Articles
Scholars and Students of Knowledge
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
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
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
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
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 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
Al-Albānī discusses greetings between women and men, the differing early reports and the qualification concerning safety from temptation.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
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
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī distinguishes between beliefs held by ordinary adherents of the Rāfiḍah and discusses worldly dealings and religious cooperation.
Shīʿah
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
Reports of scholarly repetition, a four-day Mauritanian memorisation method, and advice attributed to Shaykh Muqbil on memorisation and revision.
Virtues and Status of the Qurʾān
Yaḥyā ibn Aktham’s account of a man’s acceptance of Islam, Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah’s Qurʾānic explanation, and al-Bayhaqī’s remarks on the preservation of scripture.
