08.30.07
Hijrah - Actions are by Intentions
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Various Articles on Hijrah
Shaikh Saalih Al-Fawzaan: Q/A: Is Hijrah Still Applicable in this Time of Ours? http://www.al-ibaanah.com/articles.php?ArtID=145
Statements of the Scholars regarding Hijrah http://www.al-ibaanah.com/articles.php?ArtID=45
Shaikh Saalih Al-Fawzaan: http://www.al-ibaanah.com/articles.php?ArtID=46
The Mosquitoes are Fierce!
The Mosquitoes
What can I say about the mosquitoes except that they’re an absolute nuisance! Once while waiting for my husband to come out of the Masjid, my daughter began to scream and squirm around in her stroller. I thought that she just wanted to get out and run around for a bit, so I let her out.
The very next day my daughter’s legs looked as if she was attacked by the thirstiest mosquitoes in Saudi! I felt so bad for her. Her legs were covered with mosquito bites - not 4 or 5 bites, but literally covered with many of them.
The mosquitoes here are not like the mosquitoes is the West. The ones in the West leave little irritating bumps on your body, while the ones in the East leave hard (sometimes pus filled - nodule like) bumps that often turn into scars. Cocoa or Shea butter is mandatory. I’ve seen so many children here who faces served as a buffet for the mosquitoes. Subhaanallaah, some of them look as if they were beaten in the face (swollen eyes, lumps on the head, and dark bruises). These mosquitoes are fierce!
I recommend “Off” for children. You can spray it on the clothing as well as the skin and it kills mosquitoes almost on contact. If you spray them in mid-flight they’ll drop dead in mere seconds. You can mix the spray with lotion and use it on the face without a reaction - In Shaa Allaah.
Price for a can of “Off” - Around $16.00 SAR - Expensive? Maybe, but worth it.
Sometimes special trucks are sent out to fumigate the city. The air becomes stifling but shortly after you can breathe easy. Honestly, in my opinion (which doesn’t really matter), I think this is a waste of time, energy and money. I could be wrong. It just seems like the mosquitoes are immune to the fumes and they’re almost always in full force ready to attack.
They are quite clever too. They have what we like to call a “cloaking device.” No matter how close you watch them as your chasing them around the house like a maniac, they seem to always disappear right before your eyes. You’re left standing there with the bug spray in your hand wondering where they went, until they come back and buzz right next to your ear (as if they are saying ha ha ha - you can’t catch me). Alhamdulillaah they’ve calmed down some now. I think it’s mating season and they are planning a come back. I’ll be ready for them this time In Shaa Allaah, bug zappers are on sale!
Haneefah
Memorizing the Quraan - Think Positive!
As salaamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have indeed made the Qur’ân easy to understand and remember, then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?
Al-Qamar 54:17
Once in Quraan class a student was having difficulty remembering some aayaat in order. She told the instructor that she couldn’t do it, “it was hard.” She said this over and over throughout the class. The teacher advised her by to stop telling herself that, or it would become a reality for her. She said (more or less) that doctors researched this type of behavior and had evidence that if you keep telling yourself negative things such as “I can’t,” or “It’s too hard,” you’ll believe them and it will be a barrier between you and your goals.
This made me reflect on myself. Without being conscious of it most of the time I realized that I’ve said things like this.
وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّهِ إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
And if an evil whisper comes to you from Shaitân (Satan) then seek refuge with Allâh. Verily, He is All-Hearer, All-Knower.
Al-A’raf 7:200
One time I was preparing to take on a new Soorah and a bad thought entered my mind. I remember the words so clear because it was as if the voice came from someone standing next to me. The whisperer said: “I don’t know why you’re about to start a new Soorah. You know that you’re going to confuse the aayaat with others similar to it.” A’oodhu billaah - for a split second I agreed with the whisperer. Then I said “Hey! I know who you are and I AM going to memorize it.” I asked myself if I had sought Allaah’s refuge prior to…..I couldn’t remember if I did or not. So, I sought His refuge and achieved what I was aiming to achieve, Maa Shaa Allaah.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
So when you want to recite the Qur’ân, seek refuge with Allâh from Shaitân (Satan), the outcast (the cursed one).
