Moderate (as an adjective) means average in amount, intensity, quality or degree!


Moderation in Islam means that one does not exaggerate and go beyond the limit set by Allaah, and that one does not neglect it and fall short of the limit set by Allaah.
Moderation in religion means following the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Exaggeration means trying to do more than he did, and negligence means not reaching that level.[/color]

For example, a man says, “I want to spend all night in prayer (qiyaam al-layl), and never sleep all my life, because prayer is one of the best acts of worship, so I want to spend the entire night in prayer.” We say, this is going to extremes in the religion of Allaah, and this is not right. Something like this happened at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), when a group of men got together and one of them said, “I will pray at night and never sleep.” Another said, “I will fast and never break my fast.” The third one said, “I will never marry women.” News of that reached the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he said, “What is wrong with people who say such and such? I fast and I break my fast. I sleep, and I marry women. Whoever overlooks my Sunnah does not belong to me.” These people had gone to extremes in religion, and so the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) disowned them, because they overlooked his Sunnah which includes fasting and not fasting, praying at night and sleeping, and marrying women.
The one who is falling short is one who says, “I do not need to do voluntary (naafil) actions, so I will not do them. I will only do the fard actions. He may even be falling short in the fard actions, so this person is lacking.
The moderate person is one who follows the path of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his rightly-guided successors (al-Khulafaa’ al-Raashidoon).

Another example: three men are faced with an immoral man. One of them says, “I will not greet this immoral man and I will boycott him, keep away from him and not speak to him.”
The second one says, “I will go with this immoral man, greet him and smile at him. I will invite him to my place and accept his invitation. He is just like any righteous man to me.”
The third one says, “I hate this immoral man for his immoral actions, but I love him for his faith. I will not boycott him unless doing so is in his best interests. If there is nothing to be gained by boycotting him, and if that will only increase him in his immorality, then I will not boycott him.”
We say that the first man is going to extremes, the second is negligent and the third is moderate.

The same applies to all other acts of worship and dealings with others. People vary between extremism, negligence and moderation.

A third example: A man is a prisoner of his wife, who directs him as she wishes and he does not stop her from committing sin, or urge her to do good. She has taken over his reason and has become the one who is in charge of him.
Another man treats his wife in a harsh, arrogant and high-handed manner. He does not care about her and regards her as less than a servant.
A third man is moderate in his dealings with his wife, as Allaah and His Messenger commanded.
“And they (women) have rights (over their husbands as regards living expenses) similar (to those of their husbands) over them (as regards obedience and respect) to what is reasonable”
[al-Baqarah 2:228 – interpretation of the meaning]

[The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:] “Let no believing man hate a believing woman. If he dislikes one of her characteristics he will be pleased with another.”

This last man is the one who is moderate. The second one is extreme in his dealings with his wife, and the first is falling short.

The same applies to all other deeds and acts of worship.

Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il li Fadeelat al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, vol. 1, p. 42

IN SUMMARY

Whatever is in accordance with sharee’ah is moderate; whatever exceeds that is extreme and whatever falls short of that is laxity. The standard in all cases is sharee’ah and the meaning of moderation is that which is in accordance with the sharee’ah. Whatever is in accordance with sharee’ah is moderate. And Allah knows best

May Allah grant us understanding!

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Ma Sha Allah

Rashduct4luv:
Moderate (as an adjective) means average in amount, intensity, quality or degree!


Moderation in Islam means that one does not exaggerate and go beyond the limit set by Allaah, and that one does not neglect it and fall short of the limit set by Allaah.
Moderation in religion means following the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Exaggeration means trying to do more than he did, and negligence means not reaching that level.

