Abu Eesa Niamatullah

Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullah Ya Qabeelat’l-Shams!

I hope you guys are enjoying Ramadhan so far and making the most of it bi’ithnillah.

I also wanted to give you folks a heads-up on the Divine Link insha’Allah. I hope you’re looking forward to it as much as I am – and if you haven’t signed up already then prepare to be eaten for sehri. Well, what did you expect? That’s all aloo parathi are good for right?



With respect to Salah, I think it’ll be useful to reflect on the various issues you are going through at the moment so that you have more to ask and enquire about when we get together in October. In the UK we have a variety of issues to reflect upon such as the differing times of iftar and suhoor which from a fiqhi angle is the Fajr and Maghrib time.

And what about the current controversy on what the exact time of ‘Isha is at the moment? I asked my own Masjid to set ‘Isha for 9.50pm whereas the popular Didsbury Masjid in Manchester has ‘Isha at the moment at 10.45pm! And only a few weeks ago (and something which will only get worse in the years to come) Tarawih would start straight after Maghrib prayers!

What about your Imam and their performance? Are they fulfilling the various conditions of Salah whilst they speed through the Qur’an? Are YOU fulfilling your conditions? What are those conditions?

And as you hear the Qur’an, are you benefitting from it as much as you’d like to? Are you actually making that Divine Link during your Salah?

I’d like you all to reflect upon your prayers in this month of prayer so that your studies become doubly beneficial insha’Allah.

Finally, there were some queries about how I’d be approaching the legal side of this course. The answer is that I hope to cover the opinions of not only all the four Madha’hib but the other major Imams in our legal history. But I will be focusing on two Madhabs in particular: the Hanafi and Hanbali.

The Hanafi because despite being probably the largest and most established legal school, it is the one most disrespected amongst the youth of the Islamic revival at the moment. Once students recognise the strength and excellence of this school – and then spread that amongst their communities - I think it’ll work wonders for the strength and unity in our society for the future insha’Allah.

The Hanbali because it is my personal choice and favourite, and more in line with the renewed interest in the Athari school of ‘aqidah and fiqh in recent times.

Regardless of all that, everyone will be catered for and everyone will – by the tawfiq of Allah jalla wa ‘ala – benefit hugely from this great course insha’Allah.

See you all soon and have a great Ramadhan. And focus big-time on your Salah folks. And don’t forget us in your du’as as well!

AE

Ejaz

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Rahana

Walaikum Assalaam.. JazakAllaahu khair for the post.. mashaAllaah the course sounds amazing!!

Wasim37

Allahu Akbar!!

cant wait!! this course seems soooo intresting....I love fiqh!!

May Allah enable us to truly benefit from this class, and most importantly may Allah accept this from our ustadh, and make this a means a sadaqa jariya for him

Ameen

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Sunnah of the week

Prophet Muhmmad Salalahu alyhi Wa Sallam said "Had it not been that I might cause hardship to my people, I would have ordered you to use a Siwaak for every prayer (Bukhari)

Times in which it is recommended to use siwaak:

1. the five obligatory prayers, Ar- Rawaatib, Sunnah, prayers of Ad-Duaa Al witr etc
2. When entering the house
3. When reciting the Qur'an
4. When the smell of the mouth changes
5. When waking up
6. When preforming wudoo

Based on the arabic book akthar min alf sunnah fee-al yawm wa al- laylah

By Shaykh Khaalid al-Husaynaan

Sara Kasmani

I'm soo happy to see this post, and yet so sad that it comes when most of the QShams students (rightly so) are not checking the forums as much as they were last week.

Having been raised with the basics of Hanafi fiqh of salah, and later learning and adopting most of my viewpoints from the hanabila, I am really looking forward to know how exactly the shafiyyah and maalikiyyah come to their conclusions, and the way they interperate the evidences for their relative positions.

I also think that given the knock on effects that salah has in ramadhan when the masjids are packed, I would love to learn how the differences in witr, differences in the way sujud as sahwa is performed and the reasons for the differences.
I would also love to know the daleel for the eid salah (6 takbeerats vs the 7 in first and 5 in second rakat), and the summer usual of praying isha'a with maghrib, and the effect that has in the calculation of the time for the last third of the night.
Lastly, I would love to be able to explain to my mum why our adhan clock has 4 different settings showing different times for fajr, asr and isha adhans!

Actually, that is quite a long list!

I think I speak for a lot of people that this course is essential!

only problem is we're are selling out much faster than I anticipated, so if you haven't paid, I would highly recommend that you do so NOW.

Umm Ikhlaas

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Sara Kasmani

ditto umm ikhlaas!

I have a feeling urdu is going to replace english as the language that this course is going to delivered in!

I think this is def the right course to bring the lunchtime biryani back!

solo

you should come to Birmingham in October when we get him!!

Rizwana

JazakhAllah Khair for the heads up shaykh....am sooo excited about this course....because its getting back to basics and we think we know something but in fact dont....so many questions about salah when travelling (whats the distance), the moving of the index finger during tashaddud.....i got murked by an aunti ji in the mosque for doing that...and then also sajda sahw.

It will be interesting to study the viewpoint of the different madhabs as i was raised praying the hanafi way.

But more importantly the essence of the course....establishing that Divine Link....thats what its alll about.....

InshAllah cant wait!!!

The Messenger of Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) said:" When you stand up to pray, perform your prayer as if it were your last" (Ahmad)

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