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What do you think of when you look at this image? You see a man who is religious, lives by his beliefs, a man many people will refer as a “mawlawī” or “mullah” in a very derogatory manner. But what if we told you that this man who follows the Sunnah by growing a beard, having..
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An Imām in Palestine who leads the Tarāwīḥ prayers in Ramaḍān said: “There is a person who always attends the first row who has Down Syndrome which is why his voice can be loud sometimes, and other times, he does rukūʾ and sujūd without the Imām. And when I raise from rukūʾ and
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"My beautiful daughter, Today is July 14, the second day of Ramadan. Shaykh al-Islam issued a fatwa saying that you may not fast. But I did not feel comfortable. I intend to fast. At sahur…
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the head covered and sits on the floor when eating actually is one of the leading pathologists in the world! This image of Dr. Sattār Ḥusain who has Pakistani roots and works in the US, shatters the generational mental stigma many have of a practicing Muslim. #ProudMuslim
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🧵𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐀 (𝐊𝐒𝐀).
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– 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐎? In this time of test and tribulation (fitnah) we in the West are being confronted by many individuals belonging to Wahhabiyyah sect who call themselves scholars
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Shaykh Dahiru Bauchi al-Tijānī has achieved a remarkable feat that has never been accomplished in the history of the world. He holds the record for having the most number of descendants who have memorized the Qur'ān, a feat that has earned him a place in the..
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Mawlid gathering inside the house of Ismā'īl (Leader of the Palestinian Resistance Group) 🇵🇸 #Hamas
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Shaun King, an American writer and activist, and his wife have just embraced Islām.
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“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬…” Someone once asked the Shaykh: “O Master! How were the people of Madīnah in times before these?” Shaykh Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn al-Madanī answered: “A rich pilgrim once went to a cloth shop and asked for a certain
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The Prophet ﷺ said: “A group of my Ummah will remain on truth, they will vanquish their en*my and those who disagree with them will not be able to harm them until Allāh commands.” The Companions asked: “Where will they be, O Messenger of Allāh?” The holy Prophet ﷺ replied:
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Sayyid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlawī al-Mālikī رحمه الله passed away in Makkah 20 years ago. It is a norm that the government buries new people in the same graves due to bodies naturally decomposing. His close student, Ḥabīb ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd from Palembang, who accompanied him for many
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It appears that the Saudis are finally moving towards joining the rest of the Sunnī world, with 'Abdul Raḥmān Sudais holding a "Mawlid" of sorts, reading poetry in praise of Rasūlullāh ﷺ and his birth during his speech in the month of Rabī' al-Awwal in al-Masjid al-Ḥarām in
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This Yemeni child is crying because he missed the congregational prayer in the Masjid 💔 The Prophet ﷺ said, “The people of Yemen have come to you. They are weaker in heart and softer in understating, faith is Yemeni and wisdom is Yemeni.” [Sunan at-Tirmidhī, 3935]
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📚40 prominent Ḥanbalī scholars that denounced Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb (MIAW) and his false theology (Wahhābism):
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This photo was taken in ʿIrāq 1930s during the reburial of the Companions Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān and ʿAbdullāh ibn Jābir! Sayyidunā Ḥudhayfah appeared in the dreams of the ruler informing him of their graves at the bank of the river Tigris. When people went to their graves and
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𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈 𝐐𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐀' | 𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐃𝐎𝐗 𝐐𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 This is a list of the noble Qur'ān reciters who are from Muslim Orthodoxy (Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l Jamā'ah) that one can find and listen to. Among them are the masters of Tajwīd and the 10 Qirā'āt: 𝗘𝗴𝘆𝗽𝘁 -
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Our esteemed Shaykh ceased his teachings in Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām only after being physically attacked by a follower of Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb al-Najdī. A group of Wahhābī students entered the most sacred place, Masjid al-Ḥarām, and one of them carried a weapon… (thread👇)
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His ﷺ favourite colour 💚
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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐇 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐔𝐌 📚 These are the sciences, along their categories, that were taught in the presented fashion at the Ottoman madrasa. It should be known that the Turkish Ottoman scholars used to be generally Ḥanafī in Fiqh and Māturīdī
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1138 people embraced Islām yesterday at the hands of Ḥājī ʿImrān ʿAṭṭārī in Malawi, Subḥāna Llāh. #Dawah
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While the entire Ummah's focus is on Palestine right now, where Muslim freedom fighters are at the forefront to protect Muslims, unfortunately, we have Wahhābīs (especially Madkhalīs) on social media blaming Palestinians for not being victorious and successful because they do not
