Yusuf Circle Sheffield

Hajj and Umrah (S2) Zam Zam water strengthens the heart and consoles the soul. It is Sunnah to perform Wudhu with Zam Zam. It is also Sunnah to pour the blessed Zam Zam water over your head. The throwing of the stones at Hajj: The Messenger ﷺ: “With every stone you throw, one major destructive sin is forgiven”. What is a sign that your Hajj has been accepted? Haafiz Ibn Hajr (r.h): “A sign that so...

Hajj and Umrah (S1) The Messenger ﷺ: “The Jihad of the elderly, the child, the weak and the woman is Hajj and Umrah”. The Messenger ﷺ: “Whoever stays in al-Madinah and shows patience throughout the difficulties he experiences in it, I will be a witness for him and intercede for him on the Day of Judgement”. The blessed Zam Zam water: Abdullah Ibn Abaas رضي الله عنهم: “The people of Makkah would be...

Sadaqah (S1) The Messenger ﷺ: “Bring cure to your ailing through Sadaqah”. Ali رضي الله عنه: “And miserliness brings together all moral faults”. The Messenger ﷺ: “Verily, charity will protect a people from the heat of their graves and verily, only the believer will be shaded on the Day of Resurrection in the shade of his charity”. Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى: “I Will return it to you when you need...

Fasting (S2) The Messenger ﷺ: “Do not sniff food as the animals sniff”. Yahya Ibn Abi Katheer (r.h): “There is 3 times where blowing is disliked; Onto the place of prostration, into your drink and into your food”. Onto Sadaqah: An Arabic proverb: “The farmer who doesn’t feed his cat [i.e out of stinginess] will have his crops eaten by mice”. The Messenger ﷺ: “Sadaqah prolongs life, wards off an ev...

Fasting (S1) The Messenger ﷺ: “Winter is the Spring for a believer. It’s nights are long for night worship and its days are short for fasting”. The Messenger ﷺ: “The best worship is the one where you struggle the most”. The Messenger ﷺ: “I fear the most for my Ummah; overeating, oversleeping, laziness and weakness in certainty”. The Messenger ﷺ: “Hasten to break the fast and delay the Suhoor”.

Salah (S5) Salat al-Duha: The mid morning prayer. Paradise has a gate called: “ad-Duha”. On the Day of judgment, the announcer will call out: “Where are they who regularly recited Salat al-Duha? This gate is yours, enter”. For reading 2 Rakats of Salat al-Duha, you are classed as those who are not amongst the forgetful. 4 = Written amongst the obedient. 6 = Won’t be harmed by a sin you commit that...

Salah (S4) The Messenger ﷺ: “A person going on a journey cannot leave anything better for his family than reciting 2 Rakats for them”. What is the wisdom of Tahajjud? The Messenger ﷺ: “..As for Paradise, its aspirant does not sleep. As for Hell, he who flees from it does not sleep. Today, the Hereafter is surrounded by unpleasant things, the world is surrounded by pleasures. Do not let the pleasur...

Salah (S3) Abu Bakr and Umar رضي الله عنهم: “If you guard your 5 prayers, Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى will guard this Ummah”. The Messenger ﷺ: “If anyone offers 4 Rakats before the Zuhr prayer, Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى will forgive his sins for that day”. (The 4 Rakats Sunnah Muakadah). The Messenger ﷺ prayed this Sunnah prayer in the dwelling of Abu Ayub al-Ansari رضي الله عنه.

Salah (S2) The Messenger ﷺ: “Salah is the key to all goodness”. One of the ways we can ascertain what this goodness is, is to know what actually happens when we pray: The following priceless things occur when we offer our Salah. One must remember [4], [2] and [3]. [4]: When you start your Salah, 1. Your sins are placed on your head and shoulders. 2. Birr (a special grace) is sprinkled on your head...

Salah (S1) Before getting to Salah, some important matters: One should use Itr after performing Wudhu. After a meal, one should floss and rinse his mouth with water. 3 things we are to bury so people who practice black magic can’t use them; Blood, hair and nails. The Messenger ﷺ: “He is not from amongst us, the one who practices witchcraft or asks someone to do it”. The Messenger ﷺ: “Whoever pract...

Sacred Knowledge (S3) The Messenger ﷺ: “It [i.e knowledge] is wasted when you address it to someone not worthy of it”. By supporting the Deen, I.e through Dawah, teaching, charity etc, you will be supported by Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى. Surah [3:160]: “If Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى helps you, none can overcome you”.

Sacred Knowledge (S2) Imam Abu Yusuf (r.h) who was the student of Imam Abu Hanifa (r.h) received a palace in Paradise due to teaching the people knowledge and people would speak ill of him. Ali رضي الله عنه: “The smarter you become, the less you speak”. To say: “I don’t know” is half of knowledge. Ali رضي الله عنه: “Why does the children of Adam (a.s) engage in vanity? His beginning is a drop of s...

Sacred Knowledge (S1) Hasan al-Basri (r.h) said the true scholars have these signs; They are Zaahids, they yearn for the Akhirah, they deeply understand the Deen and they are immense in their worship. The Messenger ﷺ advised Ali رضي الله عنه: “Consult with the fuqaha and the worshippers. Do not give your own opinion”. What is knowledge without worship? You have planted the tree but bore no fruit....

