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Free Palestine!!!

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Let Us UNITE….

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Bush- The Terrorist

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How to Be Strong When You Have to Be Different?

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In today’s world, we hear a lot about young people who give up their Islamic identity. It might be because they lack understanding of Islam or because of pressure or a thousand other reasons. As a result of this, their aims in life change and they often stray far from the Muslim community.  

 

At the same time, there are many young Muslims who are studying, working, doing voluntary work and generally mixing with everyone, but still they manage to retain their Islamic identity, and be proud of who they and what they stand for.

 

Their strength is manifest when someone invites them to go to a place they know they shouldn’t go to, or when they are exposed to one of the many temptations we all face everyday. How did they manage to do this?

 

How can Muslim youth have a strong identity?

House Of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w

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Prophet s.a.w. lived in Makkah for 28 years.

 House Of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w

Dear readers,

September 10, 2008 at 3:59 am | Posted in Brotherhood | Leave a comment

Dear readers,

In this page kindly drop a line or two, I like to take the opportunity to thank you, all my guests, for visiting my site and take the time to read its contents.  All the goodness derives from this blog are from Allah, and all the errors are from me.  Finally, I like to apologize for the grammar and spelling mistakes in my writings.

    Muhammad

Questions to Shia Ulama…

December 7, 2008 at 5:46 am | Posted in 1 | Leave a comment

Al-Hassan bin Ali relinquished for Mu’awiya and made peace with him, that happened at a time where he had enough armies and allies which would allowed him to continued fighting. Al-Hussain bin Ali came out to war despite the small number of his followers at a time when he could have made peace. This tells us that one of them was right and the other was wrong because:

If Al-Hassan’s concession with the ability to fight was right, then Al-Hussain’s war with lack of means was wrong.

If Al-Hussain’s war with lack of means was right, then Al-Hassan’s concession with the ability to fight was wrong.

And this puts you in a place where no one can envy you. Because if you say that both of them are right, you agree to two opposite things and this destroys your roots and logic.

So if you say that Al-Hussain’s action was wrong then you have to believe in the falsehood of his leadership “Imamah” and the falsehood of the leadership of his father and his infallibility. Because he was given a trust and the infallible leader does not give the trust to anyone but an infallible like him. And if you say that Al-Hassan’s action was wrong then you have to believe in the falsehood of his leadership “Imamah” and the falsehood of the leadership of his children and progeny because he is the root of their leadership and through him came the leadership. And if the root is wrong, then the branches are all wrong.

And we say to every Shia:

Regardless of what you answer to this conundrum, your answer is not convincing for this reason:

You would believe that Ali accepted to himself what the low Bedouins of the Arabs would not accept for themselves and he is from the Prophet’s family? And I repeat the question to you, if Umar’s shortcomings are like what you describe then how would Ali accept him as a husband to his daughter? So do the Shia put Ali in a class that’s lower than the Bedouins (since Bedouins won’t accept this shame for themselves)? And would Al-Hussain accept this? Or would Al-Hasan accept this?

And if you accept that, then they are less class than the Bedouin of Arabs! and that is not acceptable to us. The issue is that you make up accusations against Umar bin Al-Khattab and then you want us to accept an excuse which is worse than the sin itself. And your excuse is Taqiyya. So was it for Taqiyya that Ali married his daughter off to Umar? You curse Umar, make up bad things about him, and allege that he was an apostate, then after all that you want to claim that Ali was a coward too? This is not acceptable to us for Umar nor for Ali. And if Umar in your opinion is an Infidel and you claim that Ali knew that, then why did he marry him off to his daughter?!

