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”
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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”
Weak hadīth: saying Bismillah wa barakatillah before eating
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū al-‘Abbās Qāsim ibn al-Qāsim al-Sayyārī informed us in Marw, Abū al-Muwajjih [informed] us, ‘Abdān [informed] us, al-Fadl ibn Mūsā [informed] us, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Kaysān narrated to us, ‘Ikrimah narrated to us, from Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both) that: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَContinue reading “Weak hadīth: saying Bismillah wa barakatillah before eating”
Acting upon and using the weak hadith as evidence – Part 3: al-Shawkānī, al-Dawānī, al-Qanūjī, al-Hilālī
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām al-Shawkānī said: “What has been explicitly declared authentic (Sahīh) or good (Hasan) is permissible to be acted upon, and what has been explicitly declared weak is not permitted to be acted upon.” (Nayl al-Awtār 1/15) Imām Al-Shawkānī also said: “The legal (Sharī’ah) rulings are equal in footing, there is noContinue reading “Acting upon and using the weak hadith as evidence – Part 3: al-Shawkānī, al-Dawānī, al-Qanūjī, al-Hilālī”
Acting upon weak hadīth – part 2: what did Imām Ahmad and others intend by allowing acting upon weak hadīth – Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn ‘Allān, Ahmad Shākir
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Part 1: the opinions of Yahyā ibn Ma’īn, Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn al-‘Arabī’, Al-Albānī on acting upon weak hadīth https://fawaaids.com/2025/05/11/can-we-act-upon-weak-hadith/ Ibn Taymiyyahs and Ahmad Shākirs position on acting upon weak hadith Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah said: “It is not permissible to rely in the Sharī’ah on weak hadīth that are neither authenticContinue reading “Acting upon weak hadīth – part 2: what did Imām Ahmad and others intend by allowing acting upon weak hadīth – Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn ‘Allān, Ahmad Shākir”
Imām al-Shawkānīs speech on the mawlid (celebrating the Prophet’s birthday)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم “I have not found until now any evidence indicating its establishment from [the] Book [of Allāh], nor Sunnah, nor consensus (ijmāʿ), nor analogy (qiyās), nor any legal reasoning/inference (istidlāl). Rather, all Muslims are in agreement that it did not exist in the era of the best generations, nor those who followedContinue reading “Imām al-Shawkānīs speech on the mawlid (celebrating the Prophet’s birthday)”
Division of bid’ah into good and bad – Imām al-Shawkānī
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُنَا فَهُوَ رَدُّ» وَلأَحْمَدَ: مَنْ صَنَعَ أَمْرًا عَلَى غَيْرِ أَمْرِنَا فَهُوَ مَرْدُودٌ» From ‘Ā’ishah: that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever does a deed that is not according to our affair, it is rejected.” In Ahmads version: “Whoever does aContinue reading “Division of bid’ah into good and bad – Imām al-Shawkānī”
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