What We Get Wrong About Studying Muslim History With Dr Yakoob Ahmed

[@noorsaadeh]

Reading about Muslim Spain I was struck by a comment made by the non Muslim author that the average Muslim man on the street would have been considered a genius in Europe during the Dark Ages. We all have the capability to stretch ourselves to know more. But are we willing to put in the effort?

[@noumanabbasi9547]

Past is past what we are considered now in the world matters even a stray dog or a pig is worth more then a muslim please don't mind my words it's harsh...

[@lalkuriakose3174]

Please check what Muslims did to many countries including Spain. Islam is just another backward and Barbarian faith. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand save Spain from satanic Islam.

[@asha802]

Muslims have since abandoned critical thinking in favour of madrassah style dogmatic thinking.

[@EverySoulTastesDeath]

A muslim thinking tank...for solutions too....with the Dr Yakoobs and ulema and up coming graduates..or all fields.. but the initiative to be...!??

[@Freepalestine8931]

These sort of reminiscences of the past and glorifying certain empires is actually detrimental to our process of thinking and advancing, especially when it’s brought up every time we have a crisis, some Islamic scholar or historian will stand up & say we taught Europe this & that, & that. Making it seem as though it’s a challenge between east & west, or Islam & Christianity or paganism. When it’s not. We are in a spiritual, psychological crisis we have moved away from one of the most effective forms of reform, the adhering to good manners & morality. If I cannot feel safe in the streets of Cairo from being constantly ripped off by salesman through trade transactions or my employer in the gulf counties withholding my passport so I do not look for employment elsewhere, or tribal nepotism in my home country Somalia. What benefit will we bring to Palestine ? We will carry with us these corrupt practices & apply in Palestine. Our crisis is deep and we need reform within our own households

[@agonajrulajoni6502]

I'm from North Macedonia, and I frequently get into the KZbin, just to search for prof. Yakup's latest talks. There is no one I can truly compare with when it comes to his commentaries and knowledge about on almost everything. I hold all his talks very close to my heart. And he always makes conclusions that are hard to even think of disputing them. Please, stay longer with us - as much as you can!

[@abdimohamed5213]

Try to listen only ones from Sheikh Imran Hussein

[@abdimohamed5213]

As brother I recommend it don't take from him with out thinking about it ❤

[@abdimohamed5213]

Sheikh Imran Hussein

[@GoodMan_000]

So you agree with intelectual incapacity ?

[@twnb7733]

The Quran is full of the children of Israel. No mention of any children of Ismael! Surah 17, the Night Journey, is actually called “ the children of Israel”. The Antichrist is there.

[@CineRanter]

Dr Yakoob is a gem. Glad to see him back on the podcast!

[@mohdnohmajid6970]

Arabs disobey the Quran Al Imran 103.

[@hawkeye1018]

Noooo Dr Yakoob, you can't stop doing podcasts. Although, I understand why, when intellectuals such as yourself get pulled/invited to so many events, the pursuit of your ilm gets more difficult. May Allah bless you and us with your work in whichever form you do for long time. Jazakullah Khair.

[@dawudqadri7295]

I agree that we need Dr Yakoob to keep doing podcasts, because it's accessible education that will otherwise be lost. He could do them from home as a streamed guest or stream his own content.

[@pankaja7974]

@@dawudqadri7295 but brother olla is impotent so what is the purpose of following olla ?

[@dawudqadri7295]

@pankaja7974 I'm sorry but I don't understand what you're trying to say. I'm not sure if you're trying to mock Dr Yakoob for his Turkish pronunciation of the word Allah, or if you're trying to mock the religion of Islam for believing in Allah, or if you're trying mock theism generally for believing in God, or something else. Please could you clarify?

[@pankaja7974]

@@dawudqadri7295 olla is impotent or supporting bani israel (against bales tinos). I am not sure why you want to serve olla ?

[@dawudqadri7295]

@pankaja7974 If I understand you correctly you're asking me why I follow Allah (by flowing the religion of Islam), when Allah has either given non-muslim Israelis power to abuse Muslims in Palestine, or He does not have the power to protect His worshippers from being abused by those who don't follow Islam? My response is that Islam does not theologically require me to believe that being a Muslim will protect a person from being abused in this world. It also requires me to believe that all abuses will be arbitrated and justly judged in the life which begins after death. It also requires me to belive the God is All Powerful and gives temporary power to whomsoever He wills in this world as part of their individual moral test, and to also morally test those affected by the empowered person.

[@1bulimia]

I am sad to hear Dr Yakoob you are stopping podcasts and I hope many of us can urge you to continue. I am a Turk who has found it interesting to learn about Ottomans from a fellow British viewpoint and how the Muslim world views Ottomans. Your podcasts have been invaluable please continue.

[@FreePalestine1love]

I am extremely delighted to see dr. Yakoob back on the podcast. He inspires me to be a better Muslim and intellectual. Jazakallah Khair.

[@pankaja7974]

and how old is your youngest mom ?

[@enacausmembrane]

@@pankaja7974 What? 😂

[@pankaja7974]

@@enacausmembrane 🤣 olla provides a unique ability for the followers of easelame where a moslame can babysit his own mom !! the bro fet led by example, ummi eye shah was 6 when she became umm al momineen.

[@khajamohiddin1761]

​@@pankaja7974when sitha gandraped by ravan and vibhishan?

[@Omar-mg9oc]

Interesting discussion as always on Thinking Muslim, especially with Dr. Yakoob. May Allah rewards you abundantly, Aameen. It made me sad to hear that Dr. Yakoob won’t be doing podcasts anymore because it limits our access to his brain. I pray that Allah would grant us other ways to access his lectures or discussions, Aameen. Love from the Gambia!

[@BelloDanzaria]

Absolutely rewarding and educating discourse with you Dr. Yaqoob. I am from Nigeria, and I am in total agreement with your perspectives in this subject. If Quran is the source of our historical knowledge and inspirations, then our knowledge and actions should reflect the logic and reason therein. I think the challenge here is how to bring back intellectual prowess, curiosity and resilience among the Muslim Ummah, and how would that reflect in the transformation and continue existence of the Ummah. It is really almost frustrating, because every scientific finding in the last century, like the fingerprint, the darkness of sea depth, the condition of the embryo and so on have been mentioned clearly and sitting in the holy Quran for 1,400 years. But do we contemplate, reason, think over them...

