Ayyub reported: Abu Qilabah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The example of the people of whims is that of the hypocrites. Allah Almighty mentioned the hypocrites with different […]
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Al-Hasan reported: Abu Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Be a scholar, a student, a devotee, or a follower; do not be the fifth type lest you be
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Imam al-Shafi’i, may Allah be pleased with him, said in his poetry, “If a fool speaks to you, do not answer him, for the best answer is silence. If you
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Al-Bayhaqi reported: Al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I never debated anyone I knew to be founded upon innovation.” Al-Bayhaqi said, “This is because the one founded upon
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Abdullah ibn Nafi’ reported: Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about the saying of Allah Almighty, “The Most Merciful rose above the Throne,” (20:5). The man
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Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman reported: The people used to ask the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about good, but I would ask him about evil for fear
Hadith on Fitnah: If no Muslim leader, withdraw from all sects Read More »
Wathilah ibn al-Asqa’ reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do you imagine that I will be the last of you to die? No doubt,
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Ghudayf ibn al-Harith reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “People do not contrive an innovation in religion but that it removes a Sunnah like
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, every deed has enthusiasm, and every enthusiasm has a time-limit. Whoever is enthusiastic for my Sunnah
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The Jews were divided into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and the Christians were divided as well.
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Al-Bayhaqi reported: Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, confronted the Khawarij, saying, “As for your statement that Ali has delegated ruling to men in the affair of Allah,
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Nafi’ reported: Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to offer greetings of peace to the Khashabiyya and Khawarij sects, even though they were fighting each other. Ibn
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, everything has a zeal, and every zeal has a timelimit. Whoever does so properly and moderately, then
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Sa’id ibn Jubayr reported: Abdullah ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, came out to us, and we hoped that he would narrate to us a good tradition. A
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Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi reported: A man from the Khawarij came to Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, and he said, “What do you say about the rebels?” Hasan
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Ibn Asakir reported: Wahb ibn Munabbih, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I knew the early period of Islam. By Allah, the Kharijites never had a group except that
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Abu Musa reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah looks down in middle night of Sha’ban and He forgives all of His creatures,
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Al-Awza’i reported: Hassan ibn ‘Atiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “People do not contrive an innovation in their religion but that Allah will take away a Sunnah like
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Shaqiq reported: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “How will you be when you are afflicted with trials that make the old grow senile and the
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Sa’id ibn al-Musayyib reported: He saw a man praying after sunrise at dawn with more than two cycles, and he was excessive in his bowing and prostration, so Sa’id prohibited
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