Islamic Revival

The following is a useful resource received from a brother: As-salamu alaykum! The Islamic Revival framework was setup to build a long-lived repository to share, archive & search Islamic books, articles, documents, video summaries, etc. through a transparent and community-based contribution policy (similar to open source software) - we are a non-commercial, non-partisan, non-sectarian site.  The framework is powered by some of the latest technologies including ChatGPT 3 (Da Vinci model & Natural Language Processing for summarizing texts and audio), JavaScript VueJS 3 fronten for speed, Python 3 backend for data wrangling, AI transcription via Google’s YouTube v3 APIs, Microsoft’s GitHub for code & security tools, that combined enable a highly mature and advanced content generation, curation, delivery, hosting and searching experience. Please engage with us via this discussion board, and we welcome all contributions (see the guide here: https://islamicrevival.github.io/a...

Also available now on  Youtube ,  Google ,  Stitcher ,  Spotify  &  Apple Allah (swt) said in Surah an Nahl وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ تِبْيَـٰنًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ˹Consider, O Prophet,˺ the Day We will call against every faith-community a witness of their own. And We will call you to be a witness against these ˹people of yours˺. We have revealed to you the Book as an explanation of all things, a guide, a mercy, and good news for those who ˹fully˺ submit. And the address of Allah (swt) to those who did not learn and appreciate its content, He (swt) related them to Donkeys who bear and carry goods on their backs but do not take advantages and benefits from the burden that they bear. مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ حُمِّلُوا ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ ٱلْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَس...

Also available now on   Google ,   Stitcher ,   Spotify We today are going through a crisis and our efforts to reform and bring change and revival are being wasted between Imitation and Neglect. In our approach of understanding Islam, on one hand, we have Imitation manifested in the form of Literalism, Extremism, and Reductionism, and on the other, we have Neglect which is manifested in the ideas of Pragmatism, Modernism, Progressive Approach among a few.  For some Islam is not relevant anymore today and so there have even been calls for a fundamental re-interpretation of the Islamic texts. We also observe that Contemporary Muslim behavior and practice is based on a reductionist reading of the texts and a simplistic understanding of reality. As a result, we are unable to produce solutions guided by the light of  Wahy ’ (Revelation) and based on the correct understanding of reality. However, let us remember the Address of Allah (swt) for us, He addressed as bei...

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Brother Mohammed Hijab's powerful speech in front of the Chinese Embassy in London at the recent #stand4uyghurs protest.

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OGN inteviews former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Moazzem Begg regarding the Taliban victory in Afghanistan.   Source

This is a conversation with Norman Finkelstein hosted by Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani about Israeli apartheid. This episode of Connections Podcast features a discussion of the recent Human Rights Watch Report A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution, its political context, and potential implications. This interview is the third episode of Connections Podcast. Guest: Norman Finkelstein is a world-renowned forensic scholar. He first came to public attention in the 1980s, while still a doctoral student at Princeton University, for exposing a major study purporting to demonstrate that the Palestinians are an invented people as a work of fraud. He has since published ten books that have been translated into numerous languages. Among his most notable works are Image and Reality of the Palestine Conflict (1995); The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering (2000); and Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom (2018). ...

The following is a critical assessment of the reports that discuss the Prophet (sas) and influences of magic. An Islamic frame of reference is established and the reports are evaluated through their Sanad and Matn. Furthermore, there's a discussion of the evidences presented by those critical of the fact that the Prophet (sas) had been influenced by magic.  00:00 ​ - Framework for Discussing Magic   10:02 ​ - Chronology for Reports About the Incident | The First Mention & Classical Scholars' Views   17:03 ​ - Summary of the Incident 21:03 ​ - Sanad | Investigating the Reports of the Incident  30:36 ​ - Matn | Inconsistencies in the Reports on Magic on Prophet Muhammad (sas)  38:40 ​ - Evidences Against the Influence of Magic on the Prophet (sas)  54:21 ​ - Views of Those Who Accept the Reports   57:32 ​ - Conclusion | Thoughts Regarding Strength of Evidence & Hadith Literature  This video was live-streamed on June 1st, 2019 as part...

