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Closeness of Allah Explained by Imam Suhaib Webb

Came across this from a blog that started up and died way too fast. JazaAllah khairan to ThE ShIZZ and Azam Hashmi for this one.

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From the book, “Khasais Al-T’abir Al-Quran wa Samatuhu Al-Balagha” by Dr. Abdul Matin Al-Mut’i Al-Azhari, and explained to me by Imam Suhaib while jogging (so if I get anything wrong, forgive me, but I was trying to be healthy):

The word ya, in Arabic, is used to call to someone. For example, if you were in a room and your friend, lets say his name is ‘Azam’ was in the next room: how would you call him? Read more »

Not Fit For Pastime

I read this interesting article in Al-Jumuah Magazine on Imam Abul Hasan al-Ash’ari. For two issues the magazine had covered his biography, and in this issue, Dhul Hijjah 1428, the author gave some background over his biggest and major works.

At the end of the article, there was a mini-part explaining the difference between the Sunni methodologies of Islamic belief of the “Asharites” and the “Hanbalites”, and the ending of it caught my eye as something that can be said for a lot of people we find interested in this subject. Read more »