Weak narrations – Mu’ādh & Tha’labah asking the Messenger about the new moons

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وعن السدي الصغير، عن الكلبي، عن أبي صالح، عن ابن عباس، أن معاذ بن جبل وثعلبة بن علمة قالا : يا رَسُول الله ما بَالُ الهلال يبدو أو يطلع دقيقاً مثل الخيط، ثم يزيد حتَّى يَعْظُم ويستوي ويستدير ، ثم لا يزال ينقص ويدق حتى يعود كما كان، لا يكون علىContinue reading “Weak narrations – Mu’ādh & Tha’labah asking the Messenger about the new moons”

Weak & fabricated narrations pertaining to the month of Rajab – part 1.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Shaykh ibn al-‘Uthaymīn said: “It has not been established that the month of Rajab has been specified from among them (i.e. acts of worship) with anything – neither fasting nor standing (in prayer). So if a person specifies this month with something from the acts of worship without this being establishedContinue reading “Weak & fabricated narrations pertaining to the month of Rajab – part 1.”

The name of Allāh – 4) al-Qarīb & Affirming the attribute of nearness (al-qurb/al-taqarrub) – Ibn Taymiyyah, al-‘Uthaymīn, Al-Albānī, al-Humaydī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Mūsā al-‘Ash’arī narrated: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزَاةٍ، فَجَعَلْنَا لَا نَصْعَدُ شَرَفًا، وَلَا نَعْلُو شَرَفًا، وَلَا نَهْبِطُ فِي وَادٍ إِلَّا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا بِالتَّكْبِيرِ. قَالَ: فَدَنَا مِنَّا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: ” أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ارْبَعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ؛ فَإِنَّكُمْ مَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا،Continue reading “The name of Allāh – 4) al-Qarīb & Affirming the attribute of nearness (al-qurb/al-taqarrub) – Ibn Taymiyyah, al-‘Uthaymīn, Al-Albānī, al-Humaydī”

Placing the right hand over the left in prayer and the madhhab of Imām Mālik

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Evidence for placing the right hand over the left and the command to do so عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ، أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم… وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى Wāʾil ibn Hujr narrated that he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…place his right hand over his left hand. (SahīhContinue reading “Placing the right hand over the left in prayer and the madhhab of Imām Mālik”

“Allāh does not accept from any deed except that which was purely for Him and through which His Face was sought” – explanation by Imām Al-Ithyūbī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām al-Nasā’ī said: Chapter 24 – One Who Campaigns (in Jihād) Seeking Reward and Renown ʿĪsā ibn Hilāl al-Himsī informed us, he said: Muhammad ibn Humayr narrated to us, he said: Muʿāwiyah ibn Sallām narrated to us, from ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmār, from Shaddād Abū ʿAmmār, from Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī, he said:Continue reading ““Allāh does not accept from any deed except that which was purely for Him and through which His Face was sought” – explanation by Imām Al-Ithyūbī”

Hadīth simplified: The Sahīh hadīth, it’s meaning, conditions, ruling

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The meaning of hadīth Al-Sakhāwī said: “(al-hadīth) linguistically: the opposite of ancient (qadīm), and technically: what is attributed to the Prophet (ﷺ) as his statement, action, approval, or description – even movements and stillness during wakefulness and sleep.” (Fath al-Mughīth 1/36) The linguistic meaning of Sahīh al-Sahīh is derived from al-sihhahContinue reading “Hadīth simplified: The Sahīh hadīth, it’s meaning, conditions, ruling”

Who was Imām al-Bukhārī: his name, birth, lineage, life, trials, quest for knowledge, his virtues, people testing him in Baghdād, compiling his book “al-Sahīh”

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم His Birth and Lineage Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Bukhārī, Muhammad ibn Ismā’īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah, and it is (also) said Badhdizbah, which is a Bukhāran word meaning “the farmer.” Bardizbah was a Persian [Magian] who followed his people’s religion, then embraced Islām at the hands of al-Yamān al-Ju’fī –Continue reading “Who was Imām al-Bukhārī: his name, birth, lineage, life, trials, quest for knowledge, his virtues, people testing him in Baghdād, compiling his book “al-Sahīh””

Kërkimi i bekimeve nga “të drejtët”

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Nga Abū Xhuhayfah Wahb ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Suwāʾī (رضي الله عنه) i cili tha: “Erdha tek i Dërguari (ﷺ) ndërsa ai ishte në një çadër të kuqe (të bërë) prej lëkure. Ai tha: Bilāl doli me ujin e abdesit të tij – disa morën drejtpërdrejt nga uji dhe disa të tjerëContinue reading “Kërkimi i bekimeve nga “të drejtët””

Seeking blessings from the “righteous” – Ibn Rajab, al-San’ānī, al-Rājihī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم From Abū Juhayfah Wahb ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Suwāʾī (رضي الله عنه) who said: “I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was in a red dome of his made of leather. He said: Bilāl came out with (his) ablution water – some took directly from the water and some were sprinkledContinue reading “Seeking blessings from the “righteous” – Ibn Rajab, al-San’ānī, al-Rājihī”

Al-‘Ulū: Ibn Taymiyyah on affirming Allāh’s Highness above the creation & on ascribing ‘Direction’/’Body’ for Allāh

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Shaykh al-Islām Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrānī (may Allāh be pleased with him and grant him contentment) was asked: What do you say about two men who differed in creed, where one of them said: “Whoever does not believe that Allāh is in the heaven is misguided,” andContinue reading “Al-‘Ulū: Ibn Taymiyyah on affirming Allāh’s Highness above the creation & on ascribing ‘Direction’/’Body’ for Allāh”