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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Habib Umar trans Sheikh Yahya Rhodus 18-07
Arif Al Marif (dowra notes part one)
Chapter; The Sufis will be in a good state until they accept the bad things
May Allah protect and establish the schools
So we can preserve the deen
Beneficial knowledge will be taught
Not for other reason except to get close to Allah Subhnau wa Ta'ala
The people who will have the most remorse on the day of the judgement are the ones who had the opportunity to study but didn’t
If you have the ability to study use it
Use it as a means to get closer to Allah Subhnau wa Ta'ala
And we ask him to purify our intentions
When the ignorant people sat they sat, because they sought knowledge for an ulterior motives and are not sincere
This person only is veiled and gains nothing except distance
If he has a bad opinion of people he could be cut off from blessings
We have to see the blessing of the people off our time and not expect too much
The reality is that if someone sees something outside that he doesn’t its because of the reality of the time that we are in
The one people who arrive to Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala are the ones who Allah Subhnau wa Ta'ala wishes to arrive to him
The early people had aspects of the legality and they had a pure human nature
A good opinion strengths his heart and he had a bad opinion it will be bad for him
There is benefit in having good opinion for a person but don’t help a person to do bad (evil)
Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala will give you help if you do this
If you have a bad opinion then this is bad manners, if the person who has a bad opinion is wrong when he right. As is illustrated when Osama ibn zaid (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) killed the person who said the Shahada
Don’t spy on your neighbours
The person who thinks he is better than others, will be the first to be destroyed
The Sahileen are those who see their deficiencies
The righteous are the ones who don’t belittle others
The people of truth don’t think about harming other people and don’t think about attaining something by taking it from others, this is brotherhood
We don’t mean everyone has to have the same madhab etc, in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) there were different opinions and he (peace and blessings upon him) confirmed them all
The one who says we have to get rid of the legal opinions (schools) is the one who hasn’t thought about it well
We have outward difference but we have mercy in our hearts and we are united under the shahada
Its incumbent to get together for the sake of Allah Subanu wa Ta'ala
To unify the Muslims is not to remove what differs but to arrange things to work together and have a mutual organisation and the respect each and help each other
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, “Indeed, the believer are like one body. If one part is in pain then the whole body is in pain.” Whoever who doesn’t feel the pain of the Muslims, he could be sick and he feels the pain of the tribulation of the Muslims
Just as you see the evil people spread drugs, tribalism, nationalism amongst the earth, its as if they want the Muslim body to be paralysed and not feel a thing
Its customary for them to rectify the wrong beliefs of a member
If we get people to differ this will bring people to differ and satan will enter
The Sufis will be in a good state until they accept the bad things
None of them will get the doors open if they differ and they will force apologies from others
Umar ibn Khattab ( May Allah be pleased with him ) said, “May Allah be merciful for the one who shows me my faults.”
As if a scorpion is on your shoulder or in your bed, our faults are like scorpion in our graves we should be grateful for someone who points out your faults
Umar (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) once asked Salman al Farsi (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) about his faults, who refused at first and when Umar (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) insisted, Salman (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) said you eat two loaves and change your clothes in the middle of the day. Umar (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) said that after today both these things will stop.
Where is the Mutual advice of today?
May Allah be merciful to persons who gives me a gift by showing me my faults
This is how Umar (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) used to gather the companions (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with them) and ask then he used ask, if he could accept some dispensations, they said that they would correct him and he was very happy with them
If someone comes to you with fire in his heart and you must put out his fire with the water from your heart and don’t add fire from your heart
The sign of bad character is if we complain about others bad character, if we hide other faults and this is better for us
Its upon the sheikh to rebuke the students who rebuke people with his naafs, why didn’t you approach that person with your heart? Good and evil are not equal, repel evil with good
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, “Show mercy you and will be shown mercy.”
If a brother who doesn’t accept an apology he gets a sin upon him
Its dangerous for a person not to accept an apology
Don’t have anything in your heart and a person who goes to someone and apologise that person will have his heart enlighten by Allah
The person who doesn’t accept the sin of his brother
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, “The person who doesn’t accept the excuse of a person. Will not come to my hawd, let him find another hawd.”
