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bb Ali and bb Dhiru take a sunny nap in the palace ♥️ week two of the Empire of Gold photo challenge

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Ali was at their side in seconds, looking, well, rather damn princely on a magnificent gray stallion. He was dressed in royal colors, the first time she’d ever seen him so, the gold-trimmed black robe smoking around his ankles, the brilliant blue, purple, and gold turban wrapped around his head. He’d shaved his scruffy beard into a semblance of order and was even wearing jewelry—a strand of pearls looping his neck, and a heavy silver ring crowned with one of the famed pink diamonds of Ta Ntry on his left thumb. Nahri gawked at him. “You’re not Muntadhir.” “I am not,” he agreed, sliding from the horse. He must have prepared in a hurry; he smelled of freshly burned agarwood, and there were drops of water still clinging to his neck. “My brother remains indisposed.” — The Kingdom of Copper, by S.A. Chakraborty. finally finished up Zaydi’s entrance into the Grand Temple! the turban and the lighting took me literally 😭 so 😭 long 😭 worth it for my fav character tho

[stellanekamaahava]

On my tears for Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (Radi Allhu Anhu)

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[BLOG] 12 Muharram 1445; 7/18/2024

I cried over the death of Sheikh Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) just now. In my mind I said "it doesn't matter what you did, we didn't want you to leave."

There is no reason why, in fiercely defending the rights of ahlulbayt against those who denied them, our hearts must be cold.

[stellanekamaahava]

A discourse upon the subject of what belief in Islam consists of

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[BLOG] 12 Muharram 1445; 7/18/2024

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In the Name of Allah Ar Rahman Ar-Raheem

[ONE]

Believe firmly in your heart that knowledge exists and is possible to seek. Know that the impossible is truly impossible, it will never occur. Know that the universe and yourself truly exist. Know that mass-transmitted evidence is a proof (what is called "mutawattir", what is transmitted by a very large amount of people, so many it is impossible they all agreed on an error).

[TWO]

Know our Lord exists. Know all of creation's perfection is a testimony to this existence. Know the perfection of your own body, created from a mere drop, is a testimony to an omnipotent deity who has fashioned you.

[THREE]

Know your Lord is One. He has no comparsison, He cannot be imagined. He exists eternally and nothing shares eternity with Him. The eyes do not see Him, no space is occupied by Him, He is perfect according to His Beautiful Names without relying on what are known as 'Sifat' or 'attributes' additional to Him.

[FOUR]

Know that our Lord is perfect according to His Beautiful Names. Know that this indicates He is 'Al-Malik Al-Hamid,' the praiseworthy ruler. Know it is heretical to diminish either his Sovereignty/Rulership ('Al-Malik') or His Praiseworthiness ('Al-Hamid'). Know His Sovereignty entails He is omnipotent, omniscient, that He can guide and misguide whomever He pleases, not by compulsion, but in a way befitting Him, and that He is the Lord of the Day of Judgement who will judge us on the Last Day. Know that His Praiseworthiness indicates He does no evil, and creates no evil/disbelief, rather, when properly understood, such things are derived from the intents, hearts and minds from His slaves, and are not necessarily real physical entities or states. He brings about all physical entities and states, however blameworthy things ultimately are attributable only to His slaves. Know that all good comes from Him, and we have no one to blame but ourselves for evil. Know He only commands justice and He only forbids injustice, and that He has obligated us to support the ahlulbayt when they command good and forbid evil.

[FIVE]

Know He, being 'Al-Hadi', The Guide, has sent prophets to all nations to guide mankind.

[SIX]

Know that we must accept these prophets in their entirety, not picking and choosing among them, rejecting some and accepting others.

[SEVEN]

Know we must refrain from adding or subtracting to what His prophets have brought, even by a single phrase. Our creed must be what the Qur'an and authenticated Sunnah have said, so far as what is beyond that, we should not concern ourselves with it, as at most it is a conjecture from which we do not hope exceptional reward if we make it, and at worst it may be disbelief which leads to the Hellfire. Know that, as described in Hadith Ath-Thaqalayn, the ahlulbayt are the "lesser weighty thing" alongside the Qur'an, never to separate from it until the Day of Judgement, and their consensus is how we discriminate between faith, and vile innovations of disbelief. Know that they are the leaders of the ummah, and that their rights as our leaders are clearly mentioned in the Qur'an and Sunnah, in various verses and narrations.

[CONCLUSION]

These seven tenets are what I, an adherant of the school of Imam Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim al-Wazir (Alayhi As Salam), consider as "Zaydism", i.e. Islam according to the school of ahlulbayt.

If you have any questions, I am your servant and helper.

May Allah guide us, ameen.

from: https://stellanekamaahava.carrd.co/

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Knowing Allāh by al-Imām al-Nāsir lī al-Ḥaqq

⭐️ - al-Imām al-Nāsir lī al-Ḥaqq al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Umar b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (a.s) said:

💠 Knowing Allāh 💠

The beginning of worship is to have knowledge of Allāh (Exalted is He), that He is a Kind, Merciful, and Generous creator. The pillar of knowing your Lord is through belief in His unification, glorifying Him, and distancing Him from the belief that He has anything that is similar to Him, contrary to Him, or equal to Him. The completion of unifying Him is to negate Him having any physical attributes, or similarities to His creation. This is the testification of every sound intellect - that is free from an impediment that he may garner, a slander that he may enunciate, and commit; following vain desires, and hegemony - every feature, and description is created; this is by the testification of every created thing, because for it there is an originator.

