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How We Direct Our Love and Our Hatred

Habib Ali al-Jifri (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) explains how our love and hatred should be directed 

The Messenger of Allah said ﷺ : “Whoever possesses these three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith: that Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else; that he only loves another person for Allah’s sake and that he would hate to return to disbelief after Allah had saved him from it just as he would hate to be cast into the Fire.” Continue reading How We Direct Our Love and Our Hatred

Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Sabur (the Most Patient)

Allah says: “Those who patiently persevere will receive a reward without measure.” (39:10) In this prayer, Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him and benefit us by him), teaches us to ask Allah through the Prophet, the most patient of people, to make us among those who patiently persevere and thus receive a reward without measure. Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Sabur (the Most Patient)

Insights into Purification: Muhammad ﷺ , the Purest of all People

Things which are considered impurities in the case of most people are considered pure in the case of the Prophet ﷺ and the other Prophets. There are many hadith that point to this fact.

Abdullah bin Zubayr drank the Prophet’s blood after cupping him. Other Companions sucked the blood from his wounds. Continue reading Insights into Purification: Muhammad ﷺ , the Purest of all People

On the Most Important Sunnah Prayers

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

Once someone is consistent in praying the compulsory prayers what Sunnah prayers should they pray?

The most important Sunnah prayers are Witr and the Sunnah before Fajr. Witr is compulsory according to the Hanafi School and some of the Companions and Hanafi scholars were of the opinion that the Sunnah of Fajr is also compulsory. After that, the other Sunnah prayers before and after the compulsory prayers should be performed as well as the Duha (midmorning) prayer.

Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Rashid (the Guide to what is right)

This prayer is taken from Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz’s collection of prayers using Allah’s beautiful names in which he calls upon Allah by His beautiful names and then asks Him to bestow prayers upon His Beloved by those names. Finally, he asks Allah for a portion of those attributes which belong to Allah and which He has bestowed upon His Messenger ﷺ. Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Rashid (the Guide to what is right)

Insights into Purification: Removing Impurities (Part Two)

It is possible to purify something which has been contaminated with filth but it is impossible to purify something which is itself filth. It is impossible to purify excrement, even if you washed it twenty times. The filth would in fact increase.

Likewise, through an intention, an act that is merely permissible can become something that is recommended or it can become something that is forbidden. Eating is praiseworthy if it is done with the intention to gain strength to worship Allah. However, an intention has no effect on an act that is forbidden. Stealing someone’s money with the intention of giving it to the poor does not make stealing permissible. Continue reading Insights into Purification: Removing Impurities (Part Two)

Commemorating the Emigration of Imam al-Muhajir

In the month of Muharram, we commemorate the emigration of Imam al-Muhajir il-Allah, Ahmad bin ‘Isa, to the Hadramawt Valley.

It was on 14th Muharram that he arrived in the region and he was the first of the Prophetic Household to settle there. His progeny, later to become known as the Ba ‘Alawi, went on to spread Islam to the far corners of the earth. It has been said that the migration of the Prophet ﷺ was from Makkah to al-Madinah, and the migration of his offspring was from Iraq to Hadramawt.

The scholars of Hadramawt, at their forefront Habib Abu Bakr al-Adani al-Mashhur, commemorate this event with a series of lectures and gatherings, culminating in an annual visit.

To learn more about this great Imam, please go to: https://muwasala.org/imam-al-muhajir/

May Allah reward Imam al-Muhajir and allow us to continue to reap the fruits of his efforts.

VIDEO: Joy and Sadness for Sayyiduna al-Husayn

By Habib Ali al-Jifri (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

According to the Ahl al-Sunnah, the Day of Ashura is a day of joy because of the salvation of Sayyiduna Musa. There is no doubt that it is also a day of sadness since it was the day on which Sayyiduna al-Husayn was martyred along with his relatives and some of the Ansar. Continue reading VIDEO: Joy and Sadness for Sayyiduna al-Husayn