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 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF ABU MUSAH al-ASHARI (r.t.a)(Episode 1) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... When he went to Basrah as governor of the city, he called the inhabitants to a meeting and addressed them: "The Amir al-Muminin, Umar, has sent me to you to teach you the Book of your Lord and the Sunnah of His Prophet and to clean your streets for you." People were taken aback when they heard these words. They could easily understand that one of the responsibilities of a Muslim ruler was to instruct people in their religion. However, that one of his duties should be to clean streets was something new and surprising to them. _____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍🏻... Who was this governor of whom the Prophet's grandson, al-Hasan, may God be pleased with him said: "There was no

 Hadith of the day The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: In Paradise there is a street to which they would come every Friday. The north wind will blow and would scatter fragrance on their faces and on their clothes and would add to their beauty and loveliness, and then they would go back to their family after having an added lustre to their beauty and loveliness, and their family would say to them: By Allah, you have been increased in beauty and loveliness after leaving us, and they would say: By Allah, you have also increased in beauty and loveliness after us. [Muslim 2833]

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum al-ithnayn. 8th day of RAJAB, 1444AH (Monday 30th January. 2023). *_ORIGINAL SIN IS NOT PART OF ISLAM_*. BismilLah.  Salvation is a powerful word that the dictionary defines as the act of preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.  Theologically it is a spiritual rescue from sin and its consequences.  More specifically, in Christianity, it is associated with redemption and the atonement of Issah alaihi salaam strange to the teachings of Jesus Christ peace be upon him.  Salvation in Islam is a very different concept.  While it does offer deliverance from the fires of hell, it also rejects some of the basic principles of Christianity and states clearly that salvation is attained only through submission to the Most Merciful, ALLAH as Issah alaihi salaam also taught his companions. When someone asked Jesus Christ (Issah alaihi salaam) about salvation, what was his response? Read Mathew 19:16-17 where Jesus instructed that the comma

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF UYBAH IBN GHAZWAN (r.t.a)(Episode 2(final ) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... There were several fortresses in the city from which towers sprang. These were used as observation posts to detect any hostile movements outside the city. The city appeared to be impregnable. What chance had Utbah of taking it with such a small force armed with only swords and spears? A direct assault was obviously futile and so Utbah had to resort to some stratagem. Utbah had flags prepared which he had hung on spears. These he gave to the women and ordered them to march behind the army. His instructions to them then were: _____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍🏻... "When we get near to the city, raise the dust behind us so that the entire atmosphere is filled with it." As they ne

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF UYBAH IBN GHAZWAN (r.t.a)(Episode 1) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... Umar ibn al-Kattab, the head of the rapidly expanding Muslim State went to bed early just after the Salat al-Isha. He wanted to have a rest and feel refreshed for his nightly tour of inspection of the capital city which he often did incognito. Before he could/all asleep however, the post from the outlying regions of the State arrived informing him that the Persian forces confronting the Muslims were proving especially difficult to subdue. They were able to send in reinforcements and supplies from many places to relieve their armies on the point of defeat. The letter urged Umar to send reinforcements and in particular it said: _____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍🏻... "The city of al-Ubullah

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum As-As-Sabt. 6th day of RAJAB, 1444AH (Saturday 28th January. 2023). *ARE WE PRACTICING THE SUNNAH BY MOUTH OR ACTION?*. BismilLah.  *_Keeping silent when Angry_*: The Messenger of ALLAAH (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) said: "If any of you becomes angry, let him keep silent." (Reported by Imaam Ahmad, al-Musnad, 1/329; see also Saheeh al-Jaami’, 693, 4027). This is because in most cases, the angry person loses self-control and couldl utter words of kufr (from which we seek refuge with ALLAH), or curses, or the word of divorce (talaaq) which would destroy his home, or words of slander which would bring him the enmity and hatred of others. So, in short, keeping silent is the solution which helps one to avoid all that. This is not new to almost all readers BUT  do we implement this knowledge in our daily lives? I guess I'm right to say NO including myself, That's why ALLAH commanded us to remind each other regularly so that i

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Jumuat. 5th day of RAJAB, 1444AH (Friday 27th January. 2023). *_SALAAT ALAN NABI_*. BismilLah.  ALLAH  says in Qur'an 33:56 إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيۡهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسۡلِيمًا  Indeed, ALLAH confers blessing upon the Prophet, and HIS ANGELS [ask HIM to do so too]. O you who have believed, ask ALLAH to confer blessing upon him and ask Allah to grant him peace. Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Laila: Ka'b bin 'Ujrah met me and said, "Shall I not give you a present I got from the Prophet (sallalLaahuAlaihiWasallam)?" 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Yes, give it to me." He said, "We asked ALLAH'S Messenger saying, 'O ALLAH'S Messenger! How should one ask ALLAH to send As-Salat upon you and the Ahl-al-Bait (the members of the family of the Prophet), for ALLAH has taught us how to greet you in the Qur'an?' He said, '