In this short video series commemorating the Hijri centennial of the abolishment of the last caliphate, historian Dr Uthman Lateef asks: have we become acclimatised to living with division? What is a caliphate? Is it a theocracy? Is it just for Muslims? He speaks about the Adamic project which Allāh decreed before we were even created...   Episode 1       Episode 2 In the second part of this short series commemorating the Hijri centennial of the abolishment of the last caliphate, historian Dr Uthman Lateef recalls when an English queen tried to stop a Muslim Caliph from helping the Irish. What is the role of the Caliph? Is he just for Muslims? Is a Caliph needed for the Caliphate to operate?       Episode 3 In the final part of this short series, historian Dr Uthman Lateef recalls the obligation of justice on the shoulders of the “Ummah of Justice”. He contrasts the treatment of Jews under the Islamic Caliphate compared to elsewhere in Europe, wi...

From The Thinking Muslim Ep.37 - The Arab Spring 10 years on: What went wrong in Egypt and Syria? - Dr Osman Bakash Listen using the links below and remember to subscribe so you never miss a show Apple • Spotify • Google • Breaker • PocketCasts • RadioPublic • Stitcher • TuneIn or on Alexa We are coming to the tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring, the momentous series of events that started in hope with the desperate act of a Tunisian vegetable seller. With the return of another pharaoh in Egypt, the impunity with which he has meted out retribution upon those that were opposed to the regime and the killing field of Syria, whose soil today stands soaked with the blood of martyrs, makes even the most optimistic person surmise that the Arab Spring has turned into what can be called a cold winter. Over the coming weeks and months, The Thinking Muslim takes a look at the tumultuous decade from multiple perspectives. What went wrong? How did an event that reverberated across Muslim c...

A discussion surrounding the recent changes made to Hagia Sophia as well as its historical background

From The Thinking Muslim Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thethinkingmuslim/episodes/Understanding-Indias-Citizenship-Law-with-Dr-Asher-Siddiqui-Delhi-e9ubks   "This week I speak to Dr Asher Siddiqui , an engineer from Delhi who has been at the epicentre of the  protests at Delhi’s Jamia Millia University. During the past two weeks, India has been rocked by countrywide demonstrations spontaneously driven by largely young Muslim’s energised by their mutual dislike for a new citizenship law designed to relegate Muslim’s as second class citizens. The law, the Citizenship Amendment Act, enables the state to fast track the citizenship of migrants but significantly omits Muslim’s. The fear is this is another step in dismantling the rights of Muslims of India." Follow the programme on Twitter @thinking_muslim https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim Join the Thinking Muslim Course - visit thinkingmuslim.eventbrite.co.uk

شرح (الرسالة للإمام الشافعي رحمه الله) درس : ١ Part 1 of a series by Dr Shaykh Shu'ayb ibn Mukhtar explaining the great work on the foundations of Islamic jurisprudence, Al-Risala of Imam Shafi (rh). The video is in the Urdu language.

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Professor Muhammad Al Massari discusses in detail how it is completely prohibited for an Islamic Authority to spy on its citizens.

Professor Muhammad Al Massari discusses matters related to the prophecised Imam Al Mahdi from authentic Islamic texts, scrutinizes all evidences and assembles a chronology of events based on authentic narrations. Part 1 Part 2  

Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) الفقه الإسلامي is a very important and diverse discipline. its literature is very vast. In addition to the body of the legal rules, it includes Usul al Fiqh أصول الفقه (Islamic legal theory), comparative Fiqh الفقه المقارن, 'Ilm al-Khilaf علم الخلاف (studying differences among jurists and their basis) and 'Ilm al-Qawaed al-Shareyyah. القواعد الشرعية This discipline addresses the legal maxims and their application. Muslim jurists, in the past and the present, produced huge literature addressing this aspect of Fiqh. This is part of a video series by Sheikh Abu Tariq Iyad Hilal. Source: Al-Arqam Institute

A look at Riba or Usury in the Islamic Context. It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Gold for gold, weight for weight, like for like; and silver for silver, weight for weight, like for like. Whoever gives more or takes more has engaged in Riba."'

A detailed look at the formation and responsibilities of general Business Contracts in Islam. Information every Muslim should know about contracts and agreements.