Shahadah in Islam

People asked Hazrath Isa(Alai) for a way or deed that would enable them to go to heaven. He(Alai) replied," never ever speak". They replied that this would not be possible. So he(alai) said," speak only about good things and nothing else". An individual who remains silent has 2 advantages: 1. His faith in Allah remains alive. 2. He understands what others tell him. Prophet(sal) has said: " When a person awakes in the morning, the different parts of the body warn the body and say that think about us and be scared of Allah because we are connected with you and if you remain straight we will also remain straight, but if you deviate we will also deviate". It is true if the tongue remains straight and is used to say good things then the whole body will benefit from this not only in this world but also in the hereafter, and if the tongue deviates for e.g. if it is used to abuse, insult, backbite, lie, and to create misunderstandings amongst others then sometime...

Seriousness of debt Source by: Islam Q&A.com Question: I am working to help my husband for our living, as his salary is not sufficient for our basic needs and education of our kids. I have borrowed some money from different people to settle our other debts. Alhamdulillah, I can say that ALLAH tests our faith in terms of "money". One day, I was listening to a lecture about severe punishment for a Muslim who has not settled his debts and he also mentioned that during the time of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him), he never prayed to the deceased person who has not settled his debts. The lecturer mentioned a dua but I was not able to write it down. Can you please tell me what are punishments in the grave and dua to help me settle my debts. Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Firstly: The fuqaha' define dayn (debt) as an obligation to be fulfilled, as it says in al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (21/102). The linguistic meaning of the word dayn (debt) in Arabic has t...

The Life of This World H ARUN Y AHYA Our universe is perfectly orderly. Countless billions of stars and galaxies move in their separate orbits yet in total harmony. Galaxies consisting of almost 300 billion stars flow through each other and, to everyone's astonishment, during this gigantic transition no collisions occur. Such order cannot be attributed to coincidence. What is more, the velocities of objects in the universe are beyond the limits of man's imagination. The physical dimensions of outer space are enormous when compared to the measurements we employ on earth. Stars and planets, with masses of billions or trillions of tons, and galaxies, with sizes that can only be grasped with the help of mathematical formulae, all whirl along their particular paths in space at incredible velocities. For instance, the earth rotates about its axis so that points on its surface move at an average velocity of about 1,670 km an hour. The mean linear velocity of the earth in its orbit aro...

Imaam Ath Thahabi Rahimahullah mentions in his monumental book "Seer A'alaam an Nubalaa" Vol.8 P.406 on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Al Mubaarak Rahimahullah (181H.): "The people of knowledge and insight do not consider themselves safe from four things: 1) A past sin he committed which he does not know what Allaah will do with it (either forgive and pardon him for it or punish him with it); 2) What is left of his life, whether there is something therein waiting to destroy him; 3) A favor that Allaah bestowed upon him, perhaps it is a plot which will lead him step by step to his eventual destruction and ruin; 4) Deviance which is beautified for him so that he sees it to be guidance and in a split second, his heart can deviate and he will be stripped of his deen and he doesn't even realize it."

As-salaamu 'alaykunna wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh, It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbaas ( رضي الله ﻋﻨﻬﻣﺎ ) said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: " The evil eye is real and can bring down a person from a high mountain ." [ Musnad Ahmad ; Al-Tabaraani; Al-Haakin in Al-Mustadrak . Al-Albaanee ( رحمه الله ) said: It is Hasan .] It was narrated that Jaabir ibn Abdullah ( رضي الله ﻋﻨﻬﻣﺎ ) said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: " Most of those who die of my Ummah, after the will and decree of Allah, will die because of the evil eye ." [Narrated by Al-Bukharee in Al-Taareekh , and by Al-Bazzaar. Shaykh Al-Albaanee ( رحمه الله ) said: a Hadeeth Hasan – Saheeh Al-Jaami , 1217] It was narrated that Jaabir ( رضي الله ﻋﻨﻬﻣﺎ ) said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: " The evil eye will put a man into his grave and a camel into the cooking pot ." [ Hilyat Al-Awliya' by Ab...

Question : There are many matrimonial websites that allow men and women to have live and private chats. They can exchange email, addresses, phone numbers and even pictures. Many of the women even describe their bodies. There are muslim men who use the excuse that they are entitled to more than one wife, and they use a lot of their spare time on these sites and as a result, they break up their households. Among those are those who lose interest in their present wives. Some will also get angry when their wives find out what they are doing , then threaten them with divorce and they even physically abuse them.Please advise us in this matter, May Allah bless you. Answer : I say that this is a great calamity. Indeed this is a wicked act. It is an evil that comes from this technology ( the internet ) . What is mentioned in this question is not permissable for the men to be looking at these websites and the likes of this. As for a person who says that he is using these sites so he can get mar...

Muharram By Mufti Taqi Usmani - Fasting During the Month - The Day of 'Ashurah' - Misconceptions and Baseless Traditions - Lamentations and Mourning Muharram is the month with which the Muslims begin their lunar Hijrah Calendar. It is one of the four sanctified months about which the Holy Quran says, "The number of the months according to Allah is twelve (mentioned) in the Book of Allah on the day He created heavens and the earth. Among these (twelve months) there are four sanctified." These four months, according to the authentic traditions, are Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab. All the commentators of the Holy Quran are unanimous on this point, because the Holy Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, in his sermon on the occasion of his last Hajj, declared: "One year consists of twelve months, of which four are sanctified months, three of them are in sequence; Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram, and the fourth is Rajab." The specific men...

