâh - those who obey Allâh with full submission, fear much from His Punishment, and believe in His Promise (Paradise, etc.) and in His Warnings (Hell, etc.)].   46. (They are those) who are certain that they are going to meet their Lord, and that unto Him they are going to return. Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: "O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me)."  Ameen.   Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni mukhraja sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n). Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah  (May Allah be pleased with him) Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, " O Allah, grant me benefit in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from the state of those who go to Hell." Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition whose isnad is gharib.   Transliteration:an Abi Hurairah (radiya Allahu anhu) qaal: qaala Rasul Allah (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam): "Allahumma infa'ni bima 'allamtani, wa allimni maa yanfa'oni wa zidni 'ilman, alhamdulillahi alaa kolli haal, wa a'odtho billahi min haali ahlil naar."

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The Gravity of Disobedience to Parents

The Prophet (saw) said: Allah defers (the punishment of) whichever sin he wants to the Day of Judgement, except disobedience to parents, for which Allah punishes the sinner in this life before his death. (Al-Hakim)

A woman of strong character Debate (By: Adil Salahi, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia)

Assalaam Alaikum,

 
There are things/incidents in the life of prophet Muhammad (Salallahu Alaihi wasallam) which were (obviously willed by Allah) only to give examples to the ummah!
Things that a human mind may not comprehend simply because they are beyond its capacity of understanding.
 
In my (humble) opinion the case of Hazrat Hafsa (R.A.) also was an example for people to learn from.
You can derive two main lessons from it.
 
1- Prophet Muhammad (Salallahu Alaihi wasallam) was a messenger of Allah and did not have infinite knowledge, his knowledge was of only what Allah informed him.
He was sent to us as a prophet who led by example, there were instances in his life where he made amends to his own actions, perhaps only to teach us that our pride should not hinder our conscience in accepting our mistakes.
 
2- Another lesson for us was that there are times when a man may divorce his wife out of anger, contempt or distrust and when he realises/learns that he reacted wrongly and in haste, then there is nothing wrong in making up.
 
Let us not forget that it was prophet Muhammad (Salallahu Alaihi wasallam) himself who taught us that divorce is the most disliked of all permissible acts by Allah.
 
If divorce were forbidden, then animosity and adultery may have become rampant.
To save individuals and society from the greater evils, divorce has been permitted.
However, it is not a step to be taken lightly or hastily.
Sincere attempts at reconciliation are to be made first and – as in the case of marriage – the rights and wellfare of women are to be upheld.
 
The problem with us humans today is that we tend to look at everything subjectively and always find some wrongs..... but if we try to examine things, looking at the "bigger picture" we understand that some things are only to warn or serve us as examples.
 
It has become a normal practice today for everyone to raise objections to everything including hadiths and rulings of eminent scholars.
I have repeatedly requested everyone not jump to conclusions by issuing verdicts based on their own limited understanding.
Can you imagine where we would be heading if each one of us (with our limited knowledge) starts rejecting hadiths and practicing what "we" thinks is right, would it not be heading towards a diaster?
There would be hundreds of thousands of verdicts on each subject... which one would you take as the right one?
 
I beg you all to avoid such actions in future, please try to seek help from reliable sources or scholars, in matters that you do not understand or know of.
 
May Allah forgive us all (myself included) for our mistakes and may He guide us all on the right path, Aameen!!
 
Allah Hafiz,
 
Nadeem H. Meer.
 
 

Salamun alaikum,

 

This is a strange story--to say the least.  It tells us that Hafsa (ra) was divorced by the Prophet--obviously for something serious she did to the Prophet (phuh)----and yet the same story tells us that she was a woman of strong character and devotion to Allah.  How can we reconcile these opposing pieces of information?  Was the Prophet's judgment wrong about his own wife?  Was he happy to divorce his wife when he knew it's going to hurt Umar (ra) whom he loved her father so dearly?  And if he did divorce Hafsa (ra), was Allah, the all-knowledgeable unaware of the fact that the Prophet is going to divorce Hafsa?  Why did He not send Jibraeel (as) to him to stop him from divorcing and causing such pain to Umar (ra) anyway? Why did Allah, the Most High, wait until after the devastating divorce occurred?

