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Smoking Shisha—Hookah Pipe is Haram | The Permanent committee of scholars said:
Shisha pipes, hookah pipes, and smoking are from the evil things, and they are haram due to the harms upon the body and the wealth. Allah the Exalted said in describing His Prophet Muhammad SallallahuAlaihi waSallam :
❝He makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil.❞
(Soorah Al ‘Araf 7:157)
And it has been authenticated from the Prophet SallallahuAlaihi waSallam that he said:
❝There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.❞
(Sunan Ibn Majah 2341)
Thus it is not permissible to use these things, sell them, or to promote them, just as it is not permissible to open these shops, or attend these shops, or gatherings were they are present; except for the one who has the strength to give advice and to change the evil. This is based upon the statement of Allah the Exalted:
❝And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Quran) that when you hear the Verses of Allah being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them.❞
(Soorah An Nisa 4:140)
And the statement of the Exalted:
❝And when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversion.❞
(Soorah An An’am 6:68)
Included in the general meaning of these two verses are the sinful, evil gatherings in which the commands of Allah and His prohibitions are belittled. Therefore whoever is present at these gatherings and does not criticize them then his sin is the same as theirs.
Vol 26 | Page 352
Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee
via # mtws - http://mtws.posthaven.com/
smoking-shisha-hookah-pipes-is-haram

The youths are busy chasing shadows while their dreams are being ended abruptly in broad day light.

vedaxcool:
When the Copt arrived back in Egypt he went to Amr straight away and gave him the stone saying that it was from the Sweeper of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. No sooner had Amr seen the lines on the stone except that his face went pale in fright. Amr began to apologise profusely to the Copt and immediately ordered that the part of the mosque built over the Copt’s house must be rebuilt exactly as and where it was. Puzzled by this sudden change of heart in the Governor, the Copt asked Amr what the significance was of a simple stone with two lines on it. Amr thus related to him the story behind The Stone of Justice.

During their early adulthood in Makkah before the advent of the Prophet , Umar bin Al Khattab and Amr bin Al-Aas were the best of friends. They were also business partners, trading in fine Arabian horses. Once they received an order for a significant quantity of horses from King Numan, the Arab King of the Al-Mundhir Governate which, being under the rule of the Persian Empire was a buffer region between Arabia and Persia (represented today by parts of modern-day Iraq). King Numan made a down payment to Umar and Amr, who promptly set about finding and training horses to meet the King’s requirements. When the horses were ready, the two friends set off to Al-Mundhir to deliver them to their buyer, King Numan.

Whilst they were travelling through the desert in Al-Mundhir, they came across a royal entourage. It turned out to belong to a Persian prince, a son of the Emperor Kisra, who had come on a hunting expedition to Al-Mundhir. The Prince, upon sighting the fine Arabian horses, asked to see their owners. He offered to buy the horses from the two friends but was told by them that they had already been sold to a buyer, but that he could place a fresh order with them if he wanted to. The Prince doubled and trebled his offer but Umar and Amr refused to go back on their contract with King Numan, so they politely declined the Prince’s offers. After much haggling the pompous Prince grew impatient and ordered his guards to seize (without payment) the horses from the two men and to send them away.

Distraught, Umar and Amr were unsure of what to do. Local tribesmen advised them to travel to the capital of the Persian Empire itself and speak to the Emperor, Kisra, as he was a just man and no one was wronged in his empire. The two friends thus journeyed into Persia and, weary and dishevelled, eventually reached Kisra’s court. They complained to him that their horses had been stolen by a man who claimed to be a son of the Emperor. Kisra listened to them intently and then asked the two men to return to him the following day whilst he looked into the matter. He ordered his palace courtiers to arrange hospitality for the two men, as guests of the Emperor.

The following day Umar and Amr went to Kisra and he came down to them from his throne, asking the two to accompany him. He led them to a courtyard where, lo and behold, they saw their stolen horses. Kisra asked them to confirm if these were their horses that the Prince had seized from them and if so, that they should check that they were okay. Umar and Amr carefully checked each horse and informed Kisra that everything was just fine. Kisra then profusely apologised to the two for what had happened and he asked them if he could be of any further assistance to them. They told him that they were satisfied now and would like to continue on their journey. Kisra ordered his staff to give the men some provisions and he guaranteed them safe passage until they left the precincts of his territory. Just before they left, Kisra asked the two to leave the palace grounds from their two different gates: the Eastern Gate and the Western Gate.

Umar bin Al Khattab left via the Eastern Gate and, to his astonishment, he saw hanging there half of the body of the Persian Prince, son of Kisra, as if he had been sawn in two. When he rejoined Amr, Amr told him that he had seen the other half of the Prince’s corpse hanging from the Western Gate. Kisra was not prepared to let a spoilt son of his damage his widespread reputation as the beacon of justice in the East. He not only wanted justice to be done, but he wanted that justice must be seen to be done.

Having related this story to the Copt, Amr bin Al Aas , by now Governor of Egypt, told the Copt that the man sweeping the Sacred Mosque of the Prophet was none other than the Caliph himself: Umar bin Al Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him. And what Amr understood from the two lines scratched on the stone was that if he did not return the house to the Copt then Umar would cut him not in two halves like the Persian prince was, but into four quarters. Since Amr knew that whenever Umar said something he meant it, he took no chances and ordered the Copt’s house to be rebuilt, albeit at the expense of destroying part of the newly built mosque. No sooner had the Copt seen with his own eyes the concept of justice amongst the Muslims that he accepted Islam immediately and gave his consent for the mosque grounds to remain on the same spot where his house used to be.

O Umar! If only you would return,

To spread justice so the world would learn,

That even a stone of your justice,

Would rescue it from this fathomless abyss.

Source of the story?

NonsoWow:
Come take am

It is only a question of time we will take for sure tactfully

Good or bad news?

Na Kogi State get the oil

LotannaAnaekwe:
But how is it a business of yours if I feel indifferent about people who clearly have no value for their lives and other human lives. If they live like animals, it's only proper they die like animals.

So the children and women who were innocently killed doesn't deserve your sympathy and empathy? Even Trump some considered to be inhumane is speaking out and trying to do something about the happenings in Syria and Mideast as a whole.

LotannaAnaekwe:
Those who don't want to embrace peace must learn to embrace chaos instead. I feel no pity for those terrorists, old, young or disabled.

By their fruits you shall know them I give up on you. Remember when you point a finger at something the rest are pointing back at you.

LotannaAnaekwe:
Do I look like the Islamic terrorists killing themselves in the Middle East? They can all go to hell sir

You are worse than them if you can support the killings because of rise in crude price. Children are being gassed and you're happy about it

LotannaAnaekwe:
Please more missiles to the Middle East. We need the increase.

So you value money more than human lives? You're not mentally stable

A lot of folks criticising this man's submission are blaming the substance abuse on lack of education but I have a contrary view to this. The issue is that of moral decadence and poor parentage not illiteracy per se , I know a lot of educated folks across different ethnicities who are drug addicts.
So, the argument of illiteracy doesn't hold much water as drug addiction is not fuelled by illiteracy but by supply and absence of good parentage.

Say no to crime it doesn't pay.

*Specifying the Month of Rajab for Worship – Shaykh Al-Uthaymeen*

*Q:* What is the ruling on specifying the Month of Rajab for Umrah, or Fasting or any other righteous actions? And does it have a distinction over the rest of the Sacred Months?

*A:* There is no distinction for the Month of Rajab over the rest of the Sacred Months, and it is not to be specified:

Not for umrah, nor fasting , nor prayer and it with reciting of the Quraan, rather it is like the rest of the Sacred Months.

And all the reported narrations regarding the virtue of prayer in it (Rajab), or fasting in it, indeed they are weak, and legislated ruling is not founded on it.

Al-Liqaa’ Ash-Shahri 14/32

Reference - https://salaficentre.com/2017/04/specifying-month-rajab-worship-shaykh-al-uthaymeen/ | SalafiCentre.com

Another twist

An immigrant elected on the platform of fascists who hates his kind. Anything for the money O

⚠ *"What are the signs of radicalization that I can spot in others so I can avoid it and advise them?"*

*1)* He will constantly focus upon the political situation of the Muslim regimes in the Middle-East, and make that the centrepoint of his discussion as if it is the most important affair in Islam.

*2)* He will abuse the Muslim rulers declaring them to be unbelievers and apostates; and then justify violent revolution in Muslim countries under the banner of “judgement is for Allāh!” A phrase misappropriated by the extremists and misused.

*3)* He will praise the leaders of extremist ideologies such as Sayyid Qutb (died 1966). Qutb is revered by extremists all around the world from Ibn Laden to Anwar Al-Awlaki. He was a prominent leader of the Egyptian group, The Muslim Brotherhood. His writings are widespread and translated into dozens of languages including English. The US-born Yemeni terrorist, Anwar Al-Awlaki once boasted that he was so immersed in the writings of Sayyid Qutb that he felt the presence of Qutb with him in his prison cell!

*4)* He will declare all Muslims who contradict his political world-view as unbelievers.

*5)* He will quite often glorify the acts of violence perpetrated by terrorists whether it be suicide bombings, beheading of hostages, killing of non-Muslims, kidnappings, etc. You will not hear condemnation of violent extremism or its figureheads from him."

✍ By Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid

Vladimir Putin has given his annual speech to the Federation Council, surprisingly arranging it not in the Kremlin but at Moscow’s Central Exhibition Hall. In his speech, he addressed numerous vital aspects of life in Russia, setting the goals and priorities for the upcoming years. Those principles included the strengthening of democratic institutions; development and investment in Russia’s far east and its infrastructure; improving work and life conditions to stop the brain drain and attract talent from abroad; and investing in and developing new technologies.
The audience was made to wait for Putin’s take on Russia’s international agenda, with many surprised at how much was said regarding domestic affairs. The president then finally proceeded with his foreign agenda, and the reason why the event was arranged in the Central Exhibition Hall became obvious: Kremlin’s hall does not have the same capacity for presentations.
“They did not listen to us. So listen to us now,” he said, addressing the West. This phrase inaugurated Russia’s new way of acting: It is fed up with oppression and humiliation, and it will not repeat old mantras that the US threatens Russia’s security, violates existing bilateral agreements, spreads NATO troops to Russia’s borders and keeps nuclear arsenals in Europe. Those polite indications on the numerous violations have not worked, so Russia is changing the discourse. It does not care anymore what the West has and what it does, instead the West should care about what Russia has. It is a kind of diplomacy on the one hand, and the launch of arms race 2.0 on the other, taking into account who sits in the White House.
Putin unveiled a range of ballistic missiles and weapons capable of carrying nuclear warheads that could reach anywhere in the world without being intercepted. However, more important was what the Russian president, who showed a video on a huge screen in the hall including a review of the missiles, said: That Russia would consider any nuclear attack on its allies an attack on Moscow and would respond without hesitation. This is the first time that Putin has appeared defiant, threatening and reinforcing his threats with modern weapons and long-range ballistic missiles, since taking power.
In all my articles regarding the West’s approaches toward Russia, I have pointed out how they are generally counterproductive. You can beat a bear until a certain moment, then it stops feeling pain and becomes unstoppable. So here we go. “You’d better talk,” instead of beating. Meanwhile, the risks of a nuclear clash are extremely high — not because of a chance that Russia will use its new weapons (it will not, unless it is targeted), but because in Washington there are too many hawkish hotheads. Moreover, for the US, it is much cheaper to launch a pre-emptive strike than to build elaborate new defense systems. The option to launch talks and discuss new deals doesn’t seem to be on the table in the US these days.

The key message of the speech — Russia is no longer afraid — was, despite all expectations, first addressed to the citizens. It was the most powerful message Putin could deliver just 18 days before the first round of presidential elections. But it is certain as well that this message was addressed to the US and to the West in general.
The intelligence reports of last month’s Munich Scurity Confere
nce painted a gloomy picture of the growing US-Russian conflict in three key theaters — North Korea, Iran and Syria — and the reckless Washington policies t
hat are taking the world to the brink. The speech was given extra meaning as Russian Security Council official Gen. Alexander Venediktov revealed that there were 20 US military bases in areas under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces in north-west Syria.
Russia fears attacks by armed extremist groups targeting its naval base in Tartus and air base in Hmeimim. The first warning in this regard was an attempted attack by an unmanned drone, which targeted the latter with advanced missiles in January.
President Donald Trump is fuelling fires of tension around the world, and is expected to cancel the nuclear agreement with Iran in the next few months, just as the US cancelled the missile treaty with Russia in 2001.
Russia has regained most of its strength and has become a superpower again. The world has to listen to Moscow. Putin’s strong,
unprecedented speech reflects his self-
confidence, which is built on a highly developed military capability. This constitutes the inauguration of a new stage of global leadership, proving that Russia is no longer the country that was ruled by Gorbachev, the Perestroika man. Neither is it the country of Yeltsin, who broke up the Soviet Union for the sake of the West. Russia today is not the same nation that approved the invasion of Iraq in 1991. This is a new Russia, and sanctions, international pressure and previous Western actions have made it what it is today.

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1258941

Just yesterday I asked a student of criminology on how will she approach the issue of snake swallowing money and she was dumbfounded unknown to me that a university did same to their students. I like this type of questions not abstract ones that one can't relate to.

Peaceful group indeed

Barakallahu feek this is a front page worthy thread

Umar on interacting with others [trust, consultation and friendship]

It is reported that ‘Umar b. Al-Khattâb – Allâh be pleased with him – said:

Whoever exposes himself to suspicion, let him blame only himself for whoever suspects him.

He who covers his secret is in a position to choose [to correct himself].

Assume the best about your brother until what comes to you from him overcomes you [and you have to change your opinion].

You can never pay back someone who disobeys Allâh in his dealings with you with anything better than obeying Allâh in your dealings with him.

Take righteous brothers [as friends]; acquire them in plenty, for they are a beautification in prosperity and an aid during calamity.

Do not ask about what has not yet happened until it actually happens, for what has happened is enough of an occupation to worry about what has not happened.

Let not your speech be given freely except to those who want to hear it and will value it.

Do not seek help in fulfilling a need you have except from someone who wants success for you in that endeavor.

Do not consult except people who fear Allâh, and do not accompany the sinner, [lest]  you learn his sinfulness.

And be humble at the graves.

Abû Dâwûd, Kitâb Al-Zuhd article 89.

https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/umar-on-interacting-with-others-trust-consultation-and-friendship/

deomelllo:
Ignorant, unintelligent and illiterate village ipobs are asking where is the summit, but the thread title says AHEAD of the summit.

Akpu village square education is bad education.

Savage!

Nasir Yammama

The OP is an attention is seeking bigot suffering from northernophobia. When has it become a crime to go about your business quietly without boasting about your achievements? The OP even had to lie in his final submission that majority of northerners he'd as coursemates had carryovers, well you are just another lying ignoramus who like talking others down just to boast of your imagined superiority which in essence is just nothing but inferiority complex.

Daboomb:
Sharrap joor!

Buhari was, though errorneously, instaledl by majority of Nigerian voters.
Dont blame it on Tinubu afterall, he has ONLY ONE PVC, like me and you.

But Tinubu needs to undertsand that Buhari is a sinking ship, a deadi-bodi (respects to Fela Anikulapo kuti) and no fly should follow it into the grave. Tinubu needs to think beyond his own personal self-greed otherwise, he will go into history as a nobody.

Majority of Nigerians voted for Buhari in 2015, come 2019, majority of Nigerians will REJECT Buhari at the Polls because he has failed Nigerians, overall.
He has shown that he is clanish, nepotistic and does not value the life of other Nigerians, except that of his blood sucking Fulani-terrorist herdsmen.
He also fights corruption with his mouth, while his closest aids and friends are looting the nation to extinction.
He supports and re-instates looters and corrupt elements and gives them tacit support.
All our security outfits, are for the first time in the history of this country, being headed by people of his clan.

All our security outfits, are for the first time in the history of this country.
^^^^^
If I may ask who is the chief of defense staff and chief of naval staff in this present dispensation?
Please stop spreading fake news and misinformation.

Delving into an issue which no Imam has preceded in

�Translated by
Abbas Abu Yahya

Shaykh ul Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah -Rahimahullaah- said:

» وكل قول ينفرد به المتأخر عن المتقدمين ، ولم يسبقه إليه أحد ؛ فإنه يكون خطأ ، كما قال الإمام أحمد : إياك أن تتكلم في مسألة ليس لك فيها إمام«

‘Every opinion, which a person who comes later stands alone with and not with those who have preceded. And no one has preceded him in that opinion, then that opinion is wrong.

As Imam Ahmad said:

‘Beware of entering into an issue in which you do not have an Imam who has preceded you in it.’

[Majmoo al-Fatawa 21/291]

Shaykh Rabee bin Hadi al-Madkhali was asked:

Question: Is it conditional that every issue has for it someone who has preceded❓

The Shaykh answered:

‘Yes, this is the foundation in matters of the Deen, that it is necessary that a person has someone who has preceded him.

In the matters of Aqeedah and matters of Manhaj it is necessary that a person has someone who has preceded him.

The speech of Imam Ahmad -Rahimahullaah- regarding this is well known:

إيّاك أن تتكلم في مسألة ليس لك فيها إمام

‘Beware of entering into an issue in which you do not have an Imam who has preceded you in it.’

Therefore, the issues of the Deen are based upon following and not about innovating. They are based upon the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Messenger sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam and what the Companions of Muhammad alayhi as-Salat wa sallam were upon.

