AbuDharr

Oh cool... Jazak Allah Khair

Does anyone here happen to Shaykh Abbas Di Palma from Italy? I've read some of his articles and was to email or something but can't find anything?

Yeah that ones a bit naughty. A lot idioms are rather risqué in there allusions actually, and I know many more but in the name of good taste "I'll give them a miss" Interestingly "loose woman" is the word I typed in or the word that was there when I submitted the post but once it was submitted it came up as that. Must be some anti profanity measure in the programming...fascinating

Sweating like a loose woman in church

Jazak Allah Khair for input brother. You certainly seem to have direct knowledge of the Shaykh. What does it mean saying the two shuhadda have the same culture as the Prophet? I don't understand that

I did. It basically gives me a little synopsis of his is all. The book seems very useful though and I'll not worry about it. I'm too new to all this to get involved in concepts of Islamic governance and whatnot. That's not my particular interest anyway

I must say so far I find the book well written and highly useful MashAllah

Ain't got sense enough to pour piss out of a boot

I picked "the Laws of Islam" by Grand Ayatollah Sayyid M. Taqi al-Husayni al-Modarresi. I saw it Amazon and it had good reviews and it was only $15 so I picked it up. When I told my local Imam at the Shia Islamic center he shook his finger and told me to stay away from this Ayatollah. I don't fully understand why...anyone familiar with this book and Shaykh?

I've never run across a Zaydi convert. Most are my experience with Zaydis is Yemeni who used to be Zaydi but are now Salafi

These answers make sense, thank you. I guess I was just seeing if Shia fiqh has crossover dispensations with Sunni mathabs like Sunni mathabs have amongst themselves

The shells are just flying out and over the view of the camera is all. Shell casings can eject a considerable distance

I'm not afraid per se...it's just these things aren't so easy to explain to some, and I'm just exploring my options since I'm new to Shia

There's more than one way to skin a cat

Is it possible to be Shia in belief but follow Sunni in fiqh? I do worry a bit about explaining myself repeatedly to everyone who's known me for years why I'm praying this way now. Especially my children and wife and her family...basically my Muslim family members