Forbearance MEDIA

28/02/2026

RAMADHAN DAY 1️⃣1️⃣

THE DANGER OF HURTING HEARTS WHILE ASKING ALLAH FOR MERCY

My dear brothers and sisters,

How can a servant raise his hands to the sky asking Allah for relief, while he has crushed someone’s heart on the earth?

How can we beg Allah for mercy, rizq, success, marriage, promotion, healing — while someone is secretly crying because of our words, our betrayal, our ظلم (oppression)?

Allah says in the Qur’an:

“And your Lord is not unjust to His servants.” (Qur’an 41:46)

If Allah is not unjust to His servants, then how dare we be unjust to one another?

The Dangerous Contradiction

There is a dangerous contradiction in the heart of the believer when he hurts someone intentionally — with full awareness — and then turns to Allah saying, “Ya Allah, answer my du‘a.”

The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Beware of ظلم (oppression), for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection.” (Sahih Muslim)

Oppression is not only physical harm. It is emotional harm. It is betrayal. It is humiliating someone. It is exposing someone. It is breaking trust. It is manipulating someone. It is abandoning someone unfairly.

You may forget what you said.

But the heart you broke does not forget so easily.

And Allah does not forget at all.

The Du‘a Blocked by Injustice

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also said:

“Allah gives respite to the oppressor, but when He seizes him, He does not let him escape.” (Bukhari & Muslim)

Sometimes we wonder:
Why is my du‘a delayed?
Why is my life heavy?
Why are doors closing?

Perhaps somewhere, someone is saying:
“Ya Allah, You are Just. Take my right from the one who hurt me.”

And the du‘a of the oppressed has no barrier between it and Allah.

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Fear the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah.” (Bukhari)

Think deeply about this.

While you are asking Allah for promotion,
the one you humiliated is asking Allah for justice.

While you are asking Allah for marriage,
the one you deceived is asking Allah for relief.

Whose du‘a will rise first?

May Allah purify our hearts from ظلم. May Allah make us people who heal, not harm. May Allah forgive us for the pain we caused knowingly and unknow

21/02/2026

Do not insult yourself. Allah created you with honor.
Do not degrade yourself. Allah chose you to worship Him.
Be humble before Allah, but never humiliate yourself before creation.

🤲 Dua:
O Allah, honor us with faith, protect us from humiliation, strengthen our hearts with dignity, and make us among those who seek honor only through You. Ameen.

19/02/2026

RAMADAN DAY 2️⃣

*What Does “With Faith (Īmān)” Mean?*

Fasting with faith means that your fasting comes from the heart, not just from the body.

📌 1. *Fasting Because Allah Commanded It*

You fast because Allah ordered it, not because everyone else is fasting, It is a cultural habit or it is a family tradition.

Allah says fasting was prescribed for believers.
So your fast is an act of obedience, not imitation.

👉 A believer says: “I fast because my Lord commanded me.”

📌 2. *Believing in Its Reward*

Fasting with faith means you truly believe that:

Allah sees your fasting, Allah records every hunger, thirst, and patience and Allah will reward you, even if no human sees it

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fasting is special because only Allah rewards it directly."*

👉 Even when no one knows you are fasting, Allah knows — and that belief strengthens sincerity.

📌 3. Trusting in Allah’s Mercy

Fasting with faith means you:

Hope Allah will forgive your sins. Trust in Allah’s mercy is greater than your mistakes, and believe that Ramadan is a chance to start again.

No matter how heavy your past is, Allah’s mercy is heavier.

👉 You fast believing Allah wants to forgive you, not punish you.

📌 4. Obeying Sincerely, Not Culturally

Many people fast:

Because of society, because of family pressure or because “this is how we were raised”

But fasting with faith means:

You obey Allah consciously, you control your tongue, eyes, and behaviour and you protect your fast from lies, anger, and sin.

👉 Real fasting includes character, not just abstaining from food.

🌙 Key Reminder

The stomach fasts from food,
But the heart fasts from sin.

Ramadan is:

Worship, not a diet
Faith, not routine
Sincerity, not culture.

May Allah grant us fasting with true Īmān and accept it from us. Ameen 🤲🏽

27/09/2025

14/08/2021

بِسْــــــــــــــــــم ﷲِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم

With the Name of Allaah the Extremely Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy

TOPIC: EXPLANATION OF SHARHUS - SUNNAH OF IMAAM AL-BARBAHAAREE BY SHAYKH SAALIH AL-FOWZAAN.

EPISODE 1️⃣4️⃣

LESSON NO 2️⃣

So through Islaam the favour was perfected upon the Muslims; and Allaah the Majestic and Most High says:

قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُواْ...

(Explanation)

Say, Let them rejoice at the Bounty of Allaah and at His Mercy...

