As I mentioned some time ago, I’d be posting up the translation for the 2nd edition of Rifqan Ahl as-Sunnah bi Ahl as-Sunnah, by Shaikh ‘Abdul-Muhsin bin Hamad al-’Abbâd al-Badr. I’ve already previously posted the new introduction for the book, as well as the last two chapters (which were added from his other work, al-Hath ‘alâ Ittibâ’ as-Sunnah). The re-edit I’ve done still hasn’t been completely checked, so for those of you reading this, please let me know of any typos or whatever other mistakes you find. I’ve set the document settings so that it can’t be printed (similar to all the other articles I’ve posted published under QSS’s name). Allah willing, when the articles/ebooks get posted to the QSSC site (no clue when that’ll be though) I’ll be posting the printable versions for all the QSS PDF articles.
That Muslim Woman Could Be Happier Than You …
May 1, 2008
My wife came across this article on the Telegraph and thought I’d share it with you. The article is on an interview with sister Na’ima Robert of the UK, a British convert to Islam and author of the book, From My Sister’s Lips. May Allah reward the sister for her Islamic propagation efforts.
The article:
Once she was a party-loving student; then Na’ima B Robert converted to Islam. But how did she become so convinced of the benefits of wearing Islamic dress that she now covers herself from head to foot and has written a book extolling its virtues? Bryony Gordon meets her
The Foundation of Deeds
April 30, 2008
By Shaikh ‘Alî bin Hasan al-Halabî
About our Prophet, may Allah send salutations and peace upon him, our Lord, blessed and exalted is He, said, «If you obeyed him, you would be guided» (24:54).
He, glorified is He, said, «He does not speak from desire; it is only a revelation revealed» (53:3-4).
He, may Allah send salutations and peace upon him, said, «Indeed, I was given the Qur’an together with its like» [Abū Dâwud (4604), Ahmad (vol. 4, pg. 131), al-Âjjurî (pg. 51), and ad-Dârimî (vol. 1, pg. 144); from al-Miqdâm bin Ma'dî Karib with an authentic chain].
It is not hidden to any of the Muslims that the guidance of the Prophet, may Allah send salutations and peace upon him, is comprehensive for all the branches of the people’s lives, whether religiously or worldly. In following his guidance is prosperity and power; in emulation of it is victory and authority; in opposing it is defeat and loss; and in deviating from its Sharî’ah is humiliation and ruin.
Faith is Statement & Action
April 27, 2008
Faith is Statement & Action (PDF), by Imam Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalî.
From the article:
al-Bukhârî expressed it as statement and action. From the people are [those] who say the action is synonymous with the deed, while from them are [those] who say it is more general than the deed. From these [ones] are [those] who said the statement and the deed of the limbs are included in the action, while the statement is not included in the deed with the generalization. The statement of ‘Ubaid bin ‘Umair, “Faith is not by desire, but faith is a statement [that is] made and a deed [that is] done,” brought out by al-Khallâl testifies to this. From them are [those] who said the deed is what needs work and labour, while the action is more general than that; and from them are [those] who said the deed is from which an effect in what is done arises, such as making clay into brick, while the action is more general than that.
3 Old Articles PDF’d
April 16, 2008
Ok, I was bored. So what? I took three of the articles I wrote a couple of years ago against Answering-Christianity and converted them into PDFs for whoever wants them. I edited them slightly as well, changing the spellings of some of the transliterated Arabic words and other minor things here and there.
