Posted Mar 29, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with No Comments
A sister sent me this and I thought I’d share it with you guys.
Archive for March 2010
Posted Mar 26, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 5 Comments
It was reported by Ibn Abee Shaybah in his Musannaf and ‘Abdurazzaq and others that during the reign of ‘Umar bin Khattab a lady was asked by her husband, by Allah I ask you, do you love me? And she replied, if you ask me by Allah then no I do not love you.
The husband went to ‘Umar and informed him of this incident, and ‘Umar sent to the lady, asking her if she really had said that? She replied:
Leader of the Faithful! He asked me by Allah, should I have lied to him?!
Whereupon ‘Umar replied:
Yes! For verily every household is not built upon love, rather many are built upon Islaam and Ihsaan.
Posted Mar 25, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 48 Comments
In our times seeking knowledge seems to have become something only for men, women’s chores involve cooking food and producing children.
This has led to the frustration of many teenage girls, specially in the west. They might have great ambitions in seeking knowledge and teaching it to others, and it is mainly for these sisters I decided to post this. Read more
Posted Mar 23, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 7 Comments
As with regards to the wiping then all the scholars of Fiqh are in agreement that it is allowed for a person to wipe the leather socks, but they differed about the wiping of any other type of sock. Read more
Posted Mar 21, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 8 Comments
Read the english bit.
No, I did not edit this picture through the computer to make it look funny, believe it or not but this is how me and another brother came across this sign outside the Prophet’s Masjid.
The arabic makes sense and so does the urdu my friend told me, but the english is incomprohensive to say the least. At first it was just a laugh but the more I thought of it the more sad I became.
As muslims we are supposed to set an example for the rest of mankind, being at the forefront with regards to everything, be it science, maths, even language! But then again this sign inspired me to share with you some good news.
This sign is a reflection on the big need this country (Saudi Arabia) has for people who are fluent in english, not just native speakers of the language.
And the job opportunities here are many, I personally know a couple who came from England both wife and husband found job in Riyadh and their monthly salary combine almost reached fifty thousand riyals, that is about ten thousand pounds a month. And mind you, this is with rent excluded and you are provided with a car and did I mention it is tax-free?
I know what you might be thinking, ok but how do I get this chance? Well it is pretty easy to be honest, all you would need is a basic certificate in teaching english, a so-called TEFL or CELTA, these courses cost a little bit of money, but once a person finishes (within a few months) he or she is pretty much set to go.
The great thing about this is that it opens up the opportunity for you to study Islaam here in Saudi Arabia or maybe even make hijrah here, you get to sit with the scholars and there are evening classes available at universities here for men and once inside the country sisters will find numerous of institutes to learn arabic and the deen in general.
The only reason I am posting this is practising upon the hadith of the Prophet:
None of you has [fully] believed until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself.
So look into this option brothers and sisters, it seems to be perfect solution for many people and it’s worth a try.
Attention Students of the Qur'aan!
Posted Mar 18, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 22 Comments
This was translated from arabic into english by Sister Amina, also known as Bint Abee. May Allah reward her for her efforts. This is a very good read for people who are serious about memorizing but dont know where or how to start.
Hope you all benefit inshAllah, it is a bit long but then again it’s a whole book so read it in chunks. Read more
Shaykh 'Abdul Muhsin al-Qaasim (Imaam of the Prophets Masjid)
Posted Mar 14, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 6 Comments
So I started these classes with Shaykh Abdul Muhsin al-Qaasim one of the Imaams of the Prophets Masjid.
Those of you who know him will know him for his incredibly strong hifdh of the Qur’aan and his excellent tajweed.
Well anyways I am memorizing mutun, which is the plural of matn basically classical islamic texts dealing with different fields, some are in tawheed others in tajweed whilst a few are in fiqh etc.
It is pretty easy and straight forward, what I like the most is the fact that the Shaykh himself wrote a small book about how to go about memorizing things, wether it be poetry or just normal text. Read more
Posted Mar 14, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 5 Comments
Ibn al-Jawzi said:
al-Hasan, meaning ibn Abee Bakr an-Naysaabuuri, told us a story of a Faqeeh [i.e knowledgable person] who used to repeat his lesson many times whereupon a very old lady who happened to be in that same house said to the man, by Allah even I have memorised it by now! [meaning that the man had repeated it so many times] So the man said to her recite it to me, and so she did. After a few days the man came back to the lady and said old lady! Recite to me that lesson [again], she replied to him, I did not memorize it. The man said:
I repeat the lesson [over and over again] so that I am not afflicted with that which afflicted you.
[Mutun Taalib al-'Ilm by Shaykh 'Abdul Muhsin al-Qaasim]
Moral of the story: Revision is a must for anything you learn, especially that which you memorize!
Posted Mar 13, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 5 Comments
You might have noticed the Twitter, YouTube and Facebook links on the right hand side of the blog, these were added in hope to expand the dawah and for more people to benefit.
Although I am not a very technical person myself, being up to date with technology helps in terms of giving dawah.
So please feel free to become a follower on twitter, subscribe on YouTube or become a fan on facebook, whatever you do make sure you start being a part of the dawah today!
Posted Mar 10, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 4 Comments
This is something many young brothers fall into, trying to be fashionable but intruth it is forbidden.
Reported on the authority of ‘Abdullaah bin ‘Umar that he said: The Messenger of Allah forbade the practise of al-Qaza’.
The people asked and what is al-Qaza’? He replied, it is to shave part of the boys head and leave the other part. [Ibn Majah]
Our Shaykh ‘Abdul Muhsin al-’Abbad, the Muhaddith of Madeenah was asked about cutting your hair in degrees without shaving any part wherein he replied:
No doubt this resembles al-Qaza’ even if it might not be it excatly, it is best to leave that. Either cut your hair evenly or leave it.