I don't think the end is close, if the progress stay as it's now, we might need additional two years in which the situation will be worse, especially for citizens
The System النظام never seems to be willing to surrender or even negotiate, they began training Alawite women in their Army to fight as too much of their men died
Also there are many soldiers from Hizbullah, Iran, and Muktada Al-Sard's armies
Well it's not problem for me to say it, I'm using a proxy currently
It seems you're still frightened, it's OK brother, it's over, they're gone and we have our Freedom now, they can't control people inside of the country to control them outside :)
They barely can defend themselves, soon they will be pushed back to homelands
@El'endiaStarman Masha'Allah means what ever God wills, Insha'Allah mean God Willing
@TamerShlash there is a Hadith, can't find it now, but it says that the most evil of creation are those at the end times. I am not sure of the authenticity though
"Hadhrat All (R.A.) says Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "A time is soon to come when Islam will remain only by name, and the Qur'aan will exist only in words. People will erect large and beautiful Masjids, but these Masjids will lack guidance and be deserted. The worst creation below the skies will be the Ulama-e-Soo’. Great Fitna (evils) will emanate from them and they themselves will promote fitna and they will be the center of Fitna."
@El'endiaStarman if the book where the Hadith came from was known I could try to find it on a Hadith program from islamspirit.com, but if the Hadith book isn't known than it might become challenging to find the Hadith, we can search sunnah.com, but if it isn't there (they are still developing) than it becomes more difficult, and we want to get our sources from reliable sources
sunnah.com has search capabilities and a good selection of the major books. there are a lot of minor books though, and a lot of them don't have published translations.
the Qur'an has been available in English for a few centuries now.
afaik, the earliest translations were typically written by non-Muslims, or translated from an earlier translation from another language.
@goldPseudo Who wrote the major and minor books and how many of each are there? Also, is that a good question for the site or is it too basic? How about this very question? :P
most of them are of questionable authenticity; the six major collections are so esteemed because the collectors went through much more rigorous criteria to determine what was worth recording.
@goldPseudo So am I right in assuming that there are no new hadiths being created? That is, all hadiths are from within a century or so of Muhammad's life?
any ahadith which don't have a chain of transmission directly to the prophet himself, or one of his companions, is typically rejected. either as a fabrication, or as just too weak to be useful.
@goldPseudo Ah! Okay, that's interesting, because all of the books in the New Testament (Injeel, right?) are written by first-generation Christians and anything further removed isn't included in the Bible (at least, not the Protestant version).
@El'endiaStarman fun fact: in Islam, the Gospels of the new testament would be best likened to sira, which are compiled biographies of the life of the prophet. Sira is yet another of the many sources of Islamic information (although they're typically not used in the development of Islamic law).
@El'endiaStarman An interesting potential parallel in the Common Law system, which develops by precedent. And different precedents apply in different jurisdictions, even if the underlying laws are the same.
(In fact, I've seen an argument that the British Common Law system was based on fiqh, but I don't know how widely accepted that is.)
@TRiG Well, Al Ummat mentioned Fiqh/Jurisprudence, which would deal with the application of laws. The Ijma' seem to be more like elaborations on the original works. I guessed that they would be much like the creeds developed by the Ecumenical councils.
Something like the doctrine of the Trinity, for instance.
> Ijmāʿ (إجماع) is an Arabic term referring to the consensus or agreement of the Muslim community. Various schools of thought within Islamic jurisprudence may define this consensus as that of the first generation of Muslims only; the consensus of the first three generations of Muslims; the consensus of the jurists and scholars of the Muslim world, or scholarly consensus; or the consensus of all the Muslim world, both scholars and laymen.
For instance, the situation where one is waiting at a busy crossroad for the light to change. I've heard about an area with a significant Jewish population that installed sensors that detect when someone is standing there, waiting for the light to change, so that they don't have to push the button that most people would push. Just because pushing that button is considered work on the Sabbath.
@El'endiaStarman I think it's not so much pushing the button as causing something to happen with electricity (by an expansion of a ruling against lighting fires).
