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Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam) said,

 ”Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler/wayfarer.”

The companion Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar (radhiya Allahu ‘Anhu) used to say:

“When evening comes, do not expect (to live till) morning, and when morning comes, do not expect (to live till) evening. Take from your health (a preparation) for your illness, and from your life for your death.”¹

For the Saalik(a) this hadith is an ultimate reminder of purpose. How important this hadith is for our times! In an age when the boob-tube seduces our minds, an idol - or parent for our children, poisons our hearts with ingratitude, flashes scenes of luxury and disgusting delusions of ‘I wish I lived like that’ or ‘what if I won a Million dollars’ or ‘I wish I looked like that’, promotes the evils of capitalistic pagans who want nothing more than for you to waste your money on a mattress that will cause you to sleep through Fajr so you can get your ‘magical’ 10 hours of sleep, or other ridiculous trash, this hadith screams “Wake-Up!” Stop sitting through life. Act! Travel on the path of righteousness!

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Footnotes (Click ↩ at the end of the note to Go Back to Original Place in the article) :

1. Reported by Al-Bukhaari and others [↩]

by Abul Layth

As I was reading Tuhfat-Adh-Dhaakireen of Imaam Ash-Shawkaani I came across an interesting section titled, “When you are summoned respond with ‘Labbayk‘.”

Imaam Ash-Shawkaani (actually Imaam Al-Jazri, but Shawkaani is explaining) quotes a hadith from Ibn As-Sunni’s ‘Amal Al-Yawm Wal-Laylah (#184)that states reporting from Mu’aadh ibn Jabal (radhiya Allahu ‘Anhu) that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Oh Mu’aadh!” Whereupon Mu’aadh responded “Labbayk ya Rasulullah wa Sa’dayk!” (i.e. I am hear at your service oh Messenger of Allah ).

If you are thinking that this response is restricted to the Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) then know that our beloved Sayyid Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) responded to Umm Jameel by saying, “Labbayk wa Sa’dayk!”. Imaam Ash-Shawkaani states beneath the mention of the hadith of Umm Jameel, “And it is a Sahih hadith as you will come to see (later on in the book).”

 Imaam An-Nawawi says in his masterpiece Al-Adhkaar, “Issue: And it is mustahabb (recommended) to respond to the one who summons you with ‘Labbayk wa Sa’dayk’ or ‘Labbayk’ alone.”

 لبيك وسعديك

Let us try and revive this sunnah insha’Allah .

 Jazaakum Allahu Khairan

A wonderful wird that the beloved and perfect Messenger Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) taught us at night was to recite the last two aayaat of Surat-Al-Baqarah at night.

Imaam Zakiyud-Deen Al-Mundhiri (581-656 A.H) records in his Targheeb wat-Tarheeb beneath the section “The Book of Dhikr and Du’aa” the following hadith,

“From Abi Mas’ud (radhiya Allahu ‘Anhu) who said that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said,

‘Whoever recites the last two aayaat from Surat Al-Baqarah in the night time, that will suffice him (kafataahu).’ ”

 Reported by Bukhaari (5009), Muslim (807 and 808), Abu Daawud (1397), At-Tirmithi and An-Nasaa’i (in ‘Amal Al-Yawm wal-Laylah, Ibn Maajah, and Ibn Khuzaymah in his Sahih.

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Jazaakum Allahu Khairan

 

 

Compiled by Abul Layth ibn ‘Ataa’

Dear Honest Seeker, 

This letter is for anyone who cares to research the issue of dancing or swaying, before attacking those Muslims who do so. It is easy for one to attack what one does not understand. Indeed, it is even easier for those who have no fear of Allah ta’alaa. I ask anyone who reads this article to keep an open-mind and look at the proofs carefully. Many pseudo-salafis claim that the “Sufis” act upon desires and not proof. Yet, as Shaykh Nuh H.M. Keller (May Allah continue to illuminate his heart) stated, “The sufi lives by the principle; amal-bil-’ilm (acting with knowledge).”

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She was born in the noble city of Hamaamah deep in what is known today as the Ghazza Strip, Filasteen. Born to a modest family who were farmers, she understood the land and loved working it. She married at 15 to a young man whose aspirations were for Allah ta’alaa. It was not long that they had two beautiful young children. Suddenly, the tanks begin roling into her land. Her town attacked. Her people and family, displaced, without food, struggling for their lives. Those two beautiful children die of starvation, she could no longer produce milk - her body was malnourished. Unbearable pain! Ya Allah ! Ya Kareem! Ya Lateef!

