Quruxloow of Minneapolis has returned to his eternal home.
May Allah forgive him and grant him Jannatul Firdows.
Please continue his regular صدقة جارية (ongoing charity) so the rewards continue to reach him.
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Matthew Cole’s Princes and Thieves alleges Kushner’s Middle East diplomacy served private interests. With his family facing $1B in debt tied to 666 Fifth Avenue, Kushner allegedly backed MBS’s 2017 Qatar blockade.
Tillerson reportedly opposed military intervention against Qatar’s leadership. Qatar later allegedly helped cover Kushner’s property debt through a Canadian front company.
Meanwhile, Somalia reportedly refused MBS’s $80M offer to join the blockade.
Kushner denies the allegations.
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“This comes as the Somali government announced the launch of Operation Banooda to target Alshabab militants in the region on 24 October.”
This Government account is false. These troops were deployed to fight President Laftagareen’s rebel forces, known as the Daraawiish, not Al-Shabaab. More than 300 were allegedly killed in an ambush on a road that had not been cleared of mines.
This was a reckless decision by Villa Somalia, with soldiers paying the price.
#Somalia:Heavy fighting between units of the Somali National Army and Alshabab militants occurred on the road between Leego and Buurhakaba in Southwest State on Monday afternoon.
The 3-hour long battle began when troops from the 64th Battalion of the 1st Brigade, 12 April Division, traveling on the road were ambushed by Alshabab with VBIEDs.
Sources report that both sides suffered casualties, including fatalities.
The Somali government has yet to comment on the incident.
This comes as the Somali government announced the launch of Operation Banooda to target Alshabab militants in the region on 24 October.
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Another case of bad construction today at 1st Ave & 9 St.
This is happening far too often. Where are the competent engineers and city inspectors, and why are these failures recurring?
The county needs an immediate moratorium on new construction until building safety, inspection standards, and infrastructure capacity are independently reviewed. You cannot keep approving more buildings while utilities and essential infrastructure remain inadequate. Lives are at stake.
@SakajaJohnson, @NairobiCounty
@MPyusufhassan
🧵 DAY 1: 4 Complex Inheritance Cases Solved by Caliph ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (رضي الله عنه)
Islamic inheritance law has precise rules. But what happens when prescribed shares consume the entire estate, leaving close relatives with nothing?
Explore 4 famous cases in Farāʾiḍ (الفرائض), starting with the legendary “Stone in the Sea” argument. 👇
1/ 🏛️ THE FOUNDATION: FARĀʾIḌ (الفرائض)
Islamic inheritance recognizes two major categories:
🔹 Fixed sharers (أصحاب الفروض): Heirs entitled to prescribed fractions, including ½, ¼, ⅛, ⅔, ⅓ and ⅙.
🔹 Residuary heirs (العَصَبة): Heirs who receive the residue after fixed shares are allocated, subject to the rules of inheritance.
Now consider a case that challenged the application of these principles.
2/ 🪨 CASE 1: AL-MUSHTARAKA (المسألة المشتركة)
Also known as al-Ḥimāriyya (الحمارية) and al-Ḥajariyya (الحجرية).
A woman dies leaving $12,000 and these heirs:
• Husband: ½ = $6,000
• Mother: ⅙ = $2,000
• Two maternal brothers: ⅓ collectively = $4,000
• Two full brothers: initially receive nothing as residuaries.
The prescribed shares consume the entire estate. The full brothers receive $0.
Why? Their paternal connection does not give them priority over the maternal brothers’ prescribed share.
3/ 🌊 THE FAMOUS ARGUMENT: «وَلَوْ كَانَ حَجَرًا»
According to the traditional account, the full brothers challenged the ruling before ʿUmar (رضي الله عنه).
Their argument is famously associated with the phrase:
«هَبْ أَنَّ أَبَانَا كَانَ حَجَرًا فِي الْيَمِّ»
“Suppose our father were a stone in the sea…”
The point was simple: Even if their father were absent from the equation, they and the maternal brothers would still share the same mother.
Why, they argued, should their shared maternal relationship count for the maternal brothers but not for them?
4/ ⚖️ ʿUMAR’S RULING: AL-TASHRĪK (التشريك)
The traditional account attributes a revised ruling to ʿUmar.
Instead of excluding the full brothers, he allowed all four brothers to share the maternal brothers’ collective ⅓ portion.
The $4,000 was therefore divided equally:
• Each of the four brothers receives $1,000.
• The husband receives $6,000.
• The mother receives $2,000.
Total: $12,000.
This became the famous Mushtaraka case, illustrating how legal reasoning addressed a difficult inheritance dispute.
