Wakee’ ibn al-Jarraah
Whoever is negligent and misses the initial takbeer [upon beginning the congregational prayer], then wash your hands of him (i.e. have nothing to do with him).
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al-Hilyah – Volume 8 / Page 270
November 15, 2011
Whoever is not concerned with the prayer
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May 2, 2011
Ibn al-Qayyim on Hypocritical Kushuu’
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The difference between (true) kushu’ engendered by faith and the hypocritical kushu’ is that the former takes place in the heart to Allaah and is conduced by veneration, magnification, sobriety, dignity, and shyness. The heart breaks for Allaah, combining dread, bashfulness, love, and shyness with the perception of Allaah’s blessings and one’s own transgressions. This necessarily engenders kushu’ in the heart which is then followed by kushu’ on the limbs.
Hypocritical kushu’, on the other hand, appears on the limbs; it is a mere pretence, the person affecting something that is not there since the heart is void of kushu’. One of the Companions would say, ‘I take refuge with Allaah from hypocritical kushu’.’ When asked what it was, he replied, ‘That you see the body humble and submissive while the heart is not.’[141]
The one who has kushu’ for the sake of Allaah is a servant, in the breast of whom the flames of desires have abated and their smoke have dissipated, replacing in their stead radiance. The blaze of the greatness (of Allaah) has been ignited, and the lusts of the soul have died in the face of fear and sobriety which have, in turn, stilled the limbs and quietened the heart. The heart is content and at peace with Allaah, and it remembers Him; engulfed in the effusion of tranquility, descending from its Lord, it becomes meek and humble (mukhbit). The heart which is meek is the heart which is at peace and rest for the land which is mukhbit is land which is low-lying to which water flows and settles. The same applies to the heart: when it is mukhbit, i.e. it has achieved kushu’, it becomes like this piece of low-laying land to which water flows and settles.
The sign of such a heart is that (its owner) will prostrate before Allaah out of magnification and abject humility, broken before Him, never (desiring) to raise his head till the day he meets Him. This is the kushu’ engendered by faith.
The arrogant heart, on the other hand, heaves and swells in its arrogance like a fast flowing river. It is like an elevated portion of the land at which water never settles. This is hypocritical kushu’: the person feigns quietude and affects stillness of limbs by way of ostentation. In reality, his soul is raging with lusts and desires; outwardly he displays kushu’, but inwardly the valley serpent and jungle lion lurk between his shoulders, waiting to pounce on the prey.[142]
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[141] Ahmad, al-Zuhd, pg. 142 and ibn al-Mubarak, al-Zuhd #143 on the authority of Abu al-Dardaa’.
[142] Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Ruuh, pp. 346-347
- Transcribed from: The Humility in Prayer || Ibn Rajaab Al-Hanbali
- Translated by: Abu Rumaysah
December 15, 2009
Giving Zakaat to Relatives Who Stop Praying
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Question 26: I am in Canada and my father used to give zakaat to my relatives because they are poor but he has stopped doing this because they have stopped praying and he doesn’t regard them as Muslims. What is the ruling regarding this?
Answer 26: There is no doubt according to us that it is the thought of the scholars of our madhabs that the one who leaves the prayer is a disbeliever so he is not given form the zakat as this is a right of the Muslim upon the Muslim. This is due to the saying of the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) when he sent Mu’aadh (radhiallaahu ‘anhu) to Yemen and said, ‘If they obey you in that then take from them the sadaqah (charity); take it from their rich and give it to the poor.’ He means the rich of the Muslims, and what your father has done is correct.
But I am of the opinion that he should return to his family and he should advise them and make it clear to them and teach them that the one who leaves the prayer becomes a kaafir (disbeliever) so if they return to the prayer then he can give them the zakah. However if they persist in not praying then he should not give them any zakah and keep it away from them. The questioner asked if ‘Nobody can give zakat in this situation?’ Then this is not correct, as we know poor Muslims in Canada and America – there is a brother Muhammad bin Ali ‘Agial in Ottawa (Canada) and he is regarded as a good brother who helps the poor in Canada and we advise you to get in touch with him.
- Speaker: Shaykh Ubayd al-Jabri
- Title: Giving Zakat to relatives who stop praying
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