Scholars of Islam

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Uqbah Ibn Aamir [may Allaah be pleased with him] said, “I said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah! What is salvation [i.e. to be protected from Allaah’s punishment on the Day of Judgement]?’ He said, ‘Restrain your tongue, keep to your house and weep over your sin'”. Restrain your tongue: M…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Abu Hurairah [may Allaah be pleased with him] narrated that the Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said, “Hasten towards good deeds, because there will be trials which would be like a part of a dark night, wherein a man wakes up as a believer and becomes a disbeli…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Question: Can we, students of knowledge, remain silent about the Mubtadi’ah (1), educate the seekers of knowledge and the youth on the methodology of the pious predecessors without mentioning the Mubtadi’ah by their names? Response: By Allaah, they are mentioned by their descript…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Imaam Ibnul Qayyim [may Allaah have mercy upon him] said: The First Group: They are those whose company is like nourishment which one cannot do without in the morning and evening. One leaves it after fulfilling his need and returns to it when he is in need [again]. The people (in…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Allaah [The Exalted] said: [ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ وَلِتَسْتَبِينَ سَبِيلُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ – And thus do We explain the signs (to you O Muḥammad) in detail, and so that the way of the criminals may become evident (to you)] [Surah Al-An’aam. Aayah 55] (1) Imaam Ibn Kathee…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Usaamah [may Allaah be pleased with him] narrated, “Once the Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] climbed a castle amongst the castles of Medina and said, “Do you see what I see? (No doubt) I see the spots where trials (temptations) will take place among your houses…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Ibnul Arabi [may Allaah have mercy upon him] said: Muhammad Bin Qaasim Al-Uthmaanee [may Allaah have mercy upon him] told me more than once: “I arrived in Fustat one day, then I went to the gathering of Shaikh Abee Al-Fadl Al-Jawharee [may Allaah have mercy upon him] and there I …

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. “All You Do Is Cause More Splitting and Corruption By Way of Your Refutations” This above claim reminds us of the statement of Dr Ibraaheem Ar-Ruhayli [may Allaah Allaah recitify his affair] who stated that consideration must be given in ascertaining the legislated benefits of a …

Shaikh Rabee (may Allaah preserve him) was asked: Is Jarh and Tadeel (carried out against) specific individuals an affair (to be) specifically (carried out by) the scholars only, or can even the youth (i.e. those students of knowledge still in their youth) who possess knowledge (do so)? Answer: Jarh Wat-Tadeel must be accompanied with sound A…

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Ismaa’eel Bin Ayyaash said that Amr Bin Muhaajir said, “When Umar Bin Abdil Azeez became the Khaleefah, he stood in front of the people, praised Allaah and then said, ‘O people! Verily, there is no Book after the Qur’aan and no Prophet after Muhammad [peace be upon him]. Indeed, I…