Videos
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Shaykh Rabi al-Madkhali explains that a student of knowledge does not need a formal tazkiyah to teach, but only when there are no scholars and people need guidance. He must teach within his knowledge, avoid claiming expertise, and say “I do not know” when unsure.
Ramaḍān and Fasting
If a pregnant woman suffers severe vomiting during Ramadan, Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī advises that she should not fast. After childbirth, she should make up the missed days when she is able.
Ramaḍān and Fasting
Shaykh Muhammad al-Wasabi clarifies that using the miswak does not invalidate the fast, as long as nothing from it is swallowed.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhali explains that a preacher does not require a formal tazkiyah to teach if his creed and methodology are clearly sound and aligned with the Book and Sunnah upon the way of the Salaf. Clarification is given that this applies only to one who is truly competent and recognized for knowledge, not to anyone who merely claims it.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
A powerful poem by Shaykh Muhammad Taqi al-Din al-Hilali affirming adherence to pure tawhid and the Sunnah, rejecting innovations and false labels, and calling Muslims to unity upon the way of the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions.
Wuḍūʾ and Purification
Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan explains that if a person prays without wudu and later remembers, he must make ablution and repeat the prayers, since purification is a condition for valid prayer and is not excused by forgetfulness.
Contemporary Rulings
Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz clarifies that it is permissible to earn money from poetry if it is beneficial, Islamic in meaning, and free from prohibited content, similar to selling beneficial books.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan explains that if Muslims in a land are in need of a student of knowledge, remaining with them to teach, call to Allah ﷻ, and guide them is better and more beneficial than migrating elsewhere.
Prayer
Shaykh Ubayd al-Jabiri clarifies that giving reminders between the units of the Tarawih prayer has no basis in the practice of the Prophet ﷺ, his Companions, or the early Imams, and is therefore considered an innovation.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
This classical poem outlines the core beliefs of Ahl al-Sunnah, affirming correct creed, adherence to the Qurʾan and Sunnah, love of the Companions, rejection of innovation, and clarity on issues of faith, destiny, and methodology.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan explains the statement of Ibn Sirin, emphasizing that Islamic knowledge must be taken directly from trustworthy scholars who are sound in knowledge and religion, and not merely from books, recordings, or the internet.
Innovation and Innovators
Shaykh Ahmad al-Najmi states that a person who does not consider al-Arūr, Abul-Ḥasan, and al-Maghrāwī as innovators is included among them. He also notes that al-Maghrāwī is established to be a Takfīrī.
