Sayyidul Muazzineed (leader of the Muazzins)
Born 43 or 53 years before Hijra, from an Abyssinian mother and an Arab father, Hazrat Bilal was slim and tall . Some historians say he was born in Mecca, but some are of the opinion that he was born in Sarat — a town near Yemen and Abyssinia. He is, generally, known as "BILAL HABASHI", but actually his features were not identical with those of the. Habashi or Zangi, His complexion was black but his hair was not curly, it was thick. Actually, his complexion was dark-brown. His body was tall and slim and his chest prominent. His cheeks were thin but his nose was not snub. Thus, as the historians opine, he was not a pure Abyssinian. His father was an Arab hut his mother was an Abyssinian. His fathers name was Rabah and his mother was called Hamama, It is likely that Hamama was a slave girl from Mecca or Sarat, Sarat is a town between Yemen and Abyssinia, Some of the historians claim that he was born at Mecca, but the majority of the historians opine that Bilal was born in Sarat, And the latter view seem to be acceptable for there could be a mixed race in Sarat.. He was taken as a slave from the beginning according to the prevailing conditions in Mecca.
Along with Hazrat Khadija.(R.A), Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique(R.A), Hazrat Ali(R.A.), Hazrat Ammar(R.A.) and his mother Sumiyya(R.A.), Hazrat Shuaib(R.A.) and Hazrat Miqdad(R.A.), Hazrat Bilal(R.A.) was one of the first eight persons who responded to the call of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). Embracing the new faith, he enraged his master Umaiyya bin Khalaf. To force Bilal(R.A.) to give up his new faith, the master subjected the devotee to severe torture.
Hadhrat Bilaal (Radhiallaahu Anhu) was harassed and beaten the day long and during the night He was tied in chains and lashed. On the next day, he was again made to lie on the hot desert sands which cause even greater injuries to the body of Bilaal (Radhiallaahu Anhu), who was loved by Allah Ta'aala.
Hadhrat Bilaal (Radhiallaahu Anhu) used to be beaten by many people. When one would get tired, another would take his place. Sometimes it was Abu Jhal's turn and sometimes Umayyah bin Khalaf and others. Each of them would beat him until they got tired but no mercy was spared for the slave whom they so brutally injured and whose status in Jannat was to surpass that of many Arabs.
According to historical records, Bilals(R.A.) master often tied him and threw him down and flung a stone and cow hide over him and said, "Your gods are Lat and Uzza so testify your faith in them." But he continued to say "Ahad, Ahad." The infidels tied a rope round his neck and allowed the street urchins to drag him to and from between the two hills of Mecca. Even, under this severe torment, Bilals(R.A.) tongue repeated only one word "Ahad, Ahad." Thereupon, the infidels gave him a severe beating and stretched him on the burning Sand.A heavy stone was placed over his body, still he uttered nothing save the word "Ahad, Ahad.".
One day while Bilaal(R.A.) was being tortured in this way by Umayyah bin Khalaf and his friends, Abu Bakr (R.A.) passed that way. He asked Umayyah bin Khalaf, 'Do you not fear Allah? How long will you carry out this practice on this poor person?" Umayyah bin Khalaf retorted that, 'since you have instigated him (by teaching Islam to him, so you free him." Hadhrat Abu Bakr (Radhiallaahu Anhu) answered, "Yes, I will free him. I have a black slave who is even stronger than him and who is in your religion. Will you accept this slave in exchange for him?" Umayyah bin Khalaf accepted the offer. Hadhrat Abu Bakr (Radhiallaahu Anhu) exchanged the slaves and thus bought Hadhrat Bilaal (Radhiallaahu Anhu) and freed him . Besides Bilaal (Radhiallaahu Anhu) he bought other slaves who were being beaten and harassed for accepting Islam and freed them also.
After his release, he came to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) to serve him as his personal server. Instead of taking him as a servant, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) paid close attention to his education and spiritual training.
After the Hijra when Masjid Nabvi was completed, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) thought of calling the Muslims for prayers in congregation. He asked the Sahaba to think of a way to call the Muslims together for prayers. Several suggestions came forth such as the beating of drums; the ringing of the bell like the Christians did in their church; burning a fire like Zoroastrians; and blowing of the horn like the Jews. When all the suggestions could not get the approval of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), the meeting ended without a decision.
Hazrat Abdullah bin Zaid(R.A), a companion of the Prophet, went home groping for a solution and slept. He had a dream in which he saw a person in a green apparel who told him how to call the Muslims for prayer. He climbed on the top of the mosque and recited the words, those that we hear today. After saying the call he sat down for a while and then rose to say Iqama which comprised the same words.
On waking up, Abdullah bin Zaid rushed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and told him about his dream. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) asked him to go to Bilal(R.A.) and make him learn these words by heart. Thereafter, Hazrat Umar(R.A.) came and narrated a similar dream to the Holy Prophet (PBUH). After having the approval of the Prophet(S.A.W)., the Adhan was called out aloud for the first time from the Prophet’s mosque. As his powerful and melodious voice resounded through the city of Medina, Hazrat Bilal (R.A.) became the first mu’azzin of Islam, an office he held till the Holy Prophet (PBUH) left this world.
What a beautiful voice Bilal has. The Prophet carries this voice, which makes one tremble with humility, with him throughout his life. Journeys and expeditions are kneaded with this voice. One morning the Prophet awakes to this voice: "Prayer is better than sleep." He tells Bilal, "What wonderful words. They should be recited each morning in the adhan!" From that morning on, sleep and prayer are in the two pans of the scale. When prayer weighs heavier, the veil of darkness disperses. And after each adhan Bilal calls out towards the Prophet's window: "O Messenger of Allah! Prayer!" Then, going to the masjid, he makes qamet; stars stand in line behind the sun.
Later, Hazrat Bilal added the following words in the call for the Fajir prayers: “The prayer is better than sleep”. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) approved the addition and till today the same prayer-call is going on even after 14 centuries.
Hazrat Bilal was entrusted the duty of the recital of Azaan by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in preference to all other Sahabas. It was simply because he had a beautiful voice. His recital of the prayer-call produced a typical effect on the hearts and minds of the Muslims. In spiritual ecstasy, they would rush to the mosque. Also, he received the honour of calling the devotees to prayer when the Holy Prophet (PBUH) made a victorious entry into the city of Mecca and ordered Bilal to ascend the roof of the Holy Ka’bah to recite the prayer-call.
Once the Holy Prophet (PBUH) asked Hazrat Bilal what extraordinary deeds he did after accepting Islam because the Holy Prophet (PBUH) heard the sound of his slippers ahead of him when the sight of Paradise was presented before him during a divine revelation. He made no mention of the piety, struggle, hardships or tortures he endured for the cause of Islam but humbly replied: “O my beloved Prophet, I have performed no extraordinary deeds as a Muslim.”
Upon further insistence by the Prophet, he told that the only thing he could recall was that, after each wadhu (ablution), he offered two nawafils.
Hazrat Bilal(Razi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) was one of them.
1.Hazrat Bilal(R.A.) was one of the first eight persons who responded to the call of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
2.Hazrat Bilal(R.A) became the first mu’azzin of Islam, an office he held till the Holy Prophet (PBUH) left this world.
3.Fajir prayers: “The prayer is better than sleep”. Who added this line? you know it was Hmmm should I tell you,
read and find out.
4.He was also in charge of the house hold of the Prophet (S.A.W.).
5.Hadhrat Bilaal (Radhiallaahu Anhu) was the special companion of Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam).
6. During journeys and battles, he used to pitch the tent of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and he alone got the honour of riding the camel of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
The prayer-call, proclaimed today in the entire Muslim world, comprises the same words which were first recited by Hazrat Bilal bin Rabah Habshi(R.A.), a staunch devotee of Islam and the most trusted companion of the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him).
On his death-bed, when his wife bitterly cried, he comforted her with these words: “Why do you cry? Tomorrow I shall see the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and my other companions after such a long separation.
Hazrat Bilal (R.A) had suffered for Islam in his body. He was humble and gentle, faithful and loyal. He was strong and yet when he called the Muslims to Prayer, they could weep out of joy, so sweet was the sound.
May Give Us All Emaan......Like The Sahaba's
FI'AMANALLAH...!!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
How To Improve Your Relationship With The Holy Quran
It is recommended for every believing man and woman to recite the Book of Allaah, the Noble Quran, often, with due contemplation and understanding. This may be done by using a copy of the Quran or from one's memory. Allaah - the Most High – Says (what means): "[This is] a blessed Book (the Quran) which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad, sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded." [Quran 38:29]
Are you one of those people who rarely touch the Quran? Or do you read it daily, but don't find it is having the impact on you that it should? Whatever the case may be, these are some simple tips that can help you connect with the Quran.
1. Before you touch it, check your heart
The key to really benefiting from the Quran is to check your heart first, before you even touch Allaah's book. Ask yourself, honestly, why you are reading it. Is it to just get some information and to let it drift away from you later? Remember that the Prophet Muhammad was described by his noble wife, 'Aa'ishah as a "walking Quran": in other words, he didn't just read and recite the Quran, he lived it.
2. Before you touch it, do your Wudhoo' (ablution)
Doing your Wudhoo' is good physical and mental preparation to remind you that you are not reading just another book. You are about to interact with Allaah, the Most Exalted, so being clean should be a priority when communicating with Him.
3. Start with reading only five minutes everyday
Too often, we think that we should read the Noble Quran for at least one whole hour. If you are not in the habit of reading regularly, this is too much. Start off with just five minutes daily. If you took care of step one, Insha Allaah (Allaah willing), you will notice that those five minutes will become ten, then half an hour, then an hour, and maybe even more!
4. Make sure that you understand what you have read
Five minutes of reading the Quran in Arabic is good, but you need to understand what you are reading. If you are not Arabic, or you don't understand the Arabic language, then make sure you have a good translation of the Quran in the language you understand best. Always try to read the translation of what you have read that day.
Regarding those who neglect the Glorious Quran by not reading or not understanding it, Allaah Almighty Says (what means):"And the Messenger has said, “O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Quran as [a thing] abandoned." [Quran: 25: 30]
Allaah Almighty informs us about His Prophet and Messenger, Muhammad that he said: "My Lord my people have abandoned - acting or listening - to the Quran" and that is because the idol-worshippers did not pay attention nor listen to the Quran, as Allaah Says (what means): "And those who disbelieve say, “Do not listen to this Quran and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome.” [Quran 41:26]
5. Remember that the Noble Quran is far more interactive than a CD
In an age of "interactive" CD-ROMs and computer programs, a number of people think books are passive and boring. But the Quran is not like that. Remember that when you read the Glorious Quran, you are interacting with Almighty Allaah. He Almighty is talking to you, so pay attention.
6. Do not just read, you have to listen too
There are now many audio cassettes and CDs of the Quran, a number of them with translations as well. This is great to put on your walkman or your car's CD or stereo as you drive to and from work. Use this in addition to your daily Quran reading, not as a replacement for it.
7. Make Du'aa' (supplication).
Ask Allaah, the Most Exalted, to guide you when you read the Quran. Your aim is to sincerely, for the love of Allaah, interact with Him by reading, understanding and applying His blessed words. Making Du'aa' to
Allaah for help and guidance will be your best tool for doing this.
When you are making du’aa', you have a direct connection with Allaah Almighty. So when you are saying your du’aa', you shouldn’t be distracted, but instead you should be fully concentrated. TheProphet said:
"Make Du’aa' and be assured of it being answered, and know that Allaah, the Exalted, does not answer a Du’aa' from a careless heart which is not concentrating." [At-Tirmithi]
FI'AMANALLAH....!!!
Are you one of those people who rarely touch the Quran? Or do you read it daily, but don't find it is having the impact on you that it should? Whatever the case may be, these are some simple tips that can help you connect with the Quran.
1. Before you touch it, check your heart
The key to really benefiting from the Quran is to check your heart first, before you even touch Allaah's book. Ask yourself, honestly, why you are reading it. Is it to just get some information and to let it drift away from you later? Remember that the Prophet Muhammad was described by his noble wife, 'Aa'ishah as a "walking Quran": in other words, he didn't just read and recite the Quran, he lived it.
2. Before you touch it, do your Wudhoo' (ablution)
Doing your Wudhoo' is good physical and mental preparation to remind you that you are not reading just another book. You are about to interact with Allaah, the Most Exalted, so being clean should be a priority when communicating with Him.
3. Start with reading only five minutes everyday
Too often, we think that we should read the Noble Quran for at least one whole hour. If you are not in the habit of reading regularly, this is too much. Start off with just five minutes daily. If you took care of step one, Insha Allaah (Allaah willing), you will notice that those five minutes will become ten, then half an hour, then an hour, and maybe even more!
4. Make sure that you understand what you have read
Five minutes of reading the Quran in Arabic is good, but you need to understand what you are reading. If you are not Arabic, or you don't understand the Arabic language, then make sure you have a good translation of the Quran in the language you understand best. Always try to read the translation of what you have read that day.
Regarding those who neglect the Glorious Quran by not reading or not understanding it, Allaah Almighty Says (what means):"And the Messenger has said, “O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Quran as [a thing] abandoned." [Quran: 25: 30]
Allaah Almighty informs us about His Prophet and Messenger, Muhammad that he said: "My Lord my people have abandoned - acting or listening - to the Quran" and that is because the idol-worshippers did not pay attention nor listen to the Quran, as Allaah Says (what means): "And those who disbelieve say, “Do not listen to this Quran and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome.” [Quran 41:26]
5. Remember that the Noble Quran is far more interactive than a CD
In an age of "interactive" CD-ROMs and computer programs, a number of people think books are passive and boring. But the Quran is not like that. Remember that when you read the Glorious Quran, you are interacting with Almighty Allaah. He Almighty is talking to you, so pay attention.
6. Do not just read, you have to listen too
There are now many audio cassettes and CDs of the Quran, a number of them with translations as well. This is great to put on your walkman or your car's CD or stereo as you drive to and from work. Use this in addition to your daily Quran reading, not as a replacement for it.
7. Make Du'aa' (supplication).
Ask Allaah, the Most Exalted, to guide you when you read the Quran. Your aim is to sincerely, for the love of Allaah, interact with Him by reading, understanding and applying His blessed words. Making Du'aa' to
Allaah for help and guidance will be your best tool for doing this.
When you are making du’aa', you have a direct connection with Allaah Almighty. So when you are saying your du’aa', you shouldn’t be distracted, but instead you should be fully concentrated. TheProphet said:
"Make Du’aa' and be assured of it being answered, and know that Allaah, the Exalted, does not answer a Du’aa' from a careless heart which is not concentrating." [At-Tirmithi]
FI'AMANALLAH....!!!
Extra Expenses In Marriages
Question:
What is your opinion of the large dowers and expensive parties and honeymoons that cost a great deal of money? Does the Shariah approve of such things?
Answer:
Having very expensive dowers and extravagant wedding parties is something that goes against the Shariah . The marriage which has the greatest blessing is the one with lesser financial burden. Any time the burdens are lessened, the blessings are increased.
This is a matter that is many times caused by women. Women are the ones that often insist upon their husbands to set very high dower [for their daughter]. If a lesser dower is offered, they will say their daughter is deserving of such and such. Furthermore, expensive and luxurious wedding parties are prohibited by the Shariah . they fall under the command of the verse.
''But be not extravagant. Verily, He loves not those who are extravagant ” (Surah Al- Anam 7:141)
Again, many times it is the women who force their husbands to do such things. They say that so and so’s party they had this and that. However, such gatherings must be according to the Shariah .The person should not spend what is beyond his means. He must also never be extravagant for Allah has prohibited extravagance.
'' Verily, He loves not those who are extravagant .” (Surah Al- Anam 7:141)
Honeymoons are worse and even more evil. This is because they are an imitation of the non-Muslims. They are a waste of lots of wealth. It also leads to people being lax with respect to their religious duties when such honeymoons take place in non- Muslim areas. The people come back with customs and behaviour that are harmful for them and for the Muslim community . This is something that is to be feared for the Ummah . However there is no harm, Allah Willing, if a man travels with his wife to make Umrah or to visit Madinah.
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
source:http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=637
Areena says:I support these words.Even if u feel u have alot of money n can afford UMRAH and honeymoon both,then do one thing,u go To Visit and also ask ur parents tooo,rather than going to honeymoon.Inshallah ALLAH will show u paradise in ur house if ur parents r happy ameen.
Islamic Fatawa Regarding Women - Darussalam Pg. 193-194
What is your opinion of the large dowers and expensive parties and honeymoons that cost a great deal of money? Does the Shariah approve of such things?
Answer:
Having very expensive dowers and extravagant wedding parties is something that goes against the Shariah . The marriage which has the greatest blessing is the one with lesser financial burden. Any time the burdens are lessened, the blessings are increased.
This is a matter that is many times caused by women. Women are the ones that often insist upon their husbands to set very high dower [for their daughter]. If a lesser dower is offered, they will say their daughter is deserving of such and such. Furthermore, expensive and luxurious wedding parties are prohibited by the Shariah . they fall under the command of the verse.
