tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36466886408294405182024-03-13T05:35:14.070-07:00Ma Shaa Allah! Ocean of knowledgeZuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-30315358965567498022013-01-05T06:35:00.001-08:002013-01-05T06:35:12.622-08:00Oneness of Allah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The entire universe, in the way it is created and the way it is controlled, bears witness to the oneness of Allaah: </div>
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“Surely, His is the creation and commandment. Blessed is Allaah, the Lord of the ‘Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that exists)!</div>
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[al-A’raaf 7:54 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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The creation of the heavens and the earth, the alternation of night and day, the different kinds of inanimate objects, plants and fruits, the creation of humans and animals… all of that indicates that the Almighty Creator is One with no partner or associate: </div>
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“That is Allaah, your Lord, the Creator of all things, Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). How then are you turning away (from Allaah, by worshipping others instead of Him)?[Ghaafir 40:62 – interpretation of the meaning]</div>
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The variety and greatness of these created things, the perfect way in which they are formed, the way in which they are maintained and controlled, all indicate that the Creator is One and that He does as He wills and rules and decides as He wants: </div>
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“Allaah is the Creator of all things, and He is the Wakeel (Trustee, Disposer of affairs, Guardian) over all things”</div>
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[al-Zumar 39:62 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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All of the above indicate that this universe has a Creator, that this dominion has a Sovereign, that behind these forms is One Who gives them shape: </div>
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“He is Allaah, the Creator, the Inventor of all things, the Bestower of forms. To Him belong the Best Names”</div>
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[al-Hashr 59:24 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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The soundness of the heavens and the earth, the order of the universe, the harmony among created things, all indicate that the Creator is One, with no partner or associate: </div>
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“Had there been therein (in the heavens and the earth) aalihah (gods) besides Allaah, then verily, both would have been ruined. Glorified be Allaah, the Lord of the Throne, (High is He) above all that (evil) they associate with Him!”[al-Anbiya’ 21:22 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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These great created things either created themselves – which is impossible – or man created himself then created them – which is also impossible: </div>
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“Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?</div>
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Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief”[al-Toor 52:35-36 – interpretation of the meaning]</div>
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Reason, Revelation and the original state of man (fitrah) all indicate that this universe has One Who brought it into being, that these created things have a Creator Who is Ever-Living and Eternal, All-Knowing and All-Aware, Powerful and Almighty, Kind and Most Merciful. He has the Most Beautiful Names and Sublime Attributes and He knows all things. Nothing is beyond His control, and there is nothing like unto Him: </div>
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“And your Ilaah (God) is One Ilaah (God — Allaah), Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (there is none who has the right to be worshipped but He), the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful</div>
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[al-Baqarah 2:163 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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The existence of Allaah is something that is there is no excuse for not knowing. It is the matter of common sense: </div>
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“Their Messengers said: What! Can there be a doubt about Allaah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth?”</div>
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[Ibraaheem 14:10 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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Allaah has created people with the natural instinct (fitrah) to affirm His Lordship and Oneness, but the shayaateen (devils) came to the sons of Adam and caused them to deviate from their religion. According to a hadeeth qudsi (a type of prophetic narration), “I created all My slaves as haneefs (monotheists), but the shayaateen (devils) came to them and made them deviate from their religion, and they forbade them that which I had permitted to them.” (Narrated by Muslim, no. 2865) </div>
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Among them are those who deny the existence of Allaah, and those who worship the Shaytaan, and those who worship man. And there are those who worship the dinar [money], or fire, or genital organs, or animals. And there are some who associate in worship with Him a stone from the earth or a star in the sky. </div>
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These things which are worshipped instead of Allaah, cannot create or provide; they cannot hear or see, or bring benefits or cause harm. So how can they worship them instead of Allaah? </div>
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“Are many different lords (gods) better or Allaah, the One, the Irresistible?”[Yoosuf 12:39 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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Allaah has condemned those who worship these idols which cannot hear, see or think: </div>
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“Verily, those whom you call upon besides Allaah are slaves like you. So call upon them and let them answer you if you are truthful.</div>
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Have they feet wherewith they walk? Or have they hands wherewith they hold? Or have they eyes wherewith they see? Or have they ears wherewith they hear?”</div>
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[al-A’raaf 7:194-195 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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“Say (O Muhammad to mankind): ‘How do you worship besides Allaah something which has no power either to harm or benefit you? But it is Allaah Who is the All‑Hearer, All‑Knower”</div>
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[al-Maa'idah 5:76 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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How ignorant man is of his Lord Who created him and provides for him. How he rejects Him and forgets Him, and worships others instead of Him: </div>
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“Verily, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind”</div>
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[al-Hajj 22:46 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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Glorified be Allaah far above that which they associate with Him. Praise be to Allaah the Lord of the Worlds: </div>
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“Say (O Muhammad): Praise and thanks be to Allaah, and peace be on His slaves whom He has chosen (for His Message)! Is Allaah better, or (all) that you ascribe as partners (to Him)?” (Of course, Allaah is Better).</div>
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Is not He (better than your gods) Who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down for you water (rain) from the sky, whereby We cause to grow wonderful gardens full of beauty and delight? It is not in your ability to cause the growth of their trees. Is there any ilaah (god) with Allaah? Nay, but they are a people who ascribe equals (to Him)!</div>
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Is not He (better than your gods) Who has made the earth as a fixed abode, and has placed rivers in its midst, and has placed firm mountains therein, and has set a barrier between the two seas (of salt and sweet water)? Is there any ilaah (god) with Allaah? Nay, but most of them know not!</div>
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Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls on Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations? Is there any ilaah (god) with Allaah? Little is that you remember!</div>
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Is not He (better than your gods) Who guides you in the darkness of the land and the sea, and Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain)? Is there any ilaah (god) with Allaah? High Exalted be Allaah above all that they associate as partners (to Him)!</div>
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Is not He (better than your so‑called gods) Who originates creation, and shall thereafter repeat it, and Who provides for you from heaven and earth? Is there any ilaah (god) with Allaah? Say: ‘Bring forth your proofs, if you are truthful’”</div>
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[al-Naml 27:59-64 – interpretation of the meaning] </div>
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Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-78652543449175721222013-01-05T06:28:00.002-08:002013-01-05T06:28:31.742-08:00Miracles of Quran<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">The Miraculous QURAN </span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known about water cycle ?</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known in detail the various st</span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">ages of development from which an embryo grows into a baby and then enters the world from inside his mother?<br /><br />Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known that the universe is "steadily expanding," as the Qur'an puts it, when modern scientists have only in recent decades put forward the idea of the "Big Bang"?<br /><br />Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known about the fact that each individual's fingertips are absolutely unique, when we have only discovered this fact recently, using modern technology and modern scientific equipment?<br /><br />Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known about the role of one of Pharaoh's most prominent aids, Haman, when the details of hieroglyphic translation were only discovered two centuries ago?<br /><br />Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known that the word "Pharaoh" was only used from the 14th century B.C. and not before, as the Old Testament erroneously claims?<br /><br />Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known about Ubar and Iram's Pillars, which were only discovered in recent decades via the use of NASA satellite photographs?<br /><br />Howcome nobody in the entire history of mankind could write a 604 pages book which can be learnt by heart by any 7year old kid even when he dosent know that language ?<br /><br />The Qur'an, this extraordinary book which was revealed to the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad (saas), is a source of inspiration and true knowledge. The book of Islam-no matter what subject it refers to-is being proved as Allah's Word as each new piece of historical, scientific or archaeological information comes to light. Facts about scientific subjects and the news delivered to us about the past and future, facts that no one could have known at the time of the Qur'an's revelation, are announced in its verses. It is impossible for this information, examples of which we have discussed, to have been known with the level of knowledge and technology available in 7th century Arabia.<br /><br />Prominent scholar Dr. Hamidullah tells of an effort in Germany by the Christian scholars to gather all the Greek manuscripts of Bible as the original Bible in Aramaic is extinct. They gathered all manuscripts in the world and after examining them reported: “Some two hundred thousand contradictory narrations have been found… of these one-eighth are of an important nature.<br /><br />” When the report was published, some people established an Institute for Qur’anic Research in Munich with the goal of examining Qur’an the same way. A gigantic research project was started that continued for three generations.<br /><br />By 1933, 43000 photocopies of Qur’anic manuscripts had been collected. A report published shortly before World War II showed the results of the examination of these manuscripts. While some minor mistakes of printing/calligraphy were found, not a single discrepancy in the text had been discovered!<br /><br />So in Short the Glorious Quran is:-<br /><br />1. INIMITABLE<br />it dares you to disprove it... how? It says that humans cannot write a book like this even if they pooled all their resources together and got help from spirits. The Qur'an said this 1400years ago and yet no one has been able to disprove it. Billions of books have been written... But not a single like Qur'an.<br /><br />2. INCORRUPTIBLE<br />it is the only religious sacred writing that has been in circulation for such a long time and yet remains as pure as it was in the beginning. The Qur'an has been kept intact. Nothing has been added to it; and nothing has been taken away from it ever since its revelation was completed 1400years ago.<br /><br />3. UNSURPASSABLE<br />The Qur'an is Allah's final revelation to mankind. Allah revealed the Torah to Moses, Psalms to David, the Gospel to Jesus and finally the Qur'an to Muhammed (S.A.W.W). Moses, David, jesus and Muhammad. No other book will come from Allah to surpass His final revelation.<br /><br />4. INDISPUTABLE<br />The Qur'an withstands the test of time and scrutiny. No one can dispute the truth of this book. It speaks about past history and turns out right. It speaks about the future in prophencie and it turns right. It mentions details of physical phenomena which were not known to people at the time; yet later scientific discoveries prove that the Qur'an was right all along. Every other book needs to be revised in accordance with modern knowledge. The Qur'an alone is never contradicted by a newly discovered scientific fact.<br /><br />5. YOUR ROADMAP FOR LIFE AND AFTERLIFE<br />the Qur'an is the best guidebook on how to structure your life. No other book presents such a comprehensive system involving all aspects of human life. The Qur'an also points out the way to secure everlasting happiness in the after-life. It is your roadmap showing way to paradise<br /><br />6. GIFT OF GUIDANCE from ALLAH<br />Allah has not left you alone. You were made for a reason. ALLAH tells you why He made you, what He demands from you and what He has in store for you. If you operate a machine contrary to its manufacturer's specification you will ruin that machine. What about you? Do you have an owner’ss manual for yourself? The Qur'an is from your maker. It is gift for you to make sure your function for success, lest you fail to function.<br /><br />7. YOUR CALLING CARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR LORD<br />Humans are social creatures. We love to communicate with other intelligent life. The Qur,an tells us how to communicate with the source of all intelligence and the source of al life. The Qur'an tells us who Allah is, by what name what name v should address Him, and the way in which to communicate with Him<br />ARE THESE NOT SUFFICIENT REASONS FOR READING QUR'AN?<br /><br />The only answer to these questions is as follows: the Qur'an is the Word of the Almighty Allah, the Originator of everything and the One Who encompasses everything with His knowledge. In one verse, Allah says, "If it had been from other than Allah, they would have found many inconsistencies in it." (Qur'an, 4:82) Every piece of information the Qur'an contains reveals the secret miracles of this divine book.<br /><br />The human being is meant to hold fast to this Divine Book revealed by Allah and to receive it with an open heart as his one and only guide in life. In the Qur'an, Allah tells us the following:<br /><br />This Qur'an could never have been devised by any besides Allah. Rather it is confirmation of what came before it and an elucidation of the Book which contains no doubt from the Lord of all the worlds. Do they say, "He has invented it"? Say: "Then produce a sura like it and call on anyone you can besides Allah if you are telling the truth." (Qur'an, 10:37-38)<br /><br />And this is a Book We have sent down and blessed, so follow it and have fear of Allah so that hopefully you will gain mercy. (Qur'an, 6:155)</span></span></i><br />
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Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-41684619944867211322013-01-05T06:26:00.001-08:002013-01-05T06:26:27.152-08:00DO You Know?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>The authors of the Six Books are: </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>1- Imam al-Bukhaari</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>2- Imam Muslim</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>3- Imam Abu Dawood</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>4- Imam al-Tirmidhi</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>5- Imam al-Nasaa’i</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>6- Imaam Ibn Maajah </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>There follow brief details about each of them. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>1 – Imam al-Bukhaari </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>His full name was Abu ‘Abd-Allaah Muhammad ibn Ismaa’eel ibn Ibraaheem ibn al-Mugheerah ibn Bardizbah al-Ja’fi al-Bukhaari. His grandfather al-Mugheerah was a freed slave of al-Yamaan al-Ja’fi, the governor of Bukhaarah, so he took his name after he became Muslim. Imam al-Bukhaari was born in Bukhaara in 194 AH. He grew up an orphan and started to memorize ahaadeeth before he was ten years old. When he was a young man he set out to travel to Makkah and perform the obligation of Hajj. He stayed in Makkah for a while, studying under the imams of fiqh, usool and hadeeth. Then he began to travel around, going from one Islamic region to another, for sixteen years in all. He visited many centers of knowledge where he collected ahaadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) until he had compiled more than 600,000 ahaadeeth. He referred to one thousand scholars of hadeeth and discussed these reports with them. These scholars were people who were known for their sincerity, piety and sound belief. From this huge number of ahaadeeth he compiled his book al-Saheeh, following the most precise scientific guidelines in his research as to their authenticity and in distinguishing the saheeh (sound) from the weak, and in finding out about the narrators, until he recorded in his book the most sound of the sound, although it does not contain all the saheeh ahaadeeth. The book’s full title is al-Jaami’ al-Saheeh al-Musnad min Hadeeth Rasool-Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wa Sunanihi wa Ayaamihi. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>The governor of Bukhaara wanted al-Bukhaari to come to his house to teach his children and read ahaadeeth to them. But al-Bukhaari refused and wrote to him: “Knowledge is to be sought in its own house,” meaning that knowledge is to be sought not summoned. Whoever wanted to learn from the scholars should go to them in the mosque or in their houses. So the governor bore a grudge against him and ordered that he be expelled from Bukhaara. So he went to the village of Khartank which is near Samarqand, where he had relatives, and he settled there until he died in 256 AH at the age of 62. May Allaah have mercy upon him. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>2 – Imam Muslim </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>His full name was Muslim ibn al-Hajjaaj ibn Muslim al-Qushayri al-Nisapoori Abu’l-Husayn. He is one of the leading scholars of hadeeth and one of the most knowledgeable. He was born in Nisapoor on the day that Imam al-Shaafa’i died in 204 AH. He studied in Nisapoor, and when he grew up he traveled to Iraq and the Hijaaz to learn hadeeth. He heard ahaadeeth from many shaykhs, and many scholars of hadeeth narrated from him. The most famous of his books is his Saheeh which is known as Saheeh Muslim. This is one of the six reliable books of hadeeth. He spent nearly fifteen years compiling this book, which is second only to Saheeh al-Bukhaari in status and in the strength of its ahaadeeth. Many scholars have written commentaries on his Saheeh. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>His books also include Kitaab al-Tabaqaat, Kitaab al-Jaami’ and Kitaab al-Asma’, and others which exist in printed and manuscript form. He died in the city of Nasarabad, near Nisapoor, in 261 AH, at the age of 57. May Allaah have mercy on him. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>3 – Imam Abu Dawood </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>His full name was Sulaymaan ibn al-Ash’ath ibn Shaddaad ibn ‘Amr ibn Ishaaq ibn Basheer al-Azdi al-Sajistani, from Sajistan. Abu Dawood was the leading hadeeth scholar of his age. He is the author of al-Sunan, which is one of the six reliable books of hadeeth. He was born in 202 AH. He traveled to Baghdad where he met Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and stayed with him; he also looked like him. He also traveled to the Hijaz, Iraq, Khurasaan, Syria, Egypt and the borders of the Islamic world. Al-Nasaa’i, al-Tirmidhi and others narrated hadeeth from him. He attained the highest degree of piety and righteousness. His book al-Sunan includes more than 5300 ahaadeeth. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>The caliph Abu Ahmad Talhah (al-Muwaffaq al-‘Abbaasi) asked three things of him: the first was that he should move to Basrah and settle there, so that seekers of knowledge could come to him, thus bringing more people to settle there. The second was that he should teach al-Sunan to his children. The third was that he should give exclusive classes to his children, for the children of the caliph should not sit with the common people. Abu Dawood said to him: As for the first, yes; as for the second, yes; as for the third, no way, because all people are equal when it comes to knowledge. So the sons of al-Muwaffaq al-‘Abbaasi used to attend his lessons, and they would sit with a screen between them and the people. He remained in Basrah until he died in 275 AH. May Allaah have mercy on him. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>4 – Imam al-Tirmidhi </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>His full name was Muhammad ibn ‘Eesa ibn Soorah ibn Moosa ibn al-Dahhaak al-Salami al-Tirmidhi, Abu Eesa. He came from Tirmidh, once of the cities of Transoxiana, after which he was named. He was one of the leading scholars of hadeeth and memorization of hadeeth. He was born in 209 AH and studied under al-Bukhaari; they had some of the same teachers. He began to seek ahaadeeth by travelling to Khurasaan, Iraq and the Hijaz. He became famous for his memorization of hadeeth, trustworthiness and knowledge. His shaykhs included Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Abu Dawood al-Sajistani. He compiled al-Jaami’ which is counted as one of the six reliable books of hadeeth. In this book he examined the ahaadeeth in detail, which is of benefit to students of fiqh, because he mentions the ahaadeeth and most of his ahaadeeth deal with rulings of fiqh. He mentions the isnaads and lists the Sahaabah who narrated the hadeeth, so what he believes is saheeh he says is saheeh, and what he believes is da’eef he says is da’eef. He explains who among the fuqaha’ accepted the hadeeth and who did not. His Jaami’ is the most comprehensive of the books of al-Sunan, and is the most useful to the muhaddith (hadeeth scholar) and faqeeh. His other works include Kitaab al-Shamaa’il al-Nabawiyyah and al-‘Ilal fi’l-Hadeeth. He was blind for the latter part of his life, after he had travelled around and compiled saheeh reports from prominent and well-versed scholars. He died in 279 AH at the age of 70. May Allaah have mercy on him. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>5 – Imam al-Nasaa’i </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>His full name was Ahmad ibn Shu’ayb ibn ‘Ali ibn Sinaan ibn Bahr ibn Dinar al-Nasaa’i, Abu ‘Abd al-Rahmaan. He came from the city of Nasa in Khurasaan, after which he was named (Nasawi or Nasaa’i). He was born in 215 AH, and he was one of the leading scholars and muhaddiths of his time. His comments on al-jarh wa’l-ta’deel (the study of the soundness or otherwise of narrators of hadeeth) are highly esteemed by the scholars. Al-Haakim said: I heard Abu’l-Hasan al-Daaraqutni say more than once, “Abu ‘Abd al-Rahmaan is the foremost among all scholars of hadeeth, and he is the best evaluator of narrators of his time.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>He was extremely pious and righteous, and he used to regularly observe the best kind of fasting (the fasting of Dawood), he used to fast on alternate days. He lived in Egypt, where his books became famous and people learned from him. Then he moved to Damascus, where he died on Monday 13 Safar 300 AH, at the age of 85. May Allaah have mercy on him. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>6 – Imam Ibn Maajah </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>His full name was Muhammad ibn Yazeed al-Rab’i al-Qazwayni, Abu ‘Abd-Allaah. His father Yazeed was known as Maajah, so he was known as Ibn Maajah. The name al-Rab’i refers to Rabee’ah, after whom he was named because his father was a freed slave of Rabee’ah . He was a famous hafiz and the author of the book of hadeeth called al-Sunan. He was born in Qazwayn, after which he was named, in 209 AH. He travelled to Iraq, Basrah, Kufa, Baghdad, Makkah, Syria, Egypt and al-Rai to write down hadeeth. He wrote three books during his travels: a book on Tafseer; a book on history, in which he compiled the reports of men who had written down reports of the Sunnah from the time of the Sahaabah until his own time; and his book al-Sunan. Ibn Maajah died on Monday 22 Ramadaan 273 AH, at the age of 64. May Allaah have mercy on him. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>Ruling on the ahaadeeth in these books: </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>With regard to Saheeh al-Bukhaari and Saheeh Muslim, the ummah accepts the ahaadeeth that are contained in these books, and they are agreed that everything in them is saheeh apart from a very few phrases which al-Bukhaari and Muslim narrated in order to explain why they are not sound, either explicitly or implicitly, as the scholars who wrote commentaries on these two books, such as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him), have explained. With regard to the other books of Sunan, they are not free of some da’eef (weak) ahaadeeth here and there. Some of them are noted as such by the authors themselves, and others have been pointed out by other scholars. They did not point out all the weak ahaadeeth, because they narrated the ahaadeeth with their isnaads, so it is easy for the scholars to tell the saheeh ahaadeeth from the da’eef by checking the chain of narrators and knowing who is reliable and who is weak.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i> Among the famous scholars in this field were Ahmad, al-Daraqutni, Yahya ibn Ma’een, Ibn Hajar, al-Dhahabi, al-Waaqi and al-Sakhaawi. Among the contemporary scholars in this field are al-Albaani, Ahmad Shaakir and others. May Allaah have mercy on them all.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i> And Allaah knows best.</i></span></div>
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Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-76532299878443834792012-12-09T01:42:00.003-08:002012-12-09T01:42:55.406-08:00Are you ready for Death?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The members of the profane society are basically ignorant, negligent and shallow. They live with vain and false beliefs. One of these is their belief about death. They believe that death is something not even to be thought of. What they really expect is to escape from it by ignoring it. By not thinking about it, they believe that they can elude it. But this is just like the ostrich who puts her head in the sand in order to escape from the danger. Ignoring danger does not make it disappear.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">On the contrary, the person at risk will certainly encounter danger, but without having made any preparations for it, will, in consequence receive a much bigger shock - unlike the believers who ponder on and prepare themselves for this important reality, the truth of which has been experienced by all the people who have ever lived. Allah, therefore, admonishes the unbelievers in the following verse:</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">" The death from which you flee will surely meet you, then you will be sent back to (God), the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, and He will tell you the things that you did." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 62, Verse 8</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Death is not a "disaster" which should be forgotten but an important lesson that teaches people the real meaning of life. It should therefore be the subject of profound thought. The believers ponder deeply on that great reality with sincerity and wisdom. All created beings are mortal, and this shows that they are powerless and unable servants of God. God is the only owner of life; all creatures have come to life by God's Decree and will ultimately die by God's Decree. On this the Qur'an declares:</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">All that is on earth will perish; But will abide (Forever) the Face of your Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 55, Verses 26-27</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Everyone will die, but none can predict where and when that will be. Nobody has any guarantee that he will be alive the next minute. Therefore believers should behave as if they are to die at any moment. Thinking about death will help believers increase their sincerity and fear of God and they will always remain conscious of what awaits them.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">In the Qur'an, the significance of keeping death in mind is expressed in the following verse: </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"We granted not to any human being immortality before you, then if you die, would they live forever? Every soul shall have a taste of death; and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial. To Us you will be returned." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 21, Verses 34-35</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Excerpted from the Moral Values of the Qur'an by Harun Yahya</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The Temporary Life in this world</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Man is placed on earth only for a very short time. There, he will be tested, trained and then passed over to the Hereafter where he will stay forever. The possessions and blessings of this world,although created similar to their originals in Heaven, actually possess many defects and weaknesses. For they are intended to make man remember the Hereafter.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">However, the unbelievers are not capable of comprehending this fact, so they act as if the things of this world are their sole objectives. Yet, this is wholly deceptive, since, the entirely temporary and defective favors of the world are far away from satisfying man who is created for the beauties of eternal perfection. God describes how the world is a temporary place full of deception:</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children, as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment, and (there is) Forgiveness from God and (His) Good Pleasure, whereas the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment." </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 57, Verse 20</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">People consider that their 60-70 year long life on this earth will be long and a satisfying one.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">In another verse the goods and chattels of deception in the world are thus described:</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: Women and sons; Heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood and excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land. Such are the possessions of this world's life; but in nearness to God is the best of the goals (to return to). Say: Shall I give you glad tidings Far better than those? For the righteous are Gardens in nearness to their Lord, with rivers flowing beneath; therein is their eternal home; with companions pure (and holy); and the good pleasure of God. For in God's sight are (all) His servants." </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 3, Verses 14-15</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">People consider that their 60-70 year long life on this earth will be long and a satisfying one. Yet, in a very short time death comes and all are buried in their graves. As a matter of fact, as death comes closer one realizes how short a time he has stayed in this world. On the Day of Resurrection, God will question the people.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"He will say: 'What number of years did you stay on earth?' They will reply: 'We stayed a day or part of a day: but ask those who keep account.' He will say: 'You stayed but a little - if you had only known! Did you think that We had created you in jest, and that you would never be brought back to Us?' " </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Those who forget that this world is only a temporary place for trial and who are not careful of God's signs, but are satisfied only with the worldly play and amusements of this life, assume them as their own, and even deify them will surely deserve the grevious penalty. The Qur'an describes the status of such people: </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"Then, as for him who transgresses all bounds, and prefers the life of this world, then surely the hell, that is the abode." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 79, Verses 37-39</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">A person who rushes to his destination may suddenly run into a hearse. In fact, this is a very important opportunity for someone to pull himself together. The sight he meets reminds him of death. One day, he, too, will be in that hearse. There is no doubt about it, no matter how much he evades it, death will sooner or later find him. Whether in his bed, or on his way, or on vacation, he will certainly leave this world. For death is an unavoidable reality.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Every self will taste death. Then you will be returned to Us. As for those who believe and do right actions, We will lodge them in lofty chambers in the Garden, with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever. How excellent is the reward of those who act: those who are steadfast and put their trust in their Lord. The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 29, Verses 57-59</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Certainly, the consideration that his own body will also be placed in a shroud, covered with soil by his kinsmen, his forename and surname carved on a gravestone, removes man's attachment to the world. Someone who sincerely and realistically thinks about this, sees how senseless it is to lay claim to a body which one day is to decay in the earth.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">In the verse of Chapter 29, God gives the glad tidings of paradise after death to those who are patient and put their trust in God. For this reason, believers, thinking that they will die one day, try to live sincerely directed towards God, living in right action and with the good character commanded by God to attain paradise. Every time they think about the closeness of death, their determination grows and they try to adopt the highest values and increasingly develop them throughout their lives.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">On the other hand, those who give precedence to other thoughts, and spend their lives in vain anxieties, do not think that the same will definitely befall them one day, even in the event that they come across a hearse and even though they pass by cemeteries every day, and even when some of their loved ones die besides them.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">In God’s presence, on a predestined day, all people, all living beings, the world, the sun, the moon, the stars, in brief, all the material world will disappear. In the Qur'an, this day is called the “Day of Resurrection”. This is “...the Day mankind will stand before the Lord of all the worlds” The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 83, Verse 6. On that day, a person will be too occupied to worry about others. He will even abandon his own mother, father, spouse and children. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The intensity and inconceivable terror of the Day of Resurrection will make everyone concern himself over his own affairs. God describes the Day of Resurrection as follows: </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">What will convey to you what the Day of Judgement is? Again! What will convey to you what the Day of Judgement is? It is the Day when a soul will have no power to help any other soul in any way. The command that Day will be God’s alone. The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 82, Verses 17-19</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">When the Deafening Blast comes, that Day a man will flee from his brother and his mother and his father, and his wife and his children: on that Day every man among them will have concerns enough of his own. The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 80, Verses 33-37</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">And thus the most precious social bonds in this life will come to a bitter end. The terror of that day will render all close relations and kinship meaningless. The only precious thing remaining will be faith: </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Then when the Trumpet is blown, that Day there will be no family ties between them; they will not be able to question one another. Those whose scales are heavy are the successful ones. Those whose scales are light are the losers of their souls, remaining in Hell timelessly, for ever. The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 23, Verses 101-103</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Bonds and family ties break down in such a way that people would give their so-called beloved sons, spouses, brothers and even all their relatives in ransom for their own salvation: </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">No good friend will ask about his friend, even though they can see each other. An evil-doer will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day, by means of his sons, or his wife or his brother or his family who sheltered him or everyone else on earth, if only that meant that he could save himself. But no! It is a Raging Blaze. The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 70, Verses 10-15</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">This “offer” is actually an indication of the pitiless and ungrateful nature of disbelievers which surface when their benefits are in question. This offer also warns of the vanity of this life. Often a person chases after trivial goals; for an admirable job, a beautiful house, or a woman, and for money he will work for a lifetime. However, as the Qur'an informs us, in his desperate efforts to be saved, a person will be willing to pay, not just a single woman, but all the women in the world or all possible possessions in ransom for his own personal salvation. However, these are all futile efforts. God is essentially the owner of all the possessions in the world. Salvation, on the other hand, remained behind, in the worldly life. It is too late now and, as promised, hellfire has already started burning.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">As for me I craved nothing more than fashion magazines and novels. I treated myself all the time to videos until those trips to the rental place became my trademark. As they say, when something becomes habit people tend to distinguish you by it. I was negligent in my responsibilities and laziness characterized my Salah. One night, I turned the video off after a marathon three hours of watching. The adhan softly rose in that quiet night. I slipped peacefully into my blanket.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Her voice carried from her prayer room. "Yes? Would you like anything Noorah?"</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">With a sharp needle she popped my plans. 'Don't sleep before you pray Fajr!'</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">With those loving pinches of hers, she called me closer. She was always like that, even before the fierce sickness shook her spirit and shut her in bed. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"OK, I'm sitting. What's on your mind?" </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">[Every soul shall taste death and you will merely be repaid your earnings on Resurrection Day] </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">She stopped thoughtfully. Then she asked, 'Do you believe in death?' </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">'Do you believe that you shall be responsible for whatever you do, regardless of how small or large?' </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"I do, but ... God is Forgiving and Merciful and I've got a long life waiting for me." </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">'Stop it Hanan ... aren't you afraid of death and it's abruptness? Look at Hind. She was younger than you but she died in a car accident. So did so and so, and so and so. Death is age-blind and your age could never be a measure of when you shall die.'</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The darkness of the room filled my skin with fear. "I'm scared of the dark and now you made me scared of death, how am I supposed to go to sleep now. Noorah, I thought you promised you'd go with us on vacation during the summer break." </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Impact. Her voice broke and her heart quivered. 'I might be going on a long trip this year Hanan, but somewhere else. Just maybe. All of our lives are in God's hands and we all belong to Him.'</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">My eyes welled and the tears slipped down both cheeks. I pondered my sisters grizzly sickness, how the doctors had informed my father privately that there was not much hope that Noorah was going to outlive the disease. She wasn't told though. Who hinted to her? Or was it that she could sense the truth. 'What are you thinking about Hanan?' Her voice was sharp. 'Do you think I am just saying this because I am sick? Uh - uh. In fact, I may live longer than people who are not sick. And you Hanan, how long are you going to live? Twenty years, maybe? Forty? Then what?' Through the dark she reached for my hand and squeezed gently. 'There's no difference between us; we're all going to leave this world to live in Paradise or agonize in Hell. Listen to the words of God:</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">[Anyone who is pushed away from the Fire and shown into Jannah will have triumphed.]</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">I left my sister's room dazed, her words ringing in my ears: May God guide you Hanan - don't forget your prayer. Eight O'clock in the morning. Pounding on my door. I don't usually wake up at this time. Crying. Confusion. O God, what happened? Noorahs condition became critical after Fajr, they took her immediately to the hospital ... Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (To Him we belong and to Him is our return). There wasn't going to be any trips this summer. It was written that I would spend the summer at home. After an eternity... It was one O'clock in the afternoon. Mother phoned the hospital. 'Yes. You can come and see her now.' Dad's voice had changed, mother could sense something had gone deathly wrong. We left immediately. Where was that avenue I used to travel and thought was so short? Why was it so long now, so very long. Where was the cherished crowd and traffic that would give me a chance to gaze left and right. Everyone, just move out of our way. Mother was shaking her head in her hands - crying - as she made dua' for her Noorah.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">We arrived at the hospitals main entrance. One man was moaning, another was involved in an accident and a third's eyes were iced, you couldn't tell if he was alive or dead. We skipped stairs to Noorahs floor. She was in intensive care. The nurse approached us. 'Let me take you to her.' As we walked down the aisles the nurse went on expressing how sweet a girl Noorah was. She reassured Mother somewhat that Noorah's condition had gotten better than what it was in the morning. 'Sorry. No more than one visitor at a time.' This was the intensive care unit. Through the small window in the door and past the flurry of white robes I caught my sisters eyes. Mother was standing beside her. After two minutes, mother came out unable to control her crying. 'You may enter and say Salam to her on condition that you do not speak too long,' they told me. 'Two minutes should be enough.'</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"How are you Noorah? You were fine last night sister, what happened?" We held hands, she squeezed harmlessly. 'Even now, Alhamdulillah, I'm doing fine.' "Alhamdulillah ... but ... your hands are so cold." I sat on her bedside and rested my fingers on her knee. She jerked it away. "Sorry ... did I hurt you?" "No, it is just that I remembered God's words [One leg will be wrapped to the other leg (in the death shroud)] ... Hanan pray for me. I may be meeting the first day of the hearafter very soon. It is a long journey and I haven't prepared enough good deeds in my suitcase.'</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">A tear escaped my eye and ran down my cheek at her words. I cried and she joined me. The room blurred away and left us - two sisters - to cry together. Rivulets of tears splashed down on my sister's palm which I held with both hands. Dad was now becoming more worried about me. I've never cried like that before. At home and upstairs in my room, I watched the sun pass away with a sorrowful day. Silence mingled in our corridors. A cousin came in my room, another. The visitors were many and all the voices from downstairs stirred together. Only one thing was clear at that point ... Noorah had died! I stopped distinguishing who came and who went. I couldn't remember what they said. O Allah, where was I? What was going on? I couldn't even cry anymore. Later that week they told me what had happened. Dad had taken my hand to say goodbye to my sister for the last time, I had kissed Noorah's head. I remember only one thing though, seeing her spread on that bed, the bed that she was going to die on. I remembered the verse she recited: [One leg will be wrapped to the other leg (in the death shroud)] and I knew too well the truth of the next verse: [The drive on that day we be to your Lord (Allah)!]</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">I tiptoed into her prayer room that night. Staring at the quiet dressers and silenced mirrors, I treasured who it was that had shared my mother's stomach with me. Noorah was my twin sister. I remembered who I had swapped sorrows with. Who had comforted my rainy days. I remembered who had prayed for my guidance and who had spent so many tears for so many long nights telling me about death and accountability. May God save us all. Tonight is Noorah's first night that she shall spend in her tomb. O Allah, have mercy on her and illumine her grave. This was her Qur'an, her prayer mat and ...and this was the spring rose-colored dress that she told me she would hide until she got married, the dress she wanted to keep just for her husband. I remembered my sister and cried over all the days that I had lost. I prayed to God to have mercy on me, accept me and forgive me. I prayed to Allah to keep her firm in her grave as she always liked to mention in her supplications. At that moment, I stopped. I asked myself: what if it was I who had died? Where would I be moving on to? Fear pressed me and the tears began all over again. