The Ishmaelite Prophetic descendant Jafar the truthful said: لو علمت بمن یفعله ما اكلت معه
If I knew someone who masturbated, I would not have eaten food with him.
I am not sure if the word is ‘You’ or ‘I’.
Prophetic family and Sunni-Shia intrafaith
The tragedy of secularization of Ismaili Shias
Assalamu alaykum. I love Quran 2:165 a lot. I am not sure when did the secularization of Agha Khans and Agha Khanis really began, because it is a global problem. Bohras are apparently less secular. The tragedy of secularization of ummah in general and Prophetic descendants in particular reminds me of two important quotes of Imam Zayn Al-Abidin(r) and Imam Al-Baqir(r). Imam Zayn Al-Abidin(r) said: Those of our descendants who are virtuous(muhsin) have twofold ajr(reward) and those of our descendants who are evil(musee’) have twofold ‘azab(punishment). Imam Al-Baqir(r): Our true lovers are those who are obedient to God. The word OUR includes the leader of Prophetic family and His praxis called sunnah. He also said:He is not our lover who does not stand up in tahajjud night prayers.
https://ismailitoislam.com/2014/07/24/some-quranic-verses-worth-reading-for-an-ismaili-muslim/
Astarabadi, Behbehani and Samahiji: My Zaydi approach
Assalamu alaykum. Due to Zaydi background, I think that one should be an Akhbari in those Akhbar which conform with Quran and Sunnah, and about sectarian Akhbar one should be an Usuli.
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Muhammad%20Amin%20al-Astarabadi&item_type=topic
Reconciling ignorant traditionalism and arrogant modernism about QXP translation through Scriptural traditionalism
Assalamu alaykum brothers and sisters. Divine peace be upon you. I came here because I wanted to ask someone to help me to get my official right so I opened Quran 4:85 and I liked the QXP translation on openburhan.net which had a word of caution about this translation. So, I was curious. So, do not be blind modernists like those who are ignorant of Arabic and the Uswah ( a Quranic concept) and I also urge my traditionalist brothers not to become blind traditionalists but become Scriptural traditionalists like Shawkani and Asad ( although he inclined to Mutazilah due to western upbringing) for example. Asad is the one who was inclined towards a rational interpretation of Elephantry in the recited Logos of Quran. So, QXP is not the first translation to do so.
A Sufi saint from Prophetic family weeps on listening to poetry about divine love
Ishmael Abraham is with Ryan Morgan Christison and Kimber’el Eventide.
A Sufi Yemeni scholar from Prophetic descendants ( from children of Ali bin Jafar As-Sadiq, peace be upon them, ) weeps while listening to poetry about divine love. I think the tears threshold was the word ‘sirr’ or secret and private relationship between man and God.
Nathan peace be upon him and an intra-Ishmaelite debate
The legacy of Nathan peace be upon him also relates to Ishmaelites. There is an intra-Ishmaelite debate whether the House of God or the Prophetic flesh and blood is superior. David peace be upon him wanted to build House of God, and Nathan understood the significance of Prophetic flesh and descendants. Rather than pitting both against one another, we should work for synergy like you are a living synergy of faith and reason.
Why am I non-blind admirer of Imam Busairi?
A Shia friend criticizes Sola Scriptura believers for calling Naat a heresy.
Ishmael Abraham I love Qasida Burda because Imam Busairi also wrote poetry against Jews and Christians. But I think bhar do jholi, manzur dua karna, and khoti qismat karo khari were not written by alim poets.
I love this: لَوْ نَـاسَـبَتْ قَـدْرَهُ آيـَاتُهُ عِظَمـاً أَحْيَـا اسْمُهُ حِيْنَ يُـدْعَى دَارِسَ الرِّمَمِ
If his miracles were proportionate (according) to his (A) rank in greatness, then his (A) name, when called out, would have brought decaying bones back to life.
The miracle of Quran is greater than supernatural miracles because it will inspire informed faith in an age of naturalism.
