Nasb and the Nawasib

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Introduction All praise is for Allah. We praise Him, seek help from Him, and beseech Him for His forgiveness. We seek His refuge from the evils of ourselves and from our bad deeds. No one can misguide the one whom Allah has guided and no can guide the one whom Allah has misguided. I testify that there is no deity besides Allah; He […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Meaning of a Sahabi   The literal meaning of a Sahabi: The root letters S, H, B mean: to live with and the word Suhbah means companionship. These root letters always give the meaning of one thing accompanying another and being close to it,[1] as stated by Ibn Faris.[2] The plurals of the word Sahib are: Ashab, Asahib, Sahb, Sihab, Suhbah, Suhban, […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Status of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum, their Integrity and their Rights According to the Ahlus Sunnah   The companionship of Nabi salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam is the greatest of privileges that a person can enjoy, for in essence it is a selection from Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala; and Allah would not select for the companionship of his Nabi, the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Ahlul Bayt according to the Ahlus Sunnah   The Root Letters of the word Al: The scholars have differed as to the root letters of the word Al; there are two views in this regard:   The first view The root letters are Ahl, on the scale of Fa’l, i.e. with a Fathah which is followed by a Sukun. The letter Haʾ […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Status of the Ahlul Bayt according to the Ahlus Sunnah   The Ahlul Bayt enjoy a very intimate bond with Nabi salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam due to the relationship they enjoy with him; they are from him and he is from them. Hence they enjoy such rights which no one besides them shares with them; their rights have a direct link […]