A Critique of the Methodology of Anwar Al-Awlaki and his Errors in the Fiqh of JIhad in Light of the Qur’an, Sunnah and Classical to Contemporary Scholars of Ahl us-Sunnah

https://maktabahassunnahblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/salafimanhaj_awlaki.pdf

"Allāh gives the world to those whom He loves and to those whom He does not love, but He gives Īmān only to those whom He loves."

Al-Hilyah, 3/270, Translated by Abú Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad. Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr, Juz'20 (Part 20) : An-Naml 56 to Al-Ankaboot 45.

One of the Pious Predecessors (Salaf) said: “If you see Allaah grant blessings to a certain person, and then you see that person continuing in disobedience to Him, then know that this is from Allaah’s plan against him and that he is referred to by Allaah, the most Highs, saying: “We shall gradually seize them with punishment in ways they perceive not. And I respite them; certainly My plot is strong.” (Soorah al-A’raaf (7):182-183).

The ill Effects of Sins
Shaykh al-‘Uthaymeen Rahimahullah - This was a khutbah given by the Shaykh Rahimahullah on the 12th of Muharram 1411AH which was published in Arabic and translated to English. - Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood ibn Ronald Burbank.

Q: Why don’t you spend more time with people?

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Because I hate saying goodbye.

Source: Manaqib Ahmad by Ibn’ul Jawzi (p. 410)

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The Even Plots To Dishonor The Muslim Women, Through Intermingling and Indecent Dress, etc. -

Al-'Allaamah Saalih ibn Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan (Hafidhahullaah):


The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I have not left after me any fitnah (trial, test) more harmful to men then that caused by women

[i.e. women who are not righteous, obedient worshipers of Allaah]. [al-Bukhaaree & Muslim].

And he (ﷺ) said: Observe Taqwaa of Allaah regarding women. The first fitnah (test, trial) of the Children of Israa'eel

was regarding women. [Muslim]

Women are the foundation of the family and society. If they are corrupted, everything will be lost!

For those who sincerely respect the scholars of Sunnah, and especially those of us who always quote the Shaykh (Hafidhahullaah) when he says something that we like,

I ask that we take fifteen minutes of our precious time and LISTEN carefully to this important advice from al-'Allaamah Saalih al-Fawzaan (Hafidhahullaah).

Listen - with an open mind - reflect upon & consider carefully what is being said, then TAKE HEED to this serious warning!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ-OUgv-I5Q

May Allaah, ar-Raheem, shower His Mercy upon us, and open our hearts and minds to that which is coming to us from those whom He has commanded us to listen to, i.e. the Scholars [16:43]...Aameen!

⛔ *You Cannot Please Everyone*

A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri (rahimahullah): ‘The people sit around you so that they may find fault with you!’

So he said,
🎙‘Indeed, I encouraged my soul to aspire for Paradise so it aspired for it. Then I encouraged it to aspire for salvation from Hellfire and so it aspired for it. *Then I encouraged it to aspire for salvation from the people, but I didn’t find a way to that.*

🎙Indeed the people were not pleased with their Creator _although He provides for them_, *so how can they be pleased with another creation like themselves?’*

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Prophet Musa (’alayhisalam) said:
🔊‘O my Lord, the people say things about me which are not (i.e. not true)! So Allah revealed to him:

💭 *‘O Musa, I did not make that (privilege) for Myself, so how can I make it the case for you?’*

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Malik ibn Dinar:
📣‘Since I have known (the reality of) people, I have not taken delight in their praise nor have I hated their criticism.’

It was said to him, ‘Why is that?’

He said,
*‘The one who praises from amongst them is excessive and the critic from amongst them exaggerates!’*

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‘Aisha (radhiallahu anha) wrote to Mu’awiya (radhiallahu anhu):
‘Salamun ‘alayk. Amma ba’d, I have heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) say,

_‘Whoever gains the Pleasure of Allah by the anger of the people (i.e. thereby gains their anger), Allah suffices him of the people’s troubles. And whoever gains the pleasure of the people by the Anger of Allah (i.e. in the process he gains His Anger), then Allah leaves him to the people.’ Wa-Salaamu ‘alayk.’_

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Imam al-Shafi’i:
📢‘There is nobody except that he has someone who loves him and someone who hates him. So if that’s the case, *let a person be with the people who are obedient to Allah azza wa jall!*’ ( – as they love and hate for the Sake of Allah and they are not unjust)

