The martyr is pardoned for all his sins except outstanding debts

Nasihah (Advice): Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (Radiyallahu Anhu) reports that the Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:

“The martyr is pardoned for all his sins except outstanding debts.” 

(Sahih Muslim, Hadith #: 1886)

Hadith - Pahala Jumaat dan meninggalkan perkara yang melalaikan

Dari Abu Hurairah ra. meriwayatkan bahawa baginda Rasulullah saw. bersabda:

Barangsiapa berwudhuk dengan sebaik-baik wudhuk kemudian pergi untuk menunaikan sembahyang Jumaat dan mendengar khutbah dengan penuh perhatian dan diam, akan diampunkan di antara Jumaat itu hingga Jumaat yang akan datang dan ditambahkan dengan tiga hari, dan barangsiapa mencarik-carik tikar atau batu kerikil (bermain-main ketika khutbah dibacakan), maka sesungguhnya dia telah melakukan perkara yang sia-sia.

[Muslim 1988] [1]

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Nota:
[1] Muntakhab Ahadith, hlm.207.

Role of parents towards their children in a society that does not helpin raising children properly

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A very common problem seen in youth in western countries is that their parents allow them to indulge in some form of haram in the hope that that will stop them from committing worse haram. An example of this is that parents will say that they allow their children to indulge in music in the hope that that will stop them from going out with bad people or leaving their home all together. Parents are afraid that if they enforce the law of Allah in their homes, that their children will leave. What is Islam’s position on this sort of compromise? Some parents also say that they only have the duty to tell their children something is haram, and then their children have to choose for themselves because they are already young adults (i.e. 13 -18 yrs old and unmarried, living at home). Don’t the parents have to forbid haram by all means, or do they just say that is haram and then leave them be? To what extent do parents have to go to forbid their children from haram? Parents also believe that once their children reach the age of puberty they are no longer responsible for their sins or actions, and so say they will have no sin if they advise their children something is haram and then leave them. Is this true? Or do parents always have the responsibility of forbidding their children from haram, and will they be responsible if they see their children doing haram and just leave them after advising them?

The difference between taking the kaafirs as friends and seeking theirhelp

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Praise be to Allaah.

Taking the kaafirs as friends (muwaalaah) means supporting them and helping them in matters of kufr, such as the Muslims fighting alongside the kuffaar, such as when the kaafirs launch an assault against a Muslim country and a Muslim befriends them and supports them and helps them in fighting against that country, whether that is with weapons or by supplying them with anything that will help them to fight the Muslims. This is muwaalaah, or a type of friendship that is haraam,

Hadith - Mengasihi isteri mukminah dan hak mereka

Dari Abu Hurairah r.a. meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda,

"Bukanlah sifat seorang mukmin lelaki, membenci akan isterinya yang mukminah. Jikalau kerana satu-satu tabiat buruknya yang tidak disukai, namun ia masih tetap ada sifat-sifat yang lain yang terpuji."

[Muslim 3645]

Ruling on singling out ‘Ashoora for fasting

Is it permissible to fast ‘Ashoora’ only without fasting the day before or the day after?
Praise be to Allaah.

Ibn Taymiyah said: Fasting the day of ‘Ashoora’ is expiation for one year, and it is not makrooh to single out this day for fasting. Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, part 5.

The virtue of fasting ‘Ashoora’

I heard that fasting the day of ‘Ashoora’ expiates for the past year, is this true?
Does it expiate for everything, even major sins? What is the reason for venerating this day?.

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:

Fasting the day of ‘Ashoora’ does expiate for the past year, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“Fasting the day of ‘Arafah I hope Allaah will expiate thereby for the year before it and the year after it, and fasting the day of ‘Ashoora’ I hope Allaah will expiate thereby for the year that came before it.”

Narrated by Muslim, 1162.

Offering gifts to some women on Christmas

There is a common practice here in the west, that at christmas time some non-muslims, young and old, get together and gather all of their names, put them in a hat and have all of the names mixed up, then each person choses the name of another person who they will give a gift to on christmas day. This is called chris kringle. This basic idea was taken on by a group of sisters last year and now they want to take this practise on this year also for the end of eid. All that the practice consists of, is each sister randomly assigned another sister for whom she must buy a gift of a set value ($20 ). Some of the sisters invloved believe that this practsie is tashabu of the kufar, is this correct?

Hadith - Kedudukan Seorang Muslim

Dari Aishah r.ha. meriwayatkan bahawa baginda Rasulullah s.a.w. memerintahkan kami supaya melayani orang mengikut kedudukan mereka.

[Muslim]