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Usul al-Sunnah by al-Humaydi (D. 219)

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ‌السنة ‌عندنا أن ‌يؤمن ‌الرجل بالقدر خيره وشره حلوه ومره، وأن يعلم أن ما أصابه لم يكن ليخطئه وأن ما أخطأه لم يكن ليصيبه، وأن ذلك كله قضاء من الله عز وجل، وأن الإيمان قول وعمل، يزيد وينقص، لا ينفع قول إلا بعمل، ولا عمل وقول …

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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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Virtue of Abū Bakr & ʿUmar from the tongue of ʿAlī

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn ʿAbbās said: When ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb was placed on his stretcher, the people gathered around him, supplicating and praising (him) and supplicating for him before he was lifted (for burial). And I was among them. Nothing startled me except for a man who took hold …

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The Month of Ṣafar

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The month of Ṣafar is the second month of the Islamic year. This month is called Ṣafar because during it, the cities would become empty and people would set out for battles. Some people with weak beliefs take bad omens from this month. The meaning of …

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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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