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar...</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The first adhan rose softly from the Masjid, how beautiful it sounded this time. I felt calm and relaxed as I repeated the Muadhdhins call. I wrapped the shawl around my shoulders and stood to pray Fajr. I prayed as if it was my last prayer, a farewell prayer, just like Noorah had done yesterday. It had been her last Fajr. Now and Insha Allah for the rest of my life, if I awake in the mornings I do not count on being alive by evening, and in the evening I do not count on being alive by morning. We are all going on Noorah's journey - what have we prepared for it?</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Throughout history, man has successfully coped with many seemingly intractable problems. But death has remained inescapable. Everyone who appears on this earth no matter when, is destined to die. Man only lives until a certain day and then dies. Some die very young, while still babies. Others go through all phases of life and face death in their latter years. Nothing a man possesses, neither property, fortune, status, fame, grandeur, confidence nor good looks can repel death. Without exception, all men are helpless against death and will remain so.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The majority of people avoid thinking about death. It never occurs to them that this absolute end will befall them one day. They harbour the superstitious belief that if they avoid the thought of it, that will make them immune from death. In daily conversations, those who intend to talk about death are interrupted out of hand. Someone who does begin to speak about death, intentionally or not, recalls a sign of God and, even if only to a very slight degree, removes the thick cloud of heedlessness covering people’s eyes. Nevertheless, a majority of people who make insouciance a way of life, feel uneasy when such “disturbing” facts are presented to them. Yet, the more they try to escape from the thought of death, the more the moment of death will obsess them. Their devil-may-care attitude will determine the intensity of the terror and bewilderment they will experience at the moment of death, on the Day of Judgement and during the eternal torment.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Time works against man. Have you ever heard of a man who has resisted ageing and death? Or, do you know anybody who will not die? This is quite unlikely! Unlikely because man has no influence whatsoever on his body or on his own life. That he himself did not decide his birth makes this fact obvious. Another piece of evidence is man's desperateness in the face of death. The owner of life is the One who grants it to man. And whenever He wills, He takes it back. God, the Owner of life, informs man about this in the verse He revealed to His Prophet:</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">We did not give any human being before you immortality. And if you die, will they then be immortal? The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 21, Verse 34</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">At this moment, there are millions of people living around the world. From this we conclude that countless people appeared and passed away since the creation of the first man on earth. They all died without exception. Death is a certain end: for people in the past as well for those currently alive. No one can avoid this inevitable end. As the Qur’an puts it:</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Every self will taste death. You will be paid your wages in full on the Day of Resurrection. Anyone who is distanced from the Fire and admitted to the Garden has triumphed. The life of the world is just the enjoyment of delusion. The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 3, Verse 185</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Like Christians, Muslims believe that the present life is only a trial preparation for the next realm of existence. This life is a test for each individual for the life after death. A day will come when the whole universe will be destroyed and the dead will be resurrected for judgment by God. This day will be the beginning of a life that will never end. This day is the Day of Judgment.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">On that day, all people will be rewarded by God according to their beliefs and deeds. Those who die while believing that "There is no true god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God" and are Muslim will be rewarded on that day and will be admitted to Paradise forever, as God has said:</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"And those who believe and do good deeds, they are dwellers of Paradise, they dwell therein forever." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 2, Verse 82</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">But those who die while not believing that "There is no true god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God" or are not Muslim will loose Paradise forever and will be sent to Hellfire, as God has said:</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him and he will be one of the losers in the Hereafter." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 3, Verse 85</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"Those who have disbelieved and died in disbelief, the earth full of gold would not be aceepted from any of them if it were offered as a ransom. They will have a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 3, Verse 91</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">One may ask,'I think Islam is a good religion, but if I were to convert to Islam, my family, friends, and other people would persecute me and make fun of me. So if I do not convert to Islam, will I enter Paradise and be saved from Hellfire?' The answer is what God has said in the preceeding verse,"And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him and he will be one of the losers in the Hereafter."</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">After having sent the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) to call people to Islam, God does not accept adherence to any way of life other than Islam. God is our Creator and Sustainer. He created for us whatever is in the earth. All the blessings and good things we have are from Him. So after all this, when someone rejects belief in God, His Prophet Muhammad(pbuh), or His religion of Islam, it is just that he or she be punished in the Hereafter. Actually, the main purpose of our creation is to worship God alone and to obey Him, as God has said in the Holy Qur'an, Chapter 51, Verse 56.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The value of this world compared to that of the Hereafter is like a few drops of water compared to the sea</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">This life we live today is a very short life. The unbelievers on the Day of Judgment will think that the life they lived on earth was only a day or part of a day, as God has said:</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"He (God) will say, "How many years did you stay on the earth?" They will say:"We stayed a day or part of a day...." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 23, Verses 112-113</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"Did you then think that We created you in jest (without any purpose), and that you would not be returned to Us (in the Hereafter)? So, God is exallted, the True King. None has the right to be worshipped but Him..." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 23, Verses 115-116</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">In comparing this world with the Hereafter, the Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) said: </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The meaning is that, the value of this world compared to that of the Hereafter is like a few drops of water compared to the sea.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The concept of the "End Times," may not be familiar to many people, so it will be useful to offer a brief explanation. Islamic sources describe the End Times as being a time close to the Day of Judgement, a time when the morality of the Qur'an will rule over the entire world. All the necessary conditions will be satisfied to allow people to live in peace and security. Bountifulness, growth and justice will replace all the problems that have been faced in earlier periods.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">All forms of immorality, deceit and degeneracy will disappear. This will be a joyous time, one longed for for so long, when Qur'anic morality predominates.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Hadiths (sayings) of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, contain detailed explanations of what the End Times will be like. Many prominent Islamic scholars have also made valuable statements on the subject. These indicate that the world will first go through a period of terrible confusion and tribulation, to be followed by a time when it is saved by turning to the true religion, a time of plenty, when the benefits of technology can be enjoyed by all, a time of great medical and scientific advances, a time of superior art.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">In the early days of the End Times, there will be a general degeneration caused by a number of philosophical systems that deny the existence of Allah. People will turn away from the true purpose behind their creation, which will lead to a spiritual and psychological collapse. Terrible disasters, such as wars, conflict and famine, will follow one after another, and people will cry out, desperate to be saved from them. The same thing applies to the conflicts taking place in Islamic lands. Muslims who seek to live freely by their religion and abide by its tenets are trying to survive in the face of great oppression, and women, children and the elderly are being ruthlessly murdered. Anti-Islamic forces which are terrorizing Muslims and trying to prevent the unification of the Islamic world are increasing their levels of violence with every day. However, this period of war and conflict will not last for long. Allah has promised to free people from this terrible chaos of the End Times and lead them to a happier time.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">This new age will begin with the return of the Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, and will mean the end of winter for Muslims and the coming of spring. This age is referred to as the time when "guns will fall silent" in hadiths, and when peace will rule. Some of the hadiths of Allah's Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, concerning the great good news of the new age are: </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">... Grudge and mutual hatred wil be lifted (removed)... The earth will be filled with peace just as a vessel is filled with water. (Sunan Ibn-i Majah)</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">As the hadiths reveal, in the Golden Age there will be great fellowship between different peoples, especially those who had previously been in conflict, and friendship and love will replace all forms of conflict.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">This age will, as revealed by the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, be a small version of paradise, a blessing from Allah to the faithful. This age, with its plenty and comforts of all kind, longed for by all Muslims, will be a wonderful reward in this world for all those following the path of Allah. It will of course be a great honor for all Muslims to spread the good news of this wonderful time.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Yet a responsibility goes hand-in-hand with that honor. Since this is the End Times, all Muslims need to have the necessary maturity and determination to wage a war of ideas in the extraordinary conditions that accompany it. The situation of suffering Muslims reminds of that fact each and every day. It is impossible to turn away when the innocent and defenseless, who have limited means at their disposal, are the targets for the bullets of wild-eyed assassins, when millions are condemned to live in hunger and poverty in refugee camps, when large numbers of Muslims are subjected to torture and ill-treatment.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">It is wrong to say, "There is nothing I can do about it." It must not be forgotten that at the bottom of the wickedness in the world today lies atheism, and everybody is able to help in the war of ideas being waged against it. Telling people of the existence of Allah, learning to fear Him, reminding people what will happen on the Day of Judgement and communicating the purpose behind our existence in this world are all important steps that can be taken to put an end to all that wickedness. If justice, cooperation, compassion, love, sacrifice and forgiveness all come to prevail in the world, then it is natural that a world full of justice, peace and security will follow. That can never come about, however, unless all people of good conscience act together.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Every effort made to help do away with the destructive effects of atheism and replace these with positive ones will at the same time help the Muslims of the present day. This struggle, based on peace, compromise and love, will spur people's consciences into action and prevent the innocent from suffering. Allah reveals the end result of such a struggle: </i></span><br />
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Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-7348486688879215702011-09-29T02:54:00.001-07:002011-09-29T02:54:14.122-07:00Woman showing her eyes<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ9bhWidY6p3i6z3apNtECa2qR5M0UeuQaojoAkGswfF1xLTEhRtp1aoaxL"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="question" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(254, 6, 7); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>Is it permissible to show the eyes only in front of non-mahram men?. </b></i></font><br> <br></span><div id="separator" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(174, 174, 174); width: 545px; height: 5px; background-position: 50% 50%; "></div><div class="answer" style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>Praise be to Allaah. </b></i></font><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>Yes, it is permissible for a woman to show her eyes. That is so that she will be able to see. But it is not permissible for men to look at the eyes of a woman. </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Humayd (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>If the burqa' [a kind of face veil] covers the entire face, leaving only the eyes uncovered, there is nothing wrong with that. But if it does not cover the entire face, rather it covers the mouth and leaves the rest of the face uncovered, that is not permissible, especially in the presence of non-mahram men. </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>So the entire face must be covered, but the eyes may be left uncovered so that the woman can see where she is going, as was said by Ibn Mas'ood, 'Ubaydah al-Salmaani and others. And Allaah knows best. </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>Fataawa al-Mar'ah al-Muslimah, 1/393, 394. </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>And Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him) said: </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>There is nothing wrong with covering the face with the niqaab or burqa' [kinds of face veil] which has two openings for the eyes only, because this was known at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), because there is a need for that. If nothing shows but the eyes, that is acceptable, especially if that is what women customarily wear in that society. </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>Fataawa al-Mar'ah al-Muslimah, 1/399 </b></i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; "> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b>But we should note that the majority of women, nowadays, do not stop at uncovering the eyes only, rather they go beyond that and uncover part of the forehead and nose, so they go beyond the area that it is permitted for them to show. Hence some of the scholars – such as Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) – forbade wearing the burqa' and niqaab, because of the careless attitude on the part of some women.</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b><br></b></i></font></p></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b> </b></i></font></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="georgia, serif"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Source:- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/8540/forehead">http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/8540/forehead</a></span></b></i></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2e5092" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br> </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(174, 174, 174); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div class="answer" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; color: rgb(46, 80, 146); "> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; "><br></p></div></span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><font><font><font style="font-style:italic"><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:13px"> <br></div></font></font></font> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-23357744516523391432011-09-29T01:50:00.001-07:002011-09-29T01:50:42.076-07:00Description of the Prophet’s prayer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(174, 174, 174); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="question" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(254, 6, 7); ">What is Description of the Prophet's prayer ?.<br> <br></span><div id="separator" style="width: 545px; height: 5px; background-image: url(http://www.islamqa.com/misc/separator.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></div><div class="answer" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; color: rgb(46, 80, 146); "> <p>Praise be to Allaah.</p><p>1 – Facing the direction of the Ka'bah</p><p>1- When you stand up to pray, face the direction of the Ka'bah wherever you are, in both fard (obligatory) and naafil (supererogatory) prayers. This is one of the pillars of prayer, without which prayer is not valid.</p> <p>2- The obligation of facing the direction of prayer does not apply to one who is engaged in warfare, when he prays the fear prayer (salaat al-khawf) or is engaged in heavy fighting. It also does not apply to those who are unable to do it, such as one who is sick, or one who is traveling on a ship, in a car or on a plane, if they fear that the time of the prayer will elapse (before they reach a place where they can find the correct direction). And it does not apply to one who is praying a naafil prayer or witr prayer whilst riding on a riding-animal etc., but it is mustahabb for him to face the qiblah if he is able to do so when pronouncing the takbeer of ihraam (at the beginning of the prayer), then he may face whatever direction he is facing.</p> <p>3- Everyone who can see the Ka'bah must face it; those who cannot see it must face its direction.</p><p>Ruling on not facing the Ka'bah in prayer by mistake:</p><p>4- If a person prays not facing the qiblah, because of clouds [preventing him from working out the direction from the position of the sun] or some other reason, after he did his best to work out the right direction, his prayer is valid and he does not have to repeat it.</p> <p>5- If someone whom he trusts comes – whilst he is praying – and tells him of the right direction, then he must hasten to turn that way, and his prayer is valid.</p><p>2 – Qiyaam (standing in prayer)</p><p>6- It is obligatory to pray standing. This is a pillar (essential part of prayer), except for the one who is praying the fear prayer or at times of intense fighting, when it is permitted to pray whilst riding; for the one who is sick and unable to stand, who should pray sitting if he is able, otherwise lying on his side; and the one who is praying a naafil prayer, who may pray whilst riding or sitting if he wishes, and he indicates the rukoo' and sujood with his head. The one who is sick may also do this, and he should make his sujood lower than his rukoo'.</p> <p>7- It is not permissible for one who is praying sitting down to put something raised up on the ground in order to prostrate on it. Rather he should make his sujood lower than his rukoo' – as we have mentioned – if he is unable to touch the ground directly with his forehead.</p> <p>Prayer on board a ship or airplane</p><p>8- It is permissible to pray fard prayers on board a ship or airplane.</p><p>9- It is permissible to pray them sitting down if one fears that one may fall.</p><p>10- It is permissible to lean on a pillar or stick when standing, if one is old or weak in body.</p> <p>Combining standing and sitting in prayer</p><p>11- It is permissible to pray qiyaam al-layl standing or sitting with no excuse, or to do both. So a person may pray and reciting sitting down, and just before doing rukoo' he may stand up and recite the rest of the aayahs standing up, then do rukoo' and sujood, then he can do likewise in the second rak'ah.</p> <p>12- If he prays sitting down, he should pray sitting cross-legged or in whatever position he finds comfortable.</p><p>Praying wearing shoes</p><p>13- It is permissible to pray barefoot, or to pray wearing shoes.</p><p> 14- It is better to pray sometimes barefoot and sometimes wearing shoes, according to what is easy; one should not make it difficult to put shoes on or to take them off in order to pray If a person is barefoot, he should pray barefoot and if he is wearing shoes then he should pray wearing shoes, except when there is a reason not to do so.</p> <p>15- If he takes them off, then he should not place them to his right; rather he should place them to his left, if there is no one on his left, otherwise he should put them between his feet. There is a subtle hint that he should not place them in front of himself. This is the etiquette which most worshippers ignore, so you see them praying facing their shoes! This is what was narrated in the saheeh reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).</p> <p>Praying on the minbar</p><p>16- It is permissible for the imaam to pray on an elevated place such as the minbar, in order to teach the people. So he should stand up on it to pray, then say takbeer, recite Qur'aan and do rukoo' whilst he is on that place, then he should come down backwards so that he can prostrate on the ground at the base of the minbar, then he may go back to it and do the same in the second rak'ah as he did in the first.</p> <p>It is obligatory to pray facing a sutrah and be close to it</p><p>17- It is obligatory to pray facing a sutrah (screen or cover), there is no difference whether that is in the mosque or elsewhere, whether the mosque is big or small, because of the general meaning of the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), "Do not pray except facing a sutrah, and do not let anyone pass in front of you, and if he insists then fight him, for he has a companion (qareen) with him" – meaning the Shaytaan.</p> <p>18- It is obligatory to be close to the sutrah, because this is what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded.</p><p>19- Between the place where the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prostrated and the wall there would be a space nearly big enough for a sheep to pass through. Whoever does that is close enough [to the sutrah] as is required. I say: from this we known that what people do in all the mosques that I have seen in Syria and elsewhere, by praying in the middle of the mosque far away from the wall or pillars is but negligence towards the command and action of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).</p> <p>How high should the sutrah be?</p><p>20- The sutrah should be approximately a handspan or two above the ground, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When one of you places in front of him something such as the stick on the end of a saddle, he should pray and not worry about anyone who passes in front of that." This hadeeth indicates that a line on the ground is not sufficient, and the hadeeth narrated concerning that is da'eef (weak).</p> <p>21- He should face the sutrah directly, because this is apparent meaning of the command to pray towards the sutrah. Stepping slightly to the right or left so that one is not facing it directly, is not correct.</p><p>22- It is permissible to pray facing a stick planted in the ground and the like, or a tree, or a pillar, or one's wife lying down in bed underneath her blanket, or an animal, even if it is a camel.</p> <p>Prohibition of praying towards graves</p><p>23- It is not permitted to pray facing graves at all, whether they are the grave of Prophets or of others.</p><p>Prohibition of walking in front of one who is praying even in al-Masjid al-Haraam</p> <p>24- It is not permitted to walk in front of one who is praying if there is a sutrah in front of him [i.e., it is not permissible to come between him and his sutrah]. There is no difference in this regard between al-Masjid al-Haraam and other mosques, all of them are the same in that this [walking in front of one who is praying] is not permitted, because of the general meaning of the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): "If the person who passes in front of one who is praying knew how great a burden of sin resulted from that, standing for forty [years] would be better for him than passing in front of one who is praying." This refers to passing between him and the place of his prostration. The hadeeth which speaks of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) praying in Haashiyat al-Mataaf without a sutrah and with people passing in front of him is not saheeh, even though it does not say that they were passing between him and his place of prostration. It is obligatory for the one who is prostrating to prevent the one who wants to pass in front of him, even in Masjid al-Haraam.</p> <p>25- It is not permissible for the one who is praying towards a sutrah to let anyone pass in front of him, because of the hadeeth quoted above, "Do not let anyone pass in front of you…" And because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When one of you is praying towards something which is a sutrah between him and the people, and someone wants to pass in front of him, then he should push him in the upper chest and repel him as much as he can." According to another report: "… he should stop him twice, but if he insists then he should fight him, for he is a devil."</p> <p>Stepping forward to prevent someone passing in front of him</p><p>26- It is permissible for a person to take one or two steps to the front, in order to prevent one who is not responsible from passing in front of him, such as an animal or a small child, and to make them pass behind him.</p> <p>What breaks prayer</p><p>27- The sutrah is so important to prayer that it prevents a person's prayer from being invalidated, if someone passes in front of him. This is in contrast to the one who does not use a sutrah, whose prayer is broken if an adult woman, a donkey or a black dog passes in front of him.</p> <p>3 – Niyyah (intention)</p><p>28- The worshipper must have the intention of praying the prayer for which he is standing. He must have the intention in his heart of performing a specific prayer, such as the fard (obligatory prayer) of Zuhr or of 'Asr, or the Sunnah of those prayers. This is a condition or pillar (essential part) of the prayer, but uttering the intention verbally is a bid'ah which goes against the Sunnah, which was not suggested by any of the imams who are followed.</p> <p>4 – Takbeer</p><p>29- Then he should start the prayer by saying "Allaahu akbar (Allaah is Most Great)." This is an essential part of the prayer, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The key to prayer is purifying oneself (wudoo'), it is entered by takbeer (saying 'Allaahu akbar') and exited by tasleem (saying 'al-salaamu 'alaykum')" i.e, once you say takbeer, certain things are prohibited and this prohibition ends when you say tasleem.</p> <p>30- He should not raise his voice when saying takbeer in all the prayers, unless he is acting as an imaam.</p><p>31- It is permissible for the muezzin to convey the takbeer of the imaam to the people, if there is a need to do so, such as if the imaam is sick and his voice is weak, or because there are many worshippers praying behind him.</p> <p>32- The one who is following the imaam should not say takbeer until the imaam has finished saying takbeer.</p><p>Raising the hands – how it is to be done</p><p>33- He should raise his hands when saying the takbeer, or before or after doing so. All of these are proven in the Sunnah.</p> <p>34- He should raise them with the fingers stretched out.</p><p>35- He should raise them level with his shoulders, or sometimes until they are level with his earlobes. I say: with regard to touching the earlobes with the thumbs, there is no basis for this in the Sunnah, rather in my view this has to do with waswaas (insinuating whispers of the Shaytaan).</p> <p>Placing the hands – how it is to be done</p><p>36- Then he should place his right hand on his left, immediately after the takbeer. This is the way of the Prophets (peace be upon them), and this is what the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) enjoined upon his companions. It is not permissible to let the arms hang at the sides.</p> <p>37- The right hand should be placed on the back of the left hand, wrist and forearm.</p><p>38- Sometimes the left hand may be grasped with the right. The combination of placing and grasping, which was favoured by some later scholars, has no basis.</p> <p>Where they should be placed</p><p>39- The hands should be placed on the chest only; there is no difference between men and women in this regard. I say: placing them anywhere other than on the chest is da'eef (weak) or has no basis.</p> <p>40- It is not permissible to put the right hand on the waist.</p><p>Humility and looking at the place of prostration</p><p>41- The worshipper must be humble in his prayer, and should avoid everything that may distract him from it, such as adornments and decorations. He should not pray where there is food that he wants to eat, or when he needs to urinate or defecate.</p> <p>42- Whilst he is standing, he should look towards the place where he will prostrate.</p><p>43- He should not look to the right or the left, because looking here and there is a snatching away which the Shaytaan steals from the prayer of the slave.</p> <p>44- It is not permissible for him to look up at the sky.</p><p>Du'aa' al-Istiftaah (du'aa' at the start of prayer)</p><p>45- Then he should start the prayer with some of the du'aa's which are narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). There are many of these, the most famous of which is "Subhaanaka Allaahumma wa bihamdika, wa tabaaraka ismuka wa ta'aala jadduka, wa laa ilaaha ghayruka (Glory and praise be to You O Allaah, blessed be Your name and exalted be Your Majesty, and there is no god but You)." The command to do this is proven so we should adhere to it. Whoever wants to see the other du'aa's may refer to Sifat al-Salaah, p. 91-95, Maktabat al-Ma'aarif, Riyadh, edition. [In English, see "The Prophet's Prayer described" by Shaykh al-Albaani, al-Haneef Publications, p. 14-19]</p> <p>Recitation of Qur'aan</p><p>46- Then he should seek refuge with Allaah – this is obligatory, and he is sinning if he omits to do so.</p><p>47- The Sunnah is sometimes to say "A'oodhu Billaahi min al-Shaytaan il-rajeem, min hamzihi wa nafkhihi wa nafathihi (I seek refuge with Allaah from the accursed Satan, from his madness, his arrogance and his poetry)," – poetry here refers to blameworthy kinds of poetry.</p> <p>48- And sometimes he may say, "A'oodhu Billaah il-Samee' il-A'leem min al-Shaytaan… (I seek refuge with Allaah, the All-Hearing, All-Knowing, from the Shaytaan…)."</p><p>49- Then he should say silently – whether the prayer is to be recited aloud or silently – "Bismillah il-Rahmaan il-Raheem (In the Name of Allaah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful)."</p> <p>Reciting al-Faatihah</p><p>50- Then he should recite Soorat al-Faatihah (the first soorah of the Qur'aan) in full, including the Basmalah (Bismillaahi il-Rahmaan il-Raheem). This is an essential part of the prayer, without which the prayer is not valid. Those who do not speak Arabic must memorize this soorah.</p> <p>51- Those who cannot remember it should say: "Subhaan Allaah, wa'l-hamdu-Lillaah, wa laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar, wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah (Glory be to Allaah, praise be to Allaah, there is no god but Allaah, Allaah is Most Great, and there is no strength and no power except with Allaah)."</p> <p>52- The Sunnah is to recite it one verse at a time, and to pause at the beginning of each aayah. So he should say: "Bismillaah il-Rahmaan il-Raheem (In the Name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)," then pause. Then say, "Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabb il-'Aalameen (All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the Lord of the 'Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that exists), then pause. Then say: 'al-Rahmaan il-Raheem (The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful), then pause… and so on, until the end of the aayah.</p> <p>This is how the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to recite the whole soorah, pausing at the end of each aayah and not joining one aayah to the next, even if there is continuity of the meaning.</p> <p>53- It is permissible to read it as Maaliki Yawm id-Deen or Maliki Yawm id-Deen.</p><p>How the one who is praying behind the imaam should recite it</p><p>54- The one who is praying behind the imam should recite it behind the imaam in prayers where Qur'aan in recited silently and in prayers where it is recited aloud, if he cannot hear the imam's recitation, or if he pauses after completing it so that those who are praying behind him can recite it. We think that this pause was not proven in the Sunnah. I say I have mentioned the evidence of those who think that this pause is permissible and the refutation of that evidence, in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da'eefah, no. 546, 547, part 2, p. 24-26, Dar al-Ma'aarif edition.</p> <p>Recitation after al-Faatihah</p><p>55- It is Sunnah to recite – after al-Faatihah – another soorah, even in Salaat al-Janaazah (funeral prayer), or some aayahs, in the first two rak'ahs.</p><p>56- The recitation may be made lengthy sometimes, and shorter sometimes, for reasons of travel, coughing, sickness or the crying of an infant.</p> <p>57- The recitation varies according to the prayers. The recitation in Fajr prayer is longer than it is in all the other prayers. Next longest is Zuhr, then 'Asr, then 'Isha', then Maghrib, usually.</p><p>58- The recitation in the night prayers (qiyaam al-layl) is longer than all of these.</p> <p>59- The Sunnah is to make the recitation longer in the first rak'ah than in the second.</p><p>60- He should make the recitation in the last two shorter than in the first two rak'ahs, half the length. If you want more details on this topic, see Sifat al-Salaah p. 102 (Arabic original).</p> <p>Reciting al-Faatihah in every rak'ah</p><p>61- It is obligatory to recite al-Faatihah in every rak'ah.</p><p>62- It is Sunnah to add to it in the last two rak'ahs as well.</p><p>63- It is not permissible for the imaam to make his recitation longer than that which is described in the Sunnah, because that is difficult for those who may be praying behind him, such as the elderly and sick, or nursing mothers, or those who have other things to do.</p> <p>Reciting aloud and reciting quietly</p><p>64- Qur'aan should be recited aloud in Fajr and Jumu'ah prayers, Eid prayers, prayers for rain (istisqaa'), prayers at the time of an eclipse (kusoof) and in the first two rak'ahs of Maghrib and 'Isha'.</p> <p>He should recite silently in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, in the third rak'ah of Maghrib and in the last two rak'ahs of 'Ishaa'.</p><p>65- It is permissible for the imaam occasionally to make an aayah audible in the prayers where recitation is to be done silently.</p> <p>66- In Witr and Qiyaam al-Layl, he should recite silently sometimes and aloud sometimes, and he should be moderate in raising his voice.</p><p>Tarteel – reciting at a measured pace</p><p>67- The Sunnah is to recite the Qur'aan at a measured pace, not quickly or hastily. It should be read in a manner that clearly distinguishes each letter, beautifying the Qur'aan with one's voice. He should observe the well known rulings of the scholars of Tajweed and he should not recite it in the innovated manner of singers or according to the rules of music.</p> <p>Prompting the imaam</p><p>68- It is prescribed for the one who is praying behind the imaam to prompt the imaam if he hesistates in his recitation.</p><p>6 – Rukoo' (bowing)</p><p>69- When he has completed the recitation, he should pause briefly, to catch his breath.</p> <p>70- Then he should raise his hands in the manner described for takbeerat al-ihraam (the takbeer at the beginning of prayer).</p><p>71- And he should say takbeer ("Allahu akbar"). This is obligatory.</p><p>72- Then he should do rukoo', bowing as deeply as his joints will let him, until his joints take the new position and are relaxed in it. This is an essential part of prayer.</p> <p>How to do rukoo'</p><p>73- He should put his hands on his knees, firmly, spacing the fingers out, as if he is grasping his knees. All of this is obligatory.</p><p>74- He should spread his back and make it level so that if water were poured on it, it would stay there (not run off). This is obligatory.</p> <p>75- He should not lower or raise his head, but make it level with his back.</p><p>76- He should keep his elbows away from his sides.</p><p>77- In rukoo', he should say "Subhaana Rabbiy al-'Azeem (Glory be to my Lord, the Almighty) three times or more. There are others kinds of dhikr which may be said in rukoo', some of which are long, some of medium length and some short. See Sifat Salaat al-Nabi (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), p. 132, Maktabat al-Ma'aarif edition [The Prophet's Prayer Described, p. 44].</p> <p>Making the essential parts of prayer equal in length</p><p>78- It is Sunnah to make the essential parts of prayer equal in length, so the rukoo', the standing after rukoo', the prostration and the sitting between the two prostrations should be make approximately the same in length.</p> <p>79- It is not permissible to recite Qur'aan in rukoo' or in sujood.</p><p>Straightening up from rukoo'</p><p>80- Then he should straighten up from rukoo'. This is an essential part of the prayer.</p><p>81- Whilst straightening up, he should say, "Sami'a Allaahu liman hamidah (Allaah listens to the one who praises Him)." This is obligatory.</p> <p>82- He should raise his hands when straightening up, in the manner described above.</p><p>83- Then he should stand straight until every vertebra has returned to its place. This is an essential part of the prayer.</p><p> 84- Whilst standing thus, he should say, "Rabbanaa wa laka al-hamd (our Lord, to You be all praise)." (There are other kinds of dhikr which may be said at this point. See Sifat al-Salaah, p. 135/The Prophet's prayer described, p. 47). This is obligatory for every person who is praying, even if he is following an imaam, because this is the dhikr of standing after rukoo', and saying "Sami'a Allaahu liman hamidah" is the dhikr of straightening up from rukoo'. It is not prescribed to put the hands one over the other during this standing, because this was not narrated (from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)). For more details, see Sifat Salaat al-Nabi, 1 – Istiqbaal al-Qiblah (The Prophet's Prayer Described – Facing the Ka'bah).</p> <p>85- He should make this standing equal in length to the rukoo', as stated above.</p><p>7 – Sujood (prostration)</p><p>86- Then he should say "Allaahu akbar" – this is obligatory.</p><p>87- He should raise his hands sometimes.</p> <p>Going down on the hands</p><p>88- Then he should go down into sujood on his hands, putting them down before the knees. This is what was commanded by the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and it is proven that he did this, and he forbade imitating the manner in which a camel sits down, which camel is by kneeling with its forelegs first.</p> <p>89- When he prostrates – which is an essential part of the prayer – he should put his weight on his palms and spread them out.</p><p>90- He should keep the fingers together.</p><p>91- And point the fingers towards the qiblah.</p> <p>92- He should put his palms level with his shoulders.</p><p>93- Sometimes he should make them level with his ears.</p><p>94- He should keep his forearms off the ground. This is obligatory. He should not spread them along the ground like a dog.</p> <p>95- He should place his nose and forehead firmly on the ground. This is an essential part of the prayer.</p><p>96- He should also place his knees firmly on the ground.</p><p>97- The same applies to his toes.</p><p>98- He should hold his feet upright with his toes touching the ground. All of this is obligatory.</p> <p>99- He should make his toes point in the direction of the qiblah.</p><p>100- He should put his heels together.</p><p>Being at ease in sujood</p><p>101- He should be at ease in sujood, distributing his weight equally on the parts of the body which should be in contact with the ground during sujood. They are: the nose and forehead, the palms, the knees, and the toes.</p> <p>102- Whoever is at ease in his sujood in this manner has got it right. And this being at ease is also an essential part of the prayer.</p><p>103- In sujood, he should say, "Subhaana Rabbiy al-'A'laa (Glory be to my Lord Most High)" three times or more. (There are other kinds of dhikr also, see Sifat Salaat al-Nabi (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), p. 145/The Prophet's Prayer described, p. 55).</p> <p>104- It is mustahaab to offer a lot of du'aa' during sujood, because it is a time when du'aa' is likely to be answered.</p><p>105- He should make his sujood almost as long as his rukoo', as described above.</p><p>106- It is permissible to prostrate on the bare ground, or on something covering the ground such as a garment or carpet, or a mat, etc.</p> <p>107- It is not permitted to recite Qur'aan whilst prostrating.</p><p>Iftiraash and Iq'aa' between the two sajdahs</p><p>[Iftiraash means sitting on the left thigh with the right foot upwards and its toes pointed towards the qiblah; iq'aa' means resting on both heels and feet]</p> <p>108- Then he should raise his head, saying takbeer. This is obligatory.</p><p>109- He should raise his hands sometimes.</p><p>110- Then he should sit at ease, until every vertebra returns to its place. This is obligatory.</p> <p>111- He should spread his left leg and sit on it. This is obligatory.</p><p>112- He should put his right foot upright.</p><p>113- And make its toes point towards the qiblah.</p><p>114- It is permissible to sit in iq'aa' sometimes, which means resting on the heels and feet.</p> <p>115- Whilst sitting thus, he should say, "Allaahumma ighfir li warhamni wajburni, warfa'ni, wa'aafini warzuqni (O Allaah, forgive me, have mercy on me, strengthen me, raise me in status, pardon me and grant me provision)."</p> <p>116- If he wishes, he may say, "Rabbi ighfir li, Rabbi ighfir li (My Lord, forgive me, my Lord, forgive me)."</p><p>117- He should make this sitting almost as long as his sujood.</p><p>The second sajdah</p><p>118- Then he should say takbeer – this is obligatory,</p> <p>119- He should raise his hands sometimes when saying this takbeer.</p><p>120- He should do the second prostration – this is also an essential part of the prayer.</p><p>121- He should do in the second prostration what he did in the first.</p> <p>The sitting of rest</p><p>122- When he raises his head from the second prostration and he wants to get up for the second rak'ah, he should say takbeer. This is obligatory.</p><p>123- He should raise his hands sometimes.</p> <p>124- He should sit up straight, sitting on his left foot, until every bone returns to its place.</p><p>The second rak'ah</p><p>125- Then he should get up for the second rak'ah, supporting himself on his hands with his fists clenched as if kneading dough. This is an essential part of the prayer.</p> <p>126- He should do in the second rak'ah what he did in the first.</p><p>127- Except that he should not recite the du'aa' for starting the prayer.</p><p>128- He should make it shorter than the first rak'ah.</p><p>Sitting for the Tashahhud</p> <p>129- When he completes the second rak'ah, he should sit for the Tashahhud. This is obligatory.</p><p>130- He should sit in iftiraash, as described above for the sitting between the two prostrations.</p><p>131- But it is not permitted to sit in iq'aa' at this point.</p> <p>132- He should put his right hand on his right thigh and knee, and the end of the right elbow on the thigh, not far from it.</p><p>133- He should spread his left palm on his left thigh and knee.</p><p>134- It is not permissible to sit resting on one's arms, especially the left arm.</p> <p>Moving the finger and looking at it</p><p>135- He should clench all the fingers of his right hand, and put the thumb on the middle finger sometimes.</p><p>136- Sometimes he should make a circle with them.</p><p>137- He should point with his index finger towards the qiblah.</p> <p>138- He should look towards it.</p><p>139- He should move it, making du'aa' with it, from the beginning of the Tashahhud until the end.</p><p>140- He should not point with the finger of his left hand.</p><p>141- He should do all of this in every Tashahhud.</p> <p>How to say Tashahhud and the du'aa' following it</p><p>142- The Tashahhud is obligatory, and if he forgets it, he must do the two prostrations of forgetfulness (sajdat al-sahw).</p><p>143- He should recite it silently.</p> <p>144- The wording of the Tashahhud is: "Al-tahiyyaatu Lillaahi wa'l-salaawaatu wa'l-tayyibaat. Al-salaamu 'alayka ayyuha'l-Nabiyyu wa rahmat-Allaahi wa barakaatuhu. Al-salaamu 'alayna wa 'ala 'ibaad-Illaah il-saaliheen. Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasooluhu (All compliments, prayers and pure words are due to Allaah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy and blessings of Allaah. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allaah. I bear witness that there is no god except Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the slave and Messenger of Allaah)." [Other versions are mentioned in Sifat Salaat al-Nabi/The Prophet's Prayer Described, but what is mentioned here is the most sound].</p> <p>Sending salaams upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): this is what was prescribed after the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and is narrated in the Tashahhud of Ibn Mas'ood, 'Aa'ishah and Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them). For more details see Sifat Salaat al-Nabi, p. 161, Maktabat al-Ma'aarif, Riyadh, edition/ The Prophet's Prayer Described, p. 67).</p> <p>145- After that, he should send prayers upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), by saying: "Allaahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aali Muhammad kama salayta 'ala Ibraaheem wa 'ala aali Ibraaheem, innaka hameedun majeed. Allaahumma baarik 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aali Muhammad kama baarakta 'ala Ibraaheem wa 'ala aali Ibraaheem, innak hameedun majeed (O Allaah, send prayers upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent prayers upon Ibraaheem and upon the family of Ibraaheem; You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory. O Allaah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Ibraaheem and upon the family of Ibraaheem); You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory)."</p> <p>146- If you wish you may shorten it and say: "Allaahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aali Muhammad, wa baarik 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aali Muhammad, kama salayta wa baarakta 'ala Ibraaheem wa 'ala aali Ibraaheem, innaka haamedun majeed (O Allaah, send prayers upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent prayers and blessings upon Ibraaheem and the family of Ibraaheem; You are</p> <p> </p><p>Talkhees Sifat Salaat al-Nabi (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) min al-Takbeer ila al-Tasleem ka annaka turaahaa</p><p> by Shaykh Muhammad Naasir al-Deen al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him).