Category Archives: General
Hadith of the Day – Shabe Baraat (Night of Mid-Sha’ban)
The Hidden Treasures of Imam Al-Ghazzali by Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti
Pick of the Day – Article on the Drive to Destroy Historic Sites of Islam
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Jashim
Pick of the Day – Hashim Amla interviewed in the Guardian
Salam,
The following article about the cricketer Hashim Amla just highlights how Da’wah at its best is when Muslim are just being themselves and behave like plain, ordinary, practsing good Muslims:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/08/englandvsouthafrica2008.sportinterviews
Thank you brother Harun for posting this on www.deenport.com
Was Salam
Jashim
‘Issues of Controversy’ by Habib Zayn Al-Sumayt
Assalamu ‘Alaikum,
Alhamdu Lillah the following is a link to a small but beneficial booklet called ‘Issues of Controversy’ by Shaykh Sayyid Habib Zayn Al-Sumayt (Hafidhahullah). In it he clarifies the position of the scholars in relation to issues such as:
Continue reading ‘Issues of Controversy’ by Habib Zayn Al-Sumayt
Pick of the Day – On The Virtues of Rajab
Assalamu Alaikum,
Alhamdu Lillah we have just started the month of Rajab and this is one of the sacred months in Islam. The Prophet (peace be upon him) would begin his preparations for Ramadan from this month with the following Dua:
‘Allahuma Barik lana fi Rajaba wa Sha’bana wa ballighna Ramadhan’
Translated as follows:
“O Allah, make the months of Rajab and Sha’ban blessed for us, and let us reach the month of Ramadan.”
(i.e. prolong our life up to Ramadan, so that we may benefit from its merits and blessings).
[Mentioned by Abu’ Nu’aim in the ‘Hilya’ from Anas Ibn Malik]
CHANNEL 4 WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ONLINE BRITISH MUSLIM COMMUNITY
CHANNEL 4 WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ONLINE BRITISH MUSLIM COMMUNITY…
Where do British Muslims go on the web? What sites excite them or entertain them? Do social networks and blogs cater to the needs of Muslims? Channel 4 is conducting research into the online habits and interests of British Muslim communities. If you would like to contribute, or have any comments to make, please email BeeSiddiq@googlemail.com
Book Release: The Refutation of him who attributes direction to Allah
THE REFUTATION OF HIM [IBN TAYMIYYA] WHO ATTRIBUTES DIRECTION TO ALLAH
Author: Ibn Jahbal Al Kilabi
Intoroduction by: Shaykh Wahbī Sulaymān Ghāwjī
Forward by: Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti
Translated by: Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad
Available now from www.aqsapublications.com
Forward by Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti
Like the Judaic and Christian theological traditions, the Islamic one also, – arguably with less crassness – faced the problems of scriptural literalism that result in an anthropomorphic theology. As the early (salaf) Muslim community became more sophisticated and began to lead the world in scientific progress – and especially from the time of Islam’s Doctor Angelicus, al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) – Muslim theologians came to embrace and institutionalize the case for ta’wīl. This was Islām’s systematic solution of the problem, through a canon of figurative interpretation of scripture as a necessary tool of hermeneutics. Continue reading Book Release: The Refutation of him who attributes direction to Allah
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