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Ihraam - Shower? (Hadith No. 1561)

Bismillah.
Hadith no. 1560 (below) is a repeat. Read it here.
Volume 3, Book 29, Number 65:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu):
A man was crushed to death by his she-camel and was brought to Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) who said, "Give him a bath and shroud him, but do not cover his head, and do not bring any perfume near to him, as he will be resurrected reciting Talbiya."

Today's Hadith:

Volume 3, Book 29, Number 66:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Hunain:
Abdullah bin Al-Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu) and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama (radiallaahu `anhu) differed at Al-Abwa'; Ibn 'Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu) said that a Muhrim could wash his head; while Al-Miswar (radiallaahu `anhu) maintained that he should not do so. 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu) sent me to Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari (radiallaahu `anhu) and I found him bathing between the two wooden posts (of the well) and was screened with a sheet of cloth. I greeted him and he asked who I was. I replied, "I am 'Abdullah bin Hunain and I have been sent to you by Ibn 'Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu) to ask you how Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) used to wash his head while in the state of lhram." Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari (radiallaahu `anhu) caught hold of the sheet of cloth and lowered it till his head appeared before me, and then told somebody to pour water on his head. He poured water on his head, and he (Abu Aiyub) rubbed his head with his hands by bringing them from back to front and from front to back and said, "I saw the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) doing like this."
Hence proven, that a Muhrim may take a shower and wash his hair as well.
It is permissible for the Muslim to wash his entire body in order to cool down if it is hot. This will give him more energy in order to perform this act of worship. He should take care when washing so that nothing falls from his hair or skin.
Standing Committee for Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas, Fataawa al-Lajnah, 11/184
P.S. it's interesting to know the way Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) used to wash his hair - moving his hands front to back and then back to front. Unknown Sunnah, eh?

Drinking Zamzam (Hadith No. 1401)


Bismillah.
Volume 2, Book 26, Number 701:
Narrated Ibn Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu):
I gave Zam-zam water to Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) and he drank it while standing. 'Asia (a sub-narrator) said that 'Ikrima (radiallaahu `anhu) took the oath that on that day the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) had not been standing but riding a camel.
How to solve this mystery? Did the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) drink Zamzam while sitting or standing? What's sunnah and what's not? Read on..
The fuqaha’ have mentioned the etiquette that is mustahabb (recommended) when drinking Zamzam water, such as facing the Ka’bah, saying Bismillah, pausing to take a breath three times, drinking one’s fill, praising Allaah after one finishes, and sitting whilst drinking it, as one should do when drinking other kinds of drinks. As regards the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him), who said, “I gave the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) Zamzam water to drink whilst he was standing,” (reported by al-Bukhaari, 3/492), it is taken to mean that it is permissible to drink whilst standing, and the disapproval of doing so is understood to mean that it is makrooh. The scholars also recommended that the person who drinks Zamzam water should sprinkle some of it on his head, face and chest, make lots of du’aa’ when drinking it, and to drink it for a purpose that will benefit him in this world or the next, because of the hadeeth in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The water of Zamzam is for whatever purpose it is drunk for.” (Reported by Ibn Maajah, 2/1018; see Al-Maqaasid al-Hasanah by al-Sakhaawi, p. 359).
Taken from IslamQA.
See next picture for caption.
See next picture for caption.
Took these pictures in 2011 while visiting the Exhibition of the Architecture of the Two Holy Mosques. <3
Took these pictures in 2011 while visiting the Exhibition of the Architecture of the Two Holy Mosques. <3
Other virtues of Zamzam here.