[@alib7489]

I eagerly wait for the notification bell every Friday for a new episode! Alhamdulillah 🎉

[@miles13.]

1. Haifa Massacre 1937 2. Jerusalem Massacre 1937 3. Balad al-Sheikh Massacre 1939 4. Haifa Massacre 1939 5. Haifa Massacre 1947 6. Abbasiya Massacre 1947 7. Al-Khisas Massacre1947 8. Bab al-Amud Massacre 9. Jerusalem Massacre 1947 10. Sheikh Burek Massacre1947 11. Jaffa Massacre 1948 12. Deir Yassin Massacre 13. Tantura Massacre 1948 14. Khan Yunis Massacre 1956 15. Jerusalem Massacre 1967 16. Bahro Al Baquar 1972 17. Sabra and Shatila Massacre 1982 18. Al Aqsa Mosque Massacre 1990 19. Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre 1994 20. Jenin Refugee Camp April 2002 21. Gaza Massacre - 2008-09 22. Gaza Massacre - 2012 22. Gaza Massacre - 2014 24. Gaza Massacre - 2018-19 25. Gaza Massacre- 2021 26. Gaza Massacre- 2023 is still ongoing...... Who is the terrorist since 1948???

[@nathanphillips1504]

Quite one sided

[@lalkuriakose3174]

Another example of victimhood.

[@villanousrexus9630]

I guess ISIS is fake news nowadays

[@odettepaulin6056]

You based in the 1939s but study history and the name Jerusalem is Hebrew.. All, in Israel has ingravwments showing its jews who are the indeginous people there.. And all the empires from the beginning of time.. Babylon Ian's.. Assyrian.. Persian Egyptian..greek roman.. Ottoman all have records of Israel and the great story the exodus.. Allfrom Adam and eve Abraham.. Moses.. David.. Solomon... Jacod that's what he is name yakoob a Hebrew Aramaic.. No palestine even in record history of antiquities.. You can say jews are the most persecuted people until the modern times.. You remember the holocaust and now Oct. 7?..their history of massacre is not even 1 percent of your story.. Who began the war.. Are the Arab and Muslim not the jews.. Jews are the most religious people in the whole wide world.. I'm a Christian even jews doesn't accept our Jesus christ who is also a jew...

[@1nesoch]

​@@lalkuriakose3174 Prove it with evidence.

[@farleymarly2575]

I love it when you drop the videos on jummah

[@HelloHello-fn3bn]

Dr.Yaqoob deserves his own Podcast. May Allah bless him!

[@bthayyil]

Very thoughtful and inspiring, love the topics being discussed and intellectual depth of the experts who are interviewed

[@nasreenakhtar8521]

Subhanallah this really opened my mind. He is absolutely correct. Allah provides us with a blueprint for life through lesson in history yet, we ignore and feel helpless

[@Eazy.Winner]

SubhanAllah I just had a deep discussion with my own father about this and I just asked him ain’t it the imam’s responsibility to make sure he is to update with his community similar to having a surgery clinic appointments…don’t you think something is wrong every time we go to jummah after leaving something feels something else is missing such as collective community interactions such as businesses, trading, eliminating poverty especially among ourselves…correct me if I’m incorrect.

[@R33fs]

The mosque used to be the central place of the civilisation of islamic society. But in most of current islamic society, it is reduced to just a place of worship. Ironically, it is in muslim minority community, the mosque is trully being utilized at it fullest, mostly because it is the only place that the ummah can gather

[@ifranksultan]

100% I agree with you. Like they should have more stuff like helping each other. Newcomers with jobs, business advice, counselling for kids and adults, games. Strategic planning ahead. A person or community which doesn't collectively plan the future together is living without a road map and will go nowhere. We need to come together and have a game plan. Jews rather educate their kids to make them politicians rather then a athlete. This is 25 years planning.

[@buddharatnashinde4334]

Highly brain washed

[@Eazy.Winner]

@@ifranksultan absolutely spot on, bulls eye. 🎯

[@DavidHurst-g5h]

Israel zulm pe zulm kar raha par America aur Europe uski madad kar raha hai. Pakistan ko apni Johari taqat iran turkey saudi se share karna chahiye. Par hum bewkoof buzdil aur khudgarz hain

[@majidakhtarraffi1719]

Great podcast. A small correction. It’s Dr.Shabbir Akhtar (and not Ahmed) may Allah s.w.t bless him for his academic contribution to Islam and the ummah!

[@stephenconnolly1830]

Correct. However, Shabbir Akhtar (someone I personally knew) inadvertently used the wrong title for his book. Imperial Islam is a highly problematic conceptualisation as well as a deviation from the early Islamic movement in that the Ummayyads et al perverted the message of the Qur'an and Prophet from its true intent.

[@marwaal-shafey7955]

The thinking muslim is one of my favourite podcasts. Jazakum Allah khayran.

[@abrarhameem1000]

Dr Yakoob is an amazing intellectual. I have speculated about some of what he's talking about here, and had unorganized thoughts, now they are better molded by his ideas.

[@hmzzrg5045]

Great episode Allahumma baarik, especially the subsegment on Islam and the production of knowledge. Ive never faced that sort of shyness as muslims in the academic sphere about talking of Allah openly, and it really hit me. BarakAllahufik. May Allah make us brave on all battlefields, as much the academic ones as the physical ones.

[@soulsolemole]

beautiful exposition. exquisite. thank you. Glory unto Allah Almighty

[@abusb556]

Dr Yaqoob as a teacher of histroy at a darululoom for over 13 years i deeply appreciate the messages and points you offered in this interview, I enthusiastically shared it with all my students. May Allah preserve you and allow you to create that Islamic academic space where Allah and his message for mankind can be highlighted and where Muslim historians can give their unique contributions on the topic of the future.

