Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I heard Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saying, “If you were to put your trust in Allah in the manner that He deserves, then you would be provided (with sustenance) as the birds are (provided for). They go out early in the day with empty stomachs and return at the end of the d…

Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “There are not two people who love each other for the sake of Allah, and then they split from each other, except that it is due to a sin of one of them”. Al-Allamah Zaid Bin Hadi Al-Mad’khali, may Allah have mercy upon him, commented as follows: This Hadith shows that to love…

This is a continuation of the series on “The Correct Manner of Calling to Allāh” by Imām Shaykh Rabīʿ bin Hādī ʿUmayr al-Madkhali (ḥafiẓahullāh). Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. Part 5: وَقَالَ إِنَّنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ “And says: Indeed, I am one of the Muslims.” [Fussilat: 33] Meaning, I am one of this group that has submitted…

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ Guide us to the straight path. Imam As-Sadi, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Meaning: Guide and direct us, and grant us success on the straight path, which is the clear path leading to (the Pleasure) of Allah and His paradise. It is to know truth and act upon it, therefore, guide us to the straight pa…

  The Mistaken Wise Man Yazid Bin Ameerah, who was one of the companions of Mu’adh Bin Jabal said: Whenever he (Mu’adh) sat in a meeting to give admonition, he would say: “Allah is a just arbiter; those who doubt would perish”. One day Mu’adh Bin Jabal said: In the times after you, there would be trials in which riches would be abunda…

The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “I guarantee a house in paradise for one who gives up arguing, even if he is in the right”. [1] Imam Muhammad Ibn Salih Al-Uthaymin, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Some people refrain from debate, even when they are correct, and they use this hadith as justification, t…

In Sharh Hilyah Talib Al-Ilm, page 197, Imam Muhammad Ibn Salih Al-Uthaymin, may Allah have mercy upon him, commented on the statement of the author, may Allah have mercy upon him, about manners. He said: فَكَرَمُ الخُلُقِ هو : أنْ يَتَسَامَحَ في موضع التَّسَامُحِ، وَيَأْخُذَ بالعَزْمِ في موضع العزيمة… ولهذا جاء الدين الإسلامي وسَطًا بينَ التَّس…

The Imam, the Muhaddith, the Carrier of the Flag of al-Jarh wa at-Tadil (1) in our time, Shaykh Rabīʿ bin Hādī ‘Umayr al-Madkhali (2) delivered a lecture entitled “The Correct Manner of Calling to Allāh” in the year 1422h, corresponding to 2001. This lecture was later transcribed and released in the year 1431H/2010. The translated benefits will be…

Problematic Eight Discussion Behaviours Wherever the problematic discussion behaviours described in this article are found, they can gradually and subtly give rise to performative advocacy, self-aggrandisement, informal power-building, rhetorical escalation, collective pronoun ambiguity, uncritical conformity, experiential overreliance, gatekeepi…

The Imam, the Muhaddith, the Carrier of the Flag of al-Jarh wa at-Tadil (1) in our time, Shaykh Rabīʿ bin Hādī ‘Umayr al-Madkhali (2) delivered a lecture entitled “The Correct Manner of Calling to Allāh” in the year 1422h, corresponding to 2001. This lecture was later transcribed and released in the year 1431H/2010. The translated benefits will be…