Lessons from the incident of abu dhar praying tahajjud 3 years before he met the Prophet

Note: Explanation/Lessons will be highlighted in the green font, whereas the hadeeth wordings are in brown . I have noted this from my personal notes while studying this hadeeth i made a note of these things and now i am putting in on my blog.  And i am mentioning the benifit right under the associated hadeeth statement to avoid confusion as the hadeeth is very lengthy and thus footnotes might not give the impact as i intend. Also note more lessons can be deduced from this lengthy hadeeth but i have not jotted down all points for convenience. 

'Abdullah b. Samit reported that Abu Dharr said:

We set out from our tribe Ghafir who look upon the prohibited months (of fighting) as permissible months. 

{ Note:  this was the thing that allah spoke against in the qur`an i.e the people who used to make halaal what allah made haraam and vice versa. Allah called them disbelievers in the qur`an and from this ayah, the `ulema take proof that whoever makes tahleel or tahreem of something which allah did made haraam and halaal respectively has disbelieved.  this custom of the sacred months forbidding fighting was approved by allah and this is one of the examples where a custom of the pre-islamic era had been accepted for the muslims (with some modifications)}

 I and my brother Unais and our mother stayed with our maternal uncle who treated us well. The men of his tribe fell jealous and they said: When you are away from your house, Unais commits adultery with your wife. Our maternal uncle came and he accused us of the sin which was conveyed to him.

{ Note:  here the importance of verifying information is to be paid attention to. allah and his messenger forbid suspicion and believing unverified information. same is the case today. Muslims believe their sweet honey preachers for whatever they say without even verifying or making an effort to do so. See : http://the-finalrevelation.blogspot.com/2013/12/yes-sahaaba-and-salaf-used-to-verify.html] }

 I said: You have undone the good you did to us. We cannot stay with you after this. We came to our camels and loaded (our) luggage. Our maternal uncle began to weep covering himself with (a piece of) cloth. We proceeded on until we encamped by the side of Mecca. Unais cast lot on the camels (we had) and an equal number (above that). They both went to a Kahin and he made Unais win and Unais came with our camels and an equal number along with them. He (Abu Dharr) said: My nephew, I used to observe prayer three years before my meeting with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I said: For whom did you say prayer? He said: For Allah. I said: To which direction did you turn your face (for observing prayer)? He said: I used to turn my face as Allah has directed me to turn my face. I used to observe the night prayer at the time of the end of night and I fell down in prostration like the mantle until the sun rose over me.

Imam Hakim and Ibn Taymiyyah favouring the Arab coalition against Yemeni Houthis

Question by Takfeeris and neo Khawarij allies of Bashar al-Assad : How can we support Muslim rulers who (according to them) are fussaq and fujjar in their Jihaad against Kuffar (e.g Rawafidha)? 

Answer : Imamul Haafidh Abu Ahmad Muhammad famous as Hakimul Kabeer (d. 378 A.H) said in the book of `Aqeedah and Manhaj called "Beliefs of the people of Hadeeth (`Itiqaad Ashaabil Hadeeth) that among the beliefs of Ahl al-Hadeeth is that 

َالْجِهَادُ مَعَ كُلِّ خَلِيفَةٍ جِهَادُ الْكُفَّارِ، لَكَ جِهَادُهُ وَعَلَيْهِ شَرُّهُ، 

"To aid the khalifah in his Jihad against the disbelievers ; For you is the reward of Jihaad and for him is (the recompense of) his evil (if any) " 

[Ref: `Itiqaad Ashaabil Hadeeth, English translation page 7; Free Download : http://fahmalhadeeth.blogspot.ae/2015/03/itiqaad-ashabil-hadeeth-by-abu-ahmad.html]

Imam ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah said : 

Lessons from the hadeeth of the worst sinner being the one whose question leads to prohibiting something which wasnt previously

On the authority of 'Amir b. Sa'd and the words are. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: The greatest sinner of the Muslims amongst Muslims is one who asked about a certain thing which had not been prohibited and it was prohibited because of his asking about it.

[Ref: Saheeh Muslim] 

Benefits 

1. Whatever is not proven to be haraam from the Qur`an, sunnah or Ijmaa, then the asl in such wordily matters is that it is permissible as long as it does not oppose the shar`iah [Ref: Fath ul-Bari 13/269] 

2. One should abstain from unnecessary questions 

3. This hadeeth is in context to the moment when the Prophet was receiving a wahi  

4. While asking questions, the general benifit of the people should be taken into consideration such as asking a question which you know you may be capable of fulfiling the conditions of its answers but others in general cannot. 