Two Paths, Two Aims, But What Kind of Friend? H ARUN Y AHYA Have We not given him two eyes…and shown him the two highways (Surat al-Balad; 8,10) All human beings seek a true friend . They look for people to share their happiness with, who will support them in times of trouble, who will show them solutions when they can find none, who will love them unconditionally, be loyal to them, protect them, treat their errors gently, and who will not abandon them when they are ill, in the same way that they will not abandon them when they are healthy, or when they grow old. However, a person has two ways of finding such a friend. One of these is the way of the Compassionate One, a requirement of Qur'anic moral values and the path chosen by believers who seek solely the approval of Allah. The other is the way of friends who seek to serve only their worldly interests, a path based on advantage. In this article, in which we look at the reasons underlying these two states of affairs, we reveal ...

The Prophet sallallahu alayhe was salaam Takes his last Breath When the pangs of death started , Aaisha radiallahu anha leant him against her. She used to say : One of Allahs bounties upon me is that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe was salaam died in my house, while I am still alive. He died between my chest and neck while he was leaning against me. Allah has mixed his saliva with mine at his death. For Abdur Rahman ( the son of Abu Bakr) - came in with a Siwak in his hand, while I was leaning the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe was salaam against me. I noticed that he was looking at the Siwak, so I asked him - for I knew that he wanted it- " Would you like me to take it for you?" He nodded in agreement. I took it and gave it to him. As it was too hard for him. I asked him " Shall I soften it for you?" He nodded in agreement. So I softened it with my saliva and he passed it( on his teeth ). In another version it is said : So he brushed ( Istanna) his t...

10 Causes That Remove Punishment For A Sin Imam Ibn Taymiyyah Majmoo` al-Fatawa 1:45, 7:487 Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The punishment for a sin committed by a believer is removed in ten ways: 1. He repents to Allah (taubah), so Allah accepts his repentance, for the one who repents from sin is like the one who has no sin. 2. He seeks forgiveness from Allah (istighfar), so Allah forgives him. 3. He does good deeds that erase his sin for good deeds erase bad ones. 4. His believing brethren pray for him or seek forgiveness for his sins during his life or death. 5. Or they [ask Allah] to bestow on him as gift from the reward for their deeds, with which Allah benefits him. 6. His Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, intercedes for him. Allah tests him with trials in this world which expiate his sin. 7. Allah tests him in al-Barzakh (the intermediate life in the grave, between the death and the Day of Judgment) which expiates his sin. 8...

Asalama alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi ta'aala wa Barakaatuhu, I was looking for something on the internet and i came across this article, masha'allaah it just makes you think twice before you do anything, we should all remember that we are all being watched by Allaah and He knows of all that we do, so even if we try to deceive someone or do wrong to someone, Allaah knows, Allaah knows all and nothing escapes Him. May Allaah forgive us all for our shortcomings, May Allaah forgive us all for our shortcomings, may Allaah forgive us all for our shortcomings and have mercy on our souls and shade us with His shade on the day there will be no shade but His, Pls feel free to pass this on insha'allaah and remember to quote the sources it was taken out from at the end, Barakallaahu feekum As-Salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaah. In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful... Al Imam ibn ul-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah mentions in his tremendous book "al-Jawaab ul-Kaafy li man sa`ala 'an id-d...

As Salaam 'alaykunna wa Rahmatuallahi wa baraktuhu A version that was narrated by Ahmad, al-Tabaraani, al-Haakim and al-Bayhaqi from Abu Umaamah (may Allaah be pleased with him) says: "Any woman who takes off her clothes, Allaah will tear His cover away from her ( i.e., expose her)." What the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) meant was to stop women treating as insignificant the matter of removing their clothes anywhere but in their husband's houses in such a manner that their 'awrah can be seen and that they may be accused of intending to commit immoral actions and the like. As for taking off their clothes in a safe place, such as in her family's house or her mahram's house, to change her clothes and the like, or to relax etc and for other permissible purposes that are far removed from fitnah, there is nothing wrong with that. And Allaah is the Source of strength. Al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah li'l-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wa'l-Ifta...

Rasool(sal) said: "The woman who boastfully parades in front of males after adorning herself is like the darkness of qiyamat". Rasool(sal) said:"A woman whose 3 children die in infancy or before reaching the age of puberty and who bears the loss with patience, hoping for reward will most certainly enter heaven." Therfore if we are confronted with such a calamity, we should have patience and forbearance. To wail and mourn is not the habit of a muslim wife. It (the child) was the property of Allah which he took back. However it is not sinful to shed tears. Nabi Kareem(sal) said:"The best women of my Ummath are those that are beautiful and whose dowry is less". What wisdom is there in unnecessarily burdening the husband with an extravagent dowry especially if he cannot afford it? The success of the marriage is the mutual love of the partners which cannot be purchased by wealth. Rasool(sal) said:" Whoever consoled a woman that lost her child will be give...

Assalaamu `Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu With reference to your query "can we Muslims say "happy new year" or respond likewise to any ppl who greet us "happy new year"? please find below what Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) wrote vis-à-vis celebrating non-Muslim holidays, congratulating them, or sending such salutations to our Muslim communities: Quote:- Greeting the kuffaar [unbelievers] on Christmas and other religious holidays of theirs is haraam [forbidden], by consensus, as Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allaah have mercy on him, said in Ahkaam Ahl al-Dhimmah: "Congratulating the kuffaar on the rituals that belong only to them is haraam by consensus, as is congratulating them on their festivals and fasts by saying ‘A happy festival to you’ or ‘May you enjoy your festival,’ and so on. If the one who says this has been saved from kufr, it is still forbidden. It is like congratulating someone for prostrating to the cross, or e...