We are [shortly due] to welcome a noble and blessed month, a month of fasting and praying, a month of reciting the Qur.aan, a month of multiplying good deeds and expiating bad deeds, a month of...
Category: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
The best of the acts of worship
The best of the acts of worship are those that conform to the guidance of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ and the guidance of the companions.
This is how the life of this world is
as-Salaam 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu. He was born yesterday, [and we welcomed the] blessing of the birth, and all Praise is due to Allaah for safety and protection.
Time for friends, but not for prayer?
The one who hastens in praying quickly - at a pace void of being calm and at ease, then his prayer is invalid; [whether that is] the obligatory [prayer] or the voluntary [prayer].
The importance of prayer
The covenant that distinguishes between us and them (the disbelievers) is the prayer; so whoever leaves it has disbelieved (become a kaafir) [at-Tirmidhee, an-Nasaa.ee, Ahmad, al-Haakim]
Origin of the Hadeeth «And the worst of the rows of the men are the last ones...»
And many of the students of knowledge do not know, let alone the general Muslims, that the reason for this legislation, [I mean this hadeeth]
The best charity is the charity given to a hostile relative
The best charity is the charity given to a hostile* relative. * the relative from whom you experience nastiness, while you extend good and benefit to him.
Fasting the day of 'Arafah if it coincides with Friday
The Prophet ﷺ forbade fasting on Friday alone.
No, you're not a scholar, but you have some knowledge
And amongst them was 'Umar ibn Abi Salamah رضي الله عنه, and he was small, a young boy. He sat with the Messenger ﷺ to eat, and his hand started to wander around the plate.
The most obscene of gossipmongers
My advice to every student of knowledge in every country is to fear Allaah, and remember [the hadeeth of the Prophet ﷺ]