Some thoughts on Oman after 1 year of residency:
1) The people. They live up to their reputation of being very gracious, mild-nature, and humble. I often think why Omanis are so different to their more flashy and indulgent GCC cousins? Is it the lesser purchasing power compared
Diaspora Muslims may not be aware but many great Arab inventors mysteriously died in the last 2 decades. We would hear about them on Al Jazeera from time to time. The Moroccan inventor Abdullah Shaqron was one of them.
Powerful companies in tech, defensive, and pharmaceuticals
Oman has an official policy of praying صلاة الغائب for the martyrs of Gaza. It’s a funeral prayer for the fallen in faraway lands. I am not aware if any other Muslim country has that as an official policy. Every Friday, every mosque in the entire country since the genocide began.
The last thing Muslim lands want are these insufferable dimwit Hustle University dropouts who think they are fighting the matrix by showing up in Afghanistan, when the fact is that they couldn’t afford the high rents in the west anymore. They know little skills beyond selling
Brother Hijab knows very little about Islamabad. Can't blame him. He is just passing through Islamabad. I thought the same thing when I moved there and lived from 2019-2023. There are many "viable" places on paper. The question is how quickly does that viability turn into lived
Mohammed Hijab talking about how he thinks Islamabad is a viable option for those that want to make hijrah to a Muslim country.
Mentions how if more urban areas in Pakistan had Islamabad's city planning with a focus on green spaces - how it would a game changer for Pakistan.
Seeing what the Syrians are going through in Turkey, I must thank the good people of Pakistan to have opened up to the Afghan refugees for the better of 35 years without crying like little babies because of “economic woes” brought upon them by the refugees” as if Allah, hashahu,
Any beginner student of knowledge knows the usuli principle: ما لا يتم الواجب إلا به، فهو واجب
When an obligatory act cannot be completed except by another act, then that act becomes obligatory as well.
For example, eating food in and of itself is not obligatory, but since
Two Anglo-Saxons surgically dismantling western claims of moral supremacy. It was no surprise that when Pharaoh declared “I am your lord, most high”, it was his own household in the form of the blessed Asiya (his wife) who was the first to deny his divinity. Those closest to the
Diaspora Muslims are so utterly humiliated day in and day out that small “rule of law” moments seem like Salahuddin’s triumphant march into Jerusalem.
In the West, low hanging fruits are always “taken to account”, while real war criminals are made Nobel Laureates. It’s part of
This can only happen in the US!
Former Obama admin. national security official Stuart Seldowitz arrested yesterday for hate crime against Egyptian street vendor.
Upon finding, New Yorkers rushed to support and buy food from his ‘Halal Cart’.
Also, the woman who threw coffee
"…martyrdom is not a legitimate goal of military engagement. The goal is to win.”
The Afghan Taliban would beg to differ. How did they go from being droned for 20 years to ruling the country? In fact they were up against a much bigger and lethal force in NATO. “ISAF was one of
Martyrdom is not a military strategy:
This one is going to sting a little: Too many Muslims have, unfortunately, become accustomed to interpreting failure as success and success as failure. For example, some showcase Imam Hussein’s—Allah be pleased with him—challenge of Yazid’s
This is a good example of how a mutakallim may well “lose” a debate to an orator when the commoners happen to decide the fate of the debate. Imagine an Ash’ari scholar proving the permissibility of istighatha based on rationality and Sunnah, only for a Salafi to win the audience
That time Barack Obama was rebuked by Alan Keyes on same-sex marriage, using Natural Law. This debate was held on October 26, 2004, when both were running for office to be a State Senator in Illinois.
Abdal Hakim Murad is basically saying that the Gazans are only suffering because they’ve upset God with their revolt against the Ottomans. I never imagined I’d call a guy as smart as Abdal Hakim dumb, but his words are just that, and they’re also pretty heartless. God doesn’t do
𝑹𝒖𝒉 𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒖𝒉 (𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍)
Since this statement is going viral. Here is a salawat on the Prophet ﷺ, also called صلاة الروحية (mentioned in Dalail al Khairat, though it precedes the collection). May Allah make this salawat a vigil for the remembrance of
Why should I consider moving to Oman?
1) Monarchy, hence stable politics. No electoral circus every 2-4 years
2) Conservative values, No LGBTQ freak show. No massage parlors
3) Energy Independent. As UKR-Russia conflict has shown, don’t rely on others for your energy needs.
