Category: ‘Ilm
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم I briefly met one of my former students today, and he began by asking about my car. It’s funny how the student-teacher relationship evolves into mutual friendship outside the class setting, yet amazing in a way too. It’s got quite a lot to do with the way the teacher treats his/her…
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In many classes I have taken, I found myself probing the students, trying to determine whether they fully understand the importance and meanings of the Kalimahs. Unfortunately, I have come to face the reality that despite the students having been taught the Kalimahs from the very beginning right up until the…
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The Imām of Al-Ḥaram, Shaykh Sālih Āl-At-Tālib حفظه الله made some sterling points in yesterday’s khutbah. He mentioned that one of the biggest doors to fitnah in this era is following upon the remote, aberrant & unconventional stances of the ‘Ulamā & Jurists in matters of Sharī‘ah. He also pointed out that there are now…
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Full Name Nu‘mān ibn Thābit Born 80AH – Kūfā Demise 150AH – Baghdad His Appearance Imām Abū Ḥanīfah رحمه الله was of average height, very handsome, well dressed and well perfumed. He could be recognised by his fragrance before he would arrive at a place, and also after he had passed. He had a sweet…
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Full Name Mālik ibn Anas Birth 93AH Demise 179AH His Teachers Include The great Muḥaddith, Ibn Shihāb Az-Zuhrī رحمه الله Nāfi‘ the freed slave of ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهم Rabī‘ah Ar-Rāy رحمه الله Appearance He was tall, well-built and fair skinned. He was handsome in appearance, impeccably well-dressed – often in white –,…
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Many people – those with an educational background stemming from the subcontinent and others alike – are unaware of what exactly is meant by being affiliated to Deoband, or what being a Deobandi actually means. In light of a concise chapter penned by Qārī Muḥammad Ṭayyib رحمه الله in his book Tārīkh ‘Ulamāe Deoband, I…
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A common question that arises in the minds of many students of Sīrah is that when Jibra’īl first came with revelation to the Prophet ﷺ, and commanded him to read, the Prophet ﷺ replied with: ما أنا بِقارِئ, which literally means, ‘I am not a reader’. It is common knowledge that the Prophet ﷺ could…
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A question that lingers in the minds of many is, ‘Why the repeated phrases of ‘Our ‘Ulamā’, ‘the ‘Ulamā of Deoband’, and ‘our akābir (pious predecessors) of Deoband’’? Why not mention the ‘Ulamā that are serving and have served the Dīn in other parts of the world? In order to understand the reasoning behind the…
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Ibn Taymiyah رحمه الله narrates: I was once afflicted with an illness, upon which the doctor said to me, “Your studying and indulgence in ‘ilm further aggravates the illness.” So I said to him, “I cannot bear that, and I will appeal to you using your own knowledge. Does not a person’s condition strengthen somewhat…
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Sufyān [Ibn Uyaynah] رحمه الله said: “If I practice upon the knowledge I have, I am the most knowledgeable of people; and if I do not practice upon the knowledge I possess, then there is no one on earth more ignorant than me.”[1] [1] Al-Khaṭīb Al-Baghdādī in Al-Jāmi‘ li-Akhlāq-Ar-Rāwī wa-Ādāb-As-Sāmi‘ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: «إِنْ أَنَا…