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ISLAM
“Verily in the
remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest” (Surah Ra’d, 28)
Random Thoughts Central
Islam and Politics
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"Life is like Twitter.
You can't control what people say and do. You can just
follow or unfollow them." - LOL, someone sent this to
me, how true.
I'm learning how to use the unfollow function as well. -
(8/4/10 - 7:17 PM)
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http://www.qurba.org - There's a retreat coming up in August. Still
trying to see if I can come. Some of my friends will though. I took the last class and it was excellent.
I'm going through some of my notes and articles provided on Ghazali's
teachings. You should definitely attend if you can. The instructors are
great. I love the atmosphere. It's really conducive to learning. -
(7/24/10 - 1:23 PM)
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Muslims shouldn't add
other Muslims to mailing-lists they did not ask to be on unless they're
friends. The worst is
when they keep sending after you ask to be removed. And no, I'm not
interested in marriage like AT ALL, ever, let along with someone that you're
offering like some piece of meat to bid on. Nor someone who would
probably call me kaffir if I forget to do wudu during prayer. "Oh, good
morning, honey, you Muslim yet?" Give me a break. That especially goes
for Salafi ran ones. There, if that doesn't stop spams, I don't know
what will. This is like a dating website service for Muslims.
Same concept, just as dumb. That's my opinion. Others are free to
disagree. That goes for events too.
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(7/24/10 - 1:23 PM)
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"An Ideal Approach Towards Issues of Creed
(Where is Allah): Answered by Sh. Bin Bayyah"
- This relates to my post below, obviously, about 100 million infinite
times better and more knowledgeable. That being said, a friend of mine
translated an article from Bin Bayyah regarding the relationship between
religion and state. I kinda bugged him to do it and he kindly made the
translation for me. I just need to look for it and then I'll post it.
But yeah, layman people should not be debating this stuff as if they're
qualified scholars on message boards or school campuses. Too many people
get emo about this issue. They can debate all day about anthropomorphism
but they don't even know how to do proper wudu and so forth. That's
straight up whack. Common sense is not so common sometimes. I remember
looking at this debate during my first year as a Muslim, it hit me right
away to not engage in this discussion. Looking at it again and I'm
reacting the same way. So yeah, it's not really a new discovery. Found
myself on the same exact boat as last time. If you don't like Bilal
Philips, tough noogies, take it up with another scholar to counter him.
I don't want to hear your own personal rant about how I shouldn't have
that on my website. I still like it. - (7/16/10 -
1:06
AM)
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I've been looking at some of
the charges levelled at so-called "Salafis" as it relates to
anthropomorphizing Allah (swt). It relates it seems to the fact that
some would claim, for example: the hand of God, it's not in the human
sense, but we don't know what it looks like. While it argues that it is
not in the human sense, it still gives it human attributes by claiming
that we don't know what it looks like (implying that it is actually a
literal hand). Insha'Allah, that is a correct way to summarize the
matter. Again, I'm just highlighting what I got from what I read. As it
relates to my own personal beliefs, I agree with scholars who disagree
with that literalist approach. That being said, I'm not saying the
opinions of other scholars are illegitimate. I don't even think that
layman people should even be debating this issue. Leave it for qualified
scholars to discuss. Heck, if some avoid it, you should too, especially
when you're not trained whatsoever. This is way too specific. Identify
your own beliefs and don't go beyond that, straight up. Looking back at
the days when I used to hear people debate this 24-7 in university, they
never get anywhere. Again, leave it for qualified people. I'm just
highlighting what I've been reading about the disagreement. -
(7/16/10 - 12:58
AM)
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"The Purpose of Life" by Khalid Yasin
- I've heard this before and
I caught a lecture from him at Ryerson years ago. Very good, sounds like
an Amir Sulaiman performance, masha'Allah.
I love how he breaks down the Bible and how the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)
himself denied being God.
The one about Paul being a bounty hunter is pretty shocking. As well, "She's way
beyond menopause, she's menostop" was pretty funny. So corny, but still
jokes. Recognize the creator. Conform to the laws of that creator. To give praise, gratitude and worship.
On a side note, I remember some "Salafis" beefing with Imam Shakir when
he referred to attendees of a convention as being the "children of God",
but in the Q&A part of this lecture by Yasin, he recognizes that it is
completely permissible to refer to it in the metaphorical sense which is
what Imam Shakir did. And fyi, I found this lecture by Yasin from a
website. I can't remember which. It was for free so I assume this is
completely fine to post here. Anyway, try to listen to this excellent
lecture multiple times to memorize, it's a lot of info. Man, I'm playing
NBA2K10 while listening to this. Multitasking owned. -
(7/15/10 - 6:10
AM)
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"The Beliefs of the Sunni Way"
- Very interesting read. To be completely honest, I have always thought
that anthropomorphism is straight up forbidden for all Muslims. Based on
what I remember from Bilal Philips (who I know some "Salafis" hate on as
well), when a particular attribute is given to God, it is not on the
same level as a human. It's in a realm of its own. It's completely
different. He is above his creation. That I understand. I've read
so-called "Salafi" sources before and I never really detected them
anthropomorphizing God. Perhaps, I missed something in the language? I
don't know. I'm going to give it another look. I'm not trying to start a
theological debate with anyone, just sayin'. I'm going to pay much
closer attention to the topic. - (7/14/10 - 10:42 PM)
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"On Improving The Cooperation Among Muslims - On Disagreements and Their
Resultant Problems" - (Last Chapter from 'Modern Salafism & Its
Effect On Muslim Disunity') - (7/14/10 - 8:07 PM)
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A rewarding way to learn is
to study what credible scholars say about Islam on your own while
staying away from all the hubris -- from those within and those from the
outside trying to veil their opportunism/negative attitude toward the
deen with stated good intentions. - (7/14/10 -
7:39 PM)
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"Thomas Walkom - Toronto 18:
Terrorism and Farce" - Excellent read by someone who always
asks the tough questions when everyone is just accepting everything at
face value. - (7/14/10 - 7:26 PM)
Videos/Lectures
"Patience
Takes Courage" - Sheikh Hamza Yusuf (Part
2 /
3)
Essentials
Fundamentals of Tawheed
by Bilal Phillips
What Does Islam Say About Terrorism?
Who Wrote the Quran?
Who Was Jesus?
Gender Equity in Islam
by Jamal Badawi
More Personal Thoughts
My Personal
Preference On 'How to Learn About Islam'
The Logical
Fallacies of Immature Dawah (Calls to Islam)
"A Place of
Refuge" -
http://criticalmood.wordpress.com
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