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Golden, Yet Concise - Effects of Kaffarah

In the Name of Allah, the most Gracious and the most Merciful The best of Praises and Thanks belongs to Allah, the Lord of all that has been created, all that is being created, all that will created and all that was not created were they to be created. He is the Most Merciful and His Mercy encompasses all. I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad SAW is His servant and Messenger. May the Salutations, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon the Messenger SAW, his household, his companions and the entire ummah until the day when there shall be no shade except the shade of the Owner of the Throne. Alhamdu-liLlah, we have been blessed with another opportunity to learn from the scholars that Allah has blessed this ummah with. Righteous scholars who have dedicated their lives to the authentic teachings of the Prophet SAW. Amongst these righteous scholars are Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah and Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhaylee, may Allah have mercy on...

Golden, Yet Concise - Good deeds wipe off Sins

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful The best Praises and Thanks deservedly belong to Allah SWA, the Lord of the entire Universe. He is the Most High and Praised shall He remain in all situations. He is the Possessor of great bounties and the Owner of unfathomable wisdom. We testify that there is no deity who deserves to be worshipped except Him and that Muhammad SAW is His Prophet and Messenger. May the Blessings, Peace and Salutations of Allah be upon the Noble Prophet SAW, his household, his companions, and his nation till the day when there shall be no shade except the shade of the Most Merciful. May Allah put us under His shade on the Day of Judgment. Aameen. Alhamdu-liLlah, Allah has brought us this far, in our previous post we talked a lot about the admonishing of the Prophet SAW to Muadh RA in which he SAW begun with, “Fear Allah wherever you are…” we said a lot about it based on the explanations of Duktuur Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayliyy may ...

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful Praise be to Allah, as much as He Pleases and as befits His Majesty. We testify that none deserves to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad SAW is His servant and Messenger. We ask Allah to bestow His Salutations and Peace upon His Messenger SAW, his household, companions and the entire Ummah as long as winds come before rains and thunder comes after lightening. We begin by first asking Allah, SWA, to Forgive us our sins and the sins of the entire Muslim Ummah and also the sins of those who preceded us in the journey to the hereafter.  Moving straight to our discussion for this session we shall pose the question which is also the topic of our discussion: Is Istighfaar (seeking forgiveness) beneficial without Tawbah (repentance)? Some of the scholars have the view that Istighfaar is the path towards Tawbah and that it is not beneficial to the one who is persistent upon the sin and, thus, i...

Issues Relating to the Month of Sha'abaan

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful The Best of Praises belong to Allah. The Best Praises belong to Allah, the Originator of the Universe and the Forgiver of the sins of the most evil person if he seeks His forgiveness. We praise Him, we seek His Help and we seek His Forgiveness. We seek His protection from the evil of ourselves and our wrong doings. He whom Allah guides, no one can lead astray and he whom Allah misguides, no one can grant guidance. I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad SAW is his servant and Messenger. May the salutations, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, his household, his companions and the entire Ummah till clouds stop coming before rain and thunder stops coming after lightening. Servants of Allah, may Allah guide us and forgive us our sins. We have been blessed by Allah for being able to witness this day in the month Sha’ban. Alhamdu-liLlah, a few days of this month has passed ...