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In 1994, Erdoğan asked Sayyid Nāzim al-Ḥaqqānī to pray for the elections in Istanbul because he was running for Mayor. Sayyid Nāzim laughed and said, "Don't worry, the elections in Istanbul are already yours. I'm going to make Du'ā for you to become the president of Türkiye."👇
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Shaykh Asrar Rashid’s response to Hamza Yusuf’s betrayal of Masjid al-Aqsa
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This is an astonishing Ottoman clock: 1. Tawḥīd (Oneness of God) 2. ʿIlm (Knowledge) 3. ʿIrfān (Awareness) 4. ʿAql (Intellect) 5. Ḥikmah (Wisdom) 6. Insān (Human) 7. ʿAmal (Action) 8. ʿAdl (Justice) 9. Akhlāq (Manners) 10. ʿUmrān (Prosperity) 11. Islām (Religion) 12. Ḥaqq
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🧵Here we present to you one of the most influential and leading scholars of the 21st century: Maulānā Muḥammad Ilyās ʿAṭṭār Qādirī. He has transformed millions of lives and founded the Islamic organization called 'Dawat-e-Islami,' which has spread Islām throughout the world
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New pictures: Muslims around the world celebrating Mawlid un-Nabi 🌍 #Mawlid2023 (See the thread below)
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Rasūlullāh ﷺ said 1400 years ago: “If one of you is angry while he is standing, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 until his anger leaves him; otherwise, let him lie down." [Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4782] Now read the Science Article below: By Ewen Callaway If you really must offend
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Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azīz al-Bukhārī was one of the most renowned Mu'adhins of al-Masjid an-Nabawī. His voice was the first to be broadcast on radio. People would see him at the gatherings of Mawlid un-Nabī in Madīnah tul-Munawwarah, and he would tearfully recite in praise of
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𝗠𝗮𝘄𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝘂𝗻-𝗡𝗮𝗯𝗶 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 ﷺ! When the noble Messenger ﷺ returned from the expedition of Tabūk in Madīnah, his uncle Sayyidunā ‘Abbās said: "O Beloved of
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🧵Imām Abu'l Ḥasan ash-Shādhilī had a vision when he entered Jerusalem. He saw Sayyidunā Muḥammad ﷺ on a throne and around him were all the Prophets. He heard Sayyidunā Mūsā (peace be upon him) say to the Prophet ﷺ: “You say that the scholars of your nation…
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#DidYouKnow that the leader of the Ottoman Sulṭanate, Sulṭān Muḥammad al-Fātiḥ, fought against Dracula and ended his miserable life? Yes, you heard right. Supernatural powers aside, the tale of Dracula is actually based on a real person known by the name Vlad the Impaler
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My honest reaction:
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This tree gave shelter to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and therefore, people call it the 'last living companion'. If you look around the tree (al-Buqayawiyya), you will see no greenery for many kilometers as it stands all alone in the middle of a dessert giving scientists a
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3rd Ramaḍān marks the date of Sayyidah Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, the noble and beloved daughter of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, left this temporary world. Sayyidah ʿĀʾisha relates that the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ said to Sayyidah Fāṭimah: “Are you not pleased that you are the leader of
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𝟰𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗺𝘀 (𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗹𝘀) 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮̄𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗴'𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! One day, a delegation of the most notable Christians headed for Baghdād to attend a grand party to celebrate (see thread👇)
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May Allāh protect Masjid al-Aqṣā and all those who love Al-Quds 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine
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The Anbiyāʾ, Awliyāʾ and Shuhadāʾ are alive, intact and given provision in their graves. This is the ijmāʾ of the Ummah. #Share
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Who are the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah that accept the celebration of Mawlid un-Nabī ﷺ as permissible or recommended? They are the overwhelming majority of Ahl al-Sunnah. Just to mention some of them from the well known and established scholars from the hundreds are listed
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The Holy Prophet ﷺ sat under this exact beautiful tree 1400 years ago in Jordan! It has been narrated that Rasūlullāh ﷺ was a boy when he was traveling with his uncle Abū Ṭālib towards Syria. A Christian monk at that time whose name was Baḥīra read in old scriptures that
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Let the picture speak for itself. No need to mention their names. #DoubleStandards
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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘: All 73 sects will be thrown in the Hellfire except for one group. Who are they? Rasūlullāh ﷺ said, “As-Sawād al-A’dham.” [Ṣaḥīḥ, al-Haythamī in Majma’ al-Zawā’id; Ṭabarānī in al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr and al-Awsaṭ] (See thread👇)
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#OnThisDay , 812 years ago, Sulṭān al-Hind Khwāja Muʿīn al-Dīn left this world. According to scholars, 9 million people accepted Islām at the hands of Sayyidunā Muʿīn ud-Dīn Chishtī in the Indian Subcontinent. He was Ḥanafī in Madhhab, Māturīdī in Creed, and was both Ḥasanī &
