Practicing on the ahādīth without the supervision of a teacher

If  someone  feels  that  he  is  capable  of  practicing  the  Qur’ān  and ahādīth  without  an  ustād  after  having  studied  a  little  Arabic  or after residing for a while in an Arab country and learning elementary Arabic,  or  due  to  him  having  a  very  good  ability  of  understanding and reasoning, then he has fallen into deception. …

Establishing a Sunnat through a da`eef (weak) narration

A  sunnat  can  be  established  through  a  da῾īf hadīth.  However  to establish a sunnat mu’akkadah (emphasised sunnat) one will need a qawī (strong) narration. Hadhrat then said, “I had a copy of Sifr-us-Sa῾ādah. I recorded in its footnotes all those ahādīth through which sunnats are established. Malfoozat Mufti Mehmood Hasan Gangohi rahmatullah alayh, Pg. 125

Reality of Action

People of Ma‛rifah are shown many effects of one’s statements and actions. They are shown that an advice to do something by a person who himself is void of its practice does not take effect. Similarly they are also shown that the advices given by someone who also practices them take fruitful effect. This is …

Respect for the Quran

Question: Can I listen to the recitation of the holy Qur`an on an audio system? Would it constitute disrespecting The Holy Quran? Answer: Assalāmu `alaikum Warahmatullāhi Wabrakatuh, The Qur’ān is the word of Allah, The Almighty. The very intellect which enables us to listen and comprehend the Qur’ān as a form of speech is but …

The Reality of Bay‛ah

The reality of Bay‛ah is that from the side of the sheikh there is a pact of making Islah (i.e the Sheikh deems it his duty to rectify the condition of the murīd) and from the side of murīd there is a pact of obedience (to the sheikh). What else is there in mere words? …

Facebook: Yes or No?

Question:  Aslam o’ Alaikum Respected Mufti, I want to ask whether it is OK to use facebook as there are a lot of anti-Islamic pages and groups on it? Some of my friends still use facebook even after that event name “draw MUHAMMAD (S.A.W.) day”. I have told them to quit facebook but they say …