His Birth Based on the well-known and correct (narrative), he was born in Rajab of the year 775 AH in Hijrat al-Zahrawayn within Shatab. However, the historian Abdul Wahhab ibn Abdir Rahman al-Burayhi, – while writing his biography in his historical work – stated: “I say: I read the date of his birth as conveyed from his own handwriting. He…

Imam Al-Barbahaaree, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “It is not permissible to hide sincere advice from any of the Muslims, whether pious or impious, in matters of the religion. Whoever hides that has acted deceitfully towards the Muslims. Whoever acts deceitfully towards the Muslims has done so towards the religion. Whoever acts deceitf…

Imam Ash-Shanqeetee, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: And know that from the Sunnah’s vast (sciences and sources of knowledge), all of it is embodied within a single verse, namely (Allah’s) statement:  وَمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ فَٱنتَهُوا۟ And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and wha…

Allah, The Most High, said: وَلَا تُجَٰدِلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَأُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَإِلَٰهُنَا وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ وَٰحِدٌ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ And argue not with the people of the Scripture, unless it be in (a way) that…

Some Grey Areas of Our Era: Beyond Displays of Eloquence, Durūs and Tazkiyāt — Carefully Examine at Present What Others Are Doing in This Matter of Concessions and Maslahah Pursuits: Especially Those Affiliated with Political Groups in the Name of Da‘wah, Praising Ahlul Bid‘ah, Attacking, Seeking to Isolate Truthful People and Dividing Commu…

Imam Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Arabi Al-Maliki, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Muhammad Bin Qasim Al-Uthmani, may Allah have mercy upon him, told me more than once: “I arrived in Fustat one day, then I went to the gathering of Shaikh Abi Al-Fadl Al-Jawhari, may Allah have mercy upon him, and there I witnessed a statement that he uttered to the pe…

Imam Muhammad Ibn Salih Al-Uthaymin, may Allah have mercy upon him, stated in Sharh Hilyah Talib Al-Ilm that if there is a clash between humbling oneself to the truth and humbling oneself to people, precedence is given to humbling oneself to the truth. For instance, if there is a person who reviles the truth and rejoices due to his enmity toward…

Allah,  The Most High, said: وَإِذَا قُلۡتُمۡ فَٱعۡدِلُواْ وَلَوۡ ڪَانَ ذَا قُرۡبَىٰ‌ۖ And when you testify, be just, even if (it concerns) a near relative. [1] Imam As-Sadi, may Allah preserve him, stated: When you testify by way of a statement to judge between people, differentiate between them in a discourse, and speak regarding m…

 

Ponder, O my brother — is your heart sound or sick?! Is it alive or dead?! Revive it with the truth. Seek the truth from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. Make the truth your goal. Accept the truth from whoever brings it. Do not be like the Jews, of whom Allah — تبارك وتعالى — said: وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا بِمَا أَنزَلَ الل…