Lessons from the Life of Ibrahim (عليه السلام)

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The Importance of Purity (Taharah)

From among the perfectness and completeness of the shari’ah is that it showed us the way to purify oneself: mind, body and soul; and even made it an act of worship in and of itself. And this is something many find surprising and in some ways incomprehensible. This was certainly the case for the polytheists …

The Righteous Slave is Always Guided (العبد الصالح يُوفَّق)

It was narrated from 'Abdullah that some people came to ‘Abdullah ibn Masood (radi Allah anhu) and said: "A man among us married a woman, but he did not name a dowry for her, and he did not have intercourse with her before he died (So what is due from her and what is owed …

Verily, this Qur’an guides to that which is most right

إِنَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا - 17:9 "Indeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward." (Surah al-Isra:9) Sheikh Muhammad al-Ameen al-Shinqitee (rahimahullah), in his tafsir, …

Taqleed

Sheikh Muhammad al-Ameen al-Shinqitee (rahimahullah) writes in his book "mudhakkirah": Linguistically, taqleed is defined as, placing a collar on someone's neck, and it is used to denote a person who entrusts his affair to another, as if it is tied to his neck like a collar.  ِAnd the shari' definition according to the fuqaha is "accepting the opinion of …

The Connection Between Salaah and Seeing Allah

Sheikh 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Badr (hafidhahullah) writes in his book "ta'dheem al-salaah", in the chapter titled "the connection between salaah and seeing Allah ﷻ": Indeed the most complete of all favors and the most perfect of bliss the people of Jannah will experience is seeing their Lord, the Mighty, the Glorious, delighting their hearts cooling their eyes, …

Insincerity And Its Effects on Deeds

Imaam ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (rahimahullah) says, “And know that the deeds for other than Allah are of different types: The first type Sometimes it is purely to show off (and the doer) doesn’t intend except for the people to see (his actions) for some worldly objective, similar to the munafiqeen (hypocrites) while they pray, as …

United we stand. Divided we fall.

Sheikh 'Uthaymeen (rahimahullah) was asked a question from few students of knowledge who were beginning their journey in search of knowledge. The answer the sheikh gives is one of great benefit. Question: We are in the beginning of our path of seeking knowledge, is there, O sheikh, May Allah bless you, any comprehensive and beneficial …

My first post

Alhamdulillah, this is my first blog post. The intention of this blog is to share some beneficial islamic content that i come across, in sha Allah. I ask Allah for sincerity, acceptance and reward. Ameen!