Al-Walāʾ wal-Barāʾ… A Critical Look At the Ruling of Accepting Food and Gifts on the Festivals of the Disbelievers | Ibn Taymiyyah 14 Nov 202414 Apr 2025 ﷽ [INTRODUCTION] Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah said: As for accepting gifts from them (i.e., the disbelievers) on the days of their festivals, then we have already quoted from ʿAlī -may…
'Ilm… Do not Forsake the Gatherings of the Scholars | ʿUmar bin al-Khaṭṭāb 17 Dec 202317 Dec 2023 ﷽ It was narrated on the authority of ʿUmar bin al-Khaṭṭāb -may Allāh be pleased with him-: ❝Verily, a man might leave his residence, with sins like the mountain of…
Al-Walāʾ wal-Barāʾ… Specified are Festivals for Every Nation 3 Sep 20223 Sep 2022 ﷽ ʿAlī bin Abī Ṭalḥah reported that Ibn ʿAbbās said, ﴾وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًا﴿ ❝And for every nation We have appointed religious ceremonies❞ Sūrah al-Hajj 22:34 (Meaning) "Festivals." Tafsīr Ibn…
Abū Dāwūd… Virtue of Praying Four Rakʿāt at the Beginning of the Day | Shaykh ʿAbdul Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād 21 Jan 20223 Feb 2022 ﷽ Explanation of the Ḥadīth "Oh son of Ādam..." by Shaykh ʿAbdul Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād Abū Dāwūd reported from Nuʿaim bin Hammār -May Allāh be pleased with him- that Allāh’s Messenger…
Arabic… Relationship between Food and its Consumer | Ibn al-Qayyim 28 Mar 20203 Apr 2020 The Relationship between the Nature of food and the Nature of one who consumes it Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allāh have mercy on him) said: "The one who eats a particular…
Arabic… Recommended Books on the Prophet’s Biography | Shaykh Yaḥyā al-Ḥajūrī 11 Jul 201815 Sep 2018 Q. Which are the best books of Sīrah (Biography of the Prophet) which is possible to be used to teach the people?1 The Book of Allāh, The Almighty and Sublime..…
Akhlāq… The Means to Open Forth One’s Heart | Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah 22 Oct 2016 A brief article compiled by Abū 'Abdir-Rahmān Nawwās al-Hindī حفظه الله based on a chapter with the same title from the treasured book "Zādul-Mʿād fī Hadyi Khayril-ʿIbād" by Ibn al-Qayyim…
A'dāb… Congratulating or Greeting the disbelievers | Ibn al-Qayyim 16 May 201610 Jan 2019 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn al-Qayyim -May Allāh have mercy upon him- said in his book, “Aḥkām Ahl adh-Dhimmah (Rulings of the people of protection)” under the Chapter on congratulating/greeting…