#Refutations

[ilmtest]

Sayyid Qutb's Tafsir

The Refutation of Shaykh al-Albānī On Some of the Statements of al-Sayyid Quṭb Found in (his Book) al-Dhilāl «رد الشيخ الألباني على بعض أقوال السيد قطب المذكور في الظلال.» Questioner: The first question, both questions, are regarding the book, “al-Dhilāl (In the Shade of) al-Qurʾān” السائل: السؤال الأول وكلا السؤالين وراد من كتاب ظلال القرآن The Shaykh: “Yes.” الشيخ: نعم Questioner: Its author mentioned at the beginning of Sūrah Ṭā Hā that the Qurʾān is a cosmic phenomenon like the phenomena of the heavens and the earth. What is your opinion about this statement, bearing in mind that he uses the particle of comparison [ie: the word “like”], O Shaykh? السائل: ذكر صاحب كتاب ظلال القرآن في أول سورة طه بأن القرآن ظاهرةٌ كونية كظاهرة السماوات والأرض، فما رأيكم في هذا الكلام مع أنه صادر بكاف التشبيه يا شيخ؟ The Shaykh: O my brother, we have said more than one time: that Sayyid Quṭb, may Allah have mercy on him, was not a scholar. الشيخ: نحن يا أخي قلنا أكثير من مرة أن سيد قطب رحمه الله ليس عالمًا، He was just an author, a writer and he did not know how to express the legislated Islāmic creed, especially the Salafī beliefs from it. وإنما هو رجل أديب كاتب، وهو لا يحسن التعبير عن العقائد الشرعية الإسلامية وبخاصة منها العاقد السلفية، For this reason, it is not fitting that we drone on about his statements too much, ولذلك لا ينبغي أن ندندن حول كلماته كثيرًا Because he was not a scholar with the meaning of the word that we want: a scholar of the Book and the Sunnah upon the methodology of the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ. لأنه لم يكن عالما بالمعنى الذي نحن نريده عالما بالكتاب والسنة وعلى منهج السلف الصالح Many times his expressions are stylistic rhetoric and are not knowledge-based ones, and are especially not Salafī expressions, not being from this type at all, فهو في كثير من تعابيره يعني تعابير إنشائية بلاغية وليست تعابير علمية وبخاصة تعابير سلفية ليست من هذا الباب إطلاقًا، And we do not hesitate to condemn expressions such as those nor such tahsbīh. فنحن لا نتردد بإستنكار مثل هذا التعبير و هذا التشبيه The least that can be said about it (ie: the expression you asked about) is that he did not mean that the Qurʾān is literally Allah’s Speech as is the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa ʿl-Jamāʿah and nor does he mean that Allah's Speech is majāz (ie: metaphorical), أقل ما يقال فيه أنه لا يعني أنه كلام الله حقيقةً كما هو عقيدة أهل السنة والجماعة أو أنه كلام الله مجازًا As is the ʿaqīdah (ie: creed) of al-Muʿtazilah. كما هو عقيدة المعتزلة (His statements are) rhetorical, poetic speech. كلام خطابي شعري، But I do not hold that we should stop too much at such statements, except to clarify that it is speech which is not permissible in the Sharīʿah, and that (at the same time) it is not expressing the creed of the author regarding the Noble Qurʾān: is it the actual Speech of Allah or not? لكن أنا لا أرى أن نقف كثيرًا عند مثل هذا الكلام إلا أن نبين أنه كلام غير سائغ شرعًا وغير معبر عن عقيدة الكاتب في القرآن الكريم، هل هو كلام الله حقيقةً أم لا، This is what I believe and this is the answer to the first question. هذا الذي أعتقده وهذا هو الجواب عن السؤال الأول. Muḥammad Nāṣir ʾl-Dīn al-Albānī, Silsilah al-Hudá wa ʾl-Nūr 814/22 محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، سلسلة الهدى والنور ٨١٤/٢٢ https://old.shamela.ws/rep.php/book/5392 @ilmtest [https://t.me/ilmtest]

[dai-ilallah]

Khutoot Al Areedah: An Exposition and Refutation of the Sources of Shi'ism

Khutoot Al Areedah: An Exposition and Refutation of the Sources of Shi’ism

          Table of Contents 1 PUBLISHER’S NOTE 1 2 INTRODUCTION 2 3 THE PREDETERMINED FACT OF SECTARIANISM 3 4 THE CALL TO RECONCILIATION OF THE VARIOUS SECTS AND SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT 6 5 ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE 9 6 THE QUESTION OF TAQIYYAH 10 7 SHI’ITE ATTACK ON THE NOBLE QUR’AN10 So-called Suratul-wilaayah  12 Fatwa against companions  12 8 SHI’ITE LIES, EVEN AGAINST `ALI 15 9 REJOICING OF THE…

[nateconnolly]

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A picture that says “A student once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead, “What is the earliest sign of civilization? The student expected her to say a clay pot, a grinding stone, or maybe a weapon. 

Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.”

The second picture is a news headline. It is bolded and a much larger font. “27-year-old who couldn’t afford $1,200 insulin copay dies after trying cheaper version.”