5/ 📚 WHAT DO THE FOUR MADHHABS SAY?
The schools differ over whether the full brothers participate in the maternal brothers’ share:
🔹 Mālikī and Shāfiʿī: Generally accept tashrīk, allowing the full brothers to share the ⅓ portion under the specific conditions of this case.
🔹 Ḥanafī and Ḥanbalī: Generally do not adopt tashrīk and exclude the full brothers when no residue remains.
The disagreement concerns how the prescribed shares and the brothers’ shared maternal relationship should be reconciled.
6/ 🔎 WHY THIS CASE MATTERS
Al-Mushtaraka is more than an arithmetic puzzle. It raises a fundamental question:
Should inheritance be determined strictly by the hierarchy of prescribed shares and residuary rights, or can a shared maternal relationship justify a different allocation in this exceptional case?
The madhhabs preserve different answers within classical Islamic jurisprudence.
🧵 DAY 2: Al-ʿAwl (العَول): What happens when the prescribed inheritance shares exceed 100% of the estate?
Follow the series for more complex cases in Islamic inheritance law.
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DAY 2: 4 Complex Inheritance (Farāʾiḍ - الفرائض) Cases Solved by Caliph ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (رضي الله عنه) ⚖️✨
Welcome back! Yesterday we covered Al-Mushtaraka (المسألة المشتركة). Today, we tackle one of the most famous mathematical solutions in Islamic legal history: Al-ʿAwl (العَول).
What happens when the prescribed Qur'anic shares add up to more than 100% of the estate? Let's dive in! 👇🧵
📉 PART 1: The Dilemma of Over-Allocation (Al-ʿAwl - العَول)
In Islamic inheritance law, fixed sharers (Aṣḥāb al-Furūḍ - أصحاب الفروض) receive specific fractions. But what if a combination of surviving heirs creates a total fraction greater than 1 (100\%)?
The Case Setup (Mas'alah):
A woman passes away leaving an estate valued at $14,000 with the following heirs:
• Husband (Zawj - زوج): Entitled to ½ (3/6)
• 2 Full Sisters (Ukhtān Shaqīqatān - أختان شقيقتان): Entitled to ⅔ (4/6)
🧮 The Mathematical Conflict
Let's sum the prescribed shares using a common denominator (6):
The total is 7/6 — which means 116.6\% of the estate!
If you give the husband his full ½ ($7,000), only $7,000 remains, which is less than the sisters' ⅔ claim ($9,333). If you give the sisters their ⅔ first, the husband gets shorted.
How do you divide the estate fairly without arbitrarily favoring one heir over another? 🤔
⚖️ PART 2: ʿUmar’s Solution — Proportional Reduction (ʿAwl)
Faced with this novel issue during his caliphate, ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (رضي الله عنه) consulted the Companions (Ṣaḥābah).
He reasoned by analogy (Qiyās - قياس): Just as a bankrupt debtor's remaining assets are distributed proportionally among competing creditors, the inheritance shares should be proportionately reduced (Al-ʿAwl - العَول).
📊 The Adjusted Calculation
Instead of dividing the estate into 6 base parts (Aṣl al-Mas'alah - أصل المسألة), ʿUmar increased the base denominator from 6 to 7:
• Husband (Zawj): Share adjusted from \frac{3}{6} \rightarrow \frac{3}{7} (\approx \$6,000)
• 2 Sisters (Ukhtān): Share adjusted from \frac{4}{6} \rightarrow \frac{4}{7} (\approx \$8,000)
Every heir absorbs a slight, proportional reduction in their total payout, preserving their relative legal ratios without excluding anyone.
🕌 How Do the 4 Madhabs Handle Al-ʿAwl Today?
Unlike Al-Mushtaraka, where the schools disagreed:
• All 4 Sunni Madhabs (Ḥanafī, Mālikī, Shāfiʿī, Ḥanbalī): Unanimously adopt ʿUmar's principle of Al-ʿAwl (العَول)! It became an established consensus (Ijmāʿ - إجماع) across Sunni jurisprudence (Fiqh).
📌 That’s it for Day 2!
Tomorrow for Day 3, we’ll explore Al-Gharrawayn (الغَرَّاوَان) — the two famous "sunlit cases" involving parents and a surviving spouse.
Like, save, and share with anyone studying Islamic jurisprudence! 🔔✨
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President LBJ folklore allegedly put it this way: “I know it’s false, but let the sonofabitch deny it.” The attribution is disputed, but the tactic is real: float a claim, amplify it, then make the denial the story.
