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The Cosmic Significance of the Descent of ‘Isa (peace be upon him)

By Shaykh al-Islam Mawlana Shabbir Ahmad 'Uthmani
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Know that when Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) intended to manifest the attribute of His grace (in’am) and vengeance (intiqam), He created the creation and put it into categories. Thus, he created the fountains of faith and guidance from a species other than man, and they are the Angels, and from the species of man, and they are the Prophets and Messengers (Allah’s blessings and His peace be on them all); and He created the mines of disbelief and deviance from a species other… »

Unacceptable Narrator Criticism in the Science of Hadith

By 'Allamah 'Abd al-Hayy al-Lukhnawi

If jarh (narrator criticism) is issued due to partisanship, enmity, loathing, or the likes, then it is rejected, and only he who is rejected relies on it. In light of this, the statement of Imam Malik regarding Muhammad ibn Ishaq, the author of Al-Maghazi, that he is a dajjal from amongst the dajjals, was not… »

The Concept of Bid’ah in the Shari’ah

By Shaykh al-Islam Mawlana Shabbir Ahmad 'Uthmani

The upshot is that legal bid’ah is an invented matter which does not have substantiation from the four sources of the religion, while believing it to be from the religion, and something in which one expects to be rewarded from Allah and gain good deeds. According to this, whatever the Lawgiver commanded as an obligation… »

A call to Deobandi-Barelwi unity — Fatwas from two leading Deobandi institutes

By the Ulama of Deoband and Saharanpur

What say the scholars of the faith and muftis of the firm Shari’ah about the following matter. For almost the past two years this difference is increasing day by day and the people associated with… »

Is it a condition for the Imam to be from Quraysh?

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

“People are subservient to Quraysh in this matter: the Muslims among them [being subservient] to the Muslims among them, and the disbelievers among them [being subservient] to the disbelievers among them.” (Sahih Muslim)
His statement “from… »

Advice to Students of Knowledge

By Shaykh al-Adab Mawlana Muhammad I'zaz 'Ali

Know, my dear son (Allah give you knowledge and enable you to please Him), that religious knowledge depends on two things:
First: earnestness in acquiring it and severing thought about all that is besides it, since… »

The System of Rule in Islam

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

What becomes evident from studying the rules of the Shari’ah on politics, and what is mentioned in the Qur’an and Sunnah on this subject, is that Islam does not specify a particular “form of government”… »

Haji Imdadullah on Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi - Part Two

By Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki

From the needy servant Imdadullah Chishti, in the service of all my friends:
This needy servant has recently received some letters from India, in which was written that some people harbour ill-thoughts concerning Molwi Rashid Ahmad… »

Sports and Entertainment in Islam

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

As regards to the ruling of entertainment and sports in general, my teacher and my father ‘Allamah Mufti Muhammad Shafi’ (may Allah have mercy on him) compiled an independent treatise on it, published in his… »

Shattering the Wahhabi Myths surrounding Shah Isma‘il Shahid

By Saad Khan

A salient feature of the innovators of this age is to hurl charges of Wahhabism against the great scholar, muhaddith, sufi, reformer and mujahid, ‘Allamah Shah Muhammad Isma’il Shahid Dahlawi. It is interesting to note… »

The Hijab of Women and its Boundaries

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Writings on the topic of the veiling and unveiling of women have proliferated in our time. The best that I have seen on this subject is a treatise by my late father Shaykh Mufti Muhammad… »

The Place of Politics in Religion

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

It has become well-known of Christians that they distinguish between religion and politics by their well-known dictum “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s”. It is thus as though religion… »

Wahdat al-Wujud, Wahdat al-Shuhud and the Safest Position

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Some people adduce the poem of Labid (Allah be pleased with him) as proof that the doctrine of the Oneness of Being (Wahdat al-Wujud) is correct. This doctrine along with its corresponding doctrine of the… »

‘Allamah Sarfaraz Khan Safdar’s advice to his students

By 'Allamah Sarfaraz Khan Safdar

‘Allamah Sarfaraz Khan Safdar (may Allah have mercy on him) used to love his akabir deeply and used to trust their research fully. He would advise this to his people, and the same advice was… »

The Issue of Tawassul in Du’a

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

The hadith … proves the permissibility of tawassul in du’a through good deeds. As far as tawassul through essences and persons is concerned, there has been much discussion on this among the ‘ulama, and many… »