Friday, 16 August 2013

Iraqi saying

There is an old Iraqi saying:

الف عين لأجل عين تكرمون


alfu-ayinin li-ajli ayinin tukramoon


"Thousand eyes (people) can be honored because of one eye (person)." *(Meaning, because they are associated with a respectable person, they get respected as well).


NEDERLANDS:


"Duizend ogen (mensen) kunnen geëerd worden wegens één oog (mens)."

Apologies

As-Salaam 'Alaykum,

I apologize to all my brothers and sisters for not being able to update this blog as often as I promised. I hope you all forgive me. May Allaah grant me the Tawfeeq to continue.

Ameen!

Monday, 29 April 2013

Accompanying the poor...

Awn ibn ’Abdullaah, may Allaah have mercy on him, said:

صحبت الأغنياء فعظم همي لأني كنت أرى ثياباً أحسن من ثيابي ودابة أحسن من دابتي، ثم صحبت الفقراء بعد ذلك فاسترحت


ENGLISH:


"I accompanied rich people and there was no one more depressed/sad than me, if I saw a man with a better garment than me and a better riding animal it would depress/grieve me–so I accompanied the poor and [finally] relaxed."


NEDERLANDS:


"Ik vergezelde de rijken, maar het maakte mij verdrietig, want ik zag hen mooiere kleding dan mij dragen en betere rijdier berijden dan mij. Nadat ik de armen vergezelde, kwam mijn hart pas tot rust."


["Al-Hilyah", 2/95].

Qur'an and the Hypocrites

Abul-Jawzaa, may Allaah have mercy on him, said:

نقل الحجارة أهون على المنافق من قراءة القرآن

ENGLISH:


"Hauling stones is easier on the hypocrite than reciting the Qur'an."


NEDERLANDS:


"Het dragen van stenen is makkelijker voor de Munaafiq dan het reciteren van de Qur'an."


["Al-Hilyah", 1/459].

Friday, 22 March 2013

"Don’t cry, O Daughter..."

It says in "Siyar A'lam An-Nubala":

لما نزل بعبد الله بن إدريس الموت ، بكت بنته ، فقال : لا تبكي ، قد ختمت في هذا البيت أربعة آلاف ختمة


ENGLISH:


"When death came upon ’Abdullaah Ibn Idrees, may Allaah have mercy on him, his daughter wept, so he said, "Don’t cry, O Daughter, for I have finished reciting the Qur'an in this house four thousand times."


NEDERLANDS:


"Toen Abdullah Ibn Idrees op sterfbed lag, moge Allaah hem genadig zijn, begon zijn dochter te huilen. Hij zei tegen haar: "Huil niet, O mijn dochter, want ik heb in dit huis 4,000 keer de Qur'an uitgelezen."


["Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa", 7/499].

Monday, 18 March 2013

Umar on Advice

Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab said:

لا خير في قوم ليسوا بناصحين ولا خير في قوم لا يحبون الناصحين

ENGLISH:


"There is no goodness in people who don't give advice, and there is no goodness in people who don’t like to be advised."


NEDERLANDS:


"Er is geen goedheid in een volk die geen advies geeft en er is geen goedheid een volk die niet van advies-gevers houden."


["Risaalat Al-Mustarshideen", 71].

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Umar on white garments

Umar ibn al-Khattab said:

إني لأحب أن أنظر إلى القارئ أبيض الثياب

ENGLISH:


"I love to look at a Qur'an reader in white garments."


NEDERLANDS:


"Ik hou ervan om naar Qur'an recitators in witte kleding te zien."


["Malik's Muwatta", 48/4812].

Nice Recitation





Monday, 4 March 2013

Who falls within the boundaries of Ahlusunah?

Imaam Al-Safarini al-Hanbali says:

أهل السنة والجماعة ثلاث فرق : الأثرية وإمامهم أحمد بن حنبل - رضي الله عنه ، والأشعرية وإمامهم أبو الحسن الأشعري - رحمه الله ، والماتريدية وإمامهم أبو منصور الماتريدي ، وأما فرق الضلال فكثيرة جدا


ENGLISH:


"Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah is composed of three groups:





  • Al-Athariyah, and their Imam is Ahmad bin Hanbal, may Allah be pleased with him.

