As-sunnah As-sahihah

Servitude is of two types : General and Specific General servitude : is that of all creatures, in the heavens and earth, that are all of Allāh ﷻ, (including) the pious and the evil, the believers and the disbelievers ; Hence, this is a servitude of ownership and submission, like Allāh ﷻ said : وقالوا اتخذ الرحمن ولدا (88) لقد جئتم شيئا إدا (89) تكاد السماوات يتفطرن منه وتنشق الأرض وتخر الجبال هدا (90) أن دعوا للرحمن ولدا (91) وما ينبغي للرحمن أن يتخذ ولدا (92) إن كل من في السماوات والأرض إلا آتي الرحمن عبدا (93) This includes the believers and disbelievers, and Allāh ﷻ said : لهم فيها ما يشاءون خالدين كان على ربك وعدا مسئولا (16) ويوم يحشرهم وما يعبدون من دون الله فيقول أأنتم أضللتم عبادي هؤلاء أم هم ضلوا السبيل (17) So, he ﷻ called them his slaves despite their misguidance, but it's a restricted name by a sign, but the unrestricted (name) is for the second group [the specific servants], which will be explained by Allāh ﷻ's permission. Allāh ﷻ said :

A عبد of the world and its affairs, that is the one devoted to work for it and take care of it, that is what's intended by the Prophet ﷺ's speech : "Wretched is the عبد of the Dirham, Wretches is the عبد of the Dinar", upon this it is correct to say : Not every human is Allāh ﷻ's slave, so a عبد means a worshipper, in this case, but a عبد is much greater than a worshipper, and all of mankind are Allāh ﷻ's slaves, even everything is so.

He ﷻ is saying : Everyone that is in the heavens from the angels, and in the earth from mankind and jinns 'إلا آتي الرحمن عبدا'', meaning : except he comes to his Lord as his slave, on Judgement Day, in submission and humiliation to him, [as an] affirmation of his servitude, with no kinship between him (slave) and him (Allāh ﷻ).

Ibn al-Qayyim, Iʿlām al-Muwaqqiʿīn (2/302).

Abū Dāwūd, Masāʾil al-Imām Aḥmad, pp. 276–277.

Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Jāmiʿ (2/149).

Ibn al-Jawzī, Manāqib (p. 182).

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Ṣifat Ṣalāt al-Nabī ﷺ

by al-Albānī, p. 53

“Allāh has Names and Attributes which His Book has brought, and which His Prophet ﷺ informed his Ummah of. No one whom the proof has been established against may reject them, because the Qurʾān was revealed with them, and it has been authentically reported from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ that he affirmed them. So whoever opposes that after the proof has been established upon him, then he is a Kāfir. But as for before the establishment of the proof, then he is excused due to ignorance, because knowledge of that is not attained by reason, nor by contemplation and thinking. And we do not declare anyone a Kāfir due to ignorance of that, except after the information regarding it has reached him.”

"Indeed, shirk is a great injustice." — Qurʾān 31:13

"Indeed, Allāh does not forgive associating partners with Him, but He forgives whatever is less than that for whom He wills." — Qurʾān 4:48

"Indeed, whoever associates partners with Allāh, then Allāh has forbidden Paradise for him, and his abode is the Fire. And there are no helpers for the wrongdoers." — Qurʾān 5:72

"Shall I not inform you of the greatest of the major sins?" We said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allāh." We said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allāh." (Agreed upon.)

"Since shirk is inherently opposed to this purpose, it is the greatest of all sins. Allāh has forbidden Paradise to every mushrik, and He refuses to accept any deed from him, accept any intercession on his behalf, or answer any supplication from him in the Hereafter. The mushrik is the most ignorant of people concerning Allāh, for he has made one of His creation a partner with Him. This is the utmost ignorance regarding Him, just as it is the utmost injustice on the part of the mushrik, even though he does not wrong his Lord, but rather wrongs himself."

"The Day when neither wealth nor children will benefit, except one who comes to Allāh with a sound heart." — Qurʾān 26:88–89

"And they will say, 'If only we had listened or reasoned, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze.'" — Qurʾān 67:10

"For this reason, because Yūsuf عليه السلام loved Allāh and was sincere in worshipping Him, he was protected from this. Thus Allāh, the Exalted, said: 'Thus it was, so that We might turn away from him evil and immorality. Indeed, he was one of Our chosen servants.' — Qurʾān 12:24 As for the wife of al-ʿAzīz, she and her people were mushrikūn, and for that reason she was afflicted with passionate love. No one is afflicted with such overpowering love except because of a deficiency in his Tawḥīd and faith. Otherwise, the heart that turns to Allāh and fears Him possesses two deterrents that keep it away from such love. The first is its turning to Allāh and its love for Him, for that is sweeter and more delightful than anything else, so the love of a created being does not compete with the love of Allāh. The second is fear of Allāh, for the fear that opposes such love turns a person away from it."

(al-Durar al-Saniyyah, 12/1)

(Sharḥ Kashf al-Shubuhāt — Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn)

Reference: Al-Rasā’il al-Shakhṣiyyah, printed within Mu’allafāt al-Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb, vol. 6, p. 156.

Source: Al-Istiqāmah, 1/466.

