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# Masjid Daar us Sunnah

Calling to the Sunnah upon the Methodology of the Salaf

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## Posts

- [The New Daar us Sunnah App Is Now Live](https://dusunnah.com/the-daar-us-sunnah-app-is-now-live/) - Alḥamdulillāh, the completely revamped Daar us Sunnah app is now available to download and update on iPhone and Android. The app has been rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new design and a wide range of new features, designed to make it easier than ever for our community to stay connected to the
- [Daar us Sunnah Appeal Update](https://dusunnah.com/daar-us-sunnah-appeal-update/) - ﷽ An Important Update from Daar us Sunnah All praise is due to Allāh, the Lord of all that exists, and may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon His Messenger, his family, his companions, and all those who follow them in righteousness until the Day of Judgement. Dear brothers and sisters, we wish
- [The Six Fundamental Principles - Second Edition](https://dusunnah.com/the-six-fundamental-principles-second-edition/) - "By the time Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb (d. 1206AH) had embarked upon his journey in rectifying the state of the Muslim Arabs, ignorance had very much entrenched Arabia. Most of its inhabitants were misdirected and had returned to the ways of pre-Islamic Arabia. Mystical leaders and people of deviation ruled over the people. Extreme sūfīs’
- [Introducing The Truth Be Told Podcast: A New Daʿwah Initiative by DUS Dawah](https://dusunnah.com/truth-be-told-podcast/) - ﷽ We are pleased to introduce The Truth Be Told podcast, a new initiative presented by DUS Dawah, designed to deliver authentic Islamic knowledge and clarity on matters of faith, practice, and community engagement. This podcast series is available as a curated YouTube playlist, featuring thoughtful conversations and reflections aimed at both Muslims and those
- [Fundraising Campaign Statement for the Establishment of a New Masjid](https://dusunnah.com/building-for-the-future-a-2-million-appeal-to-establish-a-new-masjid/) - ﷽ All praise is due to Allah ﷻ, Lord of the worlds. We seek His help, His guidance, and His forgiveness. May peace and blessings be upon His noble Messenger Muḥammad ﷺ, upon his family, his Companions, and all those who follow them upon righteousness until the Day of Judgment. With sincere gratitude to Allah

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- [Privacy policy](https://dusunnah.com/privacy-policy/) - Privacy Policy — Daar us Sunnah App Last updated: May 2026 This Privacy Policy explains how the Daar us Sunnah mobile application ("the App") handles your information. The App is operated by Masjid Daar us Sunnah, a community-based Islamic centre located at 3 Warple Way, London W3 0RX, United Kingdom. 1. Information We Collect The
- [About us](https://dusunnah.com/lessons/) - ﷽ Masjid Daar us Sunnah: A Beacon of Faith, Knowledge, and Community About Us All praise is due to Allah ﷻ, Who guided us to Islam and honoured us with the opportunity to serve His religion. The mosque is the heart of the Ummah, and for over a decade, Masjid Daar us Sunnah has stood
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- [Donate](https://dusunnah.com/donate/) - At the moment, Masjid Daar us Sunnah is a rented, single community unit that accommodates approximately 100 people at any one time. With the curtains dividing the masjid for the sister’s prayer area, we are left with a restricted area for our lessons, prayers and gatherings. The mosque is in the heart of Shepherds Bush, one of London’s
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- [Shaykh Zayd Summer Workshop - Timetable & Registration](https://dusunnah.com/shaykh-zayd-summer-workshop-timetable-registration/) - Shaykh Zayd Six-Week Summer Workshop Timetable & Registration Full Weekly Timetable: (registration below) Download Timetable Register Now: Loading…
- [Our Fight against Terrorism](https://dusunnah.com/fight-against-terrorism/) - Over 1400 years ago the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad said, “Doomed are those who go to extremes.” It is of high priority at Masjid Daar us Sunnah to fight and confront all forms of extremism by working closely with members of the Muslim and greater community. Weekly lessons and public information stalls are established inside and outside of
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## Audios

- [Promised Relief - Indeed, with Hardship Comes Relief.](https://dusunnah.com/audio/4311/) - In this powerful reminder, Ustadh Abu Salih Adam reflects upon one of the greatest promises in the Qur’an: “Indeed, with hardship comes relief.” Every believer experiences trials, but true comfort lies in knowing that Allah’s promise is certain. Listen, reflect, and share this beneficial reminder with others so they too can find hope, patience, and
- [Unknown, and then Unknown - Shaykh Abu Hakeem](https://dusunnah.com/audio/unknown-and-then-unknown-shaykh-abu-hakeem/) - We began our journey unknown and unmentioned, concealed within the womb by the decree of Allah. We walk this world for only a brief moment, striving, hoping, and preparing. Then a day will come when we return to the earth, once again unmentioned, awaiting resurrection before our Lord. This powerful reminder calls us to reflect
- [Shaykh Abd al-Hakīm Dahhās - Advice Raising a Family with the Correct Islamic Upbringing](https://dusunnah.com/audio/shaykh-abd-al-hakim-dahhas-advice-raising-a-family-with-the-correct-islamic-upbringing/) - The family is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by Allah and one of the greatest trusts placed upon us. Strong families do not arise by chance; they are built upon faith, knowledge, mercy, patience, and righteous leadership. In an age of increasing challenges to the Muslim home, the need to cultivate strong family bonds
- [The True Reality of Islam - Shaykh ʿAbdullāh adh-Dhufayrī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-true-reality-of-islam-shaykh-abdullah-adh-dhufayree/) - This lecture explores the true essence of Islam as embodied by all of Allah’s ﷻ Messengers, who exemplified complete submission to their Lord in both outward conduct and inner spiritual state. This submission is encapsulated in the testimony of faith (shahādah): that there is no deity worthy of worship in truth except Allah ﷻ, and
- [“Say, ‘I Have Faith in Allah,’ and Remain Steadfast” - Ustadh Abū Ināyah Saif](https://dusunnah.com/audio/say-i-have-faith-in-allah-and-remain-steadfast-ustadh-abu-inaayah-saif/) - Steadfastness upon Faith: Understanding Istiqāmah in Islam This lecture examines a concise yet comprehensive statement of guidance delivered by the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, as reported by Sufyān ibn ʿAbdullāh. It addresses the foundations of Islamic belief and practice, emphasising sincere faith in Allah ﷻ and the obligation to remain upright, consistent, and steadfast in one’s
- [The Quran is the Speech of Allah, Not Created - Ḥasan as-Somālī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-quran-is-the-speech-of-allah-not-created/) - This lecture explains the fundamental Islamic belief that the Qurʾān is the direct and uncreated Speech of Allah ﷻ. Ḥasan as-Sūmālī discusses how this belief has been upheld by the early scholars of Islam and why it remains essential for preserving correct ʿaqīdah (creed). He highlights the historical debates surrounding this issue, clarifies common misunderstandings,
- [Miracles of the Qur’an – Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/miracles-of-the-quran/) - This inspiring and thought-provoking reminder by Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl explores the miraculous nature of the Qur’an and the many ways in which it proves the truthfulness of Islam. He explains that the Qur’an is a living miracle, revealed by Allah ﷻ to the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, unmatched in its language, eloquence, depth of meaning, accuracy,
- [An Explanation of the Nullifiers of Islam – Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Najmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/an-explanation-of-the-nullifiers-of-islam-shaykh-abdullah-an-najmi/) - Before you are a series of lessons on Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb's 'Nullifiers of Islam' explained and taught by Shaykh ʿAbdullāh ibn Ḥussain al-Najmī These lessons cover the ten most common nullifiers of Islam. They invalidate the religion, good deeds and belief of its practitioner, just as the nullifiers of purity invalidates ones ablution. If a person commits any one of
- [Do You Not See the Signs Around You – Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/do-you-not-see-the-signs-around-you-abu-hakim-bilal/) - This powerful and reflective reminder by Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl calls believers to look more deeply at the world around them and recognise the clear signs of Allah’s existence and greatness. He explains that everything in creation points to a wise and perfect Creator. The sun and the moon follow precise paths, the heavens and the
- [Do Not Compromise Your Religion – Abū Idrīs Muḥammad](https://dusunnah.com/audio/do-not-compromise-you-religion/) - This lecture is a reminder to Muslims to stay firm in their faith during times of difficulty and confusion. Abu Idrīs Muḥammad encourages believers to focus on the rewards of the Hereafter and not to sacrifice their religion for temporary gains in this world. The talk highlights the importance of patience, sincerity, and trusting in
- [Be Dutiful to Your Parents - Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/be-dutiful-to-your-parents-uways-at-tawil/) - Allah commands every person to treat their parents with kindness and excellence. A mother carries her child in hardship and gives birth in hardship, and the period of pregnancy and weaning lasts thirty months. As a person grows and reaches full maturity, and then reaches the age of forty, they turn to Allah in sincere
- [The Poem of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayranwani](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-poem-of-al-qayrawani/) - The following is the poetry edition of the creed taken from the Treatise (al-Risālah) of Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayranwānī (d. 310 AH) written by al-Aḥsāi'ī (d. 1285 AH). It has been reported that Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayranwānī (d. 310 AH) was requested to write a sumarised treatise covering asspects of Islamic creed and Jurisprudence for children of an Islamic
- [The Introduction of al-Ḥā’iyyah of Ibn Abī Dāwūd - Abū Khadījah ‘Abd al-Wāḥid](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-introduction-of-al-haiyah-of-ibn-abi-dawud/) - The Introduction of al-Ḥā’iyyah of Ibn Abī Dāwūd by Abū Khadījah ‘Abd al-Wāḥid is a beneficial and insightful lecture that introduces listeners to one of the well-known classical poems on Islamic creed authored by Imām Ibn Abī Dāwūd رحمه الله. This foundational work summarizes the beliefs of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamā‘ah regarding faith, obedience, and adherence to
- [An Explanation of the Creed of the Two Rāzīs of Abū Zurʿah and Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī - Uways al-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-creed-of-the-two-razi-imams-uways-at-tawil/) - Imām Ibn Abī Ḥātim al-Rāzī (d. 327 AH), while mentioning the journeys of his father, Imām Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī (d. 277 AH), in the pursuit of ḥadīth, narrated the following: “I heard my father say: ‘The first time I travelled to seek ḥadīth, I spent seven years. During that time, I counted my steps, and
- [Ramaḍān Sittings of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn - Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/774/) - This beneficial and enriching series presents selected lessons and reflections from Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn’s insightful book Ramaḍān Sittings, offering practical guidance for making the most of the blessed month. In this work, the Shaykh addresses important topics related to the virtues of fasting, sincere repentance, seeking forgiveness, remembrance of Allah ﷻ, Laylat al-Qadr,
- [Classes on al-Ḥāʾīyah of Ibn Abī Dāwūd – Uways al-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/classes-on-al-haiyah-of-ibn-abi-dawoud/) - This beneficial series of classes focuses on ʿaqīdah and manhaj, based upon the famous ode of Imām Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd al-Sijistānī, taught by Uways al-Ṭawīl. The well-known lines of poetry, referred to as al-Ḥāʾīyah of Ibn Abī Dāwūd, clearly explain the true Islamic beliefs of the people of the Sunnah and the narrations.
- [An Explanation of the Six Principles – Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Najmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/an-explanation-of-the-six-principles/) - Upon completing The Four Principles, Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Najmī began the explanation of An Explanation of the Six Principles by Muḥammad Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb. The book covers the issues relating to having sincerity for the Religion of Allāh, , division and splitting in the Islamic community, unity upon the truth, hearing and obeying the Muslim ruler, and matters
- [An Explanation of the Four Principles – Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Najmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/an-explanation-of-the-four-principles/) - This beneficial and foundational series presents Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Najmī’s explanation of al-Qawāʿid al-Arbaʿ (The Four Principles) by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, a concise and powerful work on tawḥīd and the dangers of shirk. The Four Principles clarify how the polytheists of old affirmed Allah ﷻ as the Creator and Sustainer, yet still fell into disbelief
- [Essential Principles for the Student of Knowledge - Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/essential-principles-for-the-student-of-knowledge/) - This practical and motivating reminder by Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl focuses on what every student of Islamic knowledge needs in order to stay grounded, focused, and sincere on their learning journey. He highlights that seeking knowledge is first and foremost an act of worship, not a path to status, debate, or online recognition. Without sincerity for
- [An Islamic Reply to Extremism - Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/an-islamic-reply-to-extremism/) - An Islamic Reply to Extremism by Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl is a clear, balanced, and timely lecture that addresses the causes, dangers, and consequences of extremism in religious thought and practice. Grounded firmly in the Qur’an, authentic Sunnah, and the understanding of the righteous predecessors, this talk clarifies the true Islamic methodology of moderation, wisdom, and
- [An Explanation of the Forty Ḥadīth of al-Nawawī – Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/an-explanation-of-an-nawawis-40-narrations/) - This beneficial and scholarly series presents Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī’s commentary on the explanation of the famous Forty ḥadīth of Imām al-Nawawī, as taught by Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān. The Forty ḥadīth is one of the most important foundational texts in Islam, gathering essential narrations that cover core aspects of belief, worship, character, and social conduct. Through
- [The Merits of the Companions - Shaykh ‘Abdullah an-Najmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-merits-of-the-companions-of-muhammad/) - The Merits of the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ by Shaykh ‘Abdullah an-Najmī is a profound and enlightening exploration of the noble status of the Ṣaḥābah (Companions) and their central role in preserving and conveying the message of Islam. Drawing upon clear evidences from the Qur’an, authentic Sunnah, and the statements of the early scholars, the
- [The Advice of Ibn Qayyim to the People of Sunnah - Ḥasan as-Somālī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-advice-of-ibn-qayyim-to-the-people-of-sunnah/) - The Advice of Ibn al-Qayyim to the People of Sunnah by Ḥasan as-Sumālī is a profound and beneficial lecture centered on the timeless counsel of the great scholar Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله, drawn from his renowned poem al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah fī al-Intiṣār li al-Firqah al-Nājiyah, widely known as al-Qaṣīdah al-Nūnīyyah. This classical work stands as a
- [The Seven Conditions of the Testimony of Faith - Abū Idrīs Muḥammad](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-seven-conditions-of-the-testimony-of-faith/) - The Seven Conditions of the Testimony of Faith by Abū Idrīs Muḥammad is a clear and impactful lecture that explains the true meaning and requirements of the Shahādah: Lā ilāha illa Allāh, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh. This talk highlights that the testimony of faith is not merely a phrase spoken by the tongue, but a binding commitment
- [Implement Monotheism and you will be Successful - Kāshif Khān](https://dusunnah.com/audio/implement-monotheism-and-you-will-be-successful/) - Implement Monotheism and You Will Be Successful by Kāshif Khān is a powerful reminder of the central role that Tawḥīd (pure monotheism) plays in the life of every believer. Rooted in the Qur’an, authentic Sunnah, and the understanding of the righteous predecessors, this article explains that true success—both in this world and the Hereafter begins
- [The Virtues of the Last Ten Days of Ramadan - Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-virtues-of-the-last-ten-days-of-ramadan/) - The Virtues of the Last Ten Days of Ramadan by Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl is an inspiring and heart-softening lecture that highlights the immense spiritual value of the final days and nights of this blessed month. Drawing from the Qur’an, authentic Sunnah, and the practice of the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions, the speaker explains why these
- [The Affairs that Turn one Away from the Truth - Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-affairs-that-turn-one-away-from-the-truth/) - The Affairs that Turn One Away from the Truth by Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl examines the subtle and obvious factors that lead people away from guidance. Drawing from the Qur’an, Sunnah, and the understanding of the righteous predecessors, this article sheds light on the dangers of desires, doubts, pride, and worldly distractions. The author offers practical
- [Clarification of How to Deal with Differences that Occur between the People of Sunnah - Abū Khadījah 'Abd al-Wāḥid](https://dusunnah.com/audio/clarification-of-how-to-deal-with-differences-that-occur-between-the-people-of-sunnah-2/) - This lecture explains how Muslims should deal wisely and fairly with differences that arise among the People of the Sunnah. Abū Khadījah ʿAbd al-Wāḥid discusses the importance of sincerity, good manners, and returning to the Qurʾān and Sunnah when disagreements occur. He highlights the need to avoid division, suspicion, and harshness, while encouraging patience, mutual
- [Loving for the Sake of Allah - Shaykh ‘Alī ibn Zayd al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/loving-for-the-sake-of-allah/) - Loving for the Sake of Allah by Shaykh ‘Alī ibn Zayd al-Madkhalī explores one of the most powerful yet often overlooked aspects of faith: loving others purely for the sake of Allah. Rooted in authentic Islamic teachings, this article highlights how sincere love strengthens brotherhood, purifies intentions, and brings believers closer to their Creator. Through
- [Hold Firmly onto the Sunnah of the Prophet - Shaykh Ḥasan al-Bannā](https://dusunnah.com/audio/shaykh-hasan-al-bannahs-visit-to-dusunnah/) - This lecture explains the importance of holding firmly to the Sunnah of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, as taught by Shaykh Ḥasan al-Bannā (1906–1949 CE). It shows how following the Sunnah helps Muslims remain true to Islamic teachings, strengthen their character, and apply the Prophet’s guidance in daily life and modern society.
- [Signs of an Innovator – Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/signs-of-an-innovator/) - This important and insightful reminder by Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl discusses the common signs and characteristics of those who introduce religious innovations (bidʿah) into Islam and turn away from the authentic Sunnah. He explains that innovators are often recognised by their attachment to personal opinions, emotions, and desires over clear evidence from the Qur’an and the Sunnah.
- [The Effects of Sins – Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-effects-of-sins/) - This powerful and heart-softening reminder by Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl explores the harmful impact of sins on a believer’s faith, character, and relationship with Allah ﷻ. He explains that sins do not only affect a person in the Hereafter, but also leave negative traces in this life. They weaken īmān, darken the heart, reduce blessings, and distance
- [Question and Answer Session on Contemporary Issues  – Shaykh Ḥasan al-Bannā](https://dusunnah.com/audio/question-and-answer-season/) - This beneficial and comprehensive question and answer session addresses a wide range of real-life concerns faced by Muslims in their daily lives. Through sound knowledge, wisdom, and balance, these answers provide practical guidance rooted in the Qur’an and the authentic Sunnah. Questions Covered My mother struggles to pay off an interest-based mortgage on her house.
- [There Was Allah and There Was Nothing Before Him – Abū Iyāḍ](https://dusunnah.com/audio/there-was-allah-and-there-was-nothing-before-him/) - This powerful and thought-provoking reminder by Abū Iyāḍ explores one of the greatest foundations of Islamic belief: that Allah ﷻ existed eternally, before all creation, without beginning and without need. He explains that everything in existence was created by Allah ﷻ, while He alone is uncreated, perfect, and independent of His creation. Understanding this strengthens
- [Holding Firm onto the Religion – Abū Idrīs Muḥammad](https://dusunnah.com/audio/holding-firm-onto-the-religion/) - This motivating and heartfelt reminder by Abū Idrīs Muḥammad encourages believers to remain steadfast upon Islam in times of trials, distractions, and changing values. He explains that holding firmly to the religion requires sincerity, patience, and consistency in worship, even when practicing Islam becomes difficult or unpopular. True steadfastness is built through strong faith, regular
- [Who Do We Take Our Knowledge From – Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/who-do-we-take-our-knowledge-from/) - This timely and important reminder by Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl focuses on a key issue facing many Muslims today: choosing the right sources for learning Islam. He explains that Islamic knowledge is not just information, but a trust and a form of worship. For this reason, it must be learned from reliable scholars who are known for
- [The Upright Salafī – Abū Muʿādh Taqwīm](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-upright-salafi/) - This motivating and practical reminder by Abū Muʿādh Taqwīm focuses on the qualities and characteristics of an upright Salafī in belief, conduct, and daily life. He explains that being upon the Salafī methodology is not merely a label, but a commitment to sincerity, correct ʿaqīdah, sound manhaj, and noble character. True uprightness is shown through
- [Be Patient, Only a Little Remains – Abū Muʿādh Taqwīm](https://dusunnah.com/audio/be-patient-only-a-little-remains/) - This uplifting and motivating reminder by Abū Muʿādh Taqwīm encourages believers to remain patient, steadfast, and hopeful during times of hardship, struggle, and uncertainty. He reminds listeners that this life is temporary, and every difficulty will eventually come to an end. Whether a person is facing personal trials, spiritual struggles, or challenges in remaining firm
- [Verily Allah Loves Three Things for You and Hates Three Things for You – Abū Muʿādh Taqwīm](https://dusunnah.com/audio/verily-allaah-loves-3-things-for-you-and-he-hates-3-things-for-you/) - The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Verily, Allah ﷻ loves three things for you and He hates three things for you. He loves that you worship Him alone and do not associate anything with Him in worship. He loves that you hold firmly, all together, to the rope of Allah ﷻ and that you do
- [An Explanation of the Book of Fasting from Bulūgh al-Marām – Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/an-explanation-of-the-book-of-fasting-from-bulugh/) - Bulūgh al-Marām is a renowned compilation consisting of 1,358 Prophetic ḥadīth, gathered from Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, Sunan al-Nasāʾī, Sunan Ibn Mājah, Musnad Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, and other authoritative books of ḥadīth. This series is based on the explanation of the Chapter of Fasting from Bulūgh al-Marām by Shaykh Muḥammad
- [Brief Classes on Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn’s al-Qawāʿid al-Muthlā Concerning the Names and Attributes - Uways al-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-exemplary-principles-concerning-the-names-and-attributes/) - This beneficial and concise series presents an explanation of Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn’s renowned work al-Qawāʿid al-Muthlā, which outlines the exemplary principles regarding the Names and Attributes of Allah ﷻ. Through these classes, Uways al-Ṭawīl guides students through the correct methodology of the people of Sunnah in affirming the Beautiful Names and Perfect Attributes of Allah ﷻ
- [An Explanation of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah by Ibn al-Qayyim, Taught by Uways al-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/an-explanation-of-surah-al-fatiha/) - This beneficial and insightful series presents an explanation of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah based on the writings of Ibn al-Qayyim, highlighting the deep meanings, wisdoms, and guidance contained within this greatest chapter of the Qur’an. Through careful study and reflection, Uways al-Ṭawīl explores the themes of tawḥīd, servitude, reliance upon Allah ﷻ, guidance, gratitude, and sincerity, as
- [The Three Principles of Islam (Text and Audio)](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-three-principles-of-islam-text-and-audio/) - "The first treatises that I advise with, for the one who wishes to begin seeking knowledge, is ‘The Three Principles, [after that] ‘The Pillars of the Prayer and its Obligations and Conditions’ followed by, ‘The Four Principles’ whilst using an edition that compiles all three in one book." - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Amān al-Jāmī. Here is the
- [Benefits from the Book of Fasting in Sharḥ al-Mumtiʿ of Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn](https://dusunnah.com/audio/915/) - This beneficial and insightful series draws valuable lessons and practical guidance from the Book of Fasting in Sharḥ al-Mumtiʿ, the renowned commentary of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn on Zād al-Mustaqniʿ. The lessons explore the rulings, wisdoms, and etiquettes of fasting, clarifying matters related to intention, exemptions, invalidators, recommended acts, and spiritual conduct during Ramaḍān
- [Classes on the Explanation of Ibn Qudāmah’s ʿUmdah al-Aḥkām Based on the Works of Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn](https://dusunnah.com/audio/926/) - This beneficial and structured series focuses on the explanation of Ibn Qudāmah’s renowned work ʿUmdah al-Aḥkām, a foundational text in Islamic jurisprudence based on authentic Prophetic ḥadīth related to rulings of worship and daily conduct. Drawing upon the explanations and scholarly insights of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, these classes clarify complex legal matters in
- [We Were Once in a State of Pre-Islamic Ignorance… – Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/we-were-once-is-a-state-of-pre-islamic-ignorance/) - This powerful reminder by Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl reflects upon the well-known ḥadīth of Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān رضي الله عنه, in which he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about future trials and misguidance. The Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ explained that periods of goodness would be followed by times of confusion, false guidance, and people calling others away
- [True Love for the Sake of Allah ﷻ – Shaykh ʿAlī ibn Zayd al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/true-love-for-the-sake-of-allah/) - This heartfelt and beneficial reminder by Shaykh ʿAlī ibn Zayd al-Madkhalī explores the meaning of true love and brotherhood for the sake of Allah ﷻ, one of the greatest bonds in Islam. He explains that genuine love for Allah’s sake is built upon faith, sincerity, obedience, and mutual encouragement upon righteousness. It is not based
- [The Attributes of the Caller and Student of Knowledge – Shaykh ʿAlī ibn Zayd al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/ten-attributes-of-the-islamic-caller/) - This tremendous and insightful reminder is delivered by the son of the illustrious scholar Shaykh Zayd ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī, addressing the essential qualities required of those who call to Allah ﷻ and seek Islamic knowledge. The lecture serves as valuable guidance for anyone involved in daʿwah and learning, emphasizing that true success lies in sincerity,
- [Question and Answer Session – Shaykh Muḥammad al-Hājirī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/question-and-answer-session-with-shaykh-al-hajiri/) - Selected Legal and Social Rulings from a Question-and-Answer Session with Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ramzān al-Ḥājirī (ḥafiẓahu Allāh) 1. The Permissibility of Women Teaching Other Women Question A questioner from Azerbaijan asked about students of knowledge who claim that it is impermissible for women to teach other women. Answer The Shaykh replied that ʿĀʾishah bint Abī
- [Respecting the Scholars – Shaykh Ḥasan al-Bannā](https://dusunnah.com/audio/respecting-the-scholars/) - Respecting the Scholars – Shaykh Ḥasan al-Bannā This important and heartfelt reminder by Shaykh Ḥasan al-Bannā emphasizes the obligation of respecting, honouring, and benefiting from the scholars of Islam. He explains that the ʿulamāʾ are the inheritors of the Prophets and the carriers of sacred knowledge. Through their efforts, the Qur’an and the Sunnah are
- [The People of Sunnah Stand Firm and United - Abū Khadījah ʿAbdul Wāḥid](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-people-of-sunnah-stand-firm-and-united/) - This beneficial and motivating reminder by Abū Khadījah ʿAbdul Wāḥid highlights the importance of unity, steadfastness, and mutual support among the people of the Sunnah in times of trials, confusion, and division. He explains that true unity is not built upon personalities, emotions, or group affiliations, but upon adherence to the Qur’an and the authentic
- [Benefits from the Life of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal – Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/benefits-from-the-life-of-imam-ahmad/) - This inspiring and educational reminder by Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl highlights the many valuable lessons and benefits that can be drawn from the life of Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, one of the greatest scholars of Islam and a leading authority in ḥadīth and fiqh. The lecture reflects upon his sincerity, patience, courage, humility, and unwavering commitment
- [Reflections from Laṭāʾif al-Maʿārif on Ramaḍān – Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-two-stuggles-in-the-month-of-ramadan/) - Laṭāʾif al-Maʿārif by Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī is a comprehensive and insightful treatise on the virtues, merits, and recommended practices associated with the months of the Islamic calendar. Through careful scholarship and deep spiritual insight, the author guides believers in making the most of sacred times and seasons. His chapter on Ramaḍān stands as a masterful
- [Proofs for the Messengership of Muḥammad ﷺ – Abū Iyāḍ Amjad](https://dusunnah.com/audio/proofs-for-the-messengership-of-muhammad/) - This insightful and evidence-based lecture by Abū Iyāḍ Amjad presents clear and compelling proofs for the truthfulness of the Messengership of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ. Drawing upon the Qur’an, authentic ḥadīth, historical accounts, and rational arguments, the lecture demonstrates that his message is divinely revealed and firmly grounded in truth. The speaker explains how the
- [Selected Narrations from the Sunan of Ibn Mājah – Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/selected-narrations-of-the-sunan-of-ibn-majah/) - Sunan Ibn Mājah is a major collection of Prophetic ḥadīth, compiled by Ibn Mājah, Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Yazīd al-Qazwīnī. He was from Qazvīn, a city in present-day Iran. It is reported that “Mājah” was a Persian nickname of his father. His collection is widely regarded as the sixth and final of the primary sources
- [Continue Striving After Ramaḍān – Abū Idrīs Muḥammad](https://dusunnah.com/audio/abu-idris-muhammad-eid-sermon-2017/) - This very beneficial and uplifting reminder was delivered by Abū Idrīs Muḥammad, encouraging believers to remain steadfast in striving toward good deeds and spiritual growth. He reminds us that although the blessed month of Ramaḍān has come to an end, the Lord of Ramaḍān, Allah ﷻ, is Ever-Lasting and always deserving of our worship, obedience,
- [A Powerful Reminder After the Grenfell Tragedy – Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/preparation-for-the-last-day-uways-at-tawil/) - This moving and heartfelt reminder was delivered by Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl, a graduate of the Islamic University of Madīnah, following the tragic events at Grenfell Tower in West London. In this lecture, he reflects upon the reality of death, the fragility of life, and the urgent need for repentance and sincere return to Allah ﷻ. He
- [An Introduction to the Science of Ḥadīth and al-Bayqūnīyyah – Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/an-explanation-of-the-ode-of-al-bayquniyah-in-the-science-of-hadith-uwais-at-tawil/) - The science of ḥadīth is among the most important and detailed disciplines within Islamic scholarship. Through its precise principles and carefully developed methodologies, scholars of ḥadīth laid the foundations by which narrations could be examined, verified, and classified. By the permission of Allah ﷻ, these principles enable us to distinguish authentic reports from weak or
- [An Explanation of al-Waraqāt by al-Juwaynī  - Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/2410/) - Introduction to Uṣūl al-Fiqh and the Foundations of Islamic Legal Theory Uṣūl al-fiqh (أصول الفقه), or the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, constitutes the methodological framework through which Islamic law is derived from its primary and secondary sources: the Qurʾān, the Sunnah, ijmāʿ (scholarly consensus), and qiyās (analogical reasoning). This discipline equips students of Islamic knowledge
- [A Brief Glimpse into The Life of Ibn Taymiyyah - Abu Ḥakiīm Bilāl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/a-brief-glimpse-into-the-life-of-ibn-taymiyyah-abu-hakim-bilal-davis/) - This is a lecture delivered by Abu Ḥakīm Bilāl on the life and legacy of Ibn Taymiyyah. He was a Shaykh, an Imām, a leading scholar (ʿAllāmah), a master of ḥadīth (Ḥāfiẓ), a skilled critic (Nāqiḍ), a jurist (Faqīh), a Mujtahid, a Qur’anic exegete (Mufassir), and a scholar of exceptional proficiency. He was a guiding
- [Welcoming Ramaḍān - Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl Davis.](https://dusunnah.com/audio/welcoming-ramadan-abu-hakim/) - Ramaḍān is the most virtuous month of the year, in which the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ stated that whoever stands in prayer during its nights with faith and in hope of reward will have his previous sins forgiven. During this blessed month, the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ would exert themselves in worship, reduce their involvement in worldly affairs,
- [The Memorandum of Ḥadīth by al-Mulaqqin - Uways at-Tawīl](https://dusunnah.com/audio/2640/) - This series explores the scholarly legacy of the eminent Shāfiʿī jurist and ḥadīth scholar Sirāj al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Shāfiʿī al-Miṣrī, widely known as Ibn al-Mulaqqin (d. 804 AH / 1401 CE). He was renowned for his extensive contributions to the sciences of ḥadīth and fiqh, and for his prolific and influential scholarship.
