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Jaliyat al-Akdar: Salawat of the Khalidi-Naqshbandi Grandmasters through the Companions of Badr

May 13, 2020 By Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad Leave a Comment

Jaliyat al Akdar wal-Sayful Battar Bil-Salat `ala al-Nabi al-Mukhtar (The Remover of Harms and Trenchant Sword by Invoking Blessings on the Chosen Prophet Muhammad) is a major supplication in Arabic by the polyglot Grandmaster of the Naqshbandi Tariqa from Shahrazur (Iraqi Kurdistan), Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi (1190-1242/1776-1827) through the 99 Divine Names, the Great Invocations of Blessings on the Prophet through his Names and Attributes, and the Names of the 313 Companions of the Great Battle of Badr (Ramadan 2/March 624)

Taraweeh: Twenty or Eight?

August 21, 2019 By Admin Leave a Comment

Refuting Nasir al-Albani’s slanderous declaration that the companion’s unanimous practice of 20 rak’ats of Taraweeh is a reprehensible innovation (bid’ah)!

Ramadan

  • On Laylat al-Qadr
  • Recommended Voluntary Worship During Ramadan

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Worship

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Proof-Text for Gifting Rewards to the Dead

March 6, 2016 By Admin Leave a Comment

If a man is without anything to give in charity (sadaqa) let him say in his supplication, ‘O Allāh send prayers on Muhammad, your servant and Messenger.

Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Shaykh Qardawi Approves of Celebrating Mawlid

July 18, 2008 By Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad Leave a Comment

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Worship Topics

  • The Benefit of the Name ‘Muhammad’ (s)
  • Imam Suyuti’s 101 Special Attributes of Jumu`ah

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Sunnah and its Importance

What Scholars Gleaned from Quran and Hadith

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Part Eight of Six Answers

The Sadiqeen mentioned here are the ones mentioned above in Ibn Taymiyya’s quotations. And the verse above is a daleel for the need to accompany and to associate with Allah’s Near Ones, the Sadiqeen, who are the highest-level of awliya (saints), as mentioned in Qur’an:

Evidence of Acceptability of Mawlid

The Wahabi Tribulation

Introduction During the reign of Sultan Salim III (1204-1222 AH) many tribulations took place. One was the tribulation of the Wahhabiyyah which started in the area of al-Hijaz(1) where they captured al-Haramayn(2), and prevented Muslims coming from ash-Sham(3) and Egypt from reaching their destination to perform Pilgrimage (Hajj). Another tribulation is that of the French who controlled Egypt … [Read More...]

The Doctrine of Ahl as-Sunnah Versus the “Salafi” Movement

بســـم الله الرحمن الرحيــــم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمـد وآلـه وصحبه وسلَّم "And say: Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish." (17:81) Translation by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani Preface Praise belongs to Allah Who has made truth clearly distinct from error, who puts down innovation and innovators and raises high the Sunna of the Prophet, … [Read More...]

What is Sunnah?

The Arabic word Sunnah lexically means "road" or "practice." In the language of the Prophet {saw} and the Companions it denotes the whole of lawful practices followed in the Religion, particularly the pristine path of Prophets, whether pertaining to belief, religious and social practice, or ethics generally speaking.

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