Among the sins of the hands are:
Among the sins of the hands are: 1. (To short-cheat when measuring by volume, weight, or arm length;) such that when one buys from another he receives all of what he deserves completely, but when…
Among the sins of the ear are:
Among the sins of the ear are: 1. (To listen to the private conversation) to listen to the dialogue between people, (which others) which such people do not want others to hear, rather they (meant…
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…
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…