SHARH OF THE 40 HADEETH OF IMAM AN NAWAWI: HADEETH NUMBER 10

 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

SHARH OF THE 40 HADEETH NUMBER 10

18-10-2012 (Night Dars)

HADITH NUMBER 10:

الحديث العاشر
«عن أبي هريرة رضي الله تعالى عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: إن الله تعالى طيب لا يقبل إلا طيبا، وإن الله أمر المؤمنين بما أمر به المرسلين فقال تعالى {يا أيها الرسل كلوا من الطيبات واعملوا صالحا} وقال تعالى {يا أيها الذين آمنوا كلوا من طيبات ما رزقناكم} ثم ذكر الرجل يطيل السفر أشعث أغبر يمد يديه إلى السماء: يا رب يا رب، ومطعمه حرام وملبسه حرام وغذي بالحرام فأنى يستجاب له».
رواه مسلم.

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (RA) who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah the Almighty is Good and accepts only that which is good. And verily Allah has commanded the believers to do that which He has commanded the Messengers. So the Almighty has said: "O (you) Messengers! Eat of the tayyibat [all kinds of halal (legal) foods], and perform righteous deeds." [23:51] and the Almighty has said: "O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you." [2:172]" Then he (ﷺ) mentioned [the case] of a man who, having journeyed far, is dishevelled and dusty, and who spreads out his hands to the sky saying "O Lord! O Lord!," while his food is haram (unlawful), his drink is haram, his clothing is haram, and he has been nourished with haram, so how can [his supplication] be answered? [Narrated by Muslim]

Explanation of hadith is called sharh
-tafseer is explanation of the Quran

The statement of the rasul (ﷺ) which says Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى  only accepts good is similar to surah 5:27

..."Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2)." (Al-Ma'idah 5:27)

-when the rasul (ﷺ) said that Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى ) only accepts good
-this means that you are not allowed to do haram with good intention
-you can't bet in lottery to donate the money to the mujahideen

So if you have riba in your account, you can give it to the poor
-but do not expect any reward
-because Allah only accepts the good
-you can't give sadaqa from money earned from haram earnings
-you can't go to hajj with money from pimping girls
-you can't use haram money to feed your family

If a man feeds his family haram earnings, the sin is on him not his family
-this is because the man is the bread winner (4:34)

Men are the protectors and maintainers of women,... (An-Nisa 4:34)

-so on judgement day she won’t be asked about the earnings
-the burden is on the man not the woman

On the authority of Abu Huraira (RA) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "If anyone amasses wealth through haram means and then gives charity from it, there is no regard for him and the burden of sin remains." [Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (4/110) No. 2471, Sahih Ibn Hibban (8/11) No. 3216 and Mustadrak al-Haakim (1/548) No. 1440]

Narrated By 'Ali bin Al-Husain: From Safiya, the Prophet's ﷺ wife, The wives of the Prophet ﷺ were with him in the mosque (while he was in Itikaf) and then they departed and the Prophet said to Safiya bint Huyai, "Don't hurry up, for I shall accompany you," (and her dwelling was in the house of Usama). The Prophet went out and in the meantime two Ansari men met him and they looked at the Prophet and passed by. The Prophet said to them, "Come here. She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai." They replied, "Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of evil) O Allah's Apostle! (we never expect anything bad from you)." The Prophet replied, "Satan circulates in the human being as blood circulates in the body, and I was afraid lest Satan might insert an evil thought in your minds." [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 3, Book 33, Hadith #254]

Rasul (saw) called the two men and explained that he was with his wife
-because what is haram on us is also haram on him (zina, stealing, etc.)
-because Allah commanded the same things on us and on him, HE revealed the ayah 59:7

...And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ) gives you, take it, and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it), and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is Severe in punishment. (Al-Hashr 59:7)

The kuffaar of Makkah asked why Allah  سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى  didn't send an angel but sent a man

They (people of the town) said: "You are only human beings like ourselves, and the Most Beneficent (Allah) has revealed nothing, you are only telling lies." (Ya-Sin 36:15)

-Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى  The All-Wise knows that had He sent an angel
-we will argue that we can't do as they do
-they are able to abstain from all the sins because they are angels
-this is the hikma of Allah sending man and not angels

The rasul (ﷺ) tied 2 stones for hunger while the sahabah tied 1 stone
-he was suffering like them or even more because he had 2 stones
-this shows that he was exactly like us in being able to feel hardship
-prophets are not above the law

Abu Talha (RA) narrated: We complained to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about our hunger and raising from our stomach (the garment) bared the stone each of us had tied to it. He showed that he had two stones (tied to his stomach.) [Sunan Tirmidhi (4/585) No. 2371, Bayhaqi in ‘Shu'ab al Emaan’ (13/54) No. 9943]

Aisha (r.a) described him as the walking Quran because he wasn't above the law

Yazid ibn Yabnus said, "We went to 'A'isha and said, 'Umm al-Mu'minin, what was the character of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), like?' She replied, 'His character was the Qur'an. Can you recite the sura entitled "The Believers"?' She said, 'Recite: "It is the believers who are successful: those who are humble in their prayer; those who turn away from worthless talk; those who actively pay zakat; those who guard their private parts." (23:1-5)' She said, 'That was the character of the Messenger of Allah (SAW).'" [al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Bukhari, No. 308]

-he was asked to practice what he preached (3:121)

And (remember) when you (Muhammad ﷺ) left your household in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle (of Uhud). And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower. (Aali Imran 3:121)

-not even Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى ) Himself is above the law
-HE also testifies to the shahada (3:18)

Allah bears witness that La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), and the angels, and those having knowledge (also give this witness); (He is always) maintaining His creation in Justice. La ilah illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. (Aali Imran 3:18)

-Allah is forbidden to break His promises just like us (3:9)

...Verily, Allah never breaks His Promise". (Aali Imran 3:9)

-He also made oppression haram on HIMSELF

...Allah is never unjust to (His) slaves. (Aali Imran 3:182)

...“Oh, my servants! I have made oppression haraam (forbidden) upon myself, and also between you. So do not oppress each other...." [Sahih Muslim, Hadith #6246]

-it is also haram for HIM to tell a lie
-the Christians say Allah allows deception
-this is only allowed on the battlefield and not in other situations

Narrated Ka'b ibn Malik: When the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to go on an expedition, he always pretended to be going somewhere else, and he would say: "War is deception". [Abu Dawud 2629, Tirmidhi 1681, Ahmed 14312]

…So the Almighty has said: "O (you) Messengers! Eat of the tayyibat [all kinds of halal (legal) foods], and perform righteous deeds." [23:51] and the Almighty has said: "O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you." [2:172]"…

As a Muslim there are haram and halal things to eat
-you can't just put everything in the basket

WHAT IS HARAM FOR MUSLIMS TO EAT

1. DEAD MEAT

These are animals that die by themselves
-the meat has to be slaughtered by saying Bismillah, Allahu Akbar
-Allah made takfir on those who eat dead meat

Eat not (O believers) of that (meat) on which Allah's Name has not been pronounced (at the time of the slaughtering of the animal), for sure it is Fisq (a sin and disobedience of Allah). And certainly, the Shayatin (devils) do inspire their friends (from mankind) to dispute with you, and if you obey them [by making Al¬Maytatah (a dead animal) legal by eating it], then you would indeed be Mushrikun (polytheists) [because they (devils and their friends) made lawful to you to eat that which Allah has made unlawful to eat and you obeyed them by considering it lawful to eat, and by doing so you worshipped them, and to worship others besides Allah is polytheism]. (Al-An'am 6:121)

2. SLAUGTERING OF A PAGAN

The slaughtering of Jews and Christians is halal

Made lawful to you this day are At¬Tayyibat [all kinds of Halal (lawful) foods, which Allah has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, etc., milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits, etc.). The food (slaughtered cattle, eatable animals, etc.) of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) is lawful to you and yours is lawful to them. (Al-Ma'idah 5:5)

