If Allāh dislikes a person…
Ibn al-Jawzi says:
If Allāh dislikes a person, He leaves him constantly stumbling and confused in every situation. He does not grant him the aspiration to seek lofty goals, instead he is occupied with vile matters instead of virtuous. And if he asks, ‘Why have I been singled out for this?!’ the reply comes…
A reply that cannot be contested:
‘It is because of what your own hands have earned.’ (Sūrah al-Shūrah, 30)
(صيد الخاطر، فصل: اعملوا فكل ميسر لما خلق له)
Blatant deception and misrepresentation.
Shaykh al-Albani regarded Muhammad b. Abd al-Wahhab as a reviver and stated that only the people of innovation despise him.
The facts are clear.
Funny that you cite Albani after previously mocking him.
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Being a Gambian, a born Muslim, born into a family of born Muslims, I never perceived I would be tested with a disbelieving family member. So, so painful, but Allāh knows best. May Allāh raise the ranks of the Prophets who were tested with more than us
I actually took the time to read beyond the headline.
What you sent is a headline, not proof. After reading about the case, what I found is that the issue was not about fighting Islam or Muslims in general. It was about efforts against networks and organizations that were allegedly linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.
To be honest, that doesn't shock me at all. The UAE has been openly opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood for years. So if the article is saying that they were trying to identify people and organizations connected to that movement, i can inly make dua for them!
I live here, study in an Islamic university, attend Islamic lessons, and see Qur’an, Sunnah, creed, fiqh and tajwid being taught openly. Instead of reading headlines from Europe, come here, attend the lessons yourself, and then tell me what you heard that opposes the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Until then, focus on learning your deen. May Allah preserve this country and its rulers.
This doubt that is being raised by this individual wherein he attempts to compare Arafat al-Muḥammadī’s application of the principles of Abū al-Ḥasan al-Maʿribī regarding nullifying trustworthy narrators with the situation of the Salafis in the West who know Shaykh Abū Iyaad in detail, and who are aware of the detailed praise concerning him from the scholars and with his cooperation with his brothers at Maktaba Salafiyyah, is a false comparison.
They seek to compare this to the doubts spread by the ḥizbiyyīn, who claimed that we do not accept any statement regarding a person except with proof. However, in the examples Shaykh Abū Ḥakim brings, it is clear that the principle he is establishing does not nullify the principle of only accepting detailed criticism when a person’s detailed praise has already been established. These two principles do not clash.
If they do not clash, then what distinction is Shaykh Abū Ḥakim actually trying to lay out?
The distinction he is making relates to the person who does not know a person in detail, or who does not know a person completely or has only seen doubtful things. Such a person may come across a statement from a scholar warning against someone without mentioning the evidence. In that circumstance, it is completely valid for him to accept that warning until evidence reaches him that disproves the scholar’s statement.
That is what Shaykh Abū Ḥakim is trying to explain.
By Allah, Shaykh Abū Ḥakim does not mean that a scholar can simply criticize a person who has been known upon Salafiyyah for thirty years, whose detailed praise from the mashāyikh is established, by merely saying, “He is a Surūrī,” without proof, and that this statement must then be accepted and followed without question.
That is not what Shaykh Abū Ḥakim is saying.
Rather, this is a distortion of his words, and it is a distortion that these people should fear Allah regarding.
Furthermore, even their own Shaykh, Anwar, said in defense of Shaykh Abū Khadījah when he was being refuted by Shaykh Wasi’ullah Abbas. In that defense, he himself laid out this very principle. The same principle that Anwar wright and Shaykh Falah al-Mandakar defended Shaykh Abū Khadījah with is the same principle we are applying today in defense of Shaykh Abū Iyaad.
We are not nullifying the statement of a scholar regarding a person who is unknown, nor regarding a person in a land where the Salafis do not possess detailed knowledge concerning him. In such circumstances, a scholar’s statement even if the proof is not mentioned may be accepted because there is no established detailed praise concerning that individual upon which to rely.
