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New article: Harmonising between the hadīth, "There is no contagious disease" and, "Flee from the leper as you would from the lion." ―Imām Al-Albāni and Imām Ibn Bāz. How to avoid falling into the beliefs of Jāhiliyyah and the whisperings of Shaytān.

A question to Shaikh Al-Albāni: How do we harmonise between the following two hadeeth of the Prophet (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam): “There is no contagious disease and no evil omens” and the hadeeth wherein he stated, “Flee from the leper as you would from the lion.”

The great scholar, Shaikh Al-Albāni (rahimahullāh) replied: “If we have a good understanding of the first hadeeth, then the…

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New: Corona Virus and transmission: How to gather between the Prophet's negation of contagious diseases and his forbiddance of entering a land which has a contagious disease, and mixing with afflicted people ― Shaikh Ibn Bāz

The hadeeth that is reported from the Prophet (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) negating contagious diseases is related to what the people of pre-Islamic ignorance used to believe―that a contagious disease itself brings about an effect (and transmits itself from person to person).

As for the Prophet’s (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) prohibition of entering a land which is afflicted by a contagious…

Taytu Betul had a restless heart and an iron will. She was also known for her wealth, including holdings in farmland and pasture. She was connected to an extensive network of wealth and power through relatives.

Menelik and Taytu sealed their union on Eater Sunday in 1883 it was a carefully considered act.

If Menelik and Taytu were running for office in an Americal balance to the ticket, The north had been the home of Ethiopia’s most recent emperors---both Tewodros and Yohannes had been from the North--- so there was a strong presumption in favor of northerners when a large, rich northern province; the family had contacts throughout the north, including Tigray and Begemder. Menelik was from the south, so Taytu brought him a kind of local legitimacy.

In politics, Taytu’s quick wit and acute political sense brought balance to Menelik’s cautious and deliberate leadership. Although Taytu was of Oromo--- and thus Muslim----heritage, the family had converted in the eighteenth century, confirming both the ideal of Christian Ethiopia and the savvy opportunism of her family. Since then, the family had accumulated significant property. Taytu gave Menelik a shrewd, wealthy, energetic political partner with a power base in the north, confirming Menelik as a leader with a claim to truly national credentials.

Taytu made the most of her position of power. Although she could tolerate the company of Europeans and made sure to invite them to royal events, her mistrust of Europeans was visceral. It was said that she could not abide by their oder.

At court, she anchored the anti-European faction. In policy discussions, she could always be counted on to define political choices in trenchant terms, self regard framing the debate. She is credited with choosing the new site for Menelik, called Addis Abbself-regard

Taytu’s was legendary. It was remarked more than once that she composed her inner circle carefully, choosing women with darker complexions, the better to show off her own light coffee skin. In the end, her understanding of power owed something to Machiavelli--- it was said while the gentle Menelik was loved, Taytu was feared ---The Battle of Adwa “African Victory in the Age of Empire”, Raymond Jonas