American Zabiha

Our prophet commanded us to “Trim your moustaches and let your beards grow.” So then I began to grow my sparse teenage beard, then I remembered these verses from Surah Ma’un (107). Have you seen him who cries lies to the Doom? That is the one who repulses the orphan And does not urge the (offering) of food to the indigent. So woe to the ones who pray, Who are they that are unmindful of their prayer, Who are they that show off, And (refuse and) prevent (small) kindnesses. Who is this part of the Surah describing? It is describing those people who are merely seen acting pious without a soft heart. Those people go to the mosque to be seen only by the people and the prayer doesn’t have a visceral, humbling effect on them as it is supposed to. On top of that, those are the people who do not partake in small kindnesses, such as enjoying a conversation with an old man, the youth, the illiterate, the non-practicing, the non-muslim, out of fear of being ‘caught’ with the ...

Is knowing the purpose of life a priori knowledge or must it be posteriori via revelation or whimsical determination? I would like to say it can be a priori because it can be derived from reason independent of revelation, however it is tedious. The argument follows from the kalam cosmological argument and the necessary attributes of the uncreated creator (particularly wisdom) as referenced in chapter 5, ‘A Universe from Nothing?’ of the book, the Divine Reality by Hamza Tzortzis. From this the following argument is made: Argument 1: We aren't useless. Premise 1: An all-knowing, wise God exists Premise 2: It is not wise to create something useless/functionless/purposeless Premise 3: We were created Conclusion : Therefore, we are created by God with a purpose. I can elaborate a bit on the premises: An all knowing, wise God exists The issue that he is all knowing is evident from the complexity of the world around us and the regularity and stability at whi...