NEW PUBLICATION: Al-Imaam Ahmad’s Usool as-Sunnah (Foundations of Sunnah in Basic Islamic Creed) Workbook

Al-hamdu lillaah, we are pleased to announce that our latest publication is now available -by the Permission of Allah-, our workbook and resources for your study of Foundations of the Sunnah in Basic Islamic Beliefs, by the great imaam, Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allah have Mercy on him):

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SPECIAL NEWS: This workbook will be used at the upcoming seminar in the Gambia, in shaa’ Allah:

BRIEF OVERVIEW:

  • Workbook and resources for the 35 major points of Muslim creed penned by the great imaam, Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
  • In this workbook, you have the entire Arabic text of the book, paired with a clear English translation, laid out with ample space for notetaking during classes. After the text there are other helpful resources, including the uninterrupted text, in its original Arabic (both voweled and unvoweled), as well as its uninterrupted English translation, and an original Arabic manuscript.
  • 82 pages, 8.5×11″ size, glossy cover, cream-colored pages (paperback) or white pages (hardcover)
  • Available resources: MP3 recordings (TBA) | Free PDF Version | Mobile version (English) | Mobile version (Arabic)
  • Printed Workbook on Amazon (affiliate links):*

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Sunan Ibn Maajah: Chapter One – Following the Sunnah

In the Name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful…

The following is an excerpt from an English translation of the Introduction to Sunan Ibn Maajah. It is the very first chapter which includes eleven important authentic hadeeths on the topic of:

Following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah, may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace

1) Narrated by Aboo Hurayrah: The Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) said (what means), “Whatever I have commanded you, do it. Whatever I have forbidden you, refrain from it.”

2) Narrated by Aboo Hurayrah: “The Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) said (what means): “Leave me as I have left you (Don’t ask me the minor things that I have avoided to tell you). For those who came before you were doomed because of their questions and differences with their Prophets. If I command you to do something, then do as much of it as you can, and if I forbid you from doing something, then refrain from it.’”

3) Narrated by Aboo Hurayrah: “The Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) said (what means): ‘Whoever obeys me, obeys Allaah; and whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allaah.’”

4) Narrated by Aboo Ja’far: “Whenever Ibn ‘Umar heard a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace), he would not do more than it said, and he would not do less.”

5) Narrated by Abud-Dardaa’: “The Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) came out to us when we were speaking of poverty and how we feared it. He said Continue reading