[@farzanabehshti6842]

Asalaam alikum my Dearest brother Dr Yakoob my first time to know you. Alhumdolillah thanks Allah SWT you have been blessed to know our Creator and reflecting and contemplating how you can share the blessed gift with the Muslims as well InshAllah with non Muslim May Allah Azzawajal make you and our brother Jalal along with the Muslim ummah very successful ameen 🤲🕌🌴🌷. When you mentioned how Allah Azzawajal needs yo be in everything we do I work in accounting there are opportunities to slack off but alhumdolillah with the presence of Allah Azzawajal I can each time feel blessed that I did my job with Allah SWT SWT

[@yahyajohnlorenzen4713]

May Allah grant you strength to make your own podcasts dr Yakoob Ahmed, people need you!

[@lailamahmood7184]

An astoundingly illuminating and enlightening talk, thank you for giving the inimitable Dr Yaqoob a platform, a very inspiring intellectual, may Allah SWT preserve you all.

[@mohammadanwar9848]

1000% agree that we Muslims, are Not being intellectually brave. Bravery is linked with how much we trust Allah May Allah increase our levels of Tawakkul

[@drsmaq3045]

MashA'llah hit the nail on the head. How can we work together? Perhaps those who are more privileged can support such great academics. I am intrigued to work with you akhi. This has come at the right time since I am back from Granada and Qurtaba. My 7 years old is asking me to many questions and thought provoking point is the essence we need indeed. Dr.SM

[@mareolinz]

Alhamdulillah. Very appropriate podcast. I never thought about understanding history in this manner. Jazakumullahu khayran

[@ayveedimaporo6486]

I like him. . . I feel like he is telling me "Hey you. . . Shopisticate your way of thinking" And he is being "quranic" because Allah swt did say think/contemplate and also the levels of muslim, mumin and muhsin. Therefore Lett's elevate our minds Let's add sophistication in our way of thinking/contemplating

[@fafafais]

Struggle, it's coming inshallah

[@noumanabbasi9547]

Ok

[@Omar-sf2dr]

JazakAllahu khayr for uploading this gem intellectual learning gathering.

[@Rogerdowler]

Everything drbyaqoob said is on point. The problem with Muslim aspiration as it has been is to copycat western aspiration. By extension what we absorb and then analyse has lost it's originality. We need to develop our own interpretive tools that lead to a more comprehensive contemplation. It is not easy to shake off the colonised mindset and methodologies but it needs to be done.

[@ricetanzania4148]

was 1400 years not enough. Colonized mindset after half a century of more of freedom from colonialism, maybe the colonist brought the right ideas. Maybe islam is NOT perfect?

[@professorparadox795]

​@@ricetanzania4148 Islam was either one of superpowers or the main superpower for majority of history lol, with both intellectual and economical peak

[@saeidh.2033]

Well, this is my first time hearing Dr. Yakoob. He strongly touched my heart when he genuinely refuted to make Allah invisible in his writings. What a moment!

[@not_mybrother7705]

Alhamdulilah I am hopeful we can have a nation of leaders. I think the average person can be more thoughtful and aware, if there is a billion dollar confusion industry to keep people passive it's a clear sign that our potential is always there. Alhamdulilah would be really good to see scholars and historians like Dr Yakoob be one more prominent and well known and loved. Alhamdulilah feeling the love in this comments section.

[@racheledmondson4003]

Appreciate this channel. Thank you 🙏

[@fatimah9202]

May Allah make this endeavor successful. May we all be Allah focused❤

[@m.a.4500]

Excellent discussion.

[@tvismyonlyfriend]

Mark Twain- he said that geniuses live and die amoungst us everyday either having never been discovered - neither by society and sometimes they don't even recognize the genius in themselves. That's when I discovered the fact I want to be a teacher- and then I had another moment when I learnt that teaching compassion is a great thing too Wouldn't it be a beautiful world if we saw the genius in each other and were not afraid

[@noumanabbasi9547]

It's not possible as long satan is there mostly follow his path that leads to destruction but that doesn't mean people have to choose Satan's path there are struggling and tests in righteous path but there will be an ease

[@maryannechilds6459]

Im going to hv to watch this agn n agn his knowledge is vast kiaora for this gift 🎉🎉🎉

[@not_mybrother7705]

1:04:00 connection between student and teacher. Subahanallah Qur'an and Sunnah and Seerah give us so much detail and example on how to have and sustain connections and connections are strength. We have a lot of services, institutions and organisations that have cut out connection and even AI as an example cuts out the connection between people.

[@NK-ht3fo]

One of your best guests indeed, plz bring him on regularly

[@omegared10]

Excellent podcast. Please continue doing them.

[@ibraVibe]

History done Islamically will be an amazing contribution for us. Can you imagine learning history from a cultural point of view that agrees with our views about life? Everything we learn has a cultural element to it. When we begin to see our past in the right perspectives we can understand our current situation much better. 1:44

[@dawudqadri7295]

Please request Dr Yakoob to keep doing podcasts (in whatever manner is most convenient for him). The content is incredibly enriching.

[@marinaisananrada3236]

Such a good conversation!

[@yrahmed]

mA may Allah bless Dr. Yakoob! The point about centering and mentioning Allah as the purpose in our work is absolutely brilliant and much broader cultural implications. It makes me ask myself how I can embue the the same in my own work. Bismillah!

[@Marzuqi-h4g]

Love from southeast asia ❤

[@humaafandi8894]

It's ethnic cleansing because they want the land. Even if they it's genocide, they are actually happy we are arguing about the definitions instead of doing something about it

[@whitemusk7691]

2 thinking & articulate muslims . Allahumma barik alaih.

[@AbuMusaRaps]

Bravery requires confidence. Intellectual confidence can only be obtained through study and practice. Linking Islamic solutions to contemporary problems.

[@himRehmi]

We need more !

