Comments on: To Blair or Not to Blair, That is The Question (Tony Blair, Yasir Qadhi & a Classroom in Yale) http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Abu Hizkeel http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-66210 Abu Hizkeel Sun, 02 May 2010 14:06:45 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-66210 Salamualaikum wr wb: Just because something has the possibility of benefit doesn't mean that it's the right course to take. To think only in terms of benefit, taking interest on a loan has tremendous benefit for you. Some may argue that pornography has great benefits. Material (or otherwise intangible) benefit is not always the key. I think the brother was trying to point out that we have to look back to the Prophet's SAWS example and see what the ruling is for us, in our day and age, in this particular circumstance. May Allah forgive all of us, Abu Hizkeel Salamualaikum wr wb:

Just because something has the possibility of benefit doesn’t mean that it’s the right course to take. To think only in terms of benefit, taking interest on a loan has tremendous benefit for you. Some may argue that pornography has great benefits. Material (or otherwise intangible) benefit is not always the key. I think the brother was trying to point out that we have to look back to the Prophet’s SAWS example and see what the ruling is for us, in our day and age, in this particular circumstance.

May Allah forgive all of us,

Abu Hizkeel

]]> By: Neen http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-53806 Neen Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:07:49 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-53806 Asalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa bara katuhu, Excellent post ya Shaikh. and I'm proud to call you a Shaikh! We need more Muslim individuals such as yourself who possess your knowledge and speaking skills. I'm completely gobsmacked at the level of disrespect some individuals have shown here towards the Shaikh. I urge them to do something better with their time and make a difference in their communities instead of blurting out non-sensical, ignorant and hateful comments against a fellow muslim. May Allah swt reward you ya Shaikh for all that you and your family are doing for the Ummah. Ameen. Asalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa bara katuhu,

Excellent post ya Shaikh. and I’m proud to call you a Shaikh!

We need more Muslim individuals such as yourself who possess your knowledge and speaking skills.

I’m completely gobsmacked at the level of disrespect some individuals have shown here towards the Shaikh. I urge them to do something better with their time and make a difference in their communities instead of blurting out non-sensical, ignorant and hateful comments against a fellow muslim.

May Allah swt reward you ya Shaikh for all that you and your family are doing for the Ummah. Ameen.

]]> By: Mehrunnisa http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-41590 Mehrunnisa Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:48:29 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-41590 Asalamu-alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Shaykh Yasir! Excellent article mashaAllah! May Allah(swt) reward you immensely! Especially for your sabr mashaAllah! :) BTW...did he come up with an answer to that question then?! Asalamu-alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Shaykh Yasir!
Excellent article mashaAllah!
May Allah(swt) reward you immensely! Especially for your sabr mashaAllah! :)
BTW…did he come up with an answer to that question then?!

]]> By: Yasir Hilal http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-41115 Yasir Hilal Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:45:08 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-41115 SubhanaAllah.. This is amongst the <strong>very few</strong> articles that I have ever read in completion. Wallahi, I thank Allah that we still have ISLAMIC intellects amongst us. I think this is an amazing opportunity that Sheikh Yasir Qadhi had that can have an everlasting impact on muslims and non-muslims, equally. I beleive this experience demands a book that will have its effect on all faiths and politics. I strongly urge you Sheikh to take upon this endeavor and wallahi I am at Allah's service if there is anything this poor servant of Allah can do to make it a possibility. May Allah protect me, you and the entire muslim Ummah. Wasalaam Yasir Hilal SubhanaAllah..
This is amongst the very few articles that I have ever read in completion. Wallahi, I thank Allah that we still have ISLAMIC intellects amongst us. I think this is an amazing opportunity that Sheikh Yasir Qadhi had that can have an everlasting impact on muslims and non-muslims, equally. I beleive this experience demands a book that will have its effect on all faiths and politics. I strongly urge you Sheikh to take upon this endeavor and wallahi I am at Allah’s service if there is anything this poor servant of Allah can do to make it a possibility. May Allah protect me, you and the entire muslim Ummah.

Wasalaam

Yasir Hilal

]]> By: Abd- Allah http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-41073 Abd- Allah Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:29:19 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-41073 Brother zaytoon, <strong>any "Hizb" is not good</strong>, because forming ahzab is not part of islam and not from the sunnah. All this does is break the muslims up because each hizb is calling for their own beliefs, which are not islamic, or else it wouldn't be a hizb. No hizb will be able to revitalize the Ummah. <strong>The only way to revitalize the Ummah is by practicing and understanding islam the way the prophet salalahu alyhi wasalam and his companions did</strong>. Brother zaytoon,
any “Hizb” is not good, because forming ahzab is not part of islam and not from the sunnah. All this does is break the muslims up because each hizb is calling for their own beliefs, which are not islamic, or else it wouldn’t be a hizb. No hizb will be able to revitalize the Ummah. The only way to revitalize the Ummah is by practicing and understanding islam the way the prophet salalahu alyhi wasalam and his companions did.

