Note: Permissibility To Trim One's Fingernails And Toenails In The Evening

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful

📜 Question: Is trimming one's fingernails at night haraam/forbidden or no?

📝 Answer: Trimming one's nails in the evening or in the daytime is allowed. (There is no evidence in which the noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam prohibited the trimming of nails at night.)

From the Fataawa of sheikh AbdulAziz Ibn Baz (May Allah have mercy on him. Ameen.)

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📖 Aisha RadhiAllahu 'anha narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Ten acts are part of natural instinct (fitra): Trimming the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the tooth-stick (brushing one's teeth), sniffing water into the nose, clipping the nails (trimming fingernails and toenails), washing the knuckles, removing hair from the underarms, shaving the pubic hair, and cleaning the private parts with water." Mus’ab said, “I forgot the tenth, except that it might be rinsing the mouth (gargling).”

Source: Sahih Muslim 261

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim

https://binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/1452/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7

Poem: Why Seek Authentic Islamic Knowledge? Just To Please Allah The Almighty And Be Near Him.

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful

💌 Study Islam sincerely for Allah. Don't be like 

A candle wax that melts while providing others light, 

In the process of making others' surroundings bright 

It burns itself. So don't seek knowledge to be admired, 

To be labeled "smart aleck" or post notes for the likes.

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Your niyyah, intention and motive to learn should be 

To understand Islam and worship Allah rightly, 

To discover the good deeds you must do faithfully, 

To distinguish between truth and lies or fallacies, 

And to serve Allah well so in both worlds you succeed.

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Don't attend religious classes or lectures because 

Your elders ordered and your learning is only forced, 

Or some friends invited you and you don't want them hurt, 

Yet by attending to please them you just harm yourself. 

Study Islam for Allah, not for worldly motives.

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Don't research Islam or hear Islamic talks just to 

Be a "pseudo-intellectual" with so much to prove, 

Or to refute and argue with those who disapprove 

Of your views, and in every debate you'd hate to lose.

Study for Allah, so as a Muslim you improve.

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Don't let your fear of riyaa or insincerity 

Stop you from seeking knowledge to strengthen piety.

If thoughts like, "Look at you, an intellect-wannabe 

Trying too hard to impress your fans with what you read." 

Pass by, ignore shaytan's whispers, of them don't take heed.

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Accept the fact that without Islamic knowledge, you 

Are like confused hikers who lost their way in the woods. 

When night falls and you lack tools, you don't know what to do, 

In searching around without map or torch there's no use. 

Hence learn Islam, so Allah's Way can be shown to you.

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There's no limit or deadline when it comes to learning 

About Islam and info required as a Muslim.

Even if you're a graduate of an institution 

Or you earned certificates of participation, 

Keep learning our Deen for Allah until we meet Him.

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📖 Ka'b Ibn Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever seeks knowledge to impress the scholars, to argue with the foolish, or to attract the attention of the people, Allah will admit him into Hellfire."

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2654

Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to Al-Albani

📖 Anas Ibn Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim."

Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 224

Grade: Sahih

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "Whoever travels a path in search of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. People do not gather in the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying It together, but that tranquility will descend upon them, mercy will cover them, angels will surround them, and Allah will mention them to those near Him."

Source: Sahih Muslim 2699

Grade: Sahih

📖 Ibn Mas’ud RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The son of Adam (every human) will not be dismissed from his Rabb (Allah the Almighty) on the Day of Resurrection until he is questioned about five issues: his life and how he lived it, his youth and how he used it, his wealth and how he earned it and how he spent it, and how he acted on his knowledge."

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2416

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

https://binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/5970/%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85

https://mjustsharingislam.blogspot.com/2020/07/note-virtues-of-seeking-islamic.html

https://mjustsharingislam.blogspot.com/2021/02/poem-seek-authentic-islamic-knowledge.html

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bbU1AkYi_pU&pp=QACIAgA%3D

Poem: Three Things To Do If You're Eager To Make A Friend Out Of A Stranger

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful

💌 The way some strangers become friends is almost the same 

As the steps to take if you want stray cats to be tamed.

Three conditions if they're met, stray cats won't run away, 

And instead they'll like you, approaching you day by day:

Don't threaten. Be consistent. Make them appreciate.

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Like cats that can't come closer to what may threaten them, 

Strangers can't befriend you if they're jealously threatened, 

Frightened by your potential to harm or insult them, 

Or they won't trust you if you're a pro at fault-finding, 

At gossiping and mocking people's imperfections.

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Just as stray cats stop visiting if you no longer 

Offer them food or drink with a pleasant atmosphere, 

Strangers who could be your friends may slowly disappear 

If you take them for granted, if your grudge is too clear, 

Or there's no mutual care, or they deem your words unclear.

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Like felines that rub against some people's legs for food 

And cats that let you pat them feeling relaxed with you, 

Some gravitate to you when they relate to your moves, 

Identify with your goals, connect with your values, 

And the good that you share they receive with gratitude.

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Next time, when Allah Wills, you're willing to make a friend 

Out of a stranger, sincerely do the following: 

Remind them you're human, so they won't be envying. 

Maintain honest communication and have patience. 

Help each other, for Allah, become better Muslims.

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📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Give each other gifts and you will love each other."

Source: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 594

Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to Ibn Hajar

📖 Anas Ibn Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said to me: "Young man, if you are able every morning and evening to remove any rancor (grudges, hatred or jealousy) from your heart towards anyone, do so."

Then, the Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said to me:

"Young man, that is my Sunnah. Whoever revives my Sunnah has loved me, and whoever loves me will be with me in Paradise."

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2678

Grade: Hasan

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The souls are like conscripted soldiers. They come together upon what they recognize, and they differ upon what they reject."

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 3109 

Sahih Muslim 2638