You are better off than millions of women.

 Think of the world as a whole, of the hospitals filled with patients who have been stricken with disease and calamity for many years; and the prisons in which thousands of people are held behind bars, their lives and pleasures ruined; and the asylums and hospitals which accommodate people who have lost their minds and have become insane.

Are there not poor people living in tattered tents and hovels, who cannot find a bite to eat? Are there not women who have been stricken with calamities that took away all their children in a single accident? Or women who have lost their sight or hearing, or whose arms or legs have been amputated, or who have lost their minds, or who have been stricken with chronic diseases such as cancer and the like?

But you are sound in body and in good health, living a life of tranquility, security and contentment.

So give thanks to Allah, the Exalted, All-Merciful. for His blessings and do not waste your time with things that are not pleasing to Him, sitting for hours in front of satellite TV with its cheap, nasty and foolish content that makes the heart sick and causes depression, and makes the body lethargic.

Rather, choose that which is useful and beneficial, such as lectures and conferences, or programmes about medicine, or news that concerns Muslims, men and women, and so on. Avoid this garbage that is shown and this promiscuity that they are trying to spread, for it destroys modesty and religious commitment

"Leave the wrongdoer to the court of the Hereafter when there will be no judge but Allah."

یومِ سیاہ اور شہداء کی سالانہ برسی

"یومِ سیاہ اور شہداء کی سالانہ برسی"

✍️ حافظ محمد طاھر

بسم الله و الحمد لله و الصلاة والسلام على رسول الله......!!!

ایام و ماہ اور سال و صدیاں اللہ تعالی کی حکمتِ بالغہ اور تخلیقِ کاملہ کا شاہکار ہیں کہ نظامِ عالم ایک خاص ترتیب سے جاری و ساری ہے، پھر مزید رحمتِ الہی یہ ہے کہ نہ تو دنوں میں سے کوئی دن منحوس یا برا ہے اور نہ مہینوں میں سے کوئی مہینہ، لیکن ہمارے ہاں ایک خاص طریقہ ایجاد ہوا ہے جس میں کسی دن کو یومِ سیاہ / بلیک ڈے وغیرہ قرار دے دیا جاتا ہے پھر اسے ہر سال منایا جاتا ہے، اس سلسلے میں بطورِ مسلمان ہمیں دو باتیں مد نظر رکھنی چاہیئں :

پہلی بات تو یہ کہ کسی دن کے متعلق خبر دیتے ہوئے کہہ دینا کہ فلاں دن برا گزرا یا فلاں دن کسی کے لیے پریشانی والا تھا وغیرہ تو اس میں ایک حد تک جواز کا پہلو نکلتا ہے، جیسا کہ اللہ تعالی نے عذاب کے دنوں کو "ایام نحسات" کہا، لوط علیہ السلام نے ایک دن کو "يوم عصيب" کہا ، لیکن یہ بھی عین لازم ہے کہ کسی ایک انسان کے لیے کوئی دن بڑا پریشان کن گزرا ہو جبکہ وہی دن دوسرے کے لیے خیر و برکت کا باعث بنا ہو. 

(مزید تفصیل دیکھئے : مفتاح دار السعادة لابن القيم : 2/ 194، مجموع فتاوی الشيخ ابن عثيمين : 10/ 823)

البتہ سال کے کسی مقررہ دن یا ماہ کو اس لیے "منحوس" یا "یومِ سیاہ" قرار دینا کہ اس میں آپ کو کوئی مصیبت یا تکلیف پہنچی تھی، پھر اس کو ایک منحوس دن یا ماہ کی حیثیت سے یاد کرنا تو یہ سراسر حرام اور ناجائز ہے، جیسا کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ و سلم نے زمانے کو گالی دینے سے منع فرمایا بلکہ اسے اللہ تعالی کو برا بھلا کہنے کے مترادف قرار دیا. 

(البخاري :7491، مسلم : 2246) اسی طرح جاہلیت میں منحوس سمجھے جانے والے ماہِ صفر کی نحوست کی نفی کی گئی (البخاري : 5776، مسلم : 2224) اور اس سے بڑھ کر اگر عقیدہ ہی یہ بن جائے کہ کوئی دن یا سال ہمارا نفع و نقصان کر سکتا ہے تو یہ شرک ہے، کیوں کہ نفع و نقصان کے مالک صرف اللہ تعالی ہیں.

