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Feb 4 8 tweets 3 min read
“Allāh ázza wa jall says, ‘Indeed, Allāh does not command shamelessness.’

For two men to be with one woman is clear shamelessness.

Which, let alone humans , even amongst the animals, only the filthiest, i.e. the swine, tolerates this. Image
The wisdom behind the impermissibility of zinā is to preserve lineage, or else one shall not know whose child it is.
If it were permissible for two men to marry one woman, then the same defect which is found in zinā shall be found here, and so it would not be known whose child it is out of the two of them.
Such a question is clear misguidance; if Zayd is not an absolute ignoramus and disrespectful individual, then he is a heretic, and if he is not a heretic then he is an absolute ignoramus and disrespectful individual.

And Allāh táālā knows best.”

— Fatāwā Afrīqah, pg. 2
This was a response to the question:

“Zayd asks, ‘Allāh has permitted a man to marry two, three or four wives, so why have women not been permitted to marry two, three or four men?’ What is the ruling of the Sharīáh regarding a person who asks such a question?”

— Ibid
This was one of 111 questions sent to Imam Aĥmad Riđā Khān by Hājī Ismāýīl from Butha-Buthe, Basutoland, a former British colony.

Basutoland gained independence from the UK in 1966, renamed Kingdom of Lesotho, now a sovereign country as an enclave in the Republic of South Africa Image
The complete collection of questions and answers was published in 1336 AH / 1917 CE and titled Al-Saniyyatu’l Anīqah fī Fatāwā Afrīqah, commonly known as Fatāwā Afrīqah; The African Rulings. Image

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Jan 31
This was reponded to approximately 700 years ago by Shaykh al-Islām Taqīuddīn al-Subkī:

“In the chain of this hadīth is Ábdullāh ibn Lahī’áh, and there is well-known speech regarding him.”

— Shifā al-Siqām, pg. 386 Image
Meaning that there is well-known criticism [jarh] regarding him among the scholars of hadīth, whereby they declared him to be weak [dayīf], which then makes the narration weak.
It is funny that those who claim to be people of hadīth (self-styled Ahl al-Hadīth) cannot even verify if a hadīth is weak or not. This is not the first time these people have displayed their ignorance regarding hadīth.

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Jan 23
It is quite simple.

We Muslims consider our morality to come from God, the same God of the Prophets of the Old Testament and of Jesus, and from His Final Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and them all.

Thus, we consider everything he allowed and did as morally correct.
Just as Christians and Jews believe the commands of God to wage war against infidels and enslave their women, as recorded in the Old Testament, to be morally correct, and do not consider them "sick":

The Muslims response is as simple as that.

If any Christian wishes to debate, then they must debate us on the issue of God's Oneness, absurdity of trinity, being above having a begotten son, and the truthfulness of the claim of Prophethood of Muhammad, peace be upon him.
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Jan 22
.:The possibility of falsehood for Allāh: A brief history, part 1:.

The origin of this belief in recent times begins in 1240 AH / 1825 CE, in the subcontinent. In this year the fire of sectarianism was ignited by the controversial book of Ismāýīl Dihlawī, Taqwiyatu’l Īmān .
Among the many abhorrent statements made in this book, one reads:

“The greatness of the King of kings is such that in one instant and by one command ‘Be,’ if He so wishes, He can create billions of prophets and saints and jinns and angels equal to Jibrīl and Muĥammad.”
Many Sunni scholars refuted this book, chief among them being Fađl al-Ĥaqq Khayrābādī, the most learned scholar of rational sciences in his time.

He authored Taĥqīq al-Fatwā bi Ibţāl al-Taghwā in the same year, in which he refuted and passed a verdict upon Ismāýīl Dihlawī.
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Jan 21
You failed to quote this in full:

"and had Allah willed He Himself could have taken revenge from them, BUT this is to test some of you with others"

What does this mean?

That Allāh could inflict punishment directly, BUT He chose to punish them through the Muslims.
What exactly is this testing that Allāh is referring to?

We may find the answer to this in the very same chapter, verse 31:

“And We shall indeed test you until We make known the warriors [mujāhidīn] and the steadfast among you - and to test your proclamations.”
Imām Abū Ábdullāh al-Mālikī al-Qurţubī [d. 671 AH / 1273 CE] writes, commenting on 47:4:

“That is, He would destroy them without fighting. Ibn Ábbās stated: He would destroy them with an army of the Angels... Image
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Dec 13, 2022
.:The Neychari heresy:.

One of the heretical groups that emerged in the time of British colonialism in India was the Neycharis, Naturalists in English.

The reason being that they attempted to explain miracles according to laws of nature, and also rejected parts of Islamic law. Image
Their leader was Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan of Aligargh [1817-1898], a servant of the British Raj who called upon Muslims to serve the British.

He established a scientific society and university, by which he wished to spread subservience to the West along with his heretical beliefs. Image
As mentioned, he sought to reform teachings regarding aspects of the law which seemed barbaric and outdated as compared to Western law and society which he viewed as superior and worthy of imitation.

Many popular reformist ideas today originate from this individual.
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Dec 11, 2022
Awrah in Arabic refers to that which ought to be covered and not left exposed, for example the awrah of a man is navel to knee.

As for women, then their awrah is pretty much all their body, and so a woman is all awrah.

This was said by the Prophet ﷺ, The woman is awrah.
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