Archive for Abu Zayd
A servent of Allah.
Supplication For Wearing A Garment
All Praise is for Allah who has clothed me with this garment and provided it for me, with no power nor might from myself.
Supplication For Waking Up
All praise is for Allah who gave us life after having taken it from us and unto Him is the Resurrection.
Supplication When Going To The Mosque
“O Allah , place within my heart light, and upon my tongue light, and within my ears light, and within my eyes light, and place behind me light and in front of me light and above me light and beneath me light. O Allah , bestow upon me light.”
Brief Biography Of Ibn Rajab
He was the imam, the hafidh, the great scholar Zaynuddin `Abdur-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn `Abdir-Rahman – known as Rajab as-Salami, then ad-Dimashqi (from Damascus) – well known as Ibn Rajab.
He was born in the year 736H.
His teachers included: Muhammad ibn Khabbaz, Ibrahim ibn Dawood al-`Attar and Muhammad ibn al-Qalanisi and others.
What the scholars have said [...]
The Pillars Of Salah
The pillars refer to what is known as arkān (singular rukn) in Arabic which are those parts of Salāh that are considered so elemental that missing any of them would invalidate the Salāh.
Other parts of the Salāh are ranked according to their significance as shown in the Sunnah.
Listed below, as an example, are the arkān [...]
A Supplication Upon Waking Up
الْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Praise is to Allah Who gives us life after He has caused us to die and to Him is the return.
[Bukhari, Fath-ul-Bari 11/113; Muslim 4/2083]
Disobey Only With 5 Conditions
A man came to Ibrahim ibn Adham, may Allah be pleased with him, and said, “Abu Ishaq, I am unable to control my lower self. Please give me something to help me with it.”
“If you accept five conditions,” said Ibrahim, “and are able to put them into practice, your disobedience will not cause you [...]
Free The Prisoners
How can a nation that claims to be civilised and just allow the existance of an atrocity of Human Rights such as Guantanomo Bay? Brother Omar Khadr’s video is just a glimpse of the oppression that is happening there. So what does Islam say about setting free the prisoners?
‘Indeed, those who have tortured the believing [...]
Turning Off Mobile Phones When Praying
“Turning off your mobile phone when praying in congregation,
reflects your concern for the prayer of others.”
“Turning off your mobile phone when praying alone,
reflects your concern for your own prayer.”
Dress Of A Believer
Islam asks us to look nice and decent. Allah has created man in the best of forms and He wants His servants to dress nicely and decently. We should bear in mind that we (Believers) are the best of all creatures and our dress should reflect this.
Proper dress helps prevent indecency, immoral behaviour, [...]