Quotes from the Salaf, part 1.

Contains 457 quotes, from both the Salaf and present major scholars. Yusuf ad-Dakhil: When Sh Muqbil had died, I said to Sh Rabi: The lion of Yemen has died. He then said: No, but the lion of the world. (sahab.net) Ibn-ul-Arabi: Our scholars say that one should openly pray against the one who is openly unjust. (al-Ahkam 1/558, afatwa.com) Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullh): Many people sin because they rely on the mercy of Allaah. The one who does that is like a stubborn sinner. (ad-Da, p 31, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: The one who says that it is Hall (lawful) to get high by hashish, has blasphemed.(AlFatw 34/204, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: The one who says that Abu Hanfah considered it allowed to drink a small amount of alcohol, has lied. (al-fatw 34/203, afatwa.com) Qurn: And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech.. (31:6, interpretation of the meanings) Ibn Abbaas said: this means singing [Tafsr Al-Tabari 21/40, afatwa.com] Zayd bin Arqam said: A man from the fire will be so great (In size) in the fire, so that one of his molar teeth will be like Uhud (the mountain). (Ahmad (4/367), afatwa.com) al-Albn: One should not have the watch on the left hand because the Kuffaar have it there, and we should not liken them. (al-Huda wan-Nur 249, afatwa.com) al-Albanee: It is not allowed with boxing if the face is hit. (SHN 262, afatwa.com) Shaykhul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah: Music is forbidden according to all of the four Imaams. (al-Minhaj 3/442, afatwa.com) Ibn Qayyim-il-Jawziyyah: Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you. (ad-Da, p.65, afatwa.com) Al-Albn: It is not from the Sunnah to sit in a big ring while having a lecture. (SHN 213, afatwa.com)

adh-Dhahab: Imaam Ahmad didnt let Dawood adh-Dhahiri visit him because he said that the Quraan is created. (at-Tadhkirah 2/109, afatwa.com) as-Sadi Only those with complete faith (mn) go out in Jihaad. (Tayseer-ul-Kareem, p.186, afatwa.com) ibn Taymiyyah: The Arab polytheists believed in Qadr and that Allaah created everything. (al-Minhaj 3/331, afatwa.com) Ab Dwd said: I heared Ahmad say: The one who does not perform his prayer, is a kfir (ash-Sharah, p. 141 by Imm Ab Bakr al-jurr, afatwa.com) Al-Albn: Islm is Qurn and Sunnah according to the understanding of the salaf. (al-huda wan-Noor 357, afatwa.com) al-Albani: The rulers of today know nothing about the religion. They only care about politics and even it is western. (SHN 842, afatwa.com) al-Albn: If you ask about my condition, then I say that I am soft. (Cassette: ash-Shiddah inda as-Salafiyyeen, afatwa.com) al-Albanee: To always be nice towards these ahl-ul-Bidah is against the Sunnah. It is not from the Sunnah to always be nice. (SHN 276, afatwa.com) Ibn Rajab: It was said to al-Hasan: Is not the servant ashamed of sinning and then repenting, and then sinning again and then again repenting? He said: Satan wants exaclty that. Never stop making repentance. (Jami-ul-Ulum, p.205, afatwa.com) Imm Ibn Abdil-Barr: The narrations that forbid Taqld, are not in regards to the laymen. The laymen are obliged to follow their scholars blindly when something happens. None from amongst the scholars say anything else. (al-Jami 2/228, afatwa.com) Abdullh bin amr: If you are not crying, then pretend to cry. For by the One in whose Hand my soul lies, if one of you knew, he would have shouted until his voice breaks, and he would have prayed until his back breaks. (at-Tazkiyah, p.124, afatwa.com) az-Zuhr:We found out that the knowledgeable ones used to say: The rescue lies in following the Sunnah.(ash-Shareeah, p. 311, afatwa.com)

al-Khattb:Allhs name at-Tawwab means: He who accepts His slaves Tawbah every time they repent.(al-Asma, p. 99, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: The death of a martyr is the easiest and best death. (al-Iraqiyyah 2/941, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: It is obligatory for the man to have intercourse with the wife. (al-Iraqiyyah 2/965, afatwa.com) Abd-Dard (radhiya Allhu anh) said:The one who advises his brother in secret has beautified him and the one who advises his brother openly has uglified him.(al-Amr bilMarf wan-Nah an-il-Munkar, p. 39, by Imm Abu Bakr al-Khalll, afatwa.com) al-Albn:Neither is it allowed to speak like the scholars do, this means that you are showing off.(Silsila al-Huda wan Noor 191, afatwa.com) as-Sadi: Laziness against the Salaah is a sign that the heart does not long for Allh. (Taysir ul Karim p. 211, afatwa.com) ibn Rajab: Some of the Salaf used to ask Allaah for everything while they were praying such as salt for the dough and grass for the sheep. (al-Jami, p. 276, afatwa.com) al-Albani: We do not deny that the earth is round and that it rotates rapidly. (al-Huda wanNur 403, afatwa.com) al-Albn: al-Ikhwn Al-Muslimns religion is sport, football and basketball. (Silsila al-Huda wan Nr 200, afatwa.com) Ibn Abl Izz al-Hanaf: Jahmiyyahs sign is that they call Ahl-us-Sunnah as Mushabbihah. (Sharh al-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah, p. 118, afatwa.com) Shaykh al-Albn: There is no evidence that Allh has more than two eyes. This is what is reported from the Salaf. (Silsilat-ul-Hud wan-Nr 183, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Qayyim: If one does not spend ones time for Allahs sake, then it is better to die. (adDa, p. 183, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: If the Muslims want strength, power and honour, then only one thing is required: That they stick to the aqdah (creed) of the Salaf, (their kind of) worship, charachter (Fhm 2, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Qayyim: To think of ones deficiencies is the key to all the good. It subjugates the soul so that it can live harmoniously. (ad-Da, p. 182, afatwa.com) Sad bin Abi Waqqas: I saw Hamzah fight with two swords in front of the messenger of Allh during the battle of Uhud. He said: I am the lion of Allh! (as-Siyar 1/177, afatwa.com)

Ibn Taymiyyah: The christians say that the disciples of s are faultless while they slander prophets such as Sulaymn (Solomon). (al-Minhaj 6/187, afatwa.com) Al-Albani: Ahl-ul-Bidah are as the christians when it comes to accepting that which suits them. They read the Qurn and Sunnah and take that which suits them and lure away from that which doesnt. (al-Huda wan-Nr 430, afatwa.com) Shaykh-ul-Islm Ibn Taymiyyah: All Muslims deem the heavens to be round. Several scholars have declared consensus concerning it Only ignorant people say that the earth isnt round. (Madjm-ul-Fatw [6/586-587], afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: Dear mother! Do not think that there is anything in this life I wish more than to be close to you! (al-Uqud, p. 258, afatwa.com)- Words of an imprisoned Ibn Taymiyyah as-Sadi: One of the greatest ways of being good towards the creation is to help the needy. (Taysir-ul-Karim, p. 884, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Nothing can affect the wise person as a woman. (Sharh-ul-Bulugh 1/720) as-Sadee wrote: Woe to the one who shaves (al-Fataawaa as-Sadiyyah, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: Nothing can exist without attributes. (SHN, p. 8, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: The fact that nothing can exist without attributes, the Salaf called those who denied the attributes as Muattilah, deniers. To deny the attributes actually means to deny the essence. (SHN, p. 8, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymn: Blood from a wound, to pull out a tooth, nose-bleeding and such do not break the fast. (Sahab.net, afatwa.com) al-Albani: The Muslims of today cant differentiate between things. They think that one is an Alim just because one talks. (SHN 852, afatwa.com) From Aishah who said: that the Messenger of Allah salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam said: Indeed a man reaches the level of the one who prays the night prayer and fasts during the day, due to his good manners. (Silsilah Ahadith As-Sahihah No.795, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymeen: We do not acknowledge any ears to Allh since there is no evidence for it. (LBM 72, afatwa.com) Al-Hasan al-Basri: The best attribute the believer can possess is forgiveness. (Adab Shariyyah 1/121, afatwa.com) al-Albani: However, Ibn-ul-Jawzi has statements in his Tafsir Zad-ul-Masir that differ from Daf Shubah-it-Tashbih which he might have written as a youth. (al-Huda wan-Nur 795, afatwa.com) al-Qurtub: They sometimes formulate the trinity by saying The Father, the son and the Holy spirit. Thus, they mean that the Father is the existence, the son is al-Mash (Messiah) and the Holy spirit is the knowledge. There is a real mess in their speech that clarifies the principles of their religion. (al-Jmi li Ahkm-il-Qurn (6/23), afatwa.com)