The third picture is the same font and size as the Margaret Mead quote. It’s a continuation. It says, “A femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. In societies without the benefits of modern medicine, it takes about six weeks of rest for a fractured femur to heal. A healed femur shows that someone cared for the injured person, did their hunting and gathering, stayed with them, and offered physical protection and human companionship until the injury could mend.” 

The fourth picture is another headline. It is in a large and bolded type. “Dying man who couldn’t afford to go to hospital after vomiting blood"

The fifth picture is a screenshot of the Margaret Mead story.

Mead explained that where the law of the jungle—the survival of the fittest—rules, no healed femurs are found. The first sign of civilization is compassion, seen in a healed femur. 

The next screenshot is of a slightly different font. The letters are pointier and the lines are a little curvier. It says, “Susan Finley returned to her job at a Walmart retail store in Grand Junction Colorado, after having to call in sick because she was recovering from pneumonia.

The day after she returned, the fifty three  year old received her ten year associate award — and was simultaneously laid off, according to her family. She had taken off one day beyond what is permitted by Walmart’s attendance policy.

After losing her job in May 2016, Finley also lost her health insurance coverage and struggled to find a new job. Three months later, Finley was found dead in her apartment after avoiding going to see a doctor for flu-like symptoms. 

A screenshot of a bold, bigger headline. It says ‘The house always wins’: Insurers’ record profits.

A final screenshot of smaller text with a slightly gray background. It says “We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.” /end ID.] 

[orowyrm]

de please explain the necraloid i have so many questions

[introspectivememories]

buggy who turns to shanks one night after they've reunited and says softly, with indecipherable look in his eyes and says, "i'm not in love with you anymore." and shanks, shocked beyond belief, heart aching with a want he didn't even know he had, with a need he hadn't even realized was there, thinks quietly to himself, i didn't know you ever were

[zykamiliah]

sqq's fursona

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[celaenaeiln]

Batman Beyond (2016) Issue #45

Dick: *introducing damian to the Titans* This is my baby!

Damian: I'm 10 years old and a trained assasin. I'm not a baby.

30 years later

Dick: *introducing Damian to his kids* This is my baby!

Damian: I'm 40.

Dick: And your point is?

[boywifesammy]

???????? IM SORRY….

WHAT DID THEY MEAN BY THIS???????

[sysig]

You're still standing off to the side. Somehow, center stage has shifted from under your feet without you realizing, and you're standing in the wings, performing to no one.

Starring Role (Patreon)

[dai-ilallah]

Are Deobandis within the fold of Islam?

Are Deobandis within the fold of Islam?

Deobandis follow the Maatreedi madhhab with regard to belief (‘aqeedah), we have to define what al-Maatreediyyah is: This is a philosophical (kalaami) group which is named after Abu Mansoor al-Maatreedi. It is based on using rational and philosophical proof and evidence in disputes with opponents from among the Mu’tazilah, Jahamiyyah and others to establish the truths of religion and Islamic…

[redrobin-detective]

There's some inherent tragic horror in the fact that Simon canonically doesn't remember much of what he did as Ice King, just 'dreamlike impressions'. I imagine he remembers people, certain significant moments but otherwise it's kind of a blur. Simon is over a thousand years old but he barely remembers any of it. Not to mention the non-magical human brain isn't built to contain so much memory so any attempts to recall could be dangerous for him.

Imagine how terrible it is to be told a story of yourself acting strange and manic and pathetic and terrible and there's no internal context for it. It may as well have happened to someone else in a dream but its the personality and actions most people know you by. Simon hears an outrageous story of Ice King and who knows if it's real or not? He barely knows who the man was.

[jadelemonadee]

“kill them with kindness” wrong! FREE THOUGHTS ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜📜

[your-favourite-plague]

What if little Leyley has so many hairpins because her mom wasn't taking care of her hair and Andy was the one who had to do this, but he didn't really know how to?

[radiance1]

Vlad owned a cookbook.

Keyword, owned.

But you see, it was far from an ordinary cookbook.

It was a bit magical in nature, not on any purpose of Vlad's part, despite being the one to make it. It was created a while after Vlad stopped having an obsession with Maddie and became on somewhat better terms with Jack, in which he decided to entirely ignore one Daniel Fenton.

Instead, he focused on creating the perfect cookbook that has ever graced the mortal plane. Made from the highest leather, the best finest paper and bound together with the best thread he could find.

All helpfully sourced from the Ghost Zone.

Of course, after all of that he had to, well, fill it with recipes.

He had multiple duplicates scouring the internet for various recipes, and since it's for personal use he doesn't have to care for copyright or whatever since it won't be used by anyone but him. While also looking around in the Ghost Zone for specific types of ghosts.

Mostly grannies.

Overtime and with help from his multiple duplicates his cookbook has quickly become filled up, though for some reason there seemed to be an endless number of pages left unfinished, doesn't matter since it's just more space.

Then he started to encounter the spirits of witches, wizards, warlocks, shamans. You get it.

He took recipes from them too, because when he meant this would be the greatest cookbook, he meant it, and what is potion making if not Alchemy, and what is Alchemy if not cooking?

