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Delving into the sciences of the world to prove Islaam [Bidah]

Excerpts from Shaikh ‘Ubaid al-Jabiree (hafidhahullaah):

This was not known at the times of the Salaf, nor was it known by the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, or the imams of the Tabi’een (the Successors) or those who followed after them. This idea of researching the sciences behind the creation didn’t appear until about thirty years or so ago…

This idea of proving Islam through the Sciences is a bid’ah (an innovation). This type of study keeps us away from learning the true religion. My sincere advice to you my sister in Egypt, and other sisters of the Sunnah in Egypt, is that you shouldn’t listen to this and must not busy yourselves with this knowledge but rather you should focus on the knowledge of the Sharee’ah which is the knowledge of the Qur`aan and the Sunnah upon the understanding of the Salaf.

The Sunnah is a way of happiness and tranquillity in this life because the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: Whoever Allaah wants good for, He gives him understanding of the religion. So from this, we understand that whoever Allaah does not want good for, He does not give him understanding of the religion.

This post is also an OFFICIAL RETRACTION from the early videos that I posted or posted here, regarding this matter discussed above - 

The source of Aqeedah and the Manhaj (Way) of the Salaf in deriving and learning it

Below is taken directly from ”What you must believe about your Creator’ by (Shaykh Salih ibn Uthaymeen Rahimahullah),

Aqeedah is Tawqeefiyah (which means that) beliefs cannot be established except with a proof from the Sharee’ah (Religious texts) – there is no room for opinion and speculation.

The source of Aqeedah are therefore restricted to what is mentioned in the Book and the Sunnah (Ahadeeth of the Prophet) because no one is more knowledge than Allah about the obligations due to Him and what He is free from – and after Allah – no one knows more about Allah other than His Messenger.

The Manhaj (way) of the Salaf as-Saleh (the pious predecessors) and those who followed them was therefore restricted to the Book and the Sunnah.  They believed, affirmed and implemented everything that was established in the Book and the Sunnah concerning the Rights of Allah.  They disowned and rejected everything that was not established in either of these two sources.

Thus, no differences were found amongst them with regards to beliefs. Their belief was one and their Jama’ah was one because Allah supports whoever holds on to His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger (SAW) with a unified position, correct Aqeedah and unity of Manhaj.

”Hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (i.e this Qur’an) and be not divided among yourselves.” [Soorah aal-Imran (3):103] and, ”Then if there comes to you guidance from Me, then whoever follows My Guidance shall neither go astray nor fall into distress and misery.” [Soorah Taha (20):123]

They are therefore called ‘the saved sect’ for whom the Messenger testified safety [from the Hell-Fire] when he informed about the splitting of the Ummah (nation) into seventy – three sects – all of them in the Fire except one. When he (SAW) was asked about this one (saved sect), he (SAW) replied ”…that which I and my companions are upon this day.” [narrated by Imam Ahmad]

The prophecy of Allah’s Messenger (SAW) has come to pass. Some people have built their Aqeedah upon other than the Book and the Sunnah – such as Ilmul Kalam – (argumentation based upon) the fundamentals of logic inherited from Greek philosophy. (thus) there occurred deviation from (the correct) Aqeedah, which further resulted in differing of the word, splitting of the Jama’ah and demolition of the unified structure of Islam.

[end quote from  ”What you must believe about your Creator’ by (Shaykh Salih Uthaymeen Rahimahullah)]

Ibn Shihâb reports:

‘Umar b. ‘Abd Al-‘Azîz – Allah have mercy on him, said, “The Messenger of Allâh – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him – and the authorities (leaders of the Muslims, the Caliphs ) after him set certain ways and practices. To follow those ways is to believe in Allâh’s Book and to complete [ones] obedience of Him, and to be strong upon the religion of Allâh. It is not for anyone to alter those ways or change them for something else, and it is not for anyone to consider the views and opinions of those who contradict them. Whoever follows what [the Prophet and his Caliphs] laid down will be guided, whoever seeks enlightenment through it will be enlightened. But whoever contradicts those ways and follows a way other than the way of the Believers, Allâh the Mighty and Majestic will leave him in the path he has chosen and land him in Jahannam (Hell); and what an evil destination that is.’”

Al-Lâlakâ`î, Sharh Usûl I’tiqâd Ahl Al-Sunnah 1:94.

