My humble respect to all Muslim scholars, past and present from four corners of the world.. Peace and Blessings upon our prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wassalam..

I don't really care what İbn Taymiyyah has to say. I care about what Islam has to say. The Sunni consensus is that mawlid is a biddah hasanat. A very positive innovation, suited for a time when people are forgetful of the prophet and his life.

Amazing video! Ibn Tayymiyyah has been misrepresented by both his modern day opponents and supporters. Ibn Tayymiyyah was a very deep thinker who thought with a lot of nuance. I would say I am a traditional muslim opposed to many of the things Ibn Tayymiyyah said, yet I appreciate his contributions. His conception of ijtihad was unique and very special indeed. May Allah reward you for this wonderfully explained video.

Simply put, the Mawlid is celebrated by thanking our Creator for the Mercy that was sent to Mankind. Truly a Favour upon Mankind. Otherwise what would be our state?

May Allah reward you brother Paul. But I would like to clarify one thing here that a Muslim has no hesitation in accepting that a Muslim will be rewarded for his good intention in doing any act of worship even if it was not legislated by the religion provided that he was unaware of its prohibition or disapproval, just as no Muslim will be punished for committing the sins that he did not know were considered as sins in the religion. This is one of the most basic principles of Islam and no follower of Imam ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy upon him) would have any problem in accepting it. But good intention does not make the deed acceptable in and of itself as ibn Taymiyyah himself said that these people will only be rewarded for their intentions and not the deed. So as far as the act itself was concerned then his position was quite clear that it is undoubtedly prohibited and greatly disliked in the religion and his whole life and his struggles against the innovators bears testimony to that fact

Ohh no Paul please don’t fall for Ibn Taymiah

How do I contact you sir?

With due Respect, the writings or the opinion of Jon Hoover means absolutely very little to the people who have understanding of the religion of Islam. He is neither a scholar or a reference of Islamic Studies. The view of Ibn Taymiyyah regarding celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace be upon him) or visitation of graves is that, it is a bid'a an innovation; Thus not from the legislations of Islam. If you truely want to know the view or the life of Ibn Taymiyyah. There is no better person to tell you about him, than his own student. Ibn Qayyim al Jawziya.

I’m no neo-salafi but may Allah bless Ibn Taymiyyah. His writings convey his sincerity towards Allah and His messenger ﷺ

When prophet Muhammad saw was born shaytan cried so we Muslims do the opposite we are happy on his birthday Alhamdulillah

Keep up the great work my beloved brother, we need this. May Allah reward you with jannah.

May Allah ﷻ give taufiq and guidance to us to only follow prophet Muhammad ﷺ sunnah and keep us steadfast... آمين يَا رَبَّ العَالَمِينَ

Subject brilliantly presented Paul

Very useful and depth commentary, in a brief and compact presentation. Thank you Paul.

Merci beaucoup pour ces partages Paul.

This is fascinating Paul! More of this please

الحمدلله، thank you for sharing with us the knowledge.

thank you paul. may Allah bless you for the knowledge you shared..it's also sad to know that some ppl misunderstood all the legit hadiths and goes to the extreme side of things, hence the controversies too..

Br Paul, when are you inviting Sh Abdul Hakim Murad again? Perhaps Ibn Taymiyah could be a discussion??

Thanks brother paul . Every video of yours is a great efforts to explain expertise of various Islamic scholars . Please keep up the great work. May allah bless you