No Shaykh Ahmed. The world doesn’t have to take “decisive action to stop this at once”. But you as Shaykh Al Azhar have to. Issue a fatwa that 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑬𝒈𝒚𝒑𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒂𝒇𝒂𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 (𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕
What is being perpetrated by the vicious Zionist occupation in Gaza, in the form of intense bombing, killing, cutting off electricity and internet, destroying all aspects of life, and blocking information about the scale of massacres and war crimes taking place, constitutes blind
Ahmed Davutoglu is a big player in "Islamist" Turkish politics. He was the chief architect of the Turkish policies during the "Arab Spring", especially the Syrian front, which eventually turned out to be his fall from grace. He wanted Erdogan to go full in with Syria, but Erdogan
الرئيس الذي قال في مؤتمره الصحفي مع المستشار الألماني "نحن لا ندين لإسرائيل" يقول الحقيقة . أهنئك على موقفك الخطابي . ولكن عندما ننظر إلى موقفك العملي أشعر بالخجل باسم وطني وأمتي ! إن لم نكن مدينون لإسرائيل، فلماذا تستمر شحنات النفط من جيهان إلى إسرائيل؟ لماذا تستمرون في إرسال
Akhis Online: “Smoking is haram because it is linked with cancer… smokers are such losers!”
Meanwhile in 1900 Istanbul..
Shaykh Al Islam: Mehmet, make my hookah extra strong! Today we got Sharh Al Maqasid, الأمور العامة dars.
“justice can only be pursued in times of peace”—incidentally, happens to be one of the philosophical underpinnings of the Abraham Accords, and also an inversion of the sacred law. 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒅.
"May God bring peace and security to our brothers and sisters and the children of Gaza." - President Hamza Yusuf
Read the 2023 President's Report online: .
Upon this universe reigns Muhammad’s sandal,
Beneath it, the whole of creation exists.
At Mount Sinai Moses was asked to remove his sandal;
Yet at Miraj, Ahmed was not bothered with etiquettes.
Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabahani
The Hijrah thesis has never been truer.
The conservative/Red-pilled Anglosphere's sudden and almost psychotic tilt to the 2000-2010 Neocon inclinations has killed the prospects of any 'Muslim-Conservative' alliance. All it took was one event that did not even affect the
@OwenBenjamin
Big Bear, that guy had no idea what he was talking about. In Islam suicide is haram. Period. One may shed tears for a loss of life but it does not make it permissible nor noble. It’s an act most disliked by God.
Keep crushing it!
𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒌𝒉 𝑯𝒂𝒎𝒛𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒃𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.
A thread.
When we were residing in Jordan I would hear from time to time Shaykh Hamza’s controversial statements– whether it was the Dante’s Inferno, The Study Quran, apparently making fun of the
I was glad to see Shaykh Hamza Yusuf condemn the 2015 Bataclan attack on behalf of the whole of Zaytuna College. However, many are asking why he condemns Muslim attackers on behalf of Zaytuna College, but won't condemn, on behalf of Zaytuna College, even worse atrocities that
Just because student protestors come across as inarticulate, awkward, silly and Marxist. 𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍. If there ever was not seeing the forest for the tree
𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍𝒊 𝑳𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝑱𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒌
Banu Qudsiya writing in مرد ابريشم (Man of Silk) mentions how she believed that Qudratullah Shahab’s (the subject of her book) wife was a
Brother Daniel makes some good points. But the sad reality is that many Muslims, if given the choice, would not mind emigrating to the West. This has little to do with oppressive governments, although it can be a factor for some with strong ideological sensibilities.
The truth
Critics of Islam constantly ask: Why do many Muslims prefer not to live in the Muslim world?
This stupid question fails to recognize a basic fact -
Most of the Muslim world is just a larger version of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, ruled over oppressively by the US-Israeli
Watching anime is not necessarily a red flag. But referencing anime characters and plots all the time as if it is sublime metaphysics, a mirror to the secrets of the soul, a manifestation of divine names and wisdom—-which is done by many young Muslims here—is definitely a red
@BinhamidAli
Dr Abdullah: As for the Taliban’s 20 year survival, it had far less to do with any military strategy beyond living in caves to escape western bombs only to reemerge once the US decided to leave
US top general: they prevailed over us.
