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The great Damascene scholar Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751/1350) authored the masterpiece of Islamic psychology Madarij al-Salikin, (Ranks of the Divine Seekers). It sets out the great Hanbalite's advice on how to journey to Allah and reach the ranks of a loving believer of our Lord. Professor Ovamir Anjum, the translator into English of this great work, talks to The Thinking Muslim about Ibn Qayyim’s spiritual perspectives, including the wisdom of sin, what attributes a believer should shun and acquire, the multiple stations on the route to this journey and the role of obedience to Allah for spiritual felicity.

Dr. Ovamir Anjum is the Imam Khattab Endowed Chair of Islamic Studies at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Toledo. He obtained his Ph.D. in Islamic Intellectual history in the Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Masters in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, and Masters in Computer Science and Bachelors in Nuclear Engineering and Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before higher education, his Islamic training began at home while growing up in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United States with a broad range of scholars, including his remarkable grandmother, and continued as he studied fiqh with South Asian Ḥanafī and Ahl-e-hadīs scholars and usūl al-fiqh and qirā’āt of the Quran with scholars from Egypt’s Al-Azhar and Syria. He currently leads the Ummatics Institute and is the Editor in-Chief of Yaqeen Institute.

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 89

0:00-2:14 Introduction
2:14-5:34 The meaning and significance of hāl and maqām
5:34-13:02 The ranks a believer can attain
13:02-16:36 Why Allah allows us to commit sins?
16:36-21:29 How to improve our spiritual status?
21:29-26:48 How do we love Allah?
26:48-31:12 How to be constantly reflective of our personality
31:12-36:14 Personality traits we should get rid of
36:14-40:23 How do you reconcile politics with spirituality?
40:23-46:27 Was Ibn Al Qayyim a Sufi?
46:27-50:53 The relationship between Ibn Al Qayyim and Ibn Taymiyya
50:53-55:06 Where does Ibn Al Qayyim differ from other Sufis?
55:06-1:00:40 Should sectarian diversity among Muslims be praised?
1:00:40-1:02:46 Reflections on the Muslim community in UK
1:02:46-1:02:56 Additional information

We often hear from Muslims that our ummah suffers from disunity on a local, national and international level. Slight differences of opinion can cause major divisions. Our countries remain deeply divided between themselves and there is an impression that has consolidated that we will not be able to recover our position. This situation has led to despondency. Helplessness and in the extreme, an acceptance of the status quo. But is this written? Is there anything we can do about this parlous situation? Have we come to the end of Muslim civilisation, and are we now merely managing decline? Are we waiting for the Mahdi, a leader who will change our situation? Or is there anything we can do about our predicament? To help us understand the issues of unity and division from an Islamic perspective we have invited Shaykh Dr. Shuayb Wani.

Dr. Shuayb Wani is the Director and Co-Founder of the Dār Al ‘Ilm Institute https://daralilm.org - He grew up in Indian-occupied Kashmir and started his quest to learn Islamic ‘Ulūm during his schooling years. He completed his foundational Islāmic Studies in India, and at Al-Azhar University, Egypt. He devoted 10 years to studying advanced Islāmic Studies specializing in Usūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) at the International Islamic University, Malaysia. He holds a PhD in : “The Legal Thought of Imam al-Shafi‘i” published in 2021. He has 20 years experience of teaching Islamic ulum. He lives in Istanbul with his family.

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 103

0:00 Introduction
2:27 Our Current Situation
5:10 Hadith on 73 Sects
10:25 Regulating Differences
13:57 Praiseworthy Ikhtilaf
21:27 Unifying Fiqh Opinions?
26:15 Differences on Aqeeda
31:20 The Mutazilla School
35:20 A Centralised State
44:53 Adab of Difference
48:02 A Muqalid Debating
53:10 Raising our Intellectual Level
55:00 Can we have Mujtahid’s today
56:40 Artificial Intelligence Mujtahids?
57:40 A New Mujtahid Mutlaq?
1:00:32 Nationalism and Etnicity
1:04:30 Cultural Differences?
1:06:07 Are we Managing Muslim Decline?
1:09:40 Being Pessimistic
1:14:30 Imam Mahdi

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The inhuman aggression by which Israel treats Palestinians is known to everyone who possesses an ounce of justice. This excludes, of course, Western nations for whom, apparently, history began last Saturday. However, they are very aware that the colonial outpost they set up in the Middle East is hell-bent on extracting as much land as possible to accommodate racist Americans and Europeans. They are aware that in the process, Israel slowly squeezes Palestinians and of the daily humiliations – the trigger-happy border guards that maim and murder. They know all of this yet remain deaf to the cries. They give the murderous state weapons of war, instruments of torture and diplomatic cover. Just this past week, the main political parties on both sides of the Atlantic were falling over each other to give Israel the green light. In an age of impunity, Israel has a free pass.

