This series of 22 lessons takes you through the explanations of six scholars of this brief, concise and monumental text regarding Tawḥīd. The scholars are:
Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī
Shaykh Aḥmad al-Najmī
Shaykh Zayd ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī
Shaykh ʿʿUbayd al-Jābirī
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl al-Shaykh
Abū ʿAbdillāh Ḥasan al-Ṣumālī:
In preparation for my class on Sharḥ al-Sunnah I came across a number of derogatory remarks directed towards the noble Imām, Abū Muḥammad al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh). After a small amount of research, I discovered that this sentiment is prevalent among many Western academics. So I decided to briefly address these issues in defense of the honor of this Imām and to analyze the validity of these claims and their truthfulness.
It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of al-ʿArabīa, who knows how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet – one of the great messengers of the Supreme (Lord)”
Annie Besant, The Life and Teaching of Muḥammad
Not everyone is fit for daʿwah, and not every zealous person is fit for daʿwah, enthusiasm coupled with ignorance is harmful and does not benefit.
Al-ʿAllāmah Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-FawzānHaving zeal for the daʿwah is good. A person may have an ambition for Daʿwah and to do good, but it is not permissible for him to enter into the field of daʿwah without having studied, and knowing how to call to Allāh (ʿazza wa jal) and knowing the ways of going about daʿwah. He must have knowledge of that which he wants to call to.
قُلْ هَٰذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ ۚ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ
“Say (O Muhamma…
Anas said: Prices became excessive during the time of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), so they said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! Set prices for us!’ So he said: ‘Indeed Allāh is al-musaʿir, al-Qābiḍ, al-Bāsiṭ, al-Razzāq. I am hopeful that I meet my Lord and none of you are seeking [recompense from] me for an injustice involving blood or wealth.
Narrated by Aḥmad and othersThe following benefits were taken from a khuṭbah delivered by Shaykh ʿAli ibn Yaḥyá al-Ḥaddādī[2] (حفظه الله) based upon the following narrations after the inflation of the price of oil in Saudi al-ʿArabīa:
It was reported firstly, t…
Al-ʿAllāmah, Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (hafiẓahullāh taʿāla) begins by praising Allāh and greeting the listeners to the lecture. He explains that the evidence from the religion shows the importance of seeking legislative knowledge and that Allāh speaks about those who possess and carry this knowledge in a virtuous and noble way. Those who seek knowledge have a high status and position with Allāh in this world and in the hereafter.
The first position that shows the high status of knowledge is that all good is achieved through it. This good is comprehensive, it includes happiness in this life…
Al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī said:
From among the widespread innovations of this time—of which none has the capability to point out except the one who is well acquainted with the sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ) and the Salaf al-Ṣālih—is that when a person enters and gives his salām, shakes hands (and from the perfection of the greetings is to shake hands even though the narration it comes in is weak but its meaning is correct), so he shakes hands but what is incorrect is that he gives salām [individually] to everyone he shakes hands with. So he says: “salāmu ʿalaykum, salāmu ʿalayku…
