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Chapter Four

الفصل الرابع

7 17 47 Expiating Oneself And Repenting From Backbiting Appendix A Speaking About Allaah without Knowledge Appendix B Committing Shirk Through the Tongue Appendix C Misuse of the Tongue Prohibitions upon the Tongue Conclusion Index of Hadeeths Bibliography 97 125 131 Explanation of Symbols Used A Muslim is encouraged to utter certain phrases at the mention of Allaah, His Messengers, His Angels, the Sahaabah, or other righteous Muslims. The phrases are presented below and the reader is advised to utter the complete phrase when he comes across any of these symbols or abbreviation: Phrase ~ ~ ~\ ~ ,$, ..iii Vo_; ~ ~ .~I r)\....JIJ Mentioned With Allaah's Name Prophet Muhammad A Prophet or an Angel A companion More than two companions A past scholar or righteous Muslim A female companion Prophets or Angels Transliteration Meaning Subhaanahuu wa Glorified and ta'aa/aa Exalted is He Sallallaahu 'alayhi May the peace and wa sallam blessing of Allaah be on him 'Alayh is Salaam Peace be on him Radiyal/aahu May Allaah be 'anhu pleased with him Radiyal/laahu May Allaah be 'anhum pleased with them May Allaah have Rahimahul/aah Mercy on him Radiyal/aahu May Allaah be 'anhaa pleased with her 'Alayhimus-Salaat wa-Salaam Peace be on them Introduction Naseehah (Advice) and its position in the Religion All Praise is to Allaah, we praise Him, seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evils of our souls and evils of our deeds. One whom Allaah guides none can lead him astray, and one whom He misguides, none can guide him. We bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and We bear witness that Muhammad ~ is His Servant and His Messenger. Golden Advice Series 04 "O you who believe! Fear Allaah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of lslaam." [Aal lmraan (3): 102] "O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Aadam), and from him (Aadam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)), and from them both He created many men and women and fear Allaah through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allaah is Ever an All·Watcher over you." [An-Nisaa' (4): 1] o ~~ 1) !))~ ~1 I;i1 ~( &Jr ~~~ "O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins. Guarding the Tongue And whosoever obeys Allaah and His Messenger~ he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. he will be saved from the Hell-fire and made to enter Paradise)." [AIAhzaab {33): 70-71] As for what follows: Verily the most truthful speech is the Word of Allaah and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him], and the worst of affairs are the newly-invented matters. Every newly-invented matter is an innovation, every innovation is a going astray and every going astray is in the Fire. [11 Giving Naseehah Is A Characteristic of the Prophets One of the major characteristics of the [1] This is the famous Khutbat AI-Haajah which the Prophet ~ would recite whenever he was going to deliver a sermon, make a speech. See 'Khutbat AI-Haajah' of Shaykh Muhammad Naasirudeen AI-Albaanee (AI-Maktab Allslaamee, Damascus, 1980) for its authentication and further details. Golden Advice Series 04 caller to Allaah - indeed, it should be a major characteristic of the believer - is that very important characteristic of giving advices. Being from the people of Naseehah or having the characteristic of being 'Naasih' is something that Allaah has commanded this Ummah with. It is also one of the important characteristics that the Prophets came with. Allaah informs us that when the people of Nooh ~I accused him of being upon misguidance and error with their saying: "Verily, we see you in plain error." [Al-'A'raaf (7): 60]; he rejected that and responded that he was giving them sincere advice: ~ j_;.~ ~~ ~,1 ~ ~ ~ ~A Jo~ ,,. ,,. ~t ~_) s,:~-J ~ 0 ~\ ~5 ~0~ 1 ~ ~\ ~ _j{t ~ "[Nooh (Noah)] said: "O my people! There is no error in me, but I am a Messenger from the Lord of the 'Alameen (mankind, jinns and all that exists)! I convey unto you the Messages of my Lord and give sincere advice to you.

