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originally posted by: butcherguy
I have questions about the ring that was found on the disarticulated hand of the dead Iranian terrorist general.
I thought Muslims were not supposed to wear jewelry.
I have noticed that other high ranking Iranians wear a very similar ring.
Can men wear any jewelry in Islam? The answer is : No, except for a silver ring which weighs less than 4.235 grams.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to wear a silver ring in his pinky finger with an Abyssinian stone in it. And, he would make the stone face his palm.
The ring can be worn in the pinky finger of your right or your left hand. In Shafi’i fiqh, wearing the ring in your right hand is considered to be better. Most scholars think that the stone in Prophet’s ring was carnelian (aqiq).
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: IAMTAT
It is possible that these red stones in the rings are carnelian.
But the weight of the rings seems to be exceeding the prophets rule (a US nickel coin weighs 5 grams). Plus they aren’t wearing them on the pinky and the stone is facing outward.
They better be careful or they might not get the 70 virgins and whatnot.
There is some dispute as to whether the name Carnelian is derived from a Latin word meaning “flesh”, or a Latin word meaning “cherry”….but in either case, they reference those colors that which the stone exhibits.
Ancient Egyptians carried it on and about their bodies as a source of constant renewal and vitality. It was also told that in the Egyptian Book of the Dead that Carnelian was placed in tombs as “magic armor” for life after death.
Merchants often used Carnelian to craft ‘seal rings’ for royalty and the upper classes, as it will separate easily from wax and clay. The ancients often believed that Carnelian was good for combating a bad temper, such as anger that was thought to be the product of black magic.....
originally posted by: MetalThunder
a reply to: IAMTAT
Figures carnelian is going to open up a rabbit hole to look down lol
Talking along the lines of being no coincidences to this timeline
Although now the more common term, "carnelian" is a 16th-century corruption of the 14th-century word "cornelian" (and its associated orthographies corneline and cornalyn).[10] Cornelian, cognate with similar words in several Romance languages, comes from the Mediaeval Latin corneolus, itself derived from the Latin word cornum, the cornel cherry,[
We the people are the cure.
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originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2
a reply to: PokeyJoe
PokeyJoe, concur. In air and naval terms, it would be no contest. Iran is a big country so trying an overland offensive there would be ill advised. Again, their land forces could be knocked out easily, but then it becomes a much larger version of Iraq with all of the pacification issues thereby implied. Not sure if knocking the clergy out of power would be wise; it might become another Libya kind of situation with warlords and rival clan armies all over the place. It has been too long since 1979 to expect anything like a calmer regime made up of ex-Shah officials to replace the clergy.
Machiavelli told us to either pick up a defeated enemy and make them your friend, or to finish them off. But in the case of Islamic countries, neither option seems recommended.
May be best to just knock out their most effective weapons and their atomic program and keep a sharp eye on them thereafter.
Cheers