Taken from: http://ilookilisten.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/drinking-zamzam-hadith-no-1401/

Virtues of Zamzam (Hadith No. 1400)


Bismillah.
Volume 2, Book 26, Number 700:
Narrated Ibn Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu):
Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) came to the drinking place and asked for water. Al-Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu) said, "O Fadl (radiallaahu `anhu)! Go to your mother and bring water from her for Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam)." Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) said, "Give me water to drink." Al-Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu) said, "O Allahs Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam)! The people put their hands in it." Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) again said, 'Give me water to drink. So, he drank from that water and then went to the Zam-zam (well) and there the people were offering water to the others and working at it (drawing water from the well). The Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) then said to them, "Carry on! You are doing a good deed." Then he said, "Were I not afraid that other people would compete with you (in drawing water from Zam-zam), I would certainly take the rope and put it over this (i.e. his shoulder) (to draw water)." On saying that the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) pointed to his shoulder.
Imaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Zamzam water is the best and noblest of all waters, the highest in status, the dearest to people, the most precious and valuable to them. It was dug by Jibreel and is the water with which Allaah quenched the thirst of Ismaa’eel.
It was reported in Saheeh Muslim that the Prophet SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to Abu Dharr, who had stayed near the Ka’bah and its coverings for forty days and nights with no food or drink other than (Zamzam): “How long have you been here?” Abu Dharr said: “I have been here for thirty days and nights.” The Prophet SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Who has been feeding you?” He said, “I have had nothing but Zamzam water, and I have gotten so fat that I have folds of fat on my stomach. I do not feel any of the tiredness or weakness of hunger and I have not become thin.” The Prophet SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Verily, it is blessed, it is food that nourishes.” (Narrated by Imaam Muslim, 2473).
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Myself and others tried seeking healing with Zamzam water and saw wondrous things. I sought healing with it from a number of illnesses, and I was healed by the permission of Allaah. I saw someone who nourished himself with it for a number of days, half a month or more, and he did not feel hunger; he performed Tawaaf along with the other people just as they did. And he told me that he consumed nothing but Zamzam water for forty days and he had the strength to have intercourse with his wife, to fast and to perform Tawaaf numerous times.
Zaad al-Ma’aad, 4/319, 320.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah preserve him) said:
So you should have the intention of what you want to gain by drinking this water. He should drink his fill, i.e., fill his stomach with it until it is filled to the ribs, because this water is good. A hadeeth has been narrated concerning this: the difference between the believers and the hypocrites is drinking one’s fill of Zamzam water. (Narrated by Ibn Maajah in al-Manaasik, 1017; al-Haakim, 1/472).
Al-Boosairi said: this is a saheeh isnaad; its men are mawthooqoon [trustworthy].
This is because Zamzam water is not sweet; it is somewhat salty, and the believer only drinks this somewhat salty water out of faith, believing that there is barakah (blessing) in it. So when he drinks his fill of it, this is a sign of faith.
(Sharh al-Mumti’, 7/377, 378, 379).
Perhaps Allaah did not make it sweet so that people would not forget that the meaning of drinking it is an act of worship. Whatever the case, its taste is fine and there is nothing wrong with it. We ask Allaah to quench our thirst from the Cistern (al-Hawd) of His Prophet on the Day of the greatest thirst. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad.
Taken from IslamQA.

Taken from: http://ilookilisten.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/virtues-of-zamzam-hadith-no-1400/

Y U NO? (Hadith No. 809)


Assalamu`alaykum,
Bismillah.

Here's the complete title of this post: Y U NO WAKE YOUR SPOUSE UP FOR TAHAJJUD/WITR?

Volume 2, Book 16, Number 809:
Narrated 'Aisha :
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to offer his night prayer while I was sleeping across in his bed. Whenever he intended to offer the Witr prayer, he used to wake me up and I would offer the Witr prayer too.
Nuff said. Hehe.
It is highly recommended that one wakes up one's own partner for this prayer. Abu Hurairah quoted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying:
“May Allah bless the man who gets up during the night to pray and wakes up his wife and who, if she refuses to get up, sprinkles water on her face. And may Allah bless the woman who gets up during the night to pray and wakes up her husband and who, if he refuses, sprinkles water on his face.” (Ahmad)
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said:
“If a man wakes his wife and prays during the night or they pray two rak`ahs together, they will be recorded among those (men and women) who (constantly) make remembrance of Allah.” (Abu Dawud.)
May Allah give us the tawfeeq:
  • to have spouses who don't mind water being sprinkled on their faces while they're sleeping. :P
  • and to follow this beautiful Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW). <3
Y U NO? That was random..
Wassalam.

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