AbdurRahman

 *السَّـــــــلاَمُ عَلَيــْــكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكـَـاتُه* *بِسْــــــــــــــــــــــمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْم*  *PILLARS OF EAMAAN* *The World and its Allurements bears effect on a person’s eemaan by decreasing it – Shaykh ‘Abdur-Razzaak al-‘Abbaad* *The World and its Allurements* This is the second external factor, which bears effect on a person’s eemaan by decreasing it. Hence, one of the causes of the decrease and weakness of eemaan is to be engrossed with the transient things of this temporary worldly life; to occupy one’s time with it; be devoted to seeking it and to race after its pleasures, temptations and seductions. Whenever the servants longing for this world intensifies and his heart becomes attached to it, his obedience will weaken and his eemaan will decrease accordingly. Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allaah have mercy upon him, says: “The extent of the servants desire for the world and of his pleasure with it determines his slackness towards obedience of Al...

 *السَّـــــــلاَمُ عَلَيــْــكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكـَـاتُه* *بِسْــــــــــــــــــــــمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْم*  *PILLARS OF EAMAAN* *Reflecting on the Universal Signs of Allaah: One of the Causes for the Increase of Eemaan – Shaykh ‘Abdur-Razzaak al-‘Abbaad* *Reflecting on the Universal Signs (Aayaat Kawniyyah) of Allaah* For certain, contemplating over these signs, studying the diverse and amazing creations of Allaah such as the sky, the earth, the sun, the moon, planets and stars, night and day, mountains and trees, rivers and oceans and the many other creations of Allaah that cannot be enumerated, is without doubt one of the greatest causes for eemaan and the most beneficial reasons behind its fortification. Contemplate the creation of the sky, look back up at it time after time. See how it is the greatest sign in its elevation and height, and in its extent and stationeries, whereby it does not climb up like fire or fall descending like a heavy object. It h...

 ﷽ ➖➖➖ PONDER OVER YOURSELF ➖➖➖ Have a Self-Review ➖➖➖ We human beings are heedless. We should fear Allah ﷻ and worry about ourselves constantly! _ This is NOT saying be sad and gloomy all the time, rather a reminder to not get lost in the ecstasy of happiness. _ We are deficient in our worship, our Taqwa, our obedience! We increase in sin everyday and remain in heedlessness!  Feeling safe from the punishment of Allah ﷻ!  _ The Salaf used to do more than us, they were more obedient than us and better in all matters!  و السَّابِقُون السَّابِقُون The forerunners! The forerunners! أُؤلٓئِكَ هُمُ المُقَرَّبُون Those are the closest to Allah فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ In the Gardens of Pleasure, ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الأَوَّلِين Many of them from the former generations [56:10-13] _ Yet, when unlike our deficient selves, they would constantly be conscious and fearful of Allah ﷻ!  _ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Oh people! Seek forgiveness! Indeed I seek forgiveness from Allah more than 7...

 DAILY ISLAMIC  REMINDER. Yaum al-ithnayn, 26th day of Dhul Hijjah (Monday, 25th July 2022). *_ALLAH IS  OUR PROTECTIVE FRIEND, OUR WALI_*. BismilLah.  We have different categories of friends. Some friends are fun to hang out with, but that is pretty much it; you cannot exactly rely on them. Other friends are there for you but don’t always give you the best advice. But there are some friends, or that one friend, that truly has your back. The friend you would call to bail you out, because you have no doubt that they will, no matter how much trouble you are in. This friend is actually protective of you, such friend is constantly reminding you of ALLAH, Jannah. Jahannam etc. Think for a moment: do you have a friend like that? ALLAH, subhanahu wa ta’ala (Exhalted is HE), tells us that HE is that Protective Friend. HE is al-Wali. ALLAH says in the Qur’an: “And it is HE who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads HIS MERCY. And HE is the Protective Friend ...

 DAILY ISLAMIC  REMINDER. Yaumul Ahad, 25th day of Dhul Hijjah (Sunday, 24th July 2022). *_LIVING A GOOD LIFE IS A GIFT FROM ALLAH_*. BismilLah.  ALLAH the Most high, says, “Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has Faith, verily, to him will We give a new Life, a life that is good and pure and We will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions.”[Al Qur’an 16:97] The believers have a very good life, don’t be fooled by what you see. For sometimes what you see is not how it is. Sometimes you can see a wealthy disbeliever who has the world in his hands, but you can’t see what is going on in the inside, and he doesn’t know what the believers are feeling because he has never felt it. He feels happy with what he has and doesn’t know that there is something much better than that. “But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a very distressful life.” [Al Qur’an 20:124] Be assured anyone not on the true path is having a life of mise...

