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The A'immah of the Salaf on Abū Hanīfah being a Murji

[Note: no prior study of fiqh or it's usūl is required]

… Ibrāhīm ibn Shammās al-Samarqandī narrated: ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Mubārak narrated to us from Abū Hanīfah at al-thagr (frontier/border region). Then a man with the… https://t.co/MQJdxgwfia

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) January 13, 2026

The Sunnah of raising the hands when going into Sujūd

Narrated from Ibn 'Umar via Nāfi': "the Prophet (ﷺ) would raise his hands when making takbīr for rukūʿ, and when making takbīr when he went down prostrating." (Mu'jam al-Awsat of al-Tabarānī #16 – Sahīh Isnād)

Similar… pic.twitter.com/vKVX5ucRDH

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) January 1, 2026

…Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, he said:
"I met nine from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), (and) they were saying: "Whoever says the Qurʾān is makhlūq (created), then he is a kāfir (disbeliever)." (Sahīh)

(Sharh Usūl I'tiqād 1-2/446) pic.twitter.com/ofEADYzu5d

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) December 13, 2025

Imām al-Shāfiʿī on giving precedence to the prophet's (ﷺ) statement over his

He (al-Rabī' ibn Sulaymān) said: And I heard al-Shāfi'ī saying: "There is no one except that some Sunnah of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) escapes him and is hidden from him. So whatever statement I make… pic.twitter.com/UgUvNRdUFt

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) December 11, 2025

Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī narrated: I said to my father: "O my father! Indeed you have prayed behind the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) and Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān, and ʿAlī, here in al-Kūfah, (for) approximately five years. Did they perform qunūt (supplication in prayer) in the… pic.twitter.com/FVGskkbmiD

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) December 1, 2025

"And those who disbelieve said regarding those who believe, "If it had been [any] good, they would not have preceded us to it" (al-Ahqāf:11)

After mentioning that the disbelievers rejected the Qur'ān by reasoning that if it were truly good, they—not the "lowly" believers like… pic.twitter.com/LMMvKzTuFZ

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) November 27, 2025

The salaf on making du'ā and raising the hands on Friday

al-Zuhrī said: Raising the hands on the day of Jumu'ah is a newly invented matter.

Tāwūs: He used to dislike their supplication which they would supplicate on the day of Jumu'ah, and he would not raise his hands.

From… pic.twitter.com/xeKyZhgqXv

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) November 14, 2025

On giving precedence to the weak narrations over qiyās/opinion

The hadīth expert, al-Laknawī said:

"So it is necessary to give precedence to the weak hadīth over analogy (qiyās), contrary to what our later companions (i.e. the hanafīs) mentioned regarding giving precedence to… pic.twitter.com/aHqP5nJU7b

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) November 10, 2025

Wealth as a means: between praise and blame – Imām ibn al-Qayyim

Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى) has named wealth "khayr" (good) in more than one place in His Book, such as His saying: "It is prescribed upon you, when death approaches one of you, if he leaves wealth (making) a will…"… pic.twitter.com/zbEOO27am7

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) November 5, 2025

Imām Ahmad on taqlīd (blind-following):

Abū Dāwūd said: I said to Ahmad: "Should I follow al-Awzā'ī or Mālik?" He said: "Do not make your religion a matter of blindly following any of these (scholars). Whatever comes from the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions, then take it."

Abū… pic.twitter.com/yIIH94ickR

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) November 4, 2025

Not learning the meanings of the Qur'ān is resembling the Jews and Christians

Allāh said:

وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِنُونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِي وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

"And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in amānī (mere… pic.twitter.com/q2KGieJG73

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) November 1, 2025

Shaykh ul-Islām ibn Taymiyyah said:

And none of the Companions (sahābah) and the Successors (Tābi'īn) would stand and supplicate at the grave of the Prophet (ﷺ), nor at the grave of any other of the prophets.

Rather, the Salaf and the Imāms disliked that and forbade it, and… pic.twitter.com/wr3MT70C5Z

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) October 29, 2025

From al-Barā' ibn ʿĀzib, he said: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: "Beautify the Qur'ān with your voices." (Sahīh Abū Dawūd 5/208)

Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh, he said: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) used to present himself to the people at the station [of 'Arafah], and he said: "Is there… pic.twitter.com/63a0MGOeRJ

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) October 26, 2025

Seeking forgiveness is a cause for blessings & provision

Allāh The Most-High said about the account of His Prophet and Messenger Nūh:

"And I said, 'Seek forgiveness from your Lord. Indeed, He is ever Oft-Forgiving. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing]… pic.twitter.com/68SK5TD3Gi

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) October 23, 2025

Making consistent/habitual du'ā during the Jumu'ah sermon is a bid'ah

Shaykh Al-Albānī said after mentioning the hadīth:

While the Prophet ﷺ was delivering the Friday sermon, a man entered and said wealth and families were perishing from lack of rain, asking him to supplicate.… pic.twitter.com/Gplr04us1t

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) October 17, 2025

Imām ibn Waddāh said:

"The Prohibition of Sitting with the People of Innovations and Mixing with Them and Walking with Them"

al-ʿAwwām ibn Hawshab that he used to say to his son: "O ʿĪsā, rectify your heart for Allāh, and reduce your wealth."

And he used to say: "By Allāh,… pic.twitter.com/yb0mtnxyAZ

— Abū Zakariyā Al-Albānī (@fawaaidscom) September 27, 2025