The Fall of the Family by Shaykh AbdalHakim Murad

[jinnzaman]

In this article, Shaykh Abdal-Hakim Murad deconstructs the liberal metanarrative regarding family values while simultaneously critiquing individual rights, the power of the state, sexualized culture, feminism, and same-sex marriage and shows how Islamic culture and social values may some day be the solution to the filial decadence that is so prominent in modern life.

The Fall of the Family (Part I) by Abdal-Hakim Murad

[The_Humble_One]

It's a very good article and somewhat intuitive. He also mentions the technological patchwork that can be applied in order to prevent a complete collapse of society; i.e. a forced artificial solution instead of a natural one. He says that technology can be used to prevent the morally strong and majority people from inheriting dysfunctional societies wherein a minority rules a majority. I think it's an important observation as it is being starkly demonstrated by the human-less drone attacks in Afghanistan which is wiping out hundreds of people with a single strike.

What do you think?

[daywalk3r]

AsalaamzWW - Does anyone know which madhab Molana Abdul Hakim follows

[suleimanibnsalim]

Maliki, his Shaykh in Tasawwuf was a Shafi;i though...

[Imperium]

No, he's a Shafi'i

[Nawawi619]

As Salamu Alaykum


Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad is Shafi'i in fiqh. He was a student of the late Habib Ahmad Mashhur al Haddad as well as others. He is currently a lecturer of Islamic Studies in Cambridge, UK.