@pearlythingz if you’re going to go based on accepting Sunni Muslim sources, the same sources tell us Aisha was not prepubescent when the marriage occurred. At best the sources contradict each other and the earliest Muslim sources negate her being 9 at marriage
Jun 3, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Furthermore, medieval Tafsir spans hundreds of commentators with different views. Muslims aren’t beholden to imitating medieval Tafsir as Tafsir isn’t credal or prescriptive. Same with medieval Fiqh - even a Sunni can update many premodern Fiqh rulings with exception of ‘ibada.
Sunni Ottoman Caliphate abolished dhimmi status jizya in 19th century & granted equal status to Muslims / non-Muslims as Ottoman subjects. They weren’t deemed apostates for this reform. This shows you can be a committed Muslim - here THE Sunni caliphate - without dhimmi/jizya
Jan 2, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Historically speaking, a plurality of Sunnis if not majority of Sunnis participated in the institutions of Sufism - by way of tariqa affiliation, shrine visitation or partaking in Sufi dhikr, Sama’, poetry sessions. NeoSalafis like FullMetal view many Sufi shrine rituals as shirk
Alexander Knysh, Islamic Mysticism: A Short History, 1-2
Sufism became a dominant feature of the Muslim social order…a spiritual & intellectual glue…Sufism retained its pervasive influence on the spiritual & intellectual life of Muslims until the beginning of the 20th century.
Sep 28, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
There’s ABSOLUTELY no scriptural or rational argument that women in Muslim society who don’t wear hijab should be criminally punished. Prophet never punished women for this. People like you are guilty of innovation & playing God when you implement Fiqh rules as nation-state laws
In fact, the Muslim jurists only mandated hijab for free Muslim women meanwhile slave Muslim women in Islamic society didn’t wear hijab & walked in public with uncovered hair, face & sometimes arms & legs. It’s bcuz hijab was very much a token of social status not exactly modesty
Jul 21, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Thread: How did the Umayyad Caliphs understand & articulate their own religio-political status to their subjects & competitors? Crone & Hinds work remains one of the best resources in English for this. Below I share some excerpts from "God's Caliph".
Mu'awiya, the son of Abu Sufiyan who was the Prophet Muhammad's arch nemesis & adversary, styled himself as God's Caliph with no reference to Prophet Muhammad. Mu'awiya said: "The Earth belongs to God and I am the Deputy of God" per Balahduri.