Chapter; The Sufis will be in a good state until they accept the bad things
May Allah protect and establish the schools
So we can preserve the deen
Beneficial knowledge will be taught
Not for other reason except to get close to Allah Subhnau wa Ta'ala
The people who will have the most remorse on the day of the judgement are the ones who had the opportunity to study but didn’t
If you have the ability to study use it
Use it as a means to get closer to Allah Subhnau wa Ta'ala
And we ask him to purify our intentions
When the ignorant people sat they sat, because they sought knowledge for an ulterior motives and are not sincere
This person only is veiled and gains nothing except distance
If he has a bad opinion of people he could be cut off from blessings
We have to see the blessing of the people off our time and not expect too much
The reality is that if someone sees something outside that he doesn’t its because of the reality of the time that we are in
The one people who arrive to Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala are the ones who Allah Subhnau wa Ta'ala wishes to arrive to him
The early people had aspects of the legality and they had a pure human nature
A good opinion strengths his heart and he had a bad opinion it will be bad for him
There is benefit in having good opinion for a person but don’t help a person to do bad (evil)
Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala will give you help if you do this
If you have a bad opinion then this is bad manners, if the person who has a bad opinion is wrong when he right. As is illustrated when Osama ibn zaid (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) killed the person who said the Shahada
Don’t spy on your neighbours
The person who thinks he is better than others, will be the first to be destroyed
The Sahileen are those who see their deficiencies
The righteous are the ones who don’t belittle others
The people of truth don’t think about harming other people and don’t think about attaining something by taking it from others, this is brotherhood
We don’t mean everyone has to have the same madhab etc, in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) there were different opinions and he (peace and blessings upon him) confirmed them all
The one who says we have to get rid of the legal opinions (schools) is the one who hasn’t thought about it well
We have outward difference but we have mercy in our hearts and we are united under the shahada
Its incumbent to get together for the sake of Allah Subanu wa Ta'ala
To unify the Muslims is not to remove what differs but to arrange things to work together and have a mutual organisation and the respect each and help each other
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, “Indeed, the believer are like one body. If one part is in pain then the whole body is in pain.” Whoever who doesn’t feel the pain of the Muslims, he could be sick and he feels the pain of the tribulation of the Muslims
Just as you see the evil people spread drugs, tribalism, nationalism amongst the earth, its as if they want the Muslim body to be paralysed and not feel a thing
Its customary for them to rectify the wrong beliefs of a member
If we get people to differ this will bring people to differ and satan will enter
The Sufis will be in a good state until they accept the bad things
None of them will get the doors open if they differ and they will force apologies from others
Umar ibn Khattab ( May Allah be pleased with him ) said, “May Allah be merciful for the one who shows me my faults.”
As if a scorpion is on your shoulder or in your bed, our faults are like scorpion in our graves we should be grateful for someone who points out your faults
Umar (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) once asked Salman al Farsi (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) about his faults, who refused at first and when Umar (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) insisted, Salman (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) said you eat two loaves and change your clothes in the middle of the day. Umar (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) said that after today both these things will stop.
Where is the Mutual advice of today?
May Allah be merciful to persons who gives me a gift by showing me my faults
This is how Umar (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) used to gather the companions (May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with them) and ask then he used ask, if he could accept some dispensations, they said that they would correct him and he was very happy with them
If someone comes to you with fire in his heart and you must put out his fire with the water from your heart and don’t add fire from your heart
The sign of bad character is if we complain about others bad character, if we hide other faults and this is better for us
Its upon the sheikh to rebuke the students who rebuke people with his naafs, why didn’t you approach that person with your heart? Good and evil are not equal, repel evil with good
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, “Show mercy you and will be shown mercy.”
If a brother who doesn’t accept an apology he gets a sin upon him
Its dangerous for a person not to accept an apology
Don’t have anything in your heart and a person who goes to someone and apologise that person will have his heart enlighten by Allah
The person who doesn’t accept the sin of his brother
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, “The person who doesn’t accept the excuse of a person. Will not come to my hawd, let him find another hawd.”