@AlUmmat This one! TRiG is atheist, I'm Christian, we were just discussing the Jewish notion of doing no work on the Sabbath as it applies to the modern world.
I came here searching for a question regarding ancient Jewish rabbis view regarding Jesus. Are there any Jewish sources or authoritative ancient texts that show that Jesus never claimed divinity (saying "I am God") but rather only claimed to be messiah, or not even that?
In Islam, the common understanding is that Christ Jesus was never killed nor was he crucified; this understanding is quite reasonable given that God says
وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ۚ و...
@goldPseudo Interesting question. I've actually heard that argument before, but it was from a non Muslim (not sure about his Arabic either) trying to score a point and I wrote it off as being absurd. But it would be interesting to know if that is actually a possible reading of the text and, if so, if any Muslims believe that way.
I suggested a new title to help keep it from derailing into non-constructive.
@Caleb Given only the two ayah I quoted, I don't think it's an absurd reading (else I wouldn't have asked the question). I think the crux of how viable it is really depends on whether there's substantial extra evidence (e.g. from the hadith literature) clearly supporting one interpretation over the other.
i didn't want to just ask for evidence against it, as it would likely devolve into people posting strong arguments for the common interpretation instead (which is not the same thing). even now, i suspect I'll still get a lot of those.
@goldPseudo can you please verify the below info: Some Christian Gnostics also believe he was not Crucified:
The Second Treatise of The Great Seth
It was another...who drank the gall and the vinegar; it was not I... it was another Simon, who bore the cross on his shoulder. It was another upon whom they placed the crown of thorns. But I was rejoicing in the height (the hills) over... their error. And I was laughing at their ignorance. (for thinking it was I who they were crucifying)
AND The Gospel of Judas never mentions the event at all! Quite surprising considering Judas' (يهوذا) role i…
which story seems more likely? That the incident didn't happen because a single account doesn't mention it, or that the incident did happen because of at least four accounts that do?
there were a lot of ahadith written down before Bukhari's compilation; are those hadith more accurate?
I came here searching for a question regarding ancient Jewish rabbis view regarding Jesus. Are there any Jewish sources or authoritative ancient texts that show that Jesus never claimed divinity (saying "I am God") but rather only claimed to be messiah, or not even that?
Update :
As the questio...
@El'endiaStarman ayah literally means proofs or evidences, but is typically used to refer to a verse of the Qur'an. tabi'in means followers, and refers to the generation of Muslims after the sahabah themselves (i.e. those who met (and especially who learned from) one of the people who met the prophet personally, but didn't meet him directly)
nabi (prophet) -> sahabah (companions) -> tabi'in (followers) -> tabi al-tabi'in (followers of the followers)
a lot of islamic scholarship took place during the generation of the tabi al-tabi'in; the ability to trace any given tradition, person by person, from them all the way back to the prophet was considered very important.
the question itself isn't too bad (at least the current version of it). it could be better phrased, but i feel it's fundamentally on-topic and constructive.
i believe the problems lie more in your extraquestional activity than in the question itself.
(e.g. the comments)
comments are not to be used to attack other people's answers. if they write something that you feel is fundamentally wrong, downvote it and/or post your own answer.
if it's not fundamentally wrong, but just has a couple of facts that could use clarification, then comment. or edit it yourself. as long as it doesn't change the fundamental point that the post is making.
@owari we are not a debate site. as i said, comments are short for a reason; they are not designed to explain point-by-point issues with a given answer. if an answer is "wrong", just downvote it and post the "right" answer. that's how the system is supposed to work.
@goldPseudo, yes I am trying to be short in comments after your warning, however counting mistakes without further explanation should be accepted, right?
@goldPseudo, the chat section is it for debate? arbitrary debate?
@owari if your comment is doing nothing but attacking an existing post, it's not constructive. constructive criticism is that which allows the poster to improve their post.
From where Sunni brothere know the name and reputation of the Shia Imams?
Very eager to know
Is it through Ahadeeth or only historical evidence?
How do they treat them in practice? Saying any Hadeeth from them in their books? following their deeds?