- [ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām and The Sickness and the Cure - Abū ʿAbdillāh Nūr ad-Dīn](https://dusunnah.com/audio/umdatul-ahkaam-the-sickness-and-cure-abu-ʿabdillah-nur-ad-din/) - These classes introduces two foundational works of Islamic scholarship that address both outward practice and inward spiritual reform. ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām is a renowned collection of authentic aḥādīth compiled by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (d. 600 AH / 1203 CE). It focuses primarily on narrations related to legal rulings and practical worship, making it a central
- [Treading the Path to the Hereafter – Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Saʿdī, Explained by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/treading-the-path-to-the-hereafter/) - This beneficial and heart-softening series presents an explanation of Taysīr al-Laṭīf al-Mannān and related writings of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Saʿdī, focusing on the believer’s journey toward the Hereafter. Through these lessons, Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī guides listeners in understanding how to live with purpose, sincerity, and awareness of meeting Allah ﷻ. The series emphasizes repentance, patience,
- [The Cure for the Heart - Abdulilah Lahmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-cure-for-the-heart-abdulilah-lahmami/) - The Cure for the Heart by ‘Abdulilah Lahmāmī is a deeply moving and beneficial lecture that addresses the spiritual diseases that affect the hearts of believers and presents the Islamic remedies for purification and renewal. Drawing from the Qur’an, authentic Sunnah, and the wisdom of the righteous scholars, this talk highlights how faith, remembrance of
- [An Explanation of the Creed of Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/an-explanation-of-the-creed-of-ibn-abi-zayd-al-qayrawani/) - This beneficial and foundational series presents an explanation of the creed of Imām Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī, one of the leading Mālikī scholars of North Africa and a major authority in Islamic learning. His famous work, al-Risālah, contains a concise and clear summary of orthodox Islamic ʿaqīdah, alongside essential rulings of worship
- [Those Who Say: Our Lord is Allah and Then Remain Upright – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/those-who-say-our-lord-is-allah-and-then-remain-upright/) - This powerful and motivating reminder by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī focuses on what it truly means to live by the statement, “Our Lord is Allah ﷻ,” and to remain firm upon it in everyday life. He explains that faith is not just something we say, but something we live. Declaring belief in Allah ﷻ comes with
- [The Advice of Luqmān – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-advice-of-luqman/) - This beneficial and reflective reminder by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī explores the timeless advice given by Luqmān to his son, as mentioned in the Qur’an. He explains how Luqmān’s counsel provides a complete guide for building strong faith, good character, and balanced living. The advice centres on sincerity in worship, gratitude to Allah ﷻ, kindness to
- [The Correct Methodology of Ibn al-Saʿdī – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-correct-methodology-of-ibn-as-sadi/) - This beneficial and insightful reminder by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī presents summarized lessons and key benefits from the important work Manhāj al-Ḥaqq (The Correct Methodology) by the great Imām Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir al-Saʿdī. In this lecture, Dr. ʿAbdulilāh explains the author’s approach to understanding and establishing the three categories of tawḥīd, as well as
- [Beware of Extremism – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/beware-of-extremism/) - This important and timely reminder by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī warns against the dangers of extremism and excess in religious belief, practice, and conduct. He explains that Islam is a religion of balance, moderation, and wisdom. The Qur’an and the Sunnah guide believers toward a middle path that avoids both negligence and exaggeration. Extremism leads to
- [The Party of Paradise and the Party of Hellfire - 'Abdulilah Lahmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-party-of-paradise-and-the-party-of-hel-fire-abdulilah-lahmami/) - This powerful and thought-provoking reminder reflects upon the two paths that humanity ultimately follows: the path that leads to Paradise and the path that leads to Hellfire. Drawing from the Qur’an and the authentic Sunnah, this lecture explains that the Party of Paradise consists of those who believe sincerely in Allah ﷻ, follow the Messenger
- [Obstacles in Seeking Knowledge – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/obsticles-in-seeking-knowledge/) - Obstacles in Seeking Knowledge – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī This beneficial and insightful reminder by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī highlights the common obstacles that students of knowledge face on their journey of learning and personal development. He explains that seeking Islamic knowledge is a noble act of worship, but it requires sincerity, patience, humility, and perseverance. Along
- [Advice to my Sister - Abdulilah Lahmami](https://dusunnah.com/audio/advice-to-my-sister/) - This exceptionally delivered lecture by our noble teacher Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī entitled “Advice to My Sister” consists of a concise reminder directed towards the believing women. During the lecture, the speaker makes reference to the pamphlet entitled “Nasīḥatu li al-Marʾah Muslimah” by the noble and esteemed Shaykh, Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān. The Prophet ﷺ said, “The best happiness a man can possess is
- [The Virtues of the Last Ten Days of Ramaḍān – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-last-ten-days-of-striving-in-ramadan/) - Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī delivers an insightful and uplifting lecture on the great benefits and virtues of the final ten days of Ramaḍān. These blessed days hold a special place in the life of every Muslim, as they represent the most virtuous period of the sacred month. He explains that the last ten nights and days
- [Remembering and Understanding the Beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah ﷻ – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-beautiful-names-and-attributes-of-allah/) - This profound and uplifting reminder by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī focuses on the importance of learning, reflecting upon, and living by the Beautiful Names and Perfect Attributes of Allah ﷻ (al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā wa al-Ṣifāt al-ʿUlā). He explains that knowing Allah ﷻ through His Names and Attributes strengthens faith, increases love and reverence for the Creator, and
- [22 Principles Regarding Innovation and Its People – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/22-principles-regarding-innovation-and-its-people/) - This important and insightful lecture by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī outlines twenty-two foundational principles related to religious innovation (bidʿah) and those who promote it. The reminder is grounded in the Qur’an and the Sunnah, upon the understanding of the righteous predecessors, and aims to protect believers from deviation and confusion. Dr. ʿAbdulilāh explains that every form
- [I Advise You to Hold onto ʿAqīdah and Manhaj – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/i-advise-you-to-hold-onto-aqidah-and-manhaj/) - This beneficial and sincere reminder by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī emphasises the importance of holding firmly to sound ʿaqīdah and upright manhaj in times of confusion, trials, and widespread misinformation. He explains that correct belief and methodology are the foundation of a Muslim’s faith and practice. Through them, a believer remains guided upon the path of
- [The Status of the Scholars and Students of Knowledge – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/the-status-of-the-scholars-and-students-of-knowledge-dr-abdulilah-lahmami/) - In these troubled times, only those blessed with true insight can recognize the severity of the trials and tribulations we are living through. We live in an era marked by boasting, self-admiration, and the pursuit of recognition. Many tongues have become eager to seek worldly gain through deeds that were meant for the Hereafter. This
- [Forgive My Sin For They Do Not Know – Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/forgive-my-sin-for-they-do-not-know-dr-abdulilah-lahmami/) - This powerful and heartfelt reminder by Dr. ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī calls believers to return to Allah ﷻ through sincere repentance, humility, and constant remembrance. It highlights the importance of seeking forgiveness, not only after committing sins, but as a lifelong act of worship and self-purification. Dr. ʿAbdulilāh explains that a true believer is someone who remains
- [Life in the Grave – ʿAbdulilāh Laḥmāmī](https://dusunnah.com/audio/life-in-the-grave-abdulilah-lahmami/) - Islam encourages believers to reflect upon death and to prepare for it through righteous deeds and sincere repentance. It is reported that ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (may Allah be pleased with him) would not weep when Paradise or Hell was mentioned, but when the grave was mentioned, he would cry until his beard became soaked with

## Videos

- [Young Student, Know Your Place!](https://dusunnah.com/video/student-learn-your-place/) - Shaykh ʻUmar bin Muḥammad Fallātah: This is a beneficial narration. Samurah lived until the death of the Messenger of Allāh ﷻ. He participated in battles alongside the Prophet ﷺ and narrated from him. Samurah bin Jundub said "I heard many narrations from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and nothing prevented me from narrating from him
- [Masjid Daar us Sunnah Fundraising: Building a Ramadan Hall for a Growing Community](https://dusunnah.com/video/masjid-daar-us-sunnah-fundraising-building-a-ramadan-hall-for-a-growing-community/) - As the blessed month of Ramadan approaches, communities around the world prepare to gather in prayer, reflection, and unity. For Masjid Daar us Sunnah, this year brings both excitement and a pressing need: creating a dedicated Ramadan hall to accommodate the rapidly growing number of worshippers who come together during this sacred time.
- [Is Straightening Rows Before Prayer Obligatory?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-straightening-rows-before-prayer-obligatory/) - Questioner: Is straightening the rows before the prayer obligatory or recommended? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: It is obligatory to straighten the rows. The Messenger ﷺ would not begin the prayer until looking at the rows and ordering that the shoulders and ankles be aligned in their correct positions. Thereon after if the rows had
- [Burying a Deceased Whose Limbs Were Removed](https://dusunnah.com/video/burying-a-deceased-whose-limbs-were-removed/) - Questioner: May Allah ﷻ be good to you, one of the brothers had passed away and the hospital had taken parts of his body, is it that he should be buried without these limbs that the hospital had taken or should he be buried after these limbs are returned to the body? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl:
- [Sometimes He Prays, Sometimes He Does Not](https://dusunnah.com/video/sometimes-he-prays-sometimes-he-does-not/) - Questioner: A man prays but persistently leaves off doing so, and this is his state. What is your advice to him? Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Bāz: It is obligatory for every muslim and muslimah to have fear of Allāh ﷻ always. Prayer is a pillar of Islām and the greatest and most important of the obligated
- [How the Salaf Spent Ramadan](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-the-salaf-spent-ramadan/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: (The Salaf) would exert themselves in worship in this month as it has preceded, and they would decrease in their actions related to worldly affairs. They would make some time for sitting in the masājid and they would say: “....let us protect our fast and not backbite anyone.” They would accompany
- [Between Us and You Are the Books of the Salaf](https://dusunnah.com/video/between-us-and-you-are-the-books-of-the-salaf/) - Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: Hold fast onto the rope of Allāh ﷻ, and [the thing] that will assist you and will be like the sun for you [in shedding light upon this path] is that you return to the understanding of the Pious Predecessors, and [their understanding] is widespread and available for you [in
- [Working with Deviant Groups in Charity and Daʿwah](https://dusunnah.com/video/working-with-deviant-groups-in-charity-and-daʿwah/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on working with groups who are in opposition to the methodology of the Qurʾān and Sunnah in charitable acts or daʿwah? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: This enters under the statement of Allahﷻ; ۞ وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ “..and do not help one another
- [Does Refuting Innovators Harden Hearts?](https://dusunnah.com/video/does-refuting-innovators-harden-hearts/) - Questioner: O Shaykh, may Allah ﷻ make you successful. Does refuting the people of falsehood harden the hearts? Because there are people who turn us away from the books of the people of knowledge which refute the people of falsehood. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān Not refuting them is what hardens the hearts, because their doubts enter
- [Unlawful Takfīr and the Khawārij](https://dusunnah.com/video/unlawful-takfir-and-the-khawarij/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: Those who make takfīr they are the inheritors of the Khawārij, those who rebelled against ʿAlī bin Abi Ṭālib . The kāfir is the one whom Allah ﷻ and His Messenger ﷺ have declared a kāfir, and takfīr itself has conditions, amongst them is knowledge and intent. So we ought to know that this ruler opposed the
- [Repentance of the Innovator: Conditions and Requirements](https://dusunnah.com/video/repentance-of-the-innovator-conditions-and-requirements/) - Questioner: May Allah ﷻ reward you O’ Shaykh of ours, and this is the nineteenth question from Morocco. The questioner asks is it upon the innovator who repents from his innovation to fulfil the conditions of repentance? And are the conditions of repentance from innovation the same as the conditions of repentance from sins? And
- [If a Believing Woman Enters Paradise but Her Husband Does Not, Who Will Be Her Husband? – Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Uthaymin](https://dusunnah.com/video/if-a-believing-woman-enters-paradise-but-her-husband-does-not-who-will-be-her-husband-shaykh-muhammad-salih-al-uthaymin/) - Questioner: We know that Allah ﷻ has prepared hūr al-ʿayn for His believing servants on the Day of Judgment in Paradise. However, if there is a believing woman that Allah ﷻ enters into Paradise – due to His Mercy – yet her husband was an evil person in this life and therefore did not enter
- [Boarding Buses with Free-Mixing](https://dusunnah.com/video/boarding-buses-with-free-mixing/) - Questioner: In Morocco, we have buses in which men and women mix when they sit next to each other on seats, likewise, when it is crowded [mixing occurs] when people are descending from it. So is it permissible to board these buses? Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī: If the Muslims find an alternative – especially the students
- [The Ruling on the Nike Brand](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-the-nike-brand/) - Questioner: “Is it permissible to purchase a clothing (brand) whose name originates from a (Greek) 'God'? The name written in brackets is Nike, this is the name of this 'God'.” Shaykh Aḥmed al-Najmi: “What…?” Questioner: “Nike… It is English O’ Shaykh.” Shaykh Aḥmed al-Najmi: “I seek refuge in Allāh ﷻ.” Questioner: “However, this 'God' is not worshipped
- [Saying “Sadaqa Allahu al-ʿAzim” After the Qurʾan](https://dusunnah.com/video/saying-sadaqa-allahu-al-ʿazim-after-the-qurʾan/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on saying “Sadaqa Allāhu al-ʿAẓīm” after reading the Noble Qurʾān? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: The Prophet ﷺ portrayed for us the manners of reciting the Qurʾān when reading it. From the manners (of reading the Qurʾān) is that the person is in a state of purity when he reads the Qurʾān from the musḥaf; and it is permissible for him to read
- [The Ruling on Hunger Strikes](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-hunger-strikes/) - Questioner: Is it permissible for people to (protest by way of) hunger strike in front of the ruler’s palace, hoping to achieve some of their demands (from the ruler or government)? Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī: Abstaining from food? Questioner: Abstaining from food in protest and standing outside of the palaces until… Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir
- [Imitating Disbelievers Through April Fools Day](https://dusunnah.com/video/imitating-disbelievers-through-april-fools-day/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: I warn my Muslim brothers against what some of the idiots have made from April Fools day and I think that it (April 1st) is near, this is a lie that is made from the Jews, Christians, Majūs and the people of disbelief. Then along with it being a lie
- [She wants to Marry a Married Man](https://dusunnah.com/video/marrying-a-married-man-is-permissible/) - Questioner: What is your advice for a sister who wants to marry a man who is already married? Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Najmī: May Allah ﷻ reward her with good! There is nothing impermissible involved in that, rather it is upon her and all [other women] not to abstain from marrying a man who has
- [The Reason for Revelation – Surat Al-Munafiqin](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-reason-for-revelation-surat-al-munafiqin/)
- [The Ruling on Seeking Fatwa from Non Scholars](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-seeking-fatwa-from-non-scholars/) - Questioner: “It has become overwhelming in our time, people who issue fatāwa without (having the appropriate) knowledge. So how does the recipient of the fatwa act when there is a difference in ruling with regards (to a certain) matter?” Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: “O my brother, the obligation (upon you) is to ask the people
- [Books to Read at Home for Your Family](https://dusunnah.com/video/books-to-read-at-home-for-your-family/) - Questioner: Which beneficial books do you advise us to read to our families at home? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Fawzān al-Fawzān: The best thing to read to them is Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn. This book is beneficial and contains statements from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ categorised according to detailed chapters. Likewise, just as we have mentioned, read to them rulings related to prayer
- [Should I Return Home to Marry While Studying Abroad?](https://dusunnah.com/video/should-i-return-home-to-marry-while-studying-abroad/) - Questioner: If a student is on the voyage of seeking knowledge, however, his sexual desires increases and he does not have the ability to marry in the country he is [seeking knowledge] in, should he return to his country, even though there are no students of knowledge there, and seeking knowledge is not as easy
- [Who Can Be Her Guardian for Marriage If Her Father Is Not Religious and Her Brother Only Prays on Fridays? – Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/video/who-can-be-her-guardian-for-marriage-if-her-father-is-not-religious-and-her-brother-only-prays-on-fridays-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: There is a sister in France who a brother wishes to marry. However her father has no religion, and her brother only prays the Jumu’ah prayers? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān Is she a Muslim? Is she practising? If she is a Muslim and practising her religion, then her wali (guardian) is the [Muslim]
- [Avoid Books/Tapes of Those Who Deviated](https://dusunnah.com/video/avoid-books-tapes-of-those-who-deviated/) - Questioner: Those who were once considered upon the salafī methodology but then deviated from it; is it lawful for us to listen to their audio recordings or read their books that were written previously as well as their lectures? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wadi’ī: I do not advise with the reading of their books or listening
- [The Ruling on Reading and Listening to Former Salafi Scholars Who Deviated](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-reading-and-listening-to-former-salafi-scholars-who-deviated/) - Questioner: Those who were once considered upon the salafī methodology but then deviated from it; is it lawful for us to listen to their audio recordings or read their books that were written previously as well as their lectures? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: I do not advise with the reading of their books or listening
- [Rejecting Abul-Hasan al-Ma’rabi’s Refutation Due to Praise from Scholars](https://dusunnah.com/video/rejecting-abul-hasan-al-marabis-refutation-due-to-praise-from-scholars/) - Questioner: May Allāh ﷻ bless you Shaykh. We have a question. There are people who reject the statements of salafī scholars which refute Abul-Ḥasan [al-Maʿrabi] with the claim that there are [other] scholars that have praised him like Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād and the scholars of Jordan and Ibrāhīm al-Ruhaylī so what is your statement concerning this?
- [When to Accept an Innovator’s Repentance](https://dusunnah.com/video/when-to-accept-an-innovators-repentance/) - Questioner: O’ Shaykh, the questioner asks: A man fell into innovation and caused dissension amongst the ranks of the salafīs, and the brothers have remained patient with him for years whilst advising him. Once the people of knowledge spoke concerning him, declared him an innovator and commanded that he be boycotted and warned against him,
- [Ruling on Suicide Bombings in Palestine](https://dusunnah.com/video/ruling-on-suicide-bombings-in-palestine/) - Questioner: In the name of Allah ﷻ, the Most-Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. May Allāh ﷻ bless you Shaykh. What do you say about suicide operations in Palestine? Are those who do this martyrs? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: What are these “suicide operations”? Questioner: They are… Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: What are they? What are
- [Ruling on Suicide Missions in Jihad](https://dusunnah.com/video/ruling-on-suicide-missions-in-jihad/) - The Questioner: Noble Shaykh, we hear in some of the places of jihād from those who advocate for certain operations related to jihād some of which are referred to as suicide operations wherein an individual carries explosives with him or attaches them to himself before plunging himself into the ranks of the enemy in order
- [Ali al-Halabi Declared an Innovator](https://dusunnah.com/video/ali-al-halabi-declared-an-innovator/) - Questioner: May Allāh ﷻ grant you good, the third question: Many of the youth have delved into the matter of Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādi al-Madkhalī –may Allāh ﷻ grant him good- and him declaring ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī to be an innovator. Some of them are supportive while others are opposed to it. So what is
- [Signs of Innovation Revealed by One’s Companions](https://dusunnah.com/video/signs-of-innovation-revealed-by-ones-companions/) - Questioner: Āisha reported that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, ‘Souls are like conscripting soldiers. Those whom they recognise, they get along with, and those whom they don’t recognize, they will not get along with.’ Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá an-Najmī: Yes. All praise is due to Allāh ﷻ. May the peace and salutations of Allāh ﷻ be upon
- [Shaykh Ahmad al-Najmi on Yahya al-Hajuri](https://dusunnah.com/video/shaykh-ahmad-al-najmi-on-yahya-al-hajuri/) - The Questioner: As-Salāmu ʿalaykum. Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá an-Najmī: Wa ʿalaykum as-salām. The Questioner: May Allah ﷻ bless you with life O’ Shaykh of ours. Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá an-Najmī: May Allah ﷻ protect you. The Questioner: For days now we have tried to reach you but now, all praise is due to Allah ﷻ, He has
- [Advice to Girls Traveling to Syria for Jihad](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-to-girls-traveling-to-syria-for-jihad/) - Questioner: May Allāh ﷻ reward you with good, O’ noble Shaykh, actually the questioner is a woman from the Netherlands; she says: Recently, the call has been made amongst the youth to go fight jihād in Syria. So from amongst those who have gone are young women that are fifteen, sixteen and seventeen years old. They
- [Yahya al-Hajuri Needs to Repent](https://dusunnah.com/video/yahya-al-hajuri-needs-to-repent/) - Questioner: Recently an article has been spread between some websites, in which you mentioned the repentance of Yaḥyá al-Ḥajūrī and that he arrived to Makkah to repent. So what is your advice [with regards to it]? Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥī al-Dīn All praise is due to Allāh ﷻ, and may the peace and salutations of
- [The Ruling on Spreading Rumours](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-spreading-rumours/) - Question: Some weak-minded individuals rush to spread rumors without verifying its accuracy, leading to people feeling a certain way towards the leaders and Islamic scholars. And perhaps behind these rumors are enemies of Islam and the Sunnah. So what advice do you have for us? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Allāh ﷻ has answered this
- [What Every Muslim Must Learn](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-every-muslim-must-learn/) - Questioner: Knowledge is of two types. Divine, which is the Qur'ān and Sunnah, and secular, which is the worldly sciences. So, we ask you, our virtuous scholar, which of the two is obligatory upon every Muslim to learn, and which of them is a communal obligation? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʻī: All praise is due
- [Using Ibn Sina’s Arguments to Prove Allah ﷻ?](https://dusunnah.com/video/using-ibn-sinas-arguments-to-prove-allah-ﷻ/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to prove Allāh's ﷻ existence using the arguments of Ibn Sīna? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: You’ve not come across anyone except ibn Sīna?! Sufficient for you is the Book and the Sunnah and upon you is to stick to Ahl as-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah. Leave the heretic ibn Sīna.
- [What to Say in Prostration of Forgetfulness, Recitation, and Gratefulness](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-to-say-in-prostration-of-forgetfulness-recitation-and-gratefulness/) - Questioner: What is said during the prostration of forgetfulness, recitation and gratefulness? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: The same is said in them as what is said during the prostration of the prayer. The prostration of recitation and the prostration of gratefulness the same is said in them as what is said in the prayer:
- [The Academic Year Has Started: What About the Mosque?](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-academic-year-has-started-what-about-the-mosque/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: The academic year has now started and parents have become concerned about sending their kids to school, to such an extent, that the father will drive his son to school, appoint a driver to do so, or even buy a car for his son to drive there. He has not
- [Why Calling Upon the Dead Is Major Shirk](https://dusunnah.com/video/why-calling-upon-the-dead-is-major-shirk/) - Host: The questioner asks, what is the ruling of requesting from the dead a prevention of harm or attaining benefit? Which of the two types does it fall into? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥudaīthy: This is major polytheism. If you call upon someone other than Allāh ﷻ to accomplish something only Allāh ﷻ has the ability to
- [Praying Fajr After Sunrise: Is It Valid?](https://dusunnah.com/video/praying-fajr-after-sunrise-is-it-valid/) - Questioner: There is a man who does not pray al-Fajr until after sunrise. He does this continually, but he prays the rest of the prayers at the Masjid. What is the ruling of that? - may Allāh ﷻ reward you. Shaykh Muḥammed ibn Ṣāliḥ Al-‘Uthaymīn: Prayer is an issue of tremendous importance and its significance
- [Did Abu Hurayrah Learn from Shaytān?](https://dusunnah.com/video/did-abu-hurayrah-learn-from-shaytan/) - Questioner: Some of the people of innovation use the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah as evidence for the permissibility of studying under the people of innovation, since Abū Hurayrah took knowledge from Shaytān [as they claim]. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: He took knowledge from the Messenger ﷺ. He was the one who informed him of
- [Advice to Salafi Youth on Unity and the Book and Sunnah](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-to-salafi-youth-on-unity-and-the-book-and-sunnah/) - I ask Allāh ﷻ to bless this gathering and to make us and you from those who when they hear some speech that they follow the best of it. I advise myself, my brothers and loved ones to fear Allāh ﷻ in private and in public, and to fear Allāh ﷻ in all situations, and
- [Do Not Seek Wealth from Hizb Organisations](https://dusunnah.com/video/do-not-seek-wealth-from-hizb-organisations/) - Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: Ṣaḥiḥ al-Bukhārī and Muslim, pay attention to them by studying, understanding and memorising. Also pay attention to the books of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim and the scholars of the Islamic propagation in Najd, pay attention to and understand them and tread in their light, May Allah ﷻ bless you.
- [The Ruling on Photography and Video Recording](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-photography-and-video-recording/) - The Presenter: There are some questions on photography – photography during celebrations and other occasions. Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Baz: The default ruling on photography is that it is impermissible. This is the default ruling because the Messenger ﷺ cursed any woman who plucks eyebrows for others and the one who gets her eyebrows plucked, the
- [Advice for Married Couples Growing Apart](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-for-married-couples-growing-apart/) - Questioner: May Allāh ﷻ reward you: What is your advice to a married couple who are growing apart from one another and one of them is unhappy in the marriage due to this-it seems apparent that it is the wife- and they have children together - may Allāh ﷻ bless you? Shaykh Arafāt al-Muḥammadī: We
- [How to Deal with Teenage Behaviour](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-to-deal-with-teenage-behaviour/) - Questioner: This is a question - may Allah ﷻ be good to you - from one of the sisters present who says: How should I deal with adolescent behaviour? Shaykh Arafāt al-Muḥammadī: Is she referring to her own children? Questioner: Yes. Shaykh Arafāt al-Muḥammadī: She must be patient and kind, she must motivate and admonish
- [A Call to Wisdom, Nobility, and Adhering to the Truth](https://dusunnah.com/video/a-call-to-wisdom-nobility-and-adhering-to-the-truth/) - Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: I ask Allah ﷻ to grant us sincerity, harmony, brotherhood and place mutual love between us, this is what I have advised in numerous lectures, and yet, I am still accused of exaggeration, extremism and splitting the ummah. By Allah! ﷻ By Allah! ﷻ By Allah! ﷻ It is they
- [Trials Facing the Ummah and the Path to Relief](https://dusunnah.com/video/trials-facing-the-ummah-and-the-path-to-relief/) - Question: May Allah ﷻ preserve you – What is your advice regarding the tribulations that one has to deal with when faced with events of a global scale, and what is the stance of a student of knowledge regarding that? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: These events will not stop occurring; rather they will become more frequent if the
- [Implement Tawḥīd Until Death – Shaykh Muhammad al-Jami](https://dusunnah.com/video/implement-tawḥid-until-death-shaykh-muhammad-al-jami/) - Shaykh Muḥammad al-Jāmī: The implementation of tawḥīd means to concentrate all of one’s devotion to Allah ﷻ with clear intent, pure and free from the filth of shirk, bidʿah, and persistence upon sin. And if one slips [in this matter], he hastens to sincere repentance. So, whosoever is as such has indeed implemented tawḥīd. The paramount aspect
- [Does a True Muslim Congregation Still Exist?](https://dusunnah.com/video/does-a-true-muslim-congregation-still-exist/) - Questioner: May Allah ﷻ be good to you. Is there a Muslim congregation in this day and age or not? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān There is no might or power except by the permission of Allah! ﷻ Yes there is! (the Prophet said ﷺ), “‘There will not cease to be a group amongst my
- [Praise for Shaykh al-Fawzan & Shaykh al-Luhaydan](https://dusunnah.com/video/praise-for-shaykh-al-fawzan-shaykh-al-luhaydan/) - Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī: And as for [scholars] living today, then I’ll mention two excellent men, although there are many others – and all praise belongs to Allah ﷻ, but my intent is to give an example, [and they are] Shaykh Ṣālīḥ bin Fawzān al-Fawzān and Shaykh Ṣālīḥ al-Luhaydān. By Allah ﷻ, we test those who do not show their
- [Shaykh Rabi and Shaykh Zayd – Trusted Scholars](https://dusunnah.com/video/shaykh-rabi-and-shaykh-zayd-trusted-scholars/) - Questioner: There are many books and tapes of some of the scholars, such as Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī, Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī and Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Najmī, so do you advise with listening to their tapes and [reading] their books, and are they from the scholars of this Ummah? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad
- [Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hadi: A True Scholar](https://dusunnah.com/video/shaykh-muhammad-ibn-hadi-a-true-scholar/) - Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī: I call Allah ﷻ, and those of you present and the nobles angels to witness, I call you all to witness that he [Shaykh Muḥammad bin Hādi] is an ʿAllāmah. By Allāh! ﷻ He is an ʿAllāmah. He is also an expert in Islamic jurisprudence and a person of Sunnah. By Allāh ﷻ we benefit
- [A Story of Shaykh Rabi’s Scholarly Precision – Sayf ur-Rahman al-Mubarakfuri](https://dusunnah.com/video/a-story-of-shaykh-rabis-scholarly-precision-sayf-ur-rahman-al-mubarakfuri/) - Shaykh ʿAbdullah al-Bukhārī: As for Shaykh Ṣayf ur-Raḥmān al-Mubārakfūrī, I also studied with him. I read to him the 6 books [of ḥadīth], and we would go through portions of them and we went through Jāmi’ al-Tirmidhī plentifully, and some books of naḥw and ṣarf which were popular in India. Likewise some books of ʿAqīdah and other than
- [“Salafis Only Follow a Few Scholars?” – Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hadi al-Madkhali Responds](https://dusunnah.com/video/salafis-only-follow-a-few-scholars-shaykh-muhammad-ibn-hadi-al-madkhali-responds/) - Questioner: May Allāh ﷻ be good to you. Some people slander the Salafīs by saying they only have three or four scholars, and that they only listen their speech in relation to al-jarḥ wa al-taʿdīl. So what is your advice regarding this? May Allāh ﷻ preserve you. Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: This doesn’t harm
- [Do Not Label Anyone as Salafi Without Certainty](https://dusunnah.com/video/do-not-label-anyone-as-salafi-without-certainty/) - Questioner: So Shaykh, so how do we deal with this person [one who defends innovators] in particular? Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: Deal with him just as you deal with any opposer of the Salafi manḥaj; by distancing yourself from them, and inviting to the methodology of the Salaf, and staying firm upon it and
- [Should We Verify Both Sides Before Accepting a Refutation?](https://dusunnah.com/video/should-we-verify-both-sides-before-accepting-a-refutation/) - Question: Is it permissible to say when the scholars speak about a person and label him an innovator, the student of knowledge should verify the speech of both sides, and that he doesn’t make a conclusion except after verification? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādi al-Madkhalī: Nowadays, this is what we hear many of them rallying on
- [Can Ruqya Be Done Over the Phone?](https://dusunnah.com/video/can-ruqya-be-done-over-the-phone/) - Questioner: Is it allowed to perform ruqya over the phone, such that the person performing ruqya is in one place and the one being treated is elsewhere? Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād: And the blowing will reach there? I ask, will the blowing reach the one being treated!? This is from the strange affairs of this era. Because ruqya includes blowing and not
- [How to Be Dutiful to Your Parents After Their Death](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-to-be-dutiful-to-your-parents-after-their-death/) - Reader: On the authority of Abū ʿUsayd as-Sā’idī who said, ‘We were once sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man from Banī Salīmah came and asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, does there remain any duties for me to carry out towards my parents after their death?” He said ‘Yes, that you invoke
- [Beware of Lying and April Fools Day](https://dusunnah.com/video/beware-of-lying-and-april-fools-day/) - Questioner: A person asks about April Fools Day which has become widespread nowadays. Perhaps you have something to say about this? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: All praise is for Allāh ﷻ, and may Allāh extoll and protect our prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, his household and companions. Certainly Allāh has commanded us in His Book with
- [Accept Truth Over Your Shaykh](https://dusunnah.com/video/accept-truth-over-your-shaykh/) - Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: If your shaykh erred and due to this another shaykh criticised him –as the truth is with this other shaykh, then align yourself with this other shaykh and advise your shaykh. Do not be a bigot, it is not permissible for you to obstinately stick to the mistakes of your shaykh.