The whole thing is illogical completely. If the Sahaba (companions of the Prophet) were really apostates, as you claim, then did Ali use Taqiyyah instead of fighting them? If using Taqiyyah is the right thing to do, then why did Ali fight the infidels during the time of the Prophet instead of using Taqiyyah to end the matter? If the Kuffar’s land was a land of war (Dar Harb), then the Muslim land -under Abu Bakr and Umar- is for sure a land of war as well. In the land of the Kuffar, the infidels used to be fought and calls for war were called. And in the Muslim land under Abu Bakr and Umar, as you claim it to be a land of war, you consider the Rightly Guided Khalifas infidels just like you consider Yazeed and even worse. Don’t you consider them Murtadeen (apostates)? Then what is Ali’s duty? To get along with this one and be submissive to others? Would the Imam Ali submit to an infidel (as you claim) who took the mother of Mohammad bin Al-Hanafiyah (the son of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib) as a woman prisoner during the time of Abu Bakr (who in your opinion is an unfair oppressor)?  According to Shia Fiqh, everything that an oppressor does and all his rulings are invalid. So why did Imam Ali take that woman and have a child from her? This is an insult to the Imam form your side.

If you compare Ali with Ammar, then you should remember that Ali’s class is much higher than Ammar’s since Ali’s position to the Prophet was like the status of Haroon to Musa, isn’t that what you say? Then how do you compare this to that? And despite all that, it was an exception for Ammar to be used only in times of necessity. But for you, it is a religion and a creed. It is a profession rather than a hobby. Doesn’t one of your sayings say “Taqiyya is my religion and the religion of my fathers and grandfathers”? Then it is a religion and not an exception. It is a creed and a root and not a special case. So would Ali submit to the infidels? and would he marry his daughter off to an infidel? and would Ali accept to himself what the lowest of Arabs would never accept? And is there an insult worse than submitting to the infidels? And is there is any more humiliation than marrying his daughter off to a pervert who allegedly hit and caused his wife, Fatimah, to miscarriage? Wouldn’t you declare war against him? And you also claim that Umar used to drink Alcohol? And you curse him and accuse him of more insults than that but you still expect Ali to submit to him?

Then why did Imam Ali go to war against the Kuffar if he was going to submit to the alleged apostates? Then who is supposed to fight against the oppressors and the apostates? And you say that Ammar was given an excuse by the messenger? There were no Ayahs from the Quran about Ammar’s leadership as you claim for Ali. And he will not be considered an Imam by you at any case. And he does not carry a responsibly like the responsibility of Ali as you say. This is because Ammar was led but did not lead. And Ali lead, but you claim that he cannot be lead. He was a leader, not a follower. However, he submitted once to Abu Bakr, once to Umar, and once to Uthman and they were all apostates as you claim! Your Taqiyya is a rubber that extends here and shrinks there! You give it to Ammar when he was under torture while it was an exception for one time only. And for Imam Ali, the free man and the brave war hero, you used it to justify his submission to Abu Bakr and then his submission to Umar. Then you used it again to explain his submission to Uthman. Then once again, it was used as a justification for him marrying his daughter Umm Kulthoom to Umar. And again it was used to justify Ali taking Umm Mohammad bin Al-Hanafyeh even though she was a war prisoner and the ruler was an oppressor.  This is not allowed in Shia Jurisprudence at all. So it is actually an admittance of the leadership of Abu Bakr. Then what was Ali’s duty in the first place if he did not fight oppression and injustice? This is basically the truth of your words.

Shia References:

1- Ya’qooby’s History, Volume 2, page 149-150
2- Al-Forroh min Al-Kafy, the book of  Al-Nikah, Chapter of The Marriage of Umm Kulthoom. Volume 5, Page 346.
3- Tahzeeb Al-Ahkam, the book of inheritance, the chapter of inheritance from the drowned and the ones who die under collapsed buildings. Volume 9, Page 115-116.
4- Al-Shafi by Mr. Murtada Alam Al-Huda, Page 116 and his book “Tanzeeh Al-Anbya” page 141, Tahran Issue.
5- Ibn Shaher Ashob in his book “Manaqeb Aal Ali bin Abi Talib” volume 3 page 162.
6- Ibn Aby Al-Hadeed in his commentary on “Nahj Albalagha” volume 3 page 124

Free Palestine!