''But be not extravagant. Verily, He loves not those who are extravagant ” (Surah Al- Anam 7:141)
Again, many times it is the women who force their husbands to do such things. They say that so and so’s party they had this and that. However, such gatherings must be according to the Shariah .The person should not spend what is beyond his means. He must also never be extravagant for Allah has prohibited extravagance.
'' Verily, He loves not those who are extravagant .” (Surah Al- Anam 7:141)
Honeymoons are worse and even more evil. This is because they are an imitation of the non-Muslims. They are a waste of lots of wealth. It also leads to people being lax with respect to their religious duties when such honeymoons take place in non- Muslim areas. The people come back with customs and behaviour that are harmful for them and for the Muslim community . This is something that is to be feared for the Ummah . However there is no harm, Allah Willing, if a man travels with his wife to make Umrah or to visit Madinah.
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
source:http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=637
Areena says:I support these words.Even if u feel u have alot of money n can afford UMRAH and honeymoon both,then do one thing,u go To Visit and also ask ur parents tooo,rather than going to honeymoon.Inshallah ALLAH will show u paradise in ur house if ur parents r happy ameen.
Islamic Fatawa Regarding Women - Darussalam Pg. 193-194
It is so easy to gain Thawab
May this reach you in the best of health and strongest of Imaan.
I am so glad I am a Mu’min (Believer). It is so easy to gain Thawab!
01. I say a simple 'Salaam (Peace)' to someone (instead of 'Hi'), I am rewarded!
02. I smile at someone, I am rewarded!
03. I say, 'Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wasallam' every time I hear the name of our Prophet, I am rewarded ten times for each one time!
04. I pray in Masjid, I am 27 times rewarded.
05. If I could not go to Masjid, I pray with my family members (not alone), I am 27 times rewarded.
06. I teach my children good, I am rewarded for all that I teach, all that they practice and for all who do the same looking at my kids!
07. I read a word of Qur'an, I get ten times reward for each letter of that word! (How much reward if we read a few pages every day?)
08. I begin anything with 'Bismillah'. That action (good ones) of mine is rewarded.
09. I grow beard, I get rewarded.
10. I wear abaya and my friends copy me, I get rewarded for myself and for what they do!
11. I delete mails concerning immoral movies, film stars, etc; I am rewarded.
12. I 'think' of doing a good deed, I am rewarded.
13. I do that good deed, I am ten times rewarded!
14. I get Thawab for all the bad, un-Islamic programs I never see on TV.
15. I get rewarded for all the bad songs and music I never hear! (And just think how many immoral songs are there today!)
16. I bother to read an Islamic message, I am rewarded.
17. I bother to send such a message, I am rewarded.
18. I get rewarded for all the people I send it to! (All I do is to 'click').
19. I get much more ‘Thawab’ if I act according to the message (after confirming it's the truth).
20. If I bother to confirm, and find out if it's authentic, I get rewarded!
21. What if other people act according to what I sent? I get rewarded for all good they get rewarded for (life time reward!)
22. And what if those people forward it to other people and it goes on? I keep getting reward for as long as it's circulated! (Reward even after my death!)
23. Even if they just read and delete, I get rewarded!
24. I control my temper, I get rewarded.
25. I buy my kids chocolate, I get rewarded.
26. I buy a good Islamic cassette, I get rewarded.
27. We watch it together as a family, we get rewarded.
28. We act according to it, many, many times rewarded!
29. I fear Allah (SWT) and do not buy immoral film CDs, I am rewarded.
30. I do not go to Theatre to watch bad movies, I am rewarded.
31. I hold the glass with my right hand while drinking, I am rewarded.
32. I go shopping dressed in an Islamic and respectful way, I get rewarded.
33. I go to school/college/ work in proper clothing (Islamic way), I get rewarded as many times as all the male/female who do not cover themselves properly!
34. I write this, I get rewarded.
35. You read this, you get rewarded.
36. You mail this to all, we all get rewarded! Subhanallah! The list goes on ...
See how easy it is to gain so much Thawab? As easy as it is to gain, so easy is it to miss! You must know as you do, everything will be (Insha Allah) rewarded. Nothing will go unseen.
I have only mentioned little things... Think of all the Thawab you will (Insha Allah) get for praying, fasting, Hajj, Ziyarat, Charity, preaching, spreading Islam ...? SUBHANALLAH!
GLORIFY ALLAH ALWAYS ...
Allahu Akbar!
Al-Hamdulillah!
Subhan Allah!
I am so glad I am a Mu’min (Believer). It is so easy to gain Thawab!
01. I say a simple 'Salaam (Peace)' to someone (instead of 'Hi'), I am rewarded!
02. I smile at someone, I am rewarded!
03. I say, 'Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wasallam' every time I hear the name of our Prophet, I am rewarded ten times for each one time!
04. I pray in Masjid, I am 27 times rewarded.
05. If I could not go to Masjid, I pray with my family members (not alone), I am 27 times rewarded.
06. I teach my children good, I am rewarded for all that I teach, all that they practice and for all who do the same looking at my kids!
07. I read a word of Qur'an, I get ten times reward for each letter of that word! (How much reward if we read a few pages every day?)
08. I begin anything with 'Bismillah'. That action (good ones) of mine is rewarded.
09. I grow beard, I get rewarded.
10. I wear abaya and my friends copy me, I get rewarded for myself and for what they do!
11. I delete mails concerning immoral movies, film stars, etc; I am rewarded.
12. I 'think' of doing a good deed, I am rewarded.
13. I do that good deed, I am ten times rewarded!
14. I get Thawab for all the bad, un-Islamic programs I never see on TV.
15. I get rewarded for all the bad songs and music I never hear! (And just think how many immoral songs are there today!)
16. I bother to read an Islamic message, I am rewarded.
17. I bother to send such a message, I am rewarded.
18. I get rewarded for all the people I send it to! (All I do is to 'click').
19. I get much more ‘Thawab’ if I act according to the message (after confirming it's the truth).
20. If I bother to confirm, and find out if it's authentic, I get rewarded!
21. What if other people act according to what I sent? I get rewarded for all good they get rewarded for (life time reward!)
22. And what if those people forward it to other people and it goes on? I keep getting reward for as long as it's circulated! (Reward even after my death!)
23. Even if they just read and delete, I get rewarded!
24. I control my temper, I get rewarded.
25. I buy my kids chocolate, I get rewarded.
26. I buy a good Islamic cassette, I get rewarded.
27. We watch it together as a family, we get rewarded.
28. We act according to it, many, many times rewarded!
29. I fear Allah (SWT) and do not buy immoral film CDs, I am rewarded.
30. I do not go to Theatre to watch bad movies, I am rewarded.
31. I hold the glass with my right hand while drinking, I am rewarded.
32. I go shopping dressed in an Islamic and respectful way, I get rewarded.
33. I go to school/college/ work in proper clothing (Islamic way), I get rewarded as many times as all the male/female who do not cover themselves properly!
34. I write this, I get rewarded.
35. You read this, you get rewarded.
36. You mail this to all, we all get rewarded! Subhanallah! The list goes on ...
See how easy it is to gain so much Thawab? As easy as it is to gain, so easy is it to miss! You must know as you do, everything will be (Insha Allah) rewarded. Nothing will go unseen.
I have only mentioned little things... Think of all the Thawab you will (Insha Allah) get for praying, fasting, Hajj, Ziyarat, Charity, preaching, spreading Islam ...? SUBHANALLAH!
GLORIFY ALLAH ALWAYS ...
Allahu Akbar!
Al-Hamdulillah!
Subhan Allah!
The Stranger
The Stranger
Author: Unknown
"A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small Tennessee town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer, and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.
As I grew up I never questioned his place in our family. In my young mind, each member had a special niche. My brother, Yusuf, five years my senior,was my example. Samya, my younger sister, gave me an opportunity to play 'big brother' and develop the art of teasing. My parents were complementary instructors-- Mom taught me to love Allah, and Dad taught me to how to obey Him. But the stranger was our storyteller. He could weave the most fascinating tales. Adventures, mysteries and comedies were daily conversations. He could hold our whole family spell-bound for hours each evening. If I wanted to know about politics, history, or science, he knew it.
He knew about the past and seemed to understood the present. The pictures he could draw were so life like that I would often laugh or cry as I watched. He was like a friend to the whole family. He took Dad, Yusuf and me to our first major league baseball game. He was always encouraging us to see the movies and he even made arrangements to introduce us to several famous people.
The stranger was an incessant talker. Dad didn' t seem to mind-but sometimes Mom would quietly get up-- while the rest of us were enthralled with one of his stories of faraway places-- go to her room, read the Qur'aan.
I wonder now if she ever prayed that the stranger would leave. You see, my dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions. But this stranger never felt obligation to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our house-- not from us, from our friends, or adults. Our longtime visitor,however, used occasional four letter words that burned my ears and made Dad squirm.. To my knowledge the stranger was never confronted. My dad was a teatotaler who didn't permit alcohol in his home - not even for cooking.
But the stranger felt like we needed exposure and enlightened us to other ways of life. He offered us beer and other alcoholic beverages often.
He made cigarettes look tasty, cigars manly, and pipes distinguished. He talked freely (probably too much too freely) about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing.
I know now that my early concepts of the man-woman relationship were influenced by the stranger.
As I look back, I believe it was Allah's Mercy that the stranger did not influence us more. Time after time he opposed the values of my parents. Yet he was seldom rebuked and never asked to leave. More than thirty years have passed since the stranger moved in with the young family on Morningside Drive.
He is not nearly so intriguing to my Dad as he was in those early years. But if I were to walk into my parents' den today, you would still see him sitting over in a corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures.
His name you ask?
We called him TV.
It makes you think, doesn't it...
Author: Unknown
"A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small Tennessee town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer, and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.
As I grew up I never questioned his place in our family. In my young mind, each member had a special niche. My brother, Yusuf, five years my senior,was my example. Samya, my younger sister, gave me an opportunity to play 'big brother' and develop the art of teasing. My parents were complementary instructors-- Mom taught me to love Allah, and Dad taught me to how to obey Him. But the stranger was our storyteller. He could weave the most fascinating tales. Adventures, mysteries and comedies were daily conversations. He could hold our whole family spell-bound for hours each evening. If I wanted to know about politics, history, or science, he knew it.
He knew about the past and seemed to understood the present. The pictures he could draw were so life like that I would often laugh or cry as I watched. He was like a friend to the whole family. He took Dad, Yusuf and me to our first major league baseball game. He was always encouraging us to see the movies and he even made arrangements to introduce us to several famous people.
The stranger was an incessant talker. Dad didn' t seem to mind-but sometimes Mom would quietly get up-- while the rest of us were enthralled with one of his stories of faraway places-- go to her room, read the Qur'aan.
I wonder now if she ever prayed that the stranger would leave. You see, my dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions. But this stranger never felt obligation to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our house-- not from us, from our friends, or adults. Our longtime visitor,however, used occasional four letter words that burned my ears and made Dad squirm.. To my knowledge the stranger was never confronted. My dad was a teatotaler who didn't permit alcohol in his home - not even for cooking.
But the stranger felt like we needed exposure and enlightened us to other ways of life. He offered us beer and other alcoholic beverages often.
He made cigarettes look tasty, cigars manly, and pipes distinguished. He talked freely (probably too much too freely) about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing.
I know now that my early concepts of the man-woman relationship were influenced by the stranger.
As I look back, I believe it was Allah's Mercy that the stranger did not influence us more. Time after time he opposed the values of my parents. Yet he was seldom rebuked and never asked to leave. More than thirty years have passed since the stranger moved in with the young family on Morningside Drive.
He is not nearly so intriguing to my Dad as he was in those early years. But if I were to walk into my parents' den today, you would still see him sitting over in a corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures.
His name you ask?
We called him TV.
It makes you think, doesn't it...
Masturbation In Islam And Suggestions To Leave It....!!
Masturbation (for both men and women) is haraam (forbidden) in Islam based on the following evidence:
First from the Qur'aan:
Imam Shafi'i stated that masturbation is forbidden based on the following verses from the Qur'aan (interpretation of the meaning):
"And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts). Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, - for them, they are free from blame. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors." 23.5-7 Here the verses are clear in forbidding all illegal sexual acts (including masturbation) except for the wives or that their right hand possess. And whoever seeks beyond that is the transgressor.
"And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah enriches them of His bounty." 24.33. This verse also clearly orders whoever does not have the financial means to marry to keep himself chaste and be patient in facing temptations (including masturbation) until Allah enriches them of His bounty.
Secondly, from the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him):
Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood said, "We were with the Prophet while we were young and had no wealth whatsoever. So Allah's Messenger said, "O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty (i.e. his private parts from committing illegal sexual intercourse etc.), and whoever is not able to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power." Bukhari:5066. The hadeeth orders men who are not able to marry to fast despite the hardship encountered in doing so, and not to masturbate despite the ease with which it can be done.
There are additional evidences that can be cited to support this ruling on masturbation, but due to the limited space we will not go through them here. Allah knows what is best and most correct.
As for curing the habit of masturbation, we recommend the following suggestions:
1) The motive to seek a cure for this problem should be solely following Allah's orders and fearing His punishment.
2) A permanent and quick cure from this problem lies in marriage as soon as the person is able, as shown in the Prophet's hadeeth.
3) Keeping oneself busy with what is good for this world and the hereafter is essential in breaking this habit before it becomes second nature after which it is very difficult to rid oneself of it.
4) Lowering the gaze (from looking at forbidden things such as pictures, movies etc.) will help suppress the desire before it leads one to commit the haraam (forbidden). Allah orders men and women to lower their gaze as shown in the following two verses and in the Prophet's hadeeth (interpretations of the meanings):
"Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things) and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.). That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is all-aware of what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things) and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.)... " 24.30-31
Allah's messenger said: "Do not follow a casual (unintentional) look (at forbidden things) with another look." Al-Tirmidhi 2777. This is a general instruction by the Prophet to abstain from all that may sexually excite a person because it might lead him/her to commit the haraam (forbidden).
5) Using one's available leisure time in worshipping Allah and increasing religious knowledge.
6) Being cautious not to develop any of the medical symptoms that may result from masturbation such as weak eyesight, weak nervous system, and/or back pain. More importantly, feeling of guilt and anxiety that can be complicated by missing obligatory prayers because of the need to shower (ghusl) after every incidence of masturbation.
7) Avoiding the illusion that some youth have that masturbation is permissible because it prevents them from committing illegal sexual acts such as fornication or even homosexuality.
8) Strengthening one's willpower and avoiding spending time alone as recommended by the Prophet when he said "Do not spend the night alone" Ahmad 6919.
9) Following the Prophet's aforementioned hadeeth and fast when possible because fasting will temper one's sexual desire and keep it under control. However, one should not overreact and swear by Allah not to return to the act because if one does not honor one's promise, one would be facing the consequences of not living up to one's oath to Allah. Also, note that medication to diminish one's sexual desire is strictly prohibited because it might permanently affect one's sexual ability.
10) Trying to follow the Prophet's recommendation concerning the etiquette of getting ready for bed, such as reading well-known supplications, sleeping on the right side, and avoiding sleeping on the belly (the Prophet forbade sleeping on the belly).
11) Striving hard to be patient and chaste, because persistence will eventually, Allah willing, lead to attaining those qualities as second nature, as the Prophet explains in the following hadeeth: "Whoever seeks chastity Allah will make him chaste, and whoever seeks help from none but Allah, He will help him, and whoever is patient He will make it easy for him, and no one has ever been given anything better than patience." Bukhari:1469.
12) Repenting, asking forgiveness from Allah, doing good deeds, and not losing hope and feeling despair are all prerequisites to curing this problem. Note that losing hope is one of the major sins punishable by Allah.
13) Finally, Allah is the Most Merciful and He always responds to whoever calls on Him. So, asking for Allah's forgiveness will be accepted, by His will.
And Allah knows what is best and most correct.
First from the Qur'aan:
Imam Shafi'i stated that masturbation is forbidden based on the following verses from the Qur'aan (interpretation of the meaning):
"And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts). Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, - for them, they are free from blame. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors." 23.5-7 Here the verses are clear in forbidding all illegal sexual acts (including masturbation) except for the wives or that their right hand possess. And whoever seeks beyond that is the transgressor.
"And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah enriches them of His bounty." 24.33. This verse also clearly orders whoever does not have the financial means to marry to keep himself chaste and be patient in facing temptations (including masturbation) until Allah enriches them of His bounty.
Secondly, from the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him):
Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood said, "We were with the Prophet while we were young and had no wealth whatsoever. So Allah's Messenger said, "O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty (i.e. his private parts from committing illegal sexual intercourse etc.), and whoever is not able to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power." Bukhari:5066. The hadeeth orders men who are not able to marry to fast despite the hardship encountered in doing so, and not to masturbate despite the ease with which it can be done.
There are additional evidences that can be cited to support this ruling on masturbation, but due to the limited space we will not go through them here. Allah knows what is best and most correct.
As for curing the habit of masturbation, we recommend the following suggestions:
1) The motive to seek a cure for this problem should be solely following Allah's orders and fearing His punishment.
2) A permanent and quick cure from this problem lies in marriage as soon as the person is able, as shown in the Prophet's hadeeth.
3) Keeping oneself busy with what is good for this world and the hereafter is essential in breaking this habit before it becomes second nature after which it is very difficult to rid oneself of it.
