Archive for July, 2007

Asalamu alaykum,
Ust. Suhaib Webb will be teaching a four part series on Approaching the Qur’an. Inshallah, this series will be held July 24,25,26 and the 29th from 8:30pm-10:00pm at the Muslim Community Association, Santa Clara Ca. Please click on the image below for course outline, notes and directions to the lecture site.

الحمد لله الذي بكتابه نوّر آنياة أوليائه, وبكلماته قوّي أقدام فرسانه في أرضه, وبحورفه رفع درجاتهم وزاد معرفتهم في عظمته و في حقيقة ذاته. والصلاة والسلام على من بعث شافئا لأمراض المؤمنين ظاهرة وباطنة وبرحمته أخراجهم من ظلمات الكفر إلي نور الإيمان
All praise is due to Allah who, by His Book, illuminated the vessels of [...]

The Question:
How can we strengthen our faith?
This is one of the most important questions one should ask constantly because faith is the greatest thing which a person can embellish, and which one is always in need of strengthening. This is because faith increases and decreases, it is present and at times absent.

Shared values Dr. Abdullah Bin Bayyah
Translated by islamtoday staff
The study of values comes under the broader field of ethics, which is the field of enquiry that looks into what is good and correct with respect to standards which may be personal or cultural, and which can be used as a normative standard for behavior.
Values can [...]

Asalamu alaykum,
In recent months we were blessed to meet, and spend time with Dr. Bin Bayyah. We, by Allah’s blessing alone, are happy to announce that Dr. Bin Bayyah has given suhaibwebb.com full right to translate the writings, religious fatwa and thoughts or our dear Sheikh. This morning we were blessed to sit with the [...]

The Question:
“Is it allowable for me to eat in an establishment where alchohol is served?”
The Answer:
The origin [related to this act] is that a Muslim is not allowed to sit at a table where alcohol is served as found in a sound hadith related by Imam Ahmed and Imam al-Tirmithi. However, this type of prohibition [...]

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The Question:
“Is allowable for me to pray behind an Imam who reads the second khutbah in a language other than Arabic?”

What is the ideal position for a Muslim to take when confronted with different scholarly opinions?
The Answer:

Dear Sheikh,
“I live in Sri Lanka and wondered if it was acceptable for the Muslim community here to gather for the sake of remembering Allah as a congregation?”
The Answer:
This is a controversial issue amongst the scholars. Some saw gatherings for the purpose of reciting Qur’an and the remembrance of Allah [in a group] as innovation, [...]