Do they not then ponder on the Quran, or are there locks upon their hearts?
Surah Muhammad (47:24)
Permissibility or Impermissibility of Food
Don’t make my grave an idol
Kitab al Tawheed
Lat Lies and Mythology (Kitab al-Tawheed) part 1
A brief overview of the period of the ‘Sunnah recordation’
Thus do We explain the signs in detail for a people who reflect.
Surah Yunus (10:24)
Do they not reflect within themselves? Allah created the heavens and the earth and everything between them in truth and for an appointed term. Yet many people deny they will meet their Lord.
Surah Ar-Rum (30:8):

Q&A Sale and purchase of Cats

Question What is the ruling concerning the sale of cats? I understand that there is a difference of opinion on this matter, but couldn’t decipher why and what the actual ruling upon it is. Answer...

Q&A Caliphate in Jerusalem

Question Is the following tradition Sahih, authentic?  I have read that it is reported that the Messenger of Allah said: In the book of Ibn Asakir entitled the “Great history of Damascus,” Yunis Ibnu Maysara...

Q&A: The Frontier at Ashkelon

Question Is the following ḥadith recorded by al-Ṭabarāni and narrated from Ibn ‘Abbās authentic, Ṣaḥīḥ?  I have received a post concerning this and it says that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon...

Destructive hopes

  Question What is the authenticity of this narration? From Abdullah ibn ‘Amr he said the Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be upon him said: The rightness in the beginning of this nation was...

An angelic word?

  Question What is the sourcing for the following tradition, is it Ṣaḥīḥ (authentic)? عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ عِشْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ...

Hearts of Devils

Question Many people quote this narration, which is found in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, upon the authority of Ḥudhayfah that he said the Prophet peace be upon him said: ‘You will listen to the Amir and carry...

Virtue of Monotheism

Presented below is a selected translation of chapters (7 through to 10) from Part 8 of Kitāb al-Tawḥeed (Book of Monotheism) by Professor Muḥammad ibn Abdullah al-Mas’ari.  These chapters focus upon the virtues of Tawḥeed,...

A lesser disbelief?

A common retort made by small sections of the Muslim community when confronted with the Ayāt al-Ḥukm, the verses of ruling, which are set out in the Qur’ān [5: 41/50] is to mention a report,...

Kitab al-Tawheed Volume 4

Kitāb al-Tawḥeed: The Basis of Islam and the Reality of Monotheism, is truly a landmark work, occupying a unique place amongst a contemporary landscape often bereft of original insightful scholarly work.  The series represents an...

Circle of the Tyrants

Two years of genocide in Gaza, not to mention Palestine more generally, and now an even worsening level of brutal atrocities in Sudan, has often prompted many to ask – ‘why don’t the Muslim countries...

The Supplication of ‘Qunut’

Requests have previously been received to cover and outline the differing views that have arisen with regards to the supplication of Qunūt.  Admittedly, there is quite wide disagreement among the scholars and the established legal...

Prostration of thankfulness

In a world that is engulfed by evil it can often seem that good deeds are a rarity.  But let not the evil of the oppressive think that they have purchase upon the final revelation...