Insulting scholars and pursuing their defects are blameworthy

Abdullah ibn Al Mubarak, the master of the science of Hadith who died in 181 AH, was asked: Who are the best among people?

He said: Scholars.

It was asked: Who are the best among kings?

He said: The ascetics.

Somebody asked: Who are the low people[1]?

He said: Those who replace religion with the ...

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Hadeeths that differentiate between the scholars and the martyrs`

How sound is this hadeeth: “The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr”?

Praise be to Allah. Firstly:  The hadeeths which state that the scholars are superior to the martyrs, or that the ink of the scholar is superior to the blood of the martyr, were narrated from a number of the Sahaabah, but they have weak and flimsy, or fabricated isnaads, which we ... Continue Reading

Advice to the Students of Knowledge

“The scholars are the inheritors of the Prophets.” [Abu Dawood, at-Tirmidhi and others]; ... more

Trying to avoid being appointed as a judge

Why do many scholars, past and present, try to avoid being appointed as judges, even though they are qualified for that? Is there any text or report concerning that? ... more

In Ramadan (For kids only)

This is a selection of the scholars Fatawa about the fasting of our beloved kids... ... more

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