A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Utsman Nuri Tufbas wrote, in “The Prophet Muhammad Muswthafa the Elect ( s.a.w. )”, clashes that repeatedly occurred between Arab tribes during the forbidden months were referred to in general as the Fijar Battles.   There are four such battles known to have taken place during the Age of Ignorance, the last one being between the tribes of Quraysh and Kinanah, in which the future Prophet ( s.a.w. ), still twenty years of age at the time, also took part but without shedding any blood; he merely collected the stray arrows shot by the enemy and handed them to his uncles.   The battle came to an end in the month of Dzu al-Qa’idah, one of the months deemed holy by Arabs.   Not long after, a Yemenite tradesman from the tribe of Zubayd arrived in Makkah to sell his goods.   The Makkan ‘Aasw ibn Wa’il, one of the richest tradesmen of the town, purchased the goods brought by the man but did not pay the price he had promised. ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following paragraph is from Shaykh ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Jaziri’s ( r.a. ) chapter, “Fasting Rajab, Sha’ban and the rest of the Holy Months”, in his al-Fiqh ‘ala al-Madzahib al-Arba’ah , “Jurisprudence according to the Four Schools”: Fasting the months of Rajab and Sha’ban is mandub, recommended, as agreed upon by three of the a’immah , while the Hanbalis differed in that they said fasting Rajab singly is disliked, except if one breaks the fast during it then it is not disliked.  Regarding the holy months, Dzu al-Qa’idah, Dzu al-Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab, fasting them is recommended according to three of the a’immah , while the Hanafis differed in that they said what is recommended in the holy months is to fast three days from each of them, which are Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is adapted from a swuhbah from Shaykh Muhammad Nazhim Adil al-Haqqani ( q.s. ) on the 07 th October 2010.   Shaykh Nazhim ( q.s. ) welcomed the arrival of the first night of the holy month of Dzu al-Qa’idah.   Dzu al-Qa’idah is the first of three holy months that appear one after another as Dzu al-Hijjah and Muharram follow Dzu al-Qa’idah.   The reality of our lives is like a huge ice carving standing outdoors under direct sunlight.   As the minutes tick by, the ice-carving begins to melt, and after many hours, it has disappeared.   In each moment that we live, our clock is ticking, our bodies are growing weaker, our battery is running out of energy, and we head closer to our deaths.   Each year, millions of people who go to sleep, pass away while they are sleeping.   They never awaken from their slumber.   Knowing this, how can we be certain that we will awaken the next time we sleep? ...