The Shafi’i Ash’ari Taqi al-Din al-Subki, who was a contemporary of Ibn Taymiyyah and one of his staunch critics, said: Know that it is permissible …
al-Istighaathah (part six): Ibn Taymiyyah, The First to Forbid it
This articles argues that Ibn Qudaamah al-Hanbali (d. 620), based on the relevant chapter in his magnum opus Al-Mughni, recommended Istighaathah.
al-Istighaathah (part five): Ibn Qudaamah recommends Istighaathah
In this article, I examine some of the Quranic evidence in favour of Istighaathah, and address the objections towards it.
al-Istighaathah (part four): Istighaathah in the Noble Quran
According to al-Dhahabi, it isn’t even Shirk in itself if one prostates to a grave and prays in its direction. How can it then be Shirk in itself to …
al-Istighaathah (part three): Even Making Sujood to Graves isn’t Shirk
One of the early adversaries of the Wahhabi Movement was its founder’s own brother, Shaykh Sulayman b. ‘Abdil-Wahhab. This article explores the …
Al-Istighaathah (part two): Sulayman b. ‘Abd al-Wahhab on why Istighaathah isn’t Shirk
One of the great disasters that has befallen us is that the believers are excommunicated as idolaters for their practice of Istighaathah with the …
Al-Istighaathah (part one): Istighaathah is not a matter of creed
This a lecture that I did as a guest at Masjid al-Islam in Washington, D.C., along with my fellow Imams Amin Muhammad of Masjid Muhammad of Atlantic City, NJ, and Na’eem Abdullah of Masjid Mu’min of Pittsburgh, PA. We make up the infamous trio, the Black Imam’s Roundtable!
This man is in serious pain, by his own admission
https://garethbryant.wordpress.com/2023/10/02/plantationofpain/
After this story, I kinda feel sorry for him….but I will still smack his eye back into place, just to show him that he isn’t built like he talks. At any rate, please like all of his blog posts and help him out!
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