</p> </div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 80, 146); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Source:- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 80, 146); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/13340/forehead">http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/13340/forehead</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(174, 174, 174); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div class="answer" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; color: rgb(46, 80, 146); "> <p><br></p><p dir="ltr"> </p><br></div><div class="source" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(85, 46, 20); text-align: right; ">islam Q&A</div></span><div><br></div><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-70450429005604076902011-09-29T01:48:00.000-07:002011-09-29T01:48:45.997-07:00Temporary and permanent tattoos – types and rulings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Praise be to Allaah.</b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>There is a difference between permanent adornment which changes the colour or shape of part of the body, and temporary adornment. The former is haraam and is changing the creation of Allaah, and the latter is permissible. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Tattooing means changing the colour of the skin, by interesting a needle in the skin until blood flows, then injecting kohl or something else into that place so that the skin takes on a colour other than that which Allaah created. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Allaah has permitted women to adorn themselves in this manner on condition that the drawings do not represent animate beings such as humans or animals, and that she does not show this adornment before non-mahram men. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>There are three types of permanent tattoos in general, all of which come under the same ruling, which is that it is haraam. These types are: </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>1 – The ancient traditional manner, which is what we mentioned above, where a needle is inserted into the skin and blood is made to flow, then the place is filled with kohl or some other dye. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Waashimah refers to the one who does tattoos (washm), which means inserting a needle or the like in the back of the hand, wrist or lip, or elsewhere on the woman’s body until the blood flows, then that place is filled with kohl and it turns blue. That may be done with circles and decorations, and it may be a lot or a little. The woman who does this is called waashimah and the one to whom it is done is called mawshoomah, and if she asks for that to be done she is called mustawshimah. This is haraam for the one who does it and the one to whom it is done by her choice and at her request. End quote. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Sharh al-Nawawi ‘ala Muslim (14/106). </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>2 – Using chemicals or doing a surgical procedure to change the colour of the entire skin or part of it. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Some people – especially women – use some chemical substances and natural herbs to change the colour of the skin, so that after using these chemicals and natural herbs for a while, dark skin becomes white and so on. Are there any shar’i reservations concerning this? Please note that some husbands order their wives to use these chemicals or herbs on the basis that the wife has to adorn herself for her husband. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>If this change is permanent then it is haraam and is a major sin, because it is a worse change in the creation of Allaah than tattooing. It is proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed the women who does hair extensions and the woman who has that done, and the woman who does tattoos and the woman who has them done. In al-Saheehayn it is narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: May Allaah curse the women who do tattoos and the women who have them done, and the women who pluck eyebrows and the women who have that done, and the women who file their teeth for the purpose of beautification, those who change the creation of Allaah. And he said: Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed? </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>The one who does hair extensions means the one who has short hair, and she adds something to it, whether it is hair or something that resembles hair. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>The one who asks for hair extensions to be done is the one who asks for that to be added to her hair. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>The woman who does tattoos is the one who puts the tattoo on the skin by inserting a needle and the like, then fills that place with kohl or something similar which changes the colour of the skin. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>The woman who asks for tattoos to be done is the one who asks someone to do a tattoo for her. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>The woman who plucks eyebrows means the one who plucks hair from the face, from the eyebrows or elsewhere, for herself or for someone else. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>The woman who asks for that to be done is the one who asks for her eyebrows to be plucked. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>The woman who files her teeth is the one who asks someone to file her teeth so as to widen the gaps between them. All of these things are changing the creation of Allaah. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>What is mentioned in the question is worse in terms of changing the creation of Allaah than that which is mentioned in the hadeeth. End quote. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>3 – Temporary tattoos which may last for up to a year. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Jibreen (may Allaah preserve him) was asked: </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Recently there has appeared a new way of using kohl and outlining the lips by using a temporary tattoo which lasts for six months or a year, instead of using regular kohl and lip outliner pencils. What is the ruling on that? </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>That is not permissible because it comes under the heading of tattooing, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed the women who does tattoos and the woman who asks for that to be done. This outlining of the lips and eyes remains for a year or half a year, then it is done again when it fades and remains for a similar length of time, so it is similar to the tattooing that is haraam. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>The basic principle is that kohl is a remedy for the eyes, and its colour is black or grey; it is applied to the lashes and eyelids when there is a disorder in the eye, or in order to protect the eye from disease, and it may be a beauty and adornment for women, as a permissible kind of adornment. As for outlining the lips with a temporary tattoo, I think that it is not permissible, and women should keep away from doubtful matters. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>And Allaah knows best. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon Muhammad and his family and companions. End quote from a fatwa on which is his signature. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>What we think with regard to temporary tattoos is that they come under the same ruling as dyeing with henna, if they are done in the manner mentioned in the question and not in the way that is forbidden. This permissibility is subject to several conditions: </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>1- That the drawing should be temporary and will disappear, and not permanent</b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Some ahaadeeth give the reason for tattooing being haraam as being because it is changing the creation of Allaah, but it is not said that dyeing with henna and the like comes under this heading, and even if it does come under this heading, it is exempted according to scholarly consensus and because it happened at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>It has become common among people – especially women – to use some chemicals and natural herbs that change the colour of the skin … we have quoted the question above. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>What is mentioned in the question is worse in terms of changing the creation of Allaah that that which is mentioned in the hadeeth. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>But if the change is not permanent, such as henna and the like, there is nothing wrong with it, because it will disappear, so it is like kohl, blusher and lipstick. What must be avoided is that which changes the creation of Allaah and this warning should be spread among the ummah so that the evil will not spread and become difficult to change. End quote. </b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>If it is proven that this method is harmful and that it leads to skin diseases or other kinds of sickness, then it is forbidden according to sharee’ah, because the Muslim may not do anything that will harm himself or others. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.” Narrated by Ibn Majaah (784); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Irwa’ al-Ghaleel. </b></i></span><br />
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</div>Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-61333999892753028552011-09-28T02:12:00.000-07:002011-09-28T02:12:18.326-07:00The Interview of Shaytaan (The Cursed One) With Rasulullah (SAW)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This article has been extracted from Kitab al-Awaa’il and reprinted from Ad-Dawa al-Islamiya – 1st Quarter of 1992 – being edited to a small degree.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Interview of Shaytaan (The Cursed One) With Rasulullah (SAW)</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Once, our beloved Rasulullah (SAW) was walking out with his companions from the back-side of Jannatul Baqi (Medina). As he was stepping out, he saw a very old man with a colorful hat on his head, a colorful belt with diamonds around his waist, a bell in his left hand and a net in his right hand. This old man said, “As-Salaamu alaykum Ya Rasulu-llah” (O Prophet of Allah, may the peace of Allah be upon you) to our beloved Rasulullah (SAW). Rasulullah (SAW) did not reply to his salaam. This old man knew very well why our Rasulullah (SAW) did not return his salaam. After all, this old man was not like any other man, he was Shaytaan, the cursed one. Then Shaytaan said, “Salaamu-llahi Alaykum Ya Rasulu-llah” (Allah’s peace be upon you Oh Prophet of Allah). Then our Rasulullah (SAW) accepted his salaam. Now the companions of the Rasulullah (SAW) understood that this was the cursed one, Shaytaan, and they were all surprised to see the cursed one personally. Without any fruitful results, Shaytaan attempted to misguide even the Prophets and Imams (AS). Shaytaan, the cursed one, used meet with the Prophets (AS) to answer their questions. In fact, it was obligatory on him (the cursed Shaytaan) to answer the questions of the Messengers of Allah.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW) though he possessed full knowledge, asked Shaytaan the following questions for the sake of his companions:</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Oh Shaytaan, what is this hat?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan, the cursed one: “Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), My colorful hat is this world. I present this world with all transient materialistic goods, perishable benefits, and temporary enjoyments. Once a person gets caught by this colorful hat of mine, then that person stays in my control and forgets all about the Hereafter.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What is this belt you are wearing with gold and diamonds around your waist?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Oh Prophet (SAW), this is my second weapon which keeps my back bone strong. Oh Prophet (SAW), when believers do not fall into my trap by my hat then I use this weapon.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “But what is it?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Oh Prophet (SAW), these are the materialistic unveiled women of this world. Through these women I deceive the believers.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, what is this bell you are holding in your left hand?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “This is a bell through which I destroy the faith (Imaan) of the believers.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “How do you do that?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Whenever I see believe arguing, getting into minor verbal antagonisms or disagreements with each other, then I ring this bell. As I ring this bell, these believers get into major verbal fights and start saying things to each other (such as backbiting, false accusations, or using bad language), due to which their own faith disappears from their hearts.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What is this net you are holding?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “When I see the believers not getting trapped by any of my weapons, then I throw this net at them as my last weapon.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “But what is this net?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), this is Riya! (Performing good deeds only to show people). Whenever I see that your believers are performing all the good deeds and that they are not getting caught by my weapons, then I throw this net at them. By stepping into this net their good deeds, which the performed for Allah, become invalid. Because the believers gradually develop an ego in themselves while performing their Prayers, observing Fasts, performing Hajj, paying Zakaat and Khums, and several other duties towards Allah. They perform all these and other good deeds; but after they get caught by my net, they show their good deeds to others and think that they have done a favor for Allah by performing such good deeds. They tell people when they perform night prayers. They tell people when they fast. They tell people when they go to Hajj. They give money in charity but only to show off or for their own personal interest. This is how they eventually feel superior to those people whom they know are not performing these good deeds. All these actions, which take place after they step into my net, makes their good deeds go to waste.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Tell me one more thing. Now that you have spent so much of your time in this life with your bad deeds, do you have any friends?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Although I visit all the houses and people in general, there are 11 types of people that are my best friends and companions. And there are 15 types of people that I hate the most. Oh Prophet (SAW), keep in mind that a person who is my friend is an enemy of Allah, and a person who is my enemy is a friend of Allah.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Tell me who are your friends, and who are your enemies?”Shaytaan: Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), first I have 15 enemies:</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1) My 1st enemy is you and your Ahlul Bayt; if it were not for you and your Ahlul-Bayt, my mission would have been quite successful. There would not have been even a single believer. But you brought the religion of Allah (Islam) to this world and you made people believers of Allah’s communication.2) My 2nd enemy is that just ruler who rules a nation with complete justice.3) My 3rd enemy is that rich person who does not have any ego nor feels super to poor people around him.4) My 4th enemy is that businessman who conducts his business with justice.5) My 5th enemy is that scholar (Aalim) who fears Allah and practices what he preaches.6) My 6th enemy is that specific believer who works to show others the path of truth. Who offers the knowledge of obligatory (Wajibaat) and forbidden (Haraam) duties of Allah. This Person is undoing, all of my hard work.7) My 7th enemy is that person who doesn’t listen to what is forbidden, doesn’t look at what is forbidden, and doesn’t eat what is forbidden.8) My 8th enemy is that believer who keeps himself clean all the time. A person who remains in Wudhu and who wears clean clothes.9) My 9th enemy is that person who has a big heart, who spends his money the sake of Allah.10) My 10th enemy is that person who gives charity (Sadaqah) only in the name of Allah.11) My 11th enemy is that person who reads, memorizes and acts according to Qur’an.12) My 12th enemy is that person who recites Salaat Al Layl (prayers recited after midnight and before the Salaat of Fajr). I am always afraid of this person.13) My 13th enemy is that person who pays his Khums, Zakaat, and other obligatory Sadaqah.14) My 14th enemy is that person who observes Hijab (veil), and safeguards her Hijab.15) My 15th enemy is he who performs his worship (Ibaadat) without having any thoughts except for the thoughts of Allah.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, who are your eleven friends?</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), my friends are:</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1) 1st, is that leader who is an oppressor.2) My 2nd friend is that businessman who does his business by deceiving his customers.3) My 3rd friend is that believer who drinks alcohol.4) My 4th friend is that rich person who is proud of his wealth and who angrily refuses to give money in charity to the poor and needy.5) My 5th friend is that person who does backbiting, who talks in such a way that enmity increases between the people, and who reveals the defects of people.6) My 6th friend is that person who kills another human being for any reason other than for Allah.7) My 7th friend is that person who snatches away the belongings of an orphan.8) My 8th friend is that person whose livelihood is based on collecting interest.9) My 9th friend is that person who gives more importance to his worldly life rather than giving importance to his life after death. This friend of mine prefers to perform those deeds which he knows will bring benefits in this world, but in the hereafter, such deeds will bring loss.10) My 10th friend is that person who keeps long hopes and delays in asking for forgiveness from Allah.11) My 11th friend is that person who helps women increase their interest in performing magic on people.These are my eleven friends who are the worst enemies of Allah.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, tell us why you stop my followers from offering their prayers? What benefit do you get out of it?’</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Whenever your follower recites prayers, my body gets feverish and it starts to shiver; and with a sick body I can not deceive your followers from obeying Allah.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Why do you stop my followers from observing their fasts during the month of Ramadan?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “I can’t deceive them during time they fast because I’m thrown into prison and I can’t misguide them.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “When my followers prepare to fight Allah’s way, why do you stop them?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “When they go to fight for Allah’s sake, my hands are tied to my neck, and I can’t deceive them by having my hands tied to my neck.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Why do you prevent my followers from performing Hajj?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “When they go for Hajj, their movement of going towards Hajj ties my legs. And with my legs tied, I cannot misguide your followers from obeying Allah’s commands.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Why do you prevent my followers from reciting the Qur’an?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “When they recite the Qur’an, my existence turns into non-existence. And without having any existence, how can I deceive your followers from living according to the will of Allah?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Why do you prevent my followers from offering Du’aa?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “When they recite Dua I become deaf and dumb. How can I deceive your followers without having the ability to speak and the ability to listen?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, tell me why you prevent my followers from paying Sadaqah?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), when your followers pay Sadaqah (giving money in charity), it is as if I am being cut in two with a saw, and one piece is thrown to the East and the other piece to the West.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Why do you get such a strong blow when my followers pay Sadaqah? Why do you get cut into two pieces?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Whenever a person gives his money in charity, that person receives three benefits m Allah. The first benefit such a person receives is that Allah becomes his borrower. The second benefit is that Allah makes Heaven his inheritance (such that he will be called an owner of Heaven). And the third benefit is that Allah increases his wealth 700 times, which in turn this person uses the increased wealth for charity.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Now tell me when does a person who is my follower get under your total control?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan, the cursed one: “Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), your follower gets under my total control when they perform three things. The first thing is that when your follower becomes stingy he gets under my total control. Stinginess is the root of all sin, which makes a person perform all types of other sins. The second thing is that when a person starts forgiving his own sins. This person performs deeds that are against the will of Allah. Then he does not remember them nor does he ask for forgiveness. At that time he comes under my absolute control. And the third thing is that when a person gambles. Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), any person who performs these three deeds falls under my absolute control.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, you know that Allah has given my followers the strong weapon of repentance. Whenever my followers ask for true forgiveness with an intention of not repeating that sin, Allah forgives them. How do you deal with this problem?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “I know Oh Prophet (SAW), Allah has given them this strong weapon, but I have prepared myself to confront your followers with their strong weapon.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What method do you have through which you prevent my followers from asking for forgiveness?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), to deal with this problem I have created four different units. Each unit deals with a different age group of your followers. In each group I make your followers perform such deeds which makes their repentance invalid.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What are these units?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytan: In the 1st unit I occupy your old men in four sins. I make them lie, I make them accuse someone of something which they have not done, I make them testify falsely and I make them perform prayers without having the complete knowledge of the laws of performing prayers. Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), your old men will be offering duas and reciting obligatory prayers; but if you talk to them you will hear them talking bad about other people, falsely attributing bad deeds to other people without having any knowledge about those people, and reciting obligatory prayers without knowing all the laws of prayers. Your old men will not try to learn the laws of prayers because of their pride (ego). Whenever some young men from your Ummah try to explain the right way of performing Wudhu, your old men will get mad and say, “You have just entered Islam, and now you are trying to teach us how to perform Wudhu?” </span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">my 2nd unit is that which takes care of your young men. I do not prevent them from reciting prayers, performing Hajj or anything else; except that I lure them into two things. First, I make them look at things that are forbidden for them; and secondly, I make them listen to those things that are forbidden for them.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My 3rd unit is that which deceives your old women. I entice them to backbite, to falsely accuse others, to destroy the character of men and women and to perform magic on the people.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My 4th unit is not active because it is suppose to take care of the young women of your Ummah. Since all of your young girls are already my soldiers and I have a strong hold over them, I do not have a hard time deceiving them. However, sometimes I may find one girl in a thousand that is following your way of life and I will not be able to do anything to deceive her.”</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, tell me do you get upset when you see any of your soldiers fleeing from you and following Allah’s commands?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), I do not get upset. I wait until that person performs any good deed, and then I go to that person again and deceive him to believe that he has done a favor for Allah by performing that good deed.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “You make that person feel that he has done a favor for Allah?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW). That person goes around after performing a good deed telling people what he has done. Such as, he recited prayers, observed fasts, paid so much money in charity, or helped someone in their time of need.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, how do you deceive those followers of mine who try their best not to be deceived by you?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Allah made one deed, which if your followers perform with the right intention and at the right time, then they can never be deceived me. And that deed is obligatory prayers. But to solve this problem, what I did was that with every one your followers I have assigned to them one of my soldiers, whose name is Mutawaqee. And his job is make your followers procrastinate and to preoccupy them in such activities due to which they will recite their prayers at the last minute. And when your follow recite their prayers at this time, they recite it in such a manner that their prayers are not acceptable to Allah.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, since you know so much about Islam and its followers, why don’t you ask Allah for forgiveness?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), Allah does not want me to ask for forgiveness, so what can I do?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, I heard that sometimes you feel as if someone has thrown a heavy stone on your head, which breaks your head into several pieces.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Oh Prophet of Allah (SAW), yes it is true. Whenever your follower truly repents to Allah, I feel like that.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, I heard that sometimes you feel as if your body is being cut into several pieces.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, when your followers go out to fight for the sake of Allah, I feel like that.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “I heard that sometimes you feel someone is slapping you.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, when your followers recite the Qur’an with correct pronunciation.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “When are you thrown to the lowest pit of hell?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “When your followers perform good deeds towards their parents or relatives.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “I heard that sometimes you feel a great pain in your whole body.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, when your followers give charity without showing off.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “I heard that sometimes you feel as if someone is whipping you.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, when your follower sees a non Mehram (a girl with whom a man can marry) and then he immediately casts his eyes down.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Who do you like the best among my followers?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “That person who does business by deceiving people.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “When do you get hurt the most?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “When your followers remember Allah day and night.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Whom do you fear the most?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “I fear those men who recite prayers in the first row of congregation (Jama`ah).”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Which people among my followers have you chosen to be your permanent soldiers?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Any of your followers who use any type of intoxicating beverages.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Which person makes you laugh?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “That person who encourages others to commit sins.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “With whom do you speak the most?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “A person who lies the most.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Who is the most pleasing to you?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Any man who divorces an innocent women.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Do you have any more friends?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: Yes, that person who delays in offering his obligatory prayers.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytan, where do you stay the most?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “A place where non Mehram men and women get together without any separation or observing Hijab that is my place of stay.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Where do you meet people?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Bazaars (shopping malls); I try to make buyers deceive sellers and sellers deceive buyers. I also encourage men to do their business with women and women to do their business with men. I persuade people to all types of sins in bazaars.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What do you read?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “I read songs.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What is your way of calling people towards committing sins?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Music and songs; whenever your followers listen to music they come toward me.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What is your book?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Playing cards are my book.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Who is your helper?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Any person who contributes to the defeat of your Muslims.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What do you eat?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “I eat everything that is obtained by forbidden earnings or by not paying Khums.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What do you drink”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “I drink alcohol.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What is your dessert?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Backbiting.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Do you have any desires?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Every false commitment is my desire.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Are you thankful for anything?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, I am thankful to those men and women who indulge in sins after asking Allah for forgiveness.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Do you relax?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, when your followers miss Fajr (morning) prayers.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Do you get any rewards from my followers?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, whenever your followers break their relationships with relatives or neighbors.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Do you have any companions?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, that person who is intermitting with his wife without saying “Bismi-llahir Rahmanir Raheem” and that person whose earnings is through un-Islamic means.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “What deed of my follower makes you angry?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “When a mother tries to make her son (or daughter) fast or offer prayers.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Are there any men among my followers whom you cannot possibly misguide?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, any man who does not intentionally look at a non-Mehram.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Are there any women among my followers whom you can’t misguide?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, that woman who observes Hijab and who listens to her husband.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Shaytaan, Out of the men and women you have described, do you have any special men women that you love the most?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes! Among women I love those women who do not observe Hijab. And among men, those who are proud and those who are sinful Ulama (religious scholars).”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Which men do you hate the most?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Four Men: The 1st are humble rich men. The 2nd are Ulama who practice at they preach. The 3rdare young men who ask for forgiveness. And the 4th are old men who fear Allah.”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our beloved Rasulullah (SAW): “Are you alone or do you have any companions?”</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shaytaan: “Yes, I have some companions who gather at the mosques in order to deceive its visitors. My companions make the visitors talk about things that give them bad deeds instead of good deeds. Other companions make your wise followers think of their bad deeds as few and their good deeds as many. And other companions, when they see someone giving money in charity or helping someone for the sake of Allah, they entice that person to tell others of his charity and good deeds.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then Shaytaan said: “O Prophet of Allah (SAW), I have talked to you in much detail. I would like to tell you that you are working towards taking people to heaven and I am working towards taking people to hell.” After this, Shaytan, the cursed one gave Salaams to our beloved Prophet (SAW) and disappeared.</span></i><br />
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</div>Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-76218853874918891972011-09-28T02:02:00.000-07:002011-09-28T02:02:24.216-07:0010 Reasons to Fall for Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">1. His Human Self</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">He was never distant from humanity. He smiled, loved, cried and felt pain. He walked, moved, ate and showered. He was a human prophet, not an angelic prophet, so it is really applicable to follow him as a role model.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">When I make a mistake or become a bit lazy about being good, Prophet Muhammad’s real model takes me back to the right track. I tell myself: “He was human, to make it easy for us. It was also difficult for him, but he made it. So, I will try again, and I will make it as he did.”</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">2. His Fatherhood</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">His fatherhood , to Lady Fatimah, has always amazed me. In a society that degraded women and rejected the birth of females to the extent that they would bury them alive, he cherished all his daughters, and specially Lady Fatimah.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">She was the closest to his heart. Whenever she would drop in on one of his meetings, he wouldn’t ever ask her to leave, because he was busy. But, he would stand up in “cherishing respect” and move to welcome her, so she wouldn’t be embarrassed. Then he would kiss her on her forehead and have her seated next to him.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">3. His Loyal Love to Lady Khadijah</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">The way he continued to love and cherish Lady Khadijah after her death has always been an expression of devotion in my eyes. During her life, they lived in a society that accepted multiple marriages for men, which would extend to endless numbers of wives for one man. Though she was much older than him, for 25 years, he never went for another marriage with any another woman.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">He respected and loved his wife dearly. He cherished her days dearly after her death and expressed his longing to her days by cherishing her friends. He would sit around with her best friend for long hours chatting about “Khadijah’s good old days”.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">4. His Patience at the Deaths of his Children</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">His children’s deaths have always caused my heart to ache. We might theorize a lot or preach a lot about the patience of prophets, but do we really feel it? I keep on wondering how this lovely tender man tolerated the death of all his children, all except one, in his lifetime. How would any father feel, when he reaches his sixties and finds himself burying a child after the other?</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Prophet Muhammad’s patience never contradicted his sadness and grief. He grieved and experienced deep sadness. When his babyson Ibrahim died, he grieved deeply. He held him in his arms at his death-bed and cried. He uttered only words that expressed his patience that was mixed with his sadness.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">His words reflected that, when he uttered his famous words: “The heart grieves, the eye tears, and for your departure, Ibrahim, we are sad. But the tongue never utters an objection that wouldn’t please God.” How sad!</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">5. He Was Such a Tender Grandfather</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">That has always taken my heart! Whenever I think of how busy and important a man he was, and yet had time space and emotions to spare for his grandchildren. The idea that when he stood on the podium, giving the Friday sermon, he simply interrupted his speech in front of the Muslim nation audience — at the time — and went down the podium to pick up his grandson, is always startling from my point of view.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">The fact that he would keep carrying this grandson throughout his speech is again startling. I mean, he was the spiritual, social and political leader of the nation! What would any of our grandfathers have done if we simply burst into any of their meetings? I wonder.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">6. His Sincere Appreciation of the Feelings of Others</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">The way he honestly shared feelings with others has always stopped me. In particular, the way he dealt with the feeling of a child. That child used to have a pet bird. Whenever Prophet Muhammad passed by the child, he would ask him about his pet bird.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">One day, the Prophet passed by the child and found him crying because of the death of his pet. Prophet Muhammad simply interrupted his journey to whatever errand he was going to, and sat with the child to offer his condolences. It was reported that he stayed with him for a long time to soothe him.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">If he was not Prophet Muhammad, again I would fall for him for this incident. What a sweet-hearted man, who simply neglects his important errands or meetings to sit around a child who lost a pet. He didn’t actually lose his mother, but he simply lost a bird. But Prophet Muhammad didn’t see it to be a simple loss. He understood what this loss meant to the child and felt for his pain.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">7. The Prophet’s Smile & Sense of Humor</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">On a personal basis, I really love this. Maybe it is because personally I love to smile, and to wipe away tears and pain by lots of smiles and spreading the spirit of happiness and cheerfulness around. It is a characteristic that my inner self reconciles with in the character of Prophet Muhammad.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">All mankind encounters pain and agony, just as he did. Some people face our worldly troubles by crying their tears out. Others are always expressing objection and un-acceptance of their destiny. A third party would simply frown in the face of the world and neglect its feeling. But Prophet Muhammad never did.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">He was the most agonized person. He was an orphan. He was poor. He lost his beloved wife Khadijah. He was loaded with the responsibility of the divine message and with the responsibility of running a newly established state. Let alone his personal human sufferings.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Yet, he never frowned in the face of the world. He never objected to what God destined for him. He simply kept his smile and tender care for others, no matter what he went through. I pray I can keep up with him. I am not sure I can, but at least I should keep trying.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">8. His Role Model as a Servant of God & Worshipper</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Prophet Muhammad’s role model as a servant of God and worshipper is an aspect of his character that any human who wants to serve God can reconcile with. He was a man who fasted most of his days, prayed most of his nights and spent all what he had for the sake of his beloved Creator.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Yet, when some of his Companions wanted to fast all days and never eat during daylight, pray all nights and never sleep at night, or abstain from marriage and lawful relations with women, he objected to that.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">He explained to his Companions that he fasted some days and broke his fast on other days, he prayed much of his night time and yet he slept at night, and that he simply — like any other man — married and enjoyed marital life.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">I think this is a much easier and a more practical example to follow, if we want to be good. The examples of complete self-denail and inhumanly extreme attitudes by some complete self-denial and saints and good ones isn’t really practical for all mankind. But any person, man or woman can follow the steps of Prophet Muhammad; be a spiritual worshipper and a good human simultaneously.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">9. His Tenderness & Mercy Towards Animals</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Again, a very personal characteristic that has always touched my heart, was his tenderness and mercy towards animals. He treated them as communities that had social ties, just as humans are to be treated.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Once, when he was travelling, some of his companions caught two young birds. Then the mother flew above their heads wailing for her two children. Prophet Muhammad immediately reacted and asked who had hurt this mother by taking her children? He ordered the two birds given back to their mother on the spot.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Thinking sincerely and deeply of animals as creatures who feel emotions, not only physics, he banned the slaughtering of any animal in front of the other. He ordered a quick death with a sharp knife away from the other animals, so that the living ones would not feel fear or panic.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">He also ordered that hunting or slaughtering animals should always be for the sake and need of nutrition. He completely abandoned learning hunting or shooting by taking innocent animals as trial preys.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">As an animal lover and friend who has experienced the closeness of animals, I understand what this attitude means to animals. I love animals and those who are good to animals, what about a prophet who is that good to animals? He was a prophet who cared for animals’ feelings and psychological states, and never regarded them as un-feeling bodies or unemotional creatures.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">10. His Romantic Love for Lady Aishah</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Last, but not least, his romantic love for Lady Aishah has always amazed me. Honestly speaking, I find this relation much more romantic than many love stories that were famous throughout history and literature of love. I mean, they were real! Many of the famous stories are novels, tales, and simply stories.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">But, Prophet Muhammad and Lady Aishah’s love was real. They lived it, cherished it and practiced it, down to earth in their daily life. He loved her dearly and passionately, and she loved him back.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">She — like any normal, loving woman — felt jealous for him and expressed that obviously. He also felt jealous —like any normal, loving man — and expressed it obviously. They were human in their love, not angelic.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">I always recall his habit of drinking after her and I pause to smile at this habit of his. He used to search for the part that touched her lips from the utensil she used in drinking. Then, he would specifically touch the same part with his lips when he would drink. He simply enjoyed feeling her warmth.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Yet, despite his deep love to her, and his genuine passion towards her, he never permitted this love to make him neglect his duties or role as a prophet and worshipper. He would leave her warm side in the middle of the night and take her permission to pray. He would tenderly ask her: “Let me stand for my God an hour in prayers.” And, she would let him willingly and lovingly.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">They lived love in their daily moments and they practiced it in every action. Their story of love did not stop at their lively moments, but continued till they departed.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Again, it has always amazed me and touched my heart deeply the moment of the Prophet’s death. It was when he chose to depart the world from her house. He chose to go there when he felt death approaching.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">And, then, at the moment of death, he chose to lean his head between her arms and to depart from there. Her hugging arms were the last he encountered in our world.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Having said so little in the love of the man who deserves much more, I am not at all satisfied. Yet, I have to sum up my words.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Ten, I was asked to write, and ten I have written. But, I have written so little, I know, in a man who I should write down hundreds of reasons to fall for. But history has written hundreds and thousands of books about the great man. And history will keep writing.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">He is a man who does not need me to write about him. I was the one who needed to write, about the man who clearly showed me the way. Maybe this is really why I love him that much. Peace and blessings be upon you, my beloved Prophet.</span></i><br />
