With the evident lapse in ethics, manners, & upright character already found in some of those calling to Islam today who have actually spent time studying under actual scholars (yet they neglected refining their manners to some degree)... And the even more evident lapse of respectable character & personal refinement of those who have only visited them during 'umrah trips & visits... Wait until the AI generation emerges...! Those who never met a scholar, not even a student of a scholar... Those who are busy right now comparing the scholars' answers to Islamic questions to some AI robot answers & giving the L to the scholars, advocating for everyone to get on board with learning Islam from AI...! If you thought the manners of some of those who call to Islam & teach it were already lacking...! What do you think about those who will spend their formative years online with AI, learning Fiqh, Tafseer, & other Islamic disciplines? Brace yourself for the most repugnant & disgusting character ever witnessed from those would convey Islamic knowledge! The great scholar, Layth ibn Sa'd (d.175), once saw some inappropriate behavior from some students of knowledge, so he rebuked them & said: ما هذا؟ أنتم إلى يسير من الأدب أحوج منكم إلى كثير من العلم! "What is this? You need a little bit of manners more than you need a lot of knowledge!" (Sharaf As-haab al-Hadeeth of al-Khateeb, p.122) These essential moments of character development - Where would this be when learning Islam from AI? Real students of knowledge focus on the refinement of their manners from the very beginning of their studies, before they can even understand much of the knowledge they come across. They observe the manners & interactions of their teacher & begin refining themselves & absorbing some of the most noble & upright behavior, hearing constant reminders about sincerity, hypocrisy, Paradise, and Hell. How can any of this be accomplished by those raised & cultivated by AI? AI might have a limited role in some research, as one's shaykh might direct him to benefit from it in limited scenarios, but when it is taken as one of the main sources of learning, or even THE main source of learning, the results will be disastrous upon the learners. Rotten & corrupt ingrates will become prominent conveying "information" about Islam (not knowledge). The standards of character expected from Islamic teachers will be lost, and thus the image of Islam will suffer terribly. Those advocating for AI in place of learning Islam from actual scholars should fear Allah & consider carefully what they are actually calling to! And Allah knows best.

"...Trials and problems which have no beginning or end..." (!!!) May Allah save us from trials in our religion!

Preparing to read the explanation of Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have Mercy on him) for the narrations about sincerity from Riyaadh as-Saaliheen. Join us nightly at Markaz al-Imam Malik in Edmonton (@markaz_malik) at 9:00 MDT starting Thursday for 11 straight days, in shaa' Allah.

Looking forward to visiting our brothers in Altoona, PA tomorrow, in shaa' Allah... @MasjidAhlusSunn May Allah bless our gathering!

xitter.cf/MasjidAQWH_DC/status/2… May Allah bless our brother, Ustaadh Kashiff Khan, & reward him for his community service & forgive him & us. May Allah bless the community & their leadership moving forward & guide us all to what pleases Him.

Dear brothers & sisters: Avoid gossip & unnecessary speech. Our tongues can destroy us. Speak good or keep silent, a timeless Sunnah. Pray for your teachers, leaders, communities & families, for their guidance & uprightness. Ask Him for guidance in matters that you do not understand. Don't feel you have to say something about everything. Silence is true wisdom, yet few realize it.

The great scholar, Shaykh Muqbil ibn Haadee al-Waadi'ee (may Allah have Mercy on him), said: إن الناس منذ تركوا الرجوع للعلماء تخبطوا. "The people have been stumbling about [in errors] ever since they stopped returning [matters] back to the scholars." xitter.cf/M_ALWadiee/status/1478…