“And never say of anything, ‘I will definitely do this tomorrow,’ without adding, ‘if Allah so wills!’” (al-Kahf: 23-24)

For our Fiqh courses at the Uni., we study the famous explanation to Zaad al-Mustaqni' (Hanbali Fiqh) known as ar-Rawdh al-Murbi' authored by Sh. Mansūr al-Buhūtī (1051h) رحمه الله. Under the chapter of utensils, al-Buhūtī stated that he will expound on a particular issue later on in the book under the chapter of الصيد. Unfortunately, when you goto said chapter, you’re unable to find that commentary.


Our Shaykh جزاه الله خيرا earlier this semester pointed out that because al-Buhūtī did not say “in shā Allah”, Allah did not will for it to happen. He added that this shows the importance of saying “in shā Allah” whenever we wish to accomplish something in the future. Allah tells us,

وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَٰلِكَ غَدًا (23) إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ

“And never say of anything, ‘I will definitely do this tomorrow,’ without adding, ‘if Allah so wills!’” (al-Kahf: 23-24)

Under these verses, Muffassirun mentioned that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked about ar-Ruh, the young men, and Dhul Qarnayn. The Prophet never spoke based on his desires & always waited for revelation before providing an answer. He told the questioners that he will reply to them the next day, hoping he would receive revelation about those events by then…but he did not say “in shā Allah”.

Consequently, Allah stopped revelation for 15 days while the questioners were still waiting for a reply. This affected the beloved Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم as his challengers thought this was sufficient proof to discredit his message. Surah al-Kahf was then revealed providing more than adequate responses for their inquiries. In the Surah, Allah also included the verses mentioned above so as to teach and remind the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم the importance of saying “in shā Allah” when intending to achieve or execute any affair in the future. Allah also tells us,

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

“But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds.” (Takwir: 29)

Subhanallah, from this we can see the importance of these few words. Just 3 words could determine whether you will accomplish your goals/intents or not. Also, when a person recognizes nothing can occur unless Allah wills, it will have a tremendous impact on their Iman & also aid in constantly remembering Him.

Funny story

A few weeks ago during his classes on Sunan Ibn Maajah, Sh. Waseeullah Abbas حفظه الله related to us a story between a man & his companion. The man told his companion that he was heading to the market to buy something & his companions replied saying, "in shā Allah”. The man was baffled as to why he would make such a statement since what he wanted to do was something fairly “simple” and easily accomplished. To him, there was no need for such a statement. As he departed to the market, he lost his money & thus unable to obtain what he set out for. So when he returned to his companion he began saying "in shā Allah” after every other word.

Abu Awzaa'ee Abdus-Salaam al-Makki al-Hanbali

Jazakumullahu khairan! Very educative.

In Shaa Allah!

JazakAllahu kyran

Ok

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Let me comment before the people of the "religion of love" flood the comment section and start spreading their "love". Very hypocritical set of people who preach what they don't practice. I would rather become an animist than to share anything with these hypocrites who preach "love" but practice hate all the time. At least animists don't preach what they don't practice.

Lukgaf:
“And never say of anything, ‘I will definitely do this tomorrow,’ without adding, ‘if Allah so wills!’” (al-Kahf: 23-24)



Abu Awzaa'ee Abdus-Salaam al-Makki al-Hanbali

How about saying Allahu Akbar when you want to kill innocent people?

Why have these guys not been wiped off earth's surface?

Nice one op, jazakhumllahu akhiran

Nna na wa oh

make una try dey write everything for English, for people wey no sabi Arabic...
maka chineke ikpor unu oku

Salam Aleikun.

Pls what's the meaning of Insha Allah.

Jazakumullahu khairan.

NoSentiment:
Let me comment before the people of the "religion of love" flood the comment section and start spreading their "love". Very hypocritical set of people who preach what they don't practice. I would rather become an animist than to share anything with these hypocrites who preach "love" but practice hate all the time.

Even you know deep down that Christian countries are the best example of love.

