[Abdullah_1417]

Fatawa Arkanul Islam
Shaykh Uthaymin (rahimallah)
pgs. 55-60

Q: There is a man who suffers from the whisperings of Shaytan. He whispers things to him that are great sins, concerning Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful and he is very much afraid of this; what is the advice of your eminence?

A: Regarding what has been mentioned concerning the problem of the questioner, which is that he fears the result of it, I say to him: Rejoice at the good news that there will be no result from it except a good result. This is the whispering by which Shaytan assails the believers in order to upset the sound belief in their hearts and to cause them sprirtual and mental agitation and disturb the serenity of their faith, indeed the serenity of their lives, if they are believers. He is not the 1st among the people of faith to be confronted by this situation, nor is he the last, for it will continue as long as there is a believer in the world; and this same situation confronted the Sahabahs (radiallahu anhum), for it was reported on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (radiallahu ahn) that he said: Some people from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah came to the Rasool (alayhi salatul wasalam) and said to him, 'Verily we perceive in our minds that which every one of us considers too grave to express'. He (alayhi salatul wasalam) said:

"Do you really perceive it?"

They said: "Yes". Upon this he (alayhi salatul wasalam) remarked:

"That is true faith." *

* (It was reported by Muslim in the Book of Faith, in the Chapter of Explanation of the (evil) whispering regarding Faith (132))

In the Two Sahihs , it is also narrated from Abu Hurayrah (radiallahu ahn) that the Rasool (alayhi salatul wasalam) said:

Satan may come to anyone of you and say: "Who created such and such? Who created such and such?" until he says, "Who created your Lord?" So, when he inspires such a question, one should seek refuge w/Allah and give up such thoughts." *

* (Reported by Bukhari in the Book of Beginning of Creation, in the Chapter: The description of Iblis and his Legions (3276) and it was reported by Muslim in the Book of Faith, in the Chapter on the Description of the (evil) Whispering regarding Faith (134).

It is reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas (radiallahu ahn) that a man came to the Rasool (alayhi salatul wasalam) and said: "Oh, Messenger of Allah! One of us has thoughts of such a nature that he would rather be reduced to charcoal than speak about them." The Rasool (alayhi salatul wasalam) said:

"All praise and thanks be to Allah who has reduced his matter (shaytan's guile) to (evil) whispering." *

*(It was reported by Abu Dawud in the Book of Good Manners, in the Chapter: Regarding the response to (evil) Whispering (5112) and by Imam Ahmed in Al-Musnad (1:340)

Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyah (rahimallah) said in the Book of Faith: "The believer is put to trial by the whispering of Satan, the whispering of kufr which causes him distress, as the Companions (radiallahu anhum) said: "Oh Messenger of Allah! One of us has thoughts within himself of such a nature that he would rather fall down from the heaven than speak of them." The Rasool (alayhi salatul wasalam) said:

"That is true faith"

And in another narration: "he considers it too grave to express." He (alayhi salatul wasalam) said:

"All praise and thanks are Allah's who has reduced his (shaytan) intrigue to (evil) whispering)"

That is, the occurence of his whispering along with this great hatred for it and repelling it from the heart is a part of true faith, like the warrior in Allah's Cause who met the enemy and fought him until he overcame him, for that is a great Jihad up to his words.

This why the seekers of knowledge and worship are assailed by whispering and uncertainty which do not afflict another, b/c he (the other) does not follow the Law of Allah and His way; rather, he follows his own desires, heedless of the rememberance of his Lord and this is the goal of Shaytan, as opposed to those who turn towards their Lord with knowledge and (acts of ) worship, for he is their enemy and he seeks to prevent them from (worshipping) Allah, the Most High.

So, I say to this questioner: Once it is clear to you that this whispering is from Shaytan, then you must struggle and stand against it, know that it will never harm you as long as you undertake the necessary struggle, reject it and cease thinking about it. The Rasool (alayhi salatul wasalam) said:

"Allah has forgiven what is whispered in the hearts of my followers, unless they put it into action or utter it." *

*(Reported by Bukhari in the Book of Manumission, in the Chapter: Error and Forgetfulness in Manumission and Divorce (2528) and by Muslim in the Book of Faith, in the Chapter: Allah has forgiven what is whispered in heart (127)

And if it is said to you: Do you believe what is whispered to you? And do you think it is the truth? And is it possible to describe Allah, the Most Glorified by it? You would say: It is not for us to speak of this; Glorified are You (Oh Allah), this is a great lie! You would reject it with your heart and by your words; and of the people, you would flee further than any of them from it. Then it is, only whispering and perils displayed to your heart, and a window to polythesim from Shaytan, who courses throughout the human body as blood courses through it, in order to destroy and obscure your deen for you.