5. This is especially in regards to some wordily or political petitions filed by some Muslims in a land due to which other Muslims have to suffer. Such as imposing a stringent salary condition for enjoying some basic rights and etc. 

Itiqaad Ashabil Hadeeth by Abu Ahmad Hakim (D. 358 A.H)

The beliefs of the people of Hadeeth - Narrated by Imam Abu Ahmad Muhammad al-Hakimul Kabeer an-Naysapuri (D. 378 A.H) Rahimahullah in his book shi`ar Ashaabil-Hadeeth 

Free Download (12 pages including the manuscript photos) : https://www.mediafire.com/?q1sp2bno725v71q

Translated & Published on www.fahmalhadeeth.blogspot.com

A Principle of Fiqh : Specific command is enforced upon the General Command

This is one of the principles of this deen, among the Usool al-Fiqh that a command or instruction that specifies something extra is imposed upon a general command that does not specify that "Extra" bit.  Lack of the basic Islamic principles and sciences, causes many western Muslims or Liberal and Ignorant Muslims to directly utter blasphemous words in order to paint a nice picture in front of the western sources or they eventually use the wrong ways to explain the right things. Awareness of such principles help avoid both 

1) humiliation in the after life in front of Allah for speaking, passing a comment and judging without knowledge 

2) helps answer about Islam in an appropriate manner 

In the following examples, i will first quote that passage which reflects a general command, statement, instruction, etc and then follow it with a Specific command, statement, instruction etc. that adds an exemption or adds an exclusion to the above general command. 


Example 1 

Ikhtasar Uloom al-Hadeeth of Ibn Katheer - English Translation Part 2

ذكر تعداد أنواع الحديث | Mention about the types (categories) of Hadeeth


صحيح، حسن، ضعيف، مسند، متصل، مرفوع، موقوف، مقطوع، مرسل، منقطع، معضل، مدلَّس، شاذ، منكر، ماله شاهد، زيادة الثقة، الأفراد، المعلَّل، المضطرب، المدْرَج، الموضوع، المقلوب، معرفة من تقبل روايته، معرفة كيفية سماع الحديث وإسماعه، وأنواع التحمل من إجازة وغيرها، معرفة كتابة الحديث وضبطه، كيفية رواية الحديث وشرط أدائه، آداب المحدث، آداب الطالب، معرفة العالي والنازل، المشهور، الغريب، العزيز، غريب الحديث ولغته، المسلسل، ناسخ الحديث ومنسوخه، المصحَّف إسناداً ومتناً، مختلف الحديث، المزيد في الأسانيد، المرسل، معرفة الصحابة، معرفة التابعين، معرفة أكابر الرواة عن الأصاغر، المبج ورواية الأقران، معرفة الإخوة والأخوات، رواية الآباء عن الأبناء، عكسه، من روي عنه اثنان متقدم ومتأخر، من لم يرو عنه إلا واحد، من له أسماء ونعوت متعددة، المفردات من الأسماء، معرفة الأسماء والكنى، من عرف باسمه دون كنيته، معرفة الألقاب، المؤتلف والمختلف، المتفق والمفترق، نوع مركب من اللذين قبله. نوع آخر من ذلك، من نسب إلى غير أبيه، الأنساب التي يختلف ظاهرها وباطنها، معرفة المبهمات، تواريخ الوفيات، معرفة الثقات والضعفاء، من خلط في آخر عمره، الطبقات، معرفة الموالي من العلماء والرواة، معرفة بلدانهم وأوطانهم.

وهذا تنويع الشيخ أبي عمرو وترتيبه رحمه الله، قال: وليس بآخر الممكن في ذلك، فإنه قابل للتنويع إلى ما لا يحصى، إذ لا تنحصر أحوال الرواة وصفاتهم، وأحوال متون الحديث وصفاتها.

" قلت ": وفي هذا كله نظر، بل في بسطه هذه الأنواع إلى هذا العدد نظر. إذ يمكن إدماج بعضها في بعض، وكان أليق مما ذكره.

ثم إنه فرق بين متماثلات منها بعضها عن بعض، وكان اللائق ذكر كل نوع إلى جانب ما يناسبه.

