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We have sent you as a witness, a bringer of good tidings, a warner, a caller to God, by His permission, and an illuminating lamp
إنا أرسلناك شاهداً ومبشراً ونذيراً وداعياً إلى الله بإذنه وسراجاً منيراً
القرآن الكريم · سورة الأحزاب
▶ Treasures of biography | Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis | Episode (1) | Introduction
Did we not expand your chest for you and remove from you the burden that burdened your back and raised your memory for you?
ألم نشرح لك صدرك ووضعنا عنك وزرك الذي أنقض ظهرك ورفعنا لك ذكرك
القرآن الكريم · سورة الشرح
▶ Treasures of biography | Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis | Episode (1) | Introduction
I forbade you from visiting graves, so visit them, for they remind you of the afterlife
كنت نهيتكم عن زيارة القبور فزوروها فإنها تذكركم الآخرة
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (80)
People are still fine as long as breaking the fast and delaying suhoor
لا يزال الناس بخير ما عجل الفطر وأخر السحور
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (79)
There is an hour in which a Muslim servant does not agree while he is standing and praying, asking God Almighty for something, but He gives it to him and signs with his hand to reduce it
فيه ساعة لا يوافقها عبد مسلم وهو قائم يصلي يسأل الله تعالى شيئا إلا أعطاه إياه وأشار بيده يقللها
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (78)
If one of you comes on Friday, let him wash himself
إذا جاء أحدكم الجمعة فليغتسل
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (76)
If one of you performs the prayer in his mosque, let him make his home a share of his prayers, for God will place goodness in his home from his prayers.
إذا قضا أحدكم الصلاة في مسجده فليجعل لبيته نصيبا من صلاته فإن الله جاعل في بيته من صلاته خيرا
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (75)
Make your last prayer at night odd
اجعلوا آخر صلاتكم بالليل وترا
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (74)
When the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, sat in the last rak’ah, he would put his left leg forward, place the other leg up, and sit on his seat.
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا جلس في الركعة الأخيرة قدم رجله اليسرى ونصب الأخرى وقعد على مقعدته
أبو حميد الساعدي · رواه البخاري
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (73)
If one of you enters the mosque, let him say, “O God, open for me the doors of His mercy.” And if he leaves, let him say, “O God, I ask you please.”
إذا دخل أحدكم المسجد فليقل اللهم افتح لي أبواب رحمته وإذا خرج فليقل اللهم إني أسألك من فضلك
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (72)
If one of you places in his hands something like the back of a saddlebag, let him pray and do not care who passes behind that.
إِذَا وَضَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَ مُؤَخِّرَةٍ رَحْلٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ وَلَا يُبَالِ مَنْ مَرَّ وَرَاءَ ذَلِكِ
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (71)
When prayer is established, do not come to it running, but come to it walking, and be at ease. Whatever you reach, pray, and whatever you miss, complete.
إذا أقيمت الصلاة فلا تأتوها تسعون وأتوها تمشون وعليكم السكينة فما أدركتم فصلوا وما فاتكم فأتموا
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (70)
Shall I not inform you of something by which God erases sins and raises ranks? They said, “Yes, O Messenger of God.” He said, “Performing ablution thoroughly in the face of hardship, taking many steps to the mosques, and waiting for prayer after prayer, for that is the bond.”
ألا أدلكم على ما يمح الله به الخطايا ويرفع به الدرجات قالوا بلى يا رسول الله قال إسباغ الوضوء على المكاره وكثرة الخطى إلى المساجد وانتظار الصلاة بعد الصلاة فذلكم الرباط
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (69)
Were it not to be difficult for my nation, I would have ordered them to use the siwak at every prayer
لولا أن أشق على أمتي لأمرتهم بالسِواك عند كل صلاة
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · واتفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (68)
Whoever performs ablution similar to this ablution and then prays two rak’ahs without worrying about himself, his previous sins will be forgiven.
من توضأ نحو وضوء هذا ثم صلى ركعتين لا يحدث فيه ما نفسه غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (66)
If you hear the muezzin, say something like what he says, then pray over him, for whoever prays over me a prayer, God will pray over him ten times.
