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Aqīdah, Mālikī Fiqh, Politics, Philosophy & Other Matters of Interest.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtZFh8Ar9KVBYIaj9L7nsmtWhsUivylcr
Remedial Taṣawwuf: A Summation of Basic Concepts Necessary to Understand the Spiritual Path of Islām
I'll be releasing the videos of this short course, one by one close to daily throughout the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Many people will be taking road trips over the holidays, and this is a wonderful opportunity to brush up on the basic Āyāt & Aḥādīth which form the the stars by which a person can navigate the spiritual path to Allāh Ta'ālā.
It is for that journey that we were created, and it is that journey for which this life finds meaning.
Take this benefit to share it with others.
And if you find benefit in it, & wish to support our work in providing no cost prophetically mandated Islamic teachings to people in a way that they can relate to their lives support us at ribat.org/donate .
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The ranking status of ʿUmar in this Ummah is very celebrated, but not very understood.
Most people like him because of his bold and forthright style, and because in him unites strength and goodness and a time when they seem to have separated.
However, very few people have pondered deeply over the nature of his intelligence and spiritual insight.
We go through an in-depth discussion on this topic using the case study of the Sunnah of when plagues strike a land.
Thereafter we have a thoroughly engaging discussion about the nature of sorcery and its harms.
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When a crusader tells you another crusader is a crusader, you best believe them...
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For those wondering why yesterday's Mālikī Fiqh live stream wasn't posted, I had a very long day and the lesson had many points that were a little complicated.
I wasn't satisfied with how clearly they were expounded upon, so I decided not to post the lesson, and come back later and re-record them.
Here it is, broken into two parts for those who wish to review them.
https://youtu.be/AD2c8oXJElY
https://youtu.be/ROZCBJfn3jE
This Veteran's Day holiday warranted the sharing of a particularly interesting, frightening, but ultimately inspiring story along with our normal lesson.
Here it is, in case you didn't catch it yet:
https://www.youtube.com/live/RUO_lKkYLTI?feature=shared&t=01h02m00s
For most of my life the idea of buying an expensive piece of luggage seemed dumb to me.
Why should I pay more money to transport my things than the things themselves are worth?
The first time I recall actually spending a substantial amount of money on a piece of luggage was in 2016, where I spent a little less than $100 at Costco (which is still relatively modest compared to how much hand carries sell for, for battle hardened road warriors).
It seemed very nice and functional, and carried a lifetime warranty. I asked the Costco people what the lifetime warranty meant and they said the warranty was for a reasonable amount of time, like 7 or 10 years, so I thought I travel a lot, why not?
It's been a much better back than the weird pieces I've lugged around over the years.
The first trip I took it on was to travel to Hong Kong to teach the Ṭaḥawiyyah.
Now as I'm boarding my flight home from North Carolina teaching Remedial Taṣawwuf, after taking scratches, slashes, broken zippers and other minor damage, the handle finally broke.
I ask Allāh Ta'ālā to make my life in this world mirror that of my bag from His Faḍl by His grace.
There's background with this organization more than what's written on the billboard, which can be charitably interpreted, when context is not there. But if you go to their website or listen to any of their material they pump out, or have experience with their speakers coming to Islamic schools, or other institutions, you will see that what they mean by their messaging is not something acceptable.
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We take our institutional degree courses, and corporate jobs so seriously and give them so much priority despite the fact that we know if we were ever in a situation where we didn't earn substantially more money for our masters than what they pay us, they would ditch us like a bad habit.
So why is it that those who we care for the most and those who care for us the most, we treat them as a second priority or as an at will or even retail level of relationship?
If you want others to be there for you, you should also be there for them.
Thoma will be there for you even after the sun, moon and stars are snuffed out. If one of us makes it then the one who makes it takes their brother by the hand and we all make it.
https://youtu.be/Uwn9ydDhjD8
Molvī's Post-Election Breakdown
The goal of punishing the incumbent party for genocide has been realized by those who hate oppression.
