قال الألباني:

«فنحن نريد أن نوجد بلدا إسلاميا أقرب ما يكون إلى تحقيق الإسلام.
نحن لا نطمع أن نجد خليفة يشبه عهد الخلفاء الراشدين بل يشبه الخليفة الخامس وهو عمر بن عبد العزيز رضي الله عنهم أجمعين لكن نريد حاكما يحكم بما أنزل الله يجعل هدفه الحكم بما أنزل الله».

[الهدى والنور٧٣٠]

Shaikh Al-Albani said:

We desire to establish an Islamic nation close to what is Tahqeeq Al-Islam (the actualization of Islam).

We do not desire to (exactly) replicate the era of The Rightly Guided Caliphs, and neither a state like that of the fifth rightly guided Caliph, and he was Umar bin Abdul Azeez (May Allah be pleased with them all). (And so) But we desire a ruler who rules by (a Shariah with) what Allah Revealed, he makes his goal to rule by what Allah Revealed (i.e. The Qur’an and The Sunnah).

(Silsilatul-Huda wan-Noor, 730)

It is very sad to see Muslims -and even Muslim scholars- using the weakest and frailest ‘scientific’ argument to support Islamic Fiqh. Some of these are just fake tabloid news.

The mention of a ‘so called reserarch’ that purportedly showed that women “retain and carry living DNA from every man with whom they have sexual intercourse”, was widely used by Islamic preachers in Masajid to prove the importance of the Iddah (waiting) period for Muslim women.

It was said that it takes 3 months to clear the divorced women of her ex-husband’s sperm-imprint and 4 months and 10 days for a widowed woman since she’s in a state of depression! Lo! So The Quranic time period of Iddah is just perfect scientifically!

After one Madrasa Graduate and Imam mentioned this very confidently in the Dars after Fajr, I went upto him and asked him, “What about the women who was seperated by Khula (divorce intiated by a woman, with only 1 month Iddah) ? Is she purified in one month by the so-called sperm imprint?” He was just speechless and blank! The contradiction opened up to him, Alhamdulillah.

I then reminded him that though all rulings of Islam have a Hikmah (wisdom), it’s not necessary that we realize them all in this life itself. All of our belief in the Islamic rulings is based on Revelation (Qur’an and Sunnah) and belief in them is obligatory whether the Hikmah is apparent or not.

If you keep using science to defend yourself, that too based on heresay, you’ll just fill your mind with contradictions once someone points it out and you will shame yourself and your Deen. Allah’s Help is Sought.

-Abu Muaaz Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna

الحمد لله و الصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين ومن تبعهم باحسان الى يوم الدين اما بعد…

The Persian Commander Bahman gave the Muslims (under Abu Ubayd (رضي الله عنه)) the choice between crossing the bridge, or the Persians crossing over to them. Abu Ubayd decided to cross the bridge. The other commanders advised him not to cross the bridge but he refused their advice saying, “The Persians cannot be more daring in the face of death than us”, so the Muslims crossed over and a severe battle ensued.

Abu Ubayd forgot the advice of Umar (رضي الله عنه) that he is going to a land of treachery.
(The Muslims were attacked by elephants before they could complete the crossing.) The Persians had many elephants in their army which terrified the Muslim horses and the battle turned against the Muslims.

Abu Ubayd ordered: “Trap the elephants, cut off their girths and throw their riders off them!” Saying this, Abu Ubayd went to jump onto a white elephant to go about what he had just commanded but the elephant struck him with its front foot and he fell to the ground and was trampled to death.

His second in command went to take the flag from him, fighting to defend himself until he was able to take the flag. He was then killed. Seven people from the tribe of Thaqif took the flag and were killed one 
after the other. Muthanna bin Harithah Ash-Shaibani (رضي الله عنه) then took the flag and retreated, the battle ended in a defeat for the Muslims.

(Summarized from ‘The History of The Four Caliphs’ By Shaikh Muhammad Al-Khudari Bak Al-Bajuri Rahimahullah.)

Is the story of the smell of musk emanating from the grave of Saad bin Muadh authentic?

Abu Saeed AI-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) says: I was one of those who dug the grave of Saad bin Muadh (رضي الله عنه). every time we dug deeper, the smell of Musk emitted from the soil, all the way until we reached the Lahad (the section to place the body in).

(Summary of what was recorded by Imam Ad-Dahabi, from Al-Waqidi, in Siyar ‘Alam An-Nubala 3/177-181, Daral-Hadith Cairo Edition)

This narration has come to us from the way of Al-Waqidi, who was a known fabricator of narrations. There isn’t any reliable chain of this narration. And Allah knows the best.

With regards to the narration about The Throne of Allah, that it shook on the death of Saad bin Muadh, it is authentic.

Jabir bin ‘Abdullah reported Allah’s Messenger ﷺ as saying while the bier of Saad bin Muadh was placed before them:

The Throne of Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) shook at the death of Saad bin Muadh.

(Sahih Muslim 2466a, also in Al-Bukhari, Musnad Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi and Sahih Ibn Hibban.)

– Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna (9th Dhul Hijjah 1442, 20th July 1990.)

[Full name: Taqī ad-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Abd al-Haleem ibn Abd al-Salam (ibn Taymiyyah) al-Numayri al-Ḥarrānī]

—Hāfidh of the Qur’an ,memorised 60,000 hadīths ,learnt Aqeedah and hanbali fiqh by age of 7.
—Started giving Duroos to students older than him at age of 8.
—Started giving Khutba by age of 17.
—Became Mufti of Damascus by age of 22.
—Was able to memorise 3-4 books a day.
—Used to write books in few days which other ‘Ulama used to take longer period (Ibn al-Qayyim mentions).
—Authored over 900 books (some went upto 70 volumes).
—Was imprisoned several times (because of the Ahlul Bid’ah complaining and plotting against him).
—Wrote 300 books in prison only with memory alone and without any references.
—Used to provide a detailed answers when he was asked any question.
—Waged Jihad against the Mongols who invaded Muslim lands (Battle of Marj Al-Saffar, April 20-22, 1303 CE)
—Used to be forefront in the battlefield and rode horses bravely.
—Used to motivate people to fight bravely for Sake of Allah in the battlefield and used to give them short lectures until the enemies approach them.
—Died in Prison due to illness and left  behind him an unrepayable legacy.
—Around 5,00,000 people attended his funeral.
May Allahﷻ Have Mercy upon him and Grant him a high status in Jannah.

[Taken from an audio clip and from the book فضائل ابن تيمية  and noted down by brother @nottaalib on Twitter]