BENEFIT 514: Does Anal sex remove one from the fold of Islam?
Sheikh Fawzān was asked: What type of disbelief is meant in the Prophet’s ﷺ statement: “Whoever has intercourse with a woman in her anus has committed disbelief”?
He replied: This is minor disbelief (kufr aṣghar), which does not expel one from the fold of Islam—similar to how insulting a Muslim is considered sinful (fisq) and fighting a Muslim is considered kufr; it is a “disbelief without full disbelief.” Engaging…
BENEFIT 513: Can We Say Al-Madinah "Al-Munawwarah"?
Sheikh Yahya Al-Hajoori ḥafidhahullāh states:
"When the Prophet ﷺ entered Madinah, Anas (may Allāh be pleased with him) said:
“Everything in it became illuminated, and when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ passed away, everything in it became darkened.” Because of this, some people came to refer to the city as “Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah,” meaning that everything was illuminated by the arrival of the Prophet ﷺ.
Some said:…
Shaykh Sālih ar-Radā'î حفظه الله
Scholars are of 3 types:
1. 'Ālim millah (religion)
He speaks that which is in Book of Allāh or the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ, regardless of whether it is in his favour or against him.
أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا
{Follow the religion of Ibrâhîm Hanif (Islâmic Monotheism - to worship none but Allâh)...}
اتَّبِعُوا مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ
{Follow what…
Another exception found in the evidences, which the Shaykh may have forgotten to mention, is what Al-Bukhārī narrated in his Ṣaḥīḥ from the hadith of Abū Ṭalḥah, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “T
Busr said: Then Zayd fell ill, and we visited him. At the door of his house there was a curtain containing an image. I said to ʿUbaydullāh, the stepson of Maymūnah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ: “Did Zayd not inform us about images the other day?”
ʿUbaydullāh replied: “Did you not hear him when he said:
((إلا رقما في ثوب))
‘except for a pattern on a garment’?”
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Sheikh Albāni rahimahullah was…
All praise is due to Allāh, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allāh, and upon his family and his Companions. To proceed:
In accordance with the saying of the Almighty Truth:
“Then he was among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.” [Al-Balad: 17]
And the saying of Allāh تعالى:
“Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, and…
Some time ago, someone (وفقـه الله) discussed the topic of polygyny and concluded that it is merely mubāḥ.
In this concise, long-overdue research paper, titled:
التعدُّد بين الإباحةِ والتعبُّد
Polygyny: Between Permissibility and Worship
I aim to demonstrate why polygyny is more than just mubāḥ.
Link ⤵️
https://t.me/Menzbenefits/131
للشيخ أبي بكر الحمادي حفظه الله
This treatise clarifies and refutes 23 common false principles adopted by the people of innovation of today.
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Sheikh Abu Mashkūr said:
This book is among the finest works written on clarifying the principles of contemporary adherents of innovation.
A careful examination of these principles reveals that they aim at undermining two fundamental foundations:
1. The foundation…
BENEFIT 512: It is sometimes acceptable to mention an innovator's acts of worship, but only with certain conditions:
Al-Ājurrī said: I heard Abū Dāwūd As-Sijistānī (may Allāh have mercy on him) say about ʿUmair ibn Hāni’:
«كان قدريا، وكان يسبح في اليوم مئة ألف تسبيحة»
“He was a Qadari, and he used to make one hundred thousand tasbīḥ in a day.”
The scholars clarify that this is acceptable with the following conditions:
1. It must be mentioned as a description, not as praise, just as the Prophet ﷺ described the Khawārij by…
