In this article I have written about Hadith stating that different regions may observe the crescent moon at varying times resulting in different beginnings and endings of months, Hadith Regarding Sunnah of Eating Dates before going to Pray Eid Salah, Sahih Hadith Regarding Women going out to Eid Salah, Hadith Regarding Starting and Ending the month of Ramadan, Sahih Hadith Regarding the Prohibition of withholding goods in the market, Hadith Regarding Earth being a place of Worship, Venerating the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad SAW, Sahih Hadith Regarding Method to seek forgiveness from Allah, Message to the to the Ummah Regarding the end of Ramadan and Eid. I have also expressed my thoughts on American and Israeli strikes on Iran and closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel.
Hadith no.233
Hadith stating that different regions may observe the crescent moon at varying times resulting in different beginnings and endings of months
Kuraib reported that Umm Fadl, daughter of Harith, sent him (Fadl, i.e. her son) to Mu'awiya in Syria. I (Fadl) arrived in Syria, and did the needful for her. It was there in Syria that the month of Ramadan commenced. I saw the new moon (of Ramadan) on Friday. I then came back to Medina at the end of the month. Abdullah bin Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) asked me (about the new moon of Ramadan) and said:
When did you see it? I said: We saw it on the night of Friday. He said: (Did) you see it yourself? I said: Yes, and the people also saw it and they fasted and Mu'awiya also fasted, whereupon he said: But we saw it on Saturday night. So we will continue to fast till we complete thirty (fasts) or we see it (the new moon of Shawwal). I said: Is the sighting of the moon by Mu'awiya not valid for you? He said: No; this is how the Messenger of Allah PBUH has commanded us. Yahya b. Yahya was in doubt (whether the word used in the narration by Kuraib) was Naktafi or Taktafi. [Sahih Muslim 1087]
Hadith Regarding Sunnah of Eating Dates before going to Pray Eid Salah
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to eat odd number of dates. [Sahih al-Bukhari 953]
Hadith no.363
Hadith Regarding Starting and Ending the month of Ramadan
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "When you see the crescent (of the month of Ramadan), start fasting, and when you see the crescent (of the month of Shawwal), stop fasting; and if the sky is overcast (and you can't see it) then regard the month of Ramadan as of 30 days." [Sahih al Bukhari 1900]
Hadith no.364
Sahih Hadith Regarding Women going out to pray Eid Salah
Umm 'Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered us to bring out the young girls, women in seclusion, and menstruating women for 'Eid al-Fitr and 'Eid al-Adha. (The menstruating women were to) stay away from the prayer area but participate in the good deeds and supplication of the Muslims. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what if one of us does not have a cloak?" He said: "Let her sister cover her with her cloak." [Sunan al-Darimi 1648]
Hadith no.365
Sahih Hadith Regarding the Prohibition of withholding goods in the market
Narrated Ma'mar b. Abi Ma'mar, one of the children of 'Adi b. Ka'b:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: No one withholds goods till their price rises but a sinner. I said to Sa'id (b. al-Musayyab): You withhold goods till their price rises. He said: Ma'mar used to withhold goods till their price rose.
Abu Dawud said: I asked Ahmad (b. Hanbal): What is hoarding (hukrah) ? He replied: That on which people live.
