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Who or What is Salaf

The manhaj (methodology) of the Salaf is to adhere to the Qur'aan and the authentic Sunnah as understood by the Salaf as-Saalih. The word Salaf is a shortened version of the word 'Salaf as-Saalih', which means the 'Righteous Predecessors'.

It refers specifically to the first three generations of Islaam in which the Prophet Muhammad (Sallalaahu Alaihi wa Sallam) described as being the best generations of Muslims. The first, the Prophet (Sallalaahu Alaihi wa Sallam) and his Sahaabah (companions). The second, the Taabi'een (the followers of the companions). The third, the Tabaa'at-Taabi'een (the followers of the followers of the companions).

Generally, this term refers to all those pious predecessors who followed the way of the Salaf and who have preceded us in time. This is the true manhaj of Ahl as-Sunnah wa al-Jamaa'ah.

Human Brain

Critique of modern Muslims in medicine.

In many ways, I see correlations between my own sister and the celebrated, American baseball legend, Lou Gehrig. Both, in the face of the daunting fact that their bodies' electrical springs of life were threatened by disease-caused drought, somehow managed to maintain optimism, to see electricity in the dark, to feel those popping impulses when their was no initial depolarization, to move forward in life with all the intact faculties that they possessed.

plucking

Staying up late.....a disease of modern time

They roam the streets when everyone is asleep. Or they may hang out with friends all night at the local 'hookah place'. Or if they have nothing to do, some of them may even 'egg' some poor unsuspecting person's house....'just because'.