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The ideas and information in this material come from Fadwa Wazwaz, especially her book Love Is Deeper Than Words. When Omar Suleiman created his Ramadan series, The Name I Need, he drew significantly on her work. When asked about acknowledging his teacher and source, he chose not to mention her. This has led some to reflect on how scholars and teachers are recognized within our community and to thoughtfully consider the principles guiding source crediting in our work. If someone hesitates to credit a teacher who influenced their work, it can lead others to wonder about their intentions. In our Read More …
If someone argues that the actions of a historical conqueror like Genghis Khan are understandable or justifiable, but insists that invoking Hitler is criminal or forbidden, they are using two different standards for the same category of comparison: extreme historical violence.
That’s the contradiction.
It’s not about equating the figures. It’s about the inconsistency in what is allowed to be referenced and what is forbidden.
We often imagine our worship as a transaction, a wage earned through effort. But as Shaykh Muḥammad Saʿid Ramadan al‑Buti reminds us, every good deed is already a gift from the One who enabled it. Paradise is not the “price” of our actions, but a veil over Divine generosity. True servitude begins when we stop approaching God as creditors and return to Him as needy souls, seeking His grace rather than claiming entitlement to His reward.
The Qur’an teaches that corruption begins when people remove what is sound from its soundness—and the most dangerous corrupter is the one who insists he is a reformer. This discussion examines those behaviors through a historical lens, emphasizing that critique in the Qur’anic tradition targets actions rather than identities. A reformer confronts injustice wherever it appears.
1. Introduction: Defining Rumors as Social Violence In the landscape of organizational health, rumor-spreading is frequently marginalized as “mere gossip” or “small talk.” However, a trauma-informed ethical framework recognizes rumor-spreading as a sophisticated form of social violence. It is a calculated or negligent strike against an individual’s personhood, designed to erode their standing and safety within a community. The violence of rumors manifests in four distinct, overlapping dimensions of harm: Reputational Harm: The systematic destabilization of an individual’s social capital. This is not just a loss of “popularity” but a destruction of the victim’s ability to function, work, and exist Read More …
