Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid

Khadeejahfirst was the wife of the Prophet, , the mother of his
children, the best of his wives and the first to believe in him. Her
name was Umm Hind Khadeejahbint Khuwaylid ibn Asad ibn 'Abd Al-'Uzzaa
ibn Qusayy . She was from Banu Asad , a branch of Quraysh , and her
mother was Faatimah bint Zaa'idah , from Banu 'Aamir ibn Lu'ayy , a
branch of the Quraysh .
She was born in Makkah , and grew up in a noble home. Her father died
during the Al-Fijaar war.
Before marrying the Prophet, , she was married to two Arab leaders.
The first was Abu Haalah ibn Zuraarah ibn An-Nabbaash from Banu Tameem
, who was the father of her daughters Hind and Haalah . The second was
'Ateeq ibn 'Aa'ith ibn 'Umar ibn Makhzoom , who was the father of her
daughter Hind bint 'Ateeq .
Khadeejah had a successful business and her commercial caravans
travelled between Makkah and Madeenah . She would also hire men and
give them money to invest it for her in trade. The Prophet, , was
oneof those who dealt with her in such a manner. She sent him in the
company of her slave Maysarah to Ash- Shaam (greater Syria) on a
business trip. When they came back, Maysarah told her about the
manners ofthe Prophet, , and his honesty and purity. He also told her
of the blessings which Allaah The Almighty caused to appear at his
hands so that her business multiplied in profit. As a result, she
wanted to marry him.
Soon afterwards, Hamzahibn 'Abd Al-Muttalib met her uncle 'Amr ibn
Asad ibn 'Abd Al-'Uzzaa asking for her hand to his nephew Muhammad , .
Their marriage was consummated fifteen years before he was
commissioned as a Prophet, when he, , was twenty five years oldand
Khadeejah was forty.
The couple were blessed with six children: Al-Qaasim, 'Abdullaah,
Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthoom and Faatimah .
Khadeejah loved the Prophet, , very much and would do whatever pleased
him. She even gave him her servant Zayd ibn Haarithah when she saw his
fondness for him.
One of the first examples of her support for the Prophet, , was when
he saw Jibreel (Gabriel) for the first time. He was terrified and went
to Khadeejah and said: "Cover me! Cover me!" When his fear had
subsided, he said: "I feared that something terrible would happen
tome." Khadeejah replied , "Never! By Allaah, Allaah will never fail
you. You maintain theties of kinship, you speakthe truth, you help the
poor and the destitute, you serve your guests generously, and you
assist those who are afflicted with misfortune." ] Al-Bukhaari [
She then took him to her cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal , who assured
himthat Allaah The Almighty had chosen him to be thefinal of the
Messengers.
She did not hesitate for amoment to accept his Da'wah (call), thus
becoming the first person to have faith in and believe in him. She
supported him in the course of his Da'wah and consequently, the
Prophet, , gave her theglad tidings of a house inParadise built of
pearls wherein there will be neither noise nor fatigue.[ Al-Bukhaari
and Muslim [
As a sign of his gratitude to her, the Prophet, , never married
another wife during her lifetime. When she died, he grieved greatly
for her. He would mention her name frequently and compliment her
generously, saying: "I have been endowed withher love." ] Muslim [
The Prophet, , was very faithful to her to theextent that he would be
extremely generous and kind to her friends, even after her death.
He, , also said that Khadeejah was the best woman on earth during her
time when he said: "Maryam the daughter of 'Imraan was the best among
the women [of the world at her time] and Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid is
the best amongst the women[of the world during her time]." ]
Al-Bukhaari and Muslim [
Khadeejah died three years before the Hijrah (emigration) and the
ascension of the Prophet, , to the heavens, at sixty five years of
age. She was buried in Al-Hajoon , leaving behind a great legacy and
an eventful life which history could never forget.

