Is It Really Being Careless?
June 11, 2008
One of my wife’s friends recently sent her an email containing an article produced by the Canadian Council of Muslim Theologians titled, Is It Really Worth Being Careless?. The article deals with the never dying issue revolving around lawful and forbidden foods. It is presented in a question and answer format with questions based on some of the issues raised in the on-going debate of what’s lawful and what’s forbidden. The article is basically a scare-mongering tactic by some of the Deobandi Hanafîs here and not only implicates non-Muslim distributers and retailers selling “halâl” food, but Muslim retailers and distributers as well. My wife’s friend wanted to know if one particular part of the article was correct. The passage she was asking about reads:
Key to Paradise in Review: Part 1
June 7, 2008
As I said a couple of entries ago, I would jot down my thoughts about the recent conference we just had @ QSSC with Shaikh ‘Alî bin Hasan al-Halabî of Jordan and post them up for you eager beavers when I could get some time for it.
To those who were waiting to hear about how the conference went, I apologize for the long delay. As you know (that is, if you’re a regular visitor to my blog and actually read the blog entries), I’ve had my mind elsewhere trying to finish an article I had been working on for some time, as well as starting a new article (which will also probably take a long time to complete) due to some things that have come up that need addressing.
I’ll try to remember what I can regarding the details of the conference and whatever else I can remember from the shaikh’s visit. Hopefully, I remember enough about what went on to make this read worth your while. If not, then again, I apologize.
Some Legal Evidences for the Conditions of Jihad
June 5, 2008
The following was taken fromthe book, al-Jihâd: Anwâ’uh wa Ahkâmuh wal-Hadd al-Fâsil Bainah wa Bain al-Fawda, by Shaikh Dr. Abu Anas Hamad bin Ibrâhîm al-’Uthmân, a professor in the College of Sharî’ah and Islamic Studies in the University of Kuwait. I’ve only mentioned the conditions listed by the shaikh along with some of the evidences to support them from the Qur’an and the Sunnah. I’m currently working on translating at least a good deal of it, if not the whole section. That’s going to take some time though, so for now, I hope this suffices for those interested in knowing the evidences from which the scholars of the People of the Sunnah and Congregation stipulated these conditions.
Is the Limbs’ Deed Included in Faith’s Root?
June 2, 2008
As previously mentioned, I’ve finally finished the latest article I’ve been working on; again, may Allah reward my “better half” for helping proofread it (we finished that this morning).
Is the Limbs’ Deed Included in Faith’s Root? (PDF) is an excerpt from the end of Shaikh Ahmad bin Salih az-Zahrani’s Sharh Alfâdh as-Salaf wa Naqd Alfâdh al-Khalaf fî Haqîqah al-Îmân (Explaining the Wordings of the Predecessors and Invalidating the Wordings of the Successors regarding the Reality of Faith). It’s the third such excerpt I’ve translated from this truly beneficial book (the other two being: Faith is Not a Single Reality and Faith is Two Faiths), which will hopefully be translated in full one day, with Allah’s permission.
What’s Up …
May 30, 2008
I know I haven’t been posting too frequently as of late. So to the regular visitors to my blog, I apologize, yet again. This time, my time has been taken up by the recent QSSC conference as well as an unfinished project I’ve been trying pretty hard to complete.
The Right of Godliness
May 19, 2008
Godliness’s Right by Shaikh Dr. Ahmad bin Sâlih az-Zahrânî (source). From the article:
at-Tabarî and others narrated from Ibn Mas’ūd and others from the Predecessors that they said regarding the right of godliness, “that He is obeyed and not disobeyed. He is remembered and not forgotten. He is thanked and not shown ingratitude.” He narrated from Ibn ‘Abbâs his statement, “that they strive for Allah with His striving’s right and the critic’s blame will not seize them regarding Allah. They stand for Allah with justice, even if against themselves, their fathers, and their sons.”