al-Qurtubi: Shyness lies in the eyes. (at-Tadhkirah, p. 31, afatwa.com) al-Hasan al-Basr (rahimahullh) said: The entire world is a darkness except for the sittings with the scholars. (Jmi Bayn-il-ilm 1/114, afatwa.com) Abdullh l ash-Shaykh said: Allh has made the scholars into mediators between the messengers and the people. (ad-Durar 4/388, afatwa.com) Luqman said to his son: O dear son! Sit with the scholars. Allh gives life to hearts with wisdom in the same way as He gives life to the dead land with rain. (Jami Bayan-il-ilm 1/211, afatwa.com) as-Sadi: This life is a journey. One travels towards his Lord from birth. (Taysir-ul-Karim, p. 836, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: The Imms of the Salaf (predecessors) are in consensus that Allh is separate from the creation. (al-Furqan, p. 81) Ibn Muflih:The one who jokes by doing Kufr (disbelief) has done kufr even if he apparently doesnt intend it.(al-Furu 3/416, afatwa.com) Ibn Muflih: It has been reported from several Sahbah and Tbin that they waxed their bodies. (Adab Shariyyah 3/499, afatwa.com) The Messenger sall Allhu alayhi wa sallam said: If Allaah intends good for His slave then He hastens his punishment in this world, and if Allaah prescribes evil for His slave, then Allaah holds back his sins until He recompenses them for him on the Day of Judgment. (Narrated by Tirmidhi & he declared it hasan, afatwa.com) as-Sadi: The person who makes fun of others is oftentimes worse than them. To make fun of people only springs from a heart that is full of bad characters. (Taysir-ul-Karim, p. 801, afatwa.com) al-Amash: A man asked ash-Shabi what the wife of the Devil is called.ash-Shabi answered: Thats a wedding I havent been on.(at-Tadhkirah 1/121, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: The evil that exists is not pure evil. It is only evil according to the one who is affected by it. People can benefit from the miseries of others. (al-Iraqiyyah 1/508, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Qayyim: Allh is towards you as you are towards Him and His servants.(al-Wabil, p. 80, afatwa.com) al-Albani: Girl schools are allowed if they consist of correct clothing and that they only are taught by women. Both men and women have the right to knowledge. (al-Huda wan-Nur 806, afatwa.com)

Imam Ahmad: Here we have the prophet and his companions and the followers (Tabiun), and Malik among the residents of Hijaz, and ath-Thawri among the Iraqi residents, and alAwzai among the residents of Sham, and al-Layth among the egyptians none of them have said to a man who does not read behind a reading Imam that his prayer is invalid. (al-Mughni 1/330, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: Hashish that is made of Cannabis is forbidden. The one who takes it is punished as the alcohol-drinker. (al-Iraqiyyah 2/930, afatwa.com) Imm Ibn-ul-Qayyim: He (I.e. Ibn Taymiyyah) lived poorly. He was imprisoned and threatened. But I have never seen anyone as happy as him. (al-Wabil, p. 110, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires. (al-Wabil, p. 109, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Qayyim: When we were afraid and anxious, we used to go to Ibn Taymiyyah. As soon as we saw him and heard him, all negative feelings disappeared. Our hearts were filled with conviction and harmony. Free is He from defects who shows His servants the paradise before they get to meet Him. (al-Wabil, p. 110, afatwa.com) Ibn Abdil-Hadi: I heard adh-Dhahab say that Ibn Taymiyyah told him how he met Ibn Daqq-il-d who said to Ibn Taymiyyah: I didnt believe Allh would create a creature as you. (al-Uqud, p. 119, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahab: The courage of Ibn Taymiyyah reminds of the great heroes. His battle against the mongolians was astonishing. (al- Uqud, p. 118, afatwa.com) al-Albn said: I fear that Salafiyyn one day will say: Photography isnt picture making. You just press a button..(Silsilat-ul-Hud wan-Nr 393, afatwa.com) al-Albani: A woman is allowed to wear high-healed shoes when shes only with her husband in the same way as she is allowed to wear pants with him. (SHN 814, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Qayyim: Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain. (al-Uddah, p. 156, afatwa.com) Sh Ibn Uthaymin: La ilaha illa Allah means that no one other than Allh has the right to be worshiped or that there is no true god except Allah. (FHM, tape 20, afatwa.com) Sh Ibn Uthaymn: It is allowed to swear by the Qurn if one intends the speech of Allh and not the Mushaf, which is created. (LBM 103, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymn: If one tries to vomit and vomits, the fast would break. But if the vomit overwhelms him unwillingly, then he would not break the fast. (Sahab.net) Ibn Abbs said: With the trinity they mean Allh (tal), his woman and His son. (al-Djmi li Ahkm-il-Qurn (6/23) by al-Qurtub, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: Ibn-us-Salah was a SALAFI. His creed was correct and he stayed away from the creed of the rhetorics He believed in that which had been confirmed in the Texts. (atTadhkirah 4/152, afatwa.com)

Ibn Abdil-Hadi: I heard adh-Dhahab say that Ibn Taymiyyah told him how he met Ibn Daqq-il-d who said to Ibn Taymiyyah: I didnt believe Allh would create a creature as you. (al-Uqud, p. 119, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahab: The courage of Ibn Taymiyyah reminds of the great heroes. His battle against the mongolians was astonishing. (al- Uqud, p. 118, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: If it then is said that Allhs knowledge is not as our knowledge, we then say that Allahs descension is not as our descension. (SHN, p. 24, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Men are smarter than women but there are women whom are smarter than men. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 290, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: The truth is most of the time with the majority. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 294, afatwa.com) al-Albani: Many students of today busy themselves with the errors of others instead of their own. (al-Huda wan-Nur 788) Ibn Taymiyyah: If Allh wants good for someone, He lets him understand the religion. If He does not want good for him, He then does not let him understand the religion. (al-Iraqiyyah 1/385, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: Shafiiyyah, Hanabilah and many Malikiyyah allow that one executes persons who call towards their innovation. (al-Iraqiyyah 2/934, afatwa.com) Ahmad al-Warrq: I came to Ahmad bin Hanbal and complained about poverty. He gave me four silver-coins and said: This is all I own. (Manaqib Ahmad, p. 325, afatwa.com) Abu Idris Al-Khawlani (rahimahullah) said:It is more beloved to me that I see fire in the masjid and not able to extinguish it, rather than see bidah in it and not able to stop it.(alIbanah of Ibn Battah: 599, afatwa.com) al-Albani: To place the hands on the chest after Ruku is an innovation. (SHN 849, afatwa.com) Ibn Abdil-Hadi: When Ibn Taymiyyah was at the age of ten, he mastered Arabic grammar, Tafsir, Usul-ul-Fiqh and other than that. (al-Uqud ad-Durriyyah min Manaqib Ibn Taymiyyah, p. 3, afatwa.com) an-Nawawi: I took advantage of every moment in the day, night and even on the road. I was always busy with knowledge. (at-Tadhkirah 4/178, afatwa.com) al-Albani: A sinning Jinn is called Shaytan (SHN 323, afatwa.com) al-Albani: Yesterday was the first time I heard how a woman didnt know that orgasm made Ghusl (ritual bath) compulsoryWhere does she live? (SHN 249, afatwa.com) Ibn Abdil-Barr: Ibn Masud said: Do you read behind the Imam? They said Yes He then said: You lack understanding. Why do you not understand? (al-Istidhkar 2/465, afatwa.com) Ibn Qudamah: Nine companions of the prophet said that one does not read al-Fatihah when the Imam is reading loudly. They are Ali, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Masud, Zayd Bin Thabit, Abu Said, Hudhayfah, Uqbah, Ibn Umar, Jabir and Ibn-uz-Zubayr. (al-Mughni 2/263, afatwa.com) Ibn Masud said: I wish that the person who reads behind the Imam gets his mouth filled with sand. (al-Mughni 2/263, afatwa.com) Ibn Muflih: It is not obligatory to read al-Fatihah if the Imam is reading loudly. This is reported from Ali, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Masud, Jabir and Ibn Umar. The Majority has this opinion based upon the Hadith: If one has an Imam, the reading of the Imam is ones own reading. (al-Mubdi 2/51, afatwa.com)

