Feb 19, 2022

The True Meaning of Guidance in Sūrah al-Fātiḥah: Guidance of Knowledge and Righteous Deeds

Concerning the āyah in Sūrah al-Fātiḥah: اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ‎﴿٦﴾‏ Guide us to the straight path (of beneficial knowledge coupled with righteous action). [al-Fātiḥah, 1:6] Al-Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (d. 751 AH) commented : “It refers to two individual forms of guidance, true success cannot occur without them both. The first is to gain both general and detailed knowledge of the truth we were formerly ignorant of in order to allow that truth to inspire us and make us want to follow it, inwardly and outwardly. The second form of guidance is the creation of the willpower required to a…


Feb 17, 2022

The Parable of the Mushrik and the Muwaḥḥid

Al-Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim said: “Allāh the Most High said: ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلًا فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ وَرَجُلًا سَلَمًا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿٢٩﴾ ‘Allāh presents an example: a slave owned by quarrelling partners and another belonging exclusively to one man – are they equal in comparison? Praise be to Allāh! But most of them do not know.’ [al-Zumar, 39:29] This is a parable that Allāh has presented for the mushrik and the muwaḥḥid. As for the mushrik, it is as if he is a slave owned by a group [of maste…


Feb 16, 2022

The Importance of Tawḥīd and the Dangers of Innovation and Shirk

Allāh says: ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلًا فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ وَرَجُلًا سَلَمًا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ ‎﴿٢٩﴾‏ “Allah presents an example: a slave owned by quarrelling partners and another belonging exclusively to one man – are they equal in comparison?” [al-Zumar, 39:29] >Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān said [concerning this āyah]: “The mushrikūn [polytheists who associate partners with Allāh] have chosen to leave the worship of Allah alone, to whom their belongs no partners. [This worship] is the very reason for their creation and the only means to their happine…



Feb 13, 2022

A Warning from Committing Any Innovations in Rajab

The Islamic year consists of twelve months of which four are sacred. Allāh said: إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِندَ اللَّهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ۚ ‎﴿٣٦﴾‏ “Indeed, there were twelve months from the beginning of time of which four are sacred.” [al-Tawbah, 9:36] Rajab is not simply one of these twelve months; it is actually one of the four sacred months. The Messenger (ﷺ) said: “A year consists of twelve months of which four are sacred. Dhū al-Qaʿdah, Dhū al-Ḥijjah and Muḥarram are the three consecutive s…

Feb 11, 2022

Evil Can Never be Attributed to Allāh

Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (d. 721 AH) said:1 “In his [the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him)]’s invocation: ‘I answer your call with happiness, and goodness in its entirety belongs to You alone, and evil is not befitting of You.’ Prophet Muḥammad ﷺTurn not to the tafsīr of those who say its meaning is: one does not seek to come closer to You with evil, or that evil is not raised unto You. Verily, the meaning [of this invocation] is more magnificent, greater, and of superior impact than that. For [Allāh] is the One whose names are all good, His attributes are all perfect, Hi…


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