Author Archives: Mohammed Risalat

السؤال: عملنا في شركة، وكان المهندس صاحبها مسيحيًا، وذات يوم طلب منا مبلغًا نتبرع به في بناء كنيسة، وفعلنا، فما رأي سماحتكم في ذلك؟  The Question We worked in a company, and the engineer who owned the company was a Christian, one day asked us for an amount to donate to build a church, andContinueContinue reading “Ruling on helping to build churches”

فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ‌ۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ  Ascribe not purity to yourselves. He knows best him who has Taqwa (Piety). Forbidding one from ascribing purity and praising himself and thinking highly of his actions, Allah said in another Ayah, ﴿ أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أَنفُسَہُم‌ۚ بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ وَلَا يُظۡلَمُونَ فَتِيلاً ﴾ContinueContinue reading “Condemnation of praising oneself.”

 تِلۡكَ أُمَّةٌ۬ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ‌ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبۡتُمۡ‌ۖ وَلَا تُسۡـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ   That was a nation who has passed away. They shall receive the reward of what they earned and you of what you earn. And you will not be asked of what they used to do. Your relationship to theContinueContinue reading “People will be judged based on their actions”

They claimed to follow the Salaf (righteous predecessors) when (in fact) they openly opposed them. Sheikh Muhammed bin Abdul Wahaab Aspects of Ignorance (Masail Jahiliyyah) Similarly, the people of misguidance from amongst the Muslim claim to follow the Salaf (Predecessors) of this Ummah (Nation) i.e the Sahaba, Tabieen and At-Tabieen and to be upon theirContinueContinue reading “Claim to following the Salaf whilst openly opposing them”

Condemned form of fanatical attachment Holding individual fanaticism and zealotry for one’s party/group whether they were upon truth or falsehood was a must according to them.  Sheikh Muhammed bin Abdul Wahaab Aspects of the Day of Ignorance (Masail Jahiliyyah) The condemned fanaticism is (1) when one persists upon falsehood even though he knows it isContinueContinue reading “Condemned form of fanatical attachment”

كِتَابٌ أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ فَلَا يَكُنْ فِي صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌ مِنْهُ لِتُنْذِرَ بِهِ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ اتَّبِعُوا مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ ۗ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ  [Surah A’raf 2:3] [This is] a Book revealed to you, [O Muhammad] – so let there not be in your breast distress therefrom – that you mayContinueContinue reading “The Difference between Ittiba and Taqleed”

The greatest of the Awliya (close friends of Allah) feared hypocrisy (of actions) for themselves.  عن أم سلمة قالت دخل عليها عبد الرحمن بن عوف قال فقال يا أمه قد خفت أن يهلكني كثرة مالي أنا أكثر قريش مالا قالت يا بني فأنفق فإني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول إن من أصحابيContinueContinue reading “Fearing Hypocrisy in Action”

وُجُوبِ الإِنْكَارِ عَلَى الأُمَرَاءِ فِيمَا يُخَالِفُ الشَّرْعَ وَتَرْكِ قِتَالِهِمْ مَا صَلَّوْا وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ The obligation to denounce the rulers when they contradict the Sharia and to avoid fighting them as long as they pray and so on. يَكُونُ بَعْدِي أَئِمَّةٌ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ بِهُدَايَ وَلَا يَسْتَنُّونَ بِسُنَّتِي وَسَيَقُومُ فِيهِمْ رِجَالٌ قُلُوبُهُمْ قُلُوبُ الشَّيَاطِينِ فِي جُثْمَانِ إِنْسٍContinueContinue reading “Prophetic Description of Rulers”