Sayyid Ahmed Khan was born in India. He is also called as a "Neo Mutazilite". He revived the mutazilite thoughts in the Indian sub-continent in the 18th century.He only accepted around 5 hadiths and declared hadiths arent part of Islam. He found the Aligarh Muslim University. The mullas of that time used to give fatwas against him.

Peace,

The salafi sect here split to two factions, and one of the reasons was the dispute on this subject. One faction completely denied 'zihr' as bewitchment. They have been termed as Aqlaanis.

Zihr is trickery or just magic (like shown by local magicians). There is no non-physical element in it. To believe that there is bewitchment is itself is shirk. Fearing of jinns and ghosts is shirk.

I guess the Mutazila stance on this is the same - There is no bewitchment.

The problem is Bukhari has hadiths that Prophet Muhammad was bewitched by a Jew. And he lost his sense for 40 days or six months.

But Quran says, 258
Or that a treasure is given to him, or that he has a paradise that he eats from. And the wicked said You are but following a man bewitched ".

It was the enemies of the Prophet who accused Prophet was bewitched. But the Quran is clear that those who says Prophet was bewitched are wicked.

Thus its clear that Bukhari was wicked and those who says this hadith is right are also wicked. I think this hadith alone lead them to Kufr.

Those who says that there is bewitchment, then they should bewitch the Israeli prime minister, so that at least Palestinians can be saved. But they cannot do that. Can they ?

excellent post by Pazuzu.

from the verse, i think that the mankind populated like vegetation on the basis of earth/soil. we are from soil and return to soil.

How do people in the west or far east keep contact with God to give them their prosperity? They don't do any contact prayers three times surely, although they may have meetings according to requirements and think along the lines of improving things concerning themselves and others.

There were many people who were very powerful and rich.

Quran 897,8
(people of) Iram - who had lofty pillars, The likes of whom had never been created in the land

The Pharoah was powerful. But they increased corruption in the land. And we have lessons to learn from What Allah did to these people.

I'm happy that the people of the west and the far east has enough provisions. But they shouldn't fall to immorality. Like drug use, criminal activities, no morality, etc. Some people has luxurious cars, but they dont live much due to drug overdose. No strength in family relationships,no peace in life etc. The remembrance of Allah will stop us from these things.

like with kindness, helpfulness, truthfulness, subduing wrong and restoring right

Thats what i am talking about, doing good deeds. No use in taking a tasbee and chanting dikr if we dont do good deeds.
But along with good deeds, we should be thankful to Allah and do his remembrance in private.

I think its wrong to use Allah the exalted and Muhammad the exalted in the same sentence.

When you use a word to praise Allah, dont use that word to praise an another one besides him.

I think the 'salawat' is the making contact with God. The daily 3 time remembrance is a part of it, as it is a command of God. But it does not ends there. The contact with Allah only happens if we obey Allah's rules and regulations in life and live according to Quran.Only then we can become prosperous.

Just doing the ritual salat without doing good deeds does not bring any prosper, but it bring punishment also.

Quran,1074,5,6
So woe to those who make the salat, Those who are neglectful of their salat. Those who make show

Who are these people ?

Quran 1071,2,3
Have you seen the one who denies the judgement? Then that is the one who repulse the orphan, And(does)not feel the urge to feed the poor.

So obeying Allah's rules and regulations is required. No use in doing the 3/5 time salat without showing mercy to fellow beings.

Quran 1077 - And they deny small kindnesses

Not only that, those who do not give charity and mistreats orphans etc , when they do salat, they will get double sin, because of 1074. These people do not get prosper.

So i think that those who are steadfast in salawat is those who obey the laws of Allah and doing good deeds, along with the remembrance of Allah. Such people will become prosperous.

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i like your profile picture.

Peace.

Agreed with Wakas.

salamun alaykum all.

The word fast is not there in the Arabic sentence. It just says those who can (have the strength/ability) can ransom/redeem by 'bla bla'. It is sectarians who infer too much.

Peace
ransom/redeem for what ?

Those who have the strength to fast but do not fast or those who are unable to fats due health problems or any other genuine problem but wish to fast.

thats what we get if we add 'but with difficulty'. But as per Quran (without adding 'but with difficulty' ),its those who have the strength to fast/those who are able

Redeeming by feeding the needy - So if rich people choose to feed the poor people, isn't it good ? (but if they fast along with it, its much better for them ?

This also leads the poor people getting food ? Isn't this a part of Quran's plan for the welfare society ? But Fasting also along with it is better as Allah says it. So its the choice of the person as he can choose to fast or not to fast based on this verse ? (although fasting is better as Quran says it)

If shahar was used also in the first place, then the meaning would be

The number of month (shahar) with Allah is twelve months (shahar). But instead, its - the number of months (shuhur) with Allah.

The number of hours in a day is 24 hours. - The number of sa'aath in a day is 24 sa'a

not - The number of sa'a in a day is 24 sa'a.

Peace.
I think Wakas made a good point. Why is there a plural in 936 (shuhuur) when it refers to 12 shahr? It seems as if the alleged strict rule (plural only until 10) does not apply here...

Now i got what Wakas meant. But its not just the rule of Quran. Its basic arabic grammar.

Edit - may be when it says 'the count of the months' , at that instance, it does not indicate any number of months, so just plural is used. Following, it makes clear that its 12 months.
what about this view ?

Looks like I don't find any words where he wrote that he does not believe it.

Sorry, i did nt see he said its his 'belief'. Thats why i said that. Its his belief then. Ok. Rash posting. serious mistake from my side, i apologize.
But his belief is wrong. If he has debated this in public with salafi scholars or other Quran only scholars, he will not last much.But its just me saying, dont mind it. But am saying this not just because some 'scholar' said, but because he is wrong.

And he says Muhammad(sws). There is no 'sallallahu alayhiwassalam' after Muhammad. He got it from the hadiths/sunnis.

soldiers? On what basis you could say that we are the soldiers of Allah?

I implied, people who fight in the cause of Allah, cant they be called soldiers of Allah ? But if its wrong, i will take it back.
old sunni thoughts still existing, But if this phrase is contradicting to Quran, i will certainly take it back. I didnt check much, but seems soldiers of allah reserved only for angels, not humans. right ?

But if its wrong to say it, then i think we can call such people soldiers of Islam. What about it ?

Perhaps you can read this thread Messengers are forever to understand what I meant.

the thread is wrong and misguiding.
But the author says its just his opinion.(and its wrong). Even he does not believe it. Then why did you believe it ?

We are the jundullah, the soldiers of Allah, we are the hizbullah, the party of Allah, But only if we follow the Quran, not our personal desires. May Allah include us among the victors.

I saw using sithathi shuhoor for 6 months. So shuhoor and ashhur, both can be used as plural ??
shuhur is plural, so 3 to 10 plural is used. But for 11 and 12, singular is used. so 12 shahran.

Peace

Prophet Muhammad didnt had to work for Prophethood. Prophets are sent by Allah to mankind. The prophets worked in the way of Allah.

Hardwork is not the thing that enables a man the achievement of Prophethood. He can work hard to die as a mumin.

Serious answer, please... > I

Allah has said Islam is completed. So no more messengers. Nobody is coming, no messengers, no jesus, no mahdi, no saviors, no one. Sorry to disappoint prophethood dreamers. They can stop their 'working'.

We have the glorious Quran, what else we need ??

Ps- when i said Allah honored all Prophets, i meant Allah merited them. Its not like that Allah has to 'respect' anyone. You know what i mean, i dont want to complicate further.

Salam alaykum.

The count of the shuhur with God is twelve shahran...

1 month = shahrun wahid, 2 months = shahrayni (ithnani?)
3 months = salasathu ashhur, 4 months = arabaathu ashhur ...........etc to 10 months.'
After 10, word shahran is used again.
11 months = ahda ashara shahran, 12 months = ithna ashara shahran

Peace,

I dont think its hardwork thats earning a position of messenger. Jesus was a messenger, and Mary was given the good news about Jesus before he was born. Jesus had to do no work for that.

Prophet Muhammad was just like any other messengers like Jesus, Moses etc.

The position of messengership is a great honour. And Allah has honored them. That's not a small thing.

Peace be upon all of them.

Peace,

i am glad i could help.
And i've heard that the sunni scholars view is that the 'ayyaman maududat' in 2203 is 3 days. Please confirm it. Some quran only scholars also says it.
In 2203, its said that there is no sin upon if you only do 2 days, ie if you didnt complete the 'ayyaman maududat' which only starts at 3 ( ?? )

2 days is Yaumayni, not Ayyam or Yaum. So Ayyaman cannot be said for 2 days.

Salam alaykum.

Salam alaykum

I heard the word Ayyaman/ayyam is used only for the numbers between 3 to 10. For the rest of the numbers, the word yaum is used.
for example, salasathu ayyam, arbaathu ayyam,......... ashrathu ayyam. But after it, ahada ashra yaum ?

Those who know language and grammer pls clarify.

salam.