A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is a prophetic supplication as recorded by Imam Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu’ayb an-Nasa’i ( r.a. ) and Imam Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal ( r.a. ).   Allahumma bi’ilmika al-ghayb wa qudratika ‘alaa al-khalqi ahyinii maa ‘alimta al-wa faat khayra lii.   Allahumma innii as’aluka khashyataka fii al-ghaybi wa ash-shahaadati.   Wa as’aluka kalimat al-haqq fii ar-ridhaa wa al-ghadhab.   Wa as’aluka na’iyma laa yanfadu.   Wa as’aluka qurrata ‘ayn laatanqargi’u.   Wa as’aluka ar-ridhaa ba’da al-qadhaa’i.   Wa as’aluka barda al-‘ayshi ba’da al-mawti.   Wa as’aluka ladzdzati an-nazhari ilaa wajhika wa ash-shawqa ilaa liqaa’ika fii ghayri dharaa’a mudhirratin wa fitnatinlaa mudhillatiin.   Allahumma jazzinaa biziinati al-‘iymaani waaj’alnaa hudaatan muhtadiin   O Allah, by Your Knowledge of the unseen and Your Power over all Creation, Grant me life as long as You Know that life is ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu’ayb an-Nasa’i ( r.a. ) wrote that the basis of ijma’ jamhur , the consensus of the majority of scholars, is acceptable from ahadits itself,  and that taqlid in fiqh is permissible. This is found in his Sunan , in the chapter, “'Ruling according to the Consensus of the Scholars.”  So our understanding is that after Qur’an and ahadits , the ijma’ of the community is the most binding upon us.   It was narrated from Shaykh Abu al-Miqdam Shurayḥ ibn Hani al-Haritsi al-Kufi ( r.a. ) that he wrote to Sayyidina Abu Hafsw ‘Umar ibn al-Khaththab al-Faruq ( r.a. ), to ask him a question, and Sayyidina ‘Umar ( r.a. ) wrote back to him telling him, “Judge according to what is in the Book of Allah.  If it is not in the Book of Allah, then according to the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ( s.a.w. ).  If it is not in the Book of Allah or the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ( s.a.w. ), then pass...