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The Treatment of Anger:

Hadhrat Moulana Hakeem Muhammed Akhtar Sahib Dâmat Barakâtuhum

Introduction This lecture, "Treatment for Anger", is a collection of three lectures of Hadhrat Moulana Hakeem Muhammed Akhtar Sahib Dâmat Barakâtuhum.

What the Seeker Needs:

Ibn 'Arabi

In the name of Allah, The Beneficent, Most Merciful Note: What the seeker needs is also known as Kitab Kunh ma la budda minhu lil- murid.

Shaykh Abdal-Hakim Murad

Shaykh Abdal-Hakim Murad Shaykh Abdal-Hakim Murad, born Timothy J. Winter in 1960, he studied at the prestigious Westminster School in London, UK and later at the University of Cambridge, where he graduated with first cl…

Shaykh Faisal Abdur-Razak

Shaykh Faisal Abdur-Razak studied Islam in Umm-Al-Qurra university in Makkah, and King Abdulaziz university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, between 1977 and 1986. He also studied under reknowned scholars in Saudi Arabia and att…

Habib Ali Zain al Abideen ibn Addul Rahman al Jiffri

Habib Ali Zain al Abideen ibn Addul Rahman al Jiffri Habib Ali Zain al Abideen ibn Addul Rahman al Jiffri is from Tarim, the valley of scholarship and light in Hadramawt, south Yemen.

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson was born in Walla Walla, Washington, and grew up in Northern California.

Shaykh Jamal Zahabi

Shaykh Jamal Zahabi Shaykh Jamal Zahabi was born in 1957 in Lebanon. He began his traditional Islamic educational training at the age of 12 when he entered Mahad al-Fatah, a rigorous madrassah in Damascus, Syria.

Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (Syria) Sheikh Muhammad Yaqoubi descends from a scholarly family whose lineage goes back to the Prophet, salla Allahu 'alayhi sallam, through his grandson Sayyiduna al-Hasan, radiya Allahu 'anh…

Shaykh Muhammad Ba Shu'ayb

Shaykh Muhammad Ba Shu'ayb Shaykh Muhammad Ba Shu'ayb spent extended periods of time at the feet of the noble Shaykh 'Umr ibn Sumit, receiving knowledge and spiritual training. He has also studied with the scholar and ma…

Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller, American Muslim translator and specialist in Islamic Law. Born in 1954 in the north-western United States, was educated in philosophy and Arabic at the University of Chi…

Dr. M. Sa‘id Ramadan Al-Bouti

Dr. M. Sa‘id Ramadan Al-Bouti Born in 1929 in the village of Jilka, which belongs to the island of “Butan”, i.e. Ibn ‘Umar, situating inside the Turkish boundaries, north of Iraq. He immigrated to Damascus with his late …

Shaykh Salek bin Siddina

Shaykh Salek bin Siddina Shaykh Salek is from Mauritania, West Africa, a country known for producing some of the Muslim world's most knowledgeable scholars.

Shaykh Zaid Shakir

Shaykh Zaid Shakir Shaykh Zaid Shakir was born in Berkeley, California, and accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at American Univers…

Understanding the Four Madhhabs: The problem with anti-madhhabism

© Abdal-Hakim Murad

The ummah's greatest achievement over the past millennium has undoubtedly been its internal intellectual cohesion.

Shaykh Murabtal Haaj’s Fatwa on Following One of the Four Accepted Madhhabs [ French version ]

Murabtal Haaj, Mauritania Translated by Hamza Yusuf Hanson

[Note: Hyperlinks within this document are links to footnotes at the bottom of the page] In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate Amongst the most important replies that I have given, is my reply concerning …

In the Spirit of Tradition

Sidi Nazim Baksh

"Tradition" in academic circles has come to signify old fashioned customs, archaic cultural practices, ossified ideas handed down from the past and articulated to the letter by naïve, simple minded neo-Luddites.

