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Re: Israa’ wal Mi’raaj (HQ Video)

Mohammed Khan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:29:51 -0000

Salaam Sheikh,

At the beginning of the lecture you said the Prophet (SAWS) met Isa with Yahya, then later on you said it was Zakariyya.

Which one was it? Or am I going crazy?

Re: What does the term “Ahl al Sunna wa al Jama’ah̄” (“People of the Sunna and Community”) mean, and what is the difference between the two terms? Answered by Sh. al-Dido

Mohammed Khan — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:31:08 -0000

Asalaam Alaikum,

Jazak'Allah Khair for sharing Sheikh.

Sheikh Hamza Yusuf in his translation of Imam at-Tahawi's Aqeedah also mentions the term came into existence as a result of the numerous heretical ideologies present during the early period of the Abbasite Caliphate. (Mu'tazila, Shia, Jahmiyya etc.) So scholars started referring to orthodox Islam as Ahl Sunnah wa'al Jama'ah to distinguish themselves from the other groups who were all calling themselves 'Muslim'.

Re: What is the Ruling on Seeking Aide from Other Than Allah even if it Were a Prophet? Answered by al-Allāmah̄ Sh. Muhammad al-Hasan Walid al-Didō al-Shanqītī

Mohammed Khan — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:54:09 -0000

Reading the comments, I think something needs to be made clear:

Tawassul is making d'ua to ALLAH through an intercessor. It is not making d'ua to the deceased person. Look at the article again:

"Al-Istighātha means to seek aid; and it would never be complete/acceptable save with Allah [The Most High]."

The Sheikh is not talking about tawassul here. If one were to make d'ua to a deceased person he would surely be committing shirk, but making d'ua to Allah through a deceased person is a different matter and topic.

See: http://www.marifah.net/arti...

And Allah knows best.

Re: When is it Permissible to Follow the Another Madhāb’s Opinion? Ibn Juzay al-Māliki 741 A.H

Mohammed Khan — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:42:55 -0000

Asalaam Alaikum,

As far as I am aware the difference of opinion with regard to the beginning of Asr is a matter of Ijtihad. Imam Muhammad as-Shaybani and Imam Abu Yusuf, Imam Abu Hanifa's two best students, both disagreed with their teacher regarding the beginning of Asr. They concurred with the other Madhabs. Therefore someone who follows the Hanafi school can choose to follow the opinion of other Mujtahid Imams within the school, ie In this case the 2 students of Imam Abu Hanifa.

Someone feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

And Allah knows best.

Re: Is Wearing the Niqāb Obligatory for Women? Part 1 of 2 By Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī Translated by U. ʿAbdullah

Mohammed Khan — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:42:08 -0000

Asalaam Alaikum Sheikh,

Jazak'Allah for sharing this.

Would it be possible to add the footnotes? Or maybe provide a link to where they can be read?

Wa Salaam.

Re: Session 4 Recording

Mohammed Khan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:50:06 -0000

Asalaam Alaikum,

Will you be putting the notes for this lesson and the last one online?

Jazak'Allah.

Re: New Series - Maliki Fiqh Part 1

Mohammed Khan — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:02:02 -0000

As far as I know bleeding that oozes only breaks wudu for Hanafis.

Re: “You Down with OMC?” By Imam Yusuf Rios al-Maliki

Mohammed Khan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:07:28 -0000

This is a phenomenon that is not just limited to the Muslim community.

We find in blogs and forums all over the internet people who post comments and make discussions that they would never dream of doing in person.

Cursing, arrogance, open displays of hatred (including down right racism), some of the negative aspects that we have come to face with the dawn of the internet age, all have come about as a result of this barrier that stops people from having to face any physical repercussions.

There was an instance at my university where a student was anonymously making stupid and incessant comments on a university discussion site. Then somebody posted a photo of him online, when people recognised him he was chased around and almost beaten. Suffice to say, after that he stopped posting on the site. I don't agree with police forces that 'promote virtue and prevent vice', but maybe we should have one for the internet?

Re: Organized Confusion by Sh. Abdul Hussein

Mohammed Khan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:43:32 -0000

Asalaam Alaikum,

As you asked for somebody of knowledge to respond, I won't answer your question myself. But I thought it might interest you that there is a scholar in Nottingham, UK whose name is Sheikh Abu Ja'far al-Hanbali. He is an orthodox Hanbali scholar and is a vehement critic of the Salafi school. He operates a website here: http://htspub.com/

Re: Organized Confusion by Sh. Abdul Hussein

Mohammed Khan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:40:04 -0000

Asalaam Alaikum,

I apologise if I came across as though I am of the opinion Ibn Taymiyyah was not of the orthodox Ahl Sunnah in my post. May Allah forgive my mistakes.

While Ibn Taymiyyah, and many of his students are huge towers of Islamic scholarship, during his time Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, caused some controversy and had a small number of ideas and opinions that were not in conformity to orthodoxy. You can find details of these opinions here: http://www.hanbali.org/wiki... (In Arabic)

Re: Organized Confusion by Sh. Abdul Hussein

Mohammed Khan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:34:47 -0000

"We find an absurdity in the discourse of traditionalism when the Shi are considered brothers but the Salafis are alienated without mention. (see: http://www.halaltube.com/ad..."