-you need not travel long distance to get halal meat
-you can just get the meat of the Jews
-the scholars have different issues with stunned animals
-if low voltage then is halal if the animal is not dead as a result
-if high and the animal die then it is haram
-if the Jew or Christian didn't say Bismillah you say it and eat

3. FLOWING BLOOD (BLOOD THAT POURS FORTH)

The only one you are allowed to eat is the one left in the meat
-you are not held accountable for it

Say (O Muhammad ﷺ) : "I find not in that which has been inspired to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maytatah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork, etc.) for that surely is impure, or impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which Allah's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But whosoever is forced by necessity without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits, (for him) certainly, your Lord is Oft¬Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Al-An'am 6:145)

4. PORK

5. MEAT SLAUGHTERED IN THE NAME OF A FALSE DEITY

Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maytatah (the dead animals - cattle-beast not slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine, and the meat of that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah, or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which Allah's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering, and that which has been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the goring of horns - and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal - unless you are able to slaughter it (before its death) ¬ and that which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on An¬Nusub (stone altars). (Al-Ma'idah 5:3)

6. THE MEAT OF THE BEAST OF PREY

For example lions, tigers etc.

7. BIRDS OF PREY

-Example the eagle, hawk
-Ahmad Ibn Hanbal classified elephant meat as makrooh
-hyena meat is halal to eat even though it is a dog

8. THE MEAT OF THE DOMESTIC DONKEYS

Narrated By Jabir bin Abdullah: On the day of Khaibar, Allah's Apostle forbade the eating of donkey meat and allowed the eating of horse meat. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 5, Book 59, Hadith #530]

It was narrated that Asma’ bint Abi Bakr (RA) said: "At the time of the Prophet (saws) we slaughtered a horse and ate it." [Narrated by al-Bukhari (5191) and Muslim (1942)]

Horse meat is halal
-camel meat is also halal

9. ANIMALS THAT EAT FILTHY THINGS

Unless you lock it up in a cub and feed it with proper food
-you should give it at least three days to elapse before you can eat it

10. ANIMALS STRANGLED TO DEATH

...and that which has been killed by strangling,...(Al-Ma'idah 5:3)

11. CONTAMINATED FOOD WITH DANGEROUS CHEMICALS

12. ANIMAL THAT WAS PARTLY EATEN BY A WILD ANIMAL

...and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal... (Al-Ma'idah 5:3)

13. GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS

For example chicken with the genes of pigs
14. ANIMALS THAT DIE FROM A FALL

...or by a headlong fall,... (Al-Ma'idah 5:3)

15. ANIMALS KILLED BY THE HORN OF ANOTHER ANIMAL

...or by the goring of horns... (Al-Ma'idah 5:3)

16. ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED FOR A PAGAN FESTIVAL

Festivals like Christmas, Diwali etc.
- do not marry a liberal because they'll want to celebrate Christmas every year

DEEDS ALLAH HATE

1. SHIRK

Allah does forgive shirk
-if you make taubah before you die
-but if you die in state of shirk it is impossible for you to be forgiven

Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin. (An-Nisa 4:48)

2. TO DISOBEY YOUR PARENTS

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 attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour. (23) And lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy, and say: "My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was small."(24) (Al-Isra 17:23-24)

Disobedient to parents is disliked in regards to good things

3. TO GIVE A FALSE TESTIMONY

And those who do not witness falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity. (Al-Furqan 25:72)

4. MURDER

Because of that We ordained for the Children of Israel that if anyone killed a person not in retaliation of murder, or (and) to spread mischief in the land - it would be as if he killed all mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind. And indeed, there came to them Our Messengers with clear proofs, evidences, and signs, even then after that many of them continued to exceed the limits (e.g. by doing oppression unjustly and exceeding beyond the limits set by Allāh by committing the major sins) in the land!. (Al-Ma'idah 5:32)
5. ZINA (FORNINCATION AND ADULTERY)

And come not near to the unlawful sexual intercourse. Verily, it is a Fāhishah [i.e. anything that transgresses its limits (a great sin)], and an evil way (that leads one to Hell unless Allāh forgives him). (Al-Isra 17:32)

