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I was thinking about this possibility yesterday...or even possibly adding Pakistan and Afghanistan to that list...Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan...NATO could possibly attempt to coax the Taliban back into normalization among nations if they perform henchmen work for them...I don't think the four aforementioned counties would do anything direct...everything would be indirect annoyances...but then again, you never know...indeed Iran is surrounded by enemies...Saudi-surrogate state, sellout Ikhwani warlord, Neanderthal Deobandis and secular, Zionist-aligned puppet state...nice neighborhood (sarcasm)...real-estate developer's dream...location! location! location! Truly an Axis of Evil...God forbid these subservient cowards grow a spine or develop an ounce of intestinal fortitude

Each days passes, it seems that Turkey & Azerbaijan (allies of Israel) are going to betray Iran and work causing problems to Iran. Am I wrong?

We speak Arabic.

We speak Urdu at home. I can't, but my daughter had a private tutor for Arabic and took the exam for 16-year-olds (GCSEs).

To give you a headache for 20 years, worry for 20 more, then roll you around for the last 20......

Salam, Sister. What beautiful words you have shared with all of us today. Many thanks to you.

I understand your concerns but the domain of whether your child follows and loves Islam is the domain of Allah. You need only do your best to teach them of the faith and the good, and be a guardian when they face cruelty for as long as you can. That is enough, leave the rest to your Lord. In similar logic, the Prophet Muhammad ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) could have looked at humanity and walked away. However, he didn't do that. Not when people refused to listen, not when they threw garbage on him, not when they tried to attack him, and not even when he knew that some near him would betray him. He saw from among the worst of humanity, but he could still offer a smile to those who needed it. He kept his faith in Allah and His message in spite of all the challenges. In times of doubt and challenge, we must turn to Allah and the Quran, as well as observe the history of those closest to Him.

If you contribute nothing that lasts beyond your life, what was the point of life? Children are a legacy, more lasting than art, more lasting than scientific achievements. Children and grandchildren and great grandchildren carry the echoes of you into the future where you can continue to do good even after leaving this life.

I feel like a lot of youth in the West, maybe losing their native language or avoid speaking their native language including at home. I don't think they are even interested. This lead to another question. Can you write Arabic? a sentence or a paragraph ? again I don't think many of the youth in the west, can write arabic, I think many can read Arabic and that's only because of Quran, Dua etc

Alhamduliah i completed my ummrah yesterday night, feeling so grateful and blessed to have this grace from Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) to have had the opportunity to complete ummrah during this month of Rajab. And today we went to the cemetery where Abu Talib, Khadijah, the parents of our beloved prophet along with his sons Qasim & Abdullah alyhim alsalam and many others are buried. Anyways on the way in the taxi from where we were staying to the cemetery i saw the clock tower with the mountains infront of it i didn't have enough time to take a photo but omg the view looks exactly like the Demon/evil tower in lord of the rings... i honestly don't believe this is a coincidence !

Native language (Urdu) at home. English strictly for work purposes. I find speaking in English other than necessity to be very pretentious and fake; it sounds like LARP. For those who are reverts from Anglo-Saxon or otherwise Anglophone backgrounds (like African Americans or Jewish) I can still understand why they might speak English at home, but what excuse do the others have to shun their native language? Are they ashamed to be themselves? Seems like inferiority complex to me. (Apologies if someone is offended but I have very strong views on this subject). I taught myself Arabic, although I am not very good at it. I can read and write but I don't speak very fluently due to lack of practice (I only know Fusha/Lisaan al-Arab aka 'classical Arabic', and I don't understand Ammiyah/darijas or colloquial).