The purpose of Study

Imām Al-Zarnūjī

Intention is necessary in the study of science, since every deed is rooted in intention, as attested to in the words of the Prophet [SA], "Deeds [are measured] by their intentions." This is an authentic tradition.

The Way of Sunni Islam: Islam, Iman, and Ihsan

‘Umar ibn al-Khattab said: As we sat one day with the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), a man in pure white clothing and jet black hair came to us, without a trace of travelling upon him, though no…

When Faith is Sincere, Behavior is Righteous

Book Review by GF Haddad

Islamic Marriage by Ustadha Hedaya Hartford Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim Wa Sallallahu `ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa Alihi wa Sahbihi wa Sallam When Faith is Sincere, Behavior is Righteous Islamic Marriage by Hedaya Hartf…

Skills for Success as a Student

Success as a student only comes if one assesses what they are bringing to the learning experience.

The Social Conduct of a Muslim

Shaikh Musa Ibrahim Menk

Posted on the 'Net for the benefit of all Muslims by Muhammed Desai (Islam.tc) Allah Ta'ala Says, "Your Lord has declared that you worship none but Him, and that you be kind to the parents.

The Wise Counsel Of Shaykh Ashraf Ali al-Tahanawi

Shaykh Ashraf Ali al-Tahanawi

Acquire knowledge of Deen according to your needs; either by asking the Ulama or by reading a book. Abstain from all sins. If you commit any sin, repent immediately. Do not hold back in fulfilling anyone's right. Do not …

Abu Hanifa & Tawassul

Shaykh Gibril Haddad

Imam Abu Hanifa: His Supposed Objection to Tawassul (Using Intermediaries) Imàm Abu Hanïfa nowhere objected to tawassul but only – as narrated from Abu Yosuf in Kitàb al-Àthàr–to the use of a specific wording in supplica…

Shaykh Buti on Hikam: Foreordained Destiny and the Inefficacy of Material Causes-and-Effects

Shaykh Gibril Haddad

Shaykh al-Buti’s Commentary on the Hikam (#3) Foreordained Destiny and the Inefficacy of Material Causes-and-Effects (Al-Qadar wa Lafa`iliyya al-Asbab) Eighth Lesson: "The most truthful word any poet ever said is Labid's…

The Vision of Allah in the World and the Hereafter

Shaykh Gibril F Haddad

Allah Most High made our Prophet – Allah bless and greet him – hear His Speech without intermediary on the Night of Ascension, and of Musa – upon him peace – also He took the Covenant with­out intermediary, but our Proph…

Being a Real Man in Islam: Drugs, Criminality and The Problem of Masculinity

Yahya Birt

June 2000, revised June 2001 http://www.masud.co.uk We praise Allah and we seek His aid, we seek forgiveness from Him and we affirm faith in Him, and upon Him we are utterly reliant.

Guidance on Bringing up Children

Imam Ashraf Ali al-Tahanawi

It should be borne in mind that the bringing up of children in the proper manner is of prime importance. This is because whatever good or bad habits they learn in their childhood, they do not leave them for the rest of t…

Islamic Investments: Shariah Principles Behind Them

Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Usmani

, one of the top Hanafi fuqaha alive - Equity Fund - Conditions for Investment in Shares - Ijarah Fund - Commodity Fund - Murabahah Fund - Bai'-al-dain - Mixed Fund The term "Islamic Investment Fund" in this article mean…

Cloning, Zabiha, & the Islamic Fiqh Academy

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Cloning, Zabiha, & the Islamic Fiqh Academy Mufti Taqi Usmani Islamic Fiqh Academy: Deliberations of the 97 Meeting By Mufti Taqi Usmani, Deputy Chairman Islamic Fiqh Academy Translated from Urdu by Khalid Baig.

Seeking Out Dispensations & Following Another School

Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller

From Sheikh Nuh Keller's Reliance of the Traveller c6.3 (n:) Since it is permissible for a Muslim to follow any of the four Imams in any of his acts of worship, comparison of their differences opens another context from …