Calling to Islam – with the Qur’aan, The Sunnah and upon the Understanding of the Salaf as Saalih
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Imam ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz on the Mistakes of Imām al-Nawawī and Imam Ibn Ḥajar
Question: Some students of knowledge hesitate (or are reluctant) with regards to saying “Imām an-Nawawī,” because an Imām is someone who is followed and taken as a role model. Answer: There is no harm (or hindrance) regarding it (i.e. no harm or hindrance in saying “Imam An-Nawawi”.) He had mistakes. (But) he is called an […]
When the Soul Is Besieged by Fierce Outward Pain and a Far Fiercer Inner Battle
Sa’eed Bin Jubayr, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Patience is a person’s acknowledgment that what has afflicted him is from Allah, seeking reward from Allah and hoping for Allah’s good recompense. Indeed, a man maybe in a state of distress whilst he is being whipped, but you see nothing from him except patience. […]
The Anatomy of Fruitless Discourse
Allah, The Most High, said: وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَسْمَعُوا۟ لِهَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَٱلْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ And those who disbelieve say: “Listen not to this Quran, and make noise in the midst of its (recitation) that you may overcome.” [Fussilat 26] Imam Al-Baghawi, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: (وقال الذين كفروا ) من […]
The Limits (or Boundaries) of Moral Character
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Akhlaq [moral character] have limits. Transgression occurs when one goes beyond those limits, and deficiency and humiliation occur when one falls short. The limits of Anger: Praiseworthy bravery and having a dislike for despicable and deficient conduct. This is its perfection. However, when one goes […]
The Pitfalls of Some Who Attributed Themselves to Islam While Calling for Revival and Advancement
Imam As-Sadi, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: In the view of these deviated people, revival and advancement mean assimilating into the morale and mentality of the outsiders—the enemies of all religions (i.e. the materialists). They lose all their personalities by adopting the personalities of those people and imitate them in their manners, dress, […]
The Greatest Deficiency in Knowledge
Imam As-Sa’di, may Allah have mercy upon him, stated: The greatest evils of knowledge and its inconsistencies occur as a result of acquainting oneself with the creation without its Creator, acquaintance with effects without the One who created those effects, acquaintance with causes without the One who created those causes, and acquaintance with the paths […]