But what lay behind the events last week, and what can we expect in the coming weeks from regional and international actors? To help us untangle the political issues, we once again invite Sami Hamdi back on the programme. Sami Hamdi is the managing director of the International Interest and a ME commentator.

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 114

0:00 Introduction
02:00 Iran’s hand?
05:00 Normalisation with Saudi
07:41 Palestine is back
11:54 Egyptian tip-off
18:43 The art of political analysis
29:40 The Western position
42:30 Rocket attacks from Lebanon
44:26 Palestinian victory
47:45 The propaganda front
56:35 A ground offensive?
1:03:00 Israeli victory?
1:09:10 The Rafah crossing
1:14:17 Ethnic cleansing?
1:18:55 Pakistan and normalisation
1:28:13 Our situation and hope

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The War on Terror, a US-led strategy that saw deadly interventions in the Muslim world, has transformed a generation of Muslims. Some, like my guest today, unwittingly got caught up in this mindless campaign and 21 years after the events of 9/11, we still feel the aftereffects of programmes that placed every Muslim in categories, moderate or extreme, good and bad, loyal or disloyal.

Moazzam Begg, a former Guantanamo detainee upon his release, has been a tireless campaigner for the truth, exposing its lies and deceits. In the process, he and his organisation CAGE international have tactically contacted non-Muslim sympathisers and wider Human Rights organisations. But I asked him about the risks involved in this strategy. Many a time, Muslims that receive such support are forced to compromise. The left wants Islam to change and come with various social positions we find problematic. The right often possesses a chauvinism that calls upon Muslims to accept a secondary role in society. We ask Moazzam to conceptualise how he navigates these binaries.

We also ask Moazzam to update us on the current state of the war on terror. Is it over as a US state policy, and if so, what does this mean for us?

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 82

0:00 - 0:33 - Highlights
0:33 - 1:58 - Introduction
1:59 - 3:59 - Have things improved for you
4:00 - 5:07 - What grounds do they keep stopping you
5:08 - 8:28 - How has CAGE nurtured support form Non Muslims
8:29 - 9:26 - Muslim countries being used for War on Terror
9:26 - 12:41 - Aafia Siddiqui
12:41 - 15:42 - What are the Red Lines when dealing with Non Muslim sympathisers
15:43 - 18:18 - The Left and their Anti Imperialist stance
18:19 - 20:30 - Muslim countries blocking Uyghur debate. Why they fear China
20:31 - 23:33 - Some say any form of alliance with Non Muslims means a sell out
23:34 - 26:21 - How do you deal with the views of the left on social issues like Gender, Marriage etc
26:22 - 28:29 - How do you navigate the Left and the Right
28:30 - 30:56 - Should people have a good Islamic background first
30:57 - 33:18 - Are the terms we use loaded Equality, Rights, Freedom
33:19 - 36:31 - How much effort does CAGE put into education especially those influenced by the left
36:32 - 38:42 - Muslim University Societies
38:43 - 41:28 - Is US War on Terror now over because of new focus on China and Russia
41:29 - 45:46 - Afghanistan retreat and the Taliban
45:47 - 50:06 - How can we focus our attention on the Uyghur issue
50:07 - 52:48 - Turkey what sort of support do they offer to the Uyghur issue
52:49 - 55:57 - CAGE is non government org how do you see its role in comparison to State actors
55:58 - 57:30 - CAGE rebranded to CAGE International
57:31 - 1:00:33 - Is Britain relatively speaking a better safer place for Muslims
1:00:34 - 1:01:45 - Labour Party
1:01:46 - 1:02:57 - Second stage of War on Terror
1:02:57 - 1:06:30 - India CAGE Response
1:06:31 - 1:07:40 - What motivates you

Many Muslims living in the West have become aware that the ideas of tolerance, individualism, liberal multiculturalism and freedom of religion – all liberal notions — have their limits when it comes to our community. A series of tensions, from depictions of the Messenger (saw) in offensive cartoons and the teaching of sexual practices at odds with our faith in schools, has brought into focus how there remains an incompatibility between the ever-increasing demands of the liberal state and the Muslim community.