For example, a man says, “I want to spend all night in prayer (qiyaam al-layl), and never sleep all my life, because prayer is one of the best acts of worship, so I want to spend the entire night in prayer.” We say, this is going to extremes in the religion of Allaah, and this is not right. Something like this happened at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), when a group of men got together and one of them said, “I will pray at night and never sleep.” Another said, “I will fast and never break my fast.” The third one said, “I will never marry women.” News of that reached the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he said, “What is wrong with people who say such and such? I fast and I break my fast. I sleep, and I marry women. Whoever overlooks my Sunnah does not belong to me.” These people had gone to extremes in religion, and so the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) disowned them, because they overlooked his Sunnah which includes fasting and not fasting, praying at night and sleeping, and marrying women.
The one who is falling short is one who says, “I do not need to do voluntary (naafil) actions, so I will not do them. I will only do the fard actions. He may even be falling short in the fard actions, so this person is lacking.
The moderate person is one who follows the path of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his rightly-guided successors (al-Khulafaa’ al-Raashidoon).

Another example: three men are faced with an immoral man. One of them says, “I will not greet this immoral man and I will boycott him, keep away from him and not speak to him.”
The second one says, “I will go with this immoral man, greet him and smile at him. I will invite him to my place and accept his invitation. He is just like any righteous man to me.”
The third one says, “I hate this immoral man for his immoral actions, but I love him for his faith. I will not boycott him unless doing so is in his best interests. If there is nothing to be gained by boycotting him, and if that will only increase him in his immorality, then I will not boycott him.”
We say that the first man is going to extremes, the second is negligent and the third is moderate.

The same applies to all other acts of worship and dealings with others. People vary between extremism, negligence and moderation.

A third example: A man is a prisoner of his wife, who directs him as she wishes and he does not stop her from committing sin, or urge her to do good. She has taken over his reason and has become the one who is in charge of him.
Another man treats his wife in a harsh, arrogant and high-handed manner. He does not care about her and regards her as less than a servant.
A third man is moderate in his dealings with his wife, as Allaah and His Messenger commanded.
“And they (women) have rights (over their husbands as regards living expenses) similar (to those of their husbands) over them (as regards obedience and respect) to what is reasonable”
[al-Baqarah 2:228 – interpretation of the meaning]
[The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:] “Let no believing man hate a believing woman. If he dislikes one of her characteristics he will be pleased with another.”
This last man is the one who is moderate. The second one is extreme in his dealings with his wife, and the first is falling short.

The same applies to all other deeds and acts of worship.

Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il li Fadeelat al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, vol. 1, p. 42

IN SUMMARY

Whatever is in accordance with sharee’ah is moderate; whatever exceeds that is extreme and whatever falls short of that is laxity. The standard in all cases is sharee’ah and the meaning of moderation is that which is in accordance with the sharee’ah. Whatever is in accordance with sharee’ah is moderate. And Allah knows best

May Allah grant us understanding!

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Jazakumlah Khaeran.

ShaheedBinAliyu and AlBaqir. Hope you read this. Take things easy with your brothers. May Allah grant us better understanding

Lukgaf:


Jazakumlah Khaeran.

ShaheedBinAliyu and AlBaqir. Hope you read this. Take things easy with your brothers. May Allah grant us better understanding

Moderation is standing with kitab wa sunnah, correcting your brother in islam gently and easily AND BE EXTREME, HARD, DIFFICULT with ahlu bidia(s) . . my brother in islam WILL NEVER GO AGAINST KITAB WA SUNNAH . . AM JUST TREADING THE PATH OF ROSUL, SAHABAH, SALAF, AND AHLU SUNNAH WA JAMMAH. . . they never take it easy with ahlu bidia lailai. . . i will never take it easy elegbe lailai. . DONT YOU KNOW ITS ROSUL THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE AGAINST? thats why i pity those people that hate jabata. . its n0t jabata that they are against but eri anabi

Why u talking like this? So because hes a shiite, that means hes all those adjectives u just mentioned.
If u would say all these bout ur fellow Muslim, how much more a christian?

I keep saying it that most of u guys are so full of hate.
And u want Allah to answer ur prayers, wen u havent purge ur heart from hatred.

Its still strange and absurd why u sunnis and shiites are still fighting one anoda, over an era long gone.