Trump’s birtherism targeting @BarackObama’s birthplace, his 2020 election fraud claims, recent false claims blaming Muslims for the Paris riot, and his witch hunt against @IlhanMN illustrate the pattern. False accusations against individuals or religious groups fuel scapegoating, prejudice, and reputational harm.
ibtimes.co.uk/trump-france-u…
Dr. Baadiyo appears to be distancing himself from the HSM regime. That also signals a broader Islaax campaign taking shape. I welcome both developments.
@TheVillaSomalia
Is the General so naive, or is he simply acting, that he does not acknowledge that a blast near the vehicle would trigger the alarms and eventually crack the windows due to the pressure wave?
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"The Measure of a Life: A Journey from Nomadic Roots to Global Horizons" traces the inspiring path of Abdulkadir Adan Khalif, a retired surveyor from Minnesota, from his roots in Mandera to a career spanning continents.
Brother to Mandera's Governor Mohamed Adan Khalif and in-laws with Judge Warsame and Oketch. Salah, his story reflects a family legacy of service and leadership. Foreword by Hon. Mohamed Maalim Mohamud. Pre-order now!
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These ETFs are specifically built around Shariah screening.
Individual stocks still need to be screened separately.
Different Shariah methodologies can produce different results.
The safest approach is to apply one consistent screening standard.
Here is a simple classification of the names listed:
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The irony isn’t lost on me.
The Trump Organization’s lawsuit against Capital One has already had multiple complaints dismissed, with the court allowing amended filings instead of ending the case outright. In responding to the latest complaint, Capital One publicly stated the accounts were closed after an anti money laundering review, not for political reasons. If the case continues, it could put even more uncomfortable details into the public record. (Reuters)
Meanwhile, after swearing off Capital One in the early 2000s because of poor customer service, I’m now receiving a Capital One credit card because my Discover account is being transitioned after the acquisition.
Anyone else with a Discover card get switched to Capital One without specifically asking for it?
#Minneapolis
@KatiePhang
Robert Stryk’s lobbying campaign is a warning sign, not the real issue. The real danger for HSM is allowing Somalia’s political crisis to drag on while opponents internationalize the dispute through Washington.
The fastest way to defuse the pressure is a credible, fair election. If political uncertainty persists, frustration in Washington may eventually become harder to manage than any lobbyist’s press release.
@TheVillaSomalia
@MPDrAbib
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Court records, forensic testimony, and Reuters confirm no evidence of broken bones, gouged eyes, cut-out tongue, castration, or heart attack death. The extra mutilation claims are unsubstantiated rumors unsupported by trial, autopsy, or mainstream reports. Glasgow’s Pakistani community aided justice: MP Mohammed Sarwar (Pakistani origin) secured one-off extradition from Pakistan after over a year; community supported police and rejected the crime.
They broke his bones, gouged his eyes out, cut out his tongue and castrated him. He died of a heart attack after being set on fire and dragged himself 50 meters across the floor.
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@MOFASomalia @Icasomalia
I was double charged for ETSA on your platform. Two transactions (Ref: 1777310573 & 1776372696) were processed against the same reference, billing me $256 instead of $128.
Your payment gateway lacks idempotency controls and duplicate transaction authentication, a critical industry standard that blocks re-processing of an identical reference ID. This is a system loophole, not a user error.
The deeper concern: where does the duplicate charge go? Without proper reconciliation and audit trails, these funds risk disappearing into an unaccounted ledger, effectively a financial black hole, with no traceability, no refund mechanism, and no accountability.
This is not an isolated case. Multiple users report the same issue, suggesting a recurring architectural flaw in your transaction processing layer.
Formal Demands:
1. Immediate reversal of the duplicate charge ($128)
2. Full audit trail of both transaction references
3. Implementation of idempotency keys and duplicate transaction validation at the payment gateway level
4. A written root cause analysis and remediation plan within 14 days
Judge Warsame hails from Mandera.
His grandfather served in the King’s African Rifles.
His uncle was Deputy Provincial Commissioner of the Coast Province,
and he e is a cousin of Okech Salah.
Please join me in congratulating him.
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Saudi Arabia should reconsider halting livestock imports from Berbera. This affects not only Somaliland, but millions of pastoralist communities across western, eastern, and southern Somalia. Berbera is a strategic hub linking Somali livestock to GCC markets. Disrupting it risks livelihoods and regional stability. @KSAMOFA
#KSA
#Somalia
FOCUS. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 BLOCKS Livestock IMPORTS from BERBERA Port in Move Seen as Pressure on the breakaway region of SOMALILAND.
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 has BANNED the import of LIVESTOCK from the PORT of Berbera.
These targeted economic measures, specifically the suspension of all livestock imports from BERBERA, are viewed as a STRATEGIC effort to isolate the separatist region in northern Somalia.
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