- http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=6&Topic=9865
💐 https://news.1rj.ru/str/IslamiCreed/2584

✒ The Prophet {ﷺ} said:

❝Goodness and comfort are for him who worships his Lord in a perfect manner and serves his master sincerely.❞

[📓 Sahih al-Bukhari, Manumission of Slaves, Book 49, Hadith 33]

*Utilise your Time in Beneficial Matters & keep away from Qeela wa Qaal –*

Shaykh Uthaymeen(rahimahullah):
I advise you all to safeguard your time and to occupy yourselves in that which is beneficial. You should know that time is more precious than wealth, as Allaah – the Most Blessed, the Most High – said:

_“Until when death comes to him, he says: O my Lord! Give me respite so that I may then do righteous actions.”_ [Soorah al-Baqarah 2:333].

Time is such that when it departs it does not return, whereas wealth, when it departs, then it is possible to replace it. So time is of the utmost importance.

This is why I advise you to safeguard your time, and to occupy yourselves in that which benefits. Keep away from qeela wa qaal (gossiping) – that so and so said such and such about this and that person – because the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said in an authentic narration:

_“Indeed Allaah hates qeela wa qaal (gossip mongering), asking too many questions, and wasting one’s wealth.”_ [4]

Unfortunately, many of the youths – after returning to the correct path, and uniting their hearts and unifying their word – have become disunited and fragmented into many factions, and this is due to the whisperings of Shaytaan amongst them and the disuniting of their word.

So I advise the brothers to utilise your time in beneficial matters, and to keep away from qeela wa qaal. Indeed, time is like a sword; either you strike it, or it will strike you!
[4] Related by Muslim (no.1715), from Abu Hurayrah radiallaahu ‘anhu.

Source: Excerpted from Very beneficial article :
A Concise Legacy : Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen
Al-Istiqaamah Magazine , Issue No.5 – Ramadân 1417H / January 1997

Uthman [Radia-Allahu 'Anhu]said: "Ten things are the greatest waste of time: a scholar whom no one asks about; knowledge that is not acted upon; sound advice that is not accepted; a weapon that is not used; a Masjid that is not prayed in; a Mus-haf that is not read from; wealth from which nothing is spent (in charity); a horse that is not ridden; knowledge of asceticism in the heart of one who is seeking worldly gain; and a long life in which no preparation is made for the journey (into the Hereafter)."
('Uthman Ibn 'Affan [Radia-Allahu 'Anhu]
Biography of Uthman

*How to Balance University Studies and Lessons with the Scholars*

🎓Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī

Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī: “This questioner asks: ‘How should we balance our University studies with our studies outside the University with the Mashayikh?’”

Shaykh Muḥammadibn Hādī (responds): “This is easy for the one that Allāh the Mighty and Majestic has made it easy for, and it involves the following:

*Firstly:* Remain consistent upon your lessons in the University and do not skip classes. Do not skip classes. Be consistent in your attendance of the lessons of the Mashāyikh in the University since attendance links the minds and hearts of many so the knowledge will likely remain with you for years; regardless of how much time passes, you will not forget it; it will remain in most cases.

*Secondly:* Reinforce your attendance with review every Thursday; everything that was covered during the week from Saturday until Thursday. And if you write, then when Thursday comes after breakfast you should sit down and summarize what was covered and write it out for every subject. You should summarize it so that it will be ready for the time of the examinations. So your summarizing is like your review.

And for the remaining days after each lesson go to the Mashāyikh after Asr, Maghrib and ʿIshāʾ. And when you return home, take an hour of the night to read through whatever is easy for you from your lessons and in this way you balance sitting with the Mashāyikh outside of the University with your lessons in the University.”

✒️ *Translated By:* Abul-Layth Qāsim Mutiva

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It is prohibited to throw garbage on the street.

[​Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, Al-Mulakhas al-Fiqhi, v.2 p.95]

In the Name of Allaah…

Recently, the great scholar, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan al-Fowzaan (may Allaah preserve him) was asked:

What is the ruling on rejecting the idea of hatred for the sake of Allaah and claiming that it is not from Islam? Is a person’s Islaam valid if he does not hate the Jews and Christians?

