Day: June 20, 2019

The Pledge of Respect and Cooperation, “Recogniz[es] that the specter of sectarianism threatens to further weaken and debilitate our struggling Muslim community at this critical time in human affairs.”

American Giants of `Ilm (Knowledge) “Yasir Qadhi, a resident scholar at a mosque in Tennessee, also described himself as unable to comprehend ‘the sheer inhumanity’

American Giants of `Ilm (Knowledge) YQ: “I believe Shi’ites have incorrect beliefs and a misguided theology … I pray that Allah guides them to the

“The term Salafi is not a Quranic or Islamic term. It is not found in the Hadeeth. It is a term that has its good and bad. Because the term is something we are not obliged to use. Because the term has been associated with lots of things that are negative … terrorism, mistreatment, bombings and harshness and what not … the term is not holy.

“I am a Sunni, and firmly believe that all of the Companions of the Prophet (SAW) are righteous people. Anyone who slanders them insults the Messenger (SAW) himself.”

Jalal Abualrub says: the term, Salaf, was established by the Prophet Muhammad himself, when he, Allah’s blessings and mercy on him, described himself to his honorable daughter, Fatimah, as being the best ‘Salaf’ for her, by saying, “Fa-inni ni`ma As-Salafu ana laki” (Bukhari, and, Muslim)

“But the concept of following the Salaf … the concept of considering the Sahabah, the Tabi’un and the Tabi` Tabi’un to be the best generations (of Muslims) … this is something that I firmly believe is a Fundamental Part of our Religion … And the theology that comes from them … of Allah’s Names and Attributes, and of Qadar, and of Eman … I have studied Islamic Theology. This is my expertise.

American Giants of `Ilm (Knowledge) Yasir Qadhi says, “Well I guess 20 years ago when I was a teenager I definitely would have self-identified as