I am confused by the phrase: 'of whom He (swt) wills'
Does that assume that we do not have free will?
Does that assume that Allah (swt) picks and chooses? (Sorry that way of asking this question doesn't sound polite, but please see through that).
Help!
Consider this a thought experiment.
If Country A wants war with Country B, but also wants to be the righteous party, and suffer the least possible consequences to itself and its allies, how does it go about this?
First, Country B would need to be Isolated. They it will need to be "defanged" in order to control any possible damage to itself. Then the best part - Country B needs to be made desparate enough to be forced to attack first.
No innocent country attacks first. The Defender have the moral highground on their side.
Now let's apply this. Replace "Country A" with "USA" and Country B with Iran.
I'm not sure if many other people picked up on this, but there was a point when there was almost a massive crackdown on alcohol in the UK.
It wasnt in 1909. It was in 2013.
If it was successful alcohol would have been treater closer to how cigarettes are treated (so not really a ban and the Britain wouldn't have gone teetotal, but its a good title).
It was back in around March of this year when the there was a call for all advertising of alcohol to be banned, and the products have a mimimum price to push up prices.
For those of you who watch Doctor Who will know what I'm talking about.
Had this sentence stuck in my head for a while.
Don't know what to make of it.
What do you think?
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Just thought this would be a good something to listen/share and of course to help us remember those involved in all the horrible stuff going on around the world. Never forgotten for sure. <3
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I found this article really interesting and thought someone on here might find it useful if not interesting too:
Islam has imposed high standards for how the Muslim who follows the methodology of the Prophetic Sunnah (tradition) should deal with his brother who has differed with him on an issue of 'Ijtihaad' (exercise of independent judgment in matters that have no specific mention in the Quran or Sunnah).How outstanding is the statement of the Messenger of Allaah [sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention )] :"Indeed I have been sent to perfect noble manners." [Reported by Al-Bukhaari in Al-Adabul-Mufrad]
From these manners are:
