When Abū Dharr Laid His Cheek in the Dust for Bilāl: A Prophetic Word That Shattered Pride and Healed Hearts!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ.

O Allah, send Your Ṣalāh (praise, grace, honour, and mercy) upon Muḥammad and upon the family of Muḥammad, as You sent Your Ṣalāh (praise, grace, honour, and mercy) upon Ibrāhīm and upon the family of Ibrāhīm; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Most Glorious. And bless Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad, as You blessed Ibrāhīm and the family of Ibrāhīm; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Most Glorious.

A Common Mistake Among Many Wives: Beautifying Herself for Weddings, But Not for Her Husband!

Shaykh Aziz Farhan Al-Anizi حفظه الله

📢 LIVE TONIGHT AT 8:00 PM (GMT)

📖 New Weekly Lesson Series: Explanation of The Book of Tawḥīd

My dear brothers and sisters, by the grace of Allah, our first live lesson in this blessed series will be today at 8:00 PM (GMT) on YouTube — Ship of Salvation.

🎙 In these weekly sessions, we will be reading, studying, and translating the explanation of this noble book — an explanation authored by the esteemed scholar Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sulaymān al-Qarʿāwī, may Allah forgive him, his parents, and all the Muslims. His commentary is known for its clarity, precision, and ease, opening the doors of understanding for both beginners and those already treading the path of knowledge.

🕗 Tonight, 8:00 PM (GMT)
📺 Live on YouTube — Ship of Salvation

A Magnificent Supplication: Recite It in the Morning and Evening — And If You Die Afterwards, Paradise Awaits!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

A Morning & Evening Supplication Taught to Abū Bakr by the Prophet ﷺ — A Shield From Every Evil!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

The Hidden Forms of Disobedience to Parents: How Many Children Are Undutiful Without Even Speaking!

Shaykh Aziz Farhan Al-Anizi حفظه الله

Don’t Be Deceived: Saying the Shahādah Does Not Guarantee Tawḥīd — How Many Say It Yet Are Disbelievers!

Shaykh Muhammad Hisham At-Tahiri حفظه الله

🌵 The Myth of the Cactus: Thorns Are Not Born Overnight — A Powerful Lesson About People!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

📩 The Question:

In the area where I live, there is a madrasa and a centre for sisters to learn and memorise the Qur’an. The sisters are taught in a classroom by a male foreign (meaning: not mahram) teacher, and they recite to him. Is this allowed?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by the Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad bin Ḥizām al-Baʿdānī — may Allah preserve him.

The woman learns with the women, but that a man teaches her while she is a foreign woman and he is foreign to her — this is from the greatest causes of tribulation, even if it is from behind a barrier, for indeed this has been known that it causes tribulation.

Many of those who did that fell into tribulation — they were trialed with women.

Therefore: he must stay away, and the woman learns from the women.

As for the one who meets the women and makes her read in front of him, she recites to him while she is uncovering the face, and also having a soft voice, and likewise the movements of the letters and the exits of the letters he teaches her — this is one trialed, this is a man trialed, and even if he claims that he is from the carriers of the Qur’an, (he is) trialed, sick of heart.

The Prophet ﷺ says:
“Beware of entering upon women.”
So a man from the Ansār said: “O Messenger of Allah, what about the brother-in-law?”
He said: “The brother-in-law is death.”
Agreed upon, from ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir.

So how does he face the women, face a foreign woman before him, and listen to her?!

These people have been trialed.

And even if he claims that he is not affected — then he is a liar.

And these are not to be trusted concerning the women of the Muslims, nor concerning the teaching of the Muslims, and they do not deserve that knowledge be taken from them.

A sinful man — he does not deserve that knowledge be taken from him.

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Why Are Young Men Afraid to Marry? Stop This Disaster — Expensive Weddings and High Dowries!

Shaykh Aziz Farhan Al-Anizi حفظه الله

Begin Your Morning with This Magnificent Supplication — Say It Four Times and Be Freed Entirely from the Fire!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

Exposing the Shocking Disbelieving Pillars of the Barelwi Creed: Five Beliefs That Destroy Tawḥīd!

Shaykh Muhammad Hisham At-Tahiri حفظه الله

The Straight Path of Ahl al-Sunnah: Understanding the Shared and Distinguishing Aspects of Allah’s Attributes

My dear brothers and sisters,

Pause and reflect upon this magnificent precision of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamāʿah in their creed regarding the Names and Attributes of Allah, exalted is He. They walk a path of clarity, balance, and truth — a path between two extremes that destroyed those who deviated.

Ahl al-Sunnah affirm for Allah the attributes that He affirmed for Himself, and they do so by combining two essential principles:

📌 1. The shared aspect (القدر المشترك)
📌 2. The unique and distinguishing aspect (القدر المميّز الفارق)

As the scholars said: “Ahl al-Sunnah combine, in what they affirm for Allah, between the shared aspect and the distinguishing aspect.” Meaning: just as they affirm the foundational meaning of a quality that can be understood in language, they also affirm the reality that Allah’s attribute is unlike the attribute of any created being.

What is the shared aspect?

It is simply the root meaning of a word before it is applied to a specific being — a meaning that only exists in the mind, not as a real form in the external world. For example, the concept of “hearing”: its essential meaning is the perception of sounds. This root meaning exists in thought — not as an actual organ or system.

So when we say: Allah hears, and the creation hears, there is no problem in this shared root meaning — because it is a meaning in the intellect, not a physical similarity in reality. If this was considered “likening,” then the Qur’an would be the first to commit it — and far removed is the Qur’an from that.

Allah said: “We created man from a drop of mixed fluid to test him, and We made him hearing and seeing.” (Sūrah al-Insān 76:2)

So yes — Allah hears, and the human hears. But there is a vast, absolute difference between the hearing of the Creator and the hearing of the creation. The attribute is one in name and basic meaning, but utterly distinct in reality, essence, and manner.

The scholars gave an example:

If you say a tiny ant has strength, and you say an elephant has strength, is anyone foolish enough to claim you have made them equal? Of course not. The ant has strength appropriate to its nature, and the elephant has strength appropriate to its nature. The shared word does not mean shared reality.

So if this difference exists between creation and creation, then what about the difference between the Creator and the creation?

Allah described the angels as having “hands.” Yet no sane person says the angels have five fingers, skin like ours, hair like ours, nails at the tip, and so on. Why? Because the genus of the human is not the genus of the angel. Humans were created from clay; angels were created from light. Therefore, the angels’ hands are real, but befitting them — and our hands are real, but befitting us.

Mere similarity in language does not necessitate similarity in reality.

The same principle applies — with far greater necessity — when speaking about Allah’s attributes. We affirm what Allah affirmed, and we deny all likeness, resemblance, and equality.

Ahl al-Sunnah conclude:

• Whoever denies the shared aspect (القدر المشترك) falls into taʿṭīl — negating the attributes.

Because if you deny the basic meaning of hearing, sight, speech, anger, mercy, or rising above the Throne, you have emptied the attribute of meaning altogether.

• Whoever denies the distinguishing aspect (القدر المميّز الفارق) falls into tamthīl — likening Allah to His creation.

Because if you assume Allah’s attributes are just like the attributes of created things, you have compared the Lord of the Worlds to something that perishes and is limited.

So the balance of Ahl al-Sunnah is the straight path:

•Affirm the meaning as revealed
•Deny any likeness, manner, or equivalence
•Believe that Allah’s attributes are true and real, befitting His Majesty

He hears, but not like our hearing.
He sees, but not like our seeing.
He speaks, but not like the speech of creation.

When a Child Testified to Allah’s Highness on an Airplane: A Voice of Innocence That Affirmed What Many Scholars Denied!

Shaykh Salih As-Suhaymi حفظه الله

Debunking a Common Misconception in Prayer: You Do Not Need a Prayer Mat to Pray!

Shaykh Aziz Farhan Al-Anizi حفظه الله