You Walk Wrong

Yes, its true

Sayyiduna ‘Alī and the Dead

Al-Bayhaqī narrated with his chain up to Sa‘īd b. al-Musayyib who said:

Voice of a Nightingale–al-Asma’i

Bismillah,

I remember hearing this poem read to me almost 10 years ago by one dear brother in Morocco . I was so flabbergasted after hearing it. It was a regret of mine that I never got the brother to write it down for me, and after a while, I just forgot about it. Today I just happened to check the best (although very inactive) Arabic forum in the English language, moderated by Sidi ‘Amr, a former teacher at Qasid in Amman, Jordan. Another brother posted the poem and an audio rendition of it.

This poem is attributed to al-Asma’i, a famous scholar of Arabic philology, although more than likely, it is not from him at all. Beyond that however, and beyond the mistakes in inflection and others things, it sound hilarious.

Shaykh Wahba al-Zuhayli on “questionable lines” from the Burda

Question:

What is the legal ruling concerning the one who sings [the lines]:

[O most generous of creation,] who but you can I turn to
When the Universal Cataclysm occurs?…

From your largess flows the good of this world and its counterpart in the next,
And from your knowledge is knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen…

By the pre-eminence of the one whose house is in the Pure Land,
And whose name is an oath among the greatest of oaths.*

Bearing in mind that I love this poem of al-Buṣīrī a great deal, and I ask Allah to be true in my love for the Prophet–sallallahu ‘alayi wa sallam, however some say that it contains words that are against the doctrine of Divine Unity (tawhīd)?

Man is an enemy to that which he knows not

Back in the day (ten years ago to be precise) a book came out as a self-styled attack upon Sufism. What the book lacked in terms of typesetting, was not to be outdone by its shoddy research, incorrect translations/transliterations, and general ignorance. A while back I was reading something in the Shifā of Qāḍī ‘Iyāḍ and noticed something that brought back memories of that old anti-Sufi book. With my curiosity sparked, I went and did a little research and here it is.

Sharh al-Aqida al-Kubra of al-Sanusi

Bismillah,

A while back, I received a copy of Sharh al-Aqida al-Kubra, by the renowned Wali and theologian;Abu ‘Abdillah Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Sanusi (died 895 Hijra). Another title given to this book is; ‘Aqida Ahl al-Tawhid. This book is a rare gem. For the longest, this book was only in manuscript form, until now. In the ranks of books, this book is an intermediate to advanced work on Aqidah and Ilm al-Kalam.

Back after a long hiatus

 

al-Salam Alaykum all,

After a long hiatus, I am finally back. I had to leave this blog for a while due to work and personal matters. In sha Allah, I will endeavour to post bits and pieces of things that I find to be of benefit–and in sha Allah you benefit from them as well. Please keep my family and I in your dua’s.

Suraqah

Donkeys and Elephants

Today I was at the playground with my daughter. I spotted a brother there with his children and we exchanged Salams and started talking. During the course of the conversation, he asked me: ”Do you know why the Republican party uses and elephant as their symbol?” I answered no. He enlightened me: ”Because they have always wanted to destroy the Ka’bah, and were inspired by the story in Surah Fil “Have you not seen how We dealt with the companions of the elephant…”

He then enlightened me on the reason the democrats took the donkey as their symbol: “Because most of them are Jews and Allah says in Surah al-Jumu’ah describing them: ”…like donkeys carrying loads of books…”

I had no comment :)

Islam Not a Cereal : Shaykh Nuh Keller, UK Suhba 2007 on Modernism and Fiqh Al-Aqaliat

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Children find food wrapped in McDonald’s packaging ’six times tastier’

Children find food in McDonald’s packaging up to six times more appetising than the identical snacks in plain wrappers, research shows.

The study, designed to gauge the power of advertising, revealed that boys and girls as young as three found food tastier when they thought it was made by a big brand.

The phenomenon is not just restricted to fast foods, with youngsters finding that milk and carrots tastier when they believed they had been bought at McDonald’s.