[@SabasitenAkter]

Great coverage thank you

[@tkendirli]

As a Turkish 53 individual i must admit it's rare and also encouraging to see people and academics like Dr.Yakoob which has a great apetite and effort to work even think on these issues. Eventually Ottomans now have fair and honest understanding apart from the Turkish academia. On Gaza my heart is broken when i see the last decades. Yes we abolished the Sultanate and Khalifat. But wasn't a complete abolishment. What our muslim brothers didn't noticed, on that legislation the sentimental and soul of the caliphate was transferred to the Turkish national assembly. But now after 100 years. what i see is that move also created to needed shook which is necessary

[@mznxbcv12345]

Christendom is the empirial religion, born under the auspices of constantine, the subjects were converted at the edge of the sword and rendered into slaves for his majesty, often referring to him as their lord. In Islam such slavery is unthinkable. The only lordship is that of the creator, no station into which man was brought into the lands of Islam was to any degree as bad as the repugnant chattel slavery brought by the primitive tribalism inherent in their texts. Constantine chose regularly to refer to himself as the “servant of God” (famulus dei/therapon tou theou) in official writings. By the fifth century, this metaphor of subordination had been redeployed from theological to political contexts as the subjects of the emperor came to refer to themselves as “slaves of the emperor.” And by the sixth, Justinian insisted all his officials swear an oath that they would demonstrate their service to the emperor “with genuine slavehood” (gnesia douleia).b Building on Paul’s revalorization of the vocabulary of slavery, and particularly the word doulos came to be applied to a variety of hierarchical relationships, even as it also continued to be used specifically of chattel slaves. By the middle Byzantine period, this expansion of the semantic range of the root doul- eventually gave the abstract nominal form douleia, meaning laborer Insofar as everyone who partook in labor was considered to be a participant This epistemological world view is coherent with master-slave dynamic relationship between the head of the state and his subjects, or rather slaves. The word עוֹלֵל, ʿôlēl which means 'Babe, infant, little one, a suckling' occurs 21 King James Bible Verses Of these verses: “Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.” -Psalm 137:9 “Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.”-1 Samuel 15:3 “Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.”-Hosea 13:16 The other verses are not much different. Infact it is always in association with violence. Indeed these verses are the reason why in the Crusades the sense of pious rejoicing at massacre does not appear to be the product of later theologizing; it is also found, in the account of the eye-witness Raymond of Aguilers: “in the Temple and porch of Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins. Indeed, it was a just and splendid judgment of God that this place should be filled with the blood of the unbelievers, since it had suffered so long from their blasphemies.” In fact, Raymond continues, “This day, I say, will be famous in all future ages, for it turned our labours and sorrows into joy and exultation; this day, I say, marks the justification of all Christianity, the humiliation of paganism, and the renewal of our faith.” Another account by a chronicler and eyewitness-priest, Albert of Aachen, describes the killing of fleeing women, and depicts crusaders as:: “seizing [infants who were still suckling] by the soles of their feet from their mothers’ laps or their cradles…and dashing them against the walls or lintels of the doors and breaking their necks […] they were sparing absolutely no gentile of any age or kind.”The incoherence inherent in a stranger to Abraham calling the children of Abraham gentiles notwithstanding, this account evokes the very same Psalm 137:9 imprecation against Babylon, in Latin, “beatus qui tenebit et adlidet parvulos tuos ad petram.” Albert describes a massacre occurring, in cold blood, on the second day following the conquest, painting a scene that is as horrific as it is realistic and detailed: "Girls, women, matrons, tormented by fear of imminent death and horror-struck by the violent murder wrapped themselves around the Christians’ bodies in the hope to save their lives, even as the Christians were raving and venting their rage in murder of both sexes. Some threw themselves at their feet, begging them with pitiable weeping and wailing for their lives and safety. When children five or three years old saw the cruel fate of their mothers and fathers, of one accord they stepped up the weeping and pitiable clamour. But they were making these signals for pity and mercy in vain. For the Christians gave over their whole hearts to murder, so that not a suckling little male-child or female, not even an infant of one year would escape the hand of the murderer". Evoking several of these verses in practice: - (Num 31:17-18) Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. - (Deut 7:2, 9:3, Num 21) thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them... - (Ezek 9:6) Slay utterly old [and] young both maids and little children and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] mark begin at my sanctuary. This is the polar opposite in the Quran in Surah Al-Tanwir, literally "The Englightenining" Surah, Aya 8-9, we have the death of a newborn is mentioned amongst the penultimate signs of the end of times, emphasizing the gravity of such an action. That child, now resurrected, is asked for what wrong doing was she murdered. This is to emphasize that she had done nothing wrong, for she had done nothing wrong and this is the day of retribution where those who omitted the evil are to be punished. This is the polar opposite in the Qur'an, Surah Al-Baqara Aya 190, which exhorts to fight unbelievers and not be "Aggressors", in the commentary of what it means to be aggressors, this was stated Al-Hasan Al-Basri stated that transgression (indicated by the Ayah): "includes mutilating the dead, theft (from the captured goods), killing women, children and old people who do not participate in warfare, killing priests and residents of houses of worship, burning down trees and killing animals without real benefit." This is also the opinion of Ibn `Abbas, `Umar bin `Abdul-`Aziz, Muqatil bin Hayyan and others. Muslim recorded in his Sahih that Buraydah narrated that Allah's Messenger said: "Fight for the sake of Allah and fight those who disbelieve in Allah. Fight, but do not steal, commit treachery, mutilate, or kill a child, or those who reside in houses of worship." It is reported in the Two Sahihs that Ibn `Umar said, "The Prophet forbade killing women and children." بابتداء القتال أو بقتال من نهيتم عن قتاله من النساء والشيوخ والصبيان والذين بينكم وبينهم عهد أو بالمثلة أو بالمفاجأة من غير دعوة "To kill those whom you were forbidden to from women, elderly, children and those whom betwixt you is a treaty or custom or by surprise or without cause" -Tafsir Al-Zamakshari of the meaning of Aggressors in the Aya More hadith from Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah: حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ شَيْخٍ، مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مَوْلَى لِبَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا بَعَثَ جُيُوشَهُ قَالَ: «§لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَصْحَابَ الصَّوَامِعِ» "Do not kill the dwellers of monasteries" حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ جُوَيْبِرٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ: كَانَ «§يُنْهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْمَرْأَةِ، وَالشَّيْخِ الْكَبِيرِ» سَعْدٍ قَالَ: «§نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالذُّرِّيَّةِ، وَالشَّيْخِ الْكَبِيرِ الَّذِي لَا حَرَاكَ بِهِ» "The prophet forbids the killing of women, children, and the elderly" This is the polar opposite in the Qur'an, Surah Al-Anfal Ayah 61 in which even oath breaking deniers/unbelievers are allowed to sue for peace states if the unbelievers they ask for peace, give it to them. Stephen Langton, the writer of the Magna Carta (12th century, contemporary with the crusades for a reason) studied in the university of Paris which archives show had plenty of Arabic treatises in its procession, there can be no question about it being inspired by the "Sharia". both the renessiance and the european enlightenment were directly preceded by massive translation movements form Arabic (see the Republic of Letters by Alexander Bevilacqua, The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization By: Jonathan Lyons. The modifiable testament testament commands indiscriminate killing, genocide, plunder, mutilation, enslavement, or torture of enemies, including women, on the other hand.Surah Al-Baqara Aya 190 limits war to those who fight against Muslims, prohibits transgression, and implies respect for human dignity and life Indeed it is what precedes the famous "sword verse", always cited out of context. God did bring down the Qur’an, Mohamed is his Messenger.