I also had a half-left discussion with @Ali that I cannot meet him todays unless he is chating about the Christianity! Can any body else help if he has similar ideas like @Ali?
(at least, not shirk per se. if you do any form of worship at a grave/shrine knowing that God has clearly commanded such should only be done to Him, that's shirk.)
It was like that some pious believers were among their people, people used to worship God next to them, then they died gradually and people were so upset for that
so they build some sculptures of them and were again worshiping the unique God next to their sculptures
then ages pasts and their children who used to seeing their fathers worshiping God next to those sculptures misunderstood the point and started worshiping the idols
I want to know those who claim we are committing Shirk do care to ask why we do such and how or they just guess like those children of the believers guessed from the appearance of what their fathers were doing?
leveling the grave how can be related to sculptures and idols?
even if you don't accept that the prophet commanded the graves to be levelled, extravagance in the reverence of graves/shrines falls into that middle ground. if it goes too far, it encroaches on what is clearly haram (i.e. worshipping anything other than God)
Actually we are told move as long as you are certain and never move when you are in doubt
Is that the same thing?
But the shrine thing is not a doubtful issue to us
I already have mentioned two verses concerning the issue, one about the comapanions of the cave and the other about the houses Allah wants His names to be glorified
And e.g. the houses of the prophets are among them
but to my knowledge, there are (non-Muslim) cultures that do blatantly worship at such places. i prefer to distance myself from such activity as much as I can; be different from the disbelievers, as it were.
@owari God knows best whether they can hear us or not, and even if they can whether they can aid us. I prefer not to argue about matters of al-Ghaib without clear evidences.
i pray to al-Sami' al-Qadir. whether the righteous dead/martyrs can hear us or help us may be in question, but it is known that God both can hear us, and has the power to aid us.
@goldPseudo but that He is close to us and hears everything we whisper doesn't mean we are too close to Him as well for Him to accept from us what we ask for then to help us
Those righteous people can be the mediators
You know asking from Allah is one thing and being answered is another thing
That is our point for going to the Shrines, although actually a very small part of the reality, indeed the crowd may go for this but that's not the reason we are encouraged to go there largely
du'a is not about being rewarded, or being answered. it's about humility, and understanding that whatever we want, and whatever we have, is due to God's grace and mercy.
There is a famous Dua we usually read, in that we say to Allah that O Allah you have make obligatory for us to follow the 14 infallibles, and by that you are showing their position near to you
In your opinion why should Allah order someone to obey someone else completely without any question?
If someone is infallible will He command such?
He commands such about the fathers as well but then limit it in a way that if they tried to make you do what you don't know then stop obeying them
@owari in my opinion? as a mercy, and as an ease on the ummah. expecting the laymen to know the ins and outs of Islamic law is a harsh undertaking, especially given the differences of opinion among the schools. By commanding them to obey those in authority, these same laymen are protected from punishment if the authority makes a mistake, and that is a mercy from God. But that's just my personal opinion.
@owari there is no obedience in transgression, but that assumes knowledge of the transgression. God forgives that which we were ignorant of, as long as when it becomes known we desist. and seeking knowledge is always recommendable.
but then if the rulers command to do something wrong that would be equal to Allah commanding for the layman to do something wrong, isn't it like that? While Allah has stated that He orders only to goods
@owari i shall assume that none of the Infallibles have done anything that clearly and directly contradicts the Qur'an. because if they have, i would have to call the command to obey them to severe question.
@owari So, am I correct in understanding that (according to Shi'a doctrine) this ayah combined with the command to obey God, His messenger, and those in authority indicates that "those in authority" must be infallible?
if i may ask, where do the fallible authorities get their authority from? as i've always considered them as logical extensions of "and those in authority among you".
I came here searching for a question regarding ancient Jewish rabbis view regarding Jesus. Are there any Jewish sources or authoritative ancient texts that show that Jesus never claimed divinity (saying "I am God") but rather only claimed to be messiah, or not even that?
In Islam, the common understanding is that Christ Jesus was never killed nor was he crucified; this understanding is quite reasonable given that God says
وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ۚ و...
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