In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate "May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You" Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
Common Mistake in our daily Namaz. Mistake 2: Sticking the arms to the sides of the body, in rukoo' or sujood, and sticking the belly to the thighs in sujood. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: 'Let not one of you support himself on his forearms (in sujood) like the dog. Let him rest on his palms and keep his elbows away from his body.' (Sahih Muslim). The Messenger of Allah (SAW) used to keep his arms away from his body during rukoo' and sujood that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen (Sahih Muslim). - read full article from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveIslam_LiveIslam/message/22 Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu Overstepping the Mark in Making Duaa? You should note may Allaah help us and you to do that which He loves and which pleases Him that duaa is a weapon that has been forsaken by many people, but duaa is worship. It was narrated from al-Numaan ibn Basheer (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Duaa is worship. Then he recited (interpretation of the meaning): And your Lord said: Invoke Me [i.e. believe in My Oneness (Islamic Monotheism) and ask Me for anything] I will respond to your (invocation). Verily, those who scorn My worship [i.e. do not invoke Me, and do not believe in My Oneness, (Islamic Monotheism)] they will surely enter Hell in humiliation! [Ghaafir 40:60]. Al-Albaani said (it is) saheeh. See Saheeh Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 2685. And it was narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: There is nothing dearer to Allaah than duaa. Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 2684. And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Whoever does not ask of Allaah, He becomes angry with him. Classed as hasan by al-Albaani. See Saheeh Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 2686. If you understand this, you should be keen to make a lot of duaa. Secondly: There is etiquette to be followed when making duaa and there are things which should be avoided, some of which we will sum up as follows: 1- Starting with oneself when making duaa. 2- It is mustahabb to raise the hands when making duaa. 3- The person making duaa should be in a state of complete purity. 4- He should face the qiblah when making duaa. 5- He should manifest humility before Allaah (call upon Him in humility and in secret [al-Anaam 6:63 interpretation of the meaning]). In Badaai al-Fawaaid Ibn al-Qayyim said that not being humble when making duaa is a kind of overstepping the mark in duaa. (Badaai al-Fawaaid, 3/12). 6- He should beseech Allaah in his duaa. 7- He should not look for a speedy response. In al-Saheehayn it is narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: You will be answered so long as you are not in a hurry and say, I made duaa but I did not receive a response. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6340; Muslim, 2735. For when a Muslim calls upon his Lord, one of three things happens, as was mentioned in the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): There is no Muslim who calls upon his Lord with a duaa in which there is no sin or severing of family ties, but Allaah will give him one of three things: (1) Either He will answer his prayer quickly, or (2) He will store (the reward for) it in the Hereafter, or (3) He will divert an equivalent evil away from him. They said: We will say more duaa. He said: Allaahs bounty is greater. Narrated by Ahmad, 10749; al-Tirmidhi, 3573. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, 2199. 8- It should be noted that one should praise and glorify Allaah in duaa, and send blessing upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It was narrated that Faddaalah ibn Ubayd said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) heard a man making duaa after his prayer, but he did not send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: This man is in a hurry. Then he called him and said to him or to someone else: When any one of you has finished praying (and makes duaa), let him start by praising Allaah, then let him send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), then after that let him ask for whatever he wants. Al-Albaani said: it is a saheeh hadeeth. (See: Saheeh Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 2765. Thirdly: With regard to overstepping the mark in making duaa, this involves a number of things: 1- Being too detailed in one's duaa, (O Allaah, give me a furnished apartment and a colour TV etc). Rather what is prescribed is to make duaa in concise words as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to do. He used to ask Allaah for the best in this world and in the Hereafter. It was narrated from Abd-Allaah ibn Mughaffal that he heard his son say: O Allaah, I ask You for the white palace on the right side of Paradise if I enter it. He said: O my son, ask Allaah for Paradise and seek refuge with Allaah from the Fire, for I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: Among this ummah will be people who overstep the mark in purifying themselves and in making duaa. Narrated by Abu Dawood, 690; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. 2- Calling upon Allaah in ways that Allaah has forbidden or that are means that lead to something forbidden (because the means come under the same rulings as the ends). This was stated by Ibn al-Qayyim in Badaai al-Fawaaid, 3/12. So whatever is a means to something haraam is also haraam. [This includes calling upon Allah swt via Wali / Pir / Dargah (grave) / Baba (saint) / Dead persons] Prohibitions that are taken too lightly English Translation Book by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid Shirkk - associating partners with Allaah This is the most serious of all prohibitions, according to the hadeeth narrated by Abu Bakrah, who said: "The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'Shall I not tell you of the most serious of the major sins?' three times. We said, 'Of course, O Messenger of Allaah!' He said, 'Associating anything in worship with Allaah . . .'" (Agreed upon; see al-Bukhaari, no. 2511, al-Bagha edition). Every other sin may be forgiven by Allaah, apart from shirk, which requires specific repentance, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "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 . . ." [al-Nisaa' 4:48] One of the forms of shirk which is particularly widespread in Muslim countries is: Grave-worship the belief that dead awliyaa' ("saints") can fulfil one's needs or help at times of distress, and calling upon them for aid. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him . . ." [al-Israa' 17:23] Similarly, they call upon dead Prophets, righteous people and others to intercede for them or to rescue them from some calamity, but Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations? Is there any ilaah (god) with Allaah? . . ." [al-Naml 27:62] Some of them have adopted the habit of mentioning the name of a shaykh or wali ("saint") when they stand up, or sit down, or stumble, or encounter problems or distress, so they might say "O Muhammad!" or "O 'Ali!" or "O Husayn!" or "O Badawi!" or "O Jeelaani!" or "O Shaadhili!" or "O Rifaa'i!" - or they may call upon al-'Aydaroos or Sayyidah Zaynab or Ibn 'Alwaan. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "Verily those whom you call upon besides Allaah are slaves like you . . ." [al-A'raf 7:194] Some of those who worship graves walk around them as if in Tawaaf, and acknowledge their corners, or touch them, kiss them, wipe their faces with their dust, prostrate towards them when they see them, or stand before them in fear and humility, praying for whatever they need of healing from some disease, or for a child, or for help with some difficulty. Sometimes they call upon the occupant of the grave, saying "O my master, I have come to you from far away, so do not let me down." But Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever dies calling on someone else as a rival to Allaah, will enter Hell." (Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, 8/176). Prohibitions that are taken too lightly English Translation Book by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid Usually those who use televisions use them to watch and listen to haraam things, so if the person who is praying for that is one of these people, then his duaa for this TV is a kind of overstepping the mark in making duaa, because he is asking Allaah to give him something by means of which he will disobey Him. So it is clear that this duaa is overstepping the mark in two ways: 1- Because it is detailed 2- Because it is a means to something haraam, and the means come under the same rulings as the ends. This applies if the person who is making the duaa is going to use it for something haraam, as most people do. 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