A summary of Habib Umar’s commentary on Surat al-Qadr, Ramadan 1436.
Allah says:
There are two meanings to Allah sending down the Qur’an. The first meaning is the first revelation which was revealed to the Prophet ﷺ in the Cave of Hira on Sunday night on the eve of the 17th Ramadan. That night was also Laylat al-Qadr. Continue reading Tafsir of Short Surahs: Surat al-Qadr
A summary of Habib Umar’s commentary on Surat al-Inshirah, Ramadan 1436.
Allah says: Have We not expanded your chest for you?
When We ordered Sayyiduna Musa to convey the message, he asked that his chest be expanded: My Lord expand my chest and make easy my affair. However, We gave it to you without you asking. Continue reading Tafsir of Short Surahs: Al-Inshirah
Water is a blessing from Allah. If you were to be deprived of it, you would die of thirst.
Allah says: Allah does not love the wasteful (6:141)
and the wasteful are the Devil’s brothers (17:27)
The Prophet ﷺ once passed by Sayyiduna Sa’d and rebuked him for wasting water while performing wudu. He replied: “O Messenger of Allah, is there wastage in wudu?” Continue reading Insights into Purification: Not Wasting Water
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that if someone says the following after performing wudu, the eight doors of Paradise will be opened for them and they may enter through whichever one they wish:
‘I bear witness that there is no deity save Allah alone. He has no partners. I bear witness that our Master Muhammad is His slave and messenger.’ Continue reading Insights into Purification: Supplications after Wudu
Allah says: Whichever way you turn, there is the countenance of Allah (2:115).
In spite of the fact that the heavens and the earth belong to Allah, He made it such that facing certain directions has a specific effect. He thus made it obligatory to face the Noble Ka’bah in prayer. The best place on the earth after the place in which the Prophet is buried ﷺ is the Noble Ka’bah. Continue reading Insights into Purification: Facing the Qiblah
When performing wudu, one begins with the right hand before the left and the right foot before the left.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved to begin with the right side in all his affairs: when performing wudu and ghusl, when putting on his sandals and when combing his hair. Continue reading Insights into Purification: Beginning with the Right
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Had I not feared hardship for my Ummah, I would have commanded them to use the siwak for every prayer.”
He also said ﷺ: “Praying two rakats with the siwak is better than praying seventy rakats without it.” Continue reading Insights into Purification: the Siwak
By merely mentioning the name of Allah before any action a barrier is placed between us and the forces of darkness and evil. When our actions are safe from evil and darkness we are ready to travel the path to Allah. Continue reading Insights into Purification: Beginning Wudu in the Name of Allah
It is obligatory to completely wash your feet from the tips of your toes up to and including your ankles. To ensure you have done this, you must also wash a little above your ankles, for that which is required to fulfil an obligation is in itself obligatory.
The Prophet ﷺ once saw that some of the Companions had neglected to wash their heels, so he called out at the top of his voice: “Woe to the heels from the Fire!” Continue reading Insights into Purification: Washing Your Feet
When you perform wudu, it is obligatory to completely wash your arms from your fingertips up to and including your elbows . To ensure you have done this, you must also wash a little above your elbows, for that which is required to fulfill an obligation is in itself obligatory.
When you perform wudu, the sins you have committed with your hands disappear with the last drop of water that runs off your arms. Continue reading Insights into Purification: Washing Your Arms
