The Excellence & Etiquette of Fasting: Two Joys, a Shield, and a Boundless Reward – Hadīth Commentary by al-Mubārakfūrī and Al-Ithyūbī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Hurayrah narrated from the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ): كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ يُضَاعَفُ الْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِمِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: إِلَّا الصَّوْمَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ ، يَدَعُ شَهْوَتَهُ وَطَعَامَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ : فَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ، وَفَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ ، وَلَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُContinue reading “The Excellence & Etiquette of Fasting: Two Joys, a Shield, and a Boundless Reward – Hadīth Commentary by al-Mubārakfūrī and Al-Ithyūbī”

Fasting Ramadān with Īmān and Ihtisāb: Hadīth Commentary – al-Mubārakfūrī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Hurayrah narrated from the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) that he said: مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ ، وَمَنْ قَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ ، وَمَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ “Whoever fasts RamadānContinue reading “Fasting Ramadān with Īmān and Ihtisāb: Hadīth Commentary – al-Mubārakfūrī”

The Ruling on Cupping for the Fasting Person – ‘Abdullāh al-Fawzān

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hadīth 1: Narrated by a group of Sahābah, among them Shaddād ibn Aws (رضي الله عنه) who narrated: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَى عَلَى رَجُلٍ – بِالْبَقِيعِ – وَهُوَ يَحْتَجِمُ فِي رَمَضَانَ ، فَقَالَ:أَفْطَرَ الْحَاجِمُ وَالمَحْجُومُ that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) came upon a man — at al-Baqīʿ — whoContinue reading “The Ruling on Cupping for the Fasting Person – ‘Abdullāh al-Fawzān”

The Gate of Al-Rayyān: Hadīth Commentary on The Distinction of the Fasting in Paradise – al-Mubārakfūrī, Al-Ithyūbī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Hurayrah narrated: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ مِنْ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ؛ دُعِيَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَلِلْجَنَّةِ أَبْوَابٌ، فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّلَاةِ ، دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّلَاةِ ، وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجِهَادِ، دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الْجِهَادِ ، وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِContinue reading “The Gate of Al-Rayyān: Hadīth Commentary on The Distinction of the Fasting in Paradise – al-Mubārakfūrī, Al-Ithyūbī”

When Ramadān Enters: Hadīth Commentary on the Opening of the Gates, the Shackling of the Devils, and Why Sin Still Occurs – al-Mubārakfūrī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Hurayrah narrated from the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ): إِذَا دَخَلَ رَمَضَانُ فُتِّحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ : فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ وَغُلِّقَتْ أَبْوَابُ جَهَنَّمَ، وَسُلْسِلَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ – وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : فُتَّحَتْ أَبْوَابُ الرَّحْمَةِ “When Ramadān enters, the gates of heaven are opened” — and in (another) narration: “the gates of ParadiseContinue reading “When Ramadān Enters: Hadīth Commentary on the Opening of the Gates, the Shackling of the Devils, and Why Sin Still Occurs – al-Mubārakfūrī”

Authenticity of fasting the six days of shawwaal

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hadīth 1. Narrated by Yahyā ibn Ayyūb and Qutaybah ibn Sa’īd and ‘Alī ibn Hujr, all from Ismā’īl – Ibn Ayyūb who said: Ismā’īl ibn Ja’far narrated to us: Sa’d ibn Sa’īd ibn Qays informed me from ‘Umar ibn Thābit ibn al-Hārith al-Khazrajī, Abū Ayyūb al-Ansārī, may Allāh be pleased withContinue reading “Authenticity of fasting the six days of shawwaal”

Witr series part 1: Raising the hands in Qunūt

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Those who held that it is recommended to raise the hands in Qunūt: “This is the position in the Shāfi’ī madhab and the saying of Ahmad which is the established position in his madhab, and some Hanafīs also held this view. This is (also) the saying of Ibn Mas’ūd, Abū Hurayrah,Continue reading “Witr series part 1: Raising the hands in Qunūt”

Whoever dies whilst fasting will enter Paradise

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: مَنْ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِصِيَام يَوْمٍ دَخَلَ الجنَّة “Whoever has his life sealed with a day of fasting will enter Paradise.” (Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in Sahīh al-Jāmi 6224 and al-Sahīhah 1645) Al-Manāwī said: “Whoever has his life sealed with a day of fasting” meaning: whoever concluded hisContinue reading “Whoever dies whilst fasting will enter Paradise”

Intention to fast ramadan is required every night

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: مَنْ لَمْ يُبَيِّتِ الصِّيَامَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الفَجْرِ فَلَا صِيَامَ له “Whoever does not commit himself (i.e. establish the intention) for fasting before the break of dawn has no fast“ (Sahīh al-Jāmi of Al-Albānī who declared it Sahīh #6534) Al-Manāwī said: … and in Ibn Mājah’s narration: “WhoeverContinue reading “Intention to fast ramadan is required every night”

The fast that yields only hunger and no reward

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: رب صائم ليس له من صيامه إلا الجوع، ورب قائم ليس له من قيامه إلا السهر “There are people who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are people who pray (at night) and get nothing from their prayers except a sleepless night.”Continue reading “The fast that yields only hunger and no reward”