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Hasbullah Shafi'iy

Hasbullah Shafi'iy

Islam, the fiqh of Jihad and the war in Gaza

Eight months have passed since the brutal invasion of Gaza commenced. The death toll has surpassed 36,000 innocent people according to one source and greater numbers according to other sources, the majority of whom were women and children. Israel claims that 14,000 of them were terrorists. Even if

Tafseer

Lest people get about in groups and start picking up the Qur'ān to recite Alif-Laam-Meem, or lest people get about in groups and start picking up the Qur'ān more dangerously so to act upon its verses, they started a fire to get people to do literary

Green

Green stands against la société technicienne that abandoned all colours and chose to rather take up the shine of the steel, its machines and of efficiency. Or we could say Green is against the colourless prism of Newton that Technicists placed in the centre of Science, Technology and most importantly

Kampung

A spring of a lamb eager to grow, two days old Her mother refused to milk her I was told We fed her in baby bottles and called her Kekepo, in our village called Kekabu. Large frogs keep you awake Lovely kittens tempt you to laugh Especially during the postures

To Hell With Your Aid

Ahamad Sukarno, the late president of Indonesia, walked out of the United Nations and for the next eight months, the Indonesian seat at the UN General Assembly remained empty. When warned that Indonesia will not anymore receive the important aid it needs, he replied, “To hell with your aid!” That

Merits of Sha’bān and the Prayer of at-Tasābeeh

[Translated from the chapter on Sha'bān in the book Nuzhat al-Majālis wa Muntakhab an-Nafā'is by the Shaykh 'Abdur Rahmān as-Saffūriy. Translation by Ahmed Nibras and Hasbullah Shafi'iy] The Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم is reported to have said that whoever performs twelve

Merits of Rajab and Fasting in it

[A translation of a chapter on the month of Rajab in Nuzhat al-Majālis wa Muntakhabun Nafā-is by ash-Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahmān ibn ‘Abdissalām as-Saffūriy ash-Shafi’iy Translation by Ahmed Nibras and Hasbullah Shafi’iy] The Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Gaylānī, may Allah be pleased with him, said in al-Ghunyah: On the first