But this is no time for jubilation or exuberance.
There is a lot of work left for the Muslim community, and those who are antigenocide, if they wish to help the people of Gaza against the overwhelming systemic oppression thrown at them by the war unit party of Democrats and Republicans beholden to the military industrial complex.
18+ but don't care about politics?
Vote tomorrow for every anti-war candidate.
Don't let the outdated racism & hatred of senile retirees put in motion your conscription to die in a forsaken foreign land.
Don't pay for their insanity with your life, limb or economic future.
The detestability of gossip, excessive and pointless questioning, and the wasting of wealth.
https://youtube.com/live/yK6hSyNd5rA?feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUy7_-uuWlo&t=83s
By Allāh's grace & mercy, we were able to deliver, stream and record our seminal lecture & worship entitled Ballots, Bans and Bloodbaths: Baffled Believers at the Ballot Box.
The first module, which was slightly under 2 hours, talked about a theoretical discussion about politics and its application in our sacred creed, sacred law, as well as its history in the Ummah, and how its philosophical conception differs from popular notions, as well as the approaches of other civilizations and religious traditions.
The second module which is a panel discussion, features very real and specific discussions of what's going on in this election and what the legal and political landscape of American politics is right now. It's very rare that scholars engage and such direct analysis of politics in the USA, especially in the Masjid space. This is rare opportunity to get a unique look into current politics from this perspective.
An invitation to this Saturday's Ballots Bans and Bloodbaths Baffled Believers at the Ballot Box event.
Listen. Register. Support.
Register: https://rebrand.ly/believersballot?rb.src=QR
Support: https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/ballot_box?src=internal_search_discover_Ballots
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The ṣalāt is no less than the slave's communion with the Divine. That being said, there is an art to managing one's humanity when it becomes an impediment to the purity of that communion and its light to being imbied by the heart.
Much of the genius of the sunnah is in teaching a flawed animal like a human being how to maintain adab when entreating and beseeching the Lord.
This lesson includes description of the inner dimensions of the prayer as well as an introduction to what to do when a person forgets different parts of the prayer, or adds extraneous things to it.
Remedial Taṣawwuf: A Summation of Basic Concepts Necessary to Understand the Spiritual Path of Islām: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtZFh8Ar9KVBYIaj9L7nsmtWhsUivylcr
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Dars + Dhikr
Tonight at 6PM
342 E Irving Park Rd
Wood Dale, IL, 60191
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After an extremely short honeymoon, the exuberance of punishing the democrats for genocide is rapidly coming to a close. The new president elect has chosen a colorful band of characters to form his cabinet, to put it mildly.
Join us for a discussion about the highlights of the proposed cabinet picks, as well as what that might mean for us as Americans, Muslims, and stakeholders in this turbulent world.
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Two burials today at the graveyard.
The one on the right was a great scholar who lived a life of service, and his adult sons and son-in-law went into the grave and straightened him facing the Qiblah, while the students of knowledge and the righteous prayed for his forgiveness and elevation and rank.
The one on the left was a small baby. The only one mourner was who I assume was the father, crying with bloodshot eyes praying by the grave side. I walked over and was the second with him, embracing him for a moment.
Two different ends, both of which we pray are good.
As for myself, I have nothing to look forward to or hope for other than Allāh Ta'ālā being Who He is.
The Most Merciful of the Merciful, may He have mercy on us all.
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Prophetic guidance about
-weapon safety
-the detestability of leaving the Masjid after the Adhān is called
-the detestability of turning down perfume
-the detestability of excessive praise to someone in their face, and when it's appropriate and not appropriate to praise a person
-Veteran's Day: Ribāṭ salutes to real American hero
Dars + Dhikr
Tonight at 6PM
342 E Irving Park Rd
Wood Dale, IL, 60191
HEART, a local Chicago organization that infringes on Muslim cultural identity in a way that is completely devoid & uncommitted to any sort of observation of the sacred law or creed of Islām put up this monstrosity on a billboard.
