Forgotten Sunnah Series-10

Not allowing your children outdoors till an hour of the night has passed(i.e. do not leave them out close to Maghrib)

Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “When night falls (or it is evening), keep your children close to you for the devils spread out at that time. But when an hour of the night elapses, you can let them free. Close the doors and mention the Name of Allah, for Satan does not open a closed door.”

(Sahih Al-Bukhari,3304)

Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “When night falls (or when it is evening), stop your children from going out, for the devils spread out at that time. But when an hour of the night has passed, release them and close the doors and mention Allah’s Name, for Satan does not open a closed door. Tie the mouth of your waterskin and mention Allah’s Name; cover your containers and utensils and mention Allah’s Name. Cover them even by placing something across it, and extinguish your lamps. “

(Sahih Al-Bukhari, 5623)
Muslim (2013) also narrated from Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not let your animals and children go out when the sun has set, until the first part of the night is over, for the devils come out when the sun sets, until the first part of the night is over.”

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Forgotten Sunnah Series-9

Being early to the Salatul-Jumuah (Friday Prayer), and walking towards the Masjid.

It was narrated from Aws ibn Aws al-Thaqafi that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

  • “Whoever does ghusl on Friday and causes (his wife) to do ghusl (does sexual intercourse),
  • and sets out early,
  • and comes close to the imam
  • and listens and keeps quiet,
  • for every step he takes he will have the reward of fasting and praying qiyaam for one year.”

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 496; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 410.

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Forgotten Sunnah Series-8

A Sunnah which we’ve abandoned is waiting for the next obligatory Salah after we have completed one.

Abu Huraira reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Should I not suggest to you that by which Allah obliterates the sins and elevates the ranks (of a man). They (the hearers) said: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He said: Performing the ablution thoroughly despite odds, tranverside of more paces towards the mosque, and waiting for the next prayer after observing a prayer, and that is mindfulness (Ar-Ribat).

(Saheeh Muslim, 251a)

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‘Saheeh As-Seeratin Nabawiyyah of Shaikh Nasiruddin Al-Albani’ is now available in English!

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Alhamdulillah, here we have with us an excellent work by Shaikh Muhammad Nasiruddin Al-Albani Rahimahullah, Saheeh As-Seeratin Nabawiyyah, translated into the English language by our brother Abu Sahl Fahad Barmem Hafidhaullah.

The Shaikh Rahimahullah, began this work by verifying the reports from the Seerah(of Prophet ﷺ) by Imam Ibn Katheer Rahimahullah, and then compiling his checking as a seperate book.

Qaddar Allah, Shaikh Al-Albani passed away before he could complete checking the entire book of Imam Ibn Katheer Rahimahullah. So this book is only from the birth of the Prophet ﷺ till Al-Isra wal-Meraj.

The Shaikh Rahimahullah named it Saheeh As-Seeratin Nabawiyyah.

Even though incomplete, it is yet an invaluable treasure and it inspires us to study the Seerah of The Prophet ﷺ using only authentic reports and Ahadith, and not unreliable, weak and at times fabricated narrations as is found in most books of Seerah.

Thus the speciality of this book is that unlike the other books of Seerah, Shaikh Al-Albani relies only upon the authentic and proven narrations.

Alhamdulillah, this is now available in the English language.

May Allah reward our brother Abu Sahl Fahad Barmem Hafidhaullah for his efforts.

This book was originally downloaded from:

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The Sahaba and Foreign Languages

Abu Huraira spoke Persian and Abyssinian. (Muslim #2221a, Abu Dawud 2277)

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Before Waraqa bin Nawfal went blind, he used to write the Gospel in Hebrew. (Al-Bukhari #3)

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Zayd ibn Thabit learnt and mastered the language of the Jews (Hebrew) in fifteen days.

(Sunan Abu Dawud,3645, Hassan Saheeh by Al-Albani)

(Note: The Ahadith referenced are actually detailed incidents, the above sentences are just the inference from them.)