''Ilm' Category
Islam is Complete and Perfect
The age of information is upon us, facilitating communication to a greater degree. With the internet, emails, faxes, printing presses and all of the rest of the information disseminating tools that are available for us today, many people are able to give away their ideas in order to form their own ‘think tanks’. However, this [...]
Book Review: Bilal Philips - The Fundamentals of Tawheed
I just finished reading Bilal Philips’ The Fundamentals of Tawheed, click here for the review.
Trouble with Sect Names eh?
Well you know how it is, you open up those old ‘Aqeedah books and you read all these terms.. Mu’tazilah, Qadariyyah, Khawaarij, Murji’ah, Jabariyyah, Raafidhah, Jahmiyyah… It seems like a whole lot of jibberish, but in trying to understand this I found a trick: many of them actually have some type of reason why they [...]
Why do we have Set Principles and Methodologies?
What would a science be without principles?
You fill up your arithmetics quiz, answering each question as fast as you can: 4+4=8…4-4=0…4 x 4= 16…. 4÷4=1
Wiping a drop of sweat off of your forehead, you hand in the paper to your teacher, who immediately grades it: you get a big fat zero! How can it be? The teacher answers: [...]An Introduction to the Principles of Argumentation in ‘Aqeedah
Picture yourself in this situation.
You’re giving a Halaqa to a group of new french-speaking converts. Most of them are new in the religion, and they’re all very interested in learning what are the basic obligations of Islam. Its a very diverse group, even though its geared for converts: there’s some old men, young teenagers, [...]Teaching is Retaining
I decided to take the AlMaghrib course Rules of Engagement last summer, and alhamdulilah I benefitted quite a bit. I left the course understanding the importance and the sacred place of ethics in Islam. It completely changed my relationship with my parents, and it made me realize that I had many shortcomings in this department.
 One [...]Why Knowledge Must Precede Action Part 2
Amongst that knowledge we must learn is that knowledge which came from our Prophet (sallallahu ‘aleyhi wa sallam) which he taught us, like how to worship, just like the man who was taught how to pray by the Prophet (sallallahu ‘aleyhi wa sallam).
The paths to knowledge are many, inclduding:
a. The senses (five senses, including [...]Why Knowledge Must Precede Actions part 1
This is the first part from my notes on the talk by Shaykh Abdullah b. Bayyah given at the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference entitled Why Knowldege Must Precede Actions. Please note that these are my notes, and are to be taken as such, since I am only human and most probably missed much, wallahul [...]