ISLAMIC TREASURES

Remembering Allāh Before Sleeping And Upon Waking Up

One should do his best to ensure that his last words before sleeping are remembrance of Allāh Most High and the first words that his tongue utters upon waking up are remembrance of Allāh Most High. These two are a sign of faith (imān).

[Book: The Inner Secrets Of Worship, p. 111 | By Imām Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdīsī [d. 689H] | Translated & Published by Dār as-Sunnah Publishers]

The Noble Scholar Shaykh Rabī' bin Hādī حفظه الله stated:

"If the man is righteous and the woman is righteous, what a blessed provision (they are for each other)."

【Majmū' Ash-Shaykh (4/403)】

Celebrating Shab E Barat [The Middle Night Of Sha’bān]

Sh. ‘Abd Al-‘Azeez Ibn Bāz [رحمه الله] said:

❝From the Bid'ahs which have been introduced into the religion by people is the Bid'ah of celebrating the Mid-Sha'ban night and fasting on its day. There is no reliable evidence for such actions.❞

[Fatwas of Ibn Bāz, (1/186-187) | Alifta]

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Sh. ‘Abd Al-‘Azeez Ibn Bāz [رحمه الله] said:

❝What the majority of Muslim scholars agreed upon is that the celebration of Mid-Sha'ban night is Bid'ah and that the Hadiths reported regarding the virtue of this night are all weak and some of them are fabricated.❞

[Fatwas of Ibn Bāz, (1/187) | Alifta]

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Ibn Dihyah Al-Kalbī [D.633H] said:

❝The people of At-Ta'dīl Wa At-Tajrīh [i.e. the 'Ulamā of Hadīth] have said: 'There isn't a single Hadīth about the 15th night of Sha'bān that is Sahīh [authentic]'.❞

[Mā Wud'a Wa Istibān Fī Fadā`il Sharh Sha'bān, (Page: 43) | Translated By Musa Shaleem Mohammed]


#Bidah #Shab_e_Barat

Salmān رضي الله عنه said:

"Verily, your Lord is Modest and Generous. He is shy to turn down His servant empty handed when he raises his hands to Him!”

[Az-Zuhd Li Wakī’: 504]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“Whenever a person fears his Lord, he moves up to another level of guidance, so he keeps on increasing in guidance as long as he keeps on increasing in Taqwaa, he loses some guidance in accordance with the Taqwaa he missed.

He increases in guidance whenever he increases in Taqwaa and increases in Taqwaa whenever he increases in guidance.”

[Al-Fawā’id | Pg. 194-197]

الوقتُ هو الحياة
Time is life

ومن أَضاع وقتهُ أضاع حياته
Those who waste their time are actually wasting their lives;

ومن اضاع حياته
and those who waste their lives

نَدِمَ ولا تنفعه الندامه
will be full of regret when it will be too late

مجموع فتاوى ابن باز ١٦/٢٦١

Shaykh al Fawzaan (حفظه الله تعالى):

People do not pray and say that the religion is in the heart.

If it were to be in the heart, they would have prayed.

[al-ittihaf , pg. 536]

Some of the Salaf (rahimahumullah) said,

Whoever fears Allāh, everything will fear him, and whoever does not fear Allāh will fear everything.

[One Hundred Pieces of Advice, Ibn al-Qayyim (Rahimahullah),
Authentic Statements Publications, pg. 60]

CELEBRATING THE NIGHT OF THE ISRĀ’ WAL MI'RĀJ.

So are you saying to Allaah and HIS messenger ﷺ

“ you don't know so let me add a little on my own in religion? ”


◾ What is Isrā' Wal mi'rāj?


Isrā’ - the night journey

Wal - and

mi'rāj - the ascending to heaven


Proof :

Al-Isra' 17:1

سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا


Exalted is HE who took HIS Servant [i.e., Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ] by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa,


Now, There is no doubt that the isrā’ wal mi'raj are two great signs of Allaah.

◾ Which date / month it happened?

With regard to this night on which the Isra’ and Mi’raaj took place,

there is nothing in the saheeh ahaadeeth to indicate that it is in Rajab or in any other month

Whatever the people says it's not correct, cus we do NOT know When it took placed exactly!


◾Can one celebrate it?

it is NOT permissible for us to celebrate it,

because the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions (رضي الله عنهم ) did not celebrate it and they did not single it out in any way.

If celebrating it was something that is prescribed in Islam,

the Messenger would have told his ummah about that, either in word or in deed.