(Soorah Yunus (10), aayah 58)

The ‘Bounty of Allaah’ (here) is *Islaam* and the ‘Mercy’ (referred to in the aayah) is *the Qur·aan*. So therefore let the people rejoice at Islaam and the Qur·aan. [(This explanation was reported by Imaam Muhammad ibn Jareer at-Tabaree in his tafseer from some of the Taabi`een, from Qataadah..... just the same way as Shaykh al-Fowzaan explained it here.)]

And this (‘All praise is for Allaah who guided us to Islaam and favoured us with it’) contains acknowledgement from you that the bounty/favour is from Allaah in His guiding you to Islaam and His directing you to it and making you firm upon it. This is a favour/bounty from Allaah. It has not come about through your effort, nor through your ability, rather it is success given by Allaah, the Perfect and Most High, so He is the One who guided you; and therefore the people of Paradise will say when they enter Paradise on the Day of Resurrection:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلَا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ

(Explanation)

All praise is for Allaah the One who guided us to this and we would not have been guided had Allaah not guided us.

(Sooratul-A`raaf (7), aayah 43)

His saying, “And He favoured us with it” - Islaam is a minnah, a favour from Allaah, the Perfect and Most High, since nothing is obligatory upon Allaah towards anyone, rather He just favours His servants with Islaam and with blessings and with well-being and with provision.

His saying, “And he brought.......

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12/08/2021

بِسْــــــــــــــــــم ﷲِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم

With the Name of Allaah the Extremely Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy

TOPIC: EXPLANATION OF SHARHUS - SUNNAH OF IMAAM AL-BARBAHAAREE BY SHAYKH SAALIH AL-FOWZAAN.

EPISODE 1️⃣2️⃣

LESSON NO 2️⃣

The meaning of al-hamdulillaah, all praise is for Allaah, is that it means, all types of praise are for Allaah the Mighty and Majestic; and al-hamd (praise) means to praise and extol the one that you are praising. So Allaah, the Majestic and Most High, is praised for His Self (His Thaat) and He is to be praised for His Names and His Attributes and He, the Perfect, is praised for His Actions, so all types of praise are for Him, because all blessings are from Him, He the Perfect; and as for other than Him, then he is only praised in accordance with the level of his fine treatment. However unrestricted, complete and perfect and comprehensive (covering all types of) praise is for Allaah the Mighty and Majestic. So therefore it is not permissible for you to say, “Al-hamdu to so and so” (all praise is to such and such person) with the meaning of it being all-embracing. This is not permissible except for Allaah; just as occurs in the Qur·aan:
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ○ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

(Explanation)

All praise is for Allaah the Lord of the whole of creation, the Extremely Merciful One, the Bestower of Mercy.

(Sooratul-Faatihah (1), aayahs 2 and 3)

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورَ ....

(Explanation)

All praise is for Allaah, He who created the heavens and the earth and who made
the darkness and the light......

(Sooratul-An`aam (6), aayah 1)

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ .....


(Explanation)

All praise is for Allaah, the One who created the heavens and the earth.

(Soorah Faatir (35), aayah 1)

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11/08/2021

You should never judge someone before you get to know them.

11/08/2021

بِسْــــــــــــــــــم ﷲِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم

With the Name of Allaah the Extremely Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy

TOPIC: EXPLANATION OF SHARHUS - SUNNAH OF IMAAM AL-BARBAHAAREE BY SHAYKH SAALIH AL-FOWZAAN.

EPISODE 1️⃣1️⃣

LESSON NO 2️⃣

Just as occurs in the story of the Islaam of the Dimaad Al-Azdee (R.A)

This is a long hadeeth which they quote a part of here, the story of how the noble companion Dimaad from the tribe of Azd became Muslim. It occurs in Saheeh Muslim in the book of Jumu`ah from a hadeeth of ibn `Abbaas radiyAllaahu `anhumaa.

To mention something briefly from the story then it was that whilst Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam was still in Makkah there used to be a man called Dimaad who used to perform ruqyah (recite something) upon people who had been afflicted by the jinn, so then the story reached him that Allaah’s Messengers sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam is such a person that he’s saying these new things and the people claim things about him, that he’s been afflicted by jinn or the like. So Dimaad said, “I will go and I will see what is with this man.” So he came to Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam and asked him to speak to him. When he came he presented that to Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam that if you have some jinn then I can recite over you and bring a remedy about for you. So Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam said to him,

إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَعِينُهُ مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمَّا بَعْدُ ‏"‏

“Innal-hamdalillaah nahmaduhu wa nasta`eenuhu man yahdihillaahu falaa mudilla lah, wa man yudlil falaa haadeeya lah. Ash.hadu an laa ilaaha illAllaah wahadahu laa shareeka lah, wa anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa rasooluhu amma ba`d.”

“All praise is for Allaah we praise Him and we seek His aid, whomever Allaah guides then no-one can misguide him and whomever He misguides then no-one can guide him and I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah alone with no partner for Him and that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger to proceed.”

So when Dimaad heard these words he asked Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam to repeat and Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam repeated these words three times over; each time he was listening and reflecting. And then Dimaad said, “I have heard the speech of the soothsayers and I have heard the speech of the sorcerers and I have heard the speech of the poets and this is none of them, so give me your hand that I will give you the pledge upon Islaam.” So Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam asked him, “Is it just for you or is it for your people as well?” So he said, “Rather it is for my people as well.” So he accepted Islaam and the narration mentions later on that Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam sent out a detachment of an army that passed his people by, so someone in the army mentioned, “Did you take anything from those people as you passed them by?” So they said, “Yes this pot for purifying.” So they said “Return it to them because that is the people of Dimaad and he accepted Islaam on behalf of himself and his people.”

The hadeeth is reported by Muslim (no. 868).

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09/08/2021

بِسْــــــــــــــــــم ﷲِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم

With the Name of Allaah the Extremely Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy

TOPIC: EXPLANATION OF SHARHUS - SUNNAH OF IMAAM AL-BARBAHAAREE BY SHAYKH SAALIH AL-FOWZAAN.

EPISODE 9️⃣

However differing in a matter of fiqh which could possibly be correct, have an aspect, will not bring about division between the Muslims. And therefore the People of the Sunnah contain within them the Hanafee and they contain within them the Maalikee and they contain within them the Shaafi`ee and they contain within them the Hanbalee and they did not differ with each other, and all praise for Allaah, and they did not separate, because these were matters of ijtihaad (personal deduction) in matters of fiqh which had aspects of correctness and all had angles of possibly being correct from the evidences but as for `aqeedah, then their 'aqeedah was one, the Hanbalees and the Shaafi`ees and the Maalikees and the Hanafees, their `aqeedah was one. However amongst their later followers there were those who contradicted them in `aqeedah. This is found amongst the Hanbalees and it’s found amongst the Hanafees and it’s found amongst the Shaafi`ees and it’s found amongst the Maalikees, there is to be found amongst them those who contradict the Imaams in their `aqeedah.

So they are only ascribed to them in fiqh alone, but as for `aqeedah then he contradicts them in it. So those people cannot be truly counted as being followers of the Imaams, because they only follow them in one thing but they contradict them in something which is more important. So they are not counted as being the followers of the Imaams when they contradict them in `aqeedah.

This is what led the scholars such as al-Barbahaaree and others to detail the correct way, taken from the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger and the way of the Salaf in order that Muslims could proceed upon it and this is naseehah (sincerity) for Allaah and for His Messenger and for His Book and for the rulers of the Muslims and for the general folk.

But as for if the matter were kept hidden and not made clear and these books were not written, then many people would go astray. So these works were therefore, and all praise is for Allaah, a favour from Allaah the Mighty and Majestic and a proof from Him upon His creation.
..... لِّيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَن بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَىٰ مَنْ حَيَّ عَن بَيِّنَةٍ .....

So that whoever dies and goes to destruction (whoever disbelieves) can go to destruction having clear proof and whoever lives can live upon clear evidence.

(Sooratul-Anfaal (8), aayah 42)

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29/07/2021

بِسْــــــــــــــــــم ﷲِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم

With the Name of Allaah the Extremely Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy

TOPIC: EXPLANATION OF SHARHUS - SUNNAH OF IMAAM AL-BARBAHAAREE BY SHAYKH SAALIH AL-FOWZAAN.

EPISODE 2️⃣

Whether it be in the matter of i`tiqaad (creed and belief) or in the matter of `ibaadah, (worship) or in the matter of fiqh, or in aadaab and akhlaaq (the matter of manners and behaviour), all of this is called as-Sunnah in the general sense.

So he sometimes mentions matters of fiqh, such as wiping upon the socks and the matter of mut`ah marriages, in order to rebut the deviated sects who disagree concerning these matters. And he sometimes repeats matters for emphasis or for a reason for the thing to be mentioned again or in order to add further clarification or for other than that from the knowledge-based objectives. So in summary it is a book containing benefit.

And its importance lies in its being an early book. So it is one of the books of the earlier Salaf, those who lived in the time of the major Imaams and took from them, and who reported their pure `aqeedah (creed and belief), so may Allaah have mercy upon him, the great Imaam.

And the meaning of sharh is bayaan, an explanation. It does not mean that he clarifies the meaning of a particular book or he is explaining a particular book; rather it means he was clarifying the way of the Sunnah. This is the meaning of Sharhus- Sunnah.

The earlier scholars used to call the books of 'aqeedah, ‘as-Sunnah’, such as this book, Sharhus-Sunnah and such as the book ‘as-Sunnah’ of Imaam Ahmad and the book 'as-Sunnah’ of his son `Abdullaah and ‘as-Sunnah’ of al-Athram and ‘Sharh Usool I`tiqaad Ahlis-Sunnah’ of al-Laalikaa·ee.

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23/07/2021

Dailyreeminders

Surah yusuf (Joseph) Quran chapter 12, verse 9.

Reciter: Omar Hisham Al Arabi

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