Sharia Is Superior [M Inc.]

[Issue: Fasting The Day Of ‘Ashura’] [مَسْأَلَةٌ صَوْم يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ] Issue 793: And we consider fasting the day of ‘Ashura’ to be mustahabb, and it is the ninth of Muharram. And if the tenth day, after it, is fasted, that is good. And we consider it also mustahabb for the day of Arafah to be fasted, for the person making Hajj and other than him: Abdullah bin Yusuf narrated from Ahmad bin Fath>Abd al-Wahhab bin ‘Isa>Ahmad bin Muhammad>Ahmad bin ‘Ali>Muslim bin al-Hajjaj>Muhammad bin al-Muthanna>Muhammad bin Ja’far>Shu’bah>Ghaylan bin Jarir>Abdullah bin Ma’bad al-Zammani>Abu Qatadah al-Ansari ٧٩٣ - مَسْأَلَةٌ: وَنَسْتَحِبُّ صَوْمَ يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ: وَهُوَ التَّاسِعُ مِنْ الْمُحَرَّمِ وَإِنْ صَامَ الْعَاشِرَ بَعْدَهُ فَحَسَنٌ. وَنَسْتَحِبُّ أَيْضًا صِيَامَ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ لِلْحَاجِّ وَغَيْرِهِ -: نَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ نَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ فَتْحٍ نَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عِيسَى نَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ نَا أَحْمَد بن علي نا مسلم بن الحجاج نا محمد بن المثنى نا محمد بن جعفر نا شعبة عن غيلان بن جرير سمع عبد الله بن معبد الزماني عن أبي قتادة الأنصاري that Allah’s messenger(sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked about fasting on the day of Arafah. He said: “It expiates for the past year and the current year.” And he was asked about fasting on the day of ‘Ashura’. He said: “It expiates for the past year.” «أن رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - سئل عن صوم يوم عرفة؟ فقال: يكفر السنة الماضية والباقية» .«وسئل عن صوم يوم عاشوراء؟ فقال يكفر السنة الماضية» . Wa bihi ila Muslim: Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaybah narrated from Waki’ bin al-Jarrah>Hajib bin ‘Umar>al-Hakam bin al-A’raj that he said: “I asked ibn Abbas about fasting on the day of ‘Ashura’”. He said: “If you see the crescent of Muharram then count, and fast on the morning of the ninth day.” I said: Did Muhammad(sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) fast it in this way? He said: “Yes.” وَبِهِ إلَى مُسْلِمٍ -: نَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ نَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ عَنْ حَاجِبِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ الْأَعْرَجِ قَالَ: «سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ صَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ؟ فَقَالَ: إذَا رَأَيْتَ هِلَالَ الْمُحَرَّمِ فَاعْدُدْ وَأَصْبِحْ يَوْمَ التَّاسِعِ صَائِمًا؟ فَقُلْتُ: هَكَذَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَصُومُهُ؟ قَالَ: نَعم» .

❝ Sit only in the company of one who advises you to desire little from this world and who encourages you to put your hopes in the Hereafter. Take care not to sit with worldly people who speak constantly about worldly affairs; such people will ruin your religious well-being and will corrupt your heart. ❞

‎Not being in the position of the IEA allows us to criticise it very easily, but we can try to understand why they’re doing what they’re doing in terms of appeasing the enemies of Allāh ﷻ like Russia, China, and Īrān. ‎Most of what they’re doing is in order to gain international recognition for Afghānistān’s statehood. I’m the first to oppose seeking international recognition without a valid excuse, but it’s important to look into the consequences of remaining as an unrecognised state. ‎An unrecognised state: ‎- lacks political representation in the international arena ‎- lacks international protection from threats to its sovereignty ‎- has limited diplomatic and economic relations with other states ‎- cannot issue travel documents or passports to its citizens ‎- cannot join international financial institutions or trade blocs ‎- does not have a postal service ‎- cannot make international money transfers. ‎This places extreme hardship on a state’s citizens and can lead to the collapse of the state. Afghānistān and many other unrecognised states aren’t completely isolated, but the IEA wouldn’t be able to maintain this “privilege” if it were to cut all diplomatic ties with enemy states and declare all lands under kāfir control diyāru’l-ḥarb that must be annually invaded. ‎Even on an individual level, we accept and submit to the nation-state and the ribā-based global financial system every day. We hold citizenships and passports, have bank accounts, even use fiat money, etc. We’d be left to die if we completely rejected the liberal international order. ‎Is this an excuse? I think that if a scholar uses ijtihād and comes to the conclusion that participating in the liberal international order is permissible out of a perceived compulsion, it would at least be a valid excuse preventing takfīr. And this isn’t even taking into account the fact that the leadership of the IEA likely doesn’t understand the implications of accepting and participating in this international order. ‎People don’t even just criticise them for participating in the international order though, they straight up make takfīr of them for friendly diplomacy with enemy states like shaking the hands of Chinese diplomats or putting out a red carpet for them. ‎What’s worse is when people think it’s really easy to reject the liberal international order as a whole and wage jihād on every neighbour, while at the same time accepting, submitting to, and participating in the liberal international order daily in their individual lives. ‎I don’t want to justify their actions, I just want people to understand their situation and actions and at least try to help them overcome their dependence on the kuffār.

If you ever feel the world is against you, keep your bond with Allah and remember: "They plotted a plot against him but We made them the lowest." [37:98] Shaykh Ahmad Jibril حفظه الله

An important point: When you're giving da'wah to someone who doesn't pray, it's important that you don't have bad manners with him. If you tell him "you're a kafir", its going to have the opposite effect. A lot of people will get defensive. Rather, you should: • Point out the obligation of the Salah • Talk about the virtues and reward • Mention Ayat and Ahadith about Salah • Explain the danger of abandoning it, without implying that he's a kafir A lot of us, unfortunately, tend to argue about the specific fiqh matters of the prayer more than we should. We argue about if certain hadith are authentic, if we should put our hands here or there, and this is important, don't get me wrong — but we forget about those who don't pray. Before we start criticizing those who already pray, we should focus on reaching out to those who don't.

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