To help us understand these tensions, Imam Tom Facchine, an imam and convert to Islam helps us understand the liberal state. He finished his BA in Political Science and was granted the opportunity to study at the Islamic University of Madinah from 2015-2020, where he obtained his BA from the Faculty of Shariah. Imam Tom is the Research Director of Islam and Society at the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research. He is also a resident scholar and imam of Utica Masjid (New York state).

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 99

00:00 Opening clip
00:32 Introduction
02:04 Tensions felt in Muslim communities in the US
05:33 Why are Muslims a unique target?
08:19 Why is Islam hard to secularise?
12:15 There is nothing neutral about Liberalism
15:50 The sanctity of worldly desires
17:28 The liberal pretence of tolerance
21:11 What should be the extent of compromise?
26:41 Why is the American liberal experiment more successful?
29:50 Democrats, Republicans and Liberalism
35:44 Is the US constitution a liberal one?
39:39 Confronting liberal norms in every day life
45:15 Role of Muslim leadership
46:26 Why are other communities more susceptible to secularisation
53:05 How can Muslims contribute to the counter-discourse?
55:45 Responding to modernist Muslims
59:42 Work with Yaqeen Institute
1:00:00 A lack of taking Liberalism head on
1:04:12 Can we be Muslims under a liberal state?
1:05:25 We have tools to our advantage

Dr. Yasir Qadhi explains Ibn Taymiyyah's famous ten ways to be saved from the fire of Hell.

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Dr. Yasir Qadhi discusses the Islamic ruling on helping non-Muslims against Muslims.

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Ali said, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent for me, Az-Zubair and Abu Marthad, and all of us were cavalry men, and said, 'Proceed to Raudat-Hajj (Abu Salama said that Abu 'Awana called it like this, i.e., Hajj where there is a woman carrying a letter from Hatib bin Abi Balta'a to the pagans (of Mecca). So bring that letter to me.' So we proceeded riding on our horses till we overtook her at the same place of which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had told us. She was traveling on her camel. In that letter Hatib had written to the Meccans about the proposed attached of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) against them. We asked her, "Where is the letter which is with you?' She replied, 'I haven't got any letter.' So we made her camel kneel down and searched her luggage, but we did not find anything. My two companions said, 'We do not think that she has got a letter.' I said, 'We know that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has not told a lie.'" Then `Ali took an oath saying, "By Him by Whom one should swear! You shall either bring out the letter or we shall strip off your clothes." She then stretched out her hand for her girdle (round her waist) and brought out the paper (letter). They took the letter to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). `Umar said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (Hatib) has betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the believers; let me chop off his neck!" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Hatib! What obliged you to do what you have done?" Hatib replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why (for what reason) should I not believe in Allah and His Apostle? But I intended to do the (Mecca) people a favor by virtue of which my family and property may be protected as there is none of your companions but has some of his people (relatives) whom Allah urges to protect his family and property." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He has said the truth; therefore, do not say anything to him except good." `Umar again said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He has betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the believers; let me chop his neck off!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Isn't he from those who fought the battle of Badr? And what do you know, Allah might have looked at them (Badr warriors) and said (to them), 'Do what you like, for I have granted you Paradise?' " On that, `Umar's eyes became flooded with tears and he said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." (Bukhari)

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The Thinking Muslim team was honoured to host this exclusive event at Gatton Road Mosque, London with two lucid and outstanding thinkers. Ahmed Paul Keeler and Imam Tom Facchine discussed Muslims in an Age of Crises.

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It is not an exaggeration to say that one of the challenges the Muslim community faces is unity. We tend to fall out with one another on spurious grounds, yet communities’ erect mosques around divisions and we are always ready to call one another out. Our public discourse is caustic, we are ready to condemn each other on the flimsiest of reasons.

If we contrast our modern predicament to our history, we find that Muslims had a higher threshold of tolerance towards one another, the tent was big and the ummah flourished. Our vision was lifted above the petty squabbles and differences and we excelled. No doubt the divisions we currently find ourselves In is exacerbated by outside actors that look to sow division and that has been the case for over a century, however, we enable those schisms to open up and fail to appreciate the true meaning of the verse, the believers are all brothers.

This week we speak to a regular guest Dr Shadee Elmasry about division within the Muslim community. I ask him, how does Islam help us to navigate our differences? What makes a valid shari’ opinion? How do we know whether a scholar or commentator is sincere to sources of Islam? What makes a mujtahid and what are the limits of the muqallid (follower)? We discuss the recent trend amongst duat to call out and defame one another.

