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Allah concealed your sin, and your father’s sin. But you insisted on publicising it and announced to the world that you emulate your father by slapping your children and the children of others, all under the excuse of tarbiyah and proving you are some ideal disciplinarian. There is an explicit prohibition on publicising one’s sins: عن أبي هريرة قال: سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: كل أمتي معافى إلا المجاهرين، وإن من المجاهرة أن يعمل الرجل بالليل عملا، ثم يصبح وقد ستره الله عليه فيقول: يا فلان، عملت البارحة كذا وكذا، وقد بات يستره ربه، ويصبح يكشف ستر الله عنه متفق عليه

Different people follow this channel: 1. Scholars 2. Students of the noble Islamic disciplines 3. Islamic knowledge enthusiasts They may agree or disagree with the content posted, which is fine. The channel offers a mixture of serious information and satire, catering for different aspects of knowledge, social commentary, and current affairs. 4. Intelligence agencies. 5. Curious people, who may or may not follow what is being posted. 6. Then you have what we call submarines. They can be any of the first three categories, and their only job is to report back to their respective HQs was is being said. Then they have a good old moan and groan. 7. Finally, at the bottom, lowest of the low, في الدرك الأسفل, we have a bunch of smug shape-shifting human lizards. David Icke is proud. You ask why lizards? They are obsessed with posting laughing emojis when it is wholly inappropriate - where a fiqhi issue is discussed or some ilm-related information is shared. Instead of offering a counter argument, all what they do is latch on like ticks to the posted content by posting a laughing emoji. These 'humans' were designated as 'lizards' by none other than the Hanafi scholar Abu Zayd al-Dabusi (430 AH): ما لي إذا ألزمته حجة ... قابلني بالضحك والقهقهة إن كان ضحك المرء من فقهه ... فالضب في الصحراء ما أفقهه What's the matter? Whenever I corner him He responds to me with laughter and cackling If a man's laughter is evidence of his comprehension Then how knowledgeable indeed is the lizard in the desert! So keep laughing. And invite more of your shape-shifting lizard friends to follow. Just some friendly advice: don't stay lizards for too long otherwise some Arab might have you for breakfast 😂 ہم جیسے انسانوں کے نصیب میں ادلہ ہيں، اور ان جیسے صحرائى چھپکلیوں کے مقدر میں ہنسنا ہے

موسيقار الحنابلة إمام أهل عصره في علم الموسيقى حنبلي 🙂 ----- ترجَم شيخ المؤرخين العلامة المقريزي في كتابه" درر العقود الفريدة" للشيخ العلامة شمس الدين أبي عبد الله البغدادي الحنبلي الصوفي، واسمه محمد بن عيسى بن كُرّ، وهو من ولَد مروان بن محمد آخر خلفاء بني أمية. قال المقريزي: وُلد محمد هذا بالقاهرة سنة 681 هـ وحَفِظَ القرآن الكريم، وكتابَ" عمدة الأحكام " في الحديث، وكتابَ " العُمدة" لابن قدامة، في فقه مذهب الإمام أحمد، وكتابَ" مُلحة الإعراب " وسَمِع الحديث من الحافظ الدمياطي. وأخَذ الموسيقى عن القاضي علاء الدين التراكيشي الحنبلي، وصَنَّف فيه كتاب" غاية المطلوب في الأنغام والمنصوب" يقال: إنه أحسنُ ما صُنِّف في هذا الفن، خطَّأ فيه الفارابي في مواضع. وصار في علم الموسيقى فردًا يَلحق بالأوائل، ويأتي ببدائع الألحان، ونقَل مذاهب القدماء في هذا العلم، كإبراهيم بن المهدي، وإسحاق النديم. وكان لا يَمُرّ به صوتٌ مما ذكره أبو الفرَج الأصفهاني إلا ويجيء به ويُجيده. وكان يَنزِل في زاوية بالقُرب من المشهد الحُسيني بالقاهرة، وله عِزةُ نفسٍ وشممُ عفافٍ، ولم يتخذ صناعة الموسيقى استرزاقا، بل فكاهةً يروِّح بها عن نفسه. قال القاضي شهاب الدين أحمد بن فضل الله: كان لي به صُحبة، ولقد رأيتُه غنَّى فأضحَكَ، وغنَّى فأبكَى، وغنَّى فأنامَ، فرأيتُ بعيني ما سمعتُه عن الفارابي. وأخبَر الشيخ شمس الدين ابن الصائغ عن " ابن كُرّ" هذا أنه مَرَّ ببغلتِه على جماعةٍ يُغَنُّون، فحَرَّك بغلتَه وهو راكب حتى مشَت على الإيقاع. توفي سنة 763 هـ انتهى. قلتُ: هكذا الحنابلة وإلا فلا. 😁

I have been alerted that present and future tenses are referred to as imperfect verbs, in Western academic texts discussing grammars. Whereas this might be justified in English and other languages, I cannot see a justification for extending this particular nomenclature for the Arabic terminology of مضارع. Imperfect (or deficient) verb is already occupied by the term فعل ناقص in Arabic language, which refers to the كان ليس أصبح ظل بات ما دام family of verbs. Now it would make sense if all categories of verbs in English have direct equivalents in Arabic. But they don’t. Whereas some might prefer to extend the ‘imperfect verb’ usage to Arabic grammar and language, I am extremely hesitant to do so. I am of the view that we shouldn’t be so deferential to the terms used for English grammar, or indeed some Western academic nominating a specific term to describe a concept of Arabic language/grammar when it makes little sense to do so.

