hadith – Tarbiyah by Ilm

Being attached to the prayer | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Seven are (the persons) whom Allah will give protection with His Shade* on the Day when there will be no shade except His Shade (i.e., on the Day of Resurrection)…” [full hadith here]

One of them is “a man whose heart is attached to mosques”. Does it mean we stay in all the time? No. We mix with the community.

The Prophet ﷺ said, “The believer who mixes with people and bears their annoyance with patience will have a greater reward than the believer who does not mix with people and does not put up with their annoyance.” [ibn Majah]

In cases of fitna, then stay at home. Other than that, mixing with people is better. Look at the system: when did Allah tell us to stay in the masjid for long periods of time? Ramadan. If done right, I’tikaaf should be enough for you to live on till the next Ramadan.

Plus, this is not necessarily the masjid. But it is that your heart is attached to the prayer. So when you’re done with maghrib, your heart is waiting for isha. The most enjoyable act of worship to you is the prayer. You have to train yourself first. Train yourself to develop khushoo. When you’re done with the prayer, keep the next prayer in your heart.

The Prophet ﷺ said, “The nearest a servant comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication (in this state).” [Sahih Muslim]

The prayer is our salvation. The best way out of any tragedy that can take place in life is the prayer. On the Day of Judgement, Allah will ask the angels to check your prayers.

Class: 20th December 2022

Charity to Family | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

Prioritise Poor Relations For Charity

Sa`d bin Abu Waqqas رضي الله عنه reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit me when I had a severe pain. I said: “I am suffering from such trouble as you are observing. I am a wealthy man and the only heir of mine is my daughter.” (Then Sa`d narrated the whole incident). [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Sa’ad started to think that his wealth might be too much for his daughter so he wanted to know if it was permissible to give at least two-thirds of his wealth to charity. The Prophet ﷺ said no.

I (Sa’ad) said: Should I give half (of my property) as Sadaqa? He ﷺ said: No. He (further) said: Give one-third (in charity) and that is quite enough. To leave your heirs rich is better than to leave them poor, begging from people; that you would never incur an expense seeking therewith the pleasure of Allah, but you would be rewarded therefor, even for a morsel of food that you put in the mouth of your wife. I said: Allah’s Messenger. would I survive my companions? He (the Holy Prophet) said: If you survive them, then do such a deed by means of which you seek the pleasure of Allah, but you would increase in your status (in religion) and prestige; you may survive so that people would benefit from you, and others would be harmed by you.” (Full hadith in Sahih Muslim)

This shows us that before we stretch our eyes to others, our family is priority. Most of us think charity to strangers is more valuable than to family members. That’s because you don’t feel like you’ve done something great when you do it for family. Instead you believe you’ll get more reward from strangers. This includes all family members who’s poor. (Why would you give a rich relative?)

The Result of Silatur Raheem

The Prophet ﷺ said: “Giving charity to a poor person is charity, and (giving) to a relative is two things, charity and upholding the ties of kinship.” (Sunan An-Nasai’i)

One of the best outcomes of silatur raheem (maintaining ties of kinship) are:
1. gaining rizq and
2. increasing your life span (according to an opinion) / barakah in your age (according to another opinion) / both an increase in life span and barakah (according to another opinion)

What happens if Allah blesses one’s age? If there’s something you need to accomplish and it’s possible to do in a year, Allah will bestow barakah upon this person and they’ll do it in a month. So even though they didn’t live long, just look at what they’ve left behind! For example: Imam an-Nawawi. Allah put barakah in his knowledge yet he died in his 40s.

Class: 28th Oct ’25

Covering Faults of the Muslims | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

You should conceal the affairs of the Muslims. You should keep it secret unless it’s something that will cause fitnah amongst the community and lives will be lost. In that case, you should remind those who are concerned. Ultimately, you must deal each situation accordingly.

اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ يُحِبُّوۡنَ اَنۡ تَشِيۡعَ الۡفَاحِشَةُ فِى الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ اَلِيۡمٌۙ فِى الدُّنۡيَا وَالۡاٰخِرَةِؕ وَاللّٰهُ يَعۡلَمُ وَاَنۡـتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ Verily those who love that indecency should spread among the believers deserve a painful chastisement in the world and the Hereafter. Allah knows, but you do not know. (24:19)

This ayah was revealed after the issue of Ifk

When the rumours spread, the Prophet ﷺ kept silent because Allah didn’t say anything. Vast majority of the companions stayed silent. Some companions spoke and that pleased the hypocrites. Some companions spoke and that angered the hypocrites more.

The Prophet ﷺ didn’t know what to do. He knows his wife was decent. There’s no doubt about her but he still asks regarding it. Later, when he (ﷺ) tells Aisha that if she did anything wrong, she should ask Allah to forgive her. However, if she didn’t do anything, Allah will tell the believers that there’s nothing wrong. Aisha then got annoyed at this because she realised he (ﷺ) lost trust in her.

