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Advice and Invitation for the Popes to (Accept) Islaam By Ash-Shaikh Rabee’ bin Haadee Al-Madkhalee (May Allaah preserve him) Translated by Aqeel Walker

In the Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Giver of Mercy

All praise is due to Allaah, and may prayers of blessing and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah, and upon his family, his companions, and whoever follows his guidance. Thus to proceed:

Indeed it has been broadcasted, and circulated in the media from the broadcasts, newspapers, and internet sites, that the Pope of the Vatican, Benedict the 16th, has verbally attacked Islaam and the Messenger of Allaah, Muhammad (‘alayhis-salaatu was-salaam). He has described Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), and his message as being evil and harsh thinking! And this is a matter that is amazing, startling, and contradictory to logic, intelligence, and the reality of the pure Islaam. That is the Islaam that Allaah used to bring humanity out of the darkness and into the light, and out of the injustice of the religions and into the justice of Islaam, which is even testified to by the intelligent people of its enemies. I will not prolong in praising Islaam and the Messenger of Islaam, for indeed the world has been filled with such praise, and the libraries are overflowing with it. Therefore, I will summarize by saying:

Verily Muhammad is the really and truly the Messenger of Allaah. Allaah sent him as a mercy to all the creation. He sent him as a bearer of glad tidings, as a warner, and as a caller to Allaah, and as an illuminating source of light.

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Bismillaah, wal-hamdulilaah, was-salaatu was-salaamu ‘alaa rasoolillaah,

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Narrated ‘Aisha (Radi-Allahu ‘anha):

The people of Quraish worried about the lady from Bani Makhzum who had committed theft. They asked, “Who will intercede for her with Allah’s Apostle?” Some said, “No one dare to do so except Usama bin Zaid the beloved one to Allah’s Apostle.”

When Usama spoke about that to Allah’s Apostle (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam), Allah’s Apostle (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, (to him), “Do you try to intercede for somebody in a case connected with Allah’s Prescribed Punishments?” Then he got up and delivered a sermon saying, “What destroyed the nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them stole, they would forgive him, and if a poor person amongst them stole, they would inflict Allah’s Legal punishment on him.

By Allah, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I would cut off her hand.”

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Related Links:

• Limits and Punishments set by Allah (Hudood) – Sahih Bukhari
• Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) – Sahih Muslim

• The Interesting Dream of the Prophet Sallalahu Alahi wa Sallam – from Sahih Bukhari

• The ill Effects of Sin – Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-’Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah)
• The Bitter Consequences of Sins – by Imâm Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
• [Blog] “Beware do not lift the curtain !…”

Shaykh Ibn Baaz:

The Muslims help their brothers among the jinn to obey Allaah and His Messenger just as they help their human brothers. Humans may help them in some matters without realizing it. They may help them to obey Allaah and His Messenger by teaching and reminding other humans, for the jinn may attend the lessons of humans in the mosques and elsewhere and benefit from them. Humans may also hear some things from the jinn which benefit them; they may wake them up to pray or draw their attention to things which may benefit them or harm them. All of this happens even though the jinn do not make themselves visible to humans. A jinn may make himself visible to some people when pointing them towards something good or something evil. This may happen, although it is rare. Usually they do not appear to humans, although their voices may be heard on some occasions when they wake a person for prayer or tell him of some things. In conclusion, the believing jinn help the believers even though the believers may not realize it, and they love everything good for them.

They may attend lessons, and they love to listen to the Quraan and knowledge, as stated above. The believers among the jinn attend the lessons of humans, at some times and in some lands, and they benefit from the lessons of humans. All of this happens and is well known. This has been clearly stated by many of the scholars whom the jinn contacted and asked about some issues; they told them that they had attended their lessons. All of this is well-known, and Allaah is the One Whose help we seek.

