Question:  What is the correct opinion about the stories narrated from one of the famous Soofee leaders, as-Sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifaa’ee, which say that he visited al-Masjid an-Nabawee (sallallahu alayhe wassallam) in Madeenah and made du’aa at his grave, and the Messenger (sallallahu alayhe wassallam) reached his hand out to him and he …

Translated Aqeel Walker    Ash-Shaikh Muhammad Naasir ud-Deen Al-Albaanee said in As-Silsilah Adh-Dha’eefah (1/110) with his checking of the hadeeth “What a wonderful reminder the subhah (thikr beads) are.” (A fabricated hadeeth): Then, verily the hadeeth, in reference to its meaning, is false according to me for reasons: The First: …

Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari   These biographies of these hadeeth masters and all the others that have been presented on this blog are by no means justice to these great Hadeeth Masters but rather an insight and glimpse of the heritage and History of the scholars of Hadeeth, The …

Translated by Rasheed ibn  Estes Barbee   Questioner: What is the ruling in Islam concerning Sufism? Answer Sufism, there is no Sufism in Islam, this is an innovation. Sufism is an innovation, it is not from Islam. Thus it is upon those who have fallen into Sufism to repent to …

Ṣāliḥ al-Luḥaydān (1) on Political Insurgencies (2) Translated by: Abu az-Zubayr Harrison   Question: Are political overthrows, insurgences, and revolutions from the characteristics of Islām and forms of Jihād? Answer: The question should more appropriately be, “Is chaos and causes of unjustified bloodshed from Islām?” because this is the actual meaning …