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Qurban 2008

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Qurban 2008

Assalamu Alaikum Dear brothers and Sisters in Islam!

“So pray on to thy lord and sacrifice”(Al-Quran 2:108)

Their flesh and their blood reach not Allah, but the devotion from you reaches Him.(Al -Quran23:37)

Hazrat Ayesha(r.a) reports that the Prophet(s.a.w) said, “The son of Adam does not perform any actions on the day of sacrifice which is more pleasing to Allah than the shedding of blood. He will come on the day of resurrection with its hair, horns and hooves, and the blood certainly will fall in a place near Allah before it falls on the ground. So, make yourselves purified there with. (Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah)

“There is a reward for every hair (i.e. the reward for meat and useful parts of the animal’s body will be very lofty in merit, but there will also be a great reward for the parts which are useless and thrown away such as the hair).”

They asked: “For the wool, Ya Rasulullah?” He replied: “There is one reward for every strand of wool.” (Ahmed, Ibn Majah)

Price of Goat: S$135.00

Price of 1/7th of Cow: S$60.00

The Qurban will take place at Periyakulam Orphanage Madrasa in southern state of India and the slaughtered meat will be distributed among the orphans as well as the poor and needy.

Insha Allah the students in this Madrasa will supplicate for your well being in this world and the hereafter.

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OBAMA…New Chapter in American History

November 7, 2008 at 3:00 am | Posted in Misc Articles | Leave a comment
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A couple of years ago Barack Obama was just a junior senator of the Democratic Party. Today he wrote a new chapter in the history of the United States by becoming the first-ever African American occupant of the White House.

It was no easy task going from that to this.

When the race for the Democratic Party president ticket began, Senator Hillary Clinton was not just the front-runner but the presumptive nominee.

She had the money and the Party establishment, being a former first lady and wife of arguably one of America’s most loved and respected presidents, Bill Clinton.

She had a long history of public service and an unmatched seniority within the Democratic Party and the Senate.

The young, charismatic Illinois senator also had to steer his ship through some tough storms.

Obama’s middle name, Hussein, and a picture of him in a traditional Somali garb during a visit to his father’s homeland Kenya in 2006 stoke the “Obama is a Muslim” flames.

For weeks, he had to put up with news reports and rival remarks of being a Muslim in disguise.

Obama is the son of a Muslim-turned-atheist Kenyan father and a white American mother that did not practice religion.

Born in Hawaii, he lived from ages 6 to 10 in Indonesia with his mother and Muslim stepfather.

Obama, who describes himself as a proud follower of the Trinity United Church of Christ, also stumbled for weeks over inflammatory sermons by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his pastor for the last 20 years.

Even his wife Michelle was not spared the campaign fire. He recently had to come out in force against Republicans using her as punch-bag.

Making History

But Obama’s hope and change message resonated across a country wearied by the Iraq war and stalked by fears of recession.

He beat all the odds being overwhelming elected the first black American president in a transformational election that will reshape US politics and reposition the United States on the world stage.

Obama’s victory was greeted with euphoria by a vast crowd gathered in his home city of Chicago, as his supporters, screamed, waved American flags as they waited for him to arrive to deliver his victory speech.

The 47-year-old will be inaugurated the 44th US president on January 20, 2009, in an historic inauguration that will complete a stunning ascent to the pinnacle of US and global politics from national obscurity just four years ago.

The presidency also marks a stunning social shift, with Obama, the son of Kenyan father and white mother from Kansas, the first African American president of a nation still riven by racial divides.

Forty-five years after civil rights icon Martin Luther King laid out his “dream” of racial equality, Obama’s election broke new barriers and may have helped heal the moral wounds left by slavery and the US civil war.

He rocketed to prominence at the 2004 Democratic presidential convention with an electrifying call for unity.

“There is not a Black America and a White America….there’s the United States of America.”

