ʿUmar’s Innovation in Prayer’ ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, during his period of governance, introduced several practices regarded as religious innovations (bidʿah). One such practice was the congregational prayer known as Ṭarāwīḥ, which he initiated in Madīnah contrary to...
Ali the Wali over the Believers after Rasulullah (s) Preface Every organised society, institution, or community understands a simple yet vital principle: leadership cannot be left to chance. A company cannot leave its founder’s position undefined, an army cannot...
HOW TO READ BOOK This book is not written to provoke, persuade emotionally, or argue from sectarian premises. It is written to examine a single question using shared Islamic tools: did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ designate a wali over the believers after him, and if so,...
The Master of the worlds, the Messenger of Allah (s), states: In Kitāb Faḍāʾil al-Ṣaḥāba (Hadith 947, p. 563): “حدثنا وكيع، قال: حدثنا الأعمش، عن سعد بن عبيدة، عن ابن بريدة، عن أبيه، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: **من كنت وليه فعلي وليه.”...
Objections Concerning Abū Bilj Objection 1: They claimed that al-Bukhārī said about him: “fi-hi naẓar” (there is doubt in him). Response: Examination of al-Bukhārī’s own biographical entry on Abū Bilj demonstrates that he never recorded such a remark. In Al-Tārīkh...
