El Imam al-Shatibi, el gran jurista y pensador Maliki, escribió algo que todos nosotros deberíamos de darnos el tiempo para analizar:

“Cada acto que posee alguna falla [buenas y nobles] acciones no es reconocida como admirable por las fuentes de la Sha’riah. Lo que queremos decir con acciones son las acciones del corazón y sus miembros. ”

Pensamientos:
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In reference to the article written by Br Ibrahim Ramey on the terrible news of the Killing of Benazir Bhutto http://iamramey.blogspot.com/2007/12/assassination-of-former-prime-minister.html

A dear young brother posed the question below

salam alikom bro hussam
how is butto’s murder a
terrible day for islam
akhi she is a liberal
secularist that called for wester style democracy and
could not even speak urdu and did not practice islam
and u can ask pakistany brothers if u dont believe me
hope all is well with u
salam alikom
A.h.

Salamu aliukum akhi al habib:
Jazakah allah khairan for your question. This is a legitimate question that should be asked, and can indeed be confusing to the youth. I would like to share with you some thoughts about this.
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American Muslims: a part of America’s pluralism

The United States of America is a pluralistic society par excellence. It is a country that does not have a state religion, and Americans do not constitute one race or one ethnicity.
Immigrants have built the USA. Ever since Europeans began settling in what is now the United States by the 16th century, people from different parts of the world have migrated here. They have come from many different religious, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. Most immigrants came voluntarily; but some were brought by force while others were forced to come.
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Asalamu alaykum:

Dr. Abdullah bin Bayyah writes that in order for one to engage Minority Fiqh in the proper light, six important maxims must be kept in mind. This is the first in a series or articles that will explore this, at times, controversial approach to legal issues. This article seeks to lay out the foundations for our understanding of the place and function of religious law within the West. It is our hope that Western Muslims will be able to move beyond a simple tit for tat discourse and learn to engage, think and develop a religious expression that is dynamic and yet harmonious with their responsibilities as Western citizens.

The Six Maxims:

1. Facilitation and the removal of hardships
2. The changing of a fatwa due to the changing of location
3. Raising a need to that of a necessity
4. Custom
5. Considerations for implications of rulings and their wisdoms
6. Raising the Muslim community to the position of the Qadi [judge]

The first axiom: Facilitation and The Removal of Hardships:

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Asalamu alaykum,

Abu Majid has been a dear friend for a number of years. He is truly a hard worker and I have a lot of love for him. We are both from the wonderful state [just ask Texas football fans] of Oklahoma. Yes, everyone thinks we ride horses to work, drink from our hats and have a special place for our boots, but that is not the truth just ask Abu Majid. Anyways, he is currently in the Gulf seeking sacred knowledge and studying with the famous Jarah familie’s students.
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Getting back to the three things that brought about literacy in the Muslim world

1.) learning large portions of knowledge by rhyme

2.) memorizing the Qur’an and writing it and knowing how to recite it well

3.) beginning the path of knowledge at a young age
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An Exposé on One of the Greatest Destroyers of Modern Day Discourse

“We have been forbidden to search for faults, we can take note only of that which is overt” (Ibn Mas’ood)

Perhaps one of the greatest trials for those who discuss issues of contention today is context. Understanding the context of a person’s speech can set a person totally against another, or totally in agreement with him. It can cull hate in our hearts, or love. If I tell you - “The solution to our problems is to love Allah” - the context in which one recieves that statement will determine whether I am perceived as a passive, do-nothing, extreme sufi who believes that no organized hard work is required to solve problems….or as one who believes in sincere, dedicated work to help society, but remembers that nearness to Allah (swt) is the end goal of all work and of our existence. The assumption that I am a simpleton who has no further thought than that statement, or that I may have more thoughts going on behind the scenes but that this is a conclusion that I have come to is in the ear and eye of the beholder.
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Asalamu alaykum,

Wishing a happy ‘Eid to all!

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NEW YORK (CNN) — A Muslim man jumped to the aid of three Jewish subway riders after they were attacked by a group of young people who objected to one of the Jews saying “Happy Hanukkah,” a spokeswoman for the three said Wednesday.
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Introductory Notes on An Important Topic

The idea of the Islamic Movement has long been criticized for being “nontraditional” or “innovative”. Some have claimed that such an idea has no foundation in the religion, and the methods of comprehensive social, political, economic, family-oriented, and educational change which are propounded by scholars and activists in the movement are scattered at best, and divisive, overly liberal, or even radical at worst.

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