[@beniluv3250]

הוא לא נביא, סתם עוד ערבי.

[@mznxbcv12345]

The Aramaic word for God is "Alaha" too sounds familiar? Written without the confusing vowels it is written A-L-H ܐ ܠܗܐ (alap-lamed-he) as found in Targum or in Tanakh (Daniel, Ezra), Syriac Aramaic (Peshitta), reduced from the Arabic original (of which Aramaic is a dialect continuum as will be explained) it is written in the Arabic script 'A-L-L-H' (Aleph-Lam-Lam-Ha) add an A before the last H for vocalization. The word God in another rendition in Hebrew ʾĕlōah is derived from a base ʾilāh, an Arabic word, written without confusing vowel it is A-L-H in the Arabic script, pronounced ilah not eloah. Hebrew dropped the glottal stop and mumbled it, aramic mumbled a little less and it became elaha. Infact both are written written A-L-H in Arabic, it is pronounced i in Arabic and not A because it is an Alef with hamza below (إ أ ) They are two different forms of Alef. And it mean "a god", it is the non definitive form of A-L-L-H, in which the Alef is without a glottal stop/hamza,(ا), but this kind of nuance is lost in the dialect continua. infact "YHWH" itself is an Arabic word as discussed by Professor. Israel Knohl (Professor of Biblical studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) in the paper" YHWH: The Original Arabic Meaning of the Name." jesus as his name is often misspelled due to the lack of the ayin sound in Greek, which was rendered to Iesous, coupling the nearest sound to ayin, same letter found in 'Iraq', which sounds entirely different in Arabic form 'Iran' in Arabic, with the -ous Greek suffix that Greeks typically add to their names 'HerodotOS', 'PlotinUS', 'AchelOUS' and later mumbled into a J. The yeshua rendition of Isa (his name in the Qur'an) PBUH which is purported to be the name of Jesus is KNOWN to had been taken from greek. Western Syriac also use "Isho". Western Aramaic (separate from Syriac which is a dialect of Eastern Aramaic) use "Yeshu". Western Syriac has been separate from Western Aramaic for about 1000 years. And sounds don't even match up. Syriac is a Christian liturgical language yet the four letters of the name of Jesus «ܝܫܘܥ» [ = Judeo-Babylonian Aramaic: «ישוע» ] sounds totally different in West vs East Syriac, viz. vocalized akin to Christian Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic «ܝܶܫܽܘܥ» (Yēšūʿ) in West Syriac, but pronounced more akin to Muslim Arabic Quran character name Isa in East Syriac «ܝܑܼܫܘܿܥ» (ʾĪšōʿ). The reason for this confusion is their dropping of phonemes. Only someone that has no idea what the letters are or how they sound would have a name ending in a pharyngeal fricative like the ayin, if it were to be used in a name it would have had to be in the beginning, thus the Arabic rendition is the correct one. An example in English is how the appended -d is a common error amongst the English pronouncing Gaelic names. The name Donald arose from a common English mispronunciation of the Gaelic name Donal. Just how it is with donal becoming donald and the two becoming distinct and the original being regarded as something seperate so too did Isa PBUH turn to Iesous turn to jesus and when they tried going back to the original they confused it for yeshua ( ysu is how it is actually written) for Isa PBUH ( 3'eysah ) Schlözer in his preparation for the Arabia expedition in 1781 coined the term Semitic language: "From the Mediterranean to the Euphrates, from Mesopotamia to Arabia ruled one language, as is well known. Thus Syrians, Babylonians, Hebrews, and Arabs were one people (ein Volk). Phoenicians (Hamites) also spoke this language, which I would like to call the Semitic (die Semitische)." -Before Boas: The Genesis of Ethnography and Ethnology in the German By Han F. Vermeulen. He was only half right though, Arabic is the only corollary to "proto-semitic", infact the whole semitic classification is nonsensical as will be shown. "protosemetic" Alphabet (28), Arabic Alphabet (28), Latin transliteration, hebrew (22) 𐩠 𐩡 𐩢 𐩣 𐩤 𐩥 𐩦 𐩧 𐩨 𐩩 𐩪 𐩫 𐩬 𐩭 𐩮 𐩰 𐩱 𐩲 𐩳 𐩴 𐩵 𐩶 𐩷 𐩸 𐩹 𐩺 𐩻 𐩼 ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي A b t ṯ j h kh d ḏ r z s sh ṣ ḍ ṭ ẓ ʿ ġ f q k l m n h w y א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ ל מ נ ס ע פ צ ק ר ש ת Merged phonemes in hebrew and aramaic: ح, خ (h, kh) merged into only kh consonant remain س, ش (s, sh) merged into only Shin consonant remaining ط, ظ (ṭ/teth, ẓ) merged into only ṭ/teth consonant remaining ص, ض (ṣ, ḍ/Tsad ) merged into only ḍ/Tsad consonant remaining ع, غ (3'ayn, Ghayn) merged into a reducted ayin consonant remaining ت, ث (t/taw, th) merged into only t/taw consonant remaining The reason why the protoS alphabet here is 28 and not 29, is because the supposed extra letter is simply a س written in a different position, but it was shoehorned to obfuscated. In Arabic letter shapes are different depending on whether they are in the beginning , middle or end of a word. As a matter of fact, all of the knowledge needed for deciphering ancient texts and their complexity was derived from the Qur'an. It was by analyzing the syntactic structure of the Qur'an that the Arabic root system was developed. This system was first attested to in Kitab Al-Ayin, the first intralanguage dictionary of its kind, which preceded the Oxford English dictionary by 800 years. It was through this development that the concept of Arabic roots was established and later co-opted into the term 'semitic root,' allowing the decipherment of ancient scripts. In essence, they quite literally copied and pasted the entirety of the Arabic root. Hebrew had been dead, as well as all the other dialects of Arabic, until being 'revived' in a Frankensteinian fashion in the 18th and 19th centuries. The entire region spoke basically the same language, with mumbled dialect continuums spread about, and Arabic is the oldest form from which all these dialects branched off. As time passed, the language gradually became more degenerate, Language; When one looks at the actual linguistics, one will find that many were puzzled by the opposite, that is, how the other "semetic" languages were more "evolved" than Arabic, while Arabic had archaic features, not only archaic compared to bibilical Hebrew, Ethiopic, "Aramaic" contemporary "semetic" languages, but even archaic compared to languages from ancient antiquity; Ugaritic, Akkadain. What is meant here by Archaic is not what most readers think, it is Archaic not in the sense that it is simple, but rather that it is complex (think Latin to pig Latin or Italian or Old English, which had genders and case endings to modern English), not only grammatically, but also phonetically; All the so called semitic languages are supposed to have evolved from protosemetic, the Alphabet for protosemitic is that of the so called Ancient South Arabian (which interestingly corresponds with the traditional Arabic origins account) and has 28 Phonemes. Arabic has 28 phonemes. Hebrew has 22, same as Aramaic, and other "semitic" languages. Now pause for a second and think about it, how come Arabic, a language that is supposed to have come so late has the same number of letters as a language that supposedly predates it by over a millennium (Musnad script ~1300 BCE). Not only is the glossary of phonemes more diverse than any other semitic language, but the grammar is more complex, containing more cases and retains what's linguists noted for its antiquity, broken plurals. Indeed, a linguist has once noted that if one were to take everything we know about languages and how they develop, Arabic is older than Akkadian (~2500 BCE). And then the Qur'an appeared with the oldest possible form of the language thousands of years later. This is why the Arabs of that time were challenged to produce 10 similar verses, and they couldn't. People think it's a miracle because they couldn't do it, but I think the miracle is the language itself. They had never spoken Arabic, nor has any other language before or since had this mathematical precision. And when I say mathematical, I quite literally mean mathematical. Now how is it that the Qur'an came thousands of years later in an alphabet that had never been recorded before, and in the highest form the language had ever taken? The creator is neither bound by time nor space, therefore the names are uttered as they truly were, in a language that is lexically, syntactically, phonemically, and semantically older than the oldest recorded writing. In fact, that writing appears to have been a simplified version of it. Not only that, but it would be the equivalent of the greatest works of any particular language all appearing in one book, in a perfect script and in the highest form the language could ever take. It is so high in fact, that it had yet to be surpassed despite the fact that over the last millennium the collection of Arabic manuscripts when compared on word-per-word basis in Western Museums alone, when they are compared with the collected Greek and Latin manuscripts combined, the latter does not constitute 1 percent of the former as per German professor Frank Griffel, in addition all in a script that had never been recorded before. Thus, the enlightenment of mankind from barbarism and savagery began, and the age of reason and rationality was born from its study. God did bring down the Qur’an, Mohamed is his Messenger.