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF AN-NUMAN IBN MUQARRIN (r.t.a)(Episode 2(final) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... We would clothe your leaders and the notables of your people and place a king from among ourselves over you who would be gentle to you." One of an-Numan's delegation responded sharply to this and Yazdagird flew into a rage once more and shouted: "Were it for the fact that ambassadors are not killed, I would kill you all. "Get up. You shall have nothing from me. And tell your commander that I am sending Rustum against him to bury him and you together in the ditch of al Qadisiyyah." _____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍🏻... Yazdagird then called for a basketful of earth and ordered that it should be borne outside the city gates by the one whom the Muslims considere

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF AN-NUMAN IBN MUQARRIN (r.t.a)(Episode 1) ______________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... The tribe of Muzaynah had their habitations some distance from Yathrib on the caravan route which linked the city to Makkah. News of the Prophet's arrival in Yathrib spread rapidly and soon reached the Muzaynah through members of the tribe who had left and returned. One evening the chieftain of the tribe, an-Numan ibn Maqarrin, sat among the elders and other members of the tribe and addressed them: “O my people, by God, we have learnt only good about Muhammad, and of His mission we have heard nothing but mercy, kindness and justice. What's wrong with us? Why do we tarry while people are hastening to him?" _____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍🏻... "As for myself," he co

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF ADIYY IBN HATIN (r.t.a)(Episode 2(final ) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... 'Yes, my sister,' I said, 'don't say anything but good.' I tried to pacify her until she was satisfied. She told me what had happened to her and it was as I had heard. Then I asked her, for she was an intelligent and judicious person: "What do you think of the mission of this man (meaning Muhammad peace be on him)?" "I think, by God, that you should join him quickly." she said. "If he is a Prophet, file one who hastens towards him would enjoy his grace. And if he is a king, you would not be disgraced in his sight while you are as you are." ____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍🏻... I immediately prepared myself for travel and set off to meet th

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Arba'a. 3rd day of RAJAB, 1444AH (Wednesday 25th January. 2023). *_HOW TO KNOW WHO ALLAH IS_*. BismilLah.  In order to worship ALLAH you must strive to know HIM. And to do that You must study HIS attributes. We are actually REQUIRED to know ALLAH.  Whenever anything other than ALLAH is in our hearts, whenever any other than ALLAH is the ONE WHOM we love and submit to, then we invite corruption into our hearts and it leads to our destruction. Knowing that ALLAH is the cause of life for the individual is the second birth that every person who believes in ALLAH will experience. There is no doubt that knowing ALLAH is the greatest and noblest of knowledge. It is the ilm (the beneficial knowledge) we are encouraged to seek. When you learn about ALLAH, you are learning about the purpose of your existence. You are learning about living a life set on the right course. Are we ready to know HIM then let us us study HIS attributes from now.  *_May ALLAH (Azz

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Ath-thalaatha. 2nd day of RAJAB, 1444AH (Tuesday 24th January. 2023). *_THE MERCY OF ALLAH_*. BismilLah.  Narrated Abu Hurairah [radhi-yAllahu 'anhu]: ALLAH's Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, "Whoever says, 'Laa ilaaha illallahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa Huwa 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadir,'* one hundred times, will get the same reward as given for manumitting ten slaves; and one hundred good deeds will be written in his accounts, and one hundred sins will be deducted from his accounts, and it (his saying) will be a shield for him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody will be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than he." The meaning is: None has the right to be worshipped but ALLAH (Alone) Who has no partner; to HIM belongs the kingdom (of the universe), and for HIM are all the praises, and HE has the power to do everything. [Sahih Al-Bukhari, 8/6403]. AL

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum al-ithnayn. 1st day of RAJAB, 1444AH (Monday 23rd January. 2023). *_THE THREE MAJOR SINS TO STAY AWAY FROM_*. BismilLah.  Imam Al-Bukhaari narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may ALLAH be pleased with them all) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of ALLAH be upon him) said: “No adulterer is a believer at the time when he is committing adultery; no thief is a believer at the time when he is stealing; no drinker of wine is a believer at the time when he is drinking it.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5578) and Muslim (57). From the above, we can't belittle any of these 3 major sins as you may die as a disbeliever committing these sins Astaqfirullah.  *_May ALLAH protect us and our offsprings from such unfortunate ending_*. Aameen.

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF ADIYY IBN HATIN (r.t.a)(Episode 1) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing and combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him, after his adamant refusal to do so. He was Adiyy, son of the famous Hatim at-Taai who was known far and wide for his chivalry and fabulous generosity. Adiyy inherited the domain of his father and was confirmed in the position by the Tayy people. Part of his strength lay in the fact that a quarter of any amount they obtained as booty from raiding expeditions had to be given to him. _____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍🏻... When the Prophet announced

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF SALIM MAWLA ABI HUDHAYFAH  (r.t.a) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... In giving advice to his companions, the noble Prophet, peace be on him, once said: "Learn the Quran from four persons: Abdullah ibn Masud, Salim Mawla Abi Hudhayfah, Ubayy ibn Kab and Muadh ibn Jabal." We have read about three of these companions before. But who was this fourth companion in whom the Prophet had so much confidence that he considered him a hujjah or competent authority to teach the Quran and be a source of reference for it? Salim was a slave and when he accepted Islam he was adopted as a son by a Muslim who was formerly a leading nobleman of the Quraysh. _____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍🏻... When the practice of adoption (in which the adopted person was called the son o