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Sheikh Ibrahim Osi Efa
Advice and the Shamil Tirmdi
All of what humanity knows is not much
Not much of not much
Knowledge has its threshold – you have to pay your tax
The tax of knowledge is to teach
The word for man in Arabic Rajl comes from the word Rijl which means leg and a man is a person who is upright
Its upon you to travel to find knowledge
Ignorance is a lack of knowledge
People do what they do on the basis of knowledge or lack of
The religion revolves around people of knowledge
Our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not illiterate
He (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a society where literary was not valued, the Oral Prophet
The word katba (to write) means to gather
Iqra means to recite, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “What shall I recite?” (Not, I cannot recite) That what it means
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala to show him truth as truth and so he could follow it
We don’t take religion from non-believers
This affair is beyond us
We take from classical sources
We are a people of justice we don’t do what they do
Sending a rocket indiscriminately into people, where does this come from? Its like a plate of pork and saying Bismillah (You can't do that!)
It took the companions (may Allah be pleased be them) 15 years before they were given the order to fight
Classical Islam is trying to put yourself into a context
Our disease is love of the world, that’s why people do (things with) drugs
Wrench the world out of your heart
And you’ll love to die, so you could meet your Lord
The ultimate way to change our condition is by taking the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as an example
He (peace and blessings be upon him) is the cure for every ill in this society
The earth was folded up for him (peace and blessings be upon him) and he knew what would happen to us
There is no tongue better than the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Someone who doesn’t posses a thing can’t give it
Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “O Allah make amongst the few.”
Some scholars would be so busy learning and reading, they would ask their wife’s to feed them
Imam Ahmed (May Allah be pleased with him) relates that he saw Allah in his dreams 99 times, if this is the amount he saw Allah, how may times did he see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
If we see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in our sleep and we shall see him in real life
Some people have seen him
Its about cleansing the heart until it manifests
Imam Ahmed (may Allah be pleased with him) saw Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and asked how do we approach you? Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala said, “By my book.” “With understanding or without?” Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala said, “With understanding or without.”
There are blessings even if you don’t understand
Angels search for groups of remembrance
The sham’il is looking at the essence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
We have to inculcate what he (peace and blessings be upon him) inculcated
(Why do) we speak about Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala what we don’t understand?
Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said, "Our inability to know Allah is the correct understanding of him."
Without the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) we would all be on the wrong path
Imam Tirmidi (May Allah be pleased with him) was a student of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim (may Allah be pleased with them)
When you don’t begin with bismillah the action is cut off, hacked off, (removed from blessing)
If you go to the Middle East know about classical or traditional Islam
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Isnad is from the Deen.”
(Isnad – chain of transmission going back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him))
If there’s no chain of transmission, there’s no Deen
Then why would the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) take from Gibril (upon him peace)
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed the lote tree, Gibril stayed back and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Is this what a friend does to a friend?” Gibril said, “If I was to go forward one iota, I would combust.” Where did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) go into the divine presence and then the prayer was given to him
Take good from the beautiful
Symmetry means a lack of change
Halq means physical creation from which comes from a state of non-existence
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “I don’t fear Shirk for you.”
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is created in order to remind, he is the greatest created act ever, every created act comes from him
It is as if the day of judgement is his day (peace and blessings be upon him)
A childs hair will turn grey, as the Quran tells us
If Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala showed some of his countenance to us, everything would be scorched
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is the intermediary, you cannot get to Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala except by the door of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
We have to understand language
He is the embodiment of perfect Character, (peace and blessings be upon him)
He was a walking Quran, the Quran is uncreated
When you see people walk like him (peace and blessings be upon him) then our situation will change, overnight
On the day of judgement he is Ahmed because Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala is the focus that day
Why wouldn’t you call him Syed?
The problems of this world are because of the people of the sunna and its our fault for letting people go astray
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “If you find good thank Allah, if you find other than that blame yourself.”
He (peace and blessings be upon him) could never say a bad word that’s why he used the word “other”
Don’t blame anyone but yourself
The world is a reflection of yourself
We will be raised on your own, driven to a place on your own, judged on your own
When we will driven it will be in silence and the only sound you’ll hear is the sound of the feet moving up and down (like the sound of clothes rustling)
All the eight people who described the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are children
The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) couldn’t look him in the face
Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) couldn’t describe the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except by the word beauty
When the women saw Yusuf (upon him peace) they cut their hands, Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) said if they had seen the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) they would’ve cut out their hearts
12 questions where asked by the companions (May Allah be pleased with them) all of them where answered by the Quran
When bedions where in town, the companions (May Allah be pleased with them) would gather people to see the bedions, because they would ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) questions
If someone shows you love, how can you go against his word? How can you disobey?
