A profound answer from the Muftī of the Ummah, Shaykh al-Islām ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz (d. AH 1420), concerning the falsehood of celebrating al-Isrāʾ wa-al-Miʿrāj, which occurs during the Islamic month of Rajab.
Al-ʿAllāmah ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn BāzAll praise is for Allāh; and may prayers and peace upon the Messenger of Allāh, his followers and his companions.
There is no doubt that the incident of Israa‘ and Mi’raaj is from amongst the great signs of Allāh, indicates the truthfulness of His Messenger, Muḥammad, and the greatness of his position wit…
From the issues discussed:
Democracy is a man-made way of life.
Democracy opposes the essence of Islām.
The issue of women as rulers.
The clear immorality of democracy.
The unsuccessful implementation of justice through democracy.
The falsehood of claiming democracy contains some good in light its opposition to the Sunnah and the Salaf.
The Shūrah vs The Democracy (Returning back to the book of Allāh or returning to desires and personal gain).
As for the Muslim who is exposed to the (effects) of this filthy war, he becomes ill in thought and desensitized to this disease. He does not see any danger with the presence of Christians in the lands of the Muslims.
Al-ʿAllāmah ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz[Q.1]: ‘What, in your opinion, is the definition of al-ghazwat al-fikrī (the ideological attack)?’
[A.1]: “Ideological warfare is a modern term which refers to a set of efforts in which a nation engages in order to conquer or influence another nation, so that (the attacked nation) takes a particular course of direct…
There is no doubt that tasfiyah and tarbiyah requires an organization. And I do know of anyone who rejects the use of the word ‘organization’, but what is rejected, and I am the first to do so, is an organization which is not built upon these principles – tasfiyah and tarbiyah.
Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-AlbānīA number of ideologies which are not pure and correct are in circulation amongst the Muslims today, and so there are many sects which spread the ideas of the Mu’tazila, Khawārij, Shee’a, and others. So it is necessary that the scholars establish the obligation of purifying these i…
Muḥammad Ibn Bundaar al-Jarjaanee said to Imām Aḥmad: “Verily it is hard for me to say: So-and-so is like this, and so-and-so is like that.” So Aḥmad said to him: “If I remained quiet and you remained quiet then when will the ignorant man come to know the Ṣaḥīḥ (authentic) from the saqīm (weak)?” Majmūʿ al-Fatāwá (28/231) and Sharḥ ʿIlal al-Tirmidhī (1/350)
From the topics discussed:
Jamāl Zarabozo’s call to Revolt in ‘The Friday Prayer’, his criticism of Imām al-Albānī and his alliance with Ahl al-Bidʿah quoting the response of al-‘Allammah Muḥammad Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab al-Banná́. Ques…
The belief of ‘bidʿah ḥasanah’, i.e. a good bidʿah, meaning that a scholar can introduce a new action of worship in Islām which can be considered to be good as long it does not contradict any of the principles of Islām. So we resort to the sayings of the Companions and the Imāms to illuminate the road ahead of these people.
The Dīn is complete:
Allāh says, “this day have I perfected your religion for you, completed my favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islām as your religion” (5:4)
This verse embodies a clear statement that the religion has been completed and so has no need of addition…
His saying, ‘and beware of the newly invented matters, and every bidʿah is a misguidance’ contains a warning to the ummah from following the newly invented innovations, and he stressed this by saying, ‘and every innovation is a misguidance’. And the meaning of bidʿah is everything that is newly invented that has no basis in the Sharīʿah that would prove it.
Al-ʿAllāmah Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān
