Aḥmad b. ʿUmar al-Shāṭirī said: الموت أقرب غائب ينتظر وينبغي للمسلم أن يتذكره دائما ليحد من غلوائه وتكبره وغفلته ويقلل من حرصه الشديد على الدنيا وليس ذكره باللسان فقط أي …
By Mln. Abrar Habib (Takmīl Graduate, 2019) One should not rely on a naql (trans. citation) without verifying its source. The researcher must ensure that what he is quoting is …
Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib said: الْجُمُعَةُ أَحَبُّ إِليَّ مِنْ حَجِّ التَّطَوُّعِ “Friday is more beloved to me that a supererogatory pilgrimage.” (Ibn Rajab’s Fatḥ al-Bārī, 1:176)
Ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Dimashqī related that the gravedigger who dug Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī’s grave said: “A few days before his passing, Ibn Rajab came and said, ‘Dig a grave for …
By Yusuf Sulaiman (5th Year ʿĀlim Student, DarusSalam Seminary) In the early years of Islām, as the Muslim Empire expanded exponentially, people accepted Islām in droves. However, many were still …
By Mln. Abrar Habib (Takmīl Graduate, 2019) Ẓāhir al-Riwāyah is a term that one researching in the subject of Ḥanafī Fiqh will frequently come across. Ẓāhir al-Riwāyah may also be …