This is why you find that Shaytan does not place doubt or rejection about trivial things in your heart, so you hear for example, of the existence of large and important cities filled w/residents and buildings in the east and west and yet doubt their existence never once crossed your mind, nor regarding their faults, such as that their buildings are destroyed or are unfit for habitation or that there are no occupants in them and so on. There is no goal for Shaytan in making mankin doubt such things. But Shaytan's important great goal is destroying the faith of the believer, so he strives by his horse, and on on foot, to extinguish the light of knowledge and guidance in one's heart and to cause him to fall into the darkness of doubt and uncertainty.

The Rasool (alayhi salatul wasalam) explained the beneficial medicine which contains a cure for this:

"Then let him seek refuge with Allah and cease doing it."

If a person ceases doing that and continues to worship Allah, seeking & desiring that which is with Allah, it will stop troubling him, by Allah's Power. So, avoid all suppositions which pass through your heart on this subject and worship Allah, supplicate to Him and glorfiy Him, and if you heard anyone describing Him with what was whispered to him, you would kill him if you could. Therefore, what is whispered is not a fact; rather it is simply thoughts and whisperings which have no basis. Like in the case of someone wearing a clean garment which he has just washed and then he is assailed by thoughts that maybe it is impure, and maybe it is not permissble to pray in it, but he should pay no heed to this.

And my advice may be summarized as follows:

1. Seek protection with Allah and completely stop these suppositions as the Rasool (alayhi salatul wasalam) ordered us to do.

2. Mention Allah, the Most High and restrain yourself from this whisperings.

3. Wholehearted dedication to worship and acting in accordance with the Command of Allah and seeking His Pleasure, for when you give worship your undivided attention with earnestness and striving, you will forget about occupying yourself with this whispering, inshallah.

4. Seeking refuge with Allah much and asking Him to protect you from this thing.

And I ask Allah, the Most High for protection for you and safety from every evil and every destable thing.

[Abdullah_1417]

At-Tareeq ilal Hidayah
{The Path to Guidance}
Imam Ibn Al-Qayim Al-Jawziyah
pg. 31

Point #44

Ibn Al-Qayim stated: "Allah, free from all imperfections, has purchased the souls of the Believers and has made Paradise their price. He put this covenant into effect upon the Hand of his Messenger (alayhi salatul wasalam) and close friend, the best of His creation. So it is a commodity (the souls of the Believers) which the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth is a purchaser of. The pleasure of looking at His Noble Face and listening to His Speech in His home (of the hearafter) is it's price (in return)".

[Abdullah_1417]

The Benefit of the Worshipper Standing Before his Lord
Shaykh Alee Hasan al-Halabee hafidhahullaah
From the Introduction to 'al-Khushoo fis-Salat' of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali

The Prayer is a sanctified and holy moment (mauqif) for the worshipper in the presence of his Lord and Deity in truth. He fulfils (by its performance) his covenants, obligations and statements of confession which are contained within and are required by the testimony that: "There is nothing which has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammed is His Messenger" and by whose attestation one becomes a muslim.

These covenants, obligations and resolutions: among them are those
Of belief, those of speech and those of action; and the explanation of
that is as follows:

Firstly: The Takbeer: This is a compulsory acknowledgement for the
worshipper, both in belief and speech, that Allah is the greatest,
greater than everything in His Essence, Attributes and in the rights (owed to Him). Among His rights are the obeying of His commands and refraining from His prohibitions in regard to beliefs, acts of worship, characteristics and manners; in all moments and situations. This acknowledgement penetrates into the various postures of the worshipper during his prayer, from the qiyaam to the rukoo', to the sujood, the verbal confessions he makes and after that into the submissiveness in action; so there does not remain any moment of heedlessness or innattentiveness and there does not remain in his heart that which pushes out the (awareness of the responsibility of fulfilling) the rights of Allah upon His servant; whether it is persons, property, money, family or progeny and among His rights are (His) Magnification, Love (for Him greater than for all else), Fear (of His displeasure and punishment), Hope (in His Mercy) and Obedience.

Secondly: The Rukoo': This is an obligation in action. The worshipper
bends his back and (bows) his head during it out of obedience,
lowliness and humility to his Deity. So by this he fulfils his covenants of being constant in his obedience, carrying out the orders of his Deity, refraining from His prohibitions, ruling by His Sharee'ah in happiness, adversity and every other situation. The worshipper returns (to fulfil)these covenants and obligations every time he performs the rukoo' both in the obligatory prayers or the supererogatory. Whoever bends his back in the prayer in obedience to Allah and after that rebels from some of His commands or shows boldness towards some of His prohibitions due to the calling of his desire or whim, then he has contradicted his fulfilment of this obligation to the extent of the evil of his action.