Ali said: The one who reads behind the Imam is not established upon the natural disposition. (al-Mubdi 2/52, afatwa.com) Ibn Masud said: I do not know of it being Sunnah to read behind the Imam. Ibn Umar said: His reading is enough for you. (al-Mubdi 2/52, afatwa.com) Nafi: Ibn Umar was asked about reading behind the Imam. He said: If one of you prays behind an Imam then his reading is enough for you. Nafi: Ibn Umar did not read behind the Imam. (al-Istidhkar 1/462, afatwa.com) Ibn Abdil-Barr: Salih narrated that Ibn Umar was silent when the Imam read loudly and he (used to) read when the Imam (was) reading silently. (al-Istidhkar 2/463, afatwa.com) Ibn Abdil-Barr: Malik said: When the Imam is reading silently, one reads behind him. When he is reading loudly, one is silent. This opinion is held by Ibn-ul-Musayyab, Salim, az-Zuhri, Qatadah, Ibn-ul-Mubarak, Ahmad, Ishaq, Dawud and at-Tabari. (al-Istidhkar 2/464, afatwa.com) Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah wrote:I have forgiven those who have lied about me and treated me unjustly.(al-Uqud, p. 265, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin:A Muqallid has no right to issue Fatawa and is not allowed to do it if there are scholars in the surrounding.(Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 603, afatwa.com) Al-Albani: To say that the Devil was an angel contradicts the Quran and Sunnah. (al-Huda wan-Nur 265, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: Ibn Taymiyyah was a sea of knowledge. He was a master in [the knowledge of] men, the defects (Ilal) and understanding of the Hadiths. Both his friends and his enemies praised him. He is estimated to have written 300 volumes. (at-Tadhkirah 4/196, afatwa.com) Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah wrote:I have forgiven those who have lied about me and treated me unjustly.(al-Uqud, p. 265, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: A Muqallid has no right to issue Fatawa and is not allowed to do it if there are scholars in the surrounding. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 603, afatwa.com) Yazid bin Maysarah: Allah says: You youth who leave your desire for Me, and strive for Me! With Me you are as some of my angels.(az-Zuhd, p.88, afatwa.com) Imam al-Asbahani (d.535H) {rahimahullah} said:The sign of Ahl-us-Sunnah is that they follow the Salaf-us-Salih (I.e. pious predecessors) and abandon all that is innovated and newly introduced into the Din.[Al-Hujjah fi Bayanil Mahajjah 1/364, afatwa.com] Yahya bin Abi Kathir: Knowledge is not reached with a rested body. (al-Jami 1/91, afatwa.com) al-Albani: The Muslims of today cant differentiate between things. They think that one is an Alim just because one talks. (SHN 852, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: It is allowed for the wife to masturbate her husband. (FHM 14, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: To touch a woman with desire does not break the ablution. (FHM 4, afatwa.com) Sh al-Albani: I have noticed how people who subscribe to our Dawah become a bit fond of themselves and self-deceived after a while. After having having finished reading some book, you see how they become independent. If one then points it out and says that the Shaykh has a different opinion, he says: He has his and I have mine. (al-Huda wan-Nur 256, afatwa.com) al-Albani: When one speaks with ignorant people, one doesnt say that the Hadith is odd (shadh) or deficient (malul) since they do not understand that. Instead say directly that it is weak. (al-Huda wan-Nur 248, afatwa.com) Sh al-Albani: The problem with the youths of today is, as soon as they have learned something new, they think that they know everything. (al-Huda wan-Nur 861, afatwa.com) Q: Who do you consider to be Mujtahid today? al-Albani: Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymin. (alHuda wan-Nur 301, afatwa.com)

Ibn Uthaymn: A person who looks up a matter in a book is not considered to be a Mujtahid, rather a Muqallid. He is just following his book blindly. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 584, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Ibn Muflihs book al-Furu is called as Hanabilahs broom because it covers the entire Madhhab. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p.588, afatwa.com) al-Albani: I have not read much of what Shaykh Muqbil has written. It seems as if Rabi writes more while Muqbil does more Dawah. (SHN 851, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: A person who only sticks to one Imam no matter what and ignores everything else has taken this imam as a messenger. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p.599, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: If the ignoramus does not have knowledge about a ruling, he then has to follow the scholar blindly. Allah commands that one asks the scholars and the purpose with the question is to take their answer. Of what benefit would it otherwise be to ask them if were not to obey them? (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 594, afatwa.com) al-Ansari: A person cannot understand the Quran and Sunnah without a Madhhab. (alMajmu 2/493, afatwa.com) Mutarrif: That I should spend the night sleeping and wake up regretful is dearer to me than to spend the night standing and face the morning conceited. (az-Zuhd. p. 195, afatwa.com) Mujahid: I kept company with Ibn Umar. I wanted to serve him but he served me more. (azZuhd, p. 158, afatwa.com) Anas: It was said to Abu Musa that Ghazwan does not laugh. He said: So he said Ghazwan! Why do you not laugh? He then said: Hah hah. What shall I do with this? (az-Zuhd, p.169, afatwa.com) Hisham bin Hassan: They mentioned humility in front of al-Hasan and he was silent until they talked a lot. He said: I see that you have talked a lot about humility. They said: What is humility, Abu Said? He said: That one exits ones home and does not meet a single Muslim but that one believes that he is better than oneself. (az-Zuhd, p. 226, afatwa.com) Shaykh Ibn Uthaymn said:Everyone have to be Salafiyyn! Not as a sect, rather because Salafiyyah is truth.(LBM 220, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: There is nothing I hate as rethoric. (at-Tadhkirah 3/140, afatwa.com) ad-Darimi: The Muslims are in agreement that Allah is above His throne, above His heavens. (al-Arsh 2/260, afatwa.com) Ibn Khuzaymah: I have not followed anyone blindly since I was 16 years. (al-Arsh 2/278, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: at-Tabarani became 100 years [old]. (al-Arsh 2/317, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: al-Baqilani is the best Ashari that has ever existed. (al-Arsh 2/336, afatwa.com) Abu Yala: If it had been allowed to distort the texts about Allahs names and attributes, the companions would then have been the first ones to have done it. (al-Arsh 1/360, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: Muadh was 35 years when he died in Jordan due to the pest. (at-Tadhkirah 1/82, afatwa.com) Al-Albani: It is not allowed with boxning if the face is hit. (al-Huda wan-Nur 262, afatwa.com) an-Najm: These, such as Ibn Hajr and an-Naww, belong to Ahl-ul-Hadth who erred in a certain aspect. (Darulhadith.com) al-Ansari: Juddah (Jeddah) is spelled with u . (al-Majmu 2/700, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: The woman should not be allowed to wear pants at all. Not even with her husband. Ibn Baz forbids it. Ibn Jibrin does it [I.e. forbids it]. al-Lajnah ad-Daimah does it. I do it. I do not know who the people should go to if not to their scholars. To the ignoramuses? (LBM 135, afatwa.com) Ibn Rajab: All that is forbidden to use is forbidden to sell. (al-Jami, p. 505, afatwa.com)

