Category Archives: ‘Aqeedah (Creed)

Perform The Ruqyah Upon Yourself

Question Posed To Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allah preserve him):

May Allah treat you with good, Noble Shaykh. This questioner asks: “If there is someone who is stronger than me in faith, piety and knowledge, and I know that I am upon acts of disobedience to Allah and my faith is weak, can I request from this person to perform the ruqyah upon me, or is it better that I perform it upon myself?”

The Noble Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allah preserve him) responded:

Perform the ruqyah upon yourself. Don’t seek the ruqyah (from someone else). Be independent from the people even if you are one who is disobedient (to Allah). Is it mandatory that you have to be a complete (believer), not having committed any acts of disobedience?! None of us – and there is no might of power except with Allah – are free from acts of disobedience. Continue reading

Learning Fiqh Without The Correct ‘Aqeedah Is A Waste!

The ‘Allaamah Shaykh Rabee’ (may Allah preserve him) stated:

By Allah there’s no value for Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) or other than that it if we were to waste the ‘Aqeedah (Islamic Creed), the Tawheed and (then) fall into Shirk (association of partners) with Allah. There’s no benefit in any science at all! Even if we were to memorize the Qur’aan, the Hadeeth, the books of Fiqh, and yet at the same time we (fall) into the darkness of Shirk, (then) there’s no value for us; we will never (have derived) benefit from this knowledge (we acquired)!!!  Continue reading