What is the Judgment on Innovation in General: Ahlussunnah agreed that some innovations are lawful (good) and some of them are unlawful (bad). They agreed that not every innovation is unlawful. Allah praised the good innovation in surat alHadeed 27: ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْإِنْجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا…
Fiqh – Islamic Jurisprudence
Religion is not a matter of Opinion Allah ordered us to follow the great religion of Islam, that of holding the correct belief in Allah and His messengers, and holding the best ethics and morals. Whoever implements and adheres to the noble teachings of Islam shall be victorious in this life and in the Hereafter. The sources of legislation in…
History of Mawlid The king of Irbil, Abu Sa`eed alMuzaffar bin Baktakeen Kawkabriyy, initiated the Mawlid in the 7th hijriy century and was the first person to do so. He was a pious, brave, just, generous and knowledgeable ruler and defender of Islam, who died while fighting the Crusaders in Palestine. He invited many Muslims including the scholars of Hadeeth,…
It was conveyed that the Mujadid strengthens the proofs of Islam and guides the Muslims to be become more committed to following Islam. He will bring the knowledge to the people during his time and facilitate the Islamic rulings. He has to be alive part of the previous century and the century after. Both; so that his coming is on…
Mujadid Every 100 hijriyy years Allah brings a Mujadid. The Mujadid refutes the false accusations against Islam and eradicates the suspicions of its people by his teachings and authority or only by his teachings. ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul ‘Azeez was the 1st Mujadid on the top of the first hundred years. He had both. He destroyed innovations and misguided beliefs, erased…
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: “كل عمل ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد” Which means: “If anyone innovates in our Religion a matter which does not belong to it, then it is rejected.” Hence, the deeds are not accepted unless it agrees with the rules of the Religion. One can not know the matters that agree or do not agree…
Prohibited Games Among the sins of the hand is playing the many unlawful games. Among them are: dice, cards, and the like. These games are prohibited because they rely on guessing, not on thinking and calculating. These prohibited games result in fights among people and other evil things. Throwing Dice: The die is also called nardashir as it was made…
Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when you knew nothing Allah said: قال الله تعالى: {وَاللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّن بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ} [سورة النحل/ءاية ٧٨] This ayah means: Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when you knew nothing; and He gave you hearing,…
ورد في الحديث أن الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “من فاته ثلاث جُمَع خُتم على قلبه” اهـ Hadith means: “Whoever missed three jumu’ahs out of negligence, Allah will place a seal over his his hesrt. لن ينام أهل النَّار لأن عذابهم متواصل The people in Hellfire do not sleep because their punishment is continuous. ولن ينام أهل الجنَّة…
From the route of Abu ^Abdir-Rahman bin ^Umar bin Al-Khattab may Allah accept both of their deeds, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam say: Islam is based on five matters: Testifying no one is God except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, performing the prayers, paying Zakat, offering Pilgrimage to the…