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		<title>About calling oneself Salafee</title>
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Shaykhul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah (:rahim:) said:


  &#8220;There is no blameworthiness upon the one who manifests the way of the Salaf (the pious predecessors), or affiliates himself or ascribes himself to it, rather it is unanimously agreed that it is obligatory to accept that from him, because the way of the pious predecessors can be [...]

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		<title>Ibn Taymiyyah on the authority of the Sunnah</title>
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Shaykhul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah (:rahim:) said:


  &#8220;The Sunnah, that is a must to be followed for which one is praised upon following it and blamed for going against it,  is the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) in matters of beliefs, matters of worship and the rest of the [...]

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		<title>A statement of Imaam Sufyaan ath-Thawree concerning sins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Sufyaan ath-Thawree (:rahim:) was crying from night until the morning time. When he awoke he was asked, &#8220;Was all of this crying due to fear of your sins?&#8221;

Sufyaan ath-Thawree then took a handful of straw from the earth and said:


  &#8220;The sins are of lesser value than this (the straw in his hand) yet [...]

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		<title>The statements of Imaam Hasan al-Basri concerning sins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2002 19:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Hasan al-Basri (:rahim:) used to say:


  &#8220;If you are not able to stand in the night prayer, nor able to fast during the day, then know that you are deprived and you have been shackled by your mistakes and sins.&#8221; &#8211; Ibn Al-Jawzee


Hasan al-Basri (:rahim:) said:


  &#8220;O&#8217; son of Adam! Abandoning the sins [...]

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		<title>A beautiful statement of Ibn &#8216;Abbaas concerning music</title>
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A man said to Ibn &#8216;Abbaas (رضي الله عنه), &#8220;What do you say concerning Music? Is it permissible or is it forbidden?&#8221;

He responded, &#8220;I do not say it is forbidden except what is found in the Book of Allaah.&#8221;

The man said, &#8220;So you say it is permissible then?&#8221;

Ibn &#8216;Abbaas stated, &#8220;I did not say that.&#8221; [...]

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