Fawāids |Qur'ān | Authentic Sunnah

    Author: أبو زكريا عيسى الألباني

    • The Sunnah of Hijāmah (Cupping) & Its Medicinal Benefits

      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The meaning of “cupping” or “bloodletting” Cupping is a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to intact or scarified skin in order to draw blood toward or through the surface of the skin. “Wet cupping” or “bloodletting” refers to the skin being incised at selected sites followed by cup application…

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    • Bid’ah and Sunnah cannot co-exist

      حدّثنا الأزاعّ، عن حسان قال: ما ابتدع قوم بدعة في دينهم إلّا نزع الله من سنّتهم مثلها، ثمّ لا يعيدها إليهم إلى يوم القيامة Hassan (ibn ‘Atiyyah) (d.120) said: “People do not introduce an innovation in their religion except that Allāh withdraws it’s like from the Sunnah. Then, it will not return to them until…

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    • The 5 Authentic Ways of Making Taslīm (salutation to end the prayer)

      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1. Saying As-salāmu alaikum turning to the right slightly … كان يُسلِّمُ تَسْليمةً واحدةً: السلامُ عليكم From Ā’isha who narrated:…” He would say one Taslīm (salutation): As-salāmu ‘alaykum…”. (Irwā al-Ghalīl of Al-Albānī 327. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī. Sahīh upon the conditions of Muslim by Shu’ayb al-Arnaūt in Zad al-Ma’ād 1/251) كانَ…

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    • Authentic Adhkār Series: Part 1 – Morning & Evening Dhikr

      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Chapter 1: Dhikr for both the Morning and Evening 1.1 لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: If anyone says in the morning: (There is nothing which has the right to be worshipped except Allāh…

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    • Authentic ahadīth regarding the Day of ‘Arafah

      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عن عائشة رضي الله عنها مرفوعاً: «ما مِن يومٍ أكثر مِن أنْ يُعْتِقَ اللهُ فيه عبدًا مِن النارِ، مِن يومِ عرفة، وإنَّه ليدنو، ثم يُباهي بهم الملائكةَ، فيقول: ما أراد هؤلاء؟ Ā’ishah (may Allāh be pleased with her) reported that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: “There is no day on which Allāh sets…

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    • The ruling on fasting the first nine days of Dhu’l-Hijjah & the Day of ‘Arafah

      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām al-Hajjāwi said: يسن صيام تسع ذي الحجة، و يوم عرفة لغير حاج بها “It is sunnah to fast the first nine days of Dhu’l-Hijjah and the day of ‘Arafah for non-pilgrims.” Shaykh Salih al-Fawzān said in explanation: It is mustahabb (recommended) to fast these days as the Prophet صلى الله…

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    • The Great Virtues of Sūrah al-Baqarah – authentic collection

      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ لاَ تَجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ مَقَابِرَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَنْفِرُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي تُقْرَأُ فِيهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ ‏”‏ ‏ Abū Hurayrah reported Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:” Do not make your houses into graves. Shaytān flees from a house in which Sūrah…

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    • The 5 Commands that Allāh gave to Yahyā ibn Zakariyyā

      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الْحَارِثَ الأَشْعَرِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏”‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ يَحْيَى بْنَ زَكَرِيَّا بِخَمْسِ كَلِمَاتٍ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِهَا وَيَأْمُرَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا بِهَا وَإِنَّهُ كَادَ أَنْ يُبْطِئَ بِهَا فَقَالَ عِيسَى إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَكَ بِخَمْسِ كَلِمَاتٍ لِتَعْمَلَ بِهَا وَتَأْمُرَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا بِهَا فَإِمَّا أَنْ تَأْمُرَهُمْ…

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    • How a Muslim Should Be Towards The Death of a Non-Muslim

      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّخِذُواْ عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ تُلۡقُونَ إِلَيۡهِم بِٱلۡمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدۡ كَفَرُواْ بِمَا جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ يُخۡرِجُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَإِيَّاكُمۡ أَن تُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ رَبِّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ خَرَجۡتُمۡ جِهَٰدٗا فِي سَبِيلِي وَٱبۡتِغَآءَ مَرۡضَاتِيۚ تُسِرُّونَ إِلَيۡهِم بِٱلۡمَوَدَّةِ وَأَنَا۠ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَآ أَخۡفَيۡتُمۡ وَمَآ أَعۡلَنتُمۡۚ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡهُ مِنكُمۡ فَقَدۡ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ١ O you who…

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    • How A Muslim Should Be With Their Neighbours

      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Who is the neighbour? Shaykh al-Albânî said: Everything that has been narrated suggesting that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم defined it as being forty (houses in each direction) is weak and is not authentic. What appears to be the case is that it is to be defined according to what…

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