A spiritual Ishmaelite

Author: ishmaelabraham

  • To a sister who advocates sexual revolution in Middle East

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39179674

    #DearSister: Muslim women fed up of being lectured

    I read in psychology that in any healthy relationship, communication should be honest and regular. Does this article imply that there should be self-censorhip on part of men. Listening is part of effective communication and marital stability as evident in the story of Umar and Bedouin, but according to Quran 19:55 salat and zakat are two issues where Ishmael peace be upon him is shown by God as a role model for an ideal family where men take moral leadership. Women can be moral leaders too like Asiya bint Muzahim whose husband was faithless. So, it is issues of faith which define the moral leadership not gender.
    ElTahawy advocates sexual revolution which is the antithesis of Leader of Women in Paradise and the Mother of Prophetic descendants.

  • Quranic experiences of a former atheist

    Tyler Wright, B.A. Political Science & History, University of Central Florida (2013)Updated Mar 3 · Upvoted by Amy Neebling
    I have read the Quran multiple times and continue to read and study it to this day. I was a strong atheist when I started, but now I can’t seem to put it down.
    I think something important to note here is that the Quran isn’t a book you can just read through and understand. The first time I read the Quran, I started with Chapter 1 Al Fatihah and read it cover to cover. It didn’t make any sense to me. I did wonder a lot how and why Muslims believed it, mostly because I didn’t understand the history and context behind the stories. I found it interesting, but I didn’t really get anything out of it.
    The second time I read it, each time I didn’t understand a verse I looked up an explanation and I even read a lot of it with a commentary. I started watching videos of Muslims (Hamza and others) debating people in London’s Speakers Corner and even listening to sermons by Omar Suleiman, Joshua Evans, Nouman Ali Khan, and others to help me understand more of what I was reading.
    I was impressed. When I studied and reflected on what I was reading (which the Quran also says to do) I understood a lot more of what is being said.
    For example: The first Chapter of the Quran is called Al Fatihah.
    If you read it with no understanding of it’s significance then you just read right through it. “Ok! Finished Chapter 1!” Just like I did the first time. After doing some research I learned that this chapter is actually a prayer, and one of the most recited chapters of the Quran. When I read it as a prayer it took on a whole new meaning for me. Edit: I saw it as a guide of how to pray and it gave me an understanding of what kind of respect Muslims give to the Creator and what our relationship to the Creator is.
    The same thing has continued to happen the more I have read and studied different passages of the Quran. The chapters of The Cave, The Night Journey, Luqman and many others have taken on totally different meanings now that I have studied them. The wisdom and guidance the Quran offers has even opened me up to believing in a Creator.
    Even though I still don’t know if I believe everything that is talked about in the Quran, it still offers an extremely pious and respectable way of life for those who follow its guidance. People who are only citing specific verses out of context don’t seem to have reflected on the meaning of the Quran or on the guidance it seems to offer those who are open to it.

  • Why did Kierkegaard break his engagement?

    He once contrasted himself to the Ishmaelite Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, that he chose to be a poet instead of being a Prophet. The difference is obvious. Those guided by revelation provide a praxis to the common civilization, while poetic tendencies called by Quran 26:225 as valleys of confusions cannot serve as role models for progress of civilization at large.

    http://loveundefiled.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-did-kierkegaard-break-his.html

  • All Imams from Prophetic family before the Guided One will pledge allegiance to tyrant kings due to esoteric wisdom

    The esoteric wisdom explained by Imam Hasan may Allah be pleased with him at the time of reconciliation.
    المظفر العلوي ، عن ابن العياشي ، عن أبيه ، عن جبرئيل بن أحمد عن موسى بن جعفر البغدادي ، عن الحسن بن محمد الصيرفي ، عن حنان بن سدير عن أبيه سدير بن حكيم ، عن أبيه ، عن أبي سعيد عقيصاء قال : لما صالح الحسن ابن علي عليه السلام معاوية بن أبي سفيان دخل عليه الناس فلامه بعضهم على بيعته فقال عليه السلام : ويحكم ماتدرون ماعملت ؟ والله الذي عملت خير لشيعتي مما طلعت عليه الشمس أو غربت ألا تعلمون أنني إمامكم مفترض الطاعة عليكم وأحد سيدي شباب أهل الجنة بنص من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ؟ قالوا : بلى ، قال : أما علمتم أن الخضر لما خرق السفينة وقتل الغلام وأقام الجدار كان ذلك سخطا لموسى بن عمران عليه السلام إذ خفي عليه وجه الحكمة فيه وكان ذلك عند الله حكمة وصوابا أما علمتم أنه ما منا أحد إلا ويقع في عنقه بيعة لطاغية زمانه إلا القائم الذي يصلي روح الله عيسى بن مريم خلفه فان الله عزوجل يخفي ولادته ويغيب شخصه لئلا يكون لاحد في عنقه بيعة إذا خرج ذاك التاسع من ولد أخي الحسين ابن سيدة الاماء يطيل الله عمره في غيبته ثم يظهره بقدرته في صورة شاب ابن دون أربعين سنة ذلك ليعلم أن الله على كل شئ قدير . ج : عن حنان بن سدير مثله . 2 ك : عبدالواحد بن محمد بن عبدوس ، عن أبي عمرو الليثي ، عن محمد بن مسعود ، عن علي بن محمد بن شجاع ، عن محمد بن عيسى ، عن ابن أبي عمير ، عن [Bihār Al-Anwār 51/132]

