Islamic Revival

The following is a translation from Arabic of an article entitled 'Leadership in Democracy Contradicts the Nature of Leadership In Humanity and in Islam': By Sheikh Yousuf Baadarani, Lebanon The highest level of sublimity in belief and obedience to God is for Allah's love to descend on man. Of the people of faith and obedience who deserve His love, Almighty God favored those who adhere to His condition in their love of Him; and the condition of being sincere in Allah's love is to follow the Prophet alone as leader and commander. Alone abidance by the legal rule in the Qur'an and Sunnah is the condition for joining life's journey and that for agreeing to submit to the performance of any task. Whoever chooses to have the direction of his life's journey submission to a thought that contradicts with, conflicts with, or is not part of the thought recommended by Allah to His Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), submits with a contented and satisfied soul to...

Following the recent uprising we have received some requests to publish something that explains this topic. The following is the translation of a useful leaflet translated from the Arabic original issued in 1972 by the pioneers of the da'wah for the resumption of the Islamic way of life through the re-establishement of the Khilafah state. The original Arabic version follows the translation, please refer to it for exact meanings.  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1. The hizb (party) never claimed that its aim is to seize the power, and it never said that. The aim of the hizb is clearly outlined and defined in the administrative law. The aim is: to carry the Islamic Call ( da’wah al Islamia ) and resume the Islamic way of life. And therefore for anyone who thinks or assumes that the aim of the hizb is to achieve authority is absolutely wrong, be it the one who is in the hizb or outside the hizb. It is obligatory for us and the people to know certain important basic matters. Yes indeed the...

Usool ul fiqh series - Taqleed from iculture on Vimeo . This circle is by Ustadh Abu Luqman Fathullah. He studied Arabic language, usool ul fiqh and various Islamic sciences while in Middle East. He is currently completing Doctoral research on aspects of Islam in the Middle East and Muslim world over the last one hundred years. For further details on the topic please read:  Clarifying the issue of Taqleed

This is Part 2 of the Introduction in the abridged tafsir of Surah Al-Baqarah based on the book  ‘tayseer ila usul it-tafsir’  by  Shaykh Ata bin Khalil Abu Rishta. This tafsir explains the centrality of the Arabic language in understanding and deriving the laws, rules of Islam. Similarly they did not exercise the mind in the unseen that were not sensed by them. This understanding made them glad and satisfied their hearts. Bismilliah irahmaniraheem With Islam the best  ummah  (people) raised from mankind was founded: “You are the best  ummah  raised from mankind, you command the good and forbid the evil and you believe in Allah”  [aal-‘Imran 110] With Islam a state arose that was a guiding light for the world, spreading justice to all corners of the earth. The sovereignty and leadership of this  ummah  and this state was for the book of Allah ( jalla jallalahu ) and the  sunnah (way) of His messenger (saw). The Muslims in the time ...