And by the testification of every creation that its creator does not resemble it, and by the testification of every description, or thing that is described is its possibility of separation, or [origination through] creation. And by the testification of every created thing is that it is impossible for it to be eternal, verily Allāh (Glorious is He) will not be known through the description of other than what He described Himself to be. One has not worshiped Him who likens Him to His actions, nor His reality one will reach by describing Him through a limitation, nor His self-sufficiency will one reach by pointing towards Him.

For, all that is known in and of itself is created, and all that is held by other than itself is dependent; through the creations of Allāh, and His signs one is to draw inferences, and say: He is the One, not that there is a second to Him in computation, or enumeration. Through the sound intellects He is reached, and known that He is the originator of things, and to Him do the intellects return, and sustain. Allāh (Blessed is His remembrance) said: {He ˹fully˺ knows what is ahead of them and what is behind them, but they cannot encompass Him in ˹their˺ knowledge} [20: 110].

By the inability of everything to do what He has done, the people of knowledge have reached certitude that there is none like the Doer. Verily, ignorant is the one who describes Him, an end to Him one has made by likening Him, and he who says: How [He is] has likened Him, and he who says: Why [He is] has rendered Him dependent, and he who says: When [is He]? Has limited Him in time, and he who says: In what [is He]? Has contained him, and he who says: What is inevitable [for Him]? Has made for Him a goal, and he who makes for Him a goal has caused Him to separate into parts.

He who separates Him into parts has become ignorant of Him, and associated partners with Him; disbelieving in His names, for He (Glorious is He) is One, not through means of counting. He manifests Himself to His creation, but not through means of being seen. He is apparent, but not through sight. He is contrasting, but not through evasion. He is near, but not through drawing closer. He is Kind, but not through physical expression. He is existent, not after being non-existent. He acts, without there being a call for Him to act. He preportionates without movement, He wants without need. He conducts affairs without the need to think, He sees, and hears without an instrument. For Him there is no mate, or son, and nothing is comparable to Him. It is as He described Himself (Glorious and Exalted is He): {˹He is˺ the Originator of the heavens and earth. How could He have children when He has no mate? He created all things and has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of everything [101] That is Allāh—your Lord! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. ˹He is˺ the Creator of all things, so worship Him ˹alone˺. And He is the Maintainer of everything [102] No vision can encompass Him, but He encompasses all vision. For He is the Most Subtle, All-Aware} [6:101-103].

By His creating the essence, it is known that He has no essence. By His creating contraries between things, it is known that He has no contrary. By His comparison between things, it is known that there is nothing comparable to Him. As such, He (Blessed is His remembrance) says: {And We created pairs of all things so perhaps you would be mindful} [51:49]. He has no partner in what He does, His action is distinguished from the act, and His cause is distinguished from what is caused. He (Glorious is He) said: {Allāh has never had ˹any˺ offspring, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what he created, and they would have tried to dominate one another. Glorified is Allāh above what they claim! [91] ˹He is the˺ Knower of the seen and unseen. Exalted is He above what they associate ˹with Him˺} [23:91-92].

And He (Glorious and Exalted is He) said: {Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Had there been other gods besides Him—as they claim—then they would have certainly sought a way to ˹challenge˺ the Lord of the Throne.” [42] Glorified and Highly Exalted is He above what they claim!} [17:42-43]. Therefore, whoever takes a Lord besides Him from among the polytheists, they will find among their gods, incapability, and humiliation. Due to worshiping other than Allāh (Exalted is He), they will be upon certainty regarding their humiliation in face of all the attributes which He described for Himself.

The evidence of Him being all-Knowledgeable, and all-Aware for those who have come to understand, and know is His saying (Glorious is He) as an additional proof, and a severing of the arguments of the people of misguidance, and transgression: {Or have they taken gods from the earth, who can raise the dead? [21] Had there been other gods besides Allāh in the heavens or the earth, both ˹realms˺ would have surely been corrupted. So Glorified is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, far above what they claim [22] He cannot be questioned about what He does, but they will ˹all˺ be questioned} [21:21-23].

Blessed is He, Allāh, the best of creators. He is the sustainer, and the one who grants success to the religion. He is the one who bestows understanding within it, ensuring certitude. All praise is due to Allāh, Lord of the worlds, and may His peace, and blessings be upon Muḥammad, and His Ahl al-Bayt.

📘 - al-Biṣāṭ

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Also here’s a version of Zaydi with a beard. Thought it made him look a little to old for his age in the book. But figured I’d show it anyway plus I love men with beards!

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I told my boys I got these for bhayya (@szaydm) when he first moved to Houston because he was nervous and scared about being away from his mom and sister. He had never lived away from them and he wasn’t sure about a lot of things. At the same time he was excited about all the new and fun things that were about to come his way. So, I had said put these in your room and whenever things look tough look at these and repeat whatever these say. It was cheesy and dorky, we both laughed but he took it. I told the kids, now that he’s in Heaven you guys can take one each, and maybe you can look at this and repeat what this says and see if it helps you remember that I’m always near even if you can’t see me. Sometimes the smallest and cheesiest gestures help us over the toughest hurdles. #zaydi lives on #ZaydMustafaslegacy #Irememberthatdaylikeyesterday🙂 #untilwemeetagain #towhomitmayconcern