Love isn’t on the tongue, its on the heart
We love him but we don’t want to meet him at the mizan (scales that will weigh up our good and bad actions). We want a light judgement
The bridge goes over hell (we have to go over hell to get to heaven)
One day, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was looking for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), she looked everywhere and found him in Baqi (graveyard). He was praying and in prostration he was saying, “My nation, my nation.” He kept repeating this. (He is concerned about us)
Take your knowledge from men not children
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was 6 foot tall and Umar ibn khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was 8 foot tall
One of his miracle was that anyone who walked with him, didn’t seem taller than him
On the 12th Rabi al awall, his (peace and blessings be upon him) birthday was in the cave of Hira, when he got the revelation
Sura Hud and Sura Waqiah gave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) white hairs
He is a universal Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so that he can be attractive to all nations
Ali ibn Abu Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) used to shave his hair because he said that between each hair was a sin
He (peace and blessings be upon him) has a body beautiful, it was in perfect proportion
All of what humanity knows is not much
Not much of not much
Knowledge has its threshold – you have to pay your tax
The tax of knowledge is to teach
The word for man in Arabic Rajl comes from the word Rijl which means leg and a man is a person who is upright
Its upon you to travel to find knowledge
Ignorance is a lack of knowledge
People do what they do on the basis of knowledge or lack of
The religion revolves around people of knowledge
Our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not illiterate
He (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a society where literary was not valued, the Oral Prophet
The word katba (to write) means to gather
Iqra means to recite, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “What shall I recite?” (Not, I cannot recite) That what it means
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala to show him truth as truth and so he could follow it
We don’t take religion from non-believers
This affair is beyond us
We take from classical sources
We are a people of justice we don’t do what they do
Sending a rocket indiscriminately into people, where does this come from? Its like a plate of pork and saying Bismillah (You can't do that!)
It took the companions (may Allah be pleased be them) 15 years before they were given the order to fight
Classical Islam is trying to put yourself into a context
Our disease is love of the world, that’s why people do (things with) drugs
Wrench the world out of your heart
And you’ll love to die, so you could meet your Lord
The ultimate way to change our condition is by taking the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as an example
He (peace and blessings be upon him) is the cure for every ill in this society
The earth was folded up for him (peace and blessings be upon him) and he knew what would happen to us
There is no tongue better than the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Someone who doesn’t posses a thing can’t give it
Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “O Allah make amongst the few.”
Some scholars would be so busy learning and reading, they would ask their wife’s to feed them
Imam Ahmed (May Allah be pleased with him) relates that he saw Allah in his dreams 99 times, if this is the amount he saw Allah, how may times did he see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
If we see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in our sleep and we shall see him in real life
Some people have seen him
Its about cleansing the heart until it manifests
Imam Ahmed (may Allah be pleased with him) saw Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and asked how do we approach you? Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala said, “By my book.” “With understanding or without?” Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala said, “With understanding or without.”
There are blessings even if you don’t understand
Angels search for groups of remembrance
The sham’il is looking at the essence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
We have to inculcate what he (peace and blessings be upon him) inculcated
(Why do) we speak about Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala what we don’t understand?
Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said, "Our inability to know Allah is the correct understanding of him."
Without the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) we would all be on the wrong path
Imam Tirmidi (May Allah be pleased with him) was a student of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim (may Allah be pleased with them)
When you don’t begin with bismillah the action is cut off, hacked off, (removed from blessing)
If you go to the Middle East know about classical or traditional Islam
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Isnad is from the Deen.”
(Isnad – chain of transmission going back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him))
If there’s no chain of transmission, there’s no Deen
Then why would the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) take from Gibril (upon him peace)
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed the lote tree, Gibril stayed back and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Is this what a friend does to a friend?” Gibril said, “If I was to go forward one iota, I would combust.” Where did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) go into the divine presence and then the prayer was given to him
Take good from the beautiful
Symmetry means a lack of change
Halq means physical creation from which comes from a state of non-existence
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “I don’t fear Shirk for you.”