an-Nawawi: We (Shafiiyyah) consider it recommended for the woman to remove her mustache and beard (Sharh Muslim 14/89, afatwa.com) Ibn Baz: I do not know of anything [wrong] in cutting a womans hair. It is not allowed to shave all of it off. You cannot shave off the hair of your head but you may shorten its length. I do not know of anything wrong with that. (Fatawa al-Marah, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Girls and others are allowed to dye the hair as long as it is not black color. The fact is that it is (even) ordered to dye the hair. (Nur alad-Darb, cassette 234, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Girls and others are allowed to dye the hair as long as it is not black color. The fact is that it is (even) ordered to dye the hair. (Nur alad-Darb, cassette 234, afatwa.com) Ibn Baz: It is allowed to shave the neck. That hair is not beard. (binbaz.org.sa) adh-Dhahabi: Ibn Taymiyyah was alone in some opinions and that is why he was slandered. But these errors drown in his sea of knowledge. May Allah forgive him. I have not seen anyone as him. (at-Tadhkirah 4/197, afatwa.com) al-Fawzan: Even if it is not allowed to force Islam upon someone, the forced persons Islam (still) counts. (al-Ittihaf, p. 385, afatwa.com) al-Ansari: The woman is the key to the security in every society and the foundation of the family. (al-Majmu 1/173, afatwa.com) ash-Shafii: If the scholars are mentioned, Malik is the star. (at-Tadhkirah 1/203, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: It is obligatory to shorten the prayer while traveling. (Sharh-ul-Bulugh 1/392, afatwa.com) Al-Albani: One is allowed to shorten the beard on the sides if it is longer than a hand. (SHN 266, aFatwa.com) Al-Albani: It is only allowed to kill a woman in war if she herself is fighting. (SHN 286, aFatwa.com) Ibn Qudamah: If a person becomes forced to kill someone, then both the one that forces and the forced one should be executed. (al-Umdah 1/223, aFatwa.com) al-Awzai: The turban is the crown of the Arabs. (at-Tadhkirah 1/186, afatwa.com) al-Awzai: The one that takes the unusual opinions of the scholars, leaves Islam. (atTadhkirah 1/185, aFatwa.com) al-Walid bin Mazid: I have never seen al-Awzai guffaw. (at-Tadhkirah 1/184, aFatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: Muhammad bin Ishaq was one of the most knowledgeable in history. Ibn Abi Adiyy said: He used to play with roosters. (at-Tadhkirah 1/180, aFatwa.com) Al-Albani: The friday-prayer is more important than the prayer in congregation. (SHN 285, aFatwa.com) Al-Albani: I deem that there is no woman that has given birth to anyone such as Ibn Hajar. (SHN 285, aFatwa.com) as-Sadi: To rule by something other than Allahs judgement excludes one from the religion if one considers it to be allowed [to rule by other than it]. (Taysir-ul-Karim, p. 233, aFatwa.com) Ibn Abi Arubah: Ibn Jurayj was the first one to write books. (at-Tadhkirah 1/177, aFatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: If one is to criticize a group, then one does it according to the errors of the leader of the group, not that of the ignoramuses. (al-Minhaj 2/522, aFatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: Ahl-ul-Hadiths creed is pure Sunnah since they have the confirmed creed of the prophet. (al-Minhaj 2/521, aFatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymn: The fasting one is allowed to perfume himself with what ever he wants to from perfumes, incenses and other than that, and he does not break his fast with it. (Sahab.net)

Ibn Uthaymn: The fasting one is also allowed to use medicine for his eye such as drops and he does not break his fast with it. (Sahab.net) al-Albani: To ejaculate by rubbing ones body against that of the wife does not break the fast. This opinion is held by, among others, Aishah. (SHN 693, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: If the leader is good, the people are then also good and vice versa. (alIraqiyyah 1/478, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Arabi: No linguist or Fiqh-knower is as Aishah in knowledge. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 1/76, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Arabi: It is allowed to curse a disbelieving individual. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 1/81, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Arabi: It is prohibited to curse a sinful Muslim. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 1/81, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Qayyim: an-Nur is one of the names of Allah. (al-Wabil, p. 115, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: The prophet stoned 5 persons. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 383, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Those who say that stoning is barbaric are worse than animals. They are not Muslims. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 384, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Ibn Taymiyyah said that fornication has never been witnessed by four persons from the time of the prophet to his time.(Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 387, afatwa.com) Ibn Hibban: The most beautiful beauty is fine behaviour. The one who does not have it has no beauty. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 222, afatwa.com) al-Albani: The only difference between the Islamic bank and the brittish one is the name. (SHN 807, afatwa.com) al-Awzai: The one who takes the odd opinions of the scholars, leaves Islam.(at-Tadhkirah 1/185, afatwa.com) al-Albani: Theres no evidence that it is forbidden to make Sujud on a garment that is on the body. (adh-Dhaifah 10/360, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Arabi: The prophet ate meat when he found it, he wore clothes that cost 20 camels and he often had intercourse. If he didnt have access to it, he had patience and the one who turns away from his way is not from him. (al-Ahkam 2/106, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: an-Nasai was a handsome older man who wore fine clothes. He enjoyed women a lot. He had four wives and several [female] slaves. (at-Tadhkirah 2/186, afatwa.com) Ibn Rajab: Id is not for the one who wears new clothes. Id is for the one whose obedience rises. Id is not for the one with beautiful clothes and splendid means of transport. Id is for the one who gets his sins forgiven. (al-Lataif, p.371, afatwa.com) Al-Albani: There is no authentic Hadith that forbidds red clothes. (SHN 265, afatwa.com) Ibn Bz: Pepsi and (alcohol-free) bears are allowed to drink. (binbaz.org.sa) al-Albani: That everything which comes out from the genital or anal breaks the clean state (I.e. wudhu) is an incorrect opinion that lacks evidence. (SHN 240, afatwa.com) Al-Albani: Discharges do not break the clean state (I.e. Wudhu) of the woman. There are no evidence that they do. (SHN 240, afatwa.com) Al-Albani: A woman is not obliged to insert cotton and the like to see if her period is over. They are obliged to see what comes out. (SHN 240, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: Ibn Taymiyyah had a perfect knowledge in Hadith. To say The Hadith that Ibn Taymiyyah did not know is not a Hadith is true. (al-Uqud, p. 25, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: Ibn Taymiyyah gave Fatawa and educated when he was 20. He had more than 200 teachers. His Arabic was very strong. He was a wonder in history. None had such a knowledge about religions and sects. His courage and struggle cannot be described. (alUqud, p. 23, afatwa.com) as-Sadi: The Arabic people are the best and the most noble and from it comes the master of humanity. (Taysir-ul-Karim, p. 496, afatwa.com)

Ibn Taymiyyah: the Arabic language itself is part of Islm, and knowing Arabic is an obligatory duty. If it is a duty to understand the Qurn and Sunnah, and they cannot be understood without knowing Arabic, then the means that is needed to fulfil the duty is also obligatory. (Iqtidus-Sirtil-Mustaqm (2/207), afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: The correct opinion is that Allh descends without leaving the throne. It has been reported from the Salaf. This descent is not as the descent of the human bodies when they descend down from the roof and then have the roof above themselves. (SHN, p. 66, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: When I am not able to know of a ruling, I follow Ibn Taymiyyah blindly. He is closer to that which is correct than others. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p.595, afatwa.com) al-Albani: If a scholar (Alim) gives a layman (Ami) a ruling, it is then not allowed for the ignoramus to say I do not agree with this because Allah had ordered us to ask the scholars when we do not know. (SHN, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: To be a Mujtahid one has to have knowledge about weak and authentic Hadith, the men in the chains etc. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p.585, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: A Mujtahid is a person who does research in all books and the opinions of the scholars in order to reach a ruling. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p.584, afatwa.com) al-Albani: A student (Talib-ul-Ilm) is not an Alim. Then who is an Alim? As Malik said: I did not issue Fatawa until 70 scholars ordered me to do it. (SHN 901, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: It is better to ask a Muqallid than to be ignorant. However, this Muqallid should not be considered to be a Mufti. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p.606, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Ibn-ul-Qayyims Alam-ul-Muwaqqiin is one of the best Usul-ul-Fiqhbooks and one of his best books. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p.604, afatwa.com) al-Albani: We see today a lot of beginners issuing Fatawa without having asked the scholars if they have the right to it. (SHN 901, afatwa.com) al-Albani: We see today a lot of beginners issuing Fatawa without having asked the scholars if they have the right to it. (SHN 901, afatwa.com) al-Albani: We do not praise the rulers at all. We say that they are sinful and deviant. Where did they get that from (and that we praise the leaders)? (SHN 851, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Allh (subhnah) has ordered the spouses to live in harmony and tranquillity. (Fatw Ulam al-Balad al-Harm, p. 656, afatwa.com) an-Najm: The mother is the first school. If she is righteous, the progeny becomes righteous. (Fath-ur-Rabb al-Wadd (2/256), afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: If he (the man) wants to live a happy life, he has to come home with an open chest and treat his children and his wife in the best possible way. (Fatw Ulam al-Balad al-Harm, p. 656, afatwa.com) al-Albani: I do not know that there is any book in the world such as Ibn Hajars Fath-ulBari. (SHN 285, afatwa.com) al-Albani: Ibn Umar is known to be the companion who followed the prophet best. If he had seen that the prophet did not shorten his beard, then Ibn Umar who cut it [his beard] after a hand would not have touched a bristle. (SHN 285, afatwa.com) as-Sadi: The one who does not hate the disbelievers, has a cheap religion and he lacks honour and humanity. (Taysir-ul-Karim, p.238, afatwa.com) al-Albani: It is only allowed to kill a woman in war if she is belligerent herself. (SHN 286, afatwa.com) as-Sadi: The reason why priests and monks are closest to Islam, is because they are knowledgeable, abstinent and worshiping. These three factors soften the heart. (Taysir-ulKarim, p.241, afatwa.com) al-Albani: The TV destroys families and children. (SHN 288, afatwa.com)

