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Official decision and announcement of the High Judiciary Council (HJC) of Saudi Arabia regarding the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah.

1 Dhul-Hijjah will be tomorrow, Sunday 7 November 2010, and the Muslims performing Hajj will be in ‘Arafah on Monday 15 November 2010 (9 Dhul-Hijjah 1431), and the Muslim Ummah shall be celebrating ‘Eed al-Adhaa on Tuesday 16 November 2010, (10 Dhul-Hijjah 1431), inshaa.-Allaah.

Check out the below beneficial links, insha ‘ Allah:

Blessed Days [First 10 Days of Dhul Hijjah]

• The Month of Dhul-Hijjah – Al-Istiqaamah Magazine, Issue No.6
• Significance & Virtues of the Day of Arafah – Compiled from various sources
• [Blog] The Virtues of the First 10 days of Dhul Hijjah – by Shaykh Sa`d ash-Shitree

  Albaseerah News letter Issue # 2 of Vol. 1

• [Blog] Fasting the first Nine Days of Dhul-Hijjah is a Sunnah
• [Blog] Excellence of Fasting on the Day of Arafah – from Al-Istiqaamah Magazine, Issue No.6
• [Blog] Fasting on Day of Arafah for Different Moon Sighting Countries
• [Blog] The best supplication offered on the Day of ‘arafaat is that of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

Fatwa no. 16903 Q: If a person sneezes while offering salah (Prayer), should they say “Alhamdu lillah [All praise is due to Allah]“? Also, if a person yawns while offering Salah, do they have to say Isti`adhah (saying: “A`udhu-Billahi mina Al-Shaytan -ir-Rajim [I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan]“)?

A: If a person offering Salah sneezes, they should say, “Alhamdu lillah” in a low voice; because there are authentically reported Hadith from the Prophet (peace be upon him) that indicate the permissibility of saying so. As for Isti`adhah after yawning, there is no origin for it in the Shari`ah (Islamic law). However, the person who yawns should hold themselves from yawning as much as they can, but there is no problem if they say Isti`adhah while yawning in or outside Salah.

Source: alifta.com

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Invocation for Entering A Market and its Tremendous Reward :

لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّه وحدَهُ لا شريكَ لهُ، لهُ المُلْـكُ ولهُ الحَمْـد، يُحْيـي وَيُميـتُ  وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لا يَمُـوت، بِيَـدِهِ الْخَـيْرُ وَهوَ عَلىَ كلّ شيءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Dua Upon Going Out of the Home

The Messenger of Allah said: Whoever says – upon going out of his home:

Bismillãh, tawakkaltu `alã ‘allãh, lã hawla wa lã quwwata ‘illã bil-lãhi ta`ãla,

[I put my trust in Allah, there is neither might nor strength, except by Allah, the Most High]

it is said to him:

“You have been sufficed, protected, and guided, and the shaytan would move aside from him, then say to another shaytan: What access do you have to a man that has been guided, sufficed, and protected?”

Reporters

Reported by Abu dawood, An-Nisã’ee , and At-Tirmithi and he said it was comely-sound. Al-Albãni said it is as At-Tirmithi said; rather, he said, it is sound, and he said that Ibn Hibbãn also reported it in his Saheeh. Al-Albãni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #44.

Related Links:

• Tawakkul Page
  
• Whoever Does not Supplicate to Allaah, then Allaah is Angry with him [PDF]
  Taken from Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah Shaykh Nasir- Deen Al-Albaani

• Authentic Supplications of the Prophet – Waleed K.S. Al-Essa
• Fortress of The Muslim – Hisn Al Muslim – Saaed Al Qahtaani – 57 [Frames HTML Version] [PDF] [Book]

• Explanation of the Du’aa to alleviate Grief, Distress and Anxiety – By Abu Abdullah Hasan as Somaali
  Transcription by: Umm Yusuf min Sri Lanka [ pdf version here from muslimaat.info ] Must Read !!

A Precious Gem: The Reward of Being Busy in the Service of Allah

AL-FA WAID: A Collection of Wise Sayings – Imam Ibn al QAyyim

If the servant of Allah begins the day and the evening, without having any other concern except Allah, the Almighty, He will fulfill all his needs and relieve all his worries. He will empty the servant’s heart for the sake of His Love, his tongue will constantly remember Him and he will have the strength to perform religious duties for His sake.

And if he begins the day and the evening, without having any other concern except the life of this world, Allah, the Almighty will cast worry and grief into his heart. He, the Almighty will leave him to himself, and keep his heart busy with things other than His Love. His tongue will not remember Allah but will only be concerned with the creation. He will use all his strength in things other than the sake of Allah, and he will remain busy in the service of creation. He will work very hard in the service of others. Just like a bellows that pumps itself up and then squeezes itself to the utmost in the service of others. Therefore, whoever refuses to submit to Allah, to obey and love Him, will be afflicted with the servitude, love and service of creation.

Allah, the Almighty says in the Qur’an which means, “And whosoever turns away (blinds himself) from the remembrance of the Most Beneficent (Allah) (i.e. this Qur’an and worship of Allah), We appoint for him Shaitan (Satan devil) to be a Qarin (an intimate companion) to him” (Az-Zukhruf, 43:36)

Abu Sufyan bin ‘Uyaynah said, “You will never bring forward any famous proverb but I will bring the likeness of it from the Qur’an,” Thereupon someone said to him, “So where is in the Qur’an “Give your fellow brother a date, and if he does not accept it then give him a firebrand.” He then recited the previous Qur’anic verse.