</div>Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-34852127865601875792011-09-27T23:18:00.001-07:002011-09-27T23:18:18.350-07:00Perfection of Speech<div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>The Beloved Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam was gifted by Allah with the most excellent intellect. He was astute and his senses were acute, as for his speech he was by far the most eloquent. There is no doubt that these qualities were unsurpassable.</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>The superiority of his intellect and depth of understanding become evident when one reflects upon the way in which he administered not only the internal affairs of his nation but also external affairs – no matter whether they were the affairs of just ordinary people or those of the chieftains of society. His ability was truly amazing, and his life exemplary coupled with profound knowledge that simply flowed from him and the way in which, without previous instruction, experience, or reading directed him to carry out and fulfill the Laws of Allah. </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Wahb Munabbih's son, who was well educated said, "From my readings it has been has become evident that if all the intelligence of humanity, from the first to the last, were to be gathered as one, it would be in comparison to the intelligence of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam as a single grain of sand."</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Allah says, "And when you turn among those who prostrate themselves" [26:219]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam told his Companions, "I see the one behind my neck just as I see the one before me." [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 2, Page 350 - Sahih Muslim, Vol 1, Page 320 - Dalail an-Nabuwwah lil Bayhaqi, Vol 6, Page 74]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Mujahid explained when the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam arose from prayer he could see everyone behind him, just as if they were in front of him.</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Regarding the eyesight of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam, Baki (Mukhallad's Son) informs us, "The Prophet, could see just as well in the dark as he could see in the light." [Dalail an-Nabuwwah lil Bayhaqi, Vol 6, Page 75 - Al-Kamil li Ibn Adi, Vol 4, Page 1534]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>In the references of authentic prophetic sayings that tell of the ability of his sight one finds many reports of his seeing angels and devils. When the Negus (Nijashi) of Abyssinia passed away he was able to see him whereupon he prayed the absent funeral prayer upon him and before seeing him the Angel Gabriel came to inform him of his passing. Although the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam was far from Jerusalem, he saw the city and described it to the Quraysh. And as he was building the Mosque in Medina the Ka'ba was visible to him. [Musnad Abi Ya'la, Vol 7, Page 285 - Bukhari Sharif, Vol 2, Page 261 - Sahih Muslim, Vol 1, Page 157 - Dalail an-Nabuwwah lil Bayhaqi, Vol 5, Page 256 - Manabil As-Safa lil Suyooti, Page 46]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>His clear-sightedness permitted him to see the eleven stars in the Pleaides. This phenomenon was also amongst the special blessings gifted by Allah to the other prophets.</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Abu Hurayrah heard the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam say, "When Allah, directed glory near Prophet Moses, Moses was able to see an ant on a stone a distance of thirty miles away." [Tibrani Mau'jam Sagheer, Page 62]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>No one can refute the fact that this attribute was not factual after the Prophet's SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam Night Ascent when he received the special favor of seeing one of the greatest signs of his Lord.</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Abu Rukana, known for his incredible strength wrestled with the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam three times and each time Abu Rukana Was defeated, after which the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam invited him to Islam. [Sunan Abi Dawood, Vol 4, Page 361 - Sunan Tirmidhi Vol 3, Page 157/158]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>As for his gait, Abu Hurayrah said, "I never saw anyone walk more swiftly than the Messenger of Allah. It was as if the earth rolled up for him, we would be exhausted but there were no signs of weariness upon him at all. It is also reported that when he walked, it was as if he were coming down a slope. And His laugh was that of a broad smile. When he turned to face someone, he would look at them directly." [Shamail Tirmidhi, Page 110 - Dalail an-Nabuwwah lil Bayhaqi, Vol 1, Page 209]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>..:: The Perfection of the Beloved Prophet's Speech ::..</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>There are many reports of the Prophet's mastery of the Arabic tongue together with his eloquence and fluency of speech. When he spoke he was very concise and expressed things clearly. His speech was well structured, free from all affectation and he used sound meanings. </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>He was adept in all the different dialects of Arabia and able to converse with each community using their own colloquial expressions. When they debated or argued with him he replied using their regular phrasing, and there were several occasions when his Companions were unable to understand what he said and requested him to explain. </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>The way in which he spoke to the Quraysh of Mecca and the Ansar of Medina Munawwarah, or the people of the Hijaz or Najd was different from the way in which he spoke to Dhul Mishar Al Hamdhani, Tihfa Al Handi, Katan, Haritha Al Ulaymi's son, Al Ashath, Kay's son, Wail, Hujr Al Kindi's son and other chieftains of the Hadramat and the kings of Yemen. [Tabqat Ibn Sa'ad, Vol 1, Page 335]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>As for his everyday speech, famous speeches, statements and sayings, volumes have been written about them together with references containing their words and an explanation of their meanings.</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>His eloquence is unequal and demonstrated in the following sampling:</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>People are like the teeth of comb. [Manabil as-Safa lil Suyooti, Page 49]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>A man is with the one he loves. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 8, Page 33]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>There is no good in company that does not show you what you show them. [Al-Kamil li Ibn Adi, Vol 3, Page 1097]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>People are like mines of gold and silver. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 4, Page 142]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>The best of you in the 'Time of Ignorance' is the best of you in Islam, if they understand. [Sahih Muslim, Vol 3, Page 1396]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>A man who knows his own worth is not destroyed. [Manabil as-Safa lil Suyooti, Page 49]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Allah shows mercy to His worshiper who speaks well and gains, or who remains silent and safe. [Sunan Abi Dawood, Vol 2, Page 333]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Become a Muslim and you will be safe, become a Muslim and Allah will give you your wage twice over. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 4, Page 30]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Those among you I love most and those who will sit close to me on the Day of Resurrection are the best of you in character, who give shelter, and protect and Reconcile. [Sunan Tirmidhi, Vol 3, Page 349]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>No matter where you are, fear Allah. Follow a bad action with one that is good because it erases (the bad). He created people with a good character. [Sunan Tirmidhi, Vol 3, Page 239]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>The best affairs is the median way [Adab al Mufrad, Page 434]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Gossiping is forbidden, as is excessive questioning, squandering property,<span> </span>forbidding gifts, disobedience to mothers and burying girls alive. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 8, Page 84]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Answer the one you love with gentleness, lest one day he becomes the one who hates you. [Sunan Tirmidhi, Vol 2, Page 243]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>On the Day of Resurrection, injustice will appear as darkness. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 3, Page 113]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>There are a multitude of examples, these are but a few and one cannot fail to marvel and reflect upon the wisdom found within them.</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>The Companions said to him, "We are unable to find anyone more eloquent than you". To this he replied, "How could it be otherwise, the Quran was revealed on my tongue, a clear Arabic tongue." [Manabil as-Safa lil Suyooti, Page 56]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>It is reported that on another occasion, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam told his Companions, "I am the most eloquent of Arabs since I am from the Quraysh and was raised among the children of Saad." [Al-Nihaya, Vol 1, Page 171]</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>The tribe of Saad was famous for their strength and purity of the Arabic language and this was coupled to the eloquence spoken in Mecca. All these elements were combined with Divine support that accompanies the Revelation and which no mortal can imitate.</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b>Umm Mabab said of him that His speech was sweet and distinct without using too few words or an excess. It was as if his speech consisted of threaded pearls. His very melodic voice penetrated.</b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#993399"><i><b> </b></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-1412137719809742672011-09-27T02:55:00.001-07:002011-09-27T02:55:54.048-07:00Fwd: WOMEN'S LIBERATION THROUGH ISLAM<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>WOMEN'S LIBERATION THROUGH ISLAM </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Published by: The Institute of Islamic Information and education </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>WOMEN'S LIBERATION THROUGH ISLAM: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Today people think that women are liberated in the west and that the womans liberation movement began in the 20 th century. Actually, the womens liberation movement was not begun by women but women but was revealed buy god to a man in the seventh century by the name of Muhammad (peace be upon him) who is known as the last prophet of Islam. The Quran and the traditions of the prophet (Hadith or Sunnah) are the sources from which every Muslim women derives her rights and duties. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>I. HUMAN RIGHTS: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Islam, fourteen centuries ago, made women equally accountable to God in glorifying and worshipping Him setting no limits on her moral Progress. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Also, Islam established a womans equality in her humanity with men, in the Quran in the first verse of the chapter entitled women God says </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord who created you from a single soul and from it its mate and from them both have spread broad a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty toward Allah in whom you claim (your rights) of one another and towards the wombs (that bore you) LO! Allah has been a watcher over you(4:1) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Since men and women both come from the same essence, they are equal in their humanity. Women cannot be by nature evil (as some religions believe) or them men would be evil, also. Similarly, neither gender can be superior because it would be a contradiction of equality. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>II. CIVIL RIGHTS: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>In Islam, a woman has the basic freedoms of choice and expression based on recognition of her individual personality. First, she is free to choose her religion. The Quran states; </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>there is no compulsion in religion. Right has been made distinct from error. (2:256) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Women are encouraged in Islam to contribute their opinions and ideas, There are many traditions of the Prophet (p) which indicate women would pose questions directly to him and offer their opinions concerning religion, economics and social matters. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>A Muslim woman chooses her husband and to keep her name after marriage. A Muslim woman's testimony is valid in legal disputes. In fact, where women are more familiar, their evidence is conclusive. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>III. SOCIAL RIGHTS: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>The Prophet (s) said, seeking knowledge is a mandate for every Muslim (male and female ). This includes knowledge of the Quran and the Hadith as well as other knowledge. Men and women both have the capacity for learning and understanding. Since it is also their obligation to promote good behavior and condemn bad behavior in all spheres of life Muslim women must acquire the oppropriate education to perform this duty in accordance with their own natural talents and interests. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>While maintenance of a home, providing support to her husband and bearing, raising and teaching of children are among the first and very highly regarded roles for a women, if she has the skills to work outside the home for the good of the community, she may do so as long as her family obligations are met. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Islam recognizes and fosters the natural differences between men and women despite their equality. Some types of work are more suitable for men and other types for women. This in no way diminishes eithers effort nor its benefit. God will reward both sexes equally for the value of their work though it may not necessarily be the same activity. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Concerning motherhood the prophet [pbuh] said, Heaven lies under the feet of mothers" this implies that the success of a society can be traced to the mothers that raised it. The first and greatest influence on a person comes from the sense of security affection and training received from the mother therefore a woman having children must be educated and conscientious in order to be a skillful parent. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>IV. POLITICAL RIGHTS: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>A right given to Muslim women by God 1400 years ago is the right to vote. On any public matter, a woman may voice her opinion and participate in politics. One example narrated in the Quran (60:12) MUHAMMAD [Pbuh] is told that when the believing women come to him and swear their allegiance to Islam he must accept their oath. This established the right of women to select their leader and publicly declare so. Finally Islam does not forbid a woman from holding important positions in government. Abdurrahman Ibn Auf consulted many women before he recommended Uthman Ibn Affan to be the caliph. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>V. ECONOMIC RIGHTS: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>The Quran states: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>by the creation of the male and female: Verily [the ends] ye strive for are diverse"(92:3-4) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>In these verses, God declares that he created men and women to be different, with unique roles, functions and skills. As in society, where there is a division of labor so too in a family, each member has different responsibilities. Generally, Islam upholds that woman are entrusted with the nurturing role, and men, with the guardian role. Therefore woman are given the right of financial support. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>The Quran states: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Men are the maintainers of woman because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend of their wealth (for the support of woman (4:34) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>This guardianship and greater financial responsibility is given to men requires that they provide women with not only monetary support but also physical protection and kind and respectful treatment. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Muslim woman have the privilege to earn money, the right to own property, to enter into legal contracts and to manage all of her assets in any way she pleases. She can run her own business and no one has any claim on her earnings including her husband. The Quran states: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>: and in no wise covet those things in which Allah hath bestowed his gifts more freely on some of you than on others: to men is allotted what they earn and to woman what they earn: but ask Allah of his bounty for Allah hath full knowledge of all things. (4:32) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>A woman inherits from her relatives .The Quran states: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>For men there is a share in what parents and relatives leave and for women there is a share of what parents and relatives leave whether it be little or much an ordained share. (4:7) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>VI. RIGHTS OF A WIFE: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>THE Quran states: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>And among His signs is that he created for you mates from among yourselves that you may live in tranquility with them and he has put love and mercy between you; Verily, in that are sings for people who reflect. (30:21) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Marriage is therefore not just a physical or emotional necessity but in fact a sign from God! It is a relationship of mutual rights and obligations based on divine guidance God created men and women with complimentary natures and in the Quran, He laid out a system of laws to support harmonious interaction between the sexes they are your garments and you are their garments. (2:187) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Clothing provides physical protection and covers the beauty and faults of the body. Likewise, spouse is viewed this way. Each protects the other and hides the faults and compliments the characteristics of the spouse. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>To foster the love and security that comes with you and security that comes with marriage, Muslim wives have various rights. The first of the wife's rights is to receive mahr, a gift from the husband which is part of the marriage contract and required for the legality of the marriage. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>The second right of a wife is maintenance. Despite any wealth she may have, her husband is obligated to provide her with food, shelter and clothing. He is not forced, however, to spend beyond his capability and his wife is not entitled to make unreasonable demands. The Quran states: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>: Let the man of means spend according to his means and the man whose resources are restricted, let him spend according to what Allah has given him. Allah puts. No burden on any person beyond what he has given him.(65:7) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>God tells us men are guardians over women and are afforded the leadership in the family. His responsibility for obeying God extends to guiding his family to obey God at all times. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>A wife'rights also extend beyond material needs. She has the right to kind treatment. The Prophet (pbuh) said. Go"The most perfect believers are the best in conduct. And the best of you are those who are best to their wives."d tells us He created mates and put love, mercy and tranquility between them. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>Both men and women have a need for companionship and sexual needs and marriage is designed to fulfill those needs. For one spouse to deny this satisfaction to the other, temptation exists to seek it elsewhere. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>VII. DUTIES OF A WIFE: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>With rights come responsibilities. Therefore, wives have certain obligations to their husbands, The Qur'an states: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>The good women in the absence of their husbands guard their rights as Allah has enjoined upon them to be guarded. (4:34) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>A wife is to keep her husband's secrets and protect their marital privacy. Issues of intimacy of faults of his that would dishonor him, are not to be shared by the wife, just as he is expected to guard her honor. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>A wife must also guard her husband's property. She must safeguard his home and possessions, to the best of her ability, from theft or damage. She should manage the household affairs wisely so as to prevent loss or waste. She should not allow anyone to enter the house that her husband dislikes nor incur any expenses of which her husband disapproves. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>A Muslim woman must cooperate and coordinate with her husband. There cannot however, be cooperation with a man who is disobedient to God. She should not fulfill his requests if he wants her to do something unlawful. A husband also should not take advantage of his wife, but be considerate of her needs and happiness. </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>VIII. CONCLUSION: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>The Qur'an states: </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>And it becomes not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger (Muhammad) have decided on an affair (for them). That they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whose is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goes astray in error manifest, (33:36) </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i> </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#6600cc"><b><i>The Muslim woman was given a role duties and rights 1400 years ago that most women do not enjoy today even in the west. These are from God and are designed to keep balance in society; what may seem unjust or missing in one place is compensated for or explained in another place. Islam is a complete way of life </i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><font color="#888888">-- <br><font><font><font style="font-style:italic"><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:13px"> <br></div></font></font></font><br> </font></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-42180944890792851052011-09-26T00:59:00.000-07:002011-09-26T00:59:17.929-07:00FOLLOWING THE MESSENGER IS MUST<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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As-Sunnah wa Makaanatuhaa fit-Tashree` al-Islaamee Translated by: Ahmed M. Hashim<br />
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The Companions of the Prophet (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) used to take the ruling on different matters in their lives from the Qur'ân, which they use to learn from the messenger of Allah Muhammad (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam). In many instances, the aayaah (verses) of the Qur'ân treat a subject in a general manner without a specific condition. Sometimes the aayaah will come as an absolute ruling without any precondition or limitation required by time, place, etc. As an example of what came in a general way in the Qur'ân is the Salaah. The Qur'ân does not mention how many Rak`ahs (units of prayer) we should make, or how to physically move during prayer, or the time for prayer. Similarly, the Qur'ân does not mention the minimum amount of money to have before giving Zakaah (charity) or the conditions by which to pay it. Many of our `Ibaadaah cannot be performed without stopping at the explanations related to the regulations, pillars, and conditions of nullification. It is thus a must to return to Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) to know the rules in a comprehensive and clear manner.<br />
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Many times, the Companions faced incidents in which the Qur'ân which had no ruling, and there was a need to return to the Prophet (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) to know the ruling of such matters. It was the Prophet who was ordered by Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) to teach humanity, and it is the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s) who is the most knowledgeable of mankind about that which Allah subhaanahuwata`aalaa expects from us.<br />
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Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) has told us about the duty of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) with respect to the Qur'ân, where Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) said:<br />
"And We have sent down unto thee (also) the Message; that thou mayest explain clearly to men what is sent for them, and that they may give thought." [Qur'ân 16:44]<br />
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Allah also made it clear to us that the duty of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) is to clarify the truth to people when there is a dispute:<br />
"And We sent down the Book to thee for the express purpose, that thou should make clear to them those things in which they differ, and that it should be a guide and a mercy to those who believe." [Qur'ân 16:64]<br />
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We are obligated to follow any ruling by Rasoolullaah Muhammad (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) in any dispute:<br />
"But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction." [Qur'ân 4:65]<br />
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Allah also mentioned that Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) was given the Qur'ân and Wisdom to teach people the regulations of their religion:<br />
"Allah did confer a great favour on the believers when He sent among them an apostle from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of Allah, sanctifying them, and instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom, while, before that, they had been in manifest error." [Qur'ân 3:164]<br />
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Regarding the last aayaah, most scholars and those of great knowledge said that the wisdom mentioned in the aayaah means another thing besides the Qur'ân. It is what Allah subhaanahuwata`aalaa has given Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) from the knowledge of matters and regulations that the rest of humanity can not attain. Imaam Ash-Shafi'ee rahimahullah has said that "Allah subhaanahuwata`aalaa has mentioned the scripture which is the Qur'ân, and he mentioned wisdom and I have learned from the people of knowledge that the wisdom here is the Sunnah of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam). It is from the mercy of Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) that He has sent to us a way to practice what is in the Qur'ân."<br />
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Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) did not stop by saying scripture only, but the inclusion of the Sunnah with the Qur'ân is an indication of its important and the obligation on us to follow it as we have to follow the Qur'ân. Imaam Ash-Shafi'ee goes on saying that the letter 'wa' ('and' between Scripture and Wisdom in the aayaah) is a letter of conjunctions in Arabic which requires that the two parts it joins must be different otherwise the sentence will be redundant, and Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) is far away from that; Na`oodhubillaah. And so when Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) said that he has conferred a great favor on the believers, He does not confer anything that is not correct and truthful. Therefore, this wisdom must be followed as the Qur'ân, and Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) has never ordered us to follow anything but Him and His messenger Muhammad (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam). Which must mean that this wisdom is what came from Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) in the form of rules and sayings regarding legislation.<br />
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To clarify the Concept of Sunnah and our obligation to follow it, Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) said: "Those who follow the apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the law and the Gospel;- for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him, honour him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him,- it is they who will prosper." [Qur'ân 7:157]<br />
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Because this teaching is mentioned in general in this aayaah, then it must include the rules in the Qur'ân and Sunnah.<br />
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A very strong indicator of the obligation upon us to follow the Sunnah can be found in this aayaah: "...And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) gives you, take it, and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it) , and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is severe in punishment." [Qur'ân 59:7]<br />
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Allah has also made the obedience of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) in conjunction with the obedience to Him:<br />
"And obey Allah and the Messenger, that ye may obtain mercy." [Qur'ân 3:132]<br />
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We are asked by Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) to answer any order by Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam):<br />
"O ye who believe! give your response to Allah and His Messenger, when He calleth you to that which will give you life." [Qur'ân 8:24]<br />
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Allah made the obedience of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) an obedience to Him, and following Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) an indication of the love of Allah subhaanahuwata`aalaa:<br />
"He who obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah." [Qur'ân 4:80]<br />
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"Say: If ye do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you sins." [Qur'ân 3:31]<br />
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And Allah subhaanahuwata`aalaa warned us from not following the instructions of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam):<br />
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"Then let those beware who withstand the Messenger’s order, lest some trial befall them, or a grievous penalty be inflicted on them." [Qur'ân 24:63]<br />
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Not only that, but Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) told us that disobeying Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) is Kufr (disbelief): "Say: Obey Allah and His Messenger.: But if they turn back, Allah loveth not those who reject Faith." [Qur'ân 3:32]<br />
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<span>It was never allowed by Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) that a believer disobey Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam's)</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span> order:<br />
"It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path." [Qur'ân 33:36]<br />
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To show that not following the ruling of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu`alaihiwasallam) when a dispute occurs is a sign of hypocrisy, Allah (subhaanahuwata`aalaa) says:<br />
"They say, We believe in Allah and in the apostle, and we obey; but even after that, some of them turn away; they are not (really) Believers. When they are summoned to Allah and His apostle, in order that He may judge between them, behold some of them decline (to come)....The answer of the Believers, when summoned to Allah and His Messenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no other than this: they say, "We hear and we obey"; it is such as these that will attain felicity." [Qur'ân 24:47-51]</span></div><span class="fcg" style="color: grey;"> — </span></span></span></h6><div class="mvm uiStreamAttachments clearfix" data-ft="{"type":10}" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a ajaxify="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=207121112687622&set=a.121592224573845.20355.100001692036735&type=1&ref=nf&src=http%3A%2F%2Fa1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash4%2F293664_207121112687622_100001692036735_558552_1639865065_n.jpg&theater&size=613%2C794" class="uiPhotoThumb largePhoto" data-ft="{"type":41}" href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=207121112687622&set=a.121592224573845.20355.100001692036735&type=1&ref=nf" rel="theater" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(59, 89, 152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(59, 89, 152); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(59, 89, 152); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(59, 89, 152); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; text-decoration: underline;" title=""></a></span></div></div></div>Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-28573373980170254392011-09-26T00:57:00.001-07:002011-09-26T00:57:35.304-07:00SUICIDE BY SMOKING<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Most Muslims are aware of and try to avoid the major sins in Islam - murder, suicide, adultery, alcohol, gambling, usury, etc. Muslims are forbidden to harm themselves or others. Yet millions of Muslims all over the world are doing just that - harming, even killing themselves and their families. Islamic scholars have historically had mixed views on the subject, and the actions of these Muslims have not been unanimously forbidden or even discouraged.<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">The danger is tobacco use - cigarette and cigar smoking, chew, etc. The mixed views on the subject came about because cigarettes are a more recent invention and did not exist at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an in the 7th century A.D. Therefore, one cannot find a verse of Qur'an or words of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) saying clearly that "Cigarette smoking is forbidden." However, there are many instances where the Qur'an gives us general guidelines, and calls upon us to use our reason and intelligence, and seek guidance from Allah about what is right and wrong. In the Qur'an, Allah says, ....he [the Prophet] commands them what is just, and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good, and prohibits them from what is bad..." (Surah al-Ar'af 7:157). So what are the evils of tobacco use, for your health and for your deen (religion)?<br />
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1. Danger to your health<br />
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Allah says,"...make not your own hands contribute to your destruction..."(Surah al-Baqarah 2:195, );"...nor kill yourselves..." (Surah al-Nisaa 4:29). It is universally understood that cigarette smoking causes a number of health problems that often ultimately result in death. Men who smoke contract lung cancer at 22 times the rate of non-smokers. Smokers are also highly at risk for heart disease, emphysema, oral cancer, stroke, etc. There are hundreds of poisonous and toxic ingredients in the cigarette itself that the smoker inhales straight into the lungs. In an authentic hadith, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said that "Whomsoever drinks poison, thereby killing himself, will sip this poison forever and ever in the fire of Jahannum (Hell)." Over 3 million people worldwide die from smoking-related causes each year.<br />
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2. Danger to your family's health<br />
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In the Qur'an, Allah says: "Those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly bear on themselves a glaring sin" (Surat al-Ahzaab 33:58). And the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that "there should be neither harming, nor reciprocating harm.? In another hadith, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should not hurt his neighbour." Those around the smoker inhale what is known as "second-hand smoke" - the unfiltered, poisonous waste that goes in the air around the smoker. There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, over 40 of which are known to cause cancer. Second-hand smoke causes or aggravates asthma, bronchitis, and other respiratory problems, especially in children.<br />
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3. Addictive<br />
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The addiction to tobacco is a physical response that often interferes with one's life and worship. For example, most Muslims are aware that it is forbidden to smoke during the fasting days of Ramadan. Many of these addicted smokers spend their fasting days sleeping, cranky, and short-tempered, just counting the hours until they can have their fix. There have been times when the most severely addicted will wait outside the masjid door for the adhaan, and break their fast by lighting up, before taking even food or water.<br />
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4. Noxious Smell<br />
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Muslims are advised to refrain from eating raw onions and garlic - simply as a courtesy to those around them. Nobody likes the smell. The same goes even more so for the reek of cigarettes, which permeates everything around the smoker - hair, clothing, home, car, etc. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: whoever has eaten from such greens as garlic, onions or leek should keep away from our mosque.? Many smokers try to hide the smell by using breath mints or perfume. This does not get rid of the smell, it only masks it. Often the combination of smells is even more nauseating.<br />
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5. Waste of Money<br />
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Allah says, "...But spend not wastefully (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift. Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the devils...?{Surah al-Israa?17:26-27} And in an authentic hadith the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that: "Allah hates for you three things: gossiping, begging, and wasting money." In the U.S. and other countries, cigarettes are taxed heavily in order to discourage this habit and reimburse the government for the overwhelming health care costs to care for those afflicted with diseases caused by smoking. Smokers often spend thousands of dollars a year that literally just go up in smoke.<br />
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Recent Opinions of Scholars<br />
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In more recent times, as these dangers of tobacco use have come to be proven beyond any doubt, scholars have become more unanimous in pronouncing tobacco use clearly Haraam (forbidden) to believers. They now use the strongest terms to condemn this habit.<br />
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How to Quit?<br />
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As mentioned, one of the dangers of tobacco is that it is so addicting. It causes a physical response in your body when you try to give it up. Therefore, quitting is often difficult. However, with the help of Allah and the personal commitment to improve yourself for the sake of Allah, and for your own health, it is possible. It is first recommended to make the firm intention, from deep in your heart, to give up this evil habit. Trust in Allah's words: "...When you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust in Him. If Allah help you, none can overcome you; if He forsakes you, who is - after that - that can help you? In Allah, then, let believers put their trust" (Surah Al-'lmran 3:159-160).<br />
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Secondly, one must avoid situations where you are used to smoking, and people who do so around you. For example, if you have certain friends who gather together and they all constantly smoke - make a choice (Allah gave you free will to choose!) to stay away from that environment for the time being. At a vulnerable stage, it is too easy to get sucked back in by having "just one." Remember, tobacco causes a physical addiction and you must stay away completely. Drink a lot of water and keep yourself busy in other endeavours. Go to the masjid. Play sports. And remember the words of Allah: "And those who strive hard in Our Cause, We will certainly guide them to Our Paths, for verily Allah is with those who do right? (Surah al-Ankabut 29:69).<br />
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Comment with Advice InshaaAllah<br />
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Narrated by Anas (radiy Allahu 'anhu): The prophet (Sall Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said,<br />
“ Allah Says : “ when a slave of mine draws near to me a span, I draw near to him a cubit,<br />
& if he draws near to me a cubit, I draw near to him a fathom.<br />
And if he comes to me walking, I go to him running<br />
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Our Lord! Grant us good in this world and good in the life to come and keep us safe from the torment of the Fire (2:201)<br />
"O our Lord! cover (us) with Thy Forgiveness - me, my parents, and (all) Believers, on the Day that the Reckoning will be established! (14:41)</span></b></i></span></span></div>Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-10503532407478781432011-09-26T00:56:00.001-07:002011-09-26T00:56:37.435-07:00Revelation Order of the Qur'an<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"></span><br />
