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Fiqh
Imam Mālik’s Defence of the Traditional Tarāwīḥ Practice in Madina: 20 Rakʿahs with Interspersed Nafl
In al-Mudawwana al-Kubrā (1/287) of al-Qāḍī Saḥnūn (d. 240 AH), the following was documented: قَالَ مَالِكٌ: بَعَثَ إلَيَّ الْأَمِيرُ وَأَرَادَ…
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Sunna
Reflections on Ramadan
As we enter Ramadan once again the following is a succinct list of reminders connected to this blessed month: 1)…
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Aqeeda
The Unreliability of Ibn Baṭṭa al-ʿUkbarī: Critical Analysis of a Source Frequently Cited in Contemporary Salafī Literature
This comprehensive study examines the scholarly assessment of Ibn Baṭṭa al-ʿUkbarī’s (d. 387 AH) reliability as a transmitter through a…
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Refutations
Ibn Bāz (d. 1999), Sulaymān ibn Siḥmān (d. 1930) & al-Fawzan on the Term “Wahhābī” as an Ascription to the Way of Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d. 1792)
The designation “Wahhābī” represents a complex historical and theological marker within Islamic intellectual discourse, primarily referring to adherents of Muḥammad…
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Aqeeda
The Foundations of the Sunna Attributed to Imām Aḥmad: Weak (ḍaʿīf) chain of transmission, not authentic
أصول السنة المنسوب للإمام أحمد ضعيف الإسناد لا يصح The Foundations of the Sunna (Usul al-Sunna) Attributed to Imām Aḥmad:…
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Fiqh
Imam Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī (d. 795 AH) on the night of Mid-Sha’ban
The following is from a well known Hanbali scholar known as Imam Zayn al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad…
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The virtues of the Mid-Shaʿbān Night according to Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī and al-Albānī
فضل ليلة النصف من شعبان عند ابن تيمية وابن رجب الحنبلي والألباني The virtues of the Mid-Shaʿbān Night according to…
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Aqeeda
Examples of the interpretations [Ta’wīlat] of Imām Aḥmad regarding the (Qur’anic) verses and Hadiths on the divine attributes (of Allah).
نماذج من تٲويلات الٳمام ٲحمد لآيات وٲحاديث الصفات. Examples of the interpretations [Ta’wīlat] of Imām Aḥmad regarding the (Qur’anic) verses…
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Refutations
Virtues of the Night of Mid Sha’ban
The great Mujtahid Imam, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi’i (d. 204 AH) said in his Kitab al-Umm (1/264): الأم للشافعي (1/ 264) (قَالَ…
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Aqeeda
THE INTERPRETATION [TA’WĪL] OF IMĀM IBN ḤIBBĀN (d. 354 AH) OF “FOOT” AS PLACE
Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad ibn Ḥibbān al-Bustī (Arabic: محمد ابن حبان البستی) (c. 270–354 AH/884–965 CE) was a prominent Shāfiʿī scholar,…
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