Belief & Doctrine

Beliefs of Islam, known as `Aqidah (creed or doctrine) or the Aspects of Iman (faith). All that pertain to the Unseen: Allah (God) and His Divine Attributes, Angels, revealed books of Allah, Prophets of Allah, the Hereafter, Destiny (the Divine Decree) and Resurrection after death.

Regarding Saying Salam

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Please allow me to ask these questions regarding saying Salam.
1. As I am living in Dubai I see lot of people specially Arabic speaking people say Salam… Continue reading →

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Fitnah

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

My question is regarding the various fitnas that are surrounding the Ahlu Sunnah , like the Wahabi fitnah… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine, Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged Ahl as-Sunnah wa'l-Jama`ah, tests, Wahabis, weak iman | Comments Off

‘Sunnatullah is not at work anymore’?

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I read this following post on Facebook and I’m really perplexed as to what it means… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine, Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged khalwat, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, Mawlana's eyes, Mawlana's Khalwat, miraculous powers, power of Allah, qudra, seclusion | Comments Off

Nearness to Allah (swt)

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Taher Siddiqui

My question is in regards to being near or far from Allah Azzawajal… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged bu`d, closeness, distance, farness, proximity, qurb, spiritual station | Comments Off

Karamat (Miracle) vs Magic

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I was discussing with a Malaysian brother on the issue of karamat and black magic. He was saying that its hard to distinguish the two… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine, Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged `ayn, `ilm al-ghayb, `ulama, abracadabra, angelic support, awliyuallah, bamboozling, bandish, charlatans, clairvoyance, con, con artist, conjurer, Dajjal, diabolist, dishonorable acts, divination, diviner, evil eye, fake, fradulent act, fraud, Friends of Allah, ghayb, hidden idolatry, hocus-pocus, holy person, idolalter, imposter, intuition, invisible, jinx, kafir jinn, Karamat, kashf, keen perception, knowers, knowledge of the unseen, marvel, miracles, miraculous powers, necromancy, obi, omen, phony, practicing magic, seer, Sham, shaman, shamanist, shenanigans, soothsayer, sorcery, tales, tickery, treacherous, trickster, unseen realm, voodoo, wali, witch doctor, wizard, wizardry, wonder | Comments Off

Belief of Pharoah?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Was ‘The Seal of the Wisdom of Sublimity in the Word of Musa’ truly written by Ibn Arabi?… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged authorship, Bezels of Wisdom, Muhyidin ibn `Arabi, Pharoah, Prophet Moses (as), Sayyidina Musa (as) | Comments Off

Above The Throne…

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Does AhluSunnah Wal Jamat agree with the following…Allaah is above the seventh heaven, over His Throne… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged Ahl as-Sunnah wa'l-Jama`ah, anthropomorphism, hadith transmission, Salafi `ulema, Salafi beliefs, Wahabi beliefs | Comments Off

Sahabi Mu’awiya

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

dWhat’s the status of the act of saying “rahimahullah” after mentioning the name of Mu’awiya, in lieu of taraddi… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged Ahl as-Sunnah wa'l-Jama`ah, companions, comparing Sahaba, curse, disparaging comments, respect for Companions, salutations, Sayyidina `Ali (r), Sayyidina al-Hasan, Sayyidina Mu`awiya, Shia beliefs, spiritual levels, Sunni belief, usury | Comments Off

Disrespect of the Messenger of Allah Salallahu alayhi Wasallam

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Recently a well known UK scholar was addressing the youth and whilst addressing the youth during praising Rasool Alalh Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam … Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged bad adab, disrespectful, formal education, honor to Prophet (s), misguidance, secularism, Western perceptions | Comments Off

Nur Muhammad (s), Habashi Beliefs

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I would like to ask a question regarding a few issues that I discussed with a friend of mine who studies with the Habashis… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine, Hadith | Tagged ar-ruh al-Muhammadiyya, bahr al-qudrah, Best of Creation, Habashi beliefs, light of Muhammad (s), Muhammadan Light, Muhammadan Reality, Nur an-Nabi (s), Nur Muhammad (s), Nur-i-Muhammadi, ocean of power, reality of Prophet Muhammad (s), unbelief, wrong belief | Comments Off

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