Qatadah: the Munaafiq and praying at night...

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Qatadah bin Da’aamah[1] (Allah have mercy on him) said:

The Munaafiq is not able to stand during the night.

az-Zuhd of Ibn Mubarak, pg. 93

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[1] He is the Haafith of his time, an authority in Tafseer and Hadeeth. He met and narrated from Anas bin Maalik and Abdullah bin Sarjis (may Allah be pleased with them) and from Sa’eed bin Musayyab, ‘Ikrimah, al-Hasan al-Basri, ‘Ata bin Abee Rabaah and others. Sufyan ath-Thawri (Allah have mercy on them all) said about him, “The world has not seen a scholar like Qataadah.”

Sa'eed bin Jubayr used to rest before al-'Isha in Ramadhan...

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Sa'eed bin Jubayr (Allah have mercy on him)[1] used to use the time before Isha prayers to rest during Ramadhan. Then he used to stand the length of the night.

Musannaf Ibn Abee Shaybah, 7199

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[1] He heard from Aisha, Abu Hurayrah, Ibn Abbas and others from the Companions (Allah be pleased with them all). Ibn Abbas appointed him to give Fatwa whilst in the Companions were still alive.

Aisha (رضي الله عنها): If I knew it was Laylah al-Qadr

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Aisha (may Allah Pleased with her) said:

If I knew it was Laylah al-Qadr, I would supplicate to Allah within it for security (العفاية).

Musannaf Ibn Abee Shaybah, 31148

Ruling on Raising your Voice in [Greeting with] Salam when Entering the Masjid

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In origin, when a Muslim meets another Muslim, they should greet them with Salaam. This applies to the Masjid or anywhere else they meet.

However, the Masjid has a specific ruling. It is not permitted for a Muslim to raise his/her voice in the Masjid, irrespective of whether they are reciting the Quran or greeting with Salam.
Some people - Allah Guide them - when they enter the Masjid they enter with clamour. They might enter the Masjid whilst remembering in a loud voice or enter whilst giving Salam in a loud voice whilst people are busy in worshipping Allah; reciting the Quran, making Dhikr or whilst others are praying.

There is no doubt that entering the Masjid in this manner and greeting people with a loud voice or perhaps remembering Allah in a loud voice and creating clamour as they enter the masjid - is a mistake.

 
The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade the Companions from raising their voices over one another when they were reciting the Quran.

Once he entered into the Masjid and he found them reciting the Quran and they were competing with one another in making their voices louder against one another. So he said, "Each one of you are conversing with their Lord, so do not compete with one another in raising your voices whilst reciting the Quran." Narrated by Abu Dawood, 1332; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 1183. 

This is a command from the Prophet, not to raise thier voices when reciting the Quran so how about a person who enters into the Masjid whilst greeting people?

So the Muslim when he enters into the Masjid, he should make his way to the row and there is no harm in him greeting another person that he meets that is close to him, greeting them in a normal voice.  As for entering into the Masjid and greeting everyone in a loud voice, then this is not allowed and it is not befitting.

Shaykh Abdus-Salam as-Sulayman (Allah Preserve him)

Member of Panel of Senior Scholars and Permanent Council of Fatwa and Research

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Fqt0Tth1bvQ

an-Nooniyyah: Tape 8

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Madhabs (opinions) on The Speech of Allah (the Most High)

1-some said it is created, separate from Allah (the Most High)

2-some said it is uncreated, but part of Allah but we have the meaning from Him (the Most High)

3-His words are part of the Dhat (essence) of Allah (the Most High) but He said them in eternity (Azal). This means, He (the Most High) didn't say them when it was revealed - there is no Hadath for Him. Each letter is not seperate from the other.

4-uncreated from the Dhat of Allah (the Most High) - belief of Ahl as-Sunnah

The belief of Ahl as-Sunnah and response to the above:

-His speech is from His Attributes, from His Essence, uncreated. He speaks whenever He wants in a manner that befits His Majesty.

-Making speech created is liked Wajdah al-Wujood, no difference between creator and creator and all speech is created and one with creation.

-If his speech is created then who sent the message?

-If His speech is created then all words, of animals and humans, is the Kalam of Allah

Belief of the early "creatists" 

-The Mu’tazilah say his Names and Attributes are separate from Him, He created them and placed it into seperate entities.

Response:

-This is worse than those who said Allah is three

 -there is a difference between Amr and Khalq. This is similar to the difference between Khaliq and Makhlooq

-Difference between the one who creates and commands and those created and commanded

-The Amr comes after Khalq

 And Allah Knows best

E-book: How to Build a Home Through Islamic Transactions by Shaykh Sa'd bin Naasir ash-Shathri (Allah Preserve him)

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

All Praises are for Allah and may Allah send His Peace and Blessings upon Muhammad, his family and all those who follow him in goodness until the Last Day. To begin:

This book was authored by the Shaykh long before the advent of Islamic mortgages that currently exist in the West. Therefore, this book is not a description on how to buy an Islamically compliant asset whilst living in the West, rather it is a book which extracts from the books of Fiqh on the many ways that the scholars have stated are permissible for us to acquire an asset.

Therefore, this book is not an attempt to clarify, or even rectify the current and ever changing Islamic finance modules that exist, rather it is to illustrate the various types of transactions which are Islamically valid.

The Shaykh gives ten types of Islamically valid purchases; their rulings, their forms and as an added benefit, which could hopefully add advice to the would-be investor/purchaser, the Shaykh lists a number of advantage and disadvantages to each type of trade.

Please note, all of these can be applied to the purchase of any item, be it a house, a car or otherwise.

We ask Allah to make this beneficial and that Allah, the Most High, Rewards the Shaykh for his efforts, and that He Alleviates the pressures off the Muslim Ummah, and that He Blesses them with whatever He Grants them.

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al-Usaymee: Beware of Removing Extremism with Extremism

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Shaykh Saaleh bin Abdillah al-Usaymee (Allah Preserve him)

Member of the Committee of Senior Scholars

Beware of repelling extremism affiliated with religion with extremism that eradicates religion. A corrupt medicine only increases the disease. 

The who doesn’t know what is falsehood will not recognize the truth. And if a weapon is in the hands of someone who doesn’t know, he will [undoubtedly] attack his ally, rather it could even kill the one holding it.