4) Lowering the gaze (from looking at forbidden things such as pictures, movies etc.) will help suppress the desire before it leads one to commit the haraam (forbidden). Allah orders men and women to lower their gaze as shown in the following two verses and in the Prophet's hadeeth (interpretations of the meanings):
"Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things) and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.). That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is all-aware of what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things) and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.)... " 24.30-31
Allah's messenger said: "Do not follow a casual (unintentional) look (at forbidden things) with another look." Al-Tirmidhi 2777. This is a general instruction by the Prophet to abstain from all that may sexually excite a person because it might lead him/her to commit the haraam (forbidden).
5) Using one's available leisure time in worshipping Allah and increasing religious knowledge.
6) Being cautious not to develop any of the medical symptoms that may result from masturbation such as weak eyesight, weak nervous system, and/or back pain. More importantly, feeling of guilt and anxiety that can be complicated by missing obligatory prayers because of the need to shower (ghusl) after every incidence of masturbation.
7) Avoiding the illusion that some youth have that masturbation is permissible because it prevents them from committing illegal sexual acts such as fornication or even homosexuality.
8) Strengthening one's willpower and avoiding spending time alone as recommended by the Prophet when he said "Do not spend the night alone" Ahmad 6919.
9) Following the Prophet's aforementioned hadeeth and fast when possible because fasting will temper one's sexual desire and keep it under control. However, one should not overreact and swear by Allah not to return to the act because if one does not honor one's promise, one would be facing the consequences of not living up to one's oath to Allah. Also, note that medication to diminish one's sexual desire is strictly prohibited because it might permanently affect one's sexual ability.
10) Trying to follow the Prophet's recommendation concerning the etiquette of getting ready for bed, such as reading well-known supplications, sleeping on the right side, and avoiding sleeping on the belly (the Prophet forbade sleeping on the belly).
11) Striving hard to be patient and chaste, because persistence will eventually, Allah willing, lead to attaining those qualities as second nature, as the Prophet explains in the following hadeeth: "Whoever seeks chastity Allah will make him chaste, and whoever seeks help from none but Allah, He will help him, and whoever is patient He will make it easy for him, and no one has ever been given anything better than patience." Bukhari:1469.
12) Repenting, asking forgiveness from Allah, doing good deeds, and not losing hope and feeling despair are all prerequisites to curing this problem. Note that losing hope is one of the major sins punishable by Allah.
13) Finally, Allah is the Most Merciful and He always responds to whoever calls on Him. So, asking for Allah's forgiveness will be accepted, by His will.
And Allah knows what is best and most correct.
Monday, November 9, 2009
20 Exams Tips For Students.............!!!!
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
20 Exam Tips for Students
Praise be to Allaah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger and upon his family and companions.
The Muslim student puts his trust in Allaah when facing the tests of this world, and he seeks His help whilst following the prescribed means, in accordance with the words of the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “The strong believer is better and is more beloved to Allaah than the weak believer, although both are good. Strive to attain that which will benefit you and seek the help of Allaah, and do not feel helpless.” (Saheeh Muslim, hadeeth no. 2664)
Among those means are the following:
1. Turning to Allaah by making du’aa’ in any way that is prescribed in Islam, such as saying, “Rabbiy ishrah li sadri wa yassir li amri (O my Lord, expand my chest and make things easy for me).”
2. Getting used to sleeping early and going to exams on time.
3. Preparing all required or permitted equipment such as pens, rulers and setsquares, calculators and watches, because being well prepared helps one to answer questions.
4. Reciting the du’aa’ for leaving the house:
“Bismillaah, tawakkaltu ‘ala Allaah, wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah. Allaahumma inni a’oodhu bika an adilla aw udalla, aw azilla aw uzalla, aw azlima aw uzlama, aw ajhala aw yujhala ‘alayya (In the name of Allaah, I put my trust in Allaah, and there is no strength and no power except with Allaah. O Allaah, I seek refuge with You lest I should stray or be led astray, lest I slip (commit a sin unintentionally) or be tripped, lest I oppress or be oppressed, lest I behave foolishly or be treated foolishly).” Do not forget to seek your parents’ approval, for their du’aa’ for you will be answered.
5. Mention the name of Allaah before you start, for mentioning the name of Allaah is prescribed when beginning any permissible action; this brings blessing, and seeking the help of Allaah is one of the means of strength.
6. Fear Allaah with regard to your classmates, and do not be affected by their anxiety or fear just before the exam, for anxiety is a contagious disease. Instead, make them feel optimistic by saying good words as prescribed in Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was optimistic when he heard the name of Suhayl (which means “easy”) and he said: “Things have been made easy for you.” He used to like to hear the words ‘Yaa Raashid,when he went out for any purpose. So be optimistic that you and your brothers will pass this exam.
-Remembering Allaah (dhikr) dispels anxiety and tension. If something is too difficult for you, then pray to Allaah to make it easy for you. Whenever Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) found something too difficult to understand, he would say, “O You Who taught Ibraaheem, teach me; O You Who caused Sulaymaan to understand, cause me to understand.”
7. Choose a good place to sit during the exam, if you can. Keep your back straight, and sit on the chair in a healthy manner.
8. Look over the exam first. Studies advise spending 10% of the exam time in reading the questions carefully, noting the important words and dividing one’s time between the questions.
9. Plan to answer the easy questions first, then the difficult ones. Whilst reading the questions, write notes and ideas which you can use in your answers later.
10. Answer questions according to importance.
11. Start by answering the easy questions which you know. Then move on to the questions which carry high marks, and leave till the end the questions to which you do not know the answers, or which you think will take a long time to produce an answer or which do not carry such high marks.
12. Take your time to answer, for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Deliberation is from Allaah and haste is from the Shaytaan.” (A hasan hadeeth. Saheeh al-Jaami, 3011).
13. Think carefully about the answer and choose the right answer when answering multiple-choice questions. Deal with them in the following manner. If you are sure that you have chosen the right answer, then beware of waswasah (insinuating whispers from the Shaytaan). If you are not sure, then start by eliminating the wrong or unlikely answers, then choose the correct answer based on what you think is most likely to be correct. If you guessed at a correct answer then do not change it unless you are sure that it is wrong – especially if you will lose marks for a wrong answer. Research indicates that the correct answer is usually that which the student thinks of first.
14. In written exams, collect your thoughts before you start to answer. Write an outline for your answer with some words which will indicate the ideas which you want to discuss. Then number the ideas in the sequence in which you want to present them.
15. Write the main points of your answer at the beginning of the line, because this is what the examiner is looking for, and he may not see what he is looking for if it is in the middle of the page and he is in a hurry.
16. Devote 10% of the time for reviewing your answers. Take your time in reviewing, especially in mathematical problems and writing numbers. Resist the desire to hand in the exam papers quickly, and do not let the fact that some people are leaving early bother you. They may be among the people who have handed in their papers too early.
17. If you discover after the exam that you answered some questions
incorrectly, then take that as a lesson in the importance of being well prepared in the future, and not rushing to answer questions. Accept the will and decree of Allaah and do not fall prey to frustration and despair. Remember the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “If anything befalls you, do not say, ‘If only I had done such and such.’ Rather say, ‘Qadar Allaah wa maa sha’a kaan (the decree of Allaah and what He wills happened),’ for saying ‘if only’ opens the door for the Shaytaan.” (Saheeh Muslim, and the first part of this hadeeth was mentioned above).
18. Note that cheating is haraam whether it is in foreign language tests or any other tests. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Whoever cheats is not one of us.” It is wrongdoing and it is a haraam means of attaining a degree or certificate, etc., that you have no right to. The consensus is that cheating is a kind of cooperation in sin and transgression. So do without that which is haraam, and Allaah will suffice you from His bounty. Reject all offers of haraam things that come to you from others. Whoever gives up a thing for the sake of Allaah, Allaah will compensate him with something better. You have to denounce and resist evil, and tell the authorities about any such thing that you see during the exam, or before or after it. This is not the forbidden kind of slander rather it is denouncing evil which is obligatory.
19. Advise those who buy or sell questions or post them on the Internet etc., or who prepare cheat notes. Tell them to fear Allaah, and tell them of the ruling on what they are doing and on the money they earn from that. Tell them that the time they are spending in preparing these haraam things, if they spent it in studying, or answering previous exams, or helping one another to understand the subject before the exam, that would be better for them than doing these haraam things.
20.REMEMBER WHAT YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR THE HEREAFTER, AND THE QUESTIONS OF THE EXAMINATION IN THE GRAVE, AND HOW TO BE SAVED ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION. WHOEVER IS SAVED FROM THE FIRE AND ADMITTED TO PARADISE WILL INDEED HAVE SUCCEEDED.
We ask Allaah to make us succeed in this world and cause us to be among those who are victorious and saved in the Hereafter, for He is the All-Hearing Who answers prayer
Jazarkallah khair
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Hadith And Science(Every Man has 360 Joint Bones )
Hazrat Bibi Aisha(Alaey Salam reported that RASOOLULLAH SALLALLAHU ALAYHAY WASALAM as saying: Every one of the children of Adam has been created with three hundred and sixty joints; so he who declares the Glory of Allah, praises Allah, declares Allah to be One, Glorifies Allah, and seeks forgiveness from Allah, and removes stone, or thorn, or bone from people's path, and enjoins what is good and forbids from evil, to the number of those three hundred and sixty-four, will walk that day having removed himself from Hell.
(Translation of Sahih Muslim, The Book of Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat), Book 005, Number 2199)"
Beside from the beautiful teachings about Worshiping the One True Living GOD Almighty and removing obstacles from the paths of people, Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him made a very important scientific claim, and that is: Our human bodies have 360 joints in them.
Prior to 1995 it was thought that there are 340 joints in the human body. In 1995 a scientific institute proved that the internal ear consists of 10 joints each. Thus 20 joints were added and the discovery was made that the human body consists of 360 joints.
First: 147 joints in the vertebral column
25 joints between the vertebrae.
72 joints between the vertebrae and the ribs.
Second: 24 joints in the thorax
2 joints between the bones of the sternum and the thoracic cage.
18 joints between the sternum and the ribs.
2 joints between the clavicle and the scapulae (shoulder blade).
2 joints between the scapulae and the thorax.
Third: 86 joints in the upper extremity
2 joints between the scapular bones.
6 joints between the elbows.
8 joints between the wrists.
70 joints between the hand bones.
Fourth: 92 joints in the lower extremity
2 hip joints.
6 joints between the knee bones.
6 joints between the ankles.
74 joints between the feet bones.
Fifth: 11 joints in the Pelvis
4 joints between the coccyx vertebrae.
6 joints between the bones acetabulm.
1 joint of the pubic sumphysis.
Total number of joints: 360
Addressing a Person as Rahman
Q.) Is it ok to call a person "Rahman", or must one say "Abdurrahman" ?
A.) Rahman is the sole quality of Allah. It is not permissible to call a person only by the name Rahman. He should be called, 'Abdul-Rahmaan'. And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Note: Rahman is a name of Allah. So just like we cannot refer to a person named Abdullah as Allah, similarly we cannot refer to a person named Abdurrahman as Rahman. Or a person named Abdulwahab as Wahab. These are very common but serious mistakes that are committed out of ignorance. On the other hand a person named Abdurrahim can be called Rahim, because Rahim is not the sole quality of Allah. (The Qur'an itself uses it to refer to Prophet Muhammad Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam).
A.) Rahman is the sole quality of Allah. It is not permissible to call a person only by the name Rahman. He should be called, 'Abdul-Rahmaan'. And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Note: Rahman is a name of Allah. So just like we cannot refer to a person named Abdullah as Allah, similarly we cannot refer to a person named Abdurrahman as Rahman. Or a person named Abdulwahab as Wahab. These are very common but serious mistakes that are committed out of ignorance. On the other hand a person named Abdurrahim can be called Rahim, because Rahim is not the sole quality of Allah. (The Qur'an itself uses it to refer to Prophet Muhammad Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam).
CAN WE SEE THE LECTURES OF DR.ZAKIR NAIK WHILE WE KNOW THERE ARE 3 FATWA GIVE AGAINST HIM
Q)I ASKED A QUESTION TO THE IMAM OF OUR MASJID(AALIM MOLVI ISMAEEL SAHAB) THAT CAN SEE THE VIDEO LECTURES BESIDE KNOWING THAT THERE ARE THREE FATWA GIVEN AGAINST DR.ZAKIR NAIK ?
A)YES,U CAN LISTEN AND SEE THE LECTURES OF DR.ZAKIR NAIK BUT KEEPING ONE THING
IN YOUR MIND THAT DR.ZAKIR NAIK IS NOT ALWAYS RITE BECAUSE WHOEVER SEES HIS
VIDEOS INCLUDING ME ARE SATISFIED BY HIS ANSWER BUT WHENEVER U FEEL ANY DOUBT AUR ANYTHING HITS U(UNSATISFY U)
THEN PLEASE ASK THE ULLAMA OR ANY AALIM ABOUT IT (AALIM MOLVI ISMAEEL SAHAB)
THE LINK OF THE FATWA IS GIVEN BELOW:
http://kingzakirnaik.blogspot.com/2009/04/fatwas-issued-by-darulifta-deoband.html
ONE MORE THING
ANOTHER THING IS THAT WHEN U SEARCH IN YOUTUBE ZAKIR NAIK LIAR A VIDEO APPEARS IN WHICH DR.ZAKIR NAIK IS SAYING THAT "HE WILL NOT COME AS A PROPHET" BASICALLY THIS VIDEO IS UPLOADED BY THE CHRISTIAN AS THEY FEEL THAT Hazrat Eissa Alayhay Salam WILL COME AS A PROPHET WHILE WE ALL KNOW THAT Hazrat Eissa Alayhay Salam WILL COME AS AN UMMATI OF RASOOLULLAH SALLALLAHU ALAYHAY WASALAM.
MAY ALLAH ALMIGHTY FORGIVE US ALL
FI'AMANALLAH
A)YES,U CAN LISTEN AND SEE THE LECTURES OF DR.ZAKIR NAIK BUT KEEPING ONE THING
IN YOUR MIND THAT DR.ZAKIR NAIK IS NOT ALWAYS RITE BECAUSE WHOEVER SEES HIS
VIDEOS INCLUDING ME ARE SATISFIED BY HIS ANSWER BUT WHENEVER U FEEL ANY DOUBT AUR ANYTHING HITS U(UNSATISFY U)
THEN PLEASE ASK THE ULLAMA OR ANY AALIM ABOUT IT (AALIM MOLVI ISMAEEL SAHAB)
THE LINK OF THE FATWA IS GIVEN BELOW:
http://kingzakirnaik.blogspot.com/2009/04/fatwas-issued-by-darulifta-deoband.html
ONE MORE THING
ANOTHER THING IS THAT WHEN U SEARCH IN YOUTUBE ZAKIR NAIK LIAR A VIDEO APPEARS IN WHICH DR.ZAKIR NAIK IS SAYING THAT "HE WILL NOT COME AS A PROPHET" BASICALLY THIS VIDEO IS UPLOADED BY THE CHRISTIAN AS THEY FEEL THAT Hazrat Eissa Alayhay Salam WILL COME AS A PROPHET WHILE WE ALL KNOW THAT Hazrat Eissa Alayhay Salam WILL COME AS AN UMMATI OF RASOOLULLAH SALLALLAHU ALAYHAY WASALAM.
MAY ALLAH ALMIGHTY FORGIVE US ALL
FI'AMANALLAH
Physical Benefits Of Wudu(Ablution)
Every thing that Allah (s.w.t) prescribes has wisdom behind it.
Performing Ablution has been scientifically proves to have many physical benefits.
1.Washing the Hands prevents the transmission of many contagious diseases.
2.Washing the Face recharges such organs as the intestines stomach and bladder, as well as having positive effect on the nervous and reproductive system.
3.Washing the Mouth removes food particles that could cause teeth and gum problems.
4.Washing the Nostrils removes germs trapped inside so they do not reach the respiratory system.
5.Washing the Ears decreases high blood pressure and relieved tooth and throat pain, as well as removing any extra wax that could cause ear infection and general body imbalances.
6.Repeated Washing of the Face invigorated facial akin cells and helps prevent early wrinkles. Skin cells and helps invigorate the ends of the blood vessels, as well as the nerved and glands that are near the skin surface, and there fore helps them perform their functions efficiently.
7.Washing the Feet helps prevent athlete’s foot a fungal problem of the feet.
Ablution also helps prevents akin cancer as the ears washed during ablution are the parts of the body that are most prone to exposure to pollution, internal and external, Ablution removes this pollution five times a day and therefore maintains a clean outer layer of the skin, which in turn assists cells underneath to function properly.
Performing Ablution has been scientifically proves to have many physical benefits.
1.Washing the Hands prevents the transmission of many contagious diseases.
2.Washing the Face recharges such organs as the intestines stomach and bladder, as well as having positive effect on the nervous and reproductive system.
3.Washing the Mouth removes food particles that could cause teeth and gum problems.
4.Washing the Nostrils removes germs trapped inside so they do not reach the respiratory system.
5.Washing the Ears decreases high blood pressure and relieved tooth and throat pain, as well as removing any extra wax that could cause ear infection and general body imbalances.
