As for the evidence from the hadith, it is what was narrated with an authentic chain of narration by Al-Bukhariyy, Ibnul-Jarud, and Al-Bayhaqiyy that the Messenger of Allah said, كان الله ولم يكن شىء غيره [which means] “Allah Existed and nothing else existed.” Its meaning is that Allah never ceased to Exist Eternally. There was none other than Him with…
Allah the Exalted is Free of needing the creation, meaning Eternally and Everlastingly He does not need anything other than Him. He does not need a place in which He would be contained, or something in which He would dwell, or a direction, because He is not like any of the different types of things. He is not a tangible…
The Eternality of Allah is not Related to Time Allah the Exalted Existed Eternally without time or place and before darkness and light. Thus He is not of the tangible type within the world such as earth, stone, the stars, plants, and the human. Furthermore, He is not of the intangible type within the world, such as light, souls, air,…
The First Creation The Messenger of Allah said, upon being asked about the beginning of creation: كَانَ اللهُ وَلم يَكُن شَىءٌ غَيرُهُ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلى الماءِ، وَكَتَبَ في الذِّكْرِ كُلَّ شَىءٍ، ثُمَّ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ [which means] “Allah Existed and nothing else existed. His ^Arsh was over the water, He ordered for everything to be written in the Guarded…
Protection from Hell Allah the Exalted said: ﴿ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَائِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ﴾ [which means] “O you who believed, protect yourselves and your families from a fire; its fuel is people and stones. In it are Angels who are merciless and…
Al-Ghazaliyy[1] said in Ihya’ ^Ulumi-d-Din: Surely He (Allah) is Eternal, His Existence does not have a beginning and His Existence does not have an end, and surely He is not an entity that is contained. Rather, He is Exalted and Glorified from whatever is the attribute of the occurrences. Surely He is not a body that is composed of particles,…
The Meaning of the Two Testifications of Faith In general, the meaning of the Testification that “no one is God except Allah” is: I confess with my tongue and I hold as a conviction and submit to it in my heart that the only rightfully worshipped One is Allah the Exalted. The meaning of the Testification that “Muhammad is…
Excellent praise and gratitude are due to Allah. May Allah increase the rank and honor of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and protect his [Muslim] Nation from what he feared for it. Allah the Exalted Said[1]: ﴿يَــٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللهَ وَلتَنظُر نَفسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَت لِغَدٍ﴾ [which means] “O you who believed, fear Allah, and let each self look at that which…
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…
قال الحافظ البيهقي رحمه الله: “فإن قال قائل: فما الدليل على أنه – أي الله – ليس بجسم ولا جوهر ولا عَرَض؟ (والعرض صفة الجسم)، قلنا: لأنه لو كان جسمًا لكان مؤلَّفًا، والمؤلَّفُ شيئان وهو سبحانه واحد لا يحتمل التأليف، وليس بجوهر (أي ما يركب منه الجسم) لأن الجوهر هو الحامل للأعراض القابل للمتضادّات (كالسواد والبياض)، ولو كان (الله) كذلك…