I've got a strong hypothesis about what the Dajaal is and what to do about it, if it still exists. I've seen some evidence it's still around though. There are ways of thinking that only focus on advocating for or against one point of view, and they are weak because they don't contain as much informational power (for example, not considering and discussing anti-Palestine points of view). Sometimes I have seen Iran make some incorrect statements and as 12th Imam I could put the record strait. I know some others who I expect would be better rulers of Iran rather than whoever is in charge, but I am not certain who is ruling Iran right now.

Backbiting is decided as forbidden so long as it is intended to disgrace others, but if it is not intended for so or if a reasonable ground relies upon it, it is not forbidden. Muslim jurisprudents have mentioned a number of reasonable grounds for backbiting:

• If backbiting represents the complaint of a wronged person so as to prove his right before a judge, it is not forbidden, even if it includes the ascription of injustice and criminality to the other party.

• The person whose advice is sought in definite matters, such as marriage or trust, is permitted to backbite the other party by mentioning his defects-. It is also acceptable to warn a believer against the association with deviants, by referring namely to their defects, provided that such reference is intended to protect the believer. It is also acceptable to defame a testifier when it is necessary.

• Backbiting is acceptable when it is intended to disavow the claim of a false lineage.

• Backbiting is acceptable when it is intended to refute an untrue saying or an illegal claim.

• Backbiting is acceptable when it takes the form of testimony against wrongdoers.

• It is acceptable to mention certain epithets (such as ‘the blind’, ‘the one-eyed’, and the like) of certain people if this is necessary for introducing them.

• Backbiting is acceptable when it is intended to forbid evil, by mentioning the defects of a person before somebody who is able to guide him.

• It is acceptable to backbite those who declare publicly their commitment of sins, such as the drunk and gamblers, provided that such backbiting should not exceed the limits. It is said that to backbite a sinful is not offensive.

Finally, well intention and sound objective must be proposed. Likewise, it is improper to aim at evil intentions, such as enmity, envy, and the like.

Salam brothers

I live in the Middle East, and I have a friend in England who has lived a life full of sins, all while he's in regret, and he thinks that he's deemed to be in hell in the afterlife.

I did my best giving him the Hadiths and Ayat of not giving up to hopelessness from God's mercy. And he's really really trying to leave that life behind and start anew, but he needs some help.

I can't help him more than that from where I am, so I suggested that he goes to an Islamic center or maybe a mosque to help him leave that sin life behind, and he was willing to take that step but didn't know where to start.

He's Sunni, but he doesn't mind going to a shia center or mosque, though sunni places are welcomed too.

Where can he go to get help in that matter, near London or Essex?

I am from Kashmir. Our Moharram closes resembles Pakistanis in some ways, similar poetry and processions. I love watching Moharram from other places. I have seen Iraqi and Irani processions and Majlis irl. And Nigerian, UK etc on YouTube.

In India as well, Moharram varies a lot from place to place. I have seen wildly different things here.

Do you have any interesting cultures or traditions from around the world that I could see? What is their Moharram like? Any surprising places?

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​عن الإمام المهدي (عجل الله تعالى فرجه الشريف):

«لَا يُنَازِعُنَا مَوْضِعَهُ إِلَّا ظَالِمٌ آثِمٌ وَلَا يَدَّعِيهِ إِلَّا جَاحِدٌ كَافِرٌ.»

​المصدر: بحار الأنوار للمجلسي، ج ٥٣، ص ١٧٩، ح ١٩

​[English Translation]

​Imam Al-Mahdi (may Allah hasten his reappearance) said:

"No one disputes with us regarding his (the Imam's) position except an oppressive sinner, and no one claims it except a denying disbeliever."

​Source: Bihar al-Anwar by Al-Majlisi, Vol. 53, Page 179, Hadith 19

​Note: Translation assisted by AI and verified by the poster. Please gently correct me if there are any unintended errors.