Sheikh Hamza in this particular talk never calls the Shia "brothers" he merely states that if they wish to pray in our Masjids they are welcome. Just because Salafis are not mentioned does not mean he is implying they are to be excluded from the Muslim community. I think it should be appropriate to mention Sheikh Hamza has defended, and sin some ways opened out a hand to the Salafi/Wahabbi ulema by stating they are not the source of extremism and terrorism in the global Muslim community (http://www.youtube.com/watc..., something that many traditionalists who host significant enmity towards the Salafis accuse them of vehemently.

While it could be argued that the Salafis are the new Dhahiris of the day, or even a relatively new madhab in itself, (and thereby undermining their ideas of no need to follow a madhab). The main issue with their teachings is not on a fiqh level (in my opinion, though some may disagree), rather their anthropomorphic ideas about the attributes of Allah, that He is confined to a space, that He moves in a direction, are absolutely unacceptable and cannot be accepted by Ahl Sunnah wa'al Jama'ah, it is the greatest barrier stopping them from being accepted into the worldwide Muslim community. (Imam al-Ghazali: "The Salaf of the Ummah of Sayyiduna Muhammad agreed to condemn people with deviant ideas, and to abandon them, and to be hard in rebuking them, but to be mild in disagreements of juristic details.")

While it could be argued that an individual who follows the Salafi doctrine will only start learning about this sort of thing in detail if he has the intellect, time and capability of studying it. In all likelihood he will, like most Muslims, keep his Islam and knowledge of Aqeeda to a relatively basic level. But I should mention that having myself attended a Salafi course on Aqeeda on the hereafter, which required no prerequisite of Islamic knowledge, the ideas that "Allah will show His shin to the believers", and that the "Ashari school is deviant" was taught to a large number of young Muslims who themselves did not formally subscribe to the Salafi doctrine, who thereafter took away ideas that do not conform to mainstream Islamic belief as though it is the status quo.

If the Salafi school wishes to be accepted into our communities there needs to be a "reformation" on their behalf, the removal of ideas that places takfir on people for the absurdest of reasons and the removal of anthropomorphic teachings. Though I think if this was to take place you would end up with the Salafis becoming orthodox Hanbalis! There also needs to be good will on the behalf of the orthodox traditional Muslims, and their cessation of the same things that Salafis have been accused of. Sheikh Suhaib and others are an excellent example of how the community and ulema of our time can be open to one another and remove the narrow mindedness that is dogging our global community. Those of us who consider ourselves "orthodox" could start taking the good from Salafi scholars and leave out the bad, much in the same way that Ibn Taymiyyah's teachings are approached by the majority today.

Re: Towards Refinement and Maturity: al-Azhar al-Sharif Instructs how to Handle Controversial Issues

Mohammed Khan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:11:05 -0000

You're a little bit late for the joke I'm afraid :-)

The sheikh posted something related to the title, but the comments left didn't really fit unfortunately. Hence the message of hope for the future from President Subama.

Re: Towards Refinement and Maturity: al-Azhar al-Sharif Instructs how to Handle Controversial Issues

Mohammed Khan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:39:38 -0000

LOL!

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Mohammed Khan — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:14:26 -0000

Yep.

Re: Contest for the Up and Coming Class and a Nice Job

Mohammed Khan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:46:29 -0000

Masha'Allah excellent.

I saw this posted and I remembered I hadn't done my essay yet, so I did mine and emailed it and now came back to read the whole thing, blows mine out of the water. Definitely written at the hand a sister.

Re: A Tweet from the Turath: Spend a Day with Ibn Rashdan and Ibn Daqiq al-’Eid [Allah's mercy be upon them both]

Mohammed Khan — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:49:09 -0000

Asalaam Alaikum Imam Suhaib.

Jazak'Allah for the post, very pertinent for our time as we have people in the west from all the madhabs mixing together and differences are commonly misunderstood.

I hope you don't mind me asking a semi-related question. After reciting Sura al-Fatiha and we recite another portion of the Qur'an, if we do not recite a Sura from the beginning (E.g. Last 3 verses of al-Hashr) do we say the basmala or not?

Jazak'Allah.

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Re: Israa’ wal Mi’raaj (HQ Video)

Re: What does the term “Ahl al Sunna wa al Jama’ah̄” (“People of the Sunna and Community”) mean, and what is the difference between the two terms? Answered by Sh. al-Dido

Re: What is the Ruling on Seeking Aide from Other Than Allah even if it Were a Prophet? Answered by al-Allāmah̄ Sh. Muhammad al-Hasan Walid al-Didō al-Shanqītī

Re: When is it Permissible to Follow the Another Madhāb’s Opinion? Ibn Juzay al-Māliki 741 A.H

Re: Is Wearing the Niqāb Obligatory for Women? Part 1 of 2 By Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī Translated by U. ʿAbdullah

Re: Session 4 Recording

Re: *New Series* - Maliki Fiqh Part 1

Re: “You Down with OMC?” By Imam Yusuf Rios al-Maliki

Re: Organized Confusion by Sh. Abdul Hussein

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Re: Towards Refinement and Maturity: al-Azhar al-Sharif Instructs how to Handle Controversial Issues

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