The message is tantamount to disbelief.
The slave doesn't forge his or her own life journey, including "reproductive decisions," but hears & obeys.
Using the Divine name in order to ape postmodern liberal talking points is the epitome of cringe, & should be a source of annoyance for all believers.
Yet these people doing the devil's work, are afforded legitimacy & platform in a number of local & national Muslim organizations.
This type of propaganda is also a type of sexual abuse that should be denounced just like that of other abusers who have breached trust with the community in the past.
My Statement About Most Statements About Horrific Abuse in the Name of Teaching Islam
There was apparently a man who once found an injured squirrel and nursed it back to health.
He then made a viral post about it on social media. The squirrel was the picture of lovability.
That post caught the attention of the authorities, who then proceeded to SWAT team his house, abduct the squirrel and kill it.
Somehow a political candidate manage to express sympathy for the squirrel and its master, it's such a way to conflate himself with that squirrel, and his rival candidate with those who killed it.
He proceeded to win the election.
I'm against killing the squirrel.
I marvel at how the candidate managed to somehow make it about them and their own agenda.
May all abuse victims receive justice, may all accused receive due process, may all guilty parties be punished and may all candidates try not to make everything about their own little politics, and if they can't, may the public not be so quick to drink Kool-Aide.
*Political candidates come in the foremost scholars, mental health providers, "community leaders," activists & other people with other issues
**There were a few posts that were dead on the money like Joe Bradford .
For the rest of you, don't be upset at me for saying what I said. Rather, like the Russian fairy tale Cinderella, if the shoe fits, wear it...
It is done.
May Allāh Ta'ālā have mercy on us and give us from His grace, and make cool our hearts by showing us what honors the innocent & humiliates the wicked.
For anyone who lives to 7th congressional district of Ohio, including Westlake, North Olmsted, Strongsville, Parma, Brookpark, Middleburg Heights, Medina and all the way down to Wooster, I would like to share an important endorsement:
Vote tomorrow for Dennis Kucinich not just because he is a consistently belligerent anti-war politician for decades, but because the incumbent Max Miller expressed desire to see Gaza turned into a parking lot.
I was Imām in what is now that district for 2 years, and have connection with that community.
If not anything else, your vote counts a great deal for this particular race. Hustle out and make it to the polling stations, and drag your friends, family, relatives, neighbors, and whoever else you can to vote against genocide.
If you know anyone in Ohio, please share it and forward it to them.
This is just one of the many very important practical discussions we mentioned in our program on Sunday in Akron.
The second module discussing specifics with regards to the American political system and this election is timestamp linked below.
https://youtube.com/live/wUy7_-uuWlo?feature=share
The election is tomorrow, and the different modules of the talk are time stamped.
Make time to listen and vote tomorrow.
Dars + Dhikr
Tonight at 6PM
342 E Irving Park Rd
Wood Dale, IL, 60191
The program is tomorrow. If you're able to come in person, come in person. If not, register and we will email you the link to the live stream. It's an important event so don't miss out.
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One who can't see the connect between imperial military aggression & imperial economy, is daft, either by birth or by convenient ignorance.
Likewise daft is anyone who can't see the latter drives the former.
Take money out of banks/corporations; make it work in the real world.
There are many knots that can be much more easily untied by our non-participation & mitigated participation in the satanic economy.
From the broken system of Ḥalāl to Islamic Finance & contracts, not driven by corporations and banks, but by scholars who draft direct contracts between parties, there's perhaps nobody more primely positioned to bypass the usury and blood-driven economic freak show urinating on the people of the world.
Sad it is, that despite this blessing we were given, still we have children who think they are smart, and daydream about living a preppie life that culminates in a corporate a slave job, consultancy, or financial corpseplay.
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/gen-milley-tells-bankers-thank-you