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Sorry Jonathan, for the last two comments. I believe we are all Muslims and no one has a right to call someone else a name.
Jonathan would u ever be available to speak in a class? I will highely appreciate that.

Thank you.

salaam everyone
I am writing in support of brother Jonathan from the shallow criticism posed here. I know him personally and know how knowledgeable he is. Mashallah his mastery of Arabic and other languages in inspiring. Maybe he has his own manner of saying things, which might not agreeable for everyone, but I reassure you that he is respectful of Islam and does his best to be a leading Muslim scholar in the US, and for those who know academia, such a position is very challenging..may Allah bless him and guide us all to represent Islam in the best way

Asalamu alaykum,

I don’t understand our community? We have a fetish for criticizing others that is beyond me. Where is the adab of the Prophet with many of you self righteous folks? Where is the mercy of the Prophet? This is a convert to Islam who, and I’ve seen him in Egypt studying with some major scholars, has done is best to present some very beneficial knowledge.

Wallahi, we are not a community that lacks knowledge. We are an community that lacks etiquette? You brothers who are busing throwing stones at the brothers should ponder on your own states, seek humility and learn to say something good or be quiet.

AQ

where did he study?, what islamic qualifications does he have? i am not criticizing, just want to know if he IS A SCHOLAR OF ISLAM, want to know if the info is comming from a man learned, not someone who converted and does not even know ARABIC.

Assalaam Alaikum,

I almost laughed when I read the brother’s comment asking if he even knows Arabic. A professor of middle eastern studies at the University of Chicago once told me that Jonathan Brown probably has the best Arabic at the entire University! He has traveled, studied, and researched all over the world, from North Africa, to Egypt, to Yemen, to name but a few places.

Aside from a commanding knowledge of formal and informal dialects (His Egyptian ammia would make you think he is actually egyptian), his grasp on the science and history of hadith is nothing short of amazing. It is perhaps because of his deep familiarity with ahadith that he has so much respect for the scholars of hadith.

Salam Alaikum

Ibn Hazm, in the last chapter of his book, Kitab al-Akhlaq wa’l Siyar, delves on this matter, and `On the manner to attend study sessions.’ He begins by saying (p.114):

“If you attend a study session, only behave like a man wishing to expand his knowledge and seeking a higher reward from God. Do not act like a man contend with what he holds, who is waiting for a weakness (from someone) to criticize (it or him), or an oddity to raise. This will be acting like vile people who have never mastered science.’

‘If you attend with good intentions you will obtain the best results. Otherwise just stay at home, awarding yourself rest, a good morality, and a salutary outcome in front of God.”

And (in pp 114-5):

“If you attended (a study session) strictly adopt three attitudes; there is no fourth.

First : You can lock yourself in the silence of ignorance.

Second: If you do not behave as such, ask for the questions a man seeking to learn asks…. This man will ask only about what he does not know, not about what he knows. Asking about matters one knows is making proof of ineptitude; this is only ranting, waste of time for everyone…. If the person you are questioning does not give satisfactory answers, stop questioning…

Third: You can answer like a scientist, refuting clearly the other’s arguments. If you are not capable of that, do not insist….”

ill watch the video soon. you guys are making a big fuss from the small comment made by the first poster- and extrapolating it to shame all muslims.

I wish i heard of Jonathan. If he got his phD from Chicago, he probably knows Dr Sherman Jackson well!! In that case, he’d probably know Sheikh Naeem Abdul Wali very well as well!!!

I love it when someone reaches for the peak of eloquence in the arabic language- Arabic Morphology ROCKS!!!! IF u have the chance- learn Sarf ASAP!!! It helps u to understand anbd appreciate the Quran.

Subhanallah, may Allah(swt)The Most Merciful bless the Brother in this world and the Hereafter. May Allah(The Most Beneficient raise his ranks, Ameen.
Alhamad-u-lilallah; in Allah(swt)’s hands is the I’zza(honor) and Zilah(humiliation). JazakAllah

Mashallah! It is an excellent lecture. Brother Jonathan must have a vast amount of knowledge.

I owe my whole life to one thoughtful lecture of Dr. Brown.
Enough said.

Maybe he had his hands in his pockets because it was cold.

is it possible to get this on mp3?
jazakAllahkhair…

Salaam,

I can’t believe Jonathan Brown has the guts to be on the internet. I took this man’s course and all he did was make fun of Islam, and put doubts in people’s minds (both Muslims an NonMuslims) about Islam and the legitimacy of the Prophet’s prophethood. At one point, he used a derogatory term to refer to the Prophet (saw), it was so disgusting I can’t even bring myself to say it. And at another point I asked him if he was Muslim, and he was so hesitant in saying so and said, “I guess so” and then he paused and said “yes,I am.” I’ve tried both in and outside of class to refute some of his outrageous and illegitimate claims, but he is an arrogant human being who wants to only adhere to his own perspectives, becasue according to him, he knows it all!!

Dear Zaynab,

HOW DARE YOU INSULT DR. BROWN’S INTEGRITY??!!
First off, you have no right to go up to ppl and ask them if they are Muslim–it is none of your gosh darn business esp. in an intellectual environment. Stop prying your booger-ridden nose into places it doesn’t belong.
If he has put doubts into your mind, maybe that says something about your iman (and character) to begin with. I believe non-Muslims leave his class with a positive/accurate view of Islam (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WOMEN IN ISLAM-he’s too perverted to teach that properly but whatev).
Clearly you are a FOB. I’m very sorry you did not learn anything from his class bc you missed out.
The end.

It’s a pity your idea of being ‘Muslim’ includes insulting intellectuals who have way more credentials than your silly rants show you have. Your spewing of random Arabic words at me is not helping the matter either.
Actually, what is more pitiful is how you and the rest of your goons at uw give all muslims a bad name and destroy ppls perceptions of islam with your backward notions and limited views.

Wow, this is a dumb debate I’ve gotten myself into. If he wasn’t eye candy, I doubt I’d care bout this.

Awwww, sweetheart! Peace and Love indeed.

Salam,

Well one should look at the critical review of his book Canonization of Bukhari and Muslim by Hadith scholar Sheikh Dr GF Haddad:
http://mac.abc.se/~onesr/d/cano_e.pdf

Zaynab represent the stupidity of the ummah.

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