US Army’s Top General & Joint Chief’s of Staff 'Mark Milley' admits defeat at the hands of the Taliban and its Allies in a recent interview:
"In the broader sense, the war was lost. We were fighting the Taliban and their allies for 20-plus years and they prevailed."
No shit.
The self imposed inferiority complex is something to behold in the Arab world. How beautiful would have been to see:
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This is not Oman, but it’s not any different here
Owen is a good guy. But he is still figuring things out. For one, his mind comes up with so many ideas constantly that it becomes difficult to keep up with it and also entertain its implications properly, and if you don’t then you are somehow deficient.
He assumes that the most
This morning adhkar should be a daily routine in all households. It should be playing loud in the house and everyone participating (listening and memorizing) to their best.
Alhamdulillah many people have benefitted from this routine who complained from “lack of barakah”in their
𝒁𝒂𝒚𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝑴𝑪’𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆
I deeply hope that CMC and Zaytuna College will come out and condemn the unbelievable violent authoritarian crackdown on students protesting Israel's genocide, in crazy scenes all around the USA. But I have lost all
“We are blessed to host Mustafa Akyol”
The descent into irrelevancy and ridiculousness is faster than one can imagine.
No, I am not suggesting censorship of academic voices but honestly what can Akyol possibly say that adds to our real understanding of this subject? Or for
Join us on Wednesday, March 20th at 6 pm PDT on YouTube for a public session of the First Command Book Club. We are blessed to host author and journalist Mustafa Akyol for a discussion on "Jews and the Qur'an" with President Hamza Yusuf.
@AkyolinEnglish
Beloved friends, salamu alaykum. We hate to pour cold water on your idea, but Shaykh Hasan and I have 0.0% interest in debating this Jake guy, or this topic. All it would do is give credibility to those with little to do with our ulum tradition, as well as credibility to a
My light-humor trolling of Zaytuna is called tough love. It comes from a place of concern and not malice. I personally had my initial religious awakening in Zaytuna in 2002 with Ustadh Usama Canon رحمه الله. Shaykh Hamza, Imam Zaid Shakir and the teachers associated with Zaytuna
Shaykh Hasan Spiker nonchalantly dismantles this vainglorious degenerate from the comfort of his living room looking like a medieval warlord.
Muslim colleges have never been more obsolete.
“unmask the charlatanry of fire walking Rifa’is”
Only that there was no charlatanry.
How do you think the Mongols became convinced of the truth of Islam? Arabic eloquence of the Qur’an? No. Rational proofs offered by scholastic scholars? Islamic hygiene standards? No.
They
Shaykh Ahmed Al Maghili, may Allah preserve him, stating the position of the overwhelming consensus of ulema, in fact one of the few issues that have such a consensus across the board.
But diaspora Muslims will come with tremendous mental somersaults, energy and copium to mock,
Interesting that some of your own students are giving the "goons" access to your online material because they don't trust your institution with sacred knowledge. The "love" and "support" you are talking about is mostly by Silicon Valley boomer uncles and Interfaith™️. Young
Online Learning at Zaytuna via
@YouTube
Despite the annoying shrill of Muslim Twitter goons about Zaytuna’s so-called “descent into irrelevance,” the continued love and support of others which allows us to continue to build should make others realize that
@OwenBenjamin
Ironically these same Evangelicals would return back to the US and ask their congregation to send money to Israel. You can’t make this up.
I think I have figured out Zaytuna College’s silence over the months—including the brutalities met to students at US universities, which you would think is an issue close to home—I think they have realized that a collapse is imminent, so better focus on what comes next: how to
These Sunnah sports train the body and sharpen the mind so we can refute the “unfortunate militancy problem within Islam”—or as some unsophisticated call 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓, which these native Muslims are
The BA program at Zaytuna College includes physical education in horseback riding, archery, and swimming. These sunnah sports train the body and sharpen the mind. Applications close on January 31st. Learn more and apply:
مور چه باشد که بپرسد ز فیلی
نکته این است که نترسد ز جیلی
"What is an ant that it should challenge an elephant,
The point is that it does not fear the giant."--Sa'di
Ant in Persian verse embodies strength, resilience and courage, lest some of you think comparing Maldives to ants
Afghan gov just paid USD 630m electricity debt it owned to 4 countries with 1/4 of the revenue of the former government while simultaneously being sanctioned in every sector.