Sha'baan: A Blessed Month that People Neglect

These days we are living a season of profitable trade with Allaah The
Almighty, namely; the days of the month of Sha'baan which many people
neglect.
Here are some of the rulings and virtues of thismonth:
The virtue of fasting:
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allaah, , said: "Allaah
The Exalted says, 'Every (good) deed of the son of Aadam would be
multiplied, a good deed receiving a tenfold to seven hundredfold
reward, with the exception of fasting, for it is done for Me and I
will give rewardfor it.'" [Muslim]
When Ibn 'Uyaynah was asked about the meaning of: 'With the exception
of fasting, for it is done for Me and I will give reward for it' , he
said, "On the Day of Resurrection, Allaah The Exalted calls His slave
to account and makes him pay for wronging people from all his other
acts of worship until nothing remains except fasting. Thereupon,
Allaah pays for the remaining grievances and lets him enter Paradise
with his fasting."
'Abdullaah ibn 'Amr narrated that the Prophet, , said: "Fasting and
the Quran intercede for the slave onthe Day of Judgment." [Ahmad] [Al
Albaani: Saheeh [
Abu Umaamah narrated that he asked the Prophet, to order him with a
deed. The Prophet, , said: "Adhere to fasting as it has no equal" or
in another narration "no similar" [An-Nasaa'i] [Al Albaani: Saheeh ] [
Saheeh At-Targheeb [
Fasting of the predecessors:
Daawood ibn Abi Hind fasted for forty years without his family knowing
about it. He wasa clothes seller and used to carry his lunch with him,
but usually gave it incharity to the needy he would meet on the road.
[ Tahtheeb Siyar A'laam An-Nubalaa' [
Abu Muslim Al-Khawlaani was fasting while invading the land of the
Romans. He was asked, "What made you fast while you are traveling?" He
answered, "If we wereto fight, I would break my fast, prepare myself
and seek strength. Horsesdo not run rapidly when they are fat; rather,
they do when they are thin. Our remaining days are coming for which we
shall work." ] Tahtheeb Siyar A'laam An- Nubalaa ']
Narrations about the virtue of fasting in Sha'baan
'Aa'ishah said, "The Messenger of Allaah used to fast till one would
say that he would never stop fasting, and he would abandon fasting
till one would say that he would never fast. I never saw the Messenger
of Allaah fasting for a whole month except the month of Ramadhaan, and
did not see him fasting in any month more than in the month of
Sha'baan." [Al-Bukhaari]
'Aa'ishah also said, "I never saw the Prophet, observing (voluntary)
fast more in any other month than that of Sha'baan. He used to fast
throughout the whole of Sha'baan."
'Imraan ibn Husayn narrated that the Messenger of Allaah, , said to a
person: 'Did you observe any fast in the beginning of Sha'baan?' He
said, 'No.' Thereupon, the Messenger of Allaah, , said: 'Fast two days
instead (of one fast) when you have completed (the fasts of)
Ramadhaan." [Muslim] An-Nawawi said, "This Hadeeth contradicts the
authentic Hadeeths that prohibit fasting directly before Ramadhaan.
The Prophet, clarified that usual fasting is not included in the
prohibition; rather, the prohibition is for voluntary fasting."
The evidence of the preference of fasting it is that 'Aa'ishah said,
"I never saw the Prophet, observing (voluntary) fast more in any other
month than that of Sha'baan. He used to fast throughout the whole of
Sha'baan." [Al-Bukhaari]
"He (the Prophet ) never fasted a whole month except Sha'baan which he
combined with Ramadhaan." [Abu Daawood] That is to say that he used to
fast most of the days of Sha'baan . At Tirmithi narrated from Ibn
Al-Mubaarak that in the Arabic language, one may say "he fasted the
whole month" while he only fasted the majority thereof. Others said
that he would sometimes fast the wholemonth and at other timesfast
most of it. It was also said: from its (the month's) beginning to
itsend.

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Dought clear - , Astrology vs. astronomy.