Example from the above: The word مضارع is translated as ‘imperfect tense.’ On which earth does imperfect tense mean مضارع? There are a dozen or so errors apart from this. For example, on this very page, he translates the majhul version of the verb incorrectly. I’m curious whether anybody has called out such mediocrity.

Probably one of the worst translations ever written. Avoid like the plague

Interviewer: You have an impressive CV. So, do you have any references? Interviewee: Unfortunately I don’t. I reside in a rural non-Muslim community, and I have been studying abroad in the Sub-Continent and North Africa for the past eight years. Interviewer: We do insist on having some sort of reference, recommendation, or tazkiyah for the post of imam in our mosque. Interviewee: Is there any alternative to this? Can I at least trial for a month? Interviewer: I am sorry - we have a shortlist and we intend to fill this position permanently before the end of this week. Interviewee: In that case, I wish you all the best with your selection. (walks out…returns, popping his head into the room) Interviewee: By the way, I might have something as an alternative that may satisfy you. Interviewer: Of course, I’m all ears. What would that be? Interviewee: ASDesai refuted me last year. Interviewer: Is that so? Show me the article. Is there a link? Interviewee: Better still, I have printout. Here you go. Interviewer: This is an incredible achievement. I salute you for being on the receiving end of his Takfir. Can you start for Fajr tomorrow? Interviewee: Well of course. Thank you and Wassalam

Interviewer: You have an impressive CV. So, do you have any references? Interviewee: Unfortunately I don’t. I reside from a rural non-Muslim community, and I have been studying abroad in the Sub-Continent and North Africa for the past eight years. Interviewer: We do insist on having some sort of reference, recommendation, or tazkiyah for the post of imam in our mosque. Interviewee: Is there any alternative to this? Can I at least trial for a month? Interviewer: I am sorry - we have a shortlist and we intend to fill this position permanently before the end of this week. Interviewee: In that case, I wish you all the best with your selection. (walks out…returns, popping his head into the room) Interviewee: By the way, I might have something as an alternative that may satisfy you. Interviewer: Of course, I’m all ears. What would that be? Interviewee: ASDesai refuted me last year. Interviewer: Is that so? Show me the article. Is there a link? Interviewee: Better still, I have printout. Here you go. Interviewer: This is an incredible achievement. I salute you for being on the receiving end of his Takfir. Can you start for Fajr tomorrow? Interviewee: Well of course. وعليكم السلام

Pro tip: The word in nahw is تمييز, not تميز. The word تميز in colloquial Arabic is for bread sold by street vendors, which looks like this. Still, even the actual word there is تميس. The word تميز is also the Urdu version that shortens the proper Arabic word, تمييز.

On the Church of England sex scandal, Ian Hislop speaking. Thank God for Islam

19th July 2007: Police on course to learn Islamic issues: Police recruits at the Islamic College with, front from left, Chief Insp Peter Matthews, Siraj Madari, of the college academic board, Deborah Braithwaite, Greater Manchester Police human resources manager, college principal Suhel Manya... 4th May 2024: Joint Statement of Muslim Scholars (‘Ulamā’) on Free-Mixing Signatory #24: Mawlana Suhail Manya (Blackburn, UK) I genuinely wonder how does it feel like having a total hypocrite as one of the signatories to your 'fatwa'. Of course, the whole bunch of them don't like the questions being lobbed at them about the application of tafsiq on countless scholars, because not only will they have to declare them to be fussaq, they'll end up declaring a bunch of the signatories to be fussaq as well. This is unless the signatories pull a "Wajdi I was forced into speaking to a woman Akkari" type of excuse.

ASDesai for South African Deobandis has a similar dynamic to Rabi Al-Madkhali for Saudi Salafis. Those who are a step below their fanaticism are dead scared of either turning against them. The two keep large swathes of their religious societies in check, to an extent that they try to outdo one another to prove they are the true inheritors of their traditions. In reality, it is all just to avoid any harsh criticism coming from the two. The criticism of these South African Deobandis at ASDesai is at best a light slap on the hand. Had they taken a firmer stance on him a couple of decades ago when he started spewing his nonsense online, we wouldn’t be in this position today where ‘clarifications’ on ASD are needed. It was only a few years ago when prominent South African Deobandis were still pussyfooting around the ASD fitna, not willing to rock the boat. They let the problem fester. In fact, when ASD did Mufti Taqi over and some U.K. scholars raised concerns on him, the response from these South Africans was that we should stay out of the disputes of our elders. Now we are at a point where ASD still has a free rein, whereas Mufti Taqi is totally written off and cancelled in those circles. The face is that ASDesai controls the minds of many and is hoisted on a pedestal as a sample of taqwa and religiosity, when in fact this conman of a mufti is the biggest transgressor and coward walking in the Southern Hemisphere, and probably the world. For this reason, I cannot bring myself to agree with Mufti Ebrahim Desai’s comments, رحمة الله عليه.

Rahmatullahi alayhi