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Feb 18 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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“We’re seeing reversal of the spheres of the spiritual & sensual. The spirit is vast & free, soaring. The sensual is bound & restricted…”

Now, vastness is attributed to the sensual while restriction is attributed to the spiritual, of detriment to both faith & fitra…
“Why has digital entertainment seduced the world? Why have some of the most sublime meanings taken the lewdest of forms? Might it be because the human instinct to find meaning - one that can only be fulfilled through the Divine - grows evermore distant, a figment of imagination?
When realities are reversed, we must it #flip_it by reclaiming the Reality.

Find the #meaning in yourself, in all things the meaning will find you.

What bold devils dare steal, brave angels repeal.

What do the words below mean to you?

#think_bigger
Yes, yes. “How could shaykha quote this?”

My friends, I know everything about every movie my children have ever seen.

As babies, we kept their diapers clean.

As youth, we keep their minds clean.

We’re fighting something way bigger…

God bless mom.

#UpcomingBook
May Allah’s infinite peace & blessings be upon Rasūlullāh, his pure progeny & folk, along with his gleaming companions, illuminated inheritors and all his loyal followers until the Last Day.
“Who you taught you this?”

The greatest Imām, Abū Hanīfa

Then, after him, مفتي الثقلين ‘Umar Najm ad-Dīn

Then, after him Imām al-Marghīnānī

Scholar-mom speaks of practice #UpcomingBook

Mom-scholar speaks of theory #metafiqh

رضى الله تعالى عنهم وعنا بهم آمين

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Feb 19
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The Pure Heart

إِلا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

“the Day when neither wealth will be of any use (to any one) nor sons, except to him who will come to Allah with a sound heart”

Qur’ān 26:88-89

(1) The pure heart has no attachment to other than God, Exalted be He. Image
وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَادَىٰ كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ

“You have come to Us alone, just as We first created you”

Qur’ān 6:94

2) meaning that one’s approach to God will not soundly lead to Him unless they come alone, [the soul] stripped of any other than Him.
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَىٰ

“Did He not find you an orphan, and give you shelter?”

Qur’ān 93:6

(3) meaning that Allah will not take you into His Shelter unless you are genuinely orphaned from all but Him.
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Jan 26
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Distrust of Scholars

To avert confusion on this matter (as evidenced by #dm inquiries), the intent of this thread is to clarify the definition of a scholar (in contradistinction to others), as well as the adab necessary toward them and from them. Simplified. Summarized.
1 An Islamic scholar has

a. mastered & practiced the knowledge & deeds obligatory on a Muslim
b. upheld the limits of the sacred law & tenants of tasawwuf
c. teaching competence in all Islamic disciplines
d. made an advanced contribution in the area of their disciplinary focus.
2 The following aren’t sufficient qualifications to be an Islamic scholar

a. a madrasa certificate, university degree, or ijāza
b. fard ‘ayn studies appended to a higher secular degree
c. an advanced contribution in an Islamic discipline without the other requisite conditions
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Jan 24
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I think you’ll find much satisfaction in the #2025project.

I tend to agree. Perhaps it is because scholars are so busy putting everyone else in their place that they’ve forgotten their own.

Knowing that role is a higher tier of scholarship which most haven’t reached.
You might agree, though, that interdisciplinary skill isn’t achieved through mere dual-degrees? That’s why I devised #metafiqh

Time, money, and intellectual freedom are constraints, but - more importantly - sound methodology that preserves tradition without impeding growth.
As for those who feel the need to denigrate others to elevate themselves, I think we all know the answer to that. If a trait isn’t befitting for ‘normal’ people, it is a stronger aversion in a (so-called) scholar.

اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد وآله
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Jan 24
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Sincere #dm inquiry

Istikhāra says to withhold direct reference. Alhamdulillāh for whatever He decrees.

However I will give a general principle that is *so critical* when evaluating some of these ludicrous posts…

Also, yes. There is a typo معكم Image
Allah - Mighty and Majestic, Exalted and Glorified - says,

“If anyone desires a harvest in the life to come, We shall increase it for him; if anyone desires a harvest in this world, We shall give him a share of it, but in the Hereafter he will have no share.” [42:20] Image
The verse means that whoever seeks ākhira will attain it. Whoever seeks dunya, will lose the ākhira and still not attain more wealth than what was originally divinely-apportioned. There are numerous verses of Quran and reports from the Sunna upon the same purport. Definitive.
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Jan 24
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On Drawing Near to Allah

Beneficial #dm inquiry. Answered.

May Allah’s infinite peace & blessings be upon Rasūlullāh, his pure progeny & folk, along with his gleaming companions, illuminated inheritors and all his loyal followers until the Last Day.

الحمد لله ربّ العالمين ImageImage
The heights of sūfic attainment aren’t reached through theory. If one attempts to delve into theory without practice, it won’t augment, but rather strangle their progress. Tasawwuf is 100% about practice. Its theory is of the magnificent fruits of that persistent, deep devotion.
I’ve witnessed on MT, statements from claimants to knowledge (supposedly classically trained) that are the peak of ignorance & falsehood. I’m withholding my anger very strongly, pending istikhāra. However, I send a stern warning. If this does not persist,

سيكون لنا معم شأن آخر
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Jan 18
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Custom-based Rulings

1 In surveying Hanafī fiqh books, one finds that jurists were aware of changes in custom, even rapid ones. See two (of many) examples in which Imām Marghīnānī cites “variance of time period” as direct cause for the switching of custom-based rulings.
2 This, in itself, isn’t new. What I found to be interesting, though, is that – on many occasions – this turn over occurred within the lifetimes of the three Imāms themselves. In a span of < 30 years, customs changed and the Imāms rapidly adjusted their rulings accordingly.
3 Considering the current state of ijtihādī stagnation, this level of juristic agility among the Imāms teaches us lessons.

The Imāms
a. weren’t distant from real life
b. exhibited juristic agility in the face of changing trends
c. their fiqh wasn’t rigid, but evolving
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