This section contains various articles on miscellaneous topics
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Interview with Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi in Turkey |
"Rihla" Magazine in Turkey Interviews Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi [Arabic]
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"Among the widespread social diseases, common among the youth and elderly, is time-wasting. I would like to describe this problem so that each and every one of us will examine our self and reflect upon our state. Does this apply to you?"
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by Al-`Allamah al-Shaykh al-Sayyid Ibrahim al-Ya`qoubi (rahimahullah)
This is a concise and brilliant doctrinal matn by Sayyid Ibrahim al-Yaqubi, who finished it on the 12th of Rabi` al-Awwal 1402 (13 January 1982). May Allah Most High have mercy on him, thank him on our behalf, and grant him the highest Paradise. May Allah send blessings and salutations of peace on His Prophet and his Household.
The text is in complete vowelized arabic with accompanying precise French translation. (Our thanks to Shaykh Gibril Haddad who provided us with this file - may Allah preserve him)
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Women's Prayer in the Hanafi Madhhab |
by Shaykh Monawwar Ateeq
“What do the scholars of the Shari`ah say about the position of the Hanafi scholars that men should place their hands below the navel in prayer and women should place them on their chests? Does the ruling regarding women conform to the way of the Noble Prophet (may Allah send peace and blessings upon him)? Or is it that the jurists have agreed upon this in the school? Whatever the reason, please give your reply in light of textual proofs.”
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Intellectual Deceit: Tampering with Islamic Manuscripts at Institutes in Saudi Arabia |
by Shaykh Monawwar Ateeq
"...that is to say that the mention of public Burdah gatherings, Mawlids and Majalis of Dala’il al-Khayrat which lasted up until the last years of Ottoman rule in the Haramayn, efforts of the Ahl al-Sunnah scholars in the preservation of Sufism in the Hijaz and numerous other crucial facts regarding the Ahl al-Sunnah history in al-Hijaz have been removed from the work."
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The Great Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Ash-Shaghouri |
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by Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
"And more important than all, is that he, may Allah show him Mercy, was foremost in practice, an exemplar in following the sunnah, teaching through his state before teaching by his words. If he spoke, he practiced what he said, when he admonished, he reminded of Allah, and when he guided, he ushered people to Allah."
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Attaynaka Bil Fakri - A Commentary |
by Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
"Everything other than Allah is in need of Him. As mentioned in the Qur’an: “O Mankind you are all in need of Allah.” For example we need Allah to maintain our health, wealth, to increase us in knowledge."
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by Shaykh Monawwar Ateeq
"One should be very careful of what they say about scholars through what THEY understand from scholarly statements. Commonly, people misunderstand and misinterpret the statements of the rightly guided scholars and end up facing shame due to their little knowledge and brief study."
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Al-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyyah |
by Sister Asra Adiba
"Listening to Sheikh Muhammad speak about our Master Muhammad, peace be
upon him, invariably and inevitably brings forth an overflowing love
for him, the Seal of prophethood, peace be upon him. This is the secret
of sitting beneath the awe of an authentic scholar, the transmission
affects the heart and reverberates in the soul."
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The Perfect Ending - The Study of Sahih Muslim |
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by Sidi Ibraheem Shakfeh
"....but the students were a sight to see - three hundred people from
countries such as Turkey, Uzbekistan, Dagestan, Chechnya, Singapore,
Malaysia, Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, the United Kingdom,
America, and Allah knows how many others. Sheikh Muhammad said that we
were better than the United Nations."
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The Alchemist of Prophetic Love |
by 'Deenpoet'

"They say, Imam Busiri, the author of the Burda, died of a broken heart.
A broken heart caused by the immense love of the Prophet, peace and
salutations be upon him. And Allah and His Prophet, know best."
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