<div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">The Qur'an was sometimes revealed to respond to various events and incidents. Sometimes it was revealed to support the Prophet (saws) who was faced with many questions, whether by Muslims or non-Muslims, and hardships. Other times was revealed for legislation and for putting rules to govern the social, economical, and political life of Muslims.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">The first verses to be revealed, according to the most correct opinion of scholars, are the first five verses of Surat Al-`Alaq, which happens to be Chapter 96 of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Order of Verses</strong></div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">Muslim scholars agree that the order of the verses in every chapter was done or commanded by the Prophet (saws) himself following the commands of Almighty Allah.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">The Prophet (saws) once told his Companions after he had received a certain revelation that the arch-angel Gabriel had specified for him the particular order of verses (Ahmad).</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">There are also many incidents narrated in the books of Sunnah regarding the Prophet's (saws) recitation during prayer. The Companions used to pray every day behind the Prophet (saws) and he used to recite the Qur'an in the order given to him by Allah, and they used to learn and memorize from his recitation.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">There have never been any incident in which any of the Companions reciting in any order that violated the order of the verses showed to us by the Prophet (saws).</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Order of Surahs</strong></div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">As for the order of the surahs (chapters), the most accepted view is that it was also applied following an instruction given by Almighty Allah. It has been recorded that the Prophet (saws) reviewed the Qur'an with the arch-angel Gabriel 24 times all within his life.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">Every year, he used to review it once during the month of Ramadan with Gabriel. During the final year of the Prophet's life, Gabriel revised the Qur'an twice with the Prophet (saws) as a way of confirming it. The Prophet (saws), in turn, used to follow this order in teaching his Companions and communicating the message to them.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Significance of Order</strong></div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">The question of why a surah like Surat Al-`Alaq, which was revealed first not put first in the <em>mushaf</em> (a physical copy of the Qur'an), this will require us to search more in the Qur'an and explore some of its secrets. A deeper look into the whole matter will show us that the order of the Qur'an has a purpose and the revelation of the Qur'an also has a purpose.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">For instance, the revelation of the Qur'an responding to specific problems or incidents carries the purpose of solving these problems or providing guidance in these incidents.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">During the first 13 years of Islam, the main task of the Prophet (saws) was to call people to Islam based on the Qur'anic revelations that focused on the Oneness of Allah and righteous conduct.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">When Muslims migrated to Madinah and an Islamic community started to be well-established and new challenges emerged, the main focus of the revelation was to regulate the life of Muslims through detailing the rulings pertaining to different acts of worship and setting punishments for crimes and so on. </div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">This shows us that the revelation in each of the two stages has a purpose. When the revelation stage was completed, the whole Qur'an was there and the whole message was put in the order that was intended for it to stay till the Day of Judgment.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Explanation of Order</strong></div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">Such an order serves in delivering the message the Qur'an is put for, as it has got another purpose.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">If you look at the first surah of the Qur'an, namely Al-Fatihah, you can perceive that it acts as a summary for the structure and the message of the Book (Qur'an) ahead of every reader.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">Being Umm Al-Qur'an (the Mother of the Qur'an), it carries all its themes; it summarizes them. It tells us who Allah is: the source of all love and mercy. Therefore, knowing who He is, we should be thankful to Him and worship Him alone. We should seek His help, and He has all the power to give us whatever we need. It makes it clear that Allah is the only One Who can really guide. It speaks about life after death and the consequences of human action and behavior.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">The same holds true for Surat Al-Baqarah. The first verses speak about the fact that this Book is above all doubts and it is beyond the abilities of doubters to try to challenge its validity. Then it gives a hint on its main theme — guiding the righteous — and then goes on to speak about the beginning of creation and the story of Adam to establish the theme that humankind is here on earth as a vicegerent of the Creator and should use the Book as a manual to carry out the mission in the right way.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">All these themes and messages cannot be carried except through this logical order in which Allah commanded for the Qur'an to be put. If a surah like Al-`Alaq was to be put at the beginning instead of Al-Fatihah, it could have given a significance of course and give a message, but not the exact fully wonderful message that we can get from the order of the Qur'an as it is now.</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Why Al-`Alaq in the Current Order?</strong></div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">As for why Surat Al-`Alaq is mentioned in this specific order in the Qur'an, scholars hold the view that in the previous surah of At-Tin, Allah says what means that He has created humans in the best make (At-Tin 95:4). The details of that creation are cited in Surat Al-`Alaq:</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;">*{Read in the name of your Lord Who created. Created humans, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood.}* (Al-`Alaq 96:1-2)</div><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>Quran, in Arabic, could only have been written by ONE of 3 possible sources:</i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span> 1. the Arabs</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span> 2. Mohammad (peace be upon him)</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span> 3. God (Allah)</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span>(NOTE: The first part is not meant to be a rigorous proof. It is something to ponder upon. However, the second part, about Mohammad [pbuh] wrote it' contains more extensive proof.)</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span>Besides the above mentioned sources, Quran couldn't possibly have been written by ANYONE else.</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span>No other source is possible, because Quran is written in pure, rich, and poetic Arabic, which was not known to anyone other than the above mentioned sources, at that time. The Arabic language was at its peak in expression, richness, vocabulary, artistic, and poetic value during the time the Quran was being revealed. Anyone speaking the classical Arabic ( the Arabic of Quran at the time it was revealed) would argue that a non-Arab entity couldn't possibly have written such an extensive and brilliant piece of literature in the Arabic language. Quran could only have been written by an Arabic speaking entity. An entity, who's knowledge, style, vocabulary, grammar, and way of expression was so powerful that it impacted the entire Arabian peninsula, the east, the west, and continues to impact people all over the globe today!</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span>At no other time, in the history of Arabic language, had it ever achieved its peak in expression, literature, and development, than the time of Arabia during the 6th Century, the time when Quran was being revealed. At no other time in the history of Arabic language had the language ever achieved its highest potential than the time of Arabia during the 6th Century, the time when Quran was being revealed. The language reached its peak in richness, artistic value, and poetry, during that time. With the Arabic language at its peak, and the best of Arabic writers, poets present in Arabia, it is impossible that a non-Arabic speaking entity would write a book like Quran and have such a dynamite impact on the Arabs!</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span>So only an Arabic speaking entity could have write Quran. With that in mind, we're left with three choies:</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span> 1 - the Arabs wrote it</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span> 2 - Mohammad (pbuh) wrote it</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span><span> 3 - Allah (swt) wrote it</span></span> </i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i> <div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Lets examine the three choces one by one.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>(1) Arabs Wrote it?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>What Quran teaches goes DIRECTLY against the pagan Arab culture, religion, and gods, that existed before the Quran was revealed. Quran condemns idol worshipping, but the Arabs, loved their idol gods, and worshipped them regularly. Quran raised the status of women; the Arabs treated women next to animals. The Arabs would never write something that goes against their most important belief of idol worshipping. Quran goes against most of the social habbits (such as backbiting, slandering, name calling, etc) which the Arabs were heavily indulged into. For example, the Arabs would call insulting nicknames such as Abu Jahal (the father of ignorance). Quran condemns and prohibits taking interest on money, whereas, the Arabs freely levied heavy interest rates in loans and businesses. Quran condemns and prohibits Alcohol drinking, whereas, the Arabs consumed alcohol freely. The Quran condemns and prohibits gambling, whereas, the Arabs were some of the worst gamblers. The Arabs would never write something so comprehensively against just about all of their customs and culture and religious beliefs, as the Quran is.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>During the time of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), the Arabs would indulge in all the social habbits that the Quran condemns and prohibits. How can Arabs then write something that would negate their entire society's norms and ideologies?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Did a group of Arabs or an individual Arab write Quran? Perhaps a rebel Arab beduoin, or a society's misfit, or someone with different ideals and norms decided one day to write Quran? The answer to those questions are also 'no'. Because, if we read Quran, we notice that there is no author! No individual has his/her name written on the cover of Quran! Anytime an individual writes a book, he/she writes his/her name on the cover. The author's name always appears on his/her book, and there is always an author who is credited for writing that book. No one in the history of the world has EVER claimed to have written the Quran, nor anyone's name ever appeared in front of the Quran as bein the 'author'. This is the only book in the world without an author. No one in the world has ever been accused of writing the Holy Quran, except the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), by non-muslims.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Quran has no author, and no group or individual in Arabia ever claimed to have written it, nor any group or an indvidual recited, taught, and explained Quran except the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) and his followers. The Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) was the only Arabian who first practiced, explained, and preached Quran, and ended up making a lot of Arab tribes enemies. Any historian, Muslim or non-Muslim would argue that the only possible source of Quran can be the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), the man responsible to recite it, teach it, and expalin it to the people of Arabia. In fact, many historians today still think that only Mohammad (pbuh) could possibly have written it.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>This leads one to conclude that the Prophet (pbuh) must have written it!</span></span> </div> <div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>(2) Mohammad (pbuh) wrote it?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>First, he was illiterate !! How can an illiterate person come up with such a rich, poetic, intellectual, and inspiring text that it rocked the entire Arabia?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Mohammad (pbuh) never went to school! No one taught him. He had no teacher of any kind in any subjects. How can he have the knowledge of all the science, astronomy, oceanography, etc that is contained in the Quran? (For example, the mention of ocean currents, stars, earth, moon, sun and their fixed paths in Soorah Rahman; and many other scientific statements that are found in Quran, that I cannot state in this short article)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>When Quran was revealed, the Arabic language was at its peak in richness, poetic value, literature, etc. Quran came and challenged the best literature in Arabic, the best poetry in Arabic of the time. Mohammad (pbuh) being illiterate couldnt possibly have come up with something so immaculate that it even exceded the best of poetry, and literature in Arabic at the time of the language's PEAK development. Arabic language had never been so rich in expression, poetic value, vocabulary, and variety in literature, as it was in the time of Quran. At a time like this, Quran came and exceeded the best of Arabic in all aspects of the language: poetry, literature, expression, etc. Any classical Arabic speaker would appreciate the unbeatten, unchallenged, and unmatched beauty of the language of Quran.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>An illiterate man is simply not capable of writing such a book.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Mohammad (pbuh) had no reason to come up with something like Quran, and cause the entire society of Arabia to become his enemy. Why would he do something like that? Why would he write something going against almost all of the norms of the society, and lose his family, relatives, friends, and other loved ones, and not to mention all the wealth he lost</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Quran was revealed over a period of 23 years! A very long time! Is it possible for someone to maintain the same exact style of Arabic speech , as demonstrated in Quran, for over 23 years?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Also, what the prophet Mohammad (saaw) used to say is recorded in what we call his hadeeth (sunnah). If we look at the Arabic style of the hadeeth, and compare it with the style of Quran, we can clearly see that they are clearly DIFFERENT, and DISTINGUISHABLE Arabic styles. The prophet (saaw) spoke in public. It does not make sense that a man has two UNIQUE, Distinguishable, and completely different styles of speech in public. Yet another reason why Mohammad (saaw) couldn't possibly have written Quran.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Quran was revealed over a period of 23 years ! A very long time! Is it possible for someone to maintain the same exact style of Arabic speech , as demonstrated in Quran over 23 years?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Here's what our famous Muslim Scholar, Ahmad Deedat said:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>WAS QURAN WRITTEN OR INSPIRED?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>"Behold! The angels said: "O Mary! God has chosen you and purified you - Chosen you above the women of all nations." Qur'an-3:42</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>THE SOURCE OF HIS MESSAGE</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>"Chosen you above the women of all nations." Such an honour is not to be found given to Mary even in the Christian Bible!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Knowing full-well, and believing as we do, that the whole Quran is the veritable Word of God, we will nevertheless agree, for the sake of argument, with the enemies of Muhammed (pbuh) for a moment, that he wrote it. We can now expect some cooperation from the unbeliever.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Ask him, "Have you any qualms in agreeing that Muhammed (pbuh) was an Arab?" Only an opinionated fool will hesitate to agree. In that case there is no sense in pursuing any discussion. Cut short the talk. Close the book!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>With the man of reason, we proceed. "That this Arab, in the first instance, was addressing other Arabs. He was not talking to Indian Muslims, Chinese Muslims, or Nigerian Muslims. He was addressing his own people - the Arabs. Whether they agreed with him or not, he told them in the most sublime form - words that were seared into the hearts and minds of his listeners that Mary the mother of Jesus -A JEWESS- was chosen above the women of all nations. Not his own mother, nor his wife nor his daughter, nor any other Arab woman, but a Jewess! Can one explain this? Because to everyone his own mother or wife, or daughter would come before other women.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Why would the Prophet of Islam honour a woman from his opposition! and a Jewess at that! belonging to a race which had been looking down upon his people for three thousand years? Just as they still look down upon their Arab brethren today.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>SARAH AND HAGAR</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>The Jews get their cock-eyed racism from their Holy Bible, where they are told their father, Abraham, had two wives -Sarah and Hagar. They say that they are the children of Abraham through Sarah, his legitimate wife; that their Arab brethren have descended through Hagar, a "bondwoman", and that as such, the Arabs are inferior breed.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Will anyone please explain the anomaly as to why Muhammed (pbuh) (if he is the author) chose this Jewess for such honour? The answer is simple - HE HAD NO CHOICE - he had no right to speak of his own desire. "IT IS NO LESS THAN AN INSPIRATION SENT DOWN TO HIM." (Qur'an, 53:4).</span></span> </div> <div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>SURA MARYAM</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>There is a Chapter in the Holy Quran, named Sura Maryam "Chapter Mary" (XIX) named in honour of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ (pbuh); again, such an honour is not to be found given to Mary in the Christian Bible. Out of the 66 books of the Protestants and 73 of the Roman Catholics, not one is named after Mary or her son. You will find books named after Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, Paul and two score more obscure names, but not a single one is that of Jesus or Mary!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>If Muhammed (pbuh) was the author of the Holy Quran, then he would not have failed to include in it with MARYAM, the mother of Jesus, his own mother - AMINA, his dear wife - KHADIJA, or his beloved daughter - FATIMA. But No! No! this can never be. The Quran is not his handiwork!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Another Muslim writes:</span></span> </div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>From: Abu Abdullah;</span></span> </div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Subject: Re: Mohammad Wrote the Quran? [KORAN]</span></span> </div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Date: Sat, 05 Aug 95 12:44:14 EDT</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>I was reading about the charge that the prophet, Mohammed (pbuh), has written the Quran himself. Before you go any further in reading this post, please ask yourself whether you are a honest truth seeker or just another argumentative person, if the former, continue, otherwise, save your time and jump to the next post.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Islam is based on faith that is supported by a number of strong miracles such as knowing what events to take place ahead of time or coming up with supernatural deeds in front of people. The holy Quran has these signs and much more. First, The holy Quran predicted many events to take place ahead of the time of the revelation of that verse; for example, predicting the destruction of Persian empire at a time where the later had a monumental victory over Rome. If the prophet, as some people claim, has written the Quran, then he would have put his future in real jeopardy (50% chance) since neither satellite photos nor on-ground intelligence personnel were available to him at the revelation time. Further, numerous details about many natural phenomena were detailed in the Quran and, until recently, they were proven by experts to be amazingly accurate. For example of the physical development of the fetus inside the womb along with timing given by many verses matches exactly what leading authorities in Embryology are claiming to be recent discoveries. Moreover, verses that gives descriptions about the creation of the universe and the function of mountains in balancing earth and many other descriptions/explanations are available to be read and to be understood. If the prophet was the author, wouldn't he be prone to make weak inferences similar to those who claim that earth is square and whoever says otherwise should be killed?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>The prophet also has demonstrated many supernatural miracles not by his own power, but by the power of the creator. He went to Jerasalem back in one night and gave a detailed description of the carnival that was traveling on that route and also specific accedint happend to them at that noght (in those days, it takes a month or so for a round-trip). In another ocasion, he provided water for an entire army from a small plate between his hands. There are many other miracles that require serious truth seeker to read about and to think about it.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>From the above, it reasonable to conclude that the Quran is not the PROPHET CREATION. HE HAD NO WAY TO PREDICT ALL THESE EVENTS AND TO BE RIGHT ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN KNOWING THAT THE PROPHET HIMSELFE WAS ILLITERATE!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Embryology and Life Sciences in Quran</span></span> </div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>"The Developing Human. Clinically Oriented Embryology"</span></span> </div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Keith L. Moore</span></span> </div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>5th Edition, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co. (1982)</span></span> </div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>ISBN 07216 4662-X $33.95</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>The work by Prof. Keith Moore is probably the most detailed study of the subject. Prof. Keith Moore is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy, University of Toronto.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>His books on anatomy and on embryology are used at many medical school as standard instruction books. The Yale Medical school uses both his books. The Yale Bookstore phone number for Medical books is: (203) 772-2081. Their general information number is (203) 432-4771. (New Haven, Connecticut)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>He is *the* authority on embryology. I strongly recommend the latest edition of the latter book as it mentions how accurately the Qur'an describes embryo development.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Prof. Moore has said: "It has been a great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Qur'an about human development. It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammed from God or Allah because almost all of this knowledge was not discovered until many centuries later. This proves to me that Mohammed must have been a messenger of God or Allah."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Prof. Marshal Johnson, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Director of the Daniel Baugh Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>He says: "The Qur'an describes not only the development of external form but emphasizes also the internal stages -- the stages inside the embryo of its creation and development, emphasizing major events recognized by contemporary science.... If I were to transpose myself into that era, knowing what I know today and describing things, I could not describe the things that were described. I see no evidence to refute the concept that this individual Mohammed had to be developing this information from some place, so I see nothing in conflict with the concept that Divine Intervention was involved..."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>To receive a copy of the article that Moore wrote about 'Highlights of Human Embryology in the Koran and Hadith' please e-mail Adam at adam3@netcom.com</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>That leaves us to our third option: </span><span>God wrote it!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>May Allah Guide Us All to Straight Path. Ameen.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>QURAN: Chapter 4, Verse 82: "Do they not consider (ponder) on the Quran? If it had been from anyone except Allah, they would surely have found in it much discrepency (contradictions)."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Still unsure or doubtful? Quran is the word of Allah. Allah challenges to His creations:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Chapter 2, Verses 23 & 24: "And if you are in doubt as to what We have revealed to our servant, Then produce a Chapter like thereunto; And call your witnesses or helpers besides Allah, If you are true. But if you cannot, and surely you cannot, Then fear the fire Whose fuel is men and stones, Which is prepared for those who reject."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;">Try reading and understanding the meaning with explanation of the following verses also! Chapter 10, verse 38 Chapter 11, verse 13 Chapter 17 verse 88</div></i></b></span></div>Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-12705352885246510882011-09-26T00:52:00.000-07:002011-09-26T00:52:17.168-07:00The Miracle and Challenge of the Qur'an<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>"We shall show them Our signs on the horizons and within themselves until it will become clear to them that it is the Truth. Does it not suffice that your Lord is Witness over all things?"<br />
Qur'an:41:53.<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Muslims are taught that throughout the ages, Allah Almighty has sent a prophet to every nation as a warner and a bearer of glad tidings.<br />
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"Verily! We have sent you (O Muhammad) with the Truth, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner; and there is not a nation but a warner has passed among them."<br />
Qur'an 35:24.<br />
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Each Prophet was wisely selected by Allah in order to be the best person for the job. He was then provided by Allah with miracles as proof of his truthfulness and his message. These miracles were wisely selected by Allah in order to be in the same field as that which these people excelled in so that they could fully comprehend the magnitude of these miracles.<br />
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For instance, the people during the time of Moses excelled at magical trickery. Their rulers used to surround themselves with the most powerful of these wizards as a sign of power. This is why Allah made the miracles of Moses (as) similar to their magical trickery (changing a stick into a snake, parting of the sea... etc.) but of a much greater magnitude than anything they could ever hope to accomplish. For they were not tricks, but actual physical miracles.<br />
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The people at the time of the Prophet Jesus (as) excelled in matters of medicine. For this reason, his miracles were of a medical nature (raising of the dead, healing of the blind...etc.), but of a degree that they could never hope to imitate. Similarly, one of the major miracles of Islam was a new and unheard-of type of literature similar to the Bedouin's poetry but far beyond anything they could ever hope to match. Although they did indeed try. This new literature was called "The Qur'an."<br />
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The Arabic language, as can be attested to by any of it's scholars, is a very rich and powerful language. The Bedouin people of the Arabian desert were, in general, illiterate people of very little scientific knowledge. The thing that set them apart, however, was their mastery of poetry. Spending their days as they did in the desert watching their sheep graze got quite boring. They alleviated their boredom by continually composing and refining poetry. They would spend entire years composing and refining their poetry in anticipation of a yearly face-down of the poetic compositions of their peers from all over the country. The fact that they were illiterate forced them to also train themselves in the memorisation of works of literature to such an extent that they were able to memorise complete works from a single recitation. Even in matters of leadership, one of the major criteria for selecting the leaders of the various Bedouin tribes was the individual's prowess in literary composition and memorisation.<br />
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The Arabian Bedouins took great pains to make their poetry as compact and picturesque as humanly possible, constantly expanding the language along the way. A single word could convey complete pictures. The Qur'an, however, has put even these great efforts to shame. You will notice that when a Muslim translates a verse of the Qur'an he usually does not say "the Qur'an says so and so" but rather "An approximation of the meaning of what the Qur'an says is so and so." You really need to know the language to comprehend this.<br />
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In the English language, we find that the words: "mustang," "colt," "mare," "pony," "stallion," "bronco"... etc. all refer to the same thing; a horse. Each one of these words conveys a slightly different mental picture. The mental picture we get when we hear the word "colt" is slightly different than the picture we get if we hear the word "mare." In a similar manner, the Arabic language progressed in such a fashion as to make it possible to convey such mental pictures in as concise and picturesque a format as possible. It is not at all uncommon to find over three hundred words that refer to the same thing in the Arabic language. Each one of these words gives a slightly different picture than the others.<br />
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Many centuries of this constant refinement eventually lead to a very complex and rich vocabulary. It was for this very reason that Allah Almighty placed the primary miracle of Muhammad (saws) in the Qur'an. You see, if you want someone to believe in your miracle, you should present your miracle in the same field as that which that person excels in. If I am a computer programmer, and I go to a Chemist and challenge him to write a better computer program than myself, then this will not be much of a competition. But if I challenge a computer programmer to the same test then this will be a true test of my abilities. It will also be possible for my opponent to truly comprehend the magnitude of what I have accomplished.<br />
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When Muhammad (saws))first became the prophet of Islam, he presented his people with a challenge: "compose a literary work on a par with this Qur'an that I have brought you and you will prove that I am a liar." They could not. The Qur'an continued to reduce it's challenge until the challenge finally became: "compose only a single verse comparable to this Qur'an and you will have won." They still could not. This in addition to the fairness, justice, and logic of the Qur'an eventually won them over and slowly more and more people became Muslims.<br />
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"Well then, if the Koran were his own [Muhammad's] composition other men could rival it. Let them produce ten verses like it. If they could not (and it is obvious that they could not), then let them accept the Koran as an outstanding evidential miracle"<br />
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(Mohammedanism, H. A. R. Gibb, Oxford University Press, p. 42)<br />
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"From the literary point of view, the Koran is regarded as a specimen of purest Arabic, written in half poetry, half prose. It has been said that in some cases grammarians have adopted their rules to agree with certain expressions used in it, and though several attempts have been made to produce a work equal to it as far as elegant writing is concerned, none yet has succeeded".<br />
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(Glimpses of the Holy Qur'an, Muhammad Azizullah, Crescent Publications, pp. 104-105)<br />
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Many claims have been made against Muhammad (saws) in that day and this. Among them are the claims that he was a lunatic, a liar, or deceived by the devil. If Muhammad (saws) was a lunatic or a liar then we have to wonder how all of his prophesies came true?. Further, if he was a deceived by Satan then we are faced with another problem. For we know that all Muslims are taught that when reading the Qur'an to first begin with the words "I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed one." and then follow this up with the words "In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful" So, we have to wonder if Satan would "inspire" a man to teach mankind to seek refuge in God from Satan? Indeed this is the exact same accusation which was made against Jesus (as). Let us read how Jesus responded to this claim:<br />
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"But some of them (the Jews) said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub (Satan) the chief of the devils. And others, tempting [him], sought of him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house [divided] against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub."<br />
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The Bible: Luke 11:15-18<br />
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It has been the case throughout the ages that with all previous Prophets, their miracle was separate from their book. Although we may claim that we have the "Torah" of Moses, still, it is not possible now to bring Moses' (as) staff and see it perform miracles as it did in his time. Similarly it is not possible today to see Jesus (as) raise the dead as he did so many centuries ago. However, since the message of Islam was the final message of God to mankind, therefore, the book of Islam itself was made the main miracle of Islam. It was also promised to renew it's challenge to mankind throughout the ages.<br />
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What does this mean? Nowadays, the number of people who can appreciate the literary content of the Qur'an has dwindled and this challenge no longer has the same impact it did fourteen hundred years ago. However, as we have seen in the verse quoted at the beginning of this chapter, Allah Almighty has promised to continually renew the challenge of the Qur'an throughout the ages. So how will it be renewed?<br />
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Recently, a new field of study has opened up to scholars. People nowadays are fascinated with science. This is the age of technology and scientific discovery. For this reason, mankind has begun to study the religious scriptures of humanity from a scientific point of view in order to challenge the scientific claims made in these scriptures. Many works have been published on this topic.<br />
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As mentioned previously, Muhammad (saws) lived among tribes of illiterate Bedouins. He himself was also illiterate. These people used to live extremely simple lives. Most of them were Nomads who travelled from place to place depending on where they could find grass for their sheep to graze. When Muhammad (saws) brought them the Qur'an, the believers found in the Qur'an the command to go out, seek knowledge, and to learn, learn, learn. A few centuries later, once the Islamic nation became firmly established, Muslims began to fulfil this command of the Qur'an and this resulted in one of the greatest explosions of scientific advancement mankind has ever seen. All of this was going on during a period that the West calls "The Dark Ages," wherein the scientists of the West were being persecuted and killed as sorcerers wizards and witches. During this period, Muslim scholars introduced into the world such things as:<br />
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* Mathematical evolution of spherical mirrors<br />
* Rectilinear motion of light and use of lenses<br />
* Refraction angle variations<br />
* Magnifying effects of the plano convex lens<br />
* Introduced the concept of elliptical shape of cosmological bodies<br />
* Study of the Centre of Gravity as applied to balance<br />
* Measurement of specific weights of bodies<br />
* Rule of algebraic equations<br />
* Solutions to quadratic and Cubic equations<br />
* Work on square roots, squares, theory of numbers, solution of the fractional numbers<br />
* Solutions of equations of cubic order<br />
* Wrote on conic geometry elaborating the solution of algebraic equations<br />
* Determined the Trinomial Equation<br />
* Avicenna's "Canon of Medicine." He is know as the Prince of Physicians to the West<br />
* Wrote the first description of several drugs and diseases as meningitis.<br />
* Treatment of Physiological shocks<br />
* Expertise in psychosomatic medicine and psychology<br />
* Al Biruni mentions 56 ( fifty six ) manuscripts on pharmacology<br />
* Credited for identifying Small Pox and its treatment<br />
* Use of alcohol as an antiseptic<br />
* Use of mercury as a purgative for the first time<br />
* First to describe the circulation of blood.<br />
* "Holy Abbas" was, after Rhazes, the most outstanding Physician. His works were authoritative till the works of ibn Sina appeared<br />
* Writings on Cosmology, Astrology, Music, Science of numbers and letters<br />
* Proved that the earth is smaller than the sun but larger than the moon.<br />
* Final authorities on Chemistry for many Centuries<br />
* Classified metals into three classifications<br />
* Laid the basis of the Acid Base theory<br />
* Distillation, calcination, crystallisation, the discovery of many acids<br />
* Cultivation of Gold - is a continuation of Jabir's work<br />
* Theory of Oscillatory motion of equinoxes<br />
* Addition of ninth sphere to the eight Ptolematic astronomy<br />
* Discovered the increase of the suns apogee<br />
* Gravitational force<br />
* Responsible for the discovery motion of the solar apsides<br />
* wrote ' On the Science of Stars '<br />
* Determination of latitudes and longitudes<br />
* Determination of geodetic measurements<br />
* Described the motion of the planets<br />
* Solved the problems of spherical trigonometry<br />
* First to study the isometric oscillatory motion of a pendulum<br />
* Invented the instrument ' Sahifah "<br />
* Responsible for the proof of the motion of the apogee of the sun with respect to the fixed stars.<br />
* authorities on the theory of the system of homocentric spheres<br />
* Prepared a calendar that was more accurate than the Gregorian one in use today.<br />
and much, much more.<br />
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All of this began with a single illiterate Bedouin Arab from the desert fourteen hundred years ago. The book that was brought into the world by such a man, cries out to be studied from a scientific aspect.<br />
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"So ask the People of Knowledge if you do not know" Qur'an:21:7<br />
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LETS HAVE DUA TOGETHER :)<br />
Please forgive me Ya Allah forgive me.<br />
Accept me Ya Allah, accept me.<br />
Become mine Ya Allah become mine.<br />
For I wish to become Yours Ya Allah, I wish to become yours “<br />
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Narrated by Anas (radiy Allahu 'anhu): The prophet (Sall Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said,<br />
“ Allah Says : “ when a slave of mine draws near to me a span, I draw near to him a cubit,<br />
& if he draws near to me a cubit, I draw near to him a fathom.<br />
And if he comes to me walking, I go to him running<br />
{Al- Bukhari]<br />
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Our Lord! Grant us good in this world and good in the life to come and keep us safe from the torment of the Fire (2:201)<br />
"O our Lord! cover (us) with Thy Forgiveness - me, my parents, and (all) Believers, on the Day that the Reckoning will be established! (14:41)</span></b></i></span></span></div>Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-42648081828825427982011-06-08T22:40:00.001-07:002011-06-08T22:40:44.412-07:00Helping those who are in need is an Islamic duty<div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">To help the people who are in the grip of difficulties is our Islamic duty. Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) says: </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment. Surah Maidah (5:2) </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">In the recent floods, innumerable families have been made homeless, many women have been turned into widows, children have been made orphans. To help such needy people is our Islamic and human duty and will bring us eternal blessings. </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">There is a Hadith in Sahih Muslim: </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Translation of Hadith: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be well pleased with him), he said that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Whoever removes one small difficulty of this world from a Momin (believer), Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) will remove a great difficulty of that person on the Day of Judgment and whoever creates some convenience for a needy person, Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) will create ease for that person in this world and the next. (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 38). </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">There is a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim: </font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Translation of Hadith: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be well pleased with him): The person who gives some relief to a widow and poor and the needy is like the one who makes efforts in the path of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala). The narrator says: I think the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) also said: That person is like that person who is awake in the nights and does not ever tire and like the person who fasts continuously. (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 6007, Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 2982) </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">There is Hadith in Zujajatul Masabeeh: </font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Translation of Hadith: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Abbas (May Allah be well pleased with them) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam): Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) will definitely grant Jannah to the person who includes an orphan in his (or her) food and drink excepting that person commits a sin which cannot be forgiven. (Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 4, Pg. No: 96) </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">There is a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim: </font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Translation of Hadith: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Umar (May Allah be well pleased with them) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: …. if any person busies himself (or herself) in fulfilling the needs of a brother, Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) fulfils the needs of that person. (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 2442; Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 2580) </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">There is a Hadith in Zujajatul Masabeeh: </font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Translation of Hadith: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Anas (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: If any person fulfils any need of any one of My Ummah, through which he (or she) wants to make that person happy, then in reality that person has made Me happy and that person has pleased Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) and Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) will enter that person into Jannah who pleases Him. (Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 4, Pg. No: 99) </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Helping the affected Non-Muslims: </font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Islam has directed us to maintain moral and social relations with the Non-Muslims. Allah(Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) says: </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loveth those who are just. Surah Mumtahina (60:8) </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">The Hadith declare that helping any person in difficulty regardless of religion or race brings us reward. Helping Non-Muslims who are facing difficulties and spending on needy poor has been a longstanding habit of Muslims. An example of what the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) did, so that they acquire this habit is given in this Hadith: </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Translation of Hadith: A year, the people of Makkah suffered a famine. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) sent 500 Dirhams to Abu Sufyan Bin Harb and 500 Dirhams to Safwan bin Ummayya to distribute among the needy. (Radd Ul Muhtaar, Vol. 2, Pg. No: 92). </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">The amount of Zakat cannot be spent on the Non-Muslims, they can be helped with other optional charities. </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">The Hadith have glad tidings for those who help the needy. Thus, there is a Hadith in Musnad Abu Ya'ala, Shu'ab Ul Iman & Majma Uz Zawaaid: </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Translation of Hadith: The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: For the person who helps any needy person, Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) writes 73 types of virtues. With the blessings of one virtue, the affairs of this world and the next of that person will be set right by Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) and the rest (72) will be for raising the status of that person. (Musnad Abu Ya'ala, Hadith No. 4266) </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">There is a Hadith in Jame' Tirmidhi and in Sunan Abu Dawood: </font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#660000">Translation of Hadith: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abdullah Bin 'Amr (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) is benevolent to that person who treats others with benevolence. You have mercy on those who live on this earth and the One of the skies will have mercy on you. (Jame' Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 1924, Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadith No. 4941)</font></b></i></div> <div><br></div><br>-- <br><font><font><font style="font-style:italic"><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-size:small"><i><div style="display:inline ! important"> <font><font color="#006600" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"> <img src="http://www.familylobby.com/common/tt3475596fltt.gif" width="420" height="60"> </div></div></span></b></font></font></div></i></span></span></div></font><font><div><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:center"> <b><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">"Women should not be like the moon which everyone can see uncovered; women should be like the sun which makes eyes bow down before they can see it"</font></u></b></div> <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"></span></span></b></font></span><br> <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"><br> </span></span></b></font></span></div><font style="font-style:italic;font-family:verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <span><div style="display:inline ! important"><font><div style="display:inline ! important"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)"> <div style="text-align:center"><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><b>When I stand before God at the end of my life,</b></font></u></div><u><div style="text-align:center"><span><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><b>I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left,</b></font></u></span></div> </u></div><u><div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)"><div style="text-align:center"><span><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><b>and could say, "I used everything you gave me."</b></font></u></span></div></div></u></span></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="line-height:14px"> </span><span><span style="font-weight:normal"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;display:inline"> <span style="line-height:normal"></span></p></span></span></span></div></font></div></span></div></span></b></font><br><font style="font-style:italic;font-family:verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <span><div style="display:inline ! 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important"><i><font><div style="font-size:13px;display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;display:inline ! important"> <font size="2"> </font><u><b><font size="2"> </font></b></u><img src="http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s333/Sakura_Amaya_Yumi/GlitterRose2.gif"></p></font></div> </div></font></i></div></font></div></div></font></font></font><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-65794691854450656802011-06-03T01:05:00.001-07:002011-06-03T01:05:57.745-07:00Beautiful Cursed Women<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">On the authority of 'Abdullâh Ibn Mas'ûd – Allâh be pleased with him, who said:</font></b></i></p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">May Allâh curse those women who tattoo or seek to be tattooed, those women who remove facial hair or seek it to be removed and those women who put gaps between their teeth for beautification; those who seek to change Allâh's creation.</font></b></i></p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">This reached a woman from Banî Asad who was called Umm Ya'qûb and who used to read the Qur`ân. She came to [Ibn Mas'ûd] and said, "What is this I hear from you, that you curse women who tattoo or seek to get tattooed, and those who remove facial hair and those who put gaps between their teeth for beauty, those who change Allâh's creation?" 'Abdullâh [Ibn Mas'ûd] replied, "And why should I not curse those whom Allâh's Messenger has cursed and those who are mentioned in Allâh's Book?" She said, "I have read [the Qur`ân] from cover to cover and I have not seen it mentioned." He replied, "If you had really read it [carefully] you would have found it; Allâh the Mighty and Sublime said:</font></b></i></p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, shun it. [Al-<u>H</u>ashr (59):7]</font></b></i></p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">The woman then said, "Well I have just seen some of this on your own wife." He said, "Go and see her." So she went to the wife of 'Abdullâh but didn't see anything. She returned to him and said, "I don't see anything." He said, "Well, if any of those practices had been done I would not be with her any more."</font></b></i></p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">Al-Bukhârî and Muslim. This translation is from the version in Muslim.</font></b></i></p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><strong><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">Points to note</font></i></strong></p> <ul><li><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">The teachings of Allâh's Messenger have the same legal weight as teachings in the Qur`ân because the Qur`ân commands us to take everything the Messenger teaches us, even if it is not specifically mentioned in the Qur`ân. This refutes the claim of heretics who say we only need to follow the Qur`ân</font></b></i></li> <li><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">It can even be said that a ruling given by Allâh's Messenger is in the Qur`ân based on the verse quoted</font></b></i></li><li><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">Tattooing, removal of facial hair – including the plucking of eyebrows - and making gaps between the teeth for beautification are strictly forbidden in Islâm and are regarded as major sins. In another narration, hair extensions have also been mentioned<u></u></font></b></i></li> <li><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">Exceptions have been made by scholars in cases where a woman suffers a condition that causes her to grow a full beard, or where filing of teeth and widening spaces are needed for medical reasons</font></b></i></li> <li><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">Being cursed (al-la'nah) means to be removed from Allâh's mercy; this goes to prove that these practices are major sins</font></b></i></li> <li><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">People should ask Allâh to curse those whom Allâh's Messenger has asked to be cursed</font></b></i></li><li><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">Women can ask male scholars about matters of religion and can converse with them for the purpose of understanding knowledge and legal rulings</font></b></i></li> <li><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">Wives who remain disobedient to Allâh should be divorced</font></b></i></li><li><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">A person who helps another to sin is regarded as a participant in that sin</font></b></i></li> </ul><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif" size="4" color="#330033">These points have been summarized from Ibn <u>H</u>ajr, Fat<u>h</u> Al-Bârî and Al-Nawawî, Shar<u>h</u> <u>S</u>a<u>h</u>î<u>h</u> Muslim.