Stellingen, woordspelingen deel 2.

1.) Samir en Mohammed, de islamitische versie van Sam en Moos. (Of was het Bram en Moos?) In dit geval wordt het Brahim en Mohammed.

2.) Er is in het geheel geen God en Ataturk is zijn profeet.

3.) Moslims wonen in het Oosten en de islam is in het Westen. (Naar Rifa’a at-Tahtawi – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifa’a_el-Tahtawi)

4.) Niet de smaakpolitie maar de harampolitie. (Naar Baba ‘Ali en Ummah Films)

5.) Als de berg niet naar Mohammed komt, komt Mohammed wel naar de berg. (Inmiddels is deze uitdrukking ‘ingeburgerd’ in Nederland. Eigenlijk was het Mozes.)

6.) In het land der blinden is Dajjal (1-oog) koning.

 7.) Niet de Mexicaanse maar de Marokkaanse griep. (Van: www.wijblijvenhier.nl)

8.) De islam is mijn tariqa en Mohammed s.a.w.s. is mijn shaykh.

9.) Tijd is de munteenheid (valuta) van het Hiernamaals.

10.) 9-11: Who is going to Heaven?

Deze stellingen zijn o.a. geinspireerd door de “Contentions” van Abdal-Hakim Murad / Timothy Winters, zie: www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/ahm/contentions.htm en Usamah Hasan, zie: http://unity1.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/reflections.pdf

Beautiful poem

قال القاضي عبد الوهاب المالكي
Qādhi ‘Abd’l-Wahhāb al-Māliki said:

 

 

ونائمةٍ قبَّلتها فتنبَّهَتْ … وقالَتْ تعالَوْا فاطلُبُوا اللِّصَّ بالحدِّ

She was asleep. I kissed her. She awoke.
She shouted, “Help! Establish the law against this thief!”

فقلتُ لها إنِّي فَدَيتكِ غاصبٌ … وما حكمُوا في غاصبٍ بسوَى الرَّدِّ

So I said to her, “But I sacrificed myself for you! I took it by force I admit!
But they didn’t rule on the Usurper other than it is to be given back!

خُذيها وكُفِّي عنْ أَثيمٍ ظلامة … وإن أَنتِ لم ترضَيْ فأَلف على عدِّ

Take it and stop punishing this oppressive soul!
If that doesn’t satisfy you, then take a thousand instead!

فقالتْ قصاصٌ يشهدُ العقلُ أَنَّه … على كبدِ الجاني أَلذُّ من الشَّهْدِ

She said, “This kind of punishment, everyone bears witness no doubt
That it is sweeter for the Criminal than honey itself!

فباتَتْ يَميني وهي هميانُ خصرها … وباتَتْ يَساري وهي واسطَةُ العقدِ

So my right hand spent the night and it was her belt.
And my left hand spent the night and it was her necklace.

فقالتْ أَلم أخْبَرْ بأَنَّكَ زاهدٌ … فقلتُ بلَى ما زلتُ أَزهدُ في الزُّهْدِ

She said, “Was I not told that you were a pious man?!”
So I said, “Indeed! I am still a pious man when it comes to piety!”

 

Source: http://alternativeentertainment.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/she-was-asleep-i-kissed-her-she-awoke/

 

 

Stellingen en woordspelingen, deel 1.

Een eerste serie stellingen i.v.m. de islam:

1.) Zonden zijn wonden.

2.) Ik behoor tot de shi’ah (partij) van de Sunni’s.

3.) Je ‘lult’ (vergeef me mijn taalgebruik) uit je nafs (je ego i.p.v. je nek).

4.) Salafi’s zijn de ware Sufi’s.

5.) De jihaad is geen haat.

6.) De islam is niet lam.

7.) Het “lam God’s” is niet van de islam.

8.) Vertrouw op God maar zet je fiets op slot. (Nederlandse versie van de hadith: Vertrouw op Allah maar bind je kameel vast.)

9.) Discussies rondom Salafisme: wil de ware Salafi opstaan!

10.) Islam: de religie van…. Jantje. Ja, ook van hem.

11.) Ieder voor zich en God voor ons allen.

12.) Ho-Mo: Hollandse Moslim.