  • A revert sister calls for female scholars at Shia events

    The criticism leveled by Shia Islam against Mother of Believers is that she violated Quran 33:33 and left her home, and she used to cry after the sad battle of Jamal when she recited that verse. Shia extremist Yasir Habib goes to the extreme of calling her a fahishah or whore based on that. So, it would be intellectually inconsistent for Shia believers to support a scholarly figure like Mother of Believers.
    The most preferable feminine lifestyle in the sight of God is worship at home based on Hadith: أقرب ما تكون من وجه ربها وهي في قعر بيتها The closest a female believer can get to the face of God is by praying in the corner of her home.
    Jerry Sexton If God is everywhere, then wouldn’t the home make no difference in closeness to God?
    Ishmael Abraham We do not believe God is everywhere. We believe in a Transcendant God. However, the rise of narcissistic and misandrist feminism which explains the high divorce rate in West, has shown the spiritual wisdom of housewives in Islam.
    Nicole Correri Speaking about women in any human group means interfering with the groundwork of social structures, of cultural symbolisms, of gender roles, of the position of the family unit, and of authority and power relationships.

    It also means speaking about human beings, their freedom, their autonomy, and their individual, spiritual, and social aspirations. Discourse about women reveals collective mind-sets, confidence and fear, the protective strength of what is said and the unsaid, and the deep-rooted foundations of social structures and their role.

    Starting from a divine Revelation, some questions are bound to be highly specific and must be tackled as such, but one should also study all possible interactions between early interpreters, their cultural environment, and social structures. – Tariq Ramadan, among many, many other voices on this topic…

    Ishmael Abraham I respect Tariq Ramadan because my father identifies with the movement of his grandfather.

  • Hanbali scholar Abu Ali Al-Khallal does tawassul through the grave of Imam Musa Al-Kazim(as)

    امام موسی بن جعفر الکاظم علیہ السلام کی قبر انور سے توسل :
    خطیب بغدادی نے اپنی تاریخ میں ابو علی الخلال سے روایت کیا ہے : وہ فرماتے ہیں کہ مجھے جو بھی مسئلہ درپیش ہوا میں نے موسی بن جعفر کی قبر کی زیارت کا قصد کیا ، اور پھر میں نے بارگاہ خداوندی میں ان سے توسل کیا تو جو کام میں چاہتا تھا اللہ نے وہ میرے لیئے آسان کردیا۔ خطیب نے یہ روایت بایں سند نقل کری ہے۔
    أخبرنا القاضي أَبو محمد الحسن بن الحسين بن محمد بن رامين الإستراباذي، قَال: أَخبرنا أَحمد بن جعفر بن حمدان القطيعي، قَال: سمعت الحسن بن إِبراهيم أبا علي الخلال، يقول: ما همني أمر فقصدت قبر مُوسَى بْن جعفر، فتوسلت به إلا سهل الله تعالى لي ما أحب. تاريخ بغداد // المجلد 1 // الصفحة 442 // الناشر: دار الغرب الإسلامي – بيروت
    روایت کی اسنادی حیثیت : قال الديوبندي : اسناده مقبول ان شاء الله لا بأس به۔ القاضي أَبو محمد الحسن بن الحسين بن محمد بن رامين الإستراباذي۔ قال الخطيب : كتبت عنه وكان صدوقا فاضلا صالحا. (1) و أَحمد بن جعفر بن حمدان هو أبو بكر القطيعي : قال الحافظ فيه صدوق في نفسه مقبول تغير قليلا.(2) و رد الحافظ علی ما قال ابن الصلاح فیه فتعقب علیه بقوله : قلت: فهذا القول غلو وإسراف.(3) قال الخطيب: لم نر أحدا امتنع من الرواية عنه، ولا ترك الاحتجاج به.(4) وقال الحاكم: ثقة مأمون.(5) والراوي هو الحسن بن إِبراهيم قال الخطيب حدث عن محمد بن منصور الطوسي، وأَبو بكر المروذي- صاحب أحمد بن حنبل.(6)
    دیوبندی نے کہا اس کی سند قابل قبول ہے ان شاء اللہ، اس کی اسناد میں کوئی حرج نہیں ہے۔ پہلے راوی قاضی ابو محمد کے بارے میں خطیب کہتے ہیں کہ یہ صدوق، فاضل، اور صالح تھے۔ دوسرے راوی أَحمد بن جعفر بن حمدان کے بارے میں حافظ ابن حجر کہتے ہیں کہ یہ بذات خود صدوق تھے البتہ عمر کے آخری حصہ میں ان کا حافظہ تھوڑا کمزور ہوگیا تھا، ابن الصلاح نے ان پر جرح کی ہے جس کو حافظ نے رد کیا ہے، حافظ کہتے ہیں کہ ابن الصلاح کا کلام زیادتی اور غلو پر مشتمل ہے، خطیب بغدادی کہتے ہیں کہ أَحمد بن جعفر بن حمدان سے کسی نے بھی روایت کرنے سے منع نہیں کیا اور نہ ہی کسی نے ان سے احتجاج ترک کیا ، یعنی سب نے ان سے احتجاج کیا ہے، اسیطرح امام حاکم فرماتے ہیں کہ أَحمد بن جعفر بن حمدان ثقہ اور امین ہیں۔ اور آخری راوی حسن بن ابراہیم ہیں جنہوں نے اپنا یہ عمل بیان کیا ہے ، ، خطیب کہتے ہیں کہ انہوں نے محمد بن منصور طوسی اور محدث ابو بکر المروذی سے روایت کری ہے، یہ امام احمد بن حنبل کے ساتھیوں میں سے ہیں۔ ===================================================== (1) تاريخ بغداد // المجلد 8 // الصفحة 255 // الناشر: دار الغرب الإسلامي – بيروت- (2) لسان الميزان // المجلد 1 // الصفحة 418 // الناشر: دار البشائر الإسلامية- (3) أيضا (4) تاريخ بغداد // المجلد 5 // الصفحة 116 // الناشر: دار الغرب الإسلامي – بيروت- (5) نقل الحافظ عنه : لسان الميزان // المجلد 1 // الصفحة 418 // الناشر: دار البشائر الإسلامية- (6) تاريخ بغداد // المجلد 8 // الصفحة 229 // الناشر: دار الغرب الإسلامي – بيروت-