An-Nahl 16:98
I hope this helps someone bi-idhnillaah. Think positive!
New Railway to Link Makkah, Madeenah & Jeddah
Rail Linking Makkah and Madinah to Cost SR20bn
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 9 July 2007 — Six consortia, including leading national and international companies, are vying for the Makkah-Madinah Rail Link (MMRL) project, which is estimated to cost SR20 billion ($5.33 billion) and bring about revolutionary changes in the transportation of pilgrims between the two holy cities.
The competing consortia — the Al-Rajhi Consortium, the Saudi Binladin Group, Saudi Oger, the Saudi Japanese Consortium, the Al-Sholah Consortium and the OHL International — are awaiting project specifications from the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO).
Transport Minister Dr. Jabara Al-Seraisry, chairman of SRO, said the six consortia would be invited to submit their tenders within a few months. Railway contractors believe that the project would be awarded to one consortium or two consortia by the beginning of 2009 after completing studies on financial and technical offers.
The MMRL aims to provide a safe, fast, and comfortable mode of transport for an estimated 10 million Umrah and Haj pilgrims traveling between the two holy cities and Jeddah. The project will be implemented on a design, build, operate and transfer (DBOT) basis.
The MMRL includes the construction of approximately 500 kilometers of new high-speed electrified railway lines between Jeddah and Makkah and between Jeddah and Madinah. Railway lines will also be equipped with modern signaling and telecommunications systems.
The SRO has planned the project after observing the growing number of people who travel between the three cities. Nearly 2.5 million pilgrims visit the two holy cities during the Haj season. In addition, 7.5 million people, including two million in Ramadan alone, come for Umrah annually.
Emphasizing the profitability of the project, Al-Seraisry said the MMRL would make SR500 million by 2010 and SR750 million by 2030. The MMRL will also reduce travel time between Jeddah and Makkah to 30 minutes and Jeddah and Madinah to 150 minutes.
The Saudi population, which is increasing at the rate of 3.27 percent annually, will reach 39 million in 2020 and 47 million in 2030. The populations of Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah are collectively in excess of five million, with Jeddah home to about 2.8 million people.
The MMRL is part of a major railway expansion project initiated by SRO, which also involves the construction of 950 kilometers of new tracks between Riyadh and Jeddah and another 115 km line between Dammam and Jubail.
Al-Seraisry emphasized the significance of the land bridge, saying it would strengthen the Kingdom’s position on the map of regional and international transport. It would also reduce travel time between Riyadh and Jeddah by at least five hours depending on the type of trains used. Cargo trains would be able to cover the distance between Jeddah and Dammam in 24 hours.
Four consortia led by the Saudi Binladin Group, Bouygues, Mada Industrial and Commercial Investment Company, and the Public Warehouse Company (PWC) have been qualified to present their offers to win the land bridge project contract. They include a large number of contractors, companies that specialize in the railway industry and prominent Saudi investors.
ArabNews.com
The Linguisitic Definition of the Word Masjid
بسم اللّه الرّحمان الرّحيم
The Linguisitic Definition of the Word Masjid
Question: What is the Masjid linguistically and religously?
Answer: Linguistically, the Masjid is the place of prostration. Religously, it is everything that is built for the Muslims to offer the five daily prayers in congregation. It is also used to refer to that which is more general than this. Thus, it also includes that place that a person uses in his house (or has allocated) to offer the voluntary prayers in, or he uses it to perform the obligatory prayers when he is unable to offer them in the Masjid where the people have established the congregational prayer. From this is that which Al-Bukhaaree and others recorded from Jaabir, may Allaah be pleased with him, who said that the Messenger of Allaah sallallahu ‘alaihi was sallam said :
“I was given five (things) that no one was given before me. I was aided with Ar Ru’b (fright cast into the hearts of enemies) for a month’s distance (of travel), and the earth was made a Masjid (place of prayer) for me and a means of purification. So any man from my nation (the Muslims) whom the (time for) prayer catches, then let him offer the prayer….”