 

 

Dawah: An Obligation

October 27, 2008 at 1:32 pm | Posted in Misc Articles | Leave a comment
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Dawah: An Obligation

An important matter for Muslims to realize is that da`wah is an obligation upon them. Allah (subhaanahu wa ta`aalaa) says in the Qur’aan: 

“Invite to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.” [al-Qur’aan, an-Nisaa'(16):125] 

“Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining al-ma`roof [i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do] and forbidding al-Munkar [polytheism and disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden]. And it is they who are successful.” [al-Qur’aan, Aal `Imraan (3):104] 

The second verse may seem to be restricting the general obligation given in the first verse, but a close look at the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) reveals that calling to Allah is an individual obligation, rather than a collective one. The Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) has said: “Convey from me, even one verse.” [al-Bukhaaree] Conveying the message therefore does not require a high level of scholarship, it is in fact a responsibility of each and every Muslim, according to his or her ability. 

The obligation is further emphasized by the following verse which explains that not conveying the message – hiding knowledge – is disobedience to Allah that causes Allah’s curse to descend upon such people, which shows that such a sin leads to the Hellfire. 

“Verily, those who conceal the clear proofs, evidences and the guidance, which We have sent down, after We have made it clear for the people in the book, they are the ones cursed by Allah and cursed by the cursers.” [al-Qur’aan, al-Baqara(2):159] 

In the same connection, the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) has stated, “Whoever hides knowledge, Allah will brand him with the branding iron from the hellfire.” [Ahmad] 

Calling people to Allah also means completing our own worship, the reason for which we are created. It is one of the noblest acts that entails a high reward. 

“And who is better in speech than he who invites to Allah and does righteous deeds, and says: ‘I am one of the Muslims.'” [al-Qur’aan, Fussilat(41):33] 

With regards to the reward, the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) has said: “Whoever guides [another] to a good deed will get a reward similar to the one who performs it.” [Saheeh Muslim] Also, “By Allah, if Allah were to guide one man through you it would be better for you than the best type of camels.” [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]

In the belly of the whale: the story of prophet Yunus

October 23, 2008 at 4:33 am | Posted in Youth | Leave a comment
 
 In the belly of the whale: the story of prophet Yunus
 

Have you ever felt as though things are just too much for you, that you are in a situation you see no way of getting out of? Do you look at problems in our world today and wonder how they can ever be solved? All this, and more, is the story of Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him). The mission of Prophet Yunus is a timeless story that tells us there is a way out, if only we have faith.

Almighty Allah called Yunus to preach to the people of Nineveh. Nineveh was a great city, the capital of Assyria, and it had become a very wicked place. Yunus went to the people there and told them to give up their bad ways and to turn, instead, to Allah. But they wouldn’t listen to him and so Yunus left them, calling down Allah’s wrath on them. His preaching failed, so he stormed off. This is the first very human touch in the story of Yunus. Even though he was a prophet, Yunus was still a man and he stormed off out of the city when he didn’t get what he wanted. He even felt that he knew what Allah should do to these people, calling on Allah to punish them. We can identify with Yunus here, can’t we? On a human level, we often give up too soon, and we often march off when we don’t get what we want. On a spiritual level, we see lots of wickedness in the world and think we know how the evil-doers should be treated. Some people even take it upon themselves to punish them.

Having left the city behind, Yunus boards a ship. He has had enough of preaching Allah’s message and he sets sail far away from the scene of his failure. Once at sea, though, a storm grows up and the crew are terrified. These pagan sailors feel that the gods of the sea must be displeased with them, so they draw lots to throw one man overboard to calm the storm. Yunus draws the short straw, not once but three times, and the terrified crew throw him overboard to protect themselves and their ship.

Once in the water, something extraordinary happens. Allah sends a great fish, some describe it as a whale, to swallow Yunus whole. Once in its belly, Yunus descends to the bottom of the sea, filled with total despair. How can he possibly survive this disaster? What way out of his situation could there possibly be? He is engulfed by darkness: the darkness of the deep; the darkness of the creature’s stomach; and, worst of all, the darkness of despair. Even though he was a religious man, called to be a prophet, he experiences doubt and despair, and it is when he is in the depths of despair that things change for him. In the Holy Qur’an, we read that Yunus “cried through the darkness.” He realized that Almighty Allah, not he, was in control of things. He cries out, “there is no god but you,” and asks for help. In asking for help, his prayer is heard.