Notes

In this statement, Caliph ‘Umar b. ‘Abd Al-Azîz affirms a number of important points related to the creed and methodology of Ahl Al-Sunnah wa Al-Jamâ’ah – orthodox Islam:

1. The path of guidance, the Sunnah, is what was laid down by the Prophet, as understood and implemented by the Rightly Guided Caliphs and Companions.
2. For a person to truly believe in the Quran, and to be guided, he must adhere to this Sunnah and to it alone.
3. A Muslim is not allowed to innovate in the religion or exchange any part of it for foreign beliefs and ideologies.
4. True enlightenment and insight lies in adhering to this way.
5. A Muslim is not supposed to be interested in and expose himself to the views and opinions of people who go against the Sunnah and way of the Salaf.
6. Going against this way is to follow ‘a way other than the way of the Believers’ and take a path to Hell; a reference to Al-Quran 4:115 where this principle is evidenced.

This narration is recorded with variant wordings in numerous other sources. In a version recorded on the authority of Muttarrif b. ‘Abdillâh by Al-Qâdî Abû Ya’lâ (d458H) in Ibtâl Al-Ta’wîl 1:52, it is stated that when those who ‘deflected the narrations speaking of the Sifât’ (divine attributes of Allâh) were mentioned in the presence of Imâm Mâlik, he would quote this saying of Caliph ‘Umar b. ‘Abd Al-‘Azîz. In yet another report of this statement, the heretics being referred to are described as ‘the deviants in the religion.’

[End quote Ibn Shihâb reports: taken(copied) directly from this site]

See this video below

Shaykh Saalih ibn Uthaymeen (Rahimahullah) also writes in ”What you must believe in your Creator’. Some of the causes for Deviation.

”Deviation from the correct Aqeedah has many causes, from the most important of them are.

1.Ignorance of the correct Aqeedah due to turning away from learning and teaching it or lack of concern for it – until there arises a generation who is ignorant of the correct Aqeedah and that which contradicts it. The truth is then deemed to be falsehood and falsehood to be the truth – as Umar Ibn Khattab (RA) said, ‘Verily, the bonds of Islam will be destroyed one by one, when there arise in Islam people who do not know or recognize Jahiliyah (ignorance). ”

2.Bigotry (ta’assub) towards the belief of the ancestors – adhering to them even if they are false and forsaking everything that opposes them even if it is the truth.

Allah says; ”When it is said to them, ‘Follow what Allah has sent down.’ They say, ‘Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers following.’  (Would they do that!) Even though their fathers did not understand anything nor were they guided?’ [Soorah al – Baqarah (2): 170]

3.Blind – Following (Taqleed) by accepting people’s statements concerning Aqeedah without knowing the proof or level of authenticity – as is the case of Jahmiyyah, Mu’tazilah, Ash’aris, Soofis  and others whereby they (blindly) followed their deviant scholars who preceded them and thus, they were misguided and went astray from the correct beliefs.

4.Extremism or Exaggeration (in honoring) the Awliya (saints) and the Saliheen (righteous) through the following acts

Raising the Awliya and the Saliheen above their due status where it is believed that they bring benefits and prevent harm in a manner which none has the ability to do except Allah.

Taking the Awliya and the Saliheen as intermediaries between Allah and the creation in fulfilling needs and answering the duaa (see this chapter in kitab at tawheed) – until the matters  turns to into worshiping other than Allah.

Seeking nearness to their tombs through sacrifices, vows (nadhr),  supplication, seeking aid and asking for help like what occurred among the people Nuh (peace be upon him) regarding the pious. They said, ”You shall not leave your gods, nor shall you leave Wadd, Suwa, Yaghuth, Ya’uq nor Nasr (names of the idols).” [Soorah Nuh (71):23]

Such is also the case of the grave-worshippers of today in many countries.

