Lowering Your Gaze On ‘Eid

It is reported on the authority of Al-Wakî’ b. Al-Jarrâh:

We went out one Eid with Sufyân Al-Thawrî and he said, “The first thing we will do on this day of ours is to lower our gaze.”

[Ibn Abî Al-Dunyâ, Kitâb Al-Wara’. Article 66]

It is reported that Hassân b. Abî Sinân – Allâh have mercy on him – went out one Eid and when he returned home his wife said:

“How many beautiful women have you looked at today?”

After she kept asking him, he said:

“Woe to you! I have looked at nothing but my toe from when I went out to when I returned to you.”

[Ibid. Article 68]

Source

Sittings In Ramadhan With Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (Day 30)

مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Thirty
Concluding the Month
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saaleh Al-’Uthaymeen

My brothers: The month of Ramadhan is leaving us, and it is either a witness for you or against you. So whoever ends the month and he did good, then let them praise Allah for that and have glad tidings of much reward, for indeed Allah does not lose the reward of a person who did good.

As for the person who did evil acts, then let them repent to his Lord a sincere repentance, for indeed Allah forgives for whoever repents.

[The Saying Of The Takbeer]

Allah has prescribed for you in the end of this month acts that will bring you closer to Allah and increase your iman, and increase your good deeds. Allah has prescribed for you zakatulfitr, and we spoke about this already, and Allah prescribed for you to make takbeer on the last day once the sun sets until the Eid prayer.

Allah (swt) says, “So that you may finish the month, and make takbeer to Allah for what he has guided you, and so that you may be thankful.”

The takbeer should be said like this: “Allahu Akbar, Allahu akbar, La Illaha Illalah, Allahu akbar, allahu akbar, walilaahilhamd.”

And the men should say it out loud in the mosques, marketplace, and houses. This is to show the greatness of Allah, and to show thankfulness. As for women, they should say it quietly, because they are ordered with modesty and using low voices. There is not a more beautiful sight than to see the people making takbeer of Allah in every place after they finished the month, they fill the places with takbeer and praise seeking the mercy of Allah and scared of His punishment.

[The 'Eid Prayer]

Allah has also prescribed the Eid prayer, and it is a completion to thikr of Allah (swt). The Prophet (saw) ordered both men and women to attend the Eid prayer, even though the house is better for the women, except for the Eid prayer.

Sittings In Ramadhan With Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (Day 29)

مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Twenty-Nine
Repentance
Sheikh Muhammad bin Saleh Al-’Uthaymeen

My brothers: Conclude this month of Ramadhan with repentance to Allah from disobeying Him. And with returning to Him with what pleases Him. Indeed a person will never stop from committing sins, and being deficient. And all of the sons of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those that repent.

[A Few Verses On Forgiveness]

As Allah says, “(And to preach thus), ‘Seek ye the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance; that He may grant you enjoyment, good (and true), for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding grace on all who abound in merit! But if ye turn away, then I fear for you the penalty of a great day.’ ”

And, “Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that your Allah is one Allah, therefore follow the right way to Him and ask His forgiveness; and woe to the polytheists;” And, “and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful.”

And, “O you who believe! turn to Allah a sincere turning; maybe your Lord will remove from you your evil and cause you to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the day on which Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him; their light shall run on before them and on their right hands; they shall say: Our Lord! make perfect for us our light, and grant us protection, surely Thou hast power over all things.”

And, “Surely Allah loves those who turn much (to Him), and He loves those who purify themselves.” And there are many verses that mention repentance.

Sittings In Ramadhan With Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (Day 28)

مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Twenty-Eight
From ZakatulFitr
Sheikh Muhammad bin Saleh Al-’Uthaymeen

My brothers: Indeed this noble month is almost over, so whoever was good in this month, then let them praise Allah, and whoever wasn’t, then let them repent to Allah. Indeed Allah has made it obligatory to end this month with giving the zakatulfitr before the Eid prayer, we will talk in detail about it.

[The Ruling On Zakaat Al-Fitr]

As for its ruling, it is an obligation that was obligated on us from the Prophet Muhammad (saw), and whatever he obligates or orders us, it is taken the same as something obligated on us from Allah (swt). As Allah (swt) says, “Whoever obeys the Messenger then they have indeed obeyed Allah…” And it is an obligation on the young and old, male and female, free man and slave, from the Muslims.

