Will be taking time off inshaALLAH for an unknown duration, to resolve some outstanding issues that need my extended time, skill development and strong efforts.
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If I don't return, we can always settle any outstanding issues on The Day of Judgement inshaALLAH!
May you find the kind of researchers you are seeking! Take care of yourselves and your families!
... I hope you won't mind, if I do not reply, and if I do not fix any broken links or downloads or any site take down reported during this time off!
Updated: Reference Evidences for the planned article Evaluating Circumcision
with the following additional evidences:
Saying attributed to Umar: في الطبري ٨ / ١٣٤ وابن الاثير ٥ / ٥١: قيل للجراح إن الناس سارعوا إلى الاسلام نفورا من الجزية، فامتحنهم بالختان ... فكتب إليه عمر: إن اللّٰه بعث محمدا داعياً ولم يبعثه خاتنا
Saying attributed to Uthman: دُعِيَ عثمانُ بنُ أبي العاصِ إلى ختانٍ فَأَبى فقيلَ له فقال إنا كنا لا نَأْتِي الختانَ عَلى عهدِ رسولِ اللّٰهِ ﷺ ولا نُدْعى له الراوي: عثمان بن أبي العاص الثقفي • الهيثمي، مجمع الزوائد (٤-٦٣)
دُعِيَ عُثمانُ بنُ أبي العاصِ إلى خِتانٍ، فأبى أنْ يُجيبَ، فقيلَ له، فقال: إنّا كُنّا لا نَأتي الخِتانَ على عَهدِ رسولِ اللّٰهِ ﷺ ولا نُدْعى له الراوي: الحسن البصري • الرباعي، فتح الغفار (١٤٦٦/٣)
دعي عثمانُ بْنُ أبي العاصِ إلى خِتانِ،فأَبى أَنْ يُجِيبَ، فقِيلَ له، فقالَ:إنّا كنّا لا نأتي الخِتانَ على عهدِ رسولِ اللّٰهِ- صلى اللّٰه عليه وآله وسلم- ولا نُدْعى له الراوي: عثمان بن أبي العاص الثقفي • الهيثمي، مجمع الزوائد (٤-٦٣)
If any one challenges the narrators of the Uthman Hadith, he can be shown Hadith labeled as Sahih, by their own standard authorities in which Ibn Ishaq is in the chain of narrators. For now, I am linking a few Hadith. In the detailed post inshaALLAH, this Hadith and its narrators' and Hadith via those narrators may be investigated in some more detail. Nasai: 2231, Nasai:2412, Ibn Majah: 987
Obsession of Jews with male circumcision to the point of even circumcising the dead body of the baby who died before getting circumcised by them: According to Halacha, a baby who dies before they had time to circumcise him must be circumcised before burial. Several reasons were given for this commandment. (Copied from Wikipedia post on Brit Milah linked above)
Reiner, Rami (2022). "A baby boy who dies before reaching eight [days] is circumcised with a flint or reed at his grave" (Shulḥan 'Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 263:5): From Women's Custom to Rabbinic Law". Journal of the Goldstein-Goren International Center for Jewish Thought. Retrieved 3 January 2023. (Copied from Wikipedia post on Brit Milah linked above)
Also see: Post-mortem Naming and Circumcision for a Stillbirth (Leaving the foreskin on is “disgraceful and shameful for the child,” so we don’t want the child to suffer the shame of being buried uncircumcised.)
Brief 8 minute video in Urdu, compactly explaining the importance of personal sacrifices for Islamic causes and that understanding and wisdom increase with sacrifices (which I have also personally observed).
Note: Printed pages numbered on page from 353-368 and from 449-464 are missing. Searching in these ranges takes you to the table of contents, since no page scans available for these pages. If any one has access to printed book, they can send these scanned pages to me, asimiqbal2nd @ live.com. Quick Study Tool : Online - Via embedded streaming pages: Index: Note the page number using the below index for the respective topic you want to study.
Enter the page number in below mentioned input box and then click "show page" button or press Enter key to show the required page.
Note that study or page linking to the PDFs is only the initial ground work for the project. Actual serious work should inshaALLAH! be done on Quranic Usage Research and Analysis.