5. Negligence in pondering over the universal and Qur’aanic Ayaat (Proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah while being overwhelmed by the facts and figures of the material civilization – until  people think that this is from man’s ability alone. They glorify man and attribute these accomplishment to man’s endeavors and experiments alone – as Qaroon said, ”This has been given to me only because of knowledge I possess.” [Soorah al-Qasas (28): 78] and as man says, ”This is  for me (due to my merit).” [Soorah Fussilat (41): 50] ”Only because of knowledge (that I possess) I obtained it.” [Soorah az-Zumar (39): 49]

They do not ponder or look at the glory of the One, Who originated this  universe and bestowed in it these magnificent wonders. He Who originated man and conferred upon him the ability to derive and utilize these  benefits. ”Allah has created you and what you make!” [Soorah as-Saffat (37): 96] ”Do they not look in the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all things that Allah has created.” [Soorah al-A’raf (7):185]

”Allah is He, Who has created the heavens and the earth and He sends  down water (rain) from the sky and thereby brought fruits as provision for you. He has made the ships to be of service to you – so that they may sail through the sea by His Command.

He has made rivers (also) to be of service to you. He has made the sun and the moon – both constantly pursuing their courses – to be of service to you. He gave you of all that you asked for and if you count the Blessings of Allah, never will you be able to count them.” [Soorah Ibraheem (14): 32- 34]

See this chapter in kitab at Tawheed.

6. Houses have become empty of the, correct guidelines.

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, ”Every child is born upon Fitrah (natural inborn instinct which recognizes Allah) but his parents make him a Jew, a Christian or a fire-worshipper.” [Agreed upon] Parents thus play a big role in setting right the child’s way of life.

7.    Lack of importance for the means of teaching and spreading (Islamic) knowledge in most of the Islamic world. More often, the methods of teaching do not give much importance to the religious parts or they are careless in this regard from the start.

The means of transmitting knowledge whether textual, audio-visual or verbal have mostly become tools of destruction and misguidance or they  are more involved in material and entertaining obsessions. People do not  care about building (good) character, instilling the correct Aqeedah or combating misguided trends until there arises a generation who is  defenseless against misguidance.

[End quote  ”What you must believe about your Creator’ by (Shaykh Salih Uthaymeen Rahimahullah]

Shaykh Salih ibn Uthaymeen (Rahimahullah) additionally writes in ‘What you must believe about your Creator’. The means of avoiding deviation.

1. Returning to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger to derive the correct Aqeedah just like as-Salaf as-Saleh. ”The later part of this Ummah will not be corrected except by that which corrected its earliest part’

With this (it is also necessary to be) aware of the beliefs of the deviant groups. To know their doubts in order to refute them and warn against them – because he who does not know evil, tends to fall into it.

2. Giving importance to teaching the correct Aqeedah -the Aqeedah of as-Salaf as-Saleh – in different educational levels and giving it ample share of the syllabus and arranging precise examinations on the subject.

3. Organizing  study of pure books of the Salaf and staying far from books of deviant groups like the Sufis, the innovators, the Jahmiyyah, the Mu’tazilah, the Ash’aris, the Maturidis and others- except for knowing (their deviation) so as to refute what is in them of falsehood and warn against them.

4.  Establishing Duat (callers) who revive the Aqeedah of the Salaf for the people and and refute misguidance of the deviated groups.”

[End Quote:  ”What you must believe about your Creator’ by Shaykh Salih ibn Uthaymeen Rahimahullah]

Below taken directly from here

It is reported that ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

The people will remain upon goodness as long as knowledge comes to them from the Companions of Allāh’s Messenger – Allāh’s praise and peace be upon him, and from their seniors. But when knowledge comes to them from their minors, that is when they will be destroyed.

Ibn ‘Abd Al-Barr, Jāmi’ Bayān Al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi article 1060.

Note
Being upon a good and right path is based on following the knowledge of the Companions and seniors: scholars and people who adhere to the Sunnah, whereas taking knowledge from minors like ignorants and heretics is a sign of destruction.

[End Quote]

Each one of us need to look to whom we take our Deen from as said by Imaam Muhammad bin Seereen (Rahimahullah).

“Indeed this ‘Ilm (knowledge) is the Deen (Religion) so look and see from whom you are taking your religion.”

