al-Hasan al-Basri: Lower the Dunya Otherwise YOU will be Lowered

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Al-Hasan al-Basri (Allah have Mercy on him) said:

أهينوا الدنيا، فوالله لأهنأ ما تكون إذا أهنتها

Belittle the Dunya. For by Allah! We would be happy as long as we belittle her.

Musannaf bin Abi Shaybah, 35306

Making Your Voice Attractive in Pursuing the Dunya

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Ibn Umar said:

إِنِّي أَبْغَضُكَ فِي اللَّهِ ؛ إِنَّكَ تُحَسِّنُ صَوْتَكَ - يَعْنِي : فِي الْأَذَانِ - لِأَجْلِ الدَّرَاهِمِ 

I hate you for the sake of Allah. You beautify your voice (in Athaan) for the sake of Dirhams. 

Fath al-Baari of Ibn Rajab (4/430)

al-Mosleh: Shouting "Takbeer" has No Basis

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Question: may Allah grant you with goodness, what is the ruling on a person shouting "Takbeer" and the people behind him say Allahu Akbar in unison - as they do during protests? Is this action an innovation?

Answer: There is no basis for this. 

-Shaykh Khalid al-Mosleh (Allah preserve him)
Teacher at al-Masjid al-Haram in Makkah and the Prophet's Masjid in al-Madeenah
Teacher at the Faculty of Sharee'ah, al-Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. 

Al-Uthaymeen: this is the case for many people today...

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 Allah (the Exalted and Glorified) said:

“Do not obey those who’s heart is negligent with Our Remembrance and follows his own desires and his affairs are lost” [18:28]

This is the case for many people today, with great regret. Allah has closed their hearts in remembering Him, so they followed their desires and their affairs are lost. They spend hours, rather days, and they haven’t achieved anything.

-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saaleh al-Uthaymeen (Allah have Mercy on him)

Civil Unrest and Social Media

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[About information which displeases the believer] You reject it in the heart, on the tongue and explain the truth to the people. It is not permitted to spread it and send it to others. Some ignoramus send images and want others to see it.

This is wrong!

Do you want Baatil (falsehood) to spread?

…

Some people spread these things on social media but they are helping to spread falsehood!

Rather, if something like this comes to you – delete it from your phone and don’t send it to others.

Subhanallah!

Questioner: many of the Muslim youth use their time to follow the news from the Kuffar to find out what oppression is taking place against the Muslims, and they spend a long time doing this…

Answer: Once you know it’s happening, what’s going to happen?

“Such and such people have done this” and “others have done that.”

What are they going to do now? Do they have a solution? Do they have anything to offer to stop it or to reduce the oppression?

They only follow these things to find out what is happening, nothing else.

Everything has to be balanced between transgression (Ifraat) and negligence (Tafreet)

Wasting your time in following these things and watching at clips with the latest information, wastes so much time and this is transgression.

And transgression is blameworthy in all things.

Transgression is to go beyond the bounds with that which is appropriate.  

-Shaykh Abdur-Rahman bin Naasir al-Baraak (Allah Preserve him)

Taken from Sharh “Tuhaf fi Mathaahib as-Salaf” of ash-Shawkani (Allah have Mercy on him), Tape 3 (72:40 – 74:30)

The Salaf and Fasting Aashoora'

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Imam az-Zuhri (may Allah have Mercy on him) used to fast Aashoora’ even when he used to travel and once was asked, “Why do you fast Aashoora’ whilst travelling but don’t fast whilst travelling during Ramadan?” He said, “Ramadan fasts can be made up but if a person misses Aashoora’, he will miss it.”

Siyar ‘Alaam an-Nubalaa’, 5/342

Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (may Allah have Mercy on him) said:

A group of the Salaf used to fast Aashoora’ even during their travels. From them Ibn ‘Abbas, Abu Ishaq, as-Sabee’ee, az-Zuhri and its been narrated from Ahmad that he used to fast Aashoora’ whilst travelling.

Lataa’if al-Ma’aarif, Pg. 61

Ibn al-Qayyim: if they seek your pardon...

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Ibn al-Qayyim (Allah have mercy on him): 

If someone has wronged you and they seek your pardon, it is from humility (to Allah) that is necessitates accepting their excuses, whether they are speaking the truth or not - and for you to leave their affair with Allah.

Madaarij as-Saalikeen, 2/337