إذا سمعتم المؤذِّن فقولوا مثل ما يقول ثم صلوا عليه فإنه من صلى عليّ صلاةً صلى الله عليه بها عشرا
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (65)
Whoever is disgraced at night and says: There is no god but God alone, with no partner, to Him belongs dominion and to Him is praise, and He is capable of all things. Praise be to God, Glory be to God, God is Great, and there is no power nor strength except in God. Then he says, “O God, forgive me,” or he supplicates, “I will answer him.” If he performs ablution and prays, his prayer will be accepted.
من تعار من الليل فقال لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير الحمد لله وسبحان الله والله أكبر ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله ثم قال اللهم اغفر لي أو دعا أستجيب له فإن توضأ وصلى قبلت صلاته
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه البخاري
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (60)
When you go to bed, perform your ablution for prayer, then lie down on your right side
إذا أتيت مضجعك فتوضأ وضوءك للصلاة ثم اتجع على شقك الأيمن
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (59)
Shall I not guide you to something that is better for you than a servant? When you go to your bed or go to your resting place, say “Allahu Akbar” thirty-four times, and say “Subhaanahu” three times. And thirty-three, and praise be to them, thirty-three. This is better for you than a servant.
أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمَا عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمَا مِنْ خَادِمٍ إِذَا أَوَيْتُمَا إِلَى فِرَاشِكُمَا أَوْ أَخَذْتُمَا مَضَاجِعَكُمَا فَكَبِّرَا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَسَبِّحَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَحْمَدَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ فَهَذَا خَيْرٌ لَكُمَا مِنْ خَادِمٍ
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (58)
Whoever kills a gecko with the first strike, one hundred good deeds are recorded for him, and with the second less than that, and with the third less than that.
من قتل وزغاً في أول ضربة كُتِبَتْ لَهُ مِئَةُ حَسَنَةٍ وَفِي الثانِيَةِ دُونَ ذَلِكْ وَفِي الثَالِثَةِ دُونَ ذَلِكْ
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (56)
While a man was walking on a road, he found a thorn branch on the road, so he delayed it, so God thanked him and forgave him
بينما رجلٌ يمشي بطريق وجد غُصن شوكٍ على الطريق فأخّره فشكر الله له فغفر له
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (54)
May God have mercy on a man who is tolerant when he sells, when he buys, and when he demands
رحم الله رجلاً سمحاً إذا باعى وإذا اشترى وإذا اقتضى
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه البخاري
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (53)
Seven will be shaded by God in His shade on the Day when there will be no shade but His shade, and a man among them mentioned God, and a man mentioned God alone, and his eyes filled with tears.
سبعةٌ يظلهم الله في ظله يوم لا ظلة إلا ظله وذكر منهم ورجلٌ ذكر الله خاليا ففاضت عيناه
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (51)
I and the one who takes care of an orphan will be in Paradise like this
أنا وكافل اليتيم في الجنة ها كذا
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه البخاري
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (49)
The fitrah is five or five of the fitrah: circumcision, shaving, plucking the armpits, trimming the nails, and trimming the moustache.
الفِطْرَةُ خَمْسٌ أو خمسٌ من الفِطْرَة الختان والاستحداد ونتفو الإبط وتقليم الأظفار وقص الشارب
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (48)
A boy was born to me, so I brought him to the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and he named him Ibrahim. He chewed him with a date and prayed for his blessing.
وُلِدَ لي غُلَامٍ فأتيت به النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فسمَّاه إبراهيم فحنَّكَهُ بِتَمْرَةٍ وَدَعَى لَهُ بِالْبَرَكَةٍ
أبو موسى الأشعري · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (45)
If one of you loves his brother, let him know that he loves him
إذا أحب أحدكم أخاه فليعلمه أنه يحبه
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه أحمد
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (40)
Yawning is from Satan. If one of you yawns, let him stop it as much as he can, for if one of you says, “God,” Satan laughs
التثاؤب من الشيطان فإذا تثاؤب أحدكم فليرده ما استطاع فإن أحدكم إذا قال الله ضحك الشيطان
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (39)
Ask for permission three times: if he gives you permission, otherwise return
الاستئذان ثلاث فإن أذن لك وإلا فرجع
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (37)
Whoever prays for his brother in the back of the unseen The king entrusted him said Amen And you have the same
من دعا لأخيه بظهر الغيب قال الملك الموكل به آمين ولك بمثل
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (35)
O God, I ask You for its good, the good of what is in it, and the good of what you were sent with, and I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil of what is in it, and the evil of what you were sent with.