Condition of the Sun on the Day of Judgement

Abu Umamah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said “On the Day of Judgement, the sun will draw near [to the people] until it is a mile or two away from them. Its heat will be increased to such a level from which insects will boil similar to how [liquids] boil in a pot. People will be submersed in sweat based upon the amount of their wrongdoings. From among them there will be those whose sweat will come up to their two knees. From among them there will be those whose sweat will come up to their groins. From among them there will be those who will be bridled in sweat” (Ahmed in his Musnad, 5/124)

Ibn Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “How can I rejoice when the Angel assigned to blow in the Horn has put the Horn in his mouth (prepared to blow in it) and lowered his forehead attentively [waiting to] hear the command [of Allah] so he blows into it” The companions said: ‘What should we say?’ He said: ‘Say: Allah (Alone) is sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposers of affairs (for us) and upon Him we fully rely” (Ahmed in his Musnad)

Ibn ‘Umar related: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: ”[Intoxicating] Alcohol has been cursed from ten aspects; its essence is cursed, the one who drinks it, the one who pours it for others, the one who sells it, the one who buys it, the one who makes it, the one who it is made for, the one who carries it, the one who it is carried to and the one who consumes the money from its sale.”  (Ahmed in his Musnad)

Horrors of the Grave

Disturbers of the Heart by Ibn al Jawzi. You will be able to download a copy of this here in sha’Allah: Heart

Hudhayfah related: “We were with the Prophet (SAW) at a funeral and when we arrived at the grave [in which the deceased was to be buried] he sat down on its edge and looked repeatedly in it then said: “The believer shall be squeezed in the grave; a squeeze from which his bones will be broken, while the grave of a disbeliever shall be filled with fire” (Ahmed in his Musnad (5/407)

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “When a funeral is ready and the men carry the deceased on their necks (shoulders), if it was pious then it will say, ‘Present me quickly’, and if it was not pious, then it will say, ‘Woe to it (me), where are they taking it (me)? And its voice is heard by everything except mankind and we’re they to hear it they would fall unconscious.” (Sahih al-Bukhari (2/108,124)

Portrayal from the punishment of the grave

Samurah ibn Jundub narrated “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said to us: ‘Last night, two angels came to me, and woke me up and said: ‘Let’s go!’ I set out with them, and we came across a man who was lying down, with another man standing over him, holding a big rock. He threw the rock  at a man’s head, smashing it. The rock rolled away, and the one who had thrown it followed it, and picked it up. By the time he came back to the man, his head had been restored to its former state. Then he (the one who had thrown the rock) did the same as he had done before. I said to my two companions, ‘Subhan ‘Allah! Who are these two persons?’ They said, ‘Move on!’ So we went on, and came to a man who was  lying flat on his back, with another man standing over him, holding an iron hook. He put the hook in the man’s mouth and tore off that side of his face to the back (of his neck), and he tore his nose and his from front to back in a similar manner. Then he turned to the other side of the man’s face and did likewise. No sooner had he finished the second side but the first side was restored to its former state, then he went back and did the same thing again. I said to my two companions, ”Who are these two persons?’ They said, ‘Move on!’ So we went on, and came to something like a tannur (a kind of oven, lined with clay, usually used for baking bread). We looked into it and saw naked men and women. A flame of fire was reaching them from underneath, and when it reached them, they cried out loudly. I asked them, ‘Who are these?’ They said to me, ‘Move on!’ So we went on and came to a river. In the river there was a man swimming, and on the bank there was a man who had gathered many stones. Whilst the swimmer was swimming, the man who had gathered the stones approached him. The swimmer opened his mouth  and the man on the bank threw a stone into it, then the swimmer carried on swimming. Each time he came back.  he opened his mouth again, and the man on the bank threw another stone into his mouth. They said to me: The first man you came across, whose head was being smashed with the rock, is the man who studies the Qur’an then he neither recites nor acts upon it, and he goes to sleep, neglecting the obligatory prayers. The man you came across whose mouth, nose and ears were being torn from front to back, is the man who goes out of his house in the morning and tells a lie that is so serious that it spreads all over the world. The naked men and women whom you saw in a structure that resembled an oven are the adulterers and adulteresses. The man you saw swimming in the river with rocks being thrown into his mouth is the one who consumed riba (usury).

