Comments on: Response to al-Shorouk's Article

By: Marwa Hamza

Marwa Hamza — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:29:22 +0000

شكـــــــــراً
أنا قرأت المقال ولم أكن أصدق !

أعني أنني أتابع الموقع باسمترار وأعرف أنه يستحيل من شخص أقرأ له دائماً مثل هذه الكلمات وهذا الفهم للدين،أن يقول مثل هذا الكلام

شكراً لك يا شيخ :))

By: Hany

Hany — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:23:40 +0000

As-Salamu Alaykom

Don’t worry about it ya Sheikh. Even El-Quaraday fell victim to the same newspaper. Check his website:

http://www.qaradawi.net/site/topics/printArticle.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=8471&version=1&template_id=119&parent_id=13

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:54:34 +0000

As-Salaamu Alaykum,

There is no Imam who does good except that his words are twisted and the Shayatin inspire people to falsely warn against him. I am sorry you have to deal with these problems, dear brother. Keep up the good work, in sha Allah.

By: Atif

Atif — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:46:50 +0000

Assalamu’alaykum
I can’t read Arabic, but according to what I could make out from Google’s translation, Imam Suhaib (hafidhahullah) made this comment in the LA times article: “If Mary J. Blige made the call to prayer, I’d go to the mosque; I’d be in the front row.”, and al-Shorouk took it out of context and used it to lambast him.
The response clarifies what he meant by that statement (that the situation of the youth not going to the masjid is so bad that you would need a pop singer giving adhan to get them to come) and basically tells the paper to fear Allah.
Correct me if I’m wrong. 🙂

By: Abu Omar

Abu Omar — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:24:05 +0000

In reply to Fez.

Fez…let’s not fall into the trap of being judge and jury while at the same time condemning an entire people. Imam Suhaib indicated that another newspaper did remove the offensive article and publish his correction.

Levity isn’t always appropriate.

By: Saad

Saad — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:20:02 +0000

Translation please 🙂

By: Fez

Fez — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:32:45 +0000

“Egyptian newspaper”….surely an oxymoron in itself?

By: Nadia

Nadia — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:08:58 +0000

English will be good please

By: Suha Abushakra

Suha Abushakra — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:03:56 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah,

First of all, I say hasbuna Allahu wa nima al-Wakeel. I think that the author of the hurtful article in the Shuruq newspaper should probably admit to having a shortcoming in that he does not seem to understand the language of majaaz (figurative language).

There are many examples in the holy Quran of the proper use of literary sarcasm that I was reminded of when I read the accusative, irresponsible words of the author in al-Shuruq. Anybody with a moderate knowledge of Arabic language should notice that Imam Suhaib Webb employed an effective tool in his Khutba, asking a rhetorical question – a common practice amongst Khutaba’that is often used in the Arabic language – to achieve persuasion through the skilful and purposful implementation of literary sarcasm.

Rhetorical question examples abound in the holy Quran and there is no need to list them. Anyway, it is a sad reality in my opinion that some writers either don’t understand the Arabic rhetoric well or have the audacity to believe that they can twist honest people’s words without putting their credibility and professionalism on the line. should I choose to give such authors the benefit of the doubt, I may call them at best “ignorant”.

By: americanmuslimnurse

americanmuslimnurse — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:02:33 +0000

Salaam,
I am sorry you had the misfortune of being the recipient of such poison. Thanks to God, I benefit from the things I read here.

When I see these things (when I converted, I was on ‘object’ of slander where I worked), all I can say is, “Do they not fear God?”

God turned the things that seemed negative into something good, and He can do the same for you.