The shaykh responded:

Walaa’ and baraa’ (the islamic system of loyalty) is a must. (It is) disallegiance with the enemies of Allaah and loyalty to the allies of Allaah. Walaa’ and baraa’ means to have hatred, declaring oneself free of them (the disbelievers) and their religion, this is baraa’.

Walaa’ means to love Allaah, to love His Messenger, and to love His believing servants, take them as allies and come to their defense.

“Indeed you have a good example in Ibraaheem (Abraham) and those with him, when they said to their people: We are free of you and all that you worship beside Allaah…” [Meaning of Quran 60:4]

They declared themselves free of them and their idols, their objects of worship.

“…We are free of you and all that you worship beside Allaah. We have disbelieved in you (i.e. your religion), and there shall be enmity and hatred between us forever, unless you believe in Allaah alone.” [Meaning of Quran 60:4]

Thus it is not permissible to love the disbelievers. Whoever takes them as allies, Allaah, the Mighty and Most High, has said [what means]:

“O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and Christians as allies! They are allies of one another. Whoever takes them as allies is indeed from them. Verily Allaah does not guide people who are oppressive.” [Meaning of Quran 5:51]

The issue is very serious. Walaa’ (loyalty) and baraa’ (disallegiance) are from the essential foundations of this Religion. The religion (of a person) is not valid without both of them.

Source: The shaykh’s answer given on 1434/8/23 in Jeddah. [ English & Arabic video / Arabic audio / Arabic trannoscript ]

As you can see, this hatred which some misguided Muslims try hide and/or negate from Islaam is in fact an absolutely essential concept in Islaam, according to the Quran, the Sunnah, and the scholars of Islaam.

Disclaimer: Muslims have every right to love and hate as their Lord has asked them to. While the non-Muslims typically frown on this concept, Muslims seek to please Allaah, not His disbelieving creation. We do not change our Religion to match the whims of the people and agree with what they feel are acceptable religious beliefs. This does not mean that our hatred is allowed to manifest through acts of transgression against innocent people living in a peaceful society. Allaah says (what means):

“Allaah does not prevent you from dealing justly and kindly with those who have not fought against you nor expelled you from your homelands. Verily, Allaah loves those who deal with equity.” [Meaning of Quran 60:8]

While Muslims are required to love and hate for the sake of Allaah, we are also commanded to be fair and deal with people fairly and kindly. Unjustly transgressing against non-Muslims’ personal safety and property is strictly forbidden in Islam.

And Allaah knows best.

Translation and commentary by: Moosaa Richardson



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in sha Allaah.

Honouring and Dishonouring Oneself

It is reported that Yaḥyā b. Abī Kathīr – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

It used to be said, “People have never honoured themselves with anything [better] than the obedience of Allāh, and they have never dishonoured themselves with anything [worse] than disobedience to Allāh.”

Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Muḥāsabatu Al-Nafs article 98.

