Salafus-Saaliheen سلف صالحين

Men are the protectors and maintainers of women

Rights of parents

Translated by our brother
Mustafa George from www.sahab.net

Question:
There is a hadith wherin it is mentioned that if a person recites Surah Al Baqarah in the home, the shaytan will not be able to enter the home. Does this ruling also apply to one who listens to the Surah being recited from an audio tape?

Answer:
No, the recitation from an audio recording does not benefit (with regards to protection). This is because it can not be said that the person has (in fact) read the Quran, but rather it is said that he listened to a previous recording. Similarly, if we were to record an athan, and at the time of prayer we played the recorded athan, this would not be accepted.

Does this ruling also apply to one who listens to the Surah being recited from an audio tape?

Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal Rahimahullaah
Pg 91-93
Ibn Abee Ya’laa Reports in his Tabaqaatul –Hanaabilah,2 1/163-167,

From Sulaymaan Ibn ‘Abdullaah as Sijzee(who said), I came to the door of Al Mu’tasim and saw that the people had crowded together at his door, as if it was day of ‘Eed. I entered the place and saw a spread out carpet and chair that had been thrown on the floor. I stood facing the chair and whilst I was standing, al Mu’tasim approached me and sat on the chair. He removed his shoes from his feet and placed one foot on top of the other. Then he said. ‘Let Ahmad be present,’ so he was brought out in his presence. After Imaam Ahmed stood in front of him and greeted him (al Mu;tasim) said,’O Ahmad speak and do not be afraid. ‘So Imaam Ahmad said, By Allaah , O Ameerul Mu’mineen I have just entered upon you and there is no a seed weight of anxiety in my heart.”

Al Mu’tasim said to him, ‘What do you say about Qur’aan?’
He said, “the speech of Allaah , eternal , not created .Allaah , the Mighty and Majestic said:

سُوۡرَةُ التّوبَة

وَإِنۡ أَحَدٌ۬ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٱسۡتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرۡهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسۡمَعَ كَلَـٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبۡلِغۡهُ مَأۡمَنَهُ ۥ‌ۚ ذَٲلِكَ بِأَنَّہُمۡ قَوۡمٌ۬ لَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ (٦)

And if anyone of the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) seeks your protection then grant him protection, so that he may hear the Word of Allâh (the Qur'ân), and then escort him to where he can be secure, that is because they are men who know not. (6)
So he said, do you have a proof other than this?’

Imaam Ahmad replied,’ Yes O Ameerul-Mu’mineen, The saying of Allaah , the Mighty and Majestic

سُوۡرَةُ الرَّحمٰنۡ
ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ (١) عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ (٢

The Most Gracious (Allâh)! (1) He has taught (you mankind) the Qur'ân (by His Mercy). (2)
And He did not say ‘Ar Rahmaan.He Created the Qur’aan.’ And His saying,the Mighty and Majestic
سُوۡرَةُ یسٓ
يسٓ (١) وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ (٢)

Yâ-Sîn. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'ân, and none but Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings.] (1) By the Qur'ân, full of wisdom (i.e. full of laws, evidences, and proofs), (2)

He did not say:Yaa’seen. By the Qur’aan (that is) created.’
So Al Mu’tasim said, ‘Imprison him.’ So he was imprisoned and the people dispersed.
When I arose (the next morning) I made my way to the door (of al Mu’tasim)and the people were entering, so I entered along with them .Al Mu’tasim approached and sat on the chair and said ,Bring Ahmad ibn Hanbal,’ and so he was brought . When he stood in from of him, Al Mu’tasim said to him, ‘How were you in your cell yesterday, O Ahmad?’

Imaam Ahmad said, ‘In goodness and all praise are due to Allaah, except that in my cell, Omeerul Mu’mineen, I saw something amazing.” He said to him, ‘And what did you see?’ So he replied, I arose in the middle of the night, performed ablution for the prayers and prayed two rak’ahs.In one rak’ah;Alhamdulillaah…’ and Qul A’oodhu bi Rabbin-Naas,’and the second rak’ah; Alhamdulillaah…and ‘Qul A’oodhu bi-Rabbil-Falaq.’Then I sat down and read tashahhud and gave salutation ( to my right and to my left).then I stood (again) made the takbeer and recited:’Alhamdulillaah…’ and desired to read :Qul- Huwallaahu –Ahad,’and I was not able. I tried hard to read something else from the Qur’aan and I was not able. Then I stretched my eyes to the corner of the prison and (behold) I saw the Qur’aan laid out (on the floor), dead. So I washed it and shrouded it, then prayed over it and buried it.”

So Al Mu’tasim said, Woe to you, O Ahmad, and does the Qur’aan die!” So Ahmad said to him, well that is what you say-that it is created. And everything that is created dies.” Al Mu’tasim said, Ahmad has Subdued us, Ahmad has subdued us.’

Foundation of the Sunnaah

By the Noble Imam Muhammad Ibn Salih Al-Uthaymeen (May Allah enter him in Jannah)


Questioner: What is the verdict for hanging verses from the Quran on the wall?


The Shaykh: What is the reason for hanging these verses?


Questioner: For decoration or…!


