As salaamu alaikum and greetings people, Just a little reflection of how important it is to engage the youth. I was on the train today, and I saw these two young kids. They were your typical young …
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As salaamu alaikum and greetings people,
Just a little reflection of how important it is to engage the youth. I was on the train today, and I saw these two young kids. They were your typical young Black youth of today; brash, loud with expletives, and no sense of good behavior in public. To them, they were just being regular, but it was obvious that other passengers were a little disturbed (and perhaps even scared). I began to listen to their conversations, which consisted of drugs, girls, video games, and even school! They were on their way to Trenton, New Jersey, a town that is notorious for gang activity. One of the kids who was from Camden, New Jersey had on a red bandana, so for him to go into another town not being known, he was subject to being “G-checked”, or having his credibility as a gang member verified. If he doesn’t meet the verifications, he would be liable to getting hurt. His friend told him how serious it was, and although he tried to act tough (“I’m from Camden, ain’t nobody gonna do nothing to me!”), it occurred to him the seriousness of the situation, because he took the bandana off. As they were going back and forth with more jokes, I chimed in, “I see you took that bandana off!” They both laughed, and then the conversation went to how serious the gang culture is. I asked them what it meant to them, and the one kid who cautioned the other said it meant nothing, because they weren’t in it. We rode a little bit more, and we all ended up getting off at the same stop. Before we departed, I shook their hands and ‘dapped them up’ (embraced them with a hug) and I told them, “Listen man, whatever you get into, just be cool; we need you all alive”. They nodded their heads in agreement. Coincidentally, I saw the same two young men again on the train ride back, and they had come back from doing what they do (and by the looks in their eyes, they went to smoke with their buddies), and when they saw me again, the first thing they did was shake my hand. We talked a little bit more, then they got off on a stop before mine. Moral of the story: there is a lot we can do when we engage these kids. Imagine when I see them again in sha’allah; the scene is set for dialogue. Engagement is key!
A Collin County, Texas grand jury declined on Thursday to indict a former McKinney police officer caught in a firestorm for subduing a bikini-clad Black girl at a pool party last summer, CBS News reports. “We’re glad that the system worked in his favor in this case,” Tom Mills, the attorney for Eric Casebolt, told…
via No Charges For Texas Cop Who Pinned Down Black Teen At Pool — Black America Web
“Salafism as a creed was founded in the late nineteenth century, though there are early traces in Ibn Taymiyya’s work, by liberal Muslim reformers such as Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (d.1314/1897), Muhammad Rashid Rida (1354/1935), and others. As a term, it is exploitable by any movement that wants to claim that it is grounded in Islamic authenticity. Just as “socialism” and “democracy” can be attributed to groups and movements that have very little connection to the terms…According to al-Ghazali, the Ahl al-Hadith knew how to collect and memorize the traditions but did not know how the source material could interact with legal methodology in order to produce jurisprudence. The puritanical Wahhabi’s were capable of only recounting, not interpreting the texts. In effect, they utilize the inherited traditions about the Prophet in an arbitrary and whimsical personalized fashion in order to affirm whatever positions they feel like supporting…”
Muhammad al-Ghazali (d. 1996) was a prolific author and influential Salafi jurist. In 1989 he wrote a blistering critique of the Wahhabi movement and influence upon the Salafi creed. His work (al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyya Bayn Ahl al-Fiqh wa Ahl al-Hadith) is important for many reasons, not the least that it is well known that any criticism of Saudi Arabia or Wahhabism is a dangerous task. Nevertheless, he published his work and is the first since the early 1930s to attempt such a task.
Al-Ghazali considered himself a Salafi (a rough translation: one who ought to follow the precedents of the Prophet and the Rightly Guided Companions). Salafism as a creed was founded in the late nineteenth century, though there are early traces in Ibn Taymiyya’s work, by liberal Muslim reformers such as Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (d.1314/1897), Muhammad Rashid Rida (1354/1935), and others. As a term, it is exploitable by any…
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As salaamu alaikum and greetings to all,
I think I am going to start updating my blog more frequently…stay tuned!
In this age of decadence where the moral fabric of the society is being ripped apart, there are some deluded people, sadly “scholars” too, who remain silent about falsehood and wrongdoings that surround them. In some cases, they endorse it, for whatever reason. And in many other cases, they conflate refutation and rejection of falsehood with “bad-adab”. As if Adab (propriety) entails accepting falsehood and wrongdoings and not speaking against them; handing out chocolates and gifts to the one who has slapped you; and overemphasising the Prophetic Jamal while neglecting the Prophetic Jalal.
Allah says in the Qur’an:
“[Believers] you are the best community singled out for mankind: you enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and believe in Allah…” [Surah Aali ‘Imran 3:110]
‘Good’ in the Arabic language is ‘Khayr‘ and ‘Bad/Evil’ in the Arabic language is ‘Sharr‘. Why then are the words Ma’rūf
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The birth of our Beloved Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, together with Its miracles have been transmitted to us by his mother Sayyidah Aamina Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anha and those in attendance.
و كونه رافعاً رأسه عندما وضعته شاخصاً ببصره إلى السماء ، و ما رأته من النور الذي خرج معه ولادته ، و ما رأته إذ ذاك أم عثمان بن أبي العاص من تدلي النجوم ، و ظهور النور عند ولادته ، حتى ما تنظر إلا النور
As our beloved Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, was born a radiant light accompanied him and he lifted his head towards the heavens and the mother of Othman’s Abil-As’s son witnessed stars lowering themselves and a light so bright appeared that she could see nothing other than light.
Dalail an-Nabuwwah lil Bayhaqi, Vol. 1, Page 113
Musnad Imam Ahmad, Vol. 4, Page 127
Abu Nu’aym reports from Abdullah…
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