Al-Albani: Live broadcasting has the same ruling as all other PICTURES. It is, after all, possible to record it and watch it again. (SHN 288, afatwa.com) al-Albani: It is allowed to autopsy dead animals in order to study them. (SHN 268, afatwa.com) al-Albani: If a person wakes up just before the sun rises and is forced to bath for the prayer, he baths even if the time were to run out. (SHN 268, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: It is obligatory for the men to call uncovered, disbelieving women to Islam. However, they have to lower the gaze. (al-Fatawa 27/190, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: Only Ahl-us-Sunnah are able to refute the creed of the Khawarij. (al-Minhaj 2/613, afatwa.com) Fatimah bint Rasulillah: The best women are those who do not see the men and who are not seen by the men. (Ahkam-un-Nisa, p.219, afatwa.com) an-Nadhr bin Shumayl: A person has not felt the sweetness of knowledge until he becomes hungry and forgets the hunger. (at-Tadhkirah 1/276, afatwa.com) al-Albani: Even if the scholars in Saudi Arabia are Hanabilah, they are still closest to the Sunnah. (SHN 301) Al-Albani: The knowledgeable ones do not say about something allowed Did the Salaf do it? It is not a condition that Salaf do something for it to be allowed. (SHN 514, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: al-Bara bin Malik killed 100 men only in duels. As for Khalid bin al-Walid, only Allah knows how many he killed. In a battle he broke nine swords. (al-Minhaj 8/84, afatwa.com) al-Albani: Some scholars in Saudi Arabia say that the prophet did not cut his beard. It is a baseless claim. (SHN 496, afatwa.com) Ibn Hibban: The noble does not hurt the wise, he does not joke with the stupid and he does not mingle with the sinner. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 173, afatwa.com) al-Albani: Hashish and tobacco smoking has the same ruling. (SHN 497, afatwa.com) Al-Albani: I do not doubt that the earth is round. (SHN 497, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: If the woman does not marry in this life, Allah will marry her off in paradise to the one she finds delight in. (Arkan-ul-Islam, p. 116, afatwa.com) Abdul-Qadir al-Jaylani: Allahs rising over the throne is mentioned in every book that has been revealed to a prophet. (al-Ghunyah, p.96, afatwa.com) al-Albani: I can not remember that Rabi has written any error or deviated from our methodology. (SHN 851, afatwa.com) al-Ansari: The knowledge before used to be in the chests. It is today on the bookshelf. (alMajmu 1/265, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Arabi: The humans can not refrain from talking about marriage. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 1/261, afatwa.com) al-Ansari: ash-Shafii said: The one who does not marry an Egyptian woman is not chaste. (al-Majmu 2/687, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Arabi: An indirect proposal to a woman who has her waiting-period or after her husband having passed away is, inter alia: You are beautiful, I want to marry you, I am in need of women (Ahkam-ul-Quran 1/261, afatwa.com) as-Sadi: Do not imagine that you will get poor if you marry. Allah incites towards marriage and promises richness after poverty. (Taysir-ul-Karim, p. 567, afatwa.com) Ibn Abdil-Hadi: I heard al-Mizzi say: I have not seen anyone as Ibn Taymiyyah and he has not seen anyone as himself. (al-Uqud, p. 7, afatwa.com) Ibn Abdil-Hadi: Ibn Taymiyyah was a sharpened sword against the dissidents and a thorn in the throats of the innovators. (al-Uqud, p. 7, afatwa.com) adh-Dhahabi: at-Tahawi comes from the village Taha in Egypt. (at-Tadhkirah 3/23, afatwa.com)

adh-Dhahabi: The reason as to why Ibn Taymiyyah was imprisoned in Egypt was his book alHamawiyyah. (al-Uqud, p. 195, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah from the prison in Egypt: Dear mother! I thank Allah for all gifts. I have not chosen to be here and far away from you. If the birds could carry me, I would have hurried back to you. (al-Uqud, p. 257, afatwa.com) al-Ansari: There are three Hadiths about wiping the face after Dua. They become good (Hasan) together. (al-Majmu 2/487, afatwa.com) Abdul-Awwal al-Ansari: The most of my fathers (I.e. Hamad al-Ansaris) money went on books despite a small income. (al-Majmu 1/15, afatwa.com) Ibn Baz: I do not allow anyone to take a picture of me. (binbaz.org.sa) al-Ansari: There are three Hadiths about wiping the face after Dua. They become good (Hasan) together. (al-Majmu 2/487, afatwa.com) al-Ansari: There are three Hadiths about wiping the face after Dua. They become good (Hasan) together. (al-Majmu 2/487, afatwa.com) al-Albani: If you are to call albanians to the truth, you should stick to the youths. The elders never change. (SHN 803, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: Umar burned the books of the former religions. (al-Iraqiyyah 1/414, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Arabi: It is obligatory to read al-Fatihah behind the Imam if he is reading silently and prohibited if one hears him read loudly. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 1/26, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Arabi: Ibn Masud studied al-Baqarah for 8 years. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 1/32, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: at-Tabari is the leader of the Quran-interpreters. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 331, afatwa.com) al-Alusi: Rafidhah are deceived by their scholars and all of them are more ignorant than donkeys and more astray than Satan. (Sabb-ul-Adhab, p. 305, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: It is not allowed to touch the Quran without ablution. (al-Iraqiyyah 1/437, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Qayyim: The paradise of the believers and the hell of the disbelievers will always exist. However, the hell of the Muslim sinners will end. (al-Wabil, p. 42, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Arabi: The one who believes in disbelief is a disbeliever. The one who speaks in accordance with disbelief is a disbeliever. The one who teaches disbelief is a disbeliever. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 1/52, afatwa.com) Malik bin Anas: Allah is above the heaven and His knowledge is everywhere. (al-Arsh 2/180 confirmed according to adh-Dhahabi, afatwa.com) Ibn-ul-Jawzi: If a woman urinates and the urine reaches the vagina, it becomes obligatory to wash it away. I prefer that she do it with one finger. (Ahkam-un-Nisa, p. 19, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: To believe that one knows of all attributes of Allah and that which you do not know evidence for neither is an attribute, is a deviant opinion. Lack of knowledge about its evidence does not mean that something does not exist. (al-Imam al-Awsat, p. 116, afatwa.com) I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its door Ibn-ul-Jawzi: Baseless. (al-Mawdhuat 1/349, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: The Hadith: I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its door is fabricated. (al-Minhaj 7/515, afatwa.com) Muadh bin Jabal: Stay away from a companionship that does not benefit you with knowledge. (Adab Shariyyah 4/232, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: I deem it obligatory to give ones divorced wife a gift. Ibn Taymiyyah also says this. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 2/203, afatwa.com)

