What's the ruling on Alawites today? My grandfather asked Shaykh Mahmūd al-Rankūsī and he replied:

-We don't Takfīr them unrestrictedly
-We judge them based on their words
-Though we know their religion is Bātinī (secretive)
-And Bātinī religions are not worth a ṣirmāyeh (shoe) The Shaykh's answer is comprehensive and very precise

It's important to distinguish between what we call Alawites today, and historical Nusayrīs

Nusayrism is undoubtedly riddled with Kufr beliefs, but few Alawites today still believe in it

Dr. Ibrāhīm Shāsho, the newly appointed Muftī of Aleppo, was questioned in this interview about the future plans for the Syrian Awqāf and scholarly scene as a whole

His answers will disappoint a lot of the people living in their own fantasy who were flaunting his appointment: He says very clearly: The Awqāf Ministry will (and does) represent the entire Syrian scene, in all its components and methodologies

No group (hinting at HTS-aligned figures) will have a monopoly over it at the expense of the rest

Persecution of the Syrian (Sūfī) scholarly class by the Ba‘thists 🧵 Shaykh Hasan Habannakah (d. 1978) had multiple confrontations with Hafez and the Ba‘thists

Most notably is when he gave the famous Khutbah against state-sponsored authors who were insulting Islam

He was jailed as a result then released following the outbreak of civil unrest

A lot of people are asking about the intra-Sunni dynamics in future Syria

What will happen to the local Ash‘aris? What is the new government's own leanings? Will they force anything on the public? Etc.

I will try my best to explain it in this thread Syria was historically always Ash‘ari (and of course "Sufi" by extension). Starting with the Seljuks, then Zengids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, and finally Ottomans

Before that was the Abbasids where we start entering into the contested zone of history which both sides claim

This is a very popular picture which attempts to summarize the guidelines of Jihād

It generally sends the right idea, but the Fiqh of Jihād is actually much more nuanced 🧵 1. Don't cut a tree

This is one of the 10 commandments Abu Bakr gave to Usāmah Ibn Zayd's army headed to Syria

As with other points coming up, it should be looked at from two aspects:

A. If there is no military benefit from cutting down a tree, then it's impermissible to do so

Twelver Rāfidha are not disbelievers according to the relied upon view of most scholars from the different Fiqhī and ‘Aqadī schools, and declaring them disbelievers is a weak secondary opinion

The Rāfidha are a deviant Muslim group like the Mu‘tazila, Khawārij, Murji’a, etc. Takfīr would be carried out on a case by case basis if necessary, such as how some Ghulāt claim that Jibrīl made a mistake in announcing Prophethood, accusing Lady A’isha of Zinā, or claiming the Qur’ān is corrupted

However these beliefs are rejected by normative Twelver Shī‘a

There is a misconception with regards to the chains of transmission for Sūfī Turuq and what they entail

These chains are not transmitting a secret knowledge, nor anything additional to Islam

They are simply chains that demonstrate their history of Tarbiyah up to the Prophet ﷺ They demonstrate who these Shuyūkh were mentored in Tasawwuf by

Where did Abu al-Hasan al-Shādhilī and Shāh Naqshband come from?

Not from a vacuum, they were nurtured in Tasawwuf by their teachers, who in turn were nurtured by theirs, until it reaches Rasūlullāh ﷺ

Are Madkhalīs the real Salafīs or are ISIS & co. the real Salafīs?

This is a seemingly confusing question and Salafīs among themselves are unable to decide on it, but the answer is:

They are both real Salafīs. Yes, both! Allow me to explain: Going back to the initial rise of Wahhābism at the hands of Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb, it is evident to anyone and everyone that he was a bloodthirsty Khārijī (let alone his followers after him)

Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb and those under him massacred their neighbors

A lot of people are misunderstanding how treaties work in light of Hamas' 7/10 assault, claiming Hamas broke a ceasefire agreement and treaty between them and Israel

Thread explaining this 🧵 It is true that a Muslim's agreement (عهد) is binding, even with the enemy

When the Muslims come to an agreement with the enemy to end a war, without the enemy breaking any of its clauses; it is not allowed for us to attack them in this state without warning

Mawlid in Ghazza under Hamas (🧵)





Mawlid is an official holiday in Ghazza

This is a really dumb Twelver trope. Believe it or not, there are actually many natural reasons for why some Sahāba narrated more than others!