Allah’s Protection through Prayer | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

Hadith in focus: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, “When anyone offers the Fajr (dawn) prayer, in congregation, he is in the Protection of Allah. So let not Allah call him to account, withdrawing, in any respect, His Protection. Because, He will get hold of him and throw him down on his face in the Hell-fire.”
Sahih Muslim

Praying fajr in congregation is a contract between you and Allah to be protected by Him. Evil cannot come to except what Allah decrees for you and if He does decree bad, then that will be good for you. That’s why it’s a great loss for a Muslim to miss the Fajr prayer. We’re surrounded by all types of evil from those that of Satan to the evils of humans, but we’ll be having the protection from Allah if we pray in jama’ah.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Convey glad tidings to those who walk to the mosque in the darkness. For they will be given full light on the Day of Resurrection.” [At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud] .

Solidarity and Mercy between believers | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

Hadith in focus #222: Go back to the Qur’an and Sunnah to be united

Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, “The relationship of the believer with another believer is like (the bricks of) a building, each strengthens the other.” He (PBUH) illustrated this by interlacing the fingers of both his hands.

If one side of the building gets destroyed, the other side, even if it’s not destroyed, becomes weak. This is the same with regard to the attitude of a believer. In Islam, you can’t support somebody who’s an enemy to a believer just because you don’t like the believer. Imaan combines us; it brings us together despite the differences in understandings, hatred or dunya-related matters.

Reverence Towards the Sanctity of the Muslims | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

This is the introduction to the 27th Riyadhus-Saliheen chapter which talks about respecting fellow Muslims. It’ll also talk about the right of a believer upon another believer and why we must show mercy to the believers.

Dealing with fellow believers:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ ) said: “The rights of one Muslim over another are five: returning the greeting of salaam, visiting the sick, attending funerals, accepting invitations, and saying yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you) to one who sneezes.” (Bukhari, Muslim)

Moreover, you aren’t to stay away from a believer more than three days:

The Prophet ﷺ said: “It is not permissible for a man to forsake his Muslim brother for more than three days, each of them turning away from the other when they meet. The better of them is the one who gives the greeting of salaam first.” (Bukhari, Muslim)

If a believer has done evil to you, you have three days. But just because you have this right, doesn’t mean you should observe it. It’s only if you feel like you can’t forgive him/her. Anyway, after the three days, you have to convey the salaam to each other. If the other doesn’t respond, then it doesn’t matter as your side is cleared with Allah.

Accountability on our Wealth | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

Khaulah bint `Thamir (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ ) said, “Many people misappropriate (acquire wrongfully) Allah’s Property (meaning Muslims’ property). These people will be cast in Hell on to the Day of Resurrection”.
Sahih Bukhari

This is general i.e. we’re not talking about ONE person who is in-charge of taking care of the wealth of the ummah. The Prophet ﷺ is not talking about leaders alone, he’s talking about anybody who has to take care of wealth but didn’t put it in the proper place.

Wealth in general belongs to Allah. So, if the money is in your pocket, it means you’re a caretaker or somebody who’s monitoring it and meant to put it in the right place.

If you have money, you have to realise there’s two questions related to it:
1. How did you get it?
2. How are you spending it?

For example, a man is getting married and he wants to prove he’s rich. He gets so much food, the remaining of which ends up getting thrown…he’ll be questioned about it. So what do you think of one who’s wasting wealth?

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The poor Muslims will enter Paradise before the rich by half of a day, the length of which is five hundred years.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhī)

What’s this half a day? 500 years! Why are the rich ones left behind? It doesn’t mean the rich ones will go to hell. Wealth can take you to a position higher than the fuqara if you utilise it properly. On the Day of Judgement, Allah will ask you about every single ringgit; how did you get and how did you spend it.

Rights of the Road | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

During Sheikh Ibrahim’s Riyadhus Saliheen class (26/10/18) he mentions how the below hadith in particular demonstrates the comprehensiveness of Islam. There are a lot of different lessons that can be learnt from it:

𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Beware! Avoid sitting on the roads (ways).” The people said, “There is no way out of it as these are our sitting places where we have talks.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If you must sit there, then observe the rights of the way.” They asked, “What are the rights of the way?” He said, “They are the lowering of your gazes (on seeing what is illegal to look at), refraining from harming people, returning greetings, advocating good and forbidding evil.”
Hadith 190, Chapter 23, Riyadhus Saliheen

He (ﷺ) warns us from sitting on the side of the road but if you insist on disagreeing with him, then give the right of the road, i.e. give precedence to the rights to people passing you.