The Straight Path (As‑Sirat Al-Mustaqim) A Translation of the Sound Explanation of the Terms of As–Sirat Al-Mustaqim Translated by Riad Nachef بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, to Whom belongs the endowments and generosities and Whom we commend out of exaltation. May Allah raise the rank of Muhammad, sallallahu ^alayhi wa…
Tawhid – Creed
Praise_be_to_Allah_13_attributes.pdf The Thirteen Attributes of Allah Every Accountable Person Must Know Praise be to Allah, and may Allah raise the rank of Prophet Muhammad and his Al and Companions, and protect his nation from that which he fears for it. Thereafter: Allah, the Exalted, said which means: For those blasphemers who do not believe in Allah and His Messenger, We have…
A Lesson About Tawhid and Moderation of Islam Translated by Riad Nachef I start with the name of Allah, the Merciful to the believers and non believers in this world the Merciful to the believers in the Hereafter. I praise Allah the Owner of the worlds and I ask Allah humbly to raise the rank of the Messenger of Allah,…
BELIEVING ALLÂH IS IN A PLACE IS KUFR AND APOSTASY By Abu Hudhayfah ‘In shâ’a-llâh you will find in this document evidence from most reliable scholars showing that believing Allâh is in a place, such as sitting on the Throne, is kufr, disbelief. In the second part we put the texts which will leave you without a doubt…
شرح حديث جبريل عن الإيمان The Explanation of Hadith Jibril About Belief (‘Iman) الحَمْدُ للهِ ربِّ العالمينَ لهُ النِّعمةُ وله الفضلُ ولهُ الثَّناءُ الحسن صلواتُ اللهِ البَرِّ الرحيمِ والملائِكةِ المُقرَّبينَ على سيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ أشرفِ المرسلينَ وحبيبِ ربِّ العالمينَ وعلى جميعِ إخوانِهِ منَ النَّبييّنَ والمُرسلينَ وءالِ كُلٍّ والصَّالحينَ وسلامُ اللهِ عليهِمْ أجمعينَ. أمّا بعدُ، فقد وَرَدَ…
قال النسفي رحمه الله: قالَ أهلُ الحقّ: حقائقُ الأشياءِ ثابتةٌ، والعلمُ بها مُتَحققٌ خلافًا للسوفسطائية. وأسبابُ العلمِ للخلقِ ثلاثةٌ: الحواسُّ السليمةُ، والخبرُ الصادقُ، والعقلُ. فالحواسُّ خمسٌ: السمعُ، والبصرُ، والشمُّ، والذوقُ، واللمسُ. وبكل حاسةٍ منها يُوقف على ما وُضِعَت هي له: كالسمعِ، والذوقِ، والشمِّ. والخبرُ الصادقُ على نوعين: (أحدهُما) الخبرُ المتواترُ، وهو الخبرُ الثابتُ على ألسنةِ قومٍ لا يُتصورُ تواطؤهُم على…
Al-^Aqidah An-Nasafiyyah Translation and Commentary by Riad Nachef The astute Hanafi scholar and authority of Hadith Abu Hafs Najmuddin ^Umar Bin Ahmad Bin Luqman An-Nasafiyy (461AH-537AH) said: The people of truth said: The realities of things exist firmly and knowing them– contrary[1] to what the Sophists[2] say– is established. The reasons of knowledge for the creations are three the…
AL-^AQIDAH at–TAHAWIYYAH Revised Translation and Commentary By Riad Nachef Ramadan 29, 1426 AH The great scholar, Hujjat-ul-lslam, Abu Ja^far al-Warraq at–Tahawi (239-321AH) [1], may Allah have mercy on him, while he was in Egypt said: This is an elucidation of the beliefs of ahl-as-Sunnah wa al-Jama^ah, according to the school of the jurists of this religion, Abu Hanifah an-Nu^man ibn…
The Prophets and Messengers of Allah By Riad Nachef Ramadan 1426 AH Allah, the Exalted, created mankind and the jinn and equipped them with the faculty of the mind with which they may know the Creator and discriminate between good, evil, sound, unsound, valid and invalid matters. The mind alone can deduce that this universe, with all its elements, must…
The Supplement To The ^Aqidah Of Ibn ^Asakir Translated by Riad Nachef I profess that Muhammad is the slave and messenger of Allah and I confirm my conviction about Muhammad and the prophets before him, may Allah raise their ranks, as profoundly elucidated in the Mutamimah of Ibn ^Asakir: Know, may Allah be merciful to you by guiding you to…