Jinn Drinking With You?

“The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) saw a man drinking standing up. He said to him, ‘Hah!’ The man asked, ‘What’s the matter?’ He said, ‘Would you like it if a cat drank with you.’ He said, ‘No.’ He (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, ‘Someone worse than that was drinking with you – the Shaytaan.’” [Ahmad; Majma al-Zawaa’id]

The Shaytaan drinks with a person if he drinks standing up. Sit down to drink.

Source: dailyhadith.adaptivesolutionsinc.com

Islamic way of drinking water

The other day when I was drinking water I did not sit and rather took a sip while standing. My friend saw me and pop came a comment from her saying why are you not following your Islamic way of drinking water? She then questioned me why do we drink water while sitting. 

This gave me a thought of sharing this on my blog.
We all are aware of the Islamic way of drinking water is as follows-

Pray “Bismillah” and drink with your right hand as the devil drinks and eats with the left hand.
To sit down and drink.
Drink by taking three separate sips not all at once.
Whilst drinking, suck the drink and do not make a noise.
Do not blow into any drink for cooling.
Say “Alhamdulillah” after drinking.
It is not permissible to throw away any left over drink. 

Always cover the water that is left in a glass, jug or pot

Revive a Sunnah

Entering & Leaving the House

A Muslim goes out and returns home many times a day; for prayers, work or for whatever and every time he/she applies these sunnahs, he/she gets great reward from Allah as he/she submits to His Prophet's (PBUH) teachings.


An Nawawi said: "it is preferred to say (in the name of Allah) and repeat (remembrance) of Allah frequently.


1 Mentioning regards to Allah
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "when a man mention Allah while entering his house and when he eats, the devil says to his mates (there is no food or shelter for this night for you) " [Muslim, The Book of Drinks, Hadith 2018]


2 Entrance Du'aa
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: " say, Bismillaahi walajnaa, wa bismillaahi kharajnaa, wa 'alaaRabblnaa tawakkalnaa (O Allah I ask you the best out of entrance and the best out of exit, I enter in the name of Allah and exit in the name of Allah, I put my trust in Allah) then salute his family. (say As-Salaamu 'Alaykum)" [Aboo Dawood, The Book of Good Manners, Hadith 5096]


This is the way a man depends on Allah while entering or exiting, which keeps him/her always connected to Allah.


3 Using Sewak
Imam Muslim narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used Sewak while taking his first steps into home. [Muslim, The Book of Purification, Hadith 253]


4 Salutation
Allah says: "So when you enter houses, salute one another (Literally: salute yourselves) with a greeting from the Providence of Allah, blessed and good". (An Noor :61)


Supposing that a Muslim who goes for prayers in the Mosque practice these Sunnahs; that would make 20 Sunnahs aday.


5 Going out
A Muslim should say this du'aa :


Bismillaahi, tawakkaltu 'alallaahi, wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata ‘ illaa billaah. (in the name of Allah, I put my trust in Allah, Whatever Allah wishes will be; there is no strength except from Allah) so he gets protected, secured, guarded and the devil steps away from him)


[Aboo Dawood, The Book of Good Manners, Hadith 5095; At-Tirmidhee, The Book of Supplication, Hadith 3426]


The outcome of the application of these sunnahs:
1- A Muslim gets protected from whatever evil he gets in touch with.
2- A Muslim gets secured from whatever evil that might hurt him.
3- A Muslim gets guided and guarded in everything either divine or secular.


Courtesy: Facebook - By Islamic Querries (Women)

Teaching children good manners

In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate 

 Assalamualaikum wa Rehmatullah wa Barakatahu.

Teaching children good manners

Just as a child should be taught ritual acts of worship, he should also be taught good habits and etiquettes until they become second nature to him.

The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa salllam said: “The believers who have the most perfect faith are those who have the best manners.” [Abu Daawood]

Good manners are an acquired trait that must be adopted from a young age. Of such manners are the following:

1) Being respectful and dutiful to parents:

The first person from whom a child learns good manners is the father. If a child is raised in a good Islamic home, then it would be natural for him to treat his parents respectfully.

Allah Says (what means): “And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them reach old age in your life, never say ‘uff’ (an expression of displeasure), nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour. And humble yourself to them out of mercy and say, ‘My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was small.’” [Qur’an, 17:23,24]

2) Maintaining good relations with relatives:

Sound cultivation also stipulates teaching children to maintain good relations with their relatives.

Allah says (what means): ‘’Worship Allah and associate none with Him in worship, and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, the needy, the neighbor who is near of kin, the neighbor who is a stranger, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (you meet), and those (slaves) whom your right hands possess. Verily, Allah does not like such as are proud and boastful.” [Qur’an, 4:36]

The fulfilment of this Divine command can be accomplished only by sound cultivation which makes them grow attached to their relatives out of obedience to Allah.

Since relatives are an extension of the family, then strengthening ties with them strengthens the whole family and it is like strengthening the whole community and this reflects an Islamic community that enjoys a cohesive structure. The Prophet said: “The example of the believers in their reciprocal love and mercy is like a human body, when one of its organs suffers, the rest of the body remains awake and suffers fever.” [Muslim]

3) Inculcating brotherly love:

Brotherly love and believers’ solidarity must be embedded in children’s minds and that the believers are brothers-in-faith. For example to follow the pious predecessors, the Muhajireen and the Ansaar whose brotherly love and altruism Allah commands in His Book.

Giving a friendly gesture or a happy greeting to Muslim brothers generates friendliness in their hearts and, strengthens the love among the believers. This indeed is a fine trait, which is instructed by Allah, the Exalted. He describes the believers by saying (what means): “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves…” [Qur’an, 48:29]

Allah also addressed His Messenger saying (what means): “Had you been severe and harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you…” [Qur’an, 3:159]

4) Guarding the tongue:

Giving a good word is a type of remembrance of Allah, telling the truth, guarding one’s own tongue against slandering other Muslims are good deeds. The best Muslim, according to the Prophet  is the one from whose tongue the Muslims feel safe.

Parents should make their children aware of the gravity of abusing others with their tongue and of the fact that the tongue is a double-sided and dangerous weapon. Therefore, they should be warned in particular against abusing it.  

5) Warning children against backbiting and slandering:

Children should be taught that backbiting is speaking slanderously about an absent person. The Prophet said: “Do you know what back biting is?” They (companions) said: “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He  said: “It is to attribute to your brother what he dislikes.” He  was asked: “What do you think if what I say about my brother is true?” He  said: “If what you attribute to him is true, then you have backbitten him, and if it is not true, then you have lied about him.” [Muslim]

While talebearing is to circulate slanderous rumours between two persons to damage or sever the ties between them. The Prophet said: “Talebearer will not be admitted to Paradise.” [Muslim]

Deriding people in their presence by making negative facial expressions or by hand gestures while they are unaware is also forbidden in Islam.

6) Warning children against lying:

Children must be taught to tell the truth and to keep away from lying, which is the most horrible habit. The Prophet  said: “There are four traits whoever possesses them is a sheer hypocrite, and he who possesses one of them, possesses a trait of hypocrisy unless he quits it. They are: when he speaks, he lies; and when he enters into an agreement, he acts unfaithfully; when he promises, he breaches his promise; and when he litigates, he behaves treacherously. While the liar receives the anger of Allah on the Day of Resurrection.” [Al-Bukhari]

Parents should not take this evil habit lightly, or consider it funny when their children tell lies because later on, it becomes easy for them to lie without any compunction.

May Allah guide us all to the Straight Path and bless us with Righteous Children... Ameen.