In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Basics -[Revising and Revisiting The Most Important Fundamentals: (Belief In The Messengers)- The Fourth Pillar of Eemaan]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Basics -[Revising and Revisiting The Most Important Fundamentals: (Belief in The Books – The Third Pillar of Eemaan)]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Basics -[Revising and Revisiting The Most Important Fundamentals: [Belief In Allaah’s Angels– (The Second Pillar of Eemaan]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Basics -[Revising And Revisiting The Most Important Fundamentals: [Belief In Allaah – (The First Pillar of Eemaan]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
The Messenger [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said, “Allaah does not accept the prayer of a person who is a state of Hadath until he performs ablution (i.e. prayer not accepted if one is in a state in which his ablution has been nullified, such as passing wind, after urination and defecation, menstruation, post natal bleeding etc)”. [Muslim 223 ]
The author [i.e. Imaam Abdul Ghaniy al-Maqdisee (may Allaah have mercy upon him)] began with this hadeeth to give notification regarding the status of purification in relation to prayer – that it is a condition and prayer is not accepted except when ablution is fulfilled. So, this mighty prayer – which is an act of worship in which one stands in the presence of Allaah – requires purification of the body, clothing and the place of prayer. Without purification, prayer is not accepted, regardless whether a person forgot to be in a state of purification, did so deliberately, out of forgetfulness or out of ignorance; however the ignorant person and the one who forgot are not guilty of sin, but their prayer – due to lack of purification – is not sound. If a person remembers after forgetting that he was not in a state of purification, then he must repeat his prayer, but he is not sinful. As for the one who deliberately abandoned purification, his prayer is not accepted and he has also committed a sin. One of the benefits of this hadeeth is that ablution is not obligated on a person for every prayer, because the statement, “Allaah does not accept the prayer Salaah except with purification” is related to prayer, therefore as long as purification is present then prayer is accepted, whether two prayers or more. (1)
What is Wudoo [Ablution]? It is to use water on four limbs and they are: the face (which includes the mouth and nose), the two hands (which includes the two palms and washing up to the elbows), the head and the two feet (which includes washing up to above the ankles). This is to be carried out in a specific manner that has been stated in the Sharee’ah (i.e. the Qur’aan and authentic Sunnah) as an act of worship to Allaah [The Exalted].
Is Wudoo obligatory?
Wudoo is obligatory. Allaah [The Exalted] said:
ـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا قُمۡتُمۡ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَٱغۡسِلُواْ وُجُوهَكُمۡ وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡمَرَافِقِ وَٱمۡسَحُواْ بِرُءُوسِكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَڪُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚ وَإِن كُنتُمۡ جُنُبً۬ا فَٱطَّهَّرُواْۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرۡضَىٰٓ أَوۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوۡ جَآءَ أَحَدٌ۬ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡغَآٮِٕطِ أَوۡ لَـٰمَسۡتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمۡ تَجِدُواْ مَآءً۬ فَتَيَمَّمُواْ صَعِيدً۬ا طَيِّبً۬ا فَٱمۡسَحُواْ بِوُجُوهِڪُمۡ وَأَيۡدِيكُم مِّنۡهُۚ مَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيَجۡعَلَ عَلَيۡڪُم مِّنۡ حَرَجٍ۬ وَلَـٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمۡ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعۡمَتَهُ ۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَعَلَّڪُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ
O you who believe! When you intend to offer As-Salat (the prayer), wash your faces and your hands (forearms) up to the elbows, rub (by passing wet hands over) your heads, and (wash) your feet up to ankles . If you are in a state of Janaba (i.e. had a sexual discharge), purify yourself (bathe your whole body). But if you are ill or on a journey or any of you comes from answering the call of nature, or you have been in contact with women (i.e. sexual intercourse) and you find no water, then perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. Allah does not want to place you in difficulty, but He wants to purify you, and to complete His Favour on you that you may be thankful. [Surah Al-Maa’idfah. Verse 6]
When Does Ablution Become Obligatory?
It becomes obligatory when the time of the prayer begins (i.e. before a person establishes the prayer), when performing Tawaaf or if one wants to touch the mushaf. (2)
Touching the Mus’haf without Wudoo, listen to short clarification here by Shaikh Abdul Ilaah (may Allaah preserve him): https://soundcloud.com/markazmuaadh/can-one-read-or-touch-quran-without-having-wudhu-by-abdulilah-lahmami
[Ref 1: An Excerpt from explanation of Umdatul Ahkaam by Shaikh Abdur Razzaaq Al-Badr (may Allaah preserve him). Lesson 2]
[Ref 2: An Excerpt from Al-Fiqh Al-Muyassar pages 35-36 with the supervison of Shaikh Saaleh Aala Ash-Shaikh (may Allaah preserve him)]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Basics -[Revising and Revisiting The Most Important Fundamentals: [The Foundations of Eeeman]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
The Most Important Fundamentals: [Eemaan – The Greatest Obligation and Means to Every Good In This Life and The Next]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Adee Bin Haatim [may Allaah be pleased with him] said that Allaah’s Messenger [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said, “There is not one of you except that Allaah will speak with him without any interpreter between them. He (the person) would see towards his right and would not find anything but (the deeds) which he had done before, and he would see towards the left and would not find anything but (the deeds) which he had done before. He would see in front of him and would find nothing but Fire just before his face. So protect (yourselves) against Fire even if it is with the help of half a date”. [Saheeh Muslim 1016]
Imaam An-Nawawi [may Allaah have mercy upon him] said, “Half a date or what is closer to it. In this there is an urge (or encouragement) to give charity- no hindrance from that due to it being a little and (even) a little of it is a means to safety from the fire”. [Sharh Saheeh Muslim. Vol 4. Page 89. Publisher: Daar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah. 1421AH (Year 2000)]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Reminders That We Earnestly Assist Ahlus Sunnah At Aston to Complete The Project -[Brief Reminder From An Amazing Parable Regarding Spending In The Path of Allaah] – By Imaam Ibnul Qayyim [may Allaah have mercy upon him]
In The Name of Allaah The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Ed Husain said:
“Free speech is not a western concept: it is a universal craving of the human soul.”
