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Response to Those Who Condemn the Muslims Going to Palestine
From the strangest arguments I have seen condemning the Muslims who go to Palestine for Jihad fi-Sabilillah is: “If you believe Jihad there is obligatory, then why don’t you go there!? If you can’t go there, stop being a Hypocrite and leave this affair to the rulers, and know your limits! And your scholars who…
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Call us Disbelievers and Blasphemers if You Like!
Shaykh Muhammad Rafiq Tahir (hafidhahullah) said: It is strange that some declare us to be blasphemers and rejectors of the Prophet, only because we refuse to elevate the Prophet to the rank of a god. We believe that Allah and His Prophet aren’t equal because one is the Creator while the other is created. one…
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Why did Allah prohibit taking the majority as a factor for deciding what is right or wrong?
‘If you obey the majority of those on earth, they will lead you away from the way of Allah. They follow nothing but assumptions and they do nothing but lie.’ [6:116] Allah mentioned 21 reasons for why the majority is a false standard in Islam. All of these 21 evidences are summarized in the concise…
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The Prohibition on Befriending Those Upon Innovation
Islam is very clear cut on prohibiting befriending any person of innovation. A number of unambiguous authentic Ahadith exist on this specific matter. Surprisingly however, many people don’t know the unambiguous evidence for this from the Qur’an. They also do not know that Allah mentioned the reason why we are prohibited from befriending them! I’d…
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The Different Forms of Showing-Off
Shaykh Zubair Marjalvi حفظه الله said: If you want to find out if you are afflicted with the disease of showing-off, see if any of the following scenarios fit your situation. If they do, then you must seek its cure. Hypocrisy This person shows people that he is apparently a Muslim while concealing disbelief in…
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Taking From the Understanding of the Scholars?
They said: It is befitting for you to take from the understanding of the scholars! So I said: When the scholars differ in their understanding, then whose understanding will be taken!? If they said—and some of them have said this—that: We take the understanding which is more correct! Then I said: You have made us…
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Did the Muhadditheen Innovate the Five Conditions for Declaring a Hadith to Be Authentic?
The Doubt The Hadith-Rejecters say that the conditions for declaring a Hadith to be Sahih—i.e. the narrator should be trustworthy, have a good memory, chain of transmission should be connected, no hidden defect should exist, it shouldn’t be contradictory—were all made up by the scholars, hence no attention is paid to it. If the fulfillment…
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The End of Ramadan…
There is no doubt that we did not spend Ramadan in a manner it deserved to be spent. We did not worship Allah in a manner He deserved to be worshipped in. We did not take advantage of the fruits this month brought at our doorstep. We did not honor this guest which we were…
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What is Goodness in Islam?
This is the most comprehensive authentic Hadith I know of regarding what Islam teaches us about “goodness”. Jabir bin Sulaym narrated: لَقِيتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي بَعْضِ طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَعَلَيْهِ إِزَارٌ مِنْ قُطْنٍ مُنْبَتِرُ الْحَاشِيَةِ، فَقُلْتُ: عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ تَحِيَّةُ الْمَوْتَى، إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ تَحِيَّةُ الْمَوْتَى،…
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A Worship for Women Which Is Better in the Masjid
There is an aspect in the Deen where a woman’s act of worship in the Masjid is better for her than that same act of worship to be performed at her home. And that is to seek knowledge in the Masjid or in a house where women gather to seek knowledge. As for the Masjid,…