Some times I ask you the questions and then there are other times when you ask me the questions.
This week it is your turn.
Ask me.
Anything. Do not be bashful as my life is truly an open book*
Advice on child rearing/veterinary stuff/words of wisdom. Not only is my life an open book but apparently I am a know it all.
Have at it!
* except for those password protected posts, you know exceptions/rules blah blah
have you chosen a new cooktop yet? hey you said ask any question
What made you choose birthing cow babies over human ones?
Why are you so weird about emulsifier?
LOL sorry, I can’t think of anything else! I’ll keep thinking. Hang on…..
I’m at my wits end with my hyper-active, hyper-curious, (hyper-bitchy when she gets to that), hyper-everything and maddening first-born. The one who thinks everything in life has to be a fight – what can you do for me?
Oh, just one more (and please take note of the previous one which must have gone to your moderation queue…); what ‘daleels’ can one present to smart-aleck fellow muslims who tell you that observing the night of 15th shaban (spending it in increased amounts of worship) is not authentic? Any references?
What will it take to convince the husband unit that we should move to Australia?
For mummyjan:
From: http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=140&CATE=24
It is a sunna to worship Allah at every moment and with every breath.
It is clearly stated in the fiqh works of the madhhabs that it is recommended to worship on this night. Even Ibn Taymiyya says this.
1. Imam Haskafi said in his Durr al-Mukhtar, one of the primary references in the Hanafi school:
“Among the recommended [prayers] are on. . . . the nights of the two Eids, the middle of Sha`ban, the last ten of Ramadan, and the first [ten] of Dhul-Hijjah.”
2. Ibn Taymiyya was asked about the prayer of mid-Sha`ban [i.e. the night of].
He answered:
If a person prays that night alone, or in a select congregation, as many groups (tawaif) of the Early Muslims used to do, it is very good.
As for gathering in the mosque for a particular fixed prayer, such as gather for 100 rakats in which 1,000 QulhuwaAllahuAhad are read every time, this is a reprehensible innovation, which none of the imams have allowed. [Ibn Taymiyya, al-Fatawa al-Kubra, 2; 222-138]
3. This corresponds to what Imam Nawawi mentioned in his Majmu`, where he also quoted Imam al-Shafi`i from the latters al-Umm that it has reached him that there are 5 nights when dua is answered, one of them being the night of the 15th of Sha`ban.
Note, of course, that the night of the 15th is the night before it.
It is reported from Sayyiduna `Ali (Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “Let all of you spend the night of mid-Sha`ban in worship (i.e. partly) and its day in fasting. Allah descends to the nearest heaven during this night, beginning with sunset, and says: Is there no one asking forgiveness that I may forgive them? Is there no one asking sustenance that I may grant them sustenance? Is there no one under trial that I may relieve them? Is there not such-and-such, is there not such-and-such, and so forth until until dawn rises. [Narrated by Ibn Majah with a weak chain.]
There are many other narrations from the Companions and early Muslims confirming this matter, as mentioned by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali in his Lataif al-Ma`arif, and others.
There is general consensus that weak hadiths may be acted upon for virtuous acts, such as voluntary fasting and prayer, as long as the hadith is not excessively weak, returns to a general basis in the Shariah, and one is not convinced that the Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) specifically prescribed it.
And Allah alone gives success.
Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani
you know i was kidding about the emulsifier, right? also, you should totally steal that sunnipath answer as your own.
okay, real qs: what should i make for dinner?
any good suggestions for ramadan/eid for kids?
when are you coming to visit?
do yo uhave any specific “ramadan goals” (ie, finish certain amount of qur’an, etc)?
i am not kidding about dinner – what do i cook??
Susan, thank you so much and jazakillah!