When the Messenger sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned the doomed sects and the saved sect, the Companions asked which is the saved sect❓

He said,

( ما أنا عليه وأصحابي )

‘What I am upon and my Companions.’

The Prophet sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam said,

من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو ردّ

‘Whoever innovates into this matter [Deen] of ours, which is not from it, then it is rejected.’

Allaah Ta’ala said:

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاء شَرَعُوا لَهُم مِّنَ الدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَن بِهِ اللَّهُ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةُ الْفَصْلِ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

《 Or have they partners with Allaah (false gods), who have instituted for them a religion which Allaah has not allowed. And had it not been for a decisive Word (gone forth already), the matter would have been judged between them. And verily, for the wrong-doers, there is a painful torment. 》
[Shu’ara:21]

So, from this starting point the Imams of the Salaf battled against all types Bida in worship, in beliefs and methodologies.

[From Sahab.net – http:///2HfZhW8 ]

�https://followingthesunnah.com/2018/02/21/delving-into-an-issue-which-no-imam-has-preceded-in/

Who were the Sabeans (As-Sābi’ah) mentioned in the Qur’ān:
ﺇِﻥَّ ﺍﻟَّﺬِﻳﻦَ ﺁﻣَﻨُﻮﺍ ﻭَﺍﻟَّﺬِﻳﻦَ ﻫَﺎﺩُﻭﺍ ﻭَﺍﻟﻨَّﺼَﺎﺭَﻯٰ ﻭَﺍﻟﺼَّﺎﺑِﺌِﻴﻦَ ﻣَﻦْ ﺁﻣَﻦَ ﺑِﺎﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻭَﺍﻟْﻴَﻮْﻡِ ﺍﻟْﺂﺧِﺮِ ﻭَﻋَﻤِﻞَ ﺻَﺎﻟِﺤًﺎ ﻓَﻠَﻬُﻢْ ﺃَﺟْﺮُﻫُﻢْ ﻋِﻨﺪَ ﺭَﺑِّﻬِﻢْ ﻭَﻟَﺎ ﺧَﻮْﻑٌ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻬِﻢْ ﻭَﻟَﺎ ﻫُﻢْ ﻳَﺤْﺰَﻧُﻮﻥَ
Al-Baqarah 2:62: “Those who believe in Muhammad, and also the Jews, Christians and Sabeans from previous times who believed in Allāh and the Last Day, and they worked righteous deeds, for all of them is reward from their Lord. They shall not fear what is to come once they die, and they shall not grieve over what they have left behind.”
Regarding the Sabeans, Ibn Al-Qayyim stated, “The Sabeans are an ancient people who preceded the Jews and Christians… They were not Jews, Christians or Magians. They were two factions: The monotheistic Sabeans and the idolatrous Sabeans. So it is the monotheists who were the saved-ones among them. And between the two factions, there were disputes and refutations. They were the people of the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) just as the Jews were the people of Moses (peace be upon him). And the monotheists of the Sabeans were Abraham’s followers.” (See Ahkām Ahludh-Dhimmah, 1/98)
A word on the Magians (Al-Majoos )
Allah stated:
ﺇِﻥَّ ﺍﻟَّﺬِﻳﻦَ ﺁﻣَﻨُﻮﺍ ﻭَﺍﻟَّﺬِﻳﻦَ ﻫَﺎﺩُﻭﺍ ﻭَﺍﻟﺼَّﺎﺑِﺌِﻴﻦَ ﻭَﺍﻟﻨَّﺼَﺎﺭَﻯ ﻭَﺍﻟْﻤَﺠُﻮﺱَ ﻭَﺍﻟَّﺬِﻳﻦَ ﺃَﺷْﺮَﻛُﻮﺍ ﺇِﻥَّ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻳَﻔْﺼِﻞُ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬُﻢْ ﻳَﻮْﻡَ ﺍﻟْﻘِﻴَﺎﻣَﺔِ ﺇِﻥَّ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻛُﻞِّ ﺷَﻲْﺀٍ ﺷَﻬِﻴﺪٌ
“Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associated partners with Allah in worship, then Allah will judge between them all on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allah is, over all things, a witness.” (22:17)
Ibn al-Qayyim makes the point in Ahkām Ahludh-Dhimmah (1/99) that in general, the Sabeans were better than the Magians. The Magians or Zoroastrians (Arabic: Al-Majoos ), in terms of religion, are worse than the Jews, Christians and Sabeans – indeed they are the worst of cultures in terms of religion. They have no adherence to any revealed book nor affiliation to a revealed religion. For this reason, when the Persians defeated the Romans (i.e. the Christian Byzantines) at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the idolators of Makkah rejoiced at the victory of the Persian Magians, because they were similar to them. The Makkans also were not people of any revealed scripture (just like the Persian-Magians), and so they behaved wickedly towards the Muslims of Makkah. Later, when the Romans defeated the Persians, the Muslims rejoiced because the Christians are closer to the Muslims than the Magians due to the fact that the Christians have a revealed book.
The Magians believe in the concept of dual deities (gods) or supreme forces which oppose each other. Their god, Ahura Mazda, “existed in light and goodness above, while the god of evil, Angra Mainyu, “existed in darkness and ignorance below.” They have existed independently of each other for all time, and make themselves manifest in opposing materials. Zoroastrianism appeared in Iran (Persia) at around the 6th Century BCE, and Zoroastrians (Magians) worship in the presence of some form of fire because they consider it a medium through which spiritual insight and wisdom are attained – and water is treated in much the same way. For this reason, they are often referred to as ‘fire-worshippers” and they were renowned for their building of temples of fire. They have survived until this time and live mostly in India and Iran.
Note :
So long as the people from previous times worshipped Allāh alone without falling into polytheistic practices, and they submitted to the Revelation sent to them and they believed in the Last Day, then Allāh counts them as believers and rewards them on that basis. After the sending of the Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), Allāh revealed without ambiguity, “Whoever desires a religion other than Islām, it will never be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter, he will be among the losers.” (Qur’an 3:85)