This is a big project and requires a lot of time. I don't know if I can pull this off by the Help of ALLAH or not, as it depends on whether ALLAH considers me worthy enough to do it or not because ALLAH can definitely get it Done Using any creation of His. Is Asim Iqbal 2nd the 1 to get the job done or not. That is the question!
Added 2 new sections: Type 3: Sahih Hadith : 'The people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection..." and Type 4: Sahih Hadith : Penalty for drawing an image = Breathe your soul into the image
@ Reference Evidences for the planned article Evaluating Circumcision
Dr. Kais Omar Nabeel Dukes, well known as Dr. Kais Dukes is no longer with us and has left this world. Prayers suggested for him and his family and friends in this testing time.
I knew this information since February, but to honor the wish of his his family, I reverted my February post to draft. As per latest feedback, his mother and sister didn't want this information to get out and that post will remain as draft until his family allows.
Now, since others have already shared this news, still honoring his mother and sister's wish, I won't add any comments of mine or even requote sister Imen's words posted via Dr. Kais Dukes facebook page on 3rd February. You may check the following links. Moreover, this post won't be linked from my more famous blog Revive Arabic due to the same reason.
In case no funding is received, slow self funded option is also being initiated today.
Time spent so far since 2024 and onwards, on study or research or gathering evidences or raw material or notes for the project = 50 hours : 0 minutes (19th April 2024 - Only Step 1 started, Money allocation for Step 2 is not measured in terms of time) (Even in case any funding is ever received for Arabic Case Theory Project, the above mentioned hours will remain volunteer work for Hereafter benefit only and purely and no funding will be taken for these hours, and funding will be used for additional hours only inshaALLAH!)
Step 1: Sharpening of Tools for Quick Research from whatever is available and whatever becomes available with time
Abraham Linclon is reported to have said this or something like this : "Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first 4 sharpening the axe."
Step 2 : Acquisition of Book 1
Estimated total amount required to buy the book (including overhead deductions due to transaction) : PKR Rs. 14000. (Note: Price may increase further by the time I am able to accumulate this amount)
An important step is to buy and read the following book: Evaluation of Ibn Maḍāʼ's criticism of the Arab grammarians (1985 PHD Thesis by Naji Abdeljabbar Abdeljaber, University of Michigan)
As per the book preview it seems like a very important book for my planned detailed posts on case theory.
Any volunteer who has access to University of Michigan Library may download from: Link from where 8.5MB PDF can be found (downloadable by University of Michigan users only). For me, only available option seems to be to buy a lower quality PDF apparently, from this link
Update 1 (6th March 2024):
Rs. 1000 taken from salary and saved for the fund to buy this book eventually inshaALLAH!
MashaALLAH! Asim Iqbal 2nd has officially started the project : funding or no funding, take it head on,... Asim Iqbal 2nd style,... no matter the cost!
And All Glory and Praise Belongs Only to ALLAH, I am just a humble slave of ALLAH. If anything good is done by me, it is only due to ALLAH's Guidance and Favor, that He Chose me for some good work, and if there is any mistake, it is due to me or due to consequences of my shortcomings or mistakes.
Paired Partner Project (To be started once some progress is made on the above project inshaALLAH!): Quran Defense Project 2 (Funding not allowed by me for Quran Defense Projects): Concordance of All Aayaat on quoted communication to defend quoted communication from any attacks, as quoted communication is not bound to quote the entire quotation in every single occurrence, and different parts of the same communication can be quoted for eloquence and befitting to the context selection from the quotation. (Also see Quran Defense Project 1 - Alleged Variant Readings of The Quran)
The Refutation of Alleged Variant Readings Project was started by me in 2022 and MashaALLAH! Only By The Help of ALLAH and skills Gifted by Him, it was completed in 2023. The famous site: Quran.com had linked up and was confidently presenting Bridges' Translation of The Quran with footnotes regarding the alleged variant readings for some Aayaat, then, after my detailed post was published, 1st Quran.com removed the footnotes. Now, I could't even see The Bridges' Translation i.e. the Translation is still listed but no translation is being shown, for now at least.
I will Thank ALLAH for Considering me worthy enough to be used for this noble cause of being a defender against this variant readings attack against the Quran. The Quran is enough to defend itself. I just presented the evidences.
