Answered by Dr. G.F. Haddad

Is `aqida the differentiator between Muslim and kafir?

Question

What is the criteria laid for AQEEDAH: is aqeedah the differentiator between a Muslim and kafir, and if one does not consider the world of grave as reality what is the ruling on that person because he thinks that its not 100% sure? (more…)

by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

The following quotations of the scholars of Shariah regarding the precedence of the knowledge and science of Tasawwuf, (Purification of the Self) are excerpted from the book The Naqshbandi Sufi Way: History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain, Shaykh Muhammad Kabbani, KAZI, 1995. (more…)

by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Excerpt from the book Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani al-Ash`ari al-Naqshbandi on the belief and practice of Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama`at. (more…)

By Nuh Ha Mim Keller

This essay developed from a lecture given in the United States, Canada, and England in 1994 and 1995. On each occasion, questions were taken, some of the most frequent of which have been answered in the subsequent chapters. (more…)

the problem with anti-madhhabism

Abdal-Hakim Murad

The ummah’s greatest achievement over the past millennium has undoubtedly been its internal intellectual cohesion. From the fifth century of the Hijra almost to the present day, and despite the outward drama of the clash of dynasties, the Sunni Muslims have maintained an almost unfailing attitude of religious respect and brotherhood among themselves. (more…)

Translated by Hamza Yusuf Hanson

In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

Amongst the most important replies that I have given, is my reply concerning the one who has deviated to the point where he censures the importance of studying the branches [furu'] of jurisprudence, and we seek refuge in Allah from the deviation of such a wandering deviant. (more…)

Two incidents occurred in which two different interpretations of Aqeedah came up and aqeedah got two dimensions; the first incident occurred in the Holy Quran and the second occurred during the life of the Holy Prophet (Salaal Laahu Alaihi Wa Salaam). (more…)

(ILM-UL-GHAYB)

Ghaib means the hidden, the unseen. And Ilm-e-ghaib is called the knowledge of invisible things that cannot be known by human senses and can’t be understood without arguments. (more…)

s it true, as some people say, that tawassul or “seeking means” through the Prophet and the awliya’, such as seeking their intercession, is not necessary nor a priority in Islam, because Allah says that He is near and answers whoever calls Him directly? (more…)

From Reliance of the Traveller

by Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Tawassul (definition)

Supplicating Allah by means of an intermediary, whether it be a living person, dead person, a good deed, or a name or Attribute of Allah Most High. (more…)

By Nuh Ha Mim Keller

The following is the text of a talk given by Shaikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller at Nottingham and Trent University on Wednesday 25th January 1995. (more…)

Imam Abu Ja`far Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Azdi (239-321), known as Imam Tahawi after his birthplace in Egypt, is among the most outstanding authorities of the Islamic world on hadith and jurisprudence (fiqh). (more…)

Some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word “Allah”. (more…)