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Event: Contrasting Qur'an and Ahadith of Muhammad. - Event Date: 17 November 2012 |
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Friendship
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Joined: 24 August 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 872 |
![]() Posted: 25 November 2012 at 3:55pm |
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Assalamu alaikum.
Wellcome back. Please forgive me for being very brief. I briefed you how to understand a verse of the holy Qur'an especially the Madinan verses. A.Y. Ali in his explanatory note 163 only explained the meaning of the word 'curse'. In other English texts, Abdul Ala Maududi in his explanatory note 160 explained the verse referring to its Asbab-al-nuzul- that is the reasons behind its revelation. He concludes: The Muslims are being forewarned that as leaders of the world they should propagate and spread the Guidance (Sharia of Muhammad- his way of life- his actions) which has been given to them (Muhamamd, Sahabas, their pupils and the pupils of the pupils of the Sahabas) and should not keep it back from the common people as the Jewish rabbis and scribes did. Therefore for a mujtahid -one reading the Sunna -he is bound to tell the followers of Muhammad of their mistakes, because our actions -Ibadat- must be similar to that of the holy apostle. But many of us do not like that. They believed that what their Imams say is final while their explanation was incorrect. One of the conditions given for one to make a 'fatwa' (discussions in this forum) is one must have knowledge of what previous scholars say before he can comment on a topic. But look at how we are behaving! With that threat do you expect me not to advise members of this forum to read a particular book drawing our attention to our common mistakes? Where will be my place in the hereafter? In Arabic explanations, you can check the verse in: 1. Mawafiqat by Imam Shatibi Vols 1:95; 4:77 and 125. 2. Al-i'tisam by Imam Shatibi Vol. 1:202. The rabbis I communicate never deny me knowledge. They give me reference. If they do not know they are not ashamed to say :I do not know. This is the teaching of the Sahabas. The Sunna is we must follow the behavior of the Sahabas. Note that despite the threat of that verse, the Sahabas often did not like to say something on the Sunna for fear of misquoting the holy apostle. Sometimes they say: Take the meaning as in the verse! But, look at me courageous to speak out, yet I am insulted! Friendship. |
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Nausheen
Female Islam Senior Member
Senior Member Joined: 10 January 2001 Location: Japan Online Status: Offline Posts: 4146 |
![]() Posted: 25 November 2012 at 6:24pm |
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Originally posted by Matt Browne
When observing the dialog here, an article from Mirza B. comes to mind. She is a Muslim from India:"... We Muslims are a people who are the least self critical of all mankind. We love fooling ourselves. We teach our own history in a way that makes us look good and so effectively prevents us from learning anything useful that we can apply today. ... In almost every Muslim religious discourse worldwide, we hear innumerable stories of heroic military leadership of our illustrious predecessors in the remote past. But I ask myself, how many examples do we hear of educators who established universities? Of business leaders who built economies and industries? Of scientists who gave the world new inventions and discoveries? Of rulers who created models of administration and governance that can be emulated today? ... The first sign of a desire to change is to accept that we have a problem. And that we are its authors. The empowering thing about owning the problem is that you also then own the solution. When we export blame as we are habituated to do, we also export the solution and so the problem remains with us and continues to trouble us. We must accept that we are the cause of our internal differences and strife. If we want to build mutual understanding, nothing and nobody can change that. People can try and they will try but they will never succeed if we don't let them. The coming together of the two Germanys and of the two Vietnams are classic examples. You will be astonished to learn about a recently published book on Christian denominations, each with its own church, theological concept, literature, services and priests. The author counted a total of 33,000. Yes, I have not put too many zeros. There are actually 33,000 Christian denominations. But have you ever seen one denomination bombing another's church? Have you seen the followers of one denomination suicide bombing the followers of another denomination? Have you heard any statement from the Pope calling the Church of England infidel? Occasionally you might hear statements like my church is better than yours. Have you heard a statement from the Presbyterians or the Lutherans or anyone else calling the Catholics infidels?"Muslims who have different interpretations of Islam should treat each other with respect. Only then can they learn to treat followers of other religions with respect which is the basic for peace on Earth. Originally posted by Abu Loren
