Pearls of Ar-Ruhayli - دُرَرُ الرُّحَيْلِي

Affairs Between States Belong to Rulers and People of Authority — A Warning to Students of Knowledge! قال الشيخ سليمان الرحيلي حفظه الله Shaykh Sulaymān al-Ruḥaylī — may Allah preserve him — said: مابين الدول تعالجه الدول، وأمور السياسة لولي الأمر ومن يفوضه في هذا فلا يخوض فيها إلا أهلها، What is between states is handled by states, and matters of politics belong to the ruler and those whom he authorizes in this, so none delves into them except their people. ولو خاض فيها طلاب العلم لكان ما يفسدون أعظم مما يصلحون، And if students of knowledge were to delve into them, what they would corrupt would be greater than what they would rectify. ولا ينبغي لطالب العلم أن يطلق لسانه بالسب والشتم، And it is not appropriate for a student of knowledge to unleash his tongue with insult and abuse, وإنما يُعمل لسانه في وأد الفتن، rather, he employs his tongue in burying tribulations, وفي رد الباطل أو رد العدوان على الحق، and in refuting falsehood or repelling aggression against the truth, وفي بيان الأحكام والموقف الشرعي من الوقائع عند الحاجة إلى ذلك بالحق والصدق إن كان من أهل البيان، and in clarifying the rulings and the Sharʿī position regarding events when there is a need for that, with truth and honesty, if he is from the people of clarification. فإن لم يكن قادرا على البيان فحقه السكوت وهو معذور. But if he is not capable of clarification, then his right is silence, and he is excused. https://t.me/PearlsofRuhayli

The Prohibition of Disclosing an Entrusted Statement Confided to You: A Trust You Must Not Break! Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

Repelling the Greater Corruption by Committing the Lesser: A Foundational Principle of Ahl al-Sunnah! Shaykh Sulaymān al-Ruḥaylī — may Allah preserve him — said: From the great, decisive principles of the Sharīʿah and the lofty Sunni Salafi foundations is that: if two corruptions conflict, the greater of them is repelled by committing the lesser of them. And the meaning is that if a person is between two corruptions and one of them must necessarily occur, then he weighs between them and commits the lighter of them in order to repel the greater of them. And this is an important principle in choosing when there is conflict, and in looking at the actions of people, especially what issues from the Muslim ruler, or what comes from the rabbānī scholars in terms of positions. And if this principle is neglected, great corruption occurs, and a person may criticise a matter that is legislatively required when it was called to in order to repel a greater corruption. Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah — may Allah have mercy upon him — says: “The Sharīʿah is built upon repelling the two corruptions by committing the lesser of them.” And he says: “The Sharīʿah repels the greater of the two corruptions by bearing the lesser of them.” And he said: “The Sharīʿah came, when corruptions conflict, by bearing the lesser of the two corruptions in order to repel the greater of them.” And this principle has many forms that are difficult to enumerate, and among its forms, which if they are ignored or neglected a widespread, general corruption occurs, are the following: 1. Leaving condemnation against the ruler and against public wrongs by the hand and what is above it, absolutely, for in this condemnation there are unavoidable corruptions greater than the corruptions of those wrongs. 2. Leaving condemnation with the tongue and moving to condemnation with the heart if there results from condemnation with the tongue a corruption greater than the corruption of the wrong. 3. Leaving public condemnation of the ruler, because the corruptions that result from that are great and unavoidable. A notice: It does not enter into the prohibited matters the clarification of the ruling of a prohibited action, even if it is general, such as dealing in usury. But it is not permissible to connect it to the ruler by implication or explicitly. And connecting this legislative clarification to public condemnation of the ruler and displaying opposition to him openly is a great error which the foundations of Ahl al-Sunnah reject. For example, the clarification of Shaykh Ibn Bāz — may Allah have mercy upon him — regarding the prohibition of usurious dealings with usurious banks contains no public condemnation of the ruler. And it is not permissible for anyone to say that the Shaykh was condemning the ruler in a hidden manner. And it is not permissible for anyone to condemn the ruler publicly claiming that Shaykh Ibn Bāz — may Allah have mercy upon him — used to condemn the ruler publicly, for this is a fabrication against the Shaykh and contradicts his methodology known from him. https://t.me/PearlsofRuhayli

