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.


Shariah Constraints in the Punishment of a Thief

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Recently, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Allah preserve him, stated in an interview on al-Jazeera that even though the shari`a dictates cutting the hand of the thief,… Continue reading →

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God’s Pronoun

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

Semitic languages do not have a gender neutral pronoun, and so are forced to use the male pronoun, he (هو). English, however, does have a gender neutral pronoun, “it.” Continue reading →

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family relative

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Taher Siddiqui

s. alaikum dear shaykh hisham. i have an issue. one of the imams close to our city is a big wahabi salafi imam. i heard from reliable people that he said bad things about the the prophet’s s.a.w. parents. he said athaghfirullah, they are going to hell fire. i hate this wahabi imam. he is a devil in my eyes for saying such a thing. he is mal’oon! la’nathallahu ‘alayh! i have a relative that goes to his masjid. he is neither wahabi nor in sufism. if my relative says something smart to me, getting offended about this, then we might get into a fighting argument. what should i do dear shaykh? forgive me for lack of manners. i dont know how to have adab. thank you. salamu alaikum.

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Learning in islamic school

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Taher Siddiqui

I take islamic courses in Franc, I wanted to improve my knowledge. Our teacher in Coran & Sunna sometimes contredict our shuyuks : Imam Mahdy a legend, criticize sufis on making hadras, saying we can judge the actions of Sahabas if good or wrong. Continue reading →

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On asking for support from Shaykh

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Taher Siddiqui

“Put simply, why can’t we just ask Allah? I can imagine the answers are that awliya have access to divine knowledge, are closer to Allah than us and I don’t doubt that for a moment, but it feels too much like we are going to an intermediary – and one of the first things I learned about Islam is there is no intermediary- that priests/clergy don’t stand between the believers and God- that we all have a direct line – we ask and He hears. And when I remember Him, I am invoking His presence with me…” Continue reading →

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witness and memory!

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Taher Siddiqui

How Sayyidna Moses reminded the jews about the days of Allah (ayyami llah), How can we remember the days, the times when we were with our maker? How can we evoke our memories to remember our past so that we can be together again? Continue reading →

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Hadith abouit rawafidh

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I have read this hadith the mafhuum (meaning) of which is: “And very soon will come a nation. There will be a bad title of them… Continue reading →

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Tabligh movement

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Eshaykh Staff

Need advise about Tabligh movement.The movement encourage the followers to go out for fisabillah for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months in a life time. Should we encourage to join tabligh? Continue reading →

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Study of Islamic Theology

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

With regards to the tripartite of Islamic Theology ilahiyyat, nubuwwat and sami’at could you refer me to classical texts [earlierst sources] and to the scholars to studying under?… Continue reading →

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A question from a nine year old:

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Shaykh Senad Agic

My daughter asked me, “All people believe that their religion is the true religion. How do I know that my religion is the true one.” Continue reading →

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