OMAR IBN AL-KHATTAB – The second Caliph in this nation The life of humans and jinn always ends with death and there is no exception. No one escapes death even if he is the best of God’s creation. Omar Ibn Al-Khattab held a high status amongst the tribe of Quraysh before being Muslim. Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him recognised…
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Abu Bakr was three years younger than the Prophet. From early years, Abu Bakr was known for good and upright nature. He was honest and truthful. He came of a noble family. These things won him respect among the people. The Prophet said: “No one has been a better companion to me than Abu Bakr”. All his life he stood…
Omar Ibn Al-Khattab was man of noble attributes; he was a man of truth and dignity. Many other great historical events which Muslims of today are proud to claim as part of their heritage took place during his caliphate. Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him praised him in many of his ahadith. In one of them the Prophet said to…
The Symbol Of Guidance Abū Mansūr Al-Māturīdiyy said: “Lifting the hands to the sky is an act of worship. Allāh orders His slaves to worship Him with whatever He wills and He makes them face to wherever He wills. The symbol of guidance ,the Imām Abū Mansūr Al-Māturīdiyy (Died 333 H) in his refutation of those who resemble God to…
Fellow Muslims, the honorable Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said what means that the Muslims should be keen to abide by his straight and correct path, and the path of the righteous guided caliphs after him. The best of the companions are the first four caliphs: Abu Bakr, ^Umar, ^Uthman, and ^Aliyy, may Allah raise their ranks. Altogether, their caliphates…
Imam Abu Hafs ^Umar Ibn Ahmad (an-Nasafiyy[1]), may Allah have mercy upon him, (said) in his famous book, “The Nasafiyy Creed,” (that if a person hit glass with a stone and broke it, then the acts of hitting) which is the act of the slave with the stone[2] which may or may not result in the breaking of the glass,…
Imam Ashshafi^iyy He is the Imam and Mujtahid Muhammad the son of Idris the son of al-^Abbas the son of ^Uthman the son of Shafi^ the son of as-Sa’ib the son of ^Ubayd the son of ^Abdu-Yazid the son of Hashim the son of al-Muttalib the son of ^Abdu-Manaf the son of Qusayy the son of Kilab the son Murrah…
Biography He was the great Islamic scholar, Imam, Muhaddith, the pious worshipper, Ash-Shaykh Abu ^Abdir-Rahman, ^Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Yusuf Ibn ^Abdillah Ibn Jami^, Al-Harariyy, Ash-Shaybiyy, Al-^Abdariyy, the Mufti of Somalia. He is Al-Harariyy because he is from the city of Harar. In 1887, Somalia was occupied and divided into five parts, and the western province of Harar was given…
Brief Biographies of the eminent Scholars of Hadith 1. AHMAD (Ibn Hanbal): He is Abu ^Abdullah, Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hanbal Ash-Shaibani, known by the name Ibn Hanbal. He was a celebrated theologian, jurist and a Hadith scholar. He is also one of the four Imams of Fiqh. Imam Ahmad was born at Baghdad in Rabi^-ul-‘ula, 164 H. He studied…
ABU DAWUD, Sulaiman bin Al-Ash^ath 220-275 H Abu Dawud, Sulaiman bin Al-Ash^ath bin Ishaq Al-Azdi As-Sijistani, who was one of the eminent Imam of Hadith, was born in 202H. He studied Hadith under Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal along with Al-Bukhari and taught many of the later scholars of Hadith, like At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa‘i. Though Abu Dawud collected 5,00,000 Hadith, he…