Is there a place for gay muslims?

Look at this short lecture by Sherman Jackson.

Four things responsible for causing islam to lose its brilliance

In his book “The Path of Muhammad” imam al-Birgivi – rahmatullahi aleyhi – said, quoting a certain Muhammad ibn al-Fadl:

“Four things are responsible for causing Islam to lose its brilliance:

1. Many Muslims do not live in accordance with what they know.

2. They live in accordance with what they do not know.

3. When they do not know the basis of their actions, they do not try to learn from those who know.

4. They prevent each other from knowing by distracting each other, either by attractive things or by things that are fearful.”

 

Subhanallah, this is so true. Islam lost its brilliance because of ignorance.

Basic classical texts for the beginning student of knowledge

Here are some basic classical texts for the beginning student of knowledge (like myself).

1.)  ‘Aqida: The Creed of the Imaam of Hadeeth al-Bukhari”; this book can be downloaded here: http://www.2shared.com/file/6011368/9723d525/Creed_Bukhari_Muhammad_bin_Ismaeel.html

A basic, concise and agreed upon text on ‘aqida from one of the Salaf and greatest imaams of hadeeth like the title says.

 

2.) Tajweed: Tuhfat ul-Atfaal / A Gift for Children; this book can be downloaded here (in Arabic and English): http://www.2shared.com/file/6011449/d75d91b4/tuhfetulatfal.html

A poem with the ahkam and qawa’id of tajweed.

 

3.) Arabic grammar: “al-Ajurumiyyah”; this book can be downloaded here: http://www.2shared.com/file/6011473/1ca52b69/Al-Ajurumiyyah20English.html 

and here:

 http://www.2shared.com/file/6011476/6ccfdfe6/Al-Ajuruumiyyah20Arabic.html

Your knowledge of Arabic and grammar starts with this book, all the ‘ulama know and use it.

 

4.) Fiqh: al-Wajeez (in short) or in English “The Concise Presentation of the Fiqh of the Sunnah and the Noble Book” by shaykh Badawi. I have mentioned this book before in my post on Fiqh us-Sunnah. It provides sound proofs from the Qur’an and Sunnah and gives many references to other books; for the hadith-checking shaykh al-Albani is the authority relied upon. Translated by Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo.  

 

5.) Nooraniyyah, this book can be downloaded from this site: http://www.quranicsciences.com/index.asp?visitormonid=356821

 

6.) The Madinah Books Series (3) a course for learning the Arabic language, to be downloaded here: http://www.kalamullah.com/learning-arabic.html

 

7.) al-Qawl al-Ma’loof fi Sifaat ul-Huroof by shaykh Baysusi, which booklet / poem can be downloaded here: http://www.2shared.com/file/6514122/770d4cd0/al-Qawl_al-Ma_luf_fi_Sifaat_ul-Huroof.html

 

These books will really help the beginning student of knowledge a lot; several versions and translations of some of these books can be found on the internet. I have realized after a lot of reading the past couple of years I need to start all over again and go back to the basics. These books support me. I compiled this short list after following some lessons by brother Abu Taubah on:  http://thefiks.org/elearning/ He teaches from these books and his lessons are in one word: MASHA’ALLAH. He also teaches tafseer and Arabic language in general and he is providing you with a good basis to build on if you continue to follow his lessons.

May these books benefit the one who reads and studies them.

Shaykh Haitham al-Haddad

Recently he was in my country (the Netherlands) and in my eyes he is a reliable (Salafi) scholar, based in London (UK) who can clarify an issue in clearcut terms and analyze it. I have heard / watched / listened to several of his lectures. I’m talking about shaykh Haitham al-Haddad, one of my (many) favourite scholars in the West (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaikh_haitham_al_haddad.)

Here is a very interesting fatwa by him on an issue that particularly appears in the West, more specifically in the northern countries, it is about the ‘isha and fajr prayers times during summer (roughly from the 15th of May till the 15th of July) when ‘isha is around midnight (0.00) and fajr around 03.00 o’ clock or even earlier according to the Hanafi’s; there are even Hanafi’s (a very small minority) in my country who claim there is no ‘isha – prayer at all during this time and as a consequence they only pray four times a day (this is another issue in itself which will not be discussed).   