Al Bukhaaree #335 & Muslim #521
The Permanent Committee
Fataawaa Islaamiyyah Vol. #3, Page #19
As salaamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
Study Tips: 7 Ways to Fight Laziness, Boredom & Weakness
7 Ways to Fight Laziness, Boredom & Weakness When Trying to Study
Shaikh Ahmad Najmee
Question: “I’m weak in my reading the books of benefit and when I begin to read some of the books of `ilm (knowledge) I feel weakness and boredom; so what is your advice for me, and what is the correct path in reading the books which contain beneficial knowledge; benefit us (those seeking reward)?”
Answer - Firstly: It is a must for the one who seeks knowledge to purify his intention for Allaah the Lord of the worlds, and make his seeking the `ilm (knowledge) being only for the purpose and goal of obtaining the pleasure of Allaah; and in order to know the truth, to act by it, and to know falsehood so as to refrain from it.
Secondly: To act by that, which he has learned from knowledge within in himself, and to try and teach what he has learned from knowledge to others.
Thirdly: To safeguard what he has learned by memorizing it, and reviewing the `ilm(knowledge) so it does not escape him.
Fourthly: To be steadfast in learning what he does not know, so to add knowledge on top of knowledge.
Fifthly: To ask Allaah constantly to bestow & grant him with beneficial knowledge and provisions that are vast, and actions that are accepted; and the Prophet (Sallallaahu `Alaihi Was Sallam) would say if he prayed the fajr prayer after he would make tasleem (salaam to the right then the left) this du’aa: ” O Allaah, I ask you for knowledge which is beneficial and sustenance which is good, and deeds which are acceptable.” (To be said after making salaam for the fajr prayer).
Sixthly: If he was to feel tired and weak when he is in front of knowledge and ready to study, then he should ask Allaah to make for him will power and a desire to gain knowledge and dedicate himself to it.
Seventhly: Its obligatory on the student of knowledge to refrain from disobedience, for indeed disobedience kills the heart and weakens the understanding and its narrated about Imaam Shaafi’ee he said: “I complained to my teacher Wa’kee about my weak memory so he directed me to leave of sin and then he said, `know!!!! That knowledge is light; and the light of Allaah He does not give it to a disobedient person.”
And I say the proof for that is found in the Book of Allaah when He Glorified be He Says, O you who believe! If you obey and Fear Allaah, He will grant you Furqaan a criterion, and will expiate for you your sins, and forgive you, and Allaah is the Owner of Great Bounty.O you who believe Fear Allaah, and believe too in His Messenger (SallAllaahu `Alaihi Wa Sallam), he will give you a double portion of His Mercy, and he will give you a light by which you shall walk (straight), and he will forgive you. And Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
So what is important is that the student of knowledge needs consistent striving, striving against himself and against ones passions and lower desires and its greed, and to tire himself out in acquiring knowledge, and to hope that Allaah will enable him to achieve that, and the success (tawfeeq) is from Allaah.
Soorah Al-Anfaal (8):29
Soorah Al Hadeed (57):28
Translated from the book Fataawa Jaaliyya pg. 111
Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MaktabatUsSunnahpubs/
“This is Just to Pass the Time…”
Concerning the Imaam, the Shaykh - ‘Abdul-’Azeez bin Baaz (rahimahullaah), Sa’d ad-Daawood narrates: “The Shaykh was very careful in how he spent his time. If he was to travel by car to deliver a lecture or to simply attend a gathering, then a number of books would be read to him, (so much so that) I don’t know how many books have been read to him whereby he would make beneficial notes in them. And when he was asked about (all) this, he (simply) said: “This is just to pass the time.” Mawaaqif madhee.ah fee hayaat al-Imaam ‘Abdul-’Azeez Ibn Baaz - Page 194-195
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Shaykh Bazmools’ Advice on the Quraan Radio Program
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه الكرام ومن تبعهم وسار على منهاجهم إلى يوم الدين أما بعد
Click here: http://www.kacst.edu.sa/eng/stream/
or try mms://204.97.230.68/QuranStreaming or visit http://www.liveislam.net/index.php
Shaykh Bazmool (hafithahullaah) said: If an individual is able to be consistent with the classes on the radio, for example the classes of Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan or other than him (may Allaah preserve them) from the scholars that are well known who’s classes are broadcasted on the Quraan Radio station (KSA). It is upon the individual to be consistent with this program .
