The questioner asks: “Do you advise us to benefit from the books of Shaikh ‛Abdullāh Ibn Abdur-Raheem al-Bukhāree?” Summarised translation of the answer of Ash-Shaikh Al-‛Allamah ‛Ubaid Al-Jabiree: Alhamdilillāh, he [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said:  وَعَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ – رضي الله عنه – قَالَ: رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صلى الله عليه وسلم – عَامَ أَوْطَاسٍ فِي الْمُتْعَةِ, ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ, [read on…]

The Warning of Ahlus-Sunnah, the Salafīs, from Sitting and Mixing with the People of Desires, the Innovators By Shaikh Rabīʿ Ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (may Allāh’s mercy be upon him)Translated by Abu [read on…]

Shaikh Ubaid Al-Jābiree (may Allah preserve him) said: “They used to say [in the time of the Salaf]: «Test the people of Madinah by asking them about Mālik (died 179H); test [read on…]

“If you find within yourself one who is always commanding you with disobedience, miserliness, immoral and lewd sexual conduct – then that is the Shaitān. It is therefore upon you [read on…]

“It is necessary for a person to choose times, locations and situations which are a cause of supplications being answered. Examples of time are: to supplicate in the last part [read on…]

Al-Harawee reported in Dhammul-Kalām with his chain of narration to Nasr Ibn Zakariyyah who said: I heard Muhammad Ibn Yahyā adh-Dhuhlee saying: I heard Yahyā Ibn Yahyā saying: “Defence of the [read on…]

Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Sālih Al-‛Uthaimeen (rahimahullāh) was asked: “Is it disliked to single out the 10th of Muharram* for fasting?” He replied: “Some scholars have said: It is disliked due to the saying [read on…]

Abu Sa‛eed Uthmān Ibn Sa‛eed ad-Dārimee (d. 280H) said: ‛Alee Ibn Khashram [1] wrote to me and said: “Whoever contends with the hadeeth of ar-Ru’yah (seeing Allāh with one’s eyes [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…]

The Mosque (Masjid) All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation. May Allah extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels and grant him peace; and [read on…]

Ibn Hajr said: وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ – رضي الله عنه – قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إِنَّ أَحَقَّ الشُّرُوطِ أَنْ يُوَفَّى بِهِ, مَا اسْتَحْلَلْتُمْ بِهِ [read on…]

The Pillars are important acts of worship that develop the Muslim character and strengthen Islam. Muslims are commanded by Allah to carry out these duties and to follow the example [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…]

Makkah and Hajj: Obligations and its Tremendous Virtues By Abu Khadeejah ʿAbdul-Wāhid. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation. May Allah extol the Messenger in the [read on…]

“Ash-Sharh al-Moojaz al-Mumahhad li Tawheed al-Khaaliq al-Mumajjad alladhi allafahu Shaikhul-Islaam Muhammad”  The Concise, Simple and Straight-forward Explanation of the Tawheed of the Exalted Creator – which was Authored by the [read on…]

The Hasan Hadeeth: Definition: A report that fulfils the conditions of a Saheeh hadeeth except that one of its narrators or some of them are lesser than their counterparts in a Saheeh [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said: وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ -رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا- قَالَ: تَزَوَّجَ النَّبِيُّ – صلى الله عليه وسلم – مَيْمُونَةَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ. مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ.   صحيح. رواه البخاري (1837)، ومسلم [read on…]

Abu Sa’eed Uthmān ad-Dārimī (rahimahullāh) said: “Whoever does not believe in the seeing of Allāh (ar-Ru’yah) and does not wish or hope for it will be screened from Allāh on the [read on…]

Imām Ibnul-Qayyim (rahimahullāh) stated: “The source of shirk and its foundation that it returns back to is negation (ta’teel: التعطيل) – and it is of three categories: Negation of the created thing of its Maker and [read on…]

They are the followers of Jahm Ibn Safwān (executed 128H), the negator! Imaam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 241) said: “The Jahmiyyah are the enemies of Allāh. They are the ones who [read on…]

Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullah) said: وَعَنْ عُثْمَانَ – رضي الله عنه – قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صلى الله عليه وسلم: «لَا يَنْكِحُ الْمُحْرِمُ, وَلَا يُنْكَحُ – رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ. وَفِي [read on…]

Read this excellent Guardian Newspaper article here in full. Or listen to it here. Pivotal quotes: “In 1972, a British scientist (John Yudkin) sounded the alarm that sugar – and [read on…]

أعمال يوم التروية ويوم عرفة إن الأنساك التي يحرم بها القادم عندما يصل إلى الميقات ثلاثة: الإفراد: وهو أن ينوي الإحرام بالحج فقط، ويبقى على إحرامه إلى أن يرمي الجمرة [read on…]

The mention and vocalisation of the takbīrāt begin from the time the sun sets on the night preceding the first day of Dhul-Hijjah due to the saying of Allah (the [read on…]

Umrah is: Ihrām, Tawāf, Sa’ee, shaving or shortening the hair. As for Ihrām then it is the intention to enter into the ritual of umrah (or hajj) and to dress [read on…]

There is no doubt that the youth of the Ummah are foundations of the human building – upon which this Ummah is established. So the youth, they are the younger [read on…]

Bismillāh wal-ḥamdulillāh. Over the past two weeks I along with Abu Khadījah (حفظه الله) had the pleasure of visiting our brothers for the sake of Allāh at Troid (Masjid al-Furqān). [read on…]