Fundamental Knowledge

Contextualising Hafiz Adh-Dhahabi’s Statement on Criticising Contemporaries

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Someone shared Imam adh-Dhahabi’s statement as a means of rejecting and ignoring the criticism of contemporary scholars of each other. They and others share the following statement of  Imam adh-Dhahabi’s statement from his Mizan ul-I’tidal, كلام الأقران بعضهم في بعض لا يعبأ به، لا سيما إذا لاح لك أنه لعداوة …

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‘Aqidah of Ibn Abi ‘Asim (D. 287)

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ رحمه الله: سَأَلْت عَنِ السُّنَّةِ مَا هِيَ؟ وَالسُّنَّةُ اسْمٌ جَامِعٌ لِمَعَانٍ كَثِيرَةٍ فِي الْأَحْكَامِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ. وَمِمَّا اتَّفَقَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ عَلَى أَنْ نَسَبُوهُ إِلَى السُّنَّةِ الْقَوْلُ بِإِثْبَاتِ الْقَدَرِ، وَأَنَّ الِاسْتِطَاعَةَ مَعَ الْفِعْلِ لِلْفِعْلِ، وَالْإِيمَانُ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ، وَحُلْوِهِ وَمُرِّهِ. وَكُلُّ …

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‘Aqidah of al-Tirmidhi (D. 279)

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم After narrating from the Prophet ﷺ “Indeed, Allāh accepts charity and takes it in His Right Hand and nurtures it for one of you, just as one of you nurtures his foal, until a (single) morsel becomes like (Mount) Uḥud.“ [Jāmi’ al-Tirmidhi 662] al-Tirmidhi (D. 279) said: …

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Tahiyyat al-Masjid after Sunnah of Fajr

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Question: If the Sunnah prayers of Fajr have been performed at home, can one pray Tahiyyat al-Masjid after going to the masjid or not? (Arbāz Aḥmad, Jammu Kashmir) Answer: Sayyidah Ḥafṣah رضي الله عنها states: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ لَا يُصَلِّي إِلَّا رَكْعَتَيْنِ …

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The truth is one not multiple

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال ابن حزم:ـ وَالْحَقُّ ‌مِنْ ‌الْأَقْوَالِ ‌فِي ‌وَاحِدٍ ‌مِنْهَا وَسَائِرُهَا خَطَأٌ. وَبِاَللَّهِ تَعَالَى التَّوْفِيقُ. قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ إِلا الضَّلالُ} [يونس: 32] وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: {وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا فِيهِ اخْتِلافًا كَثِيرًا} [النساء: 82] وَذَمَّ اللَّهُ الِاخْتِلَافَ فَقَالَ {وَلا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا …

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