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In this podcast, the following questions are answered (the text is kept as it was sent in the questions):
1. Is it better to give some spare money u have to a needy cause/charity,or use that same money to pay off a debt? (bearing in mind that the debtor intends on paying the debt off eventually anyway)
2. Can you give voluntary charity to people who are well-off.
3. I suffer from depression – is there an Islamic cure?
4. Is it permissible to recite the Quran while lying down in bed?
Welcome to the first of a series of podcasts by Abu Abdissalam. You can send questions here.
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In this podcast, the following questions are answered:
1. We bought our house with a mortgage with interest. Now we have paid off the mortgage and want to repent, can we live in the house or must we get rid of it?
2. I want to marry my cousin but it turns out that I have been breast fed by her mother. We tried to find out but no-one knows how many times – my aunty said that it was a long time ago and she doesn’t remember. Can I marry her?
3. My father died and left a lot of money in the bank and it accrued interest from the bank before he died. Do I have to throw away the interest or can I take that?
Do you have a contract with Allah that you will live until you can repent? What are the conditions of repentance? What should we do when we sin?
This video is the third episode of the ‘Take Five’ series of short video blogs about Islam, Muslims and general reminders.
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth, before you become old; your health, before you fall sick; your wealth, before you become poor; your free time before you become busy; and your life, before your death.”
What did she do when she was facing problems and debt? How did she turn to? What should we do when faced with trials?
This video is the second episode of the ‘Take Five’ series of short video blogs about Islam, Muslims and general reminders.
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth, before you become old; your health, before you fall sick; your wealth, before you become poor; your free time before you become busy; and your life, before your death.”
What did Hajar say when she was ordered to do something by Allah? Did she say it is impractical, difficult?
This video is the first of the ‘Take Five Before Five’ series of short video blogs about Islam, Muslims and general reminders.
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth, before you become old; your health, before you fall sick; your wealth, before you become poor; your free time before you become busy; and your life, before your death.”
Short reminder videos by Abu ‘Abdissalam will be posted regularly insha Allah on this site. You can subscribe at www.youtube.com/muslimvideoblog or add the RSS feed to your favourites.
The scholars are of two opinions with regards to alcohol based perfumes and the like. Is it permissible to use alcohols for other than getting intoxicated? Are they najis (impure, filthy) or not?
Here are the audio lectures (MP3 format) from the series Heavenly Pearls which was conducted in London in the Summer of 2005. The 34-part series is currently being broadcast on Islam Channel in UK and is an explanation of the Forty Hadith of Imam Al-Nawawi. Continue Reading »
Here are all the lectures from the series Heavenly Pearls which was conducted in London in the Summer of 2005. The 34-part series is currently being broadcast on Islam Channel in UK and is an explanation of the Forty Hadith of Imam Al-Nawawi. Continue Reading »
Regarding music, below are some random thoughts and points:
1) Music is clearly haram by the Qur’an, Sunnah and consensus of the early Muslim scholars:
a) Qur’an
“Do you marvel at this statement, and laugh and do not weep, while you saamidoon? Rather, prostrate before Allah and worship Him [alone].” Al-Najm (59-62)
Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the word ’saamidoon’ in this verse is talking about the mushrikin who would sing and play music loudly whenever they heard the recitation of the Qur’an so they could drown out the sound so others would not hear verses of the Qur’an.
“And there are among men those who purchase idle talk in order to mislead others from Allah’s path without knowledge, and who throw ridicule upon it. For such there will be a humiliating punishment.” Luqman (6)
Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the phrase “Lahw al-hadith” as “Huwa al-ginaa wa ashbahuhu” (it is music and the like). Hasan Basri rahimahullah, who died in 110AH, said that this ayah was revealed about music and the flute. In fact, the great scholar Mak-hul said, “Because of this ayah, I will not read the Salah al-Janazah over the one who buys a singing girl to sing and amuse him and continues this till he dies.” Continue Reading »
Here are a few brief points regarding the issue of halal meat. These are just random thoughts and issues in response to a few questions related to this topic and are not in any particular order.
1) Islam is built on ease. This is something that Allah likes – he does not like hardship. Allah says:
“Allah likes (yureed) for you ease and does not like (laa yureed) hardship for you”
It is also the sunnah of the Prophet sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam who, as stated in the hadith, “was not given the choice between two matters except that he took the easiest of the two as long as it was not a sin.”