Here the link to the fatwa: http://www.islam21c.com/british-affairs/isha-fajr-prayer-times-during-the-summer.html and an extra article: http://www.islam21c.com/general/islamic-fiqh-council-on-prayer-times-during-the-summer.html

The main websites of the shaykh are: http://www.islam21c.com/, http://www.mrdf.co.uk/ and http://www.iprogress.org.uk/

The shaykh has a very good lecture on the niqaab (in 3 parts), watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZe44SX0EBo

Here is a video (3 parts) with the shaykh and a British 84 year old convert to islam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkQs_2SPbss&feature=related

Here a lecture (several parts) with the shaykh on misconceptions about the maqasid of the shari’ah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1e0P4P3Rm0

The shaykh on the infamous marriage contract (several parts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGRA252Y9BU

A lecture on moonsighting (also several parts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlk4iF_3T0 and here is the article: http://www.aqnsites.com/moonsighting/1ST_Al_Haddad.pdf

A series of 3 excellent articles on music:

- http://muslimmatters.org/2007/06/02/a-simple-matter-of-disagreement/

- http://muslimmatters.org/2007/06/02/a-simple-matter-of-disagreement/- http://www.islam21c.com/british-affairs/consensus-ijtihad.html

- http://www.islam21c.com/british-affairs/music-a-prohibited-and-fake-message-of-love-and-peace.html

And last but not least a lecture on making hijrah (11 parts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unnaKiFiYVs&feature=PlayList&p=0473BC6279284E37&index=14

O student of knowledge

O student of knowledge, I exhort you to purify your intention in pursuing knowledge and to strive to make your soul act according to knowledge’s dictates. For the science is a tree of which deeds are the fruit, and he is not counted learned, who doesn’t put his learning into practice. And did those of the Salaf of the past reach whatever high levels they reached, other than by purified beliefs, righteous deeds, and renouncing most of the refinements of the world? And did the wise people of the past attain greater felicity except through hard work and diligence, contentment with little, and spending of their superfluity to meet the need of the needy and destitute? Surely, he who gathers books of knowledge is no different than he who gathers gold and silver. Surely, the devourer of books is no different from the greedy miser. Surely, the bibliophile enamoured with books is no different from the hoarder of gold and silver. Therefore, just as wealth doesn’t benefit except through its spending, likewise do the sciences not benefit except those who put them into practice and observes the requirements. – Imam Khatib al-Baghdadi in his Iqtida’ al-’Ilm al-’Amal

Etiquette and qualification for giving a fatwa by imam an-Nawawi

Imam an-Nawawi rahimahullah said in his book “Adab al-Fatwa wa’l-Mufti wa’l-Mustafti”:

“It is not permissible (laa yajoozu) for a person of one area or country, not aware of the customs and the circumstances of another area to issue fatwa in that place, until he is fully acquainted with the people of it, their style of speaking and what they mean by their words and expressions.”

Source: Imam an-Nawawi, The Etiquettes and Qualifications of Issuing Islamic Judgment, of a Mufti, and of the one seeking his opinion, Al Fardani Publishers and Distributors, Birmingham UK, 1997, 31 (40).

Safinatu’n-Najaa / Ship to Salvation

In Kenya I was introduced to the short Shafi’i fiqh – text “Safinatu’n-Najaa” or “Ship to Salvation” in English, I read the text with a teacher, mainly to improve my Arabic, and he explained it in English. Until that time there was a partial English translation on this website: http://majmu.8m.com/safinah/

But now there is wonderful and complete English translation of this basic Shafi’i fiqh primer, with explanation, available for download from this website: http://www.al-inaam.com/Books/Safinat%20al-Naja’%20In’amiyyah%20Website).pdf or here: http://seekingilm.com/archives/667

The Arabic text from the Safinatu’n-Najaa can be downloaded from this site: http://www.elhusseini.dk/fiqh.htm

A commentary/explanation or sharh of this text can be downloaded here:  http://read.kitabklasik.co.cc/2009/03/kasyifat-as-saja-syarh-safinat-naja.html It’s called “Kashifat as-Saja sharh Safinatu’n-Najaa” by imam Muhammad Nawawi bin ‘Umar al-Bantani from Indonesia.

