Dust is my bed

By Meshary Alarada

Dust is my bed, embraces me and it’s my cover now

The sand surrounds me even behind my back

And the grave tells a dankness of my affliction

And the brightness draws a line

 Where is my family’s love? They sold my loyalty!

The ruling on urinating while standing

Question :

What is the ruling on a person urinating while standing, is it forbidden or permissible?

Answer :

It is not forbidden for a person to urinate while standing, because it has been authentically reported by al Bukhari and Muslim, on the authority of Huthaifah, may Allah be please with him, that the Prophet (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) came to the rubbish pit of a people and urinated while standing (al-Bukhari no.226).

The price of a sincerity

In the Kitaab of “al Imaarah”, al-Imam Muslim narrated a Hadith from Abu Huraira radhiyallahu ‘anhu, “the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said, “verily, the first group of people will be judged on Judgement Day are three. Among them was a man who died in the quest for martyrdom. He was brought in and shown him the pleasures that if he would get from charity, so he knows it. God asks, ‘What have you done to get it?’. He replied, ‘I have fought your way until I die as a martyr.

Marriage, Casts and Compatibility

From the evil and reprehensible matters is that some who claim to be from Banu Haashim (i.e. claim to be a Sayyid; someone related to the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam’s family) say that there is no kafaa’ah (marriage compatibility) between them and someone from outside of their own clan. So they do not get married outside of their clan, nor allow anyone from outside of their clan to marry them. This is a great error, a monstrous ignorance, oppression against the woman, and it is a legislation which neither Allaah nor His Messenger sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam legislated or prescribed. Rather, Allaah – the Most High – said:

“O mankind! We have created you from a male and female, and have made you into nations and tribes; that you may know one another, Indeed the most noblest of you with Allaah is the one who has the most taqwaa (piety, fear, and obedience of Allaah).” [Soorah al-Hujuraat 49:13]

Between Solomon and Qarun

Knowledge is a medicine

The Eid day Under the Guidence of the Prophet

Each of us spend a day on a highway Shawwal ‘Eid Iedul. O Brother, Sister,

And Allah knows best the truth

Reference :

Ahkamul ‘Aidain by Shaykh’ Ali Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Halabi al-Atsari.

Days imitate the Prophet in the Kingdom.

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Translated by : Abu Yusuf ath-Thuwailib

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Author: Ummu ‘Athiyah

Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Power

Laylat al-Qadr has a great virtue, because it was witness of the revealed of Al-Qur’an Al-Karim, which guided the people who hold it to the path of glory and lifted them into degrees of noble and eternal. Muslims who follow the sunnah’s Apostle set no specific signs nor the arrows stuck to commemorate this night, but they compete to wake up at night with the full faith and expecting reward from Allah. Here, O my brothers and sisters -Muslims, Qur’aniya’s verses and hadiths Nabawiyah that are saheeh describes these nights.

<1>. The virtue of Laylat al-Qadr

Suffice the high position of Laylat al-Qadr to know that night is better than a thousand months, Allah has said. Which means :

“Verily We have sent it down on the Night of Power, And what will make thee know what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months, The angels and the sprit descend therein by the command of their Lord with His decrees for every affair, It is all peace till the rising of the dawn,”

[QS al-Qadr: 1-5]

Abu Abdillah al-Qalanisi and An Elephant

One day, Abu Abdillah al-Qalanisi on his journey by boat. Suddenly, a high wind shaking the boat. All of the passengers said a prayer with Husu’ (in all seriousness) for the sake of their safety and said a nazar (a promise). The passengers said to Abu Abdillah, “Each of us have pledged to Allah and said a nazar for our safety. Then you should also said a nazar and swear to Allah.” He replied, “I’m the one who doesn’t care about the world, so I don’t need a nazar.”

But they forced me. Then I swore, “By Allah, if Allah the Almighty saves me from the disaster that happen to me, I won’t eat an elephant’s meat.” They asked, “Is it a permissible nazar? is there anyone who wanna eat an elephant’s meat.?” I replied, “That’s my choice, may Allah give a reward to my tongue which had spoken those words.” Indeed, not long after that the ship was broken. All of The passengers were stranded on a beach. For days we were on the beach without eat any food.

Ramadan, the Victorious Month

Fasting has a very close relations with the jihaad. Fasting provides a solid preparation for it. Fasting is always accompanied Jihaad on its way of life continually until Allah bequeath the earth and all of its content. Thus, fasting will always remain there until the day of Judgement as a phase of preparation for jihaad. Jihaad itself will always remain there until the day of Judgement as an ‘Amaliah (application) phase for fasting.

Muslims are the people who like fasting and also a mujahid (warrior) who is able to benefit from the fasting educational institution as a means education for jihaad. As long as Muslims continue to fast truthfully, then it keeps him as a mujahid. Therefore, many victories obtained by the Muslims during Ramadan.