Allāh the Almighty says:
إِنَّ اللَّـهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّـهِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا
Verily Allāh forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners in worship with Him, but He forgives whom He wills, sins other than that.
(Sūrah-Nisāʾ, 4:116)
Ibrāhīm invoked Him saying:
وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ
Keep me and my sons away from worshiping idols.
(Sūrah Ibrāhīm, 14:35)
When Ibrāhīm was supplicating to Allāh, one of the things he asked for was that he and his children be granted distance…
[Q]: Is the poor person who shows patience concerning his state of poverty superior in rank to a wealthy person who shows gratitude for his wealth? Also, what are the distinguishing features of patience and gratitude?
[A]: Regarding the issue of wealth and poverty, those who show patience and those who show gratitude are both considered among the best of the believers, but the best among those who show these characteristics are those greatest in righteousness. As the Most High said:
إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتْقَىٰكُمْ
“Surely the most noble of you in the sight of Allāh is the most…
On the authority of Abū Hurayrah ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣākhr (رضي الله عنه) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم) say: “Refrain completely from all acts I have forbidden and engage—to the very best of your abilities—in the acts I have commanded. For the nations of the past were only destroyed in relation to excessive questioning, and their impetuous differing with their respective prophets.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī1 and Muslim2.
Al-ʿAllāmah ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād explains:
The two shaykhs (al-Bukhārī and Muslim) have both narrated this ḥadīth, and the wording mention…
[Q]: If a person gives salāms but it is in a written form—printed in an article, magazine, or book—or said verbally on a radio channel or television station, is it obligatory for anyone who hears or reads this greeting to reply to it because replying to the salām is obligatory?
Imām ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz answers:
[A]: Replying to any greeting in such circumstances is considered farḍ kifāyah [an obligation that is alleviated for a group if fulfilled by a single person among them]. This is because, in such a situation, the greeting is being broadcasted to a large group of people such that it is…
[Q]: We have heard of two rakʿahs (units of prayer) being performed before Maghrib. Should these rakʿahs be prayed or abandoned? Are they considered from the Sunnah?
[A]: It was authentically confirmed that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “Pray two rakʿah before Maghrib, pray two rakʿah before Maghrib, pray two rakʿah before Maghrib”. Then he said “for whomever wills”, such that the people would not surmise its performance Sunnah.1 It was also narrated on the authority of Anas (رضي الله عنه) who said: “When the muʾadhdhin would call the adhān, some of the companions would go with imme…
