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Authority of the Chosen One
We too should use the miswak and follow as many other sunan as possible. إن شاء الله This way, we not only receive the reward of following the sunna, but also maintain oral hygiene and please Allah as a result.
The Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ announced:
السِّوَاكُ مَطْهَرَةٌ لِلْفَمِ مَرْضَاةٌ لِلـرَّبِّ
The Miswak is a way of cleansing the mouth and pleasing Allah.[1]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Cutting grass in the Ḥaram declared halal
During the Conquest of Mecca, the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ declared it initially impermissible to cut the grass and plants within the Ḥaram boundaries. Yet, upon the request of ꜤAbbās رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ, he utilised the authority granted to him by Allah and issued permission for idhkhir grass to be cut within the Ḥaram, allowing the Companions رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم to tend to their needs.
A hadith describes how the Prophetصَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ said, “Indeed, Allah has made Mecca a Ḥaram (an inviolable area). Neither should its grass be uprooted nor its trees cut.”
ꜤAbbās b. ꜤAbd al-Muṭṭalib رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ then requested: اِلَّا الْاِذْخِرَ لِصَاغَتِنَا وَلِسُقُفِ بُیُوْتِنَا – “Please allow idhkhir to be used by our artisans and for the roofs of our houses.”
The Prophetصَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ then granted permission, allowing idhkhir to be used.[2]
BOOK TOPIC
- The excellences of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Authority of the Chosen One
- Intentions
- Authority of the Chosen One
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority and the obligation of Hajj
- Cutting grass in the Ḥaram declared halal
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority in excusing salah
- Transforming the expiation into a mercy
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority in matters of testimony
- Prophetic authority in rulings of Ꜥidda
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority regarding sacrificial animals
- Encouragement for Pious Deed No. 29:
- Madani pearls about maintaining family ties
- Announcement:
- The six ṣalawāt and two duas recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat e Islami
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Weekly gathering schedule for 18th September 2025
- Remaining pearls of wisdom on maintaining family ties
- Dua for a peaceful journey upon a mode of transport
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl e Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
