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Refuting ISIS Kindle Edition

by Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This second edition of the book comes after the heinous attacks that ISIS perpetrated in Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, France, the USA and Indonesia. These attacks, which must be condemned by Muslim scholars and preachers around the world, are another testimony that, by killing women, children, and civilians, ISIS betrayed Islam, betrayed the Holy Quran, and betrayed the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

After the overwhelming response to the first edition, the author felt the need for a second edition that quenches the thirst of the readers with more details. He penned this second edition to further elaborate on many important topics, such as the prohibition of burning human beings, the abolition of slavery, and Islam’s position towards minorities. New subjects are also tackled, such as the invalidity of excommunicating Muslim rulers for not applying certain aspects of Shari’ah, Islam’s position towards democracy, and the prohibition of destroying pre-Islamic monuments and sacred sites. Several other topics benefitted from more rigorous proofs, especially the section confirming that ISIS criminals have left the fold of Islam and are no longer Muslims.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XZX88PR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sacred Knowledge; 2nd edition (April 1, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1207 KB
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5.0 out of 5 stars Must-Have
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2017
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Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi traces the origins of this insidious death cult and thoroughly refutes them. Unbeknownst to many from within the faith and without, these ideological and militant extremists were specifically foretold and warned about by the Prophet Muhammad himself (ﷺ). Shaykh al-Yaqoubi, an eminently qualified Sunni Muslim scholar, shares many of the authentic Hadiths wherein these prophecies are contained and shows how throughout Islamic history similar extremist groups have appeared in different forms to foment fitna (discord) and unrest. He also goes on to delineate exactly how they have strayed from the true principles of Shariah which, by the way, is nothing like what it is portrayed in popular news-media and by self-proclaimed "terrorism experts" many of whom know no Arabic and have no formal training in any field related to Islam. Finally he also goes into how it is an obligation for all Muslims to legally fight and confront these renegades by themselves and with the aid of their non-Muslim allies who are also victims of their violence.
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Gabriel
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2022
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This is a good book refuting the brutal tactics and ideas of the terrorist group known as ISIS drawing from Islamic sources such as the Quran, sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, and the methodology of classical Islamic scholarship.

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Shannon
5.0 out of 5 stars An Important Work for Non-Muslims to Become Familiar With
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2015
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It is incumbent upon all lovers of God to fight the dangerous rhetoric of ISIS through knowledge and scholarship. This book is a fluid, clear and indisputable. It's a bit of a handful for myself (I'm not Muslim and some of the references were a bit over my head), but since reading I am able to better dispel ignorance within my own circles of Americans who are being (mis) informed by black-and-white media depictions that lump ISIS in with Islamic theology and then ask "Where are the Scholars?" This book has helped arm my response to such ridiculous claims. May Allah reward Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi for contributing his significant voice to this situation. My hope and prayer is that some few lost and hopeless youth will be spared joining this misguided group through the information imparted in books such as this.
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Brent Mathieu
4.0 out of 5 stars Refuting ISIS similarity to Khawarij practices.
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016
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The introduction clearly outlines the purpose of the book, and its author, to make a cogent, rational argument as a fatwa against the public stance of ISIS, particularly in regards to Sunni jurisprudence.

One premise being that ISIS is similar to the return and reappearance of the Khawariji sect. The book mentions that the Khawarji 'deviated from mainstream Islam and were known for killing Muslims under allegations of takfir, which means accusing a Muslim of becoming an apostate". A significant incident of this being the assassination of fourth Caliph 'Ali by a poisoned dagger. This event had profound consequences for the civil war between Shi'a and Sunni Muslims which continues today.

One weakness of the book was that it's reasoning primarily relies on hadiths, or oral traditions regarding the life of Muhammad, pbuh, and the early Muslim community; and opinions of respected Muslim jurists as authorities. It makes minimal reference to relevant verses from the Holy Quran to illuminate the errors of ISIS. For instance, the book neglects Surih 2, the Cow, and the verses 256-257 specifically: 'There is no coercion in religion. Sound judgment has become clear from error...."

The book makes minimal if any appeal to recognize universal human rights as a basis to refute ISIS. Regrettably, it cites a hadith regarding religious zealots, and interprets it as a justification to de-humanize the individuals of ISIS. Effectively, this denies them the dignity of humanity, and sets up a rationale to fight and kill them.

Further, the book appeals to the people pledging allegiance to ISIS to repent, and return to Sunna Islam. If they do not, then the book advocates fighting them in order to protect Islam from their errors. This perpetuates the predominant belief among many Muslims, and reinforces the non Muslim perception that Islam is a religion of violence, that force against others may be justified to compel submission to Islam. This is an error. This perpetuates the common belief that jihad is a holy war, rather than an earnest effort within the heart of each Muslim to surrender to Allah, and know peace, as-salam, within one's self, via testimony, prayer, fasting and pilgrimage, and then extend peace outwards into one's community and world through action, such as social justice and charity. For instance, the practice of the golden rule.

