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- Islamic Knowledge in the Home
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- “O you who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire
(Hell) whose fuel is men and stones…” [al-Tahreem 66:6].
- This aayah is the basic principle regarding the teaching and upbringing
of one's family, and enjoining them to do what is good and forbidding
them to do what is evil.
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- “He should command them to obey Allaah, and forbid them to disobey Him,
and direct them in accordance with the commands of Allaah, and help them
to do that.”
- “It is the Muslim’s duty to teach his family, including relatives and
female slaves, what Allah has enjoined upon them and what He has
forbidden.”
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- ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “Teach them and discipline
them.”
- Al-Tabari (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “We must teach our
children and wives the religion and goodness, and whatever they need of
good manners. If the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) used to urge the teaching of female servants, who were
slaves, what do you think about your children and wives, who are free?”
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- He quoted the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him):
- “There are three who will have two rewards: … a man who has a female
slave whom he teaches good manners and teaches her well, and teaches her
knowledge, and teaches her well, then he frees her and marries her: he
will have two rewards.”
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- “The women said to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him):
- ‘The men always crowd us out and
we cannot reach you, so set aside a day for us when we can come to you.’
So he set aside a day when he would meet them and teach them.”
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- women should be taught in their houses
- how keen the women of the Sahaabah were to learn
- Directing teaching efforts to men alone, and not to women, is a serious
shortcoming on the part of dai’yahs and heads of households
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- In Katheer Tafsir of the Quran
- Riyaadh al-Saaliheen with commentary by Imam Nawawi
- Stories of the Prophets
- Stories of the Companions
- Stories of the Wives of the Prophet
- Fiqh books for women - Menses
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- Should include the books previously mentioned and the following:
- Sahih Al Bukhari Hadith books
- Sahih Muslim Hadith Books
- Fiqh as Sunnah
- Maliks Muwatta
- Quran with transliteration of the meaning
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- Audio lectures from Prominent speakers who are known for their adherence
to the Sunnah
- Video lectures such as the ones we make at Sunnahfollowers
- Book of specific Ad - Duaa for
specific occasions
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- My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a
believer, and all the believing men and women…”
- [Nooh 71:28 – interpretation of
the meaning].
- If people of faith enter your home, it will increase in light (noor),
and will bring many benefits because of your conversations and
discussion with them.
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- With regard to men, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: “The best of prayer is a man’s prayer in his house – apart
from the prescribed prayers.”
- (Reported by al-Bukhaari)
- With regard to women, the deeper inside her home her place of prayer is,
the better, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: “The best prayer for women is [that offered] in the furthest
part of their houses.” (Reported by al-Tabaraani)
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- A man should not be led in prayer in his own home
- No one should sit in the place where the master of the house usually
sits, except with his permission.
- The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: “A man should not be led in prayer in his place of authority, and
no one should sit in his place in his house, except with his
permission.” (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, no. 2772).
- I.e., no one should go forward to lead him in prayer, even if they
recite Qur’aan better than he does, in a place that he owns or where he
has authority, such as a householder in his home, or an imaam in a
mosque. Similarly, it is not permitted to sit in the private spot of the
head of the master of the house, such as a bed or mattress, etc., except
with his permission.
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- “O you who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until you have
asked permission and greeted those in them, that is better for you, in
order that you may remember. And if you find no one therein, still,
enter not until permission has been given. And if you are asked to go
back, go back, for it is purer for you. And Allaah is All-Knower of what
you do.”
- [al-Noor 24:27-28 – interpretation of the meaning].
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- There is no sin on you that you enter (without taking permission) houses
uninhabited (i.e., not possessed by anybody), (when) you have any
interest in them. And Allaah has knowledge of what you reveal and what
you conceal.”
- [al-Noor 24:29 – interpretation
of the meaning].
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- “There is no restriction on the blind, nor any restriction on the lame,
nor any restriction on the sick, nor on yourselves, if you eat from your
houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or
the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the
houses of your father’s brothers, or the houses of your father’s
sisters, or the houses of your mother’s brothers, or the houses of your
mother’s sisters, or (from that) whereof you hold keys, or (from the
house) of a friend. No sin on you whether you eat together or apart…”
- [al-Noor 24:61].
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- “O you who believe! Let your legal slaves and slave-girls, and those
among you who have not come to the age of puberty ask your permission
(before they come to your presence) on three occasions: before Fajr
prayer, and while you put off your clothes for the noonday (rest), and
after the ‘Isha prayer. (These) three times are of privacy for you;
other than these times there is no sin on you or on them to move about,
- attending (helping) you each other. Thus Allaah makes clear the aayaat
(verses of this Qur’aan, showing proofs for the legal aspects of
permission for visits, etc.) to you. And Allaah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise.” [al-Noor 24:57].
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- “Whoever looks into someone’s house without their permission, put his
eyes out, and there is no diyah or qisaas [blood money or retaliation]
in this case.”
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- . Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
- “O Prophet! When you divorce
women, divorce them at their ‘iddah (prescribed periods), and count
(accurately) their ‘iddah (periods). And fear Allaah your Lord (O
Muslims), and turn them not out of their (husband’s) homes, nor shall
they (themselves) leave, except in case they are guilty of some open
illegal sexual intercourse. And those are the set limits of Allaah. And
whoever transgresses the set limits of Allaah, then indeed he has
wronged himself. You (the one who divorces his wife) know not, it may be
that Allaah will afterward bring some new thing to pass (i.e., to return
her back to you, if this as the first or second divorce).”
- [al-Talaaq 65:1]
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- It is permissible for a man to forsake his rebellious wife inside or
outside the home, according to the interests prescribed by sharee’ah in
any given case. The evidence for forsaking her inside the home is the
aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
- “… refuse to share their beds…” [al-Nisa’ 4:34].
- With regard to forsaking women outside the home, this is what happened
when the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
forsook his wives, leaving them in their apartments and staying in a
room outside the houses of his wives
- (Reported by al-Bukhaari,
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- One should not stay alone overnight in the house. Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah
be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) forbade being alone and said that a man should not
stay overnight alone or travel alone. (Reported by Ahmad in al-Musnad,
2/91).
- This is because of the feelings
of loneliness etc., that come from being alone, and also because of the
possibility of attacks by enemies or robbers, or the possibility of
sickness. If one has a companion, he can help fight off attacks, and can
help if one gets sick
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- Not sleeping on the roof of a house that has no protecting wall, lest
one fall. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said:
- “Whoever sleeps on the roof of a house that has no protecting wall,
nobody is responsible for what happens to him.” (Reported by Abu Dawood)
- This is because one who is asleep may roll over in his sleep, and if
there is no wall he may fall off the roof and be killed.
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- Pet cats do not make vessels naajis (impure) if they drink from them, or
make food naajis if they eat from it. ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Abi Qutaadah
reported from his father that water was put out for him to make wudoo’,
and a cat came and lapped at the water. He took the water and did wudoo’
with it, and they said, “O Abu Qutaadah! The cat drank from it.” He
said, I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) say: ‘Cats are part of the household, and they are among those
who go around in your houses.’” (Reported by Ahmad)
- According to another report he said: “They [cats] are not naajis; they
are among those who go around [al-tawwaafeen wa’l-tawwaafaat – refers to
children, servants, etc.] in your houses.”
- (Reported by Ahmad)
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Notes