 

I think this story is all fabricated.  It is of highly dubious character.  Please do not disseminate it.

 

Wassalam,  

 

Hafsah (RA) was the only one among the Prophet's wives who was divorced by the Prophet (peace be upon him). There are several reports suggesting the reason for the divorce, but none of them carries much weight so as to be more probable. It is perhaps better to say that the main reason was Hafsah's own character, while one or the other of these suggested reasons triggered the Prophet's action. She was a woman of strong character, bold and self-assured. When the Prophet divorced her, she was extremely sad. However, it was her father who felt the divorce to be his own personal catastrophe. He threw dust over his own head and lamented: "Why will Allah care for Umar and his daughter now that she is divorced?" However, the divorce did not last long. The angel Gabriel came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) with this order: "God commands you to take Hafsah back, as a kindness to Umar ®." Another report suggests that Gabriel said: "Allah commands you to take Hafsah back, for she is a highly devoted servant of Allah and she is your wife in heaven." Needless to say, the Prophet (peace be upon him) immediately carried out Allah's order and Hafsah (RA) was back as one of the Prophet's wives, the mothers of all believers. We should reflect a little on these two reports. The first tells us that Allah Almighty sent His angel with the command that the Prophet (peace be upon him) should take back his divorced wife in kindness to her father. Allah knew that Umar would spend the rest of his life in sorrow, should the divorce be made permanent. He felt that the great love he felt toward the Prophet (peace be upon him) was cemented by this marriage. Now that the marital bond was severed, he felt lost, uncared for by Allah or His messenger. Hence, his lamentation. The other report mentions the virtues of Hafsah (RA) and her dedication to the cause of Islam and continuous devotion. She was a woman worthy of being a wife of Allah's messenger and a mother of all believers. Hence Gabriel tells the Prophet (peace be upon him) that she will be among his wives in heaven. The two reports are not mutually exclusive. In fact both could be true. The angel might have said both statements when he brought to the Prophet (peace be upon him), Allah's command to reinstate his marriage to Hafsah (RA). When the Prophet (peace be upon him) had several wives, mutual jealousy was inevitable. We need to remember that none of them thought that it was wrong for a man to marry more than one wife. Polygamy was the normal practice in Arabia and many other parts of the world. Islam simply restricted it, allowing a man no more than four wives at the same time. The Prophet (peace be upon him), however, had an exemption because of his special status and the needs of his message. May Allah be pleased with all the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

Alahumma infa`ni bima `allamtani wa `allamni ma yanfa`uni!

Virtues of Being Pregnant In Islam‏

Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), the wet nurse of Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (peace of and blessings of Allah upon him) said, "O Messenger of Allah (saw). You give glad tidings to the men and you do not give tidings to the women." He said, "Did your female companions put you up to this?" She said, "Yes." The Prophet (saw) said: Does it not please one of you that if she is pregnant by her husband and he is pleased with her, that she will have the reward equal to one who fasts during the day and prays Qiyaam (tahajjud) at night for the sake of Allah. When her labor pains (contractions) start, no one in heaven or on earth knows what is concealed in her womb nor the delights (and pleasures) that await her. When she gives birth, not one drop of milk flows from her nor a (child's) suck, except that she will have the reward of 1 hasanah (good deed) for every drop and with every suck. If the baby keeps her awake at night, she will have the reward of freeing 70 slaves for the sake of Allah. O Salaamah, do you know who these women are? They are the chaste and righteous women who are obedient to their husbands and not ungrateful towards them. (Tabarani , Mu'jam awsat [7/20]; Abu Na'eem, in mu'jam Sahaaba no. 7049; Ibn Asaakir in Tareekh Dimashq [43/347])

