By: Sheikh Muhammad
Salih al-Munajjid cont…
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Spiritual training for the members of the
household
‘Aa’ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, said: “The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, used to pray
Qiyaam at night, and when he prayed Witr he would say: ‘Get up and pray Witr, O ‘Aa’ishah’” (Reported by Muslim, Muslim bi
Sharh al-Nawawi, 6/23).
The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa
sallam, said: “May Allaah have mercy on a man who gets up at night and
prays, then he wakes up his wife to pray, and if she refuses he throws water in
her face.” (Reported by Ahmad and Abu Daawood. Saheeh al-Jaami’, 3488).
Encouraging the women of one's household to give charity is another means
of increasing faith. This is something very important which the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,
encouraged, when he said: “O women! Give in charity, for I have seen that you
form the majority of the inhabitants of Hell.” (Reported by Al-Bukhaari,
al-Fath, 1/405).
One of the new ideas is to have a box at home for donations to the poor
and needy: whatever is put in the box belongs to them, because it is their
vessel in the Muslim home.
If the family members see an example among them fasting on al-Ayyaam
al-Beed (the 13th, 14th and 15th of each Hijri (lunar) month), Mondays and
Thursdays, Taasoo’aa’ and ‘Aashooraa’ (the 9th and 10th of Muharram), ‘Arafah,
and frequently in Muharram and Sha’baan, this will be a motive for them to do
likewise.
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Paying attention to Athkaar and
supplications from the Sunnah that have to do with the home Atkhaar for
entering the home:
Muslim reported in his Saheeh that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said:
“When any one of you enters his home and mentions the Name of Allaah when he
enters and when he eats, the Shaytaan says: ‘You have no place to stay and
nothing to eat here.’ If he enters and does not mention the name of Allaah when
he enters, [the Shaytaan] says: ‘You have a place to stay.’ If he does not
mention the name of Allaah when he eats, [the Shaytaan says], ‘You have a place
to stay and something to eat.’” (Reported by Imaam Ahmad, al-Musnad, 3/346;
Muslim, 3/1599).
Abu Daawood, may Allaah have mercy on him, reported in his Sunan that the
Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu 'alayhi
wa sallam, said: “If a man goes out of his house and says: ‘Bismillaah, tawakkaltu ‘ala Allaah, la
hawla wa la quwwata illa Billaah [In the name of Allaah, I put my trust in
Allaah, there is no help and no strength except in Allaah],’ it will be said to
him, ‘This will take care of you, you are guided, you have what you need and
you are protected.’ The Shaytaan will stay away from him, and another Shaytaan
will say to him: ‘What can you do with a man who is guided, provided for and
protected?’” (Reported by Abu Daawood and At-Tirmithi. Saheeh al-Jaami’, no.
499)
Siwaak
Imaam Muslim reported in his Saheeh that ‘Aa’ishah, may Allaah be pleased
with her, said: “When the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, entered his house, the first thing
he would do was use Siwaak.” (Reported by Muslim, Kitaab at-Tahaarah, chapter
15, no. 44).
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Continuously reciting Chapter Al-Baqarah in
the house to ward off the Shaytaan
There are a number of narrations concerning this, such as:
The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam, said: “Do not make your houses into graves. The Shaytaan
flees from a house in which Soorat Al-Baqarah is recited.” (Reported by Muslim,
1/539)
The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam, said: “Recite Soorat Al-Baqarah in your houses, for the
Shaytaan does not enter a house in which Soorat al-Baqarah is recited.”
(Reported by al-Haakim in al-Mustadrak. 1/561; Saheeh al-Jaami’, 1170).
Concerning the virtues of the last two Aayaat of this Chapter, and the effect of reciting them in one’s
house, he, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,
said: “Allaah wrote a document two thousand years before He created the heavens
and the earth, which is kept near the Throne, and He revealed two Aayaat of it with which He concluded Soorat al-Baqarah. If they are recited
in a house for three consecutive nights, the Shaytaan will not approach it.”
(Reported by Imaam Ahmad in al-Musnad, 4/274, and others. Saheeh al-Jaami’,
1799).
to be continued…
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