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The Mawlid: A Brief Critique 🎙️ Abū Yaqub Az-Zayla’ī
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Gems from the Salaf
@gemsofthesalaf
On this record: Topic · Growth · Engagement · Posts · Citations · Telegram's recommendations · Cite this entry
14,285subscribers
-105 since we began measuring on 6 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 10,000–31,623.
Register entry
| Telegram ID | -1001741241258 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @gemsofthesalaf |
| Created | Between 1 December 2021 and 30 April 2023 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 6 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 25 September 2026 |
| Measurements held | 34 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 25 September 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/gemsofthesalaf |
Topic
Religion — a classification, not a measurement. An on-box language model (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8, prompt version 1) read this channel’s own recent posts on 10 September 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 100% confidence. This is a model’s judgement about what the channel is likely to be about, not a fact this register measured the way a subscriber count or a view count is measured — it can be revised on a later pass, and it carries no weight anywhere else on this page. How this classification works, and why it has no browse page of its own yet.
Growth
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Sept 2026, 01:58 | 14,285 | -17 |
| 18 Sept 2026, 22:37 | 14,302 | -2 |
| 16 Sept 2026, 12:17 | 14,304 | -6 |
| 14 Sept 2026, 16:38 | 14,310 | -8 |
| 13 Sept 2026, 02:17 | 14,318 | -4 |
| 11 Sept 2026, 06:41 | 14,322 | -9 |
| 8 Sept 2026, 12:37 | 14,331 | -14 |
| 5 Sept 2026, 09:40 | 14,345 | -2 |
| 3 Sept 2026, 16:01 | 14,347 | -1 |
| 2 Sept 2026, 07:12 | 14,348 | -10 |
| 1 Sept 2026, 10:14 | 14,358 | -9 |
| 31 Aug 2026, 12:24 | 14,367 | +4 |
| 30 Aug 2026, 15:13 | 14,363 | -2 |
| 29 Aug 2026, 13:54 | 14,365 | +2 |
| 28 Aug 2026, 13:35 | 14,363 | -3 |
| 27 Aug 2026, 14:12 | 14,366 | -1 |
| 26 Aug 2026, 12:52 | 14,367 | +1 |
| 25 Aug 2026, 14:43 | 14,366 | -6 |
| 24 Aug 2026, 15:06 | 14,372 | +1 |
| 23 Aug 2026, 00:57 | 14,371 | first reading |
Engagement
32 posts held, back to 13 July 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 51 pages of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
Nothing published in the last 30 days. ERR and ER are rolling 30-day measures, so there is nothing to compute — we hold 32 posts for this entry, the most recent from 30 August 2026. An engagement rate over an empty window would be a number about nothing.
Recent posts
12 Aug 2026, 22:55 UTC≈2,910 viewsread 2 September 2026
Abū Ja’far (رحمه الله) said: «إِذَا امْتَلَأَ الْبَطْنُ طَغَى الْجَسَدُ» “When the stomach is filled, the body becomes rebellious.” Mawsūʿat Ibn Abī al-Dunyā (4/83) Learn about the Salaf: https://t.me/gemsofthesalaf
12 Aug 2026, 22:53 UTC≈2,590 viewsread 2 September 2026
Ibn ‘Awn (رحمه الله) said: «مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَالسُّنَّةِ؛ فَلَهُ بَشِيرٌ بِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ» “Whoever dies upon Islam and the Sunnah, then he has glad tidings of every good.” Sharḥ al-Iʿtiqād by al-Lālikāʾī (60) Learn about the Salaf: https://t.me/gemsofthesalaf
12 Aug 2026, 22:49 UTC≈1,890 viewsread 2 September 2026
‘Abdullāh ibn Salām (رحمه الله) said: «إِنَّ عَمَلِي لَضَعِيفٌ، وَأَوْثَقُ مَا أَرْجُو بِهِ سَلَامَةَ الصَّدْرِ، وَتَرْكِي مَا لَا يَعْنِينِي» “Indeed, my deeds are weak, and the most certain thing I hope in for my salvation is a sound heart and leaving what does not concern me.” Jāmiʿ al-ʿUlūm wa’l-Ḥikam (1/294) Learn about the Salaf: https://t.me/gemsofthesalaf
12 Aug 2026, 22:46 UTC≈1,730 viewsread 2 September 2026
Al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyād (رحمه الله) said: «أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ الْمُوَاظَبَةُ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ، وَأَكْبَرُ الرِّبَاطِ انْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ» “The best of striving is perseverance upon the prayers, and the greatest of ribāt is awaiting one prayer after another.” Tārīkh Dimashq (48/429) Learn about the Salaf: https://t.me/gemsofthesalaf
12 Aug 2026, 22:42 UTC≈1,530 viewsread 2 September 2026
Shiqīq al-Balkhī (رحمه الله) said: «ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الضَّحِكِ يُبْغِضُهَا اللهُ تَعَالَى: ١- الضَّحِكُ خَلْفَ الْجِنَازَةِ، ٢- وَالضَّحِكُ فِي الْمَقَابِرِ، ٣- وَالضَّحِكُ فِي مَجْلِسِ الذِّكْرِ» “Three types of laughter are hated by Allah, The Almighty: Laughing behind a funeral procession. Laughing in the graveyards. Laughing in a gathering of remembrance.” Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb by al-Rāzī (2/402) Learn about the Sa…
12 Aug 2026, 22:41 UTC≈1,520 viewsread 2 September 2026
