I noticed an account on here of someone that refers to himself as a Mufti that has been making Sunni-Shia unity posts while posing for pictures at Karbala.

I guess I need to share some thoughts... If by unity one means co-existence, then that's fine. But, if that's the intention, then there is no need to post pro-Shia slogans to appease those that you disagree with theologically.

No need for Muslims to have Christmas trees to appease Christians in the community either.

-=[Taqiyyah in Sunnism and Shiasm]

Taqiyyah exists in Islam, but is observed differently by both sects.

The majority of Muslims, Sunnis, consider taqiyyah to be only applicable in extreme situations, like if someone has a gun to their head and they're asked if they're a Muslim. In such situations, it is permissible for one to lie about their belief in order to not be killed.

Taqiyyah, in Shiasm, is a lot more flexible, and it is historically attributed to who the Shias refer to as the "divinely appointed Imams."

The Quran is explicit that one needs to lower one’s gaze (24:30-31) and this is confirmed in the Sunnah (Abu Dawud 2148). Permissibility to gaze at dhimmis from the opposite sex, as an exception, is NOT established in the Quran nor Sunnah. It is dangerous to assume the validity of every position found in a classical work. Some positions directly contradict explicit commands from the Quran and Sunnah, hence, one is blameworthy despite the existence of a precedence.

One of the coolest hadith related stories!

Ibn al-Ameed said: "I didn't think there's anything in the dunya that is sweeter than the position of leadership that I'm in until I saw the discussion between al-Tabarani and al-Ji'abi in one of my gatherings."

1/4 "Al-Tabarani would beat al-Ji'abi in his memorization of hadith and al-Ji'abi would beat al-Tabarani with his wits and Baghdadi intellect. They continued until they raised their voices.

Al-Ji'abi then said: I have a hadith that nobody in the world has.

Al-Tabarani: Bring it!"

Companions that died before the conquest of Makkah 8 AH:

1 AH:
Kulthum b. al-Hidm
As'ad b. Zurara

2 AH:
Umayr b. Waqqas
Ubayda b. al-Harith
Aqil b. Abi al-Bukayr
Mihja'
Safwan b. Baydha
Sa'd b. Khaythama
Mubashir b. Abd al-Mundhir
Haritha b. Suraqa
Awdh and Mu'awadh b. Afra' Umayr b. al-Humam
Rafi' b. al-Mu'alla
Yazid ibn Fus-hum
Ruqayya

3 AH:
Hamza b. Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah b. Jahsh
Shammas b. Uthman
Mus'ab b. Umayr
al-Yaman Abu Hudhayfa
Sa'd b. al-Rabi'
Abdullah b. Amr b. Haram
Amr b. al-Jamuh
Handhala b. Abi Amer
Amr b. Mu'adh
Malik b. Sinan

Just because an account is large it doesn't mean that it is trustworthy with information.

This @Bernadotte22 account almost feels like a reincarnation of the Australian Madinah student "Mujahid" on steroids.

Fabrication below exposed by @Shayan86 from BBC Verify.

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Emelia is allegedly Swedish, the daughter of a convert to Islam, who happens to be from the royal family. She and her eight brothers that memorize Quran grew up in Aramco in Saudi.

She is fluent in five languages and is a senior in the department of general surgery.

Around fifteen years ago I came across two Muslim apologists beefing online, writing articles back and forth, instead of focusing on the attacks of the missionaries.

I was hurt, so I decided to e-mail one of them, asking him to unite upon good and let the differences slide. He responded bluntly, emphasizing the importance of the Quran and the Sunnah, while listing out the aqeedah problems held by the other party.

I realized quickly that for me to ask him to be silent about those matters was a problem, for I was belittling a major issue.

I wasn’t always a Salafi.

When I learned of it, I ran around telling people about it. A brother who was brought up in Riyadh mentioned that they learned all of that in school. I was somewhat annoyed because he didn’t appreciate this treasure that I had just come across.

1/6 What initially blew my mind was the Salafi understanding of the attributes of Allah ﷻ. Affirming His attributes, instead of negating or twisting them, had a profound effect on my understanding of Islam.

-=[Trusting Twitter Anons]

Yesterday, I came across a hadith discussion in which an anon individual created a thread in order to strengthen a report.

The thread was 40 tweets long. It included 93 screenshots.

This person put in a lot of work! Due to efforts put into these works, through whatever medium, those observing come to trust anons, merely due to the effort presented.

The effort is actually there to demotivate you from engaging, to simply trust what they have presented.

We often take the bait.

When Umar converted, he asked: Who is the biggest gossip in Makkah? They all said: Jameel bin Maʿmar al-Jumaḥī.

Umar approached him and told him confidentially: O’ Jameel, did you know that I converted to Islam?

1/4 Jameel then rushed towards the Kaʿba and cried: Umar has become a Sabian!

Umar shouted: You lied, for I have become a Muslim!

The people gathered around Umar and they all fought until the sun came up. They then gathered around his head as he sat and threatened them.

