And from the rights of brotherhood between the Muslims and the believers is that they refrain from unjustified suspicion in those affairs that are between them, and they refrain from spying on each other, and they refrain from backbiting each other. … More ARE WE BROTHERS IN ISLAM OR NOT – KHUTBAH ON UKHUWA – TRUE BROTHERHOOD – NO INCENTIVES EXCEPT PARADISE
Many traditional Sunni Scolars agree that to be in keeping with Islam, a government should have some form of council of consultation or majlis al-shura. While the classical Sholars and some Contemporary Scholars with authority claim that although shura must be recognized; Allaah & His Laws and never the people are sovereign. Thus Shura can never resemble a people rule governance. … More SHURA – MASHURA – MASHWARA & DEMOCRACY IN ISLAM – IS THE SHURA NECESSARY IN THE SHARI’AH
Tribalism is the pernicious ideology that afflicts all human societies in every time period, originating in the worship of idols and reconstructing itself into many forms throughout the ages. In modern times, we know it as the specters of racism, xenophobia, and supremacism. In practice, it rears its ugly head in the shape of prejudice, bigotry, discrimination, and violence. … More NATIONALISM, TRIBALISM AND RACISM IN ISLAM RE-VISITED – KHUTBAH ON ASSABIYYAH
One of the basic questions from anyone the least bit interested in studying Islam is, what texts should be studied. Or the question may be, what is studied to get intermediate and advanced knowledge in Islamic Studies.
Meaning, the brothers and sisters want to know, what the surriculum is, in these “Arab Salafi” universities. I am being satirical.
What I have done here below is break down the subjects by their root and the main books that are studied in 99% of Athari/Salafi Universities world wide… … More WHAT TEXTS SHOULD I BE STUDYING TO ATTAIN ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE – WHAT IS THE CURRICULUM IN UNIVERSITIES LIKE MADINAH AND AL AZHAR – WHAT DID I STUDY?
The Ten Commandments are the well-known instructions, the essence of the Torah, which Allah revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai, peace and blessings be upon him. The commandments prohibit the major sins of idolatry, impiety, disrespect for parents, murder, theft, adultery, false witness, and envy.
These commandments are among the core teachings of Judaism and Christianity that are taught to children at an early age, and all of them are included within the teachings of Islam. Some believe these commands go back as far as the seven laws of Noah, peace and blessings be upon him.
As such, these commandments can be the basis of dialogue between Muslims, Jews, and Christians. They are the “common word” for which we can all come together in agreement. … More DOES ISLAM HAVE 10 COMMANDMENTS – WHERE ARE THE COMMANDMENTS IN ISLAM – LIST OF AYAT WITH COMMANDMENTS
The punishment for a sin committed by a believer is removed in ten ways:
1. He repents to Allah (taubah), so Allah accepts his repentance, for the one who repents from sin is like the one who has no sin.
2. He seeks forgiveness from Allah (istighfar), so Allah forgives him. … More 10 WAYS TO REMOVE PUNISHMENT FOR SINS – TEN WAYS TO CLEAN OURSELVES FROM SIN – TEN WAYS PUNISHMENT IS REMOVED
Tawheed in Arabic means attributing Oneness to Allaah and describing Him as being One and Unique, with no partner or peer in His Essence and Attributes. Believing that Allaah is One with no partner or associate in His Lordship (ruboobiyyah), divinity (uloohiyyah) or names and attributes (al-asma’ wa’l-sifaat). There is also the issue of Hakkimiyyah… … More TYPES OF TAWHEED – ULUHIYYAH – RUBOOBIYYAH – ASMA WAL SIFAT – HAAKIMIYYAH
There is an epidemic of people in the west who occupy their free time with this mas’ala, and their target are Muslims, not realizing the severity of the action, what the outcome is once a person is declared a murtad, in an Islamic state the matter is clear, but what do these westerners wish to achieve, is it the pleasure of Allah they seek??? Or is it just flexing the little bit of information that they have learnt and thus proving they are muwahiddeen to their close circle of friends. … More RECKLESS TAKFIR OF MUSLIMS – THE OBSESSION WITH TAKFIR – YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE TAKFEER MASALA
The scholars, may Allaah have mercy on them, have mentioned in their chapters on the “Ruling of the Apostate”, that a Muslim may apostate from his Religion through various types of Nullifiers (of Faith), which cause his life and wealth to become permissible (as it has come in sahih hadith and clear ayat) and which causes him to leave from the fold of Islaam.
And from the most dangerous amongst them and those that occur most often are ten nullifiers that we will mention to you in the following lines, in a summarized manner, so that you may beware of them and warn others about them, hoping that Allaah will protect and safeguard us from them. We will also mention a few short clarifications after them. … More TEN NULLIFIERS OF ISLAM – IBN BAZ – NAWAQID AL ASHAR – نواقض اسلام
As long as the son of Adam does not completely submit to Allah and until he starts to follow the Sunnah, he will always be astray. No matter how much a person thinks to be upon the truth and be guided, unless he is doing as Allah Said, His Messenger said, he will be upon Bid’ah. … More BID’AH – NOVEL IBADAH – INNOVATION IN ISLAM – بدعة
Zinaid Abu Naser 