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Israeli authorities reopened Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday after an unprecedented closure lasting more than 40 days.

More than 3,000 Palestinian worshippers performed the dawn (Fajr) prayer at the site for the first time since the United States and Israel launched their joint assault on Iran on 28 February.

Footage shared online showed the reopening of the mosque’s gates, with large crowds entering its courtyards and expressing joy at returning after the prolonged closure.

Videos also showed volunteers and mosque custodians cleaning and preparing the site to receive worshippers.

Israel had closed Al-Aqsa - one of Islam’s holiest sites - and barred Palestinian Muslims from accessing it, including during Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr and Friday prayers.

Israeli authorities cited security concerns linked to the war on Iran, but Palestinians have questioned these claims, particularly as large Jewish holiday gatherings have been permitted elsewhere.

Many accuse Israel of using the war as a pretext to tighten control over the site, including regulating access, opening hours and permitted activities.

Israeli authorities have also resumed near-daily incursions by ultra-nationalists into Al-Aqsa following its reopening, while extending their duration.

Dozens entered the site from 6:30am local time, shortly after Muslim worshippers were cleared from the site following dawn prayers.

Those entering were seen praying and dancing under heavy police protection.

Al-Aqsa Mosque, located in Jerusalem’s Old City, is governed by the decades-old Status Quo, an international arrangement that recognises its Islamic character and grants Muslim authorities control over access, worship and maintenance. Israel has long violated this arrangement.

Israel’s control of East Jerusalem, including the Old City, is widely regarded as a violation of international law, which holds that an occupying power has no sovereignty over the territory it occupies and must not impose permanent changes.

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رحلة أحمد بن حنبل في طلب العام

Travels of Ahmad bin Hanbal in seeking knowledge

The red arrows show how he travelled throughout the Muslim world, from Khorasan to what is nowadays Morocco, in his search for knowledge.....

الكوفة، البصرة، مكة المكرمة، المدينة المنورة، اليمن، الشام، الثغور، المغرب، فارس، خرسان....

Al Koofah (city located in what is known today as Iraq), Al bassrah (city located in today's Iraq), Makkah Al mukarramah, Al madeenah Al munawwara, ash Shaam (Syria- Palestine), ath thagour, Al Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria), Faaris (Persia), Khorasan (in today's north Eastern Iran)...

انظُرْ كَيف كَان علماؤنا يجتهدون في طلبهم للعلم، يَقْطَعُون البحار، ويرتحلون في القفار، خُطَاهُم نفعت الإسلام والمسلمين، وكلامهم أنار دُرُوبَ الهُدى للسَّالكين، فرحمة الله عليهم جميعا

⚠️فلا تتكاسل يا طالب العلم، ولا تتهاون في الهدى والفهم، فهؤلاء سلفك الصالحون أدُّوا ما عليهم في أزمانهم، وعَمَّروا بالخير أعمارهم وأوقاتِهم، فنفعوا بعلمهم البلاد والعباد إلى يوم الدين

فنسأل الله أن ينفعَنا بعلومهم، وأن يرزقنا التشبه بأخلاقهم وسلوكهم، إنه على كل شيء قدير

See how our scholars used to strive to seek knowledge, traversing seas and wastelands, benefitting through their steps Islam and the Muslims. Their words enlightened our paths with guidance, so may Allah have mercy on them all.

⚠️Therefore, O seeker of knowledge, do not be lazy, and do not be negligent in finding understanding and guidance, for these are your pious predecessors, who gave their due, during their lifetimes, and filled their time with kheir (all that is good); they benefitted (many) countries with their knowledge, and (will do so) until the Day of Judgment.

We ask Allāh to benefit us with their knowledge, and to bless us with imitating their morals and behaviour. Allāh is capable of everything.

"The Jahmiyyah are the Mushabbihah.

Indeed, they have likened their Lord to an idol and [or] a deaf mute who cannot hear, or see, or talk, or create."

Snippet from the words of Shaykh Anwar تقبله الله, emphasizing the importance of sunnah of RasulAllah ﷺ

As Imam Shafi' said:

[ "لَيْسَ العِلْمُ مَا حُفِظَ، إِنَّما العِلْمُ مَا نَفَعَ"]

"Knowledge is not what is memorized, rather it is what benefits" /benefits in the terms of acting upon it .

‎إذا ما قال لي ربي أما استحييت تعصيني

If my Lord asks me, “Have you shyness in disobeying me?

‎وتخفي الذنب عن خلقي وبالعصيان تأتيني

You conceal your sins from my creation – and with sins you come to me.”

‎فكيف أجيبُ يا ويحي ومن ذا سوف يحميني؟

So how will I answer? O woe to me – and who shall protect me?

‎أسُلي النفس بالآمالِ من حينٍ الى حيني

I keep averting my soul with thoughts of hope – from time to time.

‎وأنسى ما وراءُ الموت ماذا بعد تكفيني

And I forget what is to come after death – and what is to come after I am shrouded.

‎كأني قد ضّمنتُ العيش ليس الموت يأتيني

As if I am guaranteed life (eternally) – and that death will not come to me.

‎وجائت سكرة الموتُ الشديدة من سيحميني

And when the severe stupor of death overtakes me – who will protect me?

‎نظرتُ الى الوُجوهِ أليـس منُهم من سيفدينـــي

I looked at the faces; is there not from amongst them who will ransom me?

‎سأسأل ما الذي قدمت في دنياي ينجيني

I will be asked regarding what I have prepared in my life to save me (on the Day of Judgement).

‎فكيف إجابتي من بعد ما فرطت في ديني

Then how will I answer – after I have neglected my religion.

‎ويا ويحي ألــــم أسمع كلام الله يدعوني

Woe to me! Did I not hear the Speech of Allāh inviting me?

‎ألــــم أسمع لما قد جاء في قاف ويسِ

Did I not hear what came in (the chapters of) Qāf and Yā-Sīn?

‎ألـــم أسمع بيوم الحشر يوم الجمع و الديني

Did I not hear about the Day of Gathering, the Day of Assemble and the Day of Judgement?

‎ألـــم أسمع مُنادي الموت يدعوني يناديني

Did I not hear the crier of death inviting me, calling me?

‎فيا ربــــاه عبدُ تــائبُ من ذا سيؤويني

So O my Lord, a slave (turning to you) I have repented – so who then shall shelter me?

‎سوى رب غفور واسعُ للحقِ يهديني

Except a Lord extensive in forgiveness – to the truth He will guide me.

‎أتيتُ إليكَ فارحمني وثقــّـل في موازيني

I have come to you (in repentance) so have mercy on me, and make heavy my scales (with good deeds).

‎وخفَفَ في جزائي أنتَ أرجـى من يجازيني

And lighten my account – You are the best of who will bring me to account.