Allāh, the Majestic mentioned in his Noble Qurʾān, The believers are nothing else than brothers. So make reconciliation between your brothers, and fear Allāh, that you may receive mercy. (al-Ḥujurāt 49:10) “Brotherhood is more precious than anything on the earth…who said so Rabb al-ʿAlamīn….
And He has united their (i.e. believers’) hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allāh has united them. Certainly He is All-Mighty, All-Wise. (Al-Anfāl 8:63) ..if we recognise that brotherhood is this precious, then we must be ready to…
[Q1]: According to the Ashʾarī Ṣūfī, Nūḥ Haa Mīm Keller, “These books (i.e. al-Ibānah ‘an Uṣūl ad-Diyaanah) of Abū al-Ḥasan Ashʿarī are not to be counted (his retraction from the Ashʿarī/Kullābī ʿAqīdah) as they were enacted under duress and pressure from those upon the ʿAqīdah of Imām Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal” What do Ahl al-Sunnah say about this?
[Q2]: Often when we warn against the people of bidʿah, people will say “you shouldn’t speak against them without advising them….and you shouldn’t mention names because it makes fitnah” what is the detailed understanding of this?
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Allāh, the Almighty, has said, “Verily, prayers have been prescribed upon the believers at set times.
Shaykh Mūsá Richardson
Introduction
In the Name of Allāh, the All-Merciful, the Ever Merciful, may He raise the rank of His last Prophet and Messenger, Muḥammad, and that of his family and companions, and may He grant them all an abundance of peace.
This concise article covers some very important topics about prayer schedules and the ruling on using them, the possibility of human error in them, the ruling on relying on them totally, rulings related to prayer performed based on a misjud…
Exclusive excerpt from the translator’s introduction to “Upright Moral Character” by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn:
In the Name of Allāh, the All-Compassionate, the Ever-Merciful
All praise is due to Allāh, the Lord of all that exists, and may He raise the rank of His last Prophet and Messenger, Muḥammad ibn ‘ʿAbdillāh, and that of his family and Companions, and may He grant them all peace.
Upright moral character is an integral part of the correct implementation of the Religion of Islām. In fact, it is so essential and important that the Messenger of Allāh (may Allāh raise his rank and grant him peac…
And indeed We have created man, and We know what his ownself whispers to him. And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein [by Our Knowledge]. [Remember!] that the two receivers [recording angels] receive [each human being after he or she has attained the age of puberty], one sitting on the right and one on the left (to note his or her actions). Not a word does he [or she] utter, but there is a watcher by him ready [to record it]
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In Defence of the Salafī Callers against Evil Suspicions
The Messenger (ﷺ) said: “A man might utter a word without thinking about its implications, but b…
Imām Mālik elucidated this principle in his famous dictum: Anyone who introduces an innovation into Islām, and believes that it is good, has claimed that Muḥammad betrayed the Message. For Allāh says, ‘This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed my favour upon you, and chosen for you Islām as your religion’ [Sūrah al-Māʾidah, 5:3]. So whatever was not from the religion on that day can never be from the religion today. Anyone, therefore, who attempts to introduce foreign ideas or practices into the religion – under the guise of “progressiveness,” “American Islām,” or otherwise…
Thus, it is mandatory to expose falsehood and defend the daʿwah whilst you are busy propagating the call –and all praise belongs to Allāh. However, we do not want ourselves to become preoccupied with refuting this person and that person as this is what they desire for us to do. We occupy ourselves with calling to Allāh and in the course of the sermons (khuṭab) or talks we refute those who are intent on hindering people from good.
Allāh the Exalted said,
“Say O Muḥammad: “This is my way; I invite unto Allāh (i.e. to the Oneness of Allāh – Islamic Monotheism) with sure knowledge, I and whosoev…
On the authority of Abū Muʿādh ibn Jabal (raḍī Allāhu ʿanhu) who said:
I said: O Messenger of Allāh, tell me an act which will take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hell-fire.
He said: You have asked me about a major matter, yet it is easy for him for whom Allāh, the Exalted, makes it easy. You should worship Allāh, associating nothing with Him; you should perform the prayers; you should pay the zakat, you should make the pilgrimage to the House. Then he said: Shall I not show you the gates of goodness? Fasting [which] is a shield; charity extinguishes sin as water extinguish…
