Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, reported that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “Indeed, I am only a human being and you people come to me with your disputes. And it may be that one of you can present his case more eloquently than the other and I consider him truthful, and judge in his favour. So if I e…

Claiming What One Has Not Done—We Must Ask Allah to Protect Us From This Hidden Disease, Especially in Times of Fitna Husayn Bin Abdir Rahman narrated: I was with Sa’eed Bin Jubair when he said, “Who amongst you saw a shooting star last night?” I said, “I did”. Then I said, “I was not in prayer, but was stung by a scorpion”. He said, “Then what d…

The Shaikh, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Justice is to place something in its (rightful) place and it is synonymous with wisdom. Its meaning is that a person is just in his rulings (judgments) towards both those who are close (in relationship) and those who are distant (in relationship). And from this is that if a ruling (jud…

Beware of the disease of the despots because pride [I], avarice, and envy were the first (sins through which) Allah was disobeyed. Raising yourself above your teacher is pride, [II] being arrogant towards the one who benefits you from amongst those who are below you is pride, [III] and falling short in acting upon knowledge is a sludge of pride…

Question: Is there a difference between the ruling against a person that he is indeed from Ahlul Ahwa Wal Bid’ah and the ruling against him that indeed he is a Mubtadi? And does the ruling against a person that indeed he is not Salafi or that indeed he is a hizbi necessarily mean that he is a Mubtadi? Please I ask for clarification of the Mas’al…

The Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown in the (Hell) Fire, so that his intestines will come out, and he will go around like a donkey goes around a millstone. The people of (Hell) Fire will gather around him and say: “O so-and-so! What is wrong with you? Didn’t yo…

Narrated Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Do you know what Al-Ad’hu is [i.e. calumny]?” They said, “Allah and His Messenger know best”. He said, “Transmitting speech from some people to another people to destroy their (mutual relationships)”. Al-Allamah Zayd Bin…

The Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him, said: “Indeed Allah is pure and He does not accept, except that which is pure”. Al-Allamah Salih Al Fawzan, may Allah preserve him, said: In this hadith he, peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him, described Allāh, The Most High, that He is pure. “Allah is pure”, meaning: A…

Abdullah Bin Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “Whoever would love to be delivered from Hellfire and admitted into Paradise, let him meet his end whilst believing in Allah and the Last Day, and let him treat people as he would love to be treated”. [(1)] Imam An…

Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: ﻭﻟﻴﺲ ﻟﻠﻤﻌﻠﻤﻴﻦ ﺃﻥ ﻳﺤﺰﺑﻮﺍ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺱ ﻭﻳﻔﻌﻠﻮﺍ ﻣﺎ ﻳﻠﻘﻲ ﺑﻴﻨﻬﻢ ﺍﻟﻌﺪﺍﻭﺓ ﻭﺍﻟﺒﻐﻀﺎﺀ، ﺑﻞ ﻳﻜﻮﻧﻮﻥ ﻣﺜﻞ ﺍﻷﺧﻮﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﻌﺎﻭﻧﻴﻦ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﺒﺮ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻘﻮﻱ ﻛﻤﺎ ﻗﺎﻝ ﺗﻌﺈﻟﻰ وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَلا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الإثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وليس لأحد منهم أن يأخذ على أحد عهداً بموافقته على كل ما…