A Call to Justice
A Call to Justice[1]
By Salāh Abū ‘l-Hājj[2]
Translated by Muntasir Zaman
All praise belongs to Allah. We praise Him, seek assistance from Him and ask of Him forgiveness and guidance. We send blessings on His chosen and noble Messenger, who was sent with…
Praying 2 Rak’at Sunnah of Fajr when the Jam’at is in Progress
1. Introduction
There is well known khilaf among the jurists (fuqaha) as to praying the two rak’at sunnah salah of fajr while the congregational obligatory salah has started.
Al-Shafi’i said that if the prescribed prayer has commenced he is not to offer the two rak’as inside…
Shaykh Awwama: Affirming “below the navel” addition in Ibn Abi Shaybah’s narration
3959- Waki’ – Musa bin ‘Umayr – ‘Alqamah bin Wa’il bin Hujr – his father (Wa’il bin Hujr) said: I saw the Prophet ﷺ, in salah he had his right hand over his left hand placed below the navel.
Muhammad Awwamah: This chain of authorities is sahih and ‘Alqamah’s hearing…
Did as-Samarqandi say rafa yadain nullifies salah? (Irshad ul Haq Athari’s tahreef)
In his work Irshad al Haqq Athari in asserting that scholars of the four established schools of Islamic fiqh have gone to extremes in issues of furoo’ makes tahrif (distortion) in his translation of Imam Abu Layth as-Samarqandi’s statement. What Imam as-Samarqandi has clearly stated as a…
Al-Laknawi on criticism of Imam Abu Hanifa
Here is translation of a section from the introduction of Shaykh Abdul Hayy al-Laknawi’s (d. 1304 AH) Ta’liq al-Mumajjad ‘ala Muwatta Muhammad:
“It is established in the principles [of the science of hadith] that obscure criticism is not acceptable, especially when it is about someone the…
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"which has plagued many academic circles in recent times" If only it was restricted to these circles. I've had heated discussions with one or two young ulama only recently who believe the very same thing: that the current availability of informatiopn means latter day scholars are more knowledgable. The fact is, if all it took is an availability of information, who needs to go to darul uloom? The information that's abundantly available to scholars is also available to any Tom, Dick or Harry. So what makes a young alim any more knowledgable than anyone else? I mean, by their argument, all anyone has to do is learn Arabic from anywhere and then delve into the available information. But, I think we all know that's far from all it takes. it also leads us to question the thinking of some - a very few - of the young 'scholars' who seem to think they know it all.admin says:
Wa alaikum salam. It will not be online. Hopefully, the recording will be uploaded here after the event.Taif says:
Assalamu alaykum, will there be online access to this course?a student says:
Salam, do you know if these files are available without the echo and reverberation?Junaed Ahmed says:
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barkatuhu May Allah reward you immensely for your efforts. Very well written and very scholarly articles. Full of knowledge and wisdom. May Allah accept it from you. Ameen.Syed says:
Salam, can you please translate only the ahadith mentioned in Imam Kattani's book of Mutawatir Ahadith? There are more than 120 Ahadith in that book. I have never seen a website like this, may Allah bless you.