Knowledge Is Not Gained Merely Through Attending Lessons and Writing Notes — Knowledge Is Understanding! Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

قَالَ الشَّيْخُ سُلَيْمَانُ الرُّحَيْلِي حَفِظَهُ اللَّهُ Shaykh Sulaymān al-Ruḥaylī — may Allah preserve him — said: نَصِيحَةُ مُحِبٍّ A loving advice: احْرِصْ عَلَى أَنْ تَدْعُوَ بِدُعَاءٍ عَظِيمٍ مِنْ أَدْعِيَةِ السَّلَفِ Be keen to supplicate with a great supplication from the supplications of the Salaf: (اللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْ لِي جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا) (O Allah, make easy for me a righteous companion), وَاحْرِصْ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: and be keen upon acting by the statement of the Prophet — may Allah send peace and blessings upon him: (لَا تُصَاحِبْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنًا، وَلَا يَأْكُلْ طَعَامَكَ إِلَّا تَقِيٌّ) (Do not accompany except a believer, and let none eat your food except one who is pious), أَيْ لِتَكُنْ صُحْبَتُكَ لِلْمُوَحِّدِينَ الْأَتْقِيَاءِ that is: let your companionship be for the pious monotheists. وَاعْلَمْ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ أَنَّ الصَّاحِبَ قَدْ يَكُونُ إِنْسَانًا And know, may Allah have mercy upon you, that the companion may be a person, وَقَدْ يَكُونُ كِتَابًا and may be a book, وَقَدْ يَكُونُ مَوْقِعًا and may be a website, فَلَا تُصَاحِبْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنًا تَقِيًّا so do not accompany except a believing, pious one, وَلَا تَقْرَأْ فِي كِتَابٍ أَوْ مَوْقِعٍ إِلَّا مَا يُقَوِّي تَوْحِيدَكَ وَيَزِيدُ إِيمَانَكَ and do not read in a book or a website except what strengthens your tawḥīd and increases your īmān, وَلَا تُعَرِّضْ دِينَكَ لِلشُّبُهَاتِ and do not expose your religion to doubts, وَلَا تَقْتَرِبْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَهْوَاءِ وَالْبِدَعِ and do not approach the people of desires and innovations, وَلَا مِنْ كُتُبِهِمْ nor from their books, وَلَا مِنْ مَوَاقِعِهِمْ nor from their websites, وَلَا تَسْمَعْ لَهُمْ and do not listen to them, وَاحْذَرْ شُبُهَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ and beware of the doubts of Satan: اِسْمَعْ لِتَتَأَكَّدَ وَحَتَّى لَا تَظْلِمَ وَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ “Listen to be sure, and so that you do not wrong”, and other than that. أَقُولُ هَذِهِ النَّصِيحَةَ I say this advice, وَقَدْ لَاحَظْتُ اهْتِزَازَ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا وَأَخَوَاتِنَا and I have observed the shaking of many of our brothers and sisters فِي عَقِيدَتِهِمْ وَمَنْهَجِهِمْ وَوَلَائِهِمْ وَبَرَائِهِمْ in their creed, their methodology, their allegiance, and their disavowal, نَتِيجَةَ التَّسَاهُلِ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ as a result of leniency in this matter. https://t.me/PearlsofRuhayli

Beware of Neglecting This Right Upon You, O Muslim Women — For You Will Never Find the Sweetness of Faith Until You Fulfill It! Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