So, after some time, with blood, sweat, and tears being poured into his book with recipes from everywhere and his own personal recipe along with few decorations here and there, making it look less like a common book and more like the prized treasure it truly is, and Vlad's work is finally complete.

The greatest cookbook to ever grace the mortal plane.

He went to sleep happy, woke up the next day happy, used his newfound cookbook happily and was overall having the greatest of times.

He also found out that his cookbook became sentient. Which is nice, because he can just call out a page and it'll flip right through to it, but he doesn't recall how it became sentient.

He's been watching it carefully before completion, and every time it came in contact with ectoplasm it never became sentient like the food the Fentons produce (And yes, living food is indeed within the endless pages of his book), so it maybe had something to do with the more magical recipes contained within.

Not that he cared, really, since it served it's purpose extremely well.

Except, a few months later, with a visit from the Fentons to his mansion, he finds he lost it.

Vlad, predictably, is in shambles.

Is it because his cookbook is a genuine danger to society if in the wrong hands?

No.

Perhaps because contained within its pages are high level alchemical recipes?

No.

Or maybe because there was a recipe to create some kind of potion to kill an immortal, make someone immortal, or reverse death? (Honestly he didn't even remember where he got that one)

Fuck no.

He's in shambles because he didn't even get to use a quarter of the recipes that weren't even his own.

Also, because it's became his technical technically both his son and best friend.

Who does he accuse first?

One Danny Fenton.

Because it only disappeared after Danny came to visit, and while he wouldn't put it past Jack to do something incredibly stupid, the man was nowhere near his book at the time!

Danny, predictably, is not at all amused.

Vlad then pesters him to go out and search for his missing greatest creation and doesn't stop until Danny agrees.

So, now Danny has to find a cookbook that can and probably is a genuine danger to society if someone decides to use the far less than normal recipes.

Also, why the fuck did Vlad even have them??

[breadmecoshy]

SO I'm going through hollow knight for the fourth time ha ha

Besides, I've re-read the "Stag Beetles and Broken Legs" fan fiction again, so it's time to humanize Monomon and Quirrell!

(seriously, read "Stag Beetles and Broken Legs", it's damn good) In my conception, Monomon is the oldest of the Dreamers, but she's actively youthful, wearing such light clothing and acting quite active compared to her scowling counterparts (However, she also looks younger than her years on her face, so no one has any questions about it)

And young Quirrell, haha. So young and inspired, with burning eyes. Cute. Time has not bypassed him (though it's even better for some-). At least now he's age appropriate for Monomon

I can redraw my old concepts in more detail if you like my humanizations. I can also draw humaneizations of other characters if you ask (or more Lurien….. I like to draw his face…… gentle rose…….)

[000marie198]

Okay so, the prospect of dragons becoming 'softer' and 'less strong' and 'pet-like' due to living with vikings for a few years is so messed up!

This is partially due to how Toothless was characterized in THW. His character in Httyd 1 & 2 + GotNF +RoB/DoB + RTTE + other short movies is leagues different from THW Toothless. And amongst the common reasons theorized for this is dragons having become 'softer spoiled pets' due to 'being away from the wild'. And I hate it!

These dragons, especially the ones who have riders, are canonically stronger, faster, smarter and stealthier than any wild dragons due to all the experience they gained over the years. The dragons of Berk, particularly the gang's dragons, have travelled tremendous distances in single flights, fought battles with armadas and hunters and submarines and entire flocks and practically giants, been to habitats far and wide where wild ones don't dare venture, been through so much, have had near death experiences countless times and came out of those stronger than before. Heck they've even planned and strategized before! They have sharper instincts, faster reflexes, higher endurance and stamina than the wild ones who live in their own habitats. These guys have experienced and survived going through all kinds of habitats. I really doubt that the gang's dragons, the first and last line of defence, the researcher assists, the protectors and best friends of the most competent group on the island would get soft just like that.

AND! And, each of these dragons, Toothless, Meatlug, Hookfang, Stormfly, Barf and Belch, they were becoming smarter and smarter by the day. Toothless in the first movie was intelligent, curious, kind, stealthy, elegant, scary, dangerous, adorable, protective, strong. And he remained as such throughout the series. Why turn him into a... A senseless dog?! Where did his grace, his speed, his stealth and intelligence and protectiveness and loyalty go? That was NOT Toothless. Why was my boy treated like a silly pet and nothing else? Did they just up and forget everything he did throughout the course of the franchise? Toothless whose first thing to do when he got a controllable tailfin was go out to find Hiccup's lost helmet that fell in the ocean and then he broke that tailfin because he valued and treasured this friendship over potentially distancing freedom, Toothless who had defeated and befriended multiple feral dragons without being able to fly, Toothless who ate an eel to keep his best friend safe, Toothless who played possum to fool the outcast guards and escape on his own, Toothless who was willing to drown because he couldn't leave Hiccup alone, Toothless who broke the most Intense mind control hold of the Bewilderbeast because the bond he had with Hiccup was stronger. Are we talking about the same Toothless even?

Gah, I just despise that last movie for so many reasons. I might've given it grace marks if it was just the theme being sad but everything in it was wrong and messed up and illogical.