November 23, 2018

AL-KAFIRUN (THE DISBELIEVERS)

AL-KAFIRUN (THE DISBELIEVERS) THE RECITATION OF THESE SURAHS IN THE OPTIONAL PRAYERS It has been confirmed in Sahih Muslim from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah […]
November 23, 2018

Reciting Salat and Salam Audibly after Salat al-Jumu‘ah

Reciting Salat and Salam Audibly after Salat al-Jumu‘ah. Question: Is it permissible, on the basis of the Speech of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger […]
November 23, 2018

The People of Al-A’raf

The People of Al-A’raf Companions of the A’raf [a boundary between Hell and Paradise] are of various types. Some of them are as follows: [1] People whom the […]
November 22, 2018

The Difference between Tasarruf and Karamah

The Difference between Tasarruf and Karamah The difference between tasarruf and karamah is that tasarruf comes about by the usage of natural means, like the imaginative or contemplative faculties, and it is […]
November 22, 2018

Analysis on the Dome of the Prophetic Rawdah

Analysis on the Dome of the Prophetic Rawdah Question: Today I happened to see a piece in Akhbar al-Jumu‘ah by Sayyid Sulayman Sahib Nadwi, in which the aforementioned […]
November 21, 2018

Belief that the Prophet Attends Mawlid Gatherings?

Belief that the Prophet Attends Mawlid Gatherings? (Translator’s Preface: Mawlana Khalil Ahmad Sahranpuri (1852-1927) was a leading hadith master and the teacher of perhaps one of […]
November 21, 2018

Finality of Prophethood and the Coming of Jesus

Finality of Prophethood and the Coming of Jesus (Translator’s note: The nuzul (descent) of Sayyiduna ‘Isa / Jesus (peace be upon him) in the last of times is an undeniable […]
November 20, 2018

Defending Hifz al-Iman against the Lies of the Innovators

Defending Hifz al-Iman against the Lies of the Innovators Question: Do you believe that the knowledge of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) […]
November 20, 2018

The Prohibition of Prostrating to Other than Allah

The Prohibition of Prostrating to Other than Allah Hadiths: (1) Qays ibn Sa‘d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: I came to al-Hirah and I […]
November 20, 2018

Dispelling Doubt about Knowledge of the Unseen

Dispelling Doubt about Knowledge of the Unseen [Translator’s Note: The following is the translation of a treatise by Mufti Muhammad Shafi‘ called Kashf al-Rayb ‘an ‘Ilm al-Ghayb (Dispelling Doubt about […]