How did they manage it?
Corruption is being eradicated(to a large extent if not completely). Whatever
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan has made million electricity debt payment to all four countries and currently there was no amount payable in terms of electricity charges, an official said on Tuesday.
𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒎 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔.
What on earth are they playing at hosting an employee of the Ministry of Defence and having a Chief Executive (since when does a “Chief Executive” run an
Once a man, who claimed to be from this man’s group, came to our Shaykh and claimed, in the most presumptuous manner, that Hisham Qabbani and his silsila (far be our masters of the blessed Naqshbandiyya) can send special Jinn to any murid that speaks ill of or doubts the shaykh.
Not as bad as this tale about the Prophet supposedly sending Ali on space missions to fight aliens that threatened to invade Earth. Ali then destroyed 2/3 of them with his sword alone!
(Calling this a fabrication is offensive to the fabrications actually found in hadith books).
@RealHasanSpiker
I took a look at some of the responses you are referring to Mawlana. The issue is not about slavery as much as it is about concubinage. No one comes between an incel and his future concubines. It’s a red line
Oman indirectly benefits from all these mega-projects of neighboring countries. And that is why I believe they don’t bother spending much on marketing their brand. They figured a formula and it goes like this:
All these millions of tourists coming to UAE, for example, liking
Today, we approved the designs for the new passenger terminals at Al Maktoum International Airport, and commencing construction of the building at a cost of AED 128 billion as part of Dubai Aviation Corporation's strategy.
Al Maktoum International Airport will enjoy the
This is getting from bad to worse.
If the political philosophy of Islam was political realism, the Prophet ﷺ would not have allowed the Companions to fight Badr.
Our tradition is one of political moralism, which means that politics should be directed towards achieving certain
I wish it was only warm and fuzzy. It’s a bad advice actually. Marriage more often than not should be like Tariq bin Ziyad at Gibraltar: burn the boats!
Human mind is capable of tremendous feats when easy exits are not an option. Give easy exits and waswasa takes over like charm.
I'm going to be very unpopular for saying this, but "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn": The sentiment here is lovely, and certainly praiseworthy if properly qualified (that is, when it is applied in confirmed examples of cruel husbands, according to genuinely Islamic
My grandmother, may Allah have mercy on her, told me about this when I was 10, khapusk in Kandahari dialect. Spent my adult life making fun of the silly idea, only to entertain it as I have become older and wiser. Lesson: old women stories should not be disregarded off hand. They
according to Islamic and Middle East lore, sleep paralysis is caused by a jinn called Kabus, a winged nightmare who perches on your chest
here he is in all messy glory harassing a poor soul
Seeing all these non-Muslims embracing Islam because of the deaths of Palestinians should remind us of the verse:
“Indeed, Allah is the One Who causes seeds and fruit stones to sprout. 𝑯𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆
Check out my take on Shaykh Hamza Yusuf’s latest lecture called “Sīra and Warfare”, exclusively for Qawwam Magazine. Since this was a closed event, away from the prying eyes of donors, media and “stake holders”, it was a great opportunity for Shaykh Hamza to speak his mind in a
UAE has never crossed my mind as a place to do Hijra to. But having said that Dubai is not UAE. Many scholars and righteous people reside there. Schools are LGBTQ free zones. You do live in a Muslim country even if it may not look like one on paper.
Ironically, I get inquires
𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒓: 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕
In early 2021 I visited Mangophir on the outskirts of Karachi. I was a consultant to a German documentary team who wanted to film the yearly Sheedi Festival, famous for its crocodiles. Their research was mostly academic. I went
This person has no clue.
As an Afghan—he was assassinated by an Afghan— I say this: bar Jinnah, Liaqat Ali Khan was, I would argue, the most capable and sincere leader of his time. By today’s standards, he was a billionaire aristocrat who sacrificed all his material possession
But for many his obfuscatory statements threaten his departure from all three, not related to some dispensatory issue (rukhsa) but rather in usul. By departure I don’t mean to suggest that he is in danger of leaving Islam, as some sad, jahil internet bedroom takfir amateurs like
A monthly friendly reminder to our brothers and sisters in the West. The dial is being turned on. Hordes of— what one of our teachers called رصيد الامبراطورية Empire’s assets— patsies and useful idiots among the immigrants will trigger events that will be outside your neatly set
🇩🇪🚨‼️ The police officer who was stabbed in the neck in Mannheim, passed away today.