Thanking a complimentary Shia friend, after God made me see the Shia-Sunni complementarity :)
Hussain Murtaza Dr Muhammad Iqbal didn’t have Facebook when he was 29. You must be a genius to be diversely well educated and knowledgeable at 29. My Android isn’t too comfortable with Facebook these days, I apologize if the “complimentary” note is a short one.
Hussain Murtaza It is really getting on my nerves how often people confuse “complimentary” and “complementary.”
If I say nice things about you, then I am giving you a compliment and so I am being complimentary (note the “i” in the middle). If you and I have different skills that make us work together in a more complete way than we could do individually, we complement each other. So we are complementary (note the “e” in the middle). See “complimentary” and “complementary” at Merriam-Webster for more information.
The version to use when you mean that something is free is “complimentary.”
Ishmael Abraham Thanks for being complimentary. I thank One God for seeing the Shia-Sunni complementarity. Dr. Iqbal is said to visit orthodox scholars Anwar Shah Kashmiri and Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi. But we need a greater pious modernist- orthodox traditionalist complementarity. I can see such complementarity in relationship of Mustafa Tabatabai and Ayatollah Borqei.
The woman I love: Zain Bhika and weakening the root of sexual revolution
The Woman I Love Lyrics
For as long as, I remember
You were there for me
A young woman, growing older
But always mum to me
My heaven lies under your feet
Now I look at you and there’s a few more, wrinkles and lines
But I still see the same beautiful smile
And it hurts to know someday the light will fade from your eyes
Cos you’re the woman I love
You’re the mother I love, my mother
You’re the woman I love
Life just passes by
a fragile butterfly
I thank Allah to have you by my side
It seemed my heart beat, a little faster
The day I held your hand
We were young then, learning together
To love and understand,
You helped me to be who I am
Now after all these years, I look at you, my beautiful bride
My whole life is right there in your eyes
And Allah allows me every day to wake up with your smile
‘cos you’re the woman I love
You’re the woman I love, my wife
You’re the woman I love
Life just passes by
a fragile butterfly
I thank Allah to have you by my side
How could I, describe the feeling
of holding you that day
From the moment, of your first breath
You stole my heart away,
There’s nothing about you I’d change
Now I will stand by you, as you spread your wings, in this great big world
But you’ll always be my little girl
And I pray Allah will keep me by your side long enough for you to learn
That you’re the woman I love
You’re the woman I love, my daughter
You’re the woman I love
Cos Life will pass us by
you are my fragile butterfly
I thank Allah to have you by my side
The greatest blessing
That I have
Are the women in my life…
Performed: Zain Bhikha
Written: Nasira Bhikha, Zain Bhikha and Idris Phillips
Published: Zain Bhikha Studios (SA) 2011
Discussing the linguistic and mystic definitions of bulh or the evil blind person with a mufti (a specialist of legal opinions)
Muhammad Mushrraf Well. It is very much difficult to translate “Bulh” in hadith with what was done by that guy.
Brother is referring to Freddie Mercury and another hypocritical anti-gay politician
Ishmael Abraham Both of these men were informed about western culture and uninformed about One God and His Messengers(as).
Ishmael Abraham I love this definition: عن أبي عثمان : الأبله هو الأبله في دنياه ، الفقيه في دينه
The saint Abu Uthman An Nahdi says: Bulh means someone unaware about his worldliness and someone with deep cognitive and sentient understanding of his religion.
Ishmael Abrahamعن عاصم الأحول ، قال : بلغني أن أبا عثمان النهدي كان يصلي ما بين المغرب والعشاء مائة ركعة
It is said that this saint who offers his definition used to offer 100 units of prayer between sunset prayer and night prayer
Ishmael Abrahamعبد القاهر بن السري : عن أبيه ، عن جده ، قال : كان أبو عثمان من قضاعة ، وسكن الكوفة ، فلما قتل الحسين ، تحول إلى البصرة وقال : لا أسكن بلدا قتل فيه ابن بنت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
When Prophetic grandson, peace be upon him, was martyred, he migrated to Basra from Kufah while saying: I will not live in the city where the son of the daughter of Messenger(s) of God was martyred.
Ishmael Abrahamقال : وحج ستين مرة
It is said that the same saint performed Hajj pilgrimage 60 times.
A spiritual Ishmaelite 