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Fiqh
Imam Mālik’s Defence of the Traditional Tarāwīḥ Practice in Madina: 20 Rakʿahs with Interspersed Nafl
In al-Mudawwana al-Kubrā (1/287) of al-Qāḍī Saḥnūn (d. 240 AH), the following was documented: قَالَ مَالِكٌ: بَعَثَ إلَيَّ الْأَمِيرُ وَأَرَادَ…
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Fiqh
Perfecting the Proofs that the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) Performed 20 Rak’ats of Tarāwīh Prayer
In this special treatise by Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed, a Hadith from the well known Sahabi, Jabir ibn Abdullah (ra)…
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Sunna
Reflections on Ramadan
As we enter Ramadan once again the following is a succinct list of reminders connected to this blessed month: 1)…
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Refutations
Ibn Bāz (d. 1999), Sulaymān ibn Siḥmān (d. 1930) & al-Fawzan on the Term “Wahhābī” as an Ascription to the Way of Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d. 1792)
The designation “Wahhābī” represents a complex historical and theological marker within Islamic intellectual discourse, primarily referring to adherents of Muḥammad…
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Aqeeda
Al-Ḥayda wal-Iʿtidhār Attributed to ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Kinānī (d. 240 AH)
الحيدة والاعتذار للكناني Al-Ḥayda wal-Iʿtidhār [The Evasion and Apology] Attributed to ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Kinānī (d. 240 AH) Compiled by: الشيخ…
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Aqeeda
Al-Albānī on Ibn Baṭṭa (d. 387 AH):
In contemporary Salafī theological discourse, several editors have undertaken critical editions and publications of doctrinal works authored by the 4th/10th…
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Fiqh
Imam Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī (d. 795 AH) on the night of Mid-Sha’ban
The following is from a well known Hanbali scholar known as Imam Zayn al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad…
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Fiqh
The virtues of the Mid-Shaʿbān Night according to Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī and al-Albānī
فضل ليلة النصف من شعبان عند ابن تيمية وابن رجب الحنبلي والألباني The virtues of the Mid-Shaʿbān Night according to…
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Refutations
Virtues of the Night of Mid Sha’ban
The great Mujtahid Imam, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi’i (d. 204 AH) said in his Kitab al-Umm (1/264): الأم للشافعي (1/ 264) (قَالَ…
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Aqeeda
Sunni Criticism of Using Weak and Problematic Ḥadīths to Establish Allah’s Attributes in Contemporary Salafi Works
ما الفائدة من تبيين وإخراج الأحاديث الضعيفة والمنكرة والموضوعة في كتب عقائد الحشوية والمجسمة وإظهارها، وقبل ذلك بيان انقطاع أسانيد…
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