Global Intifada

Alright, this slogan of “Muslim Unity” needs to be completely and utterly deconstructed. There is nothing more desirable for us as Muslims to unite, but lets just agree that we have no idea what we are talking about with regards to these two words:
Firstly, it is a phrase that is primarily emotional. It aims to […]

On the way to meet a challenge in battle, Ali (ra) said:
Rejoice; your call is now metBy one who in trouble never falters,One with a will and vision armedWishing to be a winner tommorow.O, how I wish to dispatch you to the mournersWho will furnish your funeral celebrate,With a mighty blowEnchanting to recall when the […]

“You are all sheperds and all responsible for your herds,” said the Prophet, God bless and grant him salvation. The following poetic depiction of a statesman (in the basit metre) is, therefore, quite apt:
Let your affairs be run by a man
Competent and artful in war,
Unpretentious in good times, unsubdued in adversity,
Who has learned the vicissitudes […]

“According to Ibn al-Madini, Malik [r]followed the opinion (qawl) of Sulayman ibn Yasar, who followed the opinion of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab [ra]. Malik’s madhhab then, as has been frequently noted, was the madhhab of ‘Umar [ra]. Indeed, Ibn Taymiyyah states that the judgments of ‘Umar form the second major source of the ‘amal of the […]