By this link: What is the meaning of sunnah? The technical meaning of the term is a way or practice that was established and pursued by the Prophet ﷺ, and then by the Rightly Guided Caliphs, the rest of the Companions, and the leading figures in the generations that followed them. And what is the… Continue reading Sunnah and Ḥadīth
Departure of Scholars from the Way of the Ḥadīth Imāms
By this link: We attend your lectures and you point out all sorts of scholarly mistakes in the treatment of the Prophetic sunnah and the failure to fully grasp the approach of the Imāms of ḥadīth. So please inform us of the roots and origins of this fault and error. I replied: There are two… Continue reading Departure of Scholars from the Way of the Ḥadīth Imāms
Avoid hypnotherapies
Your question: I wanted to know if Hypnotherapy is allowed in Islam? Like to overcome any negative thoughts by listening to tracks which guide you to think positive while there is a trypnaural brainwave music used. In particular there is a woman by the name of Marissa peer who is renowned who uses hypnotherapy to… Continue reading Avoid hypnotherapies
Virtue of the Juristic Approach in Fiqh
By this link: One particular matter really concerns us. I asked: What is that? They replied: People have differed in fiqh, as some take it from the jurists while others take it from the scholars of ḥadīth. I replied: Why do you always inquire about simple matters that contain no ambiguities? Were you to exercise… Continue reading Virtue of the Juristic Approach in Fiqh
Between Hadith and Fiqh
By this link: We were impressed by your article “Between Hadith and Philosophy“, benefitting from it, and thereafter, being able to distinguish between the nature of hadith and the nature of philosophy and their respective standards and measurements which are specific to each one of the sciences, thereby avoiding the conflation and confused mixing of… Continue reading Between Hadith and Fiqh
Husband and wife
The Quran speaks about husbands and wives in the context in which children are born and trained as servants and worshipers of Allah. The husband-wife relationship is the pattern for the children to learn about the difference between men and women, and the complex adjustment necessary to balance love and power. The achieved balance is… Continue reading Husband and wife
Meaning of Companionship
I need to explain to you the difference between a disciple and a companion. A disciple can only do those things that the master has defined and given him explicit permission to do. The disciple cannot make decisions or make adjustments in connection with the master’s teachings, neither in the terminologies used, nor in its… Continue reading Meaning of Companionship
Difference among the Wives of the Prophet
The most striking thing about the wives is that they are so different from each other in many respects: age, intellect, beauty and social status. Similarly, there is a diversity of characters and abilities among the male companions. This diversity is responded to in the Book and Sunnah, so that the very range of human… Continue reading Difference among the Wives of the Prophet
How to motivate yourself for study?
Eating is possible but difficult and unpleasant when you have no appetite. Similarly, study is difficult and unpleasant when you have no curiosity and no puzzlement in respect of what you intend to study. Curiosity and being puzzled constitute the appetite for knowledge and understanding. Where curiosity exists, any knowledge obtained will prove to be… Continue reading How to motivate yourself for study?
The True Meaning of Study
By this link: Something has confounded us and as you are our teacher, can you please remove for us the confusion and clarify for us the correct way to look at it? I said: I have never spared any effort in clarifying what is right and explaining, in revealing the truth and lifting the veil.… Continue reading The True Meaning of Study