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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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Thats not right dude, He's never stated that he drinks nor goes clubbing.
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Word. Flag on the play.
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08-05-2008, 05:42 PM
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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Be just akhi, that story was decent and is a solid reminder of the humility and simplicity of mu'mins..
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 I think stories like this are lame attempts to imitate hadith, and they serve no purpose other than to glorify the supposed "piety" of mu'mins.
Not to mention, I dont like Suhaib Webb. At all. I have met him numerous times, and he comes across as more of an opportunist than anything.
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08-05-2008, 05:43 PM
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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I think stories like this are lame attempts to imitate hadith, and they serve no purpose other than to glorify the supposed "piety" of mu'mins.
Not to mention, I dont like Suhaib Webb. At all. I have met him numerous times, and he comes across as more of an opportunist than anything. |
what particular opportunity? to be popular? |
08-05-2008, 05:47 PM
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I think stories like this are lame attempts to imitate hadith, and they serve no purpose other than to glorify the supposed "piety" of mu'mins. |
Fair enough....personal tastes and all. I think it's important to remember this was a blog post made based on some quick notes he wrote.....it wasn't meant to be a fine piece of literature or anything. Reminders like these are a common instructive tool.
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Not to mention, I dont like Suhaib Webb. At all. I have met him numerous times, and he comes across as more of an opportunist than anything.
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Why the suspicion bro? Suspicion serves no useful purpose. Besides he does some seriously laudable work. Personally, I love the guy.
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Birds of the same feather flock together/Congested on a majestic street corner/That's a short time goal for most of 'em/ Cuz most of 'em/Would rather expand their wings and hover over greater things/That's what we call inspired flight/By the pigeons that gotta eat pizza crust every night/And "Let there be light" was understood/When a mic-stand descended from up-and-above into the hood - - Vast Aire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYf5gRxzrIQ
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08-05-2008, 05:47 PM
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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what particular opportunity? to be popular?
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To be popular, respected, liked, appreciated, etc...
He started out as a novelty story to inspire faith, like "whoa this cracka from the projects can become a pious muslim then anyone can!" and went from there to becoming a keynote speaker and what not.
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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness - Sophocles.
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As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing - La Rochefoucauld.
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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A) YOU of all people are in no place to judge who is a good muslim and who isnt.
B) You dont know me nor what I do.
C) You are obviously insecure and a jealous person who cannot deal with people disagreeing with you.
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I like how you dodged the issue.
Do you or do you not drink alcohol?
Do you or do you not go clubbing? |
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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Fair enough....personal tastes and all. I think it's important to remember this was a blog post made based on some quick notes he wrote.....it wasn't meant to be a fine piece of literature or anything. Reminders like these are a common instructive tool.
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Agreed, but that doesnt mean I have to like it or endorse it.
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Why the suspicion bro? Suspicion serves no useful purpose. Besides he does some seriously laudable work. Personally, I love the guy.
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Agreed again, but stories like this make me wonder.....
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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness - Sophocles.
A dream is the answer to a question we do not know how to ask - Fox Mulder.
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing - La Rochefoucauld.
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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I like how you dodged the issue.
Do you or do you not drink alcohol?
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Not only is that none of your business, but what relevance does that have to not liking this story?
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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness - Sophocles.
A dream is the answer to a question we do not know how to ask - Fox Mulder.
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing - La Rochefoucauld.
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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To be popular, respected, liked, appreciated, etc...
He started out as a novelty story to inspire faith, like "whoa this cracka from the projects can become a pious muslim then anyone can!" and went from there to becoming a keynote speaker and what not.
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I really don't see how that opprtunistic, everyone strives to be liked, popular etc etc.
As for his personal situation, i'm happy for the brother.
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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Not only is that none of your business, but what relevance does that have to not liking this story?
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Once again, I like how you dodge the questions...
As for its relevance, it really is relevant. You are a bad person overall. Only a bad person would scoff at such a story. Your mannerisms are a reflection of this. Your opinions are irrelevant. You are the pathetic type of Muslim who wouldn't feel any qualms mocking the Sunnah, etc.
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08-05-2008, 05:55 PM
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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To be popular, respected, liked, appreciated, etc...
He started out as a novelty story to inspire faith, like "whoa this cracka from the projects can become a pious muslim then anyone can!" and went from there to becoming a keynote speaker and what not.
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that has more to do with people wanting a void filled
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I like how you dodged the issue.
Do you or do you not drink alcohol?
Do you or do you not go clubbing?
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come on yaar, we cant discuss people's imaan like this |
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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that has more to do with people wanting a void filled
come on yaar, we cant discuss people's imaan like this
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Exactly, it serves as an inspriration to those who are at a lwo point...
werd on the iman thing too
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Ninjas can kill anyone they want! Ninjas cut off heads ALL the time and don't even think twice about it. These guys are so crazy and awesome that they flip out ALL the time. I heard that there was this ninja who was eating at a diner. And when some dude dropped a spoon the ninja killed the whole town. My friend Mark said that he saw a ninja totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window.
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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Exactly, it serves as an inspriration to those who are at a lwo point...
werd on the iman thing too
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well when i said filling a void, i was talking about the community having a need for imams that can actually speak english
the time when imam suhaib got started it was really hard to find someone who can actually communicate with the younger people
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Re: Imam Suhaib, the American, the Shaykh, and the bag of sweets
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I really don't see how that opprtunistic, everyone strives to be liked, popular etc etc.
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It was opportunistic in the fact that his life wasnt exactly going places before he became muslim and a speaker. Now he lives a comfortable life giving corny speeches all over the world.
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As for his personal situation, i'm happy for the brother.
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I agree, I mean more power to him for taking advantage of the situation, I'm just not swooning over these silly stories like everyone else seems to be.
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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness - Sophocles.
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As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing - La Rochefoucauld.
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