1. They donate the most to charity: despite Zakat being one of the pillars of Islam, remember red cross was started by a Christian Henry Dunant and Christian countries before Muslims decided to copy it and start Red crescent because they assumed that if their people keep seeing Christians helping them they may convert. Unknown to them the red cross didn't stand for the cross of Jesus, it was chosen because it's a symbol of health they needed something anyone can see from anywhere on the battlefield so they chose a white back ground and very red cross in the middle, also because it was the reverse of the Swiss flag which was the country where the red cross and it's ideals where born. It had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with religion or forcefully converting people to Christianity go and read up the history.

2. All your refugees will rather d!e in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Sahara desert than settle in a musl!m country, they will cross UAE one of the richest countries on earth to go and settle in Germany which is not nearly as rich as UAE . Not just UAE they will pass Kuwait another very wealthy nation, what of Qatar and Turkey and cross over 7 countries before reaching Christian countries ask yourself why not settle in one of the many many Muslim countries or half Muslim countries around like Lebanon? Why? What is in that infidel or Kaffir Christian country that you risk your life to go to?

Small quiz feel free to use Google LOOK FOR number of Muslims migrating to Christian countries and then look at number of Christians migrating to Muslim countries. Look at the data for yourself.

3. Kenya has a musl!m female president, London has a Muslim Mayor, USA has a female Muslim senator Ilhan Omar, Australia had a female Muslim member of parliament a black migrant Muslim woman.

BUT not even one Muslim country has had a female president not one not one Muslim country has or has had a Christian or Jewish or atheist president
Arab Muslims see themselves as superior to Black Muslims so if there are Arab Muslims in a country Black's won't be allowed near governance that's one of the reasons Sudan broke in two the Arab/black muslim north who refused to leave power Vs the black Christian south. Kind of like Nigeria only without the Arabs.

4. Racism: e no get how you wan take put am Muslims are more racist than anyone else atleast the Arab Muslims, the European Christians have admitted their role in the Trans Atlantic slave trade some have even apologized
BUT the Arabs are still denying that the Trans SAHARAN SLAVE TRADE happened even when the Qoran recorded it, remember the prophet Mohammed (PBUH) sold 2 black slaves and bought one Arab slave.

Remember a black slave built the prayer... I cannot remember the name but where Mohammad (pbuh) prayed, a black slave lead the call to prayer you remember? Bilal ibn Rabah.

Yet Arab Muslims say no slavery didn't happen

5. Slave trade today: similar to the racism do you know that slavery still occurs today? And everywhere it occurs all have one thing in common what is it? A religion I'll leavr you to guess which. The counties are 1. Libya 2. Mauritania

Also Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery while Britain was the first not only that they set up patrols to stop vessels still involved in the act they also freed slaves if you are a lawyer you may know the famous case of a slave who snuck into a ship to the UK and was tried in the UK as a free man even though he was considered a slave back home.

Look I can keep going on and on
In Arabia they have Black's, black Afghan's, black Emiratees na that one shock me pass. But they don't allow the Black's near them the Black's can't also rise to power. They are more discriminated against than the Black's in America. You can never see them on TV as anything important representing their country except maybe sports but politics NEVER!!!!

6. Who practices freedom of religion more than the Christian countries? Is it Saudi Arabia that banned all church gatherings and all religious activities not related to Islam? They go around building mosques in other countries but will NEVER allow you build church or synagogue in their own country, you are also forbidden from wearing cross necklace or other similar religious stuff and bibles cannot be bought in just any book store, it's very difficult to find and they intentionally made it so, remember at one point the USA had to convert their embassy to church every Sunday just so that people can worship.

At the end of the day if you are not a Muslim or christian you'd prefer to have a Christian in charge of your laws and country rather than a Muslim just ask Apostate prophet. and others who have left Islam.

Confirmedzombie:
Salam Aleikun.

Pls what's the meaning of Insha Allah.

If Allah wills

szczescie:


Even you know deep that Christian countries are the best example of love.
They donate the most to charity
All your refugees will rather d!e in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Sahara desert than settle in a musl!m country

Tell this to the Iraqis, Afghans, Syrians, Vietnamese, Libyans, etc whose women, children and homes have been bombed by the American and NATO weapons of "love"

Drella:


How about saying Allahu Akbar when you want to kill innocent people?

Why have these guys not been wiped off earth's surface?

