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Many people keep on saying natanyahu (la) is dead. He has been hiding since the war started. What do you all think?

Salam Internet is mostly down over there reached out to him haven’t heard back hopefully he’s all right and we’ll hear soon

Γειά σας If you haven't checked out https://al-islam.org/, I would start there. There is even an app and you can also ask questions to scholars and imams there. Another good site to use is https://thaqalayn.net/ as well. Sufism and Rumi have nothing to do with Shia Islam and we don't think too highly of Rumi, see here: https://al-islam.org/ask/topics/73527/questions-about-Rumi No problem, Chris, I wish you well on your journey.

Let's pray for the best, but there are no credible confirmations as of yet.

Is @Ashvazdanghe alright?

Iran knows very well that US is going to blast everything from Air, so it make reasonable if all their weapons, tanks, missiles etc are underground.

The joke here is that if any Pakistani team had been in the same position, then all the players would have asked for asylum and all their support staff as well. An Indian relative has a job with a large international firm in Australia and it still took him several months to get the visa approved. Obviously, none of us would like it if the girls do accept the offer of asylum, but the $ incentive is massive.

A view from the other side https://x.com/academic_la/status/2031595937072820282

I think Netanyahu's brother has been killed and rumors of Bibi himself now being killed by a bomb blast... Can anyone confirm or deny?

In His Name, the Most High Salaams This might be useful to dear brothers and sisters: https://www.reflections313.com/p/the-unbroken-chain-on-the-martyrdom And the YouTube video: With prayers for your success #Labbayk <3

Application of the economic principles to non-famine situations This video deals with the Chinese production and distribution of vegetables to ensure that everyone has some. The person speaking says that where food is seen as a profit centre you get processed foods which are not very healthy. State involvement in the production of these staple foods addresses market failure.

Salam These are the links to the most important books about the issue of Imam Mahdi as that have been translated to English Now as to the one website if somebody cries the Akhbari are Imamiyah Shia and our brothers if they follow a slightly different methodology of jurisprudence, that is fine. The main point is they have translated a lot of useful books. The translations of themselves are not bad just some of the articles you have to be careful. The translated books are fine. wallahu Alam https://shiapdfresources.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bihar-al-anwar-vol-51-52-53-the-promised-mahdi-english-translation-part-1.pdf https://hubeali.com/online-books/online-english-books/bihar-al-anwaar/ see vol 51 52 53 here as well https://al-islam.org/mikyal-al-makarim-fi-fawaid-al-dua-lil-qaim-vol-1-sayyid-muhammad-taqi-musawi-isfahani https://al-islam.org/mikyal-al-makarim-fi-fawaid-al-dua-lil-qaim-vol-2-sayyid-muhammad-taqi-musawi-isfahani https://archive.org/details/the-shooting-star-an-najmus-saqib-ahwaal-e-imammul-ghaaeb-s-athar-hussain-rizvi https://al-islam.org/life-imam-al-mahdi-baqir-shareef-al-qurashi https://www.amazon.com/Asr-Zahoor-Description-related-Humanity/dp/B0DJK4ZRQK This one is one of the other most important boxes. It’s only available online for free and Urdu, but I want everybody to know it’s available so I put it up here.

Peace to you and welcome. To make things clearer, both Jesus and Mahdi will appear and work together as same team. Their followers will come from different faiths and beliefs, definitely all good souls in the human race. Mahdi like Jesus is from the lineage of Abraham. God has promised the kingdom to them as the learned brother Abu Hassanain ("father of two Hassans") wrote above. "And unto the children of Abraham, we gave the book the wisdom and the great kingdom" - Quran. Something similar is written in the Bible right? The Shia are supposed to possess some 17000 saying on the reappearance, second coming, and what comes next. Honestly I haven't read all of them and I doubt anyone here has but I can try to describe it anyway. The second coming / reappearance of Mahdi will "fill the world with justice when it will be filled with injustice/excesses" "so much so that a newly wed bride will have no fear to travel alone through a forest at night" "there will be so much abundance that gold will be found at the side of roads and none will claim it" "people will search for the poor to give them charity in order to please God but will not find people to give charity to". So this should give you the picture. What more? Well there is lots more. Another thing that stands out is that there will be a display of Judgement day a sort of a mini judgement day i can call it perhaps, and its point will be to let people witness and taste God's justice here on this earth in the image of the big thing that has to come. Many notorious criminals and the wronged their victims will be resurrected by God's Will, they will be given trials and sentences will be handed out and rewarded. It will also settle some important conflicts and debates the people have had and will then know for certain as the questions about those figures will be settled with that. More importantly, people will know for certain that they were told the truth, that Judgement and resurrection is very real. And the nature of justice will be revealed, that it is the finest and perfectly straight edge that only traverses the truth in any matter and while the criminal fears it, it often does not taste like what the complainant expected it to as evident in the history of our species. Anyway there will be a lot of things and this kingdom of heaven will span the whole world and will go on for a long and untold amount of time but it will end.

