Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Three White Days for the Month of Shawwaal - Bonus Deeds!

Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,

Just a Reminder, InshaAllah the three white days (13, 14, and 15) for the month of Shawwaal 1432 will be from this Sunday, September 11th - Tuesday, September 13th. Try and fast them if you can.

Prophet (S) said, "Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and then follows it by fasting six days during the month of Shawwaal will be rewarded as if he had fasted the entire year." [Related by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Abu Dawood and Al-Nasaa'ee]

Jareer ibn ‘Abdullaah (rAa) narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Fasting three days of each month is fasting for a lifetime, and ayaam al-beed are the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth." [Al-Nasaa'i; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheel al-Targheeb]

Qatada ibn Milhan said, "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to command us to fast the white days: the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth." [Abu Dawud]

Ibn 'Abbas said, "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) did not fail to fast the white days either when at home or on a journey." [an-Nasa'i]

*****There is a yahoo group titled 'ThreeWhiteDays' that will send email reminders of when these days will be observed for each month.

fi'imanilLah,
Wafā' وفاء Manasrah

Friday, August 5, 2011

upon going out of your home


Whoever says - upon going out of his home: 
"Bismillaah, tawakkaltu 'alaa 'allaah, laa hawla wa laa quwwata 'illaa bil-laahi ta'aala"
I put my trust in Allah, there is neither might nor strength, except by Allah, the Most High
it is said to him:
You have been sufficed, protected, and guided, and the shaytan would move aside from him, then say to another shaytan: What access do you have to a man that has been guided, sufficed, and protected?
[Reported by Abu dawood, An-Nisã’ee , and At-Tirmithi and he said it was comely-sound. Al-Albãni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #44.]

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Reward equal to that of freeing four precious slaves

"He who utters ten times: 
'La ilaha illallahu, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahulmulku wa lahulhamdu, wa Huwa 'ala kulli sha'in Qadir'
There is none worth of worship except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him. His is the sovereignity and His is the praise, and He is Omnipotent.
he will have a reward equal to that for freeing four slaves from the progeny of Prophet Ismail."
[narrated Bukhari and Muslim]

Monday, August 1, 2011

Catch the First Row

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said, 
"If people came to know the blessing of calling Adhan and the standing in the first row, they could do nothing but would draw lots to secure these privileges.''
[narrated Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

[Source: Imam Al-Nawawi's Riyad-us-Saliheen. Chapter 194 - The Excellence of Standing in the First Row]