A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Brother Naushad Omar posted, on The Sharing Group, on the 26 th September 2015: “Some lady on Facebook said that there will be a lunar eclipse on the 28 th September, and the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) said, according to Swahih al-Bukhari , that we must hasten to make two raka’at of swalah .   My response was: It is not necessary to make swalah now for an eclipse, since we are not superstitious anymore.   The Jahilliyah Arabs were superstitious because they had all kinds of weird beliefs about comets, eclipses and other heavenly aberrations.   Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) advocated swalah to wean the Arabs off this superstition.   It is totally unnecessary and weird that we make swalah now for eclipses.   Rather make swalah for the wars, poverty, corruption and mass migrations afflicting the ummah .”   Brother Terence Helikaon Nunis : That is not true.   Are you saying that for 1,400 years, we have performed a s...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Brother James Harris posted this, on The Sharing Group, on the 25 th December 2015: “I have seen, on a number of occasions, warnings about ‘liberal Islam’, which is apparently a view of Islam which is anti-traditional.  However, I am not clear as to what liberal Islam is, its principles, or in what way it contradicts ‘traditional Islam’.  What is liberal Islam, and in what way is it incompatible with a traditional understanding of Islam?”   Brother Billy Johnston: It probably is not clear, as what is considered “liberal” Islam today is probably much closer to the “traditional” Islam of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ).   Brother William Voller: Sounds a bit like another label used derogatorily so challenges raised to some person’s own opinion can casually be cast aside without being engaged with, so essentially, it is subjective, which is why it is unclear.   Brother Terence Helikaon Nunis: This is the current bogeyman o...