Ibn Taymiyyah on Duʿā in Someone’s Absence
May 18, 2025 § 1 Comment
The Shaikh of Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah said, “Supplicating for someone in their absence is far greater in [terms of] being answered than doing so in their presence, that is because it is more complete in sincerity and further removed from shirk.”
Qāʿidatun fit-Tawassul, p. 263.
Ibn Taymiyyah on the Foolishness of the Shīʿah
May 17, 2025 § Leave a comment
Ibn Taymiyyah said, “All good that the Shīʿah and others are in is through the blessing of the Ṣaḥābah.”
Minhāj as-Sunnah, 2/563.
Students of Knowledge During the Time of Ibn Baaz’s Teacher, Muftī Muḥammad ibn Ibrahīm
May 16, 2025 § Leave a comment
Shaikh Ṣāliḥ Al-Luḥaidān, may Allaah have mercy on him and forgive him, was asked about the state of the students of knowledge during the time of Shaikh Muḥammad ibn Ibrahīm [who was the Mufti before Shaikh Ibn Baaz and his teacher also] so he said:
“After ʿIshā you would hardly find anyone staying up late, acting upon the ḥadīth, “He ﷺ disliked sleeping before it and speaking after it.” At 10 pm you wouldn’t find anyone in the streets. The eager ones would get up before fajr and go to their mosques, the negligent one would only get up with the call to prayer. And rarely would you find someone missing the ṣalāh, in fact, if he missed a rakʿah, you would find him loosening his head covering so that [people] wouldn’t recognize him.”
Sharḥ Kitāb at-Tawḥīd, tape 1.
Also see here, here and here for more posts on Muftī Muḥammad ibn Ibrahīm.
The Need for Guidance
May 6, 2025 § 1 Comment
The Shaikh of the Shaikhs of Islaam, Ibn Taymiyyah said, “The need for guidance is greater than the need for [Allaah’s] Help [naṣr] and sustenance [rizq]—nay, there is no comparison between the two.”
Majmūʿul-Fatāwa, 14/39, Jāmiʿul Masāʾil, 1/100.
“Time will become Short.”
May 4, 2025 § Leave a comment
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Time will become short …” Ibn Ḥajr said, “And what is correct is that what is meant is that blessing will be removed from everything—even from time, and that is one of the signs of the closeness of the Hour.”
Al-Bukhārī 6037, Fatḥul-Bārī, 16/13.
On Brotherhood
May 2, 2025 § Leave a comment
Imām Al-Shāfiʿī, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The example of brotherhood for the sake of Allaah is like that of the hand and the eye—if the eye weeps, the hand wipes away its tears, and if the hand is in pain, the eye weeps for it. If you have a friend who helps you in obedience to Allaah, then hold fast to him, for taking someone as a friend is difficult and parting with them is easy.”
Ḥilyatul-Awliyā, 4/101.
Gifts of Knowledge 