Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albānī (rahimahullah) mentions that four supplications have been narrated regarding the Qunūt du‘ā: اللهم اهدنا فيمن هديت، وعافنا فيمن عافيت، وتولنا فيمن توليت، وبارك لنا فيما أعطيت، وقنا شر ما قضيت، فإنك تقضي ولا يقضى عليك، وإنه لا يذلّ من واليتَ، ولا يعزّ من عاديت، تباركت ربنا…
Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani (rahimahullah): Masjids are the most beloved places to Allāh, the Most High. Allāh, the Wise Legislator, has ordained specific rulings to masjid, categorised into three types: (1) obligatory and recommended acts, (2) forbidden acts, and (3) permissible acts. These acts are as follows: Obligatory and…
‘Abbād ibn al-‘Awwām said: Sharīk ibn ‘Abdillāh came to us fifty years ago. I said to him: O’ Abū ‘Abdillāh, there are a group of Mu‘tazilah who reject these hadiths that Allāh descends to the lowest heaven and that the people of Jannah will see their Lord. So, he narrated…
عن أنس رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ما توادَّ اثنانِ في اللهِ فيُفَرَّقُ بينهما إلَّا بذنْبٍ يُحْدِثُهُ أحدُهما Anas ibn Mālik (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrated that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: “No two people love each other for the sake of Allāh and then fall out…
Ibn Qudāmah (rahimahullah) said: The slave of Allāh must hold himself to account for every breath he takes and for the sins of his heart and limbs during every hour of the day. If an individual were to throw a stone into his house for every sin he commits, his…
Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Aziz ibn Bāz, the Former Mufti of Saudi Arabia (rahimahullah) said: There are many tremendous benefits and wisdoms in fasting, some of them are: 1) Fasting purifies the soul from bad manners and negative traits such as arrogance, pride, and stinginess, and makes it accustomed to noble manners such…
‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrated that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: من سره أن يحب الله ورسوله فليقرأ في المصحف “Whoever wants to love Allāh and His Messenger then let him read from the muṣḥaf.” (al-Sahihah of al-Albani no. 2342) Shaykh ‘Ubayd al-Jābirī (rahimahullah): “If there are maṣāḥif (copies of…
‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “I was a young shepherd boy responsible for the sheep of ‘Uqbah ibn Abī Mu‘ayṭ. The Prophet ﷺ once came with Abū Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) when they were fleeing from the polytheists and said, ‘O boy, do you have milk for us to drink?’…
The great scholar ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Mubārak (rahimahullah) was criticised for donating money to people in lands other than his own land, so he said: “Indeed, I know a people who possess virtues and truthfulness, they seek knowledge of ḥadīth, and they do so diligently. They seek knowledge due to mankind’s…
Allāh, the Most High, said: وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ “And [remember] when Ibrāhīm said: ‘My Lord, make this city (Makkah) secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols.’” [Sūrah Ibrāhīm 14:35] Shaykh Muhammad Amān al-Jāmī (rahimahullah): We must…