- [The Sunnah of Sha’ban](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-sunnah-of-shaban/) - Questioner: O noble shaykh, we are now getting close to the middle of Shaʿbān, and you know – may Allāh ﷻ preserve you – what takes place with regards to innovations during this time, so my wish is that the people are notified and made aware of this. Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī: A questioner asks regarding what the
- [Attending a Funeral to Pray Against the Deceased](https://dusunnah.com/video/attending-a-funeral-to-pray-against-the-deceased/) - Reader: Here is a story in relation to the Jaḥmites, which al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī narrated in his Tārikh Baghdād in the sixty sixth page of the seventh volume, under the biography of Bishr al-Mirisī, the Jaḥmite, he narrated, “When Bishr al-Mirisī died, no one from the people of knowledge or the Sunnah attended his funeral prayer except ʿUbayd
- [Yahya and Dammaj Have Attacked All Salafis](https://dusunnah.com/video/yahya-and-dammaj-have-attacked-all-salafis/) - Questioner: Shaykh, like the trial of al-Ḥajūrī, these brothers don’t manifest their true stance. As for the beginners; they say to them that al-Ḥajūrī hasn’t got mistakes, the scholars have wronged him etc. However, when they are with the brothers that are more aware of these issues; they show them that they’re with the scholars. Shaykh
- [Raising the Voice in Dhikr After Prayer](https://dusunnah.com/video/raising-the-voice-in-dhikr-after-prayer/) - Questioner: Is it from the sunnah to raise the voice in remembrance (dhikr) after the prayer or not? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: Without a doubt, it is from the sunnah to raise the voice in remembrance (with dhikr) which has been narrated, words of remembrance have been narrated (to say) after the prayer. This is something
- [Placing Hands After Ruku’](https://dusunnah.com/video/placing-hands-after-ruku/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on placing hands (on the chest) after rising from rukūʿ? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: That which is apparent to me is that it holds the same ruling as (placing hands on the chest) before rukūʿ due to the generality of his (the Prophet's ﷺ) statement: “The people are ordered to
- [Repentance of a Caller to Falsehood](https://dusunnah.com/video/repentance-of-a-caller-to-falsehood/) - Questioner: The Prophet ﷺ said: “And whoever calls others to misguidance will have a burden of sin like that of those who follow it, without it detracting from their burden in the slightest.” So will Allah forgive the one who has repented from calling to falsehood – and this falsehood has spread – or does the threat
- [Keep the Mahr Simple](https://dusunnah.com/video/keep-the-mahr-simple/) - Questioner: In the city where I live, the price of dowries is extremely expensive which discourages the youth from getting married. What is your opinion as it relates to this issue from an Islamic perspective may you be rewarded with good? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: This is incorrect and harmful. Raising the dowry and
- [The Great Reward of Forgiving an Oppressor – Shaykh Ibn Baz](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-great-reward-of-forgiving-an-oppressor-shaykh-ibn-baz/) - Questioner: There is a group of people in my country who have colluded to harm me. Now, and all thanks and praise are due to Allah ﷻ, Allah ﷻ has relieved me from my concern, and I want to forgive them due to my consideration that what happened was something already decreed by Allah ﷻ.
- [Advice to Muslims in Britain After the Woolwich Incident](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-to-muslims-in-britain-after-the-woolwich-incident/) - Questioner: “O esteemed Shaykh, the Muslims in Britain are in need of your advice on how to deal with some of the problems occurring in recent days from that which they are facing of harm due to a soldier being murdered by an extremist Muslim. Is it upon the Islamic centres [In Britain] to hold
- [Should We Say “Allah ﷻ and His Messenger ﷺ  Know Best”? – Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/video/should-we-say-allah-ﷻ-and-his-messenger-ﷺ-know-best-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: “Does a person in a state of ignorance (today) say “Allāh ﷻ and His Messenger ﷺ know best” and is this (only) said regarding matters of the religion or can it (also be) said regarding worldly affairs?” Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: “This used to be said when the Messenger ﷺ was alive. It would
- [Why Differences Occur Among Salafis and How to Fix Them](https://dusunnah.com/video/why-differences-occur-among-salafis-and-how-to-fix-them/) - Questioner: Occasionally disputes and misunderstandings occur among (some) Salafī brothers, so what is your advice and guidance, (which if acted upon inshā'Allāh) they would resemble the heart of a single body, and thus avoid tribulation (fitan) and controversy? Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādi al-Madkhalī: This occurs due to weakness in Taqwa (fear) of Allāh ﷻ, steadfastness,
- [Advice for Students Studying Worldly Sciences](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-for-students-studying-worldly-sciences/) - Questioner: I am a new student in an engineering college. What is your advice for me? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: My advice is that you study the matters of your religion first. When you have studied the matters of your religion, then there is no problem if you study a worldly trade or something you incline towards
- [A Warning to Muslim Youth in Canada Against Extremism](https://dusunnah.com/video/a-warning-to-muslim-youth-in-canada-against-extremism/) - Questioner: O' noble Shaykh, your Salafī children in Canada say that there is a misguided Kharijite sect in Somalia named Harakāt al-Shabāb. It calls the youth in Canada to commit a crime in the biggest mall in North America, Canada. So with what do you advise the muslims who reside in Canada? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī
- [Rules on Criticising and Praising People](https://dusunnah.com/video/rules-on-criticising-and-praising-people/) - Question: What are the rules and regulations pertaining to the principle that a detailed disparagement [Jarḥ Mufassal] takes precedence over a general praise [Ta’dīl], and is it the case that when a detailed disparagement conflicts with a general praise, the general praise take precedence over the detailed disparagement? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: The scholars have stipulated
- [How the Prophet Responded to Believers’ Mistakes](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-the-prophet-responded-to-believers-mistakes/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Naṣir ad-Dīn al-Albānī: The ḥadīth came to mind wherein a man approached the Prophet ﷺ and said: “O' Messenger of Allah ﷻ, I entered a garden surrounded by walls. I then encountered a woman therein and done with her what a man does with his wife except that I didn’t have intercourse with her”. The Prophet
- [Salafi View on Returning ISIS Members](https://dusunnah.com/video/salafi-view-on-returning-isis-members/) - Questioner: What is our stance on those who returned to the UK after having joined ISIS? Shaykh Sulaymān ibn ʿAbdillah Abā al-Khayl:1 Our stance towards them depends. If they have acknowledged their grave mistake and deviance, and returned to what is right, and repented, and this is observable in their actions and behaviour, it is our
- [Best Ways to Do Da’wah in the West](https://dusunnah.com/video/best-ways-to-do-dawah-in-the-west/) - ﷽ Questioner: Which mediums do you advise us to employ in spreading the correct message of Islam in this country [Britain], for example: TV, newspapers and visiting schools? Shaykh Sulaymān ibn ʿAbdillāh Abā al-Khayl: You are in a country that has its own laws and systems, and its own customs and practices. So your duty
- [Can Muslims Use Christmas and New Year Sales?](https://dusunnah.com/video/can-muslims-use-christmas-and-new-year-sales/) - Shaykh Sulaymān Salīmullāh ar-Ruḥāylī; There is no problem in a Muslim benefitting from the New Year’s sales because, in doing so, he is not celebrating the New Year nor is this considered part of the festivities. Rather, these sales are merely a benefit offered at this time. So he is allowed to benefit from it,
- [Stay Connected with Your Scholars](https://dusunnah.com/video/stay-connected-with-your-scholars/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: Indeed, we praise Allah ﷻ for this favour that He has bestowed upon you and I in the form of this meeting tonight, the night of Friday corresponding to the 11th of Shaʿbān 1436 AH. We invoke Allah ﷻ through His perfect Names and Attributes to grant us correctness in our
- [Removing the Face Veil Due to Social Hardship](https://dusunnah.com/video/removing-the-face-veil-due-to-social-hardship/) - ﷻ Questioner: What is the verdict on removing the niqāb in foreign countries because it creates some difficulties for some of the women over here. What is your verdict, may Allāh ﷻ bless you, if the sister believes that wearing the face veil is obligatory but sometimes she is subjected to abuse from these unbelievers?
- [Which Fiqh Book Should a Student Study First?](https://dusunnah.com/video/which-fiqh-book-should-a-student-study-first/) - Questioner: What is the first book of Fiqh that a student of knowledge is supposed to study? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: This question... It is not right to designate one particular book for everyone. All we can say is that whatever book it is, if you can find a Sunni Shaykh teaching it and dealing with
- [Using Video and TV for Dawah](https://dusunnah.com/video/using-video-and-tv-for-dawah/) - Questioner: We know that the scholars differ with respect to the issue of taking and making pictures, but is a person who is well-grounded in religious knowledge permitted to appear on video to refute Christians, invite the public to Islām, refute the deceptive arguments of Dā`ish and exonerate Islām from any connection their doings? Shaykh
- [How Is the Qurʾān Preserved Despite Variant Readings?](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-is-the-qurʾan-preserved-despite-variant-readings/) - Questioner: Some Christians and Orientalists say that the Qur'ān has not been preserved against alteration, you have variant readings. What is your answer to this fallacy, may Allāh ﷻ bless you? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: This fallacy has been refuted by Islamic scholars. They reply that the Qur'ān is preserved and these readings contribute to the
- [Is Mocking Religion Clear Unbelief?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-mocking-religion-clear-unbelief/) - Questioner Is mockery of aspects of the religion clear-cut unbelief? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl Yes, mockery of aspects of the religion is greater unbelief, and it is clear-cut unbelief because Allāh ﷻ, in the Noble Qur'ān judged those who mocked Allāh ﷻ as unbelievers: "Say, 'Were you mocking Allah ﷻ, His verses and His Messenger? Do
- [Islamic Ruling on Bitcoin and Crypto](https://dusunnah.com/video/islamic-ruling-on-bitcoin-and-crypto/) - Shaykh Sulaymān Salīmullāh ar-Ruḥāylī: We now move on to something that has preoccupied the people in this time. A matter that has preoccupied the people and has trialed them a great deal. It is what has been entitled digital currencies, or electronic currencies. Before I speak about electronic currencies, I say, respected brothers, within the
- [Ramadan Won’t Help Someone Who Returns to Sin](https://dusunnah.com/video/ramadan-wont-help-someone-who-returns-to-sin/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān A Muslim must always be engaged in obedience to Allah and in worship of Him ﷻ, maintaining his performance of the obligatory duties and leaving off unlawful deeds – during Ramaḍān and also during other periods. Some people strive in Ramaḍān but when Ramaḍān comes to an end, it is
- [Speaking ill of Foreign Muslim Rulers](https://dusunnah.com/video/speaking-ill-of-foreign-muslim-rulers/) - Questioner: Some say, 'the leader of Saudi Arabia is not my ruler and therefore it is alright for me to speak ill of him.' Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: That's it then! The leader of Saudi Arabia is not his ruler so he should go ahead and speak ill of him. And I, the head of Egypt
- [A Scholar Visiting Innovation Mosques](https://dusunnah.com/video/a-scholar-visiting-innovation-mosques/) - Questioner: May Allah ﷻ be good to you. If a scholar comes and visits a mosque of the People of Innovation, so some Salafis attend whilst others rebuke [this visiting]. What is your advice [regarding this] - may Allah ﷻ bless you? Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī: Firstly, it should be ascertained as to who
- [Should New Students Give Dawʿah and Connect People to Scholars?](https://dusunnah.com/video/should-new-students-give-dawʿah-and-connect-people-to-scholars/) - Shaykh Sulaymān ibn Abdillah Abul-Khayl: It seems that this question is from the scholarship students - may Allah ﷻ grant them a long life and make them beneficial. We thank them for their attendance, earnestness, their efforts and participation in many lectures and events. He asks; is it upon the new student to give daw'ah
- [An Imam Known for a Special Virtue](https://dusunnah.com/video/an-imam-known-for-a-special-virtue/) - Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bukhārī: Nu'aym bin Ḥammād was an Imām of the Sunnah, criticised by some regarding his precision and memory, yet he was a backbone supporting the Sunnah, stern towards the people of innovation. One day, he narrated a ḥadīth, whilst sitting among some of his students. With him were his notes and papers, and
- [A Beautiful Story of an African Student -Shaykh Muhammad Aman al-Jami](https://dusunnah.com/video/a-beautiful-story-of-an-african-student-shaykh-muhammad-aman-al-jami/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ʼAmān al-Jāmī: Let me tell you a nice story in conclusion of this sitting. A caller [dāʿī] from among your colleagues, who was a graduate of the Islamic University [of Madīnah], left to Africa as a student of knowledge. When the students [in Africa] came to know that this caller was a student of
- [Eating Meat from Jews and Christians](https://dusunnah.com/video/eating-meat-from-jews-and-christians/) - Questioner: May Allah be good to you O’ respected father. What is the Islamic ruling on eating meat from foreign lands that follow Christianity? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān There is no problem (in eating) the sacrifices of the Jews and Christians. (Allah ﷻ says) ۞وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ “..and the food of the
- [Why Do People Talk So Much About Shaykh Rabīʿ? – Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Luhaydan](https://dusunnah.com/video/why-do-people-talk-so-much-about-shaykh-rabiʿ-shaykh-ṣaliḥ-al-luhaydan/) - Questioner: Why is there so much talk regarding Shaykh Rabīʿ and why do they speak ill about him? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad al-Lūḥaydān: He is an excellent man with regards to his religion and his jealousy of the religion. Do you understand? Do not pay attention to those who speak ill about him, since he refutes
- [Wearing Thobe and Shimāgh in the West](https://dusunnah.com/video/wearing-thobe-and-shimagh-in-the-west/) - Questioner: Is wearing the thobe (long Arabic shirt) and the shimāgh (head dress) considered dressing to attract attention? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: Yes, it is considered dressing to attract attention. Wearing the thobe and shimāgh in the West is considered dressing attract attention unless it is common attire amongst the [Muslim] communities residing in that country,
- [Is Boycotting American Products Obligatory?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-boycotting-american-products-obligatory/) - Questioner: It is written in the newspapers in current times, the call to boycott American products and not to purchase them nor sell them. From what has been written today in a published newspaper, is the Muslim scholars are calling (the people) to boycott (the products) and (boycotting) is obligatory upon every Muslim and purchasing
- [Sincere Advice on Taqwā, Knowledge, and Islamic Character](https://dusunnah.com/video/sincere-advice-on-taqwa-knowledge-and-islamic-character/) - Shaykh Rabīʿ bin Hādī al-Madkhalī: All praise is due to Allah ﷻ and may the peace and salutations of Allah ﷻ be upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and upon his family, companions and those who follow the guidance. To what proceeds: Indeed I advise myself and my salafī brothers located in every place – in
- [What the Salafī Daʿwah Needs Today](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-the-salafi-daʿwah-needs-today/) - Question: What is the Salafī daʿwah in Libya currently in need of today? Shaykh Muḥammad al-Madkhalī: By Allah ﷻ, I do not know. You are more aware of its current situation. As for what the Salafī Daʿwah requires in all places, in Libya and elsewhere; (then) the Salafī Daʿwah is the true Islam – this is the first point. Secondly: it requires knowledge
- [Why Saying “I’m Not Obliged to Accept Your Advice” Is Wrong](https://dusunnah.com/video/why-saying-im-not-obliged-to-accept-your-advice-is-wrong/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādi al-Madkhalī: The brothers ask regarding the statement of an individual who replies: ‘I’m not obliged’’ when you clarify [an issue] to him, he replies ‘I’m not obligated [to accept your advice]’. If it is the case that, when you clarify the truth to him along with its evidence, and in turn
- [In Which Language Will the Deceased Be Questioned in the Grave?](https://dusunnah.com/video/in-which-language-will-the-deceased-be-questioned-in-the-grave/) - Questioner: In which language will the dead be questioned in the grave? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān Allah ﷻ knows best. We believe he will be questioned and Allāh ﷻ knows best [in which] language. The Prophet ﷺ did not explain that to us.
- [If Allah ﷻ is All-Able, Can He Make Unto Himself a Partner? – Shaykh Muhammad al-Jami](https://dusunnah.com/video/if-allah-ﷻ-is-all-able-can-he-make-unto-himself-a-partner-shaykh-muhammad-al-jami/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī: A philosopher may ask you an awkward question, I have actually been asked this question on more than one occasion, Is Allah ﷻ capable of making unto himself a partner? One should be cautious when answering such a question. It is not to be answered by saying ‘no’ or ‘yes’, but
- [Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī on Supporting the People of Sunnah in Dammāj](https://dusunnah.com/video/shaykh-muḥammad-ibn-hadi-al-madkhali-on-supporting-the-people-of-sunnah-in-dammaj/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādi al-Madkhalī: We hope from our brothers upon the Sunnah in Yemen to rise up in aiding their brothers upon the Sunnah in Dammāj, and they should know that we are Dammāj and Dammāj is us in opposing those filthy and dirty Rāfiḍa. Violation against them is a violation against everyone [upon
- [Advice for New Muslims and Those Involved in Daʿwah – Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-for-new-muslims-and-those-involved-in-daʿwah-shaykh-zayd-al-madkhali/) - Questioner: We request from you to mention some rulings in relation to the individual who has recently accepted Islam – male or female, in order to generalise the benefit, and what is your advice to these new Muslims? Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī: Firstly: the one who was upon disbelief and Allāh ﷻ bestows upon him Islam,
- [Advice During Times of Trials and Tribulations – Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-during-times-of-trials-and-tribulations-shaykh-ṣaliḥ-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: What do you advise us with in this period which trials and tribulations, the people of innovation and the death of the scholars have spread and increased? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: I first advise you to fear Allāh ﷻ and to increase in supplicating to Allah ﷻ that He keeps us and you firm upon
- [Actions That Continue to Benefit a Person After Death – Shaykh Zayd ibn Muhammad al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/video/actions-that-continue-to-benefit-a-person-after-death-shaykh-zayd-ibn-muhammad-al-madkhali/) - Questioner: What are the actions that benefit a person after he has died? Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī: On-going charity [such as] knowledge which is inherited [by others], righteous children who supplicate for him and charity which has been given by way of wealth. As the ḥadīth has mentioned ‘When a human being dies, all of
- [Sincerity is the Key to the Spread of Daʿwah – Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/video/sincerity-is-the-key-to-the-spread-of-daʿwah-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: You mentioned that the reason for the spread of the Daʿwah of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb and its benefits was due to his sincerity. Therefore, how do we know that we have actualised it and we are receiving its result? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Al-Fawzān: This is something that Allāh ﷻ places in you. If sincerity appears
- [Prophet ﷺ Chose Patience Over Punishment in Ta’if – Shaykh Ali Nasir al-Faqihi](https://dusunnah.com/video/prophet-ﷺ-chose-patience-over-punishment-in-taif-shaykh-ali-nasir-al-faqihi/) - Shaykh ʿAlī Nāṣir al-Faqīhī: When the Prophet ﷺ was appointed as a Messenger ﷺ, he stayed in Mecca – as we all know, for thirteen years calling people to the worship of Allāh ﷻ and abandonment of false gods. He had no authority or power in order to carry out Jihād. When he went toṬāʾif to
- [Don’t Reject a Groom Just Because He’s Not From Your Tribe – Shaykh Muhammad al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/video/dont-reject-a-groom-just-because-hes-not-from-your-tribe-shaykh-muhammad-al-madkhali/) - Questioner: What is your advice for he who withholds his daughter from marriage under the excuse that he wants [her to marry someone] from the same tribe and of a particular class, and this provides the basis for a lack of women being married off up until they progress [considerably] in age. So what is
- [Beware of Skype and Kik – Your Chats Are Not Truly Private](https://dusunnah.com/video/beware-of-skype-and-kik-your-chats-are-not-truly-private/) - Question: What do you say about [using] the webcam in programs such as Skype, a famous chat program, bearing in mind that it does not save the picture? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: I say to you O' my son, yes, it is correct that it doesn’t save the picture – onto your [computer that
- [Don’t Debate Christians Using the Bible – Use the Qur’an and Sunnah](https://dusunnah.com/video/dont-debate-christians-using-the-bible-use-the-quran-and-sunnah/) - Questioner: There is a man who has memorised the Bible. He calls Christians to Islam and even debates them using their own books. Is this permissible? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: It has been related in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Do not believe [news from] the people of the book nor reject them. For you
- [Collecting Donations for the Masjid is Permissible](https://dusunnah.com/video/collecting-donations-for-the-masjid-is-permissible/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to collect donations outside the masjid after the Friday prayer, as the masjid is collecting these donations, due the need of paying rent and other expenses pertaining to the masjid. However they have found some brothers who say this is action is an innovation. So what is your opinion may Allāh ﷻ
- [Is a Commendation Required to Translate or Teach Islamic Books?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-a-commendation-required-to-translate-or-teach-islamic-books/) - Questioner: As you are aware of the reality of the Muslims who reside in the non-Islamic countries, many of the non-Arab youth do not understand the Arabic language. For example, in our city there is a brother who translates the statements of the scholars from their books to the people, a simple book for example
- [Ruling on Collecting Donations in the Mosque](https://dusunnah.com/video/ruling-on-collecting-donations-in-the-mosque/) - Questioner: We have a charity box to maintain the masjid and there is a man who is allocated in looking after this box. He takes the collection box around the rows of worshippers before the prayer, especially on Jumuʿah. What is the ruling on doing this as some of the worshippers feel embarrassed? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn
- [Do Not Waste Time with Atheists in Dawah](https://dusunnah.com/video/do-not-waste-time-with-atheists-in-dawah/) - Questioner: Some of the western duʿāt say when they are inviting the non-Muslims to Islam and tawḥīd of Allah ﷻ, that the non-Muslims tell them “We do not believe in the existence of a Lord at all..” So what is the correct path in giving daʿwah to these people? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: If they
- [Protect and Care for Women](https://dusunnah.com/video/protect-and-care-for-women/) - Questioner: What is intended by the Prophet’s statement ﷺ : “Take good care of women” [Muslim] Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: The intent is to safeguard and preserve the well-being of the woman so that she is not oppressed and neglected. None of her rights should be violated, and she should not be deemed vulnerable (taken advantage of), mistreated
- [Maintaining a Masjid Despite Financial Difficulty](https://dusunnah.com/video/maintaining-a-masjid-despite-financial-difficulty/) - Questioner: This is a question, he says (the questioner), from a Muslim community living in the West. The questioner says: We bought a building with the intention to change it in to a masjid. We bought it with a loan of £100,000, taken from the Muslim community, and we haven’t opened the masjid yet. His question:
- [Don’t Give Daʿwah Without Knowledge](https://dusunnah.com/video/dont-give-daʿwah-without-knowledge/) - Questioner: May Allah ﷻ be good to you. If a caller falls into an innovation and calls the people to it, is it permissible to warn against him or is it only restricted to clarifying the mistake? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: What….? I didn’t understand the question. Questioner: If a caller falls into an innovation
- [Is a Daʿī Allowed to Receive a Wage?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-a-daʿi-allowed-to-receive-a-wage/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Aal-Shaykh: The first and the greatest matter that the dāʿī should pay attention to is sincerity – making his efforts solely for the sake of Allāh ﷻ. He should take caution in receiving wages for his daʿwah and be cautious of speaking or participating for a (the sake of a) fee. For if any of
- [What to Do if Your Brother Doesn’t Pray or Fast](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-to-do-if-your-brother-doesnt-pray-or-fast/) - Questioner: May Allāh ﷻ be good towards you, this questioner from outside also says, I have a brother that doesn’t pray and doesn’t fast, what should I do with him and he lives with me in the same house? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: You leave or he leaves, do not assemble with him in one house; he
- [Can You Kiss a Parent’s Head If They Don’t Pray?](https://dusunnah.com/video/can-you-kiss-a-parents-head-if-they-dont-pray/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to kiss the head of a parent if he (or she) only prays sometimes or doesn’t pray at all? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: This is not permissible because (kissing the head) is a type of (showing) love. Kissing him is from love, so it is not permissible to kiss him.
- [The Duty of Commanding Good and Preventing Evil](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-duty-of-commanding-good-and-preventing-evil/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: Many of the people throw the responsibility of commanding the good on others. They say “This (affair) has been enjoined upon so and so, it is upon the Commission, it is upon such and such..” Yes! It is upon the Commission of Commanding the Good and Preventing the Evil, this is a great
- [Calling to Tawhid & Sunnah Protects from Allah’s ﷻ Punishment](https://dusunnah.com/video/calling-to-tawhid-sunnah-protects-from-allahs-punishment/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Uthaymīn: Hudhayfah bin Yamān cited that the Prophet ﷺ said; “By the One in whose hand my soul is –It is imperative that you enjoin what is good, and it is imperative that you forbid what is evil or else Allāh ﷻ will most certainly be on the verge of sending
- [The Best Pleasure in This Life](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-best-pleasure-in-this-life/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: Then the author cited the ḥadīth of ʿAbdullāh ibn Amr ibn ‘Ās that the Prophet ﷺ said: “The worldly life is enjoyment, and the best of its enjoyments is a good woman”. The worldly life is enjoyment, meaning: something which is enjoyed like how a traveller enjoys his (traveling) provision, and then
- [Why This Life Feels Like a Prison to Believers](https://dusunnah.com/video/why-this-life-feels-like-a-prison-to-believers/) - Questioner: Questioner asks regarding the meaning of a ḥadīth cited by Abū Hurayrah: The Prophet ﷺ said: “The worldly life is the prison of the believer and the Paradise of the disbeliever” Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: The meaning of this ḥadīth is that the worldly life – no matter how great its luxuries are, and pleasant its days are,
- [Leaving a Wife in Labour to Seek Knowledge – Is it Permissible?](https://dusunnah.com/video/leaving-a-wife-in-labour-to-seek-knowledge-is-it-permissible/) - Questioner: One of the brothers was so happy upon knowing that you will be attending the conference that he left his wife while she was in labour. Is his action correct and is he sinful for leaving her? Shaykh Muḥammad al-Waṣābī: If her relatives can take care of her, or his relatives, female or male
- [Best Beginner Book for New Muslims](https://dusunnah.com/video/best-beginner-book-for-new-muslims/) - Question: An individual in Britain asks about the best book for a new Muslim woman to begin with in regards to (learning) fiqh and ʿaqidah ? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: There is a good book which I have mentioned to some of the brothers in Britain – and if I haven’t forgotten, I think
- [About Myself – Muhammad Aman ibn Ali al-Jami](https://dusunnah.com/video/about-myself-muhammad-aman-ibn-ali-al-jami/) - Questioner: I kindly request from you to acquaint us with yourself as Allah ﷻ bears witness that I love you for Allah’s ﷻ pleasure, however I only know a little about you. So I place my hope in Allah ﷻ and then you, that you would kindly inform us of (yourself) even if it be
- [The Salafi Principle of Boycotting Innovators – Shaykh Muhammad al-ʿAqīl](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-salafi-principle-of-boycotting-innovators-shaykh-muhammad-al-ʿaqil/) - Questioner: Some students of knowledge are lenient when it comes to dealing with people of innovation and mixing with them and having courtesy towards them, to the extent that they are trialled by them, and they claim that this is part of having a noble character, so can we have a directive word regarding this,
- [Be Like Abu Darda: Teach and Guide Your Family with Knowledge – Shaykh Salih Aal-Shaykh](https://dusunnah.com/video/be-like-abu-darda-teach-and-guide-your-family-with-knowledge-shaykh-salih-aal-shaykh/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl-Shaykh: There are two Umm Ḍarḍas’ – an elder and a younger. The younger of the two was a scholar, and the elder one also had knowledge. The younger was a scholar and an expert in jurisprudence – may Allāh ﷻ have mercy upon her and be pleased with her. [But] How is it
- [Our Brother Shaykh Ahmad al-Najmi – A Prayer for His Wellbeing](https://dusunnah.com/video/our-brother-shaykh-ahmad-al-najmi-a-prayer-for-his-wellbeing/) - Questioner: There are a number of questions which ask: “O’ Shaykh, make dua for him for reward and recompense, may Allah ﷻ reward you with good. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: May Allah ﷻ bring good news to you, and we ask Allah ﷻ for the recovery and wellbeing of our brother and beloved one Shaykh Aḥmad
- [Scholars Who Praise Shaykh Rabi ibn Hadi al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/video/scholars-who-praise-shaykh-rabi-ibn-hadi-al-madkhali/) - A collection of praise and accreditation for Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī, including Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin ʿAbdullah bin Bāz Shaykh Muḥammad Nasir ad-Dīn al-Albānī Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥya an-Najmī Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Bannah Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad al-Luhaydān Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Saʿd as-Suḥaymī Shaykh
- [Refuting the Principle That Consensus Is Required for Refutation](https://dusunnah.com/video/refuting-the-principle-that-consensus-is-required-for-refutation/) - Questioner: Is it a condition for their to be a consensus for (the acceptability) of a refutation? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: This is from the affairs of the memorisers of ḥadīth. It is not a condition that there be a consensus, it is not a condition that there be a consensus upon the one being criticised. Rather the
- [They Refuse to Study with Him Because of His Arabic, Yet He Is Knowledgeable](https://dusunnah.com/video/they-refuse-to-study-with-him-because-of-his-arabic-yet-he-is-knowledgeable/) - Questioner: Some students of knowledge do not approve of studying with some of our brothers who are superior to them in some subjects, and their excuse is that they are not proficient in the Arabic language, and thus they go to study with people of innovation, so should every subject be taken from its people
- [Acts of Worship Associated with the Month of Shaʿbān](https://dusunnah.com/video/acts-of-worship-associated-with-the-month-of-shaʿban/) - Questioner: O noble shaykh, we are now getting close to the middle of Shaʿbān, and you know – may Allāh ﷻ preserve you – what takes place with regards to innovations during this time, so my wish is that the people are notified and made aware of this. Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī: A questioner asks regarding
- [Beware of Those Who Claim Salafiyyah but Support the Hizbīs](https://dusunnah.com/video/beware-of-those-who-claim-salafiyyah-but-support-the-hizbis/) - Questioner: There is a a caller who claims to be salafī, however, he propagates Islam with the hizbīs (people of partisanship to a group or person) and does not warn against them, instead he warns his students against refutations and says about some of the salafī scholars: “he (salafī scholar) is upon the truth, but his
- [Sign of Allah’s Love for His Servant-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin](https://dusunnah.com/video/sign-of-allahs-love-for-his-servant-shaykh-muhammad-ibn-salih-al-uthaymin/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: Anas ibn Mālik narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said: “When Allāh wants good for his servant He hastens for him punishment in the worldly life, and when Allāh wants bad for him He withholds (the punishment) from him until He meets him on the Day of Judgment”. All affairs are
- [Ruling on Teaching in Mosques That Invite Both Sunnis and Innovators](https://dusunnah.com/video/ruling-on-teaching-in-mosques-that-invite-both-sunnis-and-innovators/) - Questioner: We have some masājid in Britain that bring a person who is upon the methodology of the Sunnah in order that he may teach or lecture people about tawḥīd. Then on following day, they will bring a Ṣūfī or Ashʿarī who will teach the people the Ṣūfī or Ashʿari [ʿaqīdah]. Is it permissible for this sunnī preacher
- [The Ruling on Defending Innovators Because Not All Scholars Have Refuted Them - Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hadi al-Wadi’i](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-defending-innovators-because-not-all-scholars-have-refuted-them-shaykh-muqbil-ibn-hadi-al-wadii/) - Questioner: Some people reject the speech of a scholar of the Sunnah who criticises some of the innovators, and their excuse is that the one who is being criticised has not been spoken about by the rest of the scholars of the Sunnah, so he says: “Where is such [a scholar]? Why have they not spoken?
