The Night of the 15th of Sha’ban According to Imam Ahmed (r) and the Hanbali school, the night of the 15th of Sha’ban is a virtuous night in which it is recommended to increase in acts of worship. Various narrations have been transmitted that relate to this, many weak, and others authenticated or worthy of […]
Laylatul Qadr [lit. Night of Significance] is the most sacred night of the most blessed month (Ramadan) in which the most honourable book of Allah (the Qur’an)was revealed upon the greatest and final Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) The Prophet told us that it is in the last ten nights of Ramadan, but that […]
The scholars of Usul al-Fiqh have established a very important principle to ensure that we understand how to approach the wisdom behind the legislation of Islamic rulings. This principle sheds light on the existence of a key distinction between the hikmah (wisdom) and the ‘illah (effective cause) of a ruling. The hikmah relates to some […]
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]
❝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)
This is currently the best print for Zad al-Mustaqni’. It is the critical edition by the Imam of al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Sh. ‘Abdul Muhsin al-Qasim (h). It is available for free in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, or for around 12 riyals in some bookstores in Madinah. This is a pocket sized edition. It is highly advised that students […]
❝al-Haitham b. Jamil (r) said the he heard Sharik (r) say that: “Every nation will continue to have a ‘Hujjah’ who will be from their own time and al-Fudayl b. ‘Iyad (r) is a Hujjah for the people of his time.” Then a young boy from al-Haitham’s class got up to leave and when he […]
❝It is said that from the Shaykh’s [Ibn Taymiyyah (r)] students the most proficient in Fiqh was Ibn Muflih (r), the most knowledgeable in Hadith was Ibn ‘Abd al-Hadi (r), and the most knowledgeable in theology, with a moderate grasp (compared to the previous two) over Fiqh and Hadith, was Shams al-Din Ibn al-Qayyim (r).❞ […]