Maintaining Wudu is a sign of Iman… ❝…and likewise purification, as it is the key to Salah. The Prophet ﷺ said, “…no one maintains his ablution except a believer.” When someones Wudu breaks it could be that no one knows this besides Allah. This is why maintaining ones Wudu for the Salah is something that […]
❝During Wudu, if one washes one part of the body more than the other, like washing one part once or twice and the other thrice, it isn’t disliked, just as if s/he were to wash every body part equally.❞ [Kashhaf al-Qina’] For example, if one were to wash the right arm once or twice and […]
If a woman wears her headscarf in a state of purity (ie. with wudhu), then it is permissible for her to wipe over her headscarf when making wudhu after that. This is the correct position in the Hanbali school. This is the case whether it is possible for her to take her headscarf off or […]
Q: How do I memorise Zad al-Mustaqni’? A: Leave off committing sins, memorise in small portions, leave off sins, repeat it [the portion being memorised] over and over again, read an explanation of the text that you are memorising, and leave off sins. [Shaykh Muhammad Abdu-l Wahid]
❝One common error that invalidates the prayer, is that a person yawns or sneezes during the Salah, while missing out some letters or mispronouncing them from Surat al-Fatiha [or other obligatory recitation], and then continuing without repeating those missed parts. As for the one praying behind the Imam, then this does not invalidate the prayer […]
Ahadith al-Ahkam by the Hanabilah (4) Ihkamu-l Dhari’a ila Ahkam al-Shari’ah by Hafidh Jamalu-l Din al-Suramari al-Hanbali [d. 776 AH] (r) contains around 1,870 narrations. It comes according to the chapters of Fiqh mentioned by the Hanbali scholars. An excellent encompassing book in which the author mentions verses of the Qur’an as well as Hadith. […]
❝The [sincere] adviser does not wish to publicise the faults of the one he is advising. His only objective is to remove the error that he has fallen into.❞ — Imam ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (r)
❝Imam Ahmad (r) would say to his companions, censuring them, ‘Indeed people have abandoned understanding the Qur’an’.❞ — al-Hafidh, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (رحمه الله)
❝Part of what set him [Imam Ahmad] apart was his knowledge in the fiqh of hadith: understanding it, its rulings [the lawful and prohibited], and its meanings. The Imams from his peers, like Ishaq and Abu ‘Ubayd, testified to him being the most knowledgeable in this.❞ — Hafidh ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (رحمه الله)
❝I do not know of any difference of opinion on the recommendation of wearing one’s best clothes for Jumu’ah and ‘Eid.❞ — Imam ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (r) [Fath al-Bari (8/119)]