6.Repeated Washing of the Face invigorated facial akin cells and helps prevent early wrinkles. Skin cells and helps invigorate the ends of the blood vessels, as well as the nerved and glands that are near the skin surface, and there fore helps them perform their functions efficiently.
7.Washing the Feet helps prevent athlete’s foot a fungal problem of the feet.
Ablution also helps prevents akin cancer as the ears washed during ablution are the parts of the body that are most prone to exposure to pollution, internal and external, Ablution removes this pollution five times a day and therefore maintains a clean outer layer of the skin, which in turn assists cells underneath to function properly.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
QUR'AN WINS HEART OF UNITED STATES PROFESSOR
Dr. Jeffrey Lang is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas, one of the biggest universities in the United States. He started his religious journey on Jan 30, 1954, when he was born in a Roman Catholic family in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The first 18 years of his life were spent in Catholic schools, which left him with many unanswered questions about God and the Christian religion, Lang said, as he narrated his story of Islam.
"Like most kids back in the late 60s and early 70s, I started questioning all the values that we had at those times, political, social and religious," Lang said. "I rebelled against all the institutions that society held sacred including the Catholic Church," he said.
By the time he reached the age of 18, Lang had become a full-fledged atheist. "If there is a God, and he is all merciful and all loving, then why is there suffering on this earth? Why does not He just take us to heaven? Why create all these people to suffer?" Such were the questions that came up in his mind in those days.
As a young lecturer in mathematics at San Francisco University, Lang found his religion where God is finally a reality. That was shown to him by a few of the Muslim friends he had met at the university. "We talked about religion. I asked them my questions, and I was really surprised by how carefully they had thought out their answers," Lang said.
Dr. Lang met Mahmoud Qandeel, a regal looking Saudi student who attracted the attention of the entire class the moment he walked in. When Lang asked a question about medical research, Qandeel answered the question in perfect English and with great self assurance.
Everyone knew Qandeel-the mayor, the police chief and the common people. Together the professor and the student went to all the glittering places where "there was no joy or happiness, only laughter."
Yet at the end Qandeel surprisingly gave him a copy of the Qur'an and some books on Islam. Lang read the Qur'an on his own, found his way to the student-run prayer hall at the university, and basically surrendered without much struggle.
He was conquered by the Qur'an. The first two chapters are an account of that encounter and it is a fascinating one.
"Painters can make the eyes of a portrait appear to be following you from one place to another, but which author can write a scripture that anticipates your daily vicissitudes?... Each night I would formulate questions and objections and somehow discover the answer the next day. It seemed that the author was reading my ideas and writing in the appropriate lines in time for my next reading. I have met myself in its pages..."
Lang performs the daily five-time prayers regularly and finds much spiritual satisfaction. He finds the Fajr (pre-dawn) prayer as one of the most beautiful and moving rituals in Islam. "It is as if you temporarily leave this world and communicate with the angels in singing God's praises before dawn."
To the question how he finds it so captivating when the recitation of the Qur'an is in Arabic, which is totally foreign to him, he responds; "Why is a baby comforted by his mother's voice?" He said reading the Qur'an gave him a great deal of comfort and strength in difficult times. From there on, faith was a matter of practice for Lang's spiritual growth.
On the other hand, Lang pursued a career in mathematics. He received his master's and doctoral degrees from Purdue University. Lang said that he had always been fascinated by mathematics. "Maths is logical. It consists of using facts and figures to find concrete answers," Lang said. "That is the way my mind works, and it is frustrating when I deal with things that do not have concrete answerers."
Having a mind that accepts ideas on their factual merit makes believing in a religion difficult because most religions require acceptance by faith, he said. Islam appeals to man's reasoning, he said.
As faculty advisor for the Muslim Student Association, Lang said he viewed himself as the liaison between the student and their universities. He gets approval from university authorities to hold Islamic lectures. "The object of being their faculty advisor is to help them get their needs met as far as adjusting to the American culture and to procedures of the university. They appreciate the opportunity to have misconceptions corrected," he said.
Lang married a Saudi Muslim woman, Raika, 12 years ago. Lang has written several Islamic books which are best sellers among the Muslim community in the US. One of his important books is "Even Angels ask; A journey to Islam in America". In this book, Dr. Lang shares with his readers the many insights that have unfolded for him through his self discovery and progress within the religion of Islam.
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PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF SALAT (SUBHANALLAH)
Salat is one of the five fundamental requirements that a Muslim is obligated to perform. Salat is given the highest priority in the Holy Quran. There are many benefits of Salat described in the Book of Allah. It says, innassalata tanha anil fahsha'i, Surely Prayer restrains one from indecency. (29:46) In chapter Luqman, We read that when Hadhrat Luqman was giving advice to his son, the first and foremost on his mind was to remind his son, ya bunayya aqimissalat "O my dear son,! observe Prayer." (31:8)
According to a Hadith the Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) is reported to have said, inna fissalati shifa'a " verily there is cure in salat ". According to a Muslim scholar, as reported in monthly Urdu magazine, Tahazibul Akhlaq, Aligarh, India, a Muslim who offers salat regularly has very little chance of getting arthritis as we exercise our bones and joints while we offer salat.
In the light of this Hadith we shall endeavor to describe some orthopedic benefits of salat in this short note.
1. Regular exercise reduces cholesterol in the body. Cholesterol causes heart failures, strokes, diabetes and many other ailments. It is a known fact that people in professions where exercise is required have less amount of cholesterol in their bodies.
2. Salat is an excellent form of exercise to prevent indigestion. In the morning when stomach is empty, a Muslim is required to offer fewer number of Rak'aat whereas in the evening after the dinner we offer an extra number of Rak'aat.
3. By offering Takbir at the beginning of salat, we move hand and shoulder muscles thereby increasing the flow of blood towards torso. Akamat performs a similar function.
4. The most important function in salat is sajdah where we touch the ground with our forehead. This posture increases fresh supply of blood to our brain. Needless to say in certain forms of yoga some adherents stand on their heads for the same purpose.
5. In tashah'hud position, our hip, elbow, knee joints, backbone, wrist joints move in a way that it provides a form of relaxation to our entire body. Pressure is applied on the body parts as if it was a kind of massage which releases tension.
6. Heart in the most important organ in the body. It supplies fresh blood to all body tissues. These body movements performed during salat are an excellent source of exercise for our heart as well. According to a Hadith of the Holy Prophet,"There is an organ in the body, when it is healthy, the whole body is healthy, and when this is sick, the entire body becomes sick". It is the heart.
7. A remarkable tissue in our body is cartilage. It is unique in being a living tissue with no direct blood supply. The only way it receives nutrients and oxygen is by movements of the joints. The pumping effect forces blood into the joint area which would otherwise be bypassed. Those who sit at the terminals are in greater danger of ending up with dead cartilage tissues that will subsequently wear away. This will leave us with arthritis, painful joints and paralysis. Bacteria and viruses find safe haven in joints for this reason as no blood cell can get at them and in most cases neither can antibodies. Salat therefore, has many orthopedic benefits for all Muslims. Next time you offer salat, thank Almighty Allah that He made you a Muslim. Indeed, there is cure in salat.
According to a Hadith the Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) is reported to have said, inna fissalati shifa'a " verily there is cure in salat ". According to a Muslim scholar, as reported in monthly Urdu magazine, Tahazibul Akhlaq, Aligarh, India, a Muslim who offers salat regularly has very little chance of getting arthritis as we exercise our bones and joints while we offer salat.
In the light of this Hadith we shall endeavor to describe some orthopedic benefits of salat in this short note.
1. Regular exercise reduces cholesterol in the body. Cholesterol causes heart failures, strokes, diabetes and many other ailments. It is a known fact that people in professions where exercise is required have less amount of cholesterol in their bodies.
2. Salat is an excellent form of exercise to prevent indigestion. In the morning when stomach is empty, a Muslim is required to offer fewer number of Rak'aat whereas in the evening after the dinner we offer an extra number of Rak'aat.
3. By offering Takbir at the beginning of salat, we move hand and shoulder muscles thereby increasing the flow of blood towards torso. Akamat performs a similar function.
4. The most important function in salat is sajdah where we touch the ground with our forehead. This posture increases fresh supply of blood to our brain. Needless to say in certain forms of yoga some adherents stand on their heads for the same purpose.
5. In tashah'hud position, our hip, elbow, knee joints, backbone, wrist joints move in a way that it provides a form of relaxation to our entire body. Pressure is applied on the body parts as if it was a kind of massage which releases tension.
6. Heart in the most important organ in the body. It supplies fresh blood to all body tissues. These body movements performed during salat are an excellent source of exercise for our heart as well. According to a Hadith of the Holy Prophet,"There is an organ in the body, when it is healthy, the whole body is healthy, and when this is sick, the entire body becomes sick". It is the heart.
7. A remarkable tissue in our body is cartilage. It is unique in being a living tissue with no direct blood supply. The only way it receives nutrients and oxygen is by movements of the joints. The pumping effect forces blood into the joint area which would otherwise be bypassed. Those who sit at the terminals are in greater danger of ending up with dead cartilage tissues that will subsequently wear away. This will leave us with arthritis, painful joints and paralysis. Bacteria and viruses find safe haven in joints for this reason as no blood cell can get at them and in most cases neither can antibodies. Salat therefore, has many orthopedic benefits for all Muslims. Next time you offer salat, thank Almighty Allah that He made you a Muslim. Indeed, there is cure in salat.
E'tikaf (Seclusion at the place of prayer)
I'tikaf [I'tikaf is derived from 'akafa 'alai-hi, meaning he kept, or clove, to it constantly or perseveringly (LL.)] means literally to stay in a place; technically it is staying in a mosque for a certain number of days, especially the last ten days of the month of Ramadzan.I`tikaf is the seclusion and staying in the mosque with the intention of becoming closer to Allah. This was the practise of the Prophet, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, during the last ten days of Ramadan especially. He would do it during other months as well. Bukhari has devoted a whole book to I'tikaf (book 33), showing the practice of the Prophet in this connection
'Aisha reported that the Messenger of Allah, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, used to practice I`tikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan and used to say, "Look for the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadan" [Bukhari]
Abu Hurairah, radiyallahu 'anhu said: "Allah's Messenger, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, used to perform i`tikaf for ten days every Ramadan, then when it was the year in which he was taken (died), he performed I`tikaf for twenty days. [Bukhari]
Sayyid Sabiq says in Fiqhus-Sunnah :
The sunnah or preferred i`tikaf has no specific time limit. It can be fulfilled by staying in the mosque with the intention of making i`tikaf for a long or short time. The reward will be according to how long one stays in the mosque. If one leaves the mosque and then returns, he should renew his intention to perform itikaf.
Ya'la ibn Umayyah said: "I secluded myself in the mosque for some time for I`tikaf." 'Ata told him: "That is I`tikaf, as long as you secluded yourself there."
It is preferred for the one who is making I`tikaf to perform many supererogatory acts of worship and to occupy himself with prayers, reciting the Qur'an, glorifying and praising Allah, extolling His oneness and His greatness, asking His forgiveness, sending salutations on the Prophet, upon whom be peace, and supplicating Allah - that is, all actions that bring one closer to Allah. Included among these actions is studying and reading books of tafsir and hadith, books on the lives of the Prophets, upon whom be peace, books of fiqh, and so on.
Ibn Qayyem says that the sole reason of observing E’tikaf is to create a bond between Allah and his slave to such an extent that the slave leaves everything aside and becomes engrossed in the worship of Allah.
He becomes cut off from everything else so much so that all his thoughts are lost in the remembrance of Allah until he reaches such a stage that his love for the creation is changed into the love for Allah because of which he will be helped when he has to face the frightful sight of the grave. On that day, apart from Allah, there will be no friend and no protector. If a person has true love for Allah, then there is no limit to the ecstasy and happiness he will feel. Even if the most hard hearted of people were to perform E’tikaf with sincerity then there will be no barrier whatsoever to stop him from attaining the state mentioned above. Allah is such that He accepts any excuse to forgive and many times He forgives without any reason because of His mercy and love for forgiving.
E’tikaf is to sit in the mosque with the specific intention of E’tikaf. In the opinion of the Hanafi scholars, E’tikaf is of three types.
1. Waajib (compulsory)
2. Sunnat-e-Muakkadah (emphasized Sunnah)
3. Mustahabb (desirable)
Waajib E’tikaf
If a person takes an oath that if a certain task is fulfilled then he will observe E’tikaf for a fixed period of time and the task is completed, then E’tikaf is compulsory (waajib) on that person. To fast during waajib E’tikaf is a condition.
Sunnah-e-Muakkadah
This is in the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadhan. This is because the Holy Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him has emphasized observing E’tikaf in these ten days. This can be clearly understood from the following Hadith. It is reported from Hazrat Aisha May Allah be pleased with him that the Holy Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him used to observe E’tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadhan until the time of his demise. After this, the Holy Wives May Allah be pleased with them of the Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him used to observe E’tikaf. (Bukhari, Muslim, Mishkaat).
This is the reason why the Hanafi scholars categorize it as a Sunnah-e-Muakkadah. Hazrat Ibn Abbas May Allah be pleased with him relates that Rasullullah May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him said:
“The person performing E’tikaf remains free from sins, and he is indeed given the same reward as all those who do righteous deeds. (Inspite of not having done those deeds as a result of having been secluded in the Masjid). (Ibn Majah)
In another Hadith, it is stated that the Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him’s conduct was the Qur’an. The E’tikaf is a Sunnah of the Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him and although the Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him himself performed it punctually and never missed it, he never rebuked those who did not observe it so the scholars are of the view that E’tikaf is a Sunnah-e-Muakkadah (an emphasized Sunnah) which is incumbent on the (local) community so if one person fulfilled this obligation (Sunnah-e-Muakkadah), the Sunnah will have been discharged. The blessings of this Sunnah are such that its observance by one individual will unburden the community of its performance and everyone will benefit.
By remaining secluded in the Masjid during the last ten days of Ramadhan, one completely avoids falling into unintentional evil acts, and by this E’tikaf, if one does miss an opportunity for any good deeds such as the funeral prayer, attending burials, visiting the sick etc; one is rewarded for these deeds without performing them.
Mustahabb
There is no fixed period of time for this type of E’tikaf. One may perform this for as many days or as long as one desires. It is appropriate that a person makes the intention of E’tikaf whenever he enters the Masjid, so that he receives reward until he remains within the Masjid.
Permissible Acts for the Mu`takif (the person performing I`tikaf)
The following acts are permissible for one who is making I'tikaf
(1) The Person may leave his place of I`tikaf to bid farewell to his wife and a Woman can visit her husband who is in I`tikaf}
Safiyyah, radhiya Allahu `anha said : The prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, was making i`tikaf [in the last ten nights of Ramadan], so I came to visit him at night [and his wives were with him and then departed]. I talked with him for a while, then I stood up to leave, [so he said:"Do not hurry for I will accompany you",. He stood along with me to accompany me back -and her dwelling was in the house of Usaamah Ibn Zayd [until when he came to the door of the mosque near the door of Umm Salamah], two men of the Ansaar were passing by, when they saw the Prophet, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, they hastened by, so the Prophet, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, said : "Be at your ease for she is Safiyyah bintu Huyayy." So they said:" 'SubhanAllah, O Messenger of Allah! [we did not have any doubt about you].' He said: "Indeed Shaytan circulates in the son of Adam just as blood circulates, and I feared that he would insert an evil thought" -or he said : "something - into your hearts" [Bukhari and Muslim, in [] are additional narrations from Abu Dawud]
(2) Combing and cutting one's hair, clipping one's nails, cleaning one's body, wearing nice clothes or wearing perfume are all permissible. 'Aishah reported: "The Prophet was Performing itikaf and he would put his head out through the opening to my room and I would clean [or comb in one narration] his hair. I was menstruating at the time." [al-Bukhari, Muslim, and Abu Dawud].
(3) The person may go out for some need that he must perform. 'Aishah reported: "When the Prophet Performed I`tikaf, he brought his head close to me so I could comb his hair, and he would not enter the house except to fulfill the needs a person has." [al-Bukhari, and Muslim].
Ibn al-Mundhir says: "The scholars agree that the one who performs itikaf may leave the mosque in order to answer the call of nature, for this is something that he personally must perform, and he cannot do it in the mosque. Also, if he needs to eat or drink and there is no one to bring him his food, he may leave to get it. If one needs to vomit, he may leave the mosque to do so. For anything that he must do but cannot do in the mosque, he can leave it, and such acts will not void his itikaf, even if they take a long time. Examples of these types of acts would include washing one's self from sexual defilement and cleaning his body or clothes from impurities."
(4) The person may eat, drink, and sleep in the mosque, and he should also keep it clean.
Actions that Nullify the I`tikaf
If a person performs one of the following acts, his I`tikaf will be nullified:
(1) Intentionally leaving the mosque without any need to do so, even if it is for just a short time. In such a case, one would not be staying in the mosque, which is one of the principles of I`tikaf.
(2) Abandoning belief in Islam, as this would nullify all acts of worship. If you ascribe a partner to Allah, your work will fail and you will be among the losers.
