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Actual engineers, you better not vibecode the bridge I'm driving on.

I think Richard Dawkins falling for a chatbot really is the final, formal nail in the coffin of the new atheist movement lol

@D1mashqi I'm culturally accustomed to be very uncomfortable with e.g. داوي حالي سيدي فلان etc. even though it was a staple of the culture in the past. For now, I'm content with إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ وَالْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ يَرْفَعُهُ و لا تنسانا في دعائكم

Building Bridges : Istighatha After many years of reading and contemplation on the topic of Istighatha, where my understanding grew and matured over time, I believe I am able to succinctly summarize it in a way that is acceptable for most people The problems caused by this issue are due to many factors, and all sides partly share the fault (to varying degrees) On the pro-Istighatha Sufi side, every random person gives his opinion on the matter. Some people don't even understand it, which obviously means they will incorrectly explain it. And some people do understand it but are unable to correctly express it due to a lack of knowledge On the anti-Istighatha Salafi side, the problem is more dangerous. Due to their inherited dogma, to them, this is an open and shut case. Istighatha is Shirk and grave-worship. How many of them actually understand it? How many of them have heard it being explained correctly to begin with? I don't believe the number is very large. My goal here is not to convince the indoctrinated square-headed Takfiris, so if you are one of them just click off the Tweet and don't waste your and my time. But if you are open-minded and able to accept the idea that your scholars may have been mistaken on a specific issue related to a different group's beliefs and actions, then I hope Inshallah to have an acceptable answer for you Bismillah ; I want to focus here on a very important point that many people overlook or don't understand its importance, even though it's widely known: (There is no difference between Tawassul and Istighatha) The fact of the matter is, anyone who reads the literature on this topic will come to realize that there is no difference between them The Imam of his time and chief-judge Taqi al-Din al-Subki famously said in his masterpiece "Shifa’ al-Siqam": “And there is no difference whether you call it Tawassul, Istighatha, Tashaffu‘, or Tajawwuh” So why is there a trend of differentiating between them? Today, whether you are pro or against Istighatha, everyone has collectively agreed, even if subconsciously, to differentiate between Tawassul and Istighatha The Salafis do that because to them, Istighatha is Shirk while Tawassul is Bid'ah, which they wouldn't be able to defend if Istighatha=Tawassul. The other side agreed to differentiate between them to get somewhere in the discussion, even if to them it's semantics (if they understand what they're talking about). So how is each one defined? It is commonly believed that Tawassul is a Dua where the addressee is Allah, but which makes mention of a righteous figure as a means of the Dua being accepted, while Istighatha is when the addressee is other than Allah But you might be surprised to hear that there actually isn't a difference, and Istighatha is the exact same as Tawassul, just with different phrases used. How is that so when there is a clear difference (addressee is Allah/addressee is other than Allah)? Allow me to explain Read this very important passage from al-Imam al-Subki: “There is no doubt that the Prophet ﷺ has a great rank and a lofty status with Allah. And it is known that if someone has such a high rank with another, if they intercede with him, he will accept it, even if that person is completely absent So in our Tawassul [he's talking about Istighatha] with the Prophet ﷺ, we are not asking other than Allah ﷻ, nor are we doing Dua to other than Him, but rather it is that mentioning someone beloved or great is a means for the Dua to be accepted...” The last part of the text is the important part: “mentioning someone beloved or great is a means for the Dua to be accepted” That is what Istighatha is, a rhetorical device within someone's Dua (usually done in poetry), the exact same as Tawassul, and it is not a real literal call to the Prophet ﷺ or anyone else

@Han31506417073 ني هاو ما، خويا العزيز

Am feeling Chinese today

@RealHasanSpiker Piker and Spiker are as similar to each other as trough and through.

Agreed

@RichardDawkins Looks at the universe, sees no God. Looks at a midwit opinion generator, thinks it's conscious.

@MohamadMurtaza_ @RealHasanSpiker @movetomuscat What I appreciate about him is that he raises the standards. Motivates people to make an effort to read and further educate themselves.

@RealHasanSpiker @movetomuscat Welcome back shaykh'una

Why thank you Abdullah, I love you too. Incidentally, now that I'm back on the elevated platform/cesspit of despair that is X, I should take this opportunity to clarify (as my dear friend @movetomuscat has always known) that my comments directed towards SAIF before I left were intended entirely in the spirit of good-natured jest. Although I was flattered to find out that others accorded nearly macro-historical significance to our putative "battle", I can assure you all that SAIF's reciprocal jesting played no part whatever in my departure (I merely hankered after an X-free life) !!

@thearsfamily97 Higher expectations at big clubs

It's insane to me how Liam Delap has escaped these "flop of the season" discussions.

This question misunderstand the situation. SP500 is basically just M2. maybe 2%, max 3%, of real growth. The rest is just the devaluation of dollars. There is no “exit liquidity”, the price of everything just goes up in perpetuity as more dollars added to the system chase the same amount of goods and services.

@abdullaaltarak لكم التعليق x.com/todt_winter/st…

يجب دراسة علاقة التوحد مع التدين. ان كان لأصاحبه ميل معين و طريقة معينة في التعاطي مع النصوص الدينية مثلاً. و هل عانى بعض الأئمة الكبار من التوحد؟ الموضوع يحتاج دراسات مستفيضة.

@D1mashqi The descriptions are also made into standalone names, like el-Arbi, el-Hachemi etc.

The Maghribi habit of conjugating the name Muhammad with descriptions of the Prophet ﷺ (like Muhammad al-Fatih, Muhammad al-Makki) spread to Syria with the Maghribi Hijrahs last century My uncle Dr. Nizar al-Dakr for example, who was a student of Sh. Muhammad al-Hashimi and close with the Kittanis, named his son Muhammad al-Muntasir, clearly influenced by them

@ilzmcfly ~20% short float could get squeeeeeeeeezed

Watching $IREN get pummelled again

@dipinvest It was always the case, with the high inflation a normal person has to beat

Berkshire Hathaway won’t be what it once was

"Kırsalda (köyde) ikamet etme, ilmin gider. Kim yüceliği isterse köyleri terk eder; Çünkü Haset (Kıskançlık), kırsalın (köylerin) mirasıdır!” ||el-Mudavvene el-Kubrâ||

@AlboranNomad Inshallah

Within 5 years normie Occidentals will call MENA liberals dayouths and longhoused f*gs

@AmanayAzwaw @Amajagh That's because there are so many of them.

@Amajagh Chnawa is also a popular term for supporters of the MC Algiers

The Tuaregs in Southern Algerian and surroundings call all light-skinned Northern algerian "chenawi" (from Chenwa berber from the North) b/c the 1st people they knew are mostly Chenwi working in Sahara oil/gas fields.

@wassalshbh @History__Speaks Spoken like a true big smoke

@History__Speaks All the Shah had to do was turn his country into a constitutional monarchy, nationalize his oil just like Mossadegh and stop using his SAVAK stooges

The 1979 Revolution was probably the most popular revolution in modern history. In Iran, the religious, Leftists, and liberals all overwhelmingly opposed Pahlavi. Iranians are nationalistic people and the sense (correct) that he sold out Iranian sovereignty to the West united disparate factions against him, Ironically, the system that followed ended up being quite unpopular itself. But your inability to tell the basic truth about what happened in 1979 reveals your movement to be nothing more than wishcasting, which is why you also fail to understand Iran today and all your predictions about what would happen in the war were bogus.

@retail_mourinho "HUBC provides cyber solutions in Israel..." No thanks, big dog. I'm good.

This guy called $ONDS at $1, now he calls $HUBC

@pashadelics Sultan handpicked by the UAE