2) This is a very emotional issue – the issue of halal meat as well as the issue of the meat from the British people (ahl al kitab?). Continue Reading »
A number of questions have come regarding what dress we should wear as Muslims in Western countries. Here are some brief and random thoughts on the issue:
1) Regarding the dress issue for brothers: this should not be a point of conflict among ourselves and should certainly not be a cause of splitting.
2) As Muslims, we have guidelines for dress code, but not a ‘uniform’ as such. The general rule is that everything that is worn is allowed, unless specifically prohibited by a text from the Qur’an or Sunnah. Also, some types of clothing are favoured more than others by the Shari’ah. Continue Reading »
Today we are continuously being barraged by so called ‘progressive Muslims’ and their attempts at reforming Islam from within, many of whom are being encouraged and indeed influenced from without. Calling for reform has certainly become a quick and easy way of obtaining a platform in major media outlets in the West. It was about a year ago when Whitehall papers that revealed secret plans to win the hearts and minds of British Muslims were leaked to the Sunday Times. Proposals included screening foreign imams prior to allowing entry to Britain while giving a government seal of approval and support to selected moderate clerics in the UK and abroad. The papers included suggestions that the government might fund moderate Islamic newspapers, television and radio stations, and promote young Muslim “ambassadors” to push an Islam-friendly image. It seems apparent that these proposals have taken effect and this attempted state-sponsored morphology of Islam has been put into action. Continue Reading »
How much longer do we have to sit in front of our screens to see nothing but the humiliation of Muslims across the world? Recent happenings in Iraq – from the torture and murder of Iraqi prisoners to the killing of hundreds of civilians in Falluja show us one thing: the US-led war and subsequent occupation of Iraq is a failure.
Doesn’t Allah hear the cry of the Orphans in Afghanistan? Doesn’t Allah see the blood of our brothers in Chechnya? Why are the Muslims so ‘humiliated’? When is the Help and Victory of Allah coming?
This lecture is from the Islamic Network Seminar – Operation: Restoring the Balance.
This moving story of Ka’ab ibnu Malik, and the incident of the Tabuk Expedition, has been a story from which the scholars have deliberated countless teachings to generations of muslims.
…Nobody stayed behind except those who were either hindered by a serious excuse or the hypocrites who told lies to Allâh and His Messenger. Some of those hypocrites’ lingering was due to an excuse based on forgery and delusion. Some others tarried, but didn’t ask for instant permission. But there were three believers who unjustifiably lingered. They were the ones whose faith Allâh tried, but later He returned to them in Mercy and accepted their repentance. One of the believers’ stories is recorded in an authentic hadith, from which generations of Muslim’s have taken lessons, morals and derived great benefit from…
A lecture highlighting the grave consequences of leaving the prayer, and how we should establish the prayer and become steadfast upon it. The speaker discusses (according to the Qur’an and Sunnah) whether the one who leaves the prayer is a Muslim, or has left the fold of Islam?
This lecture highlights how the media has falsely portrayed the Woman. The lecture, simply and clearly, dispels the feminist approach which has been enprinted in the minds of the Muslims and Non-Muslims across the world, clarifying the false notion of the ABSOLUTE equality of man and woman. It provides the ‘little known’ history of the West and Islâm with regards to their treatment of women.
Indeed, is it not the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, and all that is within it, who knows what is best for his subjects? The lecture characterises the true nature of man and woman as told to us by Allâh and His Messenger.
This is an audio series of lectures conducted over two days in an Islamic Network seminar.
It is an Explanation of a book by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdil-Wahhâb: The Three Fundamental Principles (Thalâthatu ‘l-Usûl). The book deals with the three questions asked in the grave: Who is your Lord? What is your dîn? Who is your Prophet?
A series of detailed lectures on the beautiful Names and Attributes of Allâh (Al -’Asmâ was-Sifât). The lectures highlight the importance of understanding the Names and Attributes of Allah and discuss some of the different ways how people have misunderstood this topic. Allâh, subhânû wa ta’âla.
“And to Allah belongs the most beautiful Names, so invoke him by them” Sûrah al-’Arâf:180
Abu 'Abdissalam is a graduate from Dar Al-Hadith Al-Khayriyyah in Makkah. He appears regularly on Islam Channel and Huda TV and is currently a lecturer for Al-Kauthar Institute.
