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General Observations, scribbles, comments, glosses (annotations), critiques, doodles, or illuminations while translating Mu'jam al-Ahadith al-Mu'tabara of Shaykh al-Muhsini.

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The Real Wolves of Wall-Street

يا جابر كم من عبد إن غاب لم يفقدوه و إن شهد لم يعرفوه               في أطمار لو أقسم على الله لأبره قسمه                     O Jabir - how a many a man there is - if he is absent they do not ask about him, and if he is present they do not recognize him, In ragged clothes, but if he swears an oath upon Allah - then Allah surely fulfills his oath for him. [Ja’far al-Sadiq]   The Real Wolves of Wall-Street A better metaphor for a certain type of ambitious, cut-throat
Islamic Salvation

Islamic Salvation

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The Prophet and a Near-Death Experience

The Narration  الكافي: محمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن الحسين، عن عبدالرحمن بن أبى هاشم، عن سالم بن أبي سلمة، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: حضر رجلا الموت فقيل: يارسول الله إن فلانا قد حضره الموت فنهض رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله  ومعه اناس من أصحابه حتى أتاه وهو مغمى عليه، قال: فقال: ياملك الموت كف عن الرجل حتى أسأله فأفاق الرجل، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: ما رأيت؟ قال رأيت بياضا كثيرا وسوادا كثيرا قال: فأيهما كان أقرب إليك؟ فقال: السواد، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: قل: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِ
Islamic Salvation

Islamic Salvation

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The Grandson of George and Temporary Marriage

Who is Ibn Jurayj? Ibn Jurayj, ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, was an early Meccan scholar considered to be from the Taba’ Tabi’ina. According to the sources he was born in the city in 80/699 and died in 150/767. His grandfather Jurayj (George) had been a slave of Byzantine origin who belonged to a woman of the Meccan Khālid b. Asīd clan, part of the Banū Umayya of Quraysh. Either Jurayj or his son was set free, and thus became a client (mawlā) of this clan, a legal status that their offspr
Islamic Salvation

Islamic Salvation

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A Hadith 'Banning' Foreclosure?

The modern economic system and the immoral capitalism that it can engender have given rise to preposterous inequality, greed-based wars and rampant poverty. The two engines for this exploitative system continue to be ‘interest’ and ‘gambling [stock speculation]’ both of which were outlawed by Islam in its quest to build a humane society. Take away both and most of the inflated ‘bubble’ will collapse hopefully to be replaced by a worth-based economy. A pillar of this system is ‘debt’, m
Islamic Salvation

Islamic Salvation

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An Ode to Scholarly Pursuits

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم  الحمد لله رب العالمين حَمْدًا يُوافِي نعمه ويكافئ مزيده Those who have spent time poring over old tomes in the way of medieval scribes can witness to the pleasure and solace that delving into their words can give. There is no greater joy in noticing hidden links and joining the dots as it were - gaining in confidence that the `Aimma were building for us a supra-structure of the Deen the bricks of which fit intricately.       It is hoped that through this blog:
Islamic Salvation

Islamic Salvation

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