Related Links:

• [Blog] This world is more insignificant in the eye of Allah as dead lamb – from Sahih Muslim
• [mp3] Fear The Dunyah – Take Account of Yourself Before You Are Taken Account of – Read the transcribed lecture – by Hasan As-Somaalee
  A fiery sermon delivered in Philadelphia, USA pertaining to the danger of attaching oneself to the worldly affairs and falling into sins and disobedience to Allaah.
• Rememberance of Allah - “Jami Al Uloom wal Hikam” of Ibn Rajab Al-Hanabali

Source: Al-Fawaaid – A COLLECTION OF WISE SAYINGS – Imam Ibn AI-Qayyim,
Rendered into English by: Bayan Translation Services

In order for a place to contain something, it must be free from whatever contradicts it. This principle appljes to mankind and all creation as well as to belief and desires.

So, if the heart is obsessed by belief in falsehood, there will be no place for truth. Accordingly, if the tongue is involved in trivial discourse, one shall be incapable of useful speech, unless falsehood is abandoned.Hence, if the body is busy doing wrong actions, then acts of worship will be inapplicable unless these contradictory actions are abandoned.

This is how this principle is applied to concrete objects, and it is also applied to belief and religion. If the heart deviates from loving Allah, lacks yearning for Him and longing for His closeness, then the removal of contradictory feelings, like being related to other than Allah, is the only way for this heart to be overwhelmed by love for Allah.

For the tongue to remember Allah, and the body to serve Him, one should be free of the impact of others like being busy remembering and serving them. Thus, if the heart is overwhelmed by the servants rather than the master, and is preoccupied with futile knowledge, surely there will be no place for being closer to Allah, or being acquainted with His Names, Attributes and judgments.

If the heart listens to trivial discourse, there will be no place for listening or understanding the words of Allah. Besides, if the heart is inclined to love others, there will be no room to love Allah, and if the heart remembers others rather than Allah, no place will be found to remember Him, and the same applies to the tongue.

Al-Bukhary recorded that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ” It is better for any of you that the inside of his body be filled with pus which may consume his body, than it be filled with poetry”’10

This Prophetic tradition explained that it is possible that the inside of one’s body may be filled with poetry, which means that it might be exposed to suspicion, doubts, illusions, uncertainties, futile knowledge, and trivial discourse. So, if the heart is filled with such things, the facts of the Quran and precious knowledge, which cause happiness and perfection in mankind, will find no room in that heart.If a heart receives advice but it is filled with what contradicts it, there will be no place in that heart to accept this advice. The advice will simply pass over this heart and not be able to settle in it.
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10 Recorded by AI-Bukhary, in His Sahib, Book of AI-Adab (Good Manners and Form), Chapter on not recommending poetry, no. (6154), and recorded by Muslim in His Sahib no. (2258).

Related Links:

• The Dangers of the Togue – Abu Uwais Abdullaah ‘Alee rahimahullah (Transcribed Lecture)
• Guarding the Tongue – Imaam Abu Zakariyaa Yahyaa bin Sharaf An-Nawawee
  Before you is a chapter from the great book “Al-Adhkaar” of the great scholar of the seventh century, Abu Zaakariyaa Yahyaa bin Sharaf An-Nawawee. This is a very beneficial chapter entitled “Hifdh-ul-Lisaan” [Guarding the Tongue]

• Very good chapters of hadiths on Zikr / Rememberance of Allah – from Riyad ul Saaliheen
  • The Excellence of the Remembrance of Allah
  • Remembrance of Allah in all Conditions
  • The Excellence of Gathering in which Allah is Remembered
  • Remembrance of Allah in the Morning and in the Evening

Source: Al-Fawaaid – A COLLECTION OF WISE SAYINGS – Imam Ibn AI-Qayyim,
Rendered into English by: Bayan Translation Services

Among those who remember Allah are those who begin remembering with the tongue even if he is negligent. He continues to do so until his heart is involved too.

Others do not agree with that and do not start while in a state of negligence, but instead wait until the heart is ready. He begins with his heart and then involves his tongue in remembrance. The first supplication goes from his tongue to his heart and the second from his heart to his tongue without empting any of the contents of his heart. He just waits until he feels that the utterance is ready to be verbalized. When he feels that his heart will utter! then the heart’s utterance would pass to verbal utterance. Then he would engross himself in that until he finds that every part of his being is supplicating Allah.

The best and more useful kind of supplication is what the heart and tongue are involved in, to be from among the prophetic supplications, and whoever is reciting it feels its meaning and aims.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the Name of Allaah, the Beneficent, the Bestower of Mercy

as-Salaamu ‘alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh.

I ask Allaah for this e-mail to reach you while you and your family are in the highest level of Eemaan and in the best of health and circumstance.

Respected Brothers and Sisters! It pleases your Brothers at Maʿhad-ul-Furqān to present to you an open Q&A session with our Noble Abū Saʿd Sālim bin Saʿd aṭ-Ṭawīl (Ḥafiẓahullāh)

delivered in Modesto, CA, USA (Monday, June 22nd, 2009).