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

Life of Suhaib Ibn Sinan Al Rumi رضي الله عنه

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

Suhaib Ibn Sinan Al Rumi was an Arab boy who grew up amongst the Persians because his father was a governor of a Persian city. However, when he was a child, he was kidnapped by the Romans and sold into slavery for two decades. It was in their company that he began to speak the language of the Byzantian Empire i.e. Greek and he even ended up forgetting his native Arabic.

Life of Khabbab Ibn Al Aratt رضي الله عنه

What I set to accomplish through this series of posts inshaAllah is 1) to be consistent in watching The Firsts series by Omar Suleiman and 2) derive and share lessons that can help us understand the world today (at the moment, specifically in relation to the oppression of the ummah.) I don’t expect these posts to be lengthy as I’m not exactly sharing transcripts of the lectures, so these might end up being brief glimpses of a companion’s life through which we can extrapolate a lesson inshaAllah.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

This week, we are focusing on Khabbab ibn Al Aratt رضي الله عنه. I’d like to start with his background because it adds to the dreariness of what his life might have been even before the torture he endured prior accepting Islam. He was a slave purchased from the marketplace when he wasn’t even a teenager yet, and being a slave in of itself is no success story.

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.