This is very good, but at the same time, I warn of some stations that have lessons with individuals who’s affairs are not known or those who are known to have deviated from the salafi methodology. Verily, one does not take knowledge from these stations for indeed those individuals that are unknown or have deviated from the correct path and the salafi methodology, one does not take knowledge from them.
This is because knowledge is from the religion, so let everyone look to who he takes his knowledge from. (Unclear sentence) Verily if you seek knowledge from a person of innovation or a man that you do not know his religion, you do not know if is methodology is safe or unsafe. And the methodology (of an individual) is known by either being widespread or asking the salafi scholars. You say to them: We have an individual so and so , do you know this person? If they reply: We know him to have the correct methodology and belief. Then one can take from him, but if they say, we don’t know him then you should continue to ask until you find out about him.
- Excerpt translated by Mustafaa George
Quraan & Tajweed Studies: Al Waqf
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Al Waqf
Knowledge of the proper places to stop, or pause while reciting the Quraan is very important. This helps the reader to avoid making mistakes, and altering the meaning of an aayah. Often we come to long aayaat and “run out of breath.” In Shaa Allaah, the permissible (Jaa-iz), prohibited (Ghayru Jaa-iz), and unsuitable (Qabeeh) places to stop are as follows:
o - The end of an aayah
م - Compulsory stop to avoid altering the meaning. (م has other functions that will be discussed another time).
ط - Normal stop at the end of a sentence or thought.
س - Moderate pause: the breaking of the voice at a word for a brief moment without taking a breath for 2 counts (about 2 seconds). {See Sooratul Mutaffifeen, aayah 14. It’s above the word بَلْ }
ج - Permissible stop, you can continue if you want. This is known as “Equality.”
ص and ز - Permissible stop but preferable to continue. This is known as “Salyi.” Salyi is also known as “The Good Stop.” You will find a figure resembling ص but with a different type of “tail.” {See Sooratul Mutaffifeen, aayah 14. It’s above the word كَلَّا }
ق - Permissible to continue but it’s preferred that you stop. This is known as “Qalyi.” You will also find a figure resembling ق with a different type of tail. {See Sooratul Fath (48), aayah #19, above the word نَهَا }
ك - Observe as previous symbol in the aayah.
Example: If you have an aayah with Qalyi above a word, then further along in that same aayah you have ك above a word, you must observe the rules of Qalyi for ك.
لا - Prohibited stop. Do not stop at all when you see this above a word because it’s strongly connected to what follows it in terms of meaning. This sign is exactly the way that one would write the word “No” (Laa) in ‘Arabic. {See Sooratul Muddaththir (74), aayah # 31}
Precautionary Stop - It appears as 3 dots, in a set. One set of 3 appears before the other in the same aayah. You can stop at either of these two places but not at both. See Sooratul Baqarah (2), aayah # 2. The first set appears above the word رَيْبَ, the second appears above the word فِيهِ.
You’re permitted to disregard the لا sign at the end of the short aayaat. The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam paused at the end of each and every aayah. {Related in Bukhaaree in A’faal Al ‘Ibaad with a Saheeh Isnaad}
وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيراً
Haneefah
References:
Quraanul Kareem
A Brief Introduction To Tajweed
The Term “Islaamic” Nasheed is a Deception
As salaamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
Shaykhul -Islaam ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah): “I know that in the ‘golden age’, the first and best three centuries, in the Hijaaz, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Maghrib (Morocco), ‘Iraq, Khorasan, none of the religious and righteous people, the ascetics and those who worshipped Allaah much, would gather to listen to this whistling and clapping and drum-beating and so on. This was innovated after that at the end of the second century, and whenever the imaams saw it, they denounced it.”
