Al-Ibanah Abul-Hasan Al-Ash'ari

The Creed of Abul-Hasan Al-Ash’ari: Al-Ibānah ‘an Usūl Ad-Diyānah: [4] His Shift from the Creed of Ibn Kullāb to Ahlus-Sunnah in the Third Stage of His Life — And How We Establish the Authenticity of al-Ibānah

Shifts from the Creed of Ibn Kullāb in the Third Stage of His Life—And Establishing theAuthenticity of al-Ibānah In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. A [read on…]
Al-Ibanah Abul-Hasan Al-Ash'ari

The Creed of Abul-Hasan Al-Ash’ari: Al-Ibanah ‘an Usūl ad-Diyānah: [3] Life, Scholarship and Era he Lived in: His Years as a Mu’tazili and then as a Follower of the ‘Aqīdah of Ibn Kullāb

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Al-Ibanah Abul-Hasan Al-Ash'ari

The Creed of Abul-Hasan Al-Ash’ari: Al-Ibānah ‘an Usūl Ad-Diyānah: [2] The ‘Aqeedah of Imam Abul-Hasan Before His Death as Penned by His Own Hand

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Aqeedah

Part 6: Abandoning Argumentation and Debating in Matters of Belief and Manhaj―and a Clarification of the Meaning of the Sunnah, and Refuting the Qurānites who Deny the Hadīth: Foundations of the Sunnah of Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal (Expl. of Shaikh Ahmad An-Najmī)

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Books

“Learn The Knowledge (Of Islam) Before It Is Taken Away, And It Will Be Taken Away By The Death Of The Scholars.” Understanding the Salafi Manhaj and Knowing its People (38-page PDF ebook)

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Books

Music, Singing, Playing Musical Instruments, Employing Singers and Attending Concerts or Events where Music is Played—in Light of Islamic Teachings

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Aqeedah

Chapter 32: “It is only Shaytān who suggests to you the fear of his allies, so do not fear them but fear Me, if you are true believers.” Kitāb Al-Tawheed of Imām Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhāb

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Aqeedah

Part 5: Our Manhaj with the Innovators: To Abandon Argumentation and Sitting with Ahlul-Bidʿah ― The Foundations of the Sunnah, with the explanation of Shaikh An-Najmī.

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Aqeedah

Chapter 31: “And from the people are those who have taken besides Allah rivals, loving them as they love Allah.” Kitāb Al-Tawheed of Imām Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhāb

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Aqeedah

Chapter 30: That Which Has Been Narrated about Seeking Rain by the Stars (and the Four Traits of Jāhiliyyah that Muslims will not give up). Kitāb Al-Tawheed of Imām Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhāb

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Bidah

The Salaf would not remain silent in the face of the opposers, rather they would rebuke and refute them, and make that clear to the people. Study of Imām Ahmad ibn Hanbal’s stance towards al-Karabīsī and al-Muhāsibī.

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Bidah

The praise of Imām al-Dāruqutnī (d. 385H) for Abu Bakr al-Bāqillānī the Ashʿarī (d. 403H) deceived Abu Dharr al-Harawī (d. 434H) which led to the creed of the Ashāʿirah entering Maghrib (North West Africa) and Spain.

Imām Al-Dhahabī (d. 748H, rahimahullāh) said that Abu al-Walīd al-Bājī said in the book Ikhtisār Firaq al-Fuqahā’ when discussing al-Qādī Abu Bakr al-Bāqillānī (d. 403H): “I asked Abu Dharr al-Harawī [read on…]
Bidah

When Ahl al-Sunnah refute Ahl al-Sunnah, they do so with manners, showing him his error in fiqh, or in his understanding and ijtihād, but he is not vilified (by Shaykh Ṣālih al-Fawzān)

Shaykh Ṣālih al-Fawzān (may Allāh preserve him) stated: “If the one being refuted is from Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamāʿah, then the refutation is conducted with manners. He is shown his errors [read on…]
Aqeedah

Part 4: Obligation of Following the Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) and know that every Innovation is Misguidance: Imām Ahmad bin Hanbal’s Usūl As-Sunnah (The Foundations of the Sunnah) with the explanation of Shaikh An-Najmi

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40 Hadeeth on Women

Hadeeth 8: A woman cannot be forced into marriage―and if her guardian marries her to a man without her permission and she dislikes that, the marriage is nullified: 40 Hadeeth on the Manners and Conduct of Women.

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Aqeedah

Chapter 27: An-Nushrah: Cure of Magic by Magic, or by Means of Ruqyah, Du’ā and Medicine: Kitāb At-Tawheed of Imām Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhāb

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40 Hadith on Names and Attributes

Chapter 24: Affirmation of Writing for Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic: He Wrote the Tawrah for Mūsā with His Hand. By Imām Abu Ismā’īl Al-Harawi (died 481H)

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Books

Impurities that affect water: Water cannot be rendered impure by anything except by that which changes its smell, taste and colour.

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Understanding the Impact of the Islamic Jamā’ahs on the Ummah. Do they Aid the Muslims or Diminish them? And how should Individual Muslims Interact with these Groups? By Shaikh Sālih Al-Fawzān

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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Hadith, ”Allah has divided manners between you just as he has divided your provision—and Allah gives wealth to whom He loves and to those He does not love—but He does not bestow Imān except upon whom He loves…”

Murrah narrated from Abdullāh Ibn Mas’ūd (radiyallāhu ’anhu) that he said: ”Allah has divided manners between you just as he divided your provision. Verily, Allah gives wealth to whom He [read on…]
Family

A believing woman guards herself and her honour in the absence of her husband from being touched by other men, and she does not expose her beautification in front of them.

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Books

Water is pure and nothing can make it impure except if an impurity is added which changes its smell, taste or colour: Purification and the types of water.

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Seawater, river water and lake water are pure and purifying, and their creatures are lawful to catch and eat: Purification and the types of water.

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