tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post566029960499744902..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: There's a Huge Catch in the 'Imams Refuse Funeral Prayers for London Jihadis' StoryPastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-23070608440165062912017-06-17T03:26:37.250+01:002017-06-17T03:26:37.250+01:00Let me provide a bit more information. Funeral pr...Let me provide a bit more information. Funeral prayers are not offered for the Shaheed because he is not dead, he is "with his Lord". He lives. He is not living along "the heights" (al-Arif - if memory serves me) but already in Paradise because martyrdom guarantees Paradise. The Shaheed has struck a bargain for his soul with Allah.<br /><br />Also, the Shaheed is not bathed, nor shrouded. The blood on his clothing stands as a testament to his act. <br /><br />So, yes. The refusal can work both ways, depending on the posture of the imam.<br /><br />During the funeral, the imam stands at the head of the deceased to deliver the funeral prayer. There is a period of time after death where the soul is believed to be within an isthmus, not yet crossed over to the other side, and it is believed by some that during this time there is communication possible with the deceased prior to his fully crossing over.<br /><br />Islamic belief also conveys that the body of the Shaheed receives a musk-like perfume odor. For those of us with medical backgrounds, our perception of that odor has more to do with science than with orthodoxy. But there was an image coming out of Chechnya several years ago about a Shaheed and the storyline mentioned that he smelled like musk.<br /><br />Beliefs in the afterlife can be stronger and more enticing than stimuli which this temporal life provides.<br /><br />thelastenglishprincehttp://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-82542550399201464812017-06-16T16:09:34.190+01:002017-06-16T16:09:34.190+01:00Islamic dualism/duplicity in all it's glory. ...Islamic dualism/duplicity in all it's glory. <br />..."war is deceit" (Hadith 4:269) and Islam specifically provides the coinage of jihad economies :<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.therightplanet.com/2012/08/four-arabic-words-you-must-know-takiyya-tawriya-kitman-and-muruna/" rel="nofollow">tools better known as taqiyya, tawriya, kitman and muruna</a><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com