قَالَ الشَّيْخُ سُلَيْمَانُ الرُّحَيْلِي حَفِظَهُ اللَّهُ Shaykh Sulaymān al-Ruḥaylī — may Allah preserve him — said: ظَنِّي أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ السَّلَفِيِّينَ فِي الْيَمَنِ وَغَيْرِهَا My assumption is that there has not remained anyone from the Salafis in Yemen and other than it يَشُكُّ فِي خَارِجِيَّةِ هَانِي بُرَيكٍ وَرَئِيسِهِ الْمَزْعُومِ، who doubts the Khārijism of Hānī Buraik and his claimed leader, وَالْوَاجِبُ كَشْفُ خَارِجِيَّتِهِ and the obligation is the exposing of his Khārijism, وَبَيَانُ خَطَرِهِ عَلَى الْيَمَنِ وَأَهْلِهَا، and the clarification of his danger upon Yemen and its people, وَالتَّحْذِيرُ مِنْ مَقَالَاتِهِ الَّتِي يَكِيدُ فِيهَا لِأَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، and the warning against his statements in which he plots against the people of Yemen, وَيُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يُخَادِعَهُمْ بِاسْمِ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالسَّلَفِيَّةِ، and he tries to deceive them by the name of the Sharīʿah and Salafiyyah, وَهُوَ عَلَى طَرِيقَةِ خَوَارِجِ الْعَصْرِ and he is upon the way of the Khārijites of the era, يَتَنَعَّمُ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ، living in ease with the bounties, وَيَسْعَى لِلزَّجِّ بِأَهْلِنَا فِي الْيَمَنِ فِي نِيرَانِ الْحَرْبِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ and striving to thrust our people in Yemen into the fires of the internal war, وَسَفْكِ دِمَائِهِمْ and the shedding of their blood, لِتَحْقِيقِ مَآرِبَ فَاسِدَةٍ لَهُ لَا تَخْفَى. to achieve corrupt objectives for him that are not concealed. وَإِنِّي لَأَدْعُو إِخْوَانِي طُلَّابَ الْعِلْمِ فِي الْيَمَنِ And indeed I surely call my brothers, the students of knowledge in Yemen, إِلَى اجْتِمَاعِ كَلِمَتِهِمْ، to the gathering of their word, وَالْعَمَلِ عَلَى جَمْعِ كَلِمَةِ النَّاسِ and working upon gathering the word of the people عَلَى وَلِيِّ الْأَمْرِ الْقَائِمِ رَشَادِ الْعَلِيمِي وَحُكُومَتِهِ، upon the standing ruler Rashād al-ʿAlīmī and his government, وَتَحْذِيرِ النَّاسِ مِنْ رَفْعِ السِّلَاحِ عَلَى أَهْلِهِمْ فِي الْيَمَنِ and warning the people from raising weapons against their own people in Yemen, اسْتِجَابَةً لِمَنْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ فِي أَرْضِهِمُ الْفَسَادَ، in response to one who wants to make corruption appear in their land, وَأَنْ يُدْخِلَهُمْ فِي اقْتِتَالٍ دَاخِلِيٍّ، and to enter them into internal fighting, وَحَثِّ جَمِيعِ الْعُقَلَاءِ الْفَاعِلِينَ and urging all the rational, active ones عَلَى الِاجْتِمَاعِ وَالتَّشَاوُرِ وَالتَّبَاحُثِ upon gathering, consultation, and discussion لِحَلِّ جَمِيعِ الْقَضَايَا، to resolve all issues, وَعَلَى دَعْمِ هَذِهِ اللِّقَاءَاتِ and upon supporting these meetings, وَبَيَانِ أَنَّهَا الطَّرِيقُ الَّذِي يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ الْعِلْمُ وَالْحِكْمَةُ. and clarifying that they are the path which knowledge and wisdom call to. رَدَّ اللَّهُ لِلْيَمَنِ السَّعِيدِ سَعَادَتَهُ، May Allah return to Happy Yemen its happiness, وَأَعَانَ إِخْوَانَنَا أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ فِيهِ and aid our brothers, the people of knowledge therein, عَلَى إِظْهَارِ أَثَرِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْحِكْمَةِ. upon manifesting the effect of knowledge and wisdom. (إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا الْإِصْلَاحَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ ۚ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ) (I do not intend except reform as much as I am able; and my success is not except by Allah. Upon Him I relied, and to Him I return.) https://t.me/PearlsofRuhayli

Three Signs of Ignorance: If Any of These Are Found in You — You Are Truly Ignorant! Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

The Horrifying Outcome of Those Given Their Record in the Left Hand — A Day When Regret Speaks and Only the Fire Is Seen! Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