First of all who cares what Mirza B thinks? Google the golden age of Islam what the Muslims brought to the Western civilisation. Secondly, deviants within Islam will not be tolerated, and there are so many of these unfortunately. I dont even know who Mirza B is. However this excerpt cannot be dismissed entirely. She has made some good points on self criticism. Unfortunately, by asking how many of scholars, teachers, scientists, industrialists etc. Islam has given to society, if she alludes to zero, her knowledge on the subject is wanting. But from an excerpt of this size it is hard to make out what exactly she is trying to say. Edited by Nausheen - 25 November 2012 at 6:28pm |
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Wanu nazzilu minal Qurani ma huwa
Shafaa un wa rahmatun lil mo'mineena wa la yaziduzzalimeena illa khasara. |
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Nausheen
Female Islam Senior Member
Senior Member Joined: 10 January 2001 Location: Japan Online Status: Offline Posts: 4146 |
![]() Posted: 25 November 2012 at 6:31pm |
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Originally posted by Friendship
<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="4">Assalamu alaikum.Wellcome back. Please forgive me for being very brief. I briefed you how to understand a verse of the holy Qur'an especially the Madinan verses.A.Y. Ali in his explanatory note 163 only explained the meaning of the word 'curse'. In other English texts, Abdul Ala Maududi in his explanatory note 160 explained the verse referring to its Asbab-al-nuzul- that is the reasons Are you a follower of Abul Ala Maududi? Just being curious. |
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Wanu nazzilu minal Qurani ma huwa
Shafaa un wa rahmatun lil mo'mineena wa la yaziduzzalimeena illa khasara. |
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Caringheart
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Joined: 02 March 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1310 |
![]() Posted: 25 November 2012 at 6:41pm |
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Originally posted by Nausheen Originally posted by Matt Browne
When observing the dialog here, an article from Mirza B. comes to mind. She is a Muslim from India:"... We Muslims are a people who are the least self critical of all mankind. We love fooling ourselves. We teach our own history in a way that makes us look good and so effectively prevents us from learning anything useful that we can apply today. ... In almost every Muslim religious discourse worldwide, we hear innumerable stories of heroic military leadership of our illustrious predecessors in the remote past. But I ask myself, how many examples do we hear of educators who established universities? Of business leaders who built economies and industries? Of scientists who gave the world new inventions and discoveries? Of rulers who created models of administration and governance that can be emulated today? ... The first sign of a desire to change is to accept that we have a problem. And that we are its authors. The empowering thing about owning the problem is that you also then own the solution. When we export blame as we are habituated to do, we also export the solution and so the problem remains with us and continues to trouble us. We must accept that we are the cause of our internal differences and strife. If we want to build mutual understanding, nothing and nobody can change that. People can try and they will try but they will never succeed if we don't let them. The coming together of the two Germanys and of the two Vietnams are classic examples. You will be astonished to learn about a recently published book on Christian denominations, each with its own church, theological concept, literature, services and priests. The author counted a total of 33,000. Yes, I have not put too many zeros. There are actually 33,000 Christian denominations. But have you ever seen one denomination bombing another's church? Have you seen the followers of one denomination suicide bombing the followers of another denomination? Have you heard any statement from the Pope calling the Church of England infidel? Occasionally you might hear statements like my church is better than yours. Have you heard a statement from the Presbyterians or the Lutherans or anyone else calling the Catholics infidels?"Muslims who have different interpretations of Islam should treat each other with respect. Only then can they learn to treat followers of other religions with respect which is the basic for peace on Earth. I dont even know who Mirza B is. However this excerpt cannot be dismissed entirely. She has made some good points on self criticism. Unfortunately, by asking how many of scholars, teachers, scientists, industrialists etc. Islam has given to society, if she alludes to zero, her knowledge on the subject is wanting. But from an excerpt of this size it is hard to make out what exactly she is trying to say. Greetings Nausheen, ![]() I don't think she was insinuating that there were zero but rather that, 'in Muslim religious discourse', one only hears the stories of military leaders rather than the accomplishments of these others. I don't know who Mirza B. is either but I agree she makes some well stated points. Wishing you well, Caringheart Edited by Caringheart - 25 November 2012 at 6:46pm |
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Ron Webb
Male Humanism Senior Member
Joined: 30 January 2008 Online Status: Online Posts: 1400 |
![]() Posted: 25 November 2012 at 8:00pm |
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Originally posted by Abu Loren
First of all who cares what Mirza B thinks? Google the golden age of Islam what the Muslims brought to the Western civilisation. Secondly, deviants within Islam will not be tolerated, and there are so many of these unfortunately. |
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Addeenul ‘Aql – Religion is intellect.