- [If He Agrees with Their Creed, He Becomes One of Them](https://dusunnah.com/video/if-he-agrees-with-their-creed-he-becomes-one-of-them/) - Questioner: If a scholar from Ahl al-Sunnah agrees with Ahl al-Bidʿah in an issue from the issues of ʿaqīdah, is he aligned with them? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Yes - If he agrees with them on an issue from the issues of ʿaqīdah or from the foundations (ʼuṣūl), he becomes an innovator.
- [Can a Young Student Engage in al-Jarḥ wa al-Ta’dīl?](https://dusunnah.com/video/can-a-young-student-engage-in-al-jarḥ-wa-al-tadil/) - Question: [What is your advice for] a small student of knowledge who busies himself with al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl? Shaykh Muḥammad Ramzān al-Hājirī: If what is intended by “al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl” is speaking out against the innovated groups, such as [Jamāʿat] al-Tablīgh and al-Ikhwān [al-Muslimīn]; then may Allāh ﷻ grant him success! Even if he is a
- [The Salaf Would Judge a Man by Three Signs and Not Ask Further](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-salaf-would-judge-a-man-by-three-signs-and-not-ask-further/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādi al-Madkhalī: 'Whose affair could [possibly] be hidden after you look at his companion? the young man’s nature is indicated by a sign which is apparent on his forehead' Whose affair can be hidden after you look to who is with him? The general folk, nowadays, who do not read or write, if
- [Nooniyyah: A Poem Warning Against the Muslim Brotherhood](https://dusunnah.com/video/poem-nooniyyah-in-warning-against-the-ikhwan-al-muslimeen-نونية-في-التحذير-من-جماعة/) - الحمـدُ لله الـذي عـافـانـي * * * وإلـى الصـراطِ المستقيـم ِهـداني حمـداً يليـق بمنِّـه وبجـوده * * * فهـو الكـريمُ الـبَرُّ ذو الإحسـانِ خلَـق العبـاد َسعيـدَهم وشقيَّهم * * * ولقـد هـدى السُّعَـداءَ للإيمـان تـالله لـولا رحمـةٌ سبقـتْ لـه * * * لغرقْـتُ فـي لُجَـجٍ مـن الطُّغيـان لكنـه دومـاً رحيـمٌ بـالـورى * * * فـي
- [Should I Leave My Wife in Sweden While Studying in Madinah?](https://dusunnah.com/video/should-i-leave-my-wife-in-sweden-while-studying-in-madinah/) - Questioner: My wife is a revert to Islam. I have been accepted at the Islamic University of Madīnah and I wish to leave her in Sweden but we do not have any Muslim relatives, so what do I do? Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī: He should stay with her or he takes her with him.
- [Ruling on Someone Who Does Not Declare Ihyā al-Turāth Innovators - Shaykh Ahmad al-Najmi](https://dusunnah.com/video/ruling-on-someone-who-does-not-declare-ihya-al-turath-innovators-shaykh-ahmad-al-najmi/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to seek knowledge from a person who does not see al-Arūr, Abul-Ḥasan and al-Maghrāwī as innovators, and he claims that Iḥyā al-Turāth are Salafī. He also has not sought knowledge nor does he have any recommendations from the scholars, rather he has only taken knowledge from books and tapes of Ibn
- [Is It Permissible to Listen to Nasheeds Without Music? Shaykh Ahmad al-Najmi](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-it-permissible-to-listen-to-nasheeds-without-music-shaykh-ahmad-al-najmi/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to listen to nashīds which do not contain music? Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Najmī Nashīds are now well known to be from the actions of the Ṣūfīs. It is not allowed to listen to them with or without music.
- [Indeed This Religion Is Knowledge by Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/video/indeed-this-religion-is-knowledge-by-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: What is the meaning of the statement of ibn Sirīn, ‘Indeed this religion is knowledge, so look towards whom you take your knowledge from’, and is it necessary to know the condition of the person in order to take knowledge from him? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān Yes, this is what we have mentioned
- [Do I Need a Tazkiyah to Teach and Give Dawah](https://dusunnah.com/video/do-i-need-a-tazkiyah-to-teach-and-give-dawah/) - Questioner: If there appears in our country a preacher, whom by way of his lessons and sermons, it is apparent that his creed and manḥāj is sound. Is it permissible for the Salafī brothers to sit with him or does he need a tazkiyah from one of the the major scholars to do? Shaykh Zayd
- [Teaching Without a Tazkiyah: When a Student May Teach](https://dusunnah.com/video/teaching-without-a-tazkiyah-when-a-student-may-teach/) - Questioner: When is it right for a student of knowledge to say, “This is what appears most correct to me” or “This is what I believe” and when does he deserve to give circles of teaching independently, for many youth hasten to put themselves forward in gatherings (to teach), so what is your advice? Shaykh
- [The Creed of Ahl al-Sunnah in the Poetry of Ibn Abi Dawud](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-creed-of-ahl-al-sunnah-in-the-poetry-of-ibn-abi-dawud/) - تمسك بحبلِ الله وأتبعِ الهُدى = ولا تكُ بدعيا لعلك تُفلحُ ودنْ بكتابِ الله والسننِ التي = أتت عنْ رسول الله تنجو وتربحُ وقل غيرُ مخلوقٍ كلام مليكنا = بذلك دان الـأتقياء , وأفصحوا ولا تكُ في القرآن بالوقف قائلاً = كما قال أتْباعٌ لجمٍ وأسححُوا ولا تقل القرآن حلْقٌ قرأْتُهُ = فإن كلام اللهِ
- [Staying to Teach the People Is Better Than Migrating for a Student of Knowledge](https://dusunnah.com/video/staying-to-teach-the-people-is-better-than-migrating-for-a-student-of-knowledge/) - Questioner: A student of knowledge used [to live] in his country. He then migrated to Saudi Arabia in order to safeguard his religion, fearing for himself the trials and tribulations in his country, even though the people in his country are in great need of him..” Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: No, if a student of knowledge
- [Ruling on Giving Reminders Between the Units of Tarawih Prayer](https://dusunnah.com/video/ruling-on-giving-reminders-between-the-units-of-tarawih-prayer/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on giving reminders in-between the units of the tarāwīḥ prayer without doing it continuously? Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī: This is not from the actions of the Prophet ﷺ nor from the actions of his Caplihs, nor from the action the Imāms who followed them in goodness. Therefore it is from the newly invented [innovations].
- [Forgetting Wudu and Repeating Maghrib and Isha Prayers](https://dusunnah.com/video/forgetting-wudu-and-repeating-maghrib-and-isha-prayers/) - Questioner: I was travelling and the time for maghrib entered. So we prayed maghrib and ʿisha. Then after two hours, I remembered that I did not have ablution. So what is the ruling on that? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: The ruling is that you perform ablution and repeat the two prayers again because they
- [The Ruling on Earning Money Through Poetry](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-earning-money-through-poetry/) - Questioner Is it permissible to earn money through poetry? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz If the poetry is good, and there is a benefit for the Muslims, and the author sells and earns from it such as poetry about Islamic etiquette, rulings and it is about permissible things. There is nothing wrong selling them as in
- [If Following the Prophet ﷺ Makes Me a Wahhabi](https://dusunnah.com/video/if-following-the-prophet-ﷺ-makes-me-a-wahhabi/) - A poem by al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad Imrān al-Linji which was completed by the Imām of Morocco, Shaykh Muḥammad Tāqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī. Shaykh Muḥammad Tāqī al-Dīn Al-Hilālī was born in the year 1311 (A.H.) in a village called Al-Fidah in a valley near Sajalmasah in Morocco (N. Africa). His grandfather migrated to this place from Al-Qairawan (Tunis), a long
- [The Ruling on Using the Miswak While Fasting](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-using-the-miswak-while-fasting/) - Questioner: Does using the toothstick [miswāk] break the fast? Shaykh Muḥammad al-Waṣābī: No it doesn’t break the fast. There is no problem with using it and pieces of the tooth stick should not be swallowed.
- [My Wife is Pregnant and Vomits a Lot During Ramadan - Shaykh Ubayd al-Jabiri](https://dusunnah.com/video/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-vomits-a-lot-during-ramadan-shaykh-ubayd-al-jabiri/) - Questioner: My wife is pregnant and vomits a lot [during the day time in Ramaḍān]. What should she do? Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī: If the situation is like the way you have described, then I advice her not to fast. And after she has given birth she should make up for the missing days whenever she has
- [Whoever Says This Seven Times Will Be Forgiven - Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz](https://dusunnah.com/video/whoever-says-this-seven-times-will-be-forgiven-shaykh-abd-al-aziz-ibn-baz/) - Questioner: Is the one who says: “I ask for forgiveness from Allah ﷻ the Greatest, Whom none is worshipped in truth except Him, the Ever-living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exist, and I turn in repentance to Him”– seven times; forgiven of his sins even if they are (abundant) like the foam
- [Is Tazkiyah Required to Teach and Give Da’wah? Shaykh Ubayd al Jabiri](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-tazkiyah-required-to-teach-and-give-dawah-shaykh-ubayd-al-jabiri/) - Questioner: Is a tazkiyah (commendation) obligatory for a seeker of knowledge so that he may teach, and if there is not to be found anyone who has commended him, should he teach? And is there any precedence (from the Salaf) in this issue of commendation? Benefit us may Allah ﷻ benefit you. Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī: The one
- [Do I Need a Tazkiyah to Teach and Give Da’wah? Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hadi al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/video/do-i-need-a-tazkiyah-to-teach-and-give-dawah-shaykh-muhammad-ibn-hadi-al-madkhali/) - Questioner: Is tazkiyah (commendation) a condition for a student of knowledge when he wishes to give fatwá or to teach? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī Necessary, necessary, “I did not sit (for giving fatwá) until it was said to me (to do so)” Imām Mālik said. Yes, it is necessary that it is testified for him
- [Is Tazkiyah Required for a Woman to Teach in the Mosque Shaykh Abdullah al-Ghudayan](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-tazkiyah-required-for-a-woman-to-teach-in-the-mosque-shaykh-abdullah-al-ghudayan/) - Questioner: May Allāh ﷻ be benevolent to you and bless you, the female questioner says: A muslim woman who seeks knowledge through the route of translated books and cassettes and has the opportunity to contact the scholars for matters that become difficult for her (to understand). Is it permissible for her, or possible for her
- [Do I need a Tazkiyah Commendation to Teach and Give Da’wah Shaykh Abd al-Muhsin al-Abbad](https://dusunnah.com/video/do-i-need-a-tazkiyah-commendation-to-teach-and-give-dawah-shaykh-abd-al-muhsin-al-abbad/) - Questioner: Is it a condition for the one who desires to invite to Allāh ﷻ that he should have a tazkiyah (commendation) from the people of knowledge? Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād al-Badr: It is not desirable for a person that he proceeds upon speech (for the people) except that he possesses knowledge, but it is not binding
- [The Ruling on Charging Your Phone in the Masjid Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-charging-your-phone-in-the-masjid-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: The majority of the questions ask, is it permissible to charge the mobile in the masjid, specifically in Masjid al-Haram? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: If those responsible over the masjid prohibit charging the mobile, then it is not allowed. However, if they do not prohibit it, then there is no problem in doing so and it
- [Is Salat al-Tawbah a Legislated Prayer the Prayer of Repentance Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-salat-al-tawbah-a-legislated-prayer-the-prayer-of-repentance-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: My colleague said to me, if you want to repent, then go and perform wudūʿ and pray two rakaʿāt, and this action is called ‘Ṣalāt al-Tawbah’. Is this action correct and is there a prayer for repentance? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Yes, this has been reported in a ḥadīth. So if a individual performs wudūʿ,
- [16 Hours a Day Is Required to Be a Student of Knowledge](https://dusunnah.com/video/16-hours-a-day-is-required-to-be-a-student-of-knowledge/) - Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Najmī: I was in Riyadh in the year 1384 AH. Thereafter we were invited for coffee with him, so I went. I remember a statement of his, he said, ‘He who doesn’t spend at least 16 hours during the day and night in seeking knowledge is not a student of knowledge. Questioner:
- [The Ruling on Living in Non Muslim Lands Hijrah](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-living-in-non-muslim-lands-hijrah/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādi al-Madkhalī: Because the lands of the non-Muslims, they encourage their disbelieving brothers (in disbelief) because they are the same; ۞ وَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَاءً “They wish that you reject Faith, as they have rejected (Faith),” (Q 4:89). So they seek to misguide us, we ask Allah ﷻ for His
- [The Story of Abraham [Ibrahim] – Surah al-Saffat](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-story-of-abraham-ibrahim-surah-as-saffat/) - ۞وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ 76. And We rescued him and his family from the great distress (i.e. drowning), ۞وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُ هُمُ الْبَاقِينَ 77. And, his progeny, them We made the survivors (i.e. Shem, Ham and Japheth). ۞وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ 78. And left for him (a goodly remembrance) among generations to come in later times: ۞سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ
- [Is It Permissible to Say I Don’t Know Even If I Do](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-it-permissible-to-say-i-dont-know-even-if-i-do/) - Questioner: If I am asked regarding a fatwá or a ruling and I know the answer (given by the scholars), is it permissible for me to say “I don’t know”, in fear of giving fatwá? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: If there are scholars whom he can contact, to ask them even if it be by way of
- [O You Who Believe Fear Allah and Speak the Truth](https://dusunnah.com/video/o-you-who-believe-fear-allah-and-speak-the-truth/) - Shaykh ʿAlī bin Yaḥyá al-Ḥadādī: Likewise – O’ servant of Allāh ﷻ, from the fruits of obeying the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and sticking to His Sunnah is; [gaining] great success. As Allāh ﷻ said, ۞ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
- [Is It Permissible to Learn from Innovators or Read Their Books](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-it-permissible-to-learn-from-innovators-or-read-their-books/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to take knowledge from the people of innovation or to read their books due to the lack of books of the people of Sunnah in my country? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: All praise is due to Allah ﷻ, the people of Sunnah are present and their books are available but it
- [The Hadith of Sitting Between the Shade and the Sun](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-hadith-of-sitting-between-the-shade-and-the-sun/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī: “This leads to what we were speaking about concerning a ḥadīth of the Prophet ﷺ , in which he forbade a man to sit between the shade and the sun. So, he either sits in the shade or sits in the sun. Thus, if a person was sitting in a shaded place, for
- [Is There a Reward for Reciting Surah al-Kahf on Friday](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-there-a-reward-for-reciting-surah-al-kahf-on-friday/) - Questioner: Is there a ḥadīth that mentions the virtues of reciting Sūrah al-Kahf [on Fridays]? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin ʿAbdullāh bin Bāz: There is a narration [attributed to the companions but not to the Prophet ﷺ] which mentions that some of the Companions use to read it on Friday. However the ḥadīth which is attributed to
- [Should I Reply to Salam While Reading the Quran](https://dusunnah.com/video/should-i-reply-to-salam-while-reading-the-quran/) - Questioner: If I’m reading the Qurʿān and then a person approaches and greets me, do I reply to his greeting or finish the verse (first)? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: Finish the verse and then reply to his greeting. It has not been prescribed to greet the one who is reading the Qurʿān as this will disturb him
- [Can a Menstruating Woman Attend the Masjid and Read Quran in Ramadan?](https://dusunnah.com/video/can-a-menstruating-woman-attend-the-masjid-and-read-quran-in-ramadan/) - Questioner: Is it permissible for a menstruating woman or a woman with postpartum bleeding to touch and read the Qurʾān in the blessed month of Ramaḍān, which the people specify in completing the Qurʾān? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī: I don’t know anything that prohibits this, and the ḥadīth: “…and no one should touch the Qurʾān,
- [How Should a New Student Start Seeking Knowledge?](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-should-a-new-student-start-seeking-knowledge/) - Questioner: What do you advise us with if we want to seek knowledge, bearing in mind that we are at the initial stages of seeking knowledge? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: If you are at the beginning stages, then build [yourself] and start with the fundamental sciences of ʿaqīdah, tafsīr, ḥadīth, fiqh, ʼuṣūl fiqh, ʼuṣūl
- [The Ruling of the Two Athans on Friday](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-of-the-two-athans-on-friday/) - Questioner: With regards to the first ʼathān of the Friday prayer, is the ʼathān repeated after the mu’athin? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Fawzān: The [first] ʼathān is Islamically legislated because it is from the sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. The third Caliph ʿUthmān enjoined it whilst the Rightly Guided Caliph ʿAlī ibn ʼAbī Ṭālib, the Muhājirīn and the Ansār were
- [Is It Better for Women to Pray Tarawih at Home or in the Mosque?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-it-better-for-women-to-pray-tarawih-at-home-or-in-the-mosque/) - Question: Is it better for women to pray at home during the month of Ramaḍān? Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Adani: If she is motivated enough to pray at home then it is better if she does so, but if she lacks motivation and she is taken by laziness then there is no harm if she prays at the mosque.
- [Principles of Boycotting (Part 2)](https://dusunnah.com/video/principles-of-boycotting-part-2/) - Questioner: Are there conditions for boycotting, when is boycotting prohibited, and whom should it be applied to? Shaykh Aḥmad Yaḥyá an-Najmī: I say, as I have previously said, and others have said too; boycotting is based on a benefit. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah has even said this: “If there is a benefit in boycotting, a benefit
- [Hajj While in Debt](https://dusunnah.com/video/hajj-while-in-debt/) - Questioner: Is Ḥajj valid [if performed] before clearing debt? Imām ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz: Yes, Ḥajj is valid and there is no problem even if a person has debt. However he should begin by clearing the debt before performing Ḥajj. Since Ḥajj is not obligatory upon the one who doesn’t have the ability, rather it is only obligatory upon those
- [9 Questions About the Jinn](https://dusunnah.com/video/9-questions-about-the-jinn/) - Question 1: Has it been authentically reported regarding the jinn, that they see us (humans) from where we cannot see them in this world; however in the hereafter we would see them from where they cannot see us?” Answer: Them seeing us from where we cannot see them has been mentioned in the Qur'ān. (Allāh ﷻ
- [Books for Beginners in Knowledge](https://dusunnah.com/video/books-for-beginners-in-knowledge/) - Question: Which books do you advise to read in regards to ʿaqīdah, tafsīr, ḥadīth along with its sciences and fiqh? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Amān al-Jāmī The first essay that I advise the one who wishes to begin seeking knowledge to memorise is The Three Principles, [after that] The Pillars of the Prayer and its Obligations and Conditions followed by The Four
- [Ruling on Wealth Earned Before Islam](https://dusunnah.com/video/ruling-on-wealth-earned-before-islam/) - Questioner: A man has earned a lot wealth from singing, then Allah ﷻ guided him to Islam. So what is the ruling of this wealth? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādi’ī: The ruling of this wealth – by the will of Allah ﷻ, is permissible for him since he earned it in his state of misguidance
- [Say In Sha Allah ﷻ After an Oath](https://dusunnah.com/video/say-in-sha-allah-after-an-oath/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Uthaymīn: I will also point out for you an important issue. When you take an oath, say after it – In shā Allah [if Allah ﷻ wills], even if your friend doesn’t hear you because if you do say In shā Allah, Allah ﷻ will ease the affair for you to fulfil
- [Women Going to Mosque for Tarawih While Perfumed](https://dusunnah.com/video/women-going-to-mosque-for-tarawih-while-perfumed/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on women going to the masjid to pray tarāwīḥ while made-up and perfumed, believing that this is acting upon the statement of Allāh ﷻ; ۞ خُذُوا زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ ‘Take your adornment to every masjid’ (Q 7:31) Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī: The Prophet ﷺ authorised the women to leave their
- [The Meeting of Shayṭān with Yaḥyā al-Zimī](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-meeting-of-shayṭan-with-yaḥya-al-zimi/) - Student: Abū ʿAbdillāh al-Qazwini also narrated, who said, Yaḥya ibn Abdak al-Qazwini who said, I heard Yaḥya ibn Yusuf al-Zimi saying: “I was in some of the lodges when a great horror entered upon me. So I said to him “Who are you?” it replied “Do you not fear me O’ Abā Zakarīyah?” I said “Yes
- [Using Egg Yolk or Hair Products on Hair](https://dusunnah.com/video/using-egg-yolk-or-hair-products-on-hair/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to use henna, mixed with egg yolk to condition the hair? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz: There is no problem with that if it involves some benefit. By way of using henna mixed with egg yolk or other natural things. There is no problem with it. If it is good for the
- [Marrying a Second Wife Without Informing the First](https://dusunnah.com/video/marrying-a-second-wife-without-informing-the-first/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on marrying secretly without the first wife knowing? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: She has no connection [authority]. The [first] wife has no authority to prevent her husband [from marrying] or to make it a condition upon him that she is told [about a second marriage]. She should not make such a condition. The
- [Marriage Without a Guardian is Invalid](https://dusunnah.com/video/marriage-without-a-guardian-is-invalid/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on a woman’s marriage without a walī? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: [The marriage] is null just as the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whenever a woman marries without a walį (guardian), her marriage is null, null, null.” There must be a walī. Questioner: Are there conditions for the marriage contract? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: Yes, the first condition
- [Marriage With the Intention to Divorce](https://dusunnah.com/video/marriage-with-the-intention-to-divorce/) - Shaykh Sulaymān al-Ruḥaylī: As for the marriage with the intention of divorce then yes, the scholars have differed with regards to it and the majority are upon the opinion that marriage with the intention of divorce is correct. However, that which is apparent [correct] to me – and Allah ﷻ knows best, is the speech
- [Listening to Qur’an Before Sleep](https://dusunnah.com/video/listening-to-quran-before-sleep/) - Questioner: This questioner says: what is the ruling on listening to Qurʿān from “Qurʿān Radio Station” whilst sleeping alone in my room? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: If you are listening to it [Qurʿān], that is a good thing. However, if you are not listening to it and you fall asleep, then there is no benefit [in
- [The Cure for Envy](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-cure-for-envy/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: The remedy for envy is that you supplicate blessing for your brother. Supplicate blessing for your brother. Instead of wishing that the blessing be removed from him, supplicate for it to remain and that Allah ﷻ places blessing in it. This will not harm you, rather this will benefit you with Allah ﷻ. So
- [Is a Woman Allowed to Work if She Does Not Need Money?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-a-woman-allowed-to-work-if-she-does-not-need-money/) - Questioner: Is the woman who works but isn’t in need of money considered to be following her whims? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin ʿAbdullāh bin Bāz: This isn’t considered to be following whims – her working isn’t considered following whims. If the line of work is honourable and sound, amongst women without mixing with men or
- [What to Do if Your Mother Threatens Suicide Over Your Beard?](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-to-do-if-your-mother-threatens-suicide-over-your-beard/) - Questioner: The questioner says that his mother will commit suicide if he does not shave his beard. What should he do? Shaykh Ubayd al-Jabiri: She will not commit suicide. This is just a threat, so do not obey her.
- [Leaving Good Deeds Out of Fear of Showing Off](https://dusunnah.com/video/leaving-good-deeds-out-of-fear-of-showing-off/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on leaving righteous actions due to the fear of showing off? Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī: This is not permissible. This is from the trickery of the Shayṭān in the minds of the believers – meaning he deprives him from the reward of righteous actions. So put your trust in Allāh ﷻ
- [Visiting the Pyramids in Egypt](https://dusunnah.com/video/visiting-the-pyramids-in-egypt/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to visit the pyramids in Egypt? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad al-Luhaydān: There is neither prohibition nor commandment reported from Allah ﷻ or His Messenger ﷺ in visiting these places. However, if a person visits these places with the intention of reflecting on how the non-believers were destroyed before Islam, then I hope
- [Greeting Someone During the Prayer](https://dusunnah.com/video/greeting-someone-during-the-prayer/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on greeting a person while he is performing the prayer and how does he return the greeting when he is greeted? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: There is no problem regarding this, he replies by way of gesturing his hand.
- [Relief from Worry and Sadness](https://dusunnah.com/video/relief-from-worry-and-sadness/) - Questioner: “May Allāh ﷻ be good to you. What is the treatment for worry, grief, sadness and dyspnea?” Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: In the remembrance of Allah ﷻ. Upon you is to remember Allah ﷻ, read the Qurʾān, increasing in remembering Allah ﷻ, and increasing in reciting the Qurʾān and seek refuge with Allah ﷻ
- [Adding “Wa Maghfiratuh” to the Islamic Greeting](https://dusunnah.com/video/adding-wa-maghfiratuh-to-the-islamic-greeting/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to add “wa maghfiratuh” when giving the greeting, and what is the authenticity of the ḥadīth related to it? And likewise, the ḥadīth related to returning the greeting? Shaykh Muḥammad Nāsir al-Dīn al-Albānī: In the ḥadīth of giving the greeting, there is no addition. This means, if a person gives the greeting;
- [Working as a Taxi Driver in Non-Muslim Countries](https://dusunnah.com/video/working-as-a-taxi-driver-in-non-muslim-countries/) - Questioner: Is it permissible for a Muslim to work as a taxi driver in a non-Muslim land? Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī: It is permissible for him (to work as a taxi driver). However, a Muslim (living) in a non-Muslim land, if he is able to migrate from the non-Muslim land, then it is an obligation upon
- [Shaving or Trimming the Beard: Which is Worse?](https://dusunnah.com/video/shaving-or-trimming-the-beard-which-is-worse/) - Questioner: Which is more sinful – shaving the beard completely or trimming some parts of it and leaving parts? Shaykh Aḥmad al-Najmī: Without a doubt, shaving it completely is more sinful and it is even more sinful for an individual to shave his beard and leave his moustache [to grow]. This is more sinful, [sometimes]
- [Advice for Sisters Cooking in Ramadan](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-for-sisters-cooking-in-ramadan/) - Questioner: A sister says, generally the muslim woman spends much time in the kitchen busy cooking food, and therefore she doesn’t have the opportunity to benefit from this month [Ramaḍān]. Is there some advice for her and is she rewarded for cooking food? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: Yes she is rewarded for this because she is preparing
- [Sleeping Facing the Qiblah](https://dusunnah.com/video/sleeping-facing-the-qiblah/) - Questioner: With regards to directing the bed towards the qiblah, is it obligatory or is it Sunnah? Shaykh ʿAbd al-Azīz bin ʿAbdullah bin Bāz: It is not obligatory. If he wills, he may sleep in direction of the qiblah, and if he wills, he may sleep in another direction. All praise is due to Allah ﷻ,
- [Giving Salam During the Khutbah](https://dusunnah.com/video/giving-salam-during-the-khutbah/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on extending the salutation [Assalāmu ʿAlaykum] on Friday whilst the Imām is giving the khuṭbah, and is it permissible to return the salām by gesturing with the hand in this situation? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: No, none of this is allowed, either extending the salutations nor returning it with the tongue or
- [Advice Concerning the First Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah – Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Uthaymin](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-concerning-the-first-ten-days-of-dhul-hijjah-shaykh-muhammad-salih-al-uthaymin/)
- [The People of Dammaj Must Be Patient](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-people-of-dammaj-must-be-patient/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādi al-Madkhalī: …and this proves the falsehood of this term “Madākhilah” (Madkhalīs). I do not know these “tweets”, but tweet (bird tweeting) is a beautiful sound, however this speech is actually croaking (of a crow) – this is croaking not tweeting! – yes. This falsehood and disgraceful speech is croaking and not
- [Returning Salam While Praying](https://dusunnah.com/video/returning-salam-while-praying/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on greeting the one praying and how does the one praying reply? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān There is no problem in doing so. The one praying should respond with a hand gesture.
