Listening to Quran at bedtime to remove anxiety

Translated from:

http://www.binbaz.org.sa/node/19453

Question: I sometimes feel afraid when I sleep by myself in a room or in my room. I feel compelled to play the Quran because I am able to sleep upon hearing its verses. Is this permissible?

Answer (by Shaikh Bin Baz): I do not know of anything wrong with this. Because the Quran is the companion of the Believer. And it is the remembrance of Allaah, The Mighty and Majestic. Listening to it is worship. So when a person needs to listen to it to remove anxiety or to put his heart at ease, then there is no problem with that. Alhamdulillah.

Major and Minor Shirk

Translated from Shaikh Fawzaan’s Explanation

Of Kitaabut Tawheed “al-Mulakh-khas”, p.46

ثالثا – أنَّ الشركَ ينقسمُ إلى أكبرَ وأصغرَ

 فالأكبرُ هو أن يسوِّي غيرَ اللهِ باللهِ

فيما هو من خصائص الله

والأصغرُ هو ما أتى في النصوصِ أنه شركٌ

ولم يصلْ إلى حدِّ الأكبر

والفرقُ بينهما:

أ – أنَّ الأَكبرَ يحبطُ جميعَ الأَعمالِ

 والأصغرَ يحبطُ العملَ الذي قَارَنَهُ

ب – أنَّ الأَكبرَ يخلّدُ صاحبَهُ في النارِ

 والأَصغرَ لا يوجبُ الخلودَ في النارِ

ج – أنَّ الأَكبرَ ينقلُ عَنِ الملةِ

 والأّصغرَ لا ينقِلُ عَنِ الملةِ

Thirdly – that shirk is divided into Major Shirk and Minor Shirk. Major Shirk¹ is when a person makes other than Allaah equal² to Him in those things which are specific to only Allaah. And Minor Shirk is what has come in the texts (i.e. the Book and the Sunnah) as being shirk, but doesn’t reach the level of Major Shirk. The difference between the two:

A. Major Shirk nullifies all of the deeds. Minor shirk only nullifies the deed that it is attached to

B. Major Shirk causes the one who commits it to be in the Fire forever. Minor Shirk does not obligate that the one who commits it will be in the Fire forever

C. The one who commits Major Shirk exits from the religion. The one who commits Minor Shirk does not exit from the religion.

Footnotes

1The scholars of Ahlus Sunnah give more than one definition of shirk and these definitions complement each other and do not contradict each other. For example, Shaikh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhaab said in The Three Principles that Shirk is: “calling upon other than Allaah along with Him”. This is correct and this is shirk (though it is a specific type of shirk). Shaikh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhaab also defined shirk in his book, The Major Sins (al-Kabaa’ir) as:

هو جعل شريك لله سبحانه وتعالى في ربوبيته وإلهيته، 

making a partner with Allaah – Free is He from all deficiencies and imperfections, and He is the Most High – in His Lordship or His Divinity

Shaikh Fawzaan has also defined shirk as:

عبادة غير الله في أي نوع من أنواع العبادة

Worshiping other than Allaah in any of the types of worship

(see this link from albaidha.net). So these definitions complement each other and do not contradict each other. Some are more specific and some are more general, but they are all correct.

2See the verse in surah Shu’araa (26:98)

Shaikh Bin Baz: “I don’t like to be praised…”

قال الشيخ ربيع

وأتذكر مرة أن أحد العلماء المصريين أثنى على

الشيخ ابن باز ثناءً يستحقه

واعترض على هذا الثناء الشيخ ابنُ حميد رحمه الله وقال

أنت أثنيت علي الشيخ في وجهه وما كان ينبغي

فقد قَصَمْتَ ظهر الشيخ

فقال الشيخ معلقًا وكان مختنقًا بالبكاء

والله إني يعلم الله لا أحب المدحَ ظاهرًا ولا باطنًا

من ص 6 من الكتاب: الفرقة الناجية أصولها وعقائدها

Shaikh Rabee said:

I remember once that one of the scholars of Egypt

praised Shaikh Bin Baz – praise that he deserved

Shaikh Bin Humaid objected to this praise

(i.e. he objected to someone being praised to their face)

– (we ask that) Allaah have mercy upon him –

and he (Shaikh Ibn Humaid) said:

You have praised the Shaikh to his face and

this was not befitting;

you have broken the Shaikh’s back.

