Articles
Islamic History
A reflection on how Allah alternates power and hardship among people, illustrated by the rise and fall of rulers and dynasties in Islamic history.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Shaykh Ibn Bāz explains the benefits of attending circles of Islamic knowledge, taking notes, asking questions and seeking understanding of the religion.
Tafsīr
Al-Qurṭubī explains Qurʾān 7:50 and the virtue of giving water in charity, with narrations on helping the thirsty, charity for deceased parents and kindness to animals.
Daʿwah and Invitation to Islam
The life of Shaykh al-ʿArabī at-Tibsī, his teaching and refutation of innovation, leadership among Algeria’s scholars, and abduction by French forces in 1957.
Ḥadīth Study
Authentic narrations on Allah’s laughter, love and rejoicing over His servants, with the virtues of night prayer, sincerity and steadfastness in battle.
Death, Grave and Hereafter
The authentic ḥadīth of a slain believer and his repentant killer who both enter Paradise, with Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn’s explanation of Allah’s attribute of laughter.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
Shaykh Muqbil al-Wādiʿī’s advice on avoiding fitnah, preserving security, teaching with gentleness and protecting the Salafī daʿwah from provocation and conflict.
Scholars
Al-Hilālī's coin-probability illustration from his sharḥ on Kitāb al-Tawḥīd, demonstrating the mathematical impossibility of a purposeless, chance-formed universe.
Islamic History
A biography of ʿAbd Allah al-Qaṣīmī, his early defence of Islam and tawḥīd, later apostasy, scholarly refutations and accounts of his final years.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī’s advice on Salafī unity, Islamic brotherhood, seeking knowledge and wise daʿwah, with warnings against division, harshness and attacks on scholars.
Scholars
The dispute and reconciliation of Shaykhs Aḥmad Shākir and Ḥāmid al-Fiqī illustrate Salafī brotherhood, forgiveness and restraint in scholarly disagreement.
Christianity
Discover the Qurʾānic account of ʿĪsā ibn Maryam being raised rather than crucified, with reports preserved in Ibn Kathīr’s al-Bidāyah wa-n-Nihāyah.