As for these anaasheed which are described as “Islaamic” but are accompanied with musical instruments, giving them this name lends them some measure of legitimacy, but in fact they are singing and music, so calling them Islaamic nasheeds is falsehood and deception. They cannot be a substitute for singing, as an evil thing cannot be substituted for another evil thing. We should replace something evil with something good. Listening to it on the grounds that it is Islaamic and an act of worship is bid’ah, and Allaah does not allow this. We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound.
Source: Ibn Taymiyyahs’ Al Fataawaa #11/569
Read the Quraan - “The Best Speech is the Book of Allaah…” - Khutbatul Haajah
Haneefah
Part 1: This is the Type of Companionship You Want for your Children
بسم اللّه الرّحمان الرّحيم
As salaamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. A few weeks ago in the masjid, there were two young girls playing together. After eating lunch the ten year old asked the twelve year old to follow along with her recitation of Sooratul Kahf (from her memory), Maa Shaa Allaah Tabaarakallaah. When she started to recite, Subhnaallaah, I had to stop everything I was doing and sit to listen to her. Her voice was the type of voice that you’d like to record on a CD and play it at all times. It was not the voice of most children (high and squeaky). It was soft, melodious and outright beautiful! Maa Shaa Allaah Laa Quwwata Illaa Billaah. Without any exaggeration, she recited like a woman who has been grounded in the sciences of Tajweed. After about twenty or so aayaat they both got up and played with the other children.
What touched me the most is the fact that the one reciting was ten and the proof-reader was twelve. No one told them to go and read the Quraan, they sat down on their own. This is the type of companionship you want for your children. Subhaanallaah. We want companions for ourselves and our children with the characteristics of those mentioned in the last verse of Sooratul ‘Asr.
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ
“Except those who believe and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth (i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds which Allâh has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which Allâh has forbidden), and recommend one another to patience.
Al-’Asr 103:3
Prior to this I was visiting one of my teachers. Her co-wife has a fourteen year old daughter who is very close to becoming a haafithah, Maa Shaa Allaah. May Allaah bless her in that. The house was full of children. She (the 14 year old) sat some of the younger ones down and reviewed a few short chapters of the Quraan with them. After helping them with their recitation, she asked my companions’ daughter (who is four years old), “Where is Allaah and what is your proof?” She recited the proof over and over helping the child to say it properly and memorize it. This situation is like the latter (no one told her to do this). This is the type of companionship you want for your children.
Haneefah
Part 2: This is the Type of Companionship You Want for your Children
بسم اللّه الرّحمان الرّحيم
As salaamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. I met a nice sister over the weekend Alhamdulillaah. She has a son about 5 or 6 years old who has very good manners and a studious personality, Maa Shaa Allaah.
I was waiting for the sister in her sitting room when her son entered and asked, “Do you have a book with you?” I was surprised, and somewhat puzzled wondering why he would ask me something like that. I said, “Yes, my book is right here.” He came over and sat down in front of me with a pen and some paper and begin “teaching” me (or so he thought…smiles) the ‘Arabic alphabet. He wrote out several letters with Fathah, Dhammah, Kasrah, and Sukoon then asked me to repeat after him….lol…so I did. He then instructed me to write out the letters myself. I told him, “A student must always have a pen.” He sat up in a lively manner with an expression on his face as if he was deep in thought and said “Haqq!” Then he said, “Sometimes the pen comes with a cap, and sometimes like this (without one).” I laughed so hard…remember he’s about 5 or 6 years old.
When his mother returned I told her that her son was “teaching” me to read. It was so cute; I did not want to ruin his fun. Maa Shaa Allaah, Laa quwwata illaa billaah. It turns out that his father studied in Madeenah for about 8 years. The khair rubbed off on his family, baarakallaahu feehim.
I thought this would make you smile. May Allaah give bless us to have righteous children and companions. Haneefah
