Sh Haitham responds to this week’s BBC Panorama
My Response to Panorama In the name of Allāh, all praise and thanks belong to Allāh, may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon his final messenger, Muhammad (sallAllāhu 'alayhi wasallam). Divide and conquer The recent Panorama documentary was a shameful attempt to divide Muslims in the UK into arbitrary labels and categories, which can then be abused by this Tory government and the right wing. Its misrepresentation of my views was a negligible misdemeanour when compared to the more dastardly crime of carrying out traditional schemes of divide and conquer, by presenting a dichotomy between a government-sponsored Islām…
Sh. Haitham: My first response to the Paris incident
Shaikh Haitham al-Haddad: “My initial response to the #CharlieHebdo matter” “Allāh and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O you who believe! Send your blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.” Alḥāmdulillāh, today is the auspicious day of Jumuʿah (Friday), a day for which we know as reported by Aus b. Aus (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) that the Messenger of Allāh (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said: “Among the best of your days is Friday; so supplicate Allāh more often for me in it, for your supplications will be displayed to me.” He was asked: “O Messenger of…
Awkward questions surrounding the ‘war on ISIS’
All praise be to Allāh and peace and blessings be upon His prophet, Muḥammad (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam). The position of mainstream Muslim scholars and intellectuals is under the spotlight and subject to scrutiny now more than ever in the wake of the anti-Islamic and heretic actions of ISIS. They have actively hampered efforts at uprooting the dogmatic Syrian regime, and have waged a vicious war of attrition against the rebel groups that had made notable progress to their objectives. As for the US, a large number of its proponents have formed an alliance against ISIS, or so they…
Sheikh Mohammad al-Muqri has Returned to Allāh
To Allāh we belong and to Him we shall return It is with great sadness that we receive news of the passing away of the great Egyptian Dāʿī and scholar, Sheikh Mohammad Mustafa al-Muqri. Sheikh Mohammad lived his final moments in the Turkish city of Istanbul, parting the world just moments after breaking his fast on the day of ʿĀshūra. We hope in Allāh that this be a sign of good end for Sheikh al-Muqri. One of the signs of a good end is dying whilst doing a righteous deed, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon…
ʿĀshūra, Fasting, and False Religions
Here is a summary of the ʿĀshūra story and its role in defining the relationship between Islam and innovated or distorted religions.
Why am I delighted upon Erdogan’s victory?
A brother that I know, Dr Saleh al-Ayid, wrote the following just a few minutes after Turkey's electoral authorities announced that Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the general Presidential Turkish Election: In the summer of the year 1421 AH, 2001 CE, I was with a group of friends on holiday in Turkey. During our stay my colleague, Dr Khalid al-Ajimy and I visited the great scholar Mohammed Ameen Siraaj at his home in Istanbul. When we entered his house we found sitting with him Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan. So we sat to discuss general affairs over tea and coffee, and…
Encouraging Qunūt for the Muslims of Gaza
All praise is due to Allāh, the One who hears both that which is said aloud and in secret, providing relief from calamity and misfortune. May peace and blessings be upon the special elect, the Prophet Muhammad, his family and all of his Companions. The catastrophic situation that the Gazan Muslims are currently facing compels us (as well as making it an obligation on all Muslims) to support them in any way we can. Israel for decades has, and continues to practice brutality and barbarism against the besieged Muslims in the thin strip and in the rest of Palestine. The…
WARNING to Sisters going for ‘Jihad’ in Syria
Note - This video was filmed in Jan 2014.
Reply to Sheikh Cameron’s radical Ramadān message
Cameron, are you really welcoming those who fast Ramadān? Ramadān Mubarak? It is difficult to believe some politicians. What do you say about a person who advocates the opposite of what he does? Especially when they talk about Islām and Muslims. Those are whom Allāh referred to when He said, “And when you look at them, their bodies please you; and when they speak, you listen to their words”? It became a fashion for many leaders to greet Muslims with one hand, even whilst killing them with the other. Barack Obama, as the president of today’s most aggressive hegemony started…