Chapter 1 of 314 min read

Chapter Four

الفصل الرابع

7 17 47 Expiating Oneself And Repenting From Backbiting Appendix A Speaking About Allaah without Knowledge Appendix B Committing Shirk Through the Tongue Appendix C Misuse of the Tongue Prohibitions upon the Tongue Conclusion Index of Hadeeths Bibliography 97 125 131 Explanation of Symbols Used A Muslim is encouraged to utter certain phrases at the mention of Allaah, His Messengers, His Angels, the Sahaabah, or other righteous Muslims. The phrases are presented below and the reader is advised to utter the complete phrase when he comes across any of these symbols or abbreviation: Phrase ~ ~ ~\ ~ ,$, ..iii Vo_; ~ ~ .~I r)\....JIJ Mentioned With Allaah's Name Prophet Muhammad A Prophet or an Angel A companion More than two companions A past scholar or righteous Muslim A female companion Prophets or Angels Transliteration Meaning Subhaanahuu wa Glorified and ta'aa/aa Exalted is He Sallallaahu 'alayhi May the peace and wa sallam blessing of Allaah be on him 'Alayh is Salaam Peace be on him Radiyal/aahu May Allaah be 'anhu pleased with him Radiyal/laahu May Allaah be 'anhum pleased with them May Allaah have Rahimahul/aah Mercy on him Radiyal/aahu May Allaah be 'anhaa pleased with her 'Alayhimus-Salaat wa-Salaam Peace be on them Introduction Naseehah (Advice) and its position in the Religion All Praise is to Allaah, we praise Him, seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evils of our souls and evils of our deeds. One whom Allaah guides none can lead him astray, and one whom He misguides, none can guide him. We bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and We bear witness that Muhammad ~ is His Servant and His Messenger. Golden Advice Series 04 "O you who believe! Fear Allaah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of lslaam." [Aal lmraan (3): 102] "O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Aadam), and from him (Aadam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)), and from them both He created many men and women and fear Allaah through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allaah is Ever an All·Watcher over you." [An-Nisaa' (4): 1] o ~~ 1) !))~ ~1 I;i1 ~( &Jr ~~~ "O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins. Guarding the Tongue And whosoever obeys Allaah and His Messenger~ he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. he will be saved from the Hell-fire and made to enter Paradise)." [AIAhzaab {33): 70-71] As for what follows: Verily the most truthful speech is the Word of Allaah and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him], and the worst of affairs are the newly-invented matters. Every newly-invented matter is an innovation, every innovation is a going astray and every going astray is in the Fire. [11 Giving Naseehah Is A Characteristic of the Prophets One of the major characteristics of the [1] This is the famous Khutbat AI-Haajah which the Prophet ~ would recite whenever he was going to deliver a sermon, make a speech. See 'Khutbat AI-Haajah' of Shaykh Muhammad Naasirudeen AI-Albaanee (AI-Maktab Allslaamee, Damascus, 1980) for its authentication and further details. Golden Advice Series 04 caller to Allaah - indeed, it should be a major characteristic of the believer - is that very important characteristic of giving advices. Being from the people of Naseehah or having the characteristic of being 'Naasih' is something that Allaah has commanded this Ummah with. It is also one of the important characteristics that the Prophets came with. Allaah informs us that when the people of Nooh ~I accused him of being upon misguidance and error with their saying: "Verily, we see you in plain error." [Al-'A'raaf (7): 60]; he rejected that and responded that he was giving them sincere advice: ~ j_;.~ ~~ ~,1 ~ ~ ~ ~A Jo~ ,,. ,,. ~t ~_) s,:~-J ~ 0 ~\ ~5 ~0~ 1 ~ ~\ ~ _j{t ~ "[Nooh (Noah)] said: "O my people! There is no error in me, but I am a Messenger from the Lord of the 'Alameen (mankind, jinns and all that exists)! I convey unto you the Messages of my Lord and give sincere advice to you.