Thirdly: The Tasbeeh: This is the statement which the worshipper makes during his rukoo' "How free from every imperfection is my Lord, the Mighty" (Subhaana-rabbiyal- adheem) and in his sujood "How free from every imperfection is my Lord, the Highest" (Subhaan-rabbiyal- a'laa). This is an obligation in speech by which the worshipper declares his Deity free from every defect and shortcoming in His attributes, actions and His rights (over the creation). Among His rights are the declaration of His mightiness in every situation, the placing of obedience to Him before obedience to ones soul or parents, leaders and others besides them. Whoever declares Allah to be free from all imperfections during his rukoo' and sujood and then shows boldness towards His disobedience when he departed from the prayer, he has reduced/diminished his glorification of his Deity to the extent of his disobedience to Him.

Fourthly: The Sujood: This is the extremity in, or the end result of humility; when the worshipper places his noble limbs upon the dust or the earth. The sujood is a covenant in action. It is an obligation due to the absolute obedience owed to the Deity in truth in all situations. There is no exception in this absolute obedience for moments of desire or moments of the whims of the soul (this absolute obedience incorporates all moments and situations). Whoever covers his face with dust (due to the performance of sujood) out of extreme humility, then departs from his prayer and returns to the obedience of the soul in disobedience to Allah, obedience to the creation in disobedience to Allah and the following of whims in disobedience to Allah, then he has been false to himself to the extent of his disobedience (or sin). But whoever does that, then he must repent hastily as the Messenger of Allah has said:

"All the progeny of Aadam (constantly) errs and the best of those who constantly err are those who (constantly) repent." [Reported by [At-Tirmidhi] no. 2501 and [Ibn Majah] no. 4251 and [Ad- Daarimee] 2/303 and [Ahmad] 3/198 with a hasan sanad from Anas bin Malik]

Fifthly: Folding of the hands during the Qiyaam: This is a
manifestation from among the manifestations of humility and defeat in front of the Deity in Truth. Among its implications are subservience to the divine commandments in that one does not move except when commanded and one is not at ease or quiescence except when commanded. Whoever sought this position of worship for a few moments and after that lets loose the reigns of his soul then he wanders/trespasses (while ignorant of Allah's rulings) into the greatest of matters ( i.e. sins) and he has fallen into a type of deception.

Sixthly: Khushoo': This is a position of total and extreme submissiveness and humility in front of the Deity in Truth and the quiescence / tranquillity of the heart and the limbs. One does not move except where commanded and is not at ease except where commanded. It is an obligation in action due to the necessity of obedience and the abandonment of disobedience to the Deity in Truth. Whoever discharges this obligation during the prayer then contradicts it (behaves otherwise) upon departing from the prayer he has caused diminution/annulmen t of (his Khushoo')to the extent of his disobedience.

Seventhly: Whatever is repeated in every raka' from among the obligations and covenants in speech such as the repetition of his praises,requesting of guidance to the straight path, the path of those who have blessings bestowed upon them, not of those upon whom is anger and they are the Jews and whoever is like them, nor of those who are astray and they are the Christians and whoever resembles them, and the likes of what is said in the tashahhud and the meanings of the various verses and supplications that are repeated in the prayer: in summary, every movement, every moment of ease, every statement and every action during the prayer, be it an obligation, covenant, resolution or confession from the worshipper in front of his Master and Deity in Truth, which he repeats in every raka', whether it is in the obligatory or supererogatory, makes free his heart, tongue,limbs and feelings from associating partners with Allah. He is a muslim, in submission to Him. He gives for His sake, takes for his sake, acts for His sake, abandons for His sake. He loves for his sake and hates for His sake. The proof for this truth is the saying of Allah (Azzawajall)

"And establish the prayer. Verily the prayer prevents the obscene and evil deeds." [Soorah Ankabut 29:45]

and the saying of the Messenger (sallallahu- alaihi-wasallam) :

"The example of the five prayers is as the example of an abundant flowing river by the side of the door of one of you. He washes every day from it five times." [Reported by [Muslim] no. 667 from Jaabir]

Therefore know - brother / sister reader - the position and importance of your prayer and establish as it should be truly established and gain happiness from it as Allah desires for you. I ask Allah that he assists us all and has mercy upon us, verily He is the All Hearer, the Responder.

[IbnMardhiyah]

If you want your reminders to stick, make them a lot shorter and concise, and please do not use red text.

Instead of advising people and reminding, you're just turning them away.

