26 Apr 2017
The Making of the Islamic Dirham and Dinar – Iz ad-Din Ibn al-Athir
In this year ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwan pressed the Dinars and Dirhams and he was the first to change them in an Islamic manner and that benefited people. The reason for this innovationRead more..
28 Mar 2017
The Biography of Imam al-Rustami [561 AH]
His Name: He was the Shaykh, Imām, Muftī, the leading example, the chain of narration of Asbahān, Abū ʿAbdillāh al-Ḥasan ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Rustamī al-Asbhānī,Read more..
23 Mar 2017
The Biography of Shaykh Muhammad bin Muhammad Saghir Akur
His Name and Lineage: He is the dignified Shaykh, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṣaghīr ibn Mūsá ibn Aḥmad ibn Jammah ibn Aḥmad Aāl ʿAkūr Humdī. His Birth: Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṣaghīr ʿAkūr was born in 1362AH inRead more..
04 Mar 2017
Biography of Imam Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri [d.124 AH]
His Name and Lineage: He is Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Muslim ibn ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Shihāb ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Hārith ibn Zuhrah ibn Kilāb ibn Murrah ibn Kaʿb ibnRead more..
08 Feb 2017
The Islam of Yahya ibn Aktham and the Preservation of the Quran
Yaḥyá ibn Aktham reported; “At a time when al-Mamūn was a prince, a Jewish man entered one of his gatherings. He was well-dressed, handsome looking with a profound aroma, and when heRead more..
11 Nov 2016
Biography of Imam as-Siybawayhi – The Imam of Arabic Grammar [d.180 AH]
His Name and Upbringing: His name was Abū Bishr ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar, the Leader of Arabic Grammar and the Proof (al-Ḥujja) of the Arabs. He was an Iranian living inRead more..
01 Oct 2016
Biography of Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Sa’di [d.1376 AH]
His Name and Upbringing: His name is Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Nāṣir al-Sa’dī from al-Sa’dī, the Shaykh, descended of the Tamīm tribe. He was bornRead more..
01 Sep 2016
Shaykh Zayd ibn Muhammad al-Madkhali [D. 1436 AH]
His Name, Lineage and Agnomen: He is the illustrious scholar, the expert in Islamic jurisprudence, the remnant of the salaf, our shaykh, Abū Muḥammad Zayd ibn Muḥammed ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī of the renowned al-MadākhilahRead more..
29 Aug 2016
The Biography of Shaykh Muhammad Aman al-Jami [D. 1416 AH]
Name and Date of Birth: He is Muḥammad Amān ibn ʿAlī Jāmī and he was also referred to as Abū Aḥmad. He was born in the year d. 1349 AH [1930 Gregorian calendar]Read more..
29 Aug 2016
The History behind the Two Athans on Friday – Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan
Questioner: With regards to the first ʾathān of the Friday prayer, is the ʾathān repeated after the muʾathin? Shaykh Sāliḥ ibn al-Fawzān: The [first] ʾathān is Islamically legislated because it isRead more..
