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Sadl, Imam Malik, and principle of the actions of the people of al-Madina in Maliki jurisprudence
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Bonus: Did Malik really break his arms?
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Onomastic Layers of the Qur'an: The Origin of the Prophetic name Lut (لوط) - A Thread 🧵
[Article linked at the end]
We will examine the onomastic element behind the Qur'an's specific editorial choices to indicate the meaning of the name of the prophet even though
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The issue of the beard in the Shafi school of Islamic law, recommendation or obligation?
An analysis of the position regarding the non-obligation of growing the beard in the Shafi School of law
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Part 1-
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Luke’s rejection of Mark - A Thread 🧵
Luke’s attitudes to previous gospels disproves traditional views of inspiration and is the first argument against Christianity to be put forth on our website. We will first summarise our findings before linking the full article at the end.
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Sheikh-Al Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said:
"No one doubts his jurisprudence, understanding, and knowledge. And they have attributed things to him intending to defame him, which are certainly lies about him"
A 🧵on the praise of Imam al A'dham (rda) from the early Imams of the salaf
Hot take:
We, as a collective, should not have validated the hanafi madhab. Even if it is valid to follow, it should have been textually documented better that they’re not a madhab of ahlul hadith, making it a deficient madhab. Then perhaps there wouldn’t be such a thing as
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Did Imam Malik break his arms, and pray with his hands to his side because of it?
A ridiculous claim, may Allah have mercy on Imam Malik and the scholars of the Maliki school who sought to uphold the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ
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@psalmjoys
Orthodox Shahada are STILL to this day running away from debates on topics which range from:
1. Islamic law
2. Islamic theology (Kalam)
3. The truth of Christianity
Name me a single half decent point against Islam they have made which doesn’t involve misrepresentation
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Challenging Erroneous Trinitarian Exegesis of Mark 2:7 - A Thread 🧵
The article is linked at the end. This is part of a larger project on correcting faulty gospel exegesis. We are accepting suggestions for specific passages. For now however, only Mark 2:7 will be discussed.
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A Brief Exposition of 2 Pentateuchal Passages as a Proof of Non-Mosaic Authorship of the Torah - A Thread 🧵
Article linked at the end.
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Christianity is a cult. Few words to enter, and your life if you become a “heretic”.
Islam is a cult. Few words to enter, and your life if you leave.
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The Ikhtilaf between madhabs is a benefit to the ummah, and we may learn and benefit from the variances in the madhabs
Ibn Qudama al-Hanbali said in "Al-`Aqa'id": "The difference in opinion in the Community is a mercy, and their agreement is a proof
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Mark's Denial of Mary's Honor - A Comprehensive Thread 🧵
All 'Apostolic' branches of Christianity (eg. RC, EO, OO) agree that Mary is sinless. It is thus imperative that the Bible does not disagree otherwise we run into major issues. The full article is linked at the end.
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The reasons for Imam Malik relying upon this principle can be seen in his famed letter to the famed jurist Al-Layth (died 791 AD) in which he outlines his reverence for the people of Madinah, and why he views their actions as a valid basis for deriving Ahkam
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Al-Suyuti mentions that Malik disagreed with his own hadith collection, Muwatta, in sixty different cases.
Malik would collect Hadiths that he did not wish to act upon, so that people would know that he was aware of the hadith, but chose not to act upon it for other reasons
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- if a hadith is popular among the people of Madina Munawwara, there is no need to analyze its chain of narrators.”
Imam Kandahlawi writes: according to Imam Mãlik, if there is a contradiction between some hadiths and the practice of the people-
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it has been famously narrated that a man asked Imam Malik:
"Why did you narrate the hadith (the two parties to a sale have the option) in the Muwatta, but you do not practice it?"
Malik replied:
"So that an ignorant person like you knows that I left it with knowledge (of it)."
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The Maliki school of law, as an example, includes a unique principle, not shared by any other of the major schools, in which the school relies upon the the actions of the population of Madinah at the time of Imam Malik
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- followed these same Sunnahs.
So when there is a clear practice in Madina and people follow it, I do not see room for anyone to go against it.
