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The World Gets Topsy-Turvier: Signs of the End Days [2/2]
One of the main themes that runs through hadiths about the End Days is how good will be considered as being bad; and visa versa, how trustworthiness and honesty shall disappear, how the worthless will be raised to positions of rank and respect, and how there will be an increase in disobedience and widespread violation of rights (kathrat al-‘uquq Continue reading
60s Britain, Britain’s cultural revolution, End of Days hadiths, end of the world, fatwa qualifications, Ibn Hajr al-‘Asqalani, Ibn Hazm, Ibn Mas’ud, Ibn Taymiyyah, Is Britain still a Christian country?, Islamic ethics, levels of scholars, liberalism, Mahdi, morals in Islam, Muslim extremists, qualifications of a mufti, ruwaybidah, Salafis, sin of speaking without religious knowledge, takfiris, topsy-turviness in the End Times, weakness of the ummah -
Revering the Symbols of God in an Age of Irreverence
The Qur’an says: Whoever reveres the symbols of God, that is from piety of hearts. [22:32] Symbols (sha‘a’ir) refers to signs, marks or emblems by which something is known to belong to some particular body or group of people. Flags, for instance, are sha‘a’ir; as are those religious rites and practices which are emblematic of, or specific to, certain religious communities. Continue reading
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To Progress or Drift Dangerously Downstream?
Progress signifies a movement forward. But it tells us nothing about the actual nature of the movement. Is it downstream or upstream? Is it hurtling to danger or marching to safety? Is it a descent or an ascent? Is it a fall from Grace or a lifting of the Spirit? The fact that something marches forward progressively doesn’t Continue reading