All posts filed under: Islamic Culture

FB Q&A: The Original Connotation (Dalalat Al-Asl) and the Appendant (Secondary) Connotation (Dalalah Tabi’ah)

Question: It is stated in The Islamic Personality Volume I, p. 307 (Arabic version), that connotations (Dalalat) are divided into original connotation (Dalalat Al-Asl) and the appendant (secondary) connotation (Dalalah Tabi’ah) … However, it was mentioned in The Islamic Personality Volume III, p. 129 (Arabic version), that the connotations (Dalalat) are divided into utterances (Mantooq) […]

FB Q&A: The Comprehensive Evidence (Al-Kuli) and the Partial Evidence (Al-Juz’i) and Al-Malaka (Ability) in Ijtihad

Question: As-Salam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh I ask Allah Al-A’li Al-Qadeer, that this message of mine reaches you while you are safe and well, and Allah is pleased with you, and grants you success and guidance in word and deed. During my preparation for the book, The Islamic Personality Volume I, I was confused […]

O Muslims, the Destruction of the Khilafah, Our Shield, is a Painful Reminder of the Urgent Need to Re-Establish It

The Messenger of Allah (saw) conveyed to his Ummah that , «إِنَّمَا الْإِمَامُ جُنَّةٌ يُقَاتَلُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَيُتَّقَى بِهِ» “Indeed, the Imam (Khaleefah) is a shield, from behind whom you fight and by whom you are protected.” (Muslim). O Muslims, what to say of the loss of our shield, the Khilafah, on 28 Rajab 1342 […]

Where are the Men?

The Scholar Sayyid Qutb, in his book entitled, “In the Shade of Qur’an” on this verse: (وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰٓٮِٕكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ۬ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ خَلِيفَةً۬) “Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I am appointing a vicegerent on earth.’” [Al-Baqarah: 2:30] He said that there are two fundamental concepts and considerations in relation to man as […]

The Role of Individual Reform in the Revival of the Ummah

Before setting the context of this article, two terminologies need to be defined, namely, “Individual Reform” and “Revival of the Ummah”. “Individual Reform” refers to the change in the Individual components related to Individual Ibadaat (worships) like Salah (prayer), Sawm (fasting), etc. It also includes other individualistic actions like Mu’amalat (relations/transactions), Akhlaq (ethics) and actions […]

Federal Shariat Court’s Interest Prohibition: A Fig Leaf for Capitalism’s Ugly Side

The Question On 28th April this year, the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) once again declared that riba (banking interest) was prohibited according to the injunctions of Islam and so it should be eliminated from the country within five years. The ruling established two clear sides; Islamists that became jubilant as they see this as a […]

Speech of the Official Spokesperson of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Sudan at the Omdurman Al Thawra Al Hara 42 Symposium:  “The Khilafah Alone is the State of the Muslims”

Praise be to Allah who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to make it prevail over all religion even if the polytheists hate it, and prayers and peace be upon the envoy as a mercy to the worlds, who established the first state of Islam, implementing the provisions of the Lord […]

Tafseer Al-Baqarah (2: 238-239)

From the Book, Introduction to the Tafseer of the Quran, by the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, Eminent Jurist and Statesman, Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah [حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ 238 فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالاً أَوْ رُكْبَانًا فَإِذَا أَمِنتُمْ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْلَمُونَ 239] “Guard strictly (five obligatory) As­-Salawat (the […]

FB Q&A: We do not say that Khabar Al-Ahad (Single-Chain Narration) is Rejected Rather we say that it must be acted upon

Question: Assalam Alaikum The greatest Hadith of Aqeedah is an Ahad (single chain narration) Hadith. It is the Hadith in which Jibreel (as) came asking the Messenger of Allah (saw); where the Prophet said: Do you know who the questioner is? They said Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: This is Jibreel who […]

Western Empiricism and the Separation of Religion from Life

The West has obscured and misrepresented their history. They claim that their adoption of Western Empiricism and all that followed from it was simply a consequence of their desire for progress and enlightenment. But the ugly truth about the Western civilisation is that it has been built on a reckless compromise between the brutally opposed […]

Tafseer Al-Baqarah (2: 236-237)

From the Book, Introduction to the Tafseer of the Quran by the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, Eminent Jurist and Statesman, Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah (لاَّ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاء مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنُّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُواْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى الْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُ وَعَلَى الْمُقْتِرِ قَدْرُهُ مَتَاعًا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ حَقًّا عَلَى الْمُحْسِنِينَ 236 وَإِن طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن […]

FB Q&A: The Provisions of the Apostates, the Children of the Apostates, and the Young Children of the Infidels (Kuffar)

Question: Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatahu, Dear Sheikh, I have a question that I hope you can answer: Isn’t there a contradiction between what the Messenger (saw) said when he was asked about the sons of the apostate… He said, “They are in fire.” In another narration, he said (saw), they and their family […]

Tawakkul (Trust) in Allah: Reason behind the Great Achievements of the Muslim Ummah

Reading the history of the Muslim Ummah, one will see the great conquest that it went through, that no other nation has experienced. The Muslims came out of the Arabian Peninsula and fought the major empires in the world at the same time, the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire and the Persian Empire. Watching this at […]

O Muslims! The Stricken Democracy is Incompatible with your Islam, So Do Not Participate in its Meaningless Rituals!

Parliamentary elections have been called in Denmark, and this means that various political parties and some candidates will try to win the votes of some Muslims and urge them to participate in the elections. At a time when the pressure on Muslims is intensifying, the combination of fear and misunderstanding can lead some to vote […]

FB Q&A: There are No Additions in the Qur’an Without Meaning

Question: Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah To what extent is this saying true? A discussion took place between one of the scholars of grammar/syntax and one of the scholars of rhetoric – who was Ibn Al-Atheer- about the letter (An) in the saying of Allah (swt) (فَأَصْبَحَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ خَآئِفاً يَتَرَقَّبُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَنصَرَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهُۥ […]

FB Q&A: The Authenticity of the Hadith “I am Innocent of Those Who Lived for Forty Days Among the Kuffar”

Question: Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh What is the authenticity of the following Hadith: “I am innocent of those who lived forty days among the Kuffar”? And what is the Islamic ruling regarding a person who lives in a Kufr country for the purpose of work, because his country does not provide him with […]

Tafseer Al-Baqarah (2: 233-235)

From the Book, Introduction to the Tafseer of the Quran, by the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, Eminent Jurist and Statesman, Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah: (وَالْوَالِدَاتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلاَدَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يُتِمَّ الرَّضَاعَةَ وَعلَى الْمَوْلُودِ لَهُ رِزْقُهُنَّ وَكِسْوَتُهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ لاَ تُكَلَّفُ نَفْسٌ إِلاَّ وُسْعَهَا لاَ تُضَآرَّ وَالِدَةٌ بِوَلَدِهَا وَلاَ مَوْلُودٌ لَّهُ بِوَلَدِهِ […]

Islam’s Rulings Regarding Gender, Ambiguous Gender, Transgender and Transsexual

Introduction: Debate over Transgender Protection in the Muslim World On 5 September 2022, Pakistan’s Senator Mushtaq Ahmad presented the bill for amendments in the Transgender Protection Act, 2018, to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights. During the meeting, Senator Mushtaq Ahmad, said that, “Transgender is an American term, it has no place in Islam, […]