Another sharh of this text is: “Nayl al-Raja bi-sharh Safinatu’n-Najaa” by as-Sayyid Ahmad b. ‘Umar ash-Shatiri from Yemen. Other existing commentaries (shurooh) – in poetry also – are mentioned in (footnote 44) this article: http://www.let.uu.nl/~Martin.vanBruinessen/personal/publications/kitab_kuning.htm#_ftn44

Akhlaq

At the “Traditional Halaqa” I attendend in Peterborough (UK) last week we were taught a poem on akhlaq by ustadh Thaqib Mahmood (http://wlsis.org/bios/Thaqib%20bio.htm), may Allah reward him.  For a week long we studied a text called “‘Unwan al-Hikam“, Title for Wisdoms, by the author and poet Abu al-Fath al-Busti rahimullah. Not much can be found on this poet on the net (I read somewhere he is considered as a humanist; he was from the town Bust in Afghanistan.) but the Arabic text itself can be found here:

http://www.asharqalarabi.org.uk/paper/s-adaab-hukem.htm

Shaykh Abu Ghuddah (http://www.aboghodda.com/) rahimullah wrote a commentary on this poem, see: http://www.sunnah.org/history/Scholars/ghudda.htm (nr. 21).

Ustadh Thaqib translated (from Arabic to English) and taught this text in a great way and I felt like if every muslim was to act upon it this world would be beautiful world. So may Allah give you and me the strength to live according to this text and implement it in our lives.

For very inspiring and interesting video-lectures on akhlaq, watch the lectures by sidi Abu Eesa Niamatullah on the book by imam al-Bukhari (r.) “al-Adab al-Mufrad” from this link: http://www.propheticguidance.co.uk/html/media1.asp

Imam ash-Shawkani

Imam ash-Shawkani (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ash-Shawkani and http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e2181?_hi=0&_pos=2) is the author of the famous fiqh-work Nayl al-Awtar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayl_al-Awtar). He was from Yemen and had a Shi’a (Zaydi) background. He was a qadi and claimed to be a mujtahid. He is often quoted by muslims from different stances, especially our Salafi brethren. See also this link:

http://ar.wikisource.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81:%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A

The following can be found in an article about a visit to Yemen from mufti Muhammad ibn Adam:

Another great scholar to have lived and taught in San’a was Imam al-Shawkani (Allah have mercy on him). Imam Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah al-Shawkani al-San’ani was born in a town called Shawkan, a days walking distance from San’a, in the year 1173 AH. He then moved to San’a with his father who was a judge and a scholar. He did not travel to gain knowledge; rather, he remained in San’a and took from the Ulama there. He was originally a Zaydi, but then left this school and began to concentrate more on Hadith. He was quite extreme in rejecting Taqlid (following one of the four Sunni Schools) and was an advocator of Ijtihad. He authored many books, the most famous of which is known as Nayl al-Awtar, a commentary on the Hadith collection of Ibn Taymiyya al-Jadd titled Muntaqa al-Akhbar. He passed away in the year 1250 AH and was buried in San’a (may Allah have mercy on his soul). Although Imam al-Shawkani differed from the mainstream Sunni scholars on many issues, he is still considered to be one of the major scholars of Hadith in this Ummah.” (See: http://www.daruliftaa.com/Docs/Bless…s_of_Yemon.htm)

A biography in the Dutch language: http://www.dekoran.net/index.php?view=article&catid=39%3Abekende-interpretators-vd-koran&id=20%3Abiografie-iemaam-ash-showkaanie&option=com_content&Itemid=31

A small and quick research on imam ash-Shawkani rahimullah on the internet gives the following results.

An interesting article on the imam by Abul-Husein from The Translators-blog: http://www.altranslators.com/bg/?p=135

A biography of the imam can be bought here: http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=shawkani&osCsid=4c9558fbc7b4c76add1e66abe3dcd453 and also from the well-known Dar us-Salam publishing house.

