Prophetic Method
The Function of the Prophetic Minhāj
The word minhāj [Guiding Way] follows the Arabic morphological pattern mif‹āl, a form often used to designate instrumental nouns, as in miftāḥ [key]; yet it can also denote a verbalnoun, as in mi‹rāj [ascending ladder], or a place-name, as in mirṣād
Twofold Citizenship
In developing his framework of the Fraternal Community [al-‹Umrān al-Akhawī], Imam Abdessalam Yassine offers a profound intellectual reexamination of democratic concepts, chief among them the notion of citizenship. His approach is both probing and integrative
On the Term Minhāj
The contemporary mind’s demand for clarity in principles of action, for order, for “methodical” knowledge, for scientific experimentation, and for the empirical confirmation of the validity of proposals and the soundness of their results is a positive attribute. It prepares the ground for honest, critical dialogue that seeks solely the truth. Islam, too, seeks precisely this: that the listener’s mind may open itself to receive what is offered, to test it honestly, and not to reject the truth out of arrogance.
Guarding and Conveying the Legacy of Spiritual Companionship and Community
The Imam of Renewal, Abdessalam Yassine—may God enfold him in mercy—penned in his book Islam Tomorrow: “It is God’s eternal law that divine guidance is passed down through spiritual inheritance, just as physical traits are transmitted through the lineage of flesh and blood. A luminous essence [Nūrāniya] most surely flows from the departed spiritual guide
The Tenth Virtue: Jihad
The ignorant portray jihad as if it means violence, end of discussion. As if Islam were a curse for the human race! But consider this: when the oppressors initiated violence, then offered the false promise of democracy,
The Tenth Virtue: Jihad
As for the jihad of development, it consists of the peaceful deconstruction of the edifice and institutions of disbelief and falsehood in our midst and building in their place a new generation whose mentality, lifestyles, and livelihoods are rooted in īmān.