Introduction to The Etiquettes of Debate and Discourse in Islām [Pt. 1 of 30]

Source: Usūl al-Jadal wa al-Munāthara fi al-Kitāb wa as-Sunnah  by Shaykh Hamad al-‘Uthmān حفظه الله ﷽ TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: This is the introduction to a 30 part series of articles that we are translating in which the Shaykh details the Islamic etiquettes a debater and polemicist should abide by, while engaging with the opponent, in order for the discourse to be fruitful. Please sign up for our … Continue reading Introduction to The Etiquettes of Debate and Discourse in Islām [Pt. 1 of 30]

What is Innovation (Bid’ah)?

Source: al-Qawl al-Mufīd fī adilla at-Tawhīd by Shaykh Abū Ibrāhīm Muhammad al-Wasābī رحمه الله ﷽ Innovation (Bid’ah) in the religion; It is every belief, action, or expression, that was innovated after the death of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ with the intention of worship and drawing closer to Allāh, which have no proof from the Book of Allāh, the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ, nor … Continue reading What is Innovation (Bid’ah)?