دوسری بات یہ ہے کہ کسی کی وفات یا شہادت کے خاص دن کو ہر سال بطورِ یومِ سیاہ منانا، اس دن غم کا اظہار کرنا، خاص قسم کے پیغامات اور پوسٹیں شیئر کرنا، نوحہ گری یا اس قسم کے ترانے بجانا، تقریبات منعقد کرنا، یہ تمام چیزیں برسی منانے کی ہی ایک قسم ہے، جو کہ اسلام کا ہرگز ہرگز مزاج نہیں، مسلمان مصیبت و پریشانی کو اللہ تعالی کی طرف سے آزمائش سمجھتا ہے، نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ و سلم کی زندگی میں بیسیوں پریشانیوں و تکالیف، شہادتوں اور اموات کے دن گزرے، آپ نے کسی بھی دن کو سالانہ یاد گار قرار نہیں دیا، فطری اور طبعی طور پر دل غمگین یا پریشان ضرور ہوتا ہے لیکن ہر سال ایک خاص طریقے سے سوشل میڈیا پر ٹرینڈ چلانا، پوسٹنگ کرنا یہ یقینا برسی منانے کا ایک جدید طریقہ ہے، بد قسمتی سے اب خالص مذہبی اور سنجیدہ طبقہ بھی آلودہ ہو چکا ہے، اللہ تعالی ہمیں محفوظ فرمائے. آمین.

نوٹ : 

یہاں یہ بات بھی ذہن نشین رہے کہ عوام الناس اور بعض مؤرخین وغیرہ کے مطابق نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ و سلم نے سیدہ خدیجہ رضی اللہ عنہا اور ابو طالب کی وفات کے سال کو عام الحزن (غموں کا سال) قرار دیا تھا، یہ بات بالکل بے بنیاد و بے اصل ہے جس کی کوئی حقیقت نہیں، نہ تو اس کا کوئی ثبوت ہے اور نہ ہی اسلام اور پیغمبر اسلام صلی اللہ علیہ و سلم کا یہ مزاج ہے جیسا کہ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ و سلم کی سیرت کے مطالعے سے واضح ہوتا ہے۔۔

Hypocrisy: A Brief Description

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Hypocrisy, like Kufr and Shirk, has different levels and grades, which may take a person out of Islaam and which may not.

 

Hypocrisy is of two types: Major and Minor.

 

1) Major hypocrisy or hypocrisy in belief takes a person out of Islaam, and not only makes him a permanent inhabitant of the Hell-Fire but also the inhabitant of the lowest level in Hell. [See Surah al-Nisaa (4): 145] They are the ones who hide their Kufr inside their hearts while they outwardly pretend to be Muslims, through their speech and actions.

Such hypocrites, we can never know about them for sure, we accept them on their face value as we have not been given the ability to know what is in their hearts. Only Allaah knows about them and what they conceal.

 

2) Minor hypocrisy or hypocrisy of the actions does not take a person out of Islaam. He might believe in his heart but he does the actions of a hypocrite. If Allaah wills, He might punish him or forgive him. If he is punished, like other sinners he will not be in the Hell-Fire forever, and he might be taken out of the Hell-Fire through the intercessions of those who will be allowed to intercede on the Day of Judgment, by Allaah’s Permission.

 

This type of hypocrisy is a precursor for the Major hypocrisy. The one who persists in Minor hypocrisy and it becomes his habit then it is feared for him that he will soon fall into Major hypocrisy. From the signs of Minor hypocrisy is: lying, deceiving, using profanity, etc.

 

There are many Aayaat and Ahaadeeth describing the characteristics of the hypocrites. One Hadeeth which sums this up is:

 

Narrated `Abdullaah Ibn `Amr رضي الله عنهما: The Prophet ﷺ said:

Whoever has the following four (characteristics) will be a pure hypocrite and whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy unless and until he gives it up.

1. Whenever he is entrusted, he betrays.

2. Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie.