The Prophets (a.s) (S17) Surah [27:59]: “and Peace be upon His servants, who He Has chosen”. Abdullah Ibn Abaas رضي الله عنهم said this refers to the Companions رضي الله عنهم. Onto Sacred knowledge: Ali (a.s): “You must understand, knowledge is greater than riches. Knowledge guards you, but you have to guard riches. Knowledge increases, but riches decrease when you spend. Knowledge governs, riches...

The Prophets (a.s) (S16) The Messenger ﷺ, the prism of perfection. Many have come and gone, but none have matched him ﷺ. He ﷺ put kings to shame. He ﷺ never sought fame. He ﷺ is al-Mustafa, the greatest of creation! Hasan Ibn Thaabit رضي الله عنه: “A person more handsome than you [ﷺ] my eyes never saw. One more beautiful a woman never bore. You were fashioned free from every flaw. It is as if you...

The Prophets (a.s) (S15) The Messenger ﷺ would always forgive those who wronged him. The tribe of Muhaarib caused great harm to the Messenger ﷺ in the early days. When the tribe of Muhaarib came to him ﷺ in the year of delegations, the Messenger ﷺ did not mention any of their harm once! They accepted Islam and the Messenger ﷺ gave them all gifts. One man from their tribe called Huzayma Ibn Sawa رض...

The Prophets (a.s) (S14) A glimpse into the Messenger’s ﷺ generosity: Rubayi bint Muazh رضي الله عنهم brings dates and cucumbers to the Messenger ﷺ. The Messenger ﷺ scoops up some jewels he received from Bahrain and gives it to her رضي الله عنها. Umm Sumbulah رضي الله عنها gives the Messenger ﷺ a gift which didn’t have much worth. In return, he ﷺ gives her رضي الله عنها some land between two mount...

The Prophets (a.s) (S13) Abdullah Ibn Umar رضي الله عنهم: “I have not seen anyone more daring, generous, courages and better at shooting arrows than the Messenger ﷺ”. Ali رضي الله عنه: “We sought refuge behind the Messenger ﷺ when the fighting became fierce at Badr. He (ﷺ) was the strongest of men, he was the closest to the polytheists on the battlefield”. Anas رضي الله عنه states whenever the fig...

The Prophets (a.s) (S12) Muazh Ibn Amr Ibn al-Jamooh رضي الله عنهم loses his arm at the battle of Badr. He brings it to the Messenger ﷺ. The Messenger ﷺ uses his blessed saliva and reattaches Muazh’s رضي الله عنه arm. Muazh Ibn Amr رضي الله عنهم lived on until the Khilafat of Uthmaan رضي الله عنه. The Messenger ﷺ performed many miracles even before he ﷺ proclaimed. One example is the story of his...

The Prophets (a.s) (S11) A new born baby was brought to the Messenger ﷺ and was wrapped in a sheet. The Messenger ﷺ asks: “Who am I?”. The infant replies: “You are the Messenger of Allah” (ﷺ). The Messenger ﷺ replied: “You have spoken the truth. May Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى bless you”. The Messenger ﷺ once stroked the head of a young Saa’ib رضي الله عنه in the middle, going from the front to th...

The Prophets (a.s) (S10) Abdullah Ibn Salaam رضي الله عنه: “Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى Has not created a creation more honourable to Him [سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى] than Muhammad ﷺ”. The Messenger ﷺ supplicated for his ummah’s forgiveness for hours. Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى accepts the dua but says that it doesn’t apply to social sinners. The Messenger ﷺ continues supplicating for us, then Allah س...

The Prophets (a.s) (S9) Ibraaheem (a.s) once said: “O my Lord سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى, it grieves me that I am the only one on the Earth that worships you”. Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى then sent down Angels (a.s) who prayed with Ibraaheem (a.s) and were with him. Ibraaheem (a.s) supplicates (Surah [14:36]): “O my Lord سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى, they [i.e the idols] have lead many astray. Those who follo...

The Prophets (a.s) (S8) The dua of our ancient father Nuh (a.s) for us. (Surah [71:28]) The house being referred to in this verse is Nuh’s (a.s) Masjid, located on mount Judee. There is a church there today, scholars mention one can pray here to receive the rewards. Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى knows best. Nuh (a.s) was sent to his people when he was 40. He preached for 950 years. He (a.s) lived fo...

Surah 27 The Female Ant v19-21 Session 6 The Hoopoo Bird Prophet Sulayman (A.S) smiles at the speech of The Ant from a distance of 3 miles. The Ant supplicates to his Lord - rain was sent. The miraculous speech with birds.

Surah 27 The Female Ant v15-18 Session 5 The Valley of The Ants Wit & Wisdom Prophet Sulayman inherits from Prophet Dawood (A.S) this refers to knowledge and Prophethood, verse 16. The Angel of Death stations within The House of Dawood (A.S). The birds shield Prophet Dawood (A.S) from the sunlight as he's led to his final resting place. Prophet Sulayman (A.S) had knowledge of plants & trees and th...