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HUMAN WISDOM, the MANIFESTATION OF DIVINE

HUMAN WISDOM, the MANIFESTATION OF DIVINE
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 Behold this in the case of Moses and Mount Sinai. Discern form from substance, as lion from desert, or as sound and speech from the thought they convey. The sound and speech arise from the thought. Thou knowest not where the Ocean of thought is. Yet when thou seest fair waves of speech, thou knowest there is a glorious Ocean beneath them.
When waves of thought arise from the Ocean of Wisdom, they assume the forms of sound and speech. These forms of speech are born and die again; these waves cast themselves back into the Ocean. Form is born of that which is without form, and goes again, for, "Verily to Him do we return."

 Wherefore to thee every moment come death and "return." Mustafa saith, "The world endureth only a moment."
~ RUMI ~

Islam Q n A?He cut off his relationship with his wife a while ago. Does he have to divorce her (www.islamqa.com)

1. He cut off his relationship with his wife a while ago. Does he have to divorce her?


I am a man who is married to 2 wives, and I have children aged 20 and above from my first wife, but I married the second wife on the basis that I have no relationship with the first wife. Since I married the second one and before I married her, I had no relationship with the first wife. What I mean is that I did not stay overnight with her because I did not get along with her, but I did not divorce her. That was in accordance with my children's wishes, because they asked me not to divorce their mother out of concern for their reputation for their friends, and I respected these wishes. I want to know whether I have committed any sin thereby, and what is the solution? Can I keep her as a wife even though I do not have any intimacy with her, or do I have to divorce her?
Praise be to Allaah.
The wife has the right to have her husband stay overnight with her, and she is entitled to kind treatment and intimacy. She has the right to ask for divorce if her husband fails to give her these rights. But if she agrees to stay and give up her rights, then she may do that and you do not have to divorce her in that case.
Muslim narrated (1463) from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that when Sawdah bint Zam’ah grew old, she said: O Messenger of Allaah, I have given my day with you to ‘Aa’ishah. The Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) used to give ‘Aa’ishah two days: her day and Sawdah’s.
This indicates that it is permissible for a woman to give up her right to a share of her husband's time, and to give her night to her co-wife.
But if the wife does not accept this situation, and she also does not want divorce, then you have to review your case and try to resolve the problem, give her her rights, treat her kindly and show her some appreciation, because she is the mother of your children and she has lived with you all this time.
We ask Allaah to set all our affairs straight.
And Allaah knows best.

