It’s hard these days to find Muslims who take a balanced approach when it comes to uniting with groups whom they consider to be Ahlul Bid’ah. You find one extreme where people compromise and sell out their beliefs for the sake of unity. They would either declare Ahlul Bid’ah groups as Ahlus Sunnah or theyContinue reading “Being Balanced When Dealing With Ahlul-Bid’ah”
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Attain the levels of the strangers (Al-Ghuraba).
Imam al-Ajurri رحمه الله said: ❝Whoever wishes to attain the levels of the strangers, let him bear with patience the harm he will meet from his parents, his spouse, his brothers and relatives. If one were to ask, ‘How can they harm me seeing as I am beloved to them and they to me?’ ItContinue reading “Attain the levels of the strangers (Al-Ghuraba).”
Horrific Rape Of A Child In The Times Of Imam An-Nawawi (Rahimahullah)
A truly horrific case of a convicted pedophile brought to Imam An-Nawawi (d. 1277): “A man unjustly forced himself upon a 4 year old girl and raped her without doubt, tearing the private part such that her vagina and anus is merged.Then, her father married her to the rapist.” The Imam responded: He has toContinue reading “Horrific Rape Of A Child In The Times Of Imam An-Nawawi (Rahimahullah)”
The crying of separation…
I desired to abandon you and then forget,close to sever with you,and I see some regret… Your alleys, your breeze, your steep turns,are trying to convince me to try and return… You hugged me when I was a no one nomad,you became my home when I no home had… The roads, the beaches, the tastyContinue reading “The crying of separation…”
Can a layman give Fatwa regarding an issue whose evidence he knows?
Can a layman give Fatwa regarding an issue whose evidence he knows? (Ibn Qayyim in إعلام الموقعين عن رب العالمين 4/152 ) 1. It is permissible If the laymen has knowledge of the ruling as it happened with its evidence like that of a scholar. And the scholar is better than the laymen because ofContinue reading “Can a layman give Fatwa regarding an issue whose evidence he knows?”