Someone Who Has Excelled in Studying a Madhhab Such that He Has Memorised It and Bases His Answers on it Alone is Not Called a Scholar but a Muqallid–So What of Someone Who Has Studied Nothing At All? Questioner: A questioner is asking saying, ‘A Muslim who has memorised one of …
Read More »The Scholar’s Praise of Al-Albaani [1420H]
فَمَا عَسَى أَنْ يَقُولَ الشِّعْرُ فِي رَجُلٍ يَدْعُوهُ حَتَّى عِدَاهُ نَاصِرَ الدِّينِ وأَيُّ ضَيْرٍ إِذَا فَرْدٌ تَجَاهَلَهُ وَقَدْ فَشَا فَضْلُهُ بَيْنَ الْمَلايِيْنِ So what can poetry say about a man, Whose enemies even call him ‘The Aider of the Religion!’ [Naasirud-Deen] And what harm is there if an individual ignores …
Read More »Translations From His Works What Has Been Attributed to Imaam Ahmad [241H] Concerning Seeking The Prophet’s Intercession صلى الله عليه وسلم
Questioner: It is reported from Imaam Ahmad that he used to permit intercession [tawassul] through the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, what is the authenticity of that [report]? And what is your opinion [concerning this]? Al-Albaani: As for the authenticity of that according to the method employed when checking hadith, …
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