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Aqīdah, Mālikī Fiqh, Politics, Philosophy & Other Matters of Interest.
Mukhtaṣar Bukhārī ibn Abī Jamrah: How Revelation Began
The commencement of revelation on the noble heart of the messenger of Allāh ﷺ, without exaggeration, it was the most momentous happening in the history of the world.
There are a number of beautiful lessons that can be gleaned from what came down and how it came down and how not just the prophet, but our mother Khadījah, may Allāh Ta'ālā be pleased with her reacted.
Allāh Ta'ālā exalt her rank, she knew the signs of a person who would be beloved to the Lord, and never forsaken by him.
She took her noble husband to her elderly cousin, a man who knew the scripture that came from before; he spoke words of support, and gave an ominous warning, one that is worth being heeded by anyone whoever makes a serious intention to what's right in life.
https://youtube.com/live/21Mgth0_z6E?feature=share
Matn ibn 'Āshir Murshid Mu'īn: Love of Leadership & The Material World
In much of the Muslim world, being a Ṣūfī is synonymous with being naive, stupid, and unfamiliar with the ways of the world.
However, the reality is inverted; those who lack these virtues actually end up becoming pennywise and pound foolish to the point that they destroy their life in this world, and are in for even bigger destruction in the next.
There's no concept of leadership without following. A good leader is one who knows how to follow.
Just like the roots of the sins of the heart are the covetous love of leadership and heedlessness to the next world, the reins of bad leadership spread out from this root, branching into using all of the sins of the heart as forms of manipulation.
There is only one cure for addiction to this world, and that is detox. It is to put in the work, and suffer the pain of being separated from an abusive love affair, so that one can finally connect themselves with the only One True Love.
https://youtube.com/live/Tuzyv3ECxhY?feature=share
Introduction to the Mukhtaṣar Bukhārī ibn Abī Jamrah
Ibn Abī Jamrah, d. 675هـ Andalusī was a great scholar of Ḥadīth, Tafsīr, Mālikī Fiqh and a man of God.
What was his Mukhtaṣar, why did he choose it, what was the philosophy behind what he included and what he excluded, and what were the benefits that he wanted the reader and listener to garner from its study?
https://youtube.com/live/Yc48RvCoTeo?feature=share
This is a very bizarre story with very bizarre timing.
I know of no body in the USA that advocates sectarian violence, much less any other kind of violence here.
There are a number of possibilities. The fact that they are so closely guarding the identity of the suspect and there's no talk about charging them as an adult makes me think that it may be not a person of color.
But speculation is rife. It's important to remember this is a country in which the majority of terrorism prosecutions after 9/11 have consisted of the FBI and other agencies basically running entrapment scams in order to target mentally disturbed Muslim teenagers, converts, and other people in difficult positions in life, oftentimes using compromised informants who are threatened with deportation, prison and other punishments if they don't bring a quota of prosecutions home.
Further than that, zionists who are known to run false flag operations worldwide, have their back against the wall and are totally losing the pr war.
The Lord knows best with the reality of the story is, but only foolish person would accept as the whole truth and nothing but the truth, whatever is spoon-fed by disingenuous sources who have lied in the past.
God protect us, our honor, homes, property and community, both as Muslims & Americans, and guide us all to what's best.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lombard-teen-boy-accused-plotting-detonate-explosive-glendale-heights-islamic-education-center-goodrich-avenue-fbi/17184214/
Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn: The Greatest Blessing of Paradise (Khatm)
The last lesson of the last chapter includes the last Ḥadīth in which the entire purpose of the entire composition of this work is explicitly stated.
It wraps up so many things neatly and powerfully.
It is the door at which eloquent tongues are tied, intelligent minds are perplexed, and the hearts of lovers are drawn in with no ability or desire to escape, just like light cannot escape from a black hole.
We discussed this in many other relevant matters in this last lesson of our reading of the Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn.
https://youtube.com/live/6gfZAyyOV9M?feature=share
A reminder that Ninja & Shark are garbage Israeli brands & that no one should buy or sell them.
I wish someone had told me earlier.
Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn: The Extremes of Paradise
Within the idea of paradise having ranks, is a very strong incentive for the good to be better, and for the sinners to pump the brakes on their sin.
Really, it isn't an idea that Christians and Jews seem to have with any prominence, or even at all.
When you look at the descriptions of paradise for the lowest and the highest ranks, one of the mind-blowing things is one of the person thinks about the lowest set of blessings in paradise, it's difficult for them to imagine anything better than that, but then when you read what's higher than that, a person only then understands the true generosity and might of the Lord.
