• Imām Ash-Shāfi‘ī رحمه الله

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Full Name  Muḥammad ibn Idrīs Ash-Shāfi‘ī Born  Gaza, 150AH Demise  204AH Appellation Abū ‘Abdillāh Teachers Include Imām MālikMuḥammad ibn Ḥasan Ash-Shaybānī Muslim ibn Khaliq Az-Zanjī Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah رحمهم الله Students Include Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and other prominent ‘Ulamā رحمهم الله   Imām Ash-Shāfi‘ī…

  • Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal رحمه الله

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Full Name  Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal Born  164AH Demise  241AH Appearance ‘Abdul-Malik ibn ‘Abdil-Ḥamīd رحمه الله says that I do not remember seeing anyone with cleaner clothes, nor anyone more particular in his [trimming his] moustache, the hair on his head and body,…

  • My Journey to Spain

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    It had been a childhood desire of mine, from the time my father informed me regarding it, to visit a land which was under Muslim rule for approximately eight hundred years, Spain. Alḥamdulillāh, Allāh fulfilled this yearning of mine recently, and I am writing to share a few…

  • Don’t Expose Yourself!

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    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām Al-Bukhārī and Muslim رحمهما الله have both narrated a ḥadīth from Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said: ” كُلُّ أُمَّتِي مُعَافًى إِلَّا المُجَاهِرِينَ، وَإِنَّ مِنَ المُجَاهَرَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ الرَّجُلُ بِاللَّيْلِ عَمَلًا، ثُمَّ يُصْبِحَ وَقَدْ سَتَرَهُ…

  • The Acceptance of Duʿā

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Conditions for the Acceptance of Du‘ā Sometimes we find ourselves asking why our duʿās are not accepted. There could be a number of reasons for this. The Prophet ﷺ has mentioned in his aḥādīth the following reasons: How Duʿās are Accepted If we…

  • What to Say after the Adhān

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām Muslim and the Imāms of the four Sunan, Abū Dāwūd, An-Nasāʾī, At-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah رحمهم الله all narrate a ḥadīth in which Sʿad ibn Abī Waqqāṣ رضي الله عنه reports that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever says upon hearing the Mu’adh-dhin: أَشْهَدُ…