</font></b></i></p> </span><br>-- <br><font><font><font style="font-style: italic; "><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-size:small"><i><div style="display:inline ! important"> <font><font color="#006600" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"> <img src="http://www.familylobby.com/common/tt3475596fltt.gif" width="420" height="60"> </div></div></span></b></font></font></div></i></span></span></div></font><font><div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: center;"> <b><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">"Women should not be like the moon which everyone can see uncovered; women should be like the sun which makes eyes bow down before they can see it"</font></u></b></div> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"></span></span></b></font></span><br> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"><br> </span></span></b></font></span></div><font style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; " size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <span><div style="display:inline ! important"><font><div style="display:inline ! important"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)"> <div style="text-align:center"><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><b>When I stand before God at the end of my life,</b></font></u></div><u><div style="text-align:center"><span><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><b>I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left,</b></font></u></span></div> </u></div><u><div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)"><div style="text-align:center"><span><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><b>and could say, "I used everything you gave me."</b></font></u></span></div></div></u></span></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="line-height:14px"> </span><span><span style="font-weight:normal"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;display:inline"> <span style="line-height:normal"></span></p></span></span></span></div></font></div></span></div></span></b></font><br><font style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; " size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <span><div style="display:inline ! 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important"><i><font><div style="font-size:13px;display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;display:inline ! important"> <font size="2"> </font><u><b><font size="2"> </font></b></u><img src="http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s333/Sakura_Amaya_Yumi/GlitterRose2.gif"></p></font></div> </div></font></i></div></font></div></div></font></font></font><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-54610110555261286342011-06-02T01:16:00.000-07:002011-06-02T01:17:00.526-07:00Understand....<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Living The Quran</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Social Beings</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Al-Zukhruf (Ornaments) Chapter 43: Verse 32 (partial)</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">"We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them take labour from others."</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Human beings first nature incites them to pursue the fulfillment of their own needs using others in the process and taking advantage of their work for their own ends. It is only in cases of necessity and helplessness that they lend a hand to co-operate with society.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">It is as a result the human being's countless needs, which can never be fulfilled by themselves alone, that they recognize the possibility of fulfilling them through the help and co-operation of others. Similarly, they understand that their own strengths, desires and wishes are also shared by others, and just as they defend their own interests so others defend theirs.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">This verse refers to the reality of the social situation in which each individual has a different capacity and different talent: those who are superior in one domain engage the cooperation or employ of others for their eventual mutual benefit. Thus all members of society are linked together in the ways and wants of the fabric of one single social unit.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Compiled From:</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">"The Quran and Its Recitation During Ramadan" - Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">go to the top ^</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Understanding the Prophet's Life</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Meeting Allah</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Narrated by Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said: "The one who fasts has two satisfactions. One is when he breaks his fast at the end of the day. The other is when he meets his Lord." [Muslim]</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">The first satisfaction of the one who fasts is the pleasure of eating after a day of fasting. There are those whose fast continues even after they have eaten. These are the ones who keep their senses and their thoughts free of evil and their hands and their tongues from hurting others. It is for them the second and more rewarding satisfaction of meeting the Lord. There is nothing worthy to wish for, there is no other goal, no other beloved in this world and in the hereafter, except God. If an atom of anything other than the love of God enters the heart, the fast of truth, the true fast, is broken. Then one has to make it up, to revive that wish and intention, to return back to His love, here and in the hereafter, for God says, "Prescribed fasting is only for Me, and only I give its reward." [Bukhari, Muslim]</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Compiled From:</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">"On Spiritual Fasting" - Abdul Qadir Gilani</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">go to the top ^</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Blindspot!</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Moral Healing</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">The purpose of creation is for the human self to struggle (jihad) to attain the highest human perfection possible. This struggle is known as the greater struggle (jihad al-akbar). It is a struggle between reason and the passions for the attention of the heart. If reason succeeds in attracting the heart to itself, the self is turned towards the spiritual and external world. If the passions succeed, the self is turned towards the material and impermanent world.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">This struggle - a continuous kind of tension - is a more difficult one requiring one's constant attention to remember and recall the purpose of life. Forgetfulness and heedlessness, seen as aspects of satanic-ego temptations, are as strong a natural force which when in control of self, allow for the responses of lust and anger to take over the self.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Traditional prescribed fasting, which is always accompanied by prescribed prayer and supplication, serves to cut off the energies to the passions, weakening their response. This, in turn, strengthens the powers of reason.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Mastering, controlling the passions is traditionally known as moral healing. Anything that reinforces and strengthens the power of reason to attract the heart, the centre of self, towards the Real, the Truth, serves to morally heal and balance the self. Prescribed fasting is one of the best disciplines to reinforce values about what is right or wrong for the believer.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Compiled From:</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Ramadan: Motivating Believers To Action, "Moral Healing Through Fasting'" - Laleh Bakhtiar, pp. 141-145</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">go to the top ^</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Maintainer's Message</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Subscription Drive</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">By the grace of Allah, Friday Nasiha has continued to remind readers all over the world on a weekly basis for over 10 years! From our humble beginning of 300 subscribers we are now reaching over 70,000 readers worldwide. </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">We have set an ambitious but attainable goal of reaching 100,000 readers worldwide by the end of Ramadan 1431, insha Allah. That's 6,000 subscribers a month! </font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#003300" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Please take a moment to invite at least 5 friends and families to join Friday Nasiha. If you want to invite multiple email addresses to Friday Nasiha please send the email addresses to us and we will invite them on your behalf. 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important"><i><font><div style="font-size:13px;display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;display:inline ! important"> <font size="2"> </font><u><b><font size="2"> </font></b></u><img src="http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s333/Sakura_Amaya_Yumi/GlitterRose2.gif"></p></font></div> </div></font></i></div></font></div></div></font></i></font></i></font><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-41935380801592928062011-06-01T02:08:00.001-07:002011-06-01T02:08:50.681-07:00Music and Dancing in ISLAM..<div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330000">Question:-</font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330000">I have always heard that music, singing and dancing are haram in Islam. I went to this other site for the first time,XXX, and typed in music and all of these articles appeared which said music,dancing, and singing in Islam is halal??? They said "as long as the 2 sexes are not close together and their is no drinking going on" etc. and they even have hadiths that try to prove our Prophet Muhammed s.a.w was ok with this??? I am very confused now... Could you PLEASE give a full, detailed explanation about the Islamic ruling on music, singing and dancing and when it is allowed, if it is even allowed at all. </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Answer:-</font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Praise be to Allaah. </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Ma'aazif is the plural of mi'zafah, and refers to musical instruments (Fath al-Baari, 10/55), instruments which are played (al-Majmoo', 11/577). Al-Qurtubi (may Allaah have mercy on him) narrated from al-Jawhari (may Allaah have mercy on him) that ma'aazif means singing. In his Sihaah it says that it means musical instruments. It was also said that it refers to the sound of the instruments. In al-Hawaashi by al-Dimyaati (may Allaah have mercy on him) it says: ma'aazif means drums (dufoof, sing. daff) and other instruments which are struck or beaten (Fath al-Baari, 10/55).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Evidence of prohibition in the Qur'aan and Sunnah:</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Allaah says in Soorat Luqmaan (interpretation of the meaning):</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> "And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing) to mislead (men) from the path of Allaah…" [Luqmaan 31:6]</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> The scholar of the ummah, Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: this means singing. Mujaahid (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: this means playing the drum (tabl). (Tafseer al-Tabari, 21/40).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: this aayah was revealed concerning singing and musical instruments (lit. woodwind instruments). (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 3/451).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Al-Sa'di (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: this includes all manner of haraam speech, all idle talk and falsehood, and all nonsense that encourages kufr and disobedience; the words of those who say things to refute the truth and argue in support of falsehood to defeat the truth; and backbiting, slander, lies, insults and curses; the singing and musical instruments of the Shaytaan; and musical instruments which are of no spiritual or worldly benefit. (Tafseer al-Sa'di, 6/150)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The interpretation of the Sahaabah and Taabi'in, that 'idle talk' refers to singing, is sufficient. This was reported with saheeh isnaads from Ibn 'Abbaas and Ibn Mas'ood. Abu'l-Sahbaa' said: I asked Ibn Mas'ood about the aayah (interpretation of the meaning), '"And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks' [Luqmaan 31:6]. He said: By Allaah, besides Whom there is no other god, this means singing – and he repeated it three times. It was also reported with a saheeh isnaad from Ibn 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both) that this means singing. There is no contradiction between the interpretation of "idle talk" as meaning singing and the interpretation of it as meaning stories of the Persians and their kings, and the kings of the Romans, and so on, such as al-Nadr ibn al-Haarith used to tell to the people of Makkah to distract them from the Qur'aan. Both of them are idle talk. Hence Ibn 'Abbaas said: "Idle talk" is falsehood and singing. Some of the Sahaabah said one and some said the other, and some said both. Singing is worse and more harmful than stories of kings, because it leads to zinaa and makes hypocrisy grow (in the heart); it is the trap of the Shaytaan, and it clouds the mind. The way in which it blocks people from the Qur'aan is worse than the way in which other kinds of false talk block them, because people are naturally inclined towards it and tend to want to listen to it. The aayaat condemn replacing the Qur'aan with idle talk in order to mislead (men) from the path of Allaah without knowledge and taking it as a joke, because when an aayah of the Qur'aan is recited to such a person, he turns his back as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in his ear. If he hears anything of it, he makes fun of it. All of this happens only in the case of the people who are most stubbornly kaafirs and if some of it happens to singers and those who listen to them, they both have a share of this blame. (Ighaathat al-Lahfaan, 1/258-259).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> "[Allaah said to Iblees:] And befool them gradually those whom you can among them with your voice (i.e. songs, music, and any other call for Allaah's disobedience)…" [al-Israa' 17:64]</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> It was narrated that Mujaahid (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "And befool them gradually those whom you can among them with your voice" – his voice [the voice of Iblees/Shaytaan] is singing and falsehood. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This idaafah [possessive or genitive construction, i.e., your voice] serves to make the meaning specific, as with the phrases [translated as] "your cavalry" and "your infantry" [later in the same aayah]. Everyone who speaks in any way that is not obedient to Allaah, everyone who blows into a flute or other woodwind instrument, or who plays any haraam kind of drum, this is the voice of the Shaytaan. Everyone who walks to commit some act of disobedience towards Allaah is part of his [the Shaytaan's] infantry, and anyone who rides to commit sin is part of his cavalry. This is the view of the Salaf, as Ibn 'Abi Haatim narrated from Ibn 'Abbaas: his infantry is everyone who walks to disobey Allaah. (Ighaathat al-Lahfaan).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> "Do you then wonder at this recitation (the Qur'aan)?</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">And you laugh at it and weep not,</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing)"</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">[al-Najm 53:59-61]</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> 'Ikrimah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: it was narrated from Ibn 'Abbaas that al-sumood [verbal noun from saamidoon, translated here as "Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing)"] means "singing", in the dialect of Himyar; it might be said "Ismidi lanaa" ['sing for us' – from the same root as saamidoon/sumood] meaning "ghaniy" [sing]. And he said (may Allaah have mercy on him): When they [the kuffaar] heard the Qur'aan, they would sing, then this aayah was revealed. </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning) "Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing)" – Sufyaan al-Thawri said, narrating from his father from Ibn 'Abbaas: (this means) singing. This is Yemeni (dialect): ismad lana means ghan lana [sing to us]. This was also the view of 'Ikrimah. (Tafseer Ibn Katheer).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> It was reported from Abu Umaamah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Do not sell singing slave women, do not buy them and do not teach them. There is nothing good in this trade, and their price is haraam. Concerning such things as this the aayah was revealed (interpretation of the meaning): 'And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing) to mislead (men) from the path of Allaah…' [Luqmaan 31:6]." (Hasan hadeeth)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> "Among my ummah there will certainly be people who permit zinaa, silk, alcohol and musical instruments…" (Narrated by al-Bukhaari ta'leeqan, no. 5590; narrated as mawsool by al-Tabaraani and al-Bayhaqi. See al-Silsilah al-Saheehah by al-Albaani, 91).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This is a saheeh hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari in his Saheeh, where he quoted it as evidence and stated that it is mu'allaq and majzoom. He said: Chapter on what was narrated concerning those who permit alcohol and call it by another name.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> This hadeeth indicates in two ways that musical instruments and enjoyment of listening to music are haraam. The first is the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "[they] permit" which clearly indicates that the things mentioned, including musical instruments, are haraam according to sharee'ah, but those people will permit them. The second is the fact that musical instruments are mentioned alongside things which are definitely known to be haraam, i.e., zinaa and alcohol: if they (musical instruments) were not haraam, why would they be mentioned alongside these things? (adapted from al-Silsilah al-Saheehah by al-Albaani, 1/140-141)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Shaykh al-Islam (Ibn Taymiyah) (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This hadeeth indicates that ma'aazif are haraam, and ma'aazif means musical instruments according to the scholars of (Arabic) language. This word includes all such instruments. (al-Majmoo', 11/535).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: And concerning the same topic similar comments were narrated from Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Saa'idi, 'Imraan ibn Husayn, 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Amr, 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Abbaas, Abu Hurayrah, Abu Umaamah al-Baahili, 'Aa'ishah Umm al-Mu'mineen, 'Ali ibn Abi Taalib, Anas ibn Maalik, 'Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Saabit and al-Ghaazi ibn Rabee'ah. Then he mentioned it in Ighaathat al-Lahfaan, and it indicates that they (musical instruments) are haraam.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">It was narrated that Naafi' (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Ibn 'Umar heard a woodwind instrument, and he put his fingers in his ears and kept away from that path. He said to me, O Naafi', can you hear anything? I said, No. So he took his fingers away from his ears and said: I was with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he heard something like this, and he did the same thing. (Saheeh Abi Dawood). Some insignificant person said that this hadeeth does not prove that musical instruments are haraam, because if that were so, the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have instructed Ibn 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both) to put his fingers in his ears as well, and Ibn 'Umar would have instructed Naafi' to do likewise! The response to this is: He was not listening to it, but he could hear it. There is a difference between listening and hearing. Shaykh al-Islam (Ibn Taymiyah) (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Concerning (music) which a person does not intend to listen to, there is no prohibition or blame, according to scholarly consensus. Hence blame or praise is connected to listening, not to hearing. The one who listens to the Qur'aan will be rewarded for it, whereas the one who hears it without intending or wanting to will not be rewarded for that, because actions are judged by intentions. The same applies to musical instruments which are forbidden: if a person hears them without intending to, that does not matter. (al-Majmoo', 10/78).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Ibn Qudaamah al-Maqdisi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: the listener is the one who intends to hear, which was not the case with Ibn 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both); what happened in his case was hearing. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) needed to know when the sound stopped because he had moved away from that path and blocked his ears. So he did not want to go back to that path or unblock his ears until the noise had stopped, so when he allowed Ibn 'Umar to continue hearing it, this was because of necessity. (al-Mughni, 10/173)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> (Even though the hearing referred to in the comments of the two imaams is makrooh, it was permitted because of necessity, as we will see below in the comments of Imaam Maalik (may Allaah have mercy on him). And Allaah knows best).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> The views of the scholars (imaams) of Islam</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Al-Qaasim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Singing is part of falsehood. Al-Hasan (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: if there is music involved in a dinner invitation (waleemah), do not accept the invitation (al-Jaami by al-Qayrawaani, p. 262-263).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The view of the four Imaams is that all kinds of musical instruments are haraam. It was reported in Saheeh al-Bukhaari and elsewhere that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said that there would be among his ummah those who would allow zinaa, silk, alcohol and musical instruments, and he said that they would be transformed into monkeys and pigs… None of the followers of the imaams mentioned any dispute concerning the matter of music. (al-Majmoo', 11/576).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The four madhhabs are agreed that all musical instruments are haraam. (al-Saheehah, 1/145).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The madhhab of Abu Haneefah is the strictest in this regard, and his comments are among the harshest. His companions clearly stated that it is haraam to listen to all musical instruments such as the flute and the drum, even tapping a stick. They stated that it is a sin which implies that a person is a faasiq (rebellious evil doer) whose testimony should be rejected. They went further than that and said that listening to music is fisq (rebellion, evildoing) and enjoying it is kufr (disbelief). This is their words. They narrated in support of that a hadeeth which could not be attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). They said: he should try not to hear it if he passes by it or it is in his vicinity. Abu Yoosuf said, concerning a house from which could be heard the sound of musical instruments: Go in without their permission, because forbidding evil actions is obligatory, and if it were not allowed to enter without permission, people could not have fulfilled the obligatory duty (of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil). (Ighaathat al-Lahfaan, 1/425).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Imaam Maalik (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about playing the drum or flute, if a person happens to hear the sound and enjoy it whilst he is walking or sitting. He said: He should get up if he finds that he enjoys it, unless he is sitting down for a need or is unable to get up. If he is on the road, he should either go back or move on. (al-Jaami' by al-Qayrawaani, 262). He (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "The only people who do things like that, in our view, are faasiqs." (Tafseer al-Qurtubi, 14/55).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Among the types of earnings which are haraam by scholarly consensus are ribaa, the fee of a prostitute, anything forbidden, bribes, payment for wailing over the dead and singing, payments to fortune-tellers and those who claim to know the unseen and astrologers, payments for playing flutes, and all kinds of gambling. (al-Kaafi).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, explaining the view of Imaam al-Shaafa'i: His companions who know his madhhab (point of view) stated that it is haraam and denounced those who said that he permitted it. (Ighaathat al-Lahfaan, 1/425).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> The author of Kifaayat al-Akhbaar, who was one of the Shaafa'is, counted musical instruments such as flutes and others, as being munkar (evil), and the one who is present (where they are being played) should denounce them. (He cannot be excused by the fact that there are bad scholars, because they are corrupting the sharee'ah, or evil faqeers – meaning the Sufis, because they call themselves fuqaraa' or faqeers – because they are ignorant and follow anyone who makes noise; they are not guided by the light of knowledge; rather they are blown about by every wind. (Kifaayat al-Akhbaar, 2/128).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: With regard to the view of Imaam Ahmad, his son 'Abd-Allaah said: I asked my father about singing. He said: Singing makes hypocrisy grow in the heart; I do not like it. Then he mentioned the words of Maalik: the evildoers (faasiqs) among us do that. (Ighaathat al-Lahfaan).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn Qudaamah, the researcher of the Hanbali madhhab – (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Musical instruments are of three types which are haraam. These are the strings and all kinds of flute, and the lute, drum and rabaab (stringed instrument) and so on. Whoever persists in listening to them, his testimony should be rejected. (al-Mughni, 10/173). And he said (may Allaah have mercy on him); If a person is invited to a gathering in which there is something objectionable, such as wine and musical instruments, and he is able to denounce it, then he should attend and speak out against it, because then he will be combining two obligatory duties. If he is not able to do that, then he should not attend. (al-Kaafi, 3/118)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Al-Tabari (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The scholars of all regions are agreed that singing is makrooh and should be prevented. Although Ibraaheem ibn Sa'd and 'Ubayd-Allaah al-'Anbari differed from the majority, (it should be noted that) the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Adhere to the majority." And whoever dies differing from the majority, dies as a jaahili. (Tafseer al-Qurtubi, 14/56). In earlier generations, the word "makrooh" was used to mean haraam, then it took on the meaning of "disliked". But this is to be understood as meaning that it is forbidden, because he [al-Tabari] said "it should be prevented", and nothing is to be prevented except that which is haraam; and because in the two hadeeths quoted, music is denounced in the strongest terms. Al-Qurtubi (may Allaah have mercy on him) is the one who narrated this report, then he said: Abu'l-Faraj and al-Qaffaal among our companions said: the testimony of the singer and the dancer is not to be accepted. I say: if it is proven that this matter is not permissible, then accepting payment for it is not permissible either.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Shaykh al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him) said: What Ibraaheem ibn Sa'd and 'Ubayd-Allaah al-'Anbari said about singing is not like the kind of singing that is known nowadays, for they would never have allowed this kind of singing which is the utmost in immorality and obscenity. (al-I'laam)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: It is not permissible to make musical instruments. (al-Majmoo', 22/140). And he said: According to the majority of fuqahaa', it is permissible to destroy musical instruments, such as the tanboor [a stringed instrument similar to a mandolin]. This is the view of Maalik and is the more famous of the two views narrated from Ahmad. (al-Majmoo', 28/113). And he said: …Ibn al-Mundhir mentioned that the scholars were agreed that it is not permissible to pay people to sing and wail… the consensus of all the scholars whose views we have learned about is that wailing and singing are not allowed. Al-Shu'bi, al-Nakha'i and Maalik regarded that as makrooh [i.e., haraam]. Abu Thawr, al-Nu'maan – Abu Haneefah (may Allaah have mercy on him) – and Ya'qoob and Muhammad, two of the students of Abu Haneefah said: it is not permissible to pay anything for singing and wailing. This is our view. And he said: musical instruments are the wine of the soul, and what it does to the soul is worse than what intoxicating drinks do. (Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 10/417).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn Abi Shaybah (may Allaah have mercy on him) reported that a man broke a mandolin belonging to another man, and the latter took his case to Shurayh. But Shurayh did not award him any compensation – i.e., he did not make the first man pay the cost of the mandolin, because it was haraam and had no value. (al-Musannaf, 5/395).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Al-Baghawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) stated in a fatwa that it is haraam to sell all kinds of musical instruments such as mandolins, flutes, etc. Then he said: If the images are erased and the musical instruments are altered, then it is permissible to sell their parts, whether they are silver, iron, wood or whatever. (Sharh al-Sunnah, 8/28)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> An appropriate exception</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> The exception to the above is the daff – without any rings (i.e., a hand-drum which looks like a tambourine, but without any rattles) – when used by women on Eids and at weddings. This is indicated by saheeh reports. Shaykh al-Islam (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: But the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) made allowances for certain types of musical instruments at weddings and the like, and he made allowances for women to play the daff at weddings and on other joyful occasions. But the men at his time did not play the daff or clap with their hands. It was narrated in al-Saheeh that he said: "Clapping is for women and tasbeeh (saying Subhaan Allaah) is for men." And he cursed women who imitate men and men who imitate women. Because singing and playing the daff are things that women do, the Salaf used to call any man who did that a mukhannath (effeminate man), and they used to call male singers effeminate – and how many of them there are nowadays! It is well known that the Salaf said this.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> In a similar vein is the hadeeth of 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her), when her father (may Allaah be pleased with him) entered upon her at the time of Eid, and there were two young girls with her who were singing the verses that the Ansaar had said on the day of Bu'aath – and any sensible person will know what people say about war. Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: "Musical instruments of the Shaytaan in the house of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)!" The Messenger of Allaah had turned away from them and was facing the wall – hence some scholars said that Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) would not tell anybody off in front of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but he thought that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was not paying attention to what was happening. And Allaah knows best. He (the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) said: "Leave them alone, O Abu Bakr, for every nation has its Eid, and this is our Eid, the people of Islam." This hadeeth shows that it was not the habit of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his companions to gather to listen to singing, hence Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq called it "the musical instruments of the Shaytaan". And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) approved of this appellation and did not deny it when he said, "Leave them alone, for every nation has its Eid and this is our Eid." This indicates that the reason why this was permitted was because it was the time of Eid, and the prohibition remained in effect at times other than Eid, apart from the exceptions made for weddings in other ahaadeeth. Shaykh al-Albaani explained this in his valuable book Tahreem Aalaat al-Tarab (the Prohibition of Musical Instruments). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) approved of young girls singing at Eid, as stated in the hadeeth: "So that the mushrikeen will know that in our religion there is room for relaxation." There is no indication in the hadeeth about the two young girls that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was listening to them. The commands and prohibitions have to do with listening, not merely hearing, just as in the case of seeing, the rules have to do with intentionally looking and not what happens by accident. So it is clear that this is for women only. Imaam Abu 'Ubayd (may Allaah have mercy on him) defined the daff as "that which is played by women." (Ghareeb al-Hadeeth, 3/64).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">An inappropriate exception</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Some of them make an exception for drums at times of war, and consequentially some modern scholars have said that military music is allowed. But there is no basis for this at all, for a number of reasons, the first of which is that this is making an exception with no clear evidence, apart from mere opinion and thinking that it is good, and this is wrong. The second reason is that what the Muslims should do at times of war is to turn their hearts towards their Lord. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">"They ask you (O Muhammad) about the spoils of war. Say: 'The spoils are for Allaah and the Messenger.' So fear Allaah and adjust all matters of difference among you…" [al-Anfaal 8:1]. But using music is the opposite of this idea of taqwa and it would distract them from remembering their Lord. Thirdly, using music is one of the customs of the kuffaar, and it is not permitted to imitate them, especially with regard to something that Allaah has forbidden to us in general, such as music. (al-Saheehah, 1/145)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> "No people go astray after having been guided except they developed arguments amongst themselves." (Saheeh)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Some of them used the hadeeth about the Abyssinians playing in the mosque of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) as evidence that singing is allowed! Al-Bukhaari included this hadeeth in his Saheeh under the heading Baab al-Hiraab wa'l-Daraq Yawm al-'Eid (Chapter on Spears and Shields on the Day of Eid). Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This indicates that it is permissible to play with weapons and the like in the mosque, and he applied that to other activities connected with jihaad. (Sharh Muslim). But as al-Haafiz ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: whoever speaks about something which is not his profession will come up with weird ideas such as these.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Some of them use as evidence the hadeeth about the singing of the two young girls, which we have discussed above, but we will quote what Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, because it is valuable:</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> I am amazed that you quote as evidence for allowing listening to sophisticated songs the report which we mentioned about how two young girls who were below the age of puberty sang to a young woman on the day of Eid some verses of Arab poetry about bravery in war and other noble characteristics. How can you compare this to that? What is strange is that this hadeeth is one of the strongest proofs against them. The greatest speaker of the truth [Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq] called them musical instruments of the Shaytaan, and the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) approved of that appellation, but he made an exception in the case of these two young girls who had not yet reached the age of responsibility and the words of whose songs could not corrupt anyone who listened to them. Can this be used as evidence to allow what you do and what you know of listening (to music) which includes (bad) things which are not hidden?! Subhaan Allaah! How people can be led astray! (Madaarij al-Saalikeen, 1/493).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) was young at that time; nothing was transmitted from her after she reached the age of puberty except condemnation of singing. Her brother's son, al-Qaasim ibn Muhammad, condemned singing and said that it was not allowed to listen to it, and he took his knowledge from her. (Talbees Iblees, 229). Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: A group of the Sufis used this hadeeth – the hadeeth about the two young girls – as evidence that singing is allowed and it is allowed to listen to it, whether it is accompanied by instruments or not. This view is sufficiently refuted by the clear statement of 'Aa'ishah in the following hadeeth, where she says, "They were not singers." She made it clear that they were not singers as such, although this may be understood from the wording of the report. So we should limit it to what was narrated in the text as regards the occasion and the manner, so as to reduce the risk of going against the principle, i.e., the hadeeth. And Allaah knows best. (Fath al-Baari, 2/442-443).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Some people even have the nerve to suggest that the Sahaabah and Taabi'een listened to singing, and that they saw nothing wrong with it!</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him) said: We demand them to show us saheeh isnaads going back to these Sahaabah and Taabi'een, proving what they attribute to them. Then he said: Imaam Muslim mentioned in his introduction to his Saheeh that 'Abd-Allaah ibn al-Mubaarak said: The isnaad is part of religion. Were it not for the isnaad, whoever wanted to could say whatever he wanted to.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Some of them said that the ahaadeeth which forbid music are full of faults. No hadeeth was free of being criticized by some of the scholars. Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The ahaadeeth which were narrated concerning music being haraam are not full of faults as has been claimed. Some of them are in Saheeh al-Bukhaari which is the soundest of books after the Book of Allaah, and some of them are hasan and some are da'eef. But because they are so many, with different isnaads, they constitute definitive proof that singing and musical instruments are haraam. </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">All the imaams agreed on the soundness of the ahaadeeth which forbid singing and musical instruments, apart from Abu Haamid al-Ghazzaali, but al-Ghazzaali did not have knowledge of hadeeth; and Ibn Hazam, but al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him) explained where Ibn Hazam went wrong, and Ibn Hazam himself said that if any of (these ahaadeeth) were saheeh, he would follow that. But now they have proof that these reports are saheeh because there are so many books by the scholars which state that these ahaadeeth are saheeh, but they turn their backs on that. They are far more extreme than Ibn Hazam and they are nothing like him, for they are not qualified and cannot be referred to.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Some of them said that the scholars forbade singing because it is mentioned alongside gatherings in which alcohol is drunk and where people stay up late at night for evil purposes.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Al-Shawkaani (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The response to this is that mentioning these things in conjunction does not only mean that what is haraam is what is joined together in this manner. Otherwise this would mean that zinaa, as mentioned in the ahaadeeth, is not haraam unless it is accompanied by alcohol and the use of musical instruments. By the same token, an aayah such as the following (interpretation of the meaning):</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">"Verily, he used not to believe in Allaah, the Most Great,</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">And urged not on the feeding of Al‑Miskeen (the poor)."</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">[al-Haaqqah 69:33-34]</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">would imply that it is not haraam to disbelieve in Allaah unless that is accompanied by not encouraging the feeding of the poor. If it is said that the prohibition of such things one at a time is proven from other reports, the response to that is that the prohibition of musical instruments is also known from other evidence, as mentioned above. (Nayl al-Awtaar, 8/107).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Some of them said that "idle talk" does not refer to singing; the refutation of that has been mentioned above. Al-Qurtubi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This – the view that it means singing – is the best that has been said concerning this aayah, and Ibn Mas'ood swore three times by Allaah besides Whom there is no other god, that it does refer to singing. Then he mentioned other imaams who said the same thing. Then he mentioned other views concerning the matter. Then he said: The first view is the best of all that has been said on this matter, because of the marfoo' hadeeth, and because of the view of the Sahaabah and the Taabi'een. (Tafseer al-Qurtubi).</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him), after quoting this Tafseer, said: Al-Haakim Abu 'Abd-Allaah said in the Tafseer of Kitaab al-Mustadrak: Let the one who is seeking this knowledge know that the Tafseer of a Sahaabi who witnessed the revelation is a hadeeth with isnaad according to the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhaari and Muslim). Elsewhere in his book, he said: In our view this hadeeth has the same strength as a marfoo' report. Although their tafseer is still subject to further examination, it is still more readily acceptable than the tafseer of those who came after them, because they are the most knowledgeable among this ummah of what Allaah meant in his Book. It was revealed among them and they were the first people to be addressed by it. They heard the tafseer from the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in word and in deed. And they were Arabs who understood the true meanings of (Arabic) words, so Muslims should avoid resorting to any other interpretation as much as possible.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Some of them said that singing is a form of worship if the intention is for it to help one to obey Allaah!</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: How strange! What type of faith, light, insight, guidance and knowledge can be gained from listening to tuneful verses and music in which most of what is said is haraam and deserves the wrath and punishment of Allaah and His Messenger? … How can anyone who has the least amount of insight and faith in his heart draw near to Allaah and increase his faith by enjoying something which is hated by Him, and He detests the one who says it and the one who accepts it? (Madaarij al-Saalikeen, 1/485)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Shaykh al-Islam said, discussing the state of the person who has gotten used to listening to singing: Hence you find that those who have gotten used to it and for whom it is like food and drink will never have the desire to listen to the Qur'aan or feel joy when they hear it, and they never find in listening to its verses the same feeling that they find when listening to poetry. Indeed, if they hear the Qur'aan, they hear it with an inattentive heart and talk whilst it is being recited, but if they hear whistling and clapping of hands, they lower their voices and keep still, and pay attention. (Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 11/557 ff)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Some say that music and musical instruments have the effect of softening people's hearts and creating gentle feelings. This is not true, because it provokes physical desires and whims. If it really did what they say, it would have softened the hearts of the musicians and made their attitude and behaviour better, but most of them, as we know, are astray and behave badly.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Conclusion</font></b></i></div><div> <i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Perhaps – for fair-minded and objective readers – this summary will make it clear that the view that music is permissible has no firm basis. There are no two views on this matter. So we must advise in the best manner, and then take it step by step and denounce music, if we are able to do so. We should not be deceived by the fame of a man in our own times in which the people who are truly committed to Islam have become strangers. The one who says that singing and musical instruments are permitted is simply supporting the whims of people nowadays, as if the masses were issuing fatwas and he is simply signing them! If a matter arises, they will look at the views of fuqahaa' on this matter, then they will take the easiest view, as they claim. Then they will look for evidence, or just specious arguments which are worth no more than a lump of dead meat. How often have these people approved things in the name of sharee'ah which in fact have nothing to do with Islam!</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Strive to learn your Islam from the Book of your Lord and the Sunnah of your Prophet. Do not say, So-and-so said, for you cannot learn the truth only from men. Learn the truth and then measure people against it. This should be enough for the one who controls his whims and submits himself to his Lord. May what we have written above heal the hearts of the believers and dispel the whispers in the hearts of those who are stricken with insinuating whispers. May it expose everyone who is deviating from the path of Revelation and taking the easiest options, thinking that he has come up with something which none of the earlier generations ever achieved, and speaking about Allaah without knowledge. They sought to avoid fisq (evildoing) and ended up committing bid'ah – may Allaah not bless them in it. It would have been better for them to follow the path of the believers.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> And Allaah knows best. May Allaah bless and grant peace to His Messenger who made clear the path of the believers, and to his companions and those who follow them in truth until the Day of Judgement.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Summary of a paper entitled al-Darb bi'l-Nawa li man abaaha al-Ma'aazif li'l-Hawa by Shaykh Sa'd al-Deen ibn Muhammad al-Kibbi.