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Naveed Malik
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Day job: Diplomacy. Personal account. Books with IIP, Ltd (vol.). Oxford comma. @StatePRM vet. #ChicagoBears. Likes=Bookmarks. RT≠Endorsements.
Feb 14, 2020 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Had I known how much interest this spontaneous thread on the great eclipses would generate, I would have taken some time to detail the incidents preceding and during the eclipse. So begging everyone's pardon, I’ll do that now.

(Thread 2) In the early 1890s, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) announced that based upon certain revelation from God, he had been raised as the Mahdi and Messiah. This attracted a storm of opposition from both Muslim ulema and Christian missionaries.
Feb 13, 2020 • 28 tweets • 6 min read
Sunan ad-Dārquțnī relates a hadith from Muhammad bin 'Ali bin al-Husayn bin Ali bin Abi Talib (ra), the great-great-grandson of the Holy Prophet (sa), prophesying unprecedented Signs in the form of lunar and solar eclipses in Ramadan for the advent of the Imam Mahdi. (No. 10) Image Muhammad bin Ali (rh), whose kunya was Abu Ja`far, was known as al-Imam al-Baqir, and is revered by both Sunni and Shia Muslims. He was the fifth Imam per the Shia. Being of Ahl al-Bayt, he related numerous ahadith without providing a complete sanad but which were indeed marfū`.