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The final fatwa of Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez ibn Baaz warning against the Jamaa’ah at-Tableegh

Fatwa, Jamaa’ah at-Tableegh, Sects and Groups, Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn Baaz 19 February 2025 Abu 'Abdullaah

We hear, Your Eminence, about the Jamaa’ah at-Tableegh and that which their da’wah entails. So would you advise me to join this Jamaa’ah.

Never accompany the Jamaa’ah at-Tableegh

Fatwa, Jamaa’ah at-Tableegh, Sects and Groups, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan 23 December 2021 Abu 'Abdullaah

Visit our YouTube channel for more Questioner: I am a young man having just begun to practice, and I accompany the Jamaa’ah at-Tableegh, and I want to travel with them to Pakistan, so what do you advise me with [in this regard]? Shaykh: We advise you not to travel with them, nor to [even] […]

No, don’t remain quiet

Calling to Islaam (Da'wah), Fatwa, Sects and Groups, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan 20 December 2021 Abu 'Abdullaah

[When] I am in some gatherings, there are some people who are influenced by some of the misguided callers [to Islaam] – whom the scholars have warned against…

Jibreel ‘alayhis-salaam did not make a mistake

Angels, Fatwa, Prophets & Messengers, Sects and Groups, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts 16 March 2016 Abu 'Abdullaah

What is the ruling regarding the Shee’ah, particularly those who say that ‘Alee [ibn Abee Taalib] is at the level of prophethood, and that [the angel] Jibreel made a mistake in descending upon our [Prophet] Muhammad [ﷺ with revelation]?

The difference between the Sunnah and the Shee’ah

Fatwa, Sects and Groups, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts 14 March 2016 Abu 'Abdullaah

I [kindly] request clarity regarding the difference between [the belief of those who adhere to] the Sunnah and [those who adhere to] the Shee’ah, and [who are] the closest of the [Shee’ah] groups to the Sunnah?

Accepting the wedding invitation of the Rawaafidh and eating their meat

Fatwa, Sects and Groups, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan, Wedding Celebration 10 October 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

What is the ruling regarding accepting the wedding invitation of the Rawaafidh (Shee’ah)? And is their meat halaal for us?

The Nusayriyyah and ‘Alawiyyah

Fatwa, Sects and Groups, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan 6 October 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

We hear a lot about a group called Nusayriyyah and ‘Alawiyyah – so who are they, and why are they called so?