If celebrating this night had been prescribed in Islam, they would have been done

Since no such thing happened, it is known that celebrating it and venerating it is not part of Islam at all.

Allaah has perfected this ummah’s religion for it and has completed HIS favour upon them, and HE condemns those who introduce things into the religion which Allaah has not ordained.

Allaah says:

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Al-Ma'idah 5:3

ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَٰمَ دِينًاۚ

This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you IsLam as religion.


Evidence from Hadith ⬇️


Aa’ishah (رضي الله عنها ) that the Prophet (ﷺ ) said:

“Whoever introduces anything into this matter of ours that is not part of it will have it rejected.”


Fasting on this day

Fasting on the day which one believes to be the day of the Mi’raaj is not permissible, and comes under the *heading of bid’ah.*



◾NOTHING IS PRESCRIBED, NOTHING VIRTUES ARE THERE.


DO NOT INNOVATE IN RELIGION!


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🖋The Origin Of Sins

Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“All sins originate from three affairs:

1. Pride, for pride led Iblīs to disobey Allāh’s command.

2. Desires and greed, for desires resulted in Ādam’s expulsion from Paradise.

3. Jealousy, for jealousy led one of Ādam’s sons to murder his own brother.

Therefore, pride eventually leads to apostasy, following your desires eventually leads to sinning, and jealousy eventually leads to oppression. Therefore, whoever protects himself from the ills of these three affairs has protected himself from all evil.”

[Al-Fawā’id, pg.58. ]

Dhikr

When you burden the heart with (deep thoughts over) worldly concerns and grief,

and are careless (negligent) when it comes to the devotion of Dhikr which is what (truly) gives the heart strength and life,

then you are like a traveller who overburdens his riding animal while depriving it of food.

Quickly will it collapse, unable to continue the journey.

[Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), al-Fawa’id, pg. 66]

حياة للقلوب-٦

A man said to al-Haatim al-Asam:

"Give me advice."

He replied to him with:

"If you ever wish to disobey Allāh, make sure you disobey Him in a place where He will not see you."

[al-Hilyah | 8/83]

Show-off on social media:

In this age of materialism and social media, people tend to share the good things they have, i.e., beauty, house, job, children, food, clothes, cars, etc.

This is natural, and this is often done with good intentions, but it has some unintended negative consequences:

Some people will feel bad, wishing they could have the same, others may get jealous and the evil eye could hit.

For these reasons, even if these things are not shared with the intention of show-off, we should try to minimize this as much as possible, remain low-key, to avoid putting other people in fitnah, and to safeguard our blessings.

There is also a concept called 'كفر نعمة', [ungratefulness for the blessings of God], and this usually happens, when we see someone that has more worldly blessings than us.

According to some scholars, this was the reason why the queen ant told her colony to enter their dwellings when Sulayman and his army were marching.

Imam Fakhr al-Razi writes:
وثالثها : ما رأيت في بعض الكتب أن تلك النملة إنما أمرت غيرها بالدخول لأنها خافت على قومها أنها إذا رأت سليمان في جلالته، فربما وقعت في كفران نعمة الله تعالى وهذا هو المراد بقوله :﴿لا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَـانُ﴾ فأمرتها بالدخول في مساكنها لئلا ترى تلك النعم فلا تقع في كفران نعمة الله تعالى، وهذا تنبيه على أن مجالسة أرباب الدنيا محذورة
'𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 (𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻) 𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 (𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲) 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝘆: '𝗦𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂.' [𝗤𝘂𝗿'𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟳:𝟭𝟴].
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱.'
['Tafsir al-Razi', 24/187].

Imam al-Qurtubi also mentioned this as one possible interpretation:
لم ترِد ( حطم النفوس)، وإنما أرادت ( حطم القلوب)
'𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻: [𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀], 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁: [𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀].'
['Tafsir al-Qurtubi', 13/171].

If sometimes we do see the blessings God has bestowed upon others, and these ill feelings do arise within ourselves, we should remember that God said:

نحن قسمنا بینهم معیشتهم فی الحیاة الدّنیا!
'𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗘, 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱.' [Qur'an 43:32].

It is the Will and Decree of God, He tests some with poverty, and others with wealth.

والعاقبة للمتقين!

Ibn Baaz رحمه الله said:

You have to think well of Allāh (have Husn ad-Dhann biLlah) and continue to make du’ā (supplicate) and be persistent in that,

for in supplication there is much good for you.

📖 [Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 5/304]