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What the Seeker Needs

Shaykh al-Akbar Muhiyyuddin ibn al-Arabi

Note: What the seeker needs is also known as Kitab Kunh ma la budda minhu lil- murid. This short work was written in Mosul in 1204 in answer to the question of what the seeker "should believe in and what he should do in …

Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar: A Creed

Imam Abu Hanifa Translated by Hamid Algar, Professor of Persian and Islamic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

(published in the journal Al-Bayan ca.

The Sayings of Sayyiduna Ali

Abu Hanifa said, "Fiqh is to know that which is for and against oneself ." The Sayings of Sayyiduna Ali (Allah be pleased with him) Ali was an embodiment of knowledge and wisdom.

Have you seen a Faqih? Reason and Knowledge in Islam

Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad

1. Reason The Prophet said: "Lo! Verily, there is in the body a small piece of flesh; if it is good the whole body is good and if it is corrupted the whole body is corrupted; lo! it is the heart .

The Jibril Hadith Explained The Essentials of Islam, Iman & Ihsan

Imam Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali

Jami' al-'Ulum wa'l-Hikam by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali Commentary on the Second Hadith of Imam Nawawi's "Forty" http://www.sunnah.org/ibadaat/Rajab_commentary40hadith.htm Also from 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, there …

Importance of Following the Sunnah

Harun Yahya

The Qur'an is the last divine book, which was revealed from Allah as a declaration and guidance to mankind. It is an explanation of all things and means for men to be rightly guided. In many verses of the Qur'an, it is c…

The Involvement of the Pious Salaf in Kalam

Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad

Abu Hanïfa's Works in Kalàm Among the works of the Imàm in kalàm:[1] * * Al-Fiqh al-Akbar ("The Supreme Wisdom"), authentically narrated from the Imàm by his son Hammàd.

Is the Satanic Verses Story True?

Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad

1. Ibn Sa`d (d. 230) in his al-Tabaqat al-Kubra (reprint Beirut: Dar Sadir), vol. 1 said: [p.

Jesus Christ The Son of Mary and His Blessed Mother

Shaykh Al-Sayyid Al-Habib 'Ali Jafri Translated by Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad

Upon our Prophet Muhammad and his House and upon them the blessings and peace of God Translation of a talk given in Arabic at Dâr al-Fatwâ in Beirut , Lebanon on 10 January 2003 by the Shaykh AL-SAYYID AL-HABIB `ALI JAFR…

Mulla `Ali al-Qari (d. 1014 AH)

Mulla `Ali al-Qari (d. 1014 AH) Mulla `Ali al-Qari (d.

Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah

Obituary: Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah: Great Scholar, Simple Man Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, was born on February 9, 1908, in the state of Hyderabad Deccan in the Indian subcontinent. He was the youngest of 3 brothers and 5 sis…

Rumi: True and False Sufis

Fariduddien Rice

True and False Sufis, from Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi (Allah be pleased with him) False Sufis steal the words of the Sufis and present them as their own, and thus trick people with the beautiful teachings, which they are me…

Shariah: The Clear Path

Shaykh Faraz Rabani

“For each We have appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had God willed, He could have made you one community. But that He may try you by that which He has given you. So vie one with another in good works.

Shaykh Al-Allamah Mawlana Abul Wafa al-Afghani al-Hyderabadi

Shaykh Al-Allamah Mawlana Abul Wafa al-Afghani al-Hyderabadi Brief Biography of Imam Abul Wafa al-Afghani al-Hyderabadi: (born: 1310 AH / d.

The Strangeness of the Sunnah and its Adherents

Al-Hàfidh Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbalï (736H-795H)

from Kashf-ul-Qurbah fï Wasfi Hàli Ahlil-Ghurbah Concerning the statement of the Prophet (s) : “Islàm began as something strange and will return to being strange, as it began” , Imàm Al-Awzà’ï (r) said: “As for this, the…

Sufyan al-Thawri

Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad

Sufyan al-Thawri Sufyàn ibn Sa‘ïd ibn Masruq Abu ‘Abd Allàh al-Thawrï al-Mudarï al-Kufï (97-161), the God-fearing, wise, grief-stricken, Mujtahid Imàm, “Commander of the Believers in Hadïth” – the highest level in hadïth…

The Superiority of Fiqh Over Hadith

Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad

{He gives wisdom to whomever He will, and whoever receives wisdom receives immense good} (2:269). "He for whom Allâh desires great good, He grants him (superlative) understanding in the Religion (yufaqqihhu/yufqihhu fî a…

Weak Hadiths in Bukhari?

Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad

Ibràhïm ibn Ma‘qil said: I heard Muhammad ibn Ismà‘ïl al-Bukhàrï say: “I was with Ishàq ibn Ràhuyah when a man said: ‘Why don’t you compile an epitome (mukhtasar) of the prophetic ways?’