🧵 (Dr. Ahmad Snobar's “From the Prophet ﷺ to al-Bukhārī”, Pg. 43-46)

https://twitter.com/aaali_x/status/1771606111289774150

The Sahāba that narrated the most are:

Abu Hurayra (5347) narrations
Ibn ‘Umar (2630)
Anas Ibn Mālik (2286)
A’isha (2210)
Ibn ‘Abbās (1660)
Jābir Ibn ‘Abdillāh (1540)
Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudrī (1170)
Ibn Mas‘ūd (848)
‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Amr Ibn al-‘Ās (700)

These 6 Qurrā’ (recent & contemporary) represent 3 methods of Iqrā’ from the aspect of difficulty (🧵) The first row is Shaykh Muhammad Sukkar and Shaykh Sāmir al-Nass, representing strictness in Iqrā’

Shaykh Sāmir inherited this strictness from Shaykh Muhammad Sukkar, his teacher

Abu Hurayra, may Allāh be pleased with him, was the greatest narrator of Hadīth (in terms of quantity), and his narrations reached 5347

Dr. Ahmad Snobar explains in 7 ways how Abu Hurayra's great amount of narrations is a natural result of his personality and biography 🧵





1. His late passing

He passed away in the year 57, which is comparatively late. The Tābi‘īn thus benefited from his narrations for a long time

The Prophet ﷺ said: When there will be no scholars left, the people will take ignoramuses as leaders

There is no doubt in my mind that senile ignoramuses like al-Fawzān being made out to be some ‘Allāmah and part of “Kibār al-‘Ulamā’” is from the sign in the Hadīth (🧵) He ﷺ said:

The people will take ignorant ones as their leaders, who, when asked to deliver religious verdicts, will issue them without knowledge, and they will go astray and lead others astray

Shaykh Salāh al-Dīn Fakhrī's advice for us to not be disobedient to our parents:

1. Beware of making them cry, to not be disobedient

2. Beware of rebuking them, to not be disobedient

3. Beware of being irritated from their commands, to not be disobedient





4. Beware of frowning at them, to not be disobedient

5. Beware of looking at them in annoyance, to not be disobedient

6. Beware of criticizing the food your mother serves you, to not be disobedient

7. Beware of not helping them in what they need, to not be disobedient

🧵 | The Ashā‘ira did not see themselves as a sect distinct from Ahl al-Hadīth This is important because had they believed that they weren't of the same sect, there would be nothing preventing them from saying it

They were the majority group, in power, and weren't known for مجاملة

I focused on early scholars as there are too many later scholars to mention

What is the ruling of what's being done in this video? ↓ I previously explained the different rulings on Raqs (or what's known as the Hadrah) here:

https://twitter.com/D1mashqi/status/1539357136228163585?t=Y5s-5IXwoBz4DbtdnTQGHg&s=19

Many of you know Shaykh Adham al-‘Asimī for his many lessons, his proficiency in different fields, or his impactful speeches

But I wanted to highlight something about the Shaykh you can only know from being in his Masjid For context: Shaykh Adham is the Imām in a small Masjid called al-Bashīr on the side of Mt. Qasayūn in the al-Muhājirīn neighborhood of Damascus

This mosque is in a relatively remote area in comparison to other places, on the side of the mountain

🧵 | What is the ruling on military operations where there is a high chance/full certainty that the ones carrying out the operation will not return alive?

Also known as “Istishhādī (Martyrdom) Operations” As you know, resistance against Israel involved many instances of bombs being detonated manually وفهمكم كفاية

Here is a recent example of this

al-‘Allāmah al-Qādī Yūsuf Ibn Ismā‘īl al-Nabhānī (d. 1350 AH), why I fell in love with his heritage 🧵

Shaykh Yūsuf was the Qādī of Beirut, a great Muhaddith, a magnificent poet, and a deep lover of our Prophet ﷺ

His love of the Prophet ﷺ was immense, and most of his books are about his person ﷺ

Awrād, Ahzāb, Ad‘iya, where do scholars get them from?

In a Wird, you will notice that there is a combination of different phrases or Ad‘iya, sometimes repeated a specific # of times, or even what might seem peculiar (Hā-mīm, Yā-sīn, etc.)

So how is a specific Wird “formed”?

https://twitter.com/HamzaAbuToha/status/1735341315380957205?t=OfHpvPIsmcWqsR0vD4zc0Q&s=19