On the authority of al-Baraa ibn 'Aazib (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu) who said: While we were with the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), he suddenly looked towards a group (of people) and said:
For what reason have they gathered here?
It was said: In order to dig a grave.
So the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) became alarmed and startled and he quickly went ahead of his Companions until he reached the grave, then he knelt upon it, and I turned my face towards him (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), in order to see what he was doing. He (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) cried until the earth became wet with his tears, then he turned to us and said:
O my brothers! Prepare for a day like this.
al-Bukhaaree in at-Taareekh, Ibn Maajah, Ahmad and others. It is a hasan hadeeth as indicated by Shaykh al-Albaanee in Silsilah al-Ahaadeeth as-Saheehah

On the authority of ‘Abdullâh Ibn Mas’ûd – Allâh be pleased with him, who said:

May Allâh curse those women who tattoo or seek to be tattooed, those women who remove facial hair or seek it to be removed and those women who put gaps between their teeth for beautification; those who seek to change Allâh’s creation.

This reached a woman from Banî Asad who was called Umm Ya’qûb and who used to read the Qur`ân. She came to [Ibn Mas’ûd] and said, “What is this I hear from you, that you curse women who tattoo or seek to get tattooed, and those who remove facial hair and those who put gaps between their teeth for beauty, those who change Allâh’s creation?” ‘Abdullâh [Ibn Mas’ûd] replied, “And why should I not curse those whom Allâh’s Messenger has cursed and those who are mentioned in Allâh’s Book?” She said, “I have read [the Qur`ân] from cover to cover and I have not seen it mentioned.” He replied, “If you had really read it [carefully] you would have found it; Allâh the Mighty and Sublime said:

And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, shun it.
[Al-Hashr (59):7]

The woman then said, “Well I have just seen some of this on your own wife.” He said, “Go and see her.” So she went to the wife of ‘Abdullâh but didn’t see anything. She returned to him and said, “I don’t see anything.” He said, “Well, if any of those practices had been done I would not be with her any more.”

Al-Bukhârî and Muslim. This translation is from the version in Muslim.

Points to note



The teachings of Allâh’s Messenger have the same legal weight as teachings in the Qur`ân because the Qur`ân commands us to take everything the Messenger teaches us, even if it is not specifically mentioned in the Qur`ân. This refutes the claim of heretics who say we only need to follow the Qur`ân

• It can even be said that a ruling given by Allâh’s Messenger is in the Qur`ân based on the verse quoted
• Tattooing, removal of facial hair – including the plucking of eyebrows - and making gaps between the teeth for beautification are strictly forbidden in Islâm and are regarded as major sins. In another narration, hair extensions have also been mentioned
• Exceptions have been made by scholars in cases where a woman suffers a condition that causes her to grow a full beard, or where filing of teeth and widening spaces are needed for medical reasons
• Being cursed (al-la’nah) means to be removed from Allâh’s mercy; this goes to prove that these practices are major sins
• People should ask Allâh to curse those whom Allâh’s Messenger has asked to be cursed
• Women can ask male scholars about matters of religion and can converse with them for the purpose of understanding knowledge and legal rulings
• Wives who remain disobedient to Allâh should be divorced
• A person who helps another to sin is regarded as a participant in that sin

These points have been summarized from Ibn Hajr, Fath Al-Bârî and Al-Nawawî, Sharh Sahîh Muslim.

Ibn 'Umar (radhi-yallaahu 'anhumaa) said:
Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good.
Abu Shaamah (no. 39)





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Bismillah...

Mu`adh bin Jabal advised his son,

“My son! Pray the prayer of he who is just about to leave and imagine that you might not be able to pray ever again.

Know that the believer dies between two good deeds, one that he performed and one that he intended to perform later on.”



[Sifat as Safwah 1/496]

Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (rahima-hullaah) said:
The Sunnahs of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) reach, as well as escape from every one of us. So whenever I voice my opinion, or formulate a principle, where something contrary to my view exists on the authority of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), then the correct view is what the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) has said, and it (that) is my view.
Related by Haakim with a continuous sanad up to Shaafi'i, as in Taareekh Damishq of Ibn 'Asaakir (15/1/3), I'laam al-Muwaqqi'een (2/363, 364) & Eeqaaz (p. 100)





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Umar ibn Khattab (r.a) asked Ubbay ibn Ka’ab (r.a), "What is the meaning of Tawqa?" Ubbay ibn Ka’ab said, "O Amir ul Mu’minin, have you walked on a field that had a lot of thorny plants?" Umar said, "Yes" Ubbay ibn Ka’ab said, "So what did you do?" Umar replied, "I lifted up my clothes and I was very careful," Ubbay ibn Ka’ab said, "That is Taqwa."


[http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=2&tid=775]

Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh,

al-Awzaa'ee said:

Whoever stands the night in prayer, Allaah will make easy for him his standing on the Day of Judgment


Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa. – Volume 7, Page 119

Jazaak Allaah Khayr!!

Also on the authority of Nu’aym bin Hammaad:

It was once said to ‘Abdullah bin Al-Mubaarak, “O Abu ‘Abd Al-Rahmaan, you often sit alone at home.” He said, “I am alone? I am with the Prophet - Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him – and his Companions.” Meaning: reading hadeeth.

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It was once said to ‘Abdullah bin Al-Mubaarak, “After you have prayed with us you don’t sit with us?” He replied, “I go and sit with the Sahaabah and the Taabi’een.” We said, “And how can you sit with the Sahaabah and Taabi’een (when they have all passed away)?” He replied, “I go and read the knowledge I have collected, I find their narrations and deeds. What would I do with you? You sit around backbiting people.”

Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh,

Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah Rahimahullah said:

"Indeed the people of Truth and the Sunnah do not follow anyone [unconditionally] except the messenger of Allaah sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam, the one who does not speak from his desires - it is only revelation revealed to him."

Majmoo'ah al-Fataawaa Ibn Taymiyyah, Vol 3, Page 216

Some of the Salaf said:

"Admonition is only beneficial when it comes from the heart, so indeed it reaches the heart. As for admonition which comes from the tongue, then verily it enters through one ear and comes out from the other".