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is created in order to remind, he is the greatest created act ever, every created act comes from him
It is as if the day of judgement is his day (peace and blessings be upon him)
A childs hair will turn grey, as the Quran tells us
If Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala showed some of his countenance to us, everything would be scorched
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is the intermediary, you cannot get to Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala except by the door of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
We have to understand language
He is the embodiment of perfect Character, (peace and blessings be upon him)
He was a walking Quran, the Quran is uncreated
When you see people walk like him (peace and blessings be upon him) then our situation will change, overnight
On the day of judgement he is Ahmed because Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala is the focus that day
Why wouldn’t you call him Syed?
The problems of this world are because of the people of the sunna and its our fault for letting people go astray
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “If you find good thank Allah, if you find other than that blame yourself.”
He (peace and blessings be upon him) could never say a bad word that’s why he used the word “other”
Don’t blame anyone but yourself
The world is a reflection of yourself
We will be raised on your own, driven to a place on your own, judged on your own
When we will driven it will be in silence and the only sound you’ll hear is the sound of the feet moving up and down (like the sound of clothes rustling)
All the eight people who described the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are children
The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) couldn’t look him in the face
Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) couldn’t describe the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except by the word beauty
When the women saw Yusuf (upon him peace) they cut their hands, Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) said if they had seen the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) they would’ve cut out their hearts
12 questions where asked by the companions (May Allah be pleased with them) all of them where answered by the Quran
When bedions where in town, the companions (May Allah be pleased with them) would gather people to see the bedions, because they would ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) questions
If someone shows you love, how can you go against his word? How can you disobey?
Love isn’t on the tongue, its on the heart
We love him but we don’t want to meet him at the mizan (scales that will weigh up our good and bad actions). We want a light judgement
The bridge goes over hell (we have to go over hell to get to heaven)
One day, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was looking for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), she looked everywhere and found him in Baqi (graveyard). He was praying and in prostration he was saying, “My nation, my nation.” He kept repeating this. (He is concerned about us)
Take your knowledge from men not children
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was 6 foot tall and Umar ibn khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was 8 foot tall
One of his miracle was that anyone who walked with him, didn’t seem taller than him
On the 12th Rabi al awall, his (peace and blessings be upon him) birthday was in the cave of Hira, when he got the revelation
Sura Hud and Sura Waqiah gave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) white hairs
He is a universal Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so that he can be attractive to all nations
Ali ibn Abu Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) used to shave his hair because he said that between each hair was a sin
He (peace and blessings be upon him) has a body beautiful, it was in perfect proportion
Monday, November 13, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Sidi Abdulraheem Hinds
Manners of the Masjid
This world is a means to get closer to Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is waiting for us on the other side
Glorify the sacred in Islam like the Masjid
Ibn Hajja mentions twenty intentions of going to the Masjid
Prepare yourself for entering the Masjid
One should be in a state of dhikr
This is a time to bring yourself into account
Ibn Mashish said, "I seek help from you, to you. I seek assistance from you, to you."
Make your intention: I have left my house for nothing except for the sake of Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala
And Ask: I ask you for protect from the fire and to enter heaven
Ibn Hajja said when you intent to leave for the Masjid you should lower your gaze
When you enter the Masjid ask Allah to forgive your sins
Ask him to open his doors of mercy
Pray 2 units of prayer - even before you sit
Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to stop people using the Masjid as a pathway, by entering one entrance and exiting by another
We have been ennobled by Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala to place our faces on the places that the companions walked, in the Masjid Nabi
Give salat on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), give salams to those present, even if there is something there
Don't speak about worldly matters in the Masjid
Don't spit or walk in front of anyone
Remove filth
Don't bring children to the Masjid that are not toilet trained
Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala is the owner of the Masjid, would you like someone to come into your house and disrespect it?
