'Salafi' and 'Wahhabi' have become mainstream insults. This is why I reject them as slurs:
The Salaf (forefathers) are the righteous first three generations of Muslims. This includes the noble companions of the prophet (pbuh), may God be pleased with them. They are one and the same as "ahl ul-sunnah wal-jamaa'ah" (the followers of the sunnah and the united Islamic community).
Therefore, all Muslims should be followers of the Salaf. Salafi should be a general positive affirmation rather than a source of sectarianism or asabiyyah (factionalism).
If a group abuses the name or path of the Salaf, we should correct them, not grant them an exclusive monopoly over such a dignified label.
Al-Wahhab is one of the names of God. It means the Bestower.
'Wahhabi' has become a general insult against any Muslim, especially a Sunni.
It is also used by the ignorant to push people away from monotheism (tawheed).
Historically, it was coined by opponents to attack the followers of the scholar Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Abd al-Wahhab means Servant of the Bestower. Therefore, the term 'Wahhabi' linguistically attempts to link a derogatory label to a divine attribute of Allah Himself.
Whilst I know that many people don't intend to use these terms in a negative and derogatory way, I believe we should refrain from using them as slurs. They belong to Islam, not online arguments or sectarian and geopolitical disputes.
شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ ۚ
The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion.
Never be arrogant
We've seen the sinner become righteous, and the righteous fall for the tricks of shaytaan
The poor become rich, and the rich lose their wealth
The weak become strong, and the strong defeated by illness
And so forth...
Allah’s gonna test you
Whether it’s:
Failed businesses
Loss of money
Family issues
Health issues
Inconveniences
Bereavement
Marriage problems
Losing your job due to downsizing
Not finding a job due to a tough market
Dreams that don’t come true
And The ONLY way you can fail these tests, is by:
1) losing faith in Allah
2) questioning Allah’s decree
So when such hardships strike, remember that you have 4 choices on how to behave
1) become bitter, angry, or resentful. You question and disagree with Allah’s decree. This is sinful
2) show patience
3) be pleased with Allah’s decree
4) be thankful for Allah’s decree - and this is the best of the 4
The mission of the Prophet (peace be upon him) started with him condemning his tribe for idolatry.
His mission ended with him condemning those that took the graves of prophets as places of worship, which is another form of idolatry.
21st century Western Values:
- men in dresses using women’s bathrooms
- usury
- Zionism
- homosexuality
- alcoholism
- “empowering” women via 0nlyfans
- “progress” at the cost of morality
- secularism
- liberalism
- feminism
Alhamdulillah our faith isn’t compatible with that
If it wasn’t for Pharaoh, Moses’s greatness would never have been fully revealed.
If it wasn’t for Goliath, David’s courage would never have been fully shown.
If it wasn’t for Israel, the resilience of the Palestinians would never have been fully known
I'll say it again: Muslims should not join any leftist movement led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.
This is a strategic mistake which will stall the community's development.
We should definitely have cordial relations with Your Party and cooperate on matters of mutual concern, like Gaza and Islamophobia. Maybe we should even vote for them if the circumstances dictate it, although that isn't a given.
But taking leftists as our leaders and jumping on their bandwagon is a tried and tested failure with detrimental consequences for our iman and independence.
The Muslim community should have a robust debate about this and we should not be steamrollered into becoming a vote bank for leftists.
Do Israel supporters know it's over for them? Like, they know they're going to be despised for the rest of their lives, right? That they will never, ever live down the fact that they supported a live-streamed genocide? And that it'll only get worse as history clarifies things?
Surely they must realize this by now. Surely they must realize that nothing they do for the rest of their lives will ever be as significant as the fact that they played cheerleader for genocide and all of Israel's demented warmongering, long after normal people realized it was the wrong thing to do. That in the eyes of the world they will all always be first and foremost someone who supported and defended history's first live-streamed genocide.
I wonder what that's like, knowing that about yourself? If that was me maybe I'd be pushing for World War Three as well, I dunno. Maybe I'd hope we could turn the whole world into Gaza and let the flames wash away human memory of the things we had done. That enough death and destruction spread out across enough of the earth would make my crimes look small in comparison or something.
It won't work, though. Everyone's always going to remember what they did. Their grandchildren will be disgusted by them. Their families will carry their shame for generations.
What a terrible way to be.
@KorenLab @BeneMicro Why was the term "Reiter's syndrome" discontinued from medicine? Look up the reasons. I have no complaints about it — it's okay to ostracise individuals who knowingly affiliate with a genocidal nation or regime.
Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:
“The worst type of generosity is being generous in gifting your good deeds to others due to backbiting, tale-carrying, lying, swearing and insulting.”
— Majmū al-Fatawa (8/303)