Manhaj Benefits

Advice for the Confused and Bewildered With Regard to The Foolish Ideas of Suhaib Hasan and His Like | Sheikh Muqbil rahimahullah

Translated by Abu Talha Dawud Burbank rahimahullāh

Translated by Abu Talha Dawud Burbank rahimahullāh

References: 1. Tasweer is an issue of differing...| Sheikh Fawzan https://t.me/salafirecords/682 2. Tasweer is not purely fiqhi!| Sheikh Najeeb https://t.me/madrasatuna/2965 3. Videography is the worst form of tasweer!| Sheikh Albāni https://t.me/almanhajussalafi/1656 4. The difference between issues of khilaaf and issues of ijtihād | Sheikh Sulaymān Ar-Ruhaili https://t.me/almanhajussalafi/80 5. Criterion…

Question: Honourable Sheikh, may Allāh grant you success, someone says: "I advise those who take pictures using a camera, and they respond by saying that, "The matter is an issue of khilāf (difference of opinion)." His question is: What is the proper guideline for offering advice in these issues of khilāf? Sheikh Fawzān hafidahullah: I say: We have not been commanded to follow differences of opinion; we have been…

Sheikh Sulayman Ar-Ruhaili waffaqahullah: The One who legislated [Islam] for us, my dear brother, is the All-Knowing—He who knows what was, what is, and what will be, and even what never was, had it occurred, how it would have been. The matter is not based on human legislation, which is limited to the knowledge of their own time and ignorant of what lies ahead. For that reason, human laws require constant revision,…

Question: What is the ruling on video recording? We request a concise answer so we can present other questions as well. Sheikh Al-Albāni raḥimahullāh: We have also discussed this issue in various gatherings in some of the countries we visited in the Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia). In summary, video recording is the worst form of image-making (taswīr), as the prohibition of images in the Shari'ah is based on two primary…

1. Watering down the religion of Islam...This includes attempts to bring it closer to other religions and similar efforts. 2. Watering down the Salafi Manhaj. While this is technically encompassed within the first category, it is more specific in nature. Every Salafi is a Muslim, but not every Muslim is Salafi. Moreover, watering Down this manhaj is largely propagated by individuals within the fold of Islam,…

Sheikh Abdulḥamīd Az-Zu'kari hafidahullāh wrote: 1. The disbelieving polytheists—those who worship idols and others like them. 2. The disbelievers among the People of the Book, namely the Jews and Christians. 3. Hypocrites in belief, such as the Rafidah, Qarmatians, and similar groups. 4. Innovators and followers of misguided desires who claim affiliation with Islam. Each of these groups has strayed far from…

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Ibnul-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said: "He (Shaytan) observes your soul closely to see which trait dominates: courage and determination, or hesitation and weakness. If he sees that you're timid and hesitant, he makes you lazy, weakens your drive to obey Allah, and makes the act feel heavy and difficult — until you eventually give it up or do it carelessly. But if he sees that you're brave and ambitious, he tells you that…

Sheikh Muhammad ibn Uthaymeen, may Allāh have mercy on him, stated: “There is a scholarly difference of opinion regarding offering condolences to a non-Muslim who has lost a relative or friend. Some scholars hold it to be prohibited, while others permit it. Some differentiate, saying that if doing so brings benefit—such as fostering hope of their accepting Islam or preventing harm that cannot be avoided…

Scholars—may Allāh have mercy on them—have differed regarding the permissibility of offering condolences to non-Muslims. Jurists, such as Imām Ash-Shafi’ee [Al-Majmūʿ (5/275)] and Abū Ḥanīfah [Hashiyat Ibn ʿĀbidīn (3/140)] (according to one narration), held that it is permissible for a Muslim to offer condolences to a non-Muslim and vice versa, provided the non-Muslim is not at war with Muslims. Imām Ibn Qudāmah…

Sheikh Abu Bilal hafidahullah states: We advise that a teacher takes care of his students by nurturing them, guiding their moral conduct, and endearing them to knowledge and its people. He should speak well of scholars in front of his students, acquaint them with his own teachers and those from whom he benefitted—those who are engaged in goodness. He should also connect them with other scholars, fellow students of…

Question: I am student Muhammad Sultan, one of the students in the second year of middle school. Last year, I studied the origin of human beings in the history textbook, and the book states that humans evolved from apes over time. Is this correct, or does it contradict what the Holy Qur'ān says about the origin of apes? Please guide us—may Allah reward you—to the right path so we can follow it. Thank you. Sheikh…

Sheikh Yūsuf Al-Jazaa’iri hafidahullāh says: Look at the Manhaj of the Salaf; Imam Ahmad, may Allāh have mercy on him, considered Isma'il ibn 'Ulayyah and Ya'qub ibn Shaybah innovators, despite them being imaams. Ya'qub ibn Shaybah had a unique collection called "Musnad Al-Mu'allal," which, if it still existed, would surpass this room in width. A huge collection. If you look at his biography in "Siyar A'lam…

Question: Is it true that Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī Al-Karābīsī made the statement of the lafdhiyyah: لفظي بالقرآن مخلوق “My utterance of the Qur'ān is created”? And if that is true, did he later retract it? Sheikh Abu Bakr Al-Hammadi hafidahullah: He was indeed the one who introduced this; that is, Al-Karābīsī was the first to make this statement, and no one else preceded him in it. Rather, he was the one who introduced…

Questioner: Adh-Dhahabi – may Allāh have mercy on him – said: "When a great scholar's correctness is abundant, his pursuit of the truth is known, his knowledge is much, his intellect is evident, his righteousness, piety, and adherence to the correct path are recognised, then his mistakes are forgiven, and we do not declare him to be misguided, discard him, or overloo his merits. Yes, we do not follow him in his…

By affirming this view, the innovated and newly invented methodology of mandatory balancing between good and bad traits collapses entirely. Or (2) it must be said that their criticism—being devoid of any mention of good traits and focusing solely on faults—is based on injustice and oppression, and that their methodology is based on deception, ignorance, and a lack of piety and fear of the Lord of the worlds, and…

Sheikh Abdulḥamīd Az-Zu'kari hafidahullāh wrote: [From the innovated principles] The methodology of Al-Muwāzanah (mentioning both good and bad qualities when criticising/refuting mistakes) The claim of the Manhaj of Al-muwāzanah—that one must mention both the good and bad qualities—is a reprehensible innovation which leads to watering down the religion and complacency regarding the people of falsehood. As the…

Sheikh Abdulḥamīd Az-Zu'kari hafidahullāh wrote: Their Call to Mercy, Compassion, and Having a Clean Heart Towards Muslims This is among the methods employed by Hizbis and those who water down the religion. They claim that the enemies of Islam are many—such as the Jews and Christians—so our enmity should be directed toward them. This, in itself, is correct: we are indeed obligated to hate and warn against the Jews…

It is therefore obligatory to accept the report of a trustworthy narrator, as has been previously clarified. Jarḥ must not be driven by personal desire or self-interest, but rather must be carried out as a matter of religious duty and in protection of the upright manhaj. It should be undertaken by those qualified for it. Declaring someone an innovator, a sinner, or a disbeliever is not the role of students or…

Sheikh Abdulḥamīd Az-Zu'kari hafidahullāh wrote: [From the innovated principles:] Blind-following in the affair of Jarḥ wa Taʿdīl Ash-Shawkānī said in Adab At-Ṭalab (p. 158): "Among the causes that prevent fairness is blind-following in the science of jarḥ wa taʿdīl—especially when there is fanaticism from those who write in this field, as the intelligent observer often finds. For when one who is afflicted with…