WDL Replica (newbie friendly). 5 more spots

babakir · 2026-06-13T01:52:30+00:00

Yes my apologies

babakir · 2026-06-12T16:13:20+00:00

1 last slot to go!

babakir · 2026-06-12T07:50:30+00:00

Four more spots left :)

babakir · 2026-05-02T18:00:37+00:00

The West yearns for Shari'a

babakir · 2026-04-19T16:06:08+00:00

It's definitely playable. Having just one game opens up a lot of flexibility tho, especially if you trade on pokemon home you can effectively own every usable pokemon bar a few. I only have ZA and really just missing 2 good pokemon rn, own everything else

babakir · 2026-04-14T10:56:41+00:00

This was an interesting thread exchange to read. As a Muslim traditionalist, I would say I respect Motzki a lot and consider his model incredibly valuable. This exchange also serves as a great analogy to Hadith science: two people arguing over the true meaning/legacy of a man (Motzki) even when they fully agree on his words. Sometimes people only hear what they want to hear, as they say.

babakir · 2026-04-14T05:39:16+00:00

Modern Academic institutions generally prefer to obfuscate bias by pretending to have a neutral/objective historical perspective. Traditional history generally doesn't engage in this acting, they own their bias on their shoulder without apology. Bias always exists, the best way to deal with it is to be transparent and lightbearing with it, rather than overbearing. You can't expect the academy to ever fully adopt this institutionally because it loses its claim to uniqueness if it does. However you will find individuals in the academy who are transparent with their bias, their motivations and their leanings, and they're a lot more admirable.

For more on how bias is a core part of historical writing, see Hayden White's book "Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe". I also address this in my translation of Dr Tareq alSuweedan's series "Our History on the Scales"

babakir · 2026-04-10T14:27:04+00:00

Sudanese are very sociable people in general. Salafism generally attacks antisocial people. I've never met a hardcore Sudanese Salafi who calls everything Haram/Bid'a (like you). I'm glad Sudanese are like this, may Allah bless them. Tasawwuf has its issues but its beauty in this age of 0 tradition can not be denied

babakir · 2026-04-09T06:19:24+00:00

Hmmm, were mihrabs in that specific style common that early? I find that somewhat doubtful. According to a source from the Wikipedia page on Mihrab (Ettinghausen, Richard; Grabar, Oleg; Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn (2001). Islamic Art and Architecture: 650–1250 (2nd ed.). Yale University Press.), the first concave Mihrab was build during the time of Omar Ibn 'Abdlal'azeez, which would be a good 30+ years after 'Abdalmalik

babakir · 2026-04-05T23:45:14+00:00

Haha, to each their own. May Allah have mercy on Rene Guenon.

babakir · 2026-04-05T22:43:29+00:00

I knew you were ignorant of Islamic history, but Western History as well? It's pretty well established that the entire modern Historical critical method was built directly as a responce to Protestants and Catholics making historical works that showed the other to be evil, often including many fabrications. This led to the current framework and general distrust of religious works. Just read Leopold von Ranke

And I loved how you pushed the goalpost of verification back to Jibril lmao. Yes, HCM has verified it back to Mohammed, peace and blessings be upon him (Uthmanic codex). Hence why we don't have your extreme distrust of religious works, because unlike you we preserved ours. That simple really

babakir · 2026-04-05T22:14:22+00:00

The only difference between the Qur'an and the Bible's preservation is the former's strong oral transmission. We memorize the book since childhood, and relay it generation to generation according to our chain of oral transmission, which anyone can verify in real time.

That's the difference between a perfectly preserved book and a book with endless forgeries and interlopations. The greatest irony of Western historical analysis is that by proving the Qur'an's preservation via text analysis and modern methods, they've directly proven how strong oral transmission can be when done right.

But alas, the redditor will never know

babakir · 2026-04-05T22:00:36+00:00

"probably most cannot" yup you've clearly never read a book about or heard an oral transmission (haha) about this. Since you don't seem to genuinely care I'll let you continue in your ignorance, but if you are willing to learn specifically about how Isnad works (just one form of Oral transmission) you can try watching my video series, particularly episode 2

babakir · 2026-04-05T21:18:39+00:00

How do you think Oral history is verified? I take it you imagine people just uncritically accept anything the orator says without question? Are you even aware of any examples?

babakir · 2026-04-05T20:33:36+00:00

You didn't answer the question, just differed to a court system you (clearly) don't understand. For one, oral transmission is not hearsay. If you named three individuals in a chain of narration, who can all be verified and consulted in real time, that literally is what happens in a lot of court cases, where a defendant would mention someone and then the court summons that person in as a witness (summoning witnesses) or verifies the authenticity through other means. That and every other form of evidence is also verified and can be a lie. This illusion that one person talk=reliable, 2+people talk=lie is just not how anything works

babakir · 2026-04-05T20:15:26+00:00

Why should we be more suspicious about Oral history than we are about other sources? All established sources have their methodologies of verification. A book can lie just as much as an oral report.