2. Ruling on working in the tourism field as a booking agent.

What is the ruling on working in a tourism company or an airline company booking airplane tickets or making reservations on ships? What is the ruling on working as a tourist guide? Please note that I am a graduate of the college of tourism and hotel management.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is nothing wrong with working in an office booking plane tickets or reservations on ships, if that does not involve helping in evildoing. Helping in evildoing includes selling tickets to one who it is known or thought most likely that he is travelling for haraam purposes, such as one who takes his family to a kaafir country for tourism and leisure, or one who goes to places of corruption such as resorts and tourist areas which are not free of all evils and corruption, such as mixing between men and women, consumption of intoxicants and haraam things, and so on, because Allaah says (interpretation meaning):
“Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment”
[al-Maa’idah 5:2]
Secondly:
It is well-known that tourism, as it is known nowadays, it is not free of things that incur punishment and major sins, such as drinking alcohol, nakedness, promiscuity, spread of immorality, neglecting prayers … and all the other evils which have been seen and are known about by everyone who hears about tourism. But if we could say that tourism was free of such evils, then our words would be theoretical and we would be speaking about some other kind of tourism that is different to that which people know and see nowadays.
There is no doubt that working in this field is cooperating in sin and transgression, and inclination towards immoral people and evildoers, and towards the people of sin. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And incline not toward those who do wrong, lest the Fire should touch you, and you have no protectors other than Allaah, nor you would then be helped”
[Hood 11:113].
Shaykh al-Sa’di (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
“And incline not toward those who do wrong” because, if you incline toward them and join them in their wrongdoing or approve of their wrongdoing, “the Fire [will] touch you”, if you do that, “and you [will] have no protectors other than Allaah” to protect you from the punishment of Allaah, and they will not bring you anything of the reward of Allaah. “nor [would you] then be helped” i.e., the punishment would not be warded off from you if it touched you. This verse is a warning against inclining towards any wrongdoer or joining him in his wrongdoing or approving of the wrong that he is doing.
If this warning has to do with inclining towards wrongdoing, then what about the wrongdoers themselves? We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound from wrongdoing. End quote. Tafseer al-Sa’di (290).
Moreover, tourism is based on moving between archaeological places which attract tourists, such as the dwellings of Thamood and Pharaonic temples and tombs, but these are places of punishment and curses and it is not permissible to enter them or visit them.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) passed by al-Hijr, he said: “Do not enter the dwellings of those who wronged themselves unless you are weeping, lest there befall you what befell them.” Then he covered his face with his upper garment (rida’) while he was on the camel saddle. Agreed upon.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
This shows that we are encouraged to be alert when passing by the dwellings of the wrongdoers and places where punishment came down. A similar example is hastening when passing through Wadi Muhassir, because the companions of the elephant were destroyed there. The person who passes through such places should be alert, feel a sense of fear, weep, and learn a lesson from them and the places where they met their doom, and he should seek refuge with Allaah from that. End quote.
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah:
At the end of your letter, you say that you are a tourism manager in your city. If this tourism includes facilitating the committing of sin and evil actions, and promoting them, then it is not permissible for a Muslim who believes in Allaah and the Last Day to be a helper in disobedience to Allaah and going against His commands. The one who gives up something for the sake of Allaah, Allaah will compensate him with something better than it. End quote.
Fataawa al-Lajnah (26/224).
The committee was also asked:
What is the ruling on travelling to Arab and Muslim countries for the purpose of tourism? Please note that we do not go to entertainment venues.
They replied: It is not permissible to travel to corrupt places for the sake of tourism, because of the danger that that poses to religious commitment and morals, because sharee’ah seeks to block the means that lead to evil. End quote.
Fataawa al-Lajnah (26/331).
Conclusion:
It is not permissible to work in tourism or any other field which facilitates the aims of sinful people, or to approve of their sins and help them to commit them, or to refrain from denouncing them when one is able to. Rather the one who is unable to change an evil or denounce it, must shun its people and not keep company with them or show them the way to do it.
Please see also the answer to question number 82402<http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/82402> and 125799<http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/125799>.
And Allaah knows best.
We ask Allah the Most High, the All-Powerful, to teach us that which will benefit us, and to benefit us by that which we learn. May Allah grant blessings and peace to our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions! (Ameen)

Answered By: Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

Alahumma infa`ni bima `allamtani wa `allamni ma yanfa`uni!

OH ALLAH! Make useful for me what You taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me!

~And learn more about Islam~

With Kind Regards
Mohammad Usman
Jeddah-SAUDI ARABIA

The sayings of our beloved Prophet Muhammad<http://muhammad.net/> (peace be upon him) ‘Acquiring (religious) knowledge in company for an hour in the night is better than spending the whole night in prayer.’
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The Prophet's Advice

The Prophet's Advice to Mu'aadh Ibn Jabal

By: Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Salih al Uthaimeen
'Sharh Riyaadh as-Saaliheen - Chapter: Contemplation [Muraaqaba]
Translated by Abu Rumaysah

Mu'aadh Ibn Jabal reported from the Messenger of Allah (salallahu
alayhi wasalam) that he said, "Fear Allah wheresoever you may be, and
follow up an evil deed with a good one, it will efface it (the evil
deed). And deal with mankind with good manners." Reported by
at-Tirmidhee and he said that it was a Hasan hadeeth.    [Al-Haakim
reports it in al-Mustadrak and states that it meets the conditions of
Bukhaaree and Muslim. Adh-Dhahabee agreed.]

