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An important principle of hadith interpretation that prevents cognitive dissonance: When there is a prohibition in a hadith that is coupled with a great threat, that great threat indicates that the prohibition is linked to something that corresponds to great harm and consequence in proportion to that threat, as the gravity with which the act is coupled indicates that what is prohibited is a high priority within the hierarchy of law which is why it is given considerable focus to begin with. To share an example, the hadiths on hanging lower garments below the ankles contain a great threat, but that threat would not be appropriately understood if it were simply linked to the mere act of hanging lower garments free of any ill intention, as that is more appropriately tied to a matter of simple dress etiquette (adab) and involves no negative consequence whatsoever. On the other hand, understanding that threat as being associated specifically with arrogance - in which case the act is not prohibited in its absence (as also indicated in hadiths and argued by most scholars classically) - corresponds with the threat in the hadith, as arrogance is a grave act for which one would expect significant attention and the associated threat. This principle is probably one of the highlights in the work authored by the Hadith scholar of Makkah, Sh. Hatim al-Awni: النظرُ المقاصديّ وضوابطُه وأثرُه في إثباتِ الرواية الحديثيّة وتأويلِها. It is also noted by Sh. Ali al-Tantawi (d. 1999) when discussing the hadith on plucking eyebrows, which has much discussion and serves as a nice case study of how Fiqh operates.

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لطيفة : كان محمد بن الحسن الشيباني ابن خالة الفَرَّاء. وكان أيضا ابن أخت عبد الله بن مَسلمة القَعْنَبي من رواة الموطأ عن الإمام مالك. رضي الله عنهم جميعا.

This was the poster by the way. Oh look, no ikhtilat, so it's a green light for them. I bet we won't get 2,000 molvi signatories for this retardation.

Absolute retardation in Batley this Sunday. And they break out in celebration at Spanish goal when he's reciting a verse on the punishment of Allah. https://x.com/MaulanaSikander/status/2078988696456405104

Reminder why Shashi is an awful book to teach.

It is the height of irresponsibility for any seminary to make out its administrative policies as religiously sanctioned. They’re your admin policies, or the traditions of your seminary. Not wahy. Calm down if a boy didn’t cut his hair or a girl didn’t wear black. Sanction in proportion to the violation.

Don't let yourself be this guy

Don't let yourself be this guy

"Not even a speck of Urdu"

Then we get these condescending Awnists, who are actually closet Deobandis, who think they have any basis to criticise Imam Ahmad Rida Khan for his takfir on the Deobandi elders. Maybe they should put their bias aside and actually try to see where Imam Ahmad Rida Khan was coming from. But these Awnists are extremely ignorant who don't even know a speck of Urdu. They claim that Imam Ahmad Rida Khan doesn't have any good/influential works something the Deobandis don't even claim! They rely on articles from Deobandis and base their views on them. May Allah guide these ignorant and frankly stupid Awnists. Deaf, dumb, blind—they do not understand.

What a silly question. The answer is "yes".

AI poster gets an AI response

Aalami Shura disinformation campaign, sending attendees 200 miles away from the correct location. We also now see a new word invented: Akabireens. Never in life would I have thought of that, not even in jest. And what on earth is “peace and harmony”? Did a Qadiyani prepare this poster or something? TJ nowadays is a joke.

For doomscrolling MSA Arabic students: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BpTwJBmCg/

ʿAbbās al-Dūrī said: I heard Abu ʿUbayd say, “I have associated with people and debated with the ahl al-kalām (speculative theologians), and I have never seen a group more filthy in their defilement, weaker in argument, or more foolish than they. When I served as judge of the frontier district, I expelled three Jahmīs (followers of the Jahmiyyah sect)… … and another Jahmī.” (6)

The above is the AI translation from Siyar A’lam ‘l-Nubala under the entry of Abu Ubayd Al-Qasim Ibn Sallam (d. 224 AH). Here is the link: https://kutub.io/en/book/10906/6753 The Arabic passage in the same link is as follows: قَالَ عَبَّاسٌ الدُّوْرِيُّ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُبَيْدٍ يَقُوْلُ: عَاشَرتُ النَّاسَ، وَكَلَّمْتُ أَهْلَ الكَلاَمِ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ قَوْماً أَوْسَخَ وَسَخاً، وَلاَ أَضْعَفَ حُجَّةً مِنْ ... ، وَلاَ أَحْمَقَ مِنْهُم، وَلَقَدْ وَلِيتُ قَضَاءَ الثَّغْرِ، فَنَفَيتُ ثَلاَثَةً جَهْمِيَّيْنَ ... ،... وَجَهْمِيّاً (٦) . Unfortunately, this is a distortion of the passage by the editor. The correct version of the passage is as follows: قال عباس الدوري: سمعت أبا عبيد يقول: عاشرت الناس وكلمت أهل الكلام، فما رأيت قوما أوسخ وسخا ولا أضعف حجة من الرافضة ولا أحمق منهم، ولقد وليت قضاء الثغر فنفيت ثلاثة جهميين ورافضي أو رافضيين وجهميا. See https://majles.alukah.net/showthread.php?t=66248 for a demonstration of the distortion in the Mu’assasah print. Now let’s put this correct version back onto ChatGPT for a translation:

ʿAbbās al-Dūrī said: “I heard Abū ʿUbayd say: ’I have lived among people and debated the practitioners of speculative theology (

ahl al-kalām

). I have never seen a people filthier in conduct, weaker in argument, or more foolish than the Rāfiḍah. When I served as the judge (

qāḍī

) of the frontier district, I expelled three Jahmīs, and one Rāfiḍī—or perhaps two Rāfiḍīs—and one Jahmī.’”

Compare the two translations and you’ll note the problem. Lesson: Not only is your AI translation as good or bad as your print, but AI hallucinates when it is trying to make sense and f a poorly edited or outright distorted passage. Without a human in the loop, any translation of a scholarly text must be rejected.

Some thing that we don't seem to discuss enough: A terrible trait in some people in authority (parents, teachers, caregivers) is that, under the pretext of "education" or "tarbiyah" of their subordinates they subject them to the most severe forms of mental torture while they themselves don't lose a second of sleep. These victims may be their children, their students, or even their wives or husbands. Sometimes this looks like an outburst at their victim for trivial issues, making that victim feel devastated that they hurt or disappointed this person that they love, respect, and/or fear. Other times this poison manifests itself in public scolding, with absolutely zero care for how hurtful it is to embarass one in front of others. Sometimes it manifests itself through emotional blackmail that forces the victim to apologize over and over until a state of total servility, humiliation, and self-deprecation (or self-hatred) is reached. The victim may think about it for hours after an encounter, walk on eggshells for years to avoid stepping on any other mines, and will lose sleep over their perceived failures. Meanwhile, the oppressor lives peacefully with nothing pricking their conscience. One of my teachers (may Allah preserve him, once told me that "Some teachers are enjoying themselves at home with their wives while there are students of theirs who cannot sleep because they are afraid that they've upset them." Some of these wretched souls will be yanked back into line when the waves of Allah's providence turn against them and they realize their wrong, but many will only see their crime when they taste its burning fruit in the next life. The bigger problem is that these victims are often silenced and told to ignore clear oppression with slogans like "respecting your elders", "honouring your teachers", or "keeping the peace in the family". May Allah protect us from falling into this evil and from facilitating it, and may he make it easy for us to stop evil when we witness it.

But if only Awwamah would have read Al-Bahr Al-Ra’iq to save himself from falling into the non-Hanafi view: وَقَدْ حُكِيَ فِي الْمَنَاقِبِ أَنَّ أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَالَ لَهُ كَيْفَ أَوْجَبَتْ عَلَى مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ سُجُودَ السَّهْوِ فَأَجَابَهُ بِكَوْنِهِ صَلَّى عَلَيْك سَاهِيًا فَاسْتَحْسَنَهُ مِنْهُ (An obvious fabrication but…) The above is convincing proof that the Hanafi School is on the Haqq. Some nutjob should tell Awwamah that Imam Abu Hanifah already that conversation with the Prophet in his dream.

Just to spell things out (as I usually have to): 1. It is not allowed for Ahnaf nutjobs to observe Salah behind Awwamah, as he wilfully omits the Wajib of standing up straight after Tashahhud in 3- or 4-unit prayers. Even if it is Awwamah’s preference (hardly a valid form of Ijtihad), a Muqallid of the Hanafi School - according to the Usul of Ahnaf nutjobs - should refuse to pray behind him. Askimam (yeh that website, to keep things simple) says:

If a person intentionally leaves a wajib (compulsory) act then sajdah sahwu will not be enough. He must repeat the entire salaat.

2. The Qiyamah argument in reverse can be seen here. We’ve seen the opposite before:

Allah will judge us according to our schools

Here, what Awwamah is doing is changing his practice in violation of the Hanafi School because he’s hoping for more reward in Qiyamah. Nutjobbery is unsustainable. Don’t be a nutjob.