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Exhibit #615 on why an Ifta course cannot deliver a stupid molvi from his stupidity. Question: Is it permissable to watch the makkah taraweeh namaz on the internet or the t.v in the month of ramadhan and not in the month of ramadhan? Answer ID: 2654 Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim ! (Fatwa: 2/2=L) It is wrong to watch fair programmes also on television. Yes, one can see it using internet. Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Deoband, India https://darulifta-deoband.com/home/en/Halal--Haram/2654

A very sober assessment of The Line https://youtu.be/Ak4on5uTaTg?si=PHWf2JrCrNdsTikS

On that note, this clip by Usaymi really made my day.

Salman Nasir (@SN_Makkah) Tweeted: Bab: Min al Shirk Qawlu "This Made my Day" https://t.co/1gFbTfMwQH https://twitter.com/SN_Makkah/status/1338780220262899712?s=20

A friend said to me: You know how low the bar is to be called Talib 'Ilm? You basically just need to post ibn al-Qayyim quotes on FB, have an unironed ghutrah, grow your beard and say "The Ummah is in a bad shape Akhi." Coincidentally, this also happens to be the bar for issuing declarations of takfir.

If you think the translation of the word ikhtilaf is "controversy" you probably need to work on your Arabic, or your English, or probably both.

When the kids argue over what to have for breakfast, I call it the Fruit Loops Controversy. You call it a difference of opinion. I call it a controversy. We are not the same. 😎

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Breakdown of Democracy In America And Living In The Tech-Boom Dystopia (English) https://youtube.com/watch?v=e0uvJHtIzf4&si=sFasUniDX1XibOec

All the 20-somethings in the channel right now are probably wondering why people in the 90s were such avid cigar smokers.

Orientalist genius and hadith skeptic Juan Cole makes the argument that the early Islamic inscriptions that are being discovered rebut most revisionist hypotheses about early Islam except the one that posits hadith was a late development. (Note that Orientslist revisionists actually belong to some different camps, sometimes very acrimonious in their differences) This brilliant argument is like saying we find bathroom graffiti from the 90s with jokes about Monica and cigars, but none about NAFTA so maybe NAFTA never happened. https://x.com/jricole/status/1484995436985430017?s=46

Also important: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPHF66sGnx0

NEW PODCAST with Islamic Finance Guru & Ibrahim Khan Discussing - Taliban ban on girls education - Stagnating Islamic Scholarship - Reviving Prophetic Economics - Where he thinks Islamic Finance has gone wrong. JazakumAllahukhairan to them & Sh Ibrahim for their amazing work & hosting ➡️ https://youtu.be/C-2XDqo8yjw

Question. What is the difference between these two videos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d7AHz1oGIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM-DApTlxiU Answer: Nothing. They are as bad and unoriginal as each other. These monumental works are for advanced students, graduates, and scholars. But they're speaking about these works as if the audience are a bunch of elementary school children, years after their release. The reason is obvious: to boost their ratings. Grifters gonna grift. A final couple of points: 1. UbF still can't get it right. The pronunciation of فإنها أصح المغازي عندنا is rendered as فإنها أصحى مغازي عندنا. The most woke book of maghazi. Is he having a laugh or what? 2. Did Dawahman cargo his copy of Tabari to the Islamic State of Dubai or not?

I was asked an interesting question recently: What makes you confident in responding to Islamic questions? I would often ask myself this very question when I began studying. And I think the answer lies in two parts: 1) The confidence one has in their learning. 2) Being liable for responding to questions when standing before God. I always assumed it was easier to avoid responding to questions and passing the buck, as this always appeared "safer" when standing before God. But is it actually "safer"? This entirely depends on your perspective. It can certainly be safer to let someone else respond, from the perspective that you're ultimately speaking on behalf of God and should know what you're talking about. But, for a moment, ask yourself these two questions: 1) What if, by you abstaining from providing an answer, you are certain the questioner will get their response elsewhere and likely from someone who has no idea what he's talking about? 2) Or what if you're certain you've researched the question (quantitatively) to a degree that puts you in a better position to respond than most others? In either of these two cases, is it actually "safer" to not respond to the questioner and pass the buck? Can someone not argue that you are now actually liable before God for refusing to respond to the questioner? As you can see, the script is now flipped. Ultimately, whether or not you respond goes back to how confident you are in your answer and your learning. True knowledge has an unusual characteristic that empowers the learner. And with that feeling of empowerment comes confidence, and with confidence comes your ability to answer questions. If you're confident in your answer, you'll respond. If not, then you won't (which is fine).