بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اَللّٰھُمَّ إِنِّیْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ تُبْتُ عَنْهُ وَتَبَرَّأْتُ مِنَ الْکُفْرِ وَالشِّرْكِ وَالْمَعَاصِيْ کُلِّهَا أَسْلَمْتُ وَاٰمَنْتُ ، وَأَقُوْلُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰہُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ اللّٰہِ (البخاري في الأدب المفرد: Read More …
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The Fourth Kalimah Tawhid (The Oneness of Allah Ta’ala)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰہُ وَحْدَہٗ لَا شَرِیْكَ لَهٗ ، لَهٗ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهٗ الْحَمْدُ یُحْیِيْ وَ یُمِیْتُ ، وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوْتُ ، بِیَدِہٖ الْخَیْرُ وَهُوَ عَلٰی کُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِیْرٌ (البزار: 1051) Laa ʾilaa-ha ʾillal laa-hu Read More …
The Third Kalimah Tamjid (The Glorification of Allah Ta’ala)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سُبْحَانَ اللّٰہِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ، وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ اللّٰہُ، وَاللّٰہُ أكْبَرُ وَلَاحَوْلَ وَلَاقُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّٰہِ الْعَلِیِّ الْعَظِیْمِ (الترمذي: 3471 و أبو داود: 832 و البخاري: 6384 و ابن ماجه: 3878) Sub-ḥaa-nallāhi, wal-ḥamdu lil-laahi, wa–laa ʾilaa-ha ʾillal laahu, Read More …
The Second Kalimah Shahadah (My Declaration of Faith)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَّا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰہُ ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُہٗ وَرَسُوْلُهٗ (البخاري: 25، مسلم: 386) ʾAsh-hadu ʾal laa ʾilaa-ha ʾillal-laa-hu wa ʾash-hadu ʾanna Muḥammadan ʿab-duhu wa rasoo-luh. I bear witness/testify that there is no god Read More …
The First Kalimah Tayyibah (The Purest Words)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰہُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ اللّٰہِ (البخاري: 25) Laa-ilaa-ha illal-laa-hu Muḥammadur Rasoo-lullāh. There is no god besides Allāh; Muḥammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allāh. It goes without saying that this is the ‘Kalimah Read More …
The Linguistic Meaning of ‘Kalimah’
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Objection: If the Arabic word ‘kalimah’ means ‘a word’, how can entire sentences be referred to as kalimahs? Response: The Arabic word ‘kalimah’ has many applications. It is mentioned in the forty-volume classical Arabic dictionary, Tājul Read More …
Sūrah Al-Kahf: Virtues of Reciting it on Fridays and Protection From Al-Dajjal
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Question: Do you know of any distinction between reading Surah Al-Kahf (from the mushaf) versus reciting it (from memory) on Friday? Answer: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم There are several aḥādīth regarding the virtues of Sūrah Al-Kahf. Read More …
Is it Authentically Narrated that Prophets (Peace be Upon Them) Supplicated to Be Part of This ʾUmmah?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The following is a translation of an article written by our teacher, Muḥaddith Muḥaqqiq Shaykh Ṭalḥah Bilāl Manyār (May Allāh preserve him), an exceptional ḥadīth expert and a very close student of the late Syrian muḥaddith, Read More …
Another Person Was Made to Resemble Him (ʿĪsā – Peace be upon him)
Allāh Taʿālā said: “And they said, ‘We have killed the Masīḥ, ʿĪsā, son of Maryam, the Messenger of Allāh.’ They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, *it was only made to appear so; (but another was made Read More …
The Descent of ʿĪsā (Peace be Upon Him)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم As for the return of ʿĪsā (عليه السلام) to the world in the end times, then this is an established fact and such a matter of our creed that its denial is kufr (disbelief). There are Read More …
