Author: Dr Hussein Mutawi

The permitting of harÂm (the unlawful) under necessity is meant to make life easy and less oppressive for Muslims

That the necessity removes restriction is an important juridical rule. It shows that the Islamic sharî'ah (law) is not heedless of the exigencies of life, nor to human weakness and our ability to face them; it allows the Muslim, under the compulsion of necessity to do things which would otherwise be prohibited, in order to meet the necessity and save himself from harm.

Necessity means harm. That is, when a person undergoes an excessive situation that could hurt him or destroy his body, part of his body, his mind, his family, his money or his religion.

The prohibited are the things that Allâh ordained Muslims not to do, whether these things are disliked or forbidden. This juridical rule is supported by a number of verses in the Qur'ân as well as from the sunnah (the Prophetic guidance).

Author: Shaykh Salman al-'Awdah

Author: Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo

WHAT IS MODERNISM AND WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

Author: Abu 'Iyaad as-Salafee

CONTENTS

• Sunnah
• Jamaa'ah
• Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah
• Other Terms for the Ahl us-Sunnah
  • As-Salaf as-Saalih and Ahl ul-Athar
  • Ahl ul-Hadeeth
  • Al-Firqat un-Naajiyyah
  • At-Taa'ifat ul-Mansoorah
  • Al-Jamaa'ah
  • Ahl ul-Ittibaa'

Author: al-Hafidh ibn Rajab al-Hanbali

This is similar to the hatred of the Salafus-Saalih (the Pious Predecessors) that a person should put himself forward to give religious verdicts (fataawaa) and to crave them, and to hasten to it, and to do it in excess. Ibn Lahee'ah reports from 'Ubaydullaah ibn Abee Ja'far in mursal form from the Prophet that he said, "He who is boldest from you in giving religious verdicts, will be the boldest in proceeding to the Fire." [It is reported by ad-Daarimee 1/57 and its chain of narration is weak since it is mursal (i.e. there is a missing link or links between the last narrator and the Prophet)].