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-Adam (as) was not sent to earth as a punishment.
*not* of Allah (swt).
-Adam (as) was sent to earth as a khalifa - someone who will proceed one after the other - in terms of having children and also prophers coming afterwards. This is the classical meaning.
The other meaning is a political meaning. However this is problematic because Allah does not need an intermediary to exercise his control - He has direct control. Even the sahaba called themselves the Khalifa of the messenger
The political meaning had come about in the last 100yrs after the political frustration faced by Muslims and is a[b] misinterpretation/innacurate. [/b]The word khilafa has never been used in the Quran as an Islamic state. The word Khalifa has come up a handful of times e.g with Adam and Dawud (as).
Bayyinah podcast, Surah Baqarah, ayah 30
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Still reading the trans of Surah al baqra - Verse 177 caught my attention and made me think that even though i may perform daily prayers and fulfill other fards...am i really doing it with sincere intentions or has it just become something routine.
Allah says in verse 177:
It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, and each and every act of obedience to Allah, etc.) that you turn your faces towards east and (or) west (in prayers); but Al-Birr is (the quality of) the one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book, the Prophets and gives his wealth, in spite of love for it, to the kinsfolk, to the orphans, and to Al-Masakin (the poor), and to the wayfarer, and to those who ask, and to set slaves free, performs As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat ), and gives the Zakat, and who fulfil their covenant when they make it, and who are patient in extreme poverty and ailment (disease) and at the time of fighting (during the battles). Such are the people of the truth and they are Al-Muttaqun
[tafsir - Mohsin Khan available in the signature link]
This one ayah as short as it is, sets out if we perform good actions with sincerity and have patience in times of hardship, then surely Allah will honor the people with pure intentions and those who carry out goods deeds such as helping orphans with the title of Al-Muttaqun.
In reading the Qur'an i've come to realise more and more, Allah has made the deen easy for us alhamdulillah, yet perhaps its our nafs and in times of laziness that..i personally forget the many favours of Allah swt and how easy it is to turn back to him...yet still seem to fail even in doing that.
May Allah honor us all with the title of Al-Muttaqun on the day of judgement, ameen.
Day 5
The Arabic word aql I.e intelligence means to have self control (if you look at the root, it comes from the word to tie) That's probably not explained very well but basically it suggests that a person who has self-control is intelligent. I found that interesting. That's from a bayyinah podcast on Surah Baqarah, not sure of the ayah, something between 31-50 :/
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and then what the Bani Israel did, how they turned their back on the message and the wrong they did is a lesson for us. It shows us how *not* to be!
Prophet Musa (as) is mentioned the most in the Quran because he is a great example for us, he was given a message very similar to our Prophet
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A person who tries to logically explain the reason for disobeying Allah is following Iblis. For Iblis tried to reason why he disobeyed Allah by saying he was creating from fire- as if that makes him superior and so rationally he could disobey Allah. Of course that's not rational at all, if Allah tells us to do something, there's no way we can make out it's ok not to do it.
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Day 6
Prophet Ibrahim (as) was the first person ever to have white hair!
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"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Day 7
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Day 8
All the holy books sent by Allah were first sent in Ramadhan.
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Day 9:
Eating at Sehri is better than not eating at Sehri
[b]Day 9[/b]
jahil (ignorant) also means to not be able to restrain oneself. It's the the opposite of aqil -restraining your self which forms the word aql as I mentioned before.
When we start joking about things it shows we no longer take things seriously. So we shouldn't joke about things Which are seriously wrong in Islam!
Bayyinah podcast surah baqarah ayah 67-68
The cow Allah asks the Jewish people to slaughter is meant to be yellow in colour!
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
There are two acts that no Muslim worshiper does consistently but that he will enter Jannah. And though they are easy , only few people perform them:
So who among you would commit two thousand five hundred sins in one day( to counter that)?
The Prophet then added:
Satan comes to a person while he is ready to sleep, and makes him fall asleep before he finishes saying them; and he comes to him after the prayer and reminds him of something he needs to do instead of saying them.
Recorded by Abu Dawud, at Tirmithi and others. Verified to be authentic by al-Albani (Sahih ut Targhib wat-Tarhib)
Day 10
-firstly just like to say since a 1/3 of Ramadan has gone we should evaluate our progress and make sure we continue to improve or increase our motivation if it's gone down ready.
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- surah Baqarah ayah 76-80- Allah explains a wrongdoing of the Bani Israel - they recite their book and learn it by heart without understanding it's meaning. And then make assumptions about what's in it.
That should be a clear warning for us!
-A cold breeze coming from a split second near hell (not even in hell) is extremely torturous and people will think it must be the worst part of hell.