An excellent biographical research on the imam is done by Bernard Haykel (see: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/mideast/people/haykel.html and: http://www.princeton.edu/~nes/faculty_haykel.html) with the title: “Revival and Reform in Islam: TheLegacy of Muhammad al-Shawkani“, which can be bought here: http://www.amazon.com/Revival-Reform-Islam-al-Shawkani-Civilization/dp/0521528909/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238020476&sr=1-4

A review of this book can be read here: http://www.al-bab.com/bys/books/haykel05.htm and another review here: http://www.articlearchives.com/humanities-social-science/religion/931891-1.html

Here is a link to a review in a magazine (which you can’t read online): http://www.muslimreviewonline.net/wiki/index.php?title=Reinhart%2C_A._Kevin._(2005)._Review_of_the_book_Revival_and_reform_in_Islam:_The_legacy_of_Muhammad_al-Shawkani

A study in the thought of imam ash-Shawkani can be bought here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001LFRJG6?ie=UTF8&tag=bund-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001LFRJG6

Here you can read (and download as PDF) an article by Haykel with the title: “Al-Shawkani and the Jurisprudential Unity of Yemen“:  http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/remmm_0997-1327_1993_num_67_1_1587

And another article by the same author “A Zaydi Revival?”: http://www.aiys.org/webdate/hayk.html This is not specifically about ash-Shawkani but more about the contemporary revivalism of Zaydism in Yemen. More on the Zaydi’s here: http://seekingilm.com/archives/21#more-21

His most well known book Nayl al-Awtar can  be bought here: http://islamicbookstore.com/b9871.html (6 vol.) and here: http://www.jarirbooks.net/582.html (1 vol.)

The whole (I guess) book itself can actually be downloaded for FREE here: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22nayl%20alawtar%22

There are reviews of this book in English:

1.) by brother Anwar al-Awlaki: http://www.anwar-alawlaki.com/?p=32

2.) by the brothers from the SeekingIlm blog: http://seekingilm.com/archives/52

Furthermore: there is a dvd with the book which can be bought here: http://www.noonmarket.com/ProductDetails/32/Nail-Al-Awtar and here: http://www.amazon.com/AramediA-Nail-Al-Awtar/dp/B000EGI2FU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1238021968&sr=8-2

Fatwa: the breaking of wudhu when touching a member of the opposite sex

Interesting fatwa on this subject, very well documented and explained: http://www.duai.co.za/touchingwudhu.shtml

There is some difference opinion on this subject and some misunderstanding of related ahadith. The fatwa, given from the point of view of the Shafi’i madhhab, also contains a refutation of a claim made by Zakir Naik. Furthermore, the fatwa goes into following a madhhab. See also this article which goes into deep about the proofs in the Shafi’i madhhab: http://seekingilm.com/archives/140

A concise explanation of the major tafseers

Here a log with lectures on the major tafseerworks in Arabic:

http://fajr.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/finally-a-comparison-between-all-the-tafseers/

De correcte uitspraak van de shahadah

Hier een artikel van eigen hand over de correcte uitspraak van de shahadah. Veel leesplezier!

Download hier: http://www.2shared.com/file/5103833/1c0e3f0a/De_correcte_uitspraak_van_de_shahada_volgens_het_klassiek_Arabisch.html

Boek “De omstreden bronnen van de islam”

Er is een boek uitgebracht met als titel “De omstreden bronnen van de islam“, zie hier:

http://www.uitgeverijmeinema.nl/boeken/Eildert-Mulder-en-Thomas-Milo/De-omstreden-bronnen-van-de-islam/22768

Hier het persbericht over dit boek:

http://www.uitgeverijmeinema.nl/images/fragmenten/9789021142104_persbericht%20voor%20website_omstreden%20bronnen.pdf

Het betreft een bundeling van een reeks artikelen in het dagblad Trouw (www.trouw.nl) over kritisch historisch onderzoek naar de oorsprong van de islam, de Koran en het bestaan van de Profeet Mohammed s.a.w.s.

