Video link to a discussion of: Vanquisher of the Kingdom of Fear How 18th & 19th century North and West African scholars gave us a way out of this darkness through a living connection with the Prophet ﷺ Farah el-Sharif, Sermons at the Court A knowledgable elder in my family posited this thought-provoking rhetorical question on his social media page:…
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FARAH EL-SHARIF “إنَّ المَغْلُوبَ مُولَعٌ أَبَدًا بِالاقْتِدَاءِ بِالْغَالِبِ فِي شِعَارِهِ وَزِيِّهِ وَنِحْلَتِهِ وَسَائِرِ أَحْوَالِهِ وَعَوَائِدِهِ “The vanquished (defeated) is always infatuated with imitating the victor in his slogans, clothing, beliefs, and all other conditions and customs.” — Ibn Khaldun As we mark yet another Mawlid in monstrous times, I often wonder if we are diluting the immense, life-giving legacy of…
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Islam in the West: Kufr and the Politics of Burial FARAH EL-SHARIF JUL 8 “The earth will then tell its news” — Qur’an 99:4 “And when the girl who was buried alive is asked, for what sin she was killed?” Qur’an 81:8-9 “Islam is neither religion nor materialism; it is a way of life” — Alija Izetbegović “They tried to…
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By Farah El-Sharif, Sermons at the Court Substack “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” ―Thucydides For the past two years, I have been in touch with Dr. Kamal Al-Hindi in Gaza, who, despite living through the holocaust of our times, has been magnanimously sharing daily dispatches…
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Farah El-Sharif Those who were warned, “Your enemies have mobilized their forces against you, so fear them,” the warning only made them grow stronger in faith and they replied, “Allah alone is sufficient as an aid for us and is the best Protector.” (Qur’an 3:173) One might fast but he gets nothing from his fast except hunger. – The Prophet…
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