Far from being a pointless salivation over something out of reach, the descriptors of the lowest ranks of paradise are something that engenders within the hearts a love of the Lord and His generosity, and the description of the higher ranks and genders a longing for His pleasure, amongst many other benefits.
We discussed this, aspects of physical attraction between genders, Kashmir and its beauty, and many other matters of interest this week.
https://youtube.com/live/uQCyvLl65n8?feature=share
What Do I Need to Know About ʿĀshūrā?: A Concise Look
The 10th of Muḥarram, also known as ʿĀshūrā, is a sacred observance not just in Islām, but amongst all ancient semitic speaking people.
It's holiness was acknowledged by the Christians & Children of Israel, and confirmed by the messenger of Allāh ﷺ.
It is also the date of the tragic and traumatic spilling of the blood of the grandson of the messenger of Allāh ﷺ, Ḥusayn, may Allāh Ta'ālā be pleased with him.
The remembrance of all of the above is a part of our civilization, and we should be careful to keep it while not allowing others to wrongly exploited in order to cause mischief.
https://youtu.be/xoove4ZKDiM
Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn: Paradise
It's become a fashion amongst faker soofeez to claim that they don't worship Allāh because they want to go to heaven or are afraid to go to hell, but because they love Him.
It's true that statements that seem similar to this have been made by some of the great saints of the past, but they meant it in different way than today's fakers.
If someone you love dearly gives you a gift, that gift takes on a special value, not because of what it is but because of who gave it to you.
Likewise, if you fall in love with somebody, if they're upset with you they're anger is not like the anger of anyone else.
It is for this reason that the description of paradise and longing for it is an integral part of one's faith.
It's not just emotional common sense for those who still retain their humanity intact, but it is a sublime Sunnah which was articulated in its superlatively beautiful form by the messenger of Allāh ﷺ.
https://youtube.com/live/6w_I9bZi9A8?feature=share
American Muslims: Keep Your Dignity
In as much as this week's seismic shift in New York politics by the primary election win of Zohran Kwame Mamdani, regardless of his politics is a cause of hope for america, precisely because it was turned into a referendum on Zionism in the most important metropolis of the country, I celebrate with many others, and feel like there's cause to celebrate.
That being said, even though we are ready to help any and all people who wish to implement what is good and virtuous in society including him, there are many things about his campaign, and agenda that are highly problematic, including a return to Obama era gender confusion identity.
Posting pictures of his young wife in order to counter pictures of the Statue of Liberty in a Burq'ah, as if to celebrate her being uncovered, is not a flex. Our values, and civilization, are not of this world. They will not gain value or lose value because of one election or the situation of the people in one country at one time.
We need to remember that and hold our dignity when we talk to people, as well as in our interactions with one another.
If someone did something in a moment of confusion or heedlessness, they can always turn back to Allāh and do better, and He replaces in the place of sin, a good deed for such a person.
We live in difficult and confusing times, and ask that the Lord deal with us through His gentleness and mercy.
Clubs are a cool traditional training implement, indispensable for wrestlers, martial artist, and anyone else who has to work with and manipulate imbalanced loads that are characteristic of doing work in the real world.
Like a lot of things in modernity, we've become so divorced from anything that makes human sense, that what was old has become new again...
Being in shape, as well as being able to defend yourself, are both important parts of islam. However you need to do it, get to work.
Dars + Dhikr
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Shaykh Shamsuddin Abdushakur (1942–2025)
In the Name of Allāh, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
Shaykh Shamsuddin Abdushakur a pioneer, a teacher, a servant of Allāh, and a guiding light for so many.
Born in 1942, during an era when being Black and dignified in America was a revolutionary act in itself, Shaykh Shamsuddin was shaped by hardship, but never defined by it. He was a seeker of truth early on, and long before Islām had taken root widely in this country, he embraced the message of Lā ilāha illā Allāh with full conviction.
He stood with Malcolm X, not as a follower in the crowd, but as a fellow trailblazer bold, rooted, and sincere.
He didn’t stop there. Shaykh Shamsuddin immersed himself in the knowledge of this deen, sitting with giants like Hazrat Shaykh Mawlānā Zakariyyā رحمه الله and other great scholars of the traditional path. He took what he learned from these giants and carried it into the streets and hearts of America, spreading Islām through love, not argument; through character, not force.