From Daniel Haqiqatjou: "PROOF that Jolani is an Assadist and a secret Rafidi Kafir! In the clip, Jolani says that he wants Russia to stay in Syria. More shockingly, he says Syria "cannot continue" without diplomatic relations with Iran. This is indisputable proof that Jolani is an Iranian Madkhali agent and a secret Rafidi Kafir, right? Because when I say the exact same thing, the low IQ sectarian tards start defecating in rage, screaming that I'm an Assadist and a Rafidi kafir. Later in the clip, world famous University of Chicago Professor and geopolitical analyst John Mearsheimer says that the goal of Israel and the US is to occupy Syrian land and keep Syria permanently divided in political conflicts (i.e., in keeping with the Yinon Plan). Mearsheimer also says that Jolani's statements indicate a dawning recognition that Israel and US are the greatest threat to Syria's future. These statements indicate that Jolani is considering an alliance with Russia and Iran to foil the plans of Israel/ US. Sound familiar?" Maybe the HTS jihadists are realizing that they have been in a clown act all along. As Kissinger said, 'to be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be its friend is fatal'. We may see some diplomatic overtures to Russia and Iran in the future.

Betray ? These Turkic nationalists have stabbed in the back all their benefactors it would be foolish to trust them

Salamun 'alaykum, I say to the Sunni brothers to look at their creed and its results! If innocent people are being slaughtered and ethnically cleansed and if little children are dying from hunger and from cold and if houses, schools, universities, mosques, churches and hospitals are being bombed and destroyed without a single Sunni state doing anything serious to help to stop these crimes against humanity, then know that this is only the result of your creed, which was and is silent on the oppressors and attempted and attempts to put the oppressors together with the righteous! - Allah ta'ala says: 4:59 يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ أَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي ٱلأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ ٥٩ O you who have believed, obey Allāh and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. ___ And He says: 11:113 وَلاَ تَرْكَنُوۤاْ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ فَتَمَسَّكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ ١١٣ And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire ___ So does it make any sense to claim that those in authority among us includes those who do wrong?! Despite this you stated: "We obey any ruler [who identifies as a Muslim], no matter whether righteous or a wrongdoer." - Allah ta'ala stated in one of the last chapters that He revealed to our noble Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa alihi wa sallam): 5:41 يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ لاَ يَحْزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي ٱلْكُفْرِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوۤاْ آمَنَّا بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قُلُوبُهُمْ ٤١ O Messenger, let them not grieve you who hasten into disbelief of those who say, "We believe" with their mouths, but their hearts believe not ___ And He stated: 9:101 وَمِمَّنْ حَوْلَكُمْ مِّنَ ٱلأَعْرَابِ مُنَٰفِقُونَ وَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مَرَدُواْ عَلَى ٱلنِّفَاقِ لاَ تَعْلَمُهُمْ نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُهُمْ ١٠١ And among those around you of the bedouins are hypocrites, and [also] from the people of Madīnah. They have persisted in hypocrisy. You do not know them, [but] We know them. ___ Despite these clear proofs of the presence of Nifaq and it being not simply a small number of people you instead claimed: "All companions were upright." - And when the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa alihi wa sallam) proclaimed that 'Ali bin Abi Talib ('alayhil salam) is the master of every believer in the same way he is our master and stated: "O Allah, be a friend of those who take him as their friend and be an enemy of those who take him as their enemy." And when our noble Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa alihi wa sallam) informed us that 'Ammar bin Yasir would be killed by the rebellious group and added: "He will be inviting them to paradise and they will invite him to the hell-fire." What did you instead say? You said: "Both groups were righteous and callers to paradise." - And when our noble Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa alihi wa sallam) supplicated AGAINST the leader of the rebellious group by the statement reported by you: "May Allah not fill his belly." What did you do? You completely ignored it and even quoted one of your scholars stating: "Maybe this shows a virtue for Mu'awiya." Now look how you became blind to the truth just in order to defend the oppressors! - Then you said: "But look how many lands they conquered." While Allah ta'ala says: 2:190 وَقَاتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ وَلاَ تَعْتَدُوۤاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لاَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ ١٩٠ Fight in the way of Allāh those who fight against you but do not transgress. Indeed, Allāh does not like transgressors. ___ Then you claimed abrogation, as if Allah ta'ala would allow transgression after clearly disallowing it! In your vain you then stated: "Look how God made them great and how the history books are filled with their names." But you forgot what the Creator jalla jalaluhu states: 28:83 تِلْكَ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلآخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لاَ يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوّاً فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَلاَ فَسَاداً وَٱلْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ٨٣ That home of the Hereafter We assign to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth or corruption. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous. ___ You know the likes of Mu'awiya and Harun al-Rashid and think that their states were great due to their power and control of lands, but do you know who the righteous ones were, who were killed or poisoned by them? Can you name us let us say 5 notable persons from the Prophetic Progeny (peace be upon them) who were martyred by them and tell us why they were opposed to them? Now let us connect the issue with today: Today you claim that the oppressors that rule you do not represent you and that the only reason you can't help our brothers and sisters is because of the rulers! But let me remind you: You defended the oppressors of the past - those who would fight the Prophetic Progeny (peace be upon them) and martyr them - and claimed the oppressors to be upright just like the righteous they were fighting or at least worthy to be obeyed, so today your governments are not just oppressors, but also traitors and puppets! A just recompense for defending the oppressors and calling towards their obedience! And if you're astonished about the fact that the only people who are at least trying to help are the Imamiyya and the Zaydiyya - despite both being minorities! - and some of them even got martyred in the process, then know that this is due to the fact that both of these groups do NOT believe in inclination towards those who do wrong NOR in obedience towards oppressors! So when will you return to Allah ta'ala and disassociate yourself from the oppressors of the past and the present?

