Story of two women fasting during the lifetime of Allaah’s Messenger 20/07/2012
Posted by mawaddah as-salafiyyah in Ramadhan.add a comment
It has been reported in the Musnad of Imaam Ahmad that this breaks the fast:
“Two women were once fasting during the lifetime of Allaah’s Messenger and they almost died of thirst. This was mentioned to the Prophet (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) but he turned away from (allowing) them (to break the fast). Then they were mentioned to him again, so he called for them and ordered them to vomit, i.e. throw up, what was in their stomachs. So they both vomited and filled up a bowl with puss, blood and pieces of flesh. Then the Prophet (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘These two fasted by refraining from what Allaah made lawful for them. but they broke their fast by doing what Allaah made unlawful for them. One of them sat with the other and they began to eat from the flesh of people.’”
What transpired with these two women in the presence of the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) from their vomiting vile and disgusting things – this was from the miracles that Allaah allowed to occur at the hand of His Messenger so that he could show the evil effects of backbiting to the people. Allaah says: “And do not backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother?” [Surah Al-Hujuraat: 12]
This hadeeth shows that backbiting breaks the fast. This is in the figurative sense, meaning it nullifies the reward of fasting.
Source : The least form of fasting is leaving off food and drink
What is Prohibited and Disliked for the one Fasting – by Shaikh Saalih Al-Fawzaan [Ittihaaf Ahlil-Eemaan bi-Duroos Shahri Ramadaan ,Al-Ibaanah.com]
Bismillaah wassalaatu wassalaam ‘ala rasulillaah, amma ba’d ,
This narration yaa ikhwaan has been declared Dha’eef by Al Imaam Al-Albaani (rahimahullaah) in Silsilah adh-Dha’eefah (Volume 2, Page 10, Hadeeth no 519) & ‘Allaamah Ahmad Shaakir (rahimahullaah) in his Checking of Muhalla of Imaam Ibn Hazm (rahimahullaah) as mentioned by ash-Shaykh Jamaal al Haarithee (hafidhahullaah).
The link to the complete article is here :: http://vb.noor-alyaqeen.com/t21268/BaarakAllaahu feekum,
Wassalaamu ‘alaikum,
Aboo ‘Abdil ‘Azeez Waseem AlPeshimaam.
Clean Your Heart Before Ramadhaan 20/07/2012
Posted by mawaddah as-salafiyyah in Ramadhan.add a comment
Ramadaan is a month when we do huge ibaadaat, Fasting, reading Qur’aan, qiyaam, du’a. but as soon as Ramadaan is over we are back to our routine & normal lives. These huge acts of worship do not affect us!!
Do you know how to do gardening?
Can you plant on cement? NO!!
You have to remove the cement, bring soil to plant the plants.
Why is that many of these acts of ibaadah have not changed us, they didn’t affect us? Because, we are planting on hard grounds.
In order to have these Ibaadah affect us, we have to clean our hearts first.
We have to clean our hearts from all the dirt, junk and rust of the sins before we fill them with the beautiful, powerful acts of worship in Ramadaan.
We have to repent with توبة النصوحا (sincere repentance).
Sit with yourself, list and write each of your sin (in a journal) in front of your face.
Sins of the tongue: backbiting, lies, slander, bad temper, speaking to people in an insulting way, making fun of others.
& if you feel that you have nothing (no sin) then this is عجب.
عجب = feeling you are too good to do have sin/feeling good about yourself in terms of your deen, It burns all the good deeds you have done.
It is Allaah, who gave you الهام to do good deed, inspired you so that you have will, then He gave you the means, then He gave you tawfeeq to do the good deed. Is there any more generosity?
Make sincere tawbah.
Sins of the heart: Hasad, showing off, jealousy, Hatred, envy, greed, selfishness, ujub.
Go deep in your heart. Be honest with yourself.
If anyone did wrong to you, forgive and forget & if you can’t forget at least do not hate anybody.
When making tawbah, remember that no sin is greater for Allaah to not forgive. Allaah says in Qur’aan:
قُلۡ يَـٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسۡرَفُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ لَا تَقۡنَطُواْ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغۡفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًاۚ إِنَّهُ ۥ هُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Say: “O Ibaadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allaah, verily Allaah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” [ soorah Az-zumar, v:53]
Clean your heart, forgive others and forget, hoping for Allaah’s forgiveness.