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Shaykh Saalih Aal ash-Shaykh explains the admonishment of Aboo ad-Dardaa’ (radiyallaahu anhu)

It has been relayed that Shaykh Saalih Aal ash-Shaykh – may Allaah bless and preserve him – said:

From the sayings of Aboo ad-Dardaa’ – may Allaah be pleased with him – : Once when Aboo ad-Dardaa’ passed by a man who had committed a sin and the people became aware of it and were insulting him because of it – and Aboo ad-Dardaa’ was so keen and insightful in helping people recovering from their religious ills and reviving sickened hearts – so he said: Had you found him at the bottom of a well, wouldn’t you be helping him up and out of it? They said, “Of course!”  So he replied: Then praise Allaah who has excused you (from his trial), and do not insult your brother! He said, “Praise Allaah who has excused you (from his trial) and do not insult your brother!”  Look at this parable – that the believers would surely help someone in sin and they would not abandon him like how people would naturally help someone stuck in a well.  Would believers insult someone who is in physical need and say to them, “Why have you gone into this well?  or such-and-such situation?”  No, they would only struggle and try their best to help such a person! Thus, insulting someone is negativity, and it is not permissible in the Sharee’ah (Islaamic legislation).  Instead, we ask Allaah to guide our brothers and we praise Allaah for excusing us (from what they are being tried with), and then we work to save them from the evil of their sins and disobedience.  They have only sinned due to their giving in to the plots of Iblees, Allaah’s enemy and our enemy. So this admonition – dear believer – is a great one!  When you see someone who has committed a sin, you must work to help him! Dear brothers, if we were to think about our times, we would find that many people speak about others’ sins.  They say, “This guy did such-and-such, that one travels and does such-and-such, this family has gone through such-and-such…”  You find them extremely critical and insulting, perhaps even mocking people, and Allaah’s Refuge is sought.  When you ask them what they have done to help your brother stop these sins, they say: Nothing. As a result, he has actually become one of Shaytaan’s devices (to keep people sinning) as well, since the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam) said: Whoever says that the people are destroyed, he is the one who destroyed them. Meaning: He has become a reason for their destruction.  And the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam) forbade use from speaking about everything we hear. He (sallallaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam) said: Whoever speaks about everything he hears is one of the two liars (or one of the liars). So we must work hard to fix mistakes, advise sinners and conceal their (hidden) sins, and spread good reports.  When we see someone who has done good, we say, “He has done such-and-such good thing,” since, by behaving this way, we spread good behavior, and the people will follow each other’s good leads.  However, if we were to spread evil, then people would be lenient in their approach to those things and in doing them, saying, “Yea, So-and-So has done this sin, and this guy has done such-and-such, and that guy has done such-and-such!”  People would then be led to assume that there is so much more evil than good, and thus weaken their stance against bad things and begin doing them. May Allaah be pleased with Aboo Ad-Dardaa’ and reward him well for his dealings with his companions and the Ummah after him!

Source: A recording entitled: Admonitions of Aboo ad-Dardaa’ (a khutbah by Shaykh Saalih Aal ash-Shaykh)

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الشيخ الفوزان يرد على الجمعيات الخيريةفي مشروع الأضحية

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

أيها المسلمون : الأضحية سنة مؤكدة في حق من يستطيعها تذبح في البيوت ويأكلون منها في بيوتهم ويهدون منها لجيرانهم ،ويتصدقون منها على من حولهم من الفقراء .
واما ما أحدثه بعض الناس من دفع ثمن الأضحية للجمعيات الخيرية لتذبح خارج البلد وبعيداً عن بيت المضحي ،فهذا خلاف السنة وهو تغيير للعبادة،فالواجب ترك هذا التصرف وأن تذبح الأضاحي في البيوت وفي بلد المضحي ،كما دلت عليه السنة ،وكما عليه عمل المسلمين من عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حتى حصل هذا الإحداث فإني أخشى أن يكون بدعة،وقد قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم “من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد”،وقال عليه الصلاة والسلام :”وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور ،فإن كل محدثة بدعة، وكل بدعة ضلالة”.
ومن أراد أن يتصدق على المحتاجين فباب الصدقة مفتوح ،ولا تغير العبادة عن وجهها الشرعي باسم الصدقة – أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم:((وما آتاكم الرسول فخذوه وما نهاكم عنه فانتهوا واتقوا الله إن الله شديد العقاب))
.الحشر:7
بارك الله لي ولكم في القرآن العظيم .
فضيلة الشيخ الدكتور صالح بن فوزان الفوزان عضو هيئة كبار العلماء ،وعضو اللجنة الدائمة للإفتاء،عضو مجمع الفقه الإسلامي مجلة الدعوة –العدد1878-في 27/11/1423

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Shaykh Fawzan:
O Muslims! Udh-hiyah is a stressed Sunnah for the one who is able to do it. It is slaughtered in the houses, they eat from it in their houses, give some of it to their neighbors, and give some of it as charity to those poor people around them.

