Tuhfatul Atfaal Translated

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By the mercy of Allaah the translation of the classical and renowned tajweed text has been completed. I hope it is of benefit to those who read it.

Ibraheem debates with the angels

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When Jibreel (alayhi salaam) and those with him came to Ibraheem (alayhi salaam) they said:

إِنَّا مُهْلِكُو أَهْلِ هَـذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ
Verily, we are going to destroy the people of this town…
[Al-Ankaboot:31]
 

He said to them: “Would you destroy a town that has 300 believers in it?”
 
They said: “No.”
He then said: “Will you destroy a town [...]

To free the heart

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Ibn Taymiyyah said: Zuhd is to leave alone those things which will not benefit you in the next life.
Sufyaan Ath-Thawri said: Zuhd is to have limited amount of expectations: it does not mean eating poor or inadequate foods as many think, or wearing a cheap gown or cloak.
Ibn Ja’laal said: Zuhd is [...]

A good ending

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The state in which an individual dies in can very much reflect whether their ultimate abode (Aakhirah) will be one of eternal bliss or otherwise.
There is a compelling story that I wish to share with you.

When Abu Zuraah Ar-Razi, the renowned scholar (rahimahullaah) was dying, Abu Hatim Ar-Razi and Muhammad Ibn Muslim Ibn Wara, [...]

Most noble

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Ibn Haajar Asqalaani (rahimahullaah) said in Fathul Baari:  We say, the Qur’aan is the most noble of all types of knowledge. So the one who learns it and teaches others; becomes the most noble than the one who teaches other than it [Qur'aan], even though he might teach something which becomes well established [...]

Recite from memory!

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“Trustworthiness was sent down in the depths of the heart of the people, then they learnt it from the Qur‘aan, and then they learnt it from the Sunnah.”
 

 
One of the worst habits that could have befallen upon the Ummah is the increase and negligence in memorising texts, from the Qur’aan to the [...]

A watcher

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“The angel can see what is in the heart of the human being, either because Allaah informs him of it or because Allaah has granted him some knowledge by means of which he is able to find it out.
The former view is supported by the report narrated by Ibn Abi’l-Dunya from Abu [...]

Pure

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الأعمالُ بالنيات
 

“Verily actions are based on intentions…” [1]
In reference to this hadeeth Imaam Shafi’ee (rahimahullaah) said: “This hadeeth constitutes to a third of all knowledge.”
Imaam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) said: The basis of Islaam is upon three ahadeeth:
-Umar’s hadeeth: ‘Verily actions are based on intentions…” [2]
Ibn Nuqtah (rahimahullah) said: “So this hadeeth is one [...]