AbdusSibtayn

I have been observing your questions for some time and can't tell if you are asking them in good faith or ragebaiting/trolling on the forum.

Hmmm....why am I not surprised...?

Ziyarah maqboolah inshallah, dear shaykh. While you are there in Cairo, a visit to the shrine of Sayyida Nafisa (sa) would also be worthwhile.

They are carpet bombing mostly the South and the Arab regions (Khuzestan, Ahwaz etc) as of now.

Salam, apologies and no offence meant, but I wanted to ask if you used AI to write this.

It's been 4 months....

Thank you so much for your insightful comment, dear sister! It's really helpful! Thanks a lot once again, panzer bhai! I am really touched by your concern! My enjoyment lies in obedience to Allah. My concern is, am I doing it right? Thanks a lot! This is really very kind of you!

Yes. Statements made in moments of anger/frustration/depression do not count as apostasy.

They are a group of hypocrites/munafiqs. They believe that we're not supposed to engage in any political action during the ghaybah and at the same time believe in sabotage activities and assassinating their political opponents! They have been involved in the muders/murder attempts of a lot of top religious authorities. They are similar to the Khawarij of Nahrawan in my opinion, and need to be dealt with similarly.

In what sense exactly is Ustaadh Hassan an 'extremist'? If anything, he and the team at the 'Purified Truth' channel (such as Sayyid Ali Abu'l Hassan) are the gold-standard when it comes to orthodox Twelver Shi'i aqeedah. No marja' has forbidden cursing of and dissociation from the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt (ams). They rather encourage the recitation of Ziyarat Ashura and other ziyaraat and adi'aat which involve la'an upon and bara'ah from the enemies of the holy household. What you're not allowed to do is insult/abuse/denigration (sabb) and publicly curse individuals held as sacred by other sects because it causes strife and evil. However, what we do within the privacy of our four walls is between us and Allah, no one else is required to poke his nose into it. If you can access Arabic, there's a concept called 'taqiyyah mudarati'; you may be interested in reading more about it. 'The scholars have forbidden cursing certain personalities' is a falsehood and a half-truth which has been spread by certain ignorant people who don't understand their fatawa and certain vested interests to misguide the Shia laity. Tawalla and Tabarra are pillars of faith for us. There's a time and place and a manner in which things are to be done, that's about it. What do you mean by there's no well-researched book refuting Adalat al-Sahabah? The discussion doesn't necessarily merit an entire book dedicated to it. That said, scholars have dedicated significant efforts refuting it- there are dedicated lecture series by Sayyid Ali Abu'l Hassan in Arabic and Sayyid Shahbaz Naqvi Isfahani and Sayyid Abu Imad Haydari in Urdu. Every other Shi'i tafsir rebuts the attempts to use Qur'anic verses such as verse 100 of Surat Tawbah to argue for adalat al-sahabah. I believe there are even sections in the Third Martyr, ash-Shaheed Qadi Sayyid Nurullah al-Husayni al-Shustari's 'Ihqaq al-Haqq', in Allamah Majlisi's 'Haqq al-Yaqeen', and in Sayyid Sa'eed al-Hakim's 'al-Rihaab fi'l Aqeedah' refuting this belief (all in Arabic). Although I concede that material in English is lacking.

Never had instagram alhamdulillah. Also shut down my facebook a few years ago. These things are designed to keep you hooked by manipulating your brain's dopamine mechanism, working just like p**n and drugs. I am not on any social media and yet struggle to reduce my scree time, you can very well imagine what the internet is doing to our brains through social media apps. Being on these social media platforms is like willingly feeding your information to intelligence agencies and super-corporates. This should be obvious by now, there's too much incontrovertible evidence to show that they're being used to spy on us.

Running a marriage/matchmaking group is a daunting task. Apart from figuring out the logistics of it, especially if your group gains a sizeable membership/following/engagement ( for e.g. - how to set up meetings? how to protect user privacy? how much interaction to allow/facilitate between parties until they can take matters into their own hands? what about the fiqh of it all?), there's always the risk of being made the scapegoat if things go downhill- incidents of untoward attention, especially for female members (yes, the deplorables have always existed and still exist), 'ghosting', 'bad' matches and you get caught in the middle of it all as the person in-charge, even without realizing it. This is especially the case with online spaces like marriage whatsapp/telegram groups and subreddits. In offline spaces you have somewhat better control over things but the drama follows here too. My two cents- do whatever is within your ability. Don't worry about what could have been done more. Serious candidates will work their way further up from whatever point you can help them up to.

Wassalam, 'Turn away' has a rude and disrespectful feel to it; I'd rather strongly dissuade her. Wassalam shaykh, I am really thankful for the lengthy and insightful response; it really puts things into perspective. I have, thankfully, no major mobility issues alhamdulillah; I can even do light-to-moderate workout and I can work to earn a halal living, and by Allah's grace I am working towards becoming financially independent and having an income of my own within the next year or two, so financial support is not something which is a worry for me, nor am I dependent on others to take care of me, shukran lillah. Nor do I think a celibate person is somehow more 'holy' than a married one; in fact, I believe exactly the opposite, as our narrations show that a married believer has فضيلة over an unmarried one- half his deen is secure and the rewards for his acts of worship are greater. There is still a lot in your response for me to meditate over and digest before I make the final decision. Thanks a lot again; I feel I can always rely on you to see us youngsters through with difficult questions. Thank you for your response brother. To be really honest, yes, I haven't tried. Wassalam Panzer bhai, Thanks a lot for your response and your appreciation. I'll certainly heed your recommendations. I don't entertain fancy romantic notions of marriage either, as ultimately it is a most prosaic and pragmatic thing; ultimately it is what it is- a contract. Self-discipline and motivation is also something I also struggle with. Wassalam sister. Thanks for your response. Though I was aware of the fiqhi principle, there's still a lot more to principles when it comes to their practical implementation than the formula itself. Also this is a serious matter with repercussions in both this world and the hereafter, hence the doubt and indecision. 'Mutah', as things stand today, is really kicking a wasp's nest. lol. It is really sad to see how dead opposed the people, who otherwise theoretically defend mutah, are to it. Thanks again bhaijaan, although I am not the 'sensitive ,kind hearted , erudite and sagacious' person you say even by a mile. Just your familiar midwit who tries to be good to things around him because we don't have a very long time on this earth. Although your advice is well-taken. I'll try to change my mindset. All in all, I feel I should become a man of some consequence first. Everything else, including this matter, I will leave to the qadar of Allah.

Firstly, I am really grateful for all the responses, and I also seek forgiveness for the long, almost month-long delay in responding to the posts here. I'll do that one by one inshallah.