Shiqīq al-Balkhī (رحمه الله) said: «ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ يُبْغِضُهَا اللهُ تَعَالَى: ١- النَّوْمُ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَقَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْعَتَمَةِ، ٢- وَالنَّوْمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، ٣- وَالنَّوْمُ عِنْدَ مَجْلِسِ الذِّكْرِ» “Three types of sleep are hated by Allah, The Almighty: Sleeping after Fajr and before the ‘Ishā’ prayer. Sleeping during the prayer. Sleeping while attending a gathering of remembrance.”…
6 Aug 2026, 21:04 UTC≈2,350 viewsread 2 September 2026
ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (رحمه الله) said: «فَلَوْ كَانَ كُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ يُمِيتُهَا اللَّهُ عَلَى يَدَيَّ، وَكُلُّ سُنَّةٍ يُنْعِشُهَا اللَّهُ عَلَى يَدَيَّ، بِبِضْعَةٍ مِنْ لَحْمِي، حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ آخِرُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى نَفْسِي، كَانَ فِي اللَّهِ يَسِيرًا» “If every innovation that Allah caused to die at my hands, and every Sunnah that Allah revived through me, came at the cost of a piece of my flesh until it ultimatel…
6 Aug 2026, 21:00 UTC≈2,040 viewsread 2 September 2026
ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb (رضي الله عنه) used to say: «إِنَّ أَصْدَقَ الْقِيلِ قِيلُ اللَّهِ، وَإِنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا» “Indeed, the truest speech is the Speech of Allah, the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad ﷺ, and the worst of affairs are the newly invented matters.” As-Sunnah by al-Marwazī (75) Learn about the Salaf: https://t.me/gemsofthesalaf
6 Aug 2026, 20:55 UTC≈1,810 viewsread 2 September 2026
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) said to Tubayʿ ibn ʿĀmir (رحمه الله): «يَا تُبَيْعُ، أَخْبِرْنَا عَنِ الْخَيْرَاتِ الثَّلَاثِ؟» “O Tubayʿ, tell us about the three good things.” He replied: «اللِّسَانُ الصَّدُوقُ، وَقَلْبٌ تَقِيٌّ، وَامْرَأَةٌ صَالِحَةٌ» “A truthful tongue, a God-fearing heart, and a righteous wife.” Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (4/413) Learn about the Salaf: https://t.me/gemsofthesalaf
6 Aug 2026, 20:52 UTC≈1,660 viewsread 2 September 2026
Ziyād ibn ʿAmr (رحمه الله) said: «كُلُّنَا نَكْرَهُ أَلَمَ الْجِرَاحِ، لَكِنْ نَتَفَاضَلُ بِالصَّبْرِ، هَذِهِ وَاللَّهِ خَصْلَةٌ يَعْجِزُ عَنْهَا الْعِبَادُ» “We all dislike the pain of wounds, but we surpass one another through patience. By Allah, this is a quality that people are unable to attain except by the grace of Allah.” Majmūʿ Rasāʾil Ibn Rajab (156) Learn about the Salaf: https://t.me/gemsofthesalaf
6 Aug 2026, 20:48 UTC≈1,590 viewsread 2 September 2026
Al-Barbahārī (رحمه الله) said: «وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ صَاحِبَ الْهَوَى مُتَقَشِّفًا مُجْتَهِدًا فِي الْعِبَادَةِ، فَاحْذَرْهُ وَلَا تَسْمَعْ كَلَامَهُ، فَإِنِّي لَا آمَنُ أَنْ تَسْتَحْلِيَ طَرِيقَتَهُ فَتَهْلِكَ مَعَهُ» “If you see a person of desires living an ascetic life and striving in worship, then beware of him and do not listen to his speech, for I do not feel safe that you may come to admire his way and perish a…
Showing the 12 most recent of 32 posts we hold for @gemsofthesalaf. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
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Mentions
Named by 4 registered channels — every channel on the register whose own posts have named this one, by its current username or any other username it currently holds, merged from two separately captured readings of the same fact so a namer caught by only one of them is not missed and a namer both caught is not counted twice. A username this channel has since dropped is not matched — that handle may belong to someone else now, and crediting today’s namer to yesterday’s owner would misattribute it.
Named by
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Appears in Telegram’s recommendations for other channels
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Beneficial Knowledge
@BeneficialKnowledge · 26,556
Telegram ranks this channel #7 of 90 here — alongside 89 others — read 12 September 2026
@BeneficialKnowledge · 26,556
Telegram ranks this channel #7 of 90 here — alongside 89 others — read 12 September 2026
Keys To Knowledge
@k2knyc · 21,214
Telegram ranks this channel #78 of 94 here — alongside 93 others — read 24 September 2026
@k2knyc · 21,214
Telegram ranks this channel #78 of 94 here — alongside 93 others — read 24 September 2026
This channel appears in 2 seed channels' Telegram-generated recommendation lists in total. Each is Telegram’s list for THAT channel, not this one — see how this is measured.
Cite this entry
A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 25 September 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“Gems from the Salaf” (@gemsofthesalaf), 14,285 subscribers as measured 25 September 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/gemsofthesalaf.
Full measurement history, CC BY 4.0. Every reading this register holds for this entry, not just the latest one, as a dated, downloadable record: CSV · JSON. Free to use with attribution to tgregister.com. Each file carries its own generation timestamp, which is the figure to cite for exactly when the data was retrieved.