In this khutbah (sermon), Sheikh Yasir Qadhi tackles the subject of fanaticism, extremism and sectarianism which unfortunately we find among some sections of the Muslim Ummah today, especially those involved in Islamic activism and daw’ah. His talk outlines five dangers of fanaticism, five points on how to recognise fanaticism and three ways to protect ourselves from such ideas and groups. This is a paraphrased transcript of Yasir Qadhi’s khutbah on ‘The Dangers of Religious Fanaticism’. For the full lecture please watch the video below. Introduction During Hajj on the morning of Al-’Aqabah, our Prophet ﷺ told his cousin Ibn ‘Abbas to collect pebbles for throwing at the jamarat. So Ibn Abbas brought a whole bunch of pebbles and he showed them to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ looked at this group of pebbles, and he picked from them all of the large ones, and he threw them away, and said, ‏ أَمْثَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ فَارْمُوا ‏ “Throw something like these (i.e. the small pebbles).” Then he ﷺ said to the people, يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِيَّاكُمْ …

by Ustadh Abu Yusuf If Allah is merciful how can He punish people?

BY AHMED GAMAL This article has been reproduced from islamiqate.com In a Nutshell: The linguistic and stylistic analyses show the Qur’an and the Hadith as two independently authored texts; each author exhibiting a different style in their vocabulary, linguistic structures (bigrams, expressions, word frequency etc) and mindset. Introduction Computational-based Author Discrimination can be used to identify whether two different texts are authored by the same author or different authors. Textual scholars use this approach to identify the authorship of books attributed to a certain author. For example, New Testament scholars analyse the letters attributed to Paul in terms of their vocabulary, style, structure, patterns and mindset along with a number of other features. They conclude all of the letters could not be authored by the same author because the linguistic styles in the various letters are dramatically different. In this answer, I am going to consider two important studies applied to the Qur’an and hadith authored by Halim Sayoud from USTHB University, Algiers. The first focuses on linguistic analyses and the second on visual analyses. Linguistic Analyses In 2012 a study was published by the Literary and Linguistic Computing journal seeking to …

by Ustadh Abu Yusuf Understanding the linguistic miracle of the Qur’an

BY HAMZA TZORTZIS. Nearly two billion Christians and over 1.5 billion Muslims believe in him, yet Jesus is perhaps the most misunderstood and misrepresented person in history. This talk demystifies Jesus – his life, teachings, personality and mission. It highlights commonalities but also examines philosophical and theological differences between Christianity and Islam.

Sister Shudada’ Davitt (formerly Sinéad O’Connor) has accepted Islam saying ‘This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey’. أُولٰئِكَ عَلىٰ هُدًى مِن رَبِّهِم ۖ وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ المُفلِحونَ “They are the people guided by their Lord. They are the ones who have success.” (Al-Baqara, 2:5) This is to announce that I am proud to have become a Muslim. This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey. All scripture study leads to Islam. Which makes all other scriptures redundant. I will be given (another) new name. It will be Shuhada’— Shuhada’ Davitt (@MagdaDavitt77) October 19, 2018 Islam rejects blind faith and throughout the Holy Qur’an, Allah commands human beings to contemplate on His creation so they can come to the natural conclusion that all things are created by Allah (Most High). حم تَنزيلُ الكِتابِ مِنَ اللَّهِ العَزيزِ الحَكيمِ إِنَّ فِي السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ لَآياتٍ لِلمُؤمِنينَ وَفي خَلقِكُم وَما يَبُثُّ مِن دابَّةٍ آياتٌ لِقَومٍ يوقِنونَ وَاختِلافِ اللَّيلِ وَالنَّهارِ وَما أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّماءِ مِن رِزقٍ فَأَحيا بِهِ الأَرضَ بَعدَ مَوتِها وَتَصريفِ الرِّياحِ آياتٌ لِقَومٍ يَعقِلونَ تِلكَ آياتُ …