In the 1970s and 80s, he served with grace and diplomacy at the Irāqi Embassy, navigating spaces where very few Muslims, let alone African-American Muslims, had a presence. But no matter the setting, he remained grounded. He was one of the early pillars of dawah in America, quietly shaping the narrative of Islam not with fiery words, but with a glowing smile and a spirit full of mercy.
Later in life, he dedicated himself to a cause that many had forgotten, the preservation of traditional Ḥalāl slaughter, not merely as a consumer, but in the context of holistic submission to Allāh with Iḥsān as individuals and community.
He had moved to Dallas and was the point person for a number of scholars and righteous people who were concerned with the forgotten commandment to eat Ḥalāl.
When the opportunity to increase the availability of hand slaughtered chicken to a scale that could serve the community, Allāh Ta'ālā caused his path to intersect with HFSAA.
To say he was one of the first slaughtermen at the Tahir Chicken plant in Louisiana, serving for over a decade would be an understatement; he was the architect of a vision.
Through that plant, he not only trained countless brothers in the correct Islāmic method of slaughter, instilling in them taqwa, reverence, and precision, but he brought the crew together into a community, bringing to life an abandoned masjid, establishing the prayer, daily circles of learning and helping other slaughtermen through their very real challenges in life and helping them grow.
He would go on to being the tip of the spear in trying to put together a number of other Ḥalāl slaughter programs, bringing spirituality to an all too often dehumanizing industry.
For Shaykh Shamsuddin, every animal was a gift from Allāh, and every act of slaughter a responsibility before Him.
His wisdom was both timeless and tailored. I still remember his words that struck me deep:
“Don’t give people 100% of your love or trust. If they break your heart, you’ll erase them not because they were wrong, but because you gave them more than they could carry. Some are good for 40%, others for 60%. Look into people and love them for what they can hold. The only One worthy of your 100 is Allāh.”
This was who he was: a man of balance, a man of principle, a man of love grounded in wisdom.
Now, Shaykh Shamsuddin has returned to the One he gave everything to. His absence is felt deeply, but his legacy, his dawah, his teachings, his smile, his example—lives on in all of us.
May Allāh forgive him, shower him with mercy, illuminate his grave, and raise him among the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous.
اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَثَبِّتْهُ عِنْدَ السُّؤَالِ
O Allāh, forgive him, have mercy on him, and grant him firmness in the grave.
Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn.
We belong to Allāh, and to Him we shall return.
Written by Mawlānā Faṣīḥ Khwaja
Sobriety Above Emotion: Mawlawī's Advice Regarding Iran & Israel
Any Muslim who is paying attention to what's going on in Gaza is at this point, fatigued emotionally to the point of disfigurement.
The abject evil with which Palestinians have been treated has crushed The souls of anyone with humanity inside.
It is an old Roman adage that an enemy's enemy is a friend; although there are many times in which it may feel true, it's far from universally correct, and even further from prophetic guidance.
In times of emotional uproar, nobody in the mob like somebody that point out things that are emotionally inconvenient to think about; that being said to not think before speaking or acting is even more foolish in times like these.
https://youtube.com/live/vd6Nd_8mJKk?feature=share
As announced before there will be no Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn class today.
I arrived at midnight from Minneapolis yesterday and left after Fajr for Detroit and am on the road to attend a very special program to which you are all invited.
The noble scholars of Detroit have gathered together to hold up the banner of the Seal of the Prophets ﷺ and speak against those who would sell it for a cheap price in this world.
This is a call to which if I was called again and again I would answer again and again if I had the strength.
If someone were to attend such gatherings even for a minute, to even have your name on the bottom of the scrolls on which the angels recorded attendance will be a matter pride, for the loss of which those who missed it will kick themselves on the Day of Judgment.
If you're in driving distance, please attend this afternoon.
My address will be near end of the program.
You can register at the following link. Registration is free.
https://forms.gle/mKa6ZSECChWAKG6R8
Mukhtaṣar Bukhārī of ibn Abī Jamrah
Dars + Dhikr
Tonight at 6PM
342 E Irving Park Rd
Wood Dale, IL, 60191
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
A local feeding program run by my friend Wasim Amir Ali, for those who want to feed the poor.
Mukhtaṣar Bukhārī of ibn Abī Jamrah
Dars + Dhikr
Tonight at 6PM
342 E Irving Park Rd
Wood Dale, IL, 60191
Professor Jonathan AC Brown is being in a witch hunt for zero reason other than him speaking out against baby killers.
Whatever you may think of him or his work positive or otherwise, He's a brave man and we are proud of him for speaking out.
I personally ask everyone to make du'ā for him and do what they can to counter this injustice.