So Shaikh Bin Baz commented on that

while choking back tears by saying:

“By Allaah, Indeed Allaah knows

that I don’t like to be praised,

neither to my face nor behind my back”

From p.6 of the book:

The Saved Sect: Its Principles and its Beliefs

Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted (by God) from him

An excellent, clear Arabic lecture by the living scholar Sulayman Ruhaylee

The Shaikh and the topic are introduced by another brother.  The Shaikh begins speaking at 3:45

https://mega.co.nz/#!dYxCiR5Y!fRaZ8k66yQIUDI8jy-hPM72UeJ0qKNZjCi_6L1ooY_k

From here:

http://www.ajurry.com/vb/showthread.php?t=36516

 

 

another beneficial post:

 

Warning from terrorists and terrorism

The Big Bang Theory – Refuted by Shaikh Saalih asSindee

A Must Read!

http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-big-bang-theory-repudiated-by-dr-shaykh-salih-sindee

 

 

Short Arabic Audios with Translation for Practice

 

 

These are some short Arabic audios with translation to practice and get better at listening to Arabic and understanding.  Listen to each audio at least three times.  Translate it to yourself and compare your translation to the translation at the link.

 

Arabic audios 1 – 3 minutes with audio translation

http://mtws.posthaven.com/can-a-man-bathe-his-sick-mother

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/trimming-the-beard-based-on-a-school-of-thoug

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/should-i-pardon-him-now-or-wait-for-the-day-o

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/saying-may-allah-reward-you-inshaallah

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/supplicating-while-in-sujood

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/islamic-bumper-stickers

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/infatuation-by-shaykh-ahmad-an-najmee

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/does-a-woman-need-her-husbands-permission-to

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/does-beautification-negate-az-zuhd-abstemious

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/shaking-hands-and-giving-salams-during-the-kh

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-ruling-on-the-woman-covering-her-feet-in

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/are-the-scholars-united-upon-respecting-one-a

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/whoever-opposes-the-concensus-has-disbelieved

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/leaving-bones-for-the-jinn

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/can-the-impotent-man-marry

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/fearing-the-envier-by-shaykh-fawzan

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/differences-between-the-quraan-and-the-hadeet

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-meaning-of-the-statement-of-imaam-maalik

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-child-asked-shaykh-albani-a-question

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/concerning-the-phrase-how-is-your-imaan-by-sh

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/using-technology-to-see-the-jinn

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/reciting-the-faatihah-behind-the-imaam-in-the

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/seeking-help-from-the-jinn-by-shaykh-fawzan

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/he-is-boycotted-until-he-repents-by-shaykh-sa

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/opposing-ones-madh-hab-when-the-evidence-cont

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/woman-sates-as-a-condition-for-marriage-the-d

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/supplicating-for-the-guidance-of-a-kaafir-by

 

 

 

Arabic audios from less than 1 minute – to around 3 minutes with written translation below

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/are-lands-of-the-shiah-muslim-lands-shaykh-abdullaah-al-bukhaaree

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/why-do-people-leave-ahlus-sunnah

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/can-i-donate-one-of-my-kidneys-to-my-brother

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/wearing-dirty-clothes-is-not-from-humility

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/hiring-a-woman-to-play-the-duff

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/shaykh-ahmad-bazmool-on-ibraheem-ar-ruhaylee

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/my-wife-lies-a-lot-by-shaykh-abdul-azeez-aali

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-scholars-are-not-infallible-so-we-dont-ta

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/is-eating-dolphin-and-shark-permissible-shayk

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/is-seeing-the-prophet-in-dream-glad-tidings-b

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/is-it-correct-to-ask-allah-to-hurry-when-maki

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-high-divorce-rate-explained-by-shaykh-faw

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/can-a-woman-ask-a-man-to-marry-her

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/refutations-from-the-scholars-are-necessary-b

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/what-is-fitnah-shaykh-saalih-al-fawzaan-answe

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/a-woman-paying-zakat-to-her-husband-by-shaykh

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/sufism-is-not-from-islam-explained-by-shaykh

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/who-has-more-right-to-be-spent-upon-the-wife

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-sick-person-eating-foods-that-will-harm-h

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/muslim-barber-shaving-the-beard-of-the-disbel

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/sister-desires-to-marry-a-man-who-is-already

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/should-i-beat-my-daughter-shaykh-abdur-rahman

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/is-the-menstruating-woman-allowed-to-touch-th

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/eating-the-meat-sacrificed-by-one-who-does-no

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/the-ruling-on-disliking-polygamy-by-shaykh-ab

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/does-a-translator-need-a-tazkiyah-shaykh-zayd

 

 

 

short Arabic audios with written translation above

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/asking-about-people-to-start-fitna-is-not-per

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/sleeping-after-fajr-and-asr-prayers

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/making-wudu-in-the-bathroom-answered-by-shayk )

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/has-salafiyah-come-and-gone-shaykh-fawzan-ans

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/who-are-the-quranists-quraniyoon-explained-by

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/women-wearing-short-clothing-in-front-of-othe

