The great memoriser adh-Dhahabī (رَحِمَهُ ٱللّٰهُ) said, “The speech (criticism) of the pious critics (scholars of jarḥ & taʾdīl) about the weak (narrators, callers) is from advice for the sake of Allāh’s religion and a defense of the Sunnah.” Source:… Continue Reading →
ʾAllāmah ʾAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʾAbbād (حفظه ٱللّٰه) was asked: Questioner: Our shaykh, will you contirbute to put out the fitnah in Algeria? Shaykh: Which fitnah? Questioner: The fitnah that has taken place between the callers. Shaykh: Who are they? Questioner: They… Continue Reading →
Shaykh Ḥāmid bin Khamīs al-Junaybī (حَفِظَهُ ٱللّٰهُ) said: From among the beneficial books of [Qurʿanic] exegesis (tafsīr) which is indispensable for a student of Knowledge is the exegesis of al-Imām Moḥammad al-Ḥusayn bin Masʿūd al-Baghawī ash-Shāfiʿī (d.510AH) it’s called ‘Maʿālim… Continue Reading →
Imām Ibn Ḥibbān (رَحِمَهُ ٱللّٰهُ) said, Allāh the Majestic and Exalted has far removed the honour of the Companions of Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ to be mentioned with disgrace when He said, يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِي اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ “the… Continue Reading →
Ibnu Taymiyyah (رَحِمَهُ ٱللّٰهُ) said, “And likewise the Levant (Shām: Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordon) in the beginning (days) of Islām were amidst worldly and religion prosperity. Then they were afflicted by trials and tribulations and the kingdom escaped their hands…. Continue Reading →
Imām Ibnu ʾUthaymīn (حفظه الله) said that on the Day of Judgement, “…people will have grievances towards one another, and surely it will be deducted from their good deeds except from the fast (ṣawm), for surely nothing will be taken… Continue Reading →
al-ʿAllāmah Shaykh Rabī ʿ bin Hādī al-Madkhalī (حَفِظَهُ ٱللّٰهُ) said, “Do not think that every proclaimed statement neccessitates being sincere advice, nor every reserved silence amounts to treachery towards Islām and the Muslims.” Source: ‘al-Majmūʿ’ Vol. 9, Pg. 144
Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah ʿAbd Allāh bin ʿAbd ar-Raḥīm al-Bukhārī (حفظه اللّٰه) said, “Listen to the advice of the scholars and hearken to it. And from among the finest of those who advise in these times is our Shaykh al-Imām Rabīʿ (حفظه… Continue Reading →