We also discuss the duty of enjoining maroof and forbid munkar, how does a layman fulfil this duty? What gives the commoner the right to question even scholars on issues and what are the guidelines? How do we forbid wrong while transmitting respect and not exacerbating divisions? We look at the notion ‘only Allah can judge’ and the anger that pervades much of modern social media ‘da’wah’. What does it mean to be smart in conveying Islam? and does being smart sometimes come at the cost of being truthful?

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A brief explanation of the greatest verse in the Qur'an, Ayat al-Kursi.

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It is no exaggeration to say that in their quest to malign Islam, some in the West target Muslim women. Her position within the family, her place in society and, of course, her dress are placed under the microscope – and like colonialists in the days of empire, her emancipation is seen to be a means to a greater Islamic reformation. In recent days, France’s minister of education has announced that Abayas, the loose dress many Muslims wear for modesty, will be banned from schools. Apparently, a piece of clothing is an affront to French secularism and, yet again, another sign of separatism. In the UK, the former prime minister likened burka-wearing Muslim women is a those who chose to look like letterboxes and bank robbers.

Young Muslim women are subject to a barrage of what can only be called propaganda, traducing their religious dress and promising to liberate them from their religion. To help us understand how this works and to caution against some of the extremes by which the community can handle this onslaught.

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 109

00:00 Introduction
02:20 On Nicky Campbell's review
05:50 Onslaught against Muslim women
07:58 Obsession with women's dress
10:45 Societal Pressure
11:32 Criminalising young Muslim men
13:20 A deliberate agenda
15:38 Navigating the noise around the hijab
19:49 Modernist interpretations of scripture
22:53 Progressive gender ideologies
24:06 How secular society judges women
26:35 Women in Muslim societies
29:52 Muslims leaving the West
34:11 Making the move
36:38 Gender roles
39:17 Living feminism
44:25 Gender wars
46:50 Hyperindividualism
49:43 British politics post Iraq war
51:22 Attending a Muslim event
55:22 Why write a memoir
58:10 Palestine and Isreal

Presidential candidate Donald Trump talks about Islam and Muslim immigrants with CNN's Anderson Cooper.

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Although the war on terror is now a distant memory to many Americans, it’s horrible residue remains. The incarceration of Aafia Siddiqui, a brilliant academic and mother of three, has become a symbol of its excesses, of which there were many. She languishes in prison, serving an 86-year sentence for an offence that looks barely credible, the attempted murder of two US officials in Afghanistan in 2008. Her whereabouts before that date remain murky, and so does the welfare of her youngest son Suleman – who has not been seen since her detention in 2003.

To help us unpick the facts, we have invited Aafias lawyer Clive Stafford Smith to shed light on what happened to Aafia and her children. Clive has helped secure the release of 86 prisoners from Guantánamo Bay and still acts for the remaining numbers. Since the early days of the War on Terror, he has worked tirelessly to force the Americans and other Western powers to adhere to the rule of law. He has sought to uncover the secret prisons and ghost prisoners that stain the reputation of powerful states – who presented their wars in benevolent terms.

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 102

Timestamps

00:00 Opening Clip
00:23 Introduction
01:43 The dissonance between the West and the Muslim world
03:12 Background information about Aafia
06:24 The abductors breaking into Aafia and her family in 2003
09:32 Aafia’s son Ahmed Hasan being taken from his mother and put in prison
10:08 Aafia’s daughter being taken from her mother and adopted by an American family
10:56 Aafia’s arrest
11:53 The role of Pakistan in the rendition of Aafia
13:13 President Musharraf’s confession
13:58 America's claims of Aafia between 2003 and 2008
16:20 The life of Aafia’s children after the arrest
20:45 Suleman, Aafiaa’s youngest child
21:31 Rendition and ghost prisoners
26:23 Why the Americans wanted Aafia?
27:48 Aafiya’s release in 2008 and the claim
31:43 Why was Aafia not charged with terrorism by the prosecutors?
33:58 Aafia’s state of mind after the trials
35:55 Fouzia meeting Aafia in prison
39:27 Does Aafia know what happened to her children?
41:00 Pakistani government's attempts to repatriate Aafia?
45:33 How can Muslims around the world help Aafia?
48:45 How American Muslims can help
50:53 Clive's motivations
51:48 Is there hope for Aafia being released?
52:21 Clive and the Quran