I’ve shared this privately with others on several occasions and thought it would be beneficial to post more publicly as well. It’s a beautiful story and one of my favorites, with many benefits to be taken. Here, I’ll share a brief summary of the event in question, followed by benefits I’ve heard various students of knowledge mention. The Story Umm Salamah and her husband...
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man said to the Prophet (ﷺ), "Advise me!"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not become angry and furious." The man asked (the same) again, and again the Prophet (ﷺ) said in each case, "Do not become angry and furious."
The Context A sister (or a troll, in all likelihood, based on their behavior in the comments) made a post on our sub asking if it was worth it to lose out on a lucrative job or first-world citizenship just for refusing to shake hands with the opposite sex. The post was removed for a number of reasons (including references to callers to misguidance and "mainstream scholars", in addition...
Abu Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "No Salat is more burdensome to the hypocrites than the Fajr (dawn) prayer and the ‘Isha’ (night) prayer; and if they knew their merits, they would come to them even if they had to crawl to do so."
From what I understand there are two opinions on this issue: 1a) The more conservative view is that the only thing a man can see of a woman is the face and the hands. So if she normally wears niqab, she can appear before him in just hijab, while maintaining her abaya/jilbab, and of course, no jewelry or makeup. 1b) One variation on this view states that a man can see her without the hijab...
The Context A sister had posted about noticing a trend towards beautifying hijab. For the purposes of this article, we’ll refer to the covering of the hair alone (as opposed to covering the face) as "hijab." In actuality, hijab is a term which encompasses much more than a strip of cloth on the head, but that is a post for another time, in sha’ Allah. The Commentary I...
The Context A sister had posted to our sub asking if she should delay marriage in order to pursue medical school. She was facing pressure from her family to do so and was made to feel less-than for wishing to prioritize marriage. This post contains my response. The Response ﷽ There’s a lot you’ve touched on, I hope you don’t mind if I go through it point by point. You first...
It was narrated from ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Allah has forgiven my nation for mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do."
The other day, I had an aggressive work timeline, something with a few hours’ turnaround. The way I work, especially if I’m doing design work or coding, it’s easy to just get "into the zone." I’ll sit down and blaze through a week’s worth of work pretty easily. In the past, it was nothing for me to be at my desk for 10-12 hours straight, no breaks...
It was narrated that Umm Humayd, the wife of Abu Humayd al-Saa’idi, came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I like to pray with you." He said, "I know that you like to pray with me, but your prayer in your room is better for you than your prayer in your courtyard and your prayer in your courtyard is better for you than your praying in your house, and your...