- [Praying Tarāwīḥ at Home with Family](https://dusunnah.com/video/praying-tarawiḥ-at-home-with-family/) - Questioner: Is it permissible for a man to pray tarāwīḥ at home with his family? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī: There is no problem in doing so.
- [Principles of Boycotting and Avoiding Innovators](https://dusunnah.com/video/principles-of-boycotting-and-avoiding-innovators/) - Questioner: Are there conditions for boycotting, when is boycotting prohibited, and whom should it be applied to? Shaykh Aḥmad al-Najmi: I say as I have previously said, and others have said too; boycotting is based on a benefit. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymīyyah has even said this: “If there is a benefit in boycotting, a benefit to daʿwah,
- [Dividing Tarāwīḥ into Two Parts](https://dusunnah.com/video/dividing-tarawiḥ-into-two-parts/) - Questioner: What is said about what is happening now in the last 10 days of Ramaḍān – meaning, the prayer is divided into the first part and the last part of the night, and now this has become a permanent practice? Shaykh Muḥammad Nāsir al-Dīn al-Albānī: (Its an) Innovation. Questioner: How is it done? – meaning, we
- [When is Laylat al-Qadr?](https://dusunnah.com/video/when-is-laylat-al-qadr/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: All praise is due to Allah ﷻ, and may the peace and salutations of Allah ﷻ be upon his Messenger, his family and companion. Certainly, the last 10 days of Ramadan are blessed. From their virtues, is that Laylat al-Qadr is most likely to fall within them. It is the night
- [Should Tarāwīḥ be 8 or 20 Rakaʿāt?](https://dusunnah.com/video/should-tarawiḥ-be-8-or-20-rakaʿat/) - Questioner: We have many Masājid, some of them pray 8 rakaʿāt while others pray 20. Some prolong it and others shorten it. So which masjid is [acting] upon the truth as done by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: If you are able to pray in a Masjid that prays at the last
- [Wet Dream During Ramadan: What to Do?](https://dusunnah.com/video/wet-dream-during-ramadan-what-to-do/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on a person who has a wet dream [whilst fasting] in Ramaḍān? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī: There is nothing [of expiation] upon him. He performs major ritual ablution (ghusl) even if it is after Fajr and he continues to fast. Even if it happens during the day time, there is nothing upon
- [Kissing While Fasting in Ramadan](https://dusunnah.com/video/kissing-while-fasting-in-ramadan/) - Questioner: What is the ruling one fondling and kissing ones wife, without having intercourse [whilst fasting]? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: ʿĀʾisha said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷻ used to kiss (his wife) in Ramaḍān..” and she said, “Which one of you can control his desire?” Likewise Umm Salamah and ʿĀʾisha said that the Prophet
- [Intercourse While Fasting in Ramadan: Expiation](https://dusunnah.com/video/intercourse-while-fasting-in-ramadan-expiation/) - Questioner: What expiations are obligatory upon the man who has sexual intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramaḍan? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī: There is a ḥadīth of ʿĀʾisha and one of Abū Hurayrah that are both authentic. As for the ḥadīth of ʿĀisha; then a man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “I
- [Meaning of Hizbiyah and Who the Hizbis Are](https://dusunnah.com/video/meaning-of-hizbiyah-and-who-the-hizbis-are/) - Questioner: What does ‘ḥizbīyyah’ (partisanship) mean? What is meant by saying: so-and-so has ḥizbīyyah? Who are the ‘hizbīyyūn’ and what is their daʿwah and methodology? Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: Everyone who opposes the Salafī methodology is from among the partisan groups of misguidance, ḥizbīyyah has no conditions. Allāh ﷻ named the previous nations ‘Aḥzāb’
- [Be With Allah’s Hizb, Not People](https://dusunnah.com/video/be-with-allahs-hizb-not-people/) - Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: Do not fanatically cling to personalities, methodologies, partisan groups or vain loyalties for indeed, by Allāh ﷻ, this has ripped the Ummah apart and now it is ripping apart the unity of the youth who ascribe to the Salafī methodology; the fanatical clinging to this or that, because your point of
- [Refuting Errors is Prophetic](https://dusunnah.com/video/refuting-errors-is-prophetic/) - Questioner: Is refuting the people of desires, an aspect from the methodology of the Prophet ﷺ or was it brought about by those who want to split-up the people and categorise them? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: My dear brother read the Qurʾān! How plenty the refutations are therein! (i.e.) on the Polytheist, hypocrites and those who err;
- [Beware of al-Mukhadilyun Group](https://dusunnah.com/video/beware-of-al-mukhadilyun-group/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: The ones who forsake (Ahl al-Sunnah) are those who, when they see the ranks (of Ahl al-Sunnah) they oppose the ranks – the two armies engage in battle; the army of imān and the army of bidʿah and shayṭān, (and) he stands trembling and forsakes the allies of ar-Raḥmān. This person who
- [Bombings Are Forbidden in Islam](https://dusunnah.com/video/bombings-are-forbidden-in-islam/) - Questioner: What is the Islamic position regarding bombings in non-Muslim countries that are carried out by individuals associated with Islam? We hope for some elaboration. Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī Bombings that take place in non-Muslim countries are acts of transgression, and an endeavour to cause devastation in the land, because it is not in
- [Difference Between Ikhwan and Salafi Call](https://dusunnah.com/video/difference-between-ikhwan-and-salafi-call/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī: As for Ikhwan ul-Muslimūn, then they are older than them [al-Surūrīyah] and also more proficient and active in propagating their methodology and movement. They are prevalent among you and live alongside you. They pretend to give daʿwah to Islam. However, [their] daʿwah is not a practical daʿwah as it contains no rectification,
- [Is Jarh wa Ta’dil Based on Opinion or Evidence?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-jarh-wa-tadil-based-on-opinion-or-evidence/) - Question: Are the Issues of al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl (criticism and praise) ijtihādīyah (based upon scholarly interpretation)? And how do we respond to the one who claims this, and says: ‘I’m not obliged to accept the statement of shaykh so & so‘? (Shaykh laughing) Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: A group of plotters against the Salafī methodology
- [Calling Uthman an Innovator Is a Bid‘ah](https://dusunnah.com/video/calling-uthman-an-innovator-is-a-bidah/) - Questioner: Esteemed Shaykh, one of the du’āt (callers) says, “We do not declare ʿUthmān an innovator – but we say that the first ʼadhān on the day of Jumu’ah is an innovation.” He (the questioner) says, what is the ruling of this statement of his? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: This itself is bidʿah (innovation), the man,
- [Not All Scholars Must Criticize an Innovator](https://dusunnah.com/video/not-all-scholars-must-criticize-an-innovator/) - Questioner: Some people reject the speech of one of the scholars of the Sunnah who criticise some of the innovators, and their excuse is that the one who is being criticised has not been spoken about by the rest of the scholars of the Sunnah, so he says: “Where is such [a scholar]? Why have
- [Does Vomiting or Fainting Break the Fast?](https://dusunnah.com/video/does-vomiting-or-fainting-break-the-fast/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on fainting and vomiting [whilst fasting]? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī With regards to fainting and vomiting, they do not break the fast. As for the ḥadīth “The one who cannot help vomiting does not have to make up the fast, but the one who vomits deliberately has to make it up” this is
- [Debating Khawārij: A Grave Mistake](https://dusunnah.com/video/debating-khawarij-a-grave-mistake/) - Questioner: The questioner says; there is a caller in Britain who sat with a Khārijī (ISIS supporter) for a debate in front of an audience of laymen. He says that this type of debate is not an innovation, even if it is in front of an audience of laymen. Bearing in mind that this takfīrī (ISIS supporter)
- [Can a Fasting Woman Taste Food While Cooking?](https://dusunnah.com/video/can-a-fasting-woman-taste-food-while-cooking/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on a [fasting] woman tasting food, whilst cooking with the tip of her tongue in order to know what the food is lacking from spices and ingredients? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī: There is no problem with that - if Allah ﷻ wills, [however] she should not swallow anything.
- [Refuting Praise of the Khawarij](https://dusunnah.com/video/refuting-praise-of-the-khawarij/) - Questioner: Dear noble Shaykh, this questioner from Britain says; We have here a caller who says; “it is permissible to praise the people of innovation and that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ praised the Khawārij in his statement; ‘A people will arise amongst you. You will deem your prayers insignificant in comparison to theirs.’ Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: This
- [Using an Asthma Pump While Fasting](https://dusunnah.com/video/using-an-asthma-pump-while-fasting/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on using an asthma pump [whilst fasting] due to trouble breathing? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī: It is apparent that it does not contain food or drink. Does it contain water O’ brothers? Does a person sense water or is water sprayed from it? So I don’t know if it
- [Swimming While Fasting](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ruling-on-swimming-while-fasting-shaykh-muqbil-ibn-hadi-al-wadi/) - Questioner: The ruling on swimming and diving [while fasting]? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: The importance is that nothing descends down his throat. Similarly, the [nature of] the sea differs. If it is salt water, then it is possible that it will descend into the throat, and it is possible that if it isn’t salt
- [Avoiding Innovation Gatherings Weakens Bidah Groups](https://dusunnah.com/video/avoiding-innovation-gatherings-weakens-bidah-groups/) - Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wadiʿī: Therefore, an important issue related to advising our brothers remains, which is in fact advice directed to all of our brothers of Ahl al-Sunnah. This issue is a sharpened sword used by the people of Sunnah, that they do not attend the lectures of the people of innovation. This shatters their
- [Avoid Hizbi Gatherings](https://dusunnah.com/video/avoid-hizbi-gatherings/) - Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādi’ī: I advise with abstaining from attending the lectures, gatherings and mosques of the ḥizbīs and likewise their ‘eid prayer. Even if there are only two people present to pray with you, pray upon the Sunnah without hizbīs and innovators controlling you. Praise solely belongs to Allah ﷻ for the Sunnah has
- [Praise vs Criticism in Scholarly Evaluation](https://dusunnah.com/video/praise-vs-criticism-in-scholarly-evaluation/) - Questioner: If both praise and disparagement are made upon a man, which one is given precedence? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī: If both praise and disparagement are made upon a man, which one is given precedence? If the disparagement is detailed, then it is given precedence, however it is necessary to see who is the
- [Removing a Tooth While Fasting](https://dusunnah.com/video/removing-a-tooth-while-fasting/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on removing a tooth [while fasting], as some blood may be swallowed? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī: If he is swallowing his own blood, then this does not invalidate the fast – In shā Allah. However, if he delays this until Iftār, as it is feared that he will be harmed,
- [Injections During Fasting](https://dusunnah.com/video/injections-during-fasting/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on injections [while fasting]? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: There are those from the people of knowledge who say, ‘if the injection is nutritious then do not use it [whilst fasting] and if it isn't then it is okay to use. Our advice has proceeded for the person that is
- [Using Eye, Nose, and Mouth Drops During Ramadan](https://dusunnah.com/video/using-eye-nose-and-mouth-drops-during-ramadan/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on using eye, mouth and nose drops? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: I said to be free [from error] in this issue, he should break the fast. It has been made permissible for [the ill person] to break the fast, as Allāh ﷻ has said, ۞ مَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا
- [Defending Abul-Hasan Is Like Supporting Innovation](https://dusunnah.com/video/defending-abul-hasan-is-like-supporting-innovation/) - Questioner: What is the correct position on the one who defends Abūl-Ḥasan [al-Marʿibī]? Shaykh Muḥammad Bazmūl: The correct position towards the one who defends Abūl-Ḥasan is the same position towards the one who defends the people of innovation. We say; we advise this person who defends the people of innovation and campaigns on their behalf, so
- [Using Perfumes While Fasting](https://dusunnah.com/video/using-perfumes-while-fasting/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on using perfumes in all of its types such as, incense, Oud and spray fragrances? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: In regards to perfumes and incenses, there is no problem in them InshāAllah. However, one should abstain from using perfumes that contain alcohol, in the month of Ramaḍān and outside
- [The Khawarij’s Hearts Are Empty](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-khawarijs-hearts-are-empty/) - Questioner: O’ Noble Shaykh, there comes in a ḥadīth from the Prophet ﷺ: “A people will come in the latter days of time that will pierce through (and exit) Islam like how an arrow pierces through its target”. We kindly request from you a clarification of their characteristics and the manner in which they pierce through Islam (marooq). Shaykh Muḥammad
- [Are the Khawarij Disbelievers?](https://dusunnah.com/video/are-the-khawarij-disbelievers/) - Question: Who are the khawārij, are they disbelievers or Muslims? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz: The khawārij are a (misguided) group that have extreme views. They are diligent in religious matters; they have diligence with regards to prayer, reading and other than that. However, they have extreme views: they declare sinful Muslims to be disbelievers (i.e. takfīr). Due
- [Informing Authorities About an ISIS Recruit](https://dusunnah.com/video/informing-authorities-about-an-isis-recruit/) - Questioner: If I know for certain that there is an individual who wants to join ISIS, is it permissible for me to inform the government, specifically if the government is non-Muslim? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad al-Luhaydān: The government is what? Questioner: The government is non-Muslim. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad al-Luhaydān: Non-Muslim? Questioner: Yes. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn
- [Toothpaste and Siwak While Fasting](https://dusunnah.com/video/toothpaste-and-siwak-while-fasting/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on using the (siwāk) toothstick and toothpaste while fasting? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: In regards to using the (siwāk) toothstick from the al-Arāk [tree] then there is no problem with it, even if it is green. As for using toothpaste, then we advise abandoning it in Ramaḍān, and we do not
- [Permanent Illness and Fasting](https://dusunnah.com/video/permanent-illness-and-fasting/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on the one who breaks the fast due to an illness which has continued for a number of years? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī: If the doctors decide that there is no hope of recovery for him – and Allāh ﷻ is The Healer, it could be that the doctors
- [Breaking Fast Due to Postpartum Bleeding](https://dusunnah.com/video/breaking-fast-due-to-postpartum-bleeding/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on the pregnant woman who breaks her fast in Ramaḍān due to giving birth? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wādiʿī: [The answer has] preceeded. It is obligatory upon her to make up the missed fasts. Questioner: What is the ruling if she breaks the fast a day or two before giving
- [Menses Starts Just Before Iftar](https://dusunnah.com/video/menses-starts-just-before-iftar/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on the fasting woman whose menses begins shortly before the Iftār? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī: It is obligatory for her to make up that day if the Muʼathin calls the ʼathān at the correct time [of maghrib]. However, if the sun has set and thereafter her menses begins whilst
- [Is Dying in Ramadan a Good Sign?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-dying-in-ramadan-a-good-sign/) - Questioner: Has the virtues of a person dying in Ramaḍān been authentically reported, and is this a sign of righteousness for the deceased? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī: It has been reported but it is not authentic.
- [Eating After Athan in Suhoor](https://dusunnah.com/video/eating-after-athan-in-suhoor/) - Questioner: If a person is having Suhūr and the Athān is called. Is it obligatory upon him to spit out what is in his mouth or should he eat it? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādi al-Wadiʿī: That which is in his mouth then he should not spit it out, but nothing should be eaten that isn’t
- [Is Naming Innovators Permissible?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-naming-innovators-permissible/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to mention the innovator by name and warn against him? Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Najmī Yes, it is permissible. If people are put to trial by this individual and he is an Imām of misguidance, then there is no harm for you to say [his name].
- [How Iran Became Shia](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-iran-became-shia/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad al-Luhaydān: In the past, the general public of Iran were upon the Shāfiʿī school of thought. And they remained upon this path until the 9th century after hijrah. Then the Rafidhī king, [Ismāʿil bin Haidār] al-Safawī of Iran [Fars] murdered over a million Sunnis who were upon the Shāfiʿī school of thought in that land.
- [Sleeping Through the Day in Ramadan](https://dusunnah.com/video/sleeping-through-the-day-in-ramadan/) - Questioner: If a person sleeps before breaking the fast, and does not wake up until the morning of the following day, does he continue fasting or does he break it? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī: He continues fasting, as occurred to Qays ibn Sarmah when he was working. During the initial stages when fasting became
- [Fasting Before Ramadan: Is It Allowed?](https://dusunnah.com/video/fasting-before-ramadan-is-it-allowed/) - Questioner: Does a person who doubts the beginning of Ramaḍān, fast a couple of days before it? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādi’ī: There are some from the Hanbalites who say this, however the correct opinion is that he should not fast since it has been authenticated that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Do not anticipate Ramaḍān by
- [Refuting Innovators is a Form of Piety](https://dusunnah.com/video/refuting-innovators-is-a-form-of-piety/) - Questioner: When we warn from the people of innovation and desires there are certain people say to us: "Fear Allāh ﷻ, seek knowledge and leave refutations." So is spreading refutations and warning from the people of innovation from piety? Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥya al-Najmi: Refuting the people of innovation is from the greatest form of piety
- [How to Deal with Followers of Ali al-Halabi](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-to-deal-with-followers-of-ali-al-halabi/) - Questioner: How do we interact with the followers of (ʿAlī) al-Ḥalābī in Tunisia? Should we excuse those who have been deceived by them and become from them? And how long should the duration should the period of giving advice be? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: As for the followers of al-Ḥalābī , then they are of
- [Yahya al-Hajuri Joined Abūl-Hasan and Ali Hasan](https://dusunnah.com/video/yahya-al-hajuri-joined-abul-hasan-and-ali-hasan/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: The principle for this is: “Whoever wishes to follow a good example, then he should follow the example of those who have passed, because the one who is alive is not safe from trials”. Indeed the act of following, after following the Messenger ﷺ, should only be for those who died
- [Does Fasting Prevent al-Jarh wa al-Tadʿīl?](https://dusunnah.com/video/does-fasting-prevent-al-jarh-wa-al-tadʿil/) - Questioner: A person from Libya asks: Is there anything that prevents speaking about people under [the subject] of al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl whilst fasting? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: I say: Yes, the fast prevents me from doing so and that is because speaking about people is [a form of] backbiting which is permissible if there is
- [Ibn Laden and Abu Hamza are Terrorists](https://dusunnah.com/video/ibn-laden-and-abu-hamza-are-terrorists/) - Anyone who speaks against those who rebel against the governments is quickly labelled by the people of innovation with vile nicknames such as “Government Agent”, “Scholars for Dollars” and so on. But, what can they say about Abī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muqbil al-Wādiʿī? What can they say about Shaykh Muqbil and his students who lived in
- [Uthman Did Not Innovate the Second Athan](https://dusunnah.com/video/uthman-did-not-innovate-the-second-athan/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn This was the end of the verse which had proceeded. ۞يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلَاةِ مِن يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَذَرُوا الْبَيْعَ ۚ ذَ‌لِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ “O you who have believed, when [the ʾathān] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumuʿah
- [The Deviations of Yahya al-Hajuri](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-deviations-of-yahya-al-hajuri/) - Questioner: “What is your advice regarding Yaḥya al-Hajūrī since we we have some youth in London who defend and follow him?” Shaykh Abdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Bukhārī: “We have spoken about this issue before, and the person who defends this man is either one of two people; either he is ignorant of what he (al-Hajūrī) has with
- [Can I Teach in a Mosque That Hosts Innovators and Sunnis?](https://dusunnah.com/video/can-i-teach-in-a-mosque-that-hosts-innovators-and-sunnis/) - Questioner: We have some masajid in Britain that bring a person who is upon the methodology of the Sunnah, in order that he may teach or lecture people about Tawḥīd. Then on following day, they will bring a Ṣūfī or Ashʿarī who will teach the people Ṣūfī or Ashʿarī [ʿaqīdah]. Is it permissible for this Sunni
- [There Is No Good Innovation](https://dusunnah.com/video/there-is-no-good-innovation/) - Questioner: Is there such a thing as a ‘good innovation’ and ‘bad innovation’ in Islam? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Fawzān al-Fawzān: This exists with the mystical innovators, as for the people of Sunnah and Jamāʿah they don’t have good innovations because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Every newly invented matter is an Innovation and every innovation is
- [Principles of Boycotting Innovators](https://dusunnah.com/video/principles-of-boycotting-innovators/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to give the greeting to the followers of an innovator if they are fanatical towards him, and is it permissible to boycott them? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: Firstly it is a must that we define what is an innovation, because many of those who attribute themselves to seeking knowledge now, says to
- [Is One Intention Enough for Ramadan Fasting?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-one-intention-enough-for-ramadan-fasting/) - Questioner: Is it obligatory to make the intention [to fast] in Ramaḍān every day or is one sufficient to make one intention for the whole month, and when should the intention be made? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī All praise is due to Allah ﷻ. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Indeed actions are by intentions, and
- [How Long Should a Traveller Shorten Prayers?](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-long-should-a-traveller-shorten-prayers/) - Questioner: A person is visiting Saudi Arabia for a period of one month. Does he shorten his prayers for the duration of his visit? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad al-Luhaydān: That which is correct is that if a person intends to stay for more than 4 days, then he should complete his prayers and not shorten
- [The Ramadan-Only Muslims Are Lost](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-ramadan-only-muslims-are-lost/) - Questioner: There is a statement said, “The people who only know Allāh ﷻ in Ramaḍān will not be successful.” Is this statement a ḥadīth? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz: This is a statement from the some of the Salaf. They mentioned this about a people who worship Allāh ﷻ in Ramaḍān. And when Ramaḍān ends, they
- [Shaykh Salih al-Luhaydan: Leave Yahya al-Hajuri](https://dusunnah.com/video/shaykh-salih-al-luhaydan-leave-yahya-al-hajuri/) - Questioner: Our Shaykh, may Allah ﷻ protect you. Is the warning of Shaykh Yaḥyá al-Ḥajūrī by Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī ʿUmayr al-Madkhalī taken? Please benefit us, may Allah ﷻ protect you. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad al-Luhaydān If he refuted this individual, then I do not believe that Shaykh Rabīʿ would write against someone whom he
- [What to Say When Invited to Eat in Ramadan](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-to-say-when-invited-to-eat-in-ramadan/) - Questioner: What should a Muslim say if he is invited for food during the day in Ramaḍān? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: It is as though he is in a non-Islamic land. He should say to him, this is prohibited upon us. We are Muslims and we have this month of fasting, and it is
- [Are Most Rafidah Disbelievers?](https://dusunnah.com/video/are-most-rafidah-disbelievers/) - Questioner: It is well known that the Rāfiḍa or the Shīʿa slander many of the companions, regard them disbelievers and have many groups amongst them. So are they all considered disbelievers or do they require detail explanation (for their kufr) and what is the ruling on their [food] sacrifices? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: In any case, those who slander the Companions and
- [What If Fajr Athan Is Called During Intercourse?](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-if-fajr-athan-is-called-during-intercourse/) - Questioner: ‘What is the ruling on the ʾathān of Fajr being called [in Ramaḍān] whilst he is having intercourse with his wife?’ Shaykh Muḥammed ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: Meaning the caller to prayer has called the ʾathān and he is having intercourse with his wife. It is obligatory upon him to stop and there is nothing
- [Sitting with Innovators Is More Dangerous](https://dusunnah.com/video/sitting-with-innovators-is-more-dangerous/) - Shaykh Muḥammad bin Hādī: ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAwn Artabān may Allah ﷻ have mercy upon him said: ‘Those who sit with the innovators are more dangerous to us than the innovators.’ Why? Because the people of innovation have manifested their affair and displayed their condition, thus the people are cautious of them. But as for the
- [Refuting Yasir Qadhi’s Call to Ignore Theological Differences](https://dusunnah.com/video/refuting-yasir-qadhis-call-to-ignore-theological-differences/) - Yasir Qadhi: Other groups have been for 13 or 14 centuries. Do you think single handedly you will eliminate them just because you hate or despise them? Get real, get pragmatic, get realistic. They will exist whether you like their theology or not. So what does this mean, this means and I’m going to talk
- [Boycotting Innovators and Staying Away](https://dusunnah.com/video/boycotting-innovators-and-staying-away/) - Questioner: How do we reconcile with a person or people who defend some of those who used to follow the people of desires, whilst making excuses for them and claiming they have repented from what they were upon? Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bukhārī: Reconciliation with the one that has erred such as this, who make excuses for some
- [We Do Not Doubt the Rafidah’s Disbelief](https://dusunnah.com/video/we-do-not-doubt-the-rafidahs-disbelief/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Nasir al-Dīn al-Albānī: We have for example the Shī’a, and from them are the Rāfiḍa. We do not doubt the disbelief and misguidance of many of their scholars. Khomainī, for example he announced (published) his disbelief in his writing, ‘The Islamic State’…
- [Do I Pray Maghrib or Break Fast First?](https://dusunnah.com/video/do-i-pray-maghrib-or-break-fast-first/) - Questioner: The Messenger ﷺ said, ‘There is no prayer in the presence of food.’ Some people use this ḥadīth as evidence to delay the maghrib prayer during Ramaḍān. So what is your guidance regarding this?” Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Our guidance regarding this is the action of the Messenger ﷺ. When the sun had set, he
- [Ibn Laden Is a Filthy Devil](https://dusunnah.com/video/ibn-laden-is-a-filthy-devil/) - Questioner: Some people claim that Ibn Lāden is the awaited Mahdī and they call him ‘The Leader of the Muslims’. What do you say concerning this? Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá an-Najmī: These people are devils. These people are devils! Ibn Lāden is a filthy devil and a renegade. It is not permissible for anyone to
- [Ruling on Ordinary Followers of Innovation](https://dusunnah.com/video/ruling-on-ordinary-followers-of-innovation/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on the general folk who follow deviated sects and theologies? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad al-Luhaydān They are from them! Whoever views himself to be upon the creed of these misguided groups, even if he be a person from the general folk and does not know their particulars [of misguidance], he
- [Uthman’s Friday Athan Is Not an Innovation](https://dusunnah.com/video/uthmans-friday-athan-is-not-an-innovation/) - Questioner: Is it correct to describe [as] an innovation that which ʿUthmān introduced of the Friday athan? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: May Allāh forbid this! Have you not heard the statement of the Prophet ﷺ “Upon you is my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs after me; clamp onto it with your
- [Usamah Ibn Laden is a filthy Devil! - Shaykh Ahmed ibn Yahya al-Najmi](https://dusunnah.com/video/usamaah-ibn-laden-is-a-filthy-devil-shaykh-ahmed-ibn-yahya-an-najmee/) - Questioner: Some people claim that Ibn Lāden is the awaited Mahdī and they name him “The Leader of the Muslims.” What do you say concerning this? Shaykh Aḥmed al-Najmi: These people are devils! This people are devils! Ibn Lāden is a filthy devil and a renegade. It is not permissible for anyone to praise him
- [How to Perform Salat al-Istikhara](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-to-perform-salat-al-istikhara/) - Questioner: A student successfully passed his first year at High School. And, now, he wants to go to the second year in either branch of science or branch of literature. However, he does not tend to favour any of them i.e. he leans towards each of them with a percentage of 50%, 50%. So what
- [Is Friday Ghusl Only for Men?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-friday-ghusl-only-for-men/) - Questioner: Is the (obligation of) ghusl on Friday general for both men and women or is it specifically for the men only? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: [It is for] those who go to the Friday prayer, who attend the congregation, in order to remove odours and clean [oneself]. Those who go to the Friday prayer
- [Reading Quran on Phone Without Wudu](https://dusunnah.com/video/reading-quran-on-phone-without-wudu/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to read the Qurʿān from the phone without being in the state of purification? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Aal-Shaykh There is no problem with this because you do not have the (actual) musḥaf in your hand, it is only a phone.
- [Is Uthman’s Athan an Innovation?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-uthmans-athan-an-innovation/) - Questioner: What is the correctness of the statement: The [introduction of] the ʼathān of ʿUthmān is an innovation and misguidance? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān This [statement itself] is an innovation. The one who says this speech [has said] an innovation. The Prophet ﷺ said “Upon you is my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly
- [Boycotting Innovators: When and How?](https://dusunnah.com/video/boycotting-innovators-when-and-how/) - Here is our “Ustādh” again…with a false understanding: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ḥasan said, “….and he made him bleed until he wounded his head and the blood was coming out of his face, because he was an innovator. I say to those people today: Why don’t you take this athar and every innovator – why don’t you
- [Islam Rejects Terrorism](https://dusunnah.com/video/islam-rejects-terrorism/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: When the issue of the brothers became apparent, those who acted without wisdom, the image of Islam became ugly in the eyes of the westerners and other than them. By this I refer to those who throw explosives in crowds of people, claiming it is from Jihād in the path
- [Al-Oloom.net Writers Are Ignorant and Liars](https://dusunnah.com/video/al-oloom-net-writers-are-ignorant-and-liars/) - Shaykh Muḥummad Ibn Hādi al-Madkhalī: “There is a group on this website which writes on the behalf of Dār Al-Ḥadīth in Dammāj. Ignoramuses who are upon compounded ignorance and they are liars. As for the ignoramus that is upon compounded ignorance, he doesn’t know, and he doesn’t know that he doesn’t know. An ignoramus that
- [Are Islamic Organisations Permissible?](https://dusunnah.com/video/are-islamic-organisations-permissible/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to establish Islamic organisations (in the religion), like the Islamic Union in Algeria. Is it permissible or not? Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī: This is not permissible my brother. We have spoken about this before in detail. There is no hizbīyyah (partisanship) in Islam.
- [Valid Reasons for a Wife to Request Divorce in Islam](https://dusunnah.com/video/valid-reasons-for-a-wife-to-request-divorce-in-islam/) - Questioner: If a woman asks her husband to divorce her for no reason and he rejects her request, would he be sinful for that? Shaykh ʿAbd al-Azīz bin ʿAbdullah bin Bāz if she does not have a reason, he is not obliged to divorce her. However, he should endeavour to establish a harmonious, loving relationship,
- [Al-Qaʿidah Are Followers of the Devil](https://dusunnah.com/video/al-qaʿidah-are-followers-of-the-devil/) - Questioner: Some say that al-Qāʿidah are Khawārij, whilst others say they are mujāhidūn. What is your view? Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin ibn Ḥamad al-ʿAbbād al-Badr: Yes, they are mujāhidūn for the devil.
