Scholars
A Sitting with Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī
Advice and answers from a sitting on 8 May 2014 concerning Islamic knowledge, young people, family life in the West and dealings with others.
Articles
Articles
Scholars and Students of Knowledge
True Knowledge: Understanding, Action and Following the Sunnah
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān explains al-Barbahārī’s distinction between accumulating knowledge and benefiting from it through action, sincerity and adherence to the Sunnah.
Scholars
Imām Muḥammad ibn Shihāb az-Zuhrī (d. 124 AH/742 CE): His Life and Scholarship
A biography of Imām az-Zuhrī describing his lineage, teachers, study habits, transmitters, scholarly reputation and death, with reports checked against classical Arabic sources.
Innovation and Innovators
Praying Behind People of Innovation: Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī explains congregational prayer behind people of innovation and the distinction involving concealed conditions, disbelief and establishing the proof.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
Adhere to the Narrations and Their People: Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān explains al-Barbahārī’s advice to learn from the people of narrations, ask qualified scholars and avoid the company of misguidance.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
No Obedience to Creation in Disobedience to Allah
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān explains that obedience is only in what is good, including the duty to refuse sinful commands while treating parents kindly.
Advice and Reminders
Advice to Masjid Daar us Sunnah: Shaykh Ḥasan al-Bannā
Advice delivered to Masjid Daar us Sunnah in 2010 on correct belief, beneficial knowledge, righteous action, family care and dealings with Muslims and non-Muslims.
Character and Manners
Greetings Between Women and Men: Al-Albānī’s Commentary
Al-Albānī discusses greetings between women and men, the differing early reports and the qualification concerning safety from temptation.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
What Is the Straight Path? Shaykh ʿAbd Allah al-Bukhārī
A reminder delivered in 2010 on the straight path, exclusive worship of Allah, following the Messenger and holding to the guidance of his Companions.
Shīʿah
Ordinary Adherents of the Rāfiḍah and Dealings with Them: Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī distinguishes between beliefs held by ordinary adherents of the Rāfiḍah and discusses worldly dealings and religious cooperation.
Shīʿah
Who Are the Rāfiḍah? Definitions Discussed by Shaykh ʿAlī al-Faqīhī
Shaykh ʿAlī al-Faqīhī’s discussion of the term Rāfiḍah, followed by the translator’s notes and definitions quoted from classical works.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Repetition – The Best Method of Memorisation and Things that Weaken The Memory
Reports of scholarly repetition, a four-day Mauritanian memorisation method, and advice attributed to Shaykh Muqbil on memorisation and revision.
