About the Author: Shaykh Sulaymān ibn ‘Abdul-Raḥmān ibn Ḥamdān was one of the scholars of Makkah who taught in al-Masjid al-Ḥarām from many decades, as well as in al-Masjid al-Nabawī. He studied under several renowned scholars, notably, the Najdi scholars Shaykh Sulaymān ibn Saḥmān and Shaykh Sa‘d ibn Ḥamad ibn ‘Atīq. He was praised by Shaykh Ibn Bāz, who described him as an ‘Allāmah (al-Majmū‘ [3/196]). He authored various works, the most significant being his explanation of the chapters of ‘Kitāb al-Tawḥīd’ of Mūhammad ibn ‘Abdul-Waḥḥāb entitled: ‘al-Durr al-Naḍīd ‘alá Abwāb al-Tawḥīd’. He passed away in the year 1397^AH, May Allāh have mercy on him.  This article is a translation of his book entitled: ‘al-Ajwibah al-Ḥisān ‘alá As’ilah Murshid Bākistān’.

Contents:

Question 1 — The Bid‘ah of the Mawlid

Question 2 — Believing that the Prophet Attends the Mawlid

Question 3 — The Ruling on the Mawlid Gatherings and Participating in Them

Question 4 — Raising the Hands in the Prayer

Question 5 — Believing the Prophet is Light from Allāh’s Light and a Part of Allāh

Question 6 — Taking an Oath and Sacrificing for Other than Allāh

Download: Six Questions from Pakistan Presented to Shaykh Sulaymān ibn Ḥamdān