Narrated by Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī (رضي الله عنه) that a man from among the Anṣār invited the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) [for food] to be the fifth of five of his companions [i.e., the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and four of his companions]. When they arrived, another uninvited man followed them. So when they arrived at the door, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “Indeed, this man has followed us. If you wish, allow him [to dine with us]. Or if you wish, he will return.” The [host] replied: “Nay, I grant him permission O Messenger of Allāh.”1 Ibn Qudāmah (رحمه الله) said: The testimony…

Imām ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir al-Saʿdī (d. 1391 AH) said: Some of the atheists once said to one of the scholars of Islām: What is your Lord known by? He replied: This drop of semen that the large male animals of every species deposit within the womb of their females that Allāh then allows to develop through stages from a drop to a blood clot to a small lump of flesh until the last of its stages of development. Such that it becomes a proportional human being, with fully developed, apparent and unapparent appendages and organs. He possesses the ability to hear sound, the ability to see occurr…