The difference between aqeedah and minhaj

*Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan (hafidhahullaah) was asked the following question pertaining to aqidah (creed) and manhaj (methodology):
هل هناك فرق بين العقيدة والمنهج؟
Is there a difference between aqidah and manhaj?
The Shaykh replied:
المنهج أعم من العقيدة ، المنهج يكون في العقيدة وفي السلوك والأخلاق والمعاملات وفي كل حياة المسلم، كل الخطة التي يسير عليها المسلم تسمى المنهج. أما العقيدة فيراد بها أصل الأيمان ، ومعنى الشهادتين ومقتضاهما هذه هي العقيدة
Manhaj is broader than aqidah, manhaj (methodology) occurs in aqidah, and in sulook (behaviour) and in akhlaaq (manners) and in mu’aamalaat (dealings), and in all the life of a Muslim. As for aqidah, then the foundation of eemaan (faith) is intended by it, and the meaning of the two testimonials and whatever is required by them both, this is aqidah.
Source: Al-Ajwibah al-Mufidah, p. 123 (3rd edition).
*Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’ was asked:
Q 1: There is a current debate about the difference between Aqidah (creed) and Manhaj (methodology) and people have started to say that so-and-so adopts the Aqidah of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jamaah (those adhering to the Sunnah and the Muslim main body) or the Salafiyyah (those following the way of the righteous predecessors) although their Manhaj is not that of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jamaah. Similar words are said about some of the followers of Tabligh Group (a group calling to Islam), the Muslim Brotherhood, and some other groups. What differentiates between the Manhaj of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jamaah and that of Salafiyyah? Is it correct to differentiate between Aqidah and Manhaj?
Answer: There is no difference between Aqidah and Manhaj. Both terms refer to what a person believes in their hearts, confesses with their tongues, and acts accordingly with their bodily members. They encompass believing in the Oneness of Allah’s Lordship, Worship, His Names and Attributes, worshipping Him Alone, abiding by His Shariah (Islamic law) in words and deeds, and following the Qur’an and the Sunnah (whatever is reported from the Prophet) as adopted by the Salaf (righteous predecessors) and Imams (initiators of Schools of Jurisprudence). Accordingly, there is no difference between `Aqidah and Manhaj; they refer to the same thing which all Muslims must observe and hold fast to.
Source: Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’: The first and fourth questions of Fatwa no. 18870 (Part No. 2; Page No. 41)
*Imaam Naasiruddin al-Albaani (rahimahullah) was asked, “Some of the youth differentiate between the aqidah of the Salaf and the manhaj of the Salaf so you see some of them upon the aqidah of the Salaf yet they allow themselves to work with some of the methodologies that exist today, even though there maybe what opposes the manhaj of the Salaf within them in terms of practice. So is there a binding link between the aqidah and manhaj of the Salaf in the practical implementation of the Salafi manhaj?“
The Shaikh replied in powerful and revealing words: “That which I believe and worship Allaah with is that there are both generalities (in similarity) and specific (aspects) between the Salafi manhaj and aqidah (those who truly follow the aqeedah and manhaj of The Salaf). Aqidah is more specific than manhaj as all of you know. Aqidah has a link with what is called, in the view of many of the Jurists the “knowledge of tawhid”, and this is the chief and fundamental aspect of Islaam. However, manhaj is more vast than aqidah or tawhid. As for those who claim that the differentiation that has come in this question (between aqidah and manhaj), then they desire by this to make it permissible for themselves to adopt ways and means in their dawýah to Islaam which the Salaf us-Salih were not upon. To say this in a different way, they consider that they have the liberty to adopt whatever ways and means they think will help them to convey (and actualise) Islaam, and you are aware of the examples of this type or these types of means.
For example, open demonstrations and rallies in order to force the ru

lers to turn their attention to what the society complains about and similar matters. So we say that what has come in the Book and the Sunnah and what the Salaf us-Salih were upon with respect to objectives, goals and ways and means are sufficient for the Ummah. However, the reason which leads some of the people to permit themselves to adopt these ways and means, in fact it is correct for me to say that they permit themselves to blindly-follow the disbelievers in the ways that they have adopted in order to actualise what they call either democracy or social justice and other such words which have no reality to them. So they, I mean these Muslims, permit themselves to blindly follow the disbelievers in these ways and means.
We say, our Lord, the Mighty and Majestic has made removed us from having any need, by our Shari’ah, of this separation which has been explained (i.e. between aqidah and manhaj) and that we should be needy of the disbelievers and that we should take from their ways and means, which might be good for them, (but) only because they have no Shari’ah by which they guide themselves. It is for this reason that we say that manhaj is more vast than aqidah and tawhid, hence it is necessary to adhere to what the Salaf us-Salih were upon with respect to both these affairs; the one that is vast (manhaj) first and foremost and the one that is more narrow (tawhid), meaning aqidah.”
Source: Al-Asaalah Magazine, Vol 22.

The Fitnah of Selfie Amazement - Abu al Hasan Malik al Akhdar

PDF: http://alrahmaniyyah.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/The-Fitnah-of-Selfie.Amazement.pdf

IMPORTANCE OF SAYING IN SHA ALLAAH

Narrated Abu Huraira: (The Prophet) Solomon son of (the Prophet) David said, "Tonight I will go round (i.e. have sexual relations with) one hundred women (my wives) everyone of whom will deliver a male child who will fight in Allah's Cause." On that, an Angel said to him, "Say: 'If Allah will.' "But Solomon did not say it and forgot to say it. Then he had sexual relations with them but none of them delivered any child except one who delivered a half person. The Prophet said, "If Solomon had said: 'If Allah will,' Allah would have fulfilled his (above) desire and that saying would have made him more hopeful."