Abu Dawud said: Al-Auza'i said: A muhtakir (one who hoards) is one who withholds supply of goods in the market. [Sunan Abu Dawood 3447]
Hadith no.366
Hadith Regarding Earth being a place of Worship
Ibrahim b. Yazid al-Tayml reported:
I used to read the Qur'an with my father in the vestibule (before the door of the mosque). When I recited the ayat (verses) concerning prostration, he prostrated himself. I said to him: Father, do you prostrate yourself in the path? He said: I heard Abu Dharr saying: I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the mosque that was first set up on the earth. He said: Masjid al-Haram. I said: Then which next? He said: The Masjid al-Aqsa. I said: How long is the space of time between the two? He said: Forty years. He (then) further said: The earth is a mosque for you, so wherever you are at the time of prayer, pray there. [Sahih Muslim 520 b]
Hadith no.367
Venerating the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad SAW
Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib Al-Kindi narrated that:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Soon there will come a time that a man will be reclining on his pillow, and when one of my Ahadith is narrated he will say: 'The Book of Allah is (sufficient) between us and you. Whatever it states is permissible, we will take as permissible, and whatever it states is forbidden, we will take as forbidden.' Verily, whatever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has forbidden is like that which Allah has forbidden." [Sunan Ibn e Majah 12]
Hadith no.368
Sahih Hadith Regarding Method to seek forgiveness from Allah
It was narrated that ‘Ali said:
If I heard a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) Allah benefitted me as He willed thereby. If someone else told me something from him I would ask him to swear, and if he swore I would believe him. Abu Bakr told me - and Abu Bakr told the truth - that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: `There is no man who commits a sin, then does wudoo' and does it well - Mis'ar said: and prays; Sufyan said: then prays - two rak'ahs and asks Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, for forgiveness but He will forgive him.` [Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal 2]
Message to the to the Ummah Regarding the end of Ramadan and arrival of Eid al-Fitr
As we all know that the month of Ramadan is about to end so it is quite sad that we have to wait another year for this blessed month to arrive again. May Allah except our worship, deeds, fasting, prayers, zakah, salah and other good deeds that we performed during this Holy Month. May Allah forgive our sins. An important thing which the Muslim Ummah has to keep in mind is to keep the spirit of Ramadan alive through out the year. We must do as much good deeds as we can just like how we did in the month of Ramadan. We must also refrain from doing bad deeds just like how we refrained from doing bad deeds in Ramadan. I would also like to congratulate the Ummah on the arrival of Eid Al Fitar which will arrive in just a couple of days. It is important that when we will be celebrating Eid we must not forget our Muslim brothers around the world who are facing oppression and injustice. We must pray for them and do something collectively as an Ummah to help them. We must push the leaders of the Muslim Ummah to take concrete steps to help our Muslim brothers rather then issuing empty statements that lack any sort of concrete actions. We must use this opportunity of gathering in celebrations of Eid to unite ourselves and show to the enemies of Islam that while the leaders of the Ummah are cowards but the Ummah is not. We must show America and our rulers who are slaves of America that we are united, we are strong, we care for our brothers and we fear no one but Allah.
Closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel
Although Eid is just about to arrive in a couple of days but one of the saddest things happening at the moment is the closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel. This is the first time since 1967 that Al-Aqsa Mosque has been closed like this. As a Muslim I am deeply saddened by this and I am sure billions of Muslims around the world like me would also be sad at this tragic sight. It is so sad that when many of us in Ramadan had the opportunity to go to Mosques for worship, praying salah in congregation, praying Taraweh in congregation and sitting in Itikaf while at the same time our Muslim brothers living in Jerusalem and from around the world who wanted to visit Al-Aqsa Mosques to worship could not do so because it has been closed by Israel and no one is allowed to pray there. This Mosque not only belongs to Palestinians but it belongs to the entire Muslim Ummah. This is not just an ordinary mosque but it is the second holiest site in Islam. According to the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad SAW it was the second place of worship that was built on Earth. It is not a surprise for Israel to resort to these unjust measures as Israel has a history of doing such acts. It is the weakness of the Ummah especially the leaders of the Ummah that Israel gets courage to perform such acts because Israel knows that the leaders of the Ummah would not do anything to stop them. A couple of days ago some Muslim countries did condemn it but such weak statements that are devoid of any action are not helpful at all. I call upon the Ummah to use the gatherings of Eid to unite yourself and pressure the leaders of the Ummah to break their American shackles and stand up to this injustice. I also call upon the leaders of the Ummah to stop fearing America and fear Allah the Almighty who is worthy to be afraid of. If you do not have the strength and courage to lead the Ummah then handover the leadership of the Ummah to those who are worthy and capable to lead the Ummah.
