Maktabah Al-Imām Al-Ghazālī

  'Allah has enjoined upon us to strive and fight for His religion. Just as you have your swords and lances for arms, we have our knowledge and discourse; and as it does not befit you to sheathe your sword from the heretics and polytheists, similarly, we cannot hold our tongues against the innovators and dissenters.' Sultan ul 'Ulama 'Izz bin 'Abdus Salaam, in his letter to the Sultan, Al-Malik Al-Ashraf. Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya 5:95

  Hizb-un-Nasr (The Litany of Victory) is a very powerful supplication compiled by Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili (592 AH - 655 AH). This du'a was composed whilst his followers fought against the crusader armies led by King Louis IX of France, who were trying to invade the city of Mansura in Egypt. Through the blessings of reciting this du'a, Allah Ta'ala gave the Muslims victory. Alhamdulillah.  This du'a is filled with immense spirituality and draws on the names of Allah Ta'ala and Qur'anic Ayaat that seek support and help from Allah Ta'ala. All Muslims around the world are called on to recite this magnificent du'a, pleading to Him for help and aid, in the face of the attacks on Islam, the Muslims, and everything to do with pure and pristine Islam.  The audio recitation of this du'a is available by clicking the play icon in the clip provided.  Important: To draw the help of Allah Ta'ala against the enemies of Islam, one must consume halaal fo...

Conditions are only from Allah Ta’ala and their solution is to return to Allah Ta’ala, to Dien, to the Masaajid. There is no doubt that Dien and only Dien is the solution to ALL problems!  Dien is not only the knowledge of Dien or the efforts of Dien or titles or outward appearances; Dien is to practise upon the Qur’aan and Sunnah, correctly. In spite of all that is happening we must never forget the greater Ni'mats which we are enjoying and make Shukr for them. On Shukr, Allah Ta’ala will remove these problems and increase His favours! “And when your Lord declared, 'If you express gratitude, I shall certainly give you more, and if you are ungrateful, then My punishment is severe." [Surah Ibraheem 14:7] What is unfolding before us here in South Africa - of chaos, destruction, looting and burning – is really due to us turning away and becoming neglectful of our beautiful Dien of Islam.  Whilst it is easy to blame the government and many others, we need to reflect over our o...

  Adapted and translated from ‘Abaqaat Volume 3 – under publication ‘Allamah Khalid Mahmud rahimahullah Since the political revolution in Iran and the transfer of power from a family to the people, and because most of the new members of the government were religious, this has been considered a religious revolution in some circles. Khomeini's personality, the status of the religious leader of Qom, and the inclusion of the Wilayat al-Faqih in the country's constitution added more colour to the religious picture of this revolution. Now that Khomeini passed away on June 3 (1989). Some people truly believed that a preacher of the Islamic Revolution had passed away. No one can escape death; whoever wears the garment of creation will have to drink the cup of death one day or another. A person should not be happy even at the death of an opponent because this is the door through which friends must also pass. The one who is born to die and the one who is built to fall, the one who comes...

  Question: Nowadays, a question is raised with great fervour, that Shias are infidels, but is it correct to call all the Shias infidels? And this question is raised because some of our great scholars had put restrictions and clauses in their fatwas... that if a Shia holds this belief or this belief... etc. Answer: Remember, fatwas are given because of belief and ideology, so the focus of the fatwa is not on the word Shia, but on belief and ideology. Therefore, a person whose belief is kufr (blasphemous) is an infidel, whether he is called a Shia or something else. For example, a person who believes in the distortion of the Qur’an or denies the chastity of Sayyidah A’isha Siddiqa radiyallahu ‘anha or believes in the belief in Imamate (which is the denial of the finality of the Prophethood), is unanimously a disbeliever, no matter who he is. Since the above-mentioned blasphemous beliefs are present in the foundational books of the Shia and the Shias acknowledge them, all the scholar...

  Over the last few weeks, the Shia lovers, Shia sympathisers, and the unity crowd have been peddling deceptive propaganda and lies about the Shia disbelievers. The claim they make is: whatever is found in the Shia books is all old stuff, and the new and young Shia do not believe all these things anymore. Let us study this claim and see how much weight it really holds. Firstly, have these claims come from the highest Shia authorities in Iran, Iraq, and elsewhere? Or are these claims being peddled by local Shia lovers and Shia defenders for some ulterior motive, to guard something sinister? Secondly,  can the so-called new and young Shias urgently explain what is so new about themselves? Have they abandoned the 'Aqeedah of their forefathers? Then why do they still call themselves Shias or Twelvers? Thirdly, in what exactly are the so-called new and young Shias different from the old ones? If they have changed their 'Aqeedah for the better, i.e., they have embraced Islam, then t...