6. STEALING

It is only haram when there is a peace treaty between you and the kaafir
-or if he is a dhimmi
-it is halal to steal from the kuffaar who are enemies of Islam

7. TO ROB THE ORPHAN

This is one of the 7 major sins

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet (ﷺ), said, "Avoid the seven fatal sins." They said, "Messenger of Allah, what are they?" He said, "Associating with Allah, sorcery, killing a soul which Allah has forbidden, except by legal right, consuming usury, consuming the property of an orphan, fleeing on the day of battle and slandering unthinking chaste believing women." [al-Bukhari (2766) and Muslim (89)]

Verily, those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, they eat up only a fire into their bellies, and they will be burnt in the blazing Fire! (An-Nisa 4:10)

8. TO RUN FROM THE BATTLEFIELD DUE TO COWARDICE

9. TO SLANDER A PIOUS BELIEVING WOMAN

Verily! Those who brought forth the slander (against 'Aishah the wife of the Prophet ﷺ) are a group among you. Consider it not a bad thing for you. Nay, it is good for you. Unto every man among them will be paid that which he had earned of the sin, and as for him among them who had the greater share therein, his will be a great torment. (An-Nur 24:11)

10. TO UNCOVER YOUR AWRA TO STRANGERS

And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent (like palms of hands or one eye or both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer dress like veil, gloves, head-cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over Juyubihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms, etc.) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husband's sons, their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sister's sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islām), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allāh to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful. (An-Nur 24:31)

And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts) (5) Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame;(6) (Al-Mu'minun 23:5-6)

Bahz ibn Hakim reported from his father who from his grandfather that he asked the Prophet (ﷺ): 'from whom they should conceal their awrah and from whom not?' He said, “Guard your awrah except from your wife and what your right hand possesses (female slaves).” He asked, “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) what when people are with each other?” He said, “If it is possible that no one may observe your private parts, see that none sees them.” He asked, “O Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah what if one of us is alone?” He said, “But Allah has more right that people should be ashamed before Him.” [Sunan Tirmidhi (5/97) No. 2769, Sunan Abu Dawud (4/40) No. 4017, Musnad Ahmad (5/3) No. 20046]

11. TO TAKE THE WEALTH OF OTHERS BY WAY OF DECEPTION

Abu Huraira narrated the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The one who gets married with the intention not to pay dowry to his wife is a fornicator. And the one who borrows money with the intention not to pay back is a thief.” [Ibn Hibban in ‘al-Majruheen’ (2/261) No. 941]

O you who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another). Surely, Allāh is Most Merciful to you. (An-Nisa 4:29)

12. TO BRIBE A JUDGE TO DELIVER A DODGY VERDICT

Ibn Mas`ud was asked (by the people of Iraq), What is rashwa (taking bribes)? He replied, "This is suht (unlawful earning)." They said, "No, we meant in ruling." He then said, "This is the very kufr." Then he recited: "...And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such are the Kafirun." (Al-Ma'idah 5:44) [Tafsir al-Tabari (10/321) No. 11960, Tafsir Ibn Kathir (3/119)]

13. TO TAKE BRIBES

from Abdullah ibn Amri that the Prophet (SAW) cursed both the receiver and the giver of bribe. [Tirmidhi 1342, Abu Dawud 3580, Ibn e Majah 2313, Ahmed 7003]

14. THOSE WHO COMMIT INCEST

Both are killed if they do incest

Narrated By Al-Bara' ibn Azib: I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: 'Where are you going?' He said: 'The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property.' [Sunan Abu Dawud (4/157) No. 4457, Sunan al-Nasa'i (6/109) No. 3332, Sunan al-Darime (2/205) No. 2239, Musnad Ahmad (4/290) No. 18580]

Ibn Abbas reported that the Holy Prophet (saw) said, “Any man who commits the crime of incest must be put to death and any man who cohabits with an animal both him and the animal must be put to death”. (Sunnan Ibn Majah No.2564 also Naylul Awthaar Vol. 7 pg.118)

