فَمَنْ تَعَصَّبَ لِأَهْلِ بَلْدَتِهِ أَوْ مَذْهَبِهِ أَوْ طَرِيقَتِهِ أَوْ قَرَابَتِهِ أَوْ لِأَصْدِقَائِهِ دُونَ غَيْرِهِمْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ شُعْبَةٌ مِنْ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah said:
Anyone who fanatically favours their fellow countrymen, their madhʾhab, chosen path, their kin, or their friends over others, embodies a trait from the era of pre-Islamic ignorance.1
The Dangers of Blindly Following One’s Madhʾhab
Imām Nāsir al-Din al-Albānī said, regarding the issue of raising the hands (before/after rukūʿ) in ṣalāh and the lack of adoption of it by many claiming to be ‘Ḥa…
The Importance of Truthfulness
The Danger of Timewasting and Gossiping
The Issue of Lying When Joking
The Dangers of Mockery (and Trolling)
The Importance of Truthfulness
On the authority of Ibn Masʿūd (رضي الله عنه) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “I implore you to be truthful. For, indeed, truthfulness leads to piety and—indeed—piety leads to Paradise. And a man continues to be truthful—aspiring and inspecting himself for it—until he is written with Allāh among the truthful. I caution you from lying, for indeed lying leads to immorality, and immorality…
The Opinion of the Ḥanbalī Madh`hab
[According to the Ḥanbalī madh`hab], if the wiping period expires it becomes obligatory to perform wuḍūʾ again, even if in a state of purity [i.e., wuḍūʾ]. For example, if someone wipes over his socks at twelve o’clock [noon] on Tuesday, then his wiping period will expire at twelve o’clock [noon] on Wednesday and his wuḍūʾ will be invalidated at that time. Thus, he should perform another complete wuḍūʾ[with his socks off; washing his feet]. Such is the opinion of the writer [i.e., in the Ḥanbalī madh`hab].
The Correct Opinion
There exists no evidence for th…
Following the Sunnah Is Obligatory, Selecting a Madh`hab Is Not
[Q]: Is it obligatory upon the general populace who have not studied Islām to select and follow a specific madh`hab from the four? If so, which one do you recommend? May Allāh reward you.
Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthyamīn answers:
[A]: The correct view on this issue is that it is not obligatory for anyone to select and follow one specific madh`hab and completely ignore the rest, except for the madh`hab of the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم). As the imams of those madhāhib sought to follow him (صلى الله عليه وسلم) but…
Introduction
Supporting Evidence Proving the Illegitimacy of Nationalism
The Call to Nationalism Is Forbidden Even When Praiseworthy Terms are Used
The Call to Nationalism Is Not from Islām
Allāh Has Legislatively Removed the Call to Nationalism from This Ummah
The Callers to Nationalism Are Deserving of Being Punished in Hell
Blind Nationalistic Fighting and Support Is Among the Habits of Pre-Islamic Ignorance
Disguising Anti-Arabian Rhetoric with Anti-Nationalism Rhetoric: An Ulterior Motive
Refuting Common Misconceptions of the Callers to Nationalism
Refuting the Weak…
