The author notes, “The Salaf would begin their books with the excellence and importance of knowledge. This would aid one in their diligence to seek after it.”
يَرْفَعِ اللهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ
Allāh will exalt in degree those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge.
[Sūrah al-Mujaadillah, 58:11]
The Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said on the authority of ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān, “The best of you are those who have learned the Qurʾān and have taught it.”Volume 6, Book 61, Number 545
Abū al-Ḥasan said, “These are from…
From those Imāms of the Salaf who support it, one of their main proofs is the ḥadīth,
‘The ṣalāh in the jamāʿah is better than the ṣalāh by one’s self.’
And for those Imāms of the Salaf who oppose it, one of their main proofs is,
‘The Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) came from the passageways of Madīnah and he found that the people have prayed, so he returned home and gathered his family and made ṣalāh with them.’
A close look at the aḥādīth, their chains and the circumstances surrounding them is mentioned. Imām al-Mubarakf…
Abū al-Ḥasan Mālik reflects on one of the best experiences of his life, studying under none other than the virtuous scholar and shaykh, Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wadi’ī rahimahullāh. He makes note of the many virtues of Shaykh Muqbil, from them the shaykh’s unwavering will and his staunch policy of knowledge that never stops regardless of the day (i.e., Jūmūʿah, ʿĪd), month (Ramaḍān etc.), or any other time of the year. Our brother also touches on the generosity and support the shaykh had for his students, especially the students from overseas. He (Abū al-Ḥasan) said, “He will meet you more tha…
The prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) most certainly warned his ummah against deviation and fabrications within the religion. Whilst this is the case, many are adamant upon distorted principles and understandings of mūwāzanāt (counterbalancing the good and bad in preachers). This is especially so in our trying times, with groups such as the Ikhwān al-Muflisīn (The Bankrupt Brotherhood) spearheading the call to such misguidance, wa-Allāhu al-mustaʿān. Our pious salaf feared misguidance, and they used to warn against Ahl al-Bidʿah, and by Allāh they were not deceived by their beautifu…
A decisive blow to the ḥizbiyyīn who love to equate the errors of the juhaal (ignoramuses) such as Sayyib Qutb, Abū al-Fitan al-Misrī and those who arose from their mucus and poisonous ink with the shortcomings of the ʿulamāʾ of the salaf. Thus, providing them with an ‘escape clause’ any time they are exposed issuing a statement that opposes the dīn of Allāh and the sunnah of the Messenger (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam). Such that they can error and error and error and be free from blame since they hoodwink the general folk with the idea that the likes of Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, the vangua…
What is knowledge? Shaykh Ṣalaḥ al-ʿUthaymīn says: Linguistically it is the opposite of ignorance, and it is to firmly comprehend a matter upon its reality. Its definition as it relates to Istilāḥ in the Sharīʿah refers to the knowledge revealed by Allāh to the Messenger (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), i.e the two revelations, the Qurʾān, and the Sunnah, which also came by way of revelation. And that which is considered as knowledge which is praiseworthy is the knowledge of revelation.
The Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said ‘Whomsoever Allāh wants good for, He gives him und…
