Translator, writer & researcher who tends to focus on classical Islamic legal scholarship & its application to contemporary issues. Speculative fiction junky.
Aug 23, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
@shiblizaman According to some shuʿab īmān literature: If some random dude doing something to your biological sister angers you but you're dismissive or apathetic when it happens to a random sister in dīn, you have failed to realise ghirah (protective jealousy) & your īmān is lacking.
@shiblizaman For those who need a specific example, see Sh Muhammad Nawawi al-Jawi's (الفتوحات المدنية), starting with (والرّابِعُ والسَّبعُونَ أَن يُحِبَّ لِكُلِّ مُؤمِنٍ ما يُحِبُّ لِنَفسِهِ).
Aug 1, 2022 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
A little bit of epistemology from Badr al-Dīn al-Zikrashi:
Our imāms said that the levels of knowledge are ten.
1. An individual’s knowledge of himself, his attributes, his speech, and his essence.
2. Necessary knowledge via impossibilities being impossible. (It is lower than the first due to needing to contemplate contradictory beings and their contradictories.
3. Knowledge via sensory perceptions. (It is lower than the second since senses are prone to error.)
Oct 20, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
"Any product that meets safety standards is halal to use."
• Safety standards do not take the akhirah into consideration.
• Safe to use doesn't mean halal to use, especially for multi-use products.
• Halal for minors doesn't mean halal for adults to buy, possess, and gift.
Concerning the last one: Muslim parents ought to ponder the potential future harms of playtime activities and stories that simulate or pivot around acts that are unlawful for Muslims to engage in and potentially detrimental to one's iman.