15. TO MARRY A MUSHIRKA (A PAGAN WOMAN)

When you marry them you are making haram halal

And do not marry Al-Mushrikāt (idolatresses, etc.) till they believe (worship Allāh Alone). And indeed a slave woman who believes is better than a (free) Mushrikah (idolatress, etc.), even though she pleases you. And give not (your daughters) in marriage to Al-Mushrikûn till they believe (in Allāh Alone) and verily, a believing slave is better than a (free) Mushrik (idolater, etc.), even though he pleases you. Those (Al-Mushrikûn) invite you to the Fire, but Allāh invites (you) to Paradise and Forgiveness by His Leave, and makes His Ayāt (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) clear to mankind that they may remember. (Al-Baqarah 2:221)

16. HAVING SEX WITH A WOMAN (YOUR WIFE) WHILE SHE IS ON HER MENSES

The punishment for this is to give away 4.25g of gold in charity

They ask you concerning menstruation. Say: that is an Adha (a harmful thing for a husband to have a sexual intercourse with his wife while she is having her menses), therefore keep away from women during menses and go not unto them till they have purified (from menses and have taken a bath). And when they have purified themselves, then go in unto them as Allāh has ordained for you (go in unto them in any manner as long as it is in their vagina). Truly, Allāh loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and loves those who purify themselves (by taking a bath and cleaning and washing thoroughly their private parts, bodies, for their prayers, etc.). (Al-Baqarah 2:222)

Ibn Abbas (RA) narrated the Prophet (ﷺ) said concerning one who had intercourse with his wife when she was menstruating: “Let him give a dinar or half a dinar in charity.” [Musnad Ahmad (1/229) No. 2032, Sunan Abu Dawud (2/251) No. 2168, Sunan Tirmidhi (1/244) No. 136, Sunan An-Nasa’i (1/153) No. 289 and Sunan Ibn Majah (1/405) No. 640]

17. BACKBITING AND SLANDER

O you who believe! Avoid much suspicions, indeed some suspicions are sins. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting). And fear Allāh. Verily, Allāh is the One Who accepts repentance, Most Merciful. (Al-Hujurat 49:12)

On the authority of 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As (RA) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hands the Muslims are safe; and a Muhajir (Emigrant) is the one who refrains from what Allah has forbidden." [al-Bukhari (10) and Muslim (40)]

18. TO SELL WEAPONS WHEN A WAR IS UN HOLY

The recompense of those who wage war against Allāh and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off on the opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter. (Al-Ma'idah 5:33)

19. BEASTIALITY

Narrated By Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "If anyone has sexual intercourse with an animal, kill him and kill it along with him." I (Ikrimah) said: I asked him (Ibn Abbas): 'What offence can be attributed to the animal?' He replied: 'I think he (the Prophet) disapproved of its flesh being eaten when such a thing had been done to it.' [Sunan Abu Dawud (4/159) No. 4464, Sunan Tirmidhi (4/56) No. 1455, Musnad Ahmad (1/269) No. 2420]

20. TAKING SIDES WITH THE KUFAAR AGAINST MUSLIMS

O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliyā' (friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but Auliyā' to one another. And if any amongst you takes them as Auliyā', then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allāh guides not those people who are the Zālimûn (polytheists and wrong¬doers and unjust). (Al-Ma'idah 5:51)

Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab, may Allah have mercy on him, gathered ten actions that negate one's Islam (Nawaqid ul-'Ashr), the eighth one of which states: "Assisting the disbelievers (against the believers) (Mudhaharatul Mushrikeen) and supporting them against the believers (is from the actions that negates of one's faith). The Proof being the statement of Allah, "And if any amongst you takes them as Auliya', then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers and unjust). (The Quran 5:51)."

