Serving as an introduction to the 2010 Summer Courses, our brother, Abū al-ʿAbbās, delivered a lecture regarding traits of the successful student of knowledge. The subject of knowledge and those who seek it is a broad topic. However, our brother focuses on six important characteristics that are the fundamentals of success in seeking knowledge. These points are reminders for present students of knowledge and lessons for those who are just getting started. What are these characteristics? From where do they originate? And what benefit will they bring for you, O Muslim? Listen and share what yo…
These are nice benefits from a compilation of Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn’s explanation of Kitāb al-Tawḥīd.1
First Benefit
The categories of Tawḥīd are three:
1. Tawḥīd al-Rubūbiyyah: It is to single out Allāh with (actions of) creation (khalq), the dominion (al-mulk), and regulation of affairs (al-tadbīr).
2. Tawḥīd al-Ulūhiyyah: It is to single out Allāh with all worship.
3. Tawḥīd al-Asmāʾ wa-al-Ṣifāt: It is to single out Allāh with His Names and His Attributes without any taḥrīf(distortion), taʿtīl (negating or denying), takyīf (seeking after the specific details of Allāh’s At…
That is just a morsel of the creed of the Rāfiḍah regarding the companions in general except for those whom they have excluded. Now we will see some of their speech regarding Abū Bakr al-Siddīq, may Allāh be pleased with him. I do not have to remind you, my noble brother reader, that Abū Bakr is Abū Bakr, and this is sufficient.1
Abū Bakr As-Siddīq was the first of the people to believe in the Prophet (ﷺ) and he was his companion in the cave. He was his successor in (leading) the prayer on the day when he was extremely sick and the most beloved of the men to him. He was the one who, if he we…
A needed reminder regarding the rights of women in Islām and a stern warning for those who transgress these rights. Our brother, Abū ‘ʿAbdillāh Ḥasan al-Ṣumālī delivers a powerful khuṭbah based upon a khuṭbah given by the Muftī of Saudi al-ʿArabīa, Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl al-Shaykh. He mentions the rights of the spouses with regards to each other. Also, he mentions the evil of not upholding these rights. Then, he breaks down the different forms of injustice against women. The admonition is supported by proofs from the Book of Allāh and the Sunnah of His Messenger (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sa…
Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah said: “Whoever’s sin is from desire (craving), have hope for his repentance, for indeed Ādam disobeyed Allāh from desire (craving) and was forgiven, and whoever’s sin is from arrogance, then fear for his damnation, for indeed Iblīs (Satan) disobeyed Allāh from haughtiness and was cursed.”
al-Mizee, Tahdhīb al-Kamāl
On the authority of Abū Saʿīd Al-Khudrī who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said:
“There was from those who came before you a man who killed ninety-nine people, so he asked about the most knowledgeable of the people on earth and…
From the points discussed:
The trickery of seeking one answer to the two-fold question , ‘When you recite the Qurʾān, is it your speech or the speech of Allāh?’ a means to confuse and trick the one questioned, since this situation requires explanation and has two issues:
The speech (created action) of the recitor (the conveyor of the Qurʾān in this case)
The Qurʾān being the speech of Allāh.
This type of trickery is commonly employed by the Ashʾarī or Jahmee who wishs to confuse the unsuspecting Muslim. Their basis is rhetoric wheras Ahl al-Sunnah’s base is the Book, the Sunnah a…
From the Points discussed:
Clarifying the Ashʾarī doubt concerning the āyah:
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿١٩﴾
Verily, this is the Word (this Qurʾān brought by) a most honorable messenger [Jibrīl (Gabriel), from Allāh to the Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)].
[al-Takwīr 81:19]
Their claim that the speech of Jibrīl is created and therefore the Qurʾān is created and not the speech of Allāh!
The deficient nature of one who cannot speak and how this does not befit the Lord of Creation
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي…
This is the madh′hab of the Ashāʿirah which split off from the Muʿtazilah and the Muʿtazilah split off from the Jahmiyyah, and then many more sects branched off, all having their foundation in the madh′hab of the Jahmiyyah.
Al-ʿAllāmah Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-FawzānThe madh′hab of the Ashaa’irah branched off from the Muʿtazilah and the name is an ascription to Abū al-Ḥasan al-Asha’aree (may Allāh have mercy upon him) who used to be a Muʿtazilī, then Allāh favoured him and he recognised the falsehood of the Muʿtazilī madh′hab. So he stood in the mosque on a…
We do not speak with Ta’weel (interpretation) of the Muʿtazilah, the Ashʾarīs, the Jahmiyyah, the apostates, the anthropomorphists (Mujassimah and Mushabbihah), the Karrāmiyyah and those who declare Allāh to be like His creation (Mukayyifah – those asking about the modality of His attributes). Rather we accept them [the texts about Allāh’s attributes] without interpretation (Ta’weel) and we believe in them without declaring any likeness with the creation (Tamthīl).
Ashʿariyyah: An astray sect that claims to follow Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī, they deny all of Allāh’s Attributes except seven…