Sahl ibn Sa’d narrated that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: ‘A man may do the deeds of [the people of] Paradise, or so it may seem to the people, although he is one of the people of Hell, and a may do the deeds of [the people of] Hell, or so it may seem to the people, although he is one of the people of Paradise. [The determining factor of] deeds depends on what the last of them will be’ (Sahih Bukhari and Muslim)

Depiction from the Lives of the (Salaf) Righteous Predecessors

Directly taken from Disturbers of the Heart by Ibn al Jawzi. You will be able to download a copy of this here in sha’Allah: Heart

Abdul Rahman Ibn Mahdi related: “Sufyan died at my place. When he was on his deathbed and the agonies of death became severe, he started to cry. One man said to him: ‘O Abu ‘Abdullah, is this because you have seemingly, committed too many sins?’ Sufyan then picked up something from the floor and said; ‘By Allah, my sins are less important to me than what I have picked from the floor.  But I fear that Allah might take away my iman from me right before I die” (Hilyah al Awliyah)

Ibn Abjar “When Sufyan was dying he said to me: “O Ibn Abjar,  I am as you can see, so look after those who visit me.’  I then brought him a group of people amongst them was Hammad Ibn Salamah who stood right next to his head. Sufyan then exhaled, upon which Hammad said “Glad tiding is to you, for you overcome what you feared and soon you will meet an Oft – Forgiving Lord.’ Sufyan said ‘O Abu Salamah, do you think Allah will forgive a person like me?’ He replied: ‘Indeed, by the One Who there is no deity worthy of worship except Him’. After hearing this, Sufyan appeared less stressed and eased.” (Hilyah al awliyah, 6/251)

Ibrahim Ibn ‘Isa al-Yashkari said: ” I have never met a person with more lasting sadness than al-Hasan. Every time I see him,  I would think a calamity has just befallen him”.(Al Zuhd of Imam Ahmed, 316)

Yazid Ibn Hawshab said ”I have not seen a person more fearful than al-Hasan and ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul Aziz. [their extreme state of fear from Allah would give you the impression] that Hell was only created for both of them.”

Qasim al-Khawwas narrated that Muhammed Ibn Wasi’ said to a man: ”What made you cry is the pre-knowledge of Allah, Exalted is He, about you” (Siyar al-A’lam al Nubula’ (6/121)

‘Amarah Ibn Zhadhan related: Kahmas Ibn al-Hasan said to me: ”I committed a sin for which I have been crying in regret for forty years”.  I asked: ‘What was it?’ He said: ‘A friend of mine visited me once so I bought for him a fish (to serve it to him). After he ate I stood up and took a piece of mud from the wall of my neighbour so he can use to wash his hand.  This sin [taking the piece of  mud without asking the permission of my neighbour] is what I have been crying about for forty years”(Hilyah al Awliyah, 6/211)

Sudden Death

There have been many incidents in which people suddenly die in circumstances that portend evil; such case have often been witnessed by righteous, whose faith increased in consequence, thus making them more prepared for the Hereafter. For example Ibn Rajab related from ‘Abdul – Aziz bin Abi Rawwad, who said

“I was with a man who was dying and who was being prompted to say the Shahadah: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah. His last words were, ‘ He is a disbeliever by what you say.‘ I asked about him and found out that he was an alcoholic.“

‘Abdul-Aziz said,

“Protect yourselves from sins, for it were sins that were his ruin”

Qurtubi related from Rabi’ bin Sabrah bin Ma’bad Al Juhani, a pious person from Basrah:

“I met people from Sham who reported that it was said to a man who was dying ‘Say: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah’ and his response was, ‘I drink (alcohol), so give me something to drink’

And Ibn Qayyim (Rahimahullah) related in Al-Jawab Al-Kafi

“It has been said to some of them, ‘’Say: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.’ They answered, ‘Ahh Ahh, I am not able to say it.”

(Gems and Jewels, Wise sayings, Interesting Events & Moral lessons from Islamic History. Compiled by Abdul-Malik Mujahid, pg 95)

Reckon yourself before you are reckoned by Allah on the day of Judgement

Al-Hasan al Basri said:

“He among mankind who will receive the least reckoning on the Day of Judgment, is he who reckons his own self in the life of the world for Allah’s sake. He who contemplate his intentions and actions; if whatever he has intended is for Allah’s sake, he persists in it, otherwise he refrains from doing it. Verily, reckoning on the Day of Judgment becomes heavy for those who were hasty in this life and did not hold themselves accountable. They will find that Allah has counted their deeds, including what equals an atom.” (Life is a Fading Shadow, by Abdul-Malik Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman al-Qasim, p.50 [English translated version])

Allah says

“Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.” (Surah Ali Imran, 3:185)

