Author: Yusuf Yasin
Life Without End
“the angels will come to them from every door/ may you be blessed with peace for that which you endured” If grief could dieIt would…
Khabr: Ṣādiq or Kādhib
cIlm al-Macānī is the cilm (knowledge) through which the forms of Arabic expressions suitable to the dictates of the current situation are recognized. It is…
Aḥnāf ibn Qays Looks for Himself in the Muṣḥaf
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the book Ayn al-Khāshicūn fi al-Ṣalāh, the author, Shaykh Abū Ṭalḥah Muḥammad Yūnus ibn cAbd al-Sattār writes: The objective of…
Alliances of Virtue: Joining Hands With the Oppressed
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال جل ذكره: اذهب أنت و أخوك بئايتي و لا تنيا في ذكري “You, and your brother, go [to Fir’aun] with…
Ṣadaqatul Fiṭr & Relatives
Relatives are divided into two categories: a category whom it is impermissible to give ẓakāh or any wājib charity, and another whom it is permissible,…
Legislation & Law
A Translation of a Section from Shaykh ‘Alī Jum’ah Muḥammad’s al-Madkhal Ilā Dirāsah al-Madhāhib al-Fiqhiyyah (p. 379-382) The Sources of Islamic Legislation The word…
Types of Recitation
Imām al-Suyūṭī transmits from Ibn al-Jazarī that the types of recitation are six: 1. Mutawātir: This is [a recitation] that has been transmitted by such…
Kufr/Kāfir
﴾إن الذين كفروا سواء عليهم ءأنذرتهم أم لم تنذرهم لا يؤمنون﴿ Indeed, it is the same to those who [kafarū (singular. kafara)] “disbelieve” whether you warn…