- [No Forgiveness for One Who Abandons Prayer](https://dusunnah.com/video/no-forgiveness-for-one-who-abandons-prayer/) - Questioner: Shaykh, the father of my daughters passed away, his fast was inconsistent, meaning he did not fast during Ramaḍān, is it permissible to give charity Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Did he used to pray? Did he safeguard the prayer? Questioner: By Allah, by Allah ﷻ he used to avoid his prayers. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ
- [Is Learning English Permissible?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-learning-english-permissible/) - As for (the ruling of) learning a language other than the Arabic language then it is not prohibited. Rather, it may even be compulsory if it is the only means in calling a non-Arabic speaker to Islam - meaning we are unable to call him to Islam unless we learn his language in order to
- [Shaykh al-Fawzān on Mocking Tawḥīd and Claiming Humans Must Fix Affairs Without Allāh ﷻ](https://dusunnah.com/video/shaykh-al-fawzan-on-mocking-tawḥid-and-claiming-humans-must-fix-affairs-without-allah/) - Questioner: There is an individual who says: "We shouldn’t wait for Allāh ﷻ to change our situation. Rather, it’s a must that we do it ourselves”. He also makes fun of those who teach Tawhīd saying that it does not change the unemployment problem. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: This individual is a fool! Abandon him. If
- [Why the Salaf Focused on Refuting Innovators](https://dusunnah.com/video/why-the-salaf-focused-on-refuting-innovators/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd al-Azīz Al-Shaykh Importance given to the Sunnah and refuting the innovators is a something well known - as you all aware, amongst the Imāms of Islam. Their lives were spent in rebuking the people of innovation. They did not busy themselves in refuting the disbelievers from the Jews and Christians. So
- [Do Not Teach in Innovators’ Mosques](https://dusunnah.com/video/do-not-teach-in-innovators-mosques/) - Questioner: A questioner from outside of the country asks; is it permissible for us to establish lectures and lessons in the mosques of the people of innovation whilst abandoning the mosques of the people of Sunnah? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: No, establish them in the mosques of the people of Sunnah and whoever wants
- [Best Tafsir Books for Beginners](https://dusunnah.com/video/best-tafsir-books-for-beginners/) - Questioner: May Allah ﷻ reward you. A questioner asks what a beginner Student of Knowledge [is] advised with [regarding] the exegesis of the Qur'ān? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: The smaller books. He starts with the smaller books like Tafsīr al-Baghawī. It is concise and it is reliable. [The author is] a noble Imām and
- [Is Not Supporting Salafi Centres a Sin?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-not-supporting-salafi-centres-a-sin/) - Question: This questioner from Europe asks; is not cooperating with Salafī Islamic centres and mosques populated with people of Sunnah considered abandonment of the Jamāʿah, and what is obligatory upon us to do? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān Oh yes. Abandoning cooperation is due to laziness and not wanting good. Cooperate upon righteousness and piety
- [Should We Hate a Student Who Makes Mistakes?](https://dusunnah.com/video/should-we-hate-a-student-who-makes-mistakes/) - Question: Question: If a student of knowledge falls into some mistakes, and his ʿaqīdah is generally sound, is it obligatory upon us to hate and warn against him? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān Advise him. It may be that he is ignorant or doesn’t know. Clarify and advise him. If he persists upon [his mistakes]
- [Are Salafi Centres the Jama'ah in Non-Muslim Countries?](https://dusunnah.com/video/are-salafi-centres-the-jamaah-in-non-muslim-countries/) - Question: This questioner from Britain asks; Those that live in non-Islamic countries do not have an Imām nor a Jamāʿ ah, so are the Islamic centres that are united upon the methodology of the Salaf considered the Jamāʿ ah? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān Oh yes. They refer back to the leader of the Islamic
- [Is Bitcoin Allowed in Islam?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-bitcoin-allowed-in-islam/) - Question: What is the ruling on buying and selling cryptocurrencies that have recently appeared e.g. Bitcoin? Shaykh Sulaymān Salīmullāh ar-Ruḥāylī Cryptocurrency is a currency that belongs to individuals. It is created by individuals and so is not subject to any government regulation. It has no value in and of its self and thus is not
- [What About Madinah Graduates Who Criticize Shaykh Rabi?](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-about-madinah-graduates-who-criticize-shaykh-rabi/) - Question: How about those graduates from the Islamic University of Madinah who speak ill of Shaykh Rabīʿ [ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī]? Shaykh Muqbil bin Hādī al-Wādiʿī: Those who speak about the virtuous Shaykh, Rabīʿ - may Allāh ﷻ reward him, for certainly he has stood in the faces of many innovators, [those that speak about him]
- [Is Taking a University Loan Allowed?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-taking-a-university-loan-allowed/) - Questioner Is it permissible for a person who wants to study at university in the West to take out a loan for this purpose? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzamūl: Yes, a Muslim may take out an interest-free loan in order to study in the West, with the aforementioned conditions, namely, that he is able to openly declare
- [When Can We Openly Practice Islam Abroad?](https://dusunnah.com/video/when-can-we-openly-practice-islam-abroad/) - Questioner The second question, may Allāh ﷻ be kind to you: What are the criteria that determine whether the religion can be openly declared and practised in the lands of unbelief? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzamūl: Indeed. The criteria for determining whether the religion can be openly declared and practised in the lands of unbelief are that
- [How to Stay Away from ISIS and al-Qaeda](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-to-stay-away-from-isis-and-al-qaeda/) - Questioner May Allāh ﷻ treat you well, how does a Muslim dissociate himself from the acts of the Khawārij in the West? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzamūl: As long as a Muslim conforms to the Islamic faith and the way of Ahlus Sunnati wal-Jamā`ah, he will certainly, with Allāh's ﷻ permission, dissociate himself from all those who
- [Don’t Pray Friday with Innovators](https://dusunnah.com/video/dont-pray-friday-with-innovators/) - Questioner: What is the verdict on praying Jumu`ah in the masājid of the people of innovation in spite of being able to get to mosques owned by the people of the Sunnah? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: It is not permitted for a Muslim living in a land like the one you live in to pray in
- [Did Al-Husayn Start Wahdat ul-Wujud?](https://dusunnah.com/video/did-al-husayn-start-wahdat-ul-wujud/) - Questioner: Some people say that the one who invented the idea of Waḥdat ul-Wujūd (Singularity of Existence or Panentheism) was al-Ḥusayn ibn `Aliyy ibn Abī Ṭālib, Allāh ﷻ be pleased with him. What is your reply to this claim? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: This is a lie and a libel against al-Ḥusayn ibn `Aliyy ibn Abī
- [Missing Congregational Prayer Due to Work](https://dusunnah.com/video/missing-congregational-prayer-due-to-work/) - Questioner: What is the verdict on being absent from the communal prayers due to our work circumstances, considering the fact that we cannot hear the call to prayer and there is no masjid where we work? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: It would seem, and Allāh ﷻ knows best, that being unable to hear the call to
- [Buying Children’s Clothes with Pictures](https://dusunnah.com/video/buying-childrens-clothes-with-pictures/) - Questioner: Is buying clothes with pictures on them permitted, considering the scarcity of clothes without pictures? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: Yes, a person may buy children’s clothes even if they have pictures on them because he is not buying the clothes for the picture, and pictures are permitted for children anyway. So, this person's intention was
- [Advice for Doubts About Intentions](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-for-doubts-about-intentions/) - Questioner: I have a problem with my intention in that every time I want to do some good I become fearful that I might be doing it for show. What do you advise, may Allāh ﷻ bless you? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: I advise you by reminding you of the words of al-Fuḍayl ibn `Iyāḍ. Al-Fuḍayl
- [Where is Hell Located?](https://dusunnah.com/video/where-is-hell-located/) - Questioner: Where is Hell (Jahannam) – we seek refuge with Allāh ﷻ – located? Is it below the seventh Earth like Imām al-Barbahārī mentions in Sharḥ us Sunnah? Shaykh Muḥammad Bazmal: The universe – the heavens and the Earth was brought closer to our understanding by Ibn `Abbās; thus he said, 'the skies are layered
- [Leaving Friday Prayer Due to a Bad Sermon](https://dusunnah.com/video/leaving-friday-prayer-due-to-a-bad-sermon/) - Questioner: If I am at the masjid on Friday while the sermoniser is badmouthing the scholars of the Sunnah and the rulers, am I permitted to leave the masjid? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: You are permitted to distract yourself from what is being said, complete the prayer afterwards and then never return. What I am saying is
- [Doubts About Faith: Am I a Hypocrite?](https://dusunnah.com/video/doubts-about-faith-am-i-a-hypocrite/) - Questioner: I have constant doubts about my faith, so how does someone know if he is a Muslim or a hypocrite? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: This is an indication of having intrusive thoughts, the third type of obsession, and the way to treat it is to say: I seek refuge with Allāh ﷻ from the accursed
- [Answering Christians Who Say Jesus Is Allah ﷻ](https://dusunnah.com/video/answering-christians-who-say-jesus-is-allah/) - Questioner: May Allāh ﷻ treat you well, how do we respond to the Christians when they say "Isā is Allāh ﷻ because Allāh ﷻ created him from his spirit (ruh)?" Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: This is a contradiction. If they are saying that Allāh ﷻ created him from his spirit, this means that `Isā is not
- [Are There American Bases in Saudi Arabia?](https://dusunnah.com/video/are-there-american-bases-in-saudi-arabia/) - Questioner: There is a deceptive argument presented by the Khawārij. They say, why are there American military camps in Saudi Arabia and it is from these camps that they launch attacks against the Muslims in the neighbouring countries? What is your answer to this, may Allāh ﷻ bless you? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: My answer is
- [Working in Mixed-Gender Jobs in the West](https://dusunnah.com/video/working-in-mixed-gender-jobs-in-the-west/) - Questioner: Is it permitted to work in jobs with mixed-gender environments in the West? With the knowledge that it is difficult to find work that does not involve mixing between the genders? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: If this is the situation, and the Believer in question can restrain his gaze and himself from temptation and looking
- [Advice for Someone Cut Off by Their Mother](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-for-someone-cut-off-by-their-mother/) - Questioner My mother cut me off and I have tried time and time again to speak to her but she refuses to meet me. What advice do you have for me? May Allāh ﷻ bless you. Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl The advice I have for her is that she should continue to try, that she should
- [Books to Refute Christians](https://dusunnah.com/video/books-to-refute-christians/) - Questioner: Over here in the UK we are allowed to do da'wah, meaning that we set up a table outside the station and invite the non-Muslims by giving out leaflets. We explain Islām to them and we explain to them how Islām has nothing to do with the acts carried out by Dā`ish. Sometimes, this
- [Advice for a Sister with Obsessive Thoughts](https://dusunnah.com/video/advice-for-a-sister-with-obsessive-thoughts/) - Questioner: What advice do you have for a sister who suffers from obsessions regarding her sisters and companions, may Allāh ﷻ bless you? Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl: There are a number of types of obsessions. There are compulsive obsessions, and these are a result of a well known mental disorder that has a clinical cure; that
- [What Should We Call People to First?](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-should-we-call-people-to-first/) - Questioner: Should we start our call by freeing ourselves from Dā`ish, or by calling to Salafism as a whole and explaining it? Shaykh Sulaymān ibn Abdīllah Abul-Khayl: The answer to this question is - start by calling to Tawhīd and exclusive devotion to Allāh as we have established during the lecture, because starting with that
- [Is Criticising ISIS Like Criticising Rulers?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-criticising-isis-like-criticising-rulers/) - Questioner: How do we refute the one who says that criticism of Dā`ish is like criticism of the ruler because they have conquered the lands they rule and they have the support of those with power and influence? Shaykh Sulaymān ibn Abdīllah Abul-Khayl: The answer to that is that this comment is wrong and there
- [Is There No Saved Sect Today?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-there-no-saved-sect-today/) - Questioner: How do we refute the one who says that there is currently no Saved Sect at present because just like it is not necessary for there to be Jihād and fighting in every time period, there does not have to a faction of the Saved Sect present during every time period? Shaykh Sulaymān ibn
- [Who Gets the Most Reward for Fasting?](https://dusunnah.com/video/who-gets-the-most-reward-for-fasting/) - Shaykh 'Abdu-Razzāq al-Badr It is recommended for a fasting person to frequently remember Allah ﷻ while fasting so as to excel in his fasting. In a Ḥadīth which some scholars deem authentic, the Prophet ﷺ was asked about a number of religious observances; among which was fasting. It was said to him: Which fasting person attains the most reward?
- [Why Study Tawhid and Aqidah](https://dusunnah.com/video/why-study-tawhid-and-aqidah/) - Questioner What is the objective of studying Aqīdah ? And what is the objective of studying Tawḥīd ? Shaykh Muhammad Amān al-Jāmī: The objective is that the worshiper becomes knowledgeable about his Lord, his Creator, The Patron of the blessings he receives. By way of what does a worshiper come to know about his Lord?
- [Lessons from Surah al-Ḥujurāt](https://dusunnah.com/video/lessons-from-surah-al-ḥujurat/) - Benefits from the Tafsīr of Surah al-Hurāt – by Dr Abdulilah Lahmami
- [Basic Belief of a Muslim: Belief in Allah ﷻ](https://dusunnah.com/video/basic-belief-of-a-muslim-belief-in-allah/) - The explanation of uniting the word of the Muslims and unifying their rank as ‎well as warning them against splitting and differing has come in detail with the ‎utmost clarity and the clearest elucidation within the Book of Allah ﷻ and the ‎Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So there is no ‎resistance for
- [Faith Can Rise and Fall](https://dusunnah.com/video/faith-can-rise-and-fall/) - The explanation of uniting the word of the Muslims and unifying their rank as ‎well as warning them against splitting and differing has come in detail with the ‎utmost clarity and the clearest elucidation within the Book of Allah ﷻ and the ‎Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So there is no ‎resistance for
- [Proofs of Prophet Muḥammad’s ﷺ Prophethood](https://dusunnah.com/video/proofs-of-prophet-muḥammads-prophethood/) - On numerous occasions - in the Quran and Sunnah, the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ had correctly predicted events 1400 years ago which we see today. Scholars have discussed different ways to consider the Prophetic claim of Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ whilst others have authored books on the subject of Dala’il an-Nubuwwah, mentioning his miracles and the miracle of the
- [Victim of Fake News: Shamsi at Speakers’ Corner](https://dusunnah.com/video/victim-of-fake-news-shamsi-at-speakers-corner/) - Abū 'Aisha Shamsūdīn discusses the realities of fake news spreading far faster than real news that has lead to a populace and becoming increasingly rooted in fake facts based on emotion and not truth.
- [Jesus Is the Messiah in Islam](https://dusunnah.com/video/jesus-is-the-messiah-in-islam/) - A wonderful discussion between Anwar al-Maghribi and a Christian about the nature of Isa (Jesus), who in Islam was a great Prophet and Messenger of Allah ﷻ , whom - like all prophets before him, taught people about the oneness of Allah ﷻ , His existence, His Beautiful Names and Attributes He is not neither
- [Following the Prophet’s Advice](https://dusunnah.com/video/following-the-prophets-advice/) - Friday sermon by Abū Abdillah Nūr ad-Dīn the importance of verifying news & following the advice of the Prophet ﷺ.
- [Books Alone Are Not Enough](https://dusunnah.com/video/books-alone-are-not-enough/) - Questioner: May Allah ﷻ be good to you. What are the best ways in reading the books and the writings of the Imāms of the da'wah?" Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd al-Azīz Aal-Shaykh All Praise is for Allah ﷻ the Lord of the Worlds. To proceed: First of all, it is necessary to take things gradually
- [Beauty or Religion: What Matters in a Spouse?](https://dusunnah.com/video/beauty-or-religion-what-matters-in-a-spouse/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Bazmūl; It was narrated that Abū Hurayrah said; It was said: O' Messenger of Allah ﷻ, which of women is best? He said: “The one who, when he looks at her he feels happy, when he tells her to do something she obeys him, and she does not go against his wishes with
- [Abortion Not Allowed After Divorce Decision](https://dusunnah.com/video/abortion-not-allowed-after-divorce-decision/) - Question: My wife is in the first month of pregnancy - according to the doctor, and I have decided to divorce her since I am not attracted to her. Is it permissible for us to have an abortion since we do not wish to continue staying together? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: This is not
- [Should I Quit Studies to Support My Family?](https://dusunnah.com/video/should-i-quit-studies-to-support-my-family/) - Question: I'm a student and my family’s financial condition is very bad. So is seeking sustenance, spending on them and helping them better than seeking knowledge and attending lessons? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Yes. If this is the state of affairs, then seeking sustenance for yourself and your family is better than seeking knowledge.
- [Selling Perfume to Women](https://dusunnah.com/video/selling-perfume-to-women/) - Question: I'm from France. I wish to open a perfume store for men and women. Am I responsible for the women who buy the perfumes and apply it outside the house, and do I have to place a public sign that such a thing is not permissible for women to do? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Not
- [Driving Customers to Church: Is It Allowed?](https://dusunnah.com/video/driving-customers-to-church-is-it-allowed/) - Question: I’m a taxi driver outside of this country [KSA], and sometimes the passenger [wants to] go to Church. Is it permissible for me to drive him there? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: No. This is considered cooperating upon sin and transgression. Do not drive them to churches.
- [How Should a Husband Give Mandatory Spending to His Wife?](https://dusunnah.com/video/how-should-a-husband-give-mandatory-spending-to-his-wife/) - Question: How would the mandatory spending be given to the wife. Should it be made - for example, a certain amount every week? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: This depends on what the husband and wife have agreed to. There is no problem if they agreed upon something and she is happy.
- [Is It Permissible to Work as a Cashier Selling Cigarettes?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-it-permissible-to-work-as-a-cashier-selling-cigarettes/) - Question: I work as a cashier at a grocery store which obliges me to sell cigarettes. Does this make my money unlawful and am I sinful? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Yes you are sinful. You are sinful If you sold cigarettes. Do not sell anything except that which is lawful.
- [The Hidden Part of a Righteous Deed](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-hidden-part-of-a-righteous-deed/) - Shaykh Muḥammed ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn: He ﷺ said: “By The One whom none is worthy of worship except He, Indeed one of you may perform the deeds that the people destined for Paradise do until nothing is between him and paradise except a hand-span. Then, what is in the book of pre-decree comes to pass
- [Stop Causing Fitnah](https://dusunnah.com/video/stop-causing-fitnah/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Do you think that you will be left alone, and Allah ﷻ has not yet made it distinct who the strivers among you are, and those who are patient? [Quran 3:142] and “Allah ﷻ will not leave the believers as you are until he filters out the rotten from the
- [Repentance: Virtues and Rewards](https://dusunnah.com/video/repentance-virtues-and-rewards/) - Sura 28 – al-Qasas : Verse 67 But as for him who repented (from polytheism and sins), believed (in the Oneness of Allāh ﷻ, and in His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ), and did righteous deeds (in the life of this world), then he will be among those who are successful.
- [Salafiyyah: The Cure, Not Division](https://dusunnah.com/video/salafiyyah-the-cure-not-division/) - To be a Salafi means adhering to the Creed, Methodology and the way of life of the Salaf As-Sālih (the Pious Predecessors). The earliest Salaf were the generation of our Prophet ﷺ and his Companions. Then after them came the three virtuous generations of believers who held fast to the Sunnah (Path) of the Prophet
- [Shamsi vs EDL Supporter at Speakers’ Corner](https://dusunnah.com/video/shamsi-vs-edl-supporter-at-speakers-corner/) - Islam is one of the world's largest religions yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. For various reasons mistruths and misconceptions have been spread about Islam. The key to understanding Islam and Muslims is to resist stereotypes and examine each situation according to Islamic teachings and authentic sources.
- [Evidence for the Existence of the Creator](https://dusunnah.com/video/evidence-for-the-existence-of-the-creator/) - Evidence that Indicates to the Existence of The Creator | Anwar al-Maghribi
- [The Nature of Jesus: Islam vs Christianity](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-nature-of-jesus-islam-vs-christianity/) - Some Christians claim that "Jesus is God" or part of a trinity - that he is the incarnation of God on earth, and that God took on a human form. However, according to the Bible, Jesus was born, ate, slept, prayed and had limited knowledge – all attributes not befitting God. God has attributes of
- [Who Wrote the Bible?](https://dusunnah.com/video/who-wrote-the-bible/) - A period of forty years separates the death of Jesus from the writing of the first gospel. History offers us little direct evidence about the events of this period, but it does suggest that the early Christians were engaged in one of the most basic of human activities: story-telling. It appears that between the death
- [Is the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ the Perfect Role Model?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-the-prophet-muhammad-ﷺ-the-perfect-role-model/) - A man comes to the dawah table to ask whether or not the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the perfect role model. Anwar brings him back to Tawḥīd and also questions him regarding his moral compass.
- [Do You Condemn the Atrocities in Yemen?](https://dusunnah.com/video/do-you-condemn-the-atrocities-in-yemen/) - These Houthis who are present today, they are nothing more than Khawaarij and Raafidah. They brought together two destructive sects. From them are the Raafidah and from them are the Khawaarij. For this reason they harm the Muslims with the most severe harm, without any justification or validation. Nothing appears from them except harm upon
- [Brotherly Advice to A Muslim with Doubts - Hasan as-Somali](https://dusunnah.com/video/brotherly-advice-to-a-muslim-with-doubts-hasan-as-somali/)
- [The Qurʾān and Sunnah Are the Cure](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-qurʾan-and-sunnah-are-the-cure/) - The Messenger of Allah ﷻ, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I have left you with two matters which will never lead you astray, as long as you hold to them: the Book of Allah ﷻ and the Sunnah of his Prophet.” [al-Muwaṭṭa’ 1661]
- [Is It Permissible for Women to Work Outside the Home?](https://dusunnah.com/video/is-it-permissible-for-women-to-work-outside-the-home/) - Questioner: Is it permissible for a woman to go out and work? I started working after I graduated, but I always question myself as to whether Allah ﷻ is pleased with me or not. Please advise me. — A young girl from Yemen. Shaykh Muḥammed ibn Ṣāliḥ Al-‘Uthaymīn: There is no issue with a woman
- [Steadfastness in Islam](https://dusunnah.com/video/steadfastness-in-islam/) - Firmness upon the religion, excellence in this world and salvation in the Hereafter is built upon this. a) because when you know Allah ﷻ, His names, attributes and Actions this necessitates loving Him, fearing Him, placing reliance upon Him etc. b) when you know what Allah ﷻ loves and is pleased with or angered and
- [Poem on Ramadan and Laylat al-Qadr](https://dusunnah.com/video/poem-on-ramadan-and-laylat-al-qadr/) - Some lines of poetry composed by Ibn Rajab about Ramadan and Night of al-Qadr. The years have past so carelessly---and in jest and in loss How much have I lost from what I spent---in the days throughout my life What do I have to say about my loss---in my life, is there any excuse? How
- [What to Do with a House Bought with Usury?](https://dusunnah.com/video/what-to-do-with-a-house-bought-with-usury/) - Questioner: If a man built a house based on a usury transaction, then repents. What should he do with the house? Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī: He doesn’t do anything other than repent to Allah ﷻ correctly. if it's easy for him, let him spend the price [of the house] in charity on the poor,
- [The Importance of Business in Islam](https://dusunnah.com/video/the-importance-of-business-in-islam/) - Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Bāz: We have all heard this blessed seminar that was undertaken by some virtuous people in relation to business in Islam. They did well and provided useful information - may Allah ﷻ multiply their reward and grant them goodness, and may He increase our knowledge, guidance, and success, and benefit us all
- [Wife Confesses to Adultery: What Should the Husband Do?](https://dusunnah.com/video/wife-confesses-to-adultery-what-should-the-husband-do/) - Questioner: A woman confessed to her husband that she committed the heinous sin of adultery. What should he do, should he remain with her or divorce her? Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī: If he is pleased with her in terms of her religion and she has only slipped due to the influence of Satan but
- [You Cannot Understand Salafi Methodology Until…](https://dusunnah.com/video/you-cannot-understand-salafi-methodology-until/) - Shaykh Rabīʻ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: We must return to Allāh ﷻ, return to the truth and we must go back to the affair of having love and hate for the sake of Allāh ﷻ. Study this affair from Khalq Afʿāl al ʿIbād by Imām al-Bukhārī and look at the stance of pious predecessors towards the
- [Aqidah Is the Most Important Matter](https://dusunnah.com/video/aqidah-is-the-most-important-matter/) - Questioner: This is a question from one of the scholarship students, he is asking about those who say the affair of ʿAqīdah (creed and belief) has become subsidiary and we must put it aside in order that we may unite against the external enemy. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: This statement is false and Allāh's

## Articles

- [When a Scholar Errs: Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī on the Correct Manhaj Towards the ʿUlamāʾ](https://dusunnah.com/article/when-a-scholar-errs-shaykh-rabiʿ-al-madkhali-on-the-correct-manhaj-towards-the-ʿulamaʾ/) - The Question May Allah grant you much good. These are two questions regarding the methodology a student of knowledge should follow when a mistake occurs from some of the mashāyikh who are scholars, and some students of knowledge are heard reviling them, speaking against them, and criticising them. What is your guidance in such a
- [Who Has the Right to the Child? A Guide to Custody (Ḥaḍānah) in Islamic Law](https://dusunnah.com/article/who-has-the-right-to-the-child-a-guide-to-custody-ḥaḍanah-in-islamic-law/) - The Definition and Nature of Custody Custody (ḥaḍānah) refers to the care, protection, and upbringing of one who is unable to manage his or her own affairs. It includes safeguarding the child from harm, nurturing and raising them appropriately, providing food and drink, maintaining cleanliness, washing their clothing, applying oil where appropriate, and attending to
- [Encouraging Mutual Affection and Unity, and Warning Against Division and Discord - Imam Rabīʿ ibn Hādī ʿUmayr al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/article/encouraging-mutual-affection-and-unity-and-warning-against-division-and-discord-rabiʿ-ibn-hadi-ʿumayr-al-madkhali/) - All praise is due to Allah ﷻ, and prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his family, his companions, and all those who follow his guidance. To proceed: Some beloved brothers from Algeria requested that I direct a piece of counsel to the Salafī youth of Algeria, urging them to hold firm
- ["I Was One Quarter of Islam": The Remarkable Story of ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah with Commentary by Imam al-Albānī](https://dusunnah.com/article/an-amazing-story-of-the-companion-amr-ibn-abasah-commentary-by-imam-albani-rahimahullaah/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī (d. 1420 AH/1999 CE) notes that this account was narrated by Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241 AH/855 CE) in his Musnad through nine chains of transmission. It was also recorded by Muslim, al-Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, and Ibn Saʿd (d. 230 AH/845 CE) in al-Ṭabaqāt, who narrated it through six
- [From Prison to Power: The Life of al-Ikhshīd, Sovereign of Egypt](https://dusunnah.com/article/from-being-broke-to-ruling-egypt-abu-bakr-muḥammad-ibn-ṭughj-and-the-reversal-of-fortune/) - Al-Ikhshīd, the sovereign ruler of Egypt: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj ibn Juff ibn Khāqān al-Farghānī al-Turkī. He transmitted narrations from his paternal uncle, Badr. He was appointed governor of Egypt in the year 321 AH (933 CE). Damascus was subsequently added to his jurisdiction, both appointments conferred upon him by the ʿAbbāsid Caliph al-Rāḍī
- [The Same Faces You See on Your Way Up Are the Same Faces You See on Your Way Down - How Allah Raises the Humble and Humbles the Mighty](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-same-faces-you-see-on-your-way-up-are-the-same-faces-you-see-on-your-way-down/) - Allah, the Exalted, says: قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتَنزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَاءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَاءُ ۖ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ۞ "Say: 'O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You
- [The Blessings of the Circles of Knowledge - Shaykh Ibn Baz](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-blessings-of-the-circles-of-knowledge-shaykh-ibn-baz/) - Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz رحمه الله There is no doubt that circles of knowledge occupy a position of immense importance. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would establish such gatherings, sitting with his Companions رضي الله عنهم, teaching and admonishing them from time to time. They would gather around him in circles
- ["Pour Upon Us Some Water": What the Cry of the People of the Fire Teaches Us About the Excellence of Charity](https://dusunnah.com/article/pour-upon-us-some-water-what-the-cry-of-the-people-of-the-fire-teaches-us-about-the-excellence-of-charity/) - وَنَادَىٰ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَفِيضُوا عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ ۞ "And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise: 'Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allah has provided you.' They will say: 'Indeed, Allah has forbidden them both
- [Al-ʿArabī al-Tebessī: The Imām Who Was Boiled Alive by the French](https://dusunnah.com/article/al-ʿarabi-al-tebessi-the-salafi-imam-who-was-boiled-alive/) - Early Life and Formation Al-ʿArabī ibn Balqāsim ibn Mubārak ibn Farḥāt al-Tebessī (b. 1321 AH/1895 CE) was born in the village of al-Suṭṭāḥ, near the town of Tébessa in the far east of Algeria. His real name was al-ʿArabī Farḥātī, though he became known throughout Algeria by the nisbah "al-Tebessī," in reference to the town
- [Part 2. When Allah Laughs: What it Means When Allah Laughs & A Beautiful Hadith on 3 Allaah Loves, Is Pleased with and Rejoices Over](https://dusunnah.com/article/part-2-when-allah-laughs-series-the-servant-who-forsakes-his-warm-bed-and-the-soldier-who-returns-to-certain-death/) - Describing the three categories of believers whom Allah ﷻ loves, laughs at, and rejoices over and what that means for the servant.
- [Part 1. When Allah Laughs: The Astonishing Fate of Two Men, a Killer and His Victim, Who Both Enter Paradise](https://dusunnah.com/article/allah-laughs-a-collection-of-narrations-where-allah-laughs-part-1/) - Explore the authentic ḥadīth of Allah ﷻ laughing, with Shaykh Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn's explanation according to the creed and methodology of the Salaf.