Lees meer hierover hier: http://meer.trouw.nl/dossiers/het+ontstaan+van+de+islam

Zie hier een interview met de auteurs van dit boek:

http://www.trouw.nl/meer/article2044903.ece

Lees hier de reactie van imam Fawaz Jneid op de eerdergenoemde artikelen:  http://www.trouw.nl/achtergrond/Dossiers/article1253370.ece

Eigenlijk wacht ik eerlijk gezegd op de reactie van andere geleerde mensen in Nederland, moslims, en buitenland op dit boek. We kunnen als moslims onze kop niet langer in het zand steken hierover, we moeten de discussie over de oorsprong van onze religie, ons boek en onze Profeet niet uit de weg gaan maar aangaan en met argumenten komen om onze religie, ons boek en onze Profeet te verdedigen en beschermen. Hiermee keren we in feite min of meer terug naar de periode waarin de wetenschap van kalam werd ontwikkeld als weerwoord tegen allerlei groeperingen die de islam onderuit probeerden te halen. Een eerste voorzet wordt gegeven op de site van Islamic Awareness: http://www.islamic-awareness.org/

Zelf ben ik van mening dat de hypothese dat Mohammed – vrede zij met hem – geen enkel hout snijdt vanwege een aantal simpele feiten (ik heb het boek nog niet gelezen en ik weet niet in hoeverre ingegaan wordt op deze feiten door de auteurs):

- er zijn diverse documenten die getekend/ondertekend of gestempeld zijn met de naam van de Profeet Mohammed v.z.m.h. die bewaard en tentoongesteld worden in musea zoals het Topkapi-museum in Istanbul, Turkije waar nog meer historische voorwerpen bewaard en tentoongesteld worden van metgezellen van de Profeet v.z.m.h. Alleen dit al is voldoende om de historiciteit van de Profeet aan de te tonen.

- het leven van de Profeet Mohammed is nauwkeurig gedocumenteerd en in veel gevallen op een dusdanige wijze dat hierover geen enkele twijfel bestaat, sterker nog: de mogelijkheid dat dit niet waar is is vrijwel uitgesloten door een keten van overleveraars van overleveringen over het leven van de Profeet Mohammed. De hadithwetenschappen en hun geleerden getuigen hiervan. Het bewijs wordt gewaarborgd door de isnad die tot in het heden doorgetrokken kan worden.

- de stelling dat waar in de Koran gesproken wordt over Mohammed het eigenlijk zou gaan over Jesus Christus is gebaseerd op drijfzand als men dit bekijkt vanuit een niet-islamitische bril maar ook vanuit een islamitische bril. Er is veel meer bewijs voor het bestaan van de historische Mohammed dan voor Jezus Christus, bovendien wordt door niet-moslims vaak getwijfeld aan het bestaan van de historische Jezus Christus.

- zie een artikel van prof. van Koningsveld, een niet-moslim, een absolute autoriteit in Nederland op het gebied van islamstudies, in zijn afscheidsrede:  http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/1399929/Mohammed+heeft+wel+degelijk+bestaan.html

- zelfs Hans Jansen, de islamvijandige Arabist spreekt over de historische Mohammed in zijn tweedelige boekenreeks met dezelfde titel: http://www.arabistjansen.nl/

Where is Allah?

Where is Allah? In this post you will find some links with the answer(s) to this hotly debated question. Find out what the classical/traditional point of view is by the scholars of Ahl us-Sunnah wa’l-Jama’ah.

See this video first:

and this video-series (starting with part 1) by a Habashi-scholar: 

and this video by shaykh Ninowy:

There is a book on this subject: http://www.aqsapublications.com/TitleDetails.aspx?tID=14

Check the following links:

- Allah exists without a place

http://www.aicp.org/islamic-information-mainmenu-42/english-mainmenu-44/316-allah-exists-without-a-place-text

 

- Refutation against placing a direction for Allah

http://neosalafism.blogspot.com/2007/06/refutation-against-placing-direction.html

 

- Is Allah literally in the sky?