  • Al-Ash'ariyah, and their Imam is Abul-Hassan Al-Ash'arie, may Allah be merciful to him.

  • Al-Maturidiyah, and their Imam is Abu Mansur Al-Maturidy.



But the misguided groups are many."


NEDERLANDS:


"Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah zijn drie groepen:





  • Al-Athariyah, en hun Imaam is Ahmad bin Hanbal, moge Allah tevreden over hem zijn.

  • Al-Ash'ariyah, en hun Imaam is Abul-Hassan Al-Ash'arie, moge Allah hem genadig zijn.

  • Al-Maturidiyah, en hun Imam is Abu Mansur Al-Maturidi.



Wat betreft de dwalende groeperingen, die zijn er velen."


["Lawami’ Al-Anwar Al-Bahiyyah", 73].

Another hadith on Hur Al-'Ayin

Abu Umama reported that the Prophet said:

ما من أحد يدخله الله الجنة إلا زوجه الله عز وجل ثنتين وسبعين زوجة ثنتين من الحور العين وسبعين من ميراثه من أهل النار ما منهن واحدة إلا ولها قبل شهي وله ذكر لا ينثني


ENGLISH:


"Allah will not admit anyone in the Paradise except that Allah, the Mighty and Glorious will marry him to seventy two wives. Two will be from the houris with big eyes and seventy will be his inheritance from the people of the Hell-Fire (i.e. the believing wives of the disbelievers). Each with a delicious vagina and he will have a member that does not bend (eternal erection)."


NEDERLANDS:


"Allah zal niemand het Paradijs toelaten, zonder dat Hij, de Verhevene, hem zal uithuwelijken aan 72 vrouwen. Twee daarvan zullen van de Hur al-'Ayin zijn en zeventig zal hij erven van de mensen van de Helbewoners (i.e. de gelovige vrouwen van de ongelovigen). Elke van hen heeft een heerlijke vagina en hij zal een onbuigzame geslachtsdeel hebben (eeuwige erectie)."



["Sunan Ibn Majah", 5/4337 - also found in the Musnad of Imam Al-Darimi, and in Imam Al-Qurtubi's Tafsir, Al-Suyuti declared it Hassan in "Al-Jami Al-Saghir", 7989; and Al-Albani declared it Dha'if Jiddan in "Dha'if Al-Jami", 5143].

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

One prostration is One degree in Paradise!

Jundub Ibn Abdullah narrated that the Prophet said:

أكثر من السجود؛ فإنه ليس من مؤمن يسجد لله تعالى سجدة؛ إلا رفعه الله بها درجه في الجنة، وحط عنه بها خطيئة


ENGLISH:


“Prostrate much because there is no Muslim that prostrates to Allah Almighty except that Allah raises him one degree in Paradise by it and forgives for him a sin.”


NEDERLANDS:


"Vermeerder je prostraties, want geen Moslim verricht een prostratie aan Allah de Verhevene, zonder dat Allah hem een graad in het Paradijs verheft, en een zonde van hem vergeeft."


["Sahih Al-Jaami", 1204].

A big act ruined by intention





Monday, 18 February 2013

Speaking without knowledge

Ibn Taymiyyah said:

ومن تكلم في الدين بلا علم كان كاذبا وإن كان لا يتعمد الكذب
ENGLISH:

"Whoever speaks about Al-Islam without knowledge is a liar. Even if he had not intended to lie."

NEDERLANDS:

"Wie over religie zonder kennis spreekt is een leugenaar, zelfs als liegen niet zijn intentie was."

["Majmu Al-Fatawa", 10/449]

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Covering up mistakes

Yahya ibn Ma'een said:

ما رأيت على رجل خطأ إلا سترته

ENGLISH:


"I never saw a mistake in a person except that I would cover it up for him."


NEDERLANDS:


"Nooit zag ik iemand een fout begaan, zonder dat ik het zou verbergen."


["Siyar A'lam An-Nubala", 11/83].

