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Kissing the the Thumbnails and touching the eyes

Kissing the the Thumbnails and touching the eyes

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Shaykh M. Afifi al-Akiti (hafidhAllah) elucidates the issue of kissing one’s thumbnails and touching the eyes with them from a Shafi’i perspective: Ma sha’ Allah, Rabbi zidni ‘ilman! In fiqh, the discussion of taqbil al-unbulatayn wa mash al-‘aynayn is usually found at the end of Bab Adhan. Certain gestures performed during the adhan, and specifically the ‘amal of kissing the thumbs and wiping the eye, are something known to Shafi’is, and there can be no objection whatsoever by our jurists…

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“Did We not exalt your fame?”
reflections on the name “Muhammad”

“Did We not exalt your fame?”
reflections on the name “Muhammad”

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For some time I have been thinking about the name “Muhammad” and how in recent times it is often repeated and mentioned and remains the name amongst names. No other name evokes as much emotion and interest as the name “Muhammad”. In modern times the name “Muhammad” is not alien to Western ears and that is thanks largely, by Divine Providence, to the boxer Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali was the most famous man on the planet and still remains a…

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Imam Zaid: Answer to a “Salafi” Brother

Imam Zaid: Answer to a “Salafi” Brother

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Imam Zaid Shakir answers the questions of a “Salafi” brother who was hounding him recently to “qualify his position”. The questions are: Q: What do you say about Ibn Taymiyya? Q: What does Tariqa mean? Q: What is your position of the Hadith of the Seventy-three sects? Q: What do you say about the Ash?aris? Imam Zaid writes: “Recently, while attending a gathering of Muslims that was otherwise characterized by brotherly love and goodwill, I was hounded by a ?Salafi?…

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