An illumination from the book regards the Khawaiji sect. Actually this applies to any people who arise to practice religious intolerance, by any means such as violence and terror. It matters not the name of the group, whether a self declared 'state' or caliphate such as ISIS, or another religious group dedicated to forcing others to submit to their dogma. There are many examples of fundamental religious groups besides ISIS using power over others.

This raises the issue as to who has the authority to judge another an apostate and by what standard? This is a moral and ethical question in any religion.

In my perspective, based on personal experience, the religion of the "Baha'i Faith" and its current administration and institutions, is another reappearance of the Khawariji sect's practice of assassination by poison and concealed weapons. The Baha'is commonly practice shunning 'covenant-breakers' or 'enemies of the faith'. Shunning violates the dignity and freedom of the person who dissents, and justifies their socially punishing and isolating that person, and any associates similar to killing for alleged apostasy.

Yeshua aka Isa aka Jesus a Christ in the gospels of his life taught us to 'judge not, for with the judgement we judge so shall we be judged'. The Holy Quran recognizes the spiritual authority of Isa, and assures that he shall return during the Day of judgement, wherein 'maliki yaum id din', Allah alone shall be the judge or loving master of us all. Not mortal men such as ISIS, and their claim to a caliphate.

Surih 2, the Cow, declares there shall be no compulsion of belief in Islam. I recommend Refuting ISIS as a rational response to understand the error of all who claim falsely to be able to judge and condemn others for differences in belief.
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5.0 out of 5 stars but Refuting ISIS spells out in great detail what they could not articulate
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2018
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Wow. non-Muslims please read. A must read. Several Muslim friends have been telling me such things for years, but Refuting ISIS spells out in great detail what they could not articulate. Our local library had this book on display so I checked it out, read it cover to cover in just a few days. I knew I had to have my copy as a reference source. Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi documented this book very thoroughly even though a short book. This book also prompted me to lookup and view an outstanding video of a lecture recorded at Zaytuna college on the same subject (refuting ISIS). The video is also very informative.
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Dean
5.0 out of 5 stars How to Live in Peace
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2015
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This book should be required for everyone, those living in non muslim lands, and those living in muslims lands, to learn how to live in peace with everyone. This book is not just about ISIS, the lessons would solve and prevent all problems between any two people. The Shaykh mentions that muslims can not even backbite against a non muslim, and a non muslim living in a muslim land is given full protection by the muslims. How far is ISIS from the Truth!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and much needed book written by one of the ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2015
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Excellent and much needed book written by one of the top scholars of the Muslim world. This is one of most essential tools in combating the sick ideology of ISIS terror group, which has twisted the sacred texts to justify the unjustifiable. ISIS needs to be fought on different fronts, but most important one is the intellectual front. ISIS can be defeated militarily, but if it's not defeated at the intellectual level, another form of ISIS will emerge.
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Roberto
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for Muslims and non Muslims
Reviewed in Italy on June 16, 2017
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Easy to read and clear in the main points refuting all the principle of salafi wahabi ideology in the light of the traditional Islam. A must read in these days both for Muslims and non Muslims.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Reviewed in Japan on March 19, 2018
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In my humble opinion, with this book's robust evidences and arguments, the ideology of ISIS is proven to be completely false. I implore both muslims and nonmuslims to read this book.
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Noor Barotchi
5.0 out of 5 stars " The best part of this book is that it is written ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2016
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I used to say that the Assad regime is my enemy just as much as ISIS, that they kill civilians far more than ISIS does and that the world is getting it wrong by focusing just on ISIS. While the above may be true, this book revealed to me why, as a Muslim, it is particularly important to stand firm and loud in my condemnation of this aberrant group, and why they even may be a priority to defeat. It is precisely because they use the name of Islam and tarnish it that they should be prioritised, and in fighting them "the core of Islam is preserved."

The best part of this book is that it is written by a renown scholar, and thus holds a lot of credence amongst the Muslim community and others. The refutations provided by the shaykh are clearcut, academic yet very readable. He has kept the book concise for the sake of brevity; the second edition is twice the size of the first yet still falls at around 100 pages (the second edition contains a lot more information, so do try to get a hold of it if you can). Shaykh al-Yaqoubi dissects ISIS' rhetoric as a scholar would, and because of this, I learned a lot from this book.

The author writes in the beginning to whom this book is addressed:
1) Muslim youth who have been influenced by ISIS propaganda
2) Ordinary Muslims who are against ISIS but who are seeking answers to new theological and legal challenges brought about by ISIS
3) New ISIS recruits in the hope that they will defect
4) FSA fighters who might be reticent about fighting ISIS members because they class them as Muslims
5) The Western audience, so that they can have a credible source of refutation from within the Muslim community

This pretty much leaves no group unaccounted for, and thus I wholeheartedly recommend it to all.
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Amazon Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good!
Reviewed in Germany on June 3, 2016
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I love him for writing this famous book! My mother tongue is german (B2) but I understand it well. Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi is a highly respected sholar in the world. His book is very profound with lots of authentic proofs against ISIS.
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Rehan Attari
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book with a lot of details and facts
Reviewed in France on October 8, 2015
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Excellent book. At the First read it seems that this book has not a lot of pages but in fact it contains a lot of details.
A must read with a lot of details that the common public does not know.
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