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

The virtues of Imam Al-Bayhaqi

Ad-Dhahabi wrote:

وبلغنا عن إمام الحرمين أبي المعالي الجويني قال : ما من فقيه شافعي إلا وللشافعي عليه منة إلا أبا بكر البيهقي ، فإن المنة له على الشافعي لتصانيفه في نصرة مذهبه .
قلت : أصاب أبو المعالي ، هكذا هو ، ولو شاء البيهقي أن يعمل لنفسه مذهبا يجتهد فيه ، لكان قادرا على ذلك


ENGLISH:


"It has reached us that Imam Al-Haramain said: "There is no jurist of the Shafi'ee madhab except that he is indebted to Imam al-Shafi'ee except Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi, for indeed al-Shafi'ee is indebted to him for the works he contributed to support his madhab." (Imam Dhahabi continues to say):... "This is correct. And if al-Bayhaqi desired to have his own madhab with which he would make ijtihad then he would have been capable of that."


NEDERLANDS:


"Het heeft ons bereikt dat Imam Al-Haramain zei: "Er is geen jurist van de Shafi'ie Madhab, behalve dat hij verschuldigd is aan Imam Al-Shafi'ie, behalve Abu Bakr Al-Bayhaqi, want Al-Shafi'ie is verschuldigd aan hem, wegens zijn steunende werken voor Shafie's Madhab." (Imam Dhahabi zegt): Dat klopt. En als Al-Bayhaqi had gewild om een eigen Madhab te starten en daarin zijn Ijtihad uit te voeren, dan zou hij daartoe in staat zijn."


["Siyar A'lam An-Nubala", 18/169]

Monday, 11 February 2013

Why do we fear Allaah?

Ibn Al-Qayyim says:

وسمعت شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية رحمه الله يقول : حد الخوف ما حجزك عن معاصي الله فما زاد على ذلك : فهو غير محتاج إليه


ENGLISH:


"And I heard Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah be merciful to him, say: "The extent one should Fear Allaah is that it prevents him from disobeying Him. As for what is beyond that, then he is not in need of that."


NEDERLANDS:


"En ik hoorde Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyah, moge Allah hem genadig zijn, zeggen: Mensen horen Allaah te vrezen naar mate het hen afhoudt van Zijn ongehoorzaamheid. Hij (Allah) wilt niet meer dan dit."


["Madarij Al-Salikeen", 2/394]

Sunday, 10 February 2013

Imam Ahmad on Yahya bin Ma'een

Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal said:

كل حديث لا يعرفه يحيى بن معين ، فليس هو بحديث

ENGLISH:


"Every hadith that Yahya bin Ma'een does not know is not a hadith."


NEDERLANDS:


"Elke hadith die Yahya bin Ma'een niet kent is geen hadith."


["Qiymah Az-Zaman", 35].

Friday, 8 February 2013

Hadith on Travel...

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet said:

السّفر قطعة من العذاب

ENGLISH:


"Traveling is a piece of torture."


NEDERLANDS:


"Reizen is een vorm van marteling."


["Sahih Bukhari", 1710].

Sunday, 3 February 2013

Persian Saying

A Persian saying:

وقتی دیدی نان و ماست ... نان را قاشق بساز


ENGLISH:


"When you only have bread and yoghurt ... use the bread as a spoon."


NEDERLANDS:


"Als je alleen brood en yoghurt hebt ... gebruik je brood als je lepel."


MEANING:


Instead of complaining about the lack of x, y and z, find alternative solutions to the problem.

Friday, 1 February 2013

Afghan Saying:

PASHTO (Afghan) saying:



اوسپنه چې څومره ټکول کيږي هومره کلکيږي


"Iron : The more you beat it, the stronger it becomes."


"Ijzer : Hoe meer het geslagen wordt, des te sterker het wordt."

"I do not say that it shaves hair..." - Hadith

Az-Zubair ibn Awwam reported: The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

دبَّ إليكم داء الأمم قبلكم الحسد والبغضاء هي الحالقة لا أقول تحلق الشعر ولكن تحلق الدين

ENGLISH:


"The diseases of the former peoples are creeping towards you, envy and hatred, and it is a razor; I do not say that it shaves hair, but rather it shaves the religion."


NEDERLANDS:


"Er is tot jullie gekomen de ziekte van de naties voor jullie, jaloezie en haat. Dit is de "scheerder". Ik zeg niet dat het de haren scheert, maar het scheert (vernietigt) het geloof."


["Tirmidhi", 2434 - Hassan].