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Ahad. 29th day of Jumaadal Aakhir 1444AH (Sunday 22nd January. 2023). *_LET'S REVIVE THE SUNNAH_*. BismilLah. ALLAH’s Messenger (May peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A house will be built in Paradise for one who offers 12 Rak'aat in a day and evening as follows: 4 Rak'aat before and 2 after the Dhuhr Prayer, 2 after the Maghrib Prayer, 2 after the ‘Ishaa’ Prayer and 2 before the Fajr Prayer." Narrated by Imam at-Tirmizi No. 380.  The 4 rakaats before zuhur and asr have two tashahhud but one tasleem at the end.   The ‘Asr (Late-Afternoon) Prayer has no routine Sunnah (basic recommended voluntary prayer). However, it is mustahabb (preferable and recommended) that one prays 4 Rak'aat before the ‘Asr Prayer. The 4 Rak'ahs are the ones intended by the Prophet (May peace and blessings be upon him) in saying: "May ALLAH have mercy on one who prays 4 raka’aat before the ‘Asr Prayer." Narrated by at-Tirmidhi no.

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum As-Sabt. 28th day of Jumaadal Aakhir 1444AH (Saturday 21st January. 2023). *_CAN I KISS/HUG MY ADULT DAUGHTER/ SISTER ETC_*. BismilLah. Scholars based on QUR'AN and Sunnah has ruled that, for a man to embrace and hug his daughter/ sister, or kiss her on the head or cheek or between the eyes by way of showing compassion, kindness and love is permissible and recommended, even if she is an adult, on condition that there be no fear of fitnah or provocation of desire. Excluded from that is kissing on the mouth or any sensitive area, which is only for spouses, and usually provokes desire.  Let's be careful as shaitan is an open enemy who can cause us to commit a grave sin against ourselves as we see and hear happening on daily basis fathers impregnating their daughters, brothers impregnating their biological sisters etc. astaghfirullah. ALLAH has warned us not to go near Zina in Quran 17 vs 32. HE didn't say don't do it, he says don't go

ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF ABU HURAYRAH  (r.t.a)(Episode 2(final) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... A year later, Marwan called Abu Hurayrah again and asked him to recall the same ahadith which the scribe had recorded. It was found that he had forgotten not a single word. Abu Hurayrah was concerned to teach and transmit the ahadith he had memorized and knowledge of Islam in general. It is reported that one day he passed through the suq of Madinah and naturally saw people engrossed in the business of buying and selling. "How feeble are you, O people of Madinah!" he said. "What do you see that is feeble in us, Abu Hurayrah?" they asked. ____________*PAGE 2*____________ ✍🏻... “The inheritance of the Messenger of God, peace be on him, is being distributed and you remain here! Won't you go and

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF ABU HURAYRAH  (r.t.a)(Episode 1) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... *”An Abi Hurayrata, radiyallahu anhu, qal.' qala rasul Allahi, sallallahu alayhi wa sailam...”* Through this phrase millions of Muslims from the early history of Islam to the present have come to be familiar with the name Abu Hurayrah. In speeches and lectures, in Friday khutbahs and seminars, in the books of hadith and sirah, fiqh and ibadah, the name Abu Hurayrah is mentioned in. this fashion: "On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may God be pleased with him who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said... ". _____________*PAGE 2*____________ ✍🏻... Through his Prodigious efforts, hundreds of ahadith or sayings of the Prophet were transmitted to later genera

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF SAID IBN ZAYD (r.t.a)(Episode 2(final)                                                                       ______________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... There was no mistaking his bitterness and murderous resolve. The believer sought to dissuade him from his intent but Umar was deaf to any arguments. He then thought of diverting Umar in order to at least warn the Prophet of his intentions. "O Umar," he said, "Why not first go back to the people of your own house and set them to rights?" "What people of my house?" asked Umar. "Your sister Fatimah and your brother-in-law Said. They have both forsaken your religion and are followers of Muhammad in his religion..." ____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍🏻... Umar turned and made straight for

 Muslims Till Death: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF SAID IBN ZAYD (r.t.a)(Episode 1) _____________*PAGE 1*_____________ ✍🏻... Zayd the son of Amr stood away from the Quraysh crowd as they celebrated one of their festivals. Men were dressed in rich turbans of brocade and expensive Yemeni burdabs. Women and children were also exquisitely turned out in their fine clothes and glittering jewelry. Zayd watched as sacrificial animals, gaily caparisoned were led out to slaughter before the Quraysh idols. It was difficult for him to remain silent. Leaning against a wall of the Kabah, he shouted: "O people of Quraysh! It is God Who has created the sheep. He it is Who has sent down rain from the skies of which they drink and He has caused fodder to grow from the earth with which they are fed. _____________*PAGE 2*_____________ ✍