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Bidah

Seeking knowledge from a shaikh who opposes Ahlus-Sunnah in Allah’s Names and Attributes? Do we make takfeer on the Asharis and Mu’tazilah? Taking knowledge from a caller to innovation? By Shaikh Al-Fawzān

Questions about the Manhaj to Al-ʿAllāmah Sālih Al-Fawzān From the book al-Ajwibah al-Mufīdah ʿan As’ilah al-Manāhij al-Jadīdah. Question 68: What is the ruling on seeking knowledge from a shaikh who [read on…]
Bidah

Is it allowed for men to sing Islamic nasheeds? And is it allowed to beat a drum along with the nasheed? Shaikh Ibn ʿUthaimeen

Question to the noble scholar, Muhammad Ibn Sālih al-ʿUthaimeen (rahimahullāh): Is it allowed for men to sing Islamic nasheeds? And is it allowed for them, alongside these songs to beat [read on…]
Aqeedah Manhaj
Aqeedah

The Command of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to Level the Graves and Obliterate Images – A Response to the Innovated Practice of the Sufis

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Abu Hayyāj al-Asadi (Allah’s mercy be upon him) said: ‘Ali Ibn Abee Tālib (Allah be pleased with him) [read on…]
Bidah

“There shall not cease to be a group from my Ummah who are aided—they are not harmed by those who forsake them until the Hour is established.” Explanation of Kitābus-Sunnah from Sunan Ibn Mājah (Hadeeth 6)

Explanation of the Book of Sunnah, from Sunan Ibn Mājah: Methodology and Belief. Chapter 1: ‘Following the Sunnah of Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ʿalaihi wasallam).’ Based on the explanation of the [read on…]
Aqeedah

Part 11: The Prohibition of Debating and Arguing with the Innovators ― The Foundations of the Sunnah of Imām Ahmad Ibn Hanbal: Benefits from Shaikh An-Najmī.

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Al-Ibanah of Al-Ash'ari

The Creed of Abul-Hasan Al-Ashʿari: Al-Ibānah ʿan Usūl Ad-Diyānah: [11] The Book, Chapter Two: The Creed – Speech of the People of Truth and Sunnah

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Bidah

Should there be Unity between Ahlus-Sunnah and Ahlul-Bidʿah against the Unbelievers, Liberals and Secularists? (Ibn Bāz and al-Fawzān)

The noble Scholar, Al-ʿAllāmah, Sālih Al-Fawzān (may Allah preserve him) was asked: “I heard on one of the Islamic channels where a thinker stated that it is from wisdom that [read on…]
Bidah

When an innovator is refuted, should his good deeds and contributions be mentioned? Al-Muwāzanah: balancing criticism with praise.

Shaikh Sālih al-Fawzān was asked, “Is it binding upon us to mention the good points of the one we are warning against?” So the Shaikh responded: “No. Do not mention [read on…]
Aqeedah

There are people who believe that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is light from the light of Allāh, that he was not truly a human, that he had knowledge of the Unseen, that Muslims should seek deliverance, rescue and aid from him, and seek refuge with him from evil… is this correct?

Question: There are people who believe that the Prophet (ﷺ) is light from the light of Allāh, that he was not truly a human, that he had knowledge of the [read on…]
Aqeedah

Was the light of Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) from the Light of Allāh, or from some other light? The Sufis say he was light and not a human.

Question 2: Was the light of Muhammad (ﷺ) from the Light of Allāh, or from some other light? I have heard the Sufis say that he was light (noor) and [read on…]
Aqeedah

Part 7: There is no Place for Analogy (Qiyās) and Reasoning in the ʿAqeedah―The Foundations of the Sunnah of Imām Ahmad Ibn Hanbal: From the Explanation of Shaikh An-Najmī

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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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Aqeedah

Muhammad Hijab’s video mocking and ridiculing Ahlus-Sunnah (Salafis) accusing them falsely of resembling Allāh to a man: A rebuttal from At-Tirmidhī (d. 279 AH) and the ijmāʿ (consensus) of the early scholars.

Watch the video, then read below, and share: Muhammad Hijab is an Opposer of the Book, Sunnah and Ijmāʿ, and a Mocker of the Creed of the Sahābah and Early [read on…]
Bidah

Should we benefit from the talks of those who are known for Hizbiyyah and Bidʿah. It is said, ‘there is good in them, so we’ll take the good and leave the evil’? Answered by Al-ʿAllāmah, Rabeeʿ al-Madkhalī.

Question: Some of the youth listen to the talks of speakers who are known for hizbiyyah. When they are advised, they respond by saying that there is found some good [read on…]
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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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.

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Bestower of Mercy. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all creation, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon [read on…]
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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Bidah

Hadīth of Abu Dharr: “You are in an age of many scholars and few speakers―so whoever leaves off even a tenth of what he knows is destroyed. Then after this will come a time wherein there will be many speakers and only a few scholars, and whoever clings to even a tenth of what he knows in that time will be saved.” (PDF Book)

All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation; may Allah extol the mention of our noble Prophet Muhammad in the highest company of Angels and give him [read on…]
Aqeedah

Part 3: To Abandon Innovations, Hizbiyyah (Partisanship), Differing, Sectarianism, and Establishing the Call to Unity: Imām Ahmad bin Hanbal’s Usūl As-Sunnah (The Foundations of the Sunnah) with the explanation of Shaikh An-Najmi.

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