Shaykh Sohail Hanif explains in “The Sunna Prayers Related to the Obligatory Prayers”
Two [sunna] before Fajr:
It is from the sunna to recite Suraal-Kafirun in the first rakat and Suraal-Ikhlas in the second sometimes, […]

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate
This morning, in preparation for the Hadith or Fiqh course that begins this weekend, I was flipping through Shaykh Muhammad `Awwamah’s (Allah preserve him) priceless book, Athar al-Hadith al-Sharif Fi Ikhtilaf al-A’imma al-Fuqaha, and came across the following quote,
Ibn Wahb said, “Had Allah not rescued me through […]

Hadith or Fiqh? The Relationship Between Hadith and the Four Schools of Law is a new four-week course on this extremely important issue. Taught by Shaykh Hamza Karamali, the course starts August 19th.
More details and information on registering can be found here.

assalamu ‘alaykum,
For those who have been asking, we’re hoping to reschedule the CourseLens event with Shaykh Faraz that was postponed due to the recent events in Karachi for the weekend of May 26th. Details will be posted next week insha’Allah. We pray that the situation improves and that Shaykh Faraz is able to […]

SunniPath Answers
Be close, but transact as strangers
Answered by Faraz Rabbani
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate
May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad, his
folk, companions, and followers
Allah Most High says in the Qur’an
“And obey Allah and His messenger, and dispute not one with
another lest you falter and your strength depart from […]

Forty Hadith Qudsi (from SunniPath Library - Hadith)
Forty Hadith QudsiTranslated by Ezzeddin Ibrahim & Denys Johnson-Davies
Among the many definitions given by the early scholars to Sacred Hadith is that of as-Sayyid ash-Sharif al-Jurjani (died in 816 A.H.) in his lexicon At-Tarifat where he says: “A Sacred Hadith is, as to the meaning, from Allah the […]

Imam Zaid Shakir writes on the the blessed mawlid in the latest Seasons Journal. Read it at their website.
Jazakum Allahu khayrun to Shaykh Abdullah Ali for emailing about this.

Can Citizens Take Law Into Their Own Hands When the Authorities Don’t Do Their Job?
This question has come up from a host of recent events, including the attention-grabbing attack on a brothel by female madrassa students in Islamabad.
Mufti Rafi Usmani talked about this in his Friday prayer sermon, lamenting that this is a manifestation of […]

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate
I recently finished reading Hadith Literature: Its Origin, Development and Special Features, by Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi, the Late Professor of Islamic Culture at Calcutta University (may Allah have mercy on him). I loved this book so much that my wife got bored of hearing me sing its […]

Imam Bayhaqi transmits in his Shu`ab al-Iman that Mu`adh ibn Jabal related that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said,

“Seek assistance in secrecy to fulfill your needs, for anyone with blessings is envied.”
“Secrecy” here refers to keeping quiet about one’s plans and projects–particularly when there is no need to talk about […]