3. Whenever he makes a covenant, he proves treacherous.

4. Whenever he quarrels, he behaves in a very imprudent, evil, and insulting manner.❞

[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree and Saheeh Muslim]

 

We cannot judge what is in a person’s heart, but we can judge him through his actions:

 

Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه: ❝People were (sometimes) judged by the revealing of a Divine Inspiration during the lifetime of Allaah's Messenger ﷺ but now there is no longer any more (new revelation). Now we judge you by the deeds you practice publicly, so we will trust and favor the one who does good deeds in front of us, and we will not call him to account about what he is really doing in secret, for Allaah will judge him for that; but we will not trust or believe the one who presents to us with an evil deed even if he claims that his intentions were good.❞

[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (2460)]

 

Narrated Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه: A funeral procession passed and the people praised the deceased. The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝It has been affirmed to him.❞ Then another funeral procession passed and the people spoke badly of the deceased. The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝It has been affirmed to him.❞ `Umar Ibn al-Khattaab asked (Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ): “What has been affirmed?” He ﷺ replied: ❝You’ve praised this, so Paradise has been affirmed to him, and you spoke badly of this, so Hell has been affirmed to him. You people are Allaah’s witnesses on earth.❞

[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (1367, 2642), and from the narration of `Umar (1368, 2643)]

 

WE DO NOT JUDGE THE INTENTIONS, WE JUDGE THE ACTIONS!

An Alarming Alert to our Society

Takhbeeb: Corrupting or Instigating the Wife against her Husband:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

The Lawyer, `Abdullaah al-Jiraish, explained that: “Takhbeeb is when a third person (a man or a woman) interferes between the husband and the wife with the intention of causing problems between them, and perhaps with the intention of their own marriage (i.e. a man intending to marry the wife, or the woman intending to marry the husband). If the corrupter corrupts the marriage with the intention of his/her own marriage with the one being corrupted, then such a marriage is Baatil (invalid), because in the Islaamic Legislation prohibits a man to propose marriage to a woman to whom another person has already proposed, it is not even allowed to propose to a woman who is in her Iddah, then how about one who tries to separate a man and his wife in order to get her.

He further said that a large number of divorce cases registered were due to Takhbeeb, and this is the direct result of when a third person corrupts or instigates the spouses against each other.

The Messenger of Allaah ﷺsaid: “He is not one of us who turns a woman against her husband or a slave against his master.”

[Sunan Abu Dawood (2175, 5170); and graded as “Saheeh” by al-Albaanee]

The Lawyer, ` Abdullaah al-Jiraish, confirmed that the Islaamic Legislation gives utmost importance to maintaining the family, and it strictly rebukes the actions of those who try to create separation between the husband and the wife by instigating or corrupting the wife against her husband, or by offering her wealth or something similar to lure her. Al-Jiraish also mentioned that the Saudi Law has not fixed a prescribed punishment – as a criminal offense, but the punishment has been prescribed as censure and to discourage such actions, which the attending judge decides, which also includes imprisonment and flogging. But when the third person interferes when there is a conflict between the husband and the wife, and his/her action leads to the divorce between the couples, then it is treated as a criminal offense which obligates punishment. One should note that Takhbeeb is corrupting the heart of the woman by this third person against her husband, taking advantage of the conflict between them.

And al-Jiraish further confirmed that the judge decides the punishment as a means of censuring the act, and depending upon the severity of the action – i.e. if the action by the interference of the third person led to the separation between the spouses.

--end of quote from Al-Madinah Newspaper.

The oppression of corrupting a person’s wife who was Halaal for him is worse than the oppression of taking away his wealth and property, and it is more severe if they have children between them.

It is very strange to see people who will sink to any depths for the sake of a fleeting moment of physical pleasure or illusionary happiness.

﴿وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا مَا فَضَّلَ اللَّـهُ بِهِ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا اكْتَسَبُوا ۖ وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا اكْتَسَبْنَ ۚ وَاسْأَلُوا اللَّـهَ مِن فَضْلِهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا﴾

{And do not wish for that by which Allaah has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allaah of his bounty. Indeed Allaah is ever, of all things, Knowing}

[Surah al-Nisaa’ (4):32]

As Allaah has blessed us with enough of that which is permissible, then what need do we have of immoral ways for the purpose of gratification, unless all a man cares about is pursuing his irrational desires?