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honeto
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Joined: 20 March 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2340 |
![]() Posted: 26 November 2012 at 1:55pm |
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Friendship,
I agree with some of the things you say, but some things you say do not make sense and are in contrast to clear message of the Quran. For example in the same reply from you that I have addressed before there is another sentence you wrote tha makes me uneasy, you wrote: "Therefore knowing the Sunna that is how Muhammad lived in Madina with the Levi clan of the children of Israel and the neighboring believers in Najran who called themselves Christians is more important than reading the Qur'an." I do not know where you get these ideas from beacuse I have never heard of them before. I understand it is important to know and have good relations with other, but it has to be based on some principles. And for a Muslim what can be a better source of these principles than the Quran and Hadiths with clear distinction that the Quran is the word of God and Hadith is word of man. What you are suggesting seem absurd and a deviation from what Allah has clearly stated in the Quran that it is a guidance for mankind. Hasan |
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39:64 Proclaim: Is it some one other than God that you order me to worship, O you ignorant ones?"
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Friendship
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Joined: 24 August 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 872 |
![]() Posted: 27 November 2012 at 3:29am |
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Assalamu alaika Honeto. Let us be civilized like the
Jewish Rabbis. For example when we
discussed about the veil this is what the Rabbi sent me: The prohibition
against removing one's beard is found in the Torah. You can learn about that
here: According to the teaching of Muhammad, I am to keep silent on what they said after reading. The problem of you and others is you seem not to have known what is Islam through reading what we received from the Sahabas. I gave you references as my source of knowledge. Ideally, you are to compare my source of knowledge with what is in your books of reference. When you referred to Yusuf Ali, I went further than you giving you the reference number. Probably you do not have Maududis translation. You have no right to disagree with me on what you have no knowledge. Please let us respect knowledge and those with it as explained by the holy apostle. If you still do not understand Qur’an 2:159, read the Tafsir, Al-Mizan by Allama Tabatba’i Vol.2 pp.254-258. Just tell me your source of knowledge that the Sahabas and their pupils explained that the Arafat day is on the 9th. Every hadith must be explained. Why is it there are 6 different compilers of hadith literature? I kept on praising the efforts of the management of this forum, for it should be a forum watched by 750 million believers daily who want to be upright. We must know and act according to the Sunna. But the opposite seems to be the case. Know that it is only Allah who will reward one’s effort for I might have joined this forum to be praised, get support and fame. I am fully aware of the what Muhammad Rasulullah told Ali ibn Abi Talib: It is better for one man to believe from you preaching than to be rewarded with one hundred red camels. Remember that the majority according to the Qur’an will never believe. Yes, the Shari'a (of Muhammad Rasulullah) was (is) established on the behavior of the Levi clan of the Children of Israel in Madina and this lasted for a period of six years. When they were moved to Khaybar, the experts on analyzing the reasons behind revelation noticed that the Shari'a on crime etc seized. Revelation then became centered on disbelief and hypocrisy in the last four years. Now analyze the revelation from that period to the last prayer of the holy apostle. You will see that. Please from now on give me your reference. Friendship |
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Matt Browne
Male Christian Senior Member
Joined: 19 April 2010 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 749 |
![]() Posted: 27 November 2012 at 6:30am |
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Nausheen, Caringheart, I don't think Mizra Baig is alluding to zero. What she probably means is "very few" over the past decades. Some of the few include Muhammad Yunus, of course. You will find her article here:
http://www.twf.org/News/Y2007/0126-Baig.html Edited by Matt Browne - 27 November 2012 at 6:32am |
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