999 Statements In Defence of the Salafi Creed and Manhaj -10- Ka'b radhiallahu anhu narrates the Messenger of Allah Salllahu alayhi wasalam said "The true din according to Allah is is al-Hanifiyyah which is not shirkiyyah (ie no Shirk) neither is it Judaism or Christianity." (Musnad Ahmad...

Part 1 Our scholars have long written about the true concept of unity between the innovated modern Sufi sects known commonly as the Barelwi’s and the Deobandi’s. For many years each sect has deluded and deceived the masses into thinking that they are opposed to one another on the basis of creedal b...

Darul ulum deoband is the same place where sheikh saaleh al shaykh went couple of years ago and mentioned it is the citadel of Islam - http://www.arabnews.com/news/527401 ANSWER This article has been doing the rounds and certain quarters have used this information in favour of their twisted thought...

999 Statements In Defence of the Salafi Creed and Manhaj -9- Hafiz Ibn ul-Jawzee defines Ahlus Sunnah by saying, “If someone asks that Sunnah is something which is praiseworthy and bid’ah (innovation) is something which is not, but what are Sunnah and bid’ah? We say, every innovator claims that he ...

999 Statements In Defence of the Salafi Creed and Manhaj -6- -7- -8- In explanation of the hadith "There will not cease to be a group from my Ummah that will remain manifest until the command of Allah comes to then and they indeed will be manifest (upon the truth)" (Bukhari, Muslim and al...

999 Statements In Defence of the Salafi Creed and Manhaj -5- Imam Ibn Taymiyyah said, “We do not mean by Ahlul Hadeeth the people who only hear, write and narrate the hadith, rather we mean and refer to the people who memorise, know and understand the hadith both outwardly and inwardly and similarl...

999 Statements In Defence of the Salafi Creed and Manhaj -4- Imam Sijzi (444AH) said, “Ahl al-Sunnah are established upon the creed they had established from the Salaf us-Salihin who took it from the Messenger of Allah sallalahu alaihi wasallam. They (Ahl al-Sunnah) took from the companions because...

999 Statements In Defence of the Salafi Creed and Manhaj -3- Imam Muslim referred to the Scholars of Hadith ie the Muhadithin as the Ahl al-Hadith. (Sahih Muslim (1:55) with Nawawi's Sharh) Benefits 1. No one has ever denied or rejected that the Scholars of Hadith are the Ahl al-Hadith except those...

999 Statements In Defence of the Salafi Creed and Manhaj -2- Imam Tirmidhi said, "And Ibn Lahiyyah is weak according to the Ahlul Hadith." (Jam'e Tirmidhi 1:16) Benefits 1. There was a group of people during Imam Tirmidhi’s time in the 3rd Islamic century who were known and referred to as...

999 Statements In Defence of the Salafi Creed and Manhaj -1- Imam Bukhari said, "The Ahl al-Hadith have not used the likes of him as evidence." (Juz al-Qir'ah Khalf al-Imam (p.13) of Imam Bukhari) Benefits 1. The Ahl al-Hadith existed during the time of Imam Bukhari ie pre 256H 2. The Ahl...

روى الخلال من حديث عبد الرزاق عن معمر عن الزهري قال : قال عمر رضي الله عنه إن العلم ليس عن حداثة السن ولا قدمه ، ولكن الله تعالى يضعه حيث يشاء وقال وكيع : لا يكون الرجل عالما حتى يسمع ممن هو أسن منه ومن هو مثله ومن هو دونه في السن . هذه طريقة الإمام أحمد على ما ذكره البيهقي في مناقبه وغيره . Umar r...

DOWNLOAD LINK (1-copy and paste into browser, 2-highlight link, left click, go to...) http://www.salafiri.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-scholars-are-the-kibar.pdf Excerpts It is also known that people attend the various universities or madaris and after studying for approximately 8 years or so...

Imam Badi al-Din Shah al-Rashidi al-Sindhi said, "The 7th Chapter: The Saying of a Companion that such and such is the Sunnah. The people of knowledge differ over this affair whether this mawquf – stopped at a companion or marfu – ie rasied to the Messenger of Allah (Sallalahu Alayhi Wasallam)...

madhab-Ahl-al-Hadith.jpg “And it Is found in some of the books of Abi Hatim Muhammad bin Idris ibn al-Mundhir al-Hanzali al-Razi (d.277H), May Allah have mercy on him, from what has been heard from, he said, “Our MADHAB which we have chosen and adopted is to to do ITTIBA ie follow and obey the Mess...

This is the call of the Salafi's and the Ahl al-Hadith, that the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (Sallalahu Alayhi Wasallam) is above and beyond the statement, opinion and view of any human being ever born on this earth. If this usul of Ahl al-Sunnah is put first and foremost and then everything b...

Abu Ruqayyah Farasat Latif This article is based upon an MA dissertation submitted in September 2006 to Loughborough University. A number of amendments, additions and deletions have have been made by the author. These include deleting the chapter on research methodology, adding a section on ‘pre- I...

Shaikh Muhammad Hasan Rashid Shaikh Muhammad Hasan Rashid was born in the mid to late 1940s in Baltistān, which is in northern Kashmīr. He started seeking knowledge at a very early age from his father who had travelled to Delhi and studied with the Ahl al-Hadith luminaries. The Shaikhs family was o...

The Mawlid Papers – Part 35 – Part C – Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (728H) Demolishing the Bid’ah of Mawlid – What did he really say!!! Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibban & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Some people attribute the following to Imam Ibn Taymiyyah “This is Imam Ibn Taymiyya’s o...

The Mawlid Papers – Part 34 – Part B – Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (728H) Demolishing the Bid’ah of Mawlid – What did he really say!!! Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Some people attribute the following to Imam Ibn Taymiyyah “This is Imam Ibn Taymiyya’s ...

The Mawlid Papers – Part 33 – Part A - Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (728H) Demolishing the Bid'ah of Mawlid - What did he really say!!! Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari The people of innovation and the ardent proponents of Mawlid al-Nabi often mention in s...

Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Ghazipuri was born in 1260/1844 in Mau in Northern India. He studied with numerous Scholars. He was under the tutelage of the Indian Hadith Master, Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Nazir Hussain Muhaddith Del...

Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Ghazipuri He was born in 1260/1844 in Mau in Northern India. He studied with numerous Scholars. He was under the tutelage of the Indian Hadith Master, Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Nazir Hussain Muhaddith Delhi (1320H) who he also received Ijazah from and was considered to be from...

Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Ghazipuri He was born in 1260/1844 in Mau in Northern India. He studied with numerous Scholars. He was under the tutelage of the Indian Hadith Master, Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Nazir Hussain Muhaddith Delhi (1320H) who he also received Ijazah from and was considered to be from...

The Mawlid Papers – Part 31 - The Legal Status of Mawlid Gatherings - Imam Nazir Hussain Muhaddith Dehlawi (1320H) & Shaikh Abdur Rahman Mubarakpuri (1353H) Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Question: What do you say about the Mawlid gatherings that are...