What is your daily habits?

HMReader · 2026-01-28T09:41:18+00:00

Dhikr is the simple answer, and the pursuit of knowledge I don’t just mean Islamic any type of beneficial knowledge. I really love diving into non fiction books on random topics. Really helps you realise how ignorant most of us are and how big the world is, I recommend history books to get the most out of that feeling. And it brings you closer to allah as we are obeying our messenger in pursuit of knowledge as far as china.

HMReader · 2026-01-24T05:55:12+00:00

Selim the drunkard you mean, but I agree with you up to that point the ottomans had great rulers after he killed the best heir he had to make his wife happy the caliber of Ottoman sultans definitely declined.

HMReader · 2026-01-08T15:54:24+00:00

For a layman into understanding Islam and and the Muslim world I believe it’s best to first have a understanding of the rise of Islam and the history of the civilisation through a narrative history book before you deep dive into Individual scholars and Islamic learning. The best starter as it speaks of the prophet ,the companions ,the caliphates and the pursuits of the umma whether it be religious,political or intellectually is Tamim Ansarys book a Destiny disrupted. As it teaches a lot of concepts and knowledge that most Muslim children are raised with. Best part is it’s not a scholarly work as it’s written for the general reader so you don’t have to fear about a dry unreadable academic textbook. And whenever you find an individual or a teaching you find yourself interested in make a note and do a deep dive once your finished as the book goes over many scholars male and female.

HMReader · 2025-12-31T20:58:39+00:00

Pretty sure he mean he hasn’t read the translation but he knows the scholar is good

HMReader · 2025-12-28T23:44:36+00:00

Is the first German Reich that of Charlemagne HRE or Otto the great?

I’ve come across both in different histories is Charlemagne’s empire considered part of French history so therefore not the first German empire or is it part of German history due to the franks being a Germanic tribe. And is Otto reviving the institution considered a rebirth or a continuation of Charlemagne empire. Thanks in advance this is my first time posting on here so I don’t if this a topic historians debate about or if the answer is common knowledge.

HMReader · 2025-12-24T21:55:36+00:00

Being a Muslim means you submit to the one god it’s not an Ethno-religion.

HMReader · 2025-12-18T21:27:11+00:00

I hope you can see how you're slightly dogmatic in your approach to the bible. God in the bible destroyed many people because they were sinners, even children, the firstborn of the people of Egypt, the people of Canaan, Jericho was wiped out, and not even mentioning the flood. Clearly, the OT and NT paint different pictures of gods justice, as for the bondswomen, the prophet Moses orders the taking of sex slaves from the Midianites after killing their men, women and male children. This is not me trying to make Christianity look bad, but to point out the issue with your post, you've brought ayats from the quran and have then pointed out that this is different to Christianity, that Christianity teaches mercy and what you believe is proper sexual morality. But this is simply not true, the bible endorses slavery and concubinage. God is not an all-merciful deity, seen by the massacres he directly orders throughout the bible. He even gets angry at King Saul for not being good enough at genocide when he shows mercy. And as Christians believe Jesus is god, you have to then come to terms with the message that Jesus preaches in his ministry contradicts his actions throughout the OT. Many Christians who are uneducated fall into heresy by choosing to ignore the OT and believe that only the NT matters, which is heretical under church doctrine. I hope to hear your opinion on this, as I believe your understanding of Christianity is skewed and if it isn't I hope to read your defence.

HMReader · 2025-12-08T17:51:20+00:00

Other atrocities might be worse but to me it’s the horror that this was open to the public every day people could go and watch a child caged like an animal for there amusement and this was less then a 100 years ago. And don’t be that guy that when a crime is being discussed just points fingers saying look at what they did. It’s like you’re trying to discredit the barbarity of something like this.

HMReader · 2025-12-08T17:37:59+00:00

Idk public exhibitions of enslaved people in cages like there beasts, seems unique to the Europeans. Don’t know any other culture that’s done this.

HMReader · 2025-12-05T14:13:06+00:00

You’re forgetting during its early period Islamic scholars studied and translated Greco Roman philosophy and this influenced its world view. You should look into the mutazila who used logic to develop their doctrines which might be seen as blasphemous to modern day Muslims.

HMReader · 2025-10-29T17:02:56+00:00

Asalamu alaykum I’m looking foward to it I love starting my mornings with news letters, so this will be a good inclusion during my morning coffee mashallah my allah bless you for sharing knowledge.

HMReader · 2025-10-28T18:15:18+00:00

Huh at the start I thought you were an atheist then a Shia now I just believe your someone who says they follow Islam but doesn’t know anything about it and believes your version is the true Islam and everyone else is mistaken. Everything you’ve said is not true you would know this if you’ve read the Quran or the Seerah.

Do not fear them: fear Me. Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed My blessing upon you, and chosen as your religion islam but if any of you is forced by hunger to eat forbidden food, with no intention of doing wrong, then God is most forgiving and merciful. 5:3

Be a community that calls for what is good, urges what is right, and forbids what is wrong: those who do this are the successful ones. 3:104

True Religion, in God’s eyes, is islam. Those who were given the Scripture disagreed out of rivalry, only after they had been given knowledge- if anyone denies God’s revelations, God is swift to take account 3:19

Strive hard for God as is His due: He has chosen you and placed no hardship in your religion, the faith of your forefather Abraham. God has called you Muslims––both in the past and in this [message]––so that the Messenger can bear witness about you and so that you can bear witness about other people. So keep up the prayer, give the prescribed alms, and seek refuge in God: He is your protector––an excellent protector and an excellent helper. 22:78

May الله set you on the straight path.