[@ricetanzania4148]

Here we go again an intellectual muslim pleading islam means no violence and Christianity is full of violence meanwhile on the streets of Europe: muslims killing people in a savage way (it seems those muslims did not grew up in the right culture) and in Africa lots of Christians are killed by muslims and so on. I don't like discussions We see the bad (hatefull, vile, violent) fruit, we know the tree is bad. 'From the fruit you will know the tree'

[@Shaggy-839two]

Could you explain that a bit more clearly, please, brother?

[@jingulu]

​@@mznxbcv12345 MashaAllah the amount of knowledge you have is amazing. It will take me days to understand what you wrote. Can you pls tell me why it is so hard to get duas answered? What can one person do about it? Thanks.

[@faisal-m09]

So many amazing insights regarding the philosophy of taking history in the righter and the deeper way and keeping Allah as the objective of our knowledge production. However, in the segment of "Islam as an Imperial Faith", it shouldn't really be problematic to confess and establish that Islam is an expansionist deen. Islam came to this world to conquer. I somehow felt that putting the "Tradition of Civility" phrase was an apologetic move to bypass the essence of Islam as a conquering political force. Otherwise, as a history enthusiast, the podcast was quite enjoyable. I think my love for history got boosted by the content.

[@silenceisgolden3238]

What about the brothers of Yemen? The sisters keep getting all the love. You all need to recognize and put some respect on our Yemeni brethren. They are the backbone of the Ummah!

[@noumanabbasi9547]

Muslim ummah will be formed may be in future right now every muslim countries has its own problems and interests one by one will be destroyed in the end few will be left its hard pill to swallow but it will happen in future.