He is organ donor and was kept alive longer, the doctors knew already earlier.
Rest in Peace
Shaykh Hamza: “The Arabic that he (Martin Lings) based [his book] on is of Ibn Hishām [...] Now my criticism of it is not a criticism of Dr. Lings but a criticism of our sīra literature in general which is the focus on warfare. If you read this book you will feel like this is all
“𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙛𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙣”!
The grave situation in Gaza has taken focus away from yet another tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan, where 100s of thousands of Afghans have been unceremoniously rounded up in Pakistan and being deported to Afghanistan.
I don’t want to get
While it’s true that human metabolism works best with less food, I am not sure we’re “hunter gatherers” in the sense that modern day anthropologists and biologists would like us to believe. At least not Bani Adam. Our mashaykh’s understanding of Islamic teaching on human nature
This is another aqeeda related dilemma for diaspora Muslims: always cornered to support interfaith initiatives to maintain an alliance against a bitter white majority who no longer can afford their monthly OF subscriptions.
Local Hindus: dear imam we need your community support
Qatar Airways San Francisco to Doha was 2.5 hours late to depart because of some technical issue. On arrival the connecting flight was already gone. 6 hour wait time for next flight. No issue. Happens. How does
@qatarairways
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While amateurs are debating the merits or lack there off of the suicide, professionals are mind mapping its contribution to the acceleration of the collapse. How many military men saw the aftermath ridicule of their comrade by the Ziocrazies and decided it’s over for them? I
Appreciate it Mawlana. Tis not the time to withdraw to our ivory towers. It was never our mashrab anyways.
گرتے ہیں شہسوار ہی میدانِ جنگ میں
وہ طفل کیا گرے گا جو گٹنوں کے بل چلے
Only the horsemen fall on the battlefield Have you heard a toddler fall while crawling?
I understand the decision mawlana. Still sad to see people not have access to your piercing insights, truly unique knowledge, and the God-given ability to separate the wheat from the chaff, as we navigate the post-Gaza reality. Don't have much to say. The melancholy is real, even
As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh dear friends, Jumuʿa Mubāraka !
I pray that you are all well ! It is my duty to inform you that I have taken the decision to leave Twitter, and will do so by the end of the day. It has been a delight, a joy, and an honour to
Wallahi, in 12 years of my companionship with perhaps the biggest mutakallim of Iraq—Syed Qusai Abu Seid—who is also the ustadh of
@RealHasanSpiker
, I never once heard him mention he was an Ash’ari. He said the same about his ustadh Allamah Abdul Karim Mudarris, when…
This is former Iraqi foreigner minister, Tariq Aziz’s son. Tariq Aziz was very close to Saddam. The interview is full of interesting stuff. Check out this clip. It shows the charade of a bloated empire that can’t get even basic things right despite unending resources.
The situation in Sudan has really become a humanitarian disaster of epical proportions. And had it not been for the tragedy in Gaza, it would have gotten more attention. Sudanese people are very noble people. You will not see them beg. But many are in very bad situation.
Please
Here is the link:
Please donate generously and if you can't then share the link/retweet. And remember the saying of the prophet ﷺ: "Save yourself from Hell-fire even by giving half a date-fruit in charity."
Sahih al-Bukhari 1417
I would appreciate it 🌷
al-Fatiha al-Sharifa for the soul of this righteous man, Uncle Ismail, who passed away. He used to feed and give free drinks to visitors of al Madina al munawwarah
إنا لله و إنا إليه راجعون
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون.
خالص العزاء والمواساة لأحباب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم في وفاة العبد الصالح جار رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وخادم زواره العم إسماعيل أبو السباع،الذي عاش لعقود في المدينة المنورة يخدم الحجاج والمعتمرين والزوّار قربة إلى الله تعالى وحبا في
The irony of irony will be that if Mawlana Rumi/Balkhi was alive today he would rather live under the Pashtun run Afghanistan of today than the present Tajik state. The clowns running Tajikistan and the lack of sha’air of Islam in that society would be anathema to his soul.