You can spit in the Masjid if its sand and you can easily hide it
People who enter the Masjid are the people of Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and the people of Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) are the people of hadith
Keep the Masjid tidy
Its not permissible to bring weapons into the Masjid, in the Hanafi madhab its an act of apostasy to do so. It will instil fear into people who are in the Masjid
Its not permissible to kill anyone in the Masjid
The etiquettes of the Masjid are very high
The woman who used to clean the Masjid of the Prophet, died. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over her grave and he saw her in a dream cleaning a Masjid in heaven
Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala is the host of the house and we are the guests
This world is a means to get closer to Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is waiting for us on the other side
Glorify the sacred in Islam like the Masjid
Ibn Hajja mentions twenty intentions of going to the Masjid
Prepare yourself for entering the Masjid
One should be in a state of dhikr
This is a time to bring yourself into account
Ibn Mashish said, "I seek help from you, to you. I seek assistance from you, to you."
Make your intention: I have left my house for nothing except for the sake of Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala
And Ask: I ask you for protect from the fire and to enter heaven
Ibn Hajja said when you intent to leave for the Masjid you should lower your gaze
When you enter the Masjid ask Allah to forgive your sins
Ask him to open his doors of mercy
Pray 2 units of prayer - even before you sit
Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to stop people using the Masjid as a pathway, by entering one entrance and exiting by another
We have been ennobled by Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala to place our faces on the places that the companions walked, in the Masjid Nabi
Give salat on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), give salams to those present, even if there is something there
Don't speak about worldly matters in the Masjid
Don't spit or walk in front of anyone
Remove filth
Don't bring children to the Masjid that are not toilet trained
Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala is the owner of the Masjid, would you like someone to come into your house and disrespect it?
You can spit in the Masjid if its sand and you can easily hide it
People who enter the Masjid are the people of Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and the people of Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) are the people of hadith
Keep the Masjid tidy
Its not permissible to bring weapons into the Masjid, in the Hanafi madhab its an act of apostasy to do so. It will instil fear into people who are in the Masjid
Its not permissible to kill anyone in the Masjid
The etiquettes of the Masjid are very high
The woman who used to clean the Masjid of the Prophet, died. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over her grave and he saw her in a dream cleaning a Masjid in heaven
Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala is the host of the house and we are the guests
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Sheikh Saad Al Attas
Section from Qadi Iyad's As Shifa
From page 234.
A person with a strong intention will be rewarded with knowledge in accordance to his intention
Qadi Iyad wrote (the Shifa) to restore the love of the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him)
It was for our sake (so we realise his rights)
The blossoming of the love for the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) is from the inward, not from the outward
This book was read whilst calamites befell the Muslims
When the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) is present, the doors of calamity are closed by Allah (Subhanu wa Ta’ala)
Reading the hadith is like sitting in the company of the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him)
We can’t only rely on this, we need to implement what we have read
Honouring the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is the greatest sign of god fearing and faith
Anyone who doesn’t respect the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is destined for destruction
He (peace and blessing be upon him) will be a witness over the Umma
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said, “The rewards of my nation have been shown to me. The smallest good work was to remove something from the mosque.”
Someone shouldn't raise his voice over the voice of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), when you listen to his hadith, listen to the narration
The further we move away from the time of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), the more we need his love
The light of his love was passed from generation to generation
The help is still needed, so help the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), with the work he would’ve done
We have manners with everyone, not complete their words before they would
A true scholar is the one practices what he preaches
If we are distant from him (peace and blessing be upon him), he is distant from us
If we something without respecting the Sunna, the result would be a catastrophe, devoid of success
We address the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) with the greatest respect
The smaller the man becomes in the sight of people, the higher that he goes to Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and vice versa
The companions (May Allah be pleased with them) spoke to the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) only when they had questions
The 13 questions of the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) are recorded in the Quran
The Quran states that the people would loose their works, if they speak badly to the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him)
The ignorant are those who don’t absorb or understand
When Abu bakr and Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) heard this, they lowered their voices until people couldn’t hear them
We should respect our scholars of our time
Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala will make our actions worthless, if we disrespect the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him)
If someone shows disrespect to the words of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) then show them how to respect them
The Jews used to swear at the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) by mixing up the Arabic and Hebrew
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) gives us exactly what we need
The reward for a good deed for the Umma of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is worth 10, (of the nations before us)
Anas ibn Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) gardens used to give fruit twice a year and he saw one hundred of his offspring, because the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) prayed for him (3 things, plenty of provision, offspring and forgiveness). He used to say, “I am waiting to be forgiven by Allah.”