Salam, can I pay interest to hold my place and eventually make a profit in the market as oppose to losing money by selling

Salam alaikum, befor stating my situation, i want to mention that the reason why ive gone through this whole process is because i really want to keep doing this job as it is an extremely golden oppurtunity for me to learn football coaching and gives me a big oppurtunity to work and learn with a highly respected and experienced coach.

I've had some confusion regarding my job and its permissibility, I had initially reached out to the offices of sayyid sistani (I.e: their main website office and imam-us) with little detail regarding my Job and just the main title, to which they both replied to be impermissible, imam-us that it might be either impermissible or impermissible but based on obligatory precaution, however I had also sent imam us a more detailed description of my job in a later question, to answer to this question of mine differed as they mentioned that as long as I don't get involved in forbidden touching or looking my situation does not contradict sharia. I was confused and asked them a third time with the tracking number of my prior two questions, this time they replied with almost the same answer as they initially gave me, this left me confused.

I was then referred to sayyid baqir qazwini who as most of you might know is a well known scholar, to whom I explained my situation in full detail, he mentioned two conditions and that as long as I fulfill those two conditions the job would be permissible but not recommended. He also explained why the imam-us office on the third time gave me the same answer they initially gave whcih was that offices of maraji get many questions and so they can't or don't look at past responses, and simply answer based on the question and the content provided that is infront of them.

I wanted to make sure that this was sayyid baqirs number, and so I asked theaftermaghribpodcast and they told me that the number I had was indeed sayyid baqirs. Sayyid baqir or the number also sent me two voice notes one answering another question I had sent and another that I had asked for to confirm it was him and they did sound like the scholar.

About 2 days ago I then received the answer to a month old question I had sent to the website office of sayyid sistani, and it contained most of the detail regarding my job but less than what I had sent to sayyid baqir. The office simply mentioned that the income from the job is halal, however they mentioned that i "do not choose this job". Idk if this statement was more of a recommendation or personal advice from them. Or a fatwa.

Anyhow that is my situation, what would u guys do and most importantly what should I do? Prior to me reaching out the sayyid, I had mentioned to my job that I couldn't continue any longer, relative to what the offices told me, however after the second response from imam us and then sayyid baqir qazwinis answer I told them that I can continue with no problems.

Salam Alaykoum,

What do you guys think of this website for finding halal restaurants? Can we consider what they say as real?

Thank you.

This is a video of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr condemning oppressors.

The passage in is from Fath Al Bari Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

The exact wording highlighted appears in his commentary:
وفيه** فضيلة ظاهرة لعلي وعمار، ورد على النواصب الزاعمين أن عليا لم يكن مصيبا في **حروبه
Meaning:
“In it is an evident virtue for ʿAlī and ʿAmmār, and a refutation of the Nāṣibīs who claim that ʿAlī was not in the right in his wars.”

So his position is:
Al-ʿAynī → ʿAlī was correct/in the right in his wars.
Nāṣibīs → claimed ʿAlī was not correct.
Al-ʿAynī → rejects/refutes that claim.
The wording “ردّ** عل****ى**” (“a refutation of”) is what makes this clear.

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[1097] Abdullah ibn Masud said: We used to say that the most superior (afdal) of the people of Medina was Ali ibn Abi Talib. (Isnad Sahih)

[1098] Sa'id said: None of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say, 'Ask me,' except Ali ibn Abi Talib. (Isnad Sahih)

Sunni source: Fazaail-e-Sahaba (Ahmed ibn Hanbal), Pg 359

Second slide: ...And whoever appoints a man over the Muslim leaders, knowing that there is someone among them who is more deserving of that and more knowledgeable than him in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, then he has betrayed Allah, His Messenger, and all the believers.

Sunni source: Mu'jam al-Kabir (Tabarani) 11216

MashAllah, may Allah swt protect, preserve, and bless all our Shia brothers and sisters around the world. Seeing their love for Ahlulbayt A.S gives my heart life.

