I’ve shared this privately with others on several occasions and thought it would be beneficial to post more publicly as well. It’s a beautiful story and one of my favorites, with many benefits to be taken. Here, I’ll share a brief summary of the event in question, followed by benefits I’ve heard various students of knowledge mention. The Story Umm Salamah and her husband...
The Context A sister (or a troll, in all likelihood, based on their behavior in the comments) made a post on our sub asking if it was worth it to lose out on a lucrative job or first-world citizenship just for refusing to shake hands with the opposite sex. The post was removed for a number of reasons (including references to callers to misguidance and "mainstream scholars", in addition...
I came across this video of Shaykh ‘Abdurrazzaq al Badr and it made me think again about something that crosses my mind from time to time which is: how amazing this Qur’an that we’ve been given is. Subhanallah. So many da’ees (callers to Islam) these days we see, and they’re twisting themselves into pretzels trying to reason, refute, or otherwise argue with the...
﷽ As always, I’d like to begin by clarifying that I am neither a scholar nor a student of knowledge. Most of what you’ve asked should be asked to a scholar. Luckily, similar inquiries have been made that I will try to pull from when sharing some general advice from what little knowledge I have. May Allah forgive and correct any mistakes I make. The Context A sister had posted some...