اللهم إني أسألك خيرها وخير ما فيها وخير ما أرسلت به وأعوذ بك من شرها وشر ما فيها وشر ما أرسلت به
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (34)
If a man enters his house and mentions God Almighty when he enters and when he eats, Satan says, “You have no sleep or dinner.” And if he enters and does not mention God when he enters, Satan says, “You have spent the night.” And if he does not mention God when eating, he says, “You have spent the night and dinner.”
إذا دخل الرجل بيته فذكر الله عز وجل عند دخوله وعند طعامه قال الشيطان لا مبيت لكم ولا عشاء وأذا دخل فلم يذكر الله عند دخوله قال الشيطان أدركتم المبيت وأذا لم يذكر الله عند طعامه قال أدركتم المبيت والعشاء
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (31)
Oh God, grant us a beneficial disaster
اللهم صيبا نافعا
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه البخاري
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (30)
If you hear a rooster crow, ask God for His bounty, for she has seen an angel, and if you hear a donkey braying, seek refuge in God from Satan, for she has seen a devil.
إذا سمعتم صياح الديك فاسألوا الله من فضله فإنها رأت ملكا وأذا سمعتم نهيق الحمار فتعوذوا بالله من الشيطان فإنها رأت شيطانا
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (29)
Place your hand on the part of your body that hurts and say in the name of God three times and say seven times I seek refuge in God and His power from the evil of what I find and beware.
ضع يدك على الذي يألم من جسدك وقل بسم الله ثلاثا وقل سبع مرات أعوذ بالله وقدرته من شر ما أجد وأحاذر
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (28)
There is nothing wrong with purification, God willing
لا بأس طهور إن شاء الله
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه البخاري
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (27)
If one of you sneezes, let him say, “Praise be to God,” and let his brother or friend say to him, “May God have mercy on you.” And if he says to him, “May God have mercy on you,” let him say, “May God guide you and set your mind at ease.”
إذا عطس أحدكم فليقل الحمد لله وليقل له أخوه أو صاحبه يرحمك الله فإذا قال له يرحمك الله فليقل يهديكم الله ويصلح بالكم
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه البخاري
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (26)
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to remember God at all times
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يذكر الله على كل أحيانه
عائشة رضي الله عنها · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (24)
God did not permit anything. He permitted a prophet with a good voice to sing the Qur’an and recite it aloud
ما أذن الله لشيء ما أذن لنبي حسن الصوت يتغنى بالقرآن يجهر به
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (23)
Read the Qur’an, for it will come on the Day of Resurrection as an intercessor for its companions
إقرأ القرآن فإنه يأتي يوم القيامة شفيعة لأصحابه
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (22)
Fasting on the day of Ashura, hoping that God would atone for the previous year
صيام يوم عاشورا احتسب على الله أن يكفر السنة التي قبله
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (18)
Oh boy God bless And all with your right hand And all of the following
يا غلام سم الله وكل بيمينك وكل مما يليك
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (16)
On the authority of Anas, may God be pleased with him On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace He forbade a man to drink while standing
عن أنس رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه نهى أن يشرب الرجل قائما
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (14)
So when one of you puts on shoes, let him start with the right hand, and if he takes off, let him start with the left, and let him put both of them on, or take them off all together.
إِذَنْ تَعَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالْيُمْنَا وَأِذَا خَلَعَ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالْشِمَالِ وَلْيُنْعِلْهُمَا جَمِيعًا أوْ لِيَخْلَعْهُمَا جَمِيعًا
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (13)
O God, praise be to You, You have clothed me. I ask You for its goodness and the goodness of what it has done, and I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil of what it has done.
