Ahl al-Hadith – Salafi Research Institute

[Biography] – The Allamah and Muhaddith of this Era, Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Ghondalwi (d.1405H/1985) – Some Memories; Some Observations – Shaykh Irshad ul-Haq Athari

Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari (This biography from is Maqalat Irshad ul-Haq Athari, 4:369-403, which I have very slightly adapted) [tn. introduction: This a very brief biography of Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Ghondalwi by his astute and perceptive student, Shaykh Irshad ul-Haq Athari. We find that the true people of …

[Biography] Shaykh Jalal al-Din Ahmad Hashimi Ja’fari Banarasi (d.1279/1863)

Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Shaykh Jalal al-Din Ahmad Hashimi Ja’fari Banarasi (d.1279/1863) The Shaykh was born in 1221H/1806 and hailed from the surrounding area of Banaras. He was born into a family of learned scholars and his father Shaykh Abdul A’la (d.1274) was also a learned …

The Ruling of Praying Behind the Muqallid; Sitting and Mixing With Them – Shaykh Nawab Muhammad Siddiq Hasan Khan (d.1307H)

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Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari This fatwa of the great Ahl al-Hadith Shaykh, Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan shows the methodology of the Ahl a-Hadith. He clarifies mixing and sitting with people who hold such belief and ideas, let alone cooperating with them. And if Shaykh Nawab Siddiq …

The Reprehensive Evil of Compromising the Sunnah for Unity and Greater Good – Shaykh Ubaydullah Rehmani Mubarakpuri (d.1414H)

Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari The Ahl al-Hadith have always displayed a clear and pristine methodology, a methodology they acted upon, taught and passed down to their students. Let the reader not be confused with the two or three liner snippets which show a distorted representation of the …

10 Radiant Scholars of Ahl al-Hadith; Ahl al-Bid’ah Wished Were Never Born! – [4] – Imam Ibn Hazm (456H)

10 Radiant Scholars of Ahl al-Hadith; Ahl al-Bid’ah Wished Were Never Born! [4] Imam Ibn Hazm 384H-456H (994c-1064c) Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari His Name, Genealogy & Ancestry His kunyah is Abū Muḥammad and his full name and lineage is ʿAlī bin Aḥmad bin Saʿīd bin Ḥazm bin …