(3) Losing one's reason due to insanity or drunkenness, or the onset of menstruation or post-childbirth bleeding, all of which disqualifies a person for itikaf.
(4) Sexual intercourse. Allah says [in meaning]: "But do not associate with your wives while you are in seclusion (I`tikaf) in the mosques. Those are Limits (set by) Allah. Approach not nigh thereto. Thus does Allah make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn self-restraint. [al-Baqara; 2:187]
I`tikaf is not restricted to men only, women also can do it :
'Aisha (the wife of the Prophet) reported that the Prophet, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, used to practice I`tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan till he died and then his wives used to practice I`tikaf after him.[Bukhari]
Dear Sister! when reading this do not forget the modesty and the Hijab of the wife of the Prophet (S) that you should observe if you intend to perform I`tikaf.
Additional Rules For Ladies In E’tikaf
The following five rules apply to women only:
1. A woman may perform E’tikaf in the room that is used for her daily Salaah.
2. A woman must have the permission of her husband for E’tikaf. Once the husband has consented to his wife’s E’tikaf, he then cannot withdraw his permission.
3. If there is no person to serve her meals during E’tikaf, the woman is allowed to go to the kitchen to prepare a quick simple meal.
4. If during the E’tikaf the woman has her monthly periods or nifaas (bleeding after child’s birth) the E’tikaf is nullified. She must observe Qadha (recompense) of the remaining days after she is purified. This is if the E’tikaf is waajib or Sunnah, in which vowed days are fixed. In the case where the E’tikaf is Mustahab in which the days vowed for are not fixed, she will have to observe Qadha of the full E’tikaf.
5. A woman is allowed to sleep on her bed and use a chair while she is in E’tikaf. She can also walk around in her room for a short while to relieve the stiffness in her limbs.
E’tikaf enjoys a special relationship with Ramadhan. So what is the essence of E’tikaf? Its essence is an integral part of sacrifice because it constitutes four essential requirements:
1. Eating less
2. Sleeping less
3. Speaking less
4. Less intermingling with people.
Abul Hasan ash-Shadili said, "There are ten benefits from seclusion:
1. Safety from all misconduct of the tongue, because there is no one to talk to in seclusion
2. Safety from all misconduct of the eyes, because there is no one to see from human beings
3. Safety of the heart from all kinds of show, and other like illnesses
4. It will lift you to the state of asceticism
5. It will save you from accompanying evil people
6. It will give you free time to do dhikr
7. It will give you the sweet taste of worship, and prayers and supplication to the Divine Presence
8. It will give satisfaction and peace to the heart
9. It will keep your ego from falling into bad manners
10. It will give you the time to meditate and make account of yourself, and to make your goal the Divine Presence.
That is what the Prophet mentioned in his hadith, narrated by Bukhari, in the book of Riqaq. Abu Huraira reported that the Prophet said (s), "There are seven who will be kept under Allah's Shadow, on the Day when there is no shadow other than Allah's Shadow... One of them is a man who makes dhikr in seclusion, and the tears are coming from his eyes."
'Aisha reported that the Messenger of Allah, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, used to practice I`tikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan and used to say, "Look for the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadan" [Bukhari]
Abu Hurairah, radiyallahu 'anhu said: "Allah's Messenger, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, used to perform i`tikaf for ten days every Ramadan, then when it was the year in which he was taken (died), he performed I`tikaf for twenty days. [Bukhari]
Sayyid Sabiq says in Fiqhus-Sunnah :
The sunnah or preferred i`tikaf has no specific time limit. It can be fulfilled by staying in the mosque with the intention of making i`tikaf for a long or short time. The reward will be according to how long one stays in the mosque. If one leaves the mosque and then returns, he should renew his intention to perform itikaf.
Ya'la ibn Umayyah said: "I secluded myself in the mosque for some time for I`tikaf." 'Ata told him: "That is I`tikaf, as long as you secluded yourself there."
It is preferred for the one who is making I`tikaf to perform many supererogatory acts of worship and to occupy himself with prayers, reciting the Qur'an, glorifying and praising Allah, extolling His oneness and His greatness, asking His forgiveness, sending salutations on the Prophet, upon whom be peace, and supplicating Allah - that is, all actions that bring one closer to Allah. Included among these actions is studying and reading books of tafsir and hadith, books on the lives of the Prophets, upon whom be peace, books of fiqh, and so on.
Ibn Qayyem says that the sole reason of observing E’tikaf is to create a bond between Allah and his slave to such an extent that the slave leaves everything aside and becomes engrossed in the worship of Allah.
He becomes cut off from everything else so much so that all his thoughts are lost in the remembrance of Allah until he reaches such a stage that his love for the creation is changed into the love for Allah because of which he will be helped when he has to face the frightful sight of the grave. On that day, apart from Allah, there will be no friend and no protector. If a person has true love for Allah, then there is no limit to the ecstasy and happiness he will feel. Even if the most hard hearted of people were to perform E’tikaf with sincerity then there will be no barrier whatsoever to stop him from attaining the state mentioned above. Allah is such that He accepts any excuse to forgive and many times He forgives without any reason because of His mercy and love for forgiving.
E’tikaf is to sit in the mosque with the specific intention of E’tikaf. In the opinion of the Hanafi scholars, E’tikaf is of three types.
1. Waajib (compulsory)
2. Sunnat-e-Muakkadah (emphasized Sunnah)
3. Mustahabb (desirable)
Waajib E’tikaf
If a person takes an oath that if a certain task is fulfilled then he will observe E’tikaf for a fixed period of time and the task is completed, then E’tikaf is compulsory (waajib) on that person. To fast during waajib E’tikaf is a condition.
Sunnah-e-Muakkadah
This is in the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadhan. This is because the Holy Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him has emphasized observing E’tikaf in these ten days. This can be clearly understood from the following Hadith. It is reported from Hazrat Aisha May Allah be pleased with him that the Holy Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him used to observe E’tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadhan until the time of his demise. After this, the Holy Wives May Allah be pleased with them of the Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him used to observe E’tikaf. (Bukhari, Muslim, Mishkaat).
This is the reason why the Hanafi scholars categorize it as a Sunnah-e-Muakkadah. Hazrat Ibn Abbas May Allah be pleased with him relates that Rasullullah May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him said:
“The person performing E’tikaf remains free from sins, and he is indeed given the same reward as all those who do righteous deeds. (Inspite of not having done those deeds as a result of having been secluded in the Masjid). (Ibn Majah)
In another Hadith, it is stated that the Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him’s conduct was the Qur’an. The E’tikaf is a Sunnah of the Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him and although the Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him himself performed it punctually and never missed it, he never rebuked those who did not observe it so the scholars are of the view that E’tikaf is a Sunnah-e-Muakkadah (an emphasized Sunnah) which is incumbent on the (local) community so if one person fulfilled this obligation (Sunnah-e-Muakkadah), the Sunnah will have been discharged. The blessings of this Sunnah are such that its observance by one individual will unburden the community of its performance and everyone will benefit.
By remaining secluded in the Masjid during the last ten days of Ramadhan, one completely avoids falling into unintentional evil acts, and by this E’tikaf, if one does miss an opportunity for any good deeds such as the funeral prayer, attending burials, visiting the sick etc; one is rewarded for these deeds without performing them.
Mustahabb
There is no fixed period of time for this type of E’tikaf. One may perform this for as many days or as long as one desires. It is appropriate that a person makes the intention of E’tikaf whenever he enters the Masjid, so that he receives reward until he remains within the Masjid.
Permissible Acts for the Mu`takif (the person performing I`tikaf)
The following acts are permissible for one who is making I'tikaf
(1) The Person may leave his place of I`tikaf to bid farewell to his wife and a Woman can visit her husband who is in I`tikaf}
Safiyyah, radhiya Allahu `anha said : The prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, was making i`tikaf [in the last ten nights of Ramadan], so I came to visit him at night [and his wives were with him and then departed]. I talked with him for a while, then I stood up to leave, [so he said:"Do not hurry for I will accompany you",. He stood along with me to accompany me back -and her dwelling was in the house of Usaamah Ibn Zayd [until when he came to the door of the mosque near the door of Umm Salamah], two men of the Ansaar were passing by, when they saw the Prophet, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, they hastened by, so the Prophet, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, said : "Be at your ease for she is Safiyyah bintu Huyayy." So they said:" 'SubhanAllah, O Messenger of Allah! [we did not have any doubt about you].' He said: "Indeed Shaytan circulates in the son of Adam just as blood circulates, and I feared that he would insert an evil thought" -or he said : "something - into your hearts" [Bukhari and Muslim, in [] are additional narrations from Abu Dawud]
(2) Combing and cutting one's hair, clipping one's nails, cleaning one's body, wearing nice clothes or wearing perfume are all permissible. 'Aishah reported: "The Prophet was Performing itikaf and he would put his head out through the opening to my room and I would clean [or comb in one narration] his hair. I was menstruating at the time." [al-Bukhari, Muslim, and Abu Dawud].
(3) The person may go out for some need that he must perform. 'Aishah reported: "When the Prophet Performed I`tikaf, he brought his head close to me so I could comb his hair, and he would not enter the house except to fulfill the needs a person has." [al-Bukhari, and Muslim].
Ibn al-Mundhir says: "The scholars agree that the one who performs itikaf may leave the mosque in order to answer the call of nature, for this is something that he personally must perform, and he cannot do it in the mosque. Also, if he needs to eat or drink and there is no one to bring him his food, he may leave to get it. If one needs to vomit, he may leave the mosque to do so. For anything that he must do but cannot do in the mosque, he can leave it, and such acts will not void his itikaf, even if they take a long time. Examples of these types of acts would include washing one's self from sexual defilement and cleaning his body or clothes from impurities."
(4) The person may eat, drink, and sleep in the mosque, and he should also keep it clean.
Actions that Nullify the I`tikaf
If a person performs one of the following acts, his I`tikaf will be nullified:
(1) Intentionally leaving the mosque without any need to do so, even if it is for just a short time. In such a case, one would not be staying in the mosque, which is one of the principles of I`tikaf.
(2) Abandoning belief in Islam, as this would nullify all acts of worship. If you ascribe a partner to Allah, your work will fail and you will be among the losers.
(3) Losing one's reason due to insanity or drunkenness, or the onset of menstruation or post-childbirth bleeding, all of which disqualifies a person for itikaf.
(4) Sexual intercourse. Allah says [in meaning]: "But do not associate with your wives while you are in seclusion (I`tikaf) in the mosques. Those are Limits (set by) Allah. Approach not nigh thereto. Thus does Allah make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn self-restraint. [al-Baqara; 2:187]
I`tikaf is not restricted to men only, women also can do it :
'Aisha (the wife of the Prophet) reported that the Prophet, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, used to practice I`tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan till he died and then his wives used to practice I`tikaf after him.[Bukhari]
Dear Sister! when reading this do not forget the modesty and the Hijab of the wife of the Prophet (S) that you should observe if you intend to perform I`tikaf.
Additional Rules For Ladies In E’tikaf
The following five rules apply to women only:
1. A woman may perform E’tikaf in the room that is used for her daily Salaah.
2. A woman must have the permission of her husband for E’tikaf. Once the husband has consented to his wife’s E’tikaf, he then cannot withdraw his permission.
3. If there is no person to serve her meals during E’tikaf, the woman is allowed to go to the kitchen to prepare a quick simple meal.
4. If during the E’tikaf the woman has her monthly periods or nifaas (bleeding after child’s birth) the E’tikaf is nullified. She must observe Qadha (recompense) of the remaining days after she is purified. This is if the E’tikaf is waajib or Sunnah, in which vowed days are fixed. In the case where the E’tikaf is Mustahab in which the days vowed for are not fixed, she will have to observe Qadha of the full E’tikaf.
5. A woman is allowed to sleep on her bed and use a chair while she is in E’tikaf. She can also walk around in her room for a short while to relieve the stiffness in her limbs.
E’tikaf enjoys a special relationship with Ramadhan. So what is the essence of E’tikaf? Its essence is an integral part of sacrifice because it constitutes four essential requirements:
1. Eating less
2. Sleeping less
3. Speaking less
4. Less intermingling with people.
Abul Hasan ash-Shadili said, "There are ten benefits from seclusion:
1. Safety from all misconduct of the tongue, because there is no one to talk to in seclusion
2. Safety from all misconduct of the eyes, because there is no one to see from human beings
3. Safety of the heart from all kinds of show, and other like illnesses
4. It will lift you to the state of asceticism
5. It will save you from accompanying evil people
6. It will give you free time to do dhikr
7. It will give you the sweet taste of worship, and prayers and supplication to the Divine Presence
8. It will give satisfaction and peace to the heart
9. It will keep your ego from falling into bad manners
10. It will give you the time to meditate and make account of yourself, and to make your goal the Divine Presence.
That is what the Prophet mentioned in his hadith, narrated by Bukhari, in the book of Riqaq. Abu Huraira reported that the Prophet said (s), "There are seven who will be kept under Allah's Shadow, on the Day when there is no shadow other than Allah's Shadow... One of them is a man who makes dhikr in seclusion, and the tears are coming from his eyes."
Convert Muslim
Eiah...as salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh...
before I say my story, I just wanted to say that being a non-muslim in the past and then finding Islaam is just as beautiful as being born and raised in a muslim home.. I spent 24 years of my life going to church and found no rest in myself...until I went to a musjid and prayed to Allah swa.... :)
When I was 24, I met a guy and he shortly afterwards became my b/f. I went to church 3 times a week at that point. One day, me and him were outside and he was talking to his mother on the phone.. he gave his salams and it confused me as I didn't know he was a muslim. When I found out and he got off the phone, I told him that I know "his" kind...men beat their wives, make them cover like "that" and oppress them. Surprisingly, he didn't get mad!! (may Allah reward him for that) and he cleared things up. That night, I figured Islaam deserved at least a second looking into seeing as I based all muslims on the wrong evidences. I asked him the next day to tell me more and he showed me a book he was reading (a reminder for the people with knowledge) and it looked interesting, so I asked him to tell me everything he knew because maybe (I lied...I had NO intention...at that time) I wanted to become a muslim (I just wanted to see what he'd say). He told me to go to some store down the road and get some books because if I wanted to learn about Islaam, it should be something that I should do for me by myself and he promised if I had questions after reading that he would answer then. (knowing my personality, he approached it the right way...lol)
So, I got the books and learned...I asked about women wearing scarves and he explained it in such a way that even as a non-muslim, I saw the importance in wearing it...so I did. A few weeks later (and much more reading) I met a sister at a dollar store and she became my first sister/friend. I learned more and then one day, decided to become a muslim myself.. alhumdulillah!!! I got an abaya (so I could look the part...lol) took a shower and went to her house before going for Jummah (which was also the first time I went into a musjid) I remember her asking me if I made wudu before we left and I had NO idea what she was talking about..lol...it took me like 20 minutes to finish!! We went to the musjid and I had practiced the basic La illaha illallah muhammadur rasullullah, but when we got in the prayer hall infront of all the sisters and my friend told them I was taking shihada, I COMPLETELY forgot it!! I was so overwhelmed at how far I had come that I started crying..a few sisters hugged me and I took my shihada. Jummah came right afterwards and my b/f at the time had prayed in the same room with me previously, so I knew the actions (but not the words..other than Allahu akbar). I prayed my first prayer as a muslim at Islamic Foundation on Nugget.. I went downstairs afterwards where I said it again and got a certificate that they told me to bring when I went for hajj and I got my first Qur'an and some books about salat for women and miracles in Islaam. I went to P4E and looked around and that night I slept better than I ever had before!! I felt so light and at peace inside!! that boyfriend I had? we got married....and alhumdulillah, he's my rock...it's been 2 years this May...alhumdulillah!!! and that is a basic story of how I came to Islaam...
before I say my story, I just wanted to say that being a non-muslim in the past and then finding Islaam is just as beautiful as being born and raised in a muslim home.. I spent 24 years of my life going to church and found no rest in myself...until I went to a musjid and prayed to Allah swa.... :)
When I was 24, I met a guy and he shortly afterwards became my b/f. I went to church 3 times a week at that point. One day, me and him were outside and he was talking to his mother on the phone.. he gave his salams and it confused me as I didn't know he was a muslim. When I found out and he got off the phone, I told him that I know "his" kind...men beat their wives, make them cover like "that" and oppress them. Surprisingly, he didn't get mad!! (may Allah reward him for that) and he cleared things up. That night, I figured Islaam deserved at least a second looking into seeing as I based all muslims on the wrong evidences. I asked him the next day to tell me more and he showed me a book he was reading (a reminder for the people with knowledge) and it looked interesting, so I asked him to tell me everything he knew because maybe (I lied...I had NO intention...at that time) I wanted to become a muslim (I just wanted to see what he'd say). He told me to go to some store down the road and get some books because if I wanted to learn about Islaam, it should be something that I should do for me by myself and he promised if I had questions after reading that he would answer then. (knowing my personality, he approached it the right way...lol)
So, I got the books and learned...I asked about women wearing scarves and he explained it in such a way that even as a non-muslim, I saw the importance in wearing it...so I did. A few weeks later (and much more reading) I met a sister at a dollar store and she became my first sister/friend. I learned more and then one day, decided to become a muslim myself.. alhumdulillah!!! I got an abaya (so I could look the part...lol) took a shower and went to her house before going for Jummah (which was also the first time I went into a musjid) I remember her asking me if I made wudu before we left and I had NO idea what she was talking about..lol...it took me like 20 minutes to finish!! We went to the musjid and I had practiced the basic La illaha illallah muhammadur rasullullah, but when we got in the prayer hall infront of all the sisters and my friend told them I was taking shihada, I COMPLETELY forgot it!! I was so overwhelmed at how far I had come that I started crying..a few sisters hugged me and I took my shihada. Jummah came right afterwards and my b/f at the time had prayed in the same room with me previously, so I knew the actions (but not the words..other than Allahu akbar). I prayed my first prayer as a muslim at Islamic Foundation on Nugget.. I went downstairs afterwards where I said it again and got a certificate that they told me to bring when I went for hajj and I got my first Qur'an and some books about salat for women and miracles in Islaam. I went to P4E and looked around and that night I slept better than I ever had before!! I felt so light and at peace inside!! that boyfriend I had? we got married....and alhumdulillah, he's my rock...it's been 2 years this May...alhumdulillah!!! and that is a basic story of how I came to Islaam...
