The Sunnah is the Sunnah!
The importance of finding a righteous spouse; think about who you’d want as a mother or father to your children. Think ahead with regard to piety. No father should allow his daughter to marry a man from Ahlul-bidʿah or Faasiq, they are not for our daughters! Nor for our sons! Why is it important to cultivate our children from a young age upon the Sunnah? How will it effect them in the long run? What are the benefits? Why is it important to have fixed questions before getting married in regards to selecting your spouse? How will they raise your children? What w…
Review:
A set of Islamic Courses at educating the Muslims about core aspects of their religion. July 11th-Aug. 17th, 2007 at TROID, Toronto. Abū al-ʿAbbās Mūsá Richardson is an American Post-Graduate Student from Umm al-Qurá University in Makkah, Saudi al-ʿArabīa. His works are available in-print with TROID Publications and online at www.bakkah.net/en.
Ḥadīth Series: The Ḥadīth course introduces basic terminology in Ḥadīth Sciences such as the ṣaḥīḥ and ḥasan ḥadīth, their conditions as well as broken chains and the associated terms and rules. A…
ʿUmar Quinn discusses the natural inclination of the soul, its dangers, and the manner in which it should be controlled. This thorough and example ladened series of lectures explains in detail the various aspects of how our souls can lead us to evil without the steadfastness and the mercy of Allāh and conclude with the tools and techniques one must develop to defeat it.
Opening Statement:
Every affair of great importance that will bring a person the good in this world and the hereafter, protect him from harm, the evil of this world and the hereafter. That which will bring him close to Al…
They have pledged allegiance to the Devil.” [Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin ʿAbād, about those who give allegiance to Abū Bakr al-Baghdādī]
Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin ʿAbādAs concerns continue to arise about the situation in Syria and Iraq where the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Shams (ISIS) has announced the alleged Caliphate, a number of so-called experts and academics have attempted to describe who ISIS is and what their aims are. However, unfortunately, we keep hearing unsubstantiated claims, hysteria and misinformation. At a time when people need accurate answers and credible solutions to highligh…
How much do we really trust Allāh? Have you contemplated upon three blessings that Allāh Has bestowed upon us to observe and how we must show gratefulness to Allāhu taʿāla. No one has been given these affairs except that Allāh Has blessed His slave. Are we really grateful? What is certainty and what is well being? Why are they crucial? There are so many blessings that we take advantage of in life and do not realise that not everyone is blessed with it. Abū Khadījah relays a few major blessings that we are blessed with.
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
“My Lord! Grant me (offspring) from the righteous.”
Rabbi hablee mina As-al-Ṣāliḥīn
─ Sūrah al-Sāffāt verse 100
O you who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who disobey not, (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allāh, but do that which they are commanded. – Sūrah Tahrīm verse 6
Indeed, Allāh Has many favours upon us, sometimes we are tried through blessings or trials, in this lecture our brother Abū ʿIyāḍ talks about parents and t…
Allāh, Allāh!! ‘O Brothers! The intention is to be made sincerely for Allāh alone, the Perfect and Most High!!
al-Imām al-Nawawī (d.676AH)
CHAPTER 1: Sincerity and Having an Intention in All Deeds and Statements, Outward and Inward
Allāh, the Most High, said:
((وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّـهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ الْقَيِّمَةِ))
«And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allāh, and worship none but Him alone (abstaining from ascriibng partners to Him), and pe…