My thoughts on American and Israeli strikes on Iran
Before writing on this topic I would like to tell that as this article was written couple of days ago so it might not be updated according to the current situation. Now getting I would like to say that I have got many differences with the Iranian regime and I have often criticized them in my articles as well. I know what they did in Syria and elsewhere and I have written quite extensively on the wrongdoings of the Iranian regime in my articles. Despite these differences I support Iran in its fight against the US and Israel. Those Muslims who have got any sort of sectarian, ideological differences with the Iranian regime must bury those differences and must side with Iran. No matter how bad Iran is it is still way better then the US or Israel. Iran is a Muslim country and it has got a rich Islamic history and tradition so if Iran is defeated then this history and tradition will also be erased. Many great Muslim empires like Seljuks, Ghaznavids, Safavids, Ottomans and various Muslim empires in the Indian Subcontinent were very much culturally Persian although most of them were ethnically non Persian. Many great Muslim scholars like Imam Bukhari, Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Ghazali, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd, Al Farabi, Nasiruddin Al-Tusi, Nizam al-Mulk etc were also Persian. Infact many great Muslim scholars have been buried in Iran. The fall of Iran to the US and Israel would mean the loss of all this rich cultural, historical, scholarly and philosophical tradition that Iran is home to so we as Muslim Ummah can not allow a part of the Ummah like Iran that has such rich Islamic history and tradition be defeated. At the moment I must say that Iran is fighting pretty well and I appreciate their resilience to such oppression. They have delivered quite heavy blows to the Americans and Israelis. Although I do not support Iran attacking Oil fields of neighboring Gulf states but I do support Iran targeting American military bases and Embassies that are present in these Gulf states. It is Iran's right to attack these bases which have been used to kill Millions of our Muslim brothers in Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen etc. There are some Muslims who have been blinded with sectarian hate saying that they do not support Iran just because Iran is Shia. I have a simple question to all these people that Palestinians, Afghans, Syrians, Libyans, Uyghurs, Chechens and Kashmiris are Sunnis so have you done anything so far to help them? No you haven't done anything to help them either and you have also ignored their cries for help. In reality all such people are not only blinded by Sectarianism but are cowards and selfish as well who use these lame excuses to hide their cowardice. There are also some Muslims who argue that Iran is paying a price for exporting sectarianism in other Muslim countries and for its wrongdoings in Syria and rest of the Muslim countries. If this is the case then I am sure one day Saudi Arabia and the UAE will also pay a price for killing innocent Muslims in Yemen, Sudan and elsewhere. Saudi Arabia just like Iran has also been involved in exporting sectarianism in various parts of the Muslim world. Are these people arguing that if tomorrow Saudi Arabia or any other Muslim country is attacked by Israel or the US then we shouldn't support them as well for their crimes committed against their own Muslim brothers? They are all wrong no matter how much crimes Iran, Saudi Arabia or the UAE or any other Muslim country commits we should support them because according to the saying of Prophet Muhammad SAW we are all brothers and no matter how much wrongdoings our brother commits we should always be there to support him. I pray to Allah that Iran is victorious over the US and Israel and I also pray for the guidance of the Iranian regime. One thing which I would discuss briefly is that while Iran is under a brutal aggression by Israel and the US Israel is also invading Lebanon. Hezbollah is resisting Israeli oppression quite impressively and I pray to Allah to grant Hezbollah with victory over Israel.
O Allah accept the fasting and the worship performed by the Ummah during this Holy month of Ramadan. O Allah give us the strength to keep the spirit of Ramadan alive throughout the year. O Allah guide the rulers of the Ummah and if their is no guidance in their fate then replace them with those who are worthy to rule the Ummah. O Allah grant Muslims courage to stand up to their rulers if they do something unlawful. O Allah unite the Ummah and eradicate the differences that are present between different Muslim countries. O Allah grant patience, strength and steadfastness to our Muslim brothers fighting oppression in Palestine, Kashmir, East Turkistan, Yemen, Myanmar, Iran, Sudan and elsewhere. O Allah give the Muslim Ummah the strength, courage and faith to help those who are being oppressed around the world.
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