Dying on a Friday?

Posted Oct 10, 2011 by Aboo Thaabit with No Comments

There is a hadeeth that is often circulated by people and it has to do with passing away on a Friday. The hadeeth in mention goes as following:

The Messenger of Allaah said:

There is no Muslim that passes away during the day or night of a Friday except that Allaah saves him from the fitnah of the grave.

Now there has been quite a lot of talk about this hadeeth, some scholars declare it saheeh others question the authenticity of it, so I decided to translate for you the conclusion of our noble Shaikh, al-Albaanee.

He said in his book Ahkaam al-Janaa-iz

This Hadeeth has been reported both by Imaam Ahmad and al-Fasawee in his al-Ma’rifah, narrated through two paths by ‘Abdillaah bin ‘Amr and it has backing up evidence from hadeeths narrated by Jaabir bin ‘Abdillaah and Anas bin Maalik including others.

So keeping in mind all these other variations of this hadeeth it concludes this hadeeth as either hasan or saheeh. (even though the hadeeth itself might be weak)

[Ahkaam al-Janaa-iz  p. 49]

Shaikh al-Mubaarakfoori goes into depth regards this in his book Tuhfat al-Ahwadi which is an explanation of Sunan at-Tirmidhee. In it, he expands on the position of Shaikh al-Albaanee and brings a lot of evidence for this opinion.

And as for the meaning of the hadeeth:

 ”except that Allaah saves him from the fitnah of the grave”

The Shaikh says:

This could mean both being saved from the punishment of the grave as well as the questioning of the grave

[Tuhafat al-Ahwadi v. 4 p. 186]

Allaah descending last third of the night.

Posted Dec 24, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 2 Comments

And some deceived “intellectuals” say, this subjects Allaah to always being descending to the heavens because the last third of the night is always present in different parts of the world.

We say: How ignorant you are of Allaah and His attributes! Do you think this matter that you mention was hidden from Allaah when He informed His Prophet? If these people answer Yes (we think that knowledge of this matter was indeed hidden from Allaah) then they become disbelievers and there is no need to debate with them whatsoever.

However if they answer of course (Allaah indeed knows everything!) Then we tell them, we believe in the textual evidence the way it reached us. And we do not subject Allaah to the rules of nature (since He is the creator of these rules) rather we believe in the hadiths that reach us and we do not make things difficult upon ourselves, forcing us to deny that which is established (by Allaah and His Messenger).

[Taken from Tahtheeb Sharh 'Aqeedah ahl as-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ahpage. 96 by Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen and Shaykh Muhammad bin Raslaan]

Hadeeth Benefit

Posted Oct 11, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with No Comments

I always used to wonder about this hadeeth, alhamdulilah I researched this and found it interesting.

عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنه قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول (بني الإسلام على خمس شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة وحج البيت وصوم رمضان) متفق عليه

On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, who said : I heared the messenger of Allaah say : 

“Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is none worthy of worship but Allaah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah, performing the prayers, paying the Zakat, making the pilgrimage to the House, and fasting in Ramadhaan.”

Agreed upon.

Haafidh Ibn Hajar writes concerning this hadeeth:

In this hadeeth the mentioning of Hajj proceeds fasting, but in saheeh Muslim through the chain of Sa’ad bin ‘Ubeydah from Ibn ‘Umar fasting proceeds Hajj, he said, a man said Hajj and then fasting of Ramadhaan whereupon Ibn ‘Umar said ‘No, fasting of Ramadhaan then Hajj, this is how I heard it from the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم.’

This shows us that the narration in Bukhaaree is through meaning and not a verbatim form of narration since we know that fasting of Ramadhaan proceeds the Hajj.

[Fat-hul baaree, p. 102 by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaanee]

Names and attributes of the People of the Sunnah

Posted Sep 08, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 4 Comments

Some names and attributes of the People of the Sunnah

Narrated by Thoowbaan – May Allaah be pleased with him – that he said, the Messenger of Allaah – May Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him – said:

“A portion of my Ummah will never cease to be upon the truth, aided, until the decree of Allaah comes.”

 [Muslim 1920, and the wording belongs to Ibn Hibbaan 109/15]

Narrated by Anas bin Maalik – May Allaah be pleased with him – he said, the Messenger of Allaah – May Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him – said:

“Verily the Children of Israel divided into 71 sects and verily my Ummah will divide into 72 sects, all of them in the Hell fire except one. He (Anas) said, so it was said, o Messenger of Allaah, what is this one (saved sect)?

He (Anas) said, so the Messenger of Allaah closed his hand and said; al-Jamaa’ah.”

وَاعْتَصِمُواْ بِحَبْلِ اللّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلاَ تَفَرَّقُواْ

And hold firmly onto the rope of Allaah and do not become divided

 [Ahmad 145/3, Ibn Maajah 1322/2, declared saheeh by al-Albaanee in Dhilaal al-Jannah 27/1]

And Ahmad bin Hanbal said regarding the hadeeth:

“The Ummah has divided into 70 odd sects, all in the Hell fire except one sect”

(If they are not the People of Hadeeth then I do not know who they are)

[Al-Khateeb in Sharaf as-haab al-hadeeth 57]

Ibn al-Mubaarak and Ahmad bin Hanbal and ‘Alee bin al-Madeenee and al-Bukhaaree along with others said with regards to the hadeeth:

“A portion of my Ummah will never cease to be supported by the truth”

(They are the People of Hadeeth)

[Al-Khateeb in Sharaf as-haab al-hadeeth 59-62]

Al-Barbahaaree said:

“So fear Allaah with regards to yourself! And upon you is (to follow) the athar and the People of athar.”

[Sharh as-Sunnah p. 55]

And al-Lalkaa’ee said in the introduction of his book Osool ‘itiqaad ahl-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, in describing the ahl-Sunnah:

“So they are the aided party, and the saved sect and the just Jamaa’ah which holds firmly to the Sunnah.” [24/1]

Ibn Tayymiyyah said in the beginning of al-‘Aqeedah al-Waasitiyyah:

“Then this is the creed of the saved sect, the one aided until the end of time, ahl-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah.”

[Majmoo’ al-Fataawa 129/3]

Ibn Baaz said:

“The saved sect is the aided party and its attributes are that they follow the salaf and that they thread upon the path of the Sahaabah  – May Allaah be pleased with them all and those who follow them in goodness”-

 [Fataawa Noorun ‘ala ad-Darb 136/3]

Benefits:

Firstly: From the names of the ahl-Sunnah wa al-Jamaa’ah are (but not limited to), ahl al-Hadeeth (the People of Hadeeth), as-Haab al-Athar (the People of Athar), at-Taa-ifah al-Mansoorah (the aided party), al-Firqah an-Naajiyah (the saved sect).

Secondly: The aided party and the saved sect are two names for the same group of people.

Thirdly:  They are saved with regards to the hereafter and aided with regards to this life.

Fourthly: Nullification of those who separate between the saved sect and the aided party.

Are you as quick as ibn 'Uyaynah?

Posted May 25, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 1 Comment

Sufyaan ibn ‘Uyaynah said:

My father used to work as a money exchanger in al-Koofah and came under debt so he took us to Makkah whereupon I went to the Masjid when suddenly I saw ‘Amr bin Deenaar, and he narrated to me eight hadiths.

I held his donkey whilst he went inside the masjid and prayed, when he came back out I repeated the hadiths to him.

He then said:

BaarakAllaah feek (to me).

Note: The hadith he learnt on the spot where obviously including the isnaad. Notice that he did not waste anytime.