21. TO BE A TALE BEARER (AN NAMMAAM)

It is reported from Hudhaifa that news reached him (the Holy Prophet) that a certain man carried tales. Upon this Hudhaifa remarked: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: "The tale-bearer shall not enter Paradise." [al-Bukhari (6056) and Muslim (189)]

22. DROPPING URINE ON YOUR TROUSERS

Narrated By Ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ once passed by two graves, and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured. He said, "They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine, while the other was going about with calumnies (to make enmity between friends). He then took a green leaf of a date-palm tree split it into two pieces and fixed one on each grave. The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why have you done so?" He replied, "I hope that their punishment may be lessened till they (the leaf) become dry." [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 2, Book 23, Hadith #443]

23. REFUSING YOUR HUSBAND'S CALL TO BED WITHOUT A VALID REASON

Abu Huraira (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If a man calls his wife to his bed and she refuses, and thus he spends the night angry with her, the angels continue cursing her till the morning." [al-Bukhari (3237) and Muslim (1436)]
Talq ibn Ali (RA) reported that Allahs Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When a man calls his wife to satisfy his urge then she must go to him even if she is at the stove." [Sunan Tirmidhi (3/465) No. 1160, Sunan al-Kubra al-Nasa'i (8/187) No. 8922 and Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah (3/558) No. 17135]

24. THE WOMAN WHO IMITATES MEN AND MEN WHO IMITATE WOMEN

Abdullah ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Three people will not enter paradise and Allah will not look to them on the Day of Judgment: the one who is disobedient to his parents, the woman who imitates men and the ad-Dayooth (cuckold, weak man who feels no jealousy over his womenfolk)..." [Musnad Ahmad (2/134) No. 6180, Musnad al-Bazzar (12/270) No. 6051, al-Sunnan al-Kubra al-Nasa'i (2/63) No. 2354, al-Mu’jam al-Awsat al-Tabarani (3/51) No. 2443]

On the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas (RA) that the Prophet (ﷺ) cursed men who imitate women and women who imitate men, and he said: “Throw them out of your houses.” [Sahih Bukhari (7/159) No. 5885]

25. THE WOMAN WHO ASKED FOR DIVORCE WITHOUT A VALID REASON

Thawban (RA) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘The woman who seeks divorce from her husband for no reason will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.” [Sunan Abu Dawud (2/268) No. 2226, Sunan Tirmidhi (3/485) No. 1187, Sunan Ibn Majah (3/207) No. 2055, Sunan al-Darime (2/216) No. 2270, Musnad Ahmad (5/283) No. 22493]

26. HOMOSEXUALITY

Ibn ‘Abbas (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.” [Sunan Tirmidhi (4/57) No. 1456, Sunan Abu Dawud (4/158) No. 4462, Sunan Ibn Majah (3/594) No. 2561, Musnad Ahmad (1/300) No. 2732]

Ibn ‘Abbas (RA) that the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) said: “May Allah curse the one who does the action of the people of Loot, may Allah curse the one who does the action of the people of Loot,” three times. [Musnad Ahmad (1/317) No. 2915, This was classed as hasan by Shu’ayb al-Arna’oot in Tahqeeq al-Musnad]

27. THE MAN WITH NO JEALOUSY WITH HIS WIFE

Abdullah ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Three people will not enter paradise and Allah will not look to them on the Day of Judgment: the one who is disobedient to his parents, the woman who imitates men and the ad-Dayooth (cuckold, weak man who feels no jealousy over his womenfolk)..." [Musnad Ahmad (2/134) No. 6180, Musnad al-Bazzar (12/270) No. 6051, al-Sunnan al-Kubra al-Nasa'i (2/63) No. 2354, al-Mu’jam al-Awsat al-Tabarani (3/51) No. 2443]

28. WOMEN WHO VISIT THE GRAVE AS A HABIT

Abu Hurairah narrated: "Indeed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the women who visit the graves." [Musnad Ahmad (2/337) No. 8430, Sunan Tirmidhi (3/362) No. 1056, Sunan Ibn Majah (2/515) No. 1576]