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Ertuğrul finding out that his son has been brainwashed by the Wahhābīs 👋
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The 2nd Caliph, Sayyidunā ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb had (by the Will of Allāh) 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 also known as ‘al-ʿAnāsir al-Arbaʿah.’ Imām Fakhr al-Dīn ar-Rāzī mentions in his Tafsīr that these 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 obeyed
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The person on the left is ʿUstādh al-ʿUlamāʾ al-ʿAllāmah ʿAṭā Muḥammad Bandyalwī. Can you guess the great personality on the right?
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𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 𝗩𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗛𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗦: 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal said: “𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘙𝘌𝘗𝘙𝘌𝘏𝘌𝘚𝘐𝘉𝘓𝘌 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 (𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴) 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝐶𝐻𝐸𝑆𝑇. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴
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Because they hail from the mountains, where it is exceedingly cold, the Ṣūfī warriors would warm up before heading to war, coupled with the Dhikr of Allāh on their tongues. This has since become a tradition as you can see 👇
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What is the ruling of what's being done in this video? ↓
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One day, a delegation of the most notable Christians headed for Baghdad to attend a grand party to celebrate the conversion of a key Mongolian leader to Christianity. The Mongolian leader had his favorite hunting dog on a leash nearby. One of the Christians then began
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All of the well-known Muslim heroes we all have heard or read about before were in fact all Sunnīs/Ṣūfīs who followed one of the four Madhāhib, were Ashʿarīs and Māturīdis in Creed, and gave bayʿah in Ṭuruq (Ṣūfī Orders). If Sulṭān Muḥammad al-Fātiḥ II, ʿOmar al-Mukhṭār,
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The Muslim Ummah has been under siege since the fall of the Ottoman Sulṭanate, and yet not a single Muslim ‘leader’ bats an eye.
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Over 1400 years ago, when a child was born, the Prophet ﷺ made it his Sunnah (practice) to take a small part of a date and place it in the newborn's mouth. He would chew it until it was soft and then rub it onto the palate of the baby. This is called Taḥnīk… 'Today'…
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15th Shawwāl marks the day the uncle of Rasūlullāh ﷺ, the Lion of Allāh, Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ, Amīr Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim رضي الله عنه was martyred. The Prophet ﷺ prayed over his noble body 70 times. Over 70 years ago, the area of Uḥud became flooded to such
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10th Ramaḍān marks the day when the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Khadījah al-Kubrā, left this world. Sayyidatunā Khadījah was the first and most beloved wife of Rasūlullāh ﷺ, the first woman to embrace Islām and the mother of his children. In the storm of calamity and
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On this day, Rasūlullāh ﷺ alongside 10 thousand companions conquered Makkah. This conquest was a turning point in the spread of Islām, as it paved the way for the establishment of Islamic rule in the Arabian Peninsula and the eventual spread of Islām throughout the world. It is
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The holy Prophet ﷺ came out of his house 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. He ﷺ said: “Do you know what these books are?” The Ṣaḥāba said: “No, O Allāh’s Messenger. Please tell us about these books.” The holy Prophet ﷺ pointed at the book in his right
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Imām ash-Shāfiʿī used a walking stick for which he was asked: “Why do you carry a stick when you are either old nor ailing?” He replied: “To remember that I am only a traveller in this world.” [Al-Nawawī, al-Majmūʾ]
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It’s told by Shaykh Muḥammed Aslam that when people would come with constraints and problems to the scholars of Syria, one of the first things they would ask is: Do you take any time to study your religion? You have little sustenance? Allāh increases the rizq of the one who
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𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐇𝐇𝐀̄𝐁𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐇𝐋 𝐀𝐋-𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐇 𝐖𝐀'𝐋 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐀̄'𝐀𝐇 (𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐒) Some believers tend to be confused when the Wahhābis call themselves Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l Jamā’ah. But a cult claiming this does not mean anything if they
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𝗕𝗜𝗗’𝗔𝗛 𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗛: 12 scholarly statements regarding the dominant position of the Ummah. (Thread👇)
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@mohammed_hijab Rasūlullāh ﷺ said, “Whoever forgets to send blessings upon me, he has missed a path to Jannah.” [Sunan Ibn Mājah] It has become a habit for some Muslims to omit writing Ṣalawāt after the blessed name of the holy Prophet ﷺ, which is an act of disrespect. Imām al-Suyūṭī said
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🧵The great saint (Walī), Shaykh Aḥmadū Bambā, led a nonviolent struggle against French colonial occupiers. One of his Karāmāt (miracles) was that he was once headed towards exile on a French boat when he requested to pray the afternoon prayer.
