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Quran 4:34 wife beating

Quran 4:24 sex slavery

According to Islam, women are deficient in intelligence: https://archive.is/kiblM

Hello and Peace. Apologies for not seeing this sooner. Now I didn’t grow up in an Islamic country, so I can’t speak on the laws of such nations. however, I can say that any law stating someone should be killed for not being Muslim or ex-Muslim is NOT true Islam. 

The Prophet (SAW) encouraged the education of women, forbade burial practices of baby daughters back in those days, and many women of Islam -including the Prophet’s wife- were highly educated. 

And I’m no Islamic scholar, but the Quranic verses you’ve sited don’t say either of those things is allowed. 4:24 forbids premarital sex or marrying war captive (of that time/historical context), and intends that if you should wish to take on such a women for a wife, you must first free her and give due dowries/legal obligations she is entitled to. Nowhere does it say or imply sex slavery. And in 4:34 it states men are meant to be supporters of women. If one’s wife has done wrong, gently admonish her, but in no way physical harming. Maybe the copy of the Quran you’re reading from was mistranslated of something, but that is clearly wrong.

Nowhere in the Qur’an would it say that, and if anything it condemns needless killing. That is politics masquerading as faith. The link you sent me...that is the LAST place you should be referring to for Islamic truth. It is so clearly biased and sexist, and Islam is arguably a very feminist religion. Additionally, Muslims are no supposed to cause harm to non-Muslims. We are taught to treat all our brothers, sisters, and siblings in humanity with kindness and respect, regardless of whether or not they’re Muslim. There’s even a Hadith where the Prophet said that Muslims should help our Christian brothers and sisters to rebuild their Churches if they’re burnt down. So what about a faith that teaches that could also logically justify killing an ex-Muslim? 

Hello and salaams! First off, I’d like to say thank you for the thoughtful intent of keeping me on the path of Allah. Secondly, I think there is a misunderstanding with the term ‘witch.’ Witch in a historically broader sense of the meaning is more used as an umbrella term for the spiritual practices of many indiginous, Celtic, pagan, African, and other cultural forms of healing and spiritual art. And most of it’s connotation now as well as some of it’s history is related to paganism and Wicca, so I can see where you’d think that’s what I meant.

However, I do not follow Wicca or paganism. I don’t believe in darker spiritual or “magic” practices, ie things that would relate to djinn or the dangerous part of the unseen realm or shaiytan. Far from it actually! Also I do not believe in multiple deities or worship nature as many wiccans do. I believe in la illaha illa la, and I always will. However, I am and have always been fascinated by other spiritual practices as well. I appreciate aspects of Buddhism and meditation, I admire the channeling of energies through crystals and chants, recognizing certain cosmic patterns and signs, as well as intent through certain ritualistic actions such as salat and herbalism. Essentially that is what witchcraft entails in the broad sense.

THAT is what I mean when i consider myself a witch as well as a Muslim. Because to me, those things such as making herbal teas and crystal healing and shielding, etc. are all just tools and conduits for manifesting and channeling energy from The Divine aka Allah. To me, it all comes from the One source, it’s just about intent. Which, to me, is very in line with how I grew up learning about Islam. In fact, much of my craft draws influence from Sufi mysticism, which I got interested in during my teen years. Even as a little kid when my dad taught me zthikr prayers, he’d use little melodies and tajweed to help me memorize them, and as a little kid i thought they were like magic spells. Of course now i know they aren’t, bit still. And in a way, isn’t ‘magic’ just another name for the wonders of Allah manifested? I have always loved and thought of Allah as my friend, and I feel grateful that He blessed me with a desire to know Him more by widening my perspectives and imbuing in me a draw to the spiritual from many different walks of life. It makes my world feel a little bit bigger and helps me see Allah’s figurative hand in all things, even outside of Islam.

