بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تَمَسَّكْ بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ وَاتَّبِعِ الْهُدَى … وَلَا تَكُ بِدْعِيًّا لَعَلَّكَ تُفْلِحُ Hold fast to Allāh’s rope and follow the guidance … and do not be an innovator that you may succeed. وَدِنْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَالسُّنَنِ الَّتِي … أَتَتْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ تَنْجُو وَتَرْبَحُ And adhere to …
Read More »Salaf’s warning against backbiting Muslim rulers
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال النبي ﷺ:ـ مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ [البخاري (٦٦٤٦)] The Prophet ﷺ said:“Whoever sees from his ruler something he dislikes, let him be patient with him.” [Al-Bukhārī (6646)] عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ كُسَيْبٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ تَحْتَ مِنْبَرِ ابْنِ عَامِرٍ، …
Read More »List of means for an accepted Du’a
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم al-Rāzī said in his Tafsīr (3/622): “The nations have agreed that (mere) supplication with the tongue that is empty from self-desire and little effort (from the person), has no impact” Actions which help in acceptance of Du’a: Having Waḍū (al-Bukhārī 6383) Turning to Qiblah (al-Bukhārī 6343) …
Read More »Seeking knowledge is better than voluntary worship
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Sufyān al-Thawri said: “I do not know an act of worship better than teaching the people knowledge” [al-Madkhal by al-Bayhaqī 471 with Ḥasan Isnād] al-Shāfi’ī said “Seeking knowledge is better than voluntary prayers” [al-Madkhal by al-Bayhaqī 474 with Ṣaḥīḥ Isnād] Ibn al-Mubārak said: “I never saw …
Read More »‘Aqīdah of Qutaybah bin Saʿīd (D. 240)
قال قتيبة بن سعيد: هَذَا قَوْلُ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْمَأْخُوذُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَالسُّنَّةِ: الرِّضَا بِقَضَاءِ اللَّهِ وَالاسْتِسْلَامُ لَأَمْرِهِ وَالصَّبْرُ عَلَى حُكْمِهِ وَالْإِيْمَانُ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ وَالْأَخْذُ بِمَا أَمَرَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَالنَّهْيُ عَمَّا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَإِخْلَاصُ الْعَمَلِ لِلَّهِ وَتَرْكُ الْجَدَلِ وَالْمِرَاءِ وَالْخُصُومَاتِ فِي الدِّينِ وَالْمَسْحُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ وَالْجِهَادُ مَعَ كُلِّ خَلِيفَةٍ …
Read More »
Salafi Research Institute SRI