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Despite the common sentiment against this view in academia, pre-Islamic Arabia was indeed a period of jahiliyya according to the Arabs themselves. It was a society that was often harsh, corrupt, and oppressive. But that doesn’t mean nothing interesting came from it. (1/5)
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A society being in moral decay according to some of its own members is not mutually exclusive with being interesting.
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It’s one thing to have a problem with MIAW, it’s another to display blatant prejudice towards a whole region.
Jun 14
The Najd (central Arabia around Riyadh) has always been an isolated barren region.
It is criticized in the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ as being the place where the horn of Satan appears.
Throughout history it has produced heretics and apostates like Musaylima and the Kharijites, who have attacked the Muslims.
Najd was conquered and forcefully brought into Islam by the Muslims of the Hijaz, and then were kept in Islam by later Muslims like the Ottomans.
However they have kept rebelling and generating deviant groups like Wahhabis and ISIS.
After cooperating with the British to destroy the Ottoman Caliphate, the Wahhabis from Najd conquered Hijaz in the 1920s, which they have only kept it with the assistance of the UK, US, and Israel.
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Alyasa' retweeted
Jun 15
This sort of painfully unconstructive and tiresome approach to interfaith dialogue about scripture always makes me wistfully think of the late Shabbir Akhtar’s advice on how his fellow Muslims should engage in debate with Christians:
“We must be charitable in presenting other people’s sacred texts. If a coherent argument can be discerned, it should be preferred to a reading that suggests confusion or fundamental contradiction. The outsider must bring a measure of exegetical sympathy which enables tolerance of alien conviction - although tolerance is not embrace.”
Imagine how much more fruitful and mutually enriching Christian and Muslim apologia would be if both sides abided by this principle!
Jun 14
The Mustard Seed Dilemma—
The general Christian response to this claim is to say that Jesus was speaking at the level of the Jews of his time, for whom in their general knowledge, the mustard seed is the smallest.
But...if Jesus is God and all knowing, then he must've had the knowledge and ability to articulate his point without appealing to the ignorance of the common people as the basis for God's spoken word (the presence of this "proverb" has created an error in the modern day).
Whether proverbial or otherwise, whatever language device one wants to appeal to, couldn't Jesus articulate his point without entailing a lie (that the seed is the smallest in all the earth)? By omitting the word "all", his point could've been reasonably accurate.
By including the word "all/ παντων" he has created a contradiction and appealed to a non-factual, thus either he lacked the knowledge about the seed (ignorant), was poor in articulation (an unforced error), or he believed in what he said (deluded).
The Christian response is just not good on this point.
CC: @dawahxdialogues, @korrathetaymi, @muslimorthodoxy , @Kryptotajeer, @KingDawah1
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Alyasa' retweeted
Jun 15
That’s kinda the point, no? To point out how arbitrarily Christian apologists read into the Qur’anic text with their own assumptions, and to show we can do the same. That said, this entire thing is stupid, and I hope the apologetics grift dies a humiliating death.
The mustard seed dilemma is so dumb but there is gen not a good refutation for it ngl lol. there is no reason to not read the text in a literal way
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Jun 15
@the_qadrii and I are excited to announce that we’ve taken over r/MuslimAcademics! The sub will remain independent from Oases of Wisdom while hosting AMAs, academic discussion, and networking across traditional and modern Islamic scholarship. (Link below)
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RT @qurashite: Ibn ʿAbbās said:
“I love to beautify myself for my wife just as I love that she beautifies herself for me, because Allah sa…
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Jun 14
In our recent episode of the @oasis_wisdom podcast with Filip Holm of Let’s Talk Religion, we discuss the ineffectiveness and toxic nature of current online apologetics and the unending battle of ego and dominance.
Link below!
