Your Excellency, thank you for this clarification. I have a question. When someone asks me and says: “You are Salafi” – how should I respond to him?
Tag: companions
The best of the acts of worship
The best of the acts of worship are those that conform to the guidance of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ and the guidance of the companions.
From the signs of a relapse in eemaan
From the signs of a relapse [in your eemaan] is that: you hear the adhaan, and do not respond [by attending the prayer]; you miss the Fajr prayer, and are not concerned [about it]; you have abandoned.
They say it is an innovation
And as for Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, then regarding every action and speech which has not been [authentically] reported from the companions [of the Prophet ﷺ] – then they say it is an innovation.
A caution against books of the people of desires and innovations
I asked Abu ‘Abdillaah – meaning Ahmad ibn Hanbal – about al-Karaabeesee and what he came with. So he had a look of anger on his face, and said
Defended the Sahaabah, then died and was buried alongside the Sahaabah
Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer spent his life defending the Sahaabah; when he was injured by the bomb explosion, he was brought to Saudi Arabia for treatment and died here.
He was the most humblest of all the people
He would remain in the main masjid of the city from [the time of] Fajr until [the time of] ‘Ishaa, not leaving other than for a need. He would teach the people and have them read the Qur.aan to him.
Pious companions
ar-Rabee’ [ibn Khuthaym] was the most pious of the companions of ‘Abdullaah.
Resembling the companions
I have not seen anyone resemble the companions of Muhammad ﷺ more than al-Hasan al-Basree.
Alone, and in the study of hadeeth
‘Abdullaah ibn al-Mubaarak used to stay in his house a lot, and so it was said to him ‘Are you isolating yourself?’ He said: ‘How can I isolate myself when I am with the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions?!