Why are people so fearful? — Shaykh Saalih aal Ash-Shaykh

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the masjid and there was a man who had finished his prayer and he was reciting the tashahhud. He said:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ بِأَنَّكَ الْوَاحِدُ الأَحَدُ، الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدُ، أَنْ تَغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِّيمُ

Transliteration:
Allahumma inni as'aluka ya Allāhu bi-annakal-Wahidul-Aḥadus-Ṣamadulladhi, lam yalid wa lam yulad, wa lam yakul-lahu kufuwan ahad, an taghfira li dhunubi, innaka Antal-Ghafurur-Rahim.

Meaning: I ask You, Oh Allah, as You are the One, the Only, the Self-Sufficient Master, Who begets not nor was He begotten, and there is none equal or comparable to Him, You forgive me my sins. Verily, You are the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Surely he has been forgiven, surely he has been forgiven, surely he has been forgiven.”

[An-Nasa'i 3/52, Ahmad 4/338. See also Al-Albani, Sahih An-Nasa'i 1/280 and Sifat Salatun-Nabi, pg. 204]

Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"Loving knowledge is from the signs of delight and happiness. Hating knowledge is from the signs of wretchedness and misery."

[Miftāh Dar As-Sā'adah, (1/435)]

Shaykh ibn Baaz رحمه الله said:

So, hearts that are empty of beneficial knowledge accept everything and every error hangs upon them except those on whom Allah has bestowed mercy. If beneficial knowledge spreads in a village, a tribe, or a country; consequently, righteous scholars will increase and the sciences which are mentioned in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) will spread, and the evil of these devils will cease.

[Majmū' al-Fatāwā ibn Baaz 8/120]

Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:

‎Al-Istighfār (seeking Allah's forgiveness) removes calamities.

[‎Majmū' Al-Fatāwā (28/48)]

Shaykh Al-Islām ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:

"If a slave opposes all of the creations and follows the Messenger (ﷺ), Allāh would not ask him about his opposition to anyone. So, know that and listen, and obey, and follow, and do not innovate."

[Majmū' AI-Fatāwā (16/529)]

It is obligatory to move the lips in prayer — Shaykh ibn al-Uthaymeen رحمه الله

Shaykh Sulaymān ibn Salīmullāh ar-Ruhaylī, may Allāh preserve him, wrote:

“Strive to read from the mushaf and don’t substitute that with your memory or by reading from your cellphone. There is the hadīth: “Whoever it pleases him that Allāh and His Messenger love him, then let him read from the mushaf.” Al-Albānī, may Allah have mercy on him, graded it hasan and the Salaf, may Allāh be pleased with them, used to be dilligent in reading from the mushaf.

Translated by Mustafaa Nicolas

Imam Nawawi رحمه الله said,

“Reciting the Qur'an directly from a Mushaf is better than from memory, since looking at the Mushaf itself is an act of worship. Thus, two acts of worship are combined: reciting and looking at the Mushaf.”

[At-Tibyan 1/100]

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Delivering Fatwas:

Praise be to Allah Alone, and prayers and peace be upon the last Prophet Muhammad.

The Holy Qur'an has been revealed to be a proof against the mankind and the jinns. It is a constitution and a system to be followed by all Muslims. They should act according to it's permissible rulings and avoid the acts it prohibited. They should believe in its verses that are not entirely clear in themselves but are explained and manifested in the light of the clear-cut verses, learn it by heart, and write it down in Mushafs, pieces of cloth, and the like, so that it can be recited and arbitrated to when needed. This is what the earlier Muslims understood and acted accordingly. As to the nowadays phenomena of writing down some decorated verses of the Holy Qur'an o­n a placard or a piece of cloth, and hanging them in rooms, cars, and the like, it does not conform with the acts of the salaf. Priding in committing such acts is the preoccupation of those who let aside the original purposes for which the Holy Qur'an has been revealed. It is rather better for the Muslim to abandon such acts and keep away from buying or selling such placards or pieces of cloth, even though they are originally permissible. If they are widely used, people will turn away from the original purpose for which the Holy Qur'an has been revealed.

May Allah grant us prosperity. Peace and prayers be upon our Prophet Muhammad.

(Member) ‘Abdul-'Aziz bin Qa'ud
(Member) 'Abdul-'Aziz bin Ghudayan
(Vice-President of the Committee) 'Abdur-Razzaq 'Afifi
(President) 'Abdul-'Aziz bin Baz

[Fatwa No. 1781, Volume IV, Page 49]

Ruling On Stipulating Not Getting A Second Wife A Condition — Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

The Flesh Of The Scholars Is Poisonous

Abul-Qāsim bin ‘Asākir mentioned:

“Know, my brother – may Allah guide us and you to His pleasure, and that He makes us from those who fear Him and are dutiful to Him as He deserves – that the flesh of the scholars, may Allah be merciful with them, is poison. And Allah’s established way of tearing down the screen of those who attack the scholars is well-known. That is because attacking them for an affair that they are innocent of is a mighty thing – and to speak of their honour with falsehood and fabrications is an evil and noxious pasture to graze upon!

To concoct falsehood against those whom Allah has chosen to disseminate knowledge is a despicable characteristic. And to emulate those whom Allah has praised; which is the saying of those who followed the believers, that they would seek forgiveness for those who preceded them – that is a noble characteristic. Allah said in His Book, in praise of them:

وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ

“And those who came after them say, ‘Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in Faith, and put not in our hearts any hatred against those who have believed. Our Lord! You are indeed full of kindness, Most Merciful.'”

And the one who lets loose his tongue against the scholars with slander, then Allah will afflict him before his actual death by killing his heart:

فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

“And let those who oppose the Messenger’s commandment beware, lest some Fitnah (affliction) should befall them or lest a painful punishment should be inflicted on them.”


[Tabyīn Kadhib Al-Muftarī p.29-30]

’Umar ibn ’Abdil-Azīz رحمه الله said:

إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ فَكُنْ عَالِماً،
فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَكُنْ مُتَعَلِّماً،
وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَأَحَبَّهُمْ،
وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَلا تُبْغِضْهُمْ.

“Become a scholar if you can,
If you can't, then be a student.
If you can't, then love them.
If you can't, then (at least) don't hate them.”

[Jāmi’ Bayān Al-’ilm (1/142)]