Abdullah bin ‘Umar (ra) said, “The Prophet (saw) made zakatulfitr from Ramadhan obligatory, a sa’ah of dates or barley on the slave, free, male, female, young, and old from the Muslims.” (Agreed upon)

It is not obligatory to be paid on the baby still in the mother’s stomach, but if they pay it for the rewards, then that is okay. ‘Uthman (ra) used to take it. Each person is responsible for paying it on themselves, if they can’t then their family can pay it for them. Whoever can’t afford to give one sa’ah, then they can give less as Allah (swt) says, “Fear Allah as much as you’re able.” And the saying of the Prophet (saw), “If I order you with something, then do it to the best of your ability.” (Agreed upon)

[The Wisdom Behind Zakaat Al-Fitr]

As for the wisdom behind paying zakatulfitr, it is sustenance for the poor, and it will stop them from begging on the day of Eid. They will be able to join the rich people in their happiness, and it will be Eid for everyone. It is also makes a person more generous, and it purifies the person’s fast and completes any deficiencies in it. It also shows a way to thank the blessings bestowed upon us from Allah, for finishing fasting in this month, and worshiping in it.

Sittings in Ramadhan with Shaikh ibn Utheimeen (Day 27)

مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Twenty-Seven:
The Second Type from the Reason of Entering Hell
Sheikh Muhammad bin Saleh Al-’Uthaymeen

My brothers: We spoke last week about many different reasons form the first type of entering Hell and remaining there forever. We will talk about the second type, and this is the reasons that make a person enter hell but will not remain in there forever.

Reason One: Disobeying the parents.

This includes cutting them off, not listening to them, or saying or doing something impermissible to them. Allah says, “And your Lord has commanded that you shall not serve (any) but Him, and goodness to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say not to them (so much as) “Ugh” nor chide them, and speak to them a generous word. And make yourself submissively gentle to them with compassion, and say: O my Lord! have compassion on them, as they brought me up (when I was) little.”

And Allah says, “Give thanks unto Me and unto thy parents. Unto Me is the journeying.”

The Prophet (saw) mentions a person that disobeys the parents as not entering Jannah in Ahmad and Nisaee.

Reason Two: Cutting the relations of the womb.

Sittings in Ramadhan with Shaikh ibn Utheimeen (Day 26)

مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Twenty-Seven:
Reasons for Entering Hell
Muhammad Bin Saleh Al-Uthaymeen

My brothers: know that there are reasons for entering the hellfire, which Allah has clarified in the Qur’an and on the tongue of his Prophet (saw). That is so people may avoid it and protect themselves from it. And these are of two kinds:

First: Causes that make a person a kafir, which take him from eeman to kufr. This obligates upon such a person to abide in hell forever.

Second: Causes that make a person a Faasiq, and he deserves to enter hell, but he will not stay there forever.

We will mention some cases for the first category.

First: To commit shirk, by making a partner to Allah in His rububiyah, uluhiya, or attributes.

So whoever thinks there is another creator partnering with Allah or by himself, or thinks there is another God that deserves worship, or devotes some kind of worship to a false god, or that someone has knowledge, power, etc…, like Allah’s, then this person has committed major shirk, and will abide in hell forever.

Allah says, “But you will see those in whose hearts is a disease hastening towards them, saying: We fear lest a calamity should befall us; but it may be that Allah will bring the victory or a punishment from Himself, so that they shall be regretting on account of what they hid in their souls.”

Second: Kufr in Allah, or his angels, or books, or messengers, or the Day of Judgment, or Qadr.

So whoever disbelieves in one of these either by denying it, or doubting it, then he is kafir, who will stay in hell forever. Allah says, “Surely those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers and (those who) desire to make a distinction between Allah and His messengers and say: We believe in some and disbelieve in others, and desire to take a course between (this and) that. These it is that are truly unbelievers, and We have prepared for the unbelievers a disgraceful chastisement.”

Tafseer Suratul Qadr, By Shaykh As-Sa’dee

Soorah Qadr:

{ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ }

By the Name of Allaah, Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem

إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ

Verily! We have sent it down in the night of Al-Qadr (Merit and/or Decree)

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ

And what will make you comprehend what the Laylatul-Qadr is!

لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ

Laylatul-Qadr is better than a thousand months!

تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ

Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah’s permission, for every affair;

سَلامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ

(The night is) Peace, until the rising of the dawn.

Tafseer:

Verse 1:

The Exalted says –informing of the excellence of The Qur’ân and its elevated status-:

{ إِنَّا أَنزلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ }

Verily! We have sent it down in the night of Al-Qadr (Merit and/or Decree)

Sittings in Ramadhan with Shaikh ibn Utheimeen (Day 25)

مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Twenty-Five:
From the Description of Hell-Fire
Sheikh Muhammad bin Saleh Al-Uthaymeen

My brothers: Allah has warned us in His book about the Hellfire, and informed us about the different punishments it contains, that which terrifies the believer, as a mercy to us so that we may fear Him and be cautious. So listen to what has come in the Qur’an and ahadeeth of it’s punishments so that you may remember. And repent to Allah and submit to him before the punishment comes.

[Description Of Hell From The Quraan]

Allah (swt) says: “Fear the Fire, which is prepared for those who reject Faith.“

“For the Rejecters we have prepared chains, yokes, and a blazing Fire.”

“for the wrong-doers We have prepared a Fire whose (smoke and flames)”

“And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!, To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.”

“The Unbelievers will be led to Hell in crowd: until, when they arrive, there, its gates will be opened.”

“For those who reject their Lord (and Cherisher) is the Penalty of Hell: and evil is (such), Destination. When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath even as it blazes forth Almost bursting with fury: Every time a Group is cast therein, its Keepers will ask, “Did no Warner come to you?” and “On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above them and from below them, and (a Voice) shall say: “Taste ye (the fruits) of your deeds!” “

“They shall have Layers of Fire above them and Layers (of Fire) below them: with this doth Allah warn off his servants: “O My Servants! Then fear ye Me!” ”

Sittings In Ramadhan With Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (Day 24)

مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Twenty-Four
From the Description of the People of Paradise
Sheikh Muhammad bin Saleh Al-’Uthaymeen

My brothers: You heard the description of paradise and its blessings, and what it contains from happiness. By Allah, this is what the people should compete to achieve, and what they should spend their entire lives to seek. As Allah (swt) says, “Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous, those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men; for Allah loves those who do good; And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or wronged their own souls, earnestly bring Allah to mind, and ask for forgiveness for their sins,- and who can forgive sins except Allah.- and are never obstinate in persisting knowingly in (the wrong) they have done.” This is the description of the people of paradise.

First: “the righteous”

These are the ones who fear their Lord, and fear the punishment in the afterlife, and they do what they are commanded obediently, with hopes of being rewarded

Second: “those who spend, whether in prosperity, or in adversity”

These are the ones who spend what is commanded of them from zakah and charity, and spending on those who have a right to the money, and on Jihad and other paths of good. These people spend in prosperity and they do not love the money, and they spend in adversity without fear of needing the money.

Third: “who restrain anger”

They are the ones who control their anger, and when they get angry they don’t harm those around them from their anger.

Sittings In Ramadhan With Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (Day 23)

مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Twenty-Three
From the Description of Paradise may Allah Make us from its Inhabitants
Sheikh Muhammad bin Saleh Al-Uthaymeen

My brothers: Hasten to the forgiveness of your Lord, and to Paradise, whose width is that of the heavens and the earth, it has what no eye has ever seen, nor what any ear has ever heard, nor what has never crossed the mind of any person.

Allaah (swt) says, “The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised!- beneath it flow rivers: perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and the shade therein”.

And, “(Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord.”

And, “But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: “Why, this is what we were fed with before,” for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (for ever).”

And, “And the shades of the (Garden) will come low over them, and the bunches (of fruit), there, will hang low in humility. Goblets of silver are brought round for them, and beakers (as) of glass (Bright as) glass but (made) of silver, which they (themselves) have measured to the measure (of their deeds). There are they watered with a cup whereof the mixture is of Zanjabil, The water of a spring therein, named Salsabil There serve them youths of everlasting youth, whom, when thou seest, thou wouldst take for scattered pearls. When thou seest, thou wilt see there bliss and high estate.”