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/inthesky.htm

 

- Where is Allah? 1

http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/general/an-ideal-apporach-towards-issues-of-creed-where-is-allah-answered-by-sh-bin-bayyah/

 

- Allah exists without a place for his existence

http://www.amislam.com/without.htm

 

- Where is Allah? 2

http://daruliftaa.com/question.asp?txt_QuestionID=q-23200832

 

- Thinking of Allah in the sky

http://www.ashrafiya.com/2007/11/25/is-allah-in-sky/

 

- Where is Allah? 3

http://www.albalagh.net/qa/where_Allah.shtml

 

- Interpreting the hadith “Where is Allah? - In the heaven”

http://www.sunnah.org/aqida/aqida3.htm

 

- Allah is in the sky?

http://sunnianswers.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/wahhabi-contention-wahhabis-claim-that-abu-hanifa-said-allah-is-in-the-sky/

 

- Allah exists without place or direction

http://www.marifah.net/articles/withoutplace-alijumuah.pdf

 

- Ascribing a place to Allah

http://www.marifah.net/articles/ascribingplace-ibnhazm.pdf

 

- Those who attribute a direction to Allah

http://www.geocities.com/~abdulwahid/muslimarticles/direction2allah.html

 

- More Wahaabi arguments for Allah having a direction

http://sunnianswers.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/more-wahabi-arguments-for-allaah-having-a-direction/

 

- Allah exists without a place, allah exists billa makan, quotes of the Salaf and Khalaf – discussion on the Marifah forum

  http://www.marifah.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2467&st=0

 

- Nuh Kellers weakening of the Where is Allah hadith – Discussion on Sunniforum

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27008

 

- On Bin Uthaymeen

http://seekingilm.com/archives/105

 

- More from SeekingIlm.com

http://seekingilm.com/archives/440

http://seekingilm.com/archives/271

http://seekingilm.com/archives/270

http://seekingilm.com/archives/8

 

Here some opposite opinions:

- Jiha of Allah According to the Salaf

http://saheefah.org/2006/08/23/jiha-of-allah-according-to-the-salaf/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fatawa shaykh Muhammad al-Hassan al-Amin Walid al-Didu al-Shanqiti

One of the contemporary shining lamps and jewels of guidance of this ummah is shaykh Muhammad al-Hassan al-Amin Walid al-Didu al-Shanqiti. Here is a link to his website: http://www.dedew.net/

Here a short biography:

The shaykh was born in the year 1963, towards the end of the month of October, in the Mauritanian desert province of Abu Telmit. He started his education in the basics of the Arabic language and Islamic studies at the hands of his father, grandfather, and his parents’ uncles. He learned from his father both the Warsh as well as Qalun variants/narrations of the Qira’ah of Nafi’, along with the basics of Uloom al-Quran, and completed his Quranic education at the age of seven, in a period of a little over two years. He was given authorization (Ijazah) in over 40 disciplines by his grandfather, whom he stayed with until the latter’s death in year 1982. He learned at his side the arts of teaching, preaching, and impromptu poetry.

He has Ijazah in all of the ten recitations of the Quran, as well as the major books of Hadith such as the two Sahihs of Bukhari and Muslim, the four Sunan, Imam Malik’s Muwatta, Mustadrak Hakim, Imam Ahmad’s Musnad, Darimi, Bayhaqi, Darqutni, etc. He has committed many of these books to memory.

He received Ijazahs from scholars of various schools and orientations, from all the major centers of learning in the Muslim world (Egypt, Syria, India, Morocco, countries in the Arabian Gulf, Yemen, etc.), and from some of the most famous names of the past century, such as Shaykh Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah, Shaykh Hamud al-Tuwaijeri, Shaykh Abdullah Siddiq al-Ghumari, Shaykh Muhammad Abu Sunnah, Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali al-Nadwi, etc. (Wow! This list includes the seniormost Ash’ari/Sufi, Maturidi/Deobandi, Salafi/Wahhabi, and Azhari/Ikhwani scholars of the 20th century!)

He holds a PhD in Fiqh and Usool al-Deen, and is currently the director of the Markaz Takwin al-Ulama (in a town with an unpronouncable name) in Mauritania. He is among the seniormost scholars (ilm-wise) and leading fuqaha of our times. All of his duroos, along with knowledge, focus on matters of the heart. He is the author of several published and unpublished works, including explanations of the basic texts in all of the Islamic disciplines. He is a very humble man, and from his small town in the sub-Saharan desert, he is playing an important role in changing Muslim societies the world over.