Allah does exist
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I
don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for him.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I
don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for him.
Some translations from Surah AL-QASAS
Asalam-o-alaikum brothers and sisters,
Hope everything around u is fi9 and if its not then 4 sure u will give ur best to make things good for alll AMEEN.
"Can a person to whom We have made a handsome promise and he is sure to receive it,be like the one to whom We have only given the provisions of this world and he is scheduled to be presented on the Day of Resurrection for punishment?(61)" Let them not forget the Day when We shall call them and ask; ' Where are those whom you deemed to be My associates?"(62) Those who are proven guilty as charged, will say: "Our Rabb! these are the ones whom we led astray; we led them astray as we were astray ourselves.However, we plead our innocence before You; it was not us that they worshipped."(63) Then they will be told:"Appeal to your shoraka' (associate gods),"so they will appeal to them, but will get no answer.They will see the punishment and wish that they had accepted guidance.(64) Let them also not forget that, on that Day, He will call them and ask :"How did you answer Our Rasools?"(65) They will be so confused on that Day that they will not even ask one another.(66) However, the one who has repented in this life, and believed, and done good deeds may hope to be among those who will achieve salvation(67)"
28:(61-67)
WE ARE MUSLIMS AND FROM UMMAH OF HOLY PROPHET(P.B.U.H). THANKS TO ALLAH 4 ALL.
"Your Rabb creates whatever He will and chooses for His work whom He pleases. It is not for them (mushrikeen) to choose and assign the powers of ALLAH to whom they want.Glory to be ALLAH! He is far above the shirk that these people commit" 28:(68)
MAY ALLAH BLESS AND GUIDE ALL OF US AMEEN.
"It is out of His mercy that He has made for you the night that you may rest in it, and the day that you may seek His bounty,so that you may render thanks" 28:(73)
THANKS TO ALLAH 4 ALL.
"Let no one turn you away from the revelation of ALLAH now that they have been revealed to you.Invite people to your Rabb and be not of the mushrikeen (who join other deities with ALLAH)"
28:(87)
MAY ALLAH GUIDE ALL OF US, SO THAT V CAN CONVEY MESSAGE OF ALLAH, WHICH WAS REVEALED TO OUR LAST AND BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMAD (P.B.U.H), TO ALL HUMAN BEINGS AMEEN.'
May ALLAH forgive me (AMEEN) if i made any mistake in mentioning, 4 sure i m human being n HE IS MY ONLY LORD WHO IS MOST MERCIFUL.
Remember ur sister AREENA and her family in ur prayers.
n do tell us any prb or question u have,v all brothers n sisters will try our level best to help u with ALL ALLAH HAS GIVEN TO ALL OF US.4 sure UNITY HAS POWER.
ALLAH HAFIZ.
Hope everything around u is fi9 and if its not then 4 sure u will give ur best to make things good for alll AMEEN.
"Can a person to whom We have made a handsome promise and he is sure to receive it,be like the one to whom We have only given the provisions of this world and he is scheduled to be presented on the Day of Resurrection for punishment?(61)" Let them not forget the Day when We shall call them and ask; ' Where are those whom you deemed to be My associates?"(62) Those who are proven guilty as charged, will say: "Our Rabb! these are the ones whom we led astray; we led them astray as we were astray ourselves.However, we plead our innocence before You; it was not us that they worshipped."(63) Then they will be told:"Appeal to your shoraka' (associate gods),"so they will appeal to them, but will get no answer.They will see the punishment and wish that they had accepted guidance.(64) Let them also not forget that, on that Day, He will call them and ask :"How did you answer Our Rasools?"(65) They will be so confused on that Day that they will not even ask one another.(66) However, the one who has repented in this life, and believed, and done good deeds may hope to be among those who will achieve salvation(67)"
28:(61-67)
WE ARE MUSLIMS AND FROM UMMAH OF HOLY PROPHET(P.B.U.H). THANKS TO ALLAH 4 ALL.
"Your Rabb creates whatever He will and chooses for His work whom He pleases. It is not for them (mushrikeen) to choose and assign the powers of ALLAH to whom they want.Glory to be ALLAH! He is far above the shirk that these people commit" 28:(68)
MAY ALLAH BLESS AND GUIDE ALL OF US AMEEN.
"It is out of His mercy that He has made for you the night that you may rest in it, and the day that you may seek His bounty,so that you may render thanks" 28:(73)
THANKS TO ALLAH 4 ALL.
"Let no one turn you away from the revelation of ALLAH now that they have been revealed to you.Invite people to your Rabb and be not of the mushrikeen (who join other deities with ALLAH)"
28:(87)
MAY ALLAH GUIDE ALL OF US, SO THAT V CAN CONVEY MESSAGE OF ALLAH, WHICH WAS REVEALED TO OUR LAST AND BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMAD (P.B.U.H), TO ALL HUMAN BEINGS AMEEN.'
May ALLAH forgive me (AMEEN) if i made any mistake in mentioning, 4 sure i m human being n HE IS MY ONLY LORD WHO IS MOST MERCIFUL.
Remember ur sister AREENA and her family in ur prayers.
n do tell us any prb or question u have,v all brothers n sisters will try our level best to help u with ALL ALLAH HAS GIVEN TO ALL OF US.4 sure UNITY HAS POWER.
ALLAH HAFIZ.
Special Entrance for Fasting
As Salaamu Alekum (Peace be Upon you),
Narrated Sahl bin Saad(RA): The Prophet(SAW) said, "There is a gate in Paradise called Ar-Rayyan, and those who observe fasts will enter through it on the Day of Resurrection and none except them will enter through it. It will be said, 'Where are those who you used to observe fasts?' They will get up, and none except them will enter through it. After their entry the gate will be closed and nobody will enter through it."
Source: Sahih Bukhar.
Narrated Sahl bin Saad(RA): The Prophet(SAW) said, "There is a gate in Paradise called Ar-Rayyan, and those who observe fasts will enter through it on the Day of Resurrection and none except them will enter through it. It will be said, 'Where are those who you used to observe fasts?' They will get up, and none except them will enter through it. After their entry the gate will be closed and nobody will enter through it."
Source: Sahih Bukhar.
The basic goal of i’tikaaf – why have the Muslims forsaken this Sunnah?
Firstly:
Itikaaf is one of the confirmed Sunnahs which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did regularly.
This Sunnah has disappeared from the lives of the Muslims apart from those on whom Allaah has mercy. It is like many Sunnahs which the Muslims have virtually forsaken.
There are several reasons for this, including the following:
1- Weakness of faith in many hearts
2- Increased focus on worldly pleasures and desires, which leads to an inability to keep away from them even for a short time.
3- Lack on interest in Paradise on the part of many, and their inclination towards leisure and relaxation, so that they do not want to put up with the hardship of itikaaf even for the sake of earning Allaah’s pleasure.
Whoever understands the significance of Paradise and the greatness of its delights will sacrifice his life and that which is most precious to him in order to attain it.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The reward of Allaah is precious, the reward of Allaah is Paradise.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani, 2450.
4- Many people pay lip-service to the love of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), without acting upon it and implementing various aspects of the Sunnah, including itikaaf.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Indeed in the Messenger of Allaah (Muhammad) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes for (the Meeting with) Allaah and the Last Day, and remembers Allaah much”
[al-Ahzaab 33:21]
Ibn Katheer said (3/756):
This verse represents a major principle: that we should follow the example of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in word and deed in all situations.
Some of the salaf (early generations of Islam) found it odd that people did not observe itikaaf even the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) persisted in doing so.
Ibn Shihaab al-Zuhri said: It is strange that the Muslims have given up itikaaf when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not give it up from the time he entered Madeenah until Allaah took him (in death).
Secondly:
The itikaaf which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) always observed at the end of his life is itikaaf during the last ten days of Ramadaan. These few days may indeed be regarded as an intensive course of spiritual education which brings immediate positive results in a person’s life during the days and nights of Ramadaan and in the coming days, until the next Ramadaan comes.
How great is the Muslims need to revive this Sunnah and establish it in the proper manner, as the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his companions used to observe it.
How great will be the success of those who adhere to the Sunnah after the ummah has neglected it and become corrupt.
Thirdly:
The basic goal of the Prophet’s itikaaf was to seek Laylat al-Qadr.
Muslim (1167) narrated that Abu Saeed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) observed itikaaf during the first ten days of Ramadaan, then he observed itikaaf during the middle ten days in a small tent at the door of which was a reed mat. He took the mat in his hand and lifted it. Then he put his head out and spoke to the people, and they came close to him. He said: “I observed itikaaf during the first ten days seeking this night, then I observed itikaaf during the middle ten days. Then someone came and said to me that it is in the last ten days, so whoever among you wishes to observe itikaaf let him do so.” So the people observed itikaaf with him.
This hadeeth teaches us a number of things:
1- That the basic goal of the itikaaf of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was to seek Laylat al-Qadr and to prepare to spend that night in worship. That is because of the great virtue of that night of which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “The Night of Al‑Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months (i.e. worshipping Allaah in that night is better than worshipping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83 years and 4 months)” [al-Qadr 97:3].
2- The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) strove to seek that night before he was told when it is. So he started with the first ten days, then he observed it during the middle ten, then he continued to observe itikaaf during the last ten days, when he was told that it is in the last ten days. This is the utmost effort to seek Laylat al-Qadr.
3- The Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them) followed the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), because they started itikaaf and continued with him until the end of the month, because they were so keen to follow his example.
4- The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was compassionate towards his companions and showed mercy to them, because he knew that itikaaf was difficult for them. So he gave them the choice between staying with him or of leaving, and said: “…so whoever among you wishes to observe itikaaf let him do so.”
There are other aims of itikaaf as well, including the following:
1- Being alone with Allaah and cutting oneself off from people if possible, so that one may focus completely on Allaah.
2- Renewing oneself spiritual by focusing totally on Allaah.
3- Cutting oneself off completely in order to worship Allaah with prayer, duaa, dhikr and reading Quraan.
4- Protecting ones fast from everything that may affect it of whims and desires.
5- Reducing permissible worldly pleasures and refraining from many of them even though one is able to enjoy them.
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Itikaaf is one of the confirmed Sunnahs which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did regularly.
This Sunnah has disappeared from the lives of the Muslims apart from those on whom Allaah has mercy. It is like many Sunnahs which the Muslims have virtually forsaken.
There are several reasons for this, including the following:
1- Weakness of faith in many hearts
2- Increased focus on worldly pleasures and desires, which leads to an inability to keep away from them even for a short time.
3- Lack on interest in Paradise on the part of many, and their inclination towards leisure and relaxation, so that they do not want to put up with the hardship of itikaaf even for the sake of earning Allaah’s pleasure.
Whoever understands the significance of Paradise and the greatness of its delights will sacrifice his life and that which is most precious to him in order to attain it.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The reward of Allaah is precious, the reward of Allaah is Paradise.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani, 2450.
4- Many people pay lip-service to the love of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), without acting upon it and implementing various aspects of the Sunnah, including itikaaf.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Indeed in the Messenger of Allaah (Muhammad) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes for (the Meeting with) Allaah and the Last Day, and remembers Allaah much”
[al-Ahzaab 33:21]
Ibn Katheer said (3/756):
This verse represents a major principle: that we should follow the example of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in word and deed in all situations.
Some of the salaf (early generations of Islam) found it odd that people did not observe itikaaf even the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) persisted in doing so.
Ibn Shihaab al-Zuhri said: It is strange that the Muslims have given up itikaaf when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not give it up from the time he entered Madeenah until Allaah took him (in death).
Secondly:
The itikaaf which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) always observed at the end of his life is itikaaf during the last ten days of Ramadaan. These few days may indeed be regarded as an intensive course of spiritual education which brings immediate positive results in a person’s life during the days and nights of Ramadaan and in the coming days, until the next Ramadaan comes.
How great is the Muslims need to revive this Sunnah and establish it in the proper manner, as the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his companions used to observe it.
How great will be the success of those who adhere to the Sunnah after the ummah has neglected it and become corrupt.
Thirdly:
The basic goal of the Prophet’s itikaaf was to seek Laylat al-Qadr.
Muslim (1167) narrated that Abu Saeed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) observed itikaaf during the first ten days of Ramadaan, then he observed itikaaf during the middle ten days in a small tent at the door of which was a reed mat. He took the mat in his hand and lifted it. Then he put his head out and spoke to the people, and they came close to him. He said: “I observed itikaaf during the first ten days seeking this night, then I observed itikaaf during the middle ten days. Then someone came and said to me that it is in the last ten days, so whoever among you wishes to observe itikaaf let him do so.” So the people observed itikaaf with him.
This hadeeth teaches us a number of things:
1- That the basic goal of the itikaaf of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was to seek Laylat al-Qadr and to prepare to spend that night in worship. That is because of the great virtue of that night of which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “The Night of Al‑Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months (i.e. worshipping Allaah in that night is better than worshipping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83 years and 4 months)” [al-Qadr 97:3].
2- The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) strove to seek that night before he was told when it is. So he started with the first ten days, then he observed it during the middle ten, then he continued to observe itikaaf during the last ten days, when he was told that it is in the last ten days. This is the utmost effort to seek Laylat al-Qadr.
3- The Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them) followed the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), because they started itikaaf and continued with him until the end of the month, because they were so keen to follow his example.
4- The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was compassionate towards his companions and showed mercy to them, because he knew that itikaaf was difficult for them. So he gave them the choice between staying with him or of leaving, and said: “…so whoever among you wishes to observe itikaaf let him do so.”
There are other aims of itikaaf as well, including the following:
1- Being alone with Allaah and cutting oneself off from people if possible, so that one may focus completely on Allaah.
2- Renewing oneself spiritual by focusing totally on Allaah.
3- Cutting oneself off completely in order to worship Allaah with prayer, duaa, dhikr and reading Quraan.
4- Protecting ones fast from everything that may affect it of whims and desires.
5- Reducing permissible worldly pleasures and refraining from many of them even though one is able to enjoy them.
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Maza Liya Kar Shukr Ada Kiya Kar Ae Ibn E Adam....
Azan sunke maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae adam
Us se puch jo sun nahi sakta, k woh tarasta rehta hai sunne ko
( A man who can't hear)
Masjid dekh k maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae adam
Us se puch jo dekh nahi sakta, k woh tarasta rehta hai dekhne ko
( A man who can't see)
Namaz padhke maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae adam
Us se puch jis ko namaz naseeb na huwi, k woh tarsata rehgaya padhne ko
( A non-believer who accepted islam just before his last breath)
Takbeer karke maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae adam
Us se puch jis ki bazu hi nahi, k woh tarasta rehgaya takbeer karne ko
( A man without arms )
K hath bandh kar maza liya kar, shukr kiya ada kar ae adam
Us se puch jis k hath hi nahi, k woh tarasta rehgaya hath bandhne ko
( A man without hands )
K ALLAH ka kalam padhke maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae ibn e adam
Us se puch jis ko padhna na aya, k woh tarasta rehgaya padhne ko
( A man without tongue)
K sar jhuka ke maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae ibn e adam
Us se puch jo jhuk nahi sakta, k woh tarasta rehta ALLAH ki bargah main jhukne ko
( A man suffering from spinal cord fracture)
K uth kar maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae ibn e adam
Us se puch jo khada nahi ho sakta, k woh tarasta rehgaya khada hone ko
( A man without legs)
K sajde ka maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae ibn e adam
Us se puch jo jhuk nahi sakta, k woh tarasta rehta sajde mein jhukne ko
( A man suffering from neck prb).
