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, week-…
Q: What should I do if I see someone calling upon a dead person at his gravesite, seeking his help — someone committing an outright act of shirk. When calling him to worship Allāh alone, do I advise him as a Muslim, or should I consider him a Polytheist?
A: Invite him using a different approach, not this way or that way. Say to him, “O Fulān! O ʿAbdullāh! This thing you are doing is a kind of shirk, and it is not (the correct way of) worship! It is the way of the Pagans from Jāhiliyyah (the pre-Islamic period of ignorance)! It is the way of (the Pagans of) Quraysh and those like them!”
This…
“Shaykh al-Islām al-Thānī, Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allāh have mercy on him said:
And from among his (shayṭān’s) repertoire of schemes and ploys is that he invites the slave (of Allāh) with his good character, cheerfulness and joyfulness to types of sin and wickedness. As a result, he will meet and greet him (the sunnī) with that which will not enable him to rescue himself from his evil except his display of displeasure, giving an angry look and turning away from him. So, the enemy will act kindly towards him, greeting him with joyfulness, a glowing face and beautiful speech. Then, he will attach…
The following is an excerpt from the TROID Publication “How to Protect Yourself from Shayṭān”:
17. Ridding your house (if you can) of any type of bells
Abū Hurayrah reported Allāh’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) as saying: “The bell is the musical instrument of Shayṭān.”1
If this is the case – the bell is the musical instrument of Iblīs – then how could it be that a Muslim claiming to fear Allāh, has reverberating in their cars or pounding in their homes; jazz, rhythm and blues, pop, hip-hop, gangster rap tunes or the like? Much worse than that, is the musical tune coming from the mobile/ce…
