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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 -
The Rabble, the Ruwaybidah & We the People (Pt 2)
This is the second part of the blog piece I wrote for http://www.islamicate.co.uk (the first part may be read here). After the battle of Hunayn, a delegation from the Hawazin clan came to the Prophet, upon whom be peace, requesting the return of their wealth and captives. They were given a choice between one or Continue reading
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The Rabble, the Ruwaybidah & We the People (Pt 1)
One hadith foretells: ‘There shall come upon people years of deceit in which the liar will be believed, the truthful one disbelieved, the treacherous will be trusted and the trustworthy one considered treacherous; and the Ruwaybidah will speak out.’ It was said: Who are the Ruwaybidah? The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied: ‘The lowly, Continue reading