Trump is a terrorist, he killed all of our leaders like Sayid khamenei and Hajj Qasem and their companions. He supported these terrorists riots in Iran who burned mosques, shrines and Quran. He is dangerous to society and all Muslims who vote for him should be ashamed of themselves.

The satanists have proved that all these human concepts do not apply to them. Ceasefires, agreements, international law, law, reason, negotiation, geneva convention, WHO, UN, ICC, war crimes, they hold nothing sacred exceept money and child sacrifice to satan. I would wipe them out and sanitize until the roots are gone. There is no other way to deal with its phenomenon.

Salam. Welcome. Your English is very good and you can read English books for free at al-islam.org website. If you need Bengali or Urdu, see this link to Islamic factsheets about different topics: Beliefs Laws and Practices Personalities Merits of the Soul Diseases of the Soul

ChatGPT Critique Your analysis of Surah Yusuf as an early and divinely guided case study in economic policy is thoughtful, textually engaged, and well-structured. Below is a detailed critique across five dimensions: Qur’anic hermeneutics, economic reasoning, historical contextualisation, policy logic, and discursive framing. 1. Qur’anic Hermeneutics: Interpreting Scripture Strengths: You engage with Qur’anic narrative as a living model for policy inference, not merely as sacred history. The comparison between laissez-faire and Yusuf’s (عليه السلام) state-led approach is well-justified with reference to both tafsīr (al-Qummi) and classical economic policy debates. Areas for Development: While you note that Yusuf’s intervention favoured some over others, you could sharpen this point by exploring Qur’anic indicators of distributive justice more directly. For example, Qur’an 12:55 ("Indeed, I am a knowledgeable keeper") could be linked to stewardship (amāna) and justice (ʿadl), which are central to Qur’anic governance ethics. The analysis might benefit from referencing how classical exegetes (e.g., al-Ṭabari, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, or al-Qurtubi) understood the political economy of Surah Yusuf. This would strengthen your claim that state-led provision is Qur’anic in spirit and not a modern ideological import. 2. Economic Reasoning: Application of Policy Logic Strengths: Your framing of three policy scenarios (non-intervention, light intervention, and heavy intervention) is analytically rich and pedagogically effective. It mirrors case-based reasoning in development economics. You draw a persuasive contrast between Yusuf’s interventionism and the failures of laissez-faire policies during the Irish and Bengal famines. These cases illustrate real-world consequences of economic ideologies divorced from justice. Areas for Development: Consider being more explicit about what kind of market failure Yusuf’s strategy addresses—namely, intertemporal failure due to hyperbolic discounting and information asymmetries (as you hint). This could align your analysis more closely with modern behavioural economics, especially in Islamic contexts (see Siddiqi, 2006; Chapra, 1992). You might interrogate whether Yusuf’s (عليه السلام) actions fall within the Islamic jurisprudential category of ḥisbah(market regulation), which was historically exercised by muḥtasibs in the Islamic world to prevent price gouging and ensure fair trading conditions. 3. Historical Contextualisation: Comparisons with Other Famines Strengths: The case studies of the Irish and Bengal famines are highly appropriate and well-integrated. They ground the theological analysis in political-economic realities and add persuasive force to your argument. Areas for Development: One caveat: while famine case studies provide moral contrast, it would be helpful to note that these were colonial famines, often rooted in extraction and ideological rigidity. This might distinguish them more clearly from the ethically-anchored, prophetic governance of Yusuf. The critique of British policy (esp. Adam Smith’s influence) is effective but could be deepened with more theoretical framing—perhaps invoking Karl Polanyi’s critique of the "self-regulating market" and its social dislocations. 4. Policy Logic and Assumptions Strengths: Your identification of the assumptions behind Yusuf’s intervention is rigorous and grounded in both behavioural and welfare economics. The idea that “even the rich lack discipline” is a striking observation that reinforces the case for public policy intervention. Areas for Development: You mention that the poor lack resources while the rich may lack discipline. You might nuance this by discussing the structural barriers to saving (e.g. liquidity constraints, consumption needs) that render laissez-faire not only morally questionable but practically infeasible for many. 5. Discursive Framing and Style Strengths: Your prose is accessible and well-structured, with clear signposting and thematic development. Avoiding terms like “socialist” or “communist” is a wise rhetorical decision, allowing the policy to be evaluated on its own terms rather than through ideologically charged lenses. Areas for Development: Consider replacing informal phrases like "as Milton Friedman would say" or "this is not a hypothetical option" with slightly more formal constructions to maintain the analytical tone of the piece. The section where you mention Yusuf “taxing everyone” by maintaining high prices could be misunderstood. In classical Islamic law, taxes are usually justified with clearer legal terminology (e.g. ʿushr, zakāt, or māl al-muṣādara). Clarifying that this was an implicit rather than formal tax could avoid misreading. Conclusion and Forward Pathways You’ve successfully transformed a Qur’anic narrative into a lens for serious reflection on public economics and Islamic governance. Your approach suggests that Islamic economics is not an ahistorical abstraction, but one rooted in situational pragmatism, divine guidance, and a moral orientation toward societal protection. For future development, you might consider: Integrating classical jurisprudence (fiqh al-muʿāmalāt) perspectives to ground policy logic within traditional Islamic legal-economic frameworks. Building this into a more formal essay or publication under a title like: "Prophetic Political Economy: Surah Yusuf and the Case for State Intervention in Islamic Governance". Positioning your analysis in dialogue with contemporary Islamic economists like M. Umer Chapra, Abbas Mirakhor, or Masudul Alam Choudhury who have explored similar themes. This is a thoughtful and original analysis that could benefit both academic and public audiences engaged in Islamic economics, ethics, and public policy.