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🧵𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗧'𝗦 ﷺ 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 - (𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝟭)
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Rare video of Shaykh Aḥmad ar-Rifāʿī al-Ḥabbāl al-Dimashqī days before his passing at the age of 110, expressing his deep love and longing for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. The great Walī of Syria, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ḥabbāl, would complete the entire Qurʾān every day and send
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📸 This is a rare photo of a genuine lion of Ahl al-Sunnah, Sīdī ʿUmar al-Mukhṭār, also recognized as “the Lion of the Desert,” hailing from Libya. He is accompanied by an assembly of genuine Ṣūfīs of the Sanūssī Ṭarīqah.
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sahur. I, on the other hand, felt embarrassed towards my friends because I ate two citruses. That day, I shed tears asking how can I repay the people of Erzurum, Darende and Yenice who were martyrs while fasting…” #fatherdaughter #canakkle
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This is Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan al-Kurdī and he taught the Qurʾān for over 70 years in Damascus. He was one of the most senior teachers in Syria and he has tens of thousands of students across 50 countries in the world. When the knowledge of al-Qurʾān was starting to fade in
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Shaykh ʿĪsā al-Bayānūnī saw the Prophet ﷺ in his dream and was told: “We have reserved a place for you here in Madīnah!” When the Shaykh reached Madīnah that year, he was ill for three days and then passed away. He is today buried in Jannatul Baqīʾ. The government has opened
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On this day, Sayyidah Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ, the beloved daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, was born. Sayyidah ʿĀʾisha relates that the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ said to Sayyidah Fāṭima: “Are you not pleased that you are the leader of all believing women or [he said] leader of the women of this
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The brain mass, within the skull, actually weighs about 1.5 kilograms, which is a significant weight to carry throughout life. But why don’t we feel the weight of the brain in our heads? Because the brain floats in the cerebrospinal fluid, and the physics law (“Archimedes'
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He was an inspirational and noble Senegalese man who memorised the Holy Qurʾān at the age of 15. He was an African who where enslaved and taken to England and America by the colonizers. In England, Ḥāfīdh Ayyūba Sulaymān Diallo continued to pray five times a day regularly and
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“[So] be Ashʿarī in ʿAqīdah, O young man, or follow Abū Manṣūr (al-Māturīdī) and you will rejoice in Jannah. For verily, they have agreed without doubt that which is found in the Book of Allāh and the Sunnah, so know! [And know] the Ṣaḥāba are the Awliyāʾ of Allāh and His
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After the Adhān, in Damascus, the Mu'adhin sends Ṣalawāt on Rasūlullāh ﷺ, his noble family (Ahlul Bayt), and beloved companions (Ṣaḥāba) aloud. This has been happening in Damascus for 700 years, since the time of Sulṭān Ṣalāḥ ud-Dīn al-Ayyūbī.
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At the resting place of Sayyidunā Imām Muḥammad ibn Idrīs ash-Shāfiʿī رحمة الله عليه in Cairo. ‘Qad Kafānī ʿIlmu Rabbī’ (My Lord’s Knowledge Has Sufficed Me) is a beautiful Nashīd, written by the great Imām ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaddād رحمه الله in the 17th century.
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Shaykh Aḥmed Deedat: “We do not celebrate like Christians do, and we certainly do not worship Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ – we worship Allāh alone! The fact we celebrate the birth of Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ shows that we believe he was born a human! The Prophet ﷺ was sent as a mercy for
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“ʿAqīdah is everything. Without the correct ʿAqīdah, Ṣalāh is just exercise.” – Imām Aḥmed Riḍā Khān رحمة الله عليه
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It was narrated by Sayyidunā Abū Dharr: “I asked the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: ‘Did you see your Lord?’ The Prophet ﷺ replied: ‘𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐮̄𝐫 (نُورٌ) 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐇𝐢𝐦 (انى أَرَاهُ).’” [Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Ḥadīth 341] The famous exegete Imām al-Ṭabarī also proves from Prophet
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He was the Mujaddid of the second millennium, whom the Prophet ﷺ himself and Awliyāʾ foretold about. He was a direct descendant of Sayyidunā ʿUmar al-Fārūq and is known by the title ‘Mujaddid Alf al-Thānī’. He is most famously known for his fight against perennialism, heresies,
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“We used to seek ‘ilm in the Masājid, then the schools opened, and the barakah left; and the chairs were brought in, so the humility left; and the certificates were introduced, so then the sincerity left...”
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There is no greater Prophet than him ﷺ, no greater leader than him ﷺ, no greater general than him ﷺ, no greater father than him ﷺ, no greater son than him ﷺ, no greater human than him ﷺ, and absolutely no greater birth than his ﷺ. We have entered the 12th of Rabī'
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Rūmī رحمه الله passed away in December, 1273.
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𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Everything within the red boundary is the Al-Aqṣā mosque. The golden dome is known as the Dome of the Rock and is above the rock where the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ ascended. The grey dome is above the Qiblī mosque. These two,
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🎥 The Khuṭbah of Sayyīdī Aʿlā Ḥaḍrat Imām Aḥmed Riḍā Khān al-Barelvī by al-ʿAllāmah Khādim Ḥusayn al-Riḍawī
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𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 An official order has been given by the Crown Prince to restore the grave of the mother of Rasūlullāh ﷺ, Sayyidah Āminah bint Wahb, and will soon be open for the public to visit. May Allāh allow for further restoration in Ḥijāz. آمین بجاه النبي صلى
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A great Walī of Spain, who had no children, approached Sayyidunā ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī one day seeking his blessings and prayers for a son. Shaykh ʿAbdul Qādir al-Jīlānī told him that he had one more son yet unborn in his destiny, so he gave it to him, by the Will of Allāh. He
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The arrow points to Dār al-Nābigha which is the place where the father of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, was buried in Madīnah. When the Masjid was extended, this area was later removed. However, during the expansion the body of Ḥaḍrat ʿAbdullāh was
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The Reviver of our hearts ﷺ The Awakener of our souls ﷺ The Most honoured one ﷺ The Most praised one ﷺ The Most beautiful one ﷺ The Best of creation ﷺ The Jewel of creation ﷺ The Crown of creation ﷺ The Coolness of our eyes ﷺ The Purpose of our lives ﷺ
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On the 19th of Ramaḍān, the Lion of Allāh, Sayyidunā ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, was leading the Fajr prayer when he was cowardly attacked by a Khārijī named Ibn Muljim. Sayyidunā ʿAlī was struck with a poisonous sword on his blessed forehead while in prostration. Despite lingering
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At the age of 29, in the 12th century, Ibn al-Nafīs became the first human ever to discover how the human heart actually works! 🫀 Ibn al-Nafīs al-Ashʿarī was also a Shāfiʿī faqīh. He passed away unmarried and dedicated his house, books, and money as a Waqf for a hospital. He
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Just accept your defeat and stop being emotional. The scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah that accept the celebration of Mawlid un-Nabī ﷺ as permissible or recommended are the overwhelming majority of Ahl al-Sunnah. Just to mention some of them from the well known and established scholars
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Pay Attention Ppl who celebrate Mawlid! "Or do they have partners who have legislated for them from religion that which Allah has not given permission for? And if it wasn't for a decisive word, the matter would have been settled between them. And indeed, for the wrongdoers is a
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Preparations for blessed Rabī' al-Awwal and Mawlid celebrations throughout the month in Yemen, 2023. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The people of Yemen have come to you. They are tender in heart and softer in understanding; faith is Yemenī and wisdom is Yemenī." [Jāmiʾ
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