This hadeeth is one of the Forty Ahaadeeth of the author, may Allah
have mercy upon him, and in it is that the Prophet (salallahu alayhi
wasalam) gave three great and important pieces of advice:

THE FIRST: He said, "have taqwaa of Allah wheresoever you may be."
Taqwaa means to stay away from the forbidden matters and to enact the
obligatory matters – this is taqwaa! That you enact what Allah has
commanded you, sincerely for Allah and in compliance to the Messenger
of Allah (salallahu alayhi wasalam), and that you leave what Allah has
forbidden due to His prohibiting it and to steer clear of it.

For example that you establish the greatest obligation that Allah has
imposed upon you after the testimony of faith – the prayer, and you
establish it completely - fulfilling all of its conditions and pillars
and obligations, fulfilling all of these perfectly. So whosoever
leaves off any of these conditions, pillars or obligations then he has
not feared Allah (to the best of his ability), rather he has been
deficient in this to the extent of what he left out.

In Zakaah, the Taqwaa of Allah lies in your calculating all of your
property on which the Zakaah is due, and your giving the Zakaah as a
means of purifying yourself without any miserliness or
tightfistedness, or delay. And whosoever does not do this than he has
not feared Allah.

In fasting, the Taqwaa of Allah lies in your establishing the fast as
you have been commanded, distancing yourself from idle speech, obscene
words and mannerisms, boisterous behavior, backbiting and spreading
tales and other such things that would make the fast deficient and
remove the spirit of fasting. The true meaning of fasting is to fast
from that which Allah, Azza wa Jall, has made forbidden. The same
applies to all of the obligations that are used to establish obedience
to Allah, and compliance to His command, sincerely for Him and in
following His Messenger. Likewise all the forbidden actions are to be
left in compliance to His prohibition.

THE SECOND: "and follow up an evil deed with a good one, it will
efface it (the evil deed)." Meaning that when you perform an evil
action then follow it up with a good action for the good action
effaces the evil. And from the good actions to be performed after the
evil is that you repent to Allah for this evil action, for indeed
repentance is from the most noble and excellent of the good actions as
Allah has said, "indeed Allah Loves those who repent and those who
purify themselves." (2:222) And He said, "and repent to Allah all of
you, O believers so that you may be successful." (24:31)

Similarly righteous actions expiate the evil actions as the Prophet
(salallahu alayhi wasalam) said, "the five daily prayers and one
Jumu'ah to the next Jumu'ah, and one Ramadan to the next Ramadan, is
an expiation for what lies between them as long as one refrains from
the major sins." [Muslim], and he said, "one Umrah to the next is an
expiation for what is between them." [Bukhaaree].

Therefore, the good actions efface the evil.

THE THIRD: "and deal with mankind with good manners." The first two
pieces of advice were those related to relationship with the Creator,
this third relates to relationship of the creation to the creation.
This being to deal with mankind with the best manners such that you
will be praised and not blamed. This by having a cheerful complexion,
being truthful in speech, speaking to others nicely and other such
good manners.

There are a large number of texts concerning the excellence of having
good manners to the extent that the Messenger (salallahu alayhi
wasalam) said, "the most complete believer with respect to faith is
the one with the best manners." And he informed us that the most
deserving of mankind to him (salallahu alayhi wasalam) and the closest
to him in ranking on the Day of Judgment would be those with the best
manners.

So noble manners, along with their being a way to beautify gatherings
and the person who possesses them being beloved to the people, contain
a huge reward which will bestowed upon the person on the Day of
Judgment.

So preserve these three pieces of advice from the Prophet (salallahu
alayhi wasalam) and Allah is the Grantor of Success.
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'Uthman ibn 'Affan (radiAllahu  anhu) said, "Worrying about the dunya
is a darkness in the heart, while worrying about the akhirah is a
light in the heart."