ونحن نرتب ما نذكره على ما هو الأنسب، وربما أدمجنا بعضها في بعض، طلباً للاختصار والمناسبة. وننبه على مناقشات لا بد منها، إن شاء الله تعالى.

1) Authentic 

2) Fair

3) Weak

4) Musnad - Supported 

5) Muttasil - Uninterrupted 

6) Marfoo` - Raised to the prophet 

7) Mawqoof - Stops at the companion 

8) Maqtoo` - Cut off 

9) Mursal - Loose hadeeth

10) Munqati`- Interrupted

11) Mu`dhal - Defective 

12) Mudallas - A type where tadlees is committed or misrepresented 

13) Shadh - odd

Ikhtasar Uloom al-Hadeeth of Ibn Katheer - English Translation Part 1

By the will and blessing of Allah, this is a project wherein i intend to translate the Ikhtisaar Uloom al-Hadeeth of Imam Ibn Katheer al-Quraishi rahimahullah with the tahkeeq and tarjuma of Hafidh al-Muhaddith Zubayr `Ali Zaee rahimahullah . I will also be adding references, certain athaar along with the comments of shaykh zubayr r.h because sometimes i find it necessary to add some more or variant athar so as to add emphasis to assert a certain benifit. 

I am not a professional translator, so I will try my best to translate it in a way that is easy to understand by the English speaking community making the translation in a summarized way as and when required for easy understanding as well as ensure that the text retains the original Intended meaning (and does not drift away from it). I will publish the translation in small parts so people can read it easily and quickly instead of becoming lazy seeing the lengthy multi-page translation . I am sure there will be many mistakes so 

 رحم الله امرأ أهدى إلي عيوبي

May Allah have mercy on the man who shows me my faults

[Ref: A statement attributed to `Umar radhiallahu anhu in Sunan ad-Darimee 1/506 or 1/166 or # 675 with a weak chain and Ahmad Shaakir (ed.), ar-Risalah of ash-Shaf`ee, P: 73 footnote no. 8  See Dr. Muhammad Adhmi’s book  titled “ The history of the quranic text page 20 “]

There are many instances in such technical science books wherein the arabic words cannot be translated to English and even if attempted, it does not fulfil the complete meaning intended by the author. In such instances i will retain the Arabic terms and sometimes translate it depending on the context . 

- www.fahmalhadeeth.blogspot.com 

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1) Introduction [summarized] 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The Issues of Muawiyah vs Ibn Umar during the arbitration of Sifeen

TABLE OF CONTENTS


The Main Hadeeth around which these attacks against Sahaaba revolve 

1) Accusations 

2) Our Answers

3) DID IBN `UMAR DESIRE KHILAFAH?

4) WHEN WAS THE MEETING HELD ?

5) Did Mu`awiyah (r.a) consider himself more worthy of the caliphate than `Umar (r.a) ?

5.1) Who did Ameer Mu`awiyah (r.a) imply towards when he spoke this statement? 

5.2) How/What did Mu`awiyah (r.a) intend by mentioning the father of the person he was addressing 

5.3) What issue or period did Mu`awiyah (r.a) utter this statement on/about? 

6) Conclusion

THE VALIDITY USAGE OF MORE THAN MERELY HARSH AND INSULTING WORDS & GESTURES WHEN APT

In Defense of Shaykh Waseeullah `Abbas hafidhahullah and the term 'Ennuch' used by him

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I am not defending the usage of that word for Mufti menk but i am drafting this note to counter those who are making a mountain of a mole.  Some sufis and especially deobandhis and barelvis are using this opportunity to hit back at salafis and what not totally forgetting that their scholars books are filled with (excuse me) pornographic and what's worse is shirkiyah and blasphemous comments against Allah and his Messenger such as 

www.deobandhikaramaat.blogspot.com 

and much more. They think blasphemy and shirkiyah statements are less "disgusting" than the term "enuch" used by Shaykh waseeullah `abbas that too in a general comparative tone and not in particular against Mufti Menk. [As he clarified yesterday] 

So you see hanfis using this term against the shaykh while they have more serious blasphemous issues from their own hanfi scholars that they need to ridicule and mock instead of someone who calls towards the tawheed of Allah and against hijacking the deen (bid`ah). 

I begin with the statement wherein The prophet sallalahu `alayhi wa sallam said

"Overlook the slips of respected people.” [Ref: Adab al-Mufrad] 

A) Harsh and insulting words and phrases used by Allah - some that are infinite times more offensive than "enuch"