Turning a wife against her husband does not only mean pushing her to demand a divorce; rather trying to play with her emotions and causing her to fall in love with you is one of the worst kinds of corruption and wrongdoing. 

The Prophet ﷺ said: “Any woman who asks her husband for a divorce for no reason, the fragrance of Paradise will be forbidden to her.”

[Sunan al-Tirmidhee (1187), Sunan Abu Dawood (2226), and Sunan Ibn Maajah (2055), and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

It is easy to manipulate and corrupt women because they are quick in denying the favors done to them by their husbands and are ungrateful to them.

Narrated Ibn `Abbaas: The Prophet ﷺ said: “I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful.”It was asked: “Do they disbelieve in Allaah? (or are they ungrateful to Allaah?)” He ﷺ replied: “They are ungrateful to their husbands and are ungrateful for the favors and the good (charitable deeds) done to them. If you are benevolent to one of them throughout the life and if she sees anything (undesirable) in you, she will say, 'I have never received any good from you.’”

[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (29, 1052, 5197)]

Asmaa' narrated that the Prophet ﷺ passed by a group of women sitting down in the Masjid. He ﷺ said Salam to them with his hand and said: “Beware of the ingratitude of those with blessings. Beware of the ingratitude of those with blessings.” One of them said: “O Prophet of Allaah! We seek Allaah’s refuge from being ungrateful for the blessings of Allaah.” He ﷺsaid: “Rather, one of you women might have been without a husband for a long time (and then Allaah provides her with one) and she becomes angry and says: ‘By Allah, I have never seen an hour of good from you.’ That is ingratitude for the blessings of Allaah. That is the ingratitude of those with blessings.”

[al-Adab al-Mufrad (1047) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

Narrated Abu Sa`eed Al-Khudree: Once Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ went out to the Musallaa (to offer the prayer) of `Eed al-Adha or `Eed al-Fitr prayer. Then he ﷺ passed by the women and said: “O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women).” They asked: “Why is it so, O Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ?” He ﷺ replied: “You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.” The women asked: “O Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?” He ﷺ said: “Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?” They replied in the affirmative. He ﷺ said: “This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?” The women replied in the affirmative. He ﷺ said: “This is the deficiency in her religion.”

[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (304, 1462) and Saheeh Muslim]

Even if only one deed was accepted...

Even if only one deed was accepted...

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Yahya al-Ghassaanee said: A needy person came to Ibn `Umar, so he (Ibn `Umar) asked his son to give him a Deenaar. His son said to him: “May Allaah accept this from you, O my father!” He replied: ❝If I come to know that Allaah تعالى has accepted from me even one Sajdah or even one Dirham in charity, nothing would hide how much I would love to die (in that state). Do you know from whom does Allaah accept (their good deeds)? (He then recited): {Verily, Allaah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqoon}❞

[al-Tamheed of Ibn `Abd al-Barr (4/256)]

[Surah al-Maaidah (5): 27]

Explanation of the Duaa for anxiety and sorrow

Explanation of the Duaa for anxiety and sorrow

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Supplication for one whose affairs have become difficult

Narrated Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه: the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said (in another narration: the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to supplicate saying):

اللَّهُمَّ لا سَهْلَ إِلا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلا، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلا

Allaahumma laa sahla illaa maa ja`altahoo sahlaa, wa anta taj`alu al-hazna idhaa shi’ta sahlaa

❝O Allaah, there is no ease except in that which You have made easy, and You make difficulty, if You wish, easy.❞

📚 [Ibn Hibbaan (986), and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (2886) and said: “It is as per the condition of (Imaam) Muslim”. And also grade as “Saheeh” by Shaikh Muqbil in Saheeh al-Musnad (73)]

🌴🌴🌴

📑 Explanation:

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله:
❝The meaning of this Du`aa is that anything which Allaah عز وجل has not made it easy for a person, then it will never be easy for him to do or achieve. Easy is that which Allaah عز وجل has made easy. Al-Hazn means that which is extremely difficult, and if Allaah عز وجل Wills, He can make it convenient, easy, and simple. And if Allaah عز وجل Wills, He can make an easy thing inconvenient, difficult, and hard, for everything is in the Hands of Allaah عز وجل.

