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…
The ^Aqidah Of Ibn ^Asakir I begin with the name of Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. I praise Him and I seek His generosity and forgiveness. I humbly ask Him to raise the rank of Prophet Muhammad and protect his nation from what he feared for them. I profess that no one is God except Allah, and I reaffirm…
Mawlid Speech 2006 The Greatness of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, to Him belong the endowments and proper commendations. May Allah increase the honor and raise the rank of our Master Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam and his kind Al and Companions and protect his nation from what he fears…
An elucidation of matters required by the researcher of genealogy Translated by Riad Nachef Al-Qalqashandi said in “Nihayat al-Arb p/29: they are ten matters: First: al-Mawardi said: if the lineages are far apart then the tribes become peoples and the tribal subdivisions become tribes. What he meant is that the moieties become tribal subdivisions, the sub moieties become moieties, the…