 Her husband flees with her to the eastern province of Saudi Arabia where he works for the hospitals. Life is easier, but the memories of horror still haunt her dreams. She begins making and selling clothes. Running a business from within her home and raising her 9 other children. Oh Allah ! Grant me the patience to continue! Give me your blessings and shed them on my family!
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حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏بَهْزٌ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏حَمَّادٌ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏هِشَامُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ‏ ‏قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ‏ ‏أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ‏ ‏قَالَ ‏قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏إِنْ قَامَتْ السَّاعَةُ وَبِيَدِ أَحَدِكُمْ ‏ ‏ فَسِيلَةٌ ‏ ‏فَإِنْ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ لَا يَقُومَ حَتَّى يَغْرِسَهَا فَلْيَفْعَلْ ‏

Bahz narrated to us from Hammad (ibn Salamah) who narrated to him from Hishaam ibn Zayd who said that he heard Anas ibn Maalik (radhiya Allahu ‘Anhu) saying Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “If the hour (as-saa’ah, i.e. the day of judgment) is established upon you and in your hand is a plant, if you are able, do not stand until you have planted it into the ground.”

[Reported by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad via a Sahīh chain]

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 By Abul Layth ibn ‘Ataa’

His Youth

On a beautiful Fajr morning on the 22nd of Muharram in the year 846 A.H (June 7th 1442 CE), in the village of Tiliwaan, was born a man the ‘Aarifeen would forever praise and look to for spiritual growth. His name was Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isaa Al Barnoosi Al-Faasi, known as Az-Zarruq. His parents died while he was one week of age due to a horrible outbreak known as ‘Azzunah. His maternal grandmother Umm Al-Baneen, a woman he would always express absolute love and gratitude for, raised him. Umm Al-Baneen had memorized the Qur’aan and studied Islaam. She was a Zaahida and raised her beloved grandson as one as well. Imaam Az-Zarruq describes his grandmother as such,

“She instructed me how to make Salaah and ordered me to do so at the age of five. At the same age she sent me to the kuttaab (Qur’anic School) and started teaching me about tawheed, tawakkul, eemaan, and deen in a curious method. One day she prepared food for me. When I came back from the Kuttaab for luch she said, ‘I have got nothing for you to eat. However, provision is in the treasure of the Almighty! Sit down and let us ask from Him!’ We stretched out our hands to the heavens and began praying to Allah . Then she said: ‘Go and look, aybe Allah has put something in the corner of the house.’ We began to search and how glad I was when I found the food! She said: ‘Come and let us thank Allah before we eat, so that our Lord may give us more from his Mercy!’ We thanked Allah and praised Him for an hour then we commenced eating. She used to do many times till I grew up.”

 He tells of another occasion,

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Disclaimer: The opinions stated within this article may not reflect the opinions of other SI staff.

I have worked in the medical field for a couple of years now. I have seen cancers eat humans hole. I have seen HIV over run both mind and body. Most of all, I have seen time deteriorate men who lived lives of strength, bravery, morality, difficult and perplexing jobs, as well as vice and transgression against the will of Allah . This article is about the following incident that happened to me today.

As I was walking down the hall of the facility I work at, an elderly woman, wheelchair bound, grabbed my arm and said, “Young Man! I have something I want to tell you.”

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A brother expressed to me his sentiment that he had always thought that there was only one school of ‘Aqidah amongst Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jama’ah. So I shared with him what a friend had given me.

(قال العلامة محمد بن أحمد السفاريني الحنبلي في لوامع الأنوار البهية (ص73
أهل السنة والجماعة ثلاث فرق : الأثرية : وإمامهم أحمد بن حنبل رحمه الله تعالى ، والأشعرية : وإمامهم أبو الحسن الأشعري رحمه الله تعالى ، والماتريدية : وإمامهم
أبو منصور الماتريدي

Al-’Allaamah Muhammad ibn Ahmad As-Safaareeni Al-Hanbali stated in Lawaami’ Al-Anwaar Al-Bahiyyah (page 73),

“Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jama’ah is composed of three groups: Al-Athariyyah (those who ascribe themselves to the texts), and their Imam is Ahmad ibn Hanbal Rahimahullahu Ta’alaa. The Asha’riyyah, their Imam being Abul-Hasan Al-Ash’ari rahimahullah Ta’alaa. The Maaturidiyyah, their Imam being Abu Mansoor Al-Maaturidiy.”

The Hanbali opponents of the Asha’ris and Maaturidis despise this quote. They will attempt to explain it away by every means they can. The fact is, Imaam As-Safaareeni said what he said, and meant it.

I think I have just read one of the most ridiculous questions I have ever laid eyes upon answered, sincerely I am sure, by Sayyid Faraz Rabbani. So here it is:

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