Khairabadi Masterclass: A Guide to Navigating the 'Mawāqif'

The ‘Mawāqif’ of Qādī Al-Ījī embodies what scholars have termed the ‘Avicennisation of kalām’, representing a fusion of Islamic theology with elements of Avicennian philosophy. However, delving deeper, it also…

I don't think we needed 'The Islamic Secular' to tell us that the revelation addresses human subjects who are not themselves the revelation.

—The name “Muhammad” means “The one who is praised abundantly”. So, there is no disbeliever who mentions him except that he praises him thereby, even if they may not intend it.

Salutations and peace upon the greatest creation of God in absolute terms

—who not only remembers him 5 times daily in Adhan but hold him dear to themselves more than anything this world contains.

“Where are the children of Kaʿb? Where are the sons of ʿUqbah?”

You will be forgotten as they were, but the name of Muhammad ﷺ will remain till the end—

The thing is that if you were spanked, it's probably *way* down the list of bad childhood experiences.

Just not a big deal. Much less unpleasant than normal stuff like school work.

All suffering is in the mind, and there is nothing especially bad about physical correction.

If you gave kids a choice between homework and receiving an strike, you would be surprised how many boys just took the hit.

You would also be surprised at how severe a strike they would take rather than doing the homework.

Muslims often begin these discussions on the backfoot as a result of having implicitly absorbed post-Enlightenment ideas relating to equality.

As Muslims, we do not agree with the notion that legal and social differences based upon class or sex are inherently evil.

They adopt…

Sapanca 4-day Retreat vs. Istanbul 6-day Summit

Which Turkish trip will you be going for?

Whilst the constant recycling of the same topics on here can be tiring and repetitive, it does have the benefit of allowing you to see new arguments for and against your position that you may not have considered previously, especially the latter which may allow you to rethink…

Ustādh al-Ulamā Allāmah Atā Muhammad Chishtī Bandyālwī [1334-1419 AH / 1916-1999 CE] writes:

“Differing with a respected figure upon the basis of a Shar’ī dalīl is not blameworthy nor is there disrespect of the respected figure in this.”

— Maqālāt-e-Bandyālwī, 1/214

Anwar@Move to Muscat murtaza dawar Şerşeh لعنة الله على ر أ ف

'The Islamic Secular' is indeed an oxymoron, and the fact that the author tries to anticipate this objection in his book does not make it any less egregious an error.
Or to put it more colloquially:
Really? That is what you come up with to address the extraordinary challenges…

cannot blame him. people with knowledge limited to a few books and that which can be summarised on a postcard will make such stupid statements.

poor guy must have confused with direct students of imam abul hasan.

I was previously unaware that Alahazrat had authored such a lengthy poem in praise of Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq, may Allah be pleased with him.

It certainly demolishes the whole accusation of him being a Shi'ī, as no Shi'ī would even think of writing such extensive praise of the…

They want the positives of liberalism (freedom, stronger economies, functional governments) without the negatives (decadence, hedonism, decline).

I would bet that 95%+ of non-Muslim Americans and Britons have premarital sex/cohabit before marriage. There is no real conservatism…