We smile first and then they smile
They used to listen to him quietly with their heads bowed, in respect for him (peace and blessing be upon him)
In Hanafi fiqh, blood is filth and cannot be drunk.
You cannot take anything from Mecca or Medina unless you live there
To rub a Syed is permissible but shows disrespect
Khalid ibn walid (may Allah be pleased with him) lost a turban during a battle, he fought to get it back and lost a lot of men. The turban had some hairs of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) in it
A companion was captured and tortured, he was asked, “Would you rather that Muhammad be in your place and you at home?” He said, “No, by Allah I don’t wish that a thorn would touch the foot of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him)
Talha ibn Ubaydllah (may Allah be pleased with him) had eighty plus wounds on him (from protecting the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) at the battle of Uhud.)
There was once a woman who was shaking and trembling, the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said, “Be calm woman.” She was transformed to her normal state
Sheikh Abdullah fatah Al Ghuddah said, “Raising your voice indicates a lack of respect, when you talk to people.”
Greet youngsters and old people
If you act like a humble person, you will become humble
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) restored the humanity to the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and showed them that the world meant nothing, he was sent to give life to people
Respecting his (peace and blessing be upon him) house, is respecting him
Qadi Iyad (may Allah show him mercy) (how to make a dua),
1. praise Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala,
2. send prayers onto the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him),
3. ask for you need,
4. Prayers on the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) in the middle and in the end
Different opinions in Islam cater for different peoples in different places
You can follow a Madhab but not the dispensations that remove one from the circle of responsibility
Its an enormity to relate a fabricated hadith (unless it is to warn)
Ahmed ibn Hanbal said, “I prefer weak hadiths over the words of men.” (The words of men meant here are the scholars of his time)
Words came out of the mouth of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) like light, in a subtle gentle way
Imam Malik issued a fatwa for a Qadi to be jailed for relating a hadith standing up
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said, “Fatima is a part of me.”
(Anyone who harms her, harms him.)
Before the battle of khandaq, the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), “I will give the flag to someone Allah and his Messenger loves.” Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) wished it was he and stood on his tiptoes – to be noticed. Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) came in, he was not expected as he had an illness in his eye. The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) put some of his saliva into Ali’s eye and he could see better than he could before.
Once the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) was giving a Khutba and someone came to ask him a question, he came down from the Minbar, a chair was brought out and he answered all the questions that the man had. He only returned to the Khutba when it was clear that the man was satisfied.
There are two types of love: rational love (beginning) and true love (end)
He who is obedient to Allah and his Messenger will be with the Prophets, martyrs and the truthful
The reason why we ask Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala to bless the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), is because whatever we could say, it wouldn’t be enough
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) never ate raw onions or garlic, it ok to eat them cooked
Keep ones breath fresh because the angels take the Fatiha from the mouth
Ibn Ata’llah says the archers who deserted the flank at the battle of Uhud wanted to get the booty, so they could give it away in charity
Jihah al Ghifari broke the staff of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) during the caliphate of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He died from a flesh-eating disease
Someone who takes a hadith and practices it, its as if they have a lock of hair of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him).
This is the inheritance of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is knowledge.
We need to get that knowledge.
From page 234.
A person with a strong intention will be rewarded with knowledge in accordance to his intention
Qadi Iyad wrote (the Shifa) to restore the love of the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him)
It was for our sake (so we realise his rights)
The blossoming of the love for the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) is from the inward, not from the outward
This book was read whilst calamites befell the Muslims
When the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) is present, the doors of calamity are closed by Allah (Subhanu wa Ta’ala)
Reading the hadith is like sitting in the company of the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him)
We can’t only rely on this, we need to implement what we have read
Honouring the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is the greatest sign of god fearing and faith
Anyone who doesn’t respect the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is destined for destruction
He (peace and blessing be upon him) will be a witness over the Umma
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said, “The rewards of my nation have been shown to me. The smallest good work was to remove something from the mosque.”
