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11 30th, 2008| 
Rasul Allah, sal Allah alayhi wa sallam, said, “A believer may
achieve the status of one who fasts during the day regularly and
spends the night regularly in prayer: through his good manners.”.
Nov
30
Nov
26
[previous post in the series - #4 - Not Praying]
The Fifth Major Sin - Not Paying Zakat.
Allah (swt) says in the Quran:
“And let not those who covetously withhold of the gifts which Allah Hath given them of His Grace, think that it is good for them: Nay, it will be the worse for them: soon shall the things which they covetously withheld be tied to their necks Like a twisted collar, on the Day of Judgment…” (Surah Ali-Imran 3:180)
And,
“…Woe to the Mushrikeen (polytheists) who do not pay Zakat..” (Surah Fussilat 41:6-7)
And also,
“…Then give them (those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend them for the sake of Allah) ‘good tidings’ of a painful punishment, a day when it (the hoarded wealth) will be heated in Hell-Fire, and then their foreheads, their sides, and their backs will be branded with it. (And it will be said to them:) ‘This is what you hoarded up for yourselves, so taste whatever you used to hoard!’” (Surah At-Taubah 9:34-35)
Ibn Mas’ood (ra) in explaining these verses quoted above said: “(On the Day of Resurrection), one Dinar will not be placed on top of another Dinar, nor A Dirham on top of another Dirham; rather, a persons’s skin will be stretched so much that every Dinar and Dirham (on which he did not pay Zakat) will touch his skin and its heat will be felt. and if they ask: ‘Why have the forehead, the sides, and the back been singled out (for mention is this verse)?” the answer is: “When a miserly rich person sees a poor person approaching him, he frowns wrinkles, his forehead, and turns his side (to him), and when the poor person comes close to him, he turns away, showing him his back. that is why these parts of the body are mentioned in those verses.”
Nov
21
Rasul Allah, sal Allah alayhi wa sallam, said, “If anyone continually asks forgiveness, Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress, relief from anxiety, and will provide for him from where he never realized.”
(Abi Dawud)
Nov
18
[previous post in the series - # 3:Practicing Magic]
The Fourth Major Sin - Not Praying.
Allah (swt) says in the Quran:
“Then there succeeded them a generation which neglected prayers and followed lust. They will meet with destruction (Ghayy), excepting the one who repents and believes and acts righteously.” (Surah Maryam 19:59-60)
Ibn ‘Abbas (ra) explained that ‘neglected’ here does not mean that they completely abandoned prayers, but that they delayed them to the end of their prescribed times. Sa’id bin Musayyab, a great Imam following the generation of the companions, elaborated on this, saying: “A person neglects prayers if he delays the noon prayer up to afternoon prayer time, afternoon prayer up to almost sunset prayer time, sunset prayer up to evening prayer time, and evening prayer up to morning prayer time, while delaying morning prayer until just before sunrise. If anyone dies without repentance while continuing in this manner, Allah has promised Ghayy for him, and that is a valley in Hell which is very deep and has foul food”.
Nov
16
Rasul Allah, sal Allah alayhi wa sallam, said, “There was once a
merchant who would lend money to people. Whenever the person he
lent money to was in difficult circumstances, he would say to
his employees, ‘Forgive him so that Allah may forgive us.’ So,
Allah forgave him.” (Bukhari)
