Monthly Archives: November 2013

The Book of Funerals

Narrated Samura bin Jundabرضي الله عنه; Whenever the prophetصلي الله عليه و سلم finished the (morning) prayer ,he would face us and ask,” Who amongst you had a dream last night ?” So if anyone had seen a dream he would narrate it. The prophetصلي الله عليه و سلم would say : ma sha allahما شاء الله (an Arabic maxim meaning literally,’What Allah wished’, and it indicates a good omen.) One day,he asked  us whether anyone of us had seen a dream.We replied in the negative.The prophetصلي الله عليه و سلم said,” But I had seen ( a dream) last night that two men came to me , caught hold of my hands, and took me to the Sacred land. Continue reading

Virtues of the Qu’ran

Narrated Abu Musaرضي الله عنه :

The prophetصلي الله عليه و سلم said,( The example of a believer who recites the Qu’ran and acts on it ,is like a citron which testes nice and smells nice. And the example of a believer who does not recite the Qu’ran but acts on it is like a date which tastes good but has no smell. And the example of a hypocrite who recites the Qu’ran is like a Raihana(sweet basil) which smells good but testes bitter.And the example of a hypocrite who does not recite the Qu’ran is like a colocynth which testes bitter and has a bad smell.)

boukhari

Narrated Aishaرضي الله عنها the prophet صلي الله عليه و سلم said; [ whoever performs a( good) deed which we have not ordered (anyone) to do ( or is not in accord with our religion of islamic monotheism), then that deed will be rejected and will not be accepted.]                    sahih boukhari

 

Narrated Aishaرضي الله عنها the prophetصلي الله عليه و سلم said; [ if somebody innovates something which is not present in our religion( of islamic monotheism), then that thing will be rejected].

sahih boukhari

Narrated Abu Qatada رضي الله عنه : The Prophet صلي الله عليه و سلم said,” a good righteous dreams is from Allahالله, and a bad or evil dream is from Satan; so if anyone of you has a bad dream of which he gets afraid, he should spit on his left side and should seek refuge with Allahالله from it evil, for then it will not harm him.”                                                                           Boukhari

 

Narrated Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه :The Prophet صلي الله عليه و سلم said , ” if anyone of you rouses from sleep and performs the ablution, he should wash his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out thrice, because Satan has stayed in the upper part of his nose all the night.”        Boukhari

 

 

 

day of ashoura 10th muharrem

narrated ibn abbasرضي الله عنه the prophetصلي الله عليه و سلم came to al madina and saw the jews fasting on the day of ashouraعاشوراء he asked them about that . they replied,< this is a good day, the day on which allahالله rescued bani-israel from their enemy , so musa<moses> observed saum <fast> on this day>. the prophetصلي الله عليه و سلم said,< we have more claim over musa< moses> than you>. so the prophetصلي الله عليه و سلم observed saum<fast> on that day and ordered < the muslims> to observe saum<fast> <on that day>.                                                                     sahih al boukhari

 

abu qatadahرضي الله عنه reported : the prophetصلي الله عليه و سلم was asked about the observing of as-saum< fast> on the 10th of muharrem< day of ashoura> and he replied , < it is an expiation for the sins of the preceding year>.                                 riadh assalihin

abu huraira رضي الله عنه reported: messenger of(الله) allah(صلي الله عليه و سلم) said:< should i not direct you to something by which allahالله obliterates the sins and elevates (your) ranks.> they said:< yes o messenger of allahالله> he said ,<performing wudu( ablution) properly, even in difficulty, frequently going to the mosque, and waiting eagerly for the next salat (prayer) after a salat is over, indeed that is ar-ribat(الرباط ).