(Sahih Al Bukhari Vol: 7 Book 62, Hadith 169)

The expl. of "Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah" – Aqeedah Tahawiyyah | Sh. Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]

Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah: Lesson 49 : Points [182]
Dawud Burbank [Audio|English]

182. And this is the explanation of ‘Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah’ (There is no change and no power except with Allaah’s aid). We say: there is no manoeuvring for anyone, and no movement for anyone, and no moving away from disobedience to Allaah – except with the aid of Allaah; and there is no power for anyone to establish obedience to Allaah, and to remain firm upon it,except by Allaah’s tawfeeq (His granting successful attainment of that).

https://abdurrahman.org/2017/10/27/the-explanation-of-laa-hawla-wa-laa-quwwata-illaa-billaah/

Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said: “Whenever you fulfil the needs of your brother, Allaah will fulfil your needs!
Source: Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen (v. 4, p. 295)

Should One Correct His Intention First Before Seeking Islāmic Knowledge?

Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Bāzmūl

[We] say: It is binding upon the student of [Islāmic] knowledge to be ever looking out to correct [his] intention and make it sincere for Allāh the All-High.

And someone may say: “Does this mean that I do not seek [Islāmic] knowledge until I correct my intention?!”

I say: No, seek [Islāmic] knowledge and during your seeking, keep checking on yourself and work on fixing yourself in this issue of having correct intentions.

Then if he were to say: “I want to leave seeking knowledge until I correct my intention.”

I say: This is a satanic ploy. He has opened up a door for you from the doors to goodness while he wants to turn you away from that which is better and more deserving [of your efforts]; because of that, continue seeking knowledge and work on fixing yourself, since your knowledge will certainly show you the right way, if Allāh wills, to making the intention sincere for Allāh the All-High.

And the Salaf used to say:

We used to seek knowledge for other than Allāh; then [knowledge] refused that [it] be for other than Allāh.
Translator: Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff
Source: Bāzmūl, Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar. Al-Manhajiyyah fī Dirāsiyah al-ʿUlūm al-Sharʿiyyah. Algiers: Dār al Mīrāth al-Nabawī, 1435 H (2014 CE), p. 87.

http://tasfiyah.com/muḥammad-bazmul-should-one-correct-his-intention-first-before-seeking-islamic-knowledge/

*Utilise your Time in Beneficial Matters & keep away from Qeela wa Qaal –*

Shaykh Uthaymeen(rahimahullah):
I advise you all to safeguard your time and to occupy yourselves in that which is beneficial. You should know that time is more precious than wealth, as Allaah – the Most Blessed, the Most High – said:

_“Until when death comes to him, he says: O my Lord! Give me respite so that I may then do righteous actions.”_ [Soorah al-Baqarah 2:333].

Time is such that when it departs it does not return, whereas wealth, when it departs, then it is possible to replace it. So time is of the utmost importance.

This is why I advise you to safeguard your time, and to occupy yourselves in that which benefits. Keep away from qeela wa qaal (gossiping) – that so and so said such and such about this and that person – because the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said in an authentic narration:

_“Indeed Allaah hates qeela wa qaal (gossip mongering), asking too many questions, and wasting one’s wealth.”_ [4]

Unfortunately, many of the youths – after returning to the correct path, and uniting their hearts and unifying their word – have become disunited and fragmented into many factions, and this is due to the whisperings of Shaytaan amongst them and the disuniting of their word.

So I advise the brothers to utilise your time in beneficial matters, and to keep away from qeela wa qaal. Indeed, time is like a sword; either you strike it, or it will strike you!
[4] Related by Muslim (no.1715), from Abu Hurayrah radiallaahu ‘anhu.

Source: Excerpted from Very beneficial article :
A Concise Legacy : Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen
Al-Istiqaamah Magazine , Issue No.5 – Ramadân 1417H / January 1997

Uthman [Radia-Allahu 'Anhu]said: "Ten things are the greatest waste of time: a scholar whom no one asks about; knowledge that is not acted upon; sound advice that is not accepted; a weapon that is not used; a Masjid that is not prayed in; a Mus-haf that is not read from; wealth from which nothing is spent (in charity); a horse that is not ridden; knowledge of asceticism in the heart of one who is seeking worldly gain; and a long life in which no preparation is made for the journey (into the Hereafter)."
('Uthman Ibn 'Affan [Radia-Allahu 'Anhu]
Biography of Uthman