Adding to this, the famed Maliki jurist Qadi Abu Bakar ibn-al Arabi writes
“It is a principle of the Mäliki school of thought that-
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Malik based his opinion on what he observed in terms of the actions of the people of Madinah, who were the students of the sahaba and their students. Essentially, Malik held that the fact that the action of laying the hands to the side during salah was widespread-
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Malik Writes:
"Whenever something came up that they knew about, they put that knowledge into practice. If they did not have knowledge about it they would ask and then they would rely on their understanding and their proximity to the days of the Prophet -
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The issue of Sadl is no different, Imam malik opted to adopt the opinion that the laying the hands to the side during salah is the correct opinion as this was what he saw to the preponderant understanding of the people of Madinah.
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Recently, a narrative has been pushed that we cannot confirm that there is any remaining authentic text from the Torah or Gospels
This is false and goes against what Muslim scholarship have held.
Here is the position of one of the greatest legal theoreticians, al-Qarafi
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- of Madina Munawwara conforms to any one of them, that hadith will be awarded preference over the others. The practice of the people of Madina Munawwara is (to him) a preferential factor. This is quite evident from his book Al-Muwatta'.
We are thus able to see the importance-
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among the people of Madinah is indicative of its prophetic basis, as it could not be that the bulk of the prophets ﷺ own city acted contrary to his ﷺ own teachings
Many prominent Imams of the salaf also prayed by laying their hands to the side.
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It is narrated in the Musannaf of Abdul Razaq that:
وابن الزبير كان يسدل في الصلاة باتفاق الائمة وكذالك ابن جريج الذي أخذها من عطاء
Ibn Zubayr used to let his hands hang down in prayer, as agreed upon by the imams, and likewise Ibn Jurayj, who took it from 'Ata
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Shawkani narrates, that Ibn al-Mundhir narrated from al-Hasan al-Basri that (regarding the placement of his hands in salah)
"He lets them hang by his sides and does not place the right hand over the left.
"يرسلهما ولايضع اليمنى على اليسرى"
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From among the many variances in jurisprudential matters that exist between the different schools of Sunni Islamic law, nearly every instance can be traced back to a difference in the fundamental methodology of deriving rulings that exists between the schools.
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Understanding the concept of Istihsaan (استحسان) in Islamic legal theory
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Regarding the placing of the hands as is done in the other Madhabs (qabd), Imam Malik said
"I do not know about this in the obligatory prayers, but in the voluntary prayers, if the standing is prolonged, there is no harm in it; it helps one to support oneself."
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It is not a black and white issue, as some imams would like to claim, and we hope our readers learn to appreciate the variances in the legal theory employed by the different Madhabs of Sunni Islam
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to take whatever was the strongest position in the matter. If anyone opposed them or if someone said that another position in the matter was stronger, that person’s position would be abandoned and no one would follow him. After them their Followers took this same path and-
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he also narrates that
Abdullah ibn al-A’izar reported:
"I was performing Tawaf with Sa’eed ibn Jubayr when he saw a man praying with one hand placed over the other. He went over and separated them, and then returned."
”كنتُ أطوفُ مَعَ سعيدِ بنِ جُبيرٍ فرأى رجلاً يصلي -
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One thus sees that Imam Malik derived his understanding of sadl from his usool, and it was a practice widespread among the people of madinah, and the salaf at large
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-of the actions of the People of madinah to imam Malik and the Maliki Madhab as a whole
In fact, Imam Malik would opt for acting upon the consensus of the people of Madina over the ahad hadith, even if it was authentic, as he considered the former to be a stronger evidence
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Ibn Abd al-Barr reported that Mujahid said, "If the right hand is to be placed over the left, it should be on the wrist or forearm near the chest, and he disliked this, meaning grasping."
"”إن كان وَضْعُ اليمينِ على الشِّمالِ فعلى الكَفِّ أو على الرسغِ عند الصَّدرِ وكان-
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@psalmjoys
Are you willing to have a calm and respectful discussion on whether Islam is demonic on a Twitter space?
No insults, no shouting, no emotions
Just pure discussion
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Modern scholarship concurs with our upcoming 7-section paper on the Pastoral Epistles where we will introduce and demonstrate that these were not written by Paul, breaking the notion of biblical inerrancy. More details will be provided soon when our website is launched.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
We are proud and delighted to announce our website
This will be the place where we will do collaborations with other blogs and upload on various different topics!
