Ibn Abbas on calling upon Anbiya and Saaliheen. Allah says: Allah says in Surah Isra verse 56-57 (56. Say: “Call upon those – besides Him whom you pretend. They have neither the power to remove the adversity from you nor even to shift (it from…
Jihad bil Nafs and Jihad with Quran. a) Jihad bil Nafs Narrated Fadalah bin ‘Ubaid: وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ” الْمُجَاهِدُ مَنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ ” . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ وَجَابِرٍ . وَحَدِيثُ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ…
Jalal ad din as-Suyuti was a sufi, The Ashari, but still he spoke against the ignorant who ask help from the dead. Ahmad Yaar Khan mentioned the following from as-Suyuti in his book “Ja al Haq”. Allama Jalaaluddin Suyuti رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ writes, Rasoolullah…
He is Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hajr al Haytami, al Ashari, The Soofi, The Shafiee faqeeh of 9th Century, born in 909 h died in 974 h. He is praised as well as rejected by the scholars of Sunnah due to his aqaaid…
Taqi ad Din Ahmad bin Ali al-Maqrizi al-Misree al-Shafi’i (d. 845H) on Istigatha. He said: ” والناس فى هذا الباب- أعنى زيارة القبور- على ثلاثة أقسام: – قوم يزورون الموتى فيدعون لهم. وهذه هى الزيارة الشرعية. – وقوم يزورونهم يدعون بهم, وهؤلاء هم المشركون وجهلة…
Allama Iqbal on Ibn Taymiyah, Shah Wali ullah and Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab. 1. Iqbal on Ibn Taymiyyah. a) He wrote, It was Ishraqâ and Ibn Taimâyyah who undertook a systematic refutation of Greek Logic. Abë Bakr Razâ was perhaps the first to criticize Aristotle’s…
The pride of Egyptian historians, Abdul Rahman al Jabarti (1753–1825) who trained as a Sheikh at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo regarding the beliefs of Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab. He said, after quoting the letter of Imam Saud to the Ameer of Morocco. Where Imam…
Four beautiful responses to the extremists in the form of poetry. When Shaykh Imran ibn Ali ibn Rizwan ash-Shafiee (d 1280 h) (who was a Shi’i but Allaah guided him to the Sunnah.) came to know about the accusations of people against Muhammad ibn Abdul…
The discussion between Moroccan scholar and Ibn Saud on Aqaid. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri al-Salawi (1835-1897) who was one of the best Moroccan historian said: حدثنا جماعة وافرة من حج المولى إبراهيم في تلك السنة أنهم ما رأوا من ذلك السلطان – يعني…
Taking help from the Mushrikeen in the war. an Nawawi mentioned the chapter in Sahih Muslim. باب كراهة الاستعانة في الغزو بكافر إلا لحاجة أو كونه حسن الرأي في المسلمين “Chapter: It is disliked to seek the help of a disbeliever in wars except in…