greater jihad

Documentation of
“Greater Jihad” hadith
(upd. Feb 28, 2005)
The “Greater Jihad” hadith comes to us
•  marfu` (as a Prophetic saying),
•  mawquf (as a Companion-saying), and
•  maqtu` (as a Tabi`i-saying or later).
I. Marfu`
As a Prophetic saying this hadith has two similar wordings from Jabir:
1. “Some troops came back from an expedition and went to see the Messenger of Allah sallallahu [...]

Muslims under non-muslim rule by Yahya Michot,; oxford

Book Review – The father of Islamic radicalism?
Muslims Under Non-Muslim Rule, by Yahya Michot, Oxford: Interface Publications, pp. 190, 2006, HB.
Born in 1263 in Harran (located close to Damascus) into a family of Islamic scholars and Hanbali jurists, Ibn Taymiyyah received his early education in Arabic and traditional Islamic sciences at home under the tutelage [...]

Marmaduke Pickthall

 The translation duly appeared, in 1930, and was hailed by the Times Literary Supplement as ‘a great literary achievement.’ Avoiding both the Jacobean archaisms of Sale, and the baroque flourishes and expansions of Yusuf Ali (whose translation Pickthall regarded as too free), it was recognised as the best translation ever of the Book, and, indeed, [...]

Allah is our Sufficiency

If a wolf asks a dog, why his chained
The dog say’s that’s how it is

I prefer to be free,
Say’s the wolf to the dog, and walks away.

That’s what its like for us.
And even if it is defficult…

…We are very satisfied with our life
Praise God

If only for a day, for a year.

You can better die a Cockerel
Than a Chicken.

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