/lit/ - Literature

>>17380863
Camel Fucking: A Practical Guide by Al-Jizz Sandypenis

>>17380869
You're a comedian.

bump

I have written some resources for Sunnis here

https://justpaste
.it/u/Qjabir

Also a thread on Shiasm here
>>17341142

Islam in Focus is probably the best one volume intro to Islam.

>>17382250
Damn. I was in the terrorist thread. You're putting work in today. Thank you.

>>17380890
>What is the best book to read as an intro to Islam?
>posts shia heresy

>>17382340
whats wrong with Shiites?

>>17380869
Id be into that. Wonder what a camels camel toe looks like senpai.

>>17382274
Sure. If you're interested in militantcy, I would recommend the memoir, My Life with the Taliban as an introduction, it's very good

>>17380863
the kite runner

>>17382432
I am but I feel that I should start with learning about Islam

>>17382485
That book is absolute fiction that portrays the Taliban as pederasts and literally Nazis when in fact their rise in local support had to do with combating pederasty which the secularists supported (and whom later America supported). The author was invited to the White House by President George W. Bush because he loved his propaganda so much

>>17382522
just a meme dog lmao

>>17382514
Yes

>>17380890
great title

Mashallah.
Unironically, start with the Q'ran. The read the Sunna.
For an historic insight, The Islam by Karen Armstrong is good.

Why are most readers women? Are we onions in denial?

>>17382591
>The Islam by Karen Armstrong
>A Woman

>>17380863
Quran itself. Read it backwards through the chapters as the shorter ones are at the back if its easier. Then either hadith literature (al-Bukhari is good) or the bible without all the roman testament's distortions at the end.

We don't need a religion these days imo. We need a living relationship with the One, living, eternal God based on the remnants of authentic monotheistic traditions.

>>17382591
Venture of Islam > Armstrong, I think

What's some basic Sufi stuff?

>>17383961
That would depend on what you mean by Sufi but the broadest, most popular title is The Revival of the Religious Sciences. This book has some flaws, notably Al-Ghazali is careless with the strength of the Hadiths he uses, but it remains a sufi classic that even many Salafis respect

>>17380863
Read the Quran and listen to the Quran.
Read Tafseer Ibn Katheer.
Read an explanation of Usool al Thalaatha and Kitab at-Tawheed by Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab.
Read an explanation of the 40 Hadeeth of an-Nawawi.

>>17380863
No longer human

Said-i Nursi Űstad Bediüzzaman
>the words
Good intro or not it is still very good
and look at his biography too understand him better before reading him

>>17384764
What's next?

>>17384764
^this

>>17385415
[Brother! You wanted a few words of advice from me, so listen to a few truths
included in eight short stories, which since you are a soldier, are in the form of
comparisons of a military nature. I consider my own soul to need advice more
than anyone, and at one time I addressed my soul at some length with Eight
Words inspired by eight verses of the Qur’an from which I had benefited. Now I
shall address my soul with these same Words, but briefly and in the language of
ordinary people. Whoever wishes may listen together with me.]


This is how it starts.

I read it in Turkish, i just read that first part in english and I can see how poorly it is translated.
> I addressed my soul
He don t address it to his soul but to his [nefis] wich is a part of the soul not the soul.

And in general it is much greater in turkish

>>17380890
Good question

>>17380863
A Handbook of Modern Explosives. 1897 year.

https://twitter.com/liveuamap/status/803357523625512960?lang=en

kek

>>17383961
Kashf ul-Mahjub would be THE sufi book

learn arabic then read the quran
the translations are lame

>>17385530
What the fuck is this

>>17385708
how the shia were born

the finest commentary on the Qur'an that I ever read was the Dao De Jing.

"Behold your Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent/steward (caliph) on earth."" (Qur'an, Al-Baqarah, 2:30).

>>17385453
An explanation of Kashf al-Shubuhaat by Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab.
An explanation of Al Aqidah al Wasitiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah.
Al-Fawaid by Ibn Qayyim.

These and the ones I mentioned before are just a few. There are many more. But these are easy to understand and cover the most important aspects of authentic Islamic creed.

>>17385708
The comic is in bad taste . You wouldn't get it unless you were a Muslim but a converted Jew basically started the fighting between Ali's and A'isha's armies because the members of Ali's army who killed Uthman were concerned they were going to be handed over. He's considered the first Shia and their weird doctrines and practices have gotten weirder since.

>>17385708

Why do contemporary Sunni and Shia hate each other so much? Why can't they take it easy like how catholics and orthodox are with each other?

>>17386164
this is a phenomenon that is largely exaggerated in western media. it is unironically a jewish plot to try to create hatred between muslims. the real conflict in the middle east is from Iran not bowing to the US, and Iran happens to be shia.

>>17380863
Why do you want to read the ramblings of a fictitious desert warlord who stole most of his (horrible) ideas from contempory schools of thought?
Every Islamic writing is unironically utter garbage.

>>17385844
>if you have more followers you're more correct
By that logic those Sunnis should convert to Christianity.

>>17386168
Based and mostly true, but Wahhabism (which is a significant movement which existed before US involvement) does promote hatred of Shias.

In the Shadow of the Sword by Tom Holland is pretty good, In God’s Path by Robert Hoyland is interesting, although it deals mostly with the Arabian conquests, I can also recommend Fred Donner’s Muhammed and the Believers and Stephen Shoemaker’s The Death of a Prophet.

>>17385822
Hi i am musilim but I allways was discouraged to learn about them.

>>17385530
I like how it's in dutch kek

>>17386168
>>17386183
Saudi influence is very prominent in the Middle East, see for example how many countries are currently in peace talks with Israel, since the Saudis insist that Iran is a far more serious threat and it's worth allying with Isreal and the Jews to counter Shia influence.

>>17385797
Thanks. Do you have a personal favourite?

>>17386164
The difference between Sunni and Shia is waaaaaaaay more than between Catholic and Orthodox or even Catholic and Protestant

>>17386168
It's absolutely not, even Saladin fought the Shia


>>17386183
Sunnis and Shia hated each other long before Wahhabism, the Safavids were Sufi Shia and they committed genocide on the Persian Sunnis and imported Arab Shia to make Iran Shia

>>17386216
See
>>17382250

You should learn about them, they're an important part of our history

>>17386293
The countries in peace talks with Israel are doing so because of America, which has bases in all of them or otherwise calls the shots,not Saud. Notice that Saud isn't in peace talks with Israel (although of course will be). The House of Saud is not pro Wahhabi teachings anymore, they lost massive credibility with the movement after begging America to come into the Middle East. Their current ruler is basically a secularist just held back by concerns of revolution, outside the Middle East he wears a suit and tie. They don't influence anyone anymore

Abdullah ibn Saba seems pretty based.

Why are Muslim youtubers so gross looking? They are way worse than our own fundies. Am I just racist? They legitimely look gross as fuck.

>>17389327
who are you talking about

>>17389339
mohammed hijab and that daniel something

>>17389350
who lol why do you even know about them

>>17389370
because jewtube

>>17389327
I don't know but they're all basically shills for stopping jihad

A man gave me this translation of the Quran, I assume it's a good translation?
It's a lovely book, leatherbound and immaculate. I'm not one to usually take gifts but if somebody wants to proselytize to the tune of £20 who am I to argue?

https://www.al-hidaayah.co.uk/products/the-noble-quran-english-translation-transliteration-a4-size-h-b-by-dr-m-muhsin-khan-and-dr-m-taqiuddin-al-hilali