🌱Three Comprehensive Supplications to Say Before the Taslīm: A Duʿāʾ for Everlasting Happiness Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli, may Allah preserve him, said: Three comprehensive supplications, said in the prayer before the taslīm. Whoever says them, and is granted success in what they contain, is granted everlasting happiness. The first of them is that the one praying seeks refuge, before giving the taslīm, from four, so he says: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hellfire, and from the punishment of the grave, and from the trials of life and death, and from the evil of the trial of the False Messiah [al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl].) Or he says: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and the punishment of the Fire, and the trials of life and death, and the trial of the False Messiah [al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl].) For our Prophet ﷺ used to frequently say this supplication in his prayer, and he ﷺ commanded us to do so. He said: “When one of you finishes the tashahhud, let him seek refuge with Allah from four.” He says: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hellfire, and from the punishment of the grave, and from the trials of life and death, and from the evil of the trial of the False Messiah [al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl].) Khutbah: What Should You Say Before the Taslīm https://t.me/PearlsofRuhayli

Three Supplications Before the Taslīm — Seeking Refuge From Four: A Duʿāʾ Through Which Everlasting Happiness Is Attained! Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

قَالَ الشَّيْخُ سُلَيْمَانُ الرُّحَيْلِي حَفِظَهُ اللَّهُ: Shaykh Sulaymān al-Ruḥaylī – may Allah preserve him – said: وَاللَّهِ وَبِاللَّهِ وَتَاللَّهِ إِنَّ كُلَّ خَيْرٍ فِي كُلِّ زَمَانٍ وَمَكَانٍ فِي اتِّبَاعِ مَنْ سَلَفَ فِي الْعَقِيدَةِ وَالْمَنْهَجِ وَكُلِّ أُمُورِ الدِّينِ، By Allah, by Allah, and by Allah: indeed all good, in every time and place, lies in following those who preceded in creed, methodology, and all matters of the religion, وَكُلُّ مَا خَالَفَ مَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَفُ فِي هَذَا كُلِّهِ فَهُوَ بِدْعَةٌ وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ، and everything that contradicts what the Salaf were upon in all of this is an innovation, and there is no good in it, فَكُنْ عَارِفًا ذَلِكَ، مُوقِنًا بِهِ، مُمَسِّكًا بِهِ، عَامِلًا بِهِ، دَاعِيًا إِلَيْهِ، so be knowing of that, certain of it, holding fast to it, acting upon it, and calling to it, وَلَا تَجْعَلْ شَخْصًا قَيِّمًا عَلَيْهِ، and do not make a person an overseer over it, وَإِنَّمَا اعْرِفْ لِمَنْ أَظْهَرَهُ فَضْلَهُ وَخُذْ دِينَكَ عَنْهُ وَعَنْ أَمْثَالِهِ، rather, recognize the virtue of the one who manifests it, and take your religion from him and from those like him, وَلَا تَحْصُرْ نَفْسَكَ فِي وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ، and do not confine yourself to one of them, فَهَذِهِ هِيَ السَّلَفِيَّةُ، for this is Salafiyyah, وَكُنْ حَسَنَ الظَّنِّ بِمَنْ عُرِفَ بِالتَّمَسُّكِ بِذَلِكَ، and have good opinion of those who are known for holding fast to that, وَاحْذَرْ مَنْ يَرْمُونَ الْعُلَمَاءَ بِعَدَمِ فَهْمِ الْوَاقِعِ، and beware of those who accuse the scholars of not understanding reality, أَوْ أَنَّ فَتَاوَاهُمْ سِيَاسِيَّةٌ، or that their fatwas are political, أَوْ أَنَّهُمْ يُفْتُونَ تَحْتَ الضُّغُوطِ، or that they issue fatwas under pressure, فَمَا كَانَ هَذَا اللِّسَانُ سَلَفِيًّا قَطُّ، for this tongue has never been Salafi at all, وَإِنَّمَا عُرِفَ عَنِ السُّرُورِيَّةِ، rather, it is known from the Surūrīs, وَمَا أَزْمَةُ الْخَلِيجِ عَنَّا بِبَعِيدٍ. and the Gulf Crisis is not far from us.

A Common Mistake That Invalidates the Prayer: How to Join the Prayer While the Imām Is in Rukūʿ — Do Not Rush! Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

You Celebrate a New Year — While Your Life Shortens: Rejoicing as You Come One Year Closer to the Grave! Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله