The Prophets Legacy by Sheikh Tariq Appleby No. 9

 Today I learned about the Prophet's legacy:

"Whoever persists in offering twelve rak' ahs of Sunnah (prayer), Allah will build for him a house in Paradise: four rak' ahs before Zuhr two rak' ahs after it, two rak; ahs after Magrib, two rak'ahs after 'Isha' and two rak' ahs and two rak' ahs before Fajr." 

If you pray these 12 rak' ahs, you will get a house in Jannah.

The Messenger of Allah said: "Verily Allah says: 'I am the third of two partners so long as one of them does not betrays the other; but if he betrays him then I depart from among them."

This is for business, two people running a business if you don't beray your friend Allah will help you, but if your friend is taking more money then you, Allah will leave your business.

"Whoever removes a worldly hardship from a believer, Allah will remove one of the hardships of the Day of Resurrection from him." 

If you give food to a poor believer, helping others is beneficial in this world and the next, you can't take money to Jannah.

"Whoever grants respite (a debtor) who is in difficulty, Allah will grant him relieve in this world and the hereafter."

If you forgive the debt of someone then Allah will help you in the hereafter and this world, if someone you know has debt then if you can help them, it is also a good thing.

"The one who drives to help widows and the poor is like the one who strives in Jihad for the sake of Allah or the one who prays at night and fasts during the day."

Meaning if you do this then you will get the rewards.

"Allah will help a person so long as he is helping his brother."

It is like helping someone who needs help to carry bags, Allah will help you if you help another.

"O Messenger of Allah, the mother of Sa'd has died; what clarity is best?" He said: "water." So he dug a well and said: "This is on behalf of Umm Sa'd (The mother of Sa'd."

If you can give running water and electricity, then that is good.

Muslim people, treat Animals greatly.

"Whoer contently prays for forgiveness, Allah will give him a way out of every difficulty and relief from every worry, and will grant him provision from where he did not expect."  

Allah will provide people who ask for forgiveness, a way out.

"He does not thank Allah who does not thank the people."

Part of showing gratitude to Allah is thanking people who are good to you, be grateful to people, is it is like thanking Allah directly.

"The smell from the fasting person's mouth is better before Allah than the fragrance of musk."

Harming by breathing in someone's face while you are fasting, Allah loves that is because you fast, for the sake of Allah, a male deer, the musk that you can take it is dried and sold as perfume, the musk is for marking territory.

"There is no one who fasts one day for the sake of Allah, but Allah will remove his face a distance of seventy years from the fire in return for the day."

Fasting one day the reward is rewarding you, two thousands of kilometers away from the Fire.

"Whoer spends Lailathal=Qadr in prayer our of faith and in the hope of reward will be forgiven his previous sins."

If you do it completely with all your heart, then his sins will be forgiven, you need to do this for the sake of Allah.

"Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and in the hope of reward will be forgiven his previous sins."

We don't harm others, if someone harms you then if there is a reason you can fight back.

"There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm."

The messenger of Allah was asked about fasting on the day of 'Ashoora' and he said: "It expiates (the sin of) the past year."

You can fast the tenth or the eleventh.

Qur'an by Sheikh Gabriel Keresztes No. 21

 

Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."

He is doing taqwa he is talking to the people, he is doing his part.

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

Allah can destroy anything in a fraction of a second, people can be on a beach, and then a large Sunami just comes crashing through, Allah's punishments are very severe.

Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?

And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.

If we are not punished in the Dunya, then we are punished in the grave, we fear Allah because we don't want to go to Hellfire.

People steal because they want more.

That they may eat of His fruit. And their hands have not produced it, so will they not be grateful?

Do we thank Allah for our blessings and food, many followers of Islam are not thanking Allah, thank Allah for our eyes (I know you have eyes because you are reading this), ears, feet, everything, if you want something and you get it, say Alhamdulillah.

Exalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

Allah made everything in pairs.

And a sign for them is the night. We remove from it [the light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.

If you have no light it is dark, the Sun is a light giver and the moon is a light reflector.

And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

We can see everything in the sky because we have telescopes, but the Prophet time, there were no telescopes, everyone said the Qur'an is accurate, science is a manmade subject, many things can change, science is becoming a religion, in the 21-century science has won, the war between religion and science, why believe something that is always changing.

And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.

The moon moves on its course, and Allah made it so like an old date stalk, there is day and night, there is a system, there is always a day and night if it is a night for 6 months, then the day will take over 6 months.

And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.

Allah has made means of transports, like camels and horses, we had always used the Sun and Moon as the direction givers.

But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy... "

Fear Allah.

And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they are from it turning away.

Imam is a blessing.

And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which Allah has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Should we feed one whom, if Allah had willed, He would have fed? You are not but in clear error."

The Prophets Legacy by Sheikh Tariq Appleby No. 8

"There is nothing dearer to Allah than supplication."

He does accept the dua if you don't have an intensive, you can't ask Allah to break the ties of family, and don't ask him to grant Haram things, seek the best times to Allah, there are certain times that dua is more accepted, Fridays from 1pm to maghrib, and during solat.

"He has found the taste of faith who is content with Allah as his Lord, Islam is his religion and Muhammad is his Messenger."

Only the person who finds and believe these things, then he will know the sweetness of Imam, how can you know about these things if you know about it, 

"Be indifferent towards this world, and Allah will love you. Be indifferent to what is in people's hands, and they will love you."

Only take what you need to go to Jannah, also it means that you don't take Haram things too, if you hang out with people who have things that you don't have, that is not a proper friendship.

"Indeed, Allah is Hayiy [sky, in the manner that is befitting His Majesty], Generous; when a man raises his hands to Him, He feels too shy to return them to His empty and disappointed."

Most of his things he had was Haram, so things we did in our past Allah might not give you your dua accepted, instead of giving something you wanted, he will defend you from a hardship.

"Learn from me your rituals (of Haji)."

Learn about how Prophet Muhammad did HIS Haji, this hadith can also be put in daily life, it is ok to copy the Prophet, we have to do what the prophet does.

"The water of Zamzam is for that for which it is drunk."

Before you drink, make dua, it is like wishing water, so make dua before you drink it.

One person lasted a month just drinking zamzam.

"The best water on the face of the earth is the water of Zamzam; it is a kind of food and a healing from sickness."

It is the best water and it is food because you can just drink Zamzam, and it is a healing water.

"Two phrases which are light on the lips, heavy in the balance and beloved to the Most Merciful: Subhanallahil-'Azeem (Glory and praise be to Allah, glory be to Allah the Almighty.)"

Easy to say and will give you a lot of benefits.

Allah is free of weakness.

Imperfections.

It is like saying Allah is the Best God, and only God.

Subhanallahil-'Azeem Say this a lot.

"Whoever says, (Glory and praise be to Allah), a plan three will be planted for him Paradise."

The palm trees are large and will give riders shade for 500 years, they are much much larger than the ones on this Dunya, the date trees have a variety to trees, the Qur'an is not just given to the Arabs.

"The most beloved of word to Allah are four: Subhanallah, Wal-hamdu Lillah, was la ilaha illallah, was allhu akbar (Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god except Allah, And Allah is most Great). It does not matter with which of them you start.”

You can choose which one you want to do.

"The closed of people to me on the Day of Resurrection will be those who sent the most blessings upon me."

"If I am mention in a person's present, let him snd blessings upon me, for whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah will send blessings upon him tenfold."

If you hear the name of the Prophet, if you send blessings to Muhammad, then hearing his name Allah will send blessings tenfold.

The History of Islam by Dr. Yusif Abdul-Jobbar No. 1

 Today I learned about the History of Islam.

The greatest civilization that was the greatest in the world, was the Islam.

Madinah was built on justice, fairness, and equality, so many non-Muslims say that the Prophet Muhammad is the best prophet, when he migrated to Madinah, he built the Islamic empire.

One and every four people are Muslims, one-quarter of the population of the world are Muslim, Muslims are a powerful force.

Don't hide about you being a Muslim, Smiling at someone is a form of charity.]

How Malaysians got to being Muslims are, Muslim merchants came through Malaysia and were kind to Malaysians and the Malaysians found out about Islam then became Muslims, Indonesia has the most Muslims in the world, more than Arabia.

The Prophet did not force people to become Muslims.

THEY MADE COFFEE.

EVEN TOOTHBRUSHES.

Also algebra.

After the prophet passed away, one of his follers conquered Jerusalem, when the Muslims were conquering, the Muslims conquered the city for 500 years, but the battle had no bloodshed, the king came and the people were surprised because he had no guards just himself.

Salah Ud Ayyubi was one of the best conquerors of the world.

He lived for 51 years, then he passed away, There was bloodshed in Jerusalem because the Crusaders wanted riches and other things, but Salah took it back and gave power to the Muslims after the fought the Crusaders, Salah gave food to them, the Crusaders were shocked, that their arch enemy was sending food to them.

1000 years of Islamic empire.

The Prophets Legacy by Sheikh Tariq Appleby No. 7

Today I learned about The Prophets Legacy:

"Allah, may He be blessed and exalted, said: ' son of Adam, if you were to meet Me with healthful of sins but not associating anything with Me. I would meet you with an earth of forgiveness."

We all sin in many ways, but Allah will forgive you, there was a man who killed 100 people, but he repented when we want to change, we have to change our back-grounds, what kind of person you want to be, and what do you want to be after you pass away.

"There is no faith for one who is not trustworthy and there is no religious commitment for one who does not keep his promise."

The prophet is talking about being trustworthy and keeping your promise, like when someone telling you a secret, and you tell everyone, we promise so many things, but we don't keep the promise then what is the point of having a promise.

"Not one of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."

People like their things, like toys and houses, people who don't need these things, don't know how it feels like it, love the most important things, like being in a house, and having food.

"Adornment (i.e, light, in the Hereafter) will reach as far as Wudoo' reached."

Wuduk is a part of worship, it is required for another act of worship.

"The likeness of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not is that of the living and the dead."

A person who is alive is Someone who worships Allah, don't be afraid to remember Allah.

"Whoever among you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand (by taking action); if he cannot, then with his tongue (by speaking out); and if he cannot, then with his heart (by hating it and feeling it is wrong), and that is the weakest of faith."

If you see someone being mugged, then do something about it, or get help, don't let that happen, don't think that some people are better than others.

"It is not permissible for a Muslim to forsake his brother for more than three (days)."

some people carry grudges, as a Muslim, you can't be angry for more than three days, you can't ignore people for more than three days, if someone is angry about something, try to resolve it.

"Actions are only (judged) by their endings." (this is dubbed by me)

Lives are judged by the ways they end, the man who killed 100 people, he went to Jannah, because he wanted desperately to repent, if a man worships Idos then becomes a Muslim, and went to war and died in the war, then he went to Jannah, when we remember people who died we think about the good things, when we all die we have to think about how we are going to be good. 

Qur'an by Sheikh Gabriel Keresztes No. 20

Today I learned about the Qur'an:

You can read the Qur'an to be healed, and Allah gave us the ability to read, to read the Qur'an, he has given us knowledge.

Ya, Seen.

By the wise Qur'an.

He swears by the Qur'an, he only swears something, only if it is important, you can't swear by the Qur'an, you can only swear by Allah, people swear "I swear by my mom that I did this," you can't do that.

Indeed you, [O Muhammad], are from among the messengers,

On a straight path.

[This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

Allah is above his creation.

That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.

Already the word has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.

Even if you give the non-believers all the proof most of them will not become Muslims, Allah knows who will become Muslims and who will not.

Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.

Allah will not hold you accountable for something you have not done.

And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.

The non-Muslims have a barrier so they won't be Muslims.

And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.

It is the same if you warn them and not warn them.

You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward.

The guidance is Taqwa, the Qur'an helps people who have Taqwa.

Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

Allah knows everything, everything is recorded by Allah (not by a recorder).

And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -

People deny the Qur'an.

When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened them with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you."

All of the prophets are normal human beings, the prophets are humans too.

They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."

Take care of your Imam.

They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you,

And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."

They wanted to kill the prophet by throwing stones at him.

They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."

And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.

Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.

They are not asking for money.

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

Worship Allah, for he created you.

Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

The Idols cannot protect you, Allah can only protect you.

Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

Why do people ask idols to keep us safe?.

Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."

It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know

He said enter Jannah, to the prophet, he is telling people guys to believe in Allah, then when he died he went to Jannah, people who do Daqwa and killed, he/she will go to Jannah, don't be afraid of anything other than Allah.

(I will NOT COLOR the Arabic meanings in with black for now on)

The Prophets Legacy by Sheikh Tariq Appleby No 6

Today I learned about The Prophets Legacy:

"A woman was punished because of a cat which she kept locked up until it died, and she entered Hell because of it. This is because she did no feed it or give it water when she kept it locked up, neither did she let it eat from the vermin of the earth."

This means being kind and being good to animals, people who mistreat animals have sinned, if you have a pet, take care of it, don't hunt animals to target practice, only for food, all life matters, only if it is dangerous, then you can kill it. 

"Whoever gives iftar to one who is fasting will have a reward like his, without that detracting from the reward of the fasting person in the slightest."

If you fast, and someone invites you to help you breakfast, then the person gives the food, he will get pahalah, but the person who is fasting the reward will no be taken away.

"There are no days in which righteous deed are more beloved to Allah than these days, i.e, the ten days of [of Dhul-Hijjah]." The people asked: "O Messenger of Allah, not even Jihad for the sake of Allah?" He said: "Not even jihad for the sake of Allah, except in the case of a man who when out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing."

The reward of us dying in war is a great reward.

"Whoever performs Haji and does not commit any obscenity or commit any evil will go back (free of sin) as on the day his mother bore him."

When you go on Haji, the reward is all ALL of your sin taken away from you, like the day you have been given birth as a baby (when you were a baby you had no sins).

"There is no day on which Allah ransoms more of His slaves from the Fire than the day of 'Arafah."

This is for the Haij, we are here at the Haij is to pray to Allah.

"There are two eyes that will not be touched by the Fire: the eye that weeps with fear of Allah and the eye that spends the night keeping guard (in  jihad) for the sake of Allah."

Keeping guard is tiring, but the guard will get a big reward.

"Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and asks him about something, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days."

A Muslim goes to a fortune-teller and asked will I get married today, then his prayer will be not accepted for forty days, but you still have to pray, but he believes him then he believed what he learned from the prophet Muhammad, no one knows the future, only Allah.

"Faith has seventy-odd branches, and modesty (al-haya;) is a branch of faith."

Imam has seventy-odd branches, there is not just one imam.

"There is no person who says, in the morning and evening of every day: 'In the Name of Allah with whose name nothing is harmed on death or in heave, and He is the Allah-Hearing, Allah knowing,' three times, and is then harmed by anything."

It means We take refuge by Allah, and He is the only one who can keep you safe from harm (but that does not mean to keep your door open at night and day).

"Fear the supplication of the one who has been wronged, for there is no barrier between it and Allah."

If you owe someone money and you don't give them then that is oppression, you should no be mistreated by anyone, speak up, never the oppressor, if you are in oppression, then your dua will be directed to Allah directed.