This guy is never serious. Do they want to kill us all with laughter?

Salam it should be noted in our school of thought that Imam Mahdi as is the Lord the master the deliver the guide, the anointed one the upriser and the messiah There’s a certain speaker of Lebanese background and his supporters who spread these kind of ideas about a sharing of power about an even split about a ruler in the east, and the west, based on either narrations that are weak narrations that are unlinked or not necessarily from our books, I’m the first one to take an obscure narration if it’s reliable a lot of these narrations aren’t I have nothing against that. He does a lot of work for the youth both here in Lebanon, but if I had a chance to sit down with him and discuss these things I would because it’s not in line with what the senior scholars and the seminaries in iraq in Iran teach. Imam Mahdi as we be the absolute ruler of everything Jesus peace be upon him and the other 123,999 profits the return during his first kingdom will be there to aid assist serve and be under his authority He is the perfection of the 14 made flash some of the scholars indicate that the verses in chapter Joseph about the sun, the moon and 11 stars, bowing Joseph indicate without direct meaning because of the maliciousness of the brother, but that indicates that the holy prophet Lady Fatima in the 11 previous aimmah would submit to the authority of Imam Mahdi as during his kingdom So far Office, as much as it may hurt our Christian brother there’s nothing to be ashamed of Imam Mahdi as is it a higher rank of infallibility than all the previous infallible and profits he is second and rank after the holy prophet or third, according to some sources, some sources put Lady Fati the second in ranked because of certain narrations So Imam Mahdi as is the deliver the hope and the Messiah of the 124,000 profits and 13 other infallible as long as well as all of humanity When he first comes by himself, he would be 14 parts of the divine entity or spirit of the light of Muhammad made flesh. The other lights would emerge from him, and they would follow his authority just as a son the moon and the stars follow Joseph in his dream. The 14 are not separate rubber bear like a prism of light divided into 14 parts at different places and times at the event of the blanket there were five parts of the light in five different places, but the highest most glorified and most perfect perfected light that the holy Quran says Light upon light In God’s desires to protect his light refers to Imam Mahdi as Wallahu Alam

