Thread🧵: Suggested reading materials for "I want to get into da'wah, but I'm not sure where to start!"

First, fundamentals (repetitive=good!):

1. bit.ly/gatewaytoilm
2. bit.ly/sharhussunnahe…
3. bit.ly/pillarsofislam…
4. bit.ly/easyislampdf
5. bit.ly/theprophetspra… After that, we'll take a dip into some studying on comparative religion:

6. bit.ly/misgodedpdf
7. bit.ly/godedpdf
8. bit.ly/divineperfecti…
9. bit.ly/thedivinereali…
10. bit.ly/theeternalchal…
11. bit.ly/forbiddenproph…

Thread🧵on Fiṭrah (the innate human disposition):

God has gifted human beings, instilling cognitive faculties to acquire and understand true beliefs about Him.
All mankind has an innate natural constitution (fiṭrah) that urges them to recognize, know, and worship God.

1/11 The Religion of the fiṭrah—of the sound human nature on which God has created us—is Islam.
The fiṭrah functions in tandem with other cognitive faculties to produce beliefs; when it functions properly, it triggers an immediate awareness of God within the heart/mind(qalb).

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1. If the source of revelation that is most likely to be true (based on factors such as reliability, logical consistency, & corroboration) is actually false, then the true source of revelation will not be able to surpass the level of truth guaranteed by the false source.
... 1/4 ... This is because the false source is masquerading as the true source, and therefore any revelation received from the true source may be less likely to be accepted or believed.
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~Thread🧵on the Types of Existents~

An existent:

Proposition 1)
Exists by virtue of what it is

Proposition 2)
Does not exist by virtue of what it is
—1/6 Conclusion) By the Law of Non-Contradiction,
Proposition 1 & Proposition 2 cannot both be true (or both false) at the same time and in the same way.
By the Law of the Excluded Middle, there are 3 types of existents:
...
—2/6

~Thread🧵on the Principle of Necessitation~

given: The Law of Non-Contradiction states that a proposition cannot be both true and false at the same time.
The Law of the Excluded Middle states that a proposition must be either true or false.
—1/5 P1. A proposition that is possibly necessary in some possible world is a proposition that is necessarily true in at least one possible world.
—2/5

~Thread🧵on the Principle of Non-Arbitrariness~

given: The Law of Non-Contradiction states that a proposition cannot be both true and false at the same time.
The Law of the Excluded Middle states that a proposition must be either true or false.
—1/6 P1. A proposition is either
arbitrary (being without rational basis as sufficient explanation for being true or false)
or non-arbitrary (being with rational basis as sufficient explanation for being true or false).
—2/6

A🧵answering: "Did Christ (being 'fully God and fully human') exist with a human soul, as a human person?"

First, two possible syllogisms demonstrating that the proposition "Christ existed, being fully human, with a human soul as a human person" is either true or false ...
1/23 by the Law of the Excluded Middle, & must result in either Nestorianism or Apollinarianism:

—1st Syllogism (Nestorianism)—
(Major) Premise 1: A human person has a human soul, a human body, a human will, & a human nature.
(Major) Premise 2: Christ was fully God &fully human.
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asked AI some questions. wonder what it would do if these training wheels were taken off On the Trinity vs Tawheed

It never ceases to amaze me that the ignorant will pride themselves on their ignorance & slander scholars to excuse their deviance and innovation.
Stay away from @snakejuce.

Anyone who insults Salafis/Sunnis/Wahhabis, doubt their Islam. @snakejuce

P ¹) If meaning can only be derived from the natural world, then all conceptions of reality are derived from the natural world.

P ²) If all conceptions of reality are derived from the natural world, then they must be a coherence of meaningful experiences. P ³) People believe that there is a meaningful transcendent reality (i.e. God) that shares no properties with the natural world.

The People of the Sunnah and Congregation, the Ahlus–Sunnah wal–Jamā’ah, affirm that God has what He & His Prophet have affirmed in a literal sense, as they affirm all other divine attributes of God, affirming that He, may He be exalted, has two Eyes, two Hands, and two Feet. But these are not parts of God. These cannot be separated from God.
Correct belief is based upon the Qur’ān and Sunnah, as understood by the Pious Predecessors (Salaf) and the leading scholars.

What is worship?

An object of worship– no matter what its nature is –is believed to have an unseen authority whose effect is reflected in reality.
Worshippers try to draw closer to the worshipped, to gain benefit or ward off harm.
1/4 On one hand, they may believe the unseen authority is predicated a self-authority; they consider the worshipped as one who independently benefits&harms.
This applies to worship of the sun&stars, believing in their effect on the laws of the universe & management of creation.
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"Our Call to the Ummah", summarised in [19 parts]

[1]: We believe in Allah and His Names and Attributes, as they were mentioned in the Book of Allah and in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, ...
1/2 without tahrif (distortion), nor ta'wil (figurative interpretation), nor tamthil (making a likeness), nor tashbih (resemblance), nor ta'til (denial).
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At the end of the 1st century AH, a doctrine appeared in the Muslim nation in which faith was reduced to mere knowledge in the heart.
Also, some adopted the view that faith is merely belief in the heart;that affirmation with the tongue,&righteous works,are not from faith.
(1/10) Meaning works are not from the essence of faith; ex. faith does not increase or decrease.

This sect became known as Murji'ites
(the Postponers, as they postpone deeds from the reality of faith).
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