My Arab friend living in Iran speaks Arabic at home.

ChatGPT's assessment Yes, there are several verses in the Qur'an that indirectly encourage procreation by highlighting the blessings of having children and the continuity of humanity through progeny. Here are a few examples: 1. Children as a Blessing The Qur'an refers to children as a gift and a source of joy: - Surah Ash-Shura (42:49-50): "To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He creates whatever He wills. He grants daughters to whoever He wills, and grants sons to whoever He wills, or He gives them both sons and daughters. And He leaves barren whoever He wills. He is indeed All-Knowing, Most Capable." These verses emphasize that having children is part of Allah's plan and a blessing He bestows. 2. Continuity of Lineage The Qur'an underscores the importance of lineage and continuity through offspring: - Surah Al-Baqarah (2:223): "Your wives are a place of sowing seed for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth [righteousness] for yourselves. And fear Allah and know that you will meet Him. And give good tidings to the believers." This metaphorically encourages procreation within the bounds of marriage. 3. Encouragement to Populate the Earth - Surah Nuh (71:13-14): "What is the matter with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur, while He has created you in stages?" The following verses (71:17-18) highlight how Allah spread humanity across the earth, implying the continuation of human life through reproduction. 4. Prayer for Righteous Offspring Prophets in the Qur'an are shown praying for children, which indicates the value placed on having offspring: - Surah Maryam (19:5-6): Prophet Zakariya (عليه السلام) says: "Indeed, I fear [what] my relatives [will do] after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]." 5. Children as a Source of Strength - Surah An-Nahl (16:72): "And Allah has made for you from your homes a place of rest and made for you from the hides of the animals tents which you find light on the day of travel and when you stop (for rest); and He has given you spouses and children and grandchildren and provided you with good things. Will they then believe in falsehood and deny the favor of Allah?" These verses collectively demonstrate that having children is considered a natural and blessed part of life in Islamic teachings. However, the Qur'an also emphasizes the importance of righteous upbringing and accountability for those entrusted with this blessing.

That would actually be amazing and something we all want at a fitra-i level....ive had enough of the bad here...pretty sure most of us have, but we will have to deal with it til we move on to the next realm.

