Among the sins of the tongue are:
Among the sins of the tongue are: 1. (To commit gossip-ghibah) i.e., to mention, in the absence of a Muslim,) be him young or old, alive or dead, (a true matter about him that he…
Month: July 2015
Among the sins of the eye are:
Among the sins of the eye are: 1. (For men to look at the faces and hands of marriageable women) a marriageable woman-ajnabiyyah i.e. other than the women whom they are not permitted to marry…
Among the sins of the abdomen are:
Among the sins of the abdomen are: 1. (To consume the money of usurious gain-riba);) Consuming in this context means to benefit from, whether such benefit is by way of food consumption or through other…
Among the sins of the heart are:
Among the sins of the heart are: 1. (The insincerity- riya' in performing the good deeds ,) like in paying Zakah, fasting, and reading Qur’an, (i.e., to do the good deeds) the obedience, (for the…
Imam Abu Hafs ^Umar Ibn Ahmad (an-Nasafiyy
Imam Abu Hafs ^Umar Ibn Ahmad (an-Nasafiyy[1]), may Allah have mercy upon him, (said) in his famous book, “The Nasafiyy Creed,” (that if a person hit glass with a stone and broke it, then the…
No one other than Allah—be it nature or ‘^illah ’creates anything
No one other than Allah—be it nature) which are the specific normal characteristics Allah specified the bodies with; such as the nature of fire is to burn; (or ‘^illah’—) which is a cause that whenever…
Allah exists without a beginning and everything else exists with a beginning
Allah ta^ala is not similar to any of the creation, as Dhun-Nun al-Misriyy[1], may Allah raise his rank, said: “Whatever you imagine in your mind, Allah is different from it.”[2] (Allah exists without a beginning,)…
Allah is (the Creator “al-Khaliq”), i.
Allah is (the Creator “al-Khaliq”), i.e., the One Who brought all the creations from inexistence into existence. He is (the Sustainer “ar-Raziq”), i.e., the One Who provides the sustenance to His slaves. He is (Knowledgeable…
Allah is (without a beginning “al-‘Awwal”),
Allah is (without a beginning “al-‘Awwal”), i.e., the One Who does not have a beginning to His Existence. His existence was not preceded by inexistence. The (Eternal “al-Qadim”) has the same meaning when referring to…
Allah is the One (Who is One “al-Wahid”)
Allah is the One (Who is One “al-Wahid”), i.e., the One who does not have a partner with Him in Godhood. He is (Indivisible “al-‘Ahad”), i.e., the One Who does not accept division and partitioning…