Da’wah – Calling To Islam

Imaam Dhahabi (rahimahullaah) reported in Siyar A’laam Nubulaa: [10/216] There used to be roughly five thousand or more in the gatherings of Imaam Ahmad (rahimahullaah).  Five hundred used to write and the rest would learn good manners and good character from him.          

Question: Shaikh Abdul-Azeez Bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) was asked: ”What is your view on the view of the one who says that fasting during the first ten days of Dhul Hijja is an innovation? Answer: This one is an ignoramus… [Source: Majmoo Fataawaa 15/418] Shaikh Muhammad Bin Saaleh Al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah) said: We feel sorr…

Question: Will the one who does not establish the true reality of ‘’laa ilaaha illa Allah” enter paradise or hellfire?   Answer: It is inevitable that the one who does not establish the conditions of laa ilaaha illa Allah will enter the fire.  If he wasn’t sincere; if he wasn’t truthful; if he did not know its meaning; if he sai…

Sufyaan Ath-Thawree (rahimahullaah) said: Evil deeds are a disease and the scholars are a remedy; so who will cure the disease if the scholars become corrupted’’ [Hilyatul Awliyaa: 6/361]

Abdullaah Ad-Daylamee (rahimahullaah) said: ”Indeed the disappearance of the religion will firstly be (by way of the) disappearance of one Sunnah (after) another Sunnah; just as a rope loses strength (after) strength.” [Quoted by Shaikh Jamaal Al-Fareehaan al-Haarithee in Durar al-Manthoor page: 20.  The Shaikh reference this stateme…

Uthmaan Ibn Haadir Al-Azdee (rahimahullaah) said: I entered upon Ibn Abbaas (radiyallaahu-anhu), so I said to him: ”Advise me.”  He said: ”Be upon steadfastness; follow and do not innovate.  Follow the first tradition (i.e. the way of the salaf) and do not innovate.” [Quoted by Shaikh Jamaal Al-Fareehaan Al-Haarithee in Durar Al-Manth…

Question: Our Shaykh may Allah preserve you- is it understood that the order of the prophets in the heavens (as in Hadith of the isra – see Sahih bukhari) is in accordance to their virtue over (another) ? Answer: No. No, this is not understood (from the Hadith).  As for Ibraaheem and Moosaa this is indicated; but as for other than them,…

Mu-aadh Ibn Jabal (radiyallaahu-anhu) said: Knowledge is obligatory upon you, for indeed seeking it is worship; learning it for the sake of Allaah is a good deed; giving it freeing to its people is a seeking to get close to Allaah; teaching it to the one who does not know about it is charity; researching it is Jihaad and revising it is glorif…

Imaam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) said: ”I never wrote down a hadeeth except that I acted on it at least once, so that it may not be a proof against me.” [Quoted by: Shaikh Jamaal al-Fareehaan al-Haarithee in Ad-Durar Al-Manthoor Minal Qawl Al-Ma’thoor: page: 34.  The Shaikh referenced the original source of this statement of Imaam Ahmad t…