[Excerpt from a Ramadaan course] Notes taken by a studentRelated Posts:
Time Management Tips for Ramadaan
Taken From: http://towardshuda.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/clean-your-heart-before-ramadaan/
Depending Upon Astronomical Calculations For The Beginning and End Of Ramadaan Is An Innovation Of The Raafidah Shee`ah 18/07/2012
Posted by mawaddah as-salafiyyah in article, Ramadhan.add a comment
AL-BUKHAAREE reports in his ‘Saheeh’ : BOOK OF FASTING : CHAPTER : THE SAYING OF THE PROPHET (Peace be upon him) : << WE DO NOT WRITE, NOR DO WE RECKON. >> :-
“Aadam narrated to us: Shu`bah narrated to us: al-Aswad ibn Qays narrated to us: Sa`eed ibn `Amr narrated to us: that he heard Ibn `Umar – radiyallaahu `anhumaa – report from the Prophet (Peace be upon him) that he said: <<We are an unlettered nation, we do not write, nor do we reckon. The month is like this – and like this>> – meaning once twenty-nine, and once thirty.”
al-Haafiz ibn Hajr said in “Fathul-Baaree‟ (4/137):
“…This is not rebutted by the fact that there were people amongst them who could write and count – since the ability to write was rare amongst them, and what is meant by reckoning here is reckoning the stars and their movements. They had not used to know that either, except for a tiny few of them. So the ruling for Fasting and other than it is connected to sighting the moon, to remove any difficulty from them – so they do not have to go to pains to calculate astronomical movements, and this ruling for Fasting continues even if there appears after them people who know that. Indeed what is apparent from the context indicates a denial that the ruling is to be connected to astronomical calculations at all. This is also made clear by his saying in the previous hadeeth: <<So if it is cloudy for you then complete thirty days>> – and he did not say: Ask the people of calculations. The wisdom in this is that the number (of days) when it is cloudy will be something which the people are the same about, so disagreement and dispute will be avoided.
Some people hold that the astronomers are to be referred to in this – and they are the Raafidah. It is related from some of the fuqahaa· (jurists) that they agreed with them. al-Baajee said: “But the ijmaa` of the Salafus-Saalih (pious predecessors) is a proof against them”,
and Ibn Bazeezah said: It is a false and futile (baatil) stance, since the Legislation has forbidden us from delving into knowledge of the stars, since it is surmise and estimations, not based upon certainty and predominant consideration – along with the fact that if the affair were connected to it, then it would cause difficulty since it is known only by a few… .”
***
[Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood ibn Ronald Burbank -rahimahullaah- ]
http://alitisaambissunnah.wordpress.com
The Ruling on Fasting During The Month of Sha’baan 14/07/2012
Posted by mawaddah as-salafiyyah in Ramadhan.add a comment
The Ruling on Fasting During Sha’baan
On authority of A’isha, may Allah be pleased with her, said” the
Messenger, ‘Alaihi as salaatu was salaam: use to fast until we (the
companions) would say” he (sallallahu ‘allehi wa salam) does not break
his fast” and he use to break his fast until we would say “verily he
does not fast” I have not seen the Messenger (sallallahu ‘allehi wa
salam) fast a complete month other than Ramadan and never use to fast
more in a month than he did in the month of Sha’baan.
Reported by Al Bukaari :(1969) and Muslim: (1053)
Aisha also narrated, may Allah be pleased with her, the Messenger
(sallallahu alllehi wa salam) never use to fast more than he did in
the month of Sha’baan , for verily he use to fast the whole month.
In the narration of Muslim: he use to fast the whole month except a
small portion of it.
And he (sallallahu ‘allehi wa salam) use too say ” take from the
actions of worship that which you are capable of maintaining verily
Allah does not become uninterested until you become uninterested in
the acts of worship.
Reported by Al Bukaari:(1970) and Muslim: (782)
On authority of Ibn Abbaas, (may Allah be pleased with him), the
Messenger , ‘Alaihi as salaatu was salaam did not fast a complete
month other than the month of Ramadaan and he use fast in other
occasions until someone would say” No by Allah he does not break his
fast” and other times he would refrain from fasting until one would
say “No by Allah he does not fast”
Reported by Muslim:(1971)
It is evident from previous narrations that the Messenger (sallallahu
alayhi wa salam) never use to fast a complete month other than the
month of Ramadan. However, in the narration of ‘Aisha the scholars
differed as to what she meant by her statement “He(sallallahu aleyhi
wa sallam) used to fast the whole month of Sha’ban, and in the
narration of Imam Muslim , he use to fast the whole month except a
small portion of it.
Imam An Nawawi mentioned in his explanation of Saheeh Muslim (8-279) ”
and her statement ,may Allah be pleased with her, – he use to fast the
whole month of Sha’ban, he use to fast the whole month except a small
portion of it.- The second half of her statement (i.e. he use to fast
the whole month except a small portion of it) is an explanation of the
first half (i.e. he use to fast the whole month of Sha’ban). He ( may
the mercy of Allah be upon him), then continued to say” it has also
been said (about the meaning of the hadeeth) that he ( the Messenger
salahu ‘alahi wa salam) use to fast most of the month on some
occasions while on others he use to fast the whole month.