The Exemplary Principles Concerning the Beautiful Names & Attributes of Allaah

1. The Two Important Principles Concerning Allaah’s Names

    Al-Qawaa`id Al-Muthlaa – Shaykh Ibn Al-`Uthaymeen (Rahimahullaah)

02 – Two Important Principles Concerning Allaah’s Names

By Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson

Notes by Umm Sufyaan Fatimah – Istijabah.com

The First  Principle  – “All Of Allaah’s Names Are Beautiful”
The Second Principle  “They Are Both Titles And Descriptions“

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Class 02 – Two Important Principles Concerning Allaah’s Names [PDF]

2. Allaah’s Names Are Tawqeefiyyah

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Al-Qawaa`id Al-Muthlaa
Shaykh Ibn Al-`Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah)The FifthPrinciple
Allaah’s Names Are Tawqeefiyyah
By Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson,
Notes by Umm Sufyaan Fatimah @ istijabah.com

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            Allaah’s Names are tawqeefiyyah – Qawaid Muthla – Moosa richardson[PDF]

3. Allaah’s Names are not limited to any specific number – Al Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa

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Al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa
Shaykh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah)
Class 05 ~ All of Allaah’s Attributes are Attributes of Perfection
By Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson
Notes by Umm Sufyaan Fatimah @ istijabah.com

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Allaah’s Names are not limited to any specific number – Al-Qawaaid al-Muthlaa [PDF]

4. The deviations from the correct belief (ilhad) regarding the names of Allaah – Al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa

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Al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa – Shaykh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah)
From :Class 04 ~ “They are not limited to a set number…”
By Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson
Notes by Umm Sufyaan Fatimah

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The deviations from the correct belief (ilhad) regarding the names of Allaah – Al-Qawaaid al-Muthlaa – Moosa Richardson [PDF]

5. All of Allaah’s Attributes are Attributes of Perfection – Al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa

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Al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa Shaykh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah)
Class 05 ~ All of Allaah’s Attributes are Attributes of Perfection
By Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson
Notes by Umm Sufyaan Fatimah @ istijabah.com

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All of Allaah’s Attributes are Attributes of Perfection – Al-Qawaaid al-Muthlaa [PDF]

6. Knowledge of Allaah’s Attributes is More Expansive than Knowledge of His Names – Shaykh Uthaymeen

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                                The Second Principle : Concerning Allaah’s Attributes                         Knowledge of Allaah’s Attributes is More Expansive than Knowledge of His Names Al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa – Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen (Rahimahullaah)

By Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson
Notes by Umm Sufyaan Faatimah

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Knowledge of Allaah’s Attributes is More Expansive than Knowledge of His Names [PDF – 11 Pages]

7. Points of Wisdom Behind the Negation of Certain Attributes – al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa

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al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa

Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen (Rahimahullaah)

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4th Principle – Points of Wisdom Behind the Negation of Certain Attributes [PDF]

By Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson

8. Allah’s Attributes Can Be Divided Into Two Kinds – Permanent, Continuous Attributes And Chosen Actions [al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa]

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Al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa
By Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen (Rahimahullaah)

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The Fifth Principle Concerning Allaah’s Attributes
They Can Be Divided Into Two Kinds – Permanent, Continuous Attributes And Chosen Actions [PDF]

By Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson

9. The Attributes of allaah are Tawqeefiyyah – There is no place for intellectual free-thinking regarding them – al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa 

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al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa

By Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah)

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The Seventh principle concerning Allaah’s attributes
The Attributes of allaah are Tawqeefiyyah :
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10.The Dangers Of Tamtheel And Takyeef – al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa

Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem

al-Qawaa`id al-Muthlaa – by Shaykh Saalih al-`Uthaymeen (Rahimahullah)
Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson Class 08

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Chapter 3: Five Categories of Patience

You will be able to download this in the resources in sha’Allah. The book is called “Patience and Gratitude” by Ibn Jawziyyah Rahimahullah. An Abridged translation of uddat-as sabrin wa dhakirat as-shakirin

Patience can also be divided into categories following the five categories of deeds, namely wâjib(obligatory), mandûb (encouraged), mahdhûr (forbidden),makrûh (disliked) and mubâh (permissible).