Muadh bin Jabal: Stay away from a companionship that does not benefit you with knowledge. (Adab Shariyyah 4/232, afatwa.com) Barjas: There are people who have sought knowledge for ten years. You then find them out in the street as usual people. Why? Because they did not seek knowledge for Allahs sake.(al-Manhajiyyah fi Talab-il-ilm, afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: A christian European wanted to test a Muslim scholar who sat and ate in a restaurant. He said You Muslims say that the Quran clarifies everything. How does it clarify how the food you are eating is made of? The Muslim then called the restaurant owner and asked him and he answered. He thereafter said: So says the Quran, namely that we ask the knowledgeable ones if we do not know. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 2/214, afatwa.com) Al-Qasim bin Muhammad: I saw Aishah wearing gold rings. (at-Tabaqat al-Kubra 8/70, afatwa.com) The Libanese Usamah al-Qassas was 21 years when Ahbash killed him for having written a book about Allahs transcendence. (SHN 360, afatwa.com) al-Albani: Sperms that come out without orgasm do not oblige bath. (SHN 328, afatwa.com) al-Ansari: The Vatican has a great, Islamic library. (al-Majmu 2/686, afatwa.com) al-Ansari: The Sulaymaniyyah-library in Istanbul is the worlds biggest Islamic library. (alMajmu 2/683, afatwa.com) al-Ansari: Qutb has a great Hizbiyyah and many adherents. (al-Majmu 2/636, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah:So, if they were to be busy with reading (the al-fatihah behind the Imam), the Imam would then have been ordered to read to a people who are not listening to his reading, and that is as speaking to someone who is not listening to ones speech, and preaching to someone who is not listening to ones sermon. THIS IS A STUPIDITY THE SHARIAH IS FREE FROM ( al-Fatawa al-Kubra Kitab-us-Salah 14, afatwa.com) Ibn Qudamah: Ahmad said: I have not heard any Muslim say that the praying-ones prayer is null if he is silent behind the Imam who reads loudly. The prophet, the companions and the followers have not said it. Malik in Hijaz has not said it. ath-Thawri in Iraq has not said it. alAwzai in Sham has not said it. al-Layth in Egypt has not said it. (al-Mughni 2/262, afatwa.com) Sh al-Albani: That it is prescribed to read behind the Imam when he is reading silently and to be silent when he is reading loudly is the old opinion of ash-Shafii. It is also held by Abu Hanifahs student Muhammad bin al-Hasan, Ali al-Qari, several Hanafiyyah, az-Zuhri, Malik, Ibn-ul-Mubarak, Ahmad, several Muhaddithun and Ibn Taymiyyah. (asl Sifah Salatin-Nabiyy 1/331, afatwa.com) Ibn Taymiyyah: It has also been said that one neither should read al-Istiftah or at-Taawwudh when the Imam is reading loudly and this is more correct because it prevents one from listening and being silent which is commanded, and he is not allowed to busy himself with something other than that which he has been commanded. ( al-Fatawa al-Kubra Kitab-usSalah 14) al-Lalakai: The greatest obligation is knowledge about the creed and the obligatory understanding of Tawhid and the attributes of Allah and the confirmation of the messengers. (Sharh-ul-Itiqad 1/7) as-Sadi: Allah deserves to be worshiped because He is described with the complete attributes. (Fath-ur-Rahim, p. 20) Ibn Taymiyyah: When Jahmiyyah say that Allah is one, they mean that He does not have attributes. (al-Minhaj 2/133) Abu Yala: If it had been allowed to distort the texts about Allahs names and attributes, the companions would then have done it first. (al-Arsh 1/360) Ibn Taymiyyah: Tawrah is full of Allahs attributes. The judgement Day is however not mentioned as explicitly as in the Quran. (al-Hamawiyyah, p. 41)

al-Bayhaqi: Allahs attributes Iradah (will) and Mashiah (will) has one and the same significance. (al-Asma, p. 175) Ibn Taymiyyah: If a sensible person reads ad-Darimis refutation of al-Marisi, he will se that the methodology of the Salaf is the right one. (al-Hamawiyyah, p. 27) Umar bin al-Khattb (radhiya Allhu anh) said: Do not marry off the woman to the ugly and repulsive man. They wish for themselves what you wish for yourselves. (Ahkm-unNis, p. 103 of Ibn-ul-Jawz) Abl-Hasan al-Ashar (d. 330) said: Our creed and understanding is to stick to the book of our Lord (azza wa jall), the Sunnah of our prophet (sall Allhu alayhi wa sallam) and that which has been reported by the masterly companions, followers and the Imms in Hadth. (al-Ibnah, p.43) Ibn Taymiyyah: Qaramitah say that one neither can say that Allah exists or that he does not exist, knows or does not etc. [According to them] If one says that He exists, He is likened to that which exists. If one says that He does not exist, He is likened to that which does not exist. They instead compared Him with something that is more worse than both of them [I.e. these two opposites], namely with the impossible. (SHN, p. 8) Ibn Taymiyyah: Allah lives and will not die and does not sleep and the people in paradise will live without dying or sleeping therein. Even so, Allah is not compared with them. (SHN, p. 9) Ibn Taymiyyah: If it then is said that Allahs knowledge is not as our knowledge, we say that Allahs descent is not as our descent. (SHN, p. 24) Ibn Taymiyyah: Allahs descent is in a way that only suits Him and the descent of the creation is in a way that only suits it. (SHN, p. 10) Sufyan ath-Thawri: We have found out that Zayd bin Thabit was the funniest human with his family, the most serious when he sat with the men. (al-Bayhaqi 6/292) Ibn-us-Salaf: We have found out how Abu Turab an-Nakhshabi heard how Ahmad criticised some narrators in the chains and said: O Shaykh! Do not backbite the people! Ahmad then said: This is an advice, not backbiting. (Ulum-ul-Hadith, p. 350) adh-Dhahabi: The first ones who praised people in the chains were ash-Shabi and Ibn Sirin. Then, after year 150 when Tabiun had passed away, the great scholars started to criticize (Jarh) and praise (Tadil). (Dhikru man, p. 159) adh-Dhahabi: The first ones who praised people in the chains were ash-Shabi and Ibn Sirin. Then, after year 150 when Tabiun had passed away, the great scholars started to criticize (Jarh) and praise (Tadil). (Dhikru man, p. 159) al-Fudhayl: He that wants to be remembered will not be remembered, and he that scorns to be remembered, will be remembered. (Alm-in-Nubal) al-Albn: The scholars in Azhar master the Arabic language, Qurn interpretations, traditional Fiqh and other things. However, they are as far away from the Sunnah as one can be. There are however some sincere people among them. If someone reminds them, they accept it. (SHN 206) al-Albani: You can not compare the Jihad-anashid of today that are sung in melodic tones with Hasan bin Thabits arousing poetry. (SHN 334) al-Albani: In these Hadiths and narrations exists an apparent evidence for it being allowed to sing without music in some occasions such as when one is thinking about death, longs for the family or home country, relaxes a little, gets away from the difficulties of the trip and the like. (Tahrim-ul-Alat, p. 129) al-Ansari: The scholars say that Maliks answer on the question about the Rising constitutes a rule for all Attributes. (al-Majmu 2/499)