- [The Wisdom of Imam al-Wādiʿī: Guarding the Daʿwah from Fitnah and Conspiracy](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-wisdom-of-imam-al-wadiʿi-guarding-the-daʿwah-from-fitnah-and-conspiracy/) - One of the most striking qualities of the great Imam of Yemen in this era, Shaykh Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī (1352–1422 AH/1933–2001 CE), was his acute perception of the early signs of fitnah (trial and discord). Whenever he sensed the first stirrings of unrest, division, or confusion, he would move swiftly to
- [Al-Hilālī's Bag of Ten Coins: A Mathematical Case Against Blind Chance](https://dusunnah.com/article/al-hilalis-bag-of-ten-coins-a-mathematical-case-against-blind-chance/) - In his commentary on Kitāb al-Tawḥīd by Imām Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī recounts an episode from his own life and presents a simple mathematical argument against the claim that the universe came into existence by chance. Al-Hilālī - well known to English-speaking Muslims as the co-translator of the widely used
- [From Defending Tawḥīd in Najd to Apostasy in the Cafes of Cairo: The Life of ʿAbdullāh al-Qaṣīmī](https://dusunnah.com/article/from-defending-tawḥid-in-najd-to-apostasy-on-the-champs-elysees-the-life-and-apostasy-of-ʿabdullah-al-qaṣimi/) - ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAlī al-Najdī al-Qaṣīmī, an enigmatic and ultimately tragic figure, was born in a village of al-Qaṣīm in the Najd region, most probably in 1325 AH (1907 CE), and died in 1416 AH (1996 CE). His forefathers had come to Najd with the army of Ibrāhīm Pasha (d. 1264 AH/1848 CE) when it invaded
- [Bearing with the Bad Manners of Your Teacher: Patience, Propriety, and the Pursuit of Knowledge](https://dusunnah.com/article/bearing-with-the-bad-manners-of-your-teacher-patience-propriety-and-the-pursuit-of-knowledge/) - Its most appropriate for the student of knowledge to bear with patience any harshness that proceeds from his shaykh, or any ill conduct on his part, and to let none of that deter him from keeping close to him, maintaining sound regard for him, and interpreting his actions - those which appear on the surface
- [A Lesson in Brotherhood: The Dispute and Reconciliation of Shaykhs Aḥmad Shākir and Ḥāmid al-Fiqī](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-lesson-in-brotherhood-the-dispute-and-reconciliation-of-shaykhs-aḥmad-shakir-and-ḥamid-al-fiqi/) - How two titans of the Salafī tradition closed the door of discord in forty years of unbreakable brotherhood Introduction Among the most instructive episodes in the modern history of Salafī scholarship is the brief but illuminating dispute that arose between two of its foremost figures: Shaykh Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir (d. 1377 AH/1958 CE) and Shaykh
- [Raised, Not Crucified: The Night Allah Protected ʿĪsā ibn Maryam](https://dusunnah.com/article/raised-not-crucified-the-night-allah-protected-ʿisa-ibn-maryam/) - The enemies of ʿĪsā ibn Maryam conspired to have him seized, condemned, and executed. They reported him to one of the ruling disbelieving kings of that era, whose name, according to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (d. 110 AH / 728 CE) and Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq (d. 150 AH / 767 CE), was Dāwūd ibn Yūrā. Upon his
- [When Envy Meets Scholarship: al-Bukhārī, al-Dhuhlī, and the Trial of Neyshabur](https://dusunnah.com/article/when-envy-meets-scholarship-al-bukhari-al-dhuhli-and-the-trial-of-nisaybur/) - The city of Neyshabur, in the third century of the Islamic calendar, was one of the great intellectual capitals of modern day Iran. It was home to leading scholars of ḥadīth, fiqh, and the Arabic sciences, and it drew students and scholars from across the Muslim world. It was to this city that Muḥammad ibn
- ["They Serve Heaven Alone": The Earliest Chinese Eyewitness Account of Muslims](https://dusunnah.com/article/they-serve-heaven-alone-the-earliest-chinese-eyewitness-account-of-muslims/) - In 751 CE, two empires collided on the banks of the Talas River, in what is today the borderlands of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. On one side stood the armies of the Tang dynasty, commanded by the Korean-born general Gao Xianzhi. On the other stood the forces of the Abbasid Caliphate under Ziyad ibn Salih. When
- [ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Kinānī's defiant stand against Bishr al-Marīsī and the Miḥna](https://dusunnah.com/article/ʿabd-al-ʿaziz-al-kinaʾis-defiant-stand-against-bishr-al-marisi-and-the-miḥna/) - I recited this to Abū ʿUmar Aḥmad ibn Khālid in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of the year three hundred and fifty-two (352 AH / 963 CE). He said: Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Sammāk narrated to us, saying: Abū ʿAlī ibn al-Azhar narrated to us, saying: Abū ʿUbayd ibn Farqad conveyed this book
- [The Different Rulings Concerning Leading Innovators and Their Followers - Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-different-ruling-on-the-leading-innovators-and-their-followers/) - Question: Is there a difference between ruling an individual to be from the people of desires and innovation and ruling a person to be an innovator? Does ruling a person as not being Salafī or as being ḥizbī necessitate that he is a person of innovation? We seek some clarity regarding this issue. Shaykh Zayd
- [Choosing Suitable Husbands: Religion, Character, and Compatibility in Marriage](https://dusunnah.com/article/choosing-suitable-husbands-religion-character-and-compatibility-in-marriage/) - On the authority of Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ said: «إذا جاءكم من ترضون خلقه وخلقه فزوّجوه إنكم إلّا تفعلوه تكن فتنة في الأرض وفساد عريض» “If there comes to you one whose religion and character are pleasing to you, then marry him [to your women]. If you do not do so,
- [The Key to Attaining Paradise By Imām Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-key-to-attaining-paradise-by-imam-ibn-qayyim-al-jawziyyah-d-751-ah-1350-ce-raḥimahullah/) - ﷽ Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿArafah said: Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Ḥusayn, from Shahr ibn Ḥawshab, from Muʿādh ibn Jabal, who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The key to Paradise is the testimony that none has the right to be worshipped except Allāh." ¹ It
- [The Guarantor of Paradise: Noble Character, Truthfulness, and Abandoning Disputation](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-guarantor-of-paradise-noble-character-truthfulness-and-abandoning-disputation/) - Abū Umāma al-Bāhilī (may Allāh be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "I am the guarantor of a house in the outskirts of Paradise for whoever abandons disputation even if he is in the right; and of a house in the middle of Paradise for whoever abandons lying even in
- [When She Burnt Sībawayh's Books](https://dusunnah.com/article/when-she-burnt-sibawayhs-books/) - ﷽ Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī (d. 377/987) said: "Sībawayh (d. c. 180/796) married a girl in al-Baṣrah who became infatuated with him, while he had already structured the framework of al-Kitāb and classified the opening sections of its chapters, and these were in rough drafts. He would not turn his attention to his wife, nor occupy
- [Ramaḍān Reflections from the Salaf: Recitation, Fasting, and Spiritual Vigilance](https://dusunnah.com/article/ramaḍan-reflections-from-the-salaf-recitation-fasting-and-spiritual-vigilance/) - Reports on Recitation and Devotion It is reported from Wāṣil ibn Sulaym that he said: “I accompanied ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib (d. 136 AH / 753 CE) to Makkah, and he would complete the recitation of the Qurʾān every two nights.” The Illumination of the Mosques in Ramaḍān From Abū Isḥāq al-Hamdānī (d. 127 AH /
- [The Claim That al-Ḥusayn or Ibn al-Zubayr Rebelled](https://dusunnah.com/article/they-claim-the-companions-al-ḥusayn-and-abdullah-ibn-az-zubayr-rebelled/) - Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī said: As for the claim that some of the Companions rebelled, we state that not a single Companion, may Allah be pleased with them, rebelled. With regard to ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr, the people initially pledged allegiance to him. When they later pledged allegiance to Yazīd, Ibn al-Zubayr withdrew to
- [The Biography of Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī [d. 1416 AH]](https://dusunnah.com/article/1045/) - Name and Date of Birth: He is Muḥammad Amān ibn ʿAlī Jāmī and he was also referred to as Abū Aḥmad. He was born in the year d. 1349 AH [1930 Gregorian calendar] just as his official documents state. His Pursuit of Knowledge: The Shaykh is considered from those who migrated towards Allāh ﷻ and His Messenger ﷺ
- [Language, Evidence, and Daʿwah: Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī’s Engagement with Christian Polemics](https://dusunnah.com/article/publication-evidence-from-the-gospel-that-jesus-is-a-servant-of-allah-and-has-no-right-to-be-worshipped-shaykh-muhammad-taqi-ad-din-al-hilali-al-maghrib/) - In the year 1969 CE, an Iraqi student studying in the United States wrote to the Moroccan scholar Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī (d. 1407 AH / 1987 CE), seeking guidance on how to respond to Christians who were challenging Islām. Al-Hilālī recounts: “In a letter to me, my former student Ismāʿīl al-Drūbī, who had
- [When Is It Allowed to Narrate from a Person of Innovation? - Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/when-is-it-allowed-to-narrate-from-a-person-of-innovation/) - Questioner: What is the position on reporting from the opposer [of the sunnah] and is narrating from him considered to be in agreement with him in regards to his innovations, so does that person take the same ruling as him (i.e the one who reports from him)? And clarify for us the affairs of the
- [The Distinctive Merits and Special Characteristics of the Ṣalāh](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-great-status-of-salah-prayer-over-other-acts-of-worship-in-islam/) - Shaykh ʿAbdullāh ibn Ḥumayd (d. 1402 AH / 1982 CE) The Ṣalāh (prayer) possesses merits and distinctive characteristics which no other aspect of Islamic legislation shares. Firstly: Zakāh is not obligatory except once a year, and only upon those who possess wealth above the prescribed threshold. Likewise, fasting is not obligatory except once a year,
- [“There Is No Shyness in the Religion”: Clarifying Its Meaning in Islām](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-meaning-of-the-saying-there-is-no-shyness-in-the-religion/) - Questioner: The statement, “There is no shyness in the religion,” has been circulating upon the tongues of the people. Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz (d. 1420 AH / 1999 CE), may Allah ﷻ have mercy upon him, replied: This statement is correct linguistically and in meaning, when understood properly. It is similar to
- [Has Saudi Arabia Apostatised Due to Their Treaty with the United Nations? - Shaykh Muhammad Bazmul](https://dusunnah.com/article/has-saudi-arabia-apostatised-due-to-their-treaty-with-the-united-nations/) - Question: Have the KSA become disbelievers as a result of entering into the UN treaty? Answer: Some people brandish this government as disbelievers due to its entering the United Nations treaty, and they reinforce this (claim) by using (as proof): “The UN treaty entails terms of disbelief which opposes the Sharīʿah, therefore being pleased with it is
- [The Biography of Shaykh Muhammad bin Muhammad Saghir Akur](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-biography-of-shaykh-muhammad-bin-muhammad-saghir-akur/) - His Name and Lineage: He is the dignified Shaykh, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṣaghīr ibn Mūsá ibn Aḥmad ibn Jammah ibn Aḥmad Aāl ʿAkūr Humdī. His Birth: Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṣaghīr ʿAkūr was born in 1362AH in the village of ʿIkra which is located in the south west region of the city of Jazan. His Academic Development: He began his pursuit of knowledge by
- [The Importance of Seeking Knowledge and Preparing for the Needs of the Ummah](https://dusunnah.com/article/do-not-disregard-knowledge-you-never-know-who-might-need-it/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm said: ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhumā, d. 68 AH / 687 CE) used to exert himself greatly to attend the gatherings of the Companions as a learner seeking knowledge. On one occasion, he said to a man from among the Anṣār: “Come, let us go
- [35 Points from the Chapter on Zakat Al-Fitr - Sheikh Ibn Uthaymin](https://dusunnah.com/article/35-points-from-the-chapter-on-zakat-al-fitr-sheikh-ibn-uthaymin/) - 35 Points from the Chapter on Zakat Al-Fitr from al-Sharh al-Mumti by Sheikh Ibn Uthaymin Download PDF It is called “zakāh” because it causes increase and growth. It grows character because it places a person amongst the ranks of the generous. It increases wealth because anything you spend seeking Allāh’s face increases your
- [The Comprehensiveness of Sūrat al-ʿAṣr](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-virtues-of-surah-al-asr-shaykh-hammad-al-ansari/) - Shaykh Ḥammād al-Anṣārī (1345–1418 AH / 1926–1997 CE) said: “If a person were to reflect deeply upon Sūrat al-ʿAṣr, his certainty would increase that the Qurʾān is the Speech of Allah, the Most High. This is because there is no one besides Him capable of encompassing all goodness within three short verses.” He then cited
- [Speaking About the Innovators Is Not Considered Backbiting - Shaykh Abdullah al-Najmi](https://dusunnah.com/article/speaking-about-the-innovators-is-not-considered-backbiting/) - There are numerous narrations from the salaf concerning how to deal with the innovators and warning against them. The salaf all agreed and were united upon this in every time and place, and this consensus has been conveyed by many of the people of knowledge. I will now state some examples: On the authority of Abū
- [How the Qadariyyah Came into Existence — Shaykh Muḥammad al-Jāmī](https://dusunnah.com/article/how-the-qadariyyah-came-into-existence/) - Shaykh Muḥammad al-Jāmī explains in his 'Islamic Creed and Its History' (ʿAqīdah al-Islamīyah wa Tārikhuhā); The sects that appeared during the time of the Companions, may Allāh be pleased with them, is the Qadarīyyah. Generally, when the term Qadarīyyah is mentioned, then what is intended by this are those who negate the Divine Decree (qadar) and they
- [The Wisdom Behind the Harshness of the People of Sunnah Against Innovators - Shaykh Muhammad al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/1004/) - Wisdom is to place things in their rightful place, thus harshness is to be placed where Allāh has placed it and gentleness [is placed] where Allāh ﷻ ordered [gentleness] to be placed. [The Prophet said ﷺ]: “Indeed Allāh is Rafīq [gentle], and loves rifq [gentleness] in all affairs.” [1] We are not absent minded about this fact. It [gentleness]
- [The Biography of Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī al-Maghribī [d. 1407 AH]](https://dusunnah.com/article/biography-of-shaykh-muḥammad-taqi-addin-al-hilali-al-maghribi/) - His Name and Lineage He was the prominent scholar of ḥadīth, renowned linguist, distinguished writer, prolific poet, and widely travelled scholar from Morocco, the Salafī Shaykh Dr. Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī, better known simply as Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn. He was also known by the kunyah Abū Shakīb (the father of Shakīb), as he named his
- [Responding to a Christian Doubt and the Effects of Sincerity in Da’wah - Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī](https://dusunnah.com/article/responding-to-a-christian-doubt-and-the-effects-of-sincerity-in-dawah/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī al-Maghribī said: “So Smith said to me: ‘Are you a Muslim?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ Then he said to me: ‘Surely Muḥammad did not know history!’ So I said to him: ‘And how would you know that?’ Then he said: ‘Because he said in the Qurʾān in Sūrah Maryam: ۞ يَا
- [Acquiring Chains of Transmission from the People of Knowledge: Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/article/obtaining-chains-of-narrations-from-the-people-of-knowledge-shaykh-zayd-ibn-muhammad-al-madkhali/) - Questioner: Is going to scholars from amongst the people of innovation and desires in order to obtain chains of narration for (recitation of) the Noble Qurʾān and some books on ʿaqīdah and ḥadīth permissible? Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī: An innovator is observed, the principle regarding someone who innovates in Allah's religion is that he is
- [Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University Arabic Learning Books](https://dusunnah.com/article/imam-muhammad-ibn-saud-islamic-university-arabic-learning-books/) - Level 1 Reading Listening Skills Teachers Guide Lessons from the Qur'ān Dictionary of Terms Handwriting Expressions and Conversations Level 2 Reading Teachers Guide Lessons from the Qur'ān Dictionary of Terms Handwriting Expressions and Conversations Ḥadīth Morphology (Ṣarf) Grammar (Naḥw) Dictation Level 3 Reading Teachers Guide Lessons from the Qur'ān Dictionary of Terms Handwriting Expressions and Conversations Ḥadīth
- [Biography of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Saʿdī [d. 1376 AH]](https://dusunnah.com/article/shaykh-abd-ur-rahman-as-sadi/) - His Name and Upbringing: His name is Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Nāṣir al-Sa’dī from al-Sa’dī, the Shaykh, descended of the Tamīm tribe. He was born in the town of ʿUnaizah in al-Qaṣīm on the 12th of Muḥarram in the year 1307H. His mother died when he was four years old,
- [A Sitting with Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hadi al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-sitting-with-shaykh-muhammad-ibn-hadi-al-madkhali/) - After asking about us well-being and affairs in London, Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī went onto say; "My advice to the people of the West is that they hold firmly to the correct creed and know the religion of Islām which the Messenger ﷺ came with, and this is from the principles. It is obligatory upon you
- [What is Wahhabism? - Shaykh Abdullah ibn Humayd](https://dusunnah.com/article/what-is-wahhabism-shaykh-abdullah-ibn-humayd/) - Nūr ʿalá al-Darb Presenter: Question from the listener Muḥammad Saʿīd Murād, from the Republic of ʿIrāq, the region of Dohuk - he says: I hear many of the Muslims here say 'so and so, his ʿAqīdah is 'Wahhābism' (intending a practicing person) - what is ʿAqīdah (creed) and where did this name come to us
- [The Correct Manner of Debating People Who Glorify the Intellect - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Aal-Shaykh](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-correct-manner-of-debating-people-who-glorify-the-intellect-shaykh-salih-aal-shaykh/) - Questioner: In recent times, those who glorify the intellect and tread the path of the Muʿtazila have become many. In fact, when it was said to one of them: 'What you are saying is the same as what the Muʿtazila say'. He replied: 'And what are the Muʿtazila except a group of scholars.' What is
- [The Wisdom in Sending the Messengers — Shaykh Muḥammad al-ʿUthaymīn](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-wisdom-in-sending-the-messengers/) - All praise belongs to God, we praise Him, seek His aid, seek His forgiveness and repent to Him. We seek refuge in God from the evil of our own selves and from our evil deeds. Whomsoever God guides, none other than Him can misguide, and whomsoever God misguides, none other than Him can guide. I bear
- [The Intended Meaning behind the Expression "Son of God"  Mentioned in the Gospels](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-intended-meaning-behind-the-expression-son-of-god-that-is-mentioned-in-the-gospels/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī al-Maghribī; In the language of the Torah and the Gospel everyone who is righteous and dutiful is referred to as “Son of God”. In the ninth verse from the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew it is written: “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
- [The Wife Hits the Husband. What Should He Do? - Shaykh Ubayd al-Jabri](https://dusunnah.com/article/2310/) - Questioner: May Allah ﷻ reward you Shaykh. This is the seventeenth question, and it is from Libya. The questioner states: I have been married for approximately two years, and my wife and I are at each others necks, each one of us has wronged the other. We rectified the situation one and a half months ago
- [This is a Punishment For What You Did With His Wife - Shaykh ʿAbdullah al-Ghudayān:](https://dusunnah.com/article/this-is-a-punishment-for-what-you-did-with-his-wife-shaykh-abdullah-al-ghudayan/) - Shaykh ʿAbdullah al-Ghudayān: A man once came to see me in my office. He was in a state of anxiety. He said to me 'I travelled to study and stayed in a building wherein one of the neighbouring flats that was occupied by a man and his wife. I ended up living in this building
- [Maintaining Bonds of Knowledge, Brotherhood, and Scholarly Connection](https://dusunnah.com/article/remain-in-contact-with-your-scholars-after-you-graduate-shaykh-muhammed-ibn-hadi/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī Indeed, we praise Allah ﷻ for this blessing which He has bestowed upon you and upon me through this gathering tonight, the night of Friday corresponding to the 11th of Shaʿbān 1436 AH. We ask Allah, by His Most Perfect Names and Attributes, to grant us correctness in our statements
- [A Clarification of the Methodology of Abul Hasan, AlI Hasan and His Party in Britain - Shaykh Rabi al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-clarification-of-the-methodology-of-abul-hasan-ali-hasan-and-his-party-in-britain-shaykh-rabi-al-madkhali/) - All praise is due to Allāh ﷻ and may the Praise and Security of Allāh ﷻ be upon Muḥammad, the Seal of the Prophets and upon his family and Companions. The supervisors of the website which goes by the name of ‘Kullu-al-Salafiyyīn2 have spread an article entitled ‘Impurities of Partisanship and Ikhwānī Remnants Connected to the Methodology
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- [The Obligations of a Muslim Who Resides in a Western Country - Shaykh Muhammad Bazmul](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-obligations-of-a-muslim-who-resides-in-a-western-country-shaykh-muhammad-bazmul/) - Indeed all praise is due to Allah, we praise Him, seek His aid and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our souls and the wickedness of our actions. Whomsoever Allah has guided no one can misguide, and whomsoever Allah has misguided no one can guide. I beware witness that no god
- [Official Correspondence from the Office of the ibn Bāz to Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/article/letter-from-shaykh-ibn-baz-to-shaykh-rabi-al-madkhali/) - Subject: A lecture delivered by Nazīh Ḥammād broadcast on Qurʾān al-Karīm Radio. From: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz (1330–1420 AH / 1910–1999 CE)To: The esteemed brother, the noble shaykh, Professor Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (b. 1351 AH / 1933 CE), may Allah grant him safety. As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh. To proceed:
- [Praying Behind an Imām Involved in Innovation](https://dusunnah.com/article/can-i-pray-with-the-people-of-innovation-if-i-am-able-to-pray-with-people-of-sunnah/) - Questioner from Britain: Is it permissible to separate ourselves from people of innovation who are in charge of the local mosque and to avoid praying there? This is in light of the fact that a more distant mosque also contains innovation, although it is less severe. Moreover, we are unable to catch the congregation in
- [You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide from Your Rizq](https://dusunnah.com/article/you-can-run-but-you-cant-hide-from-your-rizq/) - ﷽ Trusting in Allah’s ﷻ Decree and the Limits of Human Striving Al-Ḥāfiẓ Zayn al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raʾūf al-Munāwī (d. 1031 AH / 1622 CE) رحمه الله said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If the son of Adam were to run from his provision just as he runs from death, his provision would
- [Ibn Ḥazm and the Beginning of His Study of Fiqh](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-scholar-who-started-their-studies-after-his-teens/) - In Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Dhahabī (673–748 AH / 1274–1348 CE) narrates the following account on the authority of Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, who said: “Ibn Ḥazm related to me the reason he began studying fiqh. He said that he once attended a funeral prayer. Upon entering the mosque,
- [The Night of the Jinn - Do Not Cross This Line Ibn Mas'ud!](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-night-of-the-jinn-do-not-cross-this-line-ibn-masʿud/) - قُلۡ أُوحِیَ إِلَیَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسۡتَمَعَ نَفَرٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا قُرۡءَانًا عَجَبٗا “Say: It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, ‘Indeed, we have heard a wondrous Qurʾān.’” (Qurʾān, Sūrat al-Jinn 72:1) The Reason for Revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) The reason for the revelation of this verse was reported
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- [A Brief Explanation of Surah al-Asr - Shaykh ʿAbdullah ibn Muhammed ibn ʿAbd al-Wahāb](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-brief-explanation-of-surah-al-asr/) - Shaykh ʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammed ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d.1242 AH) was asked about the interpretation of Sūrah al-ʿAsr (The Declining Day). He responded; The speech regarding this is lengthy but we are going to mention to you what the people of knowledge have mentioned by way of summarisation. They have mentioned that al-ʿAsr is a time period,
- [How al-Ḥākim Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Naysābūrī Treated a Facial Ulcer That Persisted for a Year](https://dusunnah.com/article/how-did-al-ḥakim-al-nisaburi-treat-a-face-ulcer-that-remained-with-him-for-a-year/) - Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Bayhaqī (d. 458/1066) said: The account concerning the ulcer of our shaykh, al-Ḥākim Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Naysābūrī (d. 405/1014), may Allah have mercy on him, is that an ulcer developed on his face. He treated it with various remedies, yet it did not heal and persisted for nearly a year. He then requested the
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- [Slandering al-Barbahārī: A Timeless Pattern of Hypocrisy](https://dusunnah.com/article/what-is-your-advice-to-those-who-speak-ill-of-al-barbahari-and-his-book-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - ﷽ Question Some of the callers who stir up tribulations have maligned Imām al-Barbahārī and his book Sharḥ al-Sunnah. What are your comments regarding this? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān (born 1354 AH / 1933 CE) said: This is not something exclusive to Imām al-Barbahārī. They maligned the Messenger ﷺ himself. Allah ﷻ states:
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- [Egyptian Women After the Drowning of Pharaoh: A Historical Observation](https://dusunnah.com/article/and-this-continues-to-be-the-way-of-egyptian-women-until-this-day-ibn-kathir/) - ﷽ After mentioning the drowning of Pharaoh, Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUmar Ibn Kathīr (d. 774 AH / 1373 CE) states that the king, Pharaoh, along with his entourage, generals, and soldiers, were destroyed, and that none remained in Egypt except the general populace. He then cites what ʿAbd al-Ḥakam ibn Aʿyān Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam (d. 257
- [False Principles in Brixton: Abū al-Ḥasan and Their Consequences](https://dusunnah.com/article/it-appears-that-abd-al-haqq-baker-and-those-with-him-are-upon-the-methodology-of-abu-al-hasan-shaykh-rabi-al-madkhali/) - ﷽ Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (1351 AH / 1932 CE) The Second False Principle Abū al-Ḥasan al-Maʿribī stated: “With regard to Abū Khadījah (ʿAbd al-Wāḥid) and those who support him in criticising ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq (Baker) and those with him, claiming that they are excessively lax with those who oppose the daʿwah, then it is
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- [A Logical Refutation of the Claim of Qurʾānic Alteration: An Anecdote from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām](https://dusunnah.com/article/refutation-of-the-a-doubt-of-the-shia-abu-bakr-and-umar-concealed-some-parts-of-the-quran-shaykh-badi-as-sindi/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Bāzmūl relates: “It was mentioned to me that a Shīʿī once stood before Shaykh Badīʿ al-Dīn al-Sindī during the shaykh’s lesson in al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. The Shīʿī said to him: ‘You supplicate to Allah ﷻ that He be pleased with Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, while they were traitors. They removed Sūrat al-Wilāyah
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- [Ashʿarism in Morocco: A Historical Reflection by Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī ad-Dīn al-Hilālī](https://dusunnah.com/article/before-his-time-moroccans-were-upon-the-creed-of-the-salaf-shaykh-taqi-ad-din-al-hilali/) - ﷽ Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī ad-Dīn al-Hilālī (1311 to 1407 AH / 1893 to 1987 CE) After I settled in Tétouan, a city in northern Morocco, I established a monthly magazine entitled The Arabic Tongue. In it, I published articles clarifying the falsehood of the Ashʿarī creed, a belief that the people of Morocco have religiously
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- [The Change in Practice Regarding the Number of Rakʿahs in Tarāwīḥ](https://dusunnah.com/article/we-used-to-pray-20-units-of-prayer-in-tarawih-until-the-scholars-spoke-shaykh-abdullah-ibn-aqil/) - Shaykh ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAqīl (d. 1441 AH / 2020 CE) In the past, we did not know of anyone praying except twenty units of prayer in ṣalāt al-tarāwīḥ, and all of the people were upon this practice. Thereafter, some of the scholars spoke about this matter, such as ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz
- [Sincerity, Trial, and Divine Decree in Teaching](https://dusunnah.com/article/teaching-in-the-great-mosque-of-mecca-is-a-great-trial-shaykh-taqi-al-din-al-hilali/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Ḥilālī (d. 1407 AH / 1987 CE) My companion and I were appointed to teach in al-Masjid al-Ḥarām in Mecca. Indeed, teaching in the Sacred Mosque of Mecca is a tremendous trial for the teacher. It often occurs that you will find a teacher, well known for his knowledge and virtue,
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- [A Severe Warning Against Unqualified Legal Verdicts](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-warning-to-those-who-speak-without-knowledge-ash-shawkani/) - Imām Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Shawkānī (d. 1250 AH / 1834 CE) said: If you have put yourself forward to issue legal verdicts to those who seek them, and to judge between disputing parties, then know that you are being tested and afflicted, and that others are likewise being tested and afflicted through you. This is
- [Obedience to Leaders in Misguidance and Its Consequences](https://dusunnah.com/article/2469/) - يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَا لَيْتَنَا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا ۞ وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا ۞ رَبَّنَا آتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَالْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًا كَبِيرًا "On the Day when their faces are being turned over in the Fire, they will say, ‘If only we had obeyed Allah and the
- [Obstacles in the Path of Seeking Knowledge - Shaykh Rabi al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/obstacles-in-the-path-of-seeking-knowledge-shaykh-rabi-al-madkhali/) - Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (b. 1351 AH / 1931 CE) From the obstacles in the path of seeking knowledge is hastiness and pursuing knowledge in an unorganised manner. That is, a person reads from here and there, moving indiscriminately between texts without becoming firmly grounded. In earlier times, people followed established methods that enabled
- [A Debate Between Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq and a Rāfiḍhī Concerning the Virtue of Abū Bakr](https://dusunnah.com/article/in-defence-of-abu-bakr-as-sadiq-a-debate-between-a-sunni-and-a-rafidhi/) - The Shaykh, al-Faqīh, Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Anṣārī al-Bukhārī informed us that it was read upon him in the year 434AH in the city of Makkah - may Allāh protect it - that Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh ibn Musāfir said, Abū Bakr ibn Khalif ibn ʿUmar ibn Khalif ibn al-Hamadanī
- [The Destructive Harm of Tale-Carrying and the Obligation to Protect Muslim Honour](https://dusunnah.com/article/pay-attention-to-the-initial-steps-of-the-tale-carrier-because-they-are-more-worse-than-magicians-in-some-aspects/) - My enemy to bite me is more beloved than harming with his tongue, since teeth marks eventually fade away but how would I remove what has entered the hearts of people! My brother and sister, if someone comes to you speaking improperly, spreading lies, or backbiting members or teachers of your community, realise that such
- [Extending Christmas Greetings Could be Disbelief -  al-Uthaymeen](https://dusunnah.com/article/extending-christmas-greetings-could-be-disbelief-shaykh-al-ʿuthaimin/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn said: As for extending greetings to non-Muslims on their festivals, then this, without doubt, is forbidden and could, in some instances, be disbelief, as wishing them well on the occasions of their festivals shows one's approval of them, and showing approval of acts of disbelief is itself an act of
- [The Use of the Term “Abrahamic Faiths”](https://dusunnah.com/article/is-it-permissible-to-use-the-term-abrahamic-faiths-to-refer-judaism-and-christianity/) - Questioner: 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 before [the advent of] these religions - may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him. "Rather he was one who turned away from all
- [Cooperating with the People of Innovation in Daʿwah](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-prohibition-of-working-with-people-of-innovation-in-the-field-of-dawah/) - Questioner: Is the statement of Allah ﷻ, “Say: This is my way; I invite to Allah upon al-baṣīrah (clear insight and correct knowledge), I and whoever follows me…” (Qurʾān, Yūsuf 12:108) evidence for the prohibition of working with the people of innovation in the field of daʿwah? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān: Yes. Daʿwah is not to
- [The Ruling on Celebrating Valentine’s Day](https://dusunnah.com/article/celebrating-valentines/) - Questioner: Celebrating Valentine’s Day has recently become widespread, particularly among female students. It is a Christian celebration, and it is observed by wearing entirely red attire, including red clothing and red shoes, as well as by exchanging red flowers. We seek clarification from your eminence regarding the ruling on celebrating such occasions. Additionally, what is
- [The Abolition of Jāhiliyyah-Based Pride and Racism](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-prophetic-condemnation-of-racism/) - ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (d. 73 AH / 692 CE) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to the people on the day of the Conquest of Makkah (8 AH / 630 CE), in which he said: “O people. Verily, Allah has removed from you the arrogance of al-Jāhiliyyah and
- [A Clarification Exonerating the Two Ḥāfiẓs – al-Nawawī and Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī – from the Beliefs of the Ashʿarīs](https://dusunnah.com/article/exonerating-the-two-hafizs-an-nawawi-al-ʿasqalani-from-the-beliefs-of-the-ashʿaris/) - Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin ibn Ḥamad al-ʿAbbād al-Badr (b. 1353 AH / 1934 CE), may Allah preserve him, authored this article in order to clearly demonstrate the false and unfounded attribution of Imām Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī (d. 676 AH / 1277 CE) and al-Ḥāfiẓ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (d. 852 AH / 1449
- [The Digging of Yaʾjūj and Maʾjūj and Its Harmony with the Qurʾān](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-decisive-word-regarding-the-authenticity-of-the-hadith-about-the-barrier-blocking-yajuj-and-majuj/) - It is authentically reported from Abū Hurayrah (d. 57 AH / 676 CE) that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Yaʾjūj and Maʾjūj dig through the barrier every day until, when they are about to see the rays of the sun, the one in charge of them says: ‘Withdraw; we will continue digging tomorrow.’ Then Allah restores
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- [The Inimitability of the Qurʾān: A Report Cited by Imām al-Shawkānī](https://dusunnah.com/article/no-one-can-write-something-similar-to-the-quran-ash-shawkani/) - Imām Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Shawkānī (1173–1250 AH / 1760–1834 CE) stated: Al-Naqqāsh mentioned that the companions of the philosopher al-Kindī said to him: ‘O wise one, produce for us something similar to the Qurʾān.’ He replied: ‘Very well, I shall attempt to produce something similar to a part of it.’ He then secluded himself for
- [Malcolm X and his Salafī Mentor in Harlem, New York](https://dusunnah.com/article/malcolm-x-and-his-salafi-mentor-in-harlem-new-york/) - Malcolm X, Shaykh Aḥmad Ḥassūn, and the Black Saudi Connection Aḥmad Usmān, who meticulously planned the Ḥajj of Malcolm X (1925–1965 CE), emphasised the role played by the Black Saudis whom Malcolm encountered during his pilgrimage. Among them, he highlighted Muḥammad Surūr Ṣabbān (1898–1978 CE), a poet, politician, and Saudi Arabia’s second Minister of Finance.
