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Or is it just a big waste of time and a growing fitnah for our community? I am troubled by things that I read on the blogosphere and it has made me address the validity of blogging. We all know that Allah will ask us what we spent our time doing. I do not want that to be add to the list of things I already know I have to ask forgiveness for. Instead of seeing a healthy dialog [which is what some of us who blog want though I have to question the intentions of others] much of what I read seems to be filled with malice and cowardice. Referring to the post above, a dialog commenced about the permissibility of Mother’s Day and within a short period we went from trying to feel out each other’s points, make counter arguments and having a dialog to a brother slandering Dr. Sherman ‘Abd al-Hamik’ Jackson. And let me tell - I ain’t gonna let that happen without a fight! Dr. Jackson has done more for Muslims through his writings and his talks and his genuine suhbah [companionship] than this joker could ever hope to attain and yet he saw fit to substitute slander and back-bitting for intellectual insight. If one is unable to argue and have discourse in a dignified manner, then shut up. If you can’t remain civil without making ghiybah on recognized scholars, you don’t have the skills to examine the issue from various angles and are not conversant with the Muslim intellectual tradition, then keep your mouth shut!

I have not decided to completely bow out of the race just yet - but it is on the table. And to a great degree, it will be based on the assessment of whether or not blogging is beneficial. I did just receive a number of emails from readers who thanked me for what I write - that is encouraging. Al Hamdulillah for that. But I’m not doing it to win popularity contests. I do it to write about and discuss relevant issues. But time will tell if this is the best format for that.

And God knows best.