Are we allowed to read our star signs?
Praise be to Allaah.
Al-Bukhaari said in his Saheeh: Qutaadah said: "Allaah created these
stars for three purposes: to adorn the heavens, to stone the devils
and as signs by which to navigate. Whoever seeksanything else in them
is mistaken and does not benefit from them, and he is wasting his time
and effort in seeking something of which he has no knowledge." (Saheeh
al-Bukhaari, Baab fi'l-Nujoom, 2/240)
The study of the stars is divided into two kinds:
1- Study of the influence of the stars (astrology)
2- Study of the positions and movements of the stars (astronomy)
Study of the influence ofthe stars (astrology) is divided into three categories:
1 – The belief that these stars have a real influence in the sense
that they create events and evil. This is major shirk (shirk akbar),
because whoever claims that there is another creator alongside Allaah
is a mushrik in the sense of major shirk, for he is regarding a
created thing that is subjugated as a creator which subjugates.
2 – Making this a reason to claim to have knowledge of the unseen, so
from the movements and changesin the stars he deduces that such and
such will happen because such and such has happened to such and such a
star. For example, he may say that one person's life will be miserable
because he was born under this star, and that another person's life
willbe happy because he was born under that star. This person is
taking knowledge of thestars as a means to claim that he has knowledge
of the unseen, and claiming to have knowledge of the unseen is kufr
(disbelief)which puts one beyond the pale of Islam, because Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghayb (Unseen)
except Allaah"[al-Naml 29:65]
The grammatical structure used in the original Arabic – startingwith
the negation laa (translated here as "none") followed by the word illa
("except") – is one of the most emphatic ways of expressing
exclusivity. So if a person claims to know the unseen, he is
effectively disbelieving what the Qur'aan says.
3 – If he believes that thestars are the cause of good or bad things
happening, this is minor shirk (shirk asghar), i.e., when something
happens he attributes it to the stars (and only attributes it to the
stars after it has happened). The basic principle is that whoever
believes that one thing is the cause of another when Allaah has not
made it so, is overstepping the mark and not acknowledging Allaah asHe
should be acknowledged, because the One Who makes things happen is
Allaah alone. For example, if a person seeks healing from a piece of
string (tied around his wrist), and says, "I believe that healing is
in the hand of Allaah and this string is simply the means," we would
say to him, "You have saved yourself frommajor shirk but you
havefallen into lesser shirk, because Allaah has not made string a
clear means of healing. By doing this you have transgressed against
His position of Controller and Sustainer, by making something a means
to something elsewhen Allaah has not made it so." The same applies to
one who regards the stars as the cause of rainfall when this is not
the case. The evidence for that is the hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari
(801) and Muslim (104) from Zayd ibn Khaalid al-Juhani who said: "The
Messenger of Allaah SAWs (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
led us in praying Fajr at al-Hudaybiyah, following rainfall duringthe
night. When he had finished praying, he turned to the people and said,
'Do you know what your Lord has said?' They said, 'Allaah and His
Messenger knowbest.' He said, 'This morning one of My slaves became a
believerin Me and one became a disbeliever. As for the one who said,
"We have been given rain by virtue of Allaah and His mercy," he is a
believer in Me and a disbeliever in the stars. But as for the one who
said, "We have been given rain by such and such a star," heis a
disbeliever in Me and a believer in the stars.'" So the one who
attributes rain to the stars is saying that the stars caused the rain.
Study of the positions and movements of the stars (astronomy) is
divided into two categories:
1 – If their movements are used to define thingsthat serve a religious
purpose, this is something that is necessary. If that helps in the
case of religious obligations, then learning it is obligatory, such as
using the stars todetermine the direction of the qiblah (direction of
Makkah).
2 – If their movements are used to define thingsthat serve a worldly
purpose, there is nothing wrong with that. This is of two types:
(a) Using the stars to work out directions, such as knowing that the
pole lies to the north, and that the Pole Star, which is close to it,
revolves around the North Pole. This is permissible. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"And landmarks (signposts, during the day) and by the stars (during
the night), they (mankind) guide themselves"
[al-Nahl 16:16]
(b) Using the stars to work out the seasons, through learning the
phases of the moon. Some of the salaf regarded this as makrooh while
others permitted it. The correct view is that it is permissible and
there is nothing makrooh in it, because there is no shirkinvolved in
it, unless onelearns it in order to attribute rainfall or cold weather
to it, and says that this is what is causing that. That is a kind of
shirk. But simply knowing the time of year from it, whether it is
spring or autumn or winter, there is nothing wrong with that.
See al-Qawl al-Mufeed byShaykh Muhammad ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah
have mercy on him), 2/102.