No one talking about the fact that this the FIRST year EVER that we will have a eclipse in the middle of ramadan and at the end of ramadan and being in an odd year? Also Ashura 2025 is on a saturday? So 3 hadiths also coming soon In Sha Allah! Signs leading to Imam Mahdi ((عليه السلام)) arrival? Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) knows best! Hadiths all from kitab al-ghayba: H 460 - Fadhl has narrated from Ibn Mahbub from Ali bin Abi Hamza from Abu Basir from Imam Ja'far Sadiq s that he said: The Qaim will not reappear, except in an odd year, like 9, 3, 5 and 1. -Kitãb al-Ghayba Book 1, Chapter #51 H 459 - It is narrated from Fadhl from Muhammad bin Ali from Muhammad bin Sinan from Hayy bin Marwan from Ali bin Mahziyar from Imam Muhammad Baqir sEx that he said: "As if I can see the Qaim & on the day of Ashura, on Saturday standing between the Rukn and Maqam and Jibraeel is announcing before him: Allegiance is for Allah. Then he would fill the earth with justice and equity, like it would have been fraught with injustice and oppression." -Kitãb al-Ghayba Book 1, Chapter #51 (45) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa'eed narrated from Ali bin al-Hasan at-Taymali from Ahmad and Muhammad, the sons of al-Hasan, from their father from Tha'laba bin Maymoon that Badr bin al-Khaleel al-Asadi had said:"Once I was with Abu Ja'far al-Baqir * and he said that two signs would appear before the appearance of al-Qa'im that had never appeared since Allah had sent Adam down to the earth. He said that the sun would be eclipsed in the middle of Ramadan and the moon would be eclipsed in the end of Ramadan. A man said: "O son of the messenger of Allah, it is the moon that will be eclipsed in the middle of Ramadan and the sun will be eclipsed in the end of it." Abu Ja'far al-Baqir t said: "I do know what I say. They are two signs that have never occurred since Adam Sul has descended to the earth." -Kitãb al-Ghayba Book 2, Chapter #14

Salaam, im not here to try to convince you either way, only to share my own decision. I will be the first to admit that due to unresolved childhood trauma and deeply ingrained and hardwired issues, i am the LAST person a child should have as a parent. I knew this when i was 15 and i am almost 49 now. I am anxious, always have been, distrustful of the world with good reason based on experience, easy to anger, and sure hadn't known any man that would've been a capable, compassionate, understanding etc father when i was of childbearing age. For sure i would have screwed the poor innocent children up and ruined their lives and been a reason why they would end up in therapy and they would probably end up fighting to not pass on the same issues. Theses are my personal reasons. The rest of the fiasco called "the world" is another issue. Things here will roll along just fine without my particular genetics or issues becoming a part of the gene pool. Salaam

Thanks for the reply. Some interesting ideas. You may well be right interpreting mountains and earthquakes in this symbolic way, and if so, that would remove any case of miracle. Remember I am interested in the question of whether statements in the Quran must be scientific miracles, and if the symbolic reading is correct, there is no claim of miracle. I'm comfortable agreeing that we're not talking about conventional scientific evolution, because that means there is no need to say the Quran miraculously predicts current scientific theory. I don't therefore feel the need to examine the alternative scientific theories you provide, because the premise of Abu Hadi's writing is that the Quran predicted current scientific knowledge before it was known.

Asalaam alaikum May Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) help us to find the right path and to have perseverance in His path, the path of the Prophet and Ahu al-Bait(عليه السلام) Regarding your questions, I will try to answer some of them very briefly, but there is a very important point from my point of view that I have to tell you and everyone else about individuals like Ali Hur. He is that he is repeating Wahhabi's claim against Shia and almost whatever he is saying is already mentioned in the Wahhabi book against Shia. I might mention some of the books that are written by Wahhabi scholars against the Shia belief and you can see that the claims he is mentioning are exactly mentioned in that Wahhabi book. So he might introduce himself as Shia, but his mindset is a Wahhabi mindset when he is looking into the Quran and Ahadith. The reason I mention this point here is not I want to attack his personality, not at all, my point here is that when a Wahhabi questions our beliefs, we know that he is coming from the background of opposing the prophet and Ahu al Bait's (عليه السلام) teachings, so we are careful when we are listening to them and we ask a trusted scholar or try to find the proper answer because we see him as an outsider. When a person introduces himself as a Shia and shows his concerns regarding the path of Ahu al-Bait (عليه السلام) we let our guard down and we listen to them without being careful about what they are saying. This is the danger of Wahhabi's mindset, with Shia face that they are amongst us and trying to tell us that they are getting their points and their beliefs from true Shia scholars while they are copying Wahhabi's claims. So when I listen to people like Ali Hur, first of all, I will try to make sure that I have enough knowledge in that topic by listening to Ulama or reading books and second I never think that a Shia is speaking to me. Still, I see a Wahhbi in disguise as a Shai. In this way, I am more alert and careful about what he is saying and claiming.