 ﷽ ➖➖➖  *EVENTS ON THE DAY OF QIYAMAH*  ➖➖➖  *Are You Prepared For That Day?*  ➖➖➖ A poet wrote thus regarding the Day of Judgement:  *يوم القيامة لو علمت بهوله*   _The day of Reckoning! If only you knew its horror_   *لفررت من أهل و من أوطان*   _You would have certainly fled from your family members and your home._   *يوم تشققت السماء لهوله*   _The day the skies will split apart due to its sheer horror_   *وتشيب فيه مفارق الولدان*   _In which the hair of the children will turn grey_   *يوم عبوس قمطرير شره*   _Such a day its evil is severe and distressful,_   *في الخلق منتشر عظيم الشان*   _The gravity of the matter will spread amongst the creation_  _ What a deep poem! *سبحان الله* Brothers and Sisters.  Are your prepared for this day?  A day about which Allah ﷻ says *يَوۡمَ تَرَوۡنَهَا تَذۡهَلُ كُلُّ مُرۡضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرۡضَعَتۡ وَت...

 ﷽ ➖➖➖ *BEWARE OF YOUR FRIENDS* ➖➖➖ *Man is upon Religion of his Best Friend* ➖➖➖ Allah ﷻ says about Qiyamah, *ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ* _Close friends will be enemies to one another on that Day, except the righteous,_ [43:67] _ The good friends will intercede for their friends, who they see are being punished!  Isn't this reason enough to surround yourself with the good company, company of the righteous?  Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: _“A man is upon the religion of his best friend, so let one of you look at whom he befriends.”_ [Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2378, Grade: Sahih according to Al-Nawawi] _ The regret of those who kept bad company, they will cry out!   *وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ*   _And nobody has misguided us except the criminals,_   *فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ*   _now we have no intercessors,_   *وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍۢ*  ...

 FAJR REMINDER: *ABU BAKR'S UPRIGHTNESS* By: Umm Affān Dhul-Hijjah 24, 1443 (23-July-2022) What can you say about a man who is not only upright in Jahiliyyah (Period of Ignorance) but also in Islām? Perhaps that was why embracing Islam became easy for him. In the book Makārim al-akhlāq (83), Al-Hāfidh Ibn Abi Dunya (Raḥimahullāh) said: *“There is no good manner or beautiful action except that Allāh has connected it to Islam.”* A'ishah (RadiyaLlāhu 'Anha) said: *“By Allāh, never did Abu Bakr chant poetry, whether in Islam or Jahiliyyah. He and 'Uthman abhorred drinking intoxicants in Jahiliyyah.”* She also said: *“Abu Bakr had made intoxicants forbidden for himself even in Jahiliyyah.”* This was our mother presenting her father; Abu Bakr to us. Were it to be you, what can your son or daughter say about you? Do you drink liquor? Do you commit Zina? Can they boldly say, “This is who our father is!”?  The discussion this morning is about the best of this Ummah (the Muslim N...

 DAILY ISLAMIC  REMINDER. Yaum As-Sabt, 24th day of Dhul Hijjah (Saturday, 23rd July 2022).  *_HAPPY MARRIAGE, LIVING WITH PEACE & HARMONY AT HOME_*. BismilLah.  ALLAAH says in the holy Quran;  “And among HIS Signs is this, that HE created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find tranquility in them, and HE has put between you affection and MERCY. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect.” [Al-Qur’an 30: 21].   Marriage is an institute which can be as firm as a rock or weak as a thread, it is up to the partners to make it either one.  We have to learn to be tolerant of each other for the MERCY of ALLAH to flow in the marriage or else sheitan takes over and mess up the marriage.   Marriage is a great Sunnah and an act of worship.  It is the responsibility of both husband and wife to give 100% effort to make their marriage successful and their home peaceful and Islamic solely for ALLAH sake. At the time of con...

