Tuesday, October 16, 2012

O you who have believed, enter into Islam perfectly (extract from Tafsir As-Sa'dee rahimahul-llah)

 Imam Abdur-Rahman bin Naasir As-Sa'dee rahimahul-llah (died 1376) said in his tafsir of verse 208 in Suratul-Baqarah: 

{O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely [and perfectly] and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy}

This is a command from Allah the exalted to the believers, that they enter {into Islam completely} ie in all the legislation's of the religion, and that they do not abandon any of it, and that they do not be like he who took his desire as his God; if the legislated matter conformed with his desire he preforms it and if it opposed it he abandons it. Rather, the obligation is make the desire subordinate to the religion, and that he preforms all acts of goodness he is able to perform, and that which he is incapable of doing he intends doing it and remain committed to it so that he achieves it by his intention.

And hence entering into Islam completely is impossible and inconceivable without opposing the ways of the devil, He said {And do not follow the footsteps of Satan} ie by falling into disobedience of Allah. {Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy} and the clear enemy will only command evil and immorality and what harms you.

And At-Tabaree said: {completely} ie enter all of you into Islam. 

And there is no contradiction between the two explanations. For that it is reasonable to say: the command is that you all enter into all legislations of Islam. (Shaykh Rslaan)

Arabic text: 

{ 208 - 209 } { يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً وَلا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ} .
هذا أمر من الله تعالى للمؤمنين أن يدخلوا { فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً } أي: في جميع شرائع الدين، ولا يتركوا منها شيئا، وأن لا يكونوا ممن اتخذ إلهه هواه، إن وافق الأمر المشروع هواه فعله، وإن خالفه، تركه، بل الواجب أن يكون الهوى، تبعا للدين، وأن يفعل كل ما يقدر عليه، من أفعال الخير، وما يعجز عنه، يلتزمه وينويه، فيدركه بنيته.
ولما كان الدخول في السلم كافة، لا يمكن ولا يتصور إلا بمخالفة طرق الشيطان قال: { وَلا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ } أي: في العمل بمعاصي الله { إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ } والعدو المبين، لا يأمر إلا بالسوء والفحشاء، وما به الضرر عليكم.

The one who intends to do a sacrifice should not cut his hair and nails from the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah


Shaykh Al-Albaanee, may Allah shower His Mercy upon him, states in our of his works:
The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
‘When the new moon of Dhul-Hijjah appears and one of you wants to do the sacrifice, then he should abstain from (cutting) his hair and his nails.
And in a narration:
‘Then he should not take anything from his hair or from his nails until he sacrifices.’
 – Mukhtasar Saheeh Muslim No.1251 and other than it.
Shaykh Al-Albaani, may Allah shower his Mercy upon Him, comments:
"I say: And the apparent meaning of the hadeeth is the obligation to leave removing the hair and the nails for the one who has resolved to do the sacrifice until he sacrifices ... and this is what Imaam Ahmad and other than him have said.
So, let those who are afflicted with the shaving of the beard pay attention to this, for indeed shaving it (the beard) for ‘Eed has in it three acts of disobedience:
The First: The shaving in of itself, for indeed it is to become feminine and to resemble the disbelievers and to change the creation of Allah as I have explained it in my book Adaab-uz-Zifaaf Fis-Sunnatil-Mutahharah (6th Edition, page 118).
The Second: Beautifying (oneself) for the ‘Eed through the disobedience of Allah!
The Third: What this hadeeth has benefitted with from the forbidding of taking (from) the hair for the one who wants to sacrifice. And in reality, very few are those who are saved from these violations (of the religion), even some of the people of knowledge! We ask Allah for safety.”

HJC: 'Eed al-Adh.haa – Friday 26 October 2012 Official Decision and Announcement of the High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia...


Just a short time ago, we were informed of the official decision and announcement of the High Judiciary Council (HJC) of Saudi Arabia regarding the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah.
 
1 Dhul-Hijjah will be on Wednesday 17 October 2012, and the Muslims performing Hajj will be in 'Arafah on Thursday 25 October 2012 (9 Dhul-Hijjah 1433), and the Muslim Ummah shall be celebrating 'Eed al-Adhaa on Friday 26 October 2012, (10 Dhul-Hijjah 1433), inshaa.-Allaah.