tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55771143038870747262024-03-19T11:40:28.461+03:00QaysArthur.net BlogUpdates, notes, and other such things...Qays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577114303887074726.post-73026965858194342192023-06-30T07:48:00.004+03:002023-06-30T07:48:38.695+03:00Eid al Adha Mubarak 1444/2023! A Blessed and Accepted Eid to All the Ummah!May Allah Most High accept from us and you, heal our sick, bless our parents and families, guide our children, strengthen our nations, ease our suffering, forgive our departed ones, and grant us His pleasure in both abodes.Eid Mubarak!Qays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577114303887074726.post-4910221629301884042023-02-23T00:03:00.006+03:002023-06-16T11:59:02.493+03:00On "Cruel Laws" Part 1 of 2 بسم الله
The proverbially strange similitudeof those who were charged to bear the Torah,yet incredibly bore it not,is like the strikingly strange likenessof a donkey laden with great tomes of enlightening wisdom:Vile a similitude indeedis that of a people who cry liesto the very verses of Allah Himself!And Allah guides not the people of the wrongdoers. (The Quran Beheld 62:5)I recently Qays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577114303887074726.post-32226486715970816252022-07-22T22:46:00.000+03:002022-07-22T22:46:29.619+03:00The QA Report is live as is this blog بسم اللهاللَّهُمَّ أَرِنَا الْحَقَّ حَقًّا وَارْزُقْنَا اتِّبَاعَهُ، وَأَرِنَا البَاطِلَ بَاطِلًا وَارْزُقْنَا اجْتِنَابَهُThis is the first in a series of weekly posts that will be part of the QA report, a curated list of articles from mainstream media outlets, insha Allah.Staying abreast with the news is only useful to the extent that it helps, or least doesn't hinder, drawing near Qays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577114303887074726.post-16600276653389843012019-01-15T10:22:00.003+02:002022-05-28T11:49:33.067+03:00A Note from the Sunnah on Health and Pain
By Qays Arthur
Illness can be a major test. Sometimes even with the best
treatment pain and misery can persist. The following is some general advice
from the Sunnah that can help with achieving good health and when dealing with
physical pain. This is not meant to replace a visit to the doctor for those who
suspect major issues, but the benefits of these tips can't be denied.
Firstly, Qays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577114303887074726.post-69290838853270876242019-01-14T02:30:00.002+02:002022-05-28T11:49:58.289+03:00The Sunnah of Giving Condolences
By Qays Arthur
The venerable shaykh Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah (Allah have mercy on his soul) mentions in his Decorum in Islam (Min Adab al-Islam) that at times of death and loss it is beneficial to recall the words of Allah Most High:
وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىۡءٍ۬ مِّنَ ٱلۡخَوۡفِ وَٱلۡجُوعِ وَنَقۡصٍ۬ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡوَٲلِ وَٱلۡأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٲتِۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ (١٥٥)&Qays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577114303887074726.post-27528349290667221702019-01-12T00:30:00.001+02:002022-05-28T13:35:04.726+03:00Lowering the Gaze Vs. Covering the Face
By Qays Arthur
Jarir bin 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with him) said:
"I asked the Messenger of God (ﷺ) about the inadvertent glance and he instructed me to avert my gaze."
Commenting on this hadith, Imam Al-Nawawi (13th century C.E.) says in his explanation of Sahih Muslim:
"The meaning of the 'inadvertent glance' is when a man's gaze falls upon on an unrelated woman, by accident. He does Qays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577114303887074726.post-20595812340281353422019-01-11T00:50:00.002+02:002022-05-28T11:45:29.948+03:00A Genuine Parent
By Qays Arthur
While we may look for advice in the form of directives, concerning what to "do" to "produce" good children, that old adage, "The apple never falls far from the tree." seems to be persistently true.
Children are pure human beings, uncomplicated by those things that make adults less genuine and lucid. They are like mirrors and their conduct may tell us a great deal more about Qays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577114303887074726.post-81818943872206270242016-07-21T08:23:00.046+03:002023-06-27T07:23:43.069+03:00Abrahamic Morality in America
By Qays Arthur
“Say: Rise and come, I shall plainly tell you what your Lord has made unlawful to you: That you worship nothing whatsoever with Him; And show parents all kindness; And slay not your children from even direst want, We shall provide for you and for them; Nor draw so much as near to foul deeds, be they open or secret; Nor take any life Allah has made inviolable, save in Qays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577114303887074726.post-89124784723348730902014-01-12T07:42:00.001+02:002022-05-28T11:35:13.266+03:00Meeting Reality
By Qays Arthur
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Time has passed, its winds bringing debris and sand, its rains having eroded the edifices of what was established before and we the later people must struggle to cling to what remains of a glorious legacy, now barely discernible. The legacy of the days of Men. I write as a humbled slave, bewildered by his own insignificance and utter inability, in face of the mammoth taskQays Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446654327036275063noreply@blogger.com