Being Selective about Going Out
Imam Malik’s advice to one of his companions about when to go out and where to sit.
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The Importance of Knowing Different Opinions Before Giving Fatwa
A person is not knowledgeable enough to give verdicts and not considered a scholar unless he knows differences of opinions.
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Teaching Children To Love Abu Bakr & Umar
Children should be taught to love the Companions like they are taught Quran.
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The Behavior of The Seeker of Knowledge
The demeanor that a student of knowledge should have.
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Just Playing
It’s not a game.
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Required Learning [What is a Muslim Required to Study?]
An explanation of the kind of Islamic knowledge that is required learning for every Muslim.
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Who can give a Fatwa?
Some qualifications for issuing religious edicts (fatwa).
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Reciting the Quran like a Song
It is reported that a person recited in a melodious [1] way in front of Al-A’mash. He said: A man once recited in front of Anas [ibn Mālik – Allāh be pleased with him] in this manner and he detested it. Abū Bakr Al-Khallāl, Al-Amr bil-Ma’rūf wa Al-Nahī ‘an Al-Munkar, p110. It is reported that […]
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Falsehood that leads to Falsehood [Al-Kalam, dialectical, speculative theology]
Abd Al-Raḥmān b. Mahdī reports: I entered upon Mālik b. Anas when a man was asking him about the Qur`ān. [Imām Mālik] said, “Perhaps you are a companion of Amr b. ‘Ubayd. May Allāh curse ‘Amr, for he was the one who innovated this bid’ah of Kalām . If Kalām was knowledge, the Companions and […]
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Umar b. Abd Al-Aziz on the Way of the Believers
Ibn Shihāb reports: ‘Umar b. ‘Abd Al-‘Azīz – Allah have mercy on him, said, “The Messenger of Allāh – Allāh’s peace and blessings be upon him – and the authorities (leaders of the Muslims, the Caliphs ) after him set certain ways and practices. To follow those ways is to believe in Allāh’s Book and […]