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Sep 18, 2018
Again? I Can’t Take All This Fitnah!!
Fitan (trials) may appear to be a sudden occurrence, but have actually been something that was brewing for some time, something that the scholars may have been addressing behind close doors.
Secondly, many fall into emotional judgements, “not again”, “I can’t take this anymore” or other analyses devoid of knowledge or patience. The speaker explains that fitnah (trials) will come, wave upon wave, and to seek a utopian existence where no trials occur is to misunderstand the principles of the Salafī methodology, the qawāʿid (principles) are not rooted.
Lastly, he clarifies the need for kno…
Sep 14, 2018
A Roadmap for the Student of Knowledge
From the beacons upon the path for the student of knowledge
have taqwā (fear) of Allāh
taqwá is only built upon ʿilm (knowledge)
carry out the commands of Allāh
stay away from the prohibitions of Allāh
the Qurʾān and Sunnah are filled with admonitions towards taqwá
taqwá is from the means of getting to paradise
actions are accepted based on two conditions: ikhlās (إخلاص) wa-al-mutābʿāh (متابعة), sincerity upon the way of the Messenger (ﷺ)
the believers are upon different levels in sincerity and piety
cling to the guidance of the Salaf, at the head of them, the Companion…
Sep 10, 2018
The Deviation of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-ʿUmaysān
Based on my observations of al-ʿUmaysān and what he has reached of deviation, indeed I warn all of the Salafīs, wherever they are, against him
Al-ʿAllāmah Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī, 15th of Dhū al-Ḥijjah, 1439.All praise is due to Allāh alone and may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon His Messenger, his family and companions.
Allāh has blessed us—after the Ḥajj season—with the opportunity to visit the virtuous Shaykh, al-Wālid, al-ʿAllāmah, Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī—may Allāh preserve him—at his house in the city of the Prophet, may Allāh protect it. We found the Shaykh in a good …
Jul 16, 2018
The Scholars of Ahl-al-Sunnah Are Never Forgotten
Although centuries have passed, we have not forgotten the scholars of Ahl-al-Sunnah wa-al-Jamāʿah—such as al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, Yaḥyá ibn Ma‘īn, Abū Zurʿah al-Rāzī, Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī, al-Awzāʿī, Sufiyān al-Thawrī, al-Fudayl ibn ʿĪyyāḍ, ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Mubārak, Mālik, al-Shāfiʿī, Aḥmad, al-Layth ibn Saʿd, al-Lālakāʾī, Ibn Baṭṭah, al-Baghawī, al-Barbahārī, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, and Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (رحمهم الله)—because of their revival of the Messenger’s (ﷺ) Sunnah.1 As for the scholars of Ahl-al-Bidʿah—such as al-Jahm ibn Ṣafwān, Wāṣil ibn ‘Atāʿ, ʿAmr ibn ʿUbayd, Maʿbad al-J…