Monthly Archives: November 2009

BismiLlah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim,

Narrated ‘Iyadh ibn Himaar radhi Allahu ‘anhu, the Prophet sallAllahu ‘alayhi wassalam said, “Allah has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one oppresses another and boasts over another.” [Sunan Abi Dawud]

“…you must be humble…”

Al-’Azizi said, “Humility is to completely surrender to the truth.” It was said, “It is lowering of the wings to the creation and leniency.” And it was said, “Acceptance of the truth from the elders or young ones, nobles or weak ones.”

“…boasts over another …”

Boasting is claiming superiority, glorification and nobility. ['Awn al-Ma'bud Sharh Sunan Abi Dawud]

BismiLlah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim

Abdullah bin Masud radhi Allahu ‘Anhu said, “The one who memorises the Qur’an must be known by the nights when people are sleeping. By his days when people are eating. By his sadness when people are rejoicing. By his weeping when people are laughing. By his silence when people are indulged in vain talk. And by his humility when people are boasting.” [Mukhtasar at-Tibyaan fi Adaab Hamalaat al-Qur’aan]

BismiLlah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim

Al-Qaadhi Ibn Rushd rahimahuLlah divided the Sunnah in the Maliki view into four categories according to the strength of its methods of transmission and subject matter:

1)A Sunnah whose rejection is a mark of disbelief. If someone does reject it they are asked to repent. If they do not, they are to be killed as unbelievers. This applies to Sunnahs which have been transmitted by multiple transmission (mutawaatir). Acquiring knowledge of such Sunnah is obligatory: like wine being inlawful, the prayers being five, the Messenger of Allah sallAllahu ‘alayhi wassalam commanding the call of adhaan, and other similar things.

2)A Sunnah which only people of deviation, error and enial reject and which all the People of the Sunah agree to be sound: auch as he hadith of intercession, the Vision, the punishment in the grave, and similar things connected with faith, even if they are not mutawaatir in their isnaad.

3)A Sunnah which it is obligatory to know and to act on, even if some of the opponents of the People of Sunnah oppose it. Such as wiping over the socks, because it is known that it is acted upon by the vast majority of the Muslims and it is opponents are very few.

4)A Sunnah which it is obligatory to act on, being one which is transmitted by a reliable source from a reliable source. They are numerous in all categories of law and it is obligatory to act by them. An example of this is judging by the testimony of two witnesses of good character, even if they might lie or be suspect in their testimony. [The Four Imams, page 93]

BismiLlah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim

Abu Umamah radhi Allahu ‘anhu said, “Whoever loves for Allah, detests for Allah, gave for Allah and forbade (evil) for Allah, has completed his Iman.” [Al-Ikhwan 1/19 by al-Haafidh Ibn Abid-Dunya rahimahuLlah]

BismiLlah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim

And It is narrated from Prophet sallaLlahu ‘alayhi wassalam who said, “When a slave commits a sin, repents to Allah and perfects his repentance, Allah accepts all good actions from him. And forgives all the sins he has committed, raises him a degree in Paradise for each sin. Allah gives him for each good deed a palace in Paradise and marries him off to a Hur from amongst the Hur al-’Ayn.” [Bahr al-Dumu' by al-Imam Ibn al-Jawz i rahimahuLlah]