Thank you everyone for the responses, much appreciated! You're all right, wasn't even thinking about it with some of that logic in mind. There's still a lot that can be done before just continuing to hand them money whenever asked. I'll try some of the suggestions here, and think of other ways as well to find a solution.

Peace be upon the pure progeny of the holy prophet.

Four more years of this ...?

The big argument they are making against Divine appointment (i don't support this argument) but it is worth discussing is, Imam Ali as never once publicly went and said Allah has chosen him, he was the rightful Imam and obedience to him is wajib. Imam Hasan as never himself makes this claim to Mu'awiyah or the people. Imam Hussain as again never once makes this claim to the people. We don't find any public widely transmitted statement from Imam Ali as or the others, whereby they clearly and publicly say, we were chosen by Allah. Our own scholars by the way, agree that Ghadir Khumm was not a clear cut appointment - it is on our own books. Rather they say this is more indirect evidence. What al Islah are arguing is, the family of the Prophet saw were the best of the Ummah, had the greatest right to lead, and their right was usurped by the Caliphs. However, because it was a strong recommendation by the Prophet saw to adhere to his family, rather than a divinely appointed position, the family of the Prophet registered their protest, and then unified the Ummah and helped. Obviously not following the guidance of the Prophet led to the Ummayads, and then the debacle that followed after, but it did not make the first two caliphs and most of the sahaba kuffar. They argue that the Imams from the Ahlulbayt were among the best of their times if not the best of peoples of their times, having a golden chain of narrators to the Prophet saw, and they were and are the ones we should be following, learning the Sunnah from, adhering to. However they say that they were not infallible, chosen individuals by God who were greater in status than ululazam prophets, and can hear prayers, answer prayers, etc. <> I don't side with al Islah on this, but i am still seeking guidance from Allah.

I do enjoy reading a lot of what you write, but if i can play devil's advocate, what about Wilayatul Faqih? Sayed Khomeini and Sayed Ali Khamanei are leaders , supreme authorities but not chosen by Allah. There's no doubt Ali as was the best man to lead the Ummah, and i do believe the Prophet saw had made clear indications for us to follow him, he was the best of the Ummah after the Prophet saw, and he himself opposed Abu Bakr for six months and gathered in the house with Fatima sa and the Banu Hashim and some other Sahaba and felt he had more of a right. I don't believe the Prophet saw would have just spoken out of whim or left the issue of leadership silent after him. However, the majority of the Imams were not political leaders, the twelfth Imam right now has next to no influence on anything going on and during his time did not author a book of Tafseer, Rijal, or anything of this nature in a period where we had mass contradictions of Hadith, people were leaving Shia Islam enmasse, and some of the biggest Shia scholars, such as Qummi, Kulayni, Nuamani, were wholesale promoting the Quran had missing verses. We then had a period where Shias did not believe in having any ruler, until of course many Shia leaning political dynasties and political leaders were not chosen by God, until of course, the Iranian revolution where the religious and political supreme leader and WF was not chosen by God.

I don't know what men you've met in your life! The ones I've known are far more emotional than most women I've known. Logic varies by individual, not gender, in my experience. But men are way more emotional. Women cry and keep doing what needs to be done, men break down, punch walls, and so on.

You sound like a wahabbi from Saudi