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Default Re: The Ummah's three biggest problems

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Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah View Post
As far as I'm aware, nabeyuna Muhammad [saws] identified a very different set of three problems:

- abandonment of jihad
- engaging in al3inah [roundabout ways of usury / interest]
- following the tails of cattle [engagement too much in secondary pursuits like agriculture to the exclusion of more important matters]
Agriculture? Not really what I was expecting as a 'less important' 'secondary' pursuit.
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