A spiritual Ishmaelite

The kalam of Nadwa is close to greek philosophical like Ghazzali and Aquinas, while kalam of Salafis is closer to Protestants like Ibn Taymiya and Martin Luther. But Nadwis are more like reformed Protestants than reformed Catholics.

محکوم کو پِیروں کی کرامات کا سودا
ہے بندۂ آزاد خود اک زندہ کرامات

Tariq Jamil is a paradox in Punjabi history who dares to forget his ethnic antinomianism and embrace semitic commandments.

Jews have commandments without Christ. Christians have Christ without commandments. But both of them are too narcissistic to accept both Christ and commandments like Muslims. You may not like to live under self unaware Muslims but Islam can make you seek a united Jerusalem and heaven on earth.

Hassan may have not looked inwardly with microscopic scrutiny. The story of Imam Hassan and Imam Hussain can be reconciled with modern politics. Imam Hassan represents a negation of anarchist tendency common to traditional Shia and modern far left. Imam Hussain represents a negation of passive suffering and status quo common to traditional Sunnis and modern far right.

Our pious modernist movements are very much influenced by implicit rationalism of Salafi sola scriptura. This tragic example shows we need to get closer to Masjid and traditional pronomian Sufis to avoid bibliophilic pride and bibliophilic hedonism inherent in modern world.

A westerner is curious about visiting Pakistan My response: Ideally Pakistan was meant for making humanity experience peace of Islam in modern world. A woman from New York Margaret Marcus and a male from Austria Leopold Weiss who were both intelligent faithful immigrated to Pakistan. But I won’t recommend that until we reach a spiritual human rights utopia here. I would recommend that you stay connected to western converts like Hamza Yusuf and Hamza Tzortzis to grow spiritually and intellectually in faith and commandments. However, I am willing to invite you at my home when you happen to make a world tour. God bless all seekers of truth and haq.

I know that my matrilineal grandfather Ali ra said we will boycott those who do not come to Masjid in terms of food and marriage. I also know narrations which say that people of Paradise make Quran their speech and make Masjid their home, yet this mission is impossible today without voluntary enthusiasm called targhib. As far as weak Hadith is concerned I like the moderate approach of Imam Hakim. Stories do move people emotionally and Tamim Dari liked to narrate stories but Caliph Umar ra disliked it. Quran also says لنثبت به فؤادك that spiritual stories make hearts of believers stronger. Isnad policing or textual criticism can help in political and legal Ijtihad or textual reasoning but for psychological transformation of society we cannot throw away baby with the water of tradition like Protestants. And, intellectual bibliophilic pride is very common in my own family which needs healing through anti bibliophilic spirituality like Dawud Tai a student of Abu Hanifa threw his books in the river. Of course I would not give this advice to an anti intellectual sufi but we the pious modernists need this advice immensely

اشعریت کی بنیاد پر اسلامی سائنس کی بنیاد رکھی جاسکتی ہے لیکن امت کی اکثریت اس وقت غزالیت اور تیمیت میں تقسیم جن کے نزدیک صالح علم کلام شاید نا ممکن ہے لیکن مجھے اس روایت سے اطمینان ملتا ہے بمهدينا تنقطع الحجج

Quran teaches do not seek glory through other than God. Aymen Tamimi losing friends on both sides may be a consequence of seeking glory through other than God. Ishmaelites of Banu Tamim are destined to play an eschatological role against the alternative Messiah.