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We are formally requesting a discussion/debate on a live Twitter space with Qai from “Orthodox Shahada” on any topic he chooses
Whether it be Islamic law, theology or Christianity.
We are the ones who call you people to the debate table yet you make excuses
Read St. john of Damascus for starters if you genuinely want to. Check out Orthodox Shahada youtube channel as well.
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واضعاً إحْدى يَدَيْهِ على الأُخْرى فَذَهَبَ فَفَرَّقَ بينَهُما ثم جاء.“
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Our "Assumption of Mary" booklet drops in 48 hours Insha Allah.
A deep dive into the historicity and a devastating critique of one of ‘Apostolic’ Christianity’s developed dogmas. Your late Christmas gift, as promised.
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A Brief Historical Introduction to the Apostolic Fathers Part 1: A General Overview
A Thread 🧵
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It is quite ironic that he is one of the major fathers for later orthodoxy when he himself doesn’t believe in their dogmas. He did not know of any assumption and it seems his writings hint at an implicit denial of such.
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The debate about the exact nature of shar'i guidelines concerning men's facial hair is somewhat controversial. This discussion is, unfortunately, often bundled with broader debates about the reevaluation of -
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Inequality towards women in inheritance?
Dr. Salah Abū al-Ḥāj whilst talking about the different types of Maslaha in the Shari’ah gives an example of a Maslaha which the Shari’ah relegated in order to pave the way for a bigger Maslaha (benefit)
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A message to the Christians who allow their religion to be slandered by degenerates:
The ruling on the one who mocks or insults any of the Prophets (AS) or Messengers (AS) from the works of the Ulamah throughout history
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In Surah Naml verse 54, the word “shame” is derived from the trilateral root “F-D-H” (فضح) in Arabic, which means to uncover or make naked. This is in contrast to the Hebrew/Arabic word “L-W-T” (لوط), which as mentioned earlier, means to cover, veil, envelope.
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By studying these linguistic miracles, one can gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of The Quran’s perfection, as well as the wisdom and power of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى).
Article link:
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Muhammad ﷺ was an unlearned man from the desert by self-admission [Q29:48]. This will be a growing series where more instances of such precise diction that is only available to a writer who knows the origins of multiple words from multiple different languages could have known.
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@psalmjoys
I’m offering you something different from what other Muslim’s are saying
I’m calling for peaceful and respectful dialogue where we use our intellects to come to realise the truth
What are you calling towards?
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who came to violate his angelic guests, Lut (عليه السلام) said, as reported in The Quran, addressing them:
He said, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me…” (15:68)
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@psalmjoys
You can’t make claims such as “Islam is demonic” yet not be willing to defend this claim
We are ready to discuss whenever you guys are.
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This is a specific choice by the author and the significance of this name will be further expounded upon. he Quran describes the people that lived in his city, whose character and conduct was the opposite of his using an ironic antonym as can be seen in his address to the people
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which is a verb which has the root meanings covering, veiling, and enveloping. The Semitic “L-W-T”, which is present in both Hebrew and Arabic, has the meanings as the Hebrew which was covering, veiling, and enveloping.
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Lut (عليه السلام) lived in the same time period as Ibrahim (عليه السلام) and he was also not an Israelite since he lived before they existed. Modern Linguistic scholarship suggests that the name “Lut” (لوط) is derived from the Hebrew word “לוט,”
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and burned the city (named Leshem in Joshua 19:47). Then, they rebuilt the city and called it Dan. This happened long after Moses had died. Thus, it is clear then that the appearance of Dan in Genesis 14:14 is an anachronism,
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From this, we can recognize that the author of the Qur’an had to come from a supernatural being; namely God, as this goes well beyond the capabilities of a single unlearned shepherd especially when combined with theother proofs for Islam which we will slowly go through.
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that he conveyed to his people, that of modesty, purity and obedience. The people of Lut (عليه السلام) openly engaged in the act of sodomy, which they knew was wrong. They not only committed this act shamelessly but also did so in public, without any barrier or veil
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- nor prohibited, but rather disliked. This opinion is held by the two foremost sheikhs of the madhab, (known as the Shaykhayn) Imam Nawawi and Rafi’i.
