As-Sahab: English Translation: Ramadan Lessons: Lesson 11: Daily Sunnahs – Sheikh Khalid Al-Husainan

As-Sahab: English Translation: Ramadan Lessons: Lesson 11: Daily Sunnahs – Sheikh Khalid Al-Husainan

Good Manners

Sheikh Khalid Al-Husainan
(May Allah protect him)

As-Sahab Media

Translated by
The Ansarullah English Team

I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed:

O you who believe! Fasting has been prescribed for you as it was for those before you, that you may attain Taqwa. [They are] prescribed number of days.”

In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

All praise be to Allah, may good, pure and blessed praises. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah, alone, without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

One of the most important traits which Islam encourages is good manners. Many people often hear this term, “good manners”, but if you ask them what they know about it, its definition, its key elements, its basic principles, many of them will know nothing about them. Allah’s Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) encouraged us to have good manners in his reply to a question about what deed will most often be the cause for people to enter Paradise, which was, “Taqwa of Allah (God-consciousness) and good manners.” Having Taqwa of Allah is something between you and Allah, while good manners is something between you and other people. The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Indeed a person reaches the level of one who fasts and prays through good manners.” Imagine that we have a person who fasts and prays, and another who has good manners. This person who has good manners is at the same level as the one who prays and fasts. The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said that the heaviest thing on the scale of deeds on the Day of Judgement is good manners.

So what is the definition of good manners? This is what we will seek to learn in this lesson. How does a Muslim know, or how can a Muslim measure himself? How can he come to know whether he has good manners or not?

There is a saying of Imam Hasan Al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, about the definition of good manners. He defined it as three things, “Refraining from harm, doing good to others, and having a smiling face.”

“Refraining from harm…” meaning to refrain from harming others. What does it mean to refrain from harming others? It means to refrain from harming them with your speech and with your actions. Don't harm people with your words. Stay away from backbiting, talebearing, cursing and abusing, and ridiculing and mocking others. For this reason, the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said while describing the true Muslim and the Muslim whom Allah loves and is pleased with: “The Muslim is he who other Muslims are safe from his hands and his tongue.” People are safe from his tongue. People are harmed by those who do not restrain their tongues: cursing people… abusing people.. damning people. There are some people who always damn and backbite others. We say to this person that you have shortcomings in good manners. Why? Because you do not refrain from harming others with your words.

Also regarding harming others with one’s actions, like transgressing against the rights of others, spilling blood unlawfully, adultery and fornication, theft, beating people up. All this is considered harming others with one’s actions.

So from the meanings of good manners, is that you refrain from harming others with your words or your deeds.

Second, from the characteristics of good manners is that you do good, i.e. that you do good things to others, whether that be in regards to material wealth, doing good with your actions, or even saying good things. Helping people, doing good things to them, and trying to fulfill their needs. For example, if you see someone on the road whose car has broken down, and you stop and help him, this is from good manners, because you have done good to others. A person who does not do good to others has shortcomings in good manners.

The third characteristic of good manners which Imam Hasan Al Basri mentioned is having a soft and kind composure. This means to smile - that you smile at people. The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said that smiling at people is a form of charity. “Do not look down upon any act of goodness, even if it be to meet people with a happy face.” Some people never smile at others, always grumpy and frowning. He thinks that this is the height of religiousness, Taqwa, worship and asceticism that he always greets people with a frown! We say that this person has shortcomings in good manners. Smiling does not take much effort! Two centimeters from the upper lip and two centimeters from the bottom! Subhanallah! People have a natural tendency to like those who smile at them. If a person was ugly… no matter how ugly he is… if he always smiles at people, people like him, and feel comfortable with him and what he says. If a person was good-looking… white, beautiful and with beautiful eyes, a beautiful nose, and what not... but he never smiles at others, people will not like him; they do not feel comfortable around him, they do not take their problems to him, nor do they share their intimacies with him.

So we say my dear brothers, that good manners has three characteristics with which you can judge yourself: refraining from harming others, doing good to others, and smiling at others.

We ask Allah the Generous, the Lord of the Magnificent Throne, that He grant us the guidance to do what he loves and is pleased with. May Allah reward you all for being a good audience.

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Second: Why Muhammad bin Naif? Allah has favored me in the sense that I have never met Muhammad bin Naif (may Allah give him that which he deserves) but I have been in his prisons, I have dealt with his prison guards, and I have lived with those who were burned by the fire of his oppression. I along with others have witnessed, while we are the witnesses of Allah on His earth, how he has waged war against Jihad and the Mujahideen, something that even the media affirms.