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/should-i-take-my-shahada-over-explained-by-sh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arabic audios around 4 – 7 minutes with audio translation

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/brief-benefit-from-shaykh-muhammad-al-aqeel

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/is-it-permissible-to-listen-to-the-recitation

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/church-bombings-are-not-from-islam

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/humility-of-shaykh-fawzan-and-fatwa-for-dua-o

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/explanation-of-say-if-the-most-merciful-had-a

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/are-there-islamic-nasheed-by-shaykh-fawzan

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/whose-statement-will-we-take-al-maribi-or-the

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/did-umar-bin-al-khattab-make-this-dua-by-shei

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/is-smoking-haraam-sheikh-ajlaan-answers

 

 

 

Arabic audios (approx. 4 – 7 min) with written translation

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/how-to-interact-with-your-wife-by-shaykh-sali

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/student-of-knowledge-does-not-pray-in-the-mas

 

http://mtws.posthaven.com/our-sins-are-weighing-us-down-advice-from-sha

 

 

 

Khutbahs and Lectures by Shaikh Abdul Azeez Aalush Shaikh

Audios by the current Grand Mufti Shaikh Abdul Azeez Aalush Shaikh

 

Khutab (khutbahs):

https://mufti.af.org.sa/ar/khotab

 

Lectures:

https://mufti.af.org.sa/ar/mohadrat

 

 

 

How To Obtain A Happy Life-Sheikh Fawzaan

Arabic Audio:

http://k002.kiwi6.com/hotlink/k1cb34b7qu/mp3

Arabic Text:

http://www.sahab.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=123887

 

Shaikh Fawzaan on tajreeh (criticizing)

س ـ فضيلة الشيخ كيف يفرق طالب العلم بين التجريح والنقد العلمي؟

ج ـ التجريح الذي هو النقد, التجريح إذا كان القصد منه الهوى وبغض الشخص والإساءة إليه هذا لايجوز, أما إذا كان القصد من التجريح بيان مافيه إذا كان ناقلآ لخبر أو روايآ لحديث فيبين مافيه من أجل ألّا يغتر بخبره أو يغتر بحديثه الذي يرويه فهذا بحق, هذا تجريح بحق لأجل النصيحة للناس ألا يغتروا بهذا وهو مجروح, مجروح في العدالة, فهذا من النصيحة في دين الله, النصيحة لإئمة المسلمين وعامتهم أن تبين حالة المخبرين وحالة الرواة من أجل التوثق قال الله تعالى: ((يايها الذين آمنوا إن جاءكم فاسق بنبأ فتبينوا أن تصيبوا قومآ بجهالة فتصبحوا على مافعلتم نادمين)) والنقد كذلك إن كان القصد منه التشهي وغيبة الشخص والنيل منه فهذا حرام منهي عنه, أما إذا كان القصد منه بيان الحق ورد الباطل فهذا محمود.

من شريط(( أسئلة للشيخ صالح الفوزان والشيخ ربيع المدخلي من تسجيلات الدعوة بعجمان

Listen here: http://k006.kiwi6.com/hotlink/gkwii2r9t4/shaikh_fawzaan_on_tajreeh_criticizing_.mp3

Question: Noble Shaikh, how does the student of knowledge distinguish between the tajreeh (criticism) and the knowledge-based criticism (naqd ‘ilmee)?

Answer (Shaikh Saalih Fawzaan):  The tajreeh, which is the criticism (naqd), the tajreeh, when the intention by it is following desires, hatred for a person, and to treat him badly, this is not allowed.  As for when the intention by the tajreeh is to clarify, when some information is conveyed or some hadeeth (or speech) narrated, so he clarifies what is in  it so that the people are not deceived by his information or by his hadeeth (or speech), then this is rightfully done.  This is a rightful tajreeh for the sake of naseehah (advice) to the people so that they are not deceived by this, so it is majrooh (criticized), (with) a just criticism, because this is from advice in Allah’s religion.  Advice to the leaders of the Muslims and the general folk in clarifying the case of those who bring information and the case of those who narrate for the sake of authentication. 

Allah, The Most High, said (translated): ‘O you who believe!  If a sinful person comes to you with information, verify it, so that you don’t cause harm in ignorance and become regretful for what you had done’ (49:6)

The naqd (criticism) is likewise.  If the intention by it is following desires, backbiting someone, and harming him, then this is haraam, prohibited. As for when the intention by it is to clarify the truth, and refuting falsehood, then this is praiseworthy.

(question from a tape of a lecture/meeting of Shaikh Fawzaan and Shaikh Rabee from a few years ago)

Audio lectures from Ummul Qurraa

Audio lectures from Ummul Qurra

http://el.uqu.edu.sa/jusur/english/courses.php?sel=1