Translated Raha Batts Prostration السجود in the language means placing one’s forehead upon the ground as is said in the language of the Arabs. It is a great act of worship such that the nearest the slave is to his Lord is when he is prostrating. This is because …
Read More »Different levels of Innovation – Shaikh Rabi ibn Hadi al-Madkhali
Translated Rasheed Barbee Question: Is there a difference between the innovation that is considered a sin and the innovation that takes a person outside the fold of Islam? Answer: Yes; there is innovation that takes a person outside the fold of Islam such as denying that Allah will be seen …
Read More »[Biography] A Brief Biography of Allamah Shaikh Muhammad Hamad al-Ansari [1418H] (1)
Translated & Compiled Abbas Abu Yahya Contents: His Name & Lineage: The Hijra From Mali to Saudi Arabia Nigeria Sudan Makkah Riyadh Madina Nabaweeyah Establishing the Islaamic University The Term ‘al-Munawarah’ Manuscripts Shaykh Muhammad Nasir-uddeen al-Albaani Meeting Shaykh Albaani & Muhammad al-Banna He Used to Love the Sunnah From …
Read More »The Innovator – Shaikh Muhammad Hamad al-Ansari [1418H]
Shaykh ‘Abdul-Awwal narrates that he heard his father – Shaykh Hammaad ibn Muhammad al-Ansaaree (rahima-hullaah), say: ‘Whoever falls into an innovation, it is said to him: “This action of yours is an innovation”. And if he persists in this (innovation), then it is said to him: “You are an innovator (mubtadi’).”’ Source al-Majmoo’ …
Read More »From The Characteristics of The Messenger of Allah (SalAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) – Imam Tirmidhi [279H]
Translated Abu az-Zubayr Harrison From “al-Shamail al-Muḥammadiyyah”1 With notes and Hadīth-checking by Shaikh Muḥammad Naṣir ul-Din al-Albani 1. ‘Amr Ibn al-‘Āṣ (RadhiAllahu Anhu) said: The messenger of Allah (SalAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) used to come to even the worst of people yet he would behave with such a noble manner …
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