There is a very beautiful book, called Stories of the Prophets, written in the Middle Ages by Hafez Ibn Kathir. It is easily available and well worth reading. In it, Ibn Kathir has a lovely commentary on this part of Yunus’ story. He says that once Yunus admits that there is no god but Allah and that only Allah can save him, something wonderful happens. First, the whale begins to sing the praises of Allah, then all the little fishes around it, then all the creatures of the sea, each in its own way, until there is a great chorus of praise. The whale swims up to the surface and ejects Yunus onto the shore. Just as Allah had used it to save Yunus from the storm and from drowning in the sea, so He also uses it to bring Yunus safely to land again.

And there is more. Yunus is feeling sick and sore as he lies on the sand in the scorching heat, still not knowing what will become of him. Allah takes even more care of him and causes a plant to grow up over him and to cover Yunus with its shade. Once he has recovered from his ordeal and his skin has stopped smarting from the acids in the creatures stomach, he decides to return to Nineveh, his travels over, and to see what has become of the city and its people. When he arrives there, to his great surprise he sees that the city and its people have not been destroyed, but have all turned to Allah. His message had got through to them. Perhaps when they saw the terrible storm as it grew up in the distance, they saw in it an image of what would happen to them if they did not repent. Who knows why they turned back to Allah, but they did. Yunus, then, after all his adventures, is finally content that his mission has been accomplished.

There is so much that the story of Yunus can teach us. First of all, read it yourself in the Holy Qur’an. You will find it in the following places: 4:163;  6:86;  10:98;  21:87;  37:139-148; and 68:48-50. Ponder over the meaning of the words and listen to what they say to you. Yunus’ story is timeless. It is for the whole world and it is for each one of us.

Nineveh, for example, the great city and the capital of a great empire, doesn’t even exist anymore. Scholars say it lies in Iraq on the other side of the river from the city of Mosul, but its temples and monuments have gone. All worldly power will go the same way. Even today’s superpowers, who behave as though they are Allah, and believe that everyone just obey them, will one day wither and fade and, like all great empires before them, cease to exist. Remember, Allah is in control, not this country or that. Allah will decide the course of events.

Another lesson from the story of Prophet Yunus (pbuh) is that we never know the effect our deeds will have on others. We, like Yunus, are called to tell others about Islam, but the results might never be known to us. A word we say to one person might touch them deeply and yet we may never see the effect of that world. But we must keep trying. We never know what effect our da’wah will have.

What we must never do, though, is to think that we are in control or that it is we who call others to Islam. Allah is in control and He, alone, calls others to Himself. We shouldn’t get down-hearted or angry when our efforts seem to fail. Yunus called down Allah’s wrath on the people of Nineveh. Some might feel tempted to take it upon themselves to punish the evil-doers in our world, but this is not the way of Islam. Muslims trust in Allah. In His own time and in His own way, He will punish those who do evil, just as He will reward the righteous:

         “No soul knows what comfort is kept hidden for them, as a reward for their deeds.”

                                        Holy Qur’an 32:17                      

Allah uses all things to work out His plan. In the story of Prophet Yunus (pbuh), He not only uses Yunus, but He uses the sailors and the whale and the plant, to do His will. So we should never presume to know the will of Allah, nor to make decisions on His behalf.

Finally, if you have ever felt as though you are in the belly of the whale, surrounded by darkness and with no way out, do what Prophet Yunus did. “He cried through the darkness” and admitted that there is no god but Allah and that only Allah can save.

Never give up.Trust in Allah. He can use us and all situations to do great things beyond our wildest imagination. It is by Allah’s Will that we are Muslim. Just as “his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous,” so we, too, like Prophet Yunus can respond to the call of Almighty Allah and make a difference in our world.                                          

                      

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