The
Afghan-Americans are free to debase themselves, but mocking cultural figures like Maulana Jalalulddin Balkhi for cheap jokes is deplorable behavior. In a recent episode, AwJiz Boys Podcast (we will not link) claims that “Rumi is Afghan. Iran can no longer claim him.” 🧵 1/4
I never travel with kids on western airlines, especially domestic airlines. The hate you get for having kids is palpable, on top of the hijab of my womenfolks. With Emirates, PIA, Oman Air, multiple times had aunties approach my wife offering help with the toddler.
Even the eminent Farangi Mahallis developed two veins: anti-British and pro-British. The anti-British members, who were the majority, were led by Mulla Abdul Wahab (grandfather of the famous Mulla Abdul Bari) and gave fatwas of jihad and took part in the 1857 Mutiny. He was
@shiblizaman
Don’t disagree with that akhi. We are all living a humiliated existence. The difference is that the people in Muslim lands are not naive about their lot. They understand the humiliation and hate it. While diaspora Muslims—more often than not— are deluded about their self
This is a valid concern but not as big of a deal as some diaspora Muslims make it to be, especially those with western passports. I (and many many others) have lived 15+ years in the Middle East. Getting permanent residency has been a challenge. But not something insurmountable,
@OwenBenjamin
Infatuation with cow dung is mostly a North Indian (UP, Maharashtra) thing. South Indian Hindus are less into it. In fact, South Indians even eat beef and have better relations with Muslims. I bet most of those hating on you are northern Indians.
Absolutely fascinating that you come across threads for which you would have paid money a decade ago, and you just browse past it. Little motivation to grab the info and work with it, build upon it.
What do you think causes that? Dopamine comes to mind of course. For me, it is
This is your typical Atlas Shrugged conservative. Not only conveniently aloof of 200 years of European and American interventions that have left some of these regions in the state that they are, but despite the catastrophes brought to the region by his ancestors he fails to
Because We / humans are all alive at once, we assume We are all alike. When a bit of literacy would show some groups alive today are more accurately understood as being from 500 BC. Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, they understood this. Assad does also. Only us in the West are confused.
I used to be part of Zaytuna prison outreach program under Ustad Usama Canon رحمه الله. Our local Muslim community donated tremendous amount of money to create and then sustain the initial Zaytuna. And then it was decided by Shaykh Hamza to sell that property and invest in a
@movetomuscat
Can I ask why you’re fixated on these two institutions? Do you have the same expectation from Omani universities or institutions in Turkey?
Agree with brother Asim’s overall assessment. But as an Afghan living in Pak during his tenure and after his tenure, I saw massive difference in the way we were treated. He had had an ummatic sentimentality that was not the hypocritical type. And this did trickle down to the
I know I'm generally quite contrarian, but I've never got the Imran Khan hype.
He was brought in by the military that eventually overthrew him, is so politically naive it's quite sad, and did nothing spectacular in his time in power.
He's not the solution to Pakistan's problems
Bad take.
I am 38. I have never seen such a shift in Islamophobia in America. The bar is low, but the fact that so many, especially “anti-deep state” conservatives think Muslims are the problem instead of the Zionists is indeed the end of any peaceful existence for Muslims in
I'm 42. I've never seen such a shift in opinion towards Israel & Palestine in America. The bar is low but the fact so many, especially young people, no longer buy the usual talking points, are aware of the occupation, & actually see Palestinians as humans worthy of freedom - wow!
This incredible man who became known to the world by tragedy, the loss of “the soul of his soul,” Reem, his granddaughter.
He tells the story of how close they were, her and her brother, both are children of his daughter. This clip begins with him saying “it’s impossible to do
Dr Abdullah: As for the Taliban’s 20 year survival, it had far less to do with any military strategy beyond living in caves to escape western bombs only to reemerge once the US decided to leave.
US Top General: they prevailed over us.
Well, I think you’re far more acquainted with lattes, almond milk, and soy than I could ever be. I simply live in CA. I’m not from here.
As for the Taliban’s 20 year survival, it had far less to do with any military strategy beyond living in caves to escape western bombs only
"And [remember] when Satan made their [evil] deeds appealing to them, and said, “No one can overcome you today. I am surely by your side.” But when the two forces faced off, he cowered and said, “I have absolutely nothing to do with you. I certainly see what you do not see. I
One of the most frustrating faults of many Muslim intellectuals is their inability to conceive of collaborations of genuine, malicious evil on a global scale for nothing other than pleasing Shaytan. Many think it "cringe" or ridiculous to speak of the devil in this manner, or