Highlights: Yasin Al-Jibouri, Dr Hashim, and Dr. Haeri #2

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Written by Yasin T. al-Jibouri
yasinaljibouri@hotmail.com

While living in Hyattsville, Maryland, from 1979 – 1982, then in Virginia thereafter, Yasin T. al-Jibouri became involved in the activities of the Islamic School located in Potomac, Maryland, where the Principal was Dr. Abdul-Sahib Hashim, a very active and energetic Iraqi pediatrician who started his Islamic activities at the Islamic Center in the U.S. capital, Washington. Read more

Highlights of Yasin Al-Jibouri #1

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Written by Yasin T. al-Jibouri
yasinaljibouri@hotmail.com

Yasin Al-Jibouri graduated from the College of Arts, Baghdad University, on June 30, 1969, having majored in English which he taught at a high school in Hilla, metropolis of Babylon governorate, starting in 1970 then at a vocational institute in al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, for a couple of years starting in 1971 Read more

The Harra Incident:

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واقعة الحرة: عندما هاجم “مسلمون” الكعبة
THE HARRA INCIDENT:
WHEN “MUSLIMS” ATTACKED
THE KA`BA

Written by Yasin T. al-Jibouri
yasinaljibouri@hotmail.com

THE HARRA INCIDENT
The Harra Incident started on a Wednesday, Thul-Hijja 28, 63 A.H./August 31, 683 A.D. and was led by Abdullah‎ ibn az-Zubair, a cousin of the Prophet of Islam (P). Let us stop here to introduce the reader to this man although he is too well known to any average student of Islamic history. Read more

أصنام العرب قبل الاسلام

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أصنام العرب قبل الاسلام
Yasin T. al-Jibouri

On p. 35 of Ibn Hisham’s Seera, the Prophet of Islam is quoted as having said that the first person to cover the creed of Ishmael son of Abraham was one Amr ibn Luhay ibn Qam`ah ibn Khindaf. This man, according to the Prophet, installed idols and started the custom of making offerings to them as well as other pagan rituals. Read more

The Shi`a-Sunni Subject

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Written by:
Yasin T. al-Jibouri
yasinaljibouri@yahoo.com

Allah’s mercy and Paradise is spacious, very, very spacious, it has room in it for the Sunnis and for the Shi`as, the good ones, of course, as well as for non-Muslims. Contemplate on this hadith:

الدين الأخلاق؛ من لا خلاق له، لا دين له
Ad-deen al-akhlaq; man la khalaqa lah, la deena lah
Religion is ethics; one who has no ethics has no religion.

Another brief yet very weighty hadith says

الدين المعامله
Ad-deen al-mu`amala
Religion is treatment (i.e. how you treat others).

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Covenant of the Prophet to the Christans of Najran

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نصّ العهد النبوي لنصارى نجران
By:
Yasin T. al-Jibouri

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TEXT OF THE PROPHET’S COVENANT

Following the agreement reached at the end of the Mubahala, the Prophet decided to write a covenant to regulate the relationship between the Muslims and the Christians so it would remain valid for all time to come. This covenant is very important because it reflects Islam’s respect for other religions, something Read more

The founder of Wahhabism

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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE FOUNDER OF WAHHABISM
Written by:
Yasin T. al-Jibouri
yasinaljibouri@yahoo.com

The most serious damage to the shrine of Imam al-Husain (ﻉ) in Karbala, Iraq, was inflicted by the Wahhabis, followers of Muhammed ibn Abdul-Wahhab who invented an odd interpretation of Islam which does not respect the grave-sites of any holy person, including that of the Prophet of Islam (ص). Since the Wahhabis have proven to be the most antagonistic[1] towards the followers of Ahl al-Bayt (ﻉ), it is not out of place here to introduce the reader to their man, Muhammed ibn Abdul-Wahhab, while narrating the mischief he and his ignorant Bedouin zealots committed against the shrine of Imam Husain (ﻉ) in Karbala’ and that of his father, Imam Ali (ﻉ), in Najaf.

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A Tribute to Shaikh Al-Tusi

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شيخ محمد بن الحسن الطوسي
By Yasin T. al-Jibouri

TThe reader will come across the name of Sheikh (or Shaikh) al-Tūsi in the three volumes of the translation/research by Yasin T. al-Jibouri of the famous book titled Nahjul-Balagha (which is being published in the United States); therefore, we have decided to acquaint him with this great personality: Read more

Will of Imam Ali to his son al-Hasan – Part Two

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WILL OF IMAM ALI IBN ABU TALIB (ع) TO HIS SON IMAM AL-HASAN (ع)
Part #2
By
Yasin T. al-Jibouri

(This text is excerpted from the forthcoming 8th edition of Nahjul-Balagha which I have been editing and which will soon be published in New York by TTQ. This is one of the most beautiful literary works I have ever come across, and I hope you, too, will see it as such. You are at liberty to circulate it and/or reproduce it however you see fit, surely this will please the Almighty with Whom Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (ع) enjoys a very special status…) Read more