Is al-Nur One of Allah’s Names?

August 23, 2024 Salafi Knowledge al-Albaanee, al-Albani, al-Noor, al-Nur, Ali b. Hasan al-Halabi, Allaah's Names and Attributes, allah, Asma wa Sifat, Is al-Noor a Name of Allaah, Is The Light One of Allaah's Names, Tawhid al-Asma wa al-Sifat

Sh. ʿAlī b. Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī رَحِمَهُ اللهُ said to al-Imām al-Albānī رَحِمَهُ اللهُ,

“Our Shaykh, is it not said regarding this verse {Allāh is the light of the heavens and the earth} that the verse which comes after it, it is as though it contains an indication that al-Nūr is not from the Names [of Allāh] based on the evidence {The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp}, thus the light came in the possessive form.”

Imām al-Albānī replied, “Yes, it is like a simile (tashbīh).”

Source: Suʾālāt ʿAlī b. Ḥasan b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Ḥalabī al-Atharī li Shaykhihi al-Imām al-ʿAllāmah al-Muḥaddith al-Faqīh al-Shaykh Muḥammad b. Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī (1: 128, no. 22).

Should the Mu’adhin Break His Fast First, or Give the Adhan First?

March 13, 2024 Salafi Knowledge Adhan, al-Albani, Breaking Your Fast, Fasting, Iftar, Mu'adhin, Ramadan, What Should the Mu'adhin Do?

Sh. al-Albānī (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ) was asked whether the prayer-caller (الْمُؤَذِّنُ) should break his fast first, or give the adhān first. The Shaykh replied that he does share such an intricately meticulous outlook on this issue. Whichever of the two the prayer-caller decides to do is permissible.

He was then asked whether the fasting person can continue to fast after the time has ended. He replied that just as it is permissible to give the adhān in the beginning of the time, it is also permissible for him to break his fast in the beginning of the time. So, whether he does it first, or afterwards, the Shaykh does not have a preference for one over the other for him to say that one should break his fast first and then give the adhān, or for him to say one should give the adhān first and then break his fast.

Source: Jāmiʿ Turāth al-ʿAllāmah al-Albānī fī al-Fiqh (10: 199).

Breaking Your Fast – Do You Eat First, or Pray First?

March 13, 2024 Salafi Knowledge al-Albani, Breaking Your Fast, Eating Before Praying Maghrib, Fasting, Fatwa, Iftar, Maghrib, Ramadan

Anas b. Mālik reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he said:

“If the iqāmah for prayer is given while one of you is fasting, let him begin with the evening meal before the Maghrib prayer, and do not rush from your evening meal.”

Sh. al-Albānī (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ) mentions that the addition “while one of you is fasting” does not negate other narrations which omit these words because the versions without these additional words are still absolute in any case, thereby encompassing the one who is fasting, and the one who is not. Rather, the fasting person is more deserving of this concession than the non-fasting person, as is obvious.

Source: Jāmiʿ Turāth al-ʿAllāmah al-Albānī fī al-Fiqh (10: 177). See: al-Ṣaḥīḥah (3964).

Are Good Deeds and Bad Deeds Multiplied During Ramadan? Sh. al-Albani (may Allah have mercy upon him)

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 Salafi Knowledge al-Albani, Bad Deeds in Ramadan, Doing Good Deeds in Ramadan, Fasting, Fasting Reward, Fatwa, Good Deeds in Ramadan, Ramadan, Ramadan Reward, Reward for Fasting Ramadan, Sinning in Ramadan

Sh. al-Albānī (رحمه الله) was asked whether optional deeds, in a general sense, are multiplied, and also evil deeds. He replied:

“There is no explicit scriptural-text (نَصٌّ) in the Divine Law stating that good deeds are multiplied, and likewise evil deeds with respect to the virtue of [a particular] place, or virtue of [a particular] time…virtue of a place such as Makkah or al-Madīnah for example…or virtue of a time such as this month of ours, this month of Ramaḍān.

There is no explicit scriptural-text regarding good deeds or evil ones being multiplied. However, some scholars say, by way of deduction (اسْتِنْبَاطًا), that they are multiplied…by way of deduction i.e., not [based on] a scriptural-text but only independent reasoning (اجْتِهَادًا), so if a person says: “good deeds are multiplied”, there is no harm in that because it is the view of some scholars, however it is not permissible to be definitive in that regard.”

Source: Jāmiʿ Turāth al-ʿAllāmah al-Albānī fī al-Fiqh (10: 109).

3011 – ʿĀʾishah is the Prophet’s Wife in Paradise

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Salafi Knowledge Aishah, al-Albani, al-Hakim, Ibn Hibban, Jannah, Paradise, Prophet's wife, Prophet's wives, Silsilah al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

“Would you not be satisfied in being my wife in this worldly life and in the Hereafter?” I said, “Of course, by Allāh!” He said, “Then you are my wife in this worldly life and in the Hereafter.”

Reported by Ibn Ḥibbān (7053 as in al-Iḥsān), and al-Ḥākim (4/10) by way of Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá al-Umawī: my father narrated to me: Abū al-ʿAnbas Saʿīd b. Kathīr narrated to me: from his father who said: ʿĀʾishah narrated to us that the Messenger of Allāh, may the praise and protection of Allah be upon him, mentioned Fāṭimah, she said, ‘So I spoke, and he said… and then mentioned the ḥadīth.

[analysis to follow…]

Lessons

Our noble mother ʿĀʾishah is amongst the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ who were specifically given the glad tidings of Paradise by the Prophet ﷺ himself.
The lofty status and superiority of ʿĀʾishah over other women.
One of the many merits of ʿĀʾishah.
ʿĀʾishah will undoubtedly enter Paradise which indicates she is someone with whom Allāh is pleased.
One who denies the fact ʿĀʾishah will enter Paradise is a disbeliever.
ʿĀʾishah’s deep love for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ in that she did not hesitate for a second in being pleased with choosing to be his wife in this life and the next.
Just as ʿĀʾishah was intimately close to the Prophet ﷺ in this life, so shall she be in the Hereafter.

3001 – The Flying Horses of Paradise

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Salafi Knowledge Abu Nu'aym, al-Albani, al-Sahihah, al-Tabarani, al-Tirmidhi, Bedouin, Description of Paradise, Flying, Flying Horses, Horses, Jannah, Paradise, Rewards of Paradise, Rubies, Sifat al-Jannah, What's in Jannah?, Wings

“If you are admitted into Paradise, you shall be brought a horse of rubies with two wings, then you shall be carried on it, then it will fly with you wherever you wish.”

Reported by al-Tirmidhī (2547) and al-Ṭabarānī (4/215: 4075), and from him Abū Nuʿaym in Ṣifat al-Jannah [Description of Paradise] (261/423) by way of Wāṣil b. al-Sāʾib, from Abū Sawrah, from Abū Ayyūb [who] said:

“A Bedouin came to the Prophet, may the praise and protection of Allāh be upon him, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allāh, I love horses, are there horses in Paradise?’ The Messenger of Allāh, may the praise and protection of Allāh be upon him, said: … and he mentioned the ḥadīth.

[more to follow…]