When was the last time u heard a catholic and a pentecostal fighting? We've moved past it. U guys re still in d stone age walahi.

I even read an article on quora with the topic
Are Sunni Muslims allowed to consume food prepared by Shi'ite Muslims?

So let me ask you. Will u eat any food being prepared by Albaqir or any other shiite?

ShaheedBinAliyu:
And please DO NOT write my name beside Albaqir again. HE IS A STAUNCH KAFIR. We have n0thing in common . .he is n0t a muslim. . he is a shite.

ShaheedBinAliyu:
Ofcourse i can eat food he prepares, i can work with him or for him, could collect gifts fr0m him, ANYTHING THAT IS OF WORDLY MATTERS . . A MUSLIM COULD RELATE WITH KUFAR . . .AS LONg AS IT COMES TO ISLAM MATTERS, I MUST BE DIFFICULT WITH HIM. . A MUSLIM cant be gentle with a KAFIR . .ALBAQIR is worse than ABU LAHAB, ABU TALIB, DAN FODIO and other kufar . . .shite members are the most filthy, non chalant, enientientifigy, zindiq in ALLAH creation. . even worse than pagans and christians , . . .

why did you call ibn fodi a kaffir?

abdelrahman:
why did you call ibn fodi a kaffir?

He's a sufi

ShaheedBinAliyu:



He's a sufi

baba adam was also sufi? so was he also kafir? which type kufr you are talking about?

abdelrahman:
baba adam was also sufi? so was he also kafir? which type kufr you are talking about?

Are you saying sufi are Muslim?? Or you mean kufru is a sin and also kufru?

ShaheedBinAliyu:


Are you saying sufi are Muslim?? Or you mean kufru is a sin and also kufru?

yes except those one that associate something with Allah.

abdelrahman:
yes except those one that associate something with Allah.

What is your dalil that kufru is divided into sin and kufru

ShaheedBinAliyu:

What is your dalil that kufru is divided into sin and kufru

go and study type of kufr b4 you came here running your mouth.

abdelrahman:
go and study type of kufr b4 you came here running your mouth.

Kufru akbar and ashgar.... Which one is sin there? And what's your dalil

Thanks for sharing

ShaheedBinAliyu:
And please DO NOT write my name beside Albaqir again. HE IS A STAUNCH KAFIR. We have n0thing in common . .he is n0t a muslim. . he is a shite.

All you just read passed right over your head.

That is the harsh extremism referred to.

Jazakumlah Khaeran bro

I believe in Muhammad.
I believe in the Pedophiles prophet.
I believe he is a terrorist.
I believe He he is a human trafficker.
I believe he banged Aisha at the age of 9.
I believe!
I say i believe!
I repeat again, I BELIEVE!!!!!!!

Criticism and discrimination is pulling us down, if u must worship Allah, do it with a pure heart and stop criticizing sect.... U guys are causing a lot of havoc beyond your purview, beyond what u can ever imagine, to get married and love is becoming more difficult for this sect discrimination seems more or less like racism to me.... Islam in peace... We can't fight for Allah, who are we before the Almighty, stop feeling important over nothing ... Allah knows best... Feel free to run your mouth if this doesn't go well with u

OnyeOGA:
I believe in Muhammad.
I believe in the Pedophiles prophet.
I believe he is a terrorist.
I believe He he is a human trafficker.
I believe he banged Aisha at the age of 9.
I believe!
I say i believe!
I repeat again, I BELIEVE!!!!!!!

Whenever u guys set out to go against one another, u are indirectly allowing a slowpoke like this to interfere...

oyb:


All you just read passed right over your head.

That is the harsh extremism referred to.

I tire.. Alhamdulilahi for we have a peaceful Prophet (SAW), this people extremism is going out of hand already...

Jazakum Lahu Khaeran. Sincerely, I am sad seeing the so called Muslims labelling themselves as kafir. Would the best of mankind PBUH be full of happiness if he was to be alive?. Where has hatred taken us to? It has rather created more of division, well Allah knows best. Barkah Jumah