A Muslims cant do such
We Muslims condemn that
They're only blackmailing religion

I'll make it this year, Insha Allah!!! انشاء الله

Drella:

How about saying Allahu Akbar when you want to kill innocent people?
Why have these guys not been wiped off earth's surface?

dey are coming for ur head bro

Abasstoheeb:

A Muslims cant do such
We Muslims condemn that
They're only blackmailing religion

You may be right sir.
But sir,are you trying to say the terrorists that do that are not muslim?
Even their actions are condemned by islam?

Inshaa Allah!

NoSentiment:
Let me comment before the people of the "religion of love" flood the comment section and start spreading their "love". Very hypocritical set of people who preach what they don't practice. I would rather become an animist than to share anything with these hypocrites who preach "love" but practice hate all the time. At least animists don't preach what they don't practice.

Lol.... Yet your shameless brethrens at iraq, Afghanistan and so on get relief aids without remembering any hadiths. Yeye dey smell

Doradorwa:
Lol.... Yet your shameless brethrens at iraq, Afghanistan and so on get relief aids without remembering any hadiths. Yeye dey smell

Of what use is the Western aid to the Muslim countries that they have bombed and destroyed with their aerieal "love"? Of what use is medicine after death?

Drella:


How about saying Allahu Akbar when you want to kill innocent people?

Why have these guys not been wiped off earth's surface?

Those saying Allahu Akbar when dey wanna kill...they are satanic covering face with islam

Like this

Sahih Muslim 1767 a
It has been narrated by 'Umar b. al-Khattib that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:
I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim.

szczescie:


Even you know deep that Christian countries are the best example of love.

1. They donate the most to charity

2. All your refugees will rather d!e in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Sahara desert than settle in a musl!m country, they will cross UAE one of the richest countries on earth to go and settle in Germany which is not nearly as rich as UAE .

3. Kenya has a musl!m female president, London has a Muslim Mayor, USA has a female Muslim senator Ilhan Omar, Australia had a female Muslim member of parliament a black migrant Muslim woman.

BUT not even one Muslim country has had a female president not one not one Muslim country has or has had a Christian or Jewish or atheist president

4. Racism: e no get how you wan take put am Muslims are more racist than anyone else atleast the Arab Muslims, the European Christians have admitted their role in the Trans Atlantic slave trade some have even apologized
BUT the Arabs are still denying that the Trans SAHARAN SLAVE TRADE happened even when the Qoran recorded it, remember the prophet Mohammed (PBUH) sold 2 black slaves and bought one Arab slave.

Remember a black slave built the prayer... I cannot remember the name but where Mohammad (pbuh) prayed, a black slave lead the call to prayer you remember? A black slave went to call the prophet one time when he had a visitor remember?

Yet Arab Muslims say no slavery didn't happen

5. Slave trade today: similar to the racism do you know that slavery still occurs today? And everywhere it occurs all have one thing in common what is it? A religion I'll leavr you to guess which. The counties are 1. Libya 2. Mauritania

Also Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery while Britain was the first not only that they set up patrols to stop vessels still involved in the act they also freed slaves if you are a lawyer you may know the famous case of a slave who snuck into a ship to the UK and was tried in the UK as a free man even though he was considered a slave back home.

Look I can keep going on and on
In Arabia they have Black's, black Afghan's, black Emiratees na that one shock me pass. But they don't allow the Black's near them the Black's can't also rise to power. They are more discriminated against than the Black's in America. You can never see them on TV as anything important representing their country except maybe sports but politics NEVER!!!!

Do you know that there's no place on earth that slavery didn't happen.

If that is truth, no Arab nation can deny the existence of slavery in their countries.

Do you know the different between slavery and slave trade?

Arab and other races of this planet didn't involved in trans Atlantic slave trade, except European countries that engaged in it, which they later turned to colonialism after the Berlin conference in 1885.

NoSentiment:


Of what use is the Western aid to the Muslim countries that they have bombed and destroyed with their aerieal "love"? Of what use is medicine after death?

So according to you, are you saying Islam is without sin?.... Because I can start counting a lot of sin islam has committed against humanity. At least Christains are paying penance with foreign aids and so on.... How is islam paying hers?

By the way I'm a deist.

Drella:

How about saying Allahu Akbar when you want to kill innocent people?
Why have these guys not been wiped off earth's surface?

U should be ashamed of ur self