اللهم لك الحمد أنت كسوتني أسألك من خيره وخير ما صني عليه وأعوذ بك من شره وشر ما صني عليه
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · عن أبي سعيد الخدري
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (12)
Fasting on the day of Arafah expects that God will atone for the year before it and the year after it
صيام يوم عرفة احتسب على الله أن يكفر السنة التي قبله والسنة التي بعده
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (11)
Whenever the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, returned from a journey, he would start with the mosque and pray there
كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا قدم من السفر بدأ بالمسجد فصلّى فيه
كعب بن مالك رضي الله عنه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (9)
If three people go out on a journey, let them appoint one of them
إذا خرج ثلاثةٌ في سفر فليؤمروا أحدهم
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (8)
My friend advised me to do three things that I will not give up until I die: fasting three days of every month, the noon prayer, and sleeping after Witr prayers.
أوصاني خليلي بثلاثٍ لا أدعهن حتى أموت صوم ثلاثة أيامٍ من كل شهر وصلاةُ الضحا ونومٌ على وتر
أبي هريرة
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (6)
No Muslim is afflicted by a calamity and he says what God has commanded We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return Oh God, reward me in my calamity And leave me a better one Unless God gives him something better than it
ما من مسلم تصيبه مصيبة فيقول ما أمره الله إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون اللهم أجرني في مصيبتي وأخلف لي خيرا منها إلا أخلف الله له خيرا منها
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (5)
When he prayed Fajr, he would sit in prayer until the sun rose
كان إذا صلى الفجر جلس في مصله حتى تطلع الشمس
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (4)
When the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, sat in the last rak’ah, he would put forward his left leg, place the other leg, and sit on his seat.
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمًا إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الْرَكْعَةِ الْآخِرَةِ قَدَّمَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَنَصَبَ الْأُخْرَى وَقَعَدَ عَلَى مَقْعَدَتهِ
أبو حميد الساعدي
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (3)
The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, used to bathe with a saa’ to five mudds, and lay down with a mudd
كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يغتسل بالصاع إلى خمسة أمداد ويتوضع بالمد
أنس رضي الله عنه
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (2)
If a person dies, his work ceases except for three things: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for him.
إذا مات الإنسان إن قطع عمله إلا من ثلاث إلا من صدقةٍ جارية أو علمٍ ينتفع به أو ولدٍ صالحٍ يدعو له
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
▶ Established prophetic traditions | Episode (1)
And He made for you robes May God protect you And sarbil will protect you from your strength
وجعل لكم سرابيل تقيكم الحر وسرابيل تقيكم بأسكم
القرآن الكريم · سورة النحل
▶ Riyadh Al-Salehin | Episode (100) | Dress book
Wear your white clothes It is one of your best clothes And shroud your dead in it
إلبسوا من ثيابكم البيض فإنها من خير ثيابكم وكفنوا فيها موتاكم
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه أبو داود والترمذي
▶ Riyadh Al-Salehin | Episode (100) | Dress book
Wear eggs It is purer and better And shroud your dead in it
إلبسوا البيض فإنها أطهر وأطيب وكفنوا فيها موتاكم
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه النساء
▶ Riyadh Al-Salehin | Episode (100) | Dress book
One food is enough for two The food for two is enough for four The food for four is enough for eight
طعام الواحد يكفي الاثنين وطعام الاثنين يكفي الأربعة وطعام الأربعة يكفي الثمانية
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه مسلم
▶ Riyadh Al-Salehin | Episode (99) | Chapter on having many hands over food
Do not drink a single person like a camel drinks But drink two or three They are poisoned if you drink And praise them when you are exalted
لا تشربوا واحدا كشرب البعير ولكن اشربوا مثنى وثلاث وسموا إذا أنتم شربتم وحمدوا إذا أنتم رفعتم
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · رواه الترمذي
▶ Riyadh Al-Salehin | Episode (99) | Chapter on having many hands over food
Right then right
الأيمن فالأيمن
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · متفق عليه
▶ Riyadh Al-Salehin | Episode (99) | Chapter on having many hands over food