عمر بن الخطاب ثاني الخلفاء الراشدين ^Umar Ibn Al-Khattab the Second Rightly Guided Caliph Died (23H) الحَمْدُ للهِ ربِّ العالمينَ لهُ النِّعمةُ وله الفضلُ ولهُ الثَّناءُ الحسن صلواتُ اللهِ البَرِّ الرحيمِ والملائِكةِ المُقرَّبينَ على سيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ أشرفِ المرسلينَ وحبيبِ ربِّ العالمينَ وعلى جميعِ إخوانِهِ منَ النَّبييّنَ والمُرسلينَ وءالِ كُلٍّ والصَّالحينَ وسلامُ اللهِ عليهِمْ أجمعينَ. أما بَعْدُ، يَقُولُ اللهُ…
أبو بكر الصديق أول الخلفاء الراشدين The Biography of Abu Bakr As-Siddique The First Rightly Guided Caliph الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام الأتمان الأكملان على سيدنا محمد وعلى ءاله وأصحابه أجمعين. أما بَعْدُ، يَقولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَل في كتابه الكريم: ﴿مِنَ المُؤمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُواْ مَا عَاهَدوُاْ اللهَ عَلَيهِ فَمِنهُم مَنْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ وَمِنهُم مَّنْ يَنتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُواْ…
The Biography of Abu al_Fadl ^Abdullah bin as–Siddiq al-Ghumari who died in the year 1413AH[1] Translated by Riad Nachef Name He is Shaykh Abu al-Fadl ^Abdullah the son of the grand scholar Abu ^Abdillah Shamsid-Din Muhammad the son of the great pious Waliyy, my master, Mohammad as–Siddiq the son of my master Ahmad the son of Mohammad the son…
A BIOGRAPHY OF ASH-SHAYKH ^ABDULLAH AL-HARARIYY He is the great ^alim (Islamic scholar), an example of the ^ulama‘ (Islamic scholars), al-‘Imam, al-Muhaddith, the pious worshipper, ash-Shaykh Abu ^Abdir-Rahman, ^Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Yusuf, al-Harariyy, ash-Shaybiyy, al-^Abdariyy, the Mufti of as–Sumal (Somalia). He is al-Harariyy because he is from the city of Harar. In 1887, as–Sumal was occupied…
Informing Islamic Civil Society: The Roots of Moderation in the Muslim World Speech by Riad Nachef at The Carr Center, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Dec 5thSeminar with Michael Ignatieff (Director, Carr Center), Riad Nachef (ex-President, North American branch of the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects) and Samir Kadi (Senior Faculty Member, Religious Studies, Global University in Beirut) Monday,…
Misquoting Jesus by Gart Erman who shares the department of religions studies at the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is acknowledged by the interviewer as a scholar of the New Test and the early church The speaker said: This is fresh air A Gross. There’s a bumper sticker that reads, “God said it; I believe it.”…
The Sunni Articles by al-Hafiz Shaykh ‘Abdullah al-Harari as-Shaf‘i ar-Rifa’i,may Allah preserve him. (Part 1) Preface Praise and thanks to Allah for the givings He granted without Him being obligated to do so, and we ask Allah to raise the status of the Prophet Muhammad and protect his Ummah from that which he fears for it. We are putting…
The Rule on Translating The Meanings of The Glorious Qur’an The terms and teachings of the Qur’an must also be attainable by non-Arabic speaking people. The religious prohibition is in translating the verses of the Qur’an word for word and claiming these are the expressions revealed by Allah to Prophet Muhammad , sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam. What is permissible, however, is to explain the…
The Rule on Translating The Meanings of The Glorious Qur’an The terms and teachings of the Qur’an must also be attainable by non-Arabic speaking people. The religious prohibition is in translating the verses of the Qur’an word for word and claiming these are the expressions revealed by Allah to Prophet Muhammad , sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam. What is permissible, however, is to explain the…
The Journey of Life Before and After By Riad Nachef Ramadan 1426AH I begin with the name of Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. I praise Him and I seek His generosity and forgiveness. I humbly ask Him to raise the rank of Prophet Muhammad and protect his nation from what he feared for them. I profess that…