Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
So You Want To Be a Student of Knowledge?
Historical reports on perseverance, travel, poverty and the use of time in seeking knowledge.
Articles
Articles
Death, Grave and Hereafter
The Soul and Body After Death – Shaykh Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn
Shaykh Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn explains the condition of the soul and body between death and resurrection, citing six Qurʾānic passages.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Books for the Student of Knowledge – Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī
Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī recommends a progression of texts in creed, tafsīr, hadith and fiqh, with conditions for study and guidance from teachers.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
Gentleness and Firmness Towards Innovators – Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī explains gentleness as the foundation and firmness after clarification, with historical examples and remaining source checks.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
The Best Books After the Qurʾān – Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Bāzmūl
Recommended books across Islamic disciplines and explains the limits of his assessments, with corrected titles and source notes.
Living in Non-Muslim Countries
Safeguarding Islam in Non-Muslim Lands – Shaykh Muqbil al-Wādiʿī
A concise explanation on safeguarding one’s Islam in non-Muslim lands through righteous companionship, adherence to evidence, and avoidance of corrupt influences.
Death, Grave and Hereafter
Conveying Islam to Deaf Parents – Shaykh Muqbil al-Wādiʿī
Shaykh Muqbil al-Wādiʿī advises conveying Islam according to one’s ability and cites the narration of four people tested on the Day of Judgement.
Daʿwah and Invitation to Islam
Choosing The Right Words When Inviting Someone to Islam – Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī distinguishes doctrinal answers from the wording used in daʿwah and advises wisdom and clear explanation.
Innovation and Innovators
Leading Innovators and Their Followers – Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī
A scholarly clarification on distinguishing between innovators and followers of innovation, based on the principles of Ahl al-Sunnah and the guidance of the Salaf.
Foundations of Faith
Belief in Angels – Shaykh Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn
Shaykh Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn explains four aspects of belief in angels, their tasks and the evidence that they are created beings with bodily forms.
Character and Manners
Fourteen Occasions When Initiating Salām Is Disliked – Shaykh al-Fawzān
A concise scholarly outline of the circumstances in which initiating the Islamic greeting (al-salām ʿalaykum) is considered disliked according to Islamic etiquette and scholarly guidance.
Khawārij and Extremism
ʿAbd Allah ibn Sabaʾ: Accounts in Historical and Sectarian Sources
A collection of attributed accounts about ʿAbd Allah ibn Sabaʾ, with corrected translations, identified source variants and explicit limits of verification.