Through this Du`aa a person is asking Allaah عز وجل to make the difficult affairs easy for him. And he is praising Allaah عز وجل and affirming that everything is in the Hands of Allaah alone, and that only He تعالى can remove the difficulty and make the affairs easy.❞

The Contrast between the deeds of the Sahaabah and the deeds of the people

The Contrast between the deeds of the Sahaabah and the deeds of the people at the end of time

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Praise be to Allaah.  

In order to understand this issue we must note that there are two types of reward, the reward for knowledge and the reward for accompanying the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Some later members of the ummah may do deeds that are greater in reward than similar actions on the part of some of the Sahaabah because they will have no one to support and help them, and because they will be subject to a great deal of temptation, but they will not have the reward of having accompanied the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and met him.

 Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said: 

The hadeeth “The righteous among them will have the reward of fifty of you” does not mean that people other than the Sahaabah are superior to the Sahaabah, because simply having more reward does not prove that one is superior. 

Moreover, the difference in reward is with regard to the same type of deed. But the superiority attained by one who saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cannot be matched by anyone. 

This is how we may interpret the ahaadeeth quoted above. 

Fath al-Baari, 7/7 

Shaykh al-Islam (Ibn Taymiyah – may Allaah have mercy on him) said:  

They – meaning the later members of the ummah – may have good deeds equivalent to those of fifty men among the Sahaabah, of the deeds that they did at that time. That is because the Sahaabah had help and support in that, whereas those who come later may not have help and support. But the fact that the reward will be multiplied for them in cases where it is not multiplied for the Sahaabah does not mean that they are better than the Sahaabah or that their virtue is any greater than that of the Sahaabah. What the Sahaabah achieved in terms of faith, jihad and fighting the people of this earth by supporting the Messenger, believing what he said and obeying his teachings before his call spread, his word prevailed, the number of his supporters increased and the proof of his Prophethood became widely known, indeed when the believers were so few in number and the disbelievers and hypocrites were so many, and the believers spent their wealth for the sake of Allaah, seeking His pleasure in that situation, is something that no one can achieve the like of any more. As it says in al-Saheehayn, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not curse the Sahaabah, for by the One in Whose hand is my soul, if any one of you spent the equivalent of Mount Uhud in gold, he would not attain the level of any one of them, or even come half way.” 

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 13/65, 66 

Moreover, there is no virtuous deed that those who come later can do, but those who came before did something similar in a more perfect fashion. 

With regard to the words “They will have the reward of fifty of you because you have supporters who help you to do good and they will not have any supporters who will help them to do good,” this is correct in a case where a deed done by a single person among those who come later are like the deed done by a group of people among those who came before, so he will have the reward of fifty. But you should not imagine that one of those who come later will do deeds like those of some of the major Sahaabah such as Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, for there will never again be a Prophet like Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) with whom people may do deeds like those that were done with Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). 

With regard to the words, “My ummah is like the rain, I do not know whether the first of it is better or the last of it,” although this hadeeth is not very sound, what it means is that among those who come later there will be those who are similar to those who came before, and they will be so close that the one who tries to compare them will not know which is better, even though one of them is in fact better. 

This is glad tidings for those who come later, that among them will be those who are close to those who came before them, as it says in another hadeeth: “The best of my ummah are the first and the last, and between them there will be some crookedness. Would that I could see my brethren.” They said, “Are we not your brethren?” He said, “You are my companions.” This shows that precedence was given to the Sahaabah, because they alone are his companions, which is a higher status than merely being brothers.” 

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 11/370, 371 

It is worth pointing out that there is no basis for the phrase used in the question, “the best of generations is my generation”, although it is often used in the books of Ahl al-Sunnah. Moreover, there is a mistake with regard to its meaning. If this is what he said, then he would have said after it, “then the one that follows it.” But the wording of the hadeeth is “then those who follow them.” The wording of the saheeh hadeeth is: “The best of mankind is my generation” and “The best of my ummah is my generation.” 

And Allaah knows best.