Islam: Questions And Answers - The Heart Softeners (Part 1)

301 Pages·2007·2.41 MB·English

by  Muhammad

Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 15
The Heart Softeners (Part 1)
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 15
The Heart Softeners (Part 1)
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
B.Sc., DipHE
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© Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, 2003
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Contents
Introduction ..............................................................................1
Chapter 1...................................................................................3
General.................................................................................3
33651: Dealing with the fitnah (temptation)
of women.........................................................................3
21631: Every cloud has a silver lining............................8
21457: Why will there be more women in Hell than
men?..............................................................................16
26170: Ruling on missing a person who has died.........19
22704: How to be successful in life..............................20
14258: Conditions for deeds to be acceptable
to Allaah........................................................................31
10946: He wants to work some days of the
week and spend the rest in worship...............................35
12053: Guidance is in the hand of Allaah.....................36
6020: She always feels distressed when plane
crashes happen ..............................................................41
3009: Ruling on using the masbahah (prayer
beads) ............................................................................48
324: The difference between punishments and
trials...............................................................................51
Chapter 2.................................................................................55
Love of Allaah....................................................................55
44593: Fleeing to Madeenah form tribulation ..............55
27232: What are the signs of Allaah’s love for
His slave?......................................................................57
10117: The indications of allah’s love for his
worshippers and the way to its achievement.................66
Chapter 3.................................................................................70
Sincerity.............................................................................70
27170: Is it permissible to offer money to a
person on the condition that he does a good deed?.......70
20742: Intention to do good deeds................................73
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12087: If the owner of an Islamic web-site
takes payment for advertisements, will that
detract from his reward?................................................75
Chapter 4.................................................................................78
Showing Off.......................................................................78
45872: The Shaytaan whispers to him that he
is showing off so that he will give up doing
acts of worship ..............................................................78
11909: Haatim al-Taa’i in the Sunnah...........................80
6356: Admiring oneself after doing a good deed..........82
21254: He gave charity because he felt
embarrassed in front of his boss at work.......................85
22293: He has stopped advising people for
fear of showing off........................................................85
21880: We should not stop doing what is
prescribed for fear of showing off.................................87
12603: Seeking knowledge in order to teach
people and not for the purpose of showing off..............89
1733: Working for a salary and not for the
Hereafter – is this blameworthy? ..................................91
449: An imaam is guilty of some secret sin;
should he continue in his position as imaam?...............92
Chapter 5.................................................................................95
Supplications prescribed in Sharee’ah (Islamic Law)........95
36627: Takbeer at specified times and all the
time................................................................................95
10508: Unrestricted Takbeer or Takbeer restricted
to certain times during the days of Dhu’l-Hijjah...........99
7747: When should we say “Laa hawla wa laa
quwwata illa Billaah”?................................................101
14608: The virtue of one who says Laa ilaaha
ill-Allaah .....................................................................104
33663: Can we say, “Praise be to Allaah
besides Whom no one can be praised for that
which is disliked”?......................................................105
20953: Ruling on making du’aa’ in languages
other than Arabic in the prayer....................................107
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9286: Remembering Allaah in the washroom.............109
11169: Timing of evening adhkaar..............................111
5666: Du’aa’s between the adhaan and iqaamah ........112
22765: Is there a set time for reciting the
morning and evening dhikrs?......................................115
22015: Mentioning the name of Allaah in the
washroom....................................................................117
10192: Is there a du’aa’ for memorizing the
Qur’aan?......................................................................118
12560: Reading Qur’aan after Fajr prayer ..................119
21895: Saying Bismillaah for wudoo’ when one
is in the bathroom........................................................122
12207: Which is better, glorifying and praising
Allaah, or sending blessings upon the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)?............123
12173: He wants to learn the awraad and
adhkaars prescribed in Islam.......................................124
7041: He says adhkaar but bad things happen
to him ..........................................................................129
Question:.....................................................................129
3781: When can adhkaar al-sabaah be recited? ..........130
2165: Adhkaar al-wudoo’ (du’aa’s to be recited
when doing wudoo’) ...................................................132
1180: Du’aa’ of wudoo’...............................................133
2554: Du’aa’ to relieve worry and distress..................134
2355: Dhikr after salaah and before sleeping..............135
Chapter 6...............................................................................139
Virtues of deeds ...............................................................139
47190: Is he regarded as sponsoring an
orphan if he simply pays money to a charity
that sponsors orphans? ................................................139
36546: Examples of good deeds we can do
every day to increase our hasanaat..............................143
34604: Will a person be rewarded for any
calamity such as disease or an accident that
befalls him?.................................................................147
7859: The virtue of fasting six days of Shawwaal ......151
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11722: Virtues of Laylat al-Qadar...............................153
45839: The virtue of reading Qur’aan at night
when people are asleep................................................155
21748: When is the “hour of response” on Friday? ....157
26242: Good deeds......................................................158
12702: Is there reward for good deeds in this
world apart from reward in the Hereafter?..................163
21434: The reward of one whose child dies
and he bears that with patience ...................................166
5201: The difference between sponsoring
orphans and adopting them .........................................170
13210: Do the agonies of death reduce a
person’s sins? ..............................................................174
14035: The advantages of the haafiz in this
world and in the Hereafter...........................................175
21374: What are the best righteous deeds
after the obligatory duties?..........................................180
21905: Seeing Laylat al-Qadr......................................183
14590: Listening to Qur’aan from a CD whilst
on the bus ....................................................................185
21982: He wants something that will guide him
in his worldly and religious affairs..............................186
21018: The danger of rushing to issue fatwas.............193
21575: What are the best fields of worldly
work, employment or trade?........................................196
10936: Calamities expiate for sins..............................199
12391: The most honoured of you with Allaah
is the one who is the most pious .................................200
8511: The six blessings of the martyrs........................202
5226: Reward for patience when miscarrying
a foetus who had a soul...............................................203
11419: The female martyr and the male
martyr’s reward of seventy-two hoor al-‘iyn...............204
9282: Whoever dies of appendicitis
or cirrhosis of the liver is a shaheed (martyr)..............205
924: Those whom Allaah will shade with
His shade.....................................................................206
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8800: His wife died following childbirth
– is she a shaheedah (martyr)? ....................................211
3095: She fell into a well and died – is she
counted as a shaheedah (martyr)? ...............................213
4156: What can you do in one minute?.......................214
5893: Sponsoring a lost child......................................219
4236: The Hadith of the Seven is Not in
Reference to Men Only ...............................................220
1699: Virtues of the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah.............221
Chapter 7...............................................................................232
Sins of the Tongue ...........................................................232
45865: Ruling on double entendres.............................232
40441: Ruling on a woman saying zihaar
to her husband; and does she have to offer
expiation for that? .......................................................234
36743: The expression “The rest is up to
Allaah” is not correct ..................................................236
27261: When is deliberate ambiguity
permissible? If it is in cases of necessity,
how do we define necessity?.......................................237
9410: Kinds of speech that we must refrain
from.............................................................................242
1211: The phrase “The rest is up to Allaah”
is not correct................................................................248
10102: Ruling on cursing one’s children
or wife, and does cursing one’s wife count
as divorce (talaaq)? .....................................................249
8055: Ruling on describing nurses as “angels
of mercy”.....................................................................250
10915: Ruling on one who curses life.........................250
9740: It is forbidden to lie in all circumstances..........251
12030: Is it a sin to insult one’s Muslim brother?.......252
Answer:.......................................................................253
10834: April Fool........................................................253
5733: She gets angry quickly and curses the
person with whom she is angry...................................253
1079: He got angry and cursed the pen and paper ......258
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