Tag Archives: Imam Shafi`i

`Isha Salat, Imam Shafi`i

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

A while back I mentioned reading a piece from Shaykh Nuh Keller,where he stated that for Shafi Isha should not be offered later than 40-70 minutes after… Continue reading →

Posted in Salat - Prayer | Tagged `Isha, Imam Shafi`i, Salat al-Maghrib, salat timing, Shafi`i School, timing, timing of prayer | Comments Off

Permissibility of Playing Chess Game

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Could you please tell me the opinion of Ahl as-Sunna scholars concerning chess game? Is it haram, makruh, halal? Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram, History | Tagged board games, computer games, disliked action, draughts, Imam Shafi`i, neglected obligations, offensive, playing games, Shafi`i School | Comments Off

Shafii Fiqh of Salat

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I would like to ask a few brief questions about salaat in the Shafi madhaab. As we have finally chosen the Shafi madhaab to follow… Continue reading →

Posted in Salat - Prayer | Tagged ablution, break wudu, breaking ablution, broken wudu, conditions of ablution, fiqh, follower, imam, Imam Shafi`i, lust, opposite sex, prayer leader, reciting Fatiha, Shafi`i School, touching | Comments Off

Bidah`, Imam Shafi (ra)

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

‘Bidah is of two types: praiseworthy and blameworthy. Whatever is in agreement with the Sunnah it is praiseworthy and whatever opposes it is blameworthy.’… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged `aqidah issues, bida`, Imam Shafi`i, innovation in religion, Salafi beliefs | Comments Off

Fana Fillah and Baqabillah

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Kindly give me some information about these two stages. Continue reading →

Posted in Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged Abu Yazid al-Bistami, al-Jalal, annihilation, arrows, baqa, complacency, divine attraction, divine love, Divine Might, Divine Omnipotence, Divine Oneness, egoism, enmity, envy, fana, foolish, gold, goodness, heart, holy books, humility, idol, Imam Ahmad, Imam Shafi`i, intimacy, livestock, Maqam at-Tawhid, Mercy Oceans, mushahadah, ostentation, powerlessness, Quran, renunciation, riya, Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani, Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, self-aggranizement, self-improvement, servanthood, Shari`ah, Shayban ar-Rai, silver, spears, states, stations, subsistence, sword, uns, wealth, wisdom, zakat | Comments Off

New job but no mosque

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Shaykh Senad Agic

I have received a job in a place where there are no mosques. I feel that I want to turn down this job because I will not be reading jumma for one year, which is what I can’t do. Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged adhan, adult male, build, call to prayer, congregational prayer, establish, Friday congregational prayer, Imam Nawawi, Imam Shafi`i, job, Jumu`ah, mosque, muezzin, salat | Comments Off