Archive for April, 2008

As-Salamu ‘Alaykum brethren,

Alhamdulillah, after a few hours of hard mental labor and finger clicking we have revamped the downloadables section. Currently we have around 15 books we feel are important to the beginning seeker or intermediate learner. Once we decide whose lectures we will be putting up for download, we will send out another post informing the SI readers. If there is content you would like available in the downloadables section feel free to contact us at seekingilm@hotmail.com or just post a comment in this thread. File size does not matter!

Be sure and check back frequently as we will be uploading more material within the next few weeks insha’allah.

Written By ‘Ammar Diwan as a Monthly Reflection for March 2008

As human beings, we all experience periods of depression in our lives. Whether it be poor grades in school or disagreements with one’s friends, several challenges come our way that cause us to feel helpless and depressed. Several moments in my life have made me reflect on what the best method to cure depression is. I know a few of my fellow students at school who are using anti-depressants attempting to “cure the disease”. I even met someone who felt that alcohol was the best way to get rid of depression.

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As-Salamu ‘Alaykum Seekingilm Readers,

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The Shafi’i author and jurist Abu Is-haq Ash-Shirāzī stated,

“It is not permitted for women to visit the graves due to what is reported from Abu Hurayrah (radhiya Allahu ‘Anhu) from the Prophet (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) that he stated, “The curse of Allah is upon women who visit the graves.”¹

 

However, Imam An-Nawawi disagrees.
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Footnotes (Click ↩ at the end of the note to Go Back to Original Place in the article) :

1. Reported by Imam At-Tirmidhī in his Sunan saying afterwards, “Hasan Sahīh” [↩]

The following is research we did regarding Abdullah ibn Lahi’ah, a narrator of many stories and prophetic traditions (hadith). Historically there has been much debate regarding his trustworthiness or lack thereof. Most of the information here was taken from the research done on Part 2: in Defense of the Obligation of Niqab. We have added to it for referencing purposes.

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Tower of Babble

by Ibn Anwar

  According to the Bible the world was once united by ONE common language , ”the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.” (Gen 11:1). However, this status quo changed over night in the famous incident of the “Tower of Babylon” wherein humanity wanted to see God, so they built an exceedingly high tower to reach Him. In recipcoration of their arrogance, God punished them by putting a curse on them i.e. speaking many different languages which led to confusion and chaos, hence stopping them from completing the tower. This is the story found in Genesis 11. Accordingly, we are still afflicted with this curse because each society today boasts a unique language of its own. However, there is a verse in the Old Testament which says that this curse will be lifted :

“For then will I turn to the people a pure language that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent.” (Zaphaniah 3:9)

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Robert Spencer is at it again. Yes, as you all know, manipulating texts to promote his islamophobic dogma or misinformation (if you would like to say “lies” as that may be more accurate). I have read several of his worthlessly inaccurate (as well as a waste of money) books and each time have been made to chuckle at his ignorance regarding Islamic scripture. As I was looking through sites that link Seekingilm.com, I happen to cross one of his articles that he so poorly wrote as of recent. Apparently he used a reference on Al-Khadir that Ibn Sa’ad prepared for Seekingilm.com. So I went to the ridiculously researched article that can be found here and decided to respond to two things that made me chuckle.

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