- [How American Jews Raise their Children in America](https://dusunnah.com/article/how-american-jews-raise-their-kids-in-america-shaykh-muhammad-taqi-al-din-al-hilali-al-maghribi/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī ad-Dīn al-Hilālī (1893–1987 CE) stated: “I wish to draw the attention of my dear readers to an important matter. Every Jewish boy and girl in the United States is required to attend two schools. The first is Hebrew school, where they attend regularly in order to study the Hebrew language, the Torah,
- [The State of the Soul and Body After Death: An Explanation - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn](https://dusunnah.com/article/1008/) - Questioner: When a person dies, do they [immediately] go to paradise or the hell-fire after their death, or do they remain in the grave until the Day of Judgement? We ask you for clarification of this matter with some additional facts relating to it? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: The body of the dead will
- [So You Want to Be a Student of Knowledge?](https://dusunnah.com/article/so-you-want-to-be-a-student-of-knowledge/) - Abū Masʿūd ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān said, I heard ibn Ṭāhir say, “I urinated blood twice whilst seeking knowledge. Once in Baghdād and another time in Makkah. I used to walk bare-footed in the heat, as a result I was afflicted with that [urinating blood]; and I never rode an animal in pursuit of knowledge. I used
- [The People of Innovation Have Filled the World, So Do Not Boycott Everyone - Shaykh Rabi al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-people-of-innovation-have-filled-the-world-so-dont-not-boycott-everyone/) - The people of innovation have now filled much of the earth – and refuge in Allah is sought! Therefore we do not boycott everybody, rather those people are in need of our invitation. We call them to Allah ﷻ using wisdom and good admonition. As for their plotting leaders and the callers of falsehood [who spread misguidance] in
- [The Ruling on Repeating the First Adhān of Jumuʿah: A Scholarly Clarification - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/1018/) - Questioner: With regard to the first adhān of the Friday prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah), is the adhān to be repeated after the muʾadhdhin? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān (b. 1354 AH / 1935 CE) The first adhān is Islamically legislated because it is from the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs (al-Khulafāʾ al-Rāshidūn). The third Caliph,
- [Crying During the Prayer and Its Effect on Validity - al-ʿUthaymīn](https://dusunnah.com/article/crying-in-the-prayer-due-to-a-worldly-misfortune-invalidates-it/) - Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: If crying during the prayer is due to fear of Allah ﷻ, or because a person recalls some of the promises and admonitions mentioned in the Noble Qurʾān, then this does not invalidate the prayer. However, if the crying results from remembering a personal misfortune that has occurred, or something
- [The Manners of Extending the Greetings of Peace - Shaykh Muhammad al-Uthaymin](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-manners-of-extending-the-greetings-of-peace/) - All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the entire creation. May the Peace and Salutations of Allah be upon His Messenger, the Seal of the Prophets and the Imām of the God-fearing, and upon his Companions and all those who follow them in goodness until the Last Day. To proceed; This is the
- [We Do Not Rely on Astronomical Calculations in Sighting the New Moon - Shaykh Ibn Baz](https://dusunnah.com/article/we-do-not-rely-on-astrological-calculations-in-sighting-the-new-moon/) - Questioner: What is your opinion regarding astronomers who use calculations to detect the crescent of the new month? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz: We should not act upon the astronomers' report. The Prophet ﷺ said: “We are an illiterate nation. We do not use astronomical writing or calculations [in our fasting]. A month is so and so and
- [Advice of Shaykh Rabi al-Madkhali to Someone who Repented from Shi'ism](https://dusunnah.com/article/i-was-a-rafidhi-and-now-i-am-a-salafi/) - On the 20th Rajab 1434 AH corresponding to the Christian calendar Thursday 30th May 2013, I [Ṣalāḥ al-Irānī] asked the Imām, Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī in a sitting at his house the following question: O’ Shaykh, may Allah be good to you, I’m an Iranian, [originally] from the city of Tehran. I used to be a
- [I Will Mention to You the Flag Bearers of al-Jarh wa al-Ta’dil in This Era - Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/i-will-mention-to-you-the-flag-bearers-of-jarh-wal-tadil-in-this-era/) - As for your statement O’ Questioner: “Is it correct to say that there is in this era, an individual or a group of individuals in our country - the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [who are flag bearers of al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl], and [is it permissible to say specifically] such a person is the flag bearer of al-Jarḥ wa
- [Spread the Salam for It will Create Love Between You - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/spread-the-salam-for-it-will-create-love-between-you-all/) - [Point 127] The author, (Imām al-Barbahārī) may Allah have mercy upon him said; “The salutation is given to every servant of Allah.” The Explanation A right that the Muslims have over one another is to spread the greeting between themselves. Allah ﷻ mentioned; ۞ وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوا بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا أَوْ رُدُّوهَا ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ
- [Do Not Smile at Them and Do Not Marry Your Women to Them! - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/do-not-smile-at-them-and-do-not-marry-your-women-to-them/) - The author said: al-Fuḍayl ibn Iyāḍ said, “Whoever honours a person of innovation has aided in the demolition of Islam. Whoever smiles in the face of an innovator has belittled what Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, had revealed to Muḥammad. Whoever marries his karīmah (sister, daughter etc) to an innovator has cut off her ties of
- [Beware of the People, Especially in Our Times - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/1050/) - Point No: 151: “Beware and then Beware of the people of your time specifically. Look towards the one whom you sit with and the one whom you listen to and the one whom you accompany. For indeed it is as if the majority of the people have apostatised except those whom Allāh ﷻ has protected from
- [Examine Speech Before Accepting It: Guidance from Imām al-Barbahārī](https://dusunnah.com/article/examine-the-speech-of-every-person-you-hear-today/) - The author, Imām Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Khalaf al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH / 941 CE), may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “Examine, may Allah ﷻ have mercy upon you, the speech of every person that you hear in your time. Do not act in haste, and do not enter into anything from
- [Should the Worshipper Remain Silent Until the Imam Bows? - Shaykh Muhammad al-Uthaymin](https://dusunnah.com/article/should-the-worshipper-remain-silent-until-the-imam-bows/) - Questioner: If a worshipper finishes reciting al-Fātiḥa and another chapter in the silent prayers before the imām bows, should he remain silent? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: The one following the imām should not be silent if he has completed the recitation of al-Fātiḥa and another chapter before the imām falls into the bowing position. He should continue reciting
- [The Sanctity of the Muslim: His Blood, Wealth, and Honour - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-muslims-wealth-blood-and-honour-is-sacred-all-of-it/) - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Fawzān (b. 1354 AH / 1933 CE), may Allah ﷻ preserve him, said: The Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ said: “All of a Muslim is prohibited for another Muslim.” Allah ﷻ has made the Muslim sacred. The meaning of the statement “all of a Muslim” refers to his blood, his
- [A Principle in Dealing with the Repentance of a Person of Falsehood and How Does a Person of Falsehood Repent?](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-principle-in-dealing-with-the-repentance-of-a-person-of-falsehood-and-how-does-a-person-of-falsehood-repent/) - From the principles of the people of Sunnah in regards to the repentance of a person of falsehood is, whoever publicises an innovation or mistake, such that he becomes known for this mistake, then it is upon him to clarify and distribute his repentance in the same manner he publicised and distributed his falsehood. This could
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- [Lawful Earning and Self-Reliance in Islām: A Commentary on al-Barbahārī’s Principle - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Fawzān](https://dusunnah.com/article/seek-your-provision-and-do-not-depend-on-the-people-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Point No. 123 Imām al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH / 941 CE), may Allah ﷻ have mercy upon him, said: “The means of earning that are clear to be sound to you are unlimited, except that which is apparently corrupt. If it is corrupt, then one takes from it only what suffices him.
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- [We Do Not Speak in the Gatherings of Our Elders – The Humility of Ibn al-Mubārak](https://dusunnah.com/article/we-do-not-speak-in-the-gatherings-of-our-elders-ibn-al-mubarak/) - ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mubārak (ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mubārak ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Ḥanẓalī al-Marwazī, d. 181 AH / 797 CE), may Allah have mercy upon him, was once asked about a matter while Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī (Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Fazārī, d. 186 AH / 802 CE) was sitting beside him. ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mubārak gestured to the questioner, who was
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- [Divine Preservation of the Qurʾān: A Historical Account and Scholarly Reflection](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-islam-of-yahya-ibn-aktham-and-the-preservation-of-the-quran/) - ﷽ A Report from Yaḥyá ibn Aktham (d. 242 AH / 857 CE) Yaḥyá ibn Aktham (d. 242 AH / 857 CE) reported: “At a time when al-Maʾmūn ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd (r. 198–218 AH / 813–833 CE) was still a prince, a Jewish man entered one of his gatherings. He was well dressed, handsome in
- [Repetition - The Best Method of Memorisation and Things that Weaken The Memory](https://dusunnah.com/article/so-you-want-to-preserve-knowledge-and-memorise/) - ﷽ Abū Masʿūd Aḥmad ibn al-Furāt al-Rāzī (d. 258 AH / 872 CE) used to repeat every ḥadīth five hundred times. A man once said to him, “I continually forget the narrations that I have memorised.” Abū Masʿūd replied, “You must revise every single narration five hundred times.” The man exclaimed, “Who is able to
- [Refuting the Shia Rafidha: Who Are the Rafidha? - Shaykh Ali ibn Nasir al-Faqihi](https://dusunnah.com/article/who-are-the-rafidha-shaykh-ali-ibn-nasir-al-faqihi/) - The Rāfiḍha - A name which is labelled upon every individual who repudiates themselves from the two shaykhs – Abī Bakr al-Siddīq and ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allāh be pleased with them both) and likewise upon every individual who repudiates themselves from the companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. As for the reason for this
- [Refuting the Shia Rafidha: The Ruling on the General Rafidhi and Co-Operation with Them – Shaykh Rabi Ibn Hadi al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-ruling-on-the-general-rafidhi-and-co-operation-with-them-shaykh-rabi-ibn-hadi-al-madkhali/) - Questioner: What is the Islamic ruling on the Rāfiḍha and how should we interact with them? Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al Madkhalī: I assume that the questioner differentiates between the laymen and other than the laymen, and this is a good measure. The laymen [of the Rāfiḍha] who do not slander the wives of the
- [What Is the Straight Path? - Shaykh Abdullah al-Bukhari](https://dusunnah.com/article/what-is-the-straight-path-shaykh-abdullah-al-bukhari/) - In the name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah the Lord of Mankind and may the peace and salutations be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and companions. To proceed, ۞ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ۞
- [The Issue of Women Greeting Men - Dr. Muhammad Luqman al-Salafi](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-issue-of-women-greeting-men-dr-muhammad-luqman-al-salafi/) - Chapter 478 - Number 1046 On the authority of Mubārak bin Fuḍālah who said, I heard al-Ḥassan say: “The women used to greet the men (during the time of the companions)” [Sound chain, narrated by al-Bayhaqī] Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Nāsir al-Dīn al-Albānī said while commenting on this narration: “This was narrated by al-Bayhaqī in al-Shuʿab from the chain
- [General Advice to Masjid Daar us Sunnah - Shaykh Hasan ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Bannah](https://dusunnah.com/article/general-advice-to-masjid-daar-us-sunnah-shaykh-hasan-ibn-abd-al-wahhab-al-bannah/) - In the name of Allāh and all praise is due to Allāh ﷻ, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allāh having no partner and that Muḥammad (may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) is His slave and final Messenger. O Allāh ﷻ send your peace and blessings
- [Obedience to Allah Above All Creation - al-Fawzān](https://dusunnah.com/article/there-is-no-obedience-to-the-creation-in-disobedience-to-allah-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - al-Barbahārī (may Allah ﷻ have mercy upon him) said: “And from the Sunnah is not to obey anyone in the disobedience of Allah, neither the parents nor the creation. There is no obedience to a human being in the disobedience of Allah, and nobody is loved over Him. Rather, all of it is hated for
- [Upon You Is to Stick to the Narrations - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/upon-you-is-to-stick-to-the-narrations-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - The author (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said, Number 117: “Upon you is to stick to the Athār and the people of Athār, ask them, sit with them and take from them.” The Explanation: Al-ʿAllāmah, Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al Fawzān said: The meaning of his statement “Upon you is to stick to
- [The Ruling on Praying Behind the People of Innovation - Shaykh Rabi ibn Hadi al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-ruling-on-praying-behind-the-people-of-innovation-shaykh-rabi-ibn-hadi-al-madkhali/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on praying in a mosque which belongs to the people of innovation and how do I pray if there is no mosque upon the Sunnah in the city, and it is correct for me to pray with my wife in my house? Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: No. If there is a mosque then
- [Imām Muḥammad ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī (50-124 AH / 670-742 CE): His Life, Scholarship, and Legacy](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-biography-of-imam-ibn-shihab-al-zuhri/) - His Name and Lineage He is Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Muslim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Shihāb ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Zuhrah ibn Kilāb ibn Murrah ibn Kaʿb ibn Luʾayy ibn Ghālib al-Qurashī al-Zuhrī al-Madanī. He belonged to the noble Banū Zuhrah clan of Quraysh and was among the leading scholars
- [True Knowledge: Between Understanding, Action, and Following the Sunnah - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān](https://dusunnah.com/article/knowledge-is-not-narrating-much-or-possessing-many-books-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - ﷽ The author, Imām Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Khalaf al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH / 941 CE), may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “Know, may Allah have mercy upon you, that knowledge is not simply narrating a great deal or possessing many books. Rather, the scholar is the one who follows the knowledge
- [Few Attain Excellence in Ḥadīth: Lessons from the Early Scholars - al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdadī](https://dusunnah.com/article/many-study-but-only-a-few-become-students-or-scholars/) - ﷽ Shuʿayb ibn Ḥarb (d. 197 AH / 812 CE) said: “There were four thousand of us studying ḥadīth, but none except four became proficient.” Abū Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī (d. 204 AH / 819 CE) said: “I was once standing at the door of Shuʿbah, while the mosque was filled with students. Shuʿbah
- [The Salafis Are Free from Terrorism - Shaykh Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Najmi](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-salafis-are-free-from-terrorism-shaykh-ahmad-ibn-yahya-al-najmi/) - All praise is due to Allāh, and may the peace and salutations be upon the Messenger, his family and his companions. To proceed; Indeed Allāh has sent his Messenger ﷺ with the guidance and the truth religion to make it prevail over all religions even though the Mushrikūn hate it. The biography of the Messenger
- [“His Eyes Were Open, Yet He Could Not See”: The Biography of Imām al-Rustamī (d. 561 AH / 1166 CE)](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-biography-of-imam-ar-rustami-561-ah/) - His Name: He was the Shaykh, Imām, Muftī, the leading example, the chain of narration of Asbahān, Abū ʿAbdillāh al-Ḥasan ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Rustamī al-Asbhānī, the master of the Shāfʿītes school of thought, the abstainer of the luxuries of the world.He was born in the month of Ṣafar in the year 468AH.
- [The Ruling on Transferring the Deceased to Another Country for Burial - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-ruling-on-transferring-the-deceased-to-another-country-for-burial-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: We live in Britain with our terminally ill mother and doctors say that she is on the verge of death. The mother has requested that we transfer her body and bury her in Pakistan. Is it obligatory to obey her in this and is this considered an act of kindness towards the parents? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān:
- [The Ruling on Asking a Student of Knowledge Due to the Absence of Scholars - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-ruling-on-asking-a-students-of-knowledge-due-to-the-absents-of-scholars-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to ask a student of knowledge due to the absence of a scholar in the country that I reside? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: Yes, fear Allāh ﷻ as much as you are able. Ask the best students of knowledge that you can find [who are] pious and upright. This is in regards to general issues,
- [When Does Allah Help Someone Abandon a Sin - Shaykh Muhammad al-Jami](https://dusunnah.com/article/when-does-allah-help-the-someone-falling-into-the-same-sin-shaykh-muhammad-al-jami/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī: Whoever has a truthful determination in abandoning the sin, seeks aid from Allāh ﷻ, increases in supplication and turning back to Him, [that is when] Allāh ﷻ will help him in abandoning that sin and help him stick to his repentance. I ask Allāh ﷻ to make me, you and all of the
- [The Making of the Islamic Dīnār and Dirham](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-making-of-the-islamic-dirham-and-dinar-iz-ad-din-ibn-al-athir/) - ﷽ Based on the Account of ʿIzz al-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr (d. 630 AH / 1233 CE): In this year, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān ordered the minting of dīnārs and dirhams, becoming the first to standardise Islamic coinage in a distinctively Islamic manner. This measure proved highly beneficial for the people. The reason for this development
- [My Father Prevents Me from Studying at the Islamic University of Madinah: Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān’s Response](https://dusunnah.com/article/my-father-does-not-want-me-to-study-at-the-islamic-university-of-madinah-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Question A questioner from Britain said: “I have been accepted at the Islamic University of Madinah, and all praise is due to Allah ﷻ. However, my father prohibits me from going to Madinah, as he considers studying Islam to be a waste of time. He says that he will absolve himself of me if I
- [Sincerity in Seeking Knowledge and Acting Upon It - Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī](https://dusunnah.com/article/advice-to-the-insincere-student-of-knowledge-shaykh-zayd-al-madkhali/) - ﷽ Shaykh Zayd ibn Muḥammad al-Madkhalī: Certainly, the matter most feared for the student of knowledge is riyāʾ (showing off), seeking to be heard, desiring leadership, authority, and fame, and other similar destructive and corrupt intentions. Whenever this becomes the case, O people of intellect, then weep for the student of knowledge. Rather, replace your
- [A Single Kiss. A Single Word Of Praise. A Single Moment In Time - How the Ashari Faith Entered North Africa](https://dusunnah.com/article/a-single-kiss-a-single-word-of-praise-a-single-moment-in-time-how-the-ashari-faith-entered-north-africa/) - Whilst Imām al-Dāraquṭnī (ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad al-Dāraquṭnī, d. 385 AH / 995 CE) and his student, Abū Dharr al-Harawī (ʿAbd ibn Aḥmad al-Harawī, d. 435 AH / 1043 CE), were strolling through the marketplace, they encountered the renowned scholar, theologian, and logician Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī (d. 406 AH / 1015
- [I Would Rather Not Meet you in Europe - Shaykh Muhammad Taqi al-Din al-Hilali](https://dusunnah.com/article/i-would-rather-not-meet-you-in-europe-shaykh-muhammad-taqi-ad-din-al-hilali/) - "From ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Abū Samḥ to the eminent professor, Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī - may Allāh ﷻ keep him safe; I invoke Allāh ﷻ to allow us to meet in Europe as we have met in Africa and Asia...." ---- "To the noble friend, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Abū Samḥ, from your brother, Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn; I too, am looking forward
- [Every Action of the Children of Adam Is for Him Apart from Fasting - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/every-action-of-the-children-of-adam-is-for-him-apart-from-fasting-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Question: There appears in the ḥadīth qudsī the narration; "Every deed of the son of Ādam is for him except fasting; that is certainly for Me and I shall reward for it." I would like an explanation for this ḥadīth and to know why fasting was specified with this distinction. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān: All
- [The Prophets were Fathers of Daughters - Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyah](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-prophets-were-fathers-of-daughters-ibn-qayyim/) - Ibn al-Qayyim [751 AH] said; "Allah ﷻ has revealed in regards to the right of women فَإِنْ كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَى أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَيَجْعَلُ اللهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيراً "If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allah brings through it a great deal of good." [Surah an-Nisā 4:19] And just like
- [Fayrūz al-Daylamī, the Persian Companion and Slayer of the False Prophet - Model of Faith and Courage](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-other-persian-companion-fayruz-al-daylami/) - He was known as Abū ʿAbdillāh Fayrūz al-Daylamī, a descendant of the Persians who had been sent by Khusraw to Yemen, where they conquered it and expelled the Abyssinians. According to ʿAbd al-Munʿim, they later traced their lineage to the descendants of Dabbah, claiming: “We were taken captive in pre-Islamic times.” However, ʿAbd al-Munʿim was
- [My Wife Doesnt Pray the Morning Prayer (al-Fajr) - Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan](https://dusunnah.com/article/my-wife-doesnt-pray-the-morning-prayer-al-fajr-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: Many times, I try to awaken my wife for the Fajr prayer; however, she does not get up. Instead, she consistently performs the prayer after sunrise. What is incumbent upon me to do in this situation? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Fawzān (b. 1354 AH / 1935 CE): Her prayer is
- [The Ruling on Permanent Hair Removal and Its Relation to Changing the Creation of Allah - Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-ruling-on-permanent-hair-removal-shaykh-ibn-baz/) - Questioner: What is the ruling on women permanently removing hair such that it will not grow again, by means of cosmetics such as creams and herbs? Is that regarded as changing the creation of Allah ﷻ? Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz (d. 1420 AH / 1999 CE): There is no problem or
- [The Ruling on Tying the Hair and the Ḥadīth of “Camel Humps” - Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz](https://dusunnah.com/article/does-tying-the-hair-come-under-the-camel-head-narration-shaykh-ibn-baz/) - ﷽ Questioner: Some women tie their hair at the back of the head. Does this come under what has been prohibited in the ḥadīth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “…and women who are clothed yet appear naked, who incline to evil and make others incline to it. Their heads will be like the
- [Is it Obligatory for Women to Dye Their Hands with Henna? - Shaykh ibn Baz](https://dusunnah.com/article/is-it-obligatory-for-women-to-dye-their-hands-with-henna-shaykh-ibn-baz/) - Questioner: Is it obligatory for a woman to dyer her hands with henna, because some people claim that a woman is imitating men if she does not henna her hands? Please benefit us. Shaykh ʿAbd al-Azīz bin ʿAbdullah bin Bāz: Without a doubt, dyeing her hands with henna is highly recommended. Some narrations are reported which are
- [Is It Allowed to Adorn Boys As Young As 2 With Gold - Shaykh Ibn Baz](https://dusunnah.com/article/is-it-allowed-to-adorn-boys-as-young-as-2-with-gold-shaykh-ibn-baz/) - Questioner: Is it permissible to adorn young boys with gold and silver if they are under 2 years of age? Shaykh ʿAbd al-Azīz bin ʿAbdullah bin Bāz: It is absolutely not permissible for young boys to wear gold, even if they are younger than two years of age. Gold is permissible for females and is prohibited
- [Praying Behind an Imām When There Is a Slight Deviation in the Qiblah - Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān](https://dusunnah.com/article/whatever-is-between-the-east-and-the-west-is-qiblah-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - Questioner: I am currently abroad. I used an application to determine the direction of the Qiblah and discovered that the direction of the Qiblah in the mosque appears to be off by approximately fifteen to twenty degrees. I raised this issue with the mosque administration. At present, I pray following the Imām. What is
- [Good Character in Its Proper Place: A Warning Against One of Shayṭān’s Deceptions - al-Fawzān](https://dusunnah.com/article/avoid-the-trap-of-shaytan-when-interacting-with-people-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - From the traps of Shayṭān, may the curse of Allāh ﷻ be upon him, which he lays for the progeny of Ādam, is that he entices them to be cheerful, pleasant, and outwardly welcoming towards everyone without distinction. Through this deception, a person refrains from rebuking the people of religious innovation and those who contradict
- [Marriage to One Connected with Sorcery: A Clear Scholarly Warnin](https://dusunnah.com/article/i-want-to-marry-a-salafi-sister-but-her-father-performs-black-magic-shaykh-salih-al-fawzan/) - ﷽ Question I wish to marry a Sunnī Salafī woman who claims that her father practises and engages in magic. What is your advice regarding this matter, and how should I interact with her father if I were to marry her? Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān (born 1354 AH / 1933 CE) replied: Stay away
- [ʿAbdullāh ibn Sabaʾ and the Origins of Extremism: A Critical Historical Survey](https://dusunnah.com/article/505/) - An Account from the Jewish Encyclopaedia The Jewish Encyclopaedia presents the following account concerning ʿAbdullāh ibn Sabaʾ: “He was a Jew of Yemen, Arabia, of the seventh century, who settled in Medina and embraced Islam. Having adversely criticised Caliph ʿUthmān’s administration, he was banished from the town. Thence he went to Egypt, where he founded
- [Situations in Which Initiating the Islamic Greeting Is Disliked - Shaykh Sāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān](https://dusunnah.com/article/14-occasions-in-which-initiating-the-greetings-is-disliked/) - ﷽ Occasions in Which Initiating the Islamic Greeting Is Disliked 1. The One Who Is Speaking It is disliked to initiate the Islamic greeting to a person who is speaking, as he is occupied with conversing with someone else. 2. The One Busy with the Remembrance of Allah ﷻ This refers to the person who
- [Belief in the Angels of Allah - Shaykh Muhammad al-Uthaymin](https://dusunnah.com/article/975/) - Angels are a matter of the unseen. They are created by Allāh ﷻ 
and they worship Him. They have no attributes that qualify them to be gods or lords. Allāh 
created them from light, and He bestowed on them the bounty of obeying Him at all times. He gave them the power to carry and implement His
- [When Giving Da’wah, Do Not Say “You Are a Kafir" -  Shaykh Rabi ibn Hadi al-Madkhali](https://dusunnah.com/article/when-giving-dawah-do-not-say-you-are-an-kaafir-taken-from-his-explanation-of-imam-al-barbaharees-sharh-as-sunnah-1421-by-shaykh-rabee-ibn-hadee-al-madkhalee/) - Question: What is the ruling on calling the ignorant followers of the people of innovation innovators? Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: Without a doubt, their followers should stop practising the innovation. Those who accompany the people of innovation and defend them are from them. However, you should not say to them, “you are innovators.” Use wisdom and
- [The Deaf on the Day of Judgement - Shaykh Muqbil al-Wadi'i](https://dusunnah.com/article/998/) - Questioner: A brother has parents who are deaf. Will he be questioned on the Day of Resurrection on why he did not convey Islam to them? Shaykh Muqbil ibn Ḥādī al-Wādiʿī: It is upon him to convey according to his ability. It has been reported in the ḥadīth of al-Aswād ibn Sārī and Abū Hurairah in al-Musnad of
- [How Does a Muslim Safeguard His Islam in the Lands of the Non-Muslim - Shaykh Muqbil al-Wadi'i](https://dusunnah.com/article/how-does-a-muslim-safeguard-his-islam-in-the-lands-of-the-non-muslim/) - Question: How does a Muslim safeguard his Islam in the lands of the non-Muslim? Answer: Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī (d. 1422 AH / 2001 CE) said: He safeguards his religion by possessing ghayrah (protective zeal), holding firmly to the Islamic evidences, and keeping the company of the pious. It has been narrated in the two authentic
- [The Best Books After the Qurʾān: A Comprehensive Scholarly Guide by Shaykh Muḥammad Bāzmūl](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-best-book-after-the-quran/) - The best book on the subject of tafsīr for the beginner student of knowledge is: Tafsīr al-Baghawī. The best book on matters of ʿaqīdah which the Muslim needs is: Kitāb al-Tawḥīd by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d. 1206 AH) The best explanation of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī is: Fatḥ al-Bārī by Ibn Ḥajr (d. 852 AH) The best
- [A Methodical Path for Seeking Knowledge: Guidance from Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī](https://dusunnah.com/article/the-books-that-should-a-student-of-knowledge-should-begin-with/) - Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī: The first text that I advise the one who wishes to begin seeking knowledge to memorise is al-Uṣūl al-Thalāthah (The Three Fundamental Principles). Thereafter, he should memorise Arkān al-Ṣalāh wa Wājibātihā wa Shurūṭihā (The Pillars, Obligations, and Conditions of Prayer), followed by al-Qawāʿid al-Arbaʿ (The Four Principles), using an edition that

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