Salam it should be noted in our school of thought that Imam Mahdi as is the Lord the master the deliver the guide, the anointed one the upriser and the messiah There’s a certain speaker of Lebanese background and his supporters who spread these kind of ideas about a sharing of power about an even split about a ruler in the east, and the west, based on either narrations that are weak narrations that are unlinked or not necessarily from our books, I’m the first one to take an obscure narration if it’s reliable a lot of these narrations aren’t I have nothing against that. He does a lot of work for the youth both here in Lebanon, but if I had a chance to sit down with him and discuss these things I would because it’s not in line with what the senior scholars and the seminaries in iraq in Iran teach. Imam Mahdi as we be the absolute ruler of everything Jesus peace be upon him and the other 123,999 profits the return during his first kingdom will be there to aid assist serve and be under his authority He is the perfection of the 14 made flash some of the scholars indicate that the verses in chapter Joseph about the sun, the moon and 11 stars, bowing Joseph indicate without direct meaning because of the maliciousness of the brother, but that indicates that the holy prophet Lady Fatima in the 11 previous aimmah would submit to the authority of Imam Mahdi as during his kingdom So far Office, as much as it may hurt our Christian brother there’s nothing to be ashamed of Imam Mahdi as is it a higher rank of infallibility than all the previous infallible and profits he is second and rank after the holy prophet or third, according to some sources, some sources put Lady Fati the second in ranked because of certain narrations So Imam Mahdi as is the deliver the hope and the Messiah of the 124,000 profits and 13 other infallible as long as well as all of humanity When he first comes by himself, he would be 14 parts of the divine entity or spirit of the light of Muhammad made flesh. The other lights would emerge from him, and they would follow his authority just as a son the moon and the stars follow Joseph in his dream. The 14 are not separate rubber bear like a prism of light divided into 14 parts at different places and times at the event of the blanket there were five parts of the light in five different places, but the highest most glorified and most perfect perfected light that the holy Quran says Light upon light In God’s desires to protect his light refers to Imam Mahdi as Wallahu Alam

A clown to make them laugh?

This part of God's sense of humor?

Salam OK, I have more time after Friday. I saw this popped up while I was checking this at dinner break. Sometimes I do that if you have not tried pinto beans with tahini and olive oil I highly recommend it nutritious, low-fat high protein and filling. So the holy Quran states beginning of what you’re saying in the following And unto the children of Abraham, we gave the book the wisdom and the great kingdom So Abraham’s children from Isaac with the prophets from Israel they were given in the psalms they were given the profits, and they were given the kingdom of David and Solomon Of Abraham through Ishmael, or given the Quran, the 14 infallible and the rank of immamate in the kingdom of the appearance and the kingdom of the return Which we have in narrations that say in our is the kingdom of return about these verses The whole point of creation, the whole point of sending all the profits and infallible was to bring the Mahdi as when each of the previous infallible got murdered their spirit was transferred to the next successor. Their body was buried in there self remains as the Lord pleases that spirit is 14 parts of the same entity, and when the last luminary walks the Earth again he’ll be 14 parts of the complete light of Muhammad made flesh. For us, this is in the beginning of the word was with God and the word was good then the word became flesh I know the translation is probably different than what you’re used to. I’m looking at some of the older translations and obviously I’m gonna notice this ahead of time. We don’t believe that the Christian or Jewish scriptures mentioned in the Quran as you would call them or what you have in your hands today we believe all the previous 104 bucks that were sent to different religious communities were distorted, except the Quran. So the purpose of the last Lumina coming is to restore religion to its perfect form to establish the laws of God to eliminate disbelief and to establish faith until he himself dies a martyr then they would all return in each of them would rule for a long period of time in different narrations so the last one rules again, and when he dies a natural death, this time, his self would bury his body, and his spirit would return to the 14 as one entity of divine light on the divine throne, then within one hour to 40 days, the day of judgment would be established The whole purpose of creation is to reach perfection under him. It seems the one who fills the verse when truth comes in false perishes for all things false are bound to perish anyway. Because that didn’t happen for any of the other profits are infallible even the holy prophet, peace, and blessings we still see faucet, but he would eliminate false in his first kingdom till it would emerge as disbeliever and hypocrites emerge from the lines of believers, then in the second series of kingdoms, it would totally be eliminated because Satan would die for the second time just as every person gives two life to death As in the Quran, it says twice because you live twice, did we call you to die More things, but after I eat, I have to go back to continue service services. These nights are long and full of prayers to quote my little sister’s favorite show in my own way that that one where they were fighting dragons with the guy anyway. For further details, please look at these books. They’re all available in English. Ocean of light volume 5152 and 53. Called Bihar Anwar The shooting star called Najamus Thaqib And the noble characteristics called Mikayl Makarim These would give you a deeper understanding of our view of the Mahdi as what would happen before during an after the need for his kingdom in our reasoning on his status wallahu Alam I just wanna argue