Ahlu-Sunnah Al Islam

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (RH) said: “And when He says, ‘Yet most of them are unaware,’ He means ‘the vast majority of people,’ as He also states elsewhere: ‘but most people know not.’ This lack of knowledge necessarily entails a failure to practice or obey—so most are steeped in ignorance, and most stray into error. In ignorance they fail to perceive the truth; in error they reject it and do not live by it. In both cases one rightly says that knowledge is absent: for the ignorant, it is simply denied; for those in misguided error despite knowing, it is denied because they neither derive benefit from it nor put it into action."

Al-Ṣarṣarī (RA) said also: “Seek reunion with the beloved if he turns away — perhaps, by your noble kindness, he may return. Remain loyal to love in one’s absence,* for the noble is the one who guards secrets when unseen. Do not joke excessively, and be a man of dignity —* much in silence, god-fearing, and refined. Do not envy, nor bear hatred, and purify —* your tongue from slander and backbiting. For if you rise to act upon this advice —* you will have settled in a lush meadow of piety.”

Shaykh Al Islam Ibn Qudamah (RA) said: Only those who attribute God’s attributes to the attributes of His creatures, in meaning, fall into similitude and anthropomorphism—and we neither believe that nor accept it. Rather, we know that God ﷻ: “There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.” And that His attributes are not like those of created beings; whatever might occur to the heart or imagination, God ﷻ—in contrast—has no likeness, no peer, no equal, no counterpart: “There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.” As for our faith in the verses and the reports of the attributes, it is faith in the mere words whose authenticity is beyond doubt and whose truthfulness is unquestioned, and whose Speaker knows their meaning best (as we do not know). We believe in them according to the meaning that our Lord ﷻ intended, thereby combining the required affirmation of faith with the forbidden negation of anthropomorphism. (تحريم النظر في كتب الكلام) and ...

Importance of Adab (Manners): The early generations (al‑Salaf) indeed bestowed “adab” (refinement of character and scholarship) great care, striving diligently to pursue it and persevering earnestly in its acquisition. The salaf would say: "Knowledge without manners is like fire without wood, and manners without knowledge is like a soul without a body." Some Ahadith about the Importance of Adab: On the authority of Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The rights of a Muslim over another Muslim are six: When you meet him, greet him with peace; when he invites you, respond to his invitation; when he seeks your advice, give him sincere advice; when he sneezes and praises Allah, say to him: 'May Allah have mercy on you'; when he is ill, visit him; and when he dies, follow his funeral." [Reported by Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad, Tirmidhi, and Abu Dawud] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, the best among you are those who...