 ﷽ ➖➖➖ *LEAVING OFF SINS* ➖➖➖ *Allah ﷻ is watching you* ➖➖➖ Allaah ﷻ says in the Qur'an  *أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ*   _Does he not know that Allah sees?_  [96:14] _ Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: _“Allah Almighty said: O son of Adam, busy yourself with my worship and I will fill your heart with riches and alleviate your poverty. If you do not do so, I will fill your hands with problems and never alleviate your poverty.”_ [Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2466, Grade: Sahih according to Al-Albani] _ Imam Abdullah ibn Al Mubarak رحمه الله wrote the following poetry...  *رأيت الذنوب تميت القلوب*  _I see that sins cause the heart to die_  *ويتبعها الذل إدمانها*   _And disgrace follows continuity of sin_   *وترك الذنوب حياة القلوب*   _And leaving sins is the revival of the heart_   *وخير لنفسك عصيانها*   _And its better for you to rebel against the sinning_  _ Abu Nu’aym repo...

 ﷽ ➖➖➖ *THE CALLER OF ALLAH ﷻ* ➖➖➖ *Have You Responded?* ➖➖➖ Allah ﷻ says in Surah Ahqaf  *يَٰقَوْمَنَآ أَجِيبُوا۟ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ*   _O our people! Respond to the caller of Allah,_  After listening to the recitation of the Qur'an, some of the Jinns believed in Allah ﷻ and His Messenger ﷺ. This is also evidence that Prophet ﷺ has been sent to both the human beings and the Jinns.  Thus, Allah ﷻ says,    *أَجِيبُوا۟ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِ*   _Respond to the caller of Allah and believe in him_  Then Allah ﷻ says,  *يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ*   _Allah will forgive for you your sins_   *وَيُجِرْكُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍۢ*   _and protect you from a painful punishment._  Then Allah ﷻ informs that they said, *وَمَن لاَّ يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ اللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِى الاٌّرْضَ* _And whoever does not respond to the caller of Allah will have no escape on earth_ Meaning, Allah's pow...

 DAILY ISLAMIC  REMINDER. Yaum Arba'a, 21st day of Dhul Hijjah (Wednesday, 20th July 2022).  *_DOES A WIFE WHO IS EMPLOYED HAVE TO PAY/SHARE THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES?_*. BismilLah.  This is a sensitive question to our modern marriages especially those of us living abroad. I will try to cover this topic base on Qur'an, Sunnah and Consensus of Muslim scholars without been bias towards the husband or wife in shaa ALLAH but please bear with me on the length.  Husband and wife should come to some agreement concerning this issue  and avoid any dispute concerning it. With regard to how that should be done, this depends on a number of things: 1. If the husband stipulated in the marriage contract that expenses are to be shared otherwise he will not let the wife work, then the Muslims are bound by their conditions, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) said: “The Muslims are bound by their conditions, except for conditions which forbid something tha...

 DAILY ISLAMIC  REMINDER. Yaum Al-Khamis, 22nd day of Dhul Hijjah (Thursday, 21st July 2022).  *_THE REWARDS OF HELPING THOSE IN NEED_*. Bismillah.  On the authority of Abu Huraira (may ALLAH be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) who said, ” Whoever relieves a believer’s distress of the distressful aspects of this world, ALLAH will rescue him from a difficulty of the difficulties of the Hereafter. Whoever alleviates [the situation of] one in dire straits who cannot repay his debt, ALLAH will alleviate his lot in both this world and in the Hereafter. Whoever conceals [the faults of] a Muslim, ALLAH will conceal [his faults] in this life and the Hereafter. ALLAH is helping the servant as long as the servant is helping his brother. Whoever follows a path in order to seek knowledge thereby, ALLAH will make easy to him, due to it, a path to Paradise. No people gather together in a house of the houses of ALLAH, reciting the Book o...

 The dignity of parents. Alhamdulillah, the dignity of parents is very great in Islam. In fact, disobeying parents is the second most heinous sin in Islam. Allah says in Quran, Al-Baqarah 2:83 And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allah; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give Zakah." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing. Allah says, An-Nisa' 4:36 Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful, Whenever Allah talks of shirk, the next is disobedient of parents. The prophet pbuh when a man came to him asking of the greatest sin in ...

 FAJR REMINDER: *ALWAYS CALL ON ALLĀH* By: Umm Affān Dhul-Hijjah 20, 1443 (19-July-2022) Du'a (Supplication, Invocation) is truly a gift from our Lord, Al-Wahhab; the Ever-Giving, The Supreme Bestower. He has established a great relationship with us which allows us to directly call and speak to Him at any time, needing no intermediaries or special permission. Allāh says in Surah Al-Baqarah (2) Verse 186: وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ *“And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad ﷺ) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor).”* Allāh loves that we call Him for our needs as this indicates our humility, complete submission, and servitude to Him. It's through it that we affirm our dire poverty and utmost need for Allāh. As re...