This occasion and its like is not at all free from the mixing of truth and falsehood nor the invitation to disbelief and misguidance nor licentiousness and apostasy and is a manifestation of evil according to Islām.
Many inquiries directed to the Muftī (principle religious authority of Saudi al-ʿArabīa) have been read by the Permanent Council as well as those addressed to them under the auspices of the Committee of Senior Scholars (a list of reference numbers and dates given). The questions asked were for rulings concerning the year 2000 and celebrating it and other related matters. It is su…
Several years on, this brave speech is indicative of the bravery and love our brother (raḥimahullāh) had for the Sunnah and its people. The affairs of Abū Muslimah became clear due to the efforts of Abū ʿUways and others, however, this talk was a catalyst in clarifying the affair and drumming into the minds of the listener the status of the ʿUlamāʾ and the ḥizbiyyah of this once famous and popular speaker (Abū Muslimah). Many others followed Abū ʿUway’s lead but it was this talk that paved the way and this type of courage has been rarely seen against ḥizbiyyah in the years which have followe…
It is better for your mouths to be full of pus until it makes it go bad than to be full of poetry.
Imām Ibn al-Qayyim al-JawziyyahFor a space to accept what is being put in it, it has to be emptied of the opposite. The same way this is relevant with individuals and objects, it is also true for beliefs and wills. So, if the heart is occupied with loving and believing in falsehood, then it has no space for loving and accepting the truth. Just like if a tongue is busy uttering what does not have benefit, then its owner will not be able to utter what has benefit for him except if he stops talki…
Note: The numbers at the end of each entry are its chapter, hadīth and page numbers. The first set refer to the S.M. Madni ʿAbbāsi translation, International Islamic Publication House. The second set the Muḥammad Zafrulla Khan translation, Islām International Publications, 1989. Text is that of S.M. Madni ʿAbbāsi.
“Safeguard the commandments of Allāh, you will find Him before you,” and “And every ordeal is followed by easy circumstances.”
Shaykh Al-Albānī comments:
Narrated by ʿAbd ibn Humaid, as was mentioned by al-Hafiz ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbali in his Sharḥ of al-Nawawī’s 40 Hadith, Jami ʿ ul…