The Shaykh: For decoration! If that’s the only reason, then Allah’s verses have been taken as an object of ridicule. How can the noble Quran that was revealed as a cure for the sick heart and admonition be placed on a wall for decoration?!


Another female questioner: Then what about hanging those seeking blessings?


The Shaykh: Has anything been reported that the Salaf used to hang the ayat seeking blessing (in that action for that place)?


Questioner: No nothing has been reported. We are successors. Whatever was sufficient for our predecessors is sufficient for us.


The Shaykh : Give me another reason.


Questioner: Can we hang it up as a reminder then?


The Shaykh: The people who will sit in that place will they remind each other of Allah by reading those verses! The answer is no, except a few, if any.


The Shaykh: Give me another reason.


Questioner: Then how about as protection from the Jinn?

The Verdict on Hanging Quran Verses on the Wall

http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=6&Topic=6338


Extracted from Al Uthaimeens Faatawaa Arkaan-Ul-Islaam Pages 67-72, Darussalam Translation.

Question: Does the Sun revolve around the earth?

It is apparent from the Islamic evidences that they confirm that it is the sun which revolves around the earth, and by its revolving the alternation of night and day takes place on the surface of the earth. It is not for us to exceed the apparent meaning of these evidences without some evidence stronger than that, which permits us to explain them differently from their apparent meaning. (Meaning we cant interpret metaphorically)


Among the proofs that the sun revolves around the earth in a manner which causes the alternation of the night and day are the following:

Allah, the Most High says, that when Ibrahim, peace be upon him, disputed with the one who argued with him concerning his Lord:


Verily, Allah bring the sun from the east; then bring it you from the west. Al-Baqarah 2:259



He also tells us that Ibrahim, peace be upon him said:


When he saw the sun rising up, he said: This is my lord. This is greater. But when it set, he said: O my people! I am indeed free from all that you join as partner (in worship with Allah). Al-Anam 6:78



Allah the most High says:


And you might have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left. Al-Kahf 18:17



Allah, the Most High says:


And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating. Al-Anbiya 21:33



And Allah, the Most High says:


He brings the nigh as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly. Al-Araf 7:54



Allah the Most high says:


He has created the heavens and the earth with truth. He makes the night to go in the day and makes the day to go in the night. And he has subjected the sun and the moon. Each running (on a fixed course) for an appointed term. Verily, He is the All-Mighty, the OftForgiving. Az-Zumar 39:5



And His Words: “He makes the night to go in the day.

That is it turns around it, as a turban is wrapped around, which proves the revolving of the night and the day around the eary. If it were the earth which revolved around them, He would have said: He cause the earth to revolve around the night and day.



And in His Words:

the sun and the moon, each running (on a fixed course).

It is clear from what precedes is that it is a proof that the sun and the moon move in a perceptible orbit, because subjecting something which moves to its movement is more apparent than subjecting something stationary which does not move.



Allah, the Most High says:


By the sun and its brightness. By the moon as it follows it (the sun). Ash-Shams 91:1-2



And the meaning of follows it.

Is that it comes after it and this is a proof of their moving and revolving around the earth, for if it were the earth which revolved around them, the moon would not be following the sun; rather it would sometimes be following it and sometimes it would be followed by it because the sun is higher than it. And deduction from this Verse requires study and reflection.



Allah the most High says: And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the decree of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing. And the moon, We have measured for it mansions (to traverse) till it returns like the old drid curved date statlk. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit. Ya-Seen 36:38-40


So, attributing the movement to the sun and describing it as a Decree from the Almighty, Most Wise proves that it is a real movement with a far-reaching Decree, since the consequence of it is the alternation of the night and day and the seasons.



The Measures of the moons mansion (i.e. stations) is a proof that it traverses them, for if it was the earth which revolves, the measuring of the mansions would be for the earths movement around the moon and not for the moons movement around it.



And negating the suns ability to overtake the moon, and the nights ability to outstrip the day are evidence of the rushing movement on the part of the sun and the moon, and the night and the day.



The Prophet (Sallah Allahu Alyhe wa Sallam) said to Abu Tharr, May Allah be please with him, when the sun had just set:
Do you know where it goes?

He said, Allah and His Messenger know best. He said:

Verily, it goes (i.e. travels) and it prostrates beneath the Throne and seeks permission to rise, and permission is granted to it. Then (a time will come when) it will be about to prostrate itself but its prostration will not be accepted, and it will ask permission to go on its course but it will not be permitted, but it will be ordered: Return from whence you came, and so it will rise in the west. [Reported in Al-Bukhari in the Book of the Beginning of Creation, in the Chapter: Description of the Sun and Moon (3199) and by Muslim in the Book of Faith, in the Chapter: Explanation of the Time When Faith Will not be Accepted (150).]



So and it is extremely clear from his words: Return from whence you came that it revolves around the earth and through its revolving the sunrise and sunset occur.



It is clear from the many Ahadith which attribute rising, setting, and declining from its zenith to the sun, that it is the sun which does so and not the earth.



There are most probably other proofs that are not present with me at the moment, but what I have mentioned is a summary of the subject, and it is sufficient for my purpose. And Allah is the granter of success.


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Does the Sun revolve around the earth?