Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah the Exalted says: I am as My servant expects of Me, so if he thinks good of Me then he will have it, and if he thinks evil of Me then he will have it.” Source: Musnad Ahmad 8833 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to As-Suyuti عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَ... Continue reading

Have you ever been asked that why has Allah created us, given us the option of obeying Him or not and then created hellfire to punish us? Or, if Allah is so Merciful, so Kind, why has He created the hellfire in the first place? Why does Allah need us to punish? These questions are often asked by non believers and unfortunately, sometimes by some Muslims as well. There are two points of view to look at this set of questions; the non believer view... Continue reading

Ibn Taymiyyah said, “The Muslims should not delve into the disagreement which occurred between the companions and they must say that those traditions which are narrated about their misdeeds are false; some of them have been added to, omitted from, or distorted. Those narrations which are authentic indicate that they have been excused, for either they applied their reasoning and were correct, or they applied their reasoning and were mistaken (but ... Continue reading

Ibn Taymiyyah said, “The Muslims should not delve into the disagreement which occurred between the companions and they must say that those traditions which are narrated about their misdeeds are false; some of them have been added to, omitted from, or distorted. Those narrations which are authentic indicate that they have been excused, for either they applied their reasoning and were correct, or they applied their reasoning and were mistaken (but ... Continue reading

  “Some faces that day will be bright laughing, rejoicing at the good news (of Paradise)” (80:38-39) Assalaamu alaykum, Peace and blessing of Allah be upon you…. This is a short reminder for the Muslims who have been saddened by the Dunya… O you who believe, did you not hear that this Dunya is imperfect? Did you not hear that Allah will test the believers with various things to differentiate between those who sincerely believe & those who d... Continue reading

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There will appear in the later days men who confuse the world with the religion. They will appear harmless as lambs, with words sweet as honey, but they will have the heart of a wolf. Allah will say: They want to deceive me? They want to defy me? I swear by Myself, I will send a tribulation upon them that will cripple the most forbearing among them.” Source: Sun... Continue reading

Abu Huraira repoted: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah find reprehensible every scholar of the world who is ignorant of the Hereafter.” Source: Mirqat Al-Mafateeh 4800 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to As-Suyuti عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبْغِضُ كُلَّ عَالِمٍ بِالدُّنْيَا جَاهِلٍ بِالْآخِرَةِ 4800 مرقاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح ك... Continue reading

Salim ibn Abu Al-Ja’d reported: Sharahbil ibn As-Samt said, “O Ka’b ibn Murrah! Narrate something from the Messenger of Allah and be cautious about it.” Ka’b said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever has his hair turned grey in Islam, it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection.” Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 1634 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to At-Tirmidhi. عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ أَنَّ شُرَحْ... Continue reading

Verily everyone, definitely is going to meet Allah (for judgment) so who is the miserable? The miserable, is the person who does not rejoice upon meeting Allah. You may complete, or accomplish something, which you are pleased with and so you show it, for example, to your father. It may be, that by the Decree of Allah, your father won’t rejoice with it. Or maybe you complete, or accomplish something at work, when you show it to your boss, he is... Continue reading

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, made a fellowship between two men. The night passed by until in the morning one of them met his companion with love and kindness and saying to him, “How are you?” As for the people in general, a man would not let three days pass by without knowing what happened to his brother Muslim. [Al-Bayhaqi, Shu’b Al-Iman, Number 8477, Da’eef] عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ ال... Continue reading

QUESTION: I have started to become committed recently, praise be to Allaah. In our area there is the Jamaa’at al-Tableegh, who go out for thirty days or more. People say different things about them. Some say, don’t go out with them, because their going out is an innovation (bid’ah) and they have some mistaken ideas. Others advised me to go out with them. What is the correct view concerning that? Should I go out with them or not? ANSWER: Praise b... Continue reading

One of my friends gave me a book in which I have found that anyone who recites the last ten ayahs (verses) of surah Al-Imran will get the same reward as a person who did ‘ibadah (worship) all night. Is there any authentic hadeeth (prophetic report) to support this? Praise be to Allah. Firstly:  We do not know of any saheeh hadeeth (authentic report) from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) which would indicate that the one ... Continue reading

I just got told by a friend that by reciting the Surah Qadr the sins of 40 years will be forgiven? Also it should be read after the completion of wudhu? I am aware that we should recite bismillah before starting wudhu and after finishing it we should recite the kalimah shahadat. Please clear away this doubt for me since I am not sure if any of this is backed by authentic hadith or not. Praise be to Allaah. There is no shar‘i basis for this idea... Continue reading

Is it okay for a person to have a favorite surah that they like to read/listen to and think about all the time? From a young age I have always loved Surah Al-Waqiah. I try to read the Quran as much as I can on a daily basis but am always drawn to Surah Al-Waqiah. It brings about all sorts of wonderful emotions such as love, hope and gratitude, but also extreme fear and terror of ending up in the fire. Whenever I am faced with a problem/stressful ... Continue reading

Is it permissible for me to start more than one khatm at the same time, without finishing the first khatm? i.e., I start the second one and the first one together, and end them together. Praise be to Allaah. The Holy Qur’aan is the Word of Allah, and reading it is one of the best acts of worship and dearest of the actions that bring a person close to Allah. The more a Muslim reads it, the greater the reward he attains.  It was narrated from ‘... Continue reading

Ibn Taymiyyah said, “The scholars disagreed concerning the reason for fighting the disbelievers. Is the cause for war their fighting or their state of unbelief? There are two famous opinions. The first is that the reason for war against them is their fighting and transgression against the religion and its people, and this is the opinion of the majority such as Malik, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Abu Hanifa, and others. The second is that the reason for war ... Continue reading

Ibn Taymiyyah said, “The Prophet’s biography shows that he did not fight whoever made peace with him among the unbelievers; and the books of biography, prophetic traditions, exegesis, jurisprudence, and history are full of such acts and this is widely narrated in his biography. Thus, the Prophet did not initiate fighting with anyone, and had Allah commanded him to fight every disbeliever, then he would have initiated fighting with them.” [Qa’idah... Continue reading

Ibn Al-Qayyim said, “The Prophet never forced the religion upon anyone, but rather he only fought those who waged war against him and fought him. As for those who made peace with him or conducted a truce, then he never fought them and he never compelled them to enter his religion, as his Lord the Almighty had commanded him: There is no compulsion in religion, for right guidance is distinct from error, (2:256). The negation in the verse carries th... Continue reading

Abdur Rahman ibn Al-Baylamani reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, executed a Muslim man for murdering a protected person (dhimmi) and he said, “I am the first to fulfill his covenant.” [Sunan Ad-Darqutani 2866; Musnad Abu Hanifa 314, Da’eef] Ibn Rajab said, “Abu Hanifa and the community of jurists in Kufa say that the Muslim should be killed for killing an unbeliever… and this is also the method of Malik, that a Mus... Continue reading

Amr ibn Shuaib reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, judged that a believer should not be killed for killing a disbeliever. [Musnad Ahmad, Number 6624, Sahih] Al-Mawsali Al-Hanafi said, “The meaning is that a Muslim is not killed for killing a combatant in war.” [Al-Ikhtiyar li Ta'leel 506] Malik said, “What is done in our community is that the Muslim is not killed for killing an unbeliever, unless the Muslim has killed him in a... Continue reading