</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> For more information, please see:</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Al-I'laam bi Naqd Kitaab al-Halaal wa'l-Haraam, by Shaykh al-'Allaamah Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"> Al-Samaa' by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn al-Qayyim</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Tahreem Aalaat al-Tarab, by Shaykh Muhammad Naasir al-Deen al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him)</font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Islam Q&A </font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099">Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid</font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><br></font></b></i></div> <div><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#330099"><a href="http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/5000/music%20in%20islam">http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/5000/music%20in%20islam</a>,</font></b></i></div> <br>-- <br><font><i><font><i><font><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-size:small"><i><div style="display:inline ! important"> <font><font color="#006600" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"> <img src="http://www.familylobby.com/common/tt3475596fltt.gif" width="420" height="60"> </div></div></span></b></font></font></div></i></span></span></div></font><br><font><div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:center"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b> <u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)"> </u><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)"> <span style="line-height:14px">"The best property of a man is, that histongue is used for the remembrance of Allah; his heart is thankful and his wifeis honest and helpful to her husband and accords aid in his faith." </span></u><span style="line-height:14px"><u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)">(Sau'ban(R.A.)- Tirmizi)</u></span></span></b></font></span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"></span></span></b></font></span><br> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></span></b></font></span></div><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <span><div style="display:inline ! 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important"><i><font><div style="font-size:13px;display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;display:inline ! important"> <font size="2"> </font><u><b><font size="2"> </font></b></u><img src="http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s333/Sakura_Amaya_Yumi/GlitterRose2.gif"></p></font></div> </div></font></i></div></font></div></div></font></i></font></i></font><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-17692200541521761502011-05-30T21:46:00.001-07:002011-05-30T21:46:07.933-07:00Beware of Backbiting and Gossiping<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6">Beware of Backbiting and Gossiping</font></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">by Imam al-Madina al-Munawarrah 'Ali Abd-ur-Rahman al-Hudhaifi</font></b></i></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">All praise is due to Allah. May peace and blessings be upon the Prophet, his household and companions.</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Fellow Muslims!</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"Fear Allah and obey Him. Be afraid of the Day when you shall be brought back to Allah. Then every person shall be paid what he earned; and they shall not be dealt with unjustly"� (Al-Baqarah 2: 281)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Brothers in Faith! Major sins are indeed the cause for all misery, evil and torment in this world and the hereafter. And the worst of all sins are those that are greatest in harm and danger. Among the destructive major sins are backbiting and slandering. These two sins were forbidden by Allah through His Prophet because they sow enmity, evils and discord among people and lead to destruction. They make their perpetrator regret when regret will be of no avail. They cause hostilities between people of the same household and between neighbours and relatives. They can decrease in good deeds and increase in evil ones and lead to dishonour and ignominy.</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Backbiting and slandering are shame and disgrace. Their perpetrator is detested and he shall not have a noble death. Allah forbids these acts in His Book when He says,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion, in deeds some suspicions are sins. And spy not neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting). And fear Allah, verily, Allah is the one who accepts repentance, Most Merciful"� (Al-Hujuraat 49: 12)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">This verse strongly forbids backbiting for Allah likens the backbiter to one who eats the flesh of his dead brother. If he would hate eating the flesh of his brother, he should also hate to eat his flesh while he is alive by backbiting and slandering him.</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">When one reflects deeply over this assimilation it will be enough to keep one away from backbiting.</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Aboo Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet said,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"Do you know what backbiting is?"� They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best."� He then said, "It is to say something about your brother that he would dislike."� Someone asked him, "But what if what I say is true?"� The Messenger of Allah said, "If what you say about him is true, you are backbiting him, but if it is not true then you have slandered him."� (Muslim)</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Aboo Bakr narrated that the Prophet said in Mina on the day of slaughtering (10th day of Dhul-Hijjah) ,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"Verily, your blood, property and honour have become sacred to one another as the sacredness of this day of yours in this month of yours and in this city of yours. Indeed, have I conveyed the Message?"� (Al-Bukharee and Muslim)</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Therefore, guard your tongue, fellow Muslims, from this debasing sin, for whoever guards his tongue from sins and uses his limbs in acts of obedience to Allah has prospered. Sahl ibn Sa'd narrated that the Messenger of Allah said</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">, "Who protects his tongue from unlawful utterances and his private parts from illegal sexual intercourse, I shall guarantee him entrance into Paradise."� (Bukharee and Muslim)</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Aboo Moosa Al-Ash'aree said</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">, "I asked the Messenger of Allah: Who is the best Muslim? The Messenger of Allah replied, "He is the one from whom Muslims are safe from the evil of his tongue and hands."� (Muslim)</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Dear Muslims! Beware of slipping of your tongues and do not give it free hand to wreak havoc on you. For free tongue destroys its owner and causes him calamities and evils.</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Aboo Sa'eed Al-Khudree narrated that the Messenger of Allah said,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"When man wakes up in the morning each day, all parts of the body warn the tongue saying, 'Fear Allah as regards us for we are at your mercy; if you are upright, we will be upright and if you are crooked, we become crooked.'"(At- Tirmidhee)</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Mu'aadh ibn Jabal said,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"I said: O Messenger of Allah tell me of a deed that will make me enter Paradise and keep me away from the Fire. The Prophet said, "You have asked of a great matter but it is easy for whosoever Allah makes it easy. You should worship Allah without associating anything with Him, perform Salaah, pay Zakaah (charity), fast during the month of Ramadaan and perform pilgrimage if you are able to.' He said further, 'Should I show you the gateways to good? Fasting is a shield (from evils), charity extinguishes sins as water extinguishes fire and praying in the middle of the night.' He then recited this verse, 'Their sides forsake their beds to invoke their Lord in fear and hope and they spend (charity in Allah's cause) out of what We have bestowed them. No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.' (As-Sajdah 32: 16-17) The Messenger of Allah then said, 'Should I tell you the head of the matter, its pillar and its peak?' I said: Yes O Messenger of Allah. He then said, 'The head of the matter is Islam, its pillar is Salaah (prayer) and its peak is Jihaad in the way of Allah.' He then asked, 'Should I tell you of the foundation of all that?' I said: Yes O Messenger of Allah. He then took hold of his tongue and said, 'Hold back this.' I said: O Messenger of Allah, are we going to be held responsible for what we utter? He said, 'May your mother be bereaved of you[1] does anything cast people into the Fire on their faces except what their tongues have uttered?'" (At-Tirmdhee)</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"When I was ascended to heaven, I passed by a people who had copper nails with which they scratched their faces and chests, and I said, 'O Jibreel, who are these?' He said, 'These are those who used to eat other people's flesh and attack their honour.'"� (Aboo Dawood)</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Therefore do not treat the issue of backbiting with indifference because it is a great sin. Allah says, "</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">You considered it a little thing, while with Allah it was very great."� (An-Noor 24: 15)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Aboo Bakr used to take hold of his tongue and say this is that which caused me destruction. He said this as a sign of humbleness.</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Backbiting is so widespread that it has become the topic of people's meetings and an avenue for expressing their anger, misgivings and jealousy with those who indulge in backbiting believing that they are hiding their own imperfections and harming others. They are oblivious of the fact that they are only harming themselves. This is because the backbiter if the wrongdoer and his victim is the wronged and on the Day of Resurrection both the wrongdoer and the wronged will stand before Allah Who is the Just Judge and the wronged will appeal to Allah to avenge the wrong done to him, Allah will then give this wronged person from the good deeds of the person who wronged him in accordance with his wrong by backbiting his brother on a Day that no father will give his son any of his good deeds nor a friend to his friend. All will be saying, 'Myself, myself.'</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">The Messenger of Allah said,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"Usury has seventy something kinds, the smallest of which is for a man to have intercourse with his mother and the highest act of usury is for a Muslim to attack the honour of his Muslim brother."� He also said, "Whoever protects the honour of his brother, Allah will protect him from Hellfire on the Day of Resurrection. "� (At-Tirmidhee)</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">So prevent the backbiter of affronting the honour of Muslims. Allah says,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"O you who believe, keep your duty to Allah and fear Him and speak (always) the truth."� (Al-Ahzaab 33: 70)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Fellow Muslims! Fear Allah for whoever fears Allah, He protects him from torment and doubles reward for him. Allah says,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"And indeed We have created man and We know what his own self whispers to him. And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (by Our knowledge). (Remember) that the two receivers (recording angels) receive (each human being after he or she has attained the age of puberty), one sitting on the right and one on the left (to note his or her actions). Not a word does he or she utter, but there is a watcher by him (ready to record it."� (Qaaf 50: 16-18)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Brothers in Islam, gossiping about others is also another vicious type of backbiting. It means carrying tales from one people to another with the intention of sowing dissention among them. Allah condemned this deed when He said,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"And obey not everyone who swears much, and is considered worthless. A slanderer going about with calumnies."� (Al-Qalam 68: 10-11)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">The Prophet said,</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">"The gossiper will not enter Paradise."�</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Fear Allah therefore, dear brothers, and call yourselves to account before you are called to account and weigh your own deeds before they are weighed for you.</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace">Be aware also dear Muslims, that the Ulamaa have explained that it is allowed for the wronged to inform the authorities of the wrong done to him as it is allowed for the person who sees vice to inform those who are capable of removing it and prevent its perpetrator from committing further vice. It is also allowed for the one seeking for religious decision to mention the wrong done to him to the knowledgeable man from whom he is seeking a decision in order to make things clear for him. It is also permissible for you to tell whoever seeks your advice on a person of something about him. It is not allowed for you to hide what you know about him so that he will not be deceived. All these types of speaking about others are lawful.</font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">-- </div><font><font><font style="font-style: italic; "><div style="text-align: center;color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; "> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-size:small"><i><div style="display:inline ! important"><font><font color="#006600" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="display:inline ! important"> <div style="display:inline ! important"><img src="http://www.familylobby.com/common/tt3475596fltt.gif" width="420" height="60"> </div></div></span></b></font></font></div></i></span></span></div></font><div style="text-align: center;font-style: italic; "> <br></div><font><div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: center;color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "> <font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b> <u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)"> </u><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)"> <span style="line-height:14px">"The best property of a man is, that histongue is used for the remembrance of Allah; his heart is thankful and his wifeis honest and helpful to her husband and accords aid in his faith." </span></u><span style="line-height:14px"><u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)">(Sau'ban(R.A.)- Tirmizi)</u></span></span></b></font></div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: center;"> <br></div><font size="2"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; "><br></span></div><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; "><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"></span></span></b></font></span></div> <font style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; " size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span><div style="display:inline ! 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important"><i><font><div style="font-size:13px;display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"> <font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;display:inline ! important"><font size="2"> </font><u><b><font size="2"> </font></b></u><img src="http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s333/Sakura_Amaya_Yumi/GlitterRose2.gif"></p> </font></div></div></font></i></div></font></div></div></font></i></font></i></span></div></div></font></div></div></font></font></font><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-61765369567694592952011-05-25T03:22:00.001-07:002011-05-25T03:22:08.203-07:00Merits of saying La Ilaha Illallah<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://mundairhouse.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/26124_1299328161943_1192580269_30747526_7579043_n_thumb.jpg?w=260&h=244"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; "><div id="topic" style="font-size: 13.7pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "> <i><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); " color="#663333">Forty Hadiths on the merit of saying Laa ilaha illahlah</font></u></i></div><div id="mainin" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "> <br><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">1. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Whoever says: there is no god but Allah enters Paradise." Tabarani narrated it from Abu Dharr in the Kabir (7:55), Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (31), al-Hakim in his Mustadrak (4:251), al-Mundhiri in al-Targhib (2:422), al-Haythami in Majma` al-zawa'id (1:18), Ibn `Adi (7:2639), Abu Nu`aym in the Hilya (7:174), and al-Bazzar from `Umar.</font></b></i><p> <i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">2. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Whoever says there is no god but Allah enters Paradise even if he commits adultery and even if he steals (i.e. even if he commits great sins)." (Nasa'i, Tabarani and others from Abu al-Darda' - sahih).</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">3. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Whoever witnesses that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger, Allah forbids the Fire from touching him." Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim from `Ubada ibn al-Samit.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari, book of riqaq ch. 14 (1989 ed. 11:324) says that the hadiths of "Allah forbids the Fire from touching him" are even more explicit than those of "Allah will enter him into Paradise" in establishing that the one who declares Allah's oneness is saved even if he does not heed the orders and the prohibitions.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">4. The Companions were talking about Malik ibn Dukhshum, and they wished that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- would curse him so that he should die or meet some calamity. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Does Malik ibn Dukhshum not testify to the fact that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah?" They said: "Yes, he no doubt says this but it is not in his heart." The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- replied: "No-one ever witnesses that there is no god but Allah and that I am Allah's Messenger and then enters the Fire nor is consumed by it." Anas said: "This hadith impressed me so much that I ordered my son to write it down and he did." Muslim narrates it.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">5. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said that Allah will save a man of his community the record of whose sins fills 99 books, each book extending as far as the eye can see. Against all this will be weighed the one good deed that he has, which is his witnessing that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, and it will outweigh all the rest. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- then said: "Nothing is of any weight with Allah's Name."<br> [The hadith begins: innallaha sayukhallisu rajulan min ummati...] Narrated from `Abd Allah ibn `Amr ibn al-`As by Ahmad, Tirmidhi (Iman 17 - hasan gharib), al-Hakim, and Bayhaqi in Shu`ab al-iman.</font></b></i></p><p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">6. Bukhari narrates in his Sahih (Volume 9, Book 93, Number 601): Ma`bad ibn Hilal al-`Anazi relates: Some of us from Basra gathered and went to Anas bin Malik in company with Thabit al-Bunani so that he might ask Anas about the Hadith of Intercession on our behalf. Anas was in his palace, and our arrival coincided with his late morning (Duha) prayer. We asked permission to enter and he admitted us, sitting on his bed. We said to Thabit, "Do not ask him about anything else first but the Hadith of Intercession." He said, "O Abu Hamza! Here are your brethren from Basra coming to ask you about the Hadith of Intercession." Anas then said:<br> The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- talked to us saying: On the Day of Resurrection the people will surge one group after another like waves, and then they will come to Adam and say: "Please intercede for us with your Lord." He will say: "I am not fit for this. You should go to Ibrahim as he is the Intimate Friend (khalil) of the Beneficent." They will go to Ibrahim and he will say: "I am not fit for this, but you should go to Moses as he is the one to whom Allah spoke directly." So they will go to Musa and he will say: "I am not fit for this, but you should go to `Isa as he is a soul created (directly) by Allah, and His Word (Be!)." They will go to `Isa and he will say: "I am not fit for this, but you should go to Muhammad."</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">They will come to me and I will say: "I can do it." Then I will ask for my Lord's permission and it will be given; then He will inspire me to praise Him with such praises as I cannot fathom. So I will praise Him with those praises and will fall down prostrate before Him. Then it will be said: "O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be heard; ask, for your will be granted your request; intercede, for your intercession will be accepted." I will say: "O Lord, my Community! My Community!" And then it will be said: "Go and take out of the Fire all those who have in their hearts faith the weight of a barley grain."</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">I will go and do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and fall down prostrate before Him. Then it will be said: "O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be heard; ask, for your will be granted your request; intercede, for your intercession will be accepted." I will say: "O Lord, my Community! My Community!" And then it will be said: "Go and take out of the Fire all those who have in their hearts faith the like of a small ant or a mustard-seed."</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">I will go and do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and fall down prostrate before Him. Then it will be said: "O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be heard; ask, for you will be granted your request; intercede, for your intercession will be accepted." I will say: "O Lord, my Community! My Community!" And then it will be said: "Go and take out of the Fire all those who have in their hearts the smallest iota of faith." I will go and do so.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">When we left Anas, I said to some of my companions: "Let us pass by al-Hasan (al-Basri) who is hiding himself in the house of Abu Khalifa and request him to recount to us what Anas ibn Malik has just told us." So we went to him and we greeted him and he admitted us. We said to him: "O Abu Sa`id! We came to you from your brother Anas ibn Malik and he related to us a Hadith about the intercession the like of which I have never heard." He said: "What is that?" We told him of the Hadith and at the end we said: "He stopped at this point." He said: "What then?" We said: "He did not add anything after that." He said: "Anas related the Hadith to me twenty years ago when he was a young fellow. I don't know whether he forgot or if he did not like to let you depend overly on what he might have said." We said, "O Abu Sa`id! Do tell us." He smiled and said: "Man was created hasty. I only mentioned it because I was going to inform you of it. Anas told me the same as he told you and said that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- added:<br> I will then return for a fourth time and praise Him similarly and prostrate before Him the same as before. And then it will be said: "O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be heard; ask, for your will be granted your request; intercede, for your intercession will be accepted." I will then say: "O Lord, allow me to intercede for whoever said: la ilaha illallah." Then Allah will say:<br> By My Power,<br>by My Majesty,<br>by My Supremacy,<br>and by My Greatness,<br>I shall take out of the fire whoever said: la ilaha illallah.</font></b></i></p><p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">7. This is confirmed by another well-known hadith whereby the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "My intercession is for those people of my Community who commit major sins." Narrated by Tirmidhi, Qiyama 11; Abu Dawud, Sunna 31; Ibn Maja, Zuhd 37; and Ahmad 3:213.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">8. Adhana fi al-nasi anna man shahida an la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lahu mukhlisan dakhala al-janna. "It was proclaimed among the people that whoever witnesses that there is no god except Allah, alone, without partner, enters Paradise." Narrated by Ibn `Adi on the authority of `Umar.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">8a. Man shahida an la ilaha illallah dakhala al-janna. "Whoever witnesses that there is no god but Allah alone enters Paradise." al-Bazzar narrates it from `Umar.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">9. Bashshir al-nasa annahu man qala la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu wajabat lahu al-janna. "Announce to the people the tidings that whoever says: No god except Allah alone, without partner, Paradise is guaranteed for him." Narrated by al-Nasa'i from Sahl ibn Hunayf and Zayd ibn Khalid al-Jahni.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">10. `Uthman ibn `Affan said: I heard Allah's Messenger say: "Verily, I know a phrase which no servant utters truthfully from his heart except the Fire is made unlawful for him." `Umar ibn al-Khattab said: "I shall tell you what that phrase is. It is the kalima of sincerity with which Allah has empowered Muhammad and his Companions, the kalima of fear of Allah which Allah's Prophet enjoined upon his uncle Abu Talib on his deathbed: the witnessing that there is no god but Allah." Ahmad related it in his Musnad (1:63 #449).</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">11. Sa`id ibn al-Musayyib relates: When the death of Abu Talib approached, Allah's Apostle came to him and said: "Say: la ilaha illallah, a word with which I will be able to negotiate or argue (uhajju) for you in Allah's presence." Narrated by Bukhari in his Sahih (Volume 8, Book 78, Number 672). Muslim also narrates it in his Sahih.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">12. Mafatih al-janna shahadatu an la ilaha illallah. "The keys to Paradise are the witnessing that there is no god but Allah." Ahmad related it from Mu`adh and Haythami said in Majma` al-zawa'id: "The men in its chain has been declared trustworthy (thiqa) although there is interruption in the transmission." It is confirmed by the next hadith.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">12a. Li kulli shay'in miftahun wa miftahu al-jannati shahadatu an la ilaha illallah. "Everything has its key, and the key to Paradise is the witnessing that there is no god but Allah." Narrated by Tabarani from Mu`qal ibn Yasar. Wahb confirmed its authenticity as related in one of the chapter-titles in Bukhari's Sahih.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">13. Ibn `Abbas narrated in his Commentary that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said concerning the meaning of the verse: hal jaza'u al-ihsani illa al-ihsan - "Is the reward of goodness anything other than goodness?" (55:60): "Allah says: Can there be any other reward than Paradise in the Hereafter for one whom I blessed in his worldly life with the recitation of the kalima of la ilaha illallah?" `Ikrima and al-Hasan also said that the reward of la ilaha illallah cannot be anything but Paradise.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">14. "If anyone comes on the Day of Resurrection who has said la ilaha illallah sincerely with the intention to win Allah's pleasure, Allah will make Hellfire forbidden for him." Narrated by Bukhari, vol. 8 p.288 #431.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">Tirmidhi comments on the preceding hadith: "It is narrated from al-Zuhri that he was asked about the Prophet's saying whereby "Whoever says la ilaha illallah enters Paradise" and he said: "This was only in the beginning of Islam, before the revelation of obligations and the orders and prohibitions." The hafiz Abu Bakr ibn al-`Arabi (d. 543) comments on this in `Aridat al-ahwadhi (10:105): "There is no justification for Ibn Shihab's (al-Zuhri) explanation." This is confirmed by the hadith of `Utban ibn Malik. Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari, Riqaq ch. 14 (1989 ed. 11:324) mentions that the opinion of al-Zuhri and of Sa`id ibn al-Musayyib that the hadith "Whoever says la ilaha illallah applied only in the beginning of Islam was incorrect since the hadith of Abu al-Darda' and Abu Dharr whereby the Muslim enters Paradise "even if he commits adultery or steals" and the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- mentioned this precisely to contradict the logic of those who say that great sins will prevent entry into Paradise.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">15. Lan yuwafiya `abdun yawma al-qiyamati yaqulu la ilaha illallah yabtaghi biha wajh Allah illa harrama Allahu `alayhi al-nar. "No servant is true to his word on the Day of Resurrection, saying: No god but Allah in order to seek Allah's good pleasure, except Allah will make the Fire unlawful for him." Narrated by Ahmad and Bukhari from `Utban ibn Malik.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">16. "The best of my sayings and of the sayings of all Prophets before me is: There is no god but Allah alone, without partner, to Him belong all sovereignty and glory, and He has power over all things." Narrated by Tirmidhi from `Amr ibn Shu`ayb, from his father, from his grandfather (hasan gharib).</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">17. Afdalu al-a`mali al-imanu billahi wahdah, thumma al-jihad, thumma hujjatun mabrura, tufdilu sa'ir al-a`mali kama bayna matla` al-shamsi ila maghribiha. "The best deed is belief in Allah alone, then fighting in the way of Allah, then pilgrimage that is accepted: these outweigh all deeds the distance of East to West." Narrated by Ahmad from Ma`iz with a sound chain.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">18. Alaysa yashhadu an la ilaha illallah wa anni rasulullah? Qalu innahu yaqulu dhalika wa ma huwa fi qalbihi. Qala la yashhadu ahadun an la ilaha illallah wa anni rasulullah fa yadkhulu al-nara aw tut`imuhu. Qala anas fa a`jabani hadha al-hadith fa qultu li ibni uktubhu fa katabahu. It is narrated on the authority of `Utban ibn Malik that he came to Madina and said: Something was wrong with my eyesight, so I said to the Prophet: "It is my ardent desire that you should grace my house with your presence and pray there so that I should take the spot where you prayed as a place of worship." (Another version also in Muslim has: I sent for the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- the message: "Come and lay for me a place for worship [khutta li masjidan]." Imam Nawawi said: It means: "Mark for me a spot that I can take as a place for worship by obtaining blessing from your having been there [mutabarrikan bi atharika].") So the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- came there, with those of the Companions whom Allah wished. He entered (my home) and performed prayer. Then the Companions began to talk among themselves about Malik ibn Dukhshum, and they wished that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- would curse him so that he should die or meet some calamity. After the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- finished praying he said: "Does Malik ibn Dukhshum not testify to the fact that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah?" They said: "Yes, he no doubt says this but it is not in his heart." The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- replied: "No-one ever witnesses that there is no god but Allah and that I am Allah's Messenger and then enters the Fire or consumes it." Anas said: "This hadith impressed me so much that I ordered my son to write it down and he did." Narrated by Muslim. Imam Nawawi says about: "In this hadith is evidence for obtaining blessings through the relics of saints (al-tabarruk bi athar al-salihin)."</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">19. Al-imanu bid`un wa sab`una baban fa adnaha imatat al-adha `an al-tariq wa arfa`uha qawlu la ilaha illallah. "Belief is seventy and some branches. Its lowest branch is the removal of harm from the road while its highest is to say: There is no god but Allah." Narrated by Muslim, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and Ahmad.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">20. Man kana akhir kalamihi la ilaha illallah dakhala al-janna. "Whoever breathes his last with the words: la ilaha illallah, enters Paradise." Narrated from Mu`adh by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, and al-Hakim.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">Imam Nawawi in his book al-Tarkhis fi al-ikram bi al-qiyam li dhawi al-fadl wa al-maziyya min ahl al-Islam (p. 84) said:<br>The hadith master Abu al-Baqa' told us: Hafiz Abu Muhammad informed us: Abu Tahir al-Silafi informed us: Abu `Ali al-Burdani said: I heard Hannad ibn Ibrahim al-Nasafi saying: I heard Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Qattan saying: I heard Abu `Abd Allah `Umar ibn Ahmad Ibn Ishaq al-`Attar saying: I heard Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Warah al-Razi saying: I and Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi were present with Abu Zur`a al-Razi at the time of his death, so I said to Abu Hatim: "Come, let us remind him to say the shahada." Abu Hatim said, "I would be ashamed before Abu Zur`a to remind him of the shahada; but come, let us recall the hadith, perhaps when he hears it he will say it." I started and said:<br> Muhammad ibn Bashshar told us:<br>Abu `Asim al-Nabil told us:<br>from `Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja`far -<br>then I got confused about the hadith as if I never heard it or read it.<br>So Abu Hatim started and said:<br>Muhammad ibn Bashshar told us:<br> Abu `Asim al-Nabil told us:<br>from `Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja`far -<br>then he too got confused as if he never read it or heard it before.<br>Then Abu Zur`a, may Allah be pleased with him, spoke and said:<br>Muhammad ibn Bashshar told us:<br> Abu `Asim al-Nabil told us:<br>`Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja`far told us:<br>from Salih ibn Abi `Urayb:<br>from Kathir ibn Murrah:<br>from Mu`adh ibn Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, he said:<br>the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and give him peace, said: "Whoever speaks as his last words: la ilaha illallah" - then Abu Zur`a's spirit came out with the letter ha' (the last letter of the word Allah) before he could say "he will enter Paradise." That was in the year 262.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">21. Man mata wa huwa ya`lamu annahu la ilaha illallah dakhala al-janna. "Whoever dies knowing full well that there is no god but Allah, enters Paradise." Narrated by Muslim and Ahmad from `Uthman.22. Idhhab bi na`layya hatayni fa man laqita min wara'a hadha al-ha'it yashhadu an la ilaha illallah mustayqinan biha qalbahu fa bashshirhu bi al-janna. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said to Abu Hurayra: "Go with these two sandals of mine and whoever you meet behind this wall that witnesses that there is no god except Allah with certitude in his heart, give him glad tidings that he will enter Paradise." Narrated by Muslim from Abu Hurayra. The latter then met `Umar, who prevented him from announcing this to the people and the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- agreed with him on the grounds that they would then rely upon it to the exclusion of everything else. The prevention of this news from reaching the ears of the ignorant is confirmed by the hadith of Mu`adh and that of `Ubada ibn al-Samit through al-Sunabihi, both narrated by Muslim in the same chapter (Book of iman ch. 10).</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">23. Man shahida an la ilaha illallah wa anna Muhammadan rasulullah harrama Allahu `alayhi al-nar. `Abd al-Rahman ibn Usayla al-Sunabihi said: When I entered upon `Ubada ibn al-Samit at the time of his death I burst into tears so he said: "Why are you crying? By Allah, if I were asked to testify I would testify for you, and if I were given intercession I would intercede for you, and if it were in my power I would certainly help you! By Allah, I never heard a hadith from Allah's Messenger in which there was benefit for you except I narrated it to you, all but one: and I shall narrate it to you now since I am about to breathe my last. I heard Allah's Messenger say: "Whoever witnesses that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger, Allah forbids the Fire from touching him." Muslim and Tirmidhi narrated it. Qadi `Iyad said: "In this hadith is the proof for the permissibility of keeping certain types of knowledge away from the common people due to the inability of their minds to understand it correctly, as long as it does not concern an obligation of religion or stipulations for punishment." Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim (Iman Ch. 10 #47).</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">24. Ya Mu`adh ibn Jabal ma min ahadin yashhadu an la ilaha illallah wa anni rasulullah sidqan min qalbihi illa harramahu allahu `ala al-nar. Qala ya rasulallah afala ukhbiru al-nasa fayastabshiru? Qala idhan yattakilu. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "O Mu`adh ibn Jabal! No one witnesses that there is no god but Allah and that I am Allah's Messenger truthfully from his heart except Allah has made him unlawful for the Fire." Mu`adh said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall I not tell the people so that they will be glad?" He replied: "If you do, they will rely on it (and leave everything else)." Narrated by Muslim, Ahmad and Bayhaqi from Anas. Muslim says: "Mu`adh narrated it at the time of his death to avoid sinning (by keeping it to himself)."</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">25. As`adu al-nasi bi shafa`ati yawma al-qiyama man qala La ilaha illallah khalisan mukhlisan min qalbihi. Abu Hurayra inquired from the Prophet: "O Messenger of Allah, who will be the most fortunate of people to receive your intercession on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- replied: "O Abu Hurayra, I knew, because of your love of what I say, that no one other than you would ask me of this hadith. The most fortunate of people to receive my intercession on the Day of Resurrection are those who said: la ilaha illallah purely and sincerely from the heart." Narrated by Bukhari from Abu Hurayra.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">26. Usama ibn Zayd killed an idolater in battle after the latter had said: "There is no god but Allah" (la ilaha illallah). When news of this reached Allah's Messenger he condemned Usama in the strongest terms and he said to him: "How can you kill him after he said La ilaha illallah?" He replied: "But he said it with the sword hanging over his head-" The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said again: "How can you kill him after he said La ilaha illallah?" He replied: "O Messenger of Allah, he said it in dissimulation (taqiyyatan)." The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Did you split his heart open (to see)?" and he did not cease to reprove him until Usama wished that he had not entered Islam until after he had killed that man so that he might have been forgiven all his past sins through belief. Narrated by Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad, Tayalisi, Abu Dawud, Nasa'i, al-`Adni, Abu `Awana, al-Tahawi, al-Hakim, and Bayhaqi.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">27. Al-Miqdad said: I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, suppose I and one of the idolaters battled and he cut off my hand, then I was positioned to strike him and he said: la ilaha illallah! Do I kill him or spare him?" He said: "Spare him." I said: "Even if he cut off my hand?" He said: "Even so." I asked him again two or three times whereupon he said: "If you kill him after he says la ilaha illallah then you are like him before he said it, and he is like you before you killed him." Narrated by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nasa'i, Shafi`i in his Musnad, and Bayhaqi in the Shu`ab.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">28. Innallaha la yu`adhdhibu min `ibadihi illa al-marid wa al-mutamarrid `ala Allah wa aba an yaqula la ilaha illallah. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Allah does not punish, of his servants, except the rebel against Allah who refuses to say: there is no god but Allah." Ibn Majah narrated it.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">29. afdalu al-dhikri la ilaha illallah. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "The best remembrance of Allah is to say: There is no god but Allah." Tirmidhi (hasan), Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, Bayhaqi in Shu`ab al-iman, from Jabir ibn `Abd Allah.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">30. Al-tasbih nusfu al-mizan, wa al-hamdu lillah tamla'uhu, wa LA ILAHA ILLALLAH laysa laha duna Allahi hijabun hatta tukhlisu ilayh. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Saying subhan allah (glory to Allah) is half the balance and saying al-hamdu lillah (all praise belongs to Allah) fills it, and there is no veil between la ilaha illallah and Allah Himself (i.e. it is not even weighed in the Balance), it reaches Him directly." Narrated by Tirmidhi from `Abd Allah ibn `Umar. Suyuti in al-Jami` al-saghir said it is sound (sahih).</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">31. Kunna `inda al-nabiyyi sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam fa qala hal fikum gharib? ya`ni ahl al-kitab qulna la ya rasulallah fa amara bi ghalqi al-abwabi wa qala irfa`u aydikum wa qulu la ilaha illallah! farafa`na aydina sa`atan thumma qala al-hamdu lillah! allahumma innaka ba`athtani bi hadhihi al-kalimai wa wa`adtani `alayha al-jannata wa anta la tukhlifu al-mi`ad! thumma qala abshiru fa innallaha qad ghafara lakum. Ya`la ibn Shaddad relates that his father Shaddad ibn Aws told him as `Ubada ibn al-Samit was present and confirmed it: "We were sitting with Allah's Messenger and he asked if there was any stranger - the narrator said: i.e. People of the Book - in the gathering. We said that there was none. He said: Shut the door, raise up your hands and say: "There is no god but Allah." We raised our hands and recited the kalima tayyiba for some time. He then exclaimed: "al-hamdu lillah! O Allah, You have sent me with this word and have ordered me to teach it and have promised me Paradise for it, and You do not take back Your promise. Be glad, for Allah has forgiven you!" The chain of this hadith is fair (hasan). Narrated from Ya`la ibn Shaddad's father and `Ubada ibn al-Samit by Ahmad, Nasa'i, Tabarani, al-Hakim, al-Mundhiri in al-Targhib, and others. Al-Haythami said in Majma` al-zawa'id: "The sub-narrators in its chain are trustworthy."</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">32. `Abd Allah ibn Salam relates: As we were travelling with Allah's Messenger he heard the people asking: "Which action is the best, O Allah's Messenger?" He said: "Belief in Allah, fighting in Allah's way, and pilgrimage that is accepted." After this he heard a call coming from a valley saying: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" whereupon he said: "And I bear witness to the same, and I bear witness that no one bears witness to the same except he clears himself of shirk (associating a partner to Allah)." Ahmad and Tabarani in al-Awsat relate it with a sound chain, as stated by Haythami in Majma` al-zawa'id.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">33. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- came out and heard the adhan. When he heard the mu'adhdhin say: la ilaha illallah, he said: khala`a al-andad, which means: "He (the speaker) has disowned (the existence of) partners (to Allah)." Ibn Abi al-Dunya narrated it, and Suyuti cites it in his commentary of verse 2:18 in al-Durr al-manthur.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">34. Yakhruju min al-nari man qala la ilaha illallah wa kana fi qalbihi min al-khayri ma yazinu sha`ira, thumma yakhruju min al-nari man qala la ilaha illallah wa kana fi qalbihi min al-khayri ma yazinu badhra, thumman yakhruju min al-nari man qala la ilaha illallah wa kana fi qalbihi min al-khayri ma yazinu dharra. "There will come out of the Fire whoever said: There is no god but Allah, and there is in his heart a bead's worth of goodness; then there will come out of the Fire whoever said: There is no god but Allah, and there is in his heart a grain's worth of goodness; then there will come out of the Fire whoever said: There is no god but Allah, and there is in his heart an atom's worth of goodness." Related by Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad, Tirmidhi (hasan sahih), Bayhaqi, Nasa'i, Tabarani, Ibn Majah, and Ibn Khuzayma from Anas.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">35. Mu`adh ibn Jabal said that the last he spoke with the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- he asked him: "What action is most beloved to Allah?" And the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- replied: "That you die with your tongue still moist with the mention (dhikr) of Allah." Related by Tabarani and al-Bazzar (hasan). Note that hadith #29 stipulates that the best dhikr is La ilaha illallah.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">36. Ala unabbi'ukum bi khayri a`malikum wa azkaha `inda malikikum wa arfa`iha fi darajatikum wa khayrin lakum min infaqi al-dhahabi wa al-waraqi wa khayrin lakum min an talqu `aduwwakum fa tadribu a`naqahum wa yadribu a`naqakum qalu bala qala dhikrullah. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Shall I tell you something that is the best of all deeds, constitutes the best act of piety in the eyes of your Lord, will elevate your status in the hereafter, and carries more virtue than the spending of gold and silver or taking part in jihad and slaying and being slain in the path of Allah? It is the dhikr or remembrance and mention of Allah." Narrated from Abu al-Darda' by Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Ibn Abi al-Dunya, al-Hakim (sahih), al-Dhahabi (who confirmed al-Hakim), and others.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">37. Ma `amila adamiyyun `amalan anja lahu min `adhabi al-qabri min dhikrillah. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "A human being cannot do anything that is more effective in saving him from the punishment of the grave than the dhikr or remembrance of Allah." Narrated from Mu`adh ibn Jabal by Ahmad. Haythami said in Majma` al-zawa'id that the sub-narrators in its chain of transmission are the men of sound hadith, although the Tabi`i link is missing; however, Tabarani narrated it through a second chain which is entirely sound (sahih). Also narrated with the word al-`abd (Allah's servant) instead of adamiyyun (a human being) by Malik in his Muwatta', Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, al-Hakim (sahih), and al-Dhahabi (who confirmed al-Hakim).</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">38. Anas reports that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- was once asked the same question as Mu`adh in hadith #35, and he replied: "Knowledge of Allah." It was then asked: "And which action adds to this in merit?" He repeated: "Knowledge of Allah." They said: "We ask about actions and you answer concerning knowledge?" The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "A few actions are greatly useful as long as there is knowledge; while a lot of actions are useless if there is ignorance." Anas said: "He spoke of this at length." Ibn `Abd al-Barr reports it in Fadl al-`ilm with a weak chain. See also Ithaf al-sadat al-muttaqin (1:85), Suyuti's al-Durr al-manthur (2:221), and al-Mundhiri's al-Tarhib wa al-Targhib (3:525).<br> This hadith is confirmed by hadith #37 and by the first phrase of hadith #17 whereby "the best deed is belief in Allah alone." The hadith is further confirmed by our decisive knowledge that the purpose of creation is knowledge of Allah, as indicated by Ibn `Abbas's explanation of the verse wa ma khalaqna al-jinna wa al-insa illa li ya`budun "I did not create the jinn and humankind except to worship (= know) Me" (51:56) and the verse fa`lam annahu la ilaha illallah "Know that there is no god except Allah" (47:19).</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">39. Wal-ladhi nafsi bi yadihi law ji'a bi al-samawati wa al-ardi wa man fihinna wa ma baynahunna fa wudi`na fi kaffati al-mizani wa wudi`at shahadatu an la ilaha illallahu fi al-kaffati al-ukhra la rajahat bihinna. "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, if the heavens and the earth and all that are in them and everything that is in between were brought and placed in one pan of the Balance, and the witnessing that there is no god but Allah were placed in the other, the latter would outweigh the former." Related by Tabarani and by Suyuti in al-Durr al-manthur. Haythami in Majma` al-zawa'id stated that the sub-narrators in its chain are trustworthy, but that the Tabi`i link is missing.