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Can the junub and menstruating woman touch the Qur’an – al-Shawkānī, Al-Albānī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم A summary Imām Al-Albānī was asked: **Questioner:** Is it correct that a menstruating woman and a person in a state of major ritual impurity (janābah) can touch the Qur’ān or to read (from) it for worship or memorisation? **Sheikh:** No, we do not find in the Book (Qur’ān) nor in the…
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Al-‘Ulū: Statements of the salaf on Allāh being above the creation

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever does not show mercy to those on earth, will not receive mercy from the One who is above the heavens.” (al-Dhahabī said: Its narrators are thiqah (trustworthy and reliable) – Mukhtasar al-‘Ulū of al-Dhahabī pg. 9, Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in his checking) Anas (رضي الله…
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Is the Basmalah a verse from every surah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī said: “Ibn al-Mubārak said: من ترك {‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ } فقد ترك مئة آية و ثلاث عشرة آية من القرآن Whoever leaves out {Bismillāhi Ar-Rahmān Ar-Rahīm} has left out one hundred and thirteen verses of the Qur’ān. Likewise Imām Shāfi’ī said: {Bismillāhi Ar-Rahmān Ar-Rahīm} is a…
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Is it possible for us to live on a different planet? Sh. ‘Uthaymīn

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Allāh says: (فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ) (البقرة: ٣٦) Then the Shaitān (Satan) made them slip therefrom (the Paradise), and got them out from that in which they were. We said: “Get you down, all, with enmity…
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Evidence from the Qur’an on the prohibition of sitting with the people of innovation & sin

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Allāh says: وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى الْكِتَـبِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ ءَايَـتِ اللَّهِ يُكَفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُواْ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذاً مِّثْلُهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَامِعُ الْمُنَـفِقِينَ وَالْكَـفِرِينَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعاً And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Qur’ān) that when you…
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The imaam of the people of hadeeth is the prophet (ﷺ)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Allāh says: يَوْمَ نَدْعُواْ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَـمِهِمْ And the Day when We shall call together all human beings with their (respective) Imām. (Sūrah Isrā:71) Ibn Kathīr said: Some of the Salaf said this is the greatest honor for the people of Hadīth, because their Imām is the Prophet (ﷺ). (Mawsū al-Tafsīr…
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Allāh prohibits us from taking the disbelievers as allies and loving them

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām al-Sa’dī said: Allāh says: ( لَّا يَتَّخِذِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَن تَتَّقُوا مِنْهُمْ تُقَاةً ۗ وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللَّهُ نَفْسَهُ ۗ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ) Do not let the believers take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers –…
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The stages of fasting at the beginning of Islām

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Three days of every month Ibn Kathīr said: At the beginning of Islām, they fasted three days of every month, then this was abrogated by the fast in the month of Ramadān. This was narrated from Mu’ādh, ibn Mas’ūd, Ibn ‘Abbās, and others. (Umdatul Tafsīr 1/218) Ibn ‘Abbās said regarding the…
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The Qur’ān will either be a proof for you or against you!

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: والقرآن حجة لك أو عليك The Qur’ān is a proof for you or against you. (Sahīh Muslim 223) Ibn Mas’ūd said: “The Qur’ān intercedes for it’s people and its intercession will be accepted. If a person put the Qur’ān in front of him (as a guide), it…
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The meaning & virtue of sending Salāh and Salām upon the prophet

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَـئِكَـتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِىِّ يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسْلِيماً ﴾ Allāh sends His Salāh on the Prophet, and also His angels (do so). O you who believe! Send your Salāh on him, and greet him with Taslīm. (Al-Ahzāb:56) The meaning of Salāh upon the prophet (ﷺ) Al-Bukhārī…
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