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𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

@SalahIranee He didn’t get shocked because the victim wasn’t in contact with the live rail anymore. People don’t ‘stay electrified’ electricity only flows while you’re touching the power source. Once the circuit is broken, it’s safe to pull someone away

Can someone explain in simple terms how the rescuer was able to touch the guy getting electrocuted without getting shocked too?

Seeking Worldly Benefits in Righteous Actions - IS IT SHIRK? There are actions for which Allah has mentioned a worldly benefit connected to it, and others for which He has not. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl al-Shaykh explained in al-Tamhīd li-Sharḥ Kitāb al-Tawḥīd (p. 390): The deeds a servant performs while seeking both worldly and otherworldly rewards are of two categories: First Category (Actions which Allah has not connected a worldly benefit to it): That the deed itself is one in which the doer intends and seeks the rewards of this world, without seeking any reward of the Hereafter, and for which the Sacred Law has not mentioned any worldly reward nor encouraged it by doing so - such as prayer, fasting, and the like from acts of worship and obedience. So, if someone performs such deeds purely for worldly gain, even if his desire is limited to that worldly benefit, this is not permissible, because such a person has intended by his worship something other than Allah. If he intended by it worldly benefit, even if not associating other beings outwardly, then he has fallen into shirk. Second Category (Actions which Allah has connected a worldly benefit to it): Deeds for which Allah has prescribed and mentioned worldly benefits as encouragement - such as maintaining family ties, showing dutifulness to parents, and similar righteous acts. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever would like his provision to be expanded for him and his life to be extended, let him maintain his ties of kinship.” (al-Bukhārī 2067) If a person performing such a deed recalls both the worldly and the religious (otherworldly) reward, and is sincere in his action for Allah while not limiting his intention to the worldly outcome alone, then there is no harm in this. However, if he performs the act remembering only the worldly reward and not the reward of the Hereafter, his deed enters under the threat and is among the forms of minor shirk. If, on the other hand, he combines both intentions desiring what is with Allah in the Hereafter and what Allah promised of benefit in this world then there is no problem, for the servant is hoping for what Allah Himself encouraged. But if his heart is filled only with desire for worldly benefit, his reward in the Hereafter diminishes, though he is not completely deprived, since the Sharīʿah itself mentioned worldly rewards to encourage such deeds. Ibn ʿUthaymīn said in Majmūʿ Fatāwā wa Rasāʾil Ibn ʿUthaymīn, 2/209: “If a person intends by his deed both the good of this world and the good of the Hereafter, there is nothing wrong with that, because Allah says: ‘And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out and will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon Allah, then He is sufficient for him.’ (Sūrah al-Ṭalāq, 2–3) This verse encourages piety by mentioning a worldly benefit.” Qatādah said: “The Prophet ﷺ knew that people desired worldly gain, so he said: ‘Come to the obedience of Allah, for in it is both worldly and eternal success.’” Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī was asked about drought, poverty, childlessness, and barren gardens. His reply to each was: “Seek forgiveness from Allah.” When asked why, he said: “I did not say this from myself. Allah says: ‘Ask forgiveness of your Lord; indeed, He is ever a perpetual Forgiver. He will send rain from the sky upon you in continuing showers and give you increase in wealth and children…’ (Qur’an 71:10–12)” Many authentic narrations mention deeds that bring both spiritual and worldly benefits, such as: - Performing Ḥajj and ʿUmrah repeatedly, seeking protection from poverty. - Seeking forgiveness to attain wealth and children. - Reciting adhkār for protection from harm. - Praying Fajr in congregation to be under Allah’s care and protection. - Showing leniency when reclaiming debts, so that Allah will ease one’s own affairs. - Sending blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ to be relieved from worry and distress. - Giving zakāh so that wealth may increase and grow in blessing. - Performing abundant acts of worship, seeking that Allah care for one’s offspring after death. - Praying for forgiveness in hopes of being healed from illness.

Bennabi's Colonisability: An American Problem What makes a society fall? How does it get taken over by others? Malik Bennabi (Algerian thinker, 1905-1973) identified the cause as an internal disease he called "colonisability." Long before foreign armies arrive, societies fall into self-inflicted weakness. A slow decay that is social, psychological, and spiritual at once.

Example of one stupid mistake can burn down everything you worked for.

@SilentlySirs @grok what’s the background music here

Israeli anthropologist Jeff Halper: “The logic of the Israelis? They come from Ukraine.”