Ibn Taymiyyah: Those who denied the attributes of Allah were known as Jahmiyyah with the Salaf. (al-Iraqiyyah 2/1048) Ibn Uthaymin: The woman experiences happiness with her husband when he fulfils his obligations, shows her love and helps her. The same is true regarding the man. (al-Liqa ashShahri 40) Ibn Uthaymin: Women should not dance for each other due to feared tribulation, regardless of whether it is on weddings or not. (al-Liqa ash-Shahri 35) al-Ansari: None was as well-read as as-Suyyuti. (al-Majmu 2/715) al-Ansari: Ibn Taymiyyahs Naqdh-ut-Tasis is only understood by the one who understands philosophy. After having read an entire page, one realises that one has not understood anything. (al-Majmu 2/715) Ibn Uthaymin: The woman experiences happiness with her husband when he fulfils his obligations, shows her love and helps her. The same is true regarding the man. (al-Liqa ashShahri 40) Ibn Uthaymin: Some men treat their wives as butlers. They have them only for intercourse and services. They speak to them in a bad way and look down upon them thereto. They then want the wives to be good to them. (al-Liqa ash-Shahri 40) al-Ansari: Ibn-ul-Jawzi did not have Ahmads creed at all. He was an Ashari and Mutazili due to Ibn Aqil. (al-Majmu 2/745) al-Ansari: al-Qurtubi and an-Nawawi were Ashairah. (al-Majmu 2/746) al-Ansari: Sururiyyah is a branch from al-Ikhwan and they live in London. (al-Majmu 2/765) al-Ansari: When I was in the Vatican, I went to its library, but it was closed. (al-Majmu 2/774) al-Ansari: I do not think that a student can be without Egypt. (al-Majmu 2/774) Ibn Taymiyyah: To be harsh when one refutes benefits the believers. The believers are like two hands that wash each other. Sometimes, one has to scrub the other hand harshly in order for the dirt from the other hand to disappear. On the other hand, it necessitates cleanliness and smoothness after the rough treatment. (al-Uqud, p. 264) Ibn Uthaymin: As for the dancing of the woman for her husband if no one is in their presence, then no harm is done. (al-Liq ash-Shahr (12)) Ibn Uthaymin: One is allowed to enjoy the woman in all possible ways from sexual positions, hugs, kisses and foreplay. The only exception is the intercourse during her period and anal-sex. (ibnothaimeen.com / afatwa.com) Ibn Uthaymin: Every time one wants to give charity, the Devil comes and says that one will become poor if one does it. Thus one becomes stingy. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 2/291) Ibn Uthaymin: If you want that your property grows and your sins to be forgiven, then you should give charity. (Ahkam-ul-Quran 2/293) Ibn Qayyim: Charity has a remarkable effect. It can even ward off difficulties from the sinful, the unjust and even the disbeliever. (al-Wabil, p. 69) Ibn Taymiyyah: To say that Allah created a voice that spoke with Musa is disbelief [I.e. to say this is disbelief]. Jahmiyyah say this. (al-Iraqiyyah 1/340) Ibn Taymiyyah: To say that Allah did not speak with Musa is worse than saying that the Quran is created since one accuses the Quran of lying. This one should repent or be executed. (al-Iraqiyyah 1/326) al-Albani: Make sure that you master the Quran and that you learn something new every day. (SHN 788) Ibn Taymiyyah: Malik and some Hanabilah consider it allowed to execute spies. (alIraqiyyah 1/409) Ibn Uthaymin: Mufawwidhah say that they do not know what the verses about the attributes of Allah mean. It is as if the prophet says Our Lord descends every night to the lowest

heaven and then being asked: O messenger of Allah! What does that Hadith mean? And the prophet then says: I do not know [I.e. Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymin is showing how stupid their belief is]. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 311) al-Fawzan: How can a suicide-bomber be a martyr when the prophet said that the self-killer is in the Fire? (lecture 42) al-Ansari: I left Africa to seek knowledge. (al-Majmu 1/391) al-Ansari: We memorize everything in Africa. (al-Majmu 1/394) al-Ansari: To me, books are better than the castles of the kings. (al-Majmu 1/395) al-Albani: ['Abdullah] al-Habashi is Ashari in creed, extreme Shafii in Fiqh. (SHN 316) Yahya bin Abi Kathir: Knowledge is not reached with a rested body. (al-Jami 1/91) Ahmad bin Hanbal: The happiest day in my life is when I wake up and do not have anything. (Manaqib Ahmad, p. 334) Ahmad bin Hanbal: I long for something that does not exist. I long to be in a place where no one exists. (Manaqib Ahmad, p. 374) Ibn Umar: Do not ask about something that has not happened. I heard Umar curse the one who does that. (ad-Darimi 1/50 authentic according to al-Albani) Ibn Uthaymin: Marry a religious woman. She will neither abuse your right nor reveal your secret and she will take care of your property and your child in the best way. (Sharh alBukhari, Nikah, 2) al-Albani: That a white man makes fun of a black man due to his skin colour or vice versa, means to make fun of Allah who has created them. (SHN 24) Ibn Uthaymin: It is not allowed to touch a paper on which the QURAN is written if one does not have ablution. (al-Liqa ash-Shahri 72) Ibn Taymiyyah: Ibn Kullab said that the Quran is an eternal speech that Allah had not uttered with His ability. This opinion was unknown among Salaf who said: The Quran is the speech of Allah and it is not created and Allah speaks with His will and ability. (SHN, p 105) The life of this world and the nextAl-Hasan al-Basri: Sell this life for the next and you win both of them. Sell the next life for this and you loose both of them. (al-Hilyah 2/143) al-Albani: The majority of the Muslims today are Ashairah and Maturidiyyah. Will Islam triumph with them? (SHN 799) Al-Albani to his grandchild: Come to grandpa, habibi, Ya ayni. (SHN 373) Ibn-ul-Qayyim: The Devil says to his army: I am a soldier and helper to the one who says that everything is Allah. (ad-Da, p. 116) al-Ansari: Tarikh-ul-Islam is 30 volumes as manuscript! Look at the will of these people. How long does it take to read 30 volumes? He thereafter abridged this book to Siyar Alamin-Nubala. (al-Majmu 1/375) Imm Ahmad bin Hanbal (rahimahullh) said: The woman is the best a man can get and the man is the best a woman can get. Tws said: The woman is the half of the mans religion. (al-War, p. 118) al-Albani: Salafiyyah is clear and explicit. Its night is as its day. Only the destroyed one deviates from it. (SHN 751) al-Allamah al-Fawzan: We are nothing compared to the scholars. One is ashamed when one reads about them. One is ashamed to be called as student, let alone scholar. (Sharh-udDurrah, p. 50) Ibn Uthaymin: It is said that the first one who wrote a book in Usul-ul-Fiqh was ash-Shafii. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 10) as-Sadi: The earth is both flat and round at the same time. (Taysir-ul-Karim, p. 922) Ibn Uthaymin: It is not allowed for a layman to say when he is asked about something: I believe that it is forbidden. However, a MUJTAHID may do so. (Sharh-ul-Usul, p. 19)

Al-Albani: Live broadcasting has the same ruling as all other pictures. It is after all possible to record it and look at it again. (Ibid, 288) Ibn Uthaymin: If he (the man) wants to live a happy life, he has to come home with an open chest and treat his children and his wife in the best possible way. (Fatw Ulam al-Balad al-Harm, p. 656) Ahmad al-Warrq: I came to Ahmad bin Hanbal and complained about poverty. He gave me four silver-coins and said: This is all I own. (Manaqib Ahmad, p. 325) Ibn Uthaymin: A womans Jilbab that she goes out with is not allowed to have sleeves since it reveals the figure of her body. (al-Liqa ash-Shahri 53) al-Albani: We see today a lot of beginners issuing Fatawa without having asked the scholars if they have the right to it. (SHN 901) Ibn Uthaymin: A well-brought-up woman shows love to her husband and respects him. If he wants something to be done, she does it, and if he does not want something to be done, she does not do it. (az-Zawj, p. 19) Ibn Taymiyyah: When Jahmiyyah say that Allah is one, they mean that He does not have attributes. (al-Minhaj 2/133) al-Fawzan: If your parent treats you bad, you are not allowed to treat him in the same way. Have patience with him. (al-Ittihaf, p. 834) Yahya bin Said: Every person I have met say that faith is speech and action, that Jahmiyyah are disbelievers and that Abu Bakr and Umar come first. (at-Tadhkirah 1/266) Ibn Taymiyyah: Just because Allah wants the sins to occur does not mean that he loves them. Ahl-us-Sunnah differentiate between His will and love and this is the opinion held by all Salaf. (al-Minhaj 3/15) al-Fawzan: Fiqh-differences do not split Ahl-us-Sunnah. Ahnaf, Hanabilah, Shafiiyyah and Malikiyyah are all brothers. They love each other and marry each other. (Sharh-ud-Durrah, p. 69) al-Albani: To say that a Muslim has to know everything with evidence is wrong and exaggeration. (Min hayah) Muqbil al-Wadii: al-Munajjid. Sururi.(al-Majruhun, p. 87) al-Bayhaqi: When Ibn-ul-Mubarak was asked about how Allah descends to the lowest heaven, he said in Farsi: Kadkhadai karkhuwaysh kan. I.e. He descends as he wants. (alAsma, p. 569) Ibn Taymiyyah: If it is said that Allah rose above the throne after having created the heavens and the earth and that it means that Allah before that was not above the throne, the answer is that the rising is a specific transcendence. Each one that has risen above something is above it, but each one that is above something DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE RISEN ABOVE IT. (SHN, p. 148) Ibn-ul-Mubarak: Nothing is better than seeking knowledge for Allahs sake. And Allah hates nothing such as seeking knowledge for someone elses sake. (Adab Shariyyah 2/127) Abu Qulabah: If you find out that your brother has done something you despise, you should then look for excuses for him. If you do not find any excuse for him, you say: He has to have an excuse I do now know of. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 184) Ibn Hibban: It is obligatory for the wise one to accept his brothers excuse if he were to excuse himself for his error and deem him as if he had never done that error. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 183) Ibn Hibban: It is not allowed to openly punish the one who does not sin openly. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 184) Ibn Hibban: Excuses fend off worries, eliminate sorrows and remove hate. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 186)