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-=[Contradictions in AUTHENTIC Narrations]

Don’t contradictions in authentic narrations suggest an issue with the hadith system?

Here are some of the forms of contradictions and why these actually give us greater faith in the system. [1- Opinions of Companions]

Sometimes two companions differ in regards to a specific matter. One example is Anas stating that the Prophet ﷺ was in Makkah for 10 years, while Ibn Abbas said that he was there for 13 years.

-=[Final Thread on Aabhas]

Aabhas, the wannabe revisionist, makes multiple wild claims about the origins of Islam, both on twitter and youtube interviews, to his audience that doesn't know any better.

Prepare for rant.

1/10 I don't want to put any effort into this. Truly any time spent on this is wasted, but I wanted to stress the importance of calling people out and pressing them on their references.

This was my initial question to Aabhas who questioned the identity of the Prophet ﷺ.

[An Explanation of al-Albani’s Fatwa]

The opinion expressed by al-Albānī has been misunderstood by Muslims, as well as Islamophobes, which is why I felt the need to write this set of tweets. Before starting, I need to emphasize that I DON'T agree with al-Albānī on this subject, but I do feel a need to provide the context so that he wouldn’t be misunderstood.

The origin of this topic surrounds Sālim, the servant of Abū Ḥuḏayfa, and his situation. Sālim was also the adopted son of Abū Ḥuḏayfa before the prohibition of adoption in Islam.

Just saw someone post these images which misrepresent the hadith compilations.

In regards to the first image, the "ahadith found" section refers to chains and not the actual text of the hadiths. You can technically hear a hadith from a hundred teachers

1/9 then refer to it as a hundred reports.

More importantly, there is no reason to believe that the narrations that weren't included in their works were fabrications.

Reports are not included if they do not fall under the subjects that the author chose to compile about.

-=[Mastering the Recitation]

The reciters of the Qurʾān put an incredible amount of effort into perfecting their recitation under their teachers. They would recite the Qurʾān, from cover to cover, in order to master every single aspect of the recitation. Here are some examples: - Abū Muḥammad al-Khuzāʿī recited under Ibn Fulayḥ 27 times and al-Bazzī 30 times.

- Abū ʿĀliyah recited under Ubay, Zayd, and Ibn ʿAbbās. He also recited under ʿOmar 3 or 4 times.

- Mujāhid recited under Ibn ʿAbbās over 20 times.

Just because it is written by a Harvard professor doesn't mean that you don't need to check the references!

So, I was reading this interesting line by Shady Hekmat about Qunbul's character, which reflects negatively on his role as a reciter of the Qurʾān.

1/7 Well, the only problem here is that by returning to the Arabic reference, which happens to be Abū Ghudda's edition of Lisān al-Mīzān, we find it saying: "He became chief of the police in Makkah and he was PRAISED."

Isn't that strange? So... How did this happen?

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I came across an interesting interpretation by Ibn Abbas today which pushed me to ponder about the Prophet's ﷺ relationship with the Jews of his time.

Ibn Abbas says that the verse below is about the Jews hiding the punishment of stoning adulterers. (al-Mustadrak #8069) At the time, the Jews of Arabia only lashed adulterers.

Ibn Omar narrates that when the Jews were asked about the punishment for adultery, they mentioned lashings.

al-Bukhari #6819

An additional punishment is mentioned in this report and in others.

During my first year of college, my roommate was the nicest person in the world.

He was a religion brother. Super friendly. Almost every time he'd pass by, he would have a chocolate bar or something and would offer it to me, for no reason other than to be nice.

He had such an-- odd sense of humor though. In the middle of a conversation, he would abruptly calculate the cost of something.

If I would drop a friend to class, he'd pretending to calculate the fuel expenses, wear and tear of the short trip, time costs, etc, then give a ridiculously large--

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Lacking in foundations while getting into polemics is a huge problem.

Your beliefs will not be based on texts, but will be reactions to criticisms of opponents.

Double-standards will emerge due to not being familiar with your own ideology and texts. I once had a heated debate with a Sunni who tried to weaken Ma'mar. His reasons were reactionary to criticisms by a Shi'i.

He wasn't aware that Ma'mar was one of the most relied upon narrators in the Saheehain.

No student of hadith would ever made this mistake.

-=[On this day, around 1200 years ago, Shia claimed that the "Mahdi" was born in Samarra'.]

However, his father, Al-Hasan, feared for his life from the tyrant Abbasids, and thus, his son was sent to Madinah and was hidden away.

He still remains hidden today. Sunnis reject the existence of Mohammad bin Al-Hassan, due to the lack of evidence for his birth.

Ja'afar bin Ali Al-Zakee, the uncle of the "Mahdi", also denied that his brother, Al-Hassan, had a son.

Shias refer to him as "Ja'afar the Liar" due to this.

-=[Thread]

Saying that Al-Albani was influencial in the field of hadith sciences is an understatement.

Rather, he brought back to life a field that was once dead.

Below, some works that were dedicated to compliment his achievements. These works focus on Al-Albani's gems when it came to hadith terminology and other beneficial information that is hard to come across.