[End of quote]
Yes, indeed Mr Husain is right in saying that free speech is a craving of the human soul, but our Lord [The Most High] reminded us of the dangers and evil consequences of the unrestrained soul and tongue. Ed Husain utilizes this freedom of speech to call to misguidance – the kufr of evolution and the kufr of the heretical philosophers (Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina).
Allaah [The Exalted] said:
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعۡلَمُ مَا تُوَسۡوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفۡسُهُ ۥۖ وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنۡ حَبۡلِ ٱلۡوَرِيدِ
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ۬
مَّا يَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ۬
And indeed We have created man, and We know what his ownself whispers to him. And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (by Our Knowledge). (Remember!) that the two receivers (recording angels) receive (each human being after he or she has attained the age of puberty), one sitting on the right and one on the left (to note his or her actions). Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it). [Surah Qaaf. Aayaat 16-18]
The Messenger [sallal laahu alayhi wasallam] said:
“When the son of Adam wakes up in the morning, all the limbs humble themselves before the tongue and say: ”Fear Allaah for our sake, (for) we are with you; if you are upright, we will be upright; and if you are crooked, we will become crooked.” [1]
The Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) also said: “Whoever can guarantee (the chastity of) what is between his two jaw bones and what is between his two legs (i.e. his mouth, his tongue and his private parts), I guarantee Paradise for him.” [2]
Imaam Abdul-Azeez Bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) said: This requires two affairs; [a] A lot of remembrance (of Allaah); [b] keeping away from gatherings of heedlessness and doubts, and (keeping away from) that which will result in fornication and nonsense speech. [3]
Abu Hurairah (radiyallaahu-anhu) said that the Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said, ‘’A slave (of Allaah) may utter a word which pleases Allaah, without giving it much importance, and because of that Allaah will raise him to degrees (of reward); a slave (of Allaah) may utter a word (carelessly) which displeases Allaah, without thinking of its gravity, and because of that he will be thrown into the Hell-fire.’’ [Saheeh al-Bukhaari Number 6478]
Al-Hasan Bin Saaleh (rahimahullaah) said:
“I scrutinized Wara (apprehensive fear) thoroughly and did it find it more lacking in anything than the tongue.” [4]
Imaam Fudayl Ibn Iyaad (rahimahullaah) said:
“Neither hajj nor taking up positions during battle, nor Jihaad are more difficult than restraining the tongue.” [5]
Imaam Ibn Qudaamah Al-Maqdisee (rahimahullaah) said:
Know that whoever is acquainted with the worth of his era and that it is his main capital, he will not seek an understanding except in what is beneficial. This acquaintance obligates restraining one’s tongue from speaking about that which does not concern him, for indeed the one who abandons the remembrance of Allaah (The Most High) and busies himself with what does not concern him, then he is like one who is able to get hold of a gem but exchanges it for a clod of earth. This is a loss of one’s lifespan. [6]
Even though Ed Husain utilizes freedom of speech to utter Kufr and spread misguidance, he complains about Hizb Tahreer when they utilise freedom of speech to promote their misguided call to Khilaafah. Ed says:
As for Hizb Tahreer, there affair is well known. Visit links
Finally:
Brief Rebuttal Against Darwin – By Shaikh Dr Abu Iyaadh and Shaikh Abu Hakeem [hafidhahumallaah]
http://www.aqidah.com/creed/categories/xz-darwinism-and-atheism.cfm
The Myth of Darwinian Evolution (Part 1)
The Myth of Darwinian Evolution (Part 2) – Natural Selection
The Myth of Darwinian Evolution (Part 3) – The Fossil Records refute Darwin!
The Myth Of Darwinian Evolution (Part 4) – Hidden Archeology
Ongoing Refutation Against Ed Husain – shaytaan!
[1] [Reported by Tirmidhee Number 2407: Chapter: What has been reported concerning preservation of the tongue] [Hadeeth Delared Hasan By Imaam Albaani]
[2] [Saheeh al-bukhaari, Book of Ar-Riqaaq, Vol 8, page: 263. Hadeeth Number: 6474]
[3] Al-Hulalul Ibreeziyyah Min At-Taliqaat Al-Baaziyyah Alaa Saheeh al-Bukhari. Vol 4. Page:244. Footnote:2]
[4]Siyar: 7/368] NB: The translation of the word Al-Wara as apprehensive fear was taken from one of Ustaadh Amjad’s Rafiq’s (may Allaah preserve him) translations
[5]Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam:page:145]
[6] Mukhtasar Minhaaj Al-Qaasideen’ page 176]