It has also been said that he (the messenger salahu alaihi wa salam)
use to fast the beginning of the month in some years while in some
years he use to fast the middle of the month and yet in others he
would fast the end of the month of Sha’baan. He would not leave any
of the month except he would fast in it however throughout the course
several years.
Al Haafidh bin Rajb Al Hanabi stated in his book “Wadhaaif Ashuhuur”
after mentioning the previous ahaadeeth and others about the manner in
which the Messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam fasted during the month
of Sha’baan “a group from amongst the scholars from them being Ibn
Mubaarak have deemed that the Messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam did
not fast a complete month of Sha’baan, rather he use to fast the
majority of Sha’baan. This is confirmed by the statement of ‘Aisha
-may Allah be pleased with her- which is found in Saheeh Muslim “I
have not known that the Messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam fasted a
complete month other than the month of Ramadhan and in another
narration also found in Saheeh Muslim she said ” I have not seen him
(i.e.Messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam) fasting a complete month
since he came to Madinah other than the month of Ramadhan. In another
narration found in Saheeh Muslim she said ” I have not known of the
messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam that he read the Quraan in one
night or fasted a whole month other than Ramadhan. Ibn Rajb then
mentioned in a final narration on the authority of ‘Aisha also found
in Saheeh Muslim that she said “I have not seen him ( the Messenger
salallahu ‘alahi wa salam) standing the (whole) night in prayer until
dawn or fasting continuously except in the month of Ramadhan. In the
saheehain on the authority of Ibn Abbas ,may Allah be pleased with
them said ” the Messenger salallahu alahi wa salam fasted a whole
month other than Ramadhan while he (Ibn Abbas) disliked to fast a
whole month other than Ramadhan. Abridged.
BENEFIT: Abu Dawood may Allah have mercy on him narrated in his book
“Sunan Abi Dawood #(2024)” as well as others on the authority of Umm
Salamah that she said ” The Messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam never
use to fast a complete month throughout the year except Sha’baan he
use to join it with Ramadhan. Al Haafidh bin Hajr said in his
explanation of the meaning of this hadeeth (Fath Albari 4\272) “he use
to fast the majority of the month and Imam At Tirmidhi reported that
Ibn Mubaarak said it is permissible in the Arabic language if he fasts
most of the month for him to say he fasted the whole month, and it is
said so and so stood throughout the whole night (i.e. in worship) and
it is possible that he had dinner and was also busy with some of his
affairs. Imam At Tirmidhi then said it is as if Ibn Mubaark united
between the two hadeeths (the hadeeth of ‘Aisha where she said the
Messenger did not fast a whole month other than Ramadhan and the
previous hadeeth of Umm Salamah) by this. Then Ibn Hajr selected the
view of Imam An Nawawi that the first part of the statement of Aisha
was explained by the second part.
The summary of that which has come to pass is that the sunnah of the
Messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam during the month Sha’baan is to
increase in fasting more than one usually fasts in any other month.
This fast is also not restricted to any specific sequence like fasting
one day and breaking the following which is known as the fast of the
Messenger of Allah Dawood -peace be upon him-. Rather one should fast
as much as possible in this month, with the condition that he avoids
fasting the final few days as the Messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam
has prohibited this and we will discuss it in the near future ,if
Allah wills.
What is the Wisdom of Increasing in Fast During this Month?
Shaykh Albaani may Allah have mercy on him in his book Irwa Algaleel
(4\103) mentioned a narration found in the Musnad on Imam Ahmed as
well as the Sunan of Imam An Nisaai that Usmah bin Zaid ,may Allah be
pleased with him, asked the Messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam “I
have not seen you fast in any month the way you fast in Sha’baan” He
,salallahu alahi wa salam, then replied by saying “That is a month
(i,e, Sha’baan) that the people are neglectful of between Ramadhan and
Rajab and it is also a month that the actions are raised to the
lord of the worlds and I like for my actions to be raised while I am
fasting. Shaykh Albaani mentioned this narration and stated that it
is an authentic hadeeth. Therefore, we benefit from this hadeeth the
wisdom in which the Messenger salallahu ‘alahi wa salam use to
increase in his fast during this blessed month.
I ask Allah to except my efforts in this short translation and to
benefit by it Islam and the Muslims. I also ask Him to make us from
those who act upon our knowledge.
Translation: Mahmood bin Muhammad As Somali (a current Student in Damaaj)
Striving To Jannah 