Obligatory (wâjib) patience

1. Patience in abstaining from forbidden (harâm) things and actions,

2. Patience in carrying out obligatory deeds,

3. Patience in facing adversity which is beyond one’s control, such as illness, poverty, etc.

Encouraged (mandûb) patience

1. Patience in abstaining from disliked (makrûh) things,

2. Patience in performing acts of worship which are liked and encouraged (mustahabb)

3. Patience in refraining from taking revenge.

Forbidden (mahdhûr) patience

1. Patience in abstaining from food and drink until death.

2. Patience in abstaining from eating harâm meat, carrion and blood, when the alternative is death and starvation. Tawus and Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, “Whoever has no choice but to eat carrion, harâm meat and blood, but refuses to eat it and dies as a consequence, will enter Hell.”

3. Patience in refraining from begging. There is a dispute as to whether begging from people is forbidden or permissible. Imam Ahmad said that this kind of patience and abstention is allowed. He was asked, “What if a person fears that if he does not do this, he will die?” Imam Ahmad answered, “No, he will not die. Allâh will send him his due provision (rizq).” Imam Ahmad did not allow begging: when Allâh knows the need of a person and his sincerity in abstaining from begging, Allâh will send him rizq. Other scholars, including some of Imam Ahmad’s companions and Imam ash-Shafi‘î said, “It is obligatory on such a person to beg, and if he did not beg, than he would be a wrongdoer, because by begging he protects himself from death.”

4. Patience in enduring things that may lead to death, such as predators, snakes, fire and water.

5. Patience at times of fitnah when the Muslims are fighting Muslims. Patience in abstaining from fighting at such a time, when Muslims are killing Muslims, is mubâh (permissible), indeed it is mustahabb (liked and preferred). When the Prophet (SAAS) was asked about this, he said, “Be likethe better of the two sons of Ādam.” In other, similar reports he said, “Be like the slave of Allâh who was killed, and not like the one who has killed,” and “let him (the killer) carry his own wrong action and your wrong action.” In another report, he said, “If the sword is too bright, put your hand on your face.” Allâh has told us the story of the better of the two sons of Ādam, and how he surrendered himself and did not fight back, and how Allâh commended him for that. This is different to the case when Muslims are fighting kâfirûn: in that situation the Muslim has to defend himself, because the meaning of Jihad is to defend himself and Islâm.

Disliked (makrûh) patience

1. Patience in abstaining from physical appetites (food, drink, sex) to the extent of causing damage to one’s health.

2. Patience in doing a makrûh deed.

Permissible (mubâh) patience

Patience in abstaining from mubâh deeds.

The types of Reaching Allah

Source: “The Journey to Allah”  – Ibn Rajab al Hanbali (Rahimahullah). You will be able to download this in the resources. in sha’Allah

5.4 The Types of Reaching Allah

Reaching Allah is of two types, one that occurs in this world and one that occurs in the Hereafter. The meaning of reaching in this is that the attains cognisance of Him, and when it does so, it loves Him,  takes solace with Him, realises his closeness to it, and finds him readily answering its supplications. One narration mentions, “Son of Adam, seek Me and you will find Me. When you find Me you will have found everything, and if you do not find Me,  you will have lost everything.”

Seek Us and you will find Us.
In hearts large enough to contain Us:
Patient and content
With all that comes to them from Us

Dhu’l -Nun would go out by night and frequently look up at the sky and say the following lines of poetry until morning,

Seek for yourselves
The likes of what I have found
I have found a place of rest wherein
He never falters in His love
If I move away, He draws me close
And if I move closer, He draws nigh.
(Abu Nu’Aym, vol 9, p. 357)

Reaching in the Hereafter means entering Paradise: the abode of Allah’s grace. However Paradise if many levels and the closeness of its inhabitant to Allah will depend upon the cognisance realised in their hearts in this world, their closeness and their witnessing.

         And you will be three kinds: (First) the Companions of the Right Hand;                 what of the Companions of the Right? And (then) the Companions of the Left Hand; what of the Companions of the Left Hand? And the Foremost in the race, the Foremost in the race: They are they who will be brought nigh.
(al -Waqi’ah (56): 7-11)

While in his house, Shibli would become agitated and recite the following couplets,

One cannot be patient when You are afar
When to closeness is he familiar.
From You one cannot suffer being veiled
When in love is he immersed
Even if the eye does not see You,
For sure the heart beholds You