Extravagant Sufism 2/3
Their belief in the Fire and Paradise: It is unbecoming of the Sufis to seek Paradise, as this is a sign of weak Imaan (Faith), so they claim!;ABakr Al-Kalabathi said in his book, At-Ta'arruf li Mathahib Ahl At-Tasawwuf (Gaining Knowledge in the Schools ...
Poncardas Romas, Ex-Christian, Philippines
I was born on December 2, 1959, in Kawit, Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. Since birth my parents were devoted Seventh Day Adventists, one of the thousand branches in Christendom. I was a former Evangelist of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA). Since childhood until I became Muslim in ...
Continue ReadingThe aqtaab and abdaal in Sufi thought
Q: I have heard
and read about what are known as abdaal and aqtaab etc. Do they
really exist amongst us? Is the hadeeth, "Do not revile the people
of Syria, for there are abdaal among them" saheeh or not?.
A:
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
According to Ahl al-Sunnah, the wali (in the sense of ...
Translation of the meanings of surah Al-An'aam (2)
(74) (74) And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father Āzar, "Do you take idols as deities? Indeed, I see you and your people to be in manifest error."
(75) (75) And thus did We show Abraham the realm of the heavens and the earth that he would be among the certain [in faith].
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Rulings on istihaadah
Q: What are the rulings to do with
istihaadah (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding)?.
A: Praise be to Allaah.
We explained when bleeding is menses (hayd) and when it is
isthaadah. When it is menses then it is subject to the rulings on
menses, and when it is istihaadah it is subject to the rulings ...
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William, Ex-Jew, USA
My name is William, and I live in a large Midwestern city in the United States. I am a typical American in many ways that are reflected in both my professional and personal lives. Professionally, I am a supervisor with a major police department, and I have been in the military, both active duty ...
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The example of the believers in their sympathy and affection
Deep Thinking
Have you ever thought about the fact that you did not exist
before you were conceived and then born into the world and that you
have come into existence from mere nothingness?
Have you ever thought about how the flowers you see in your living
room everyday come out of pitch black, muddy soil ...
Various Scholars
Merits of Purification
Merits of Purification
1- Allah, the Exalted, says:
{إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِينَ وَيُحِبُّ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ}
'Translation' {Indeed Allah loves those who continually seek repentance and those who purify themselves} ...
Continue ReadingSolution to the Palestinian issue
What is the way of solving the
Palestinian issue which becomes more complicated each
day?
Praise be to Allaah.
The Muslim is deeply grieved and filled with sorrow as the
Palestinian situation goes from bad to worse, and gets more
complicated, until it has ended up in the state we have seen ...
Various Scholars
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