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I meant absolutely no offence to Br. Joseph by the comment. I was responding to Hamzeh''s comment that he was waiting for Br. Joseph''s clarification, so I pointed out that it seemed he had shared all he had on the matter, and had left the conversation. I frankly do not see how such a comment could have been interpreted as me begging Br. Joseph for a response as you seem to have interpreted it, as it was quite clearly a simple observation, not a request. Therefore, I feel your allegation about me is simply incorrect, especially since as my previous replies clearly show, I have tried hard to be as courteous and respectful as possible to the contributing forum members here, particularly Br. Joseph.
Thank you.

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Thank you for taking the time to help me understand this. But my question is does 'mannan' exclusively mean freedom, or a's Br. Joseph seemed to say during his last post, are there circumstances that necessitate keeping the captives after the war. If so, what are those circumstances? I'm not biased towards one viewpoint or the other, I just want an honest understanding.
Regards
wanderer

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Yes, the Quran commands grace or ransom to POWS after the war is over. I understand that. My question is : Does grace (mannan) EXCLUSIVELY mean freedom? That is, after the war is over, do captives HAVE to be freed or ransomed? Br. Joseph's replies were a bit ambiguous on the matter, and sadly he does not seem to be responding anymore.
Regards
wanderer

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Salaam, and thank you for your response Hamzeh. However, I must admit, I am confused as to what you're saying. You say at the beginning that you can't set them free at the beginning, which is obvious. But then you say that the captives should all be freed at the end of the war, which is what Joseph seemed to say in his first response, but then changed in his second response, in which he says that favors can be conferred in other ways given the circumstances. This is the focal point of my confusion.
Regards
wanderer

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Salaam Joseph--
Your last answer was a little confusing to me. I understand that you are very busy, but I would really very much appreciate another response to settle my inquiries below.
Apologies for disturbing you & thank you once again
Regards
wanderer

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Discussions / Re: Logging for long
« on: May 01, 2017, 07:44:36 AM »
I'm a little confused as to what your question is. Anyhow, this is a conversation that belongs on a tech-issues forum, not here.

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Discussions / Re: Logging for long
« on: May 01, 2017, 03:22:28 AM »
If you are clearing out your search history, that will also delete your login info.

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Discussions / Re: Logging for long
« on: May 01, 2017, 01:46:17 AM »
Do you regularly clear your Internet history? That might be it.

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Here is my view: Prisoners of war should generally be released or ransomed, however, if it is believed that a prisoner/s  may pose a threat to the community if released, he should be kept in captivity. Would you agree or disagree with this perspective? I am certainly open to changing my mind if you disagree.
Regards
wanderer

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Salaam Joseph--
Thank you once again for endeavoring to share your thoughts. Here is my current understanding, please inform me if I am right or wrong: If one cannot afford to marry free women, they can marry from their believing slave-girls. Marriage with captives would not generally be possible, given their circumstances.

"Furthermore, I purposely provided a nuanced translation of ‘mannan’ of a part of verse 47:4. "Then either grant them a favour / show grace / be generous / gratuitous / reasonable" This can certainly include setting them free, but favours / grace can be conferred in a number of ways given the circumstances."

What other ways can 'favor' be conferred upon captives, and what are the circumstances that necessitate them? Many of the traditional tasfir I've read say that captives shouldn't be released, because they may pose a security risk to the Islamic state. Do you agree with this?

(My apologies from clogging up your time by the way. I do not take your responses for granted, and I am very grateful you chose to respond to my inquiries. I am not trying to spam you with useless questions, but rather, trying to expand my knowledge on a subject I am having a difficult time understanding. Thank you once more.)

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Thank you very much for response brother! The reason I ask this question is because, in my mind, this creates a seeming conflict with the verses instructing the believers to marry of the believing 'right hand possesses', which as you state in your article, includes captives of war. My question is, how is this possible if the captives are all set free after the war?
Regards
wanderer

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Salaam Br. Joseph--

Does verse 47:4 mandate that prisoners of war be either released or ransomed? I've seen many differing positions on this, so it would be great if I could get your perspective on this, since I haven't seen you speak about this explicitly before. Your thoughts would be very much appreciated.

Regards
wanderer

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Thank you for sharing your thoughts Br. Joseph. I have a question for you however: You view the authenticity of the hadith corpus as irrelevant
in light of it being unsanctioned by the Quran. I would like to know however, how exactly do you view its authenticity? Is it mostly legitimate with perhaps a few errors in transmission, or mostly incorrect? Is there any way to gauge this? (e.g. Can/should we use Quran to see if some hadith are incorrect?) Besides academic study, what is the role they should play in our daily lives? While it may not be the biggest issue, I would argue that the authenticity of the hadith corpus is important to consider.
Regards
wanderer

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General Discussions / Re: Ayate Tatheer
« on: April 13, 2017, 11:28:33 AM »
A quick question to Br. Joseph--
By what you said in the link below and in your article about the Imamate, I have to wonder: Do you believe Shia doctrine is more erroneous than Sunni beliefs in light of the Quran?
Regards
wanderer

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Br. Joseph does not accept the validity of traditional sources, and therefore does not accept the traditional dates of revelation given, if you were looking for his opinion.
Regards
wanderer

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