Dawoodi Bohra Forum

I studied Arabic for one year and I can vouch for the fact that Arabic dialects are not communicative. I had a Yemeni teacher who was somewhat of an expert of classical Arabic poetry and prose who admitted that if he didn't watch Egyptian TV and listen to Egyptian radio he would not understand their ...

I won't grace dilber's last post with a response; if I wanted to insult you I would have. That it is a matter of faith is precisely what Muslim First doesn't seem to understand. I am here to point out that the Shi'a are as legitimate as the Sunnites. Their beliefs have foundation in their texts ...

Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids... Muslim First, you still don't get it! Quote all the verses from the Q. you like; the quran says little without it's exegetical supplement. Take Khairan's example: the episode of the blind man who approached the Prophet s.a.w.; does the quran explain this episode ...

This message board is a travesty of proper debate. Citing the Sunnite canon does not strengthen your arguments; it is by definition opposed to unique Shiite rituals. If you must dispute Shiite mourning rituals then at least refer to the Shiite canon (al-Kulayni, al-Qummi and al-Tusi). It is a simple ...

just out of curiosity, does anyone on this message board have any professional training in the islamic sciences, academic or traditional? if i may offer my opinion, i find the majority of the comments posted here to be argumentative and misinformed. your infatuation with islamic modernism (i.e ...

simon,
it would be nice if you provided the full reference to the arabic text (i.e. Tabari I, 1818).

as-salamu 'alaykum,
mr. idrees, i haven't the slightest clue to what you're talking about. if it's not too much to ask, standard english would be nice. muslim first, i have not sworn fealty to anyone yet. insha' allah, i will find my shaykh soon enough. until then, to recount the dawoodi bohra ...

as-salamu 'alaykum muslim first,
you are of course entitled to your opinion. however mithaq is not a shiite concept. sahih muslim hadith 4562: he who dies without baya on his neck dies the death of a jahiliyya man. i am aware that there are various interpretations to this hadith, but there are ...

dear muslim first,
shirk? do you mean to say that taking an oath of allegiance (mithaq) is an idolatrous act?
-shayba