</font></b></i></p> <p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">40. After the passing of the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- from this world Abu Bakr said to the Companions: "I asked Allah's Messenger what basic thing was necessary for salvation and he replied that whoever accepts the Word which I brought and which I offered to my uncle Abu Talib and which he rejected: this Word constitutes salvation for him." Related by Ahmad (1:6), Tabarani in al-Awsat, Tayalisi in his Musnad, Ibn Sa`d in his Tabaqat (2/2:84-85), Abu Ya`la, Ibn Abi Shayba, Bayhaqi in Shu`ab al-iman (1:107-108 #92-93) and al-Bazzar. See above, hadiths #10-11. This hadith is sound although in Ahmad the link between al-Zuhri and Abu Bakr and `Uthman is not named other than "a man from the trustworthy people among the Ansar," while Bayhaqi's and Tayalisi's narration from al-Zuhri is from Sa`id ibn al-Musayyib from `Abd Allah ibn `Amr ibn al-`As.<br> <br>Blessings and peace on the Prophet, his Family, and his Companions.</font></b></i></p><p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600"><br></font></b></i></p><p><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" color="#006600">Source:- <a href="http://www.islamicacademy.org/html/Articles/English/LA%20ILAHA%20ILLALLAH.htm">http://www.islamicacademy.org/html/Articles/English/LA%20ILAHA%20ILLALLAH.htm</a></font></b></i></p> </div></span></div><br>-- <br><font><i><font><i><font><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-size:small"><i><div style="display:inline ! important"> <font><font color="#006600" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"> <img src="http://www.familylobby.com/common/tt3475596fltt.gif" width="420" height="60"> </div></div></span></b></font></font></div></i></span></span></div></font><br><font><div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:center"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b> <u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)"> </u><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)"> <span style="line-height:14px">"The best property of a man is, that histongue is used for the remembrance of Allah; his heart is thankful and his wifeis honest and helpful to her husband and accords aid in his faith." </span></u><span style="line-height:14px"><u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)">(Sau'ban(R.A.)- Tirmizi)</u></span></span></b></font></span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"></span></span></b></font></span><br> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></span></b></font></span></div><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <span><div style="display:inline ! important"><font><div style="display:inline ! important"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Times New 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style="font-size:small"></span></b></u></p><div style="display:inline ! important"><i><font><div style="font-size:13px;display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;display:inline ! important"> <font size="2"> </font><u><b><font size="2"> </font></b></u><img src="http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s333/Sakura_Amaya_Yumi/GlitterRose2.gif"></p></font></div> </div></font></i></div></font></div></div></font></i></font></i></font><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-84127849525511563602011-05-25T00:35:00.001-07:002011-05-25T00:35:16.979-07:00Fwd: ALLAH IS ALWAYS WITH US !!!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> <div class="gmail_quote"><br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><br><br> <blockquote style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><br> <div><span> </span> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:sans-serif"> <div></div> <div><br> </div> <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:lucida console, sans-serif"> <div style="font-size:12pt;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br><span> </span> <div> <div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><span> </span> <div> <div> <div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="text-align:center"> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>ALLAH IS ALWAYS WITH US!!!!!!!!!! !</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://i26.tinypic.com/2lbnw3k.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you are BLESSED</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCMLxnokI/AAAAAAAAG8w/cdcL-RvZLmg/s400/When+you+are+BLESSED.jpg"></b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-REHMAN</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCahRHSkI/AAAAAAAAG9Q/xsj8ie560i4/s400/HE+is+AL-REHMAN.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you are HUNGRY</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvB3urhHPI/AAAAAAAAG8I/og6vdar1Mxk/s400/When+you+are+HUNGRY.jpg"></b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-RAZZAQ</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCa_aeaVI/AAAAAAAAG9Y/fXFyGazxqps/s400/HE+is+AL-RAZZAQ.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you are HONOURED</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCKuFc80I/AAAAAAAAG8Q/Voo9cuc8dfM/s400/When+you+are+HONOURE.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-MOIZ</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCyCbXEzI/AAAAAAAAG94/Ndn0KtPvgsM/s400/HE+is+AL-MOIZ.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you are WEAK</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvFDv-QADI/AAAAAAAAG-w/uXq9JKwds5o/s400/When+you+are+WEAK.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-MUQEET</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCxRdRNEI/AAAAAAAAG9o/cDc63u21vzc/s400/HE+is+AL-MUQEET.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you PRAY</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvB1w_8lII/AAAAAAAAG7o/COvaRrDA5dc/s400/When+you+PRAY.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-MUJEEB</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCx8EZRzI/AAAAAAAAG9w/Rznpr-X5cNE/s400/HE+is+AL-MUJEEB.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you need a FRIEND</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvB2aT1_uI/AAAAAAAAG7w/W0-eqINgwrs/s400/When+you+need+a+FRIEND.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-WALI</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCZiFK2EI/AAAAAAAAG9A/OHyAq-ZOtjo/s400/HE+is+AL-WALI.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you are DETRACKED</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCL0_-TWI/AAAAAAAAG8o/FZGZDjtd-50/s400/When+you+are+DETRACKED.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-HADI</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvDDwcYUmI/AAAAAAAAG-I/V4nbtjt9t2w/s400/HE+is+AL-HADI.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you are GIFTED</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCLGbZmPI/AAAAAAAAG8Y/70OFZzdk-5E/s400/When+you+are+GIFTED.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-KAREEM</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCynTUZBI/AAAAAAAAG-A/jdIIgZonXkA/s400/HE+is+AL-KAREEM.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you are FORGIVEN</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCLYqd_0I/AAAAAAAAG8g/bJBuF6sutZc/s400/When+you+are+FORGIVEN.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-GHAFOOR</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvDEQnNWOI/AAAAAAAAG-Q/aEfvAle7-NQ/s400/HE+is+AL-GHAFOOR.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you are in DARKNESS of HOPELESSNESS</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvB3PMb8kI/AAAAAAAAG8A/Q6DvhlE03eg/s400/When+you+are+in+DARKNESS+of+HOPELESSNESS.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-NOOR</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCxKVtv6I/AAAAAAAAG9g/ex8EtaDYxQ8/s400/HE+is+AL-NOOR.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>When you are a SINNER</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCZVwRqLI/AAAAAAAAG84/ioGcJo07N94/s400/When+you+are+a+SINNER.jpg"></b></font><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><br> </b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>HE is AL-TAWWAB</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n26hr1BVNx0/SsvCaGTsfwI/AAAAAAAAG9I/MME5dth0-z4/s400/HE+is+AL-TAWWAB.jpg"></b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b>ALLAH IS ALWAYS WITH US</b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><img src="http://tinypic.com/4hluy3o.gif"></b></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial" color="#a040ff" size="4"><b><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman'"><img 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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><font><i><font><i><font><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-size:small"><i><div style="display:inline ! important"> <font><font color="#006600" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"> <img src="http://www.familylobby.com/common/tt3475596fltt.gif" width="420" height="60"> </div></div></span></b></font></font></div></i></span></span></div></font><br><font><div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:center"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b> <u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)"> </u><span 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sans-serif"><b>and could say, "I used everything you gave me."</b></font></u></span></div></div></u></span></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="line-height:14px"> </span><span><span style="font-weight:normal"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;display:inline"> <span style="line-height:normal"></span></p></span></span></span></div></font></div></span></div></span></b></font><br><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <span><div style="display:inline ! important"><font><div style="display:inline ! important"><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span><span style="font-weight:normal"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;display:inline"> <span 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hereafter and till the end - FB page. </span></b></font></u></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:center"> <u><b><span style="font-size:small"></span></b></u></p><div style="display:inline ! important"><i><font><div style="font-size:13px;display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;display:inline ! important"> <font size="2"> </font><u><b><font size="2"> </font></b></u><img src="http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s333/Sakura_Amaya_Yumi/GlitterRose2.gif"></p></font></div> </div></font></i></div></font></div></div></font></i></font></i></font><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-66846084186985442262011-05-13T02:18:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:12:32.594-07:00Burqa- Safeguard of womens chastity and honor<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://data.whicdn.com/images/8762907/tumblr_ljjlepXnsx1qbqqqxo1_500_thumb.jpg?1302664777"></div><br><br><div> </div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>This is a not a new topic, but every passing day increases its importance. Some anti-Islam organizations and people who follow their own base desires oppose it and in the name of "freedom for women" and "equal rights for women," women are being forced to leave their home and hearth. They are told, how long will you remain imprisoned within the 4 walls of the houses? You should leave your houses and walk alongside men in every phase and walk of life. Under these and such deceiving slogans, women have been removed from the safe and secure walls of their houses and are dragged into the nightclubs and dancing houses, they are forced to work in the offices and different departments and they are made playthings in of men. The crown of chastity and the robe of modesty which Allah SWT granted them has been removed, the chador of honor which Islam had given has been torn to shreds and women are turned into showpieces and puppets. It is strange that when a women serves her family, when she busies herself in caring for her husband and her children, it is called as servitude, but when she washes dishes for a stranger or serves meals to a customer, caters to whims and caprices of a passenger and pampers the ego of her boss, that is called as "freedom". </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Renaming wisdom as madness and madness as wisdom </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>you are a miracle-worker, you can do anything. </i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br> </i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>All this is being done in the name of women's rights. Women have been removed from the secure nature of Purdah and turned into a plaything, showpiece for men. This has turned this into a burning topic for the present time. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Surely Islam never wants that women should remain a slave. It also does not want their chastity and honor to be disturbed. This is not possible without Purdah. It is a common occurrence that 20 men may pass but no one even raises their head to see them, but let 1 woman pass, then she becomes the center of attention. Allah SWT has placed a certain power of attraction in women. If there is no system in place to protect women, then the sky-high structures of "culture" will be razed to the ground in the twinkling of an eye. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Islam explains the fact that men are women are all slaves of Allah SWT and both of them are the progeny and children of Hadhrat Adam and Hadhrat Hawwa (Eve) (Peace be upon them). They are not slaves of one another. In the society they are both equal and they are different from the viewpoint of creation. For this reason, their areas of work are different. They are both equally responsible for the development and the smooth running of the society. The men takes care of work outside the house and the women takes care of work inside the house. Islam says that the real place of a woman is her house: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. Surah Ahzaab (33:33) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>This shows that leaving the house for mere display and show. But it is perfectly allowed to leave the house for any valid reason. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>It is given in Sahih Bukhari: Translation: Allah SWT has given you permission to leave your houses for your (valid) needs. (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab Un Nikah, Hadith No:4836) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Separate and complete rules have been given to be followed when the women leave the house. Purdah is the safeguard of a woman's chastity and honor. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The degrees of Purdah: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The first degree: </i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Islam has given guidelines for women to be followed when she is in her house and when she leaves her house. The first degree of Purdah is Purdah against people in that women and their actions should not be seen by men. They should remain in their house and the eyes of men should not fall even on their clothes. This is a high degree of Purdah. Allah SWT says: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. Surah Ahzaab (33:33) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Allah SWT also says: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>And when ye ask (his ladies) for anything ye want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for theirs. Surah Ahzaab (33:53) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>There is a Hadith in Jame Tirmidhi, Sunan Abi Dawood and Musnad Ahmed: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Umme Salma (May Allah be well pleased with her) that she and Hadhrat Maimoona (May Allah be well pleased with her) were in the presence of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and Hadhrat Abdullah bin Maktoom (May Allah be well pleased with him) entered. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Veil yourselves from him. Hadhrat Umme Salma (May Allah be well pleased with him) says I said: O Prophet of Allah SWT! He is blind, he can't see us. He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Are you also blind? Can you not see him? </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>(Jame Tirmidhi, Hadith No: 2702, Sunan Abi Dawood, Hadith No: 3585, Musnad Imam Ahmed, Hadith No: 2702) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>There is a Hadith in Kanzul Ummal and Majma Uz Zawaaid: </i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him) that I was in the presence of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). He told the Sahabah: What is better for a woman? The Sahabah remained silent. Then when I went to my house, I asked Hadhrat Fatima (May Allah be well pleased with her) about this. She said: It is better for women that they do not see men and men don't see them. When I conveyed this reply to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: She has said the truth. Verily! She is a piece of My heart. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>(Majma Uz Zawaaid, Vol. 4, Pg No: 255, Kanz Ul Ummal, Hadith No: 46012) </i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br> </i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The second Degree: </i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>When women are allowed to leave the house for any valid need of theirs, then they are ordered to cover themselves in a long chador or the like that no part of their body should be visible. She should not use any kind of scent, fragrance etc. She should not wear any jewelry which makes sound. She should walk at the sides of the road and she should not enter a crowd of men. As Allah SWT says in Surah Ahzaab: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>O prophet! tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad): that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested: and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Surah Ahzaab (33:59) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The third degree: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>In the house, there is no prohibition on relatives, servants etc. entering the house and collective living, eating etc. with them. Broad guidelines have been given in this regard. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! Turn ye all together towards Allah that ye may attain Bliss. Surah Noor (24:31) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>As far as male relatives are concerned, there are some relatives who themselves safeguard the chastity of women. They are called "Maharim" with whom marriage is prohibited forever. And there are some other relatives with whom marriage is not prohibited and allowed and permissible. They are the not included in the Maharim. The Maharim are those who safeguard the chastity of women. About others Islam has ordered Purdah against them. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>In the Holy Quran the Purdah for women has been dealt with in 7 verses. 3 verses of Surah Noor and 4 verses of Surah Ahzaab. There are about 70 Hadith in which the rules of Purdah have been described. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>With the husband, there is no Purdah. The husband can see the wife from head to toe and vice versa. It is mentioned in etiquettes (aadaab) that they should not see each other's private parts. As given in Mausu'atul Fiqhiya, Vol. 1, Pg No: 53). About other relatives like father, brother etc., the rule is that from a woman's navel to her knees, nobody can see. Nobody from the Maharim can see this area of a woman's body. Other parts like face, ankles, arms etc can be seen provided there is no fear of corruption, as given in Hidayah Kitab Ul Karahiya, Pg No: 461. Allah SWT says about seeing the Maharim in verse 31 of Surah Noor: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers,.......... </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>According to this verse, it is allowed to reveal one's beauty before them and revealing one's beauty means revealing the areas of beauty. The wrists, ears, neck, feet are all included in this. These are called the areas of beauty i.e. the areas where beauty is expressed. If there is any fear of any corruption, then even the face should be covered. If there is no such fear, then there is no problem in keeping the face and palms uncovered. As said by Allah SWT: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (ordinarily) appear thereof; </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>As given in Hidayah in Kitabul Karahiya, Pg No: 452 that according to Hadhrat Ali and Hadhrat Ibn Abbas (May Allah be well pleased with them) that except "what (ordinarily) appear thereof" means the Kohl of the eyes and the ring. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Hadith: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Translation: Hadhrat Asma bint Abu Bakr (May Allah be well pleased with them) came to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and she was wearing thin clothes. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) turned His face away from her and said: O Asma! When a woman comes of age, then her body parts being visible is not correct, excepting this and He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) gestured towards His face and His palms. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The most attractive part of the human body is the face and it is this body part which has the abilities of seeing, hearing and talking which may lead a person to immodesty. For this reason, the Shariah has commanded the woman to cover her face and not allow any unrelated person's eyes to fall on her face. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>There are strict warnings in Hadith about seeing an unrelated woman's face with desire. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Whoever looks at the beauty of a woman with desire, on the Day of Judgment, molted lead will be poured into his eyes. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The face is not included in Satar (those body parts covering whom is compulsory) but because of the general corruption of the times, the Fuqaha (Hon'ble Jurists) have made it compulsory to cover the face and not reveal before an unrelated male, so while wearing the Burqa, it is necessary that a woman cover her face, her ankles, and her palms as well. As given in Durre Mukhtaar, Vol. 5, Pg No: 261. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>It is universally agreed upon that seeing an unrelated face with desire is forbidden. </i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br> </i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>According to the Fiqh Hanafi, the Hanafi school of Fiqh, it is allowed to reveal the face of a woman, but in this age of corruption it is better to cover it. It is allowed for a woman to reveal her face to a Qazi, a witness. It is allowed to see the face of the woman whom you desire to marry, as it is a means to develop love. It is allowed for a doctor to see the diseased part of the body. Those parts of a woman's body which are to be covered cannot be seen even when they are separated from the body. This is the ruling about the hair, nails of a woman. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The parts which cannot be revealed cannot be touched or felt as well. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has said: whoever touches the palm of a woman with whom he had no valid relation, on the Day of Judgment, fire will be placed on that palm. (Takmila fath ul Qadeer, Hidayah, kitabul Karahiya, Vol. 4, Pg No: 459) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) also said: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Translation: No man should see the Satar of another and no woman should see the Satar of another. (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No: 512) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) also said: May Allah SWT curse those women who are naked in spite of wearing clothes. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Hadhrat Umar (May Allah be well pleased with him) said: Do not clothe your women in such clothes which are so tight that they outline their whole body. (Al Mabsut Kitabul istihsaan) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Burqa is only an improved kind of Purdah. The Niqab of the Burqa also fulfils the same reason for which the command for covering the faces with chador is given. . There are numerous reports daily of criminals snatching chains and other jewelry from women going on the road, but there is no report which says that this has happened to a Burqa-wearing woman as well. Skin diseases are common nowadays because of pollution and more often than not, it is the women who keep their faces uncovered who contract them. It is a blessing of the Purdah that apart from prying eyes, it saves from skin diseases as well. Nowadays, people are trying to defame Islam and Muslims in some way or the other. Sometimes, by disrespecting the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and sometimes by making fun of the Shariah. Sometimes by portraying Islamic divorce in a bad light and sometimes by comparing the Purdah to a prison. The aim is to defame the Muslims and spread immodesty among them. The remarks of Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France, are against wisdom and common sense. If any person wants to lead a peaceful life, then there is no other go other than Islam. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Uqba bin Amir (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said avoid going to women. A Sahabi (May Allah be well pleased with him) said: What do you say about the husband's brother? He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: The husband's brother is death. (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No: 4831, Sahih Muslim, 4037). </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>There is a Hadith in Jame Tirmidhi: Woman should remain in Purdah, when a woman leaves the house without Purdah, Satan starts eying her and increases her beauty and displays it. Verily! A woman is closest to Allah SWT when she is in her house. (Jame Tirmidhi, Hadith No: 1093, Mojam Kabeer Tabarani, Hadith No: 9368). </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>In Ihraam (in Haj, Umra) women should save their face from other cloths. If a woman runs into non-Maharim, she should cover her face and when they pass uncover it again. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Hadith Translation: Ummul Momineen Hadhrat Ayesha Siddiqua (May Allah be well pleased with him) says: Riders would cross us when we were with the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) in Ihram. We would cover our faces when they came near us and uncover it when they went. (Sunan Abi Dawood, Hadith No: 1562) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Old women are excused from the rules of Purdah which are for young women. As given in Surah Noor: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Such elderly women as are past the prospect of marriage― there is no blame on them if they lay aside their (outer) garments, provided they make not a wanton display of their beauty: but it is best for them to be modest: and Allah is One Who sees and knows all things. Surah Noor (24:60) </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>The summary of all these rules is that safeguarding chastity and honor should be most important to women, so that the society holds her in high esteem. In light of the needs of the society, Purdah has been classified into degrees. The whole body should be hidden from male view and when necessary, the face and hands can be revealed. The face, hands, arms, feet etc. can be revealed before the Maharim. Even here, doing it without a reason is not liked. For her husband, a woman can dress herself up and adorn herself as much as she likes. Islam permits them to leave their houses for a valid reason with the above guidelines. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Human society is not only through men but women are also an integral part of it. All kinds of family and household issues are related to them alone. The daughters of Islam can acquire Islamic sciences and worldly education and play an important role in purifying and improving the society. Within the parameters set by the Shariah, they can even perform social service as the need arises. There is a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari: </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Rabe'ea (May Allah SWT be well pleased with her), she says that along with the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), we would provide drinking water, and provide first-aid to the injured and take the martyrs to Madina. (Sahih Bukhari, Vol 1, 403). </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>To summarize, the daughters of Islam should acquire Islamic and worldly sciences and master all disciplines and serve the society both directly and indirectly and most of all they should pay attention to that specialty of medicine which deals with women's diseases (OB/GYN) and specialize in them. </i></b></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><i>It is necessary for building a pure, virtuous society that the sources from where corruption spreads should be covered otherwise the whole society will go up in flames. For this reason and to protect the women, the Islamic Shariah has given the women, the Purdah (Burqa) and has given various guidelines for its use. If these are followed, then the whole society will turn into a garden of peace.</i></b></font></div> <div><br></div><font><i><font><i><font><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-size:small"><i><div style="display:inline ! important"> <font><font color="#006600" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"> <img src="http://www.familylobby.com/common/tt3475596fltt.gif" width="420" height="60"> </div></div></span></b></font></font></div></i></span></span></div></font><br><font><div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:center"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b> <u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)"> </u><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)"> <span style="line-height:14px">"The best property of a man is, that histongue is used for the remembrance of Allah; his heart is thankful and his wifeis honest and helpful to her husband and accords aid in his faith." </span></u><span style="line-height:14px"><u style="color:rgb(51, 0, 0)">(Sau'ban(R.A.)- Tirmizi)</u></span></span></b></font></span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"></span></span></b></font></span><br> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></span></b></font></span></div><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <span><div style="display:inline ! 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important"><i><font><div style="font-size:13px;display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;display:inline ! important"> <font size="2"> </font><u><b><font size="2"> </font></b></u><img src="http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s333/Sakura_Amaya_Yumi/GlitterRose2.gif"></p></font></div> </div></font></i></div></font></div></div></font></i></font></i></font><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646688640829440518.post-75468734243741222262011-05-13T00:56:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:01:31.160-07:00SHAITANIC WAYS OF HUMANS<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://rasheedkokan.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/shaitan.jpg?w=201&h=240"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">SHAITANIC WAYS OF HUMANS Issue #25</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Previously, we had discussed that Shaitan has two types of soldiers at his disposal:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the demonic jinns and humans.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In order to best combat Shaitan's evil plotting and assault against the Believers, it is imperative that we learn and understand the strategies and schemes of Shaitan employed against us to swerve the Believers from Islam. It is vital that we look to Allah and His Prophet (saw) to seek solutions to our plight against our most ardent foe, Shaitan.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In this week's khutbah, we shall examine the nature, manners and methods of the human devils, or the human patrons of Shaitan.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Allah has divided humans into two categories:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Waliullah which refers to the allies and servants of Allah, The Most Beneficent, and waliush-Shaitan which refers to the allies, associates and servants of Shaitan, the outcast.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Anyone who disbelieves is, in effect, counted amongst the allies of Shaitan.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Such people essentially choose to be in Shaitan's army. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Shaitan utilizes them to serve, support and assist him in his battle against the Believers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Allah informs us, "Verily, We have made the devils protecting friends for those who do not believe," (s.7:27)</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">The Method to His Madness</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Shaitan and his army have a singular mission which is to mislead humankind, and to ensure their entry to Hellfire.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They make use of many treacherous tactics in order to seduce the Believers, and subsequently, subdue them by successfully leading them astray.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The following are some prime examples of methods and techniques employed in such evil efforts.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">I. Arguing with Believers</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">One method by which the human companions of Shaitan use to inundate the Believers' minds with skepticism, doubts and misconceptions is argumentation.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The objective is to penetrate the Believer's Iman (faith) and to confuse their heart and soul.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Allah advises us in the Qur'an, "Verily, the devils do inspire their friends (from humankind) to dispute with you, and if you obey them, then you would indeed be polytheists," (s.6:121).</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">II. Mentally Agitating Them</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Allah tells us that, "Secret counsels (conspiracies) are only from Shaitan in order that he may cause grief to the Believers," (s.58:10).</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">The Shaitan incites the disbelievers to speak secretly among themselves whenever Muslims are nearby.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He and his army seek to mentally upset and engage the Believers causing them grief and confusion.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">III. Waging War Against Them</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Shaitan incites the disbelievers, who are in reality his soldiers, to wage physical war against the Muslims.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The disbelievers fight for the cause of Taghut, which means anything which is worshipped or served besides Allah, while the Believers fight for the Cause of Allah.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Allah advises and encourages the Believers to bear the armour of Iman (faith) in their efforts of retaliation.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>When they do so, they will find that verily, the strategies of Shaitan are weak and feeble.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Allah says, "But he (Shaitan) can not harm them (the Believers) in the least, except as Allah permits, and in Allah let the Believers put their trust," (s.58:10).</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Weapons in the War Zone Shaitan, the Master of Deception, would never say outright, "Disobey Allah so you will go to Hell."<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Instead, he deceives his followers in a gradual process until they do not realize the degree to which they have been overtaken by evil.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Shaitan will seduce them through little, seemingly insignificant, things which would eventually amass to larger items, leading them astray in a gradual manner, until leading them entirely to kufr (disbelief) altogether.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Making Evil Look Good Making the evil appear to be good, or beneficial, is a principal method by which Shaitan attracts a great deal of followers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He makes that which is bad appear to be good and that which is good to seem bad.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He creates the illusion amongst humans that whatever is bad, or condemned by Allah, is in fact something good and/or beneficial and hence, something which is to be pursued rather than avoided.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This is the method which he first used on our father Adam (upon whom be peace).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He sneakily convinced him that the forbidden tree was "the Tree of Eternity."</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Shaitan leads people along increasing stages of evil.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Many Muslims believe they can live in sin (without repercussion) and that they will enter Paradise regardless, simply because they uttered the Shahadah. The Prophet (saw) said, "Beware that the property of Allah is expensive (and precious).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Beware that the belongings of Allah are expensive (and precious).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Be informed that the assets of Allah are Paradise," (narrated by Tirmidhi, #410).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Paradise is the merchandise of Allah, which can not be attained easily, but which must be attained in a costly manner, relative to the life of this world.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">The allies of Shaitan use the same methods today In our world today, we witness several examples of Shaitan's handiwork amongst the human devils who do his evil bidding of making that which is evil appear as good and beneficial.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">a) The displacement of Allah's governance by the rule of the people. The Capitalists and Communists both boast that they have the best systems to govern the world.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They call people to their manmade ideologies and away from the Divine Shariah.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>While any human endeavour, like humans, is necessary flawed, Allah's system of governance, like our Lord – Glorified be He, is perfect and without even the slightest flaw. Yet, Allah's perfect Shariah is rejected for the inferior and feeble systems created by human devils.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">b) The social and moral decadence of society, where toplessness has become a current fashionable trend.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Often we see that if an African women appears topless, in the media, she is considered "uncivilized", "primitive", and "hedonistic".<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Yet, if her Western counterpart parades her naked breasts, she is considered "civilized", "liberated" and "sophisticated".</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">c) The loss of morality where evil acts become permissible when staged under certain circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For example, if an actress kisses her TV husband and becomes intimate on camera, it is not looked upon as part of adultery.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Instead, it is labelled family entertainment, and considered acceptable viewing.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">d) The phenomenon of renaming evil things with pleasant and favourable names, in order to provide the guise of acceptance.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Just as modern people renamed alcohol as "spirits" or "booze", so too did the ancient Arabs, referring to it as "the mother of all pleasant times."<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Instead of naming "the House of Riba (usury)" it is called a bank, or financial institution.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Instead of "Lewdness and Wickedness", it is called "Arts and Entertainment".</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">e) The rejection of Allah's Truth.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Instead of propagating Islam as "progress and civilization", it is labelled as "primitive, oppressive and backwards".</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">All these examples serve to illustrate what Allah has told us in the Qur'an.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>"By Allah, We indeed sent (Messengers) to the nations before you but Shaitan made their deeds fair-seeming to them.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>So he is their Wali (guardian, helper) today (in this world) and theirs will be a painful doom," (s.16:63).</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Who are the greatest losers? This method, of making the evil appear as good, is a serious threat to humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It is detrimental because a wrongdoer does not believe he is sinning, and he finds it honourable to fight for his cause with the misguided belief that he is doing something true and right.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Such people prevent others from the religion of Allah because they believe that they are actually fighting on the path of Truth.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Allah ordered the Prophet (saw) to say, "Say (O Muhammad – saw): 'Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works and deeds," (s.18:103-104).</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">Allah also says, "If anyone blinds himself from the remembrance of The Most Beneficent, We appoint for him Shaitan to be an intimate companion to him.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And verily, they (Shaitan and the devils) hinder them (the Believers) from the Path (of Allah), but they think that they are guided aright!" (s.43:36-37).</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">This deceptive delusion is the reason that the disbelievers concern themselves only with this life and disregard working for the Hereafter. Allah says, "And We have assigned them intimate companions (in this world) who made their present and their past fair-seeming unto them," (s.41:25).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The companions, referred to here, are the devils.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They make the present so alluring and enticing that they are overcome by it, and subsequently would deny the life of the Hereafter.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Shaitan makes such misguided notions seem so pleasing and correct to them, that they reject the reality of Resurrection, accountability on the Day of Judgement, Paradise and Hell, if not by words then by actions.</font></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" color="#ff6600">May Allah protect us from the evil works and evil plans of the Shaitan and his companions (both human and jinn), and may He make us of those who are able to withstand the enticing whispers and temptations and not of those who succumb to the seduction of Shaitan. O Allah make us of those who are steadfast in Islam and strong with Iman that we may reject and resist the Shaitan and his companions. Ameen.</font></i></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: kashida;text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span lang="AR-EG" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arabic Transparent";mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana; mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-language:AR-EG"> </span></p>-- <br><font><i><font><i><font><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-size:small"><i><div style="display:inline ! important"> <font><font color="#006600" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"> <img src="http://www.familylobby.com/common/tt3475596fltt.gif" width="420" height="60"> </div></div></span></b></font></font></div></i></span></span></div></font><br><font><div><div style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; "> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> <font size="2"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font><u style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "> </u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><u style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font><span style="line-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">"The best property of a man is, that histongue is used for the remembrance of Allah; his heart is thankful and his wifeis honest and helpful to her husband and accords aid in his faith." </font></span></u><span style="line-height: 14px; "><u style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">(Sau'ban(R.A.)- Tirmizi)</font></u></span></span></b></font></span><br> <span style="font-family: arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"></span></span></b></font></span><br> <span style="font-family: arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></span></b></font></span></div> <font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span><div style="display:inline ! important"> <font><div style="display:inline ! important"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)"> <div style="text-align:center"><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><b>When I stand before God at the end of my life,</b></font></u></div><u><div style="text-align:center"><span><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><b>I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left,</b></font></u></span></div> </u></div><u><div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)"><div style="text-align:center"><span><u><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><b>and could say, "I used everything you gave me."</b></font></u></span></div></div></u></span></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="line-height:14px"> </span><span><span style="font-weight:normal"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;display:inline"> <span style="line-height:normal"></span></p></span></span></span></div></font></div></span></div></span></b></font><br><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 102)"><div style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <span><div style="display:inline ! important"><font><div style="display:inline ! important"><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span><span style="font-weight:normal"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;display:inline"> <span style="line-height:normal"></span></p></span></span></span></div></font></div></span></div></span></b></font><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:center"> <font size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:800"> <font size="4"><u>Zuni Ayesha</u></font></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:center"> <font size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:800"><a href="http://www.muslimtilltheend.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WWW.muslimtilltheend.blogspot.com</a></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:center"> <u><font size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:800">muslim hereafter and till the end - FB page.</span></b></font></u></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:center"> <u><b><span style="font-size:small"></span></b></u></p><div style="display:inline ! important"><i><font><div style="font-size:13px;display:inline ! important"><div style="display:inline ! important"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;line-height:normal;display:inline ! important"> <font size="2"> </font><u><b><font size="2"> </font></b></u><img src="http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s333/Sakura_Amaya_Yumi/GlitterRose2.gif"></p></font></div> </div></font></i></div></font></div></div></font></i></font></i></font><br> Zuni Ayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491007131764250825noreply@blogger.com0