http://www.abukhadeejah.com/who-were-the-sabeans-as-sabiah-mentioned-in-the-quran-along-with-the-jews-and-christians/

Committing Shirk is the Greatest Sin

Translated & Compiled by Abbas Abu Yahya

A Definition of Shirk:

From Abdullaah bin Mas’ood who said:
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺَ :أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ ؟

‘I asked the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ which is the greatest sin?’

He said:
أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ

‘That you place a partner with Allaah while He is the One who created you.’ [Collected by Bukhari & Muslim]

1 – Shirk is the greatest Oppression

Allaah Ta’ala said:
إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ

《 Verily! Joining others in worship with Allaah is a great Zulm (wrong) indeed.》[Luqman:13]

2 – Allaah does not forgive the one who does not repent from Committing Shirk

Allaah Ta’ala said:
{إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرَىٰ إِثْمًا عَظِيمًا}

Verily, Allaah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allaah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin.》[Nisa:48]

3 – Paradise is forbidden for the one who dies upon Shirk

Allaah Ta’ala said:
إِنَّهُ مَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّة وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنْصَارٍ

《 Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship with Allaah, then Allaah has forbidden Paradise for him, and the Fire will be his abode. And for the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers) there are no helpers.》 [Maidah: 72]

4 – Committing Shirk negates all Good Actions

Allaah Ta’ala said :
{وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ}

《 But if they had joined in worship others with Allaah, all that they used to do would have been of no benefit to them.》 [An’aam:88]

Allaah Ta’ala said:
{وَلَقَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ}

《 And indeed it has been revealed to you, as it was to those (Allaah’s Messengers) before you: “If you join others in worship with Allaah, (then) surely (all) your deeds will be in vain, and you will certainly be among the losers.’》 [Zumar:65]

5 – The Worst of the Major Sins

From Abu Bakr -RadhiAllaahu anhu- who said that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said:
أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ ؟

‘Shall I not inform you of the worst of the major sins?’ – three times.
We said yes of course O Messenger of Allaah.

The Messenger ﷺ said:
‘الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاَللَّهِ ، وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ. . . ‘

‘Associating partners with Allaah and disobedience to parents. . .’ [Collected by Bukhari and Muslim]

http://www.miraathpubs.net/en/committing-shirk-is-the-greatest-sin/

Ramaphosa is part of the problem and not the solution, but I wish him all the best and a more prosperous SA.

emmie14:
Nigerians are only good in writing. These superb presentations should be channelled to technology and productions.

Shut up bloody hypocrite

AbdelKabir:
^^ I think you should also listen to lectures from the likes of Abu khadeejah, Abu Hakeem bilal Davis, Hassan Somali, Abu Iyaad....they also have their lectures on YouTube, to enjoy their lectures more you'll need SoundCloud app......

Also people can check on Moosaa Richardson on his spreaker account and his bakkah.net website. Abu Abass Yahya is another student of knowledge, he wanted to do a translation of fitna ut-takfeer in some Nigerian languages he told me this in my conversation with him on WhatsApp.