29. THOSE WHO SEEK HELP FROM THE STARS

Qutadah said: [And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps... (Al-Mulk 67:5)] Allah created these stars for three purposes, i.e. as decoration of the sky, as missiles to hit the devils, and as signs to guide travellers. So, if anybody tries to find a different interpretation, he is mistaken and just wastes his efforts in seeking something of which he has no knowledge." [Sahih Bukhari, Baab fi’l-Nujoom (4/107)]

Abu Malik al-Ashari narrated the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ”There are four matters of jaahiliyyah that exist among my ummah and they will not give them up: boasting about one’s forefathers, casting aspersions upon people’s lineages, seeking rain by the stars and wailing for the dead.” [Sahih Muslim (Vol. 2 pg. 644) No. 934]

30. THOSE THAT PRACTICE BLACK MAGIC

Jundub (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The hadd (prescribed punishment) for the practitioner of magic is a blow with the sword (i.e., execution)" [Sunan Tirmidhi (4/60) No. 1460, Sunan al-Daraqutni (4/120) No. 3204, Mustadrak al-Haakim (4/401) No. 8073, al-Sunan al-Kabir al-Bayhaqi (8/234) No. 16500, al-Mu'jam al-Kabir al-Tabarani (2/161) No. 1665]

WHY OUR DUA ARE NOT ANSWERED

And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright. (Al-Baqarah 2:186)

1. WE EAT HARAM FOOD

2. WE DRINK HARAM

‘Abdullah ibn Umar (RA) reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If anyone drinks wine then his salah over forty days are not approved. If he repents then Allah will relent to him. If he reverts (to it), then Allah will not approve his salah over forty days. If he repents, Allah will relent to him but if he reverts (to it) then Allah will not approve his salah over forty days. If he repents then Allah will relent to him. Again, if he reverts the fourth time, Allah will not approve his salah over forty days and if he repents then Allah will not relent to him and He will give him to drink from the river of Khabal.” Someone asked, “O Abu Abdur Rahman! what is the river of Khabal?’ He said, “The pus of the dwellers of the people of fire.” [Sunan Tirmidhi (4/290) No. 1862, Sunan Nasa'i (8/317) No. 5670, Musnad Ahmad (2/35) No. 4917, al-Mu’jam al-Kabir al-Tabarani (12/390) No. 13441]

3. WE OBSERVE A HARAM DRESS CODE

It is haram to walk around in tight jeans
-it gets women excited
-so how can women who dress haram have their dua accepted?

4. WE COMMIT SHIRK

Allah said:

And indeed it has been revealed to you (O Muhammad ﷺ), as it was to those (Allāh's Messengers) before you: "If you join others in worship with Allāh, (then) surely (all) your deeds will be in vain, and you will certainly be among the losers." (Az-Zumar 39:65)

5. WE ABANDON THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET (saw)

Say (O Muhammad ﷺ to mankind): "If you (really) love Allāh then follow me (i.e. accept Islāmic Monotheism, follow the Qur'ān and the Sunnah), Allāh will love you and forgive you of your sins. And Allāh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Aali Imran 3:31)

Fadalah ibn Ubayd (RA) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) heard a man make a supplication in his salah without invocating blessing on the Prophet (ﷺ). So he said, “He has made haste.” Then he called him and said to him or to another.” When one of you offers salah, let him begin by praise of Allah and His glorification. Then let him invoke blessing on the Prophet and then supplicate for whatever he will.” [Sunan Tirmidhi (5/517) No. 3477, Sunan Abu Dawud (2/77) No. 1481, Musnad Ahmad (6/18) No. 23982]

Umar bin Al-Khattab narrated: "Indeed the supplication stops between the heavens and the earth. Nothing of it is raised up until you send Salat upon your Prophet ﷺ." [Sunan Tirmidhi (2/356) No. 486]

6. WE DISOBEY OUR HUSBANDS

Umm Salamah (RA) reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Any woman, who dies while her husband is pleased with her, will enter Paradise." [Sunan Tirmidhi (3/466) No. 1161, Sunan Ibn Majah (3/59) No. 1854]

