Imaam Maalik bin Anas 179 AH said to Ibn Wahb, لَمْ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ يَسْلَمُ رَجُلٌ حَدَّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ وَلاَ يَكُونُ إِمَامًا أَبَدًا وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ “Know that a man who relates everything he hears is not safe, and he can never be an Imām, as long as he narrates everything he hears.”…
In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful Etiquettes of the Student of Hadith By Shaykh Dr. Mahmood at-Tahhaan (teacher and principle of Hadith and its sciences program in the University of Kuwait) These etiquettes can be found in the shaykh’s book entitled, “Tayseer Mustalah al-Hadith” under Fasl Thaani: Adaab ar-Riwaayah. The…
In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful Etiquettes of the Muhaddith By Shaykh Dr. Mahmood at-Tahhaan (teacher and principle of Hadith and its sciences program in the University of Kuwait) These etiquettes can be found in the shaykh’s book entitled, “Tayseer Mustalah al-Hadith” under Fasl Thaani: Adaab ar-Riwaayah. The shaykh said,…
al-Khateeb al-Bhagdaadi 463 AH narrates that some of the salaf said, لا ينال هذا العلم الا من عطل داكانه, و خرب بستانه, و هجر اخوانه, و مات أقرب أهله فلم يشهد جنازته “No one will attain this knowledge except one who shuts down his store, destroys his garden, abandons his brothers, and (when) his closest…
In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful 12 signs of the people of innovation By Shaykh Muhammad ibn Sa’eed Raslaan may Allah preserve him The Shaykh clarifies to us the signs of Ahlul Bid’ah in his book, “Da’aaim Minhaaj an-Nubuwa” on pgs 109-135. He says, The most important signs of the…
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzeeyah 751 AH (may Allah have mercy on him) said: إذا تأمّلت السبعة الذين يظلهم الله في ظل عرشه يوم لا ظل إلا ظله وجدتهم إنما نالوا ذلك الظل بمخالفة الهوى. “If you contemplate about the seven whom Allaah will shade in the shade of His `Arsh wherein there is no shade but…
Shaykhul Islaam Ahmad ibn Taymeeyah 728AH (May Allah have mercy on him) said, فكل من أعرض عن الطريقة السلفية النبوية الشرعية الالهية فانه لا بد أن يضل و يتناقض و يبقى في الجهل المركب “So everyone who turns away from the divine legislative prophetic path (of the salaf), then it is a must for him…
Trying to Follow the Salaf 