[@chedliahader246]

@@noumanabbasi9547 bismillah irahman irahime QUI VIVRA VERRA LA CHASSE SERA OUVERTE POUR ESPIONS ET TRAÎTRES D'OÙ IL VIENT SURTOUT RAYER LES CHEVAUX DE TROIE DES TERRES MUSLIMS PORTE OUVERTE À L'ENNEMIS . L'ISLAM LES MUSULMANS CONNAISSENT FORT BIEN LEURS ENNEMIS LE MONDE S'EST RÉVEILLÉ ET S'EST RETROUVÉE une amazight chaoui 84ans Allah ibérik

[@aal-e-ahmadhussain3123]

I couldn’t agree more. Until we stop trivialising and bringing sacred knowledge and high-value knowledge (such as history) into disrepute, taking it seriously, we will not affect change within ourselves or externally in our communities/societies/civilisation. Might be interesting to explore how academics, and even students or professionals, can successfully write in a de-secularised way from an Islamic/Quranic worldview. I could imagine an undergrad student scoring poorly should they try this.

[@farahhassan4754]

Hi, The Thinking Muslim. I really enjoy your podcasts but with some speakers, I find it hard to hear what they're saying. Their voices too distant and even at the maximum volume setting it's still hard to hear. I would really appreciate it you can consider reposting this video with a much clearer audio in the near future. I've had to stop listening to this particular episode quite a number of times because it's just too faint to hear.

[@dreamondreamers6183]

I strongly with Dr Yakoob Ahmed...Dr. please engage in creating more podcasts for us and the future generation. Please don't stop the good deeds of spreading ilm. All good souls will be targeted just like the prophets and the righteous Muslims. Please do it for the sake of Allah swt. teach us history in the way you want ummah to be empowered. Please

[@tvismyonlyfriend]

I studied fashion history Love that it gave me such a clear picture on family and home life for people In the past

[@MimiJ-f4n]

I may be totally off base with this comment but I'm an American and at some point I began thinking that time didn't exist at all, and certainly not in a linear way. And, I thought the US should look at history in order to decide how to change from a bad course to a good one, and have a stable predictable outcome, and not only our history, which is very short, but also the history of other continents/countries. When I tried to talk to people about this, they looked at me as though I was insane. I read a book called A Peace To End All Peace, by David Fromkin, and some of my ideas were a result of reading the book, because to me it was telling how the middle east viewed events and how the west viewed the same events and the disastrous events that followed. The review said the book was interpretive, but, isn't everything?

[@omar-twins6407]

Jazakum Allah khayr 🤲🏾

[@muzammilyahya3637]

Very true we have stop thinking n sophisticate it for d past 500 years. We are very "fardu ain centric" and "quran tajweed oriented" with thousands of experts on it. Yet we left out quranic philosophy and other faculty n fiqayah within quran and thus our predicament.

[@suraiyakasim]

This is brilliant

[@abdulramansaad2670]

Naguib Alattas thoughts from malaysia are commendable.

[@mohdnorzaihar2632]

It's the age of raising power in "media@politics". Peace be upon you'll out there and assalamualaiqum wmt

[@robinchaulagain206]

No matter what anything that is good, anything real and any historical fact , today factual and tomorrow future written by all great well literate Islamic leader is always great attraction to me. Always great inspiration to me and a great mankind and great personality for me . This is so great fortune to see someone like him and not him we wish everyone like him from great university professors, lecturers, writer and many other wil be great assets to future and future changes. They has to come infront with great ideas, true history, without hesitation, true fact that had happened and what next to all of us. I think this is one of the greatest pleasures to see such interviews and this has to be not just this but many of this and many open discussion within and many other outsiders either media wise or university and college wide

[@frankfurtguide24]

I understand that you come along and you go along and in the time being you wondering through consciousness, awareness and darkness…I’m waiting my time is coming…

[@abuzuhm]

Love to see Muslim intellectuals talking about the importance of studying history properly.

[@hispanosubversivo-y3y]

Dhimmi traitor

[@artspawn1123]

I wish the word 'Qalam' was explored more deeply. I see it in a lot of non Arab brothers where they just gloss over it's depth. 'Taqleem' or 'Muqalam' which are based on the same root word is marking. The Arabic root is more akin to differentiation, and therefore categorization. We were not taught by then pen within the context, we were taught through our senses discerning black from white, loud from gentler sounds, bitter from salty, and ultimately (through the lens of the mind) higher concepts like good and bad, truth from falsehood etc. We were taught via our ability to categorize through experience. That is what a pen does for us, visually and literally through dark ink on a light colored page for example.

[@AlWaqi-o3e]

Do you have any books/articles that mention this more in depth? Very interesting.

[@drillsports]

I agree partly. The most important thing to study is the background of the intellectual. Too many times people take everything some researcher says as THE truth. But you also have to know where he is coming from.

[@watersoilsun847]

How information is written makes a difference

[@mahfooz6264]

.Beautiful and outstanding.

[@rabitariq2961]

Well I totally disagree with the title and how it evaluated not fair at all

[@shabanamahfooz7380]

Thanks.

[@zehravesile]

something very unique n different.....!! 👍

[@francesbernard2445]

Cyclical or a vicious circle going around faster as time goes on while each of us believers from any faith has to choose between the 2. There are a lot of passive leukwarm believers who are from more than one faith background who are remaining silent in the face of injustice.

[@jamilmahmud6972]

Amazing podcast, albeit somewhat disheartening that Dr Yakoob's appearances on podcasts maybe coming to an end. However, Dr. Yakoob, you are a scholar beyond your time, the majority of us Muslims, including myself, tend feel small and so gravitate towards the "bullet point" history in order to defend our religion and self worth during these times, but rarely have the stamina to understand the nuances and details of the deeper historical narrative. Having said that, may Allah allow us to aspire to become complex people, who contemplate, think deeply and are comfortable with uncertainty, and have the patience to delve into complex topics from time to time, for if we are not challenging our minds then we essentially remaining stagnant. Please come to Australia sometime Dr Yakoob, we would love to have you hear and learn from you.