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Jun 13
There are several early Islamic inscriptions which mention some of the Prophet's Companions. Let's take a look at some of the inscriptions which can be dated to the 1st century AH. 🧵
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Jun 13
🧵It’s premature, perhaps, but I wouldn’t call it misinformation. It is possible that the inscription uses the epithet to identify Zayd ibn Haritha, which would align with the traditional identification. At minimum, the text appears open to that interpretation. See the link below
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They're calling it the most British-Pakistani post of all time.
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Closest thing to heaven on earth
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Jun 13
In this interview we sit down with Filip Holm of Lets Talk Religion. He discusses his religious background, how he became academically interested in Islam and various topics of Sufism, Ibn Arabi and the nature of jinn possession (is it real?!). LINK IN COMMENTS.
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Jun 12
🎙️ Episode 2 of the @oasis_wisdom Podcast is now live!
In this episode, we sit down with Filip Holm of Let’s Talk Religion for an interesting conversation. This one was almost surreal to me was honored to interview the legend himself!
Link below!
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Alyasa' retweeted
Jun 12
🧵1/20 Michael Cook, Nicolai Sinai and @ccsahner hosted an excellent array of scholars at the University of Oxford with a conference on paganism within pre-Islamic Arabia. I will post summaries here on a few presentations even though all of the lectures were brilliant!
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Happy Ahmad beside al-Jallad like he's overjoyed for a 1920s immigrant who just cleared Ellis Island, and can't wait to show him the true American dream
Jun 12
🧵1/20 Michael Cook, Nicolai Sinai and @ccsahner hosted an excellent array of scholars at the University of Oxford with a conference on paganism within pre-Islamic Arabia. I will post summaries here on a few presentations even though all of the lectures were brilliant!
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Comments like this provide absolutely nothing to the world. Have we learned anything from this? Have you gained anything? No, you're just a waste of oxygen.
If he could inscribe something today it would read
"AAAAAAH!! THIS FIRE IS EXCRUCIATING!!! WHY DID I BELIEVE MY LYING UNCLE??? AAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!!!!"
Islam is false.
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Jun 11
سیدنا زید بن حسنؒ کا نقش
مدینہ منورہ کے قریب پہاڑی چٹانوں پر دریافت ہونے والا یہ سیدنا زید بن حسن بن علی رضی اللہ عنہم کا نقش ہے، جو اہلِ بیت کے ان عظیم ائمہ کرام میں سے ہیں جو علم و عمل میں بلند مقام رکھتے تھے۔
ان کا ایک مشہور نقش اسی راستے پر موجود ہے جہاں سیدنا عمر بن خطاب رضی اللہ عنہ کا نقش بھی دریافت ہوا ہے۔ یہ علاقہ دراصل حج کے ایک قدیم راستہ میں آتا ہے اور اس میں سینکڑوں نقوش موجود ہیں۔
سیدنا زید کے نقش میں درج ہے:
آمن زيد بن الحسن بالله وحده لا شريك له وشهد ألا إله إلا الله وحده وأن محمدا عبده ورسوله على ذلك يحيى ماحيي وعليه يموت إذا مات....
"زید بن حسن نے ایک اللہ پر ایمان رکھا جس کا کوئی شریک نہیں، اور گواہی دی کہ اللہ کے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں، وہ اکیلا ہے اور محمد ﷺ اس کے بندے اور رسول ہیں۔ وہ اسی عقیدے پر زندہ رہے گا جب تک زندہ ہے اور اسی پر مرے گا جب اس کی موت آئے گی۔
اس کے بعد لکھا ہے:
اور وہ اللہ سے دعا کرتے ہیں کہ آخرت میں انہیں رسول اللہ ﷺ کا قرب نصیب ہو، جیسے دنیا میں ان کے قریب کیا تھا۔ انہیں اللہ اپنے محبوبوں، برگزیدوں اور نیک بندوں میں شامل کرے۔ اے اللہ! ہمارے اس قیام گاہ میں برکت عطا فرما اور ہمیں اس کے شر اور ہر شر والے کے شر سے محفوظ رکھ۔"
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