Of course I understand your concerns with my chosen semantics, and I do recognize that there are easy ways of slipping into mistaking the unseen and darker elements of that with Allah, which I never want to do. So I am always careful of where I direct my energies as well as the tools i use. For instance, I don’t use pentagrams, I replace more pagan or god/goddess terms in chants with Allah or one of His other 99 names (depending on the attribute i’m trying to channel), and I stay FAR FAR away from stuff like ouiji or occult type iconography. (Seriously, i don’t fucks with that stuff, it is baaaad juju!) For example, whenever i do a bit of kitchen magic, like making bone broth, I always stir in the same direction that Muslims do when we walk around the Ka’aba, and I recite bishmillah three times. 

Also I don’t use tarot cards because the pentagrams and major archaea imagery disagree with me. (Divination’s not really my strength anyhow) However I do use Oracle cards, and whenever I give or receive a reading I make sure to recite al-Fatiha and Surah al-Nas first. But such cards aren’t even originally rooted in paganism necessarily. Actually no one quite knows the root origins of tarot, which i find fascinating. They were used in all cultures, including ancient Persia if memory serves, and they can’t really predict the future, just give some channeled guidance. They’re just another tool. Sort of like a mix of spirituality and psychology. 

At the end of the day, these things are ultimately just tools and little rituals that helps me to be more mindful of God, just as making Salat on my prayer rug and using my zthikr beads does. But again, I always use them with intent of channeling Allah first, because as the Qur’an teaches us, we should treat everything as an act of worship. I take it the same way as one might take an attitude towards listening to certain rap or hip-hop artists, for example. That as long as you listen to the lyrics and history critically and choose your role models carefully, than it’s okay. Ultimately for me, it’s all just tools for being mindful of Allah, not idolatry or satanism or the like. (Cuz again, yikes!)

Personally, I don’t mess with ouijia. It’s waaaayy too susceptible to interference from bad djinn and other darker parks of the Unseen Real and doesnt have as many safety nets from that as other forms of craft. Especially for baby witches/spirituals. and given its very occult roots, even by witchcraft standards, I just feel more comfortable airing on the side of caution. So in that case, yes, I’d say it falls closer to the side of haram.

And while some elements fo it have their use, even in Sufism, theres a great deal of caution placed upon dealing with spirit work. Especially without proper trusted guidance. The Veil of the Unseen is too thin and can leave you open to harm on an energetic level if you’re not careful. There’s a lot of study that should go into it first before even attempting to put it in practice.

Hello and peace friend! Well unlike many culturally rooted magic practices, Islam doesn’t have very many symbols or runes per se, just the Arabic writing/calligraphy. However, what I will usually do to in lew Wiccan symbols in a ritual or spell (such as divination in your case) is replace it with the Arabic name of Allah. And i’ll usually use that to channel and focus on, or i will recite “bismillah” to myself before i begin, which means “in the name of God.” 

If there’s something more specific you’re trying to focus on or get clarification on through your divination practice, I’d also recommend using one of the 99 names or attributes of Allah. Each name has a different meaning and related to a different characteristic that the Divine manifests Themself through. For example, if i was meditating or casting a spell to nurture forgiveness, i’d use the Arabic calligraphy/focus on the word “Al-Ghaffar” which is the name/attribute of Allah meaning “The Forgiver.” Or even “Al-Ghafur” which means “The Forgiving”. Or when I need a creative boost i’ll put on a hat I made on which I embroidered around the band the name/attribute in Arabic “Al-Khaliq” meaning “The Creator.” The Names/Attributes of Allah are a great way of channeling, depending on your situation/intention and whichever name most closely befits what you hope to channel. I hope this helps. 

My dude, I kindly refer you to this link where i go a bit more in depth about it:

Oh yeah, he’s a fascinating character. Especially when you look at how he could’ve easily been an enemy to the M9 but instead they basically turned him into an ally without even knowing what Matt had in store for him all along. All with the power of friendship! XD