Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
Gold is forbidden for men,
not for women,
therefore the prohibition is for men.
In bowing (ruku) and prostration (sujud), the glorification (tasbih) of Allah is recited;
reciting the Qur'an in these positions is not correct,
because the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has prohibited it.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1737
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Dār al-Qaḍāʾ:
By this is meant the house of Umar radi Allahu anhu.
He had made a bequest regarding it that it should be sold in order to pay off his debts.
Since it was sold to settle debts,
it came to be known as Dār al-Qaḍāʾ (the house of settlement/judgment).
(2)
Halakat al-amwāl:
Due to the cessation of rain,
the grass and fodder became scarce,
so because of the shortage of food, the livestock began to die.
(3)
Inqaṭaʿat al-subul:
Due to drought, the livestock became weak, and because there was no grass or fodder to be found along the roads, the movement of livestock and caravans came to a halt.
(4)
Aghithnā:
Aghāthah is derived from helping and assisting.
The intent is that, responding to our plea, grant us rain.
(5)
Qazaʿah:
A patch of cloud,
a piece of cloud.
(6)
Sabt:
A whole week,
for seven days.
(7)
Halakat al-amwāl wa inqaṭaʿat al-subul:
Due to the abundance of rain, it became difficult to take the livestock out to graze and for them to move about.
Previously, this situation had occurred due to lack of rain, and now its abundance has caused the same.
(8)
Al-ākām:
Plural of akmah,
hill.
(9)
Ẓarāb:
Plural of ẓarb.
Small mounds,
elevated places.
(10)
Inqalaʿat:
The clouds dispersed,
the rain stopped.
Benefits and Issues:
➊
During the Friday sermon, when the imam is delivering the sermon on the pulpit, it is permissible to appeal to him to supplicate for rain, and he should accept the request and raise his hands to supplicate repeatedly right there on the pulpit.
➋
Allah ta‘ala granted such swift acceptance to the supplication of His Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for rain that there were no signs of rain at all.
The sky was completely clear and bright.
There was not even a small patch of cloud, yet Allah ta‘ala immediately raised a small round cloud, which spread and became a rain cloud, and everywhere became drenched.
➌
Rain continued for a whole week;
no one requested for it to stop. After a week, the same Bedouin came again, as Anas radi Allahu anhu has sometimes explicitly mentioned.
He again appealed for the rain to stop, so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam supplicated not for the rain to cease entirely, but rather, “O Allah, let it fall in the places where rain is needed, and withhold it from us.”
From this, it is understood that supplicating for the cessation of rain can also be done in a limited manner right there on the pulpit, and here too Allah ta‘ala immediately accepted the supplication of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam:
the rain stopped over Madinah and continued to fall around it.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2078