Ibn Hibban: The best brothers are those who wish the most well for one. It is better to be hit by a person who wishes well for you than to be greeted by a bad one. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 195) Ibn Hibban: The wise one has to know that secrets are revealed when one asks others for advice. He should therefore only consult the smart one, the sincere advisor, the loving and the religious. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 192) al-Hasan al-Basri: The believer is a part of the believer and the reflection of his brother. If he sees something with him that he does not like, he corrects him and advises him openly and secretly. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 195) Ibn Hibban: Advice is only given to the one who accepts it. It is better to advise the deaf one than the one who turns his back on one. The majority of those who do not accept advices act like that because they look up to themselves. (ar-Rawdhah, p.196) al-Khattab al-Makhzumi: Dear son! The woman is the tranquility of the man. He cant live with her if they do not agree. If you want to marry a woman then you should ask about her family. Good roots give sweet fruits. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 202, afatwa.com) al-Khattab al-Makhzumi: Dear son! Stay away from women who are fond of themselves and are bad towards their men. If he is good towards her, she sees it because she is above him. She doesnt thank him for what he does to her, she is not pleased by getting little and she is cheeky towards him. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 202, afatwa.com) al-Khattab al-Makhzumi: Dear son! Stay away from women who say No if the man says Yes and Yes if the man says No. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 202) al-Khattab al-Makhzumi: Dear son! Stay away from the woman who eats like a donkey. She doesnt clean the home, the food is left out overnight, the dishes are greasy and the dough is sour. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 202) Al-Khattab al-Makhzumi: Dear son! There are women who are loving and fertile. They are trustworthy when the men are absent. The neighbors like them. They are praiseworthy behind closed doors and openly. They lower their voices, clean their homes, and give food to the servants. Their homes are clean and their goodness is constant. (ar-Rawdhah, p . 202) Ibn-ul-Mubarak: Ibn Awn invited us for food. His female slave came in while we were eating. She stumbled on her clothes so that she dropped the plate she was holding. He then said:Do not be scared. You are free.(ar-Rawdhah, p. 211) Al-Maghribi: A woman should be beautiful without beautifying herself. One should become happy by looking at her. She should have a fine character. She should have a plumpy body and a slim stomach. She should have a thin waist, be imposingly built and have big hips and a big behind. (an-Nuzhah, p. 142) Al-Maghribi: A woman should have plumpy arms and calves. Her face should be so clean just as if water is flowing down her face. Her skin should be smooth and thin regardless of whether she is light or dark. She should smell delightfully and be big but yet beautiful. (anNuzhah, p. 142) Al-Maghribi: A woman should be playful and she should laugh. She should have hair of completeness. She should have big thighs, be tall and have a tall neck. She should be shy and speak lowly. She should love her man and make him love her. She should stay away from everything that could make others suspect her. (an-Nuzhah, p. 144) Al-Maghribi: A womans eyebrows should be thin and long as if they are painted with a pen. They should not be interconnected. Arabs hate interconnected eyebrows. (an-Nuzhah, p. 145) Al-Maghribi: A womans pupils should be really black and the white of her eyes should be really white. She should have wide eyes and long eyelashes. (an-Nuzhah, p. 145) al-Maghribi: The woman should lay down close to the man, take his hands and lay her shins on his. It it totally fine if she mean while kisses him slowly. This makes the man turn back to intercourse even if he were to be impotent. (an-Nuzhah, p. 89)

al-Maghribi: The woman should never, not even jokingly, claim that the man wants to have too much sex. It is not acceptable from her. If she sees that she has the capacity then she should get closer to him, speak to him the most beautiful speech, cause his erection and give him what she knows he likes. (an-Nuzhah, p. 89) Ibn Hibban: Poverty leads to humiliation while richness leads to respect. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 226) al-Maghribi: Part of the etiquette is that a woman makes no resistance when the man touches and plays with her genitals. She therefore always have to be as clean as possible. (an-Nuzhah, p. 89) al-Maghribi: The woman has to make sure not to disrupt the man during the act or reject him when his desire is a fact. The sperm becomes a pain in this case and the man first calms down when it comes out. (an-Nuzhah, p. 90) al-Maghribi: The wife should always have soft and smooth hands. The nails should always be cut and filed. (an-Nuzhah, p. 88) Ibn Uthaymin: It is allowed to spread video-recorded lectures. They affect more. (FHM 12) Allah says about the poor who want to marry:If they be poor, Allh will enrich them out of His Bounty. (24:32)ash-Shanqiti said: I.e. the one who with his marriage intends to obey Allah through lowering the gaze and protecting the private part. (al-Adhwa 4/112) Ibn Hazm: Perhaps one hour of neglect may destroy a years worth of pious effort! (al-Akhlaq wa-Siyar p. 14) Abu Nadhrah: The Muslims used to consider talking about ones gifts a gratitude. (Jami-ulBayan 30/233) Al-Maghribi: The first one should do to attract ones partnet is to think about the hygiene and beauty and use a lot of fragrances, happy faces, fine speech and a fine character. (an-Nuzhah, p. 78) as- Suyuti: aristotles says that the dove can become eight years old. (Tuq-ul-Hamamah, p. 70) Sufyan: I asked Misar if he would have liked it if a man told him about his deficiencies. He answered: If he is to scold me, no. And if he is to advise me, yes. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 196) Abu Nadhrah: The Muslims used to consider talking about ones gifts a gratitude. (Jami-ulBayan 30/233) Ibn Hibban: The Muslims have to be brothers. If one is hurt, the other one is also. If one is happy, the other one is as well. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 204) Ibn Hibban: A boring person cant have friends. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 206) Ibn Hibban: Where kindness does not benefit, neither does violence. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 216) Ibn Hibban: What makes the wise one consider this world as it should be considered is not to have great expectations and to know that death can take you at any given moment. (arRawdhah, p. 281) Ibn Hibban: The wise one is obliged to always think about death and not allow himself to be fooled by the worldly. Death is like a mill that spins to everyone. (ar-Rawdhah, p. 283) Abun-Nasr al-Maghribi (d. 562): The best intercourse is the intercourse with the person one is attracted to. When one wants to have intercourse with the person one does what is needed to please this person without this one noticing anything. (Nuzhah-ul-Ashab, p. 78) Ibn Taymiyyah: Aristotle and the greek philosophers worshiped celestial bodies and statues even though they knew of the angels and prophets. This is however not mentioned in their books. They almost only wrote about the nature. (al-Furqan, p. 65) al-Albani: Ibn Baz has filled the world with knowledge. (SHN 739) Ash-Shafii: The people have neglected two things: The Arabic language and medicine.(Adab Shariyyah 2/484) al-Fawzan: One should not be harsh as the Khawarij and neither soft as the sinners. One should be moderate. (Lecture 113 from his website)

al-Albani: Shaikh Rabi always speaks based upon knowledge. [Majmu'ah v. 1 p. 10] Ibn Uthaymin: A man who only sees the bad sides of his wife and forgets the her good sides, is as a woman who forgets her husbands good deeds if she on one occasion does not get it her way. (al-Liqa ash-Shahri 28)