Why is it not permissibleto wear garments on which it is written “I love Jesus” even though we believe in ‘Eesa (peace be upon him) and love him?, Dought clear - ,

Our Islamic religion forbids us to wear garments and T-shirts that
contain the phrase "I love Jesus" but even we, according to our
religion, love 'Eesa and believe in him, so why is it is forbidden to
us to wear them?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Yes, it is part of the belief of the Muslims andone of the pillars of
theirreligion to believe in all the Prophet and Messengers of Allah –
may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon them – as Allah, may He
be exalted, says:
"Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which has been sent
down to us and that which has been sent down to Ibrahim (Abraham),
Ismail (Ishmael), Ishaque (Isaac), Yaqoob (Jacob), and to Al-Asbat
(the twelve sons of Yaqoob (Jacob)), and that which has been given to
Moosa(Moses) and 'Eesa (Jesus),and that which has beengiven to the
Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them,
and to Him we have submitted (in Islam)."
[al-Baqarah 2:136]
"The Messenger (Muhammad ) believes inwhat has been sent down to him
from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in Allah,
His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. They say:We make no
distinction between one another of His Messengers - and they say: We
hear, and we obey. (We seek) YourForgiveness, our Lord, and to You is
the return (of all)."
[al-Baqarah 2:285].
Believing in all the Prophets means loving them, respecting them,
venerating them and acknowledging their virtue.
But this phrase that you mention, "I love Jesus", is something that
belongs exclusively to the Christians and has become a slogan or
symbol for them, because Jesus (Yasoo' in Arabic) is the name that the
Christians give to theProphet of Allah 'Eesa (peace be upon him).
They distorted the name 'Eesa to Yasoo', just as they distorted the
name Yahya to Yohanna (John), Yoonus to Yoonaan (Jonah) and Maryam to
Mary.
There is nothing in the words of Allah, may He be exalted, or in the
words of His Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) or
in the words of his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them),
indeed we do not know of anything in the wordsof any of the scholars
of Ahl as-Sunnah in which the name Yasoo' (Jesus) is used to refer to
the Prophet of Allah 'Eesa (peace be upon him). Rather the names that
are used are " 'Eesa" or "al-Maseeh (the Messiah)."
The Muslims say: We believe in 'Eesa (peace be upon him) and we love
him, and we seek todraw close to Allah, may He be exalted, by loving
him. But we do not say as these people say who have distorted the
religion of Allah and changed the words of Allah, "We believe in
Yasoo' (Jesus) and love him."
Similarly, the word "Yasoo'" for the Christians means "The Redeemer",
and they believe that their religion that they follow is the religion
of redemption. So the name Yasoo' and its meaning is connected totheir
false beliefs. Hence it is not permissible to imitate them in that.
The Messiah 'Eesa ibn Maryam is the Prophet ofAllah and His Messenger
in whom we believe, and we believe that he foretold the coming of our
Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him); he isnot
"Yasoo' the Redeemer, the son of God, the third of three" in whom the
Christians believe.
The phrase that you mention refers to the latter and is a slogan for a
religion of kufr. For this reason it is not allowed and it is not
permissible for a Muslim to write it or to wear a garment on which it
is written.

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