[Abdullah_1417]

THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN

AND FOR THE CHILDREN UPON THEIR PARENTS THERE ARE RIGHTS (i.e. the children have rights to be fulfilled by the parents). They are trusts, and responsibilities of theirs. Then upon the parents (due to the children being their own), there are obligations in relation to that.

ONE OF THOSE TWO (obligations) IS:

Fulfillment of physical needs, (such as providing maintenance and clothing, and that which follows on from that). This is obligatory (and) there is no escape from it, together with the (fact that) indeed it is from the superior acts of worship, and particularly together with hope of gaining the reward that is with Allah (subhaanah). Indeed, you will not spend of maintenance seeking by it the Face of Allah except that there is reward for it, even that which you give to your wife, and your (families).

THE SECOND OBLIGATION:

The obligation of cultivation upon the Religion (i.e. the Religion of Islaam).

Upon the two parents is to teach the children the Qur’aan, knowledge and the art of writing, and that which follows on from that. Cultivate them upon good manners, turn them away from all harm and exhort them towards fulfillment of the obligatory matters. The slave brings up his children by way of accomplishment of these two affairs. And in falling short/failure in cultivating (children upon the Religion), he (the parent) loses his children, (a manifest loss).

And the children, just as it is obligatory upon them to show kindness and honor their parents, and fulfill that which is an obligation upon them towards the parents, likewise on the part of the parents is the responsibility to cultivate their children upon that which brings about absolute goodness for them.

Allah said: ‘’O you who believe! Ward off yourselves and your families from the fire’’ 66:6

That is the establishment of the means of safeguarding them from the fire with complete heed and absence of negligence. The one who pushes them towards negligence penalizes/reproaches none but himself if the reward escapes him, and he deserves that due to his abandonment of that which is obligatory upon him, (i.e. the obligations upon which is dependent the end results). So the righteousness and goodness of his children evades him.

Allah said: ‘’Whoever does righteous good deed, it is for (the benefit of) his ownself; and whoever does evil, it is against his ownself’’ 41:46

Source: ‘’Noorul Basaa-ir Wal Albaab Fee Ahkaam Al Ibaadaat Wal Mu-aamalaat Wal Huqooq Wal Aadaab’’ of Imam Abdur Rahmaan As Sadi. Page 61-62.

I ask Allah to guide me and all the Muslims towards all that enables one in fulfilling the RIGHTS OF OUR CHILDREN.

[the_only_one]

salaams,

i remember ur username, are u mossy?

thanks for the reminders, i need it fo' sure.

[IbnMardhiyah]

Originally Posted by Abdullah_1417

What's wrong with red do you prefer purple? or lime green?

Keep it plain black or dark gray, like normal.

Red is hard on the eyes, especially in such copious amounts.

That's their choice for them to read it or not

Wrong.

nabeyuna Muhammad's advice was to make the deen easy on the people, not hard. By posting your advice in such a garish and painful manner, you are turning people away.

[wheelworks]

You should post it in bright yellow instead donchaknow

[the_only_one]

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Keep it plain black or dark gray, like normal.

Red is hard on the eyes, especially in such copious amounts.



Wrong.

nabeyuna Muhammad's advice was to make the deen easy on the people, not hard. By posting your advice in such a garish and painful manner, you are turning people away.

salams,

Prophet sallahu wallyhi wa salaam's way was to give nasiha in private, and not to prevent someone from doing khair.

just sharing some wisdom, i really dont feel like arguing tonight..

[IbnMardhiyah]

Originally Posted by the_only_one

salams,

Prophet sallahu wallyhi wa salaam's way was to give nasiha in private, and not to prevent someone from doing khair.

just sharing some wisdom, i really dont feel like arguing tonight..

............ and sometimes he gave naseeha in public too, when appropriate.

[Abdullah_1417]

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

nabeyuna Muhammad's advice was to make the deen easy on the people, not hard. By posting your advice in such a garish and painful manner, you are turning people away.

Jazakallahu khayr

Please don't hijack my thread my love

[the_only_one]

Originally Posted by wheelworks

You should post it in bright yellow instead donchaknow

salams
i am so sorry, but why is everyone so anal around here? dont we all care to learn? so what if the invaluable text in red, blue, purple....if u're seeking to gain ilm, you'll find all means to acquire it, otherwise, we all have right to remain silent or anything said in vain wil be held against our souls.


i wonder if our generation will EVER make it to chi-town, let alone to china.

thanks.

[the_only_one]

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

............ and sometimes he gave naseeha in public too, when appropriate.

and when exactly was that?

if Nabi sallu wally wasalam ever adviced people in public, he'd make general statements regarding the matter that concerned him, He'd never point fingers at specific individuals.

thanks.


last post i promise.

masalaama!