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1945196324871110798?t=_sk2fudZVC_VsFChyUf10Q&s=19
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A half Tibetan teacher of al-Bukhārī: Yaḥyā ibn Ziyād al-Balkhī. His mother was Tibetan, and he was nicknamed, "Khāqān," the honorary title of kings in those regions.
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When the Sky Weeps: the Passing of Mawlānā Sayyid Maḥmūd Mīan
Mawlānā Sayyid Maḥmūd Mīan was the grandson of the well-known author and companion of Hazrat Madanī, Mawlānā Sayyid Muḥammad Mīan.
He was the Shaykh al-Ḥadīth of my madrasah and I read Bukhārī from him. At the end of his life, he was also a prominent figure in the Jam'iyyat ʿUlamā in Punjāb and gave me a place to read despite the legal proscription of foreign students in the Madāris by the military dictatorship of Parviz Musharraf.
Mawlānā Sayyid Maḥmūd's father, Mawlānā Sayyid Ḥāmid Mīan was the youngest Khalīfah of Hazrat Madanī.
Despite being ancestral residents of the village of Deoband, Hazrat Madanī sent him to Pakistan to establish an outpost of learning and political representation. He named it Jāmi'ah Madaniyyah after his Shaykh.
Anyone who visits Dār al-Qāsim can see his name under that of his Shaykh on one of the posters posted in the general hall of audience dedicated to the Akābir and their life's works and services.
Allāh Ta'ālā keep us all connected with our elders, and let us continue in their work rather than being scattered over small things.
Allāh Ta'ālā give him a place in Firdaws.
https://youtube.com/live/2r6aSPNnP20?feature=share
Dars + Dhikr
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342 E Irving Park Rd
Wood Dale, IL, 60191
With the beginning of Muḥarram people will start to make mention of the martyrdom of the grandson of the prophet ﷺ, Sayyidnā Ḥusayn.
Someone will do so and naivety and others will do so in ignorance, while yet others will do so with the expressing intention of deceiving people.
I recorded this talk a few years ago in order to give people proper context and information regarding the events that led up to it and are connected to it, as well as a digest of how the best of this Ummah dealt with it.
Don't let the emotional manipulation of unscrupulous deviants cause your sincerity to be co-opted into causing harm.
https://on.soundcloud.com/DDlyCyrjk3gnfdT5p0
Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn: Seek Forgiveness
Although there is significant overlap between one of the first chapters of the book, namely Repentance (Tawbah) and one of the last, namely Seeking Forgiveness (Istighfār), a subtlety that's missed on many people is that the context of the former is that it is the zero step of beginning the spiritual path, and a step that is renewed before every good deed just like a person makes ablution (Wuḍū) before every prayer (Ṣalāt), where is the latter is how a person ends and follows up every good deed.
Like two ends of a bookshelf they keep a person's good deeds intact and stable.
Listen to the prophetic guidance about seeking forgiveness.
https://youtube.com/live/6BeHy6yHfVE?feature=share
Bhāi Shams al-Dīn was a pioneer of Islām in America and an unsung hero.
The fragrance wilāyah could be smelled in his presence.
Such a gentle, soft-spoken person, even watching him slaughter an animal you could feel the serenity he brought with him.
رحمه الله وتقبّل منه
-Ḥamzah
For a balanced and scholarly analysis of Shiite creed from a Sunnī perspective, checkout Shaykh Ṭāhā Karān's easy to digest an accessible series, based on Shiite primary sources at the following link: https://mahajjah.com/understanding-the-reality-of-shiasm-by-ml-taha-karaan/
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More Than Just Being Last: The Philosophy of Khatm al-Nubuwwah
Muḥammad bin ʿabd-Allāh who came to Arabia approximately 1400 years ago is the messenger of Allāh ﷺ and the Seal of the Prophets.
This means that no prophet will come after him, and every claim to prophethood subsequent to him is not only a shameless lie against the Lord: it the ugliest form of disbelief & blasphemy.
That being said, the seal of prophethood given to our master Muḥammad ﷺ is an institution which is the spirit that animates the body of not just Islām, but the creation.
One's Islām is not complete until one comprehends it and when one engages with it, their Dīn comes to life...
https://youtu.be/cTkS7xqWSlk
Israel has already projected several volleys at Iran.
This is a complicated situation and I have complicated feelings about it given that both have unleashed great amounts of suffering on the Muslims in this last few decades.
Praying in this blessed night of Jumu'ah that Allāh Ta'ālā bring good for the Muslims from this, protect them from its harm.