-khadija (ra) passed away on the 10th Ramadan in the 10th yr of prophethood (620 CE) at the age of 65.
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Day 11
2:81Few things about this ayah:
1)If someone is addicted to a sin and doesn't try to let go of it but instead thinks doing a whole of other good deeds will "balance it out", it can still lead to the hellfire.
recognised these good qualities too and in his dua to Allah asked for either him or Umar (ra) to accept Islam. However his one sin on arrogance led him to be such a great enemy of Islam.
2) The word encompassed, or as the translation NAK used, engulfed, also shows that a person can have good qualities but one sin can lead them doing more and more sins and leading them to the hellfire. For example Abu Jahl, before the message of Islam came, was known as someone with wisdom - even given the name Abu al hakam, and he used to be known for keeping his word and was also a philanthropist. The prophet
The next ayah reminds the believer what leads to heaven -imaan and a good deeds.
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Day 12
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Day 12
Hadith: What is little but sufficient is better than that which is abundant but causes heedlessness (Ibn Ḥibbān).
Day 13
Awesome or what?! Count yourself blessed if you have an older brother or if you are one!
'The right of an elder brother over the younger ones is like the right of the father over his children' (Bayhaqī).
Older brothers act like fathers without being told they have this right.
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Haha
It doesn't work out well.
So basically... Not only does ones father have right to said persons wealth before that person, but you're saying now the older brother has dibbs too?
So something that's mine (money, cars, houses etc) I'm third in line in terms of "rights" to use it?
Are you sure?
I don't actually understand what your asking. If something is yours (money, cars, houses), you have all rights over it because its yours, right? It doesn't belong to your father or brothers in the first place?
Is it not the case that as long as the Father (or older brother as head of household) is alive, they have more right over your posessions than you do?
I don't know too much about this topic, but i did find this:
It was narrated from Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah that a man said: 'O Messenger of Allaah, I have wealth and children, but my father wants to take all my wealth'. He said, 'You and your wealth are for your father'. (Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 2291; Ibn Hibbaan in his Saheeh, 2/142 from the hadeeth of Jaabir, and 2922; Ahmad, 6902 from the hadeeth of ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr).
Then again, in Arabic, 'for your father' is 'li abeeka'. Some say that the 'laam' does not mean possession but it means permission. I also found this: One of the things which indicate that it does not mean possession is the fact that the son’s children, wife and mother can inherit from him. If his wealth were the property of his father, no one would be able to take his property except the father.
This right should be observed and implemented in order to strengthen the ties of brotherhood within the single family and to guarantee its survival as a strong and well-knit structure if and when it goes through a rough patch.
No, what is yours, is yours. Obviously if you're young, you're parents will be in control of it but they need to spend it on you and use it wisely.
As for the Hadith, havin a right over you, *I think* means they can tell you what to do, etc and along with that would come the responsibility of looking after the younger kids. However to understand it correctly/properly it needs explanation from a scholar.
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Is there an in-house Scholar who can help.
This issue is the sole cause of a lot of suffering in my life.
I didn't mind when I wasn't married, I didn't even really mind before I had children. But now that I have two kids it's going a little too far and I NEED answers.
I spoke to three imams and two said that I right in protecting what's mine for the sake of my wife and kids and one of them said "as long as your dad is alive he owns everything and none of it is yours"
I would've thought that if you do need your own earnings and wealth for the sake of your wife and kids, then it would make sense to keep it.
That one imam sounds very wrong. Even little kids are supposed to be given what they are owed/what is theirs.
Send a text to the new Q&A service? or an email to the editor
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
From a made up email address (or a PAYG mobile number) so he doesn't know who I really am?
Lol if u wish...you're gna have to set up another email address as a made up one won't work :S
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Today i re-realised that - We make life so much harder for ourselves.
i learn at quran class the story behind thehadith of "ur wealth and urself belong to ir dad" basically the son and went and told the prophet sallallahualaihiwassalam abt hisdad. prophet sallallahualaihiwassalaam told him to.call his dad. the dad was like " why wld u do that?! go tell the prophet sallallahualaihiwassalaam!" so he started oing and he was makig up verses in his head. angel Jibril alaihissalaam came to prophet and told him "ask the man abt the verses he was making up in his head" . so when the dad came the prophet sallallahualaihiwassalam told him and the dad was like "hw id u knw i didnt even say it out loud!" he sallallahualaihiwassalam replied thst Allah knws everything. ok thrn thr dad recited thr verses. quite a long poem actually. and it qas basically abt the dad looked after the kid and loved himetc and hw when he grew up he became harsh etc..and he poem was soooo eautiful. at the end f it the propetsallallahualaihiwsssalams beard was dripping with tears. he sallallahualaihiwassalam gt the son and told him that famous sentence.
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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