MashaALLAH, I won't celebrate this victory, as there is no time to celebrate, as much more work is pending, and a person like me, talking about controvertial issues so boldly and openly, should not expect to get any support or word of appreciation or acknowledgement or funding for my projects from masses, as my writings offend many groups or schools of thought in 1 or more areas, and so I have to figure out ways to resolve financial issues and in parallel try to carve out some time for these projects also, no matter how little time inshaALLAH! and if ALLAH Allows, I will inshaALLAH! contribute again and hit the mark again!
Quick Free Infographic Making Tool and Image Compression Technique Finalized for future infographics and images inshaALLAH!
Below infographic is only 38kb in size after compression. Original was 200kb+.
Technical tutorial videos will inshaALLAH be added to my youtube channel after some positive signals are received from my youtube channel inshaALLAH!
Alleged Sahih Hadith vs Embryology. Note that with ultrasound technology, this is no longer just Sahih Hadith vs Science, this is Sahih Hadith vs Established Science and practical observation.
Embryology and practical observation disagrees with: collection in womb for the 1st 40 days (5.7 weeks), then becoming a clot for another 40 days (11.4 weeks), and then a piece of flesh for another 40 days (17.1 weeks).
The dare and risk of the most daring daredevils of this world is nothing compared to what you, whom I call eternity risking daredevils, are risking by alleging such statements with certainty to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ .
Face the truth and seriously consider the evidences for your own eternity's sake!
Using this alleged Sahih Hadith, some people, derive the assumption that the rooh is blown into the fetus after 120 days and before that, killing the fetus is not as grave an issue as it is after 120 days. Before 40 days, some scholars assume using the Hadith, that it is just the sperm and an egg, but this is proven wrong by practical observation and verified Embryology. Some scholars said that before 40 days, it's just a sperm and an egg - Shaykh Assim al Hakeem (Short youtube clip)
This must be stopped, no killing of embryo or fetus should be allowed.
Below screenshot is from page 173 of "The Bible, The Qur'an and Science by Dr. Maurice Bucaille" regarding a Hadith from Sahih Bukhari:
Open challenge to those Muslims and celebrity scholars trying to attack the Quran's Perfect Preservation, just to save the reputation of Sahih Hadiths, on the basis of which they allege 7 variant readings, but miserably failed to pinpoint the chosen 7 authorized variant readings. Why 20+ readings promoted instead of 7. You allege that Quran was revealed in 20+ readings or you allege that you no longer can decide the 7 so called authorized readings? Face the truth! that you cannot decide the alleged 7 authorized variant readings and that The Quran is Perfectly Preserved by ALLAH! and there is only 1 Authorized Reading i.e. The Quran with no authorized variants!
Quran 30:22 Bridges' Translation with footnotes on the alleged variant readings in English:
In the following table, I linked up 1 Ayah, where Bridges' Translation asserts the following translation for all the alleged variant readings: "O mankind, your opression against yourself is (only) the enjoyment of the Earlier Life..."
In the following table, I link up 1 Ayah, where Warsh from Nafi', Qaloon from Nafi', Al Bazzi from Ibn Kathir, Qumbul from Ibn Kathir, Ad-Doury from Abu Amr, and As-Sousy from Abu Amr, change form I verb to form III verb yielding a self-contradicting statement by the use of form III for the 2nd time also instead of form I, as rightly and perfectly used by the Quran. (Bridges' Translation translation for these alleged variants will be: They try to deceive ALLAH and those who have attained faith, yet they try to deceive none but themselves, but they are unaware.)
Additional words فِي مَوَاسِمِ الۡحَجِّ alleged in Surah 2: Ayah 198 of The Qur’an by Sahih Hadith not found in The Quran, not even found in any of the alleged variant readings of The Quran. What will the Sahih Hadith enthusiasts do now! Either confess that this Sahih Hadith is not authentic or openly attack the Quran by alleging that this Sahih Hadith is authentic!
Additional words وَصَلَاةِ الۡعَصۡرِ alleged in Surah 2: Ayah 238 of The Qur’an by Sahih Hadith not found in The Quran, not even found in any of the alleged variant readings of The Quran. What will the Sahih Hadith enthusiasts do now! Either confess that this Sahih Hadith is not authentic or openly attack the Quran by alleging that this Sahih Hadith is authentic!