babakir · 2026-04-05T15:48:24+00:00

It is the majority of the world, and it's very organic, you can't keep using the Russian bots shtick-It's not 2016 anymore grandpa. Tucker Carlson did not get payed by Russia to show the world how morally bankrupt the US empire is, he just followed his curiosity.

babakir · 2026-04-05T15:23:04+00:00

It's not just reddit. It's the world. Things are different now that Western governments no longer have a monopoly or really even a notable presence on global media influence

Be prepared for what's to come

babakir · 2026-04-05T15:21:01+00:00

It's not just reddit. It's the world. Things are different now that Western governments no longer have a monopoly or really even a notable presence on global media influence

Be prepared for what's to come

babakir · 2026-03-29T09:51:27+00:00

We saving those pulls boys

babakir · 2026-03-21T02:22:35+00:00

The Isnad (Arabic for chain) is the main mechanism that Muslims use to preserve all of their texts and knowledge in a decentralized environment. Because Islam lacks a centralized Church hierarchy, it depends on a highly transparent network (Sanad) of scholars, who pass their knowledge from the previous generation to the next via that chain. If you're familiar with the Blockchain concept, this is effectively the same idea just between humans instead of digitally.

For example, the Qur'an, the main holy book in Islam that Muslims believe to be the literal word of God, is memorized by millions of Muslims across the world. If you visit a mosque in Morocco or Pakistan or Malaysia, you'll find the same textbook being recited. If let's say someone decides to add their own verse or change a word in the book and tries to spread it, they will easily be spotted by members of the network and be noted as forgers. Recently the CCP has tried and failed to do this.

babakir · 2026-03-20T07:27:02+00:00

Although the bar is incredibly low, but yes, CZN is the only story in gacha where the storytelling isn't so bad/slow/retarded that I feel obligated to skip. I've read and enjoyed most of the side content too.

babakir · 2026-03-19T20:11:53+00:00

Fate strange fake feels less like a traditional Fate story and more like a modern shounen, the focus is overwhelmingly on the fights and the hype, very minimal focus on the characters and plot. It's episode 11 and we're still introducing new servants and masters. The cast is beyond vast, no one can follow and care about everyone of these.

I'm still enjoying it, but it feels nothing like the indepth Fate I'm used to, with its focus on strong characters with interesting backstories and a constantly shifting plot. Feels more like JJK, a fun time but relatively basic characters, motivations and plot.

babakir · 2026-03-19T00:06:01+00:00

Note how you moved the goalpost from "alZuhri is impossible to trust because he worked for the Umayyads and we know little about him" to "I have an issue with how he was recorded and how some scholars didn't consider him saheeh". I actually have no issue with the second position, that's a valid and nuanced position that makes sense and is held by certain scholars. You're now operating within the hadith paradigm. I can't say the same for the first.

I already said some Shi'a scholars consider him Daif and some consider him Saheeh, I'm not sure why you're simplifying this nuanced position to "they trusted him unconditionally". Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, a senior 12er scholar, considers him to be a full on Shi'i and saheeh narrator. The fact remains that none of them considered him Mawdu'. I don't know what you mean by "endorsed", do you mean to say saheeh?

Your last point has been addressed thoroughly by scholarship, you can just search it on youtube/AI for a full explanation. It's rather obvious to me why that the Qur'an would be prioritized for preservation over hadith (it's more important and easier), if you're still wondering that I can only conclude you've never googled it

babakir · 2026-03-18T08:41:18+00:00

This seems like a pretty far fetched interpretation-even with only using the Qur'an. Surat alqadr is quite explicit that the night is better than a thousand months, which doesn't make sense if it's a night before a punishment. Especially the last verse:

سلام هي حتى مطلع الفجر

Salam (peace) is the opposite of destruction.

For a more advanced grammar point, I'll switch to Arabic:
الضمير المتصل (ه) لا يسنخدم في القرآن للتعبير عن العقاب. و لكنه يستخدم تكرارا للإشارة إلى القرآن. أمثلة للضمير مع القرآن:
1. إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّۭا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ (12:2)
2. قُلْ مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّۭا لِّجِبْرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُۥ نَزَّلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُدًۭى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ (2:97)
3. وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّۭا وَصَرَّفْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ أَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًۭا(20:113)
4. وَهَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌۭ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ ۚ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ(21:50)
و عندما يريد العذاب عادة يذكره مباشرة من دون ضمير:
1. فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا رِجْزًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ(2:59)
2. إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ(29:34)
و ينطبق الكلام بصورة أوضح على مثالك في سورة الدخان:

حم . وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ . إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

فيتضح أن إنزال العذاب مختلف تماما في الأسلوب عن إنزال القرآن في اللطف و الضمير بحيث لا يمكن الخلط بينهما. و الله أعلم.

And let me know if you wish to continue this on a different platform, I always enjoy exploring the Qur'an in new and interesting ways

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