SHARH AS-SUNNAH (The Explanation of the Sunnah), by Al-Barbahari (4th edition)

THE EXPLANATION OF THE SUNNA by al-Hasan ibn ali al-Barbahari explained and commented by Sheikh Salih ibn Fawzân al-Fawzân

Highly beneficial book by Ali al-Barbahari , one of the great Hanbalis scholars, who acquired the science of aqidah (creed) and fiqh (jurisprudence) from the great imams, explained and commented on by Ash-shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al -Fawzan

The book clarifies the way of the sunnah, the way of the messenger of allah (sas), of his companions and of the pious predecessors. It also shows the support of the Sunnah and the struggle for innovation, and refutes the misguided proponents of futile passions.

The author of this work is Al-Barbahari. His name is Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Khalaf Al-Barbahari in reference to barbahar, a medicine that he may have manufactured or sold and to which he was attributed. He was among the great Hanbali scholars, took the science from those who took it from Imam Ahmad, such as Al-Marrudhi and others and was well versed in science. He acquired the science of aqidah (creed) and fiqh (jurisprudence) from great Imams...

Points covered in the book in detail:

A brief biography of Ali al-Barbahari and Shaykh salih ibn fawzan al-fawzan

Introduction

Islam is the way of the prophets

the Jama'ah can only exist with two things

The foundation on which the Jamaah is built is the companions of the prophet

Allah has explained is clarifies the truth in Quran and Sunnah

Quran and Sunnah have perfected all religious matters

Surely, religion comes from Allah

Nowadays, some warn the way of the pious predecessors

Assawad al azam are those on the truth and not the greatest number

Sunnah and innovation cannot coexist

No innovation is tolerable, even the one that seems small

It is obligatory for a Muslim to verify what he hears

Deviation from the path can come in two ways

It is not permissible to remain silent about the one who has deviated from the truth

The obligation to oppose the opponent of the sunnah

There is no discussion about religious affairs

The sunnah does not admit the addition

Why people of innovation, bewilderment and debate fall into innovation

Commenting on the essence of Allah the Creator is an innovation

We do not ask the how of the attributes of Allah

The Quran is the uncreated word of Allah

Belief in the vision of Allah on the Day of Resurrection

The belief in Mizan,

belief in punishment

The belief of the grave

Belief in the Prophet's Basin

Belief in the intercession of the prophet

Belief in Prophets and Angels

The belief in heaven and hell

Belief in the Adajjal Messiah

The belief in the descent of Isa

The belief that faith is words and deeds

The belief that the best of this community and of all communities after the prophets are abu bakr, umar, and uthman

The belief in the best of companions after the caliphs

The ruler should be obedient in what Allah loves and is pleased with

Hajj and Jihad with the Imam

Establishing jihad in the path of Allah is among the duties of the Imam

One who disobeys the ruler of the Muslims

One who comes out of obedience to the ruler because he has sinned is a khariji

The ban on fighting the ruler as the khawarij do

Fight the khawarij

It is obligatory to obey the ruler in all things

Prohibitions are clarified

Anyone who denigrates the wiping of socks is not a Sunnah person.

Shortening the prayer is part of the facilities of the shari 'ah

The breaking of the fast during the day trip during Ramadan is part of the facilities of the sharia

The sarawil prayer

The two categories of nifaq

Down here is for deeds and beyond for accounts

the funeral prayer is performed on the one who exteriorizes Islam and the faith

Only leaves Islam who fulfills one of its annulatives

The belief of ahl sunna regarding the attributes of Allah

the vision of Allah here below and in the hereafter

the Muslim abstains from meditating on the essence of Allah

All that exists is the orders of Allah

Affirm that the knowledge of Allah encompasses all things

The conditions of marriage for the majority of scholars

About Divorce

Islam came to preserve lineages and blood

Some things will never cease to exist

Believe in the day of reckoning reward

The conditions of the actions

Belief in divine decree and predestination

patience in the face of fate

Everything that touches the servant comes from fate

About takbir of the funeral prayer

the angels do what Allah has commanded them

the miracles of the Messenger

The trials that affect believers are to purify them

Refutation of those who claim that children do not feel pain

No one will enter

in paradise, if not by the mercy of Allah

evidence is based on three things in islam

Was the throne created before the pen?

The miracles of the Prophets show his truth

the meaning of soul

The dead will sit in his grave

Believing that Allah spoke to Musa

Good and evil are the destiny of Allah

the reasons is one of the secrets of Allah

Allah has favored some servants over others

Sincere advice to Muslims

Affirming the Names and Attributes of Allah

The Muslim and the disbeliever who are going to die receive news

The sight of Allah

Submission to the Word of Allah

The belief in the punishment of disbelievers in hell

The five prayers

The obligation to give zakah

The beginning of Islam is to affirm the oneness of Allah

The purchase and sale of which are lawful

The believer is between fear and hope

Allah has informed his prophet of everything that will happen until the resurrection

The division of this community

Fitna will spread after utman's assassination

Warn against groups and individuals who call astray

Warn against division

The people of the sunnah are tested

the prohibition of marriage mut 'ah

The merits of the Ansar

Scientists refute innovation people

the community was then led astray

Affirm to Allah the attribute of speech

the destruction of the Jahmiyyah

Declaring the Jahmiyyah disbelievers

innovators make it lawful to take up arms against the community

Certain practices of innovators

The aggressions of the innovators during the reign of al-mamun

How Heresy Emerged

The truth will persist

Science is not the number of ahadith

We do not take our religion from opinions and reasoning

The obligation to cling to the Sunnah and the Jamaah

The source of innovation

The purpose of the author was not to praise his book

Everything in the book comes from the book and the sunnah

He who leaves the way of the people of the sunnah is with the people of misguidance

The behavior of the Muslim during the tribulations

Some support the attacks

The study of stars and two types

Warning against associating with speculators

Attaching oneself to the people of hadith

The Pillars of Worship

Warning against the assizes of the Sufis

Allah created creators to worship him

The correct position vis-à-vis the companions

Honor the blood and property of Muslims

Take the illicit and the dubious

He who can and he who cannot lead the prayer

The interest of knowing where the prophet is buried

The virtues of ordering the proper and forbidding the blameworthy

Spread the salam

Community prayers

Those who unjustly declare other disbelievers have no prayer in common

The origin is trust

Those who claim to have a secret science

Marriage conditions

Among the signs of misguidance people is to insult the companions

Invoke in favor of the governor

Those who invoke in favor of the governor are condemned by the followers of khawarij

The mothers of believers

attendance at obligatory prayers

The lawful, the unlawful and the ambiguous

protect muslims

The nawasib and the rawafid

Commentaries of Ibn al Mubarak's lyrics

The love of companions

The quraniyahs

To warn against people of passions

people of passions invite rebellion

He who insults the companions insults the prophet

Sit with the sinner and the innovator

don't be fooled by the adoration of innovators

The Tabligh group

Saykh abde al aziz ibn baz changed his mind about the tabligh group

Warn against sitting with innovation people

Only praise people for innovation than their fellow human beings

the analogy is of three forms

Monitoring is of two forms

Attach yourself to the people of Hadith, they are the saved group

Only one with correct science can be praised

Faith and al-irja

the ten companions promised in paradise

Clarification of a misconception

Anyone who doubts anything from the Quran is a disbeliever.

One does not obey the creature in disobedience to Allah

Believing that repentance is obligatory

He who encourages the innovator helps him to destroy Islam

Conclusion