As for what some of the people have invented, from paying the price of the udh-hiyah to charity organizations who slaughter (for them) outside of their city and far away from the house of the one offering the udh-hiyah, then this is against the Sunnah and changing an act of worship. So it is obligatory to leave this transaction and slaughter the udh-hiyahs in the houses and in the same city as the one offering the udh-hiyah, as is shown in the Sunnah and as has been the practice of the Muslims since the time of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam) up until this invention has occurred. And I am afraid that it may be an innovation, and the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam) had said, “Whoever introduces into our affair something that is not part of it, it is rejected.” And he (sallallaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam) said, “Be warned of newly invented matters, for verily every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is a straying.”

So whoever wants to give in charity to those in need, then the door of charity is wide open, but do not bring change to the correct Shar’ee way of an act of worship by calling it a sadaqah, I seek refuge in Allaah from the accursed Shaytaan, (( And what the Messenger gives you, then take it, and what he forbids you from, then cease doing it, and fear Allaah, verily Allaah is severe in punishment. )) [al-Hashr:7] May Allaah bless me and you by way of the great Qur’aan.

Shaykh Uthaymeen:

“…the sacrifice is a clearly defined worship, because if the intent behind the sacrifice was to benefit the people with the meat then the people would have bought meat and gave it away as charity on the day of the Eid. Rather, the most important thing is the sacrifice for Allaah the Mighty and Majestic, as Allaah the Exalted said,

‘It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allaah, but it is piety from you that reaches Him.’ (Sura Hajj verse 37) Then also, if you sent out money to another town for the sacrifice to be done for you then you have opposed the command of Allaah, because Allaah the Exalted said,

‘Then eat thereof and feed therewith the poor who have a very hard time.’ (Sura Hajj verse 28)

And so is it possible for you to eat from it when it was sacrificed in Somalia?…No! Then you have opposed the command of Allaah. And many of the Scholars have said, ‘Eating from the sacrifice is obligatory and the person will be sinning if he leaves it off’. And by this we know that the call to implore that money for the sacrifice is sent outside of the person’s town is a call that is not correct. And that it is not befitting for the people to partake in this, rather sacrifice at your houses and with your families and manifest the rites of Islaam in your town.

And whoever wants to benefit their brothers in the places where they are in need, then benefit them with money and with clothes and other than that. But as for a rite from the rites of Islam that we use to draw near to Allaah by sacrificing and eating from it, then it is never befitting for the people to forsake this.”

End of Sheikh’s speech. (Tape entitled the rites of Hajj side one)

Q 1: If a neighbor is a Kafir (non-Muslim), but he never disturbs me with regard to ‘Ibadah (worship); is it permissible to give him from the Ud-hiyah (sacrificial animal offered by non-pilgrims) and from the ‘Aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn)? Respected Shaykh, we hope you will clarify this issue for us.

A: It is permissible to give a Kafir from the meat of an Ud-hiyah or ‘Aqiqah, as a way of showing kindness to the neighbor and fulfilling our Islamic duty as neighbors.

May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet, his family and Companions!

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Internet Source : Fatwas > Dhul-Hijjah Fatwas > Giving a part of Ud-hiyah to non-Muslim neighbors

- One Udhiyah is sufficient on behalf of a man and the members of his household
- Ud-hiyah offered by your father is not sufficient for you if you are living with your family in a separate house

Fatwas > Dhul-Hijjah Fatwas > What is the ruling on Ud-hiyah?