These are two different situations and two different principles. They do not clash, regardless of how much the followers of Arafat attempt to blur the distinction and create confusion.
Barakallāhu fīkum.
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A classical biographical account of al-Ikhshīd the Turkic commander who endured poverty, imprisonment, and hardship before rising to become the sovereign of Egypt and Syria, and whose own words bear witness to the swiftness with which Allah transforms a person's condition.
https://t.co/kUJ50kdQrn
ماذا تعني لك العشر من ذي الحجة؟
تعني الإقبال على طاعة الله، والتعرض لنفحات رحمته، ومحاسبة النفس، والتوبة والاستغفار.
موسم فضيل، وأيام مباركة، وميدان للعمل الصالح.
أيام معدودة، وساعات محدودة، وفرصة ستمضي.
فاعمروها بما يكون لكم ذخرا
وإياكم من قسوة قلب تنسيكم الفضائل، وتلهيكم عن الحسنات، وتضعفكم عن طلب المغفرة.
Shaykh Rabīʿ Ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī [حفظه الله] said:
❝Always remaining silent and always taking a neutral position is abandoning the truth.❞
[Bahjah Al-Qārī, (Page: 77) | Translated By Musa Shaleem Mohammed]
رحم الله الشيخ زايد رحمة واسعة وجزاه خير الجزاء.
اللهم احفظ الشيخ محمد بن زايد، واحفظ هذه البلاد من الفتن والشرور، واجعلها آمنة مطمئنة، ووفق ولاة أمرها لكل خير، واصرف عنهم كيد الأعداء وسوء التدبير
هذا هو الفرق بين من بقي عنده شعور الأخوة رغم الخلافات السياسية. فمع وجود الاختلاف، يحزنون إذا اعتدي على دولة مسلمة مجاورة، ويدينون ذلك علنا.
لكن للأسف، بسبب الخلافات السياسية، ترى بعض من ينتسب إلى السنة يفرح أو يسخر إذا تعرضت دولة مسلمة كالإمارات لاعتداء.
نسأل الله أن يحفظ بلاد المسلمين، ويحفظ ولاتهم وشعوبهم، ويجمع المسلمين على الخير
We are happy to announce that we have begun working on a brand new book about Shayṭān. This will not be an updated edition of the title above but a completely new book. We hope to complete it by the end of the calendar year إن شاء الله. We ask Allāh to facilitate it.
Below is a draft version of the introduction section:
Introduction: The Tumultuous Adversarial Relationship Between Shayṭān and Man
• The Linguistic Meaning of Shayṭān
• The Islamic Legislative Meaning of Shayṭān
• The Term Shayṭān May Be Used to Refer to Any Living Creature
• Other Legislative Titles for Shayṭān: Iblīs etc....
• Iblis’ Refusal to Prostrate to Ādām
• Iblis’ Historical Interactions with the Prophets of Allāh
• The Purpose of Life and Shayṭān’s Determined Interference
• Shayṭān's Promise to Invite Mankind to the Hellfire
• Shayṭān's Ultimate Betrayal and Abandonment of Those Who Follow Him on the Day of Judgment
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If Allah blesses you w/ Ikhlas (sincerity) & Mutabi’ah (following the sunnah), don’t worry if the action is too insignificant, because Allah will surely multiply your reward!
Don’t worry about the people and what they say; they’re not the judge in the Hereafter.
قال ابن القيم -رحمه الله-:
ولا يزال العبد يعاني الطاعة، ويألفها، ويحبّها، ويؤثرها حتى يرسل الله سبحانه برحمته عليه الملائكةَ تؤزُّه إليها أزًّا، وتحرّضه عليها، وتزعجه عن فراشه ومجلسه إليها. ولا يزال يألف المعاصي، ويحبّها، ويؤثرها، حتّى يرسل الله عليه الشياطين فتؤزّه إليها أزًّا.