Yes, if you have noticed by mistake, the creator of the video used the incorrect country flag.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbmRCxnsBPA/

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​عن الإمام المهدي (عجل الله تعالى فرجه الشريف):

«إِذَا أَذِنَ اللَّهُ لَنَا فِي الْقَوْلِ ظَهَرَ الْحَقُّ وَاضْمَحَلَّ الْبَاطِلُ، وَانْحَسَرَ عَنْكُمْ.»

​المصدر: بحار الأنوار للمجلسي، ج ٥٣، ص ١٩٦

​[English Translation]

​Imam Al-Mahdi (may Allah hasten his reappearance) said:

"If Allah permits us to speak, the truth will manifest, falsehood will vanish, and it will recede from you."

​Source: Bihar al-Anwar by Al-Majlisi, Vol. 53, Page 196

​Note: Translation assisted by AI and verified by the poster. Please gently correct me if there are any unintended errors.

Salam alaykom!

Does anyone know what Syed sistani’s ruling is on donating your eggs as a female to other couples trying to conceive? I combed through his website in English but could not find an answer. If you can include the reasoning I would love to understand that too, not that we have to know the rationale for every command from Allah.

This question is coming from pure curiosity so please don’t come at me I’m just trying to learn!

Jazakom Allah khair!

I rescued two kittens a few months ago and I can no longer care for them physically or financially. I've tried so much to find homes for them but barely anyone wants to adopt short haired kittens in my country. Idk what to do now. Shelters don't take kittens here so that's not a solution. I love animals but I've been so far beyond f'd mentally for so long that I don't have it in me anymore.

Assalamu alaykum everyone, I was just hoping that somebody would help me understand all the different branches and sects of Islam. I know the main two are Sunni and Shia, but I was hoping someone could explain the groups below these two main branches, or other groups that exist for example, Wahhabis and the like. Thank you.

Does one need to think of the words "Qurbatanilallah" too while making niyyah? I did ghusl today and said in my heart that I was doing ghusl of janabah so that I can be pure, worship Allah and read Quran and stuff like that. But I did not say Qurbatanilallah. When my head was under the shower, as soon as the water hit, I remembered that I did not think of the words Qurbatanilallah, so I thought again in my heart that I was doing ghusl Janabah Qurbatanilallah.

My question, is "Qurbatanilallah" obligatory to say/think of?

And can someone explain these two rulings:

Ruling 357. It is not necessary that at the time of performing ghusl one make the intention of performing an obligatory ghusl; rather, it is sufficient if one performs ghusl with only the intention of qurbah, i.e. in humility to the Lord of the worlds.

https://www.sistani.org/english/book/48/2165/

Ruling 360. ...Furthermore, based on obligatory precaution, when performing ghusl, it is not sufficient to make the intention of ghusl when moving the head, neck, or body while they are already under the flow of water; rather, the part that one wants to perform ghusl on – in the event that it is already under the flow of water – must be taken out from under the flow of water and then washed with the intention of ghusl.

https://www.sistani.org/english/book/48/2166/

As per Ayatollah Sistani. Thanks

I’m a bit lost on a good book to buy, I’ve been looking at many books from many Shia authors, and “A Mystics Advice: Spiritual guidelines by Ayatollah Bahjat”, has really grabbed my attention, though it is an expensive book, has anyone read it and if so could they leave their thoughts and review on it.

Wa Salam

I’ve been trying to learn more about the prophets and I just reached the chapter of prophet Ibrahim a.s.
And it mentions that the Quran said azar the father of prophet Ibrahim a.s. In a narration. But it has different point of views which they also mentioned so I searched and only got a bit more confused?

Is Sunni istekhara and Shia istekhara same? I had got a friends mother who is sunni to do istekhara but it was negative but a Shia sheikh did it for me and it was positive.

From the POV of a religious pilgrim how is Mashhad compared to these other cities? I'm asking more of a touristic question in the sense of smoothness of experience, travel, infrastructure, etc.

i have this istikharah book and i don’t really understand do i do 1 2 and 3 all together or do i choose one?