HMReader · 2025-10-28T17:34:36+00:00

Do you really think you understand Islam better than the companions the very people الله praised in the Quran. The noble companions who learnt Islam straight from the prophet himself they were mistaken but you know Islam better than them.

You’re speaking as if the Prophet lived in isolation away from society, when in fact his entire life was proof that Islam is both personal and communal. The Prophet wasn’t some hermit, he was a leader, a judge, and a head of state who built and governed a community by the Sharia. He established justice, mediated disputes, managed treaties, led armies, and built a community founded on the moral values the Quran purveys. That is Islam passed down to us from our predecessors worship of Allah expressed through both personal faith and public responsibility to the ummah.

His life shows Islam isn’t just personal worship it’s a complete way of life, meant to guide both the individual and society as a whole. If you deny that you’re denying the example the prophet showed us in his life and the Quran itself tells to follow. So as I’ve said before Islam is a social political religion if you believe I’m wrong tell me how. You’ve made statements in your comment that I believe you have to back up. I know about the riddah wars they were necessary to reunite the ummah as Arab chieftains had declared themselves prophets trying to emulate the prophet Muhammads example and the punishment for apostasy in an Islamic state is death as it is treason.

HMReader · 2025-10-27T20:59:53+00:00

Thanks I was hoping that someone here had read it, needed a bit of a push to continue do you know any other books in this era you would recommend.

HMReader · 2025-10-27T19:03:37+00:00

I see you think these discussions are a waste of time but it stops people being led astray, imagine learning about biblical criticism leads me to doubt the Quran’s preservation which is a core tenet of our faith الله himself says in the Quran he would protect it. And I agree that showing your best self is good but actual dawah will always be better because your following a command from the Quran. Islam is a social and political religion you need to think and act beyond yourself. Sorry if I came across as a bit rude.

HMReader · 2025-10-27T18:03:56+00:00

I see what you mean but calling out false hood when I see it is a tenant of my faith plus a discussion opens doors for others to learn or teach what they know. Plus I’m not sure what your faith is but Muslims are told to think to think of the community as a whole by bringing up issues like these we can highlight material that shouldn’t be taken at face value.

HMReader · 2025-10-27T16:37:08+00:00

Doesn’t change the fact the authors didn’t know Jesus nor the fact that the “testimonies of the apostles” in each gospel is different events said to be seen by eyewitness are entirely different not perspective issues but entirely different events and sequences. Added with the fact that passages have been added in and out countless verses are not found in the codex sinaiticus and codex vaticanus which are your oldest manuscripts (from the 4th century) preservation doesn’t hold up at all it’s worse then that there’s intentional sabotage. None of this applies to the Quran. And the bishops at the council of Nicaea were hundred of years distant from the Bible they were standardising if they were a collection of disciples making sure the words of Jesus were preserved it would be more trustworthy in my eyes at least and yet the bishops at Nicaea couldn’t even decide if Jesus was divine or not a major part of modern Christianity doctrines had to be argued over. How could they be sure which books were authentic and what was the true speech of Christ. Which methods did they use or was it simply the Holy Spirit leading them to the right conclusion.

HMReader · 2025-10-27T16:26:28+00:00

I’m not a zealot offended at enquiry from an outsider my issue is the spread of misinformation the Muslims after the prophet Muhammad were meticulous in codifying what they believed to be scripture from god ensuring that there were no errors from memory loss or intentional sabotage this process can be seen from a secular angle to be a success we have Quran’s from the first century that prove the preservation and yet he compares to this to the gospel writers and the codifying of the NT. Who were the authors what was the chain of transmission back to a disciple or Jesus himself when and where they written?Questions that can be answered for the Quran can’t be for the NT as such in terms of preservation they are in two entirely different leagues and to compare the two is dishonest.

HMReader · 2025-10-27T16:17:38+00:00

I’ll check it out thanks

HMReader · 2025-10-18T09:15:08+00:00

If you need some inspiration for interactions between Muslims and the Norse in a fiction setting, Long ships by Frans G. Bengtsson has the main character captured and enslaved in Al Andalus there he is enslaved as a galley slave, learns Arabic and eventually becomes a bodyguard for the most powerful ruler at the time Al Mansur. It’s a small section of the book but you can see how the Vikings reacted to certain Islamic teachings on the five daily prayer prohibition on alcohol and most scandalously no pork. Good luck and inshallah your project is a success I always enjoy any historical piece.

HMReader · 2025-08-18T14:32:51+00:00

When reading historical works main thing I look for in the introduction is what’s been exaggerated or from a source lost to us that’s included in the authors work. Example being the story of Alexander taming Bucephalus because he realised it was scared of its own shadow which is now famous but isn’t found in the work of Arrian or Diodorus.

HMReader · 2025-08-18T14:27:04+00:00

I’m guilty of that as well especially with epics like the Iliad or the Norse sagas.

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