Articles
Foundations of Faith
﷽ Question Is it permissible to use the term “Abrahamic faiths” to refer Judaism and Christianity? Shaykh Sāliḥ al-Fawzān: “Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian” [3:67] He lived... Read More
Christianity
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn explains why greetings on non-Muslim religious festivals are forbidden and may, in some cases, constitute disbelief.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl ash-Shaykh urges Muslims to seek firm religious knowledge and prepare to teach it, drawing lessons from Ibn ʿAbbās’s pursuit of learning.
Character and Manners
A warning against tale-carrying and backbiting, with Qurʾānic guidance and statements from al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ and Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān on their harm.
Christianity
Al-Hilālī describes helping a student answer Christian arguments and explains how learning English enabled him to examine the Gospels directly.
Shīʿah
A reported debate attributed to Jaʿfar aṣ-Ṣādiq on the virtue of Abū Bakr, with Qurʾānic arguments and supplementary reports from hadith and tafsīr.
Living in Non-Muslim Countries
Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl explains eight duties for Muslims in Western countries, including honouring agreements, practising Islam, seeking knowledge and supporting new Muslims.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān recommends foundational books of ʿaqīdah and their commentaries for students beginning their study of Islamic creed.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī critiques twenty-six clauses of Abū al-Ḥasan’s agreement for Salafī youth in Britain and discusses ʿAlī al-Ḥalabī’s methodology.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī warns against hasty, unstructured study and explains how concise texts in creed, fiqh and hadith establish firm foundations.
Tafsīr
An exegetical discussion on Qurʾān 33:67–68 highlighting the consequences of blind obedience to leaders in misguidance, drawing upon classical and contemporary Salafī scholarship.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Ash-Shawkānī warns against issuing fatwās and judgements without knowledge of the Qurʾān and Sunnah, stressing the responsibility carried by those who speak for Islamic law.