(Source: http://www.islamicaweb.com/forums/religion-spirituality/10397-shaykh-muhammad-al-hasan-wald-al-dedo-al-shanqiti.html)

See also the following link for more info on the shaykh, may Allah preserve him: http://forums.almaghrib.org/showthread.php?p=327602

On the website of Hanbali Text Society (http://www.htspub.com/) the following is said about him (under the heading Contemporary scholars):

“One of the sons of Imaam Muhammad al-Amin ash-Shanqiti, Imaam Muhammad ibn al-Hasan is from Mauritania and spent much of his adult life being educated in the Arabian Peninsula. He has a firm and solid foundation in the Maaliki madhhab but also holds intimate knowledge of the Hanbali madhhab, the dominant fiqh of the Peninsula.”

A lecture in Arabic on iman by the shaykh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCETDl-HF_Y

Look here for  more video-lectures: http://www.youtube.com/user/DedewNetVideos and here: http://www.youtube.com/user/dedewiat

Here’s an English collection of links (mainly from bro Suhaib Webb’s log) with fatawa by shaykh Muhammad al-Hassan al-Amin Walid al-Didu al-Shanqiti:

- Following another creed than the salaf shirk?

http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/general/if-a-person-follows-a-creed-other-than-the-salafi-creed-is-he-a-mushrik-shaykh-muhammad-hassan-walad-al-dido-al-shanqiti/

 - On al-Albani’s classification of hadith

http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/translations/a-glowing-example-of-critique-and-respect-by-sh-muhammad-hassan-al-shanqiti-may-allah-preserve-him/

 - Wisdoms and rulings for Ramadan

http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/translations/wisdoms-and-rulings-for-ramadan-part-one-sh-muhammad-al-hassan-walid-dido-al-shanqiti/

 - Ramadan rulings for Women

http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/translations/some-ramadan-rulings-for-women-sh-muhammad-al-hassan-wali-al-dido-al-shanqiti/

 - Ramadan rulings for Women in light of al-Qawa’id al-Kubra

 http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/general/ramadan-rulings-for-women-in-the-of-light-of-al-qawaid-al-kubra-al-%e2%80%99allamah-muhammad-al-hassan-walid-al-dodo-al-shanqiti-part-one/

 - Books to study for the advanced student of the Maliki school

http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/general/compassing-the-student-of-fiqh-al-allama-muhammad-al-hasan-walad-al-didu-al-shanqit/

 - Understanding the First Principle of Fasting, the Intention

 http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/general/in-the-shade-of-the-imam-of-medina-understanding-the-first-principle-of-fasting-the-intention-2/

 - How can we strengthen our faith?

http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/general/how-can-we-strenghten-our-faith-al-allamah-muhammad-hassan-walid-dido-al-shanqit/

 - Thoughts on the Splitting of the Ummah

http://www.ymsite.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6226

- Melodious voice and khushu’

http://alkashif.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/does-a-melodious-voice-increase-one-in-khushu/

 

  

Sharh Mukhtasar al-Akhdari

For all those interested:

The sharh of the Mukhtasar al-Akhdari in Arabic can be downloaded here in 4 parts,

- Part 1.

http://www.2shared.com/file/5167183/f009bfb9/Akhdari_Complete_1-31.html

- Part 2.

http://www.2shared.com/file/5880981/15fc583d/Akhdari_Complete_32-61.html

- Part 3.

http://www.2shared.com/file/5880997/e584cc49/Akhdari_Complete_62-91.html

- Part 4.

http://www.2shared.com/file/5881013/9d5ddeb2/Akhdari_Complete_92-118.html

Now the downloadlinks are correct, sorry for placing the previous not downloadable links.

Motieven voor bekering tot de islam

De heer Harmsen van de Universiteit Nijmegen heeft afgelopen jaar onderzocht welke motieven een rol spelen bij bekering tot de islam, een onderzoek waar ik zelf aan meegewerkt heb.

Dit onderzoek is hier te downloaden:  http://www.2shared.com/uploadComplete.jsp?sId=P7CeOGecpPxWS2um

Uit dit onderzoek komen vier motieven naar voren:

1. Sociaal-affectieve beweegredenen

2. Intellectuele motieven

3. Sociaal-structurele motieven

4. Probleemoplossing