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Lut (عليه السلام) urged them to stop and reminded them of the importance of modesty and decency. Therefore, the fact that his name is derived from the root word “L-W-T” which means to cover or veil, is significant in that it reflects his character and the message
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Of central importance to historical Christian and Jewish rejection of Islam is the idea of biblical corruption wherein Muslims have claimed since Islam’s inception that the Bible is not completely preserved and contains problematic material.
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The Qur’anic name (لوط) appears to have originated from the Hebrew verb “לוט”. It is an onomastic transformation of a “Fa’il” (verb) from another language to an “Ism’ Mawsool” (proper noun) in Arabic, which denotes an objective state (the one who is covered/veiled).
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- specific aspects of the Islamic tradition for compatibility with modern ideals, often divorced from their jurisprudential basis.
The purpose of this multi-post is not to pass judgement on the modern discourse surrounding the issue of the beard, but instead to analyze the -
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The precision and subtlety of the language in The Quran demonstrate that it could not have been authored by Muhammad (ﷺ), who was well known for being unlettered [Q29:48] and could have no knowledge of detailed Semitic etymology under normal means.
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Historically, Jews and Christians have always attributed the authorship of the Torah to Moses however modern scholarship unanimously rejects these claims. For now, we will focus on 2 anachronisms which show that the author cannot be Moses or anyone of his time.
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As Moses could not have written about the location of Dan since the land of Canaan had not yet been occupied by the Israelites who were living in Egypt and was not called Dan until later. There seems to be only 1 satisfying answer to this anachronism which is the Muslim position.
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The first relevant passage is Genesis 14:14.
The usage of the term ‘Dan’ is anachronistic. The article at the end discusses the history of the name 'Dan' and its origins in detail but to summarize, The tribe of Dan conquered Laish (Judges 18:7)
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Thus, by merely looking at 2 passages, we were able to determine that the author of the Torah as we have it today is not Moses. The authorship of the Torah must be heavily questioned by any sincere individual. We simply wish to ask the people of the book 1 question:
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Lut (عليه السلام) was not a man of “shamefulness and wickedness” but of “veiled modesty and righteous purity”. His name is not just a label, it is an actual representation of his essence, of who he was.
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As in the days of Abraham Dan was not yet born and there was no Dan to give name to a city located in the northern part of Canaan. Even if Moses was writing in his perspective looking back at Abraham's time period, the expression “as far as Dan” is still an anachronism
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“Except in three circumstances?”
A contextualised and brief reading by Mullā ‘Alī al-Qārī and Ḥanafī jurists which utterly shatters the line of argumentation which comes from extremists and enemies of Islam🧵
For the full article:
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to conceal their actions. This public display of wickedness and disregard for modesty and decency is symbolic of the concept of “fadhah” (فضح), something which represents the wicked of his people, those who are the opposite of who Lut (عليه السلام) was.
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Lut (عليه السلام) departed under the veil of night, covered by darkness and the protection of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), hidden away and veiled from the knowledge of his wicked nation, who were unaware of his departure.
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بارك الله فيكم شيخنا
What is important to note is that the largest and most influential Christian sect (Catholicism) historically believed in bodily compulsion of Christianity on apostates.
Here is what the “Doctor” of their Church, “Saint” Thomas Aquinas (d.1274) has to say.
Things like this really get to me. This guy is having a conversation about Baptism with a potential Christian and somehow finds the need to attack Islam along the way. So, what is the Catholic position on apostasy? Read below.
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@psalmjoys
Have a sincere direct discussion with us
You can be as sceptical as you like, we will answer all your issues and show you why we believe your religion is false and why the objections against Islam (including its laws) are weak.
Just one condition:
No insults
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Moving on to the next passage, Chapter 34 of Deuteronomy is often seen as being prophetically written by Moses or as being a completion by his successor Joshua.
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- well-established classical position of the Shafi school of law and investigate why the Shafi school differed with the other 3 schools on the matter.
The strongest, and relied upon opinion in the Shafi school of law is that shaving the beard is not inherently forbidden -
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The biggest problem with the Assumption is it’s ahistoricity. Simply put, it never happened. All the early fathers are ignorant of it including those near Palestine and in some cases it would even have been the perfect event to mention to refute the heretics the CFs were against.
Not sure why the Assumption is such a scandalous belief
Elijah was assumed into heaven.
Why not God's mom?
