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Nearness to Allāh in Paradise is in Accordance with One’s Hastening and Coming Early to Jumuʿah
Read more: Nearness to Allāh in Paradise is in Accordance with One’s Hastening and Coming Early to Jumuʿahبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū ʿUbaydah (ibn Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd) narrated: ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd said: “Hasten to the Jumuʿah prayers, for indeed Allāh — The Mighty and Majestic — reveals Himself to the people of Paradise every Jumuʿah upon a dune of white camphor, and they are [positioned] near to Him in accordance with their…
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The Murjiʾah say “Our Īmān is like the īmān of Jibrīl and Mīkāʾīl”
Read more: The Murjiʾah say “Our Īmān is like the īmān of Jibrīl and Mīkāʾīl”بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Mutīʿ said: “Abū Hanīfah said: One should say: ‘I am truly a believer,’ because he does not doubt his īmān. I said: ‘Will his īmān be like the īmān of the angels?’ He said: ‘Yes.’” (Fiqh al-Absat pg. 46) Shaykh Sālih Āl al-Shaykh said in explanation of Al-Tahāwī’s statement: “And…
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The criticism by Imām Ahmad ibn Hanbal against Abū Hanīfah
Read more: The criticism by Imām Ahmad ibn Hanbal against Abū Hanīfahبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1) الحسين بن الحسن المروزى يقول : ذكر أبو حنيفة عند أحمد بن حنبل، فقال: رأيه مذموم وبدنه لا يذكر Al-Husayn ibn Al-Hasan Al-Marwazī said: Abū Hanīfah was mentioned in the presence of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, so he said: “His opinion is blameworthy (madhmūm) and his person is not to be…
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The criticism by Imām Mālik against Abū Hanīfah
Read more: The criticism by Imām Mālik against Abū Hanīfahبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1) Mansūr ibn Abī Muzāhim: I heard Mālik ibn Anas mention Abū Hanīfah, and he spoke of him with harsh words, and said: “He plotted against the religion.” He said: “And whoever plots against the religion is not of the religion.” (al-Sunnah 1/248 – Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil & al-Riyāshī) 2)…
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Weak & fabricated narrations pertaining to the month of Rajab – part 1.
Read more: 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 established…
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Seeking blessings from the “righteous” – Ibn Rajab, al-San’ānī, al-Rājihī
Read more: Seeking blessings from the “righteous” – Ibn Rajab, al-San’ānī, al-Rājihīبسم 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 sprinkled…
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Al-‘Ulū: Ibn Taymiyyah on affirming Allāh’s Highness above the creation & on ascribing ‘Direction’/’Body’ for Allāh
Read more: Al-‘Ulū: Ibn Taymiyyah on affirming Allāh’s Highness above the creation & on ascribing ‘Direction’/’Body’ for Allāhبسم 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,” and…
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The meaning of fatwā & who can issue one
Read more: The meaning of fatwā & who can issue oneبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم What is the meaning of a fatwā Al-Azharī said:… it is said: The man gave a fatwā in the matter, and I sought a fatwā from him… it is said: I gave someone a fatwā regarding a vision he saw when I interpreted it for him, and I gave him a…
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The ghusl for Jumu’ah can be performed after Fajr
Read more: The ghusl for Jumu’ah can be performed after Fajrبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Subsidiary Issue (35): The Ghusl for Jumu’ah is (performed) on the Day: From Ibn ‘Umar: He would perform ghusl after the break of dawn (Fajr) on the day of Jumu’ah, considering it sufficient for the ghusl for Jumu’ah. From Mujāhid: If a man performs ghusl after the entrance of Fajr, it is sufficient.…