Allegation in Sahih Hadith that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ordered to kill a thief and the allegation that that the legendary and mythological thief allegedly stole even after both his hands and both his feet had been cut off?? Do you really believe this happened and do you really allege that that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ordered to kill a thief, Sahaba rejected this order, and then the thief stole even after both his hands and feet had been cut off, and then Sahaba followed the alleged order and killed the thief.
vs Sahih Hadiths / Ahadith making blasphemous allegation on Prophet Muhammad ﷺ that he ﷺ violated this clear Quranic order and Sahih Hadiths going to unnecessary details which itself is blasphemous.
No screenshot pasted in this post for the Sahih Hadiths / Ahadith as Sahih Hadiths are too blasphemous to discuss again on this post in any detail. For Sahih Hadiths you can refer to page 504 of the following PDF, and discussion on this issue starts on page 501.
Sahih Hadith vs Da'eef Hadith on leper. Ask yourself honestly, without any fear of people or majority opinion, which Hadith matches more and is more compliant with the noble character of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ described in The Quran?
For link to official Darussalam scanned page and Sunnah.com reference link, download the below PDF. Discussion on this issue starts on page 418 of the following PDF. Discussed again in Part 2 - Sahih Hadith vs Non-Sahih Hadith, on page 489. This is a limited sample for Part 2 of the PDF, Sahih Hadith vs Non-Sahih Hadith with some very thought provoking Ahadith comparisons proving again, that this cozy comfort zone you created for yourself, that no further work needs to be done on Hadith authentication, may cost you in the Hereafter for alleging or allowing such statements to be attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ so casually, as if nothing happens by doing so.
Kill geckos and get rewards (contradictions in rewards also in the Ahadith) for killing geckos based on how many blows or strikes you used to kill the gecko? Abu Hurairah is in the chain of narrators. Gecko hunting game with bounty in the Hereafter based on number of strokes used to kill this Creation of ALLAH. Do you really allege that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said this, and ALLAH Sanctioned this? Then be ready to face the consequences for this unwavering loyalty of yours to the existing grading of such Hadiths as Sahih by past scholars.
After Death by İlker Yiğit
Despite some issues in translation and some other issues, the video is worth watching and pondering. Note that such videos can never come close to the actual situation after death, but are still worth watching to remind us. Download in AVI format (698 MB) Download in MP4 format (306 MB)
The Secret of The Test and The Truth of The Life of This World and Never Forget
2 videos I saw in 2002, and since then, the life of this world has lost any kind of attachment or attraction, as compared to the Hereafter. A few months later, I also saw the video, Never Forget.
The goodness in the videos far outweighs any issues like music or the issue of clothing not fully complying with Islamic standards.
Note:
Adnan Oktar, who calls himself Harun Yahya, and his team were behind the preparation of these videos. Harun Yahya, a few years after making these videos, became a pervert and is even found guilty by Turkish authorities and is expected to spend the rest of his life in jail. But the videos I linked up are still worth watching.
It is easier to take on the world when you take all the risks and the risks involve your own life and your own well-being only. What happens when you honestly believe that circumcision is against The Quran, your son already has cerebral palsy, and the country you live in treats people who are not circumcised as enemy agents. It is much easier to get him circumcised and make him safe from these threats, but how embarassed one will be on meeting ALLAH after getting the son circumcised, despite knowing the truth. If ALLAH Protects the son, none can overcome him inshaALLAH!. If ALLAH Wants to continue the family tree, He created the family and if He doesn't, He created it.
Nobody is perfect today, if there is any good trait in this person taking this risk, it is his will to take on the world and risk it all but not compromising on the truth.
Some tests really test your nerves and you have to show nerves of steel and a heart of stone. Makes one appreciate Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) even more who was willing to sacrifice his own son for ALLAH, but ALLAH Saved his son.
Allegation by Sahih Hadiths that Part of The Quran that was recited from The Quran is now no longer found in The Quran. Obviously, this is a baseless allegation. The Quran is Perfectly Preserved and Protected by ALLAH, and attackers can only use Hadith or external sources to attempt to attack the Quran, but all this is futile, and can only affect Sahih Hadith enthusiasts mentally, who somehow believe that if someone from the past labeled a Hadith as Sahih, it is 100% authentic. If The Quran is given the due trust and respect it deserves, such Sahih Hadiths must be rejected, and this must encourage a re-evaluation of all Sahih Hadiths again as something definitely went wrong in labeling even such Hadiths as Sahih.
