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Preferring Others

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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Shaykh ‘Utsman Nuri Tufbas wrote, in “Islam, Spirit, & Form”, the following incident, narrated by Sayyidina Hudzayfah ibn al-Yaman ( r.a. ).   It shows the level of kindness and generosity that the members of the early community attained.   Sayyidina Hudzayfah ( r.a. ) was searching the battlefield for survivors at the battle of Yarmuk.   He narrates, “I saw my cousin, Harits, in a pool of blood.   I rushed to him to give him water, but when he was taking the water he heard the voice of ‘Ikrimah, ‘Water, a drop of water for the sake of Allah!’   Harith pointed his eyes to ‘Ikrimah and withdrew his hand from the water, signifying that I should take the water to him.   When I reached him, this time we heard the voice of Iyash, ‘Water, please water!’   ‘Ikrimah like Harits, did not accept the water, and instead pointed me towards Iyash.   I rushed to Iyash, but he did not have time to drink the...

The Ignorance of Wahhabism

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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ It is the sunnah of the Wahhabi sect, the modern day Khwarij , to make hasty declaration of Muslims as kuffar .  It is their sunnah to use takfir as slander against the Muslims, especially when they lose arguments on issues of the religious sciences, since the foundation of belief in their doctrine is ignorance of the religious sciences, particularly theology.  The Prophet ( s.a.w. ) said that slander is one of the signs of a munafiq .   The average adherent to the Wahhabi doctrine, from the most-self-righteous fool to the egregious terrorist, all have little or no background in the religious sciences.  Their scholars are morally bankrupt charlatans, easily called out on the discombobulation of their theological positions, and incoherence of their jurisprudential ones.  They value anti-intellectualism and ignorance, and clothe it In the mantle of surety and simplicity, as if a we should all cosplay 7 th century Arabia...