Year: 2016

Fertility Issues and Contraception: The Choice To Have Children Fertility is the ability to produce children. Muslims believe fertility is a blessing from Allah. Most people in our times have [read on…]

The word euthanasia comes from Greek, meaning “a good death”. It is also called “mercy-killing”. The intention is to help a person who is suffering and maybe close to death [read on…]

An Introduction Muslims are obligated to pray to Allāh five set times each day. This prayer is called the Salāh. It is the second pillar of Islām. Muslims take time [read on…]

Transcribed from a talk. The great Imām ʿAbd al-Rahman as-Sa’di (رحمه الله تعالى) stated that Jihad is of two categories: the first category is a jihad by which the intention is the [read on…]

The Prophets Sought Forgiveness from their Lord From a transcribed khutbah: All Praise is due to Allaah, we praise Him, seek His aid and His Forgiveness. We seek refuge in [read on…]

Islam 2.4 The Practice Of Prayer The Prayer Each prayer out of the Five Daily prayers consists of a fixed number of Rak’ahs (or units) that consist of a sequence [read on…]

Islam 2.2 The Shahādah The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Islām is built upon five: The declaration that there is none worthy of worship except Allāh and [read on…]

2.1 Introduction To The Five Pillars The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Islām is built upon five: The declaration that there is none worthy of worship except [read on…]

Shaikh Muhammad Umar Baazmool (may Allah preserve him said) “The Scholars have stipulated that jarh is given precedence over ta’dīl – and they say that the one for whom trustworthiness [read on…]

You praise the innovators whilst claiming attachment to Ahlus-Sunnah and the Salaf? —Al-Barbahārī and Al-Fawzān Imām Al-Barbahārī (رحم الله) said: “If you see a man mentioning Ibn Abī Du’ād, Bishr [read on…]

Question: What is the ruling of dealings with shares whilst knowing that a person does not know whether he will benefit or lose? Answer: Shares in companies or businesses that [read on…]

Question: What is your advice concerning a youth who lives in a home where there is a satellite dish, and television channels? Should he leave the home and stay away [read on…]

1.13 Sunni and Shi’ah Islam The Sunnis After the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) died, there were differences of opinion about how the Muslims should be led and [read on…]

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. قال الإمام الشافعي رحمه الله: ما ناظرت أحدا علمت أنه مقيم على بدعة قال البيهقي معلقا على هذا القول [read on…]

The following are chapters from Shaikhul-Islām Abu Ismā`īl Al-Harawī’s: “The Book Of Forty Narrations In The Evidences Of Tawhīd” (Born 396H and died 481H -rahimahullāh) This compilation is an amazing series of [read on…]

Abdullāh Ibn Imām Ahmad said: I heard my father (i.e. Ahmad Ibn Hanbal) say that Ash-Shāfi’ī said: “That which we used to hear from that which has reached us from [read on…]

1.11 The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in Madinah In the year 6AH (628CE) the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) saw in a dream [read on…]

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Bestower of Mercy. The speech from the great Imams of the Salaf is plentiful concerning debating with the innovators – and their speech [read on…]

Note: Jam’iyyah Ihyā at-Turāth of Kuwait in the UK is known as “BEST”. Using this deceptive title to divide, conquer and deviate the youth of Islam. Allāmah Muqbil Ibn Hādī al-Wādi’ī [read on…]

The Hijrah Of The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) When the Quraish saw that many people were being attracted to Islam and becoming Muslims and that the [read on…]

Imām Abu Muhammad Al-Hasan Ibn `Alī Ibn Khalaf Al-Barbahārī (d. 329H) stated: “And know that there would not be heresy, nor disbelief, nor doubts, nor innovation, nor misguidance, nor confusion [read on…]

Imām Abu Muhammad Al-Hasan Ibn `Alī Ibn Khalaf Al-Barbahārī (d. 329H) stated: “And know that there would not be heresy, nor disbelief, nor doubts, nor innovation, nor misguidance, nor confusion [read on…]

1.9. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) In Makkah Muhammad’s (peace and blessings be upon him) Call To Be A Prophet The Prophet would go to the cave [read on…]

1.8 Introduction to the Life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) Birth and early life Muslims believe that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah [read on…]

“Kitāb at-Talāq” (The Book of Divorce) Under this chapter heading the noble great Scholar, Shaikh Sālih al-Fawzān stated: Separation of marriage is of types: there is separation by way of [read on…]

1.7 Islam: The Hadīth And The Sunnah Hadith Hadith (plural: Ahādīth) refers to the statements, actions and tacit approvals that have been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be [read on…]

Beliefs & Sources of Authority 1.6 The Qur’ān (Part 2) When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) initially received the Revelation of the Qur’ān, he was commanded by [read on…]

Beliefs & Sources of Authority 1.5. The Qu’rān (Part 1) The Qur’ān is the sacred Book that Muslims believe was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the [read on…]