  • The fitna of men and hijab of beard

    Blaming vs. owning responsibility for male sexuality. #malesexualprivilege
    taylor schumann on Twitter “”Men will look at you and be tempted and sin.” We say this to 12 year old girls. I was ashamed until my 20s. #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear”
    Ishmael Abraham She says she wore Clothes 3 size. We are taught this is how Leader of Women in Paradise dressed. In Quran, men are commanded first in Chapter of Light to lower gaze, so our theology makes men responsible for their sexuality. Both of us are a fitna to each other. My father says beard is the hijab of men.

  • Modernist pseudo-Muslim feminists like Dr. Amina Wadud

    Hassan Zaraket Sister Nicole probably it happened when the cultural sides dominates the Islamic (authentic/religious) ones?
    Nicole Correri No not necessarily, that’s an easy out. These structures come out of Islamic jurisprudence and discourse from male elite that fully identify as Muslim and claim Islam as the basis for these structures and practices.
    Ishmael Abraham There are only two authentic female figures in Islam who understood jurisprudence well. One is Mother of Believers and the other is Rabia Basri. The details of jurisprudence are based on Hadith. Both Shia and Sunni believers understand the importance of Hadith. What modernist feminists like Amina Wadud do is to discard Hadith. But you cannot be a Shia believer without Hadith.

  • Dialogue between a tolerant and an extremist Christian

    Thomas Edward Morgan Jr. Can any Muslims come up with something good about Islam from a Quranic verse?
    Peter Bell No one is going to take your bait here, my friend. What you are asking for (lying in wait to trap anyone who says anything) is a tautology without content. I can open the Quran and find many lovely things about God and man and Jesus and Islam and Christianity, and I can open a Bible and find many ways in which Christianity as it is commonly practiced today is thoroughly displeasing to God.The literal interpretation you find so “inspiring” is contrary to the gracious and life-giving character of God, who loves all the people he has created in his image, and desires for them to come into life and communion with him. May the Spirit of Jesus convert your heart (and mine) to love as he loves.
    Peter Bell May God bless tolerant Christians like you praised in Quran 5:82.
    Peter Bell Ishmael Abraham Bless you, my brother. The one only Compassionate God wants to bless and redeem all of us, including our brother Thomas whose eyes are currently blinded to the truth of His compassion and mercy toward all He has created. Lord, have mercy.
    Jerry Sexton You are a patient man, Ishmael.
    Ishmael Abraham May God reward you for your patience too 🙂 

  • The comparison of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam

    In this way you will be completely fulfilled and wholly pure.” Vinaya Mahavagga 1:11.1 Christianity emphasizes heavenly kingdom. Buddhism emphasizes fulfillment here. In Islam, we as orthodox Muslims ask for hasanah(goodness Quran 2:201) in both this life and the next. For example, Salah daily meditation has been proven by psychologists to achieve parasympathetic activation of nervous system like yoga.

    http://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/2000/02/jesus-and-buddha-the-parallel-sayings.aspx