[@hassansuleiman9663]

jazakumullah Dr

[@theLetterDoubleYou]

While I think I agree with the content of Dr. Yakoob's argument, I noticed that he failed to address the fundamentally persuasive nature of the act of summarization of historical perspective. This persuasive nature orients the purpose of the summary to primarily support the perspective of the historian and relegates passing on useful information to a secondary objective. So, if this process is including Allah SWT as an ethical authority aligned with the author rather than a standalone authority separate from the author's position, historical authors can co-opt the authority of Allah SWT and subordinate Hia words to their persuasive argument. Then when another historian comes along to try to interpret and summarize the history differently, they face a chilling effect because they have to then make a religious refutation as well as a historical digression in order to even be a part of the discourse. Thus I would argue that it is often not beneficial to center Allah SWT as a source in our historical interpretation on the grounds that many of us would misappropriate that divine authority to reinforce a fallible and limited human perspective.

[@nadiausama7267]

00:31:00 while reading fiction such as Lord of the rings Tolken was a history specialist so was CS Lewis of Dune and Orwell

[@mikhailsharon4331]

Outstanding.

[@Squirrel_Xi]

Dr Yakoob has aged considerably from the last podcast which was done here damn. I hope everything is alright

[@CineRanter]

Think it's just the beard's gotten bigger

[@fredricocosta7977]

Naah, he just isn't using a hat to hide the baldness.

[@flavioalba6781]

You should have Adab when talking about our scholars. How do you dare talking in such a manner?

[@fatimah9202]

Jazaa kAllahu khairah fid daarain

[@cblackall21]

Brilliant interview as usual. I went looking for the book, but couldn't find it. Is it on the market yet? Where can I purchase it?

[@stevesmith4901]

When some Muslims assert that Muslims, in general, ought to do something, their statement often implies that no Muslims are currently doing what they call for. However, in most cases, there are indeed Muslims already engaged in the very efforts others are calling for. The issue is that they are either unaware of such Muslims or fail to recognize their contributions. What they don’t realize is that by calling for something that already exists in some form, they inadvertently diminish or dismiss the efforts of those who are actively involved in those activities, like the production of knowledge for the sake of Allah. Does Dr. Yakoob really believe there are no Muslim scholars writing history from an Islamic perspective with Allah at the center of it? Did he search for them? Isn’t he one of those very scholars he hopes for? Is he denying his own contributions? In fact, isn't this very podcast involved in the production of knowledge with the intent and purpose Dr. Yakoob calls for? A possible retort to what I say could be, “Well, there may be such Muslims out there, but they are not mainstream enough.” If that’s the case, then you ask the appropriate question that doesn't deny the existence of those lesser known Muslims who are not mainstream enough. However, the one thing you shouldn’t do is undermine and dismiss the work of those who are already involved in the efforts you're calling for.

[@rogersevers123]

Fair point.

[@gulferazahmed3466]

Yes, 💯, there are Muslims doing their duty, from Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Iran. Alhamdulillah, Karbala the history that matters

[@kartoon71]

exactly. shias are doing something.

[@cyn1clcynide]

​@@kartoon71 oh boy

[@kartoon71]

@@cyn1clcynide did you get your Jewish check yet Sunni boy?😂

[@JamesHall-o3f]

💯 respect ♥️♥️♥️

[@robinchaulagain206]

Ok this is vast world where we belong to .. this is great earth history where belong to and where we started and when we are and where we going

[@teemadarif8243]

I agree that the Muslim community should be encouraged and motivated to learn Islamic history and more ...as they did centuries ago .

[@shamsali9903]

Brothers, we the history of Islam as documentary “Islam,The Empire of Faith”. And the first four Khalifahs is the proof of the power of the Muslim Ummah and there is no reason why we cannot do it tomorrow. With 57 members of OIC, it’s just a small to create the new balance of power in the world with creation of United League of Muslim Nations, a defensive force to insure Peace and Justice for all mankind.

[@lalkuriakose3174]

Not all mankind only for Muslims. Non muslim it was nightmare.

[@salemmouhoun]

SA everyone I watched some videos on the Marvelous Quran Chanel his methodology and teachings are the best I have ever seen and what a courage from Dr Hani

[@naylintun19]

I love Dr. yaqoob..May Allah make your wish turn into reality

[@DJGHOSH]

Not just intellectually. They're not being brave in any manner.

[@BenLewisLLCLewis-k7e]

The fear of death and love of dunya

[@Gulchih]

The reason for not being intellectually brave is love of the dunya and disdain for aakhirah. But Allah promises He will replace the people who do not prioritize Him with another people who will not be like them. May Allah SWT protect us from such a fate and may He grant us tawfeeq to correct ourselves.

[@candicecole19]

If you find it hard to perform regular prayers, recite this Dua: (Quran 14:40) 🤍 ‎رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْنِى مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ ▫️Rabbij alnee muqeemas Salaati wa min zurriyyatee Rabbanaa wa taqabbal dua. ▫️My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and many from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.

[@mr.marmot39]

46:00 great reminder for all of us

[@mohamedali2858]

Are the curricula at all educational levels of the required quality in the Islamic world, or are there those who carry out a selective process?

[@not_mybrother7705]

47:00 this conditioning to not mention Allah and not mention Islam and not state that we do something because of commands or prohibitions decreed by Allah. I think this conditioning is breaking as we form online communities and speak freely in compassionate groups that are Muslim and non-Muslim. They have affinity to the morality of Islam and also then convert to Islam. This keeping the company of people who naturally oppose the morality of Islam are not people who are good to keep around or even people who are good that we should try to please. But in the past these would have been our only social circles.

[@AAcommonsense]

I wish he would understand that some of us can only access specialists like him through platforms like and so please don’t deprive us by thinking we don’t respect the immense knowledge he has.

[@PKPPK3DIV]

No need to feel and be brave just to have intellectual arguments. Be brave to hold onto the tenets, beliefs and practices, because eventually everyone will be judged individually and given sentence

[@alchemistbrotv1707]

Coming from medicine, good luck History doctor, we gave up on people having a holistic understanding of medicine and their lives. People just want pills and leave; and can we blame them that much when all of society pressures people to behave this way?

[@alchemistbrotv1707]

The guest is basically saying he wants to engage with people and have a holistic relationship instead of just answer hot topic demands without having all the topics connected in a way that helps people see the bigger picture. But to be honest I doubt there can be an ideal way to achieve this while people are suffering at work so much and prioritizing this is necessary to keep raising kids.