]]> By: zaytoon http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-41072 zaytoon Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:07:21 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-41072 "I called him out on his stance on Hizb ul-Tahreer, an organization that I have no sympathy for theologically, and disagree with completely ideologically." Why do you disagree with HT , Sheikh? From my limited and humble perspective, they seem to be the only group with the ideas necessary to revitalize the Ummah and save it from the clutches of secular liberalism and Western neocolonialism. I would appreciate any input that you may give us in light of your busy schedule. Wassalam “I called him out on his stance on Hizb ul-Tahreer, an organization that I have no sympathy for theologically, and disagree with completely ideologically.”

Why do you disagree with HT , Sheikh? From my limited and humble perspective, they seem to be the only group with the ideas necessary to revitalize the Ummah and save it from the clutches of secular liberalism and Western neocolonialism. I would appreciate any input that you may give us in light of your busy schedule.

Wassalam

]]> By: Sister: No non-sense, Please! http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-40950 Sister: No non-sense, Please! Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:28:38 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-40950 <blockquote>(regardless of the disagreement being legit).</blockquote> I meant legit/<strong>illegit.</strong> What a fatal error!

(regardless of the disagreement being legit).

I meant legit/illegit. What a fatal error!

]]> By: Amad http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-40735 Amad Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:54:21 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-40735 <blockquote>Through my observations and experiences, I’ve learned quite a bit on how to sense non-sense! I’m not a newbie.</blockquote> I wasn't referring you specifically. It was a general comment.

Through my observations and experiences, I’ve learned quite a bit on how to sense non-sense! I’m not a newbie.

I wasn’t referring you specifically. It was a general comment.

]]> By: Sister: No non-sense, Please! http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-40734 Sister: No non-sense, Please! Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:53:01 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-40734 <blockquote>Any house rules can be found on modus operandi on the left.</blockquote>Thanks! <blockquote>Beyond that, we expect the readers to police themselves… we are all adults and most of us are Muslims, so we do what we can to try to maintain a certain level of netiquettes, but we are not on 24/7 so we can only do so much. </blockquote>True, I guess we will have to personally chastise the rude ones. <blockquote>Furthermore, what one may find offensive may be perfectly fine for many others. </blockquote>Some comments are outright boorish. 100% wrong by unanimous consesus. It's not hard to pass a judgment on them. <blockquote>You can actually learn quite a bit about interactions when you jump into blogging and comments.</blockquote>Through my observations and experiences, I've learned quite a bit on how to sense non-sense! I'm not a newbie.

Any house rules can be found on modus operandi on the left.

Thanks!

Beyond that, we expect the readers to police themselves… we are all adults and most of us are Muslims, so we do what we can to try to maintain a certain level of netiquettes, but we are not on 24/7 so we can only do so much.

True, I guess we will have to personally chastise the rude ones.

Furthermore, what one may find offensive may be perfectly fine for many others.

Some comments are outright boorish. 100% wrong by unanimous consesus. It’s not hard to pass a judgment on them.

You can actually learn quite a bit about interactions when you jump into blogging and comments.

Through my observations and experiences, I’ve learned quite a bit on how to sense non-sense! I’m not a newbie.

]]> By: Amad http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/04/to-blair-or-not-to-blair-that-is-the-question/#comment-40733 Amad Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:44:35 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3382#comment-40733 Any house rules can be found on modus operandi on the left. Beyond that, we expect the readers to police themselves... we are all adults and most of us are Muslims, so we do what we can to try to maintain a certain level of netiquettes, but we are not on 24/7 so we can only do so much. Furthermore, what one may find offensive may be perfectly fine for many others. You can actually learn quite a bit about interactions when you jump into blogging and comments. Any house rules can be found on modus operandi on the left. Beyond that, we expect the readers to police themselves… we are all adults and most of us are Muslims, so we do what we can to try to maintain a certain level of netiquettes, but we are not on 24/7 so we can only do so much. Furthermore, what one may find offensive may be perfectly fine for many others. You can actually learn quite a bit about interactions when you jump into blogging and comments.

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