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Later verifiers of the school have also affirmed this opinion, such as Ibn Mulaqqin, Sheikh al islam Zakarriyah Al-Ansari, Ibn Hajar Al-Haythami.
Imam Ghazali, whos view was adopted by Imam Nawawi, mentioned in "Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din" (1|144) certain detestable (makrooh)-
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Orthodox Shahada are STILL to this day running away from debates on topics which range from:
1. Islamic law
2. Islamic theology (Kalam)
3. The truth of Christianity
Name me a single half decent point against Islam they have made which doesn’t involve misrepresentation
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Verses 6 and 10 also make very unlikely the notion that Joshua is responsible since that would mean that within a few short years the eyewitnesses had trouble locating Moses’s burial site especially considering that as his successor he would have buried him and would have known.
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Does disbelief have any involvement in the permissibility of blood in the Ḥanafī school of law? A thread debunking an mukhannath of extremists
Shams ad-Dīn as-Sarakhsī [died 483H] said:
“The proof that Disbelief [Kufr] is what makes blood lawful is that those whose blood is not lawful among ‘Ahl al-Ḥarb, like women and children, when a person kills them, he is not obligated [to pay] anything. [This is] due to the
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Most academics agree that Luke-Acts is in the genre of ancient historiography and parallels abound with other historical works of it’s time, something that cannot be said of the other Synoptics.
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We read in the footnotes of Imam Al-Sharawni on Tuhfat al Muhtaj that he mentions explicitly that the doctrine of the shaykhayn of the madhab is the disliking of shaving, and not the prohibition of it.
”قَالَ الشَّيْخَانِ يُكْرَهُ حَلْقُ اللِّحْيَةِ “
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Why is it that their supposed chains of authentication and manuscript tradition does not reflect the issues mentioned above? If the Torah chains were truly authentic we would expect the data to accommodate this and yet it doesn’t. It seems we don't have all of Moses' revelation.
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There is a consensus among academics (including conservatives, and fundamentalists) on the existence of the “Synoptic Problem” which points out that there is a literary relationship between the first 3 gospels, thereby linking them together.
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This is an example of how the Quran uses language to convey deeper meanings and insights beyond the surface level. Another linguistic subtlety can be found in the verses that talks about the escape of Lut (عليه السلام)and the few righteous of his nation, under the guise of night:
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A closer look at the text reveals however that the report of Moses’s death in chapter 34 suggests a time much later than that of Moses. Specifically, verses 6 and 10 sound as though they were written a very long time after Moses died. See below for a fuller explanation:
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- actions concerning the beard, such as "plucking it or any part of it out of frivolity and obsession," which he mentions explicitly as being makrooh.
”لخامس نتفها أو نتف بعضها بحكم العبث والهوس وذلك مكروه”
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We urge readers to read Deut 34 for themselves. To maintain Mosaic authorship, one would need to argue that Moses wrote about his future death in the third person past tense and that he also anticipated that his gravesite would become unknown and write about it non-prophetically.
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If Mark the evangelist portrays Mary as sinful and as one of the disbelievers then it is certainly an issue regardless of the denomination especially if one adheres to the virgin birth as we expect her to be faithful in her miraculous son who she knows is the Messiah.
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“Fighting Words
Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts” p.93
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“So travel with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded” (15:65).
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It is also reported that he said:
ما رأيت أحدا أفقه من أبي حنيفة
"I have not seen anyone more knowledgeable in jurisprudence than Abu Hanifa"
Al Khatib mentioned in Tarikh Baghdad
كلم بن هبيرة أبا حنيفة أن يلي له قضاء الكوفة ، فأبَى عليه ، فضربه مائة سوط وعشرة أسواط ، في
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Make sure to repost, like, and leave comments and suggestions for clarification or support. Full article link:
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الإِمَامُ، فَقِيْهُ المِلَّةِ، عَالِمُ العِرَاقِ، أَبُو حَنِيْفَةَ النُّعْمَانُ بنُ ثَابِتِ
The Ummah is agreed upon the status of Abu Hanifa (rDa), the founder of the Hanafi school and the Imam of Ahlus-Sunnah
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The linguistic excellence of The Quran is a testament to its divine origin, and the onomastic miracle surrounding the name of Lut (عليه السلام) is just one example of the many linguistic miracles found throughout the Quran.
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