What is a Person Commanded To Do When Bidah Appears? – By Imaam Ibn Rajab [rahimahullaah]
The Messenger of Allaah (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said: ”Indeed, the one who lives long amongst you will see a lot of differences, and beware of newly invented matters [in the religion] because it is misguidance. So whoever amongst you reaches that, then upon him to hold onto to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided […]
Absolute Safety Is Found In The Path of The Salaf And Beware of Ahlul Bidah! – Shaykh al-Allaamah Zaid ibn Haadi al Madkhali (Rahimahullah)
Al-Allaamah Zaid Ibn Muhammad Al-Madhkali ( May Allah have mercy on him ) said : “And beware! Beware of falling into innovation and mixing [with] its people, and beware of listening to their deceptive [statements] and arguments because it is a disease. Indeed safety- absolute safety- is found in clinging to the Quran and Sunnah […]
Shaytaan Flees From Umar – [A Tremendous Virtue among the Tremendous Virtues of Umar (radiyallaahu-anhu)]
The Messenger of Allaah [sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam] said to Umar [radiyallaahu-anhu]: By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, whenever Satan sees you taking a path, he follows a path other than yours.” [Saheeh A-Bukhaari. [Ref 1] Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah [rahimahullaah] said: Shaytaan [misguides etc] a person through his desires [i.e. the person’s evil desires], whereas […]
The Danger of Sitting With Ahlul Bidah – By Imaam Fudayl Ibn Iyaad [rahimahullaah]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Imaam Fudayl Ibn Iyaad (rahimahullaah) said: ‘Do not sit with a person of innovation, for I fear that curses will descend upon you.’ Shaikh Saaleh Al-Fawzaan [may Allaah preserve him] commented on the above statement, saying: [That is] because punishment, anger and deviation descend […]
A Brief Acquaintance With Our Salaf- By Imaam Ash-Shaafi’ee [rahimahullaah]
Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah [rahimahullaah] said: And how excellent is what [Imaam] Shaafi-ee [rahimahullaah] stated in his Risaalah [that]: ”They [i.e. the Sahaabah] are above us in every affair of knowledge in the [religion], in intelligence and virtue; in all the means to acquiring knowledge [of the religion] and guidance. And their opinions are better […]
Can The Khalaf Reach The Salaf In Memorisation?- By Haafidh Adh-Dhahabi
Imaam Adh-Dhahabi [rahimahullaah] said: I am absolutely certain that indeed the latecomers have no hope of reaching the predecessors [i.e. the Salaf] in memorisation and understanding. [تذكرة الحفاظ -page:948]
What Are We Like Compared to The Salaf – By Ibnul Alaa [rahimahullaah]
Abu Amr Ibnul Alaa [rahimahullaah] said: We are nothing compared to those who have preceded [i.e. the Salaf] except like a sprout on the long roots of a date palm tree. موضح أوهام الجمع والتفريق [1/12-13 ‘ by Khateeb Al-Baghdaadi (rahimahullaah)]
The Only Correct Path To Acquaint Oneself With The Straight Path – Shaykh Ahmad an-Najmi (Rahimahullaah)
Al-Allaamah Ahmad Al-Ajmi [May Allah have mercy on him] said: In order to be acquainted with the straight path, one has to return to the Quran and Sunnah, and that which has been affirmed in the Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ, the actions of the rightly guided Caliphs and rightly guided scholars who came after […]
The People of Jaahiliyyah Claimed That They Followed Their Pious Predecessors, Even Though Their Beliefs and Practices Opposed That of Their Pious Predecessors
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Imaam Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhaab [rahimahullaah] said: ‘’They [People of the pre-Islamic era of ignorance] claimed to follow [their Salaf – pious predecessors], while they clearly opposed and contradicted them. Shaikh Saaleh al Fawzaan [may Allaah preserve him] commented on the above statement saying: […]
[1] Reminders From [Virtue of the Knowledge of the Salaf over the Knowledge of the Khalaf] -By Imaam Ibn Rajab [rahimahullaah]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Imaam Ibn Rajab [rahimahullaah] said: All praises and thanks be to Allaah, the Lord of Aalameen [mankind, jinns and all that exists]. And may Allaah exalt and grant Muhammad a lot of peace, his family and Sahaabah. To proceed: These are brief statements […]
