Allaah (The Most High) said: وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ”And live with them honourably.” [Soorah An-Nisaa: Ayah 19] ”This includes intimate companionship (in) speech and action.  It is incumbent upon a husband to live with his wife honourably with regards to beautiful companionship, averting harm, kind treatment and good dealings.  Spending (on her) and (providing her with) clothing is […]

In The Name of Allaah The Most Merciful The Bestower of Mercy Today’s khutbah was based on Shaikh Saaleh al- Fawzaan’s (may Allaah preserve him) commentary on a hadeeth of Hudhaifah Ibnul Yamaan. I apologize because it was impossible to transmit the entire speech of the Shaikh due to time constraints. Here is the full […]

The questioner asks: A relative of mine has children and those children neither sit with their grandmother nor do they visit her except occasionally, and the excuse they give is that she is harsh towards them. Her son is the only one who sits with her, so is this (behaviour of her grandchildren) permissible? Answer: […]

The questioner asks: The prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam): ‘’When a person dies, all his deeds cease three: Sadaqah Jaariyah (ongoing charity), beneficial knowledge (he left behind), or a righteous child who supplicates for him.’’ So will my supplication for my uncle (rahimahullaah) benefit him after his death because I love him dearly but I am not one […]

The questioner asks: Indeed he (i.e. this person) had a disagreement with his father about some wealth and this led him to hate his father, shouted at him and refused to sit with him; so is he sinful for boycotting his father, who is now very old and ill? Answer: What this son has done […]

Question: The questioner asks: What are the rights of a neighbour? Answer: The rights of a neighbour are great and many. Indeed many ahaadeeth have been narrated regarding the rights of a neighbour and among them is the hadeeth narrated by Abdullaah Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhumaa) that the Messenger of Allaah (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said: Jibreel did not […]

Question: The questioner asks: We have blood relations who revile us, so is it obligatory that we have to visit them and maintain the ties of kinship? Answer: Maintaining the ties of kinship is from the best of deeds due to the saying of the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam): Whoever would like his provision to be increased […]

Question: The questioner asks: What is the status of patience and what is the reward for those who exercise patience? Answer: Patience has a great status in the sight of Allah (The Most High). The Eemaan of a slave (i.e. a male or female Muslim) cannot be perfect without patience.  Patience is from the best […]

Question: The questioner asks: What is Sakeenah (tranquillity) and how does it descend upon the believers? Answer: Sakeenah (tranquillity) is the calmness, relaxation and happiness a person feels inside his heart, and from the means of (experiencing) this Sakeenah and happiness in the heart is when one is constant in the remembrance of Allaah.  Allaah (Glorified […]

Question: The female questioner asks: Who are the people of Allaah and those closest to Him, and how can a person be from them as occurs in the hadeeth of the Messenger ( sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam)? Answer: The hadeeth was transmitted from Anas Ibn Maalik (radiyallaahu-anhu) by Imaam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) and Imaam Ibn Maajah (rahimahullaah) and it […]