وَمَا يَسْتَوي الْأَحْيَاءُ وَلَا الْأَمْوَاتُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَاءُ ۖ وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِ "And not alike are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allah causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make those in the graves hear."

وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ ۝ أَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَاءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ "And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created. They are dead, not alive, and they do not know when they will be resurrected."

وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ "And those you invoke besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves."

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ "And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them."

إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ "If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you."

قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَانَا ۚ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ "Say, 'Never will we be struck except by what Allah has decreed for us; He is our protector.' And upon Allah let the believers rely."

مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ "Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission?"

قُل لِّلَّهِ الشَّفَاعَةُ جَمِيعًا ۖ لَّهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ "Say, 'To Allah belongs [the right to allow] intercession entirely. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Then to Him you will be returned.'"

"Know that if the whole nation were to gather together to benefit you, they would not benefit you except with something that Allah had already prescribed for you. And if they gather together to harm you, they would not harm you except with something that Allah had already prescribed against you.

(1):5 وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ "And to You alone we ask for help."

(40):60 وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ "And your Lord says, 'Call upon Me; I will respond to you.'"

🖊As-sunnah As-sahihah

وَمَا يَسْتَوي الْأَحْيَاءُ وَلَا الْأَمْوَاتُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَاءُ ۖ وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِ "And not alike are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allah causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make those in the graves hear."

وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ ۝ أَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَاءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ "And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created. They are dead, not alive, and they do not know when they will be resurrected."

وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ "And those you invoke besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves."

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ "And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them."

إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ "If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you."

قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَانَا ۚ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ "Say, 'Never will we be struck except by what Allah has decreed for us; He is our protector.' And upon Allah let the believers rely."

مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ "Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission?"

قُل لِّلَّهِ الشَّفَاعَةُ جَمِيعًا ۖ لَّهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ "Say, 'To Allah belongs [the right to allow] intercession entirely. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Then to Him you will be returned.'"

: "Know that if the whole nation were to gather together to benefit you, they would not benefit you except with something that Allah had already prescribed for you. And if they gather together to harm you, they would not harm you except with something that Allah had already prescribed against you.

id: "When a human being dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah), beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for hi

(1):5 وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ "And to You alone we ask for h

(40):60 وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ "And your Lord says, 'Call upon Me; I will respond t

“And there is no muwahhid unless he rejects shirk, distances himself from it, and declares kufar (i.e., he makes takfir on them) on those who commits it (shirk).”

"It is when someone asks a deceased person to fulfill a need — such as healing from an illness, healing of his animals, payment of a debt, vengeance against an enemy, or health for himself, his family, and his animals — or anything similar that only Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, is capable of doing. This is clear and explicit shirk (polytheism)."

Isḥāq ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us, saying: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, from Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Khālid, from Qays, who said: The wife of ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd [ رضي الله عنه ] said: اكسني جلبابا. “Give me a jilbāb.” قال: He replied: كفاك الجلباب الذي جلببك الله عز وجل : بيتك. “The jilbāb with which Allāh عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ , has clothed you is sufficient for you: your house.”

He said: “And I heard Abū ʿAbdillāh (Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal رحمه الله) say: ‘There is nothing better for a woman than a man, and there is nothing better for a man than a woman.’ Ṭāwūs رحمه الله said: ‘A woman is half of a man's religion.’”

﴿وَبَلَوْنَاهُم بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ “And We tested them with good and bad so that they might return.” 📖 سورة الأعراف (٧:١٦٨)

﴿وَبَلَوْنَاهُم بِالْحَسَنَاتِ﴾ أي: بالخصب والعافية. ﴿وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ﴾ أي: الجدب والشدة. ﴿لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ أي: لكي يرجعوا إلى طاعة ربهم ويتوبوا. “‘And We tested them with good’ — i.e. with abundance and well-being. ‘And bad’ — i.e. with drought and hardship. ‘So that they might return’ — so that they would go back to obeying their Lord and repent.”

I can prove to you that Jesus was a Muslim . Now before you get emotional, hear me out. Let's ask one simple question: when Jesus was on earth, what did he actually preach? Did he ever say, "Worship me"? No. Did he ever say he was God? No. Did he ever claim to be anything more than a prophet of God? No. In the Bible, Jesus says, "Hear, O Israel: Our Lord is one" (Mark 12:29). Jesus worshiped God. He did not worship himself. And Muslims worship the exact same God, with no partners, no sons. If you didn't know, the definition of Islam literally means the submission to the will of God. And what did Jesus say? "Not my will, but yours" (Luke 22:42). Jesus was submitting himself fully to God, just like Muslims do five times a day. Jesus followed God's laws. He fasted, he prayed, he dressed modestly, he didn't eat pork, he was circumcised. Does that sound familiar? That's not modern Christianity. That's Islam. Modern Christianity teaches the Trinity, original sin, salvation through blood sacrifice. Jesus never taught any of that. He taught pure monotheism, just like what the Muslims believe right now. So if Jesus returned to earth today, he wouldn't walk into a church and worship himself. He'd go to the nearest mosque and pray side by side with all of his Muslim brothers. Don't believe me? Go read the Bible, then go read the Quran, and you will see the truth.

🖊As-sunnah As-sahihah