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.
Abualrub-Wood/White Debate Audios Posted
April 15, 2008
Brother Jalal Abualrub has posted saying that the audio files for both debates have been uploaded and posted to the at-Tasfiyah wat-Tarbiyah Publications website for download. He also mentions that the videos will be made available for free, Allah willing.
I haven’t noticed any option to download the files, but you can listen to them streamed from the site. Enjoy.
News from the Abualrub-Wood/White Debates
April 15, 2008
Brother Jalal Abualrub has posted news about the debates he had this weekend with David Wood and James White on his site. He writes (formatting slightly edited),
James White Posted Parts of the Debate
Mr White said last night that the Holy Spirit is within him. I challenge him to post the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, not only segments that make him look good. The Holy Spirit is about Truth, let us not disappont him, especially since the Holy Spirit is not within any human. I will post the entire debates for free, whole and entire!
