I say that celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ was not [something] known [to have been practiced] by the righteous predecessors.
Tag: gathering
I have never watched a sports match
I have never watched a sports match. However, I once sat in a gathering and was amazed at the extent of dedication and preoccupation and knowledge of the names of the players.
No, don’t remain quiet
[When] I am in some gatherings, there are some people who are influenced by some of the misguided callers [to Islaam] – whom the scholars have warned against.
A warning against being preoccupied with the faults of others
From the people are those who preoccupy themselves with the faults of others, and forget their own faults.
Important advice related to the outbreak of Coronavirus
In Islaam, [extending the greeting of] as-salaam [‘alaykum] is with the tongue, and the shaking of hands is an extra good deed, yet today from [that which constitutes] an extra good deed is to…
Attending gatherings of knowledge
It is not permissible for a person to be lenient in attending gatherings of knowledge – and exerting himself in doing so, because he may benefit from a point which may well be a cause for him…
The mere sight of him would evoke others to remember Allaah
Other than al-Qa’nabee رحمه الله, I have not seen anyone who by the mere sight of them they would evoke others to remember Allaah تعالى. If he were to pass by a gathering [of people] they would say
More beautiful in manners and gentleness
I have not seen a man commanding so much respect in his gathering, and nor more beautiful in manners and gentleness than Abu Haneefah.
Backbiting and mocking others in a gathering
[I am] a woman who spends a lot of time in gatherings with [other] women, and a lot of the time in these gatherings there is backbiting and mockery [of others].
He was good to the students
It was said that Ibn Abi Zayd [al-Qayrawaanee] wrote his famous book when he was [just] 17 years [of age].