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Jul 26, 2023

Ruling Related to Nifās (Postpartum Bleeding)

The Definition of Nifās Nifās refers to the blood that is discharged from a woman following childbirth. It may also be discharged during delivery, or up to two or three days before, occurring in conjunction with labour pains. Is Blood that Is Discharged Before Delivery Considered Nifās? If, however, this blood is discharged three days before delivery and unaccompanied by labour pains, it is termed damm fasād or a type of ‘irregular bleeding’ and does not belong to the classification of nifās. [Q]: How would we know whether it has occurred before delivery by two or three days? For example, …

Jul 26, 2023

The Meaning of Shaykh al-Islām

[Q]: What is meant by the term ‘Shaykh al-Islām’? Does this mean that Islām is a student of the Imām of daʿwah [i.e. Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (رحمه الله)], or that Islām is a student of Ibn Taymīyyah (رحمه الله)? [A]: This is not what is meant. ‘Shaykh al-Islām’ is a designated title, and it was first utilized in the latter part of the second generation of the Hijrah. It was then applied to anyone who was a role model, had companions and followers, and possessed different branches of knowledge and information. He is called: “Shaykh al-Islām”, which is a rank just below the rank o…

Jul 26, 2023

The Necessity of Following the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ

Stated ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (d.101H), “Those who have preceded, they stopped upon knowledge, they restrained due to penetrating insight, and they were the keenest in uncovering the affairs. Furthermore, if the guidance is what you are upon, then they have preceded you in it. And if you say that affairs were invented after them, then nothing was invented, except by one who follows other than their path and prefers himself over them. Indeed, they spoke about it with that which suffices, and they described from it that which satisfies. So whatever is below them is deficient and whatever is …

Jul 26, 2023

The Ruling on Reading the Qurʾān from the Muṣḥaf during Tarāwīḥ

[Q]: Is it correct to read the Qurʾān from the muṣḥaf during Tarāwīḥ? [A]: For the one who is incapable of reading from memory, then there is nothing wrong if he reads from the muṣḥaf during the Tarāwīḥ prayer. This is because he will read the entire Qurʾān from its beginning to its end. So, if he isn’t a memorizer of the Qurʾān, then he may read from the muṣḥaf. Some of the Salaf (righteous predecessors) used to do this. Al-ʿAllāmah Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān [Q]: What about reciting the Qurʾān from the muṣḥaf (during prayer) noble Shaykh? [A]: There is no objection in that – that which is correc…

Jul 26, 2023

The Ruling on One Who Died and He Did Not Pray

[Q]: What is the ruling on one who died and did not pray [during his lifetime], though his parents are Muslim? And, how should he be treated with respect to the washing [of his body], shrouding, and prayer over him, burial, supplication, and asking for mercy upon him? [A]: Any responsible adult, who dies [knowing the Islamic ruling concerning prayer] and did not pray, is a disbeliever. He is not washed or prayed over, nor is he buried in the Muslim cemetery. His [Muslim] relatives do not inherit from him. Rather, his wealth is for the Muslim’s state treasury, according to the strongest opi…



Jul 25, 2023

Jul 25, 2023

The Khawārij of Today Have No Patience for Ṭalāb al-ʿIlm

After advising us not to abandon lessons after attending the first few, our teacher, Ustādh Mūsá Richardson, may Allāh have abundant mercy upon him, stated the following: “An additional benefit that is related to our salafīyyah and our distinction from the Khawārij of today is that there is a special attribute that the Khawārij have — specifically the Khawārij who call to rebel against the rulers. You might say ‘this is a strange connection’, but I will tell you the Khawārij of today have no patience in Ṭālab al-ʿIlm. They have no patience to continue [upon it] and study day-after-day, wee…