Our noble brother, Abū ʿUways explains the varying types of Jihād; that which is obligatory on every Muslim and that which is obligatory upon the people of a given land. Also, the criterion for Jihād, its conditions and understanding the position of the rulers and the ruled. The lecture contains an inspiring reminder of the widespread ignorance that is commonplace amongst the Muslim ummah, that Muslims from the West to the East are eager to pick up arms and defend the Shīʿah but yet there is no concern for ‘tasfiyah wa tarbiyah’ (purification and education) in the most basic…
Therefore, advising each other in truth repels shubuhāt (doubts) and recommending patience to each other restrains one from his desires. So by having patience and a sound intellect restrains one from the fitnah of shahawāt (desires), and by possessing a clear vision and certainty (this) repels the fitnah of shubuhāt (doubts) and Allāh’s aid is sought.
Imām Ibn al-Qayyim
The Fitnah of Shubuhāt (Doubts):1
Fitnah is of two types: the fitnah of shubuhāt (doubts and misunderstandings), this one being the greater fitnah of the two, and the fitnah of shahawāt (desires). It is quite possible that …
TROID · Preparation for Ramaḍān – ʿAbdullāh al-Bukhārī
إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ ﴿١﴾ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ ﴿٢﴾ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ ﴿٣﴾ تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ ﴿٤﴾ سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ ﴿٥﴾
“Verily! We have sent it (this Qurʾān) down in the night of Al-Qadr (Decree). And what will make you know what the night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is? The night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months (i…
Stated Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī, “So then, right now, if there is anyone from the Qurʾān and Sunnah Society who wants to return to the truth, then the way is open in front of them, may Allāh bless you. And our brother (someone specific who knows who he is), if he wants to return from what he was upon, then, “Ahlan wa sahlan” (he is welcome).”
The First Question: ʿAbd al-Munʿim al-Lībī, the chairman of the Qurʾān and Sunnah Society, now lives in our city, in Toronto. He is also moving his organization here as well. We heard that you have warned against him and his organization, however, the…
From ’Awf Ibn Mālik (raḍī Allāhu ʿanhu) who said that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: ‘‘The Jews will split into seventy-one sects, so one will be in Paradise and seventy will be in the Fire. And the Christians will split into seventy-two sects, so seventy-one will be in the Fire, and one will be in Paradise. Any by the One in whose Hand the soul of Muḥammad is, my Ummah shall split into seventy-three sects, and one will be in Paradise and seventy-two will be in the Fire.’’ It was said: ‘Who are they O Messenger of Allāh?’ He said: ‘‘The Jamāʿah.’’1
From Muʿāwiyah (r…
States Shaykh Rabīʿ Ibn Hādī, ‘Therefore, this book and this Sunnah, they are the very source of this ummah’s honour and happiness, if they only hold fast to them both. And the source of misery, lowliness, and humiliation in this worldly life and the hereafter is found in not holding fast to the Book and the Sunnah, not protecting oneself with them and dividing the ummah and splitting up the religion, and even departing from it according to some of the refutations. So they do not deserve anything from Allāh except his severe threat as found in the Qurʾān and the Sunnah.’
And the individuals who ascribe themselves to the daʿwah, it is obligatory to look into them: Where did they study? Who did they take knowledge from? Where did they come from? What is their ʿaqīdah (creed)? And their dealings and effects amongst the people must be looked into. And it must be asked, what did they do which resulted in goodness? And which of their actions brought about rectification? It is obligatory to study their conditions before becoming deluded by their statements and their outward conditions. There is no doubt about this affair, especially in this time which contains ma…
A magnanimous answer delivered over the course of an hour by the mountain of knowledge in his time, al-Imām, Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī (raḥimahullāh).
From ʿAwf ibn Mālik (raḍī Allāhu ʿanhu) who said that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: ‘‘The Jews will split into seventy-one sects, so one will be in Paradise and seventy will be in the Fire. And the Christians will split into seventy-two sects, so seventy-one will be in the Fire, and one will be in Paradise. Any by the One in whose Hand the soul of Muḥammad is, my Ummah shall split into seventy-three sects, and one will be …
