From introductory remarks by Immanuel Moon, friend and disciple of Musa Qamarbayev (author of A Tailor’s Doctrine). What can be said of Musa Qamarbayev? A gifted academic and enlightened mystic, a belated, tragic emissary of the Light, for the opening decade of the 21st century London, his teachings directly illuminated the faces of his friends [...]
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A Tailor’s Doctrine: free copy courtesy of Fernmind Unilectic!
Posted in Cosmology, Hadith commentaries, Love poems, Prophetology, Tailorite Tafsir, Teaching, The path on July 11, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Random Hadith Commentary: The Beginning of Creation
Posted in Hadith commentaries on June 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tailorite Devotional Exercise: clear your mind, open the Sahih Bukhari on a random page and write down what is immediately apparent. Narrated Imran bin Husain: I went to the Prophet and tied my she-camel at the gate. The people of Bani Tamim came to the Prophet who said “O Bani Tamim! Accept the good tidings.” [...]
The Festival of Conclusion: Notes on the Sunnah
Posted in Cosmology, Hadith commentaries, Tailorite Tafsir, tagged eid, Sufism on September 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Garments Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Umar: Umar bought a silk cloak from the market, took it to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Take it and adorn yourself with it during the Eid and when the delegations visit you.” Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) replied, “This dress is for those who have no share (in the Hereafter).” [...]
Draw Muhammed Day: the Sunnah of Retaliation
Posted in Hadith commentaries, tagged assassination, commanding self, draw muhammed day, everybody draw mohommed day, facebook, hadith, ka'b ibn al ashraf, lie, muhammedean reality, rubbish on prophet, Sufism on May 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“Everybody Draw Muhammed Day” is a Facebook fan page that went viral recently. It stems from the idea of a cartoonist called Molly Norris. She was originally protesting the censorship by Comedy Central of a South Park cartoon that depicted the Prophet Muhammed wearing a bear suit. Her protest was to draw a picture of [...]
Four rivers
Posted in Cosmology, Hadith commentaries, Tailorite Tafsir, The path, tagged four rivers, four wives, honey, milk, Sufism, tree of life, water, wine on April 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Regarding the four rivers, here is a secret I disclose for you (although, as usual, whatever I say can and may be used in evidence against “me”). Recall Qur’an: “… in it are rivers of water incorruptible, rivers of milk of which the taste never change, rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink, [...]
Prayer and the body
Posted in Hadith commentaries, The path, tagged Body, hadith, prayer, reading, Sufism on April 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[What follows is a verbatim transcript of a meeting that took place between the tailor and his friend, the neuroscientist. They were discussing prayer in relation to Islamic narrations and physically transmitted tradition.] The Tailor: In Tailorite Sufism, the power of the sunnah derives from its provision of a conduit of Light from Prophecy to [...]
How to stop worrying and love the lesser jihad
Posted in Cosmology, Hadith commentaries, Tailorite Tafsir, tagged banu qurayza, jihad, Sufism on March 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Narrated Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri: When the tribe of Bani Quraiza was ready to accept Sad’s judgment, Allah’s Apostle sent for Sad who was near to him. Sad came, riding a donkey and when he came near, Allah’s Apostle said (to the Ansar), “Stand up for your leader.” Then Sad came and sat beside Allah’s Apostle [...]
Aisha’s marriage: a Sufi perspective
Posted in Cosmology, Hadith commentaries, tagged age of marriage, aisha, Ali, battle of the camel, fitnah, shia, sunni, unity of Islam on January 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Narrated ‘Ursa: The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years. (Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 88) The Tailor: The Judaic tradition sets 12 as the legal age [...]
Prophetic Medicine in the Light of Modern Science
Posted in Hadith commentaries, tagged Islam, medicine, science, Sufism, the hadith of the fly on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas Day and three men were simultaneously up to no good. At varying degrees. In Melbourne, an enthusiastic brother proclaimed to his fellow students at an Islamic retreat in the Dandenongs: “Recent Biomedical advances provide more scientific evidence for the Divine Truth of Islam. In a recent edition of the Reader’s Digest, there is an [...]
9/11
Posted in Hadith commentaries on September 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
So it’s 10 years. Events like this affect us all, but their memory means different things to different people. There is physical memory, which is Divinity unfolding. For the families of the victims, the meaning is loss of love, which is Divinity unfolding. For those involved in wars that the event precipitated, the meaning is [...]
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