Abdur Rahman Ibn Awf narrated the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If a woman prays her five (daily prayers), fasts her month (Ramadan), guards her chastity and obeys her husband, it will be said to her: Enter Paradise by whichever of the gates of Paradise you wish.” [Musnad Ahmad (1/191) No. 1661 and al-Tabarani; its narrators are thiqat. See Majma’ al-Zawa’id, 4/306, Bab haqq al-zawj ‘ala’l-mar’ah]

7. WE HIDE ILM FROM THE PEOPLE

Verily, those who conceal the clear proofs, evidences and the guidance, which We have sent down, after We have made it clear for the people in the Book, they are the ones cursed by Allāh and cursed by the cursers. (Al-Baqarah 2:159)

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who is asked about knowledge (of religion) and conceals it, will be bridled with a bridle of fire on the Day of Resurrection." [Sunan Abu Dawud (3/321) No. 3658, Sunan Tirmidhi (5/29) No. 2649, Sunan Ibn Majah (1/178) No. 266, Musnad Ahmad (2/263) No. 7561]

8. HYPOCRISY

Verily, the hyprocrites will be in the lowest depths (grade) of the Fire; no helper will you find for them. (An-Nisa 4:145)

9. APOSTASY

Many people have turned apostate many years ago
-by believing in democracy

10. WE DISOBEY OUR PARENTS

11. WE DO NOT PRAY REGULARLY

12. WE HAVE NO TAWAKKUL ON ALLAH

Then when you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allāh, certainly, Allāh loves those who put their trust (in Him). (Aali Imran 3:159)

13. WE HAVE ERRONEOUS AQEEDA

Narrated Muawiya: I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion. I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah. (And remember) that this nation (true Muslims) will keep on following Allah's teachings strictly and they will not be harmed by any one going on a different path till Allah's order (Day of Judgment) is established." [al-Bukhari (71) and Muslim (1037)]

14. WE ASK FOR SOMETHING EVIL IN OUR DUA

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Each of you will be answered as long as he does not become over-impatient, saying, ‘I called on my Lord and He did not answer me.’” [al-Bukhari (6340) and Muslim (2735)]

In a variant of Muslim, “The slave continues to be answered, provided he does not pray for a wrong action or severance of kin, as long as he does not become over-impatient.” It was said, “Messenger of Allah, what is over-impatience?” He said, "He says, ‘I prayed and I prayed and I did not find Him answering me,’ so he stops short at that and ceases making supplication.” [Sahih Muslim (4/2096) No. 2735]

15. WE ENTERTAIN BAD IDEAS ABOUT ALLAH

You should be positive when making dua

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (RA), who said that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Allah the Almighty said: 'I am as My servant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed." [al-Bukhari (7405) also by Muslim (2675), at-Tirmidhi (2388) and Ibn Majah (3822)]

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “None of you should say, ‘O Allah, forgive me if You will. O Allah, have mercy on me if You will.’ He should be firm in his asking. No one can force Him.” [al-Bukhari (6339) and Muslim (2679)]
In a variant of Muslim, “He should be firm and should have great desire. Nothing is too great for Allah Almighty to give him.” [Sahih Muslim (4/2063) No. 2679]

Salman (RA) reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘Nothing averts the decree except supplication and nothing but piety prolongs life.” [Sunan Tirmidhi (4/448) No. 2139, Musnad Ahmad (5/280) No. 22466]

DUA is a weapon of a believer and nothing changes Qadr but dua

It was narrated from Abu Saeed (RA) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “There is no Muslim who does not offer any Dua in which there is no sin or severing of family ties but Allah will give him one of three things in return: either He will answer his Dua sooner, or he will store it up for him in the Hereafter, or He will divert an equivalent evil away from him because of it.” They said: “We will say a lot of Dua.” The Prophet (SAW) said: “Allah is more generous.” [Musnad Ahmad (3/18) No. 11149, Mustadrak al-Haakim (1/670) No. 1816, Adaab al-Mufrad al-Bukhari (1/264) No. 710, Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaiba (10/201) No. 29780, Musnad Abi Ya'la (2/296) No. 1019, al-Mu’jam al-Awsat al-Tabarani (4/337) No. 4368]