— Robert Pinsky

@monzo I keep receiving wrong emails

GIBSON: "I have three friends. All three of them had stage four cancer. All three of them don't have cancer right now at all." ROGAN: "What did they take?" GIBSON: "Ivermectin, Fenbendazole"

A cheap cancer cure they don't want you knowing about: Fenbendazole

🚨🚨🚨 A man diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only six months to live refused to accept his fate. Instead, he went home, did some research and discovered the 'Joe Tippens Protocol.' This alternative treatment approach involved the use of FENBENDAZOLE, a medication typically used to treat parasitic infections in animals. According to the man, Fenbendazole was the key to saving his life. “They told me that I only had 6 months to live and to go home and DIE” “I’m totally CANCER FREE today, because of Fenbendazole” Listen to this👇🔥❤️ #Cancer

@BlxckSwiss_ Then we would all be poor.

There's 8 billion people in the world, he could give everyone a billion dollars and still have 343 billion left

Floyd Mayweather getting chased out of London’s Hatton Garden was not on my today’s list. #Luigi #fashion #Blueivy #boyonce #syria #fashionstyle #asad #outfitinspo #outfitideas #fitsonpoint #mayweather #London #streetwear

@matthucius So what would you do differently product/market wise if you go start again?

Been thinking a lot and speaking to some big scale founders about product/market fit, timing and the vehicle you choose to be in, and how it’s essentially the highest leverage decision and arguably most important thing you decide on in the entire lifecycle of your business. Essentially WHAT (niche/product) you choose to do and WHERE (geography/channel) you choose to do it is far far more important in determining how big or successful your thing will/can be over time than simply just HOW you go about executing (assuming that you’re competent and have all the basics covered to a pretty high level, like most people on here) (completely hypothetical examples) Let’s say founder A does X and gets 5x ROAS from day one, works hard and does the right things of course, but is always super profitable and scales super easy, could get to £100m rev over a few years simply due to the nature of what they do - yet founder B does Y and struggles to get 2+ ROAS and hits a ceiling at £8m/year (the unit economics or CAC just don’t work beyond that, perhaps due to the TAM or organic demand), they work just as hard (if not harder cos they’re having to test way more and try new things to make it work), but it just won’t get to even £15m cos the numbers don’t stack up - Founder A looks like a genius but actually they just chose a better market (which maybe is the genius part, or they just timed it perfectly) and founder B looks stupid even though they could technically be better/smarter in the details, but they just chose a far less lucrative/high potential niche - I’ve seen this quite a few times, the biggest scaler almost always makes it look easy, and in many cases it actually IS for them (once they’ve dialled it in, found momentum and built a team), whereas the guy stuck at 7 figures often appears to work 2x as hard and try 3x as many things, but they simply can’t move the needle as much, as the vehicle they chose simply doesn’t have the potential, at least not with the resources, knowledge and experience currently available to them This makes me realise that the single most important thing to scale/success is the product and market you choose to be in, which you ultimately decide on day one and can’t really go back on once you’re running, unless you massively pivot the brand or launch new products inside the same niche that still makes sense under the same roof - The questions are - - Is bigger (more money) always better or should a founder pursue passion first and settle for whatever potential the respective niche of their passions allow? - How to determine which opportunities present the greatest potential upside ahead of dedicating 100% of time & resource to them, or at least how to determine this ASAP after launch? - Can a brand in Founder B scenario truly pivot enough to go from struggling to scaling inside the same general niche, or are they better off starting again from scratch? - Does this discussion in general discredit the superior talent and skills of Founder A, or is great success at scale almost always actually just the right product in the right market at the right time, which makes whoever did it look like a genius? - Should great success always feel to some extent ‘easy’ once you’ve found momentum, and a lack of that is a sign that the foundational decisions of what to DO were wrong, or is everything super hard regardless of what it is, just with some efforts being rewarded with much greater returns by virtue of the choice of vehicle on day one? An interesting area of discussion that’s come up recently, so would be interested to get twitter’s thoughts 🤔

@HappyPunch That’s Holland Park, Connor knew where the rich candy is at.

Conor McGregor had the time of his life while trick-or-treating with his kids tonight 😂

@LondonsFirst_ How is cench not wearing his own tracksuit

@_DAGYE Hard

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@soldierboyfrie1 Incredible

Recent work 🖼️ On view at the Hublot London boutique, 9-13th of October.