Muhammad bin Naif stood with his troops guarding and protecting the Americans, so preventing the Mujahideen from reaching them. He could have assumed the role of a passive bystander, but instead he actively defended them, just as a good child defends his father’s possessions.

They have exchanged the signs of Allah for a small price and averted [people] from His way. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing. 9:9

DEFENDER OF THE LANDS: Muhammad As If You Can See Him

DEFENDER OF THE LANDS: Muhammad As If You Can See Him:

"Muhammad as if You Can See Him"

There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often. 33:21

And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.

33:22

Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah . Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration -

33:23

The Fraud of the Eyes, O enemies unto yourselves

“Allah knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal.” (Surah Ghafir 40:19).

Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem

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And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him (to do an evil act), she closed the doors and said: “Come on, O you.” He said: “I seek refuge in Allah (or Allah forbid)! Truly, he (your husband) is my master! He made my stay agreeable! (So I will never betray him). Verily, the Zalimoon (wrong and evil-doers) will never be successful.” ” (Surah Yusuf 12:23) So his Lord answered his invocation and turned away from him their plot. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.” (Surah Yusuf 12:34). Dearest Muslimatti I was quite astonished to find such an array of alluring photos of muslim women in hejab and niqab .... I really cant understand this new bidah as its goes against the very grain of Haya [ Islamic modesty ] and the commands of Allah Azza wa Jall No self respecting sister would deliberately pose for such enticing photos , seductive in manner and inviting to the opposite sex . I said to myself maybe some are not muslims at all but kafrs posing to create fitna in our society or maybe some are new to Islam and have not fully developed Haya , and Im sure some sisters aren't even aware of these pic being snapped , whatever the reason , it should stop before this fitna spreads to our daughters and they become mere objects of [ come hither ] come to me , adore me desire me, be fascinated by me , may Allah forbid ameen. Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.). That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things)…”(Surah Al-Noor 24:30-31) This verse is a proof since Allah ordered believing men and women to lower their gazes, and His ordering something means it is obligatory. Then Allah tells us that it is purer and that only an accidental (unintentional) glance will be forgiven. ‘Ali bin Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “O ‘Ali, do not follow a glance with another, for you will be forgiven for the first, but not for the second.” (Reported by Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak (2/212 and 3/133) “The adultery of the eyes is the sight (to gaze at a forbidden thing), the adultery of the tongue is the talk,… and the inner self wishes and desires and the private parts testify all this or deny it.” [Sahih Al-Bukhari (no. 6612), Muslim (no. 2657), Ahmed (2/276)]. Gazing at forbidden things is adultery since it is enjoying the sight of charms of a woman, results in these images becoming etched in the heart of the person . Islam forbids gazing at her due the resultant evil. “And let them (Muslim women) not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment.” (Surah Al-Noor 24:31). Stampings one feet ] draws attention to ones self so a sister who posers for these alluring photos is wanting the attention of the opposite sex and following the footsteps of Shaytaan “And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance.” (Surah Al-Ahzab 33:33) SabhanAllah do not display yourselves [ Mutabarri-ja-tim bizinah ] your beautiful eyes made up to look even more captivating, your plucked eyebrows.................... all this and wearing a niqab , how ludicrous is this , do you want to draw on yourselves sins and be responsible for multiplying those sins because every time a male looks at you and takes a second glance your in trouble . La huwla walla quwaita illah bilaah Usama bin Zaid reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I have not left after me any (chance) of turmoil more injurious to men than the harm done to the men because of women. [narrated by Al-Bukhari (no. 5069) and Muslim (2740)]. Since the Prophet (peace be upon him) described women as being a fitnah (temptation, trial) for men, a muslim woman who has Taqwa of Allah tries her best to avoid this very harm and being labelled as a temptation towards her brothers . Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, " The world is sweet and green (alluring) and verily Allah is going to install you as vicegerent in it in order to see how you act. So avoid the (allurement of) women: verily, the first trial for the children of Israel was caused by women.” Please sisters dont be careless in this matter as it affects many, think of your children , you are their role model , your sisters , they are your blood what hurts them hurts you , your brothers who are trying to have Izzah in a world Hay ta- lak [ come on , O you ] Dont sell yourself for a miserable price Do not fall for the pomp and glitter of this world but seek a way to draw closer to Allah's Grandeur And Allah summoneth to the abode of peace, and leadeth whom He will to a straight path. Yunus : 25 Alhumdu lillahi Rabil Aliameen from one seeking Hawna [ humility, modesty ]

فيلم فتح زنجبار هدية لمحبي المجاهدين في اول آيام رمضان المبارك 2011

How sweet is victory leading to a life of dignity Allah Akbar

Ramadan Kareem especially on the battle field

Alhumdu Lillahi Rabil Alaimeen