Someone shouldn't raise his voice over the voice of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), when you listen to his hadith, listen to the narration
The further we move away from the time of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), the more we need his love
The light of his love was passed from generation to generation
The help is still needed, so help the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), with the work he would’ve done
We have manners with everyone, not complete their words before they would
A true scholar is the one practices what he preaches
If we are distant from him (peace and blessing be upon him), he is distant from us
If we something without respecting the Sunna, the result would be a catastrophe, devoid of success
We address the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) with the greatest respect
The smaller the man becomes in the sight of people, the higher that he goes to Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and vice versa
The companions (May Allah be pleased with them) spoke to the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) only when they had questions
The 13 questions of the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) are recorded in the Quran
The Quran states that the people would loose their works, if they speak badly to the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him)
The ignorant are those who don’t absorb or understand
When Abu bakr and Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) heard this, they lowered their voices until people couldn’t hear them
We should respect our scholars of our time
Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala will make our actions worthless, if we disrespect the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him)
If someone shows disrespect to the words of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) then show them how to respect them
The Jews used to swear at the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) by mixing up the Arabic and Hebrew
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) gives us exactly what we need
The reward for a good deed for the Umma of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is worth 10, (of the nations before us)
Anas ibn Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) gardens used to give fruit twice a year and he saw one hundred of his offspring, because the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) prayed for him (3 things, plenty of provision, offspring and forgiveness). He used to say, “I am waiting to be forgiven by Allah.”
We smile first and then they smile
They used to listen to him quietly with their heads bowed, in respect for him (peace and blessing be upon him)
In Hanafi fiqh, blood is filth and cannot be drunk.
You cannot take anything from Mecca or Medina unless you live there
To rub a Syed is permissible but shows disrespect
Khalid ibn walid (may Allah be pleased with him) lost a turban during a battle, he fought to get it back and lost a lot of men. The turban had some hairs of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) in it
A companion was captured and tortured, he was asked, “Would you rather that Muhammad be in your place and you at home?” He said, “No, by Allah I don’t wish that a thorn would touch the foot of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him)
Talha ibn Ubaydllah (may Allah be pleased with him) had eighty plus wounds on him (from protecting the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) at the battle of Uhud.)
There was once a woman who was shaking and trembling, the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said, “Be calm woman.” She was transformed to her normal state
Sheikh Abdullah fatah Al Ghuddah said, “Raising your voice indicates a lack of respect, when you talk to people.”
Greet youngsters and old people
If you act like a humble person, you will become humble
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) restored the humanity to the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and showed them that the world meant nothing, he was sent to give life to people
Respecting his (peace and blessing be upon him) house, is respecting him
Qadi Iyad (may Allah show him mercy) (how to make a dua),
1. praise Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala,
2. send prayers onto the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him),
3. ask for you need,
4. Prayers on the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) in the middle and in the end
Different opinions in Islam cater for different peoples in different places
You can follow a Madhab but not the dispensations that remove one from the circle of responsibility
Its an enormity to relate a fabricated hadith (unless it is to warn)
Ahmed ibn Hanbal said, “I prefer weak hadiths over the words of men.” (The words of men meant here are the scholars of his time)
Words came out of the mouth of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) like light, in a subtle gentle way
Imam Malik issued a fatwa for a Qadi to be jailed for relating a hadith standing up
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said, “Fatima is a part of me.”
(Anyone who harms her, harms him.)
Before the battle of khandaq, the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), “I will give the flag to someone Allah and his Messenger loves.” Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) wished it was he and stood on his tiptoes – to be noticed. Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) came in, he was not expected as he had an illness in his eye. The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) put some of his saliva into Ali’s eye and he could see better than he could before.
Once the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) was giving a Khutba and someone came to ask him a question, he came down from the Minbar, a chair was brought out and he answered all the questions that the man had. He only returned to the Khutba when it was clear that the man was satisfied.
There are two types of love: rational love (beginning) and true love (end)
He who is obedient to Allah and his Messenger will be with the Prophets, martyrs and the truthful
The reason why we ask Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala to bless the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), is because whatever we could say, it wouldn’t be enough
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) never ate raw onions or garlic, it ok to eat them cooked
Keep ones breath fresh because the angels take the Fatiha from the mouth
Ibn Ata’llah says the archers who deserted the flank at the battle of Uhud wanted to get the booty, so they could give it away in charity
Jihah al Ghifari broke the staff of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) during the caliphate of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He died from a flesh-eating disease
Someone who takes a hadith and practices it, its as if they have a lock of hair of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him).
This is the inheritance of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is knowledge.
We need to get that knowledge.
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