Us se puch jo sun nahi sakta, k woh tarasta rehta hai sunne ko
( A man who can't hear)
Masjid dekh k maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae adam
Us se puch jo dekh nahi sakta, k woh tarasta rehta hai dekhne ko
( A man who can't see)
Namaz padhke maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae adam
Us se puch jis ko namaz naseeb na huwi, k woh tarsata rehgaya padhne ko
( A non-believer who accepted islam just before his last breath)
Takbeer karke maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae adam
Us se puch jis ki bazu hi nahi, k woh tarasta rehgaya takbeer karne ko
( A man without arms )
K hath bandh kar maza liya kar, shukr kiya ada kar ae adam
Us se puch jis k hath hi nahi, k woh tarasta rehgaya hath bandhne ko
( A man without hands )
K ALLAH ka kalam padhke maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae ibn e adam
Us se puch jis ko padhna na aya, k woh tarasta rehgaya padhne ko
( A man without tongue)
K sar jhuka ke maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae ibn e adam
Us se puch jo jhuk nahi sakta, k woh tarasta rehta ALLAH ki bargah main jhukne ko
( A man suffering from spinal cord fracture)
K uth kar maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae ibn e adam
Us se puch jo khada nahi ho sakta, k woh tarasta rehgaya khada hone ko
( A man without legs)
K sajde ka maza liya kar, shukr ada kiya kar ae ibn e adam
Us se puch jo jhuk nahi sakta, k woh tarasta rehta sajde mein jhukne ko
( A man suffering from neck prb).
Let Me Wake Up This Time.
Let me wake up this time!
Ohh Alimighty Allah You are only lord,
You are the only one who can bring life back after death,
Please, I pray, I beg today,
Give me life after death today.
I have done nothing to please You,
Please let me wake up this time, today,
Give me a chance, You are merciful.
Let me pray late night today.
I know, I know its my mistake,
I was busy in life and slept late,
But please let me wake up this time today,
This is month of ramazan let me pray.
Laila-tul-Qadr can be any night,
Please allow me please You that night,
I don't know how to please My Lord,
Guide me the way which is most favourite of my Lord.
Let me wake up this time,today,
Who know may be that night is today,
I don't wana miss this blessed night,
Don't let me be dead this night.
Angle Gibrael will come to see us,
The one busy in pleasing You,will only meet him,
I am nothing,make me something,
This night is of power let me pray this night.
Ohh Alimighty Allah You are only lord,
You are the only one who can bring life back after death,
Please, I pray, I beg today,
Give me life after death today.
I have done nothing to please You,
Please let me wake up this time, today,
Give me a chance, You are merciful.
Let me pray late night today.
I know, I know its my mistake,
I was busy in life and slept late,
But please let me wake up this time today,
This is month of ramazan let me pray.
Laila-tul-Qadr can be any night,
Please allow me please You that night,
I don't know how to please My Lord,
Guide me the way which is most favourite of my Lord.
Let me wake up this time,today,
Who know may be that night is today,
I don't wana miss this blessed night,
Don't let me be dead this night.
Angle Gibrael will come to see us,
The one busy in pleasing You,will only meet him,
I am nothing,make me something,
This night is of power let me pray this night.
The Most Unluckiest Person In The World
The most unluckiest person in the world..
is the one who did not make it to forgive all his past sins in month of Ramadhaan.
How many people are lying in their Grave, who thought they can make it to Ramadhaan this year. They never made it !!
We are lucky we got a chance this year!!
The Prophet (SAW) said: 'Whosoever reaches the month of Ramadhaan and does not have his sins forgiven, and so enters the Fire, then may ALLAH distance him.'[Ahmad (2/246) and Bayhaqi (4/204)]
Its not too late, Also we have the 'Night of Power' ( Lailat-ul-Qadr ) in hand
The Messenger (SAW) said: 'Whoever prays the Night of Qadr with Eemaan (faith) and hoping for its reward, ALLAH will forgive him all his previous sins.' [Bukhaaree and Muslim]
'Lailat-ul-Qadr' or 'Night of Power' a very important occasion in the history of Islam and in our personal lives.
The Night Of Power is better for you to live, to experience and to enjoy than one thousand months of your personal life. Even if you were to live one thousand months (83.3 years) with sincerity, dedication, and sacrifices and with good intentions and deeds, the Night Of Power is still far better for you to live and to enjoy.
ALLAH says in the Qur'an in Surah Al-Qadr:
'We have indeed revealed this (message) in the Night of Power. And what will explain to thee what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the angels and the spirit by God's permission, on every errand: Peace! This until the rise of Morn.' (97:1-5)
The Night of Power is a night of blessings ALLAH has blessed this Night. Therefore whosoever is interested in receiving the blessings of ALLAH may look forward to the Night of Power.
Anyone who seeks the Night of Power and lives it, all his/her sin will be erased. This is, as if, he/she is, born again now free of all sin and mistakes.
Aa'isha (R) said: 'When the last ten days of Ramadhaan arrived the Messenger (SAW) used to abstain (from contact a with his wives) and he would establish the nights. He would awaken (his family) to do the same also.' [Bukhaaree and Muslim]
I am sure every one of us would like to live a life free of sins and free of mistakes. Everyone would like to meet ALLAH on the Day of Judgment without sins. Every one of us would like to feel that he/she is reborn today. All of us wish to rejuvenate ourselves, and to start a new year with a fresh outlook and a fresh life. Every one of us wants to live a pure life and everyone wants to purify himself/herself without anguish or torment.
The Night of Power is one of the best way in which a person is to achieve all these ideals. For this reason may I suggest that you start looking for it, so you will be able to observe it and enjoy it.
Imam Bukhari reports from 'Aishah that the Messenger of ALLAH (may ALLAH bless him and grant him peace) would tighten his waist-cloth (i.e. detach himself from his wives), spend the night in worship and awake his family, during the last ten nights of Ramadan.
As far as determining the Night of Power (Lailat-ul-Qadr) is concerned, it has been reported to be during one of the odd numbered nights of the last ten days of Ramadhaan, i.e. 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th or 29th. It has been emphasized that it is most likely to be the 27th night. But this doesn't mean you should stick to 27th night only.
The Signs of the Night of Qadr.
The Messenger of ALLAH (pbuh) described the morning of the night of Qadr so that the muslims can know which night it is.
Ubayy (R) said: 'On the morning of the night of Qadr the sun would rise without any beams; (it is like) a wash basin until it rises.' [Muslim]
Abu Hurairah (R) said: 'We mentioned the night of Qadr to the Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH) and he said: 'Which of you remembers when the moon rises and it is like half a bowl.' [Muslim]
Ibn Abbaas (R) said that the Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH) said: 'The night of Qadr is a night of generosity and happiness, it is not hot and neither is it cold. The sun comes up in its morning weak, reddish.' [Tabaranee, Ibn Khuzaimah and Bazzaar]
To summarize, I would like to mention the following:
1.. The sun rises early in the morning without rays.
2. Rain may fall either during the night or during the day of that night.
3. During night the sky will be lightly foggy.
4. The sky will be slightly lighted without reflections and without rays.
5. The angels and Gabriel all descend down onto earth for many purposes.
If you are interested in living the Night of Power, let me remind you of some of the things that you might have to do.
a. Recitation of the Our'an.
b. Prayers-Nafl.
c. Remembrance of ALLAH or zikr
d. Supplication or Du'a for you and for others.
e. Reading books of Hadeeth so as to know the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
In Sahih Bukhari (6/521), there is an amazing piece of advice from the Prophet (may ALLAH blesses him and grants him peace): 'Recite the Quran as long as your hearts agree on it; if you disagree about it, stop reciting it (for the time being)' -- studying the Quran should bring people together!
Ten days are the last part of the month and a person's actions are based on his last ones. So perhaps, he will encounter the night of Al-Qadr, while standing in prayer for ALLAH and thus have all his past sins forgiven.
The Night of Power is a very important occasion in Islam. Everyone is asked to live it and to enjoy it. This Night is a 'Night of Mercy', a 'Night of Blessing', a 'Night of Peace' and a 'Night of Guidance'. It is a'Night of Unification' between the finite world of ours and the Infinite Universe of the Unseen.
May ALLAH give us the strength, the power, the courage and the effort to do our best to obey ALLAH and to follow His teachings. May ALLAH guide us and may ALLAH strengthen our Emaan May ALLAH help us to live another year with sincerity and devotion. May ALLAH make us realize that one year of our life is over and that we are one year closer to our graves.
Let us wake up and do our best to please ALLAH in our daily life. Let us ask Almighty ALLAH forgiveness. Ameen.
And one must incite, animate and persuade his family to perform acts of worship, especially in these great times in which no one neglects it except that he has been deprived. What is more incredible than this is that while the people are performing prayer and making tahajjud, some individuals spend their time in forbidden gatherings and sinful events? This is indeed the greatest loss. We ask ALLAH for HIS protection.
So we ask ALLAH to grant us the ability to change ourselves for the better, during this blessed month, and not to be of those who are prevented from His Mercy and forgiveness. Indeed He is the One who Hears and He is the One to Respond.
Take a vacation for ALLAH
We take a break from our jobs for almost everything in life. Why not this time to focus on worshiping and thanking our Creator.
If this is not possible at least take a few days off if you can. This can make it easier to stay awake at night to do extra Ibadah. Whatever you loose is very negligible in front of whatever you gain from this Night.
Brothers and sisters in Islam!
Fear ALLAH Ta'ala and beware of wasting your life away in futile activities. Make use of your time by being positive and constructive. This may be your last Ramadaan, your last opportunity to benefit from the special blessings and forgiveness that accompanies this month. Know that Ramadaan is a manifestation of ALLAH Ta'ala's bountiful blessings on His slaves. Use it as a turning point in your life; a time for transformation towards a better way of life.
Yaa ALLAH ! We are full of sins. We ignore you in our life, Please don't ignore us and guide us towards your path and help us follow the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet Mohammed (SAW). And open our hearts to understand our Deen.. Ameen
May ALLAH Subhanahu wa Ta'ala weigh your prayers in gold, count your blessings with stars and ease your every effort like a gentle summer breeze.
is the one who did not make it to forgive all his past sins in month of Ramadhaan.
How many people are lying in their Grave, who thought they can make it to Ramadhaan this year. They never made it !!
We are lucky we got a chance this year!!
The Prophet (SAW) said: 'Whosoever reaches the month of Ramadhaan and does not have his sins forgiven, and so enters the Fire, then may ALLAH distance him.'[Ahmad (2/246) and Bayhaqi (4/204)]
Its not too late, Also we have the 'Night of Power' ( Lailat-ul-Qadr ) in hand
The Messenger (SAW) said: 'Whoever prays the Night of Qadr with Eemaan (faith) and hoping for its reward, ALLAH will forgive him all his previous sins.' [Bukhaaree and Muslim]
'Lailat-ul-Qadr' or 'Night of Power' a very important occasion in the history of Islam and in our personal lives.
The Night Of Power is better for you to live, to experience and to enjoy than one thousand months of your personal life. Even if you were to live one thousand months (83.3 years) with sincerity, dedication, and sacrifices and with good intentions and deeds, the Night Of Power is still far better for you to live and to enjoy.
ALLAH says in the Qur'an in Surah Al-Qadr:
'We have indeed revealed this (message) in the Night of Power. And what will explain to thee what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the angels and the spirit by God's permission, on every errand: Peace! This until the rise of Morn.' (97:1-5)
The Night of Power is a night of blessings ALLAH has blessed this Night. Therefore whosoever is interested in receiving the blessings of ALLAH may look forward to the Night of Power.
Anyone who seeks the Night of Power and lives it, all his/her sin will be erased. This is, as if, he/she is, born again now free of all sin and mistakes.
Aa'isha (R) said: 'When the last ten days of Ramadhaan arrived the Messenger (SAW) used to abstain (from contact a with his wives) and he would establish the nights. He would awaken (his family) to do the same also.' [Bukhaaree and Muslim]
I am sure every one of us would like to live a life free of sins and free of mistakes. Everyone would like to meet ALLAH on the Day of Judgment without sins. Every one of us would like to feel that he/she is reborn today. All of us wish to rejuvenate ourselves, and to start a new year with a fresh outlook and a fresh life. Every one of us wants to live a pure life and everyone wants to purify himself/herself without anguish or torment.
The Night of Power is one of the best way in which a person is to achieve all these ideals. For this reason may I suggest that you start looking for it, so you will be able to observe it and enjoy it.
Imam Bukhari reports from 'Aishah that the Messenger of ALLAH (may ALLAH bless him and grant him peace) would tighten his waist-cloth (i.e. detach himself from his wives), spend the night in worship and awake his family, during the last ten nights of Ramadan.
As far as determining the Night of Power (Lailat-ul-Qadr) is concerned, it has been reported to be during one of the odd numbered nights of the last ten days of Ramadhaan, i.e. 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th or 29th. It has been emphasized that it is most likely to be the 27th night. But this doesn't mean you should stick to 27th night only.
The Signs of the Night of Qadr.
The Messenger of ALLAH (pbuh) described the morning of the night of Qadr so that the muslims can know which night it is.
Ubayy (R) said: 'On the morning of the night of Qadr the sun would rise without any beams; (it is like) a wash basin until it rises.' [Muslim]
Abu Hurairah (R) said: 'We mentioned the night of Qadr to the Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH) and he said: 'Which of you remembers when the moon rises and it is like half a bowl.' [Muslim]
Ibn Abbaas (R) said that the Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH) said: 'The night of Qadr is a night of generosity and happiness, it is not hot and neither is it cold. The sun comes up in its morning weak, reddish.' [Tabaranee, Ibn Khuzaimah and Bazzaar]
To summarize, I would like to mention the following:
1.. The sun rises early in the morning without rays.
2. Rain may fall either during the night or during the day of that night.
3. During night the sky will be lightly foggy.
4. The sky will be slightly lighted without reflections and without rays.
5. The angels and Gabriel all descend down onto earth for many purposes.
If you are interested in living the Night of Power, let me remind you of some of the things that you might have to do.
a. Recitation of the Our'an.
b. Prayers-Nafl.
c. Remembrance of ALLAH or zikr
d. Supplication or Du'a for you and for others.
e. Reading books of Hadeeth so as to know the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
In Sahih Bukhari (6/521), there is an amazing piece of advice from the Prophet (may ALLAH blesses him and grants him peace): 'Recite the Quran as long as your hearts agree on it; if you disagree about it, stop reciting it (for the time being)' -- studying the Quran should bring people together!
Ten days are the last part of the month and a person's actions are based on his last ones. So perhaps, he will encounter the night of Al-Qadr, while standing in prayer for ALLAH and thus have all his past sins forgiven.
The Night of Power is a very important occasion in Islam. Everyone is asked to live it and to enjoy it. This Night is a 'Night of Mercy', a 'Night of Blessing', a 'Night of Peace' and a 'Night of Guidance'. It is a'Night of Unification' between the finite world of ours and the Infinite Universe of the Unseen.
May ALLAH give us the strength, the power, the courage and the effort to do our best to obey ALLAH and to follow His teachings. May ALLAH guide us and may ALLAH strengthen our Emaan May ALLAH help us to live another year with sincerity and devotion. May ALLAH make us realize that one year of our life is over and that we are one year closer to our graves.
Let us wake up and do our best to please ALLAH in our daily life. Let us ask Almighty ALLAH forgiveness. Ameen.
And one must incite, animate and persuade his family to perform acts of worship, especially in these great times in which no one neglects it except that he has been deprived. What is more incredible than this is that while the people are performing prayer and making tahajjud, some individuals spend their time in forbidden gatherings and sinful events? This is indeed the greatest loss. We ask ALLAH for HIS protection.
So we ask ALLAH to grant us the ability to change ourselves for the better, during this blessed month, and not to be of those who are prevented from His Mercy and forgiveness. Indeed He is the One who Hears and He is the One to Respond.
Take a vacation for ALLAH
We take a break from our jobs for almost everything in life. Why not this time to focus on worshiping and thanking our Creator.
If this is not possible at least take a few days off if you can. This can make it easier to stay awake at night to do extra Ibadah. Whatever you loose is very negligible in front of whatever you gain from this Night.
Brothers and sisters in Islam!
Fear ALLAH Ta'ala and beware of wasting your life away in futile activities. Make use of your time by being positive and constructive. This may be your last Ramadaan, your last opportunity to benefit from the special blessings and forgiveness that accompanies this month. Know that Ramadaan is a manifestation of ALLAH Ta'ala's bountiful blessings on His slaves. Use it as a turning point in your life; a time for transformation towards a better way of life.
Yaa ALLAH ! We are full of sins. We ignore you in our life, Please don't ignore us and guide us towards your path and help us follow the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet Mohammed (SAW). And open our hearts to understand our Deen.. Ameen
May ALLAH Subhanahu wa Ta'ala weigh your prayers in gold, count your blessings with stars and ease your every effort like a gentle summer breeze.
Jewish VS muslims ....(i fwd an email and got a reply from someone in ...worth reading)
Jewish vs Muslims
Demographics:
o World Jewish Population : 14 million
o Distribution : 7m in America
: 5m in Asia
: 2m in Europe
: 100 thousand in Africa
o World Muslim Population: 1.5 billion
o Distribution: I billion in Asia/Mid-East
400 M in Africa
44 M in Europe
6 M in the Americas
o Every fifth human being is a Muslim.
o For every single Hindu there are two Muslims
o For every Buddhist there are two Muslims
o For every Jew there are 107 Muslims
o Yet the 14 million Jews are more powerful than the entire 1..5 billion Muslims
Why?
Here are some of the reasons.
Some Movers of Current History:
o Albert Einstein Jewish
o Sigmund Freud Jewish
o Karl Marx Jewish
o Paul Samuelson Jewish
o Milton Friedman Jewish
Some Medical Milestones:
o Vaccinating Needle: Benjamin Ruben Jewish
o Polio Vaccine Jonas Salk Jewish
o Leukemia Drug Gertrude Elion Jewish
o Hepatitis B Baruch Blumberg Jewish
o Syphilis Drug Paul Ehrlich Jewish
o Neuro muscular Elie Metchnikoff Jewish
o Endocrinology Andrew Schally Jewish
o Cognitive therapy. Aaron Beck Jewish
o Contraceptive Pill Gregory Pincus Jewish
o Understanding of Human Eye G. Wald Jewish
o Embryology. Stanley Cohen Jewish
o Kidney Dialysis Willem Kloffcame Jewish
Nobel Prize Winners:
o In the past 105 years, 14 million Jews have won 180 Nobel prizes
whilst 1.5 billion Muslims have contributed only 3 Nobel winners
Some Inventions that changed History:
o Micro- Processing Chip. Stanley Mezor Jewish
o Nuclear Chain Reactor Leo Sziland Jewish
o Optical Fibre Cable Peter Schultz Jewish
o Traffic Lights Charles Adler Jewish
o Stainless Steel Benno Strauss Jewish
o Sound Movies Isador Kisee Jewish
o Telephone Microphone Emile Berliner Jewish
o Video Tape Recorder Charles Ginsburg Jewish
Some Influential Global Business People:
o Polo Ralph Lauren Jewish
o Coca Cola Jewish
o Levi's Jeans Levi Strauss Jewish
o Starbuck's Howard Schultz Jewish
o Google Sergey Brin Jewish
o Dell Computers Michael Dell Jewish
o Oracle Larry Ellison Jewish
o DKNY Donna Karan Jewish
o Baskin & Robbins Irv Robbins Jewish
o Dunkin Donuts Bill Rosenberg Jewish
Some Influential Intellectuals/Politicians:
o Henry Kissinger, US Sec of State Jewish
o Richard Levin, President Yale University Jewish
o Alan Greenspan, US Federal Reserve Jewish
o Joseph Lieberman Jewish
o Madeleine Albright, US Sec of State Jewish
o Casper Weinberger, US Sec of Defense Jewish
o Maxim Litvinov, USSR Foreign Minister Jewish
o David Marshal, Singapore Chief Minister Jewish
o Isaacs Isaacs, Gov-Gen Australia Jewish
o Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman Jewish
o Yevgeny Primakov, Russian PM Jewish
o Barry Goldwater, US Politician Jewish
o Jorge Sampaio, President Portugal Jewish
o Herb Gray, Canadian Deputy - PM Jewish
o Pierre Mendes, French PM Jewish
o Michael Howard, British Home Sec. Jewish
o Bruno Kriesky, Austrian Chancellor Jewish
o Robert Rubin, US Sec of Treasury Jewish
Global Media Influential People:
o Wolf Blitzer, CNN Jewish
o Barbara Walters ABC News Jewish
o Eugene Meyer , Washington Post Jewish
o Henry Grunwald, Time Magazine Jewish
o Katherine Graham , Washington Post Jewish
o Joseph Lelyeld, New York Times Jewish
o Max Frankel, New York Times Jewish
Some Global Philanthropists:
o George Soros Jewish
o Walter Annenberg Jewish
Why are they powerful?
Why are Muslims powerless?
Here's one reason. We have lost the capacity to produce knowledge.
o In the entire Muslim World (57 Muslim Countries) there are only 500 universities.
o In USA alone, 5,758 universities.
o In India alone, 8,407 universities.
o ONLY ONE university in the entire Islamic World features in the Top 500 Ranking Universities of the World.
o Literacy in the Christian World 90%.
o Literacy in the Muslim World 40%.
o 15 Christian majority-countries, literacy rate 100%.
o Muslim majority - countries , None.
o 98% in Christian countries completed primary school.
o Only 50% in Muslim countries completed primary school.
o 40% in Christian countries attended university.
o In Muslim countries a dismal 2% attended.
o Muslim majority countries have 230 scientists per one million Muslims.
o The USA has 5000 per million.
o The Christian world 1000 technicians per million.
o Entire Arab World only 50 technicians per million.
o Muslim World spends on research/development 0.2% of GDP.
o Christian World spends 5 % of GDP.
A Conclusion.
o The Muslim World lacks the capacity to produce knowledge.
Another way of testing the degree of knowledge is the degree of diffusing knowledge.
o Pakistan 23 daily newspapers per 1000 citizens.
o Singapore 460 per 1000 citizens.
o In UK book titles per million is 2000.
o In Egypt book titles per million is only 17.
A Conclusion.
o The Muslim World is failing to diffuse knowledge.
Applying Knowledge is another such test.
o Exports of high tech products from Pakistan is 0.9% of its exports.
o In Saudi Arabia is 0.2%
o Kuwait, Morocco and Algeria 0.3%.
o Singapore alone is 68%.
A Conclusion:
o The Muslim World is failing to apply knowledge.
So what do YOU conclude?
No need to tell, the figures speak for themselves very loudly, if we are unable to listen.
My Advice:
Please educate yourself and your children.
Always promote education, don't compromise on it.
Don't ignore your children's slightest misguidance from education.
And please, for God's Sake, don't use your personal contacts or sources to promote your children in
their education; if they fail, let them and make them learn to pass; b/c if they can't do it now, they can't ever).
We are World's biggest and strongest nation, all we need is to identify and explore our own selves.
Our victory is with our knowledge, our creativity, our literacy...And nothing else.
Please Muslims....Wake up... It is not too late.
SOmeone responded to dis email...here it goes...
think its time to think some more: Who really changed Mathematics and science?
The Muslims!
None of the medical milestones stated below could be even touched without the ingenious contributions of muslims. This is a long list to drive the point home. Please read them all carefull, and the rest of my article.
(1) Dr Ayub Khan Ommaya (1930-2008): World renowned neurosurgeon and brain injury expert; among several inventions, he invented the "Ommaya Tap" - the only effective way to deliver chemotherapy to the brain for treatment of brain tumours.
(Have you ever heard of him? Why did he not get a nobel prize?)
(2) Renowned architect, Fazlur Khan, designed the world famous John Hancock building in Chicago , IL , US . One of the most talented architects of this century, he is credited with several architectural ideas and plans for skyscrapers.
(3) Dr Teepu Siddique- One of the leading researchers of this decade, and amongst the first to prove that diseases like ALS have a genetic link. (Why did he not get a nobel prize????)
(4) A thousand years before the Wright brothers, a Muslim poet, astronomer, musician and engineer named Abbas ibn Firnas made several attempts to construct a flying machine. In 852 he jumped from the minaret of the Grand Mosque in Cordoba using a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts.
He hoped to glide like a bird. He didn't. But the cloak slowed his fall, creating what is thought to be the first parachute, and leaving him with only minor injuries.
In 875, aged 70, having perfected a machine of silk and eagles' feathers he tried again, jumping from a mountain. He flew to a significant height and stayed aloft for ten minutes but crashed on landing — concluding, correctly, that it was because he had not given his device a tail so it would stall on landing. Baghdad international airport and a crater on the Moon are named after him.
(5) The ancient Greeks thought our eyes emitted rays, like a laser, which enabled us to see. The first person to realise that light enters the eye, rather than leaving it, was the 10th-century Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haitham.
He is also credited with being the first man to shift physics from a philosophical activity to an experimental one.
(6) Distillation, the means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points, was invented around the year 800 by Islam's foremost scientist, Jabir ibn Hayyan, who transformed alchemy into chemistry, inventing many of the basic processes and apparatus still in use today — liquefaction, crystallisation, distillation, purification, oxidisation, evaporation and filtration.
As well as discovering sulphuric and nitric acid, he invented the alembic still, giving the world intense rosewater and other perfumes and alcoholic spirits (although drinking them forbidden, in Islam). Ibn Hayyan emphasised systematic experimentation and was the founder of modern chemistry.
(7) The crank-shaft is a device which translates rotary into linear motion and is central to much of the machinery in the modern world, not least the internal combustion engine. One of the most important mechanical inventions in the history of humankind, it was created by an ingenious Muslim engineer called al-Jazari to raise water for irrigation.
His Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (1206) shows he also invented or refined the use of valves and pistons, devised some of the first mechanical clocks driven by water and weights, and was the father of robotics. Among his 50 other inventions was the combination lock.
(8) Quilting is a method of sewing or tying two layers of cloth with a layer of insulating material in between. It is not clear whether it was invented in the Muslim world or whether it was imported there from India or China .
However, it certainly came to the West via the Crusaders. They saw it used by Saracen warriors, who wore straw-filled quilted canvas shirts instead of armour. As well as a form of protection, it proved an effective guard against the chafing of the Crusaders' metal armour and was an effective form of insulation — so much so that it became a cottage industry back home in colder climates such as Britain and Holland .
(9) The pointed arch so characteristic of Europe 's Gothic cathedrals was an invention borrowed from Islamic architecture. It was much stronger than the rounded arch used by the Romans and Normans , thus allowing the building of bigger, higher, more complex and grander buildings.
Other borrowings from Muslim genius included ribbed vaulting, rose windows and dome-building techniques. Europe 's castles were also adapted to copy the Islamic world's — with arrow slits, battlements, a barbican and parapets. Square towers and keeps gave way to more easily defended round ones. The architect of Henry V's castle was a Muslim.
(10) Many modern surgical instruments are of exactly the same design as those devised in the 10th century by a Muslim surgeon called al-Zahrawi. His scalpels, bone saws, forceps, fine scissors for eye surgery and many of the 200 instruments he devised are recognisable to a modern surgeon.
It was he who discovered that catgut used for internal stitches dissolves away naturally (a discovery he made when his monkey ate his lute strings) and that it can be also used to make medicine capsules.
In the 13th century, another Muslim medic named Ibn Nafis described the circulation of the blood, 300 years before William Harvey discovered it. Muslim doctors also invented anaesthetics of opium and alcohol mixes and developed hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes in a technique still used today.
(11) The windmill was invented in 634 for a Persian caliph and was used to grind corn and draw up water for irrigation. In the vast deserts of Arabia , when the seasonal streams ran dry, the only source of power was the wind which blew steadily from one direction for months. Mills had six or 12 sails covered in fabric or palm leaves. It was 500 years before the first windmill was seen in Europe .
(12) The technique of inoculation was not invented by Jenner and Pasteur but was devised in the Muslim world and brought to Europe from Turkey by the wife of the English ambassador to Istanbul in 1724. Children in Turkey were vaccinated with cowpox to fight the deadly smallpox at least 50 years before the West discovered it.
(13) The fountain pen was invented for the Sultan of Egypt in 953 after he demanded a pen which would not stain his hands or clothes. It held ink in a reservoir and, as with modern pens, fed ink to the nib by a combination of gravity and capillary action.
(14) The system of numbering in use all round the world is probably Indian in origin but the style of the numerals is Arabic and first appears in print in the work of the Muslim mathematicians al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi around 825.
Algebra was named after al-Khwarizmi's book, Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah, much of whose contents are still in use. The work of Muslim maths scholars was imported into Europe 300 years later by the Italian mathematician Fibonacci.
Algorithms and much of the theory of trigonometry came from the Muslim world. And Al-Kindi's discovery of frequency analysis rendered all the codes of the ancient world soluble and created the basis of modern cryptology.
(15) Ali ibn Nafi, known by his nickname of Ziryab (Blackbird) came from Iraq to Cordoba in the 9th century and brought with him the concept of the three-course meal — soup, followed by fish or meat, then fruit and nuts. He also introduced crystal glasses (which had been invented after experiments with rock crystal by Abbas ibn Firnas).
(16) Carpets were regarded as part of paradise by mediaeval Muslims, thanks to their advanced weaving techniques, new tinctures from Islamic chemistry and highly developed sense of pattern and arabesque which were the basis of Islam's non-representational art.
In contrast, Europe 's floors were distinctly earthly, not to say earthy, until Arabian and Persian carpets were introduced. In England, as Erasmus recorded, floors were "covered in rushes, occasionally renewed, but so imperfectly that the bottom layer is left undisturbed, sometimes for 20 years, harbouring expectoration, vomiting, the leakage of dogs and men, ale droppings, scraps of fish, and other abominations not fit to be mentioned". Carpets, unsurprisingly, caught on quickly.
(17) The modern cheque comes from the Arabic "saqq", a written vow to pay for goods when they were delivered, to avoid money having to be transported across dangerous terrain. In the 9th century, a Muslim businessman could cash a cheque in China drawn on his bank in Baghdad .
(18) By the 9th century, many Muslim scholars took it for granted that the Earth was a sphere. The proof, said astronomer Ibn Hazm, "is that the Sun is always vertical to a particular spot on Earth". It was 500 years before that realisation dawned on Galileo.
The calculations of Muslim astronomers were so accurate that in the 9th century they reckoned the Earth's circumference to be 40, 253.4km — less than 200km out. Al-Idrisi took a globe depicting the world to the court of King Roger of Sicily in 1139.
(19) Though the Chinese invented saltpetre gunpowder, and used it in their fireworks, it was the Arabs who worked out that it could be purified using potassium nitrate for military use. Muslim incendiary devices terrified the Crusaders.
By the 15th century they had invented both a rocket, which they called a "self-moving and combusting egg", and a torpedo — a self-propelled pear-shaped bomb with a spear at the front which impaled itself in enemy ships and then blew up.
(20) Mediaeval Europe had kitchen and herb gardens, but it was the Arabs who developed the idea of the garden as a place of beauty and meditation. The first royal pleasure gardens in Europe were opened in 11th-century Muslim Spain. Flowers which originated in Muslim gardens include the carnation and the tulip. (Courtesy: The Independent)
As for Nobel prizes, please remember that the process of selecting Nobel Prize winners has largely come under speculation, with criticim that the prizes are based on political reasons rather than merit.
When we talk of embryology, the most widely used textbook in medical schools is one written by Professor Keith Moore (Professor of Anatomy and Associate Dean Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto), a revert to Islam. After a careful study of the Quran, Prof Moore was amazed that 1400 years ago the Quran has already reavealed all the stages that researchers were only now understanding. Why do most people not know Professor Moore and they can only talk about Stanley Cohen???
Well, go figure!
Please also understand that 'Current History' is not written in all honesty. Facts are easity mutated and events deleted to suit the needs of the time and the historians. That's isn't a surprise to me. Allah SWT already states in the Quran that one of the diseases of the Jews is that they 'change and delete' verses of the Holy Book to suit their needs. If they do that with they Holy Book, they surely do that with history.
And whoever mentioned the contraceptive pill as a medical milestone???
The contraceptive pill, developed in 1960, is the most significant agent in the moral decline of the West. It led to sexual promiscuity, and, for the first time in history, children being exposed to and involved in all sorts of acts that previous generations had not even imagined.
AS for influential global businesses, please read 'No Labels' and 'Fast Food Nation.'
Thank GOD Muslims are minimally involved or not involved at all in any of these companies.
Just to give you a briefing, they exploit third world countries, make trillions off of the poor people, sell food (McDonald's, COKE, etc) that can seriously harm you, and clothing that is almost totally prepared in the thirld world and only carries the name of these big companies. Are these not crimes against humanity?
How come people mention influential politicians and forget to mention Muhammad (SAW)?
Even when Michael Hart lists Muhammad (SAW)'s name as the FIRST on the list of 100 top most influential men in history??? The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book and a very well researched one.
Have you read it????
And this is not the only report!
You know, this e-mail message posted below showed me the very problem!!
Muslims do not even know their own history; they don't know what all they have to be proud of. It’s easy for them to see what the Jews have done, but they dont' even try to see the pearls in Islamic history, culture and sciences.
Sorry, but the problem is NOT that the Muslim world lacks the capacity to produce knowledge, but that the Muslim world is ashamed of its identity- is ashamed of Islam.
We are in this state because we have moved away from the Quran.
The conclusion: Educate yourselves and your children about the Quran!!!
May Allah SWT give us IMAN and TAQWA, and the strength to speak the truth!
Demographics:
o World Jewish Population : 14 million
o Distribution : 7m in America
: 5m in Asia
: 2m in Europe
: 100 thousand in Africa
o World Muslim Population: 1.5 billion
o Distribution: I billion in Asia/Mid-East
400 M in Africa
44 M in Europe
6 M in the Americas
o Every fifth human being is a Muslim.
o For every single Hindu there are two Muslims
o For every Buddhist there are two Muslims
o For every Jew there are 107 Muslims
o Yet the 14 million Jews are more powerful than the entire 1..5 billion Muslims
Why?
Here are some of the reasons.
Some Movers of Current History:
o Albert Einstein Jewish
o Sigmund Freud Jewish
o Karl Marx Jewish
o Paul Samuelson Jewish
o Milton Friedman Jewish
Some Medical Milestones:
o Vaccinating Needle: Benjamin Ruben Jewish
o Polio Vaccine Jonas Salk Jewish
o Leukemia Drug Gertrude Elion Jewish
o Hepatitis B Baruch Blumberg Jewish
o Syphilis Drug Paul Ehrlich Jewish
o Neuro muscular Elie Metchnikoff Jewish
o Endocrinology Andrