FILED UNDER: Community Building, Featured Articles, Ramadan, Social Issues
TAGGED WITH:: 'id, calculations, debate, differences of opinion, eid, fasting, global sighting, imam, local sighting, moon sighting, mosque, Ramadan, Saudi, Sohail Hanif
/by Content Team“Local!” “Global!” “Sighting!” “Calculations” “Saudi!” “Pakistan!” Shaykh Sohail Hanif makes sense of the annual moon-sighting debates. The blessed month of Ramadan is almost upon us. It is a month of contemplation, fasting, prayer and tranquility. But just as the tranquility of Paradise is “surrounded by disliked matters,”[1] Ramadan can only be arrived at after crossing […]
FILED UNDER: Good Character, Ramadan
TAGGED WITH:: differences of opinion, shaykh rami nsour, sunna, tarawih, Tayba Foundation
/by AishaIn this video, Shaykh Rami Nsour explains about the Sunnah behind the Tarawih prayers, and advises us how to best pray them. Unity of the community is important, but so is fulfilling the Sunna. In Ramadan, we are sometimes torn between how to pray the Tarawih prayers. Some say that the prayer is 20 rakats, […]
FILED UNDER: Community Building, Featured Articles, Prophet Muhammad, Social Issues
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Allah, charity, community, differences of opinion, digital media, disagreeing, du`a, islam, Knowledge, love, mercy, Muhammad, Prophet Muhammad, Qur'anic Themes, reminder, respect, seeking knowledge, Shaykh Muhammad an-Ninowy, Shaykh Nuh Ha Meem Keller, social media, spirituality, sufism, tasawwaf, Ustadh Salman Younas
/by AishaDo you find yourself painting a mental picture of someone based on their social media profile? Ustadh Salman Younas has valuable advice on how to keep a good opinion, especially if you disagree with them. My personal rule is not to formulate judgments about people based purely on online interaction/information. This applies especially to those […]
FILED UNDER: history, Knowledge, Prophetic Guidance, quran, Video
TAGGED WITH:: differences of opinion, having a shaykh, imam, islam, madhab, qur'an, Qur'an and Sunnah, scholar, scholarship, school of thought, sects, Shaykh Walead Mosaad, sound scholarship
/by Content TeamWhy do we need scholars? Why can’t we directly go to the Quran and Sunnah? Shaykh Walead Mosaad talks about the central role of scholars in transmitting, contextualizing and teaching Islam.
FILED UNDER: Article-General
TAGGED WITH:: 4 schools of thought, adab, Adab Al Ikhtilaf Fi Al Islam, Adab al-Ikhtilaf, adab of disagreement in islam, adabul ikhtilaf, debates, differences, differences of opinion, Differences of Opinion are a Mercy, Dr Umar, Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, Ethics of Disagreement (Adab al-Ikhtilaf), Etiquette of Disagreement in Islam, fiqh of the four madhabs, hadith on difference of opinion, hanafi school of thought, madhabs, madhabs differences, madhabs in islam, madhabs scholars, mazhab, mixing madhabs, opinion, scholars, The Ethics of Disagreement in Islam
/by Content TeamDifferences of opinion in Islam – do they harm Muslim communities or are they a source of strength and mercy? Are such discussions the domain of the knowledgeable or us laymen? What are the limits to this within the shariah? Are you fed up of hearing, “I don’t believe in schools of thought or madhabs, […]
FILED UNDER: PC Belief, PC Family & Society, PC Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Adab al-Ikhtilaf, differences of opinion, disagreement, opinion, Shaykh Faid Muhammad Said, ummah, united, unity
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One of the blessings of being Muslims is that this religion was sent by Allah to unite the hearts of believers. However, Shaykh Faid Mohammad Said warns us that this does not mean we don’t accept and respect differences of opinion amongst us. We must learn how to agree to disagree. Listen in for the […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Prayer, ANS Prayer, ANS Prayer (maliki-fiqh)
TAGGED WITH:: differences of opinion, following a school of thought (madhab), ikhtilaf, madhabs, mixing between madhabs, reader, talfiq
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam aleikum, Why do schools of fiqh contradict themselves to the point that something valid in one school is invalid in another school like wudu after touching a woman for example? If we say that there is valid opinions that could be wrong, wouldn’t that imply that we have […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: differences of opinion, following a school of thought (madhab)
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: I follow the Hanafi school and I want to know what the principles of fiqh and tassawuf are when choosing an opinion within the Hanafi school. Take for example the difference of opinion when eating shrimps, the time of Asr, and others. Can a common Muslim choose an easier […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: difference of opinion, differences of opinion, fatwa
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Aslamualaykum. If one opinion in the Hanafi school is difficult to follow, then is it permissible to ask another Hanafi scholar and follow that opinion if it is easier? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray that this finds you in the best of health and spirits, […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: differences of opinion, ikhtilaf, Jafar al-Sadiq, satanic whisperings, shiite, sunni creed, sunni islam, sunni law, waswasa
/by sufyanAnswered by Sidi Wasim Shiliwala Question: Assalamualaykum, My heart is heavy and I’m facing a dilemma. I’ve been following Shafi’i school, but then I came across the Fiqh of Imam Ja’Far Shadiq and the teachings of Ahlul Bayt and started following that. Then I was introduced to Sufism. Then I tried to combine what […]
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