Jamaal Diwan - جمال عبد القادر ديوان

Assalamu alaikum all! Please join us this Sunday, June 1st for the final Session of our Seerah series taught by Shaykh Fouad Elgohari! This series has been taking place for more than 2 years and we would love to have you join us as Shaykh Fouad brings it to a close. Class will be from 6pm to 8pm at The Majlis OC. Dinner will be served and refreshments provided. We hope to see you there inshaa Allah!

Assalamu alaikum all! We are excited to announce our next In-person Seminary class starting Monday, June 16th!  Shaykh Jamaal will be continuing his Monday Night Seminary sessions in Orange County with the next course: AIM 26 - Islamic Manners: Practical Guidance for Prophetic Living. This class will be in person and online for those who register from 6:30pm to 8:30pm on Monday Nights starting June 16th until July 21. Access to recordings will be available.   ____________________________ Registration is $125 for all students. Register at: themajlis.teachable.com/p/aim-26 Email seminary@themajlis.us for questions

‘ILM, TALAQQI, AND ASANID In a recent class with students of the Hanafi Legal Code Program (HLCP) at the @IrshadCentre, we discussed the proper method of seeking sacred knowledge, namely, fiqh al-talaqqi. There is a proper method to attaining unto sacred knowledge, and when this is omitted, students acquire knowledge with their [untrained] mind, through the pushes and pulls of the algorithm or what’s popular, without guidance, and without asanid. All of this results in the acquisition of disconnected factoids devoid of any spiritual impact or light because the conditions and integrals of sound acquisition were cast aside. Knowledge is a light which passes from one heart to the next. Sufyan al-Thawri and others remarked: “They were only deprived from reaching because of their abandonment of the foundations.” May Allah Most High show us the way and grant us tawfiq.

On Commanding the Good and Forbidding the Evil, summarized from Imam al-Bajuri’s commentary on Jawharah al-Tawhid: The obligation of commanding the good and forbidding the evil has conditions [meaning the default is that it is required but it is subject to the following conditions]: 1- For the person to know the ruling on what they are commanding or forbidding. For this reason the average person is not required to do so on those things they don’t know well. As for those things that have a ruling that is known to all, then the scholar and others are the same regarding it. 2- To be confident that their action won’t lead to a greater harm. In the absence of these two conditions it is forbidden to command the good or forbidding the evil. 3- There’s a difference of opinion as to when they are unsure if, or confident that, their advice will not be received. In that case, does it remain obligatory or does it become permissible? Scholars differed. And Allah knows best.

“Kindness is a supreme treasure and virtue. Don’t let ingratitude deter your good deeds. True kindness requires three elements: humility in your actions, discretion in their delivery, and promptness to maximize their impact. By belittling your kindness, you magnify its value; by concealing it, you perfect it; and by hastening it, you allow others to fully enjoy and appreciate it.” - Sayyidna Ali ibn Abi Talib in “The Book of Great Quotes.”

TEACHERS OF NASIHA “The sign of a well-wishing teacher is that he is not greedy for what people possess, he draws the poor near, he is gentle in his instruction, he is humble and caring towards his students, and he begins teaching them that which they are most in need of in their lives.” — Abu al-Baqaʾ Ahmad b. al-Diyaʾ al-Qurashi (d. 854)

“Corruption comes when faith is found only in mosques, wealth with misers, weapons with cowards, and authority with fools.” - Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, “The Book of Great Quotes.”

“O God, I am indeed harsh, so make me gentle; I am weak, so make me strong, and I am miserly, so make me generous.” - Umar ibn al-Khattab, mentioned in “The Book of Great Quotes.”

‏ «كان إذا حصلَ عندي صداعٌ حالَ المطالعةِ يقول لي الشيخ زكريا الأنصاري: "انوِ الشفاء بالعلم"؛ فأنويه، فيذهب الصداع لوقته». ‏ الطبقات الكبرى، لسيدي عبد الوهاب الشعراني (ص:458). .

“If I was afflicted by a headache while studying Shaykh Zakariyya Al-Ansari would tell me, ‘Intend healing through knowledge.’ So I would do so and it would go away.” - Imam Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha’rani

Assalamu alaikum all! Have you registered for this Saturday yet? Don't miss out on this opportunity to join in conversation with our honored guest, Shaykh Ahmed Billoo. Brunch will be provided at the event, along with plenty of coffee and tea inshaa Allah. Please join us on Saturday, April 19th for a Brunch and Conversation with Shaykh Ahmed from 10am until 1pm. This will be a part of our "Special Guest Series" that we hope to continue inshaa Allah. Registration is free and will include a meal. You can register with the link below. We hope to see you there inshaa Allah ticketstripe.com/shahmedbilloo

«الفضيلة الأصلية في الدنيا بالعلم دون الولاية؛ إذ الله تعالى ما ألزمَ الملائكةَ فضلَ آدم بجعله خليفةً في أرضه، ولكن بما خصه من علمه». أبو زيد الدبوسي

“The default virtue in this life is through knowledge not authority. When Allah gave rank to Adam over the angels He didn’t do so because he was the khalifa but because of the knowledge that He had given him.” - Abu Zayd al-Dabusi

Sayyida Aisha said: Nobody was better in character than the Messenger of God ﷺ. Nobody from his companions or family would call out to him except that he would respond with “Labbayk (At your service)!”

[النظر إلى العالم عبادة] «روي أن محمد بن الحسن دخل المسجد الحرام فرأى سفيان الثوري، فجلس إليه واستقبل الكعبة، وقال: بلغني أن النظر إلى الكعبة عبادة، والنظر إلى وجه الوالدين عبادة، والنظر إلى المصحف عبادة، قال سفيان: نعم، والنظر إليك وإلى مثلك عبادة.» اهـ. جامع المضمرات والمشكلات للكادوري (ت. ٨٣٢ هـ) https://t.me/madrasahanafiyya

Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan entered the Masjid al-Haram and sat with Sufyan Al-Thawri and faced the ka’bah and said “it has reached me that looking at the ka’bah is ‘ibadah, and looking at the face of your parents is ‘ibadah, and looking at the mushaf is ‘ibadah.” Then Sufyan al-Thawri said, “Yes. And looking at you, and the likes of you, is ‘ibadah.”

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[إتباع رمضان بست من شوال] «ولم يكرهوا إتباع الفطر بست من شوال.» اهـ. ثم قال في الشرح: «واختلف المشايخ في الأفضلية، فقيل: الأفضل أن يفرقها في الحول. وقال بعضهم: في شوال.» اهـ. شرح مجمع البحرين لابن الساعاتي https://t.me/madrasahanafiyya

Salam Alaykum wa rahmatullah. A quick note on Eid. There are a number of different positions on how to determine the end of the month. These range from local sighting, to global sighting, to calculations for rejecting a not possible sighting only, to calculations for establishing the existence of the moon and the beginning of the month. The last of these was less commonly held traditionally, but does have some precedence. It has also been held by numerous modern scholars. One who holds the first two opinions theoretically shouldn’t be concerned with sightability charts because they don’t use calculations anyways. Their concern would just be a sighting that is accepted by a local authority. It’s also important to note there are discrepancies in sightability charts because they are estimates. If you look at the various ones you will see this clearly. My simple advice is to follow your local community and not worry about it too much. If you don’t know which local community to follow, make that choice, and keep it moving. However we look at it there is only a small amount of time left for us in this blessed month. May Allah accept from us and bring alleviation to the suffering of the oppressed.