Iman, Kufr, and Takfir – Nuh Kelle...
Question:
Is someone who has an idea that is kufr or “unbelief” thereby an “unbeliever”?
Response:
The short answer, somewhat surprisingly, is “not necessarily.” In some cases such a person is, and in some not. Many people today read an expression labelled in books of Islamic law as kufr,...
Abu Hanifa, Salafis, al-Fiqh al-Akbar an...
Abu Hanifa says in Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar about the qualities of God:
“He has a hand, a face, and a self. So what He, High is He, mentions in the Qur’an of the mention of the face, hand, and self, they are all attributes of His with no modality (or description).
It is not said that His hand is His power...
The Speech and Word of Allah (Kalām): I...
The words ‘Kalām’ and ‘Qur’ān’ are very closely related terms. In their original legal applications they are distinct in meaning. But in another way they are synonymous.
In other words, the word ‘Kalām’ is usually applied to the beginningless attribute of Allah present with His being...
United for Change – The fight agai...
United For Change is dedicated to increasing the awareness of and sympathy for issues requiring the attention and action of the Muslim community. United For Change will raise the level of consciousness within the Muslim community while simultaneously developing resolutions and creating an action oriented...
Aqeedah Tahawiya Commentary by Shaykh Mu...
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Literalism and the Attributes of Allah...
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I received a letter in Jordan not too long ago from a British Muslim, asking me questions about modern calls to replace traditional Islam with an ostensible “return to the way of the Salaf, or ‘early Muslims.’” When I answered one of these questions, ...
Pictures From ISNA 2009...
Al-Madina Institute would like to thank all of you who joined us in hosting Yusuf Islam’s CD signing to support Islamic Relief’s ‘United Against Malaria‘ campaign and who attended the “Trials of the Messengers” session at ISNA with Al-Madina Institute Instructors Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui,...
A Prescription for Positive Progression ...
If the Prophet Muhammad – may Allah bless and grant him peace –was here with us today, would it matter to him if a person is called a Shiite? Would it matter to him if a person calls his self a Sunni, Sufi, or Salafi? Would it even matter if the person is a Jew, Christian, Zoroastrian, Buddhist,...
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Powerful pictures of the suffering of Mu...
Tursun Gul, a local Uighur woman on a crutch, shouts at Chinese armored personnel carriers and soldiers wearing riot gear as a crowd of angry locals confront security forces on a street in the city of Urumqi on July 7, 2009. (REUTERS/David Gray)
Tursun Gul, an ethnic Uighur woman, faces off with Chinese...
