Year: 2020

Words of Wisdom: ليس الزّهد أن لا تملك شيئاً ولكنَّ الزّهد ألا يملكك شيء “Detachment from this world [Zuhd] does not mean: that YOU should OWN NOTHING, It means that NOTHING should OWN YOU."...

How did Jesus walk on Water? - عيسى ابن مريم Ibn Kathir narrates from some of the Salaf that: Jesus was asked by his Companions: "How do you walk on water?" Jesus replied: "With faith and certainty." They said: "We also have faith and certainty lik...

How Fatwa Changes with Time - تغير الفتوى Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani al-Maliki's wall collapsed. It was about 1000 years ago and he feared harm from the Shiah Rawafidh of his time. So he tied a guard dog there. Someone said to him: إن مال...

یوه مار په اور کې ولویده. یو سړی د هغې سره د مرستې هڅه وکړه. مار د هغه په لاس برید وکړ! هغه لاهم هڅه کوله چې د مار سره مرسته وکړي. یو چا ورته وویل: "مار په تا برید کوي! ته ولې اوس هم د مار سره مرسته کوئ؟!" سړی وویل: " د مار طبیعت برید کول دي ، زما ...

Steadfast on Truth - الإستقامة Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal was getting tortured by the king of his time, for saying that the Qur'an is uncreated. Ibn Abi Du’ad came to him and said: يا أحمد قل في أذني القرآن مخلوق حتى أخلصك من ي...

Story Tellers - القصاص A man came to Shu'bah and asked him for a Hadith. Shu'bah asked: 'Are you a story teller?' He said: 'Yes.' Shu'bah said: 'We do not narrate Hadiths to story tellers...

Age of Aisha vs History (التاريخ) Any attempt to weaken the chains of Aisha's Hadith is futile. It's a dead-end ... About 8 different students of Aisha reported her words - so its a solid report - mass-transmitted. If that is not authentic - then...

Importance of History - أهمية التاريخ A man was narrating Hadiths on the authority of Khalid bin Ma'dan. Ismail bin Ayyash asked him: "In which year did you write narrations from Khalid bin Ma'dan?"...

Muhadith Al-Idlibi - الشيخ صلاح الدين الإدلبي - Age of Aisha - Moses Slapping the eye of the Angel of Death - Moses Naked - Solomon, 70 Wives & Disabled Child Muhadith al-Idlibi is a Syrian Hadith scholar and an expert in the field of matn crit...

Can Reliable Hadith Narrators (الرواة الثقات) make mistakes? Yes. Reliability does not mean Infallibility. Reliable narrators are still human beings - prone to err, forget and get confused sometimes - like a reliable witness in court. Al-Iraaqi s...