The funniest joke my family has ever told me is "be careful who you talk to at the mosque, they could be extremists who will brainwash you!"

Shaykh `Abdullāh bin Jibrīn رحمه الله said:

‎“Both [Sayyid Quṭb and al-Ḥasan al-Bannā] were du`āt (callers) to Allāh, and have displayed patience and perseverance more than many others. Both of them were patient in the face of being killed, having been killed unjustly without abdicating what they called towards.

‎It was later that certain individuals emerged who insulted them and picked out their mistakes, classifying them as ‘misguided’, ‘callers to misguidance’, and disbelievers, outside the fold of Islām. It is an obligation upon a Muslim to recognise the people of good, indicating where they made mistakes and errors, whilst not disavowing the good of those who do good, nor denying the status and benefit of scholars. For, these scholars from the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwānu’l-Muslimūn), have dignified stances that many who came after will never be able to match. This is despite them having made mistakes in ijtihād for which they are excused.”

This young Muslim man was working at Google; a position coveted by countless peers. However, he couldn't bear to contribute to the killing of his brothers and sisters in Palestine through his work, so he sacrificed his job in support of the truth.

This serves as a message to those who take part in the ongoing crime in exchange for some fleeting worldly gains!

Notice how "te®️rorist" was previously used to label the one who fights, then became someone who believes the sharia must be established, and now a "te®️rorist" is someone who doesn't approve of the butchering of Muslims. 

In their eyes, you will never be cleared of the accusation of te®️rorism until you disbelieve.

From Al-Akhlaq Wal-Siyar by Ibn Hazm (RH)

Girls: I want to be spanked so I can feel the strength of my man
Also girls: It is horrific that God allows you to spank your wife for rebelliousness

Make it make sense.

The reaction to this post is making me worry for you brothers who are looking to get married. At least learn the theory even if you can't do the practice yet. You want your future wife to satisfy you, yes? Learn to satisfy her too.

‎Capitalism is not just private ownership of the means of production. Islāmic societies historically had owners of capital too, many of whom were slave owners but others were also what we’d call the petty bourgeoisie. This was the case during the time of the Prophet ﷺ as well, but no one calls historical Islāmic economies capitalist.

‎The package of capitalism comes with a philosophy as well, and this philosophy includes the belief that a society where people primarily look out for their self-interests will lead to optimal outcomes for society at large.

‎When people prioritise profits over principles and the collective good of humankind, it leads to a high concentration of capital and various innovations by capitalists to expand their businesses and make more profit that involve waging war on Islāmic values, such as values enjoining upholding the ties of kinship, brotherhood between the believers, charity, gifting, etc.

‎These values lead to the strengthening of traditional social structures and institutions that were historically so prevalent, important, powerful, and influential in Islāmic history. The family, the tribe, local communities, awqāf, etc. all hinder the rise of monopoly capitalism — an inevitable result of an increasing concentration of capital. Centralisation of power is a necessary prerequisite for monopoly capitalism.

‎Ribā is also necessary for the rise of monopoly capitalism because of how much wealth the bourgeoisie needs to innovate, expand their businesses, and make more profit. The heavy reliance of capitalists on ribā can be seen by the rapid capital concentration in banking that accompanied the rise of monopoly capitalism.

‎Monopoly capitalism also leads to nationalism and imperialism as the bourgeoisie utilises their influence over the state to expand into foreign territory, take over its resources and markets, and justify all of it.

‎Defining what capitalism is and explaining its incompatibility with Islām would take an article to sufficiently articulate, but this brief overview should do for now.

Let the man who takes fatwa from whoever has a beard take his fatawa from Santa Claus.

Abu Ahmad al-Qassab رحمه الله from his work, an-Nukat:

His saying (the verse): “Then he (Dhun-Nun, the prophet Yunus) cried out in the depths of darkness, 'There is no god but You, glory be to You; truly, I have been among the wrongdoers.'”

This is proof that proclaiming "La ilaha illa Allah" (there is no god but Allah) and glorifying Allah clear away sorrows and save from distress and calamities.

Therefore, it is essential for those who believe in the Book of Allah to make these their refuge in times of hardship and their support in times of ease; in trust of what Allah promised the believers by granting them the same as He did for Dhun-Nun (Yunus) when He said: "So We answered him and saved him from his grief, and thus We save the believers."

feminist rage 😁

#limns

"It is Ḥalāl for a widow or a divorcee to marry again.

It is Ḥarām for YOU to gossip about her 'character' if she does.

It is Ḥalāl for a woman to ask for divorce if she cannot stay in the relationship in a Islamic manner any longer.

It is Ḥarām for YOU to backbite and raise questions about her femininity, loyalty and nature.

It is Ḥalāl for a woman to ask for her mahr from the husband the moment she gets married.

It is Ḥarām for YOU to demand her to "forgive" the mahr if she wants to be called a 'good' woman."

Some Things People Refuse To Get Through Their Heads About Marriage
- The government has nothing to do with your marriage, and Islam has nothing to do with 'respecting the law of the land'
- The actual process of getting married takes like 20 minutes. Get it through your head that no matter how highly you think of yourself right now, you could commit zina at any moment. You need to be closing that door ASAP and it's absurd for you to still be unmarried in your mid-20s, quite frankly it should have been sorted in your teenage years
- 'til death do us part' is a Christian idea. Divorce is just a bit sad and part of life, it's not life ruining. Stop putting off marriage because 'oh no what if he/she leaves', it's pathetic, have some tawakul
- You aren't a 'prize' or a 'queen' or 'le alpha chad', just find someone who's chill, that you can get along with and that you think you'll enjoy sex with
- Stop expecting people to come ready made. You aren't perfect and your spouse won't be either
- If your salary can pay for takeaway and abayas, you have enough money to get married
- There is no good reason for your mahr to be going over $5000, you're basically just setting yourself up to be trapped in a marriage you hate

If you do not know what Allah and His Prophet (PBUH) said about a matter, then you do not know it, so be silent

"And do not utter falsehoods by letting your tongues declare: "This is lawful" and "That is unlawful," thus fabricating lies against Allah. Surely those who fabricate lies against Allah will never prosper." [Qur'an 16:116]

Knowing what Allah and His Prophet (PBUH) said sounds like "Allah/His Prophet (PBUH) said such and such".
It does not mean 'well I think such and such/my scholar said this to me'.

One of the big reasons why I left qiyas
As I became more aware of the things 'modernist Muslims' were saying and how it contradicted what Allah said, I also began to notice that the scholars whose fatawa I relied on were guilty of the same. The arguments made by both of these groups had about as much strength as each other, because in actuality they both lacked consistent principles.

When you start allowing yourself to say "Allah established this law because of such and such reason because we said so, and this reason also applies to this other thing, or it doesn't always apply so we don't actually have to adhere to it" you have abolished the sharia completely; if you took this to its logical conclusion you would have the same 'morals' as atheists.

The only reasonable way to understand the Book of Allah (the Qur'an and sunnah) is holistically, as it is, without adding to or taking away from any of it. Allah says what He means. No amount of word-games will make claiming that Allah established a law that He didn't anything except a lie.

Alhamdulillah, I found that there were many before me who had noticed this, and a small but quickly growing community of people who were rediscovering this. Inshallah, as more of us root out one of the biggest ailments of this ummah, the Muslims will quickly find themselves increasing in strength in ways people could not have imagined.

The new Antisemitism bill that Congress just passed doesnt only criminalize the Bible.

It also criminalizes the Quran and some hadith. These religious texts criticize Jews as a people.

Sufyan Al-Thawri may Allah have mercy on him says:


If you intend to do any good deed, hasten to do it before Satan comes between you(and stops you).

📚 {Hilyat Al-Awliya 7/62}

Where are all the smooth talkers today?

Make sure your children know and understand what happened to their brothers and sisters in our age.

Relating to this topic, someone quoted to me a saying we have in Urdu:

چراغ تلے اندھیرا

Chirāgh talay andhera

Beneath the lantern is darkness.

One who dedicated his life to Da’wah should beware of exhorting all his efforts in bringing light to others, and then neglecting to bring it to his own children whom he is responsible for before Allāh and leaving them in the dark.

Often times, people may marry when they’re young — possibly before they were guided or when they were less aware or less practicing — to someone who’s on the same level as them. As time passes, Allāh has mercy on them and they may progress immensely over the years Deen-wise, but there’s no guarantee that the spouse does or even will, and that’s where this dilemma usually begins and the schism starts.

Whether it be a legendary Islāmic author, scholar, intellectual, Mujāhid, revolutionary, etc. — if his wife is not on the same page and will not water the children with the pure Manhaj (to the extent they ought to be watered and looked after), they most likely will never reach the fathers caliber or even follow in his footsteps.

Brothers who might be in a similar family situation (and it’s possibly common) need to realize that they are going to have to cut time off their other activities and step up in a way fathers usually don’t have to and contribute where their wife lacks — if they want to have a chance at having righteous offspring. He would need to put in triple the effort to their Tarbiyyah than a normal father would, والله المستعان.

Quite often I hear of a situation like the ones described in the original post in relation to famous Muslim figures and then their disappointing children. May Allāh protect the children of the Muslimīn.