طريق السلف

What is the meaning of Shukr (Gratitude)? “Shukr is to display the effects of the blessings of Allaah upon the tongue by way of praise and acknowledgement; in the heart by way of witnessing and love; and upon the limbs by way of submission and obedience.” [Ibn Al-Qayyim in Madaarij As-Saalikeen | 2/244]

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغۡ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلۡ فَمَا بَلَّغۡتَ رِسَالَتَهُ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ 5:67 O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allah will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people. Ibn Abbas commented on the Ayah, وَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلۡ فَمَا بَلَّغۡتَ رِسَالَتَهُ "It means, if you hide only one Ayah that was revealed to you from your Lord, then you have not conveyed His Message." If we will ponder upon the words of Allah, he said "He will protect u from the people". What will be the مفحوم المخالفة "If u do not convey the message then he will not protect u from people". We are observing the situation In china, India, France...... The entire Muslim ummah is in oppression. In the next aayah Allah taala said, 5:68 قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَسۡتُمۡ عَلَىٰ شَىۡءٍ حَتَّىٰ تُقِيمُواْ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنۡهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغۡيَٰنًا وَكُفۡرًا فَلَا تَأۡسَ عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ Say, "O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord [i.e., the Quran]." And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. So do not grieve over the disbelieving people.

وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنۡهُمۡ لَيَكۡتُمُونَ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know. (2.146) إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكۡتُمُونَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَيَشۡتَرُونَ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًاۙ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ مَا يَأۡكُلُونَ فِى بُطُونِهِمۡ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمۡ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ Indeed, those who conceal what Allah has sent down of the Book and exchange it for a small price, those consume not into their bellies except the Fire. And Allah will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them. And they will have a painful punishment. (2.174) We need to understand that the MUNKAR isn't just some haraam activities like earning in haraam way, abusing, haram relations etc but Munkarat is also to conceal the truth and give priority to those matters which are less important than those which are foundations of Islam. Many of our so called scholars have limited the MUNKARAAT to these subjects. They never taught us the MUNKARAAT which can kick us out From the fold of Islam. Today there are rarely any Masjid/Madrasah where Aqeedah is being taught, Classes of Tawheed held. Just like the classes of Usool Hadeeth, Usool Tafseer, Usool Al-Fiqh, there isn't a single Masjid or Madrasa where Nawaqiz al- Islaam is being taught. Its far-fetched that your Shuyook will teach you the Shuroot Of Takfeer. I dont understand why those so called scholars teach Usool Al-Tafseer, Usool Al-Hadeeth, Fiqh of Marriage etc while at the same time the classes of Aqeedah we are mostly in need is rarely taught by them. How come a community will benefit from the branches of the religion while the foundation isn't strong enough. Unfortunate...

Oppressed, BCX WE DONT FULFILL OUR DUTIES بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يَٰبُنَىَّ أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأۡمُرۡ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَٱنۡهَ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَكَۖ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عَزۡمِ ٱلۡأُمُورِ O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, all that is of the matters [requiring] resolve. Quran 31: 17 Just doing the dawah and not restraining the ummah from doing MUNKAR is not the clear dawah, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Rasolullah ﷺ said, You would tread the same path as was trodden by those before you inch by inch and step by step so much so that if they had entered into the hole of the lizard, you would follow them in this also. We said: Allah's Messenger, do you mean Jews and Christians (by your words) "those before you"? He said: Who else (than those two religious groups)? Muslim Book 34, 6448 U can see in this present time we are following the culture of west and feels proud in that, as Rasolullah ﷺ said, we follow them step by step. This hadith doesn't fit only in the matters of dunya but deen also, we are even following them in preaching our religion, hiding the matters that are against our desires and preach what we like. To be continued..

عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‌‏ انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا ‏"‌‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا نَنْصُرُهُ مَظْلُومًا، فَكَيْفَ نَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا قَالَ ‏"‏ تَأْخُذُ فَوْقَ يَدَيْهِ ‏"‌‏.‏" Narrated Anas: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one. People asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! It is all right to help him if he is oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By preventing him from oppressing others." Sahih al-Bukhari

صيام_يوم_عاشوراء عن أَبي قتادة رضي الله عنه أنَّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلَ عَنْ صِيامِ يَوْمِ عَاشُوراءَ، فَقَالَ: ((يُكَفِّرُ السَّنَةَ المَاضِيَةَ)). رواه مسلم. فيه: فضيلة صيام يوم عاشوراء، وأنه يكفر السيئات. وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما، قَالَ: قَالَ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((لَئِنْ بَقِيتُ إِلَى قَابلٍ لأَصُومَنَّ التَّاسِعَ)). رواه مسلم. فيه: استحباب صيام تاسوعاء مع عاشوراء مخالفةً لأهل الكتاب، لأنهم كانوا يصومون اليوم العاشر فقط ويقولون إنه يومٌ نجى الله فيه بني إسرائيل من فرعون وقومه، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((نحن أحقُّ بموسى))، فصامه وأمر الناس بصيامه، وقال: ((خالفوا اليهود صوموا يومًا قبله أو يومًا بعده)).

قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية : ‌‎يوم عاشوراء يوم فاضل يُـكفّر سنة ماضية صامه رسول الله ﷺ، وأمر بصيامه ورغّب فيه وأمر بمخالفة اليهود فيه بضم يوم آخر إليه، وعزم على ذلك. ولهذا استحب العلماء ومنهم الإمام أحمد أن يصوم تاسوعاء و عاشوراء". 📓اقتضاء الصراط

Bid’ahs (Innovations) Common on ‘Aashooraa´

‏قال شيخ الاسلام ابن_تيمية رحمه الله : فلا تعجب من كثرة أدلة الحق وخفاء ذلك على كثيرين فإن دلائل الحق كثيرة والله يهدي من يشاء إلى صراط مستقيم. [ درء التعارض 7/84 ] 🍃🍀🍃