Marriage
Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ’s Warnings About Innovation – Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān explains statements attributed to al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ on religious innovation, companionship, honouring people and marriage.
Articles
Articles
Character and Manners
Spread Salām to Create Love – Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān explains how spreading greetings of peace creates love, with a note from Ibn Bāz on greetings and gestures.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
Scholars of al-Jarḥ wal at-Taʿdīl – Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī
Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī names twelve scholars in a historical answer on al-jarḥ wa-t-taʿdīl, with the original list and later death dates distinguished.
Advice and Reminders
Advice After Leaving Rāfiḍī Beliefs – Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī
Ṣalāḥ al-Irānī recounts asking Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī for advice and receiving guidance to seek knowledge, study creed and remain firm upon the Sunnah.
Innovation and Innovators
Ruling on Transmitting or Narrating from an Innovator – Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī
Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī distinguishes permissible scholarly disagreement from religious innovation and explains conditions on accepting narrations.
Ramaḍān and Fasting
Moon Sighting and Astronomical Calculations – Shaykh Ibn Bāz
Shaykh Ibn Bāz explains his ruling on relying on calculations for the beginning and end of Ramaḍān, with the cited Prophetic reports.
Character and Manners
Greeting Etiquette: Returning Salām and Who Begins – Shaykh al-ʿUthaymīn
Shaykh al-ʿUthaymīn explains returning salām, who begins the greeting, voice and cheerfulness, and responding to relayed or written greetings.
Prayer
Crying Over Worldly Reasons in The Prayer – Shaykh al-ʿUthaymīn
Shaykh al-ʿUthaymīn answers a question about crying aloud in prayer and distinguishes crying from fear of Allah from crying over a personal misfortune.
Prayer
The First Adhān of Jumuʿah and Ibn ʿUmar’s Statement – Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān explains the first Friday adhān, with supporting quotations distinguishing linguistic innovation from religious innovation.
Innovation and Innovators
Speaking About Innovators and Appointments to Public Office – Shaykh ʿAbd Allah an-Najmī
A historical report of Imām Aḥmad’s advice about appointing judges, cited by Shaykh ʿAbd Allah an-Najmī in his discussion of warning against innovation.
Innovation and Innovators
Do Not Boycott Everyone Who Falls into Innovation – Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī distinguishes warning against leaders of innovation from calling their deceived lay followers to the truth.
Muslim Brotherhood and Political Groups
The Origins of the Qadariyyah – Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī
Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī discusses the Qadariyyah, the Jabriyyah and the Companions’ response to denial of divine decree.