Q: I am married, praise be to Allah, and I have children. I live in a city other than the city in which my family lives, but on holidays I go to the city where my family is. On ‘Eid-ul-Adha (the Festival of the Sacrifice), my children and I came five days before the ‘Eid but we did not offer the Ud-hiyah (sacrificial animal offered by non-pilgrims) even though I am able to, praise be to Allah.

Is it permissible for me to offer Ud-hiyah? Is my father’s Ud-hiyah valid on behalf of myself and my wife and children? What is the ruling on Ud-hiyah for the one who is financially able? Is it obligatory on the one who is not able? Is it permissible to take a loan in order to offer the Ud-hiyah? A.A.Sh. Rafha’ the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

A: The Ud-hiyah is a Sunnah (supererogatory act of worship following the example of the Prophet), not Wajib (obligatory), and one sheep is sufficient on behalf of a man and the members of his household, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to sacrifice two-horned rams that were white speckled with black, every year; one on behalf of himself and the members of his household, and the other on behalf of those among his Ummah (nation based on one creed) who believe in the Oneness of Allah.

If you, dear questioner, are living in a separate house, then the Ud-hiyah offered by your father on behalf of himself and the members of his household is not sufficient for you, because you are not living with them in the same house. It is prescribed for you to offer Ud-hiyah on behalf of yourself and your family. There is nothing wrong with a Muslim taking a loan to offer Ud-hiyah if he is able to repay it. May Allah grant us all success

Internet Source: alifta.com

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From Tafseer ibn Katheer – Surah Al-Hajj

• The Goal of the Udhiyyah according to Allah is the Sincerity and Taqwa of His Servant
  It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah, but it is Taqwa from you that reaches Him
• Explanation of the Udhiyyah and the Sha`a’ir of Allah
• Rites of Sacrifice have been prescribed for every Nation in the World
• The Command to slaughter the Budn (Sacrificial Camel)

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum,

Bismillāh:

On the authority of Abū Qatādah al-Anṣārī (1):

…The Messenger of Allāh, prayers and peace upon him, was asked about fasting on The Day of ‘Arafah. [He, prayers and peace upon him, replied]: ‘Fasting on the day of ‘Arafah is an expiation of last year’s and next year’s sins.’ [Collected by Muslim/#1162]

[Issues Pertaining to this Prophetic Tradition]

[1]: What is ‘Arafah?

Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn [d. 1421 AH], may Allāh have mercy on him, said:

‘Arafah is a well-known place related to the rites of Ḥajj, and standing at ‘Arafah is a pillar of Hajj [i.e. it is something that the pilgrim must do]…The Messenger of Allāh said: ‘Hajj is ‘Arafah.’ (2)/(3)

[2]: What is The Day of ‘Arafah?

He (Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn), may Allāh have mercy on him, also said:

The Day of ‘Arafah is the ninth of Thūl Ḥijjah according to the Islamic calendar. It has been named The Day of ‘Arafah because it is the day when all pilgrims stand at ‘Arafah. (4)

[3]: Benefits from This Prophetic Tradition:

Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn [d. 1421 AH], may Allāh have mercy on him, said (summarized): Some benefits of this Prophetic practice are what follows:

1. The diligence of the Companions in seeking beneficial knowledge

2. The rewards for performing an action are of two types:

a.) [you will] be given something desirable; or

b.) [you will] have something undesirable removed.

The reward for fasting The Day of ‘Arafah is of the second type (i.e. having something undesirable removed) due to the statement of the Messenger of Allāh: ‘Fasting the day of ‘Arafah is an expiation of last year’s sins.’

3. It is possible for past, as well as future sins to be expiated… (5)

[4]: The Fiqh Ruling on Fasting on the day of ‘Arafah:

In the Ḥanbalī fiqh book Zād al-Mustaqnī, Imām al-Ḥajjāwi [d. 968 AH], may Allāh have mercy him, wrote: “And fasting the day of ‘Arafah is recommended…” (6)

[5]: If a Muslim is performing Ḥajj, does he or she fast The Day of ‘Arafah?:

Al-’Allāmah, Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān, may Allāh preserve him, wrote:

…Prophetic guidance teaches us that it is not recommended for a pilgrim standing at ‘Arafah (i.e. performing Ḥajj) to fast. This is because the Messenger of Allāh, prayers and peace upon him, did not fast while standing at ‘Arafah (7). The reason that he, prayers and peace upon him, did not fast is so that he would have strength to stand and supplicate whilst at ‘Arafah.

So, it is not from the way of the Prophet for a pilgrim to fast on The Day of ‘Arafah. Rather, from his way is not to fast on that day (i.e. if one is a pilgrim performing Ḥajj). (8)

[6]: When is The Day of ‘Arafah?:

As mentioned in the beginning of this article, The Day of ‘Arafah is the ninth day of Thūl ‘Ḥijjah according to the Islamic calendar. That will correspond with Monday, November 15th, 2010, Allāh willing.

May Allah, The Most High, grant all of the pilgrims a successful and accepted Ḥajj, and may He, The Most High, grant those who haven’t been given the opportunity to make Ḥajj the chance to do so in the near future. Indeed, He is the One able to answer our supplications.

Strengthen Your Understanding:

1. What is the reward for fasting on The Day of ‘Arafah?

2. When is the day of ‘Arafah according to the Islamic calendar?

3. From the benefits of the Prophetic practice is that the Companions were diligent in seeking knowledge. How was this benefit extracted?

4. What is the ruling on fasting The Day of ‘Arafah?

5. Should a Muslim performing Ḥajj fast on The Day of ‘Arafah?

Compiled and translated by:
Jamīl Finch
Umm al-Qurā University
Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Thūl Hijjah 6, 1431 / November 12, 2010

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(1) Al-Ḥārith Abū Qatādah b. Rib’ī al-Anṣārī [d. 54 AH] was a Companion of the Messenger of Allāh, prayers and peace be upon him. [From his virtues] is that he participated in the battle of Uḥud. May Allāh be pleased with him. [Ibn Ḥajr, Taqrīb at-Tahthīb, 1192.]

(2) Authentic: Muḥammad Nāṣr ad-Dīn al-Albānī, Sunan an-Nisā’ī (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Maktabah al-M’ārif, First Edition) 466 / #3016

(3) Muḥammad al-‘Uthaymīn, Explanation of Bulūgh al-Marām (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: The Shaykh al-’Uthaymīn Foundation, 1430AH/2009CE) 355

(4) Ibid

(5) Ibid

(6) Mūsā al-Hajjāwi, Zād al-Mustaqn’i (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Dār ibn al-Jawzī,1428AH) 155

(7) TN: Imām Muslim [d. 261 AH] says: “Chapter: It is recommended for the pilgrim not to fast at ‘Arafah on The Day of ‘Arafah:

“On the authority of Maymūna: The people were in doubt whether the Messenger of Allāh, prayers and peace upon him, was fasting on The Day of ‘Arafat [while performing Ḥajj]. So, she sent him some thick milk (laban) whilst he was standing at ‘Arafat, so he drank from it while the people were looking at him.” [Collected by Muslim/#1124]

(8) Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān, Explanation of Zād al-Mustaqn’i (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Dār al-‘Āṣimah, 1424AH/2004CE) 398

Internet Source: Fasting on The Day of ‘Arafah @ embodyislam.org

Q: I hear some people reciting Takbir (saying: “Allahu Akbar [Allah is the Greatest]“) after each Salah (Prayer) during the Days of Tashriq (11th, 12th and 13th of Dhul-Hijjah) until the ‘Asr (Afternoon) Prayer of the third day. Is this correct or not?

A: It is prescribed to recite an unrestricted [in terms of time. Ed] or a restricted Takbir during ‘Eid-ul-Adha (the Festival of the Sacrifice). The unrestricted Takbir can be recited at any time from the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah until the last Day of Tashriq. The restricted Takbir should be recited after the Obligatory Daily Prayers starting from the Fajr (Dawn) Prayer of the Day of ‘Arafah until the ‘Asr Prayer on the last Day of Tashriq. The evidence for the permissibility of doing this is the Ijma‘ (consensus of scholars) and the practice of the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with them).

May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions!

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