A Reported Picture of the Prophet & Abu Bakr from Judaeo-Christian Times
A report of how one of the Companions saw a picture of the Prophet and Abu Bakr amongst some of the People of the Book in the lands of Syria.
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Speaking Against the Rulers is the Way of the Persians and Romans
Ibn Umar points out that speaking against the Muslim ruler is a foreign, unacceptable ideology.
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The Zuhd of Abu Ubaydah and the Tears of Umar
You only want to cry your eyes out over me, he said to Umar.
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The Scholar-Messenger and The Roman King
The excellence of the scholars of the Salaf made them fit to be kings.
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Hypocrisy Today
Hudhayfah b. Al-Yaman, who was an expert amongst the Companions on Nifaq, compares the hypocrisy of later times with that of earlier times.
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Graffiti of the Salaf
Here is a picture of what is considered (to date) the oldest dated Islamic inscription, from 24H, when the Rightly Guided Caliph ‘Umar b. Al-Khattāb – Allāh be pleased with him – was assassinated. It is located at Al-‘Ulā in present day Saudi Arabia. It is one of a number of ‘graffiti’ inscriptions made by […]
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Ignorance and the Sword
It is reported that Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said: One who acts without knowledge is like one who travels off the path; and the one who acts without knowledge corrupts more than he rectifies. So seek knowledge in a way that does not harm your worship, and seek to worship […]
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Weapons of Mass Distinction
Abū Isḥāq [Al-Fazārī] states: The enemy was never able to stand up to the Companions of Allāh’s Messenger – Allāh’s praise and peace be upon him, so when the news of the defeat of the Romans came to Heraclius at Antioch he asked [his people], “Woe to you, tell me about these people who fight […]
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We believed, they rejected [How the Salaf came to Islam]
‘Āṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah [Al-Anṣārī] reports from some men amongst his people, “One of the things that called us to accept Islam – with the mercy of Allāh and His guidance – is what we used to hear from some Jewish men. We were polytheists who worshipped idols. They (the Jews) were people of […]
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The Assassination of ʿUmar – Part 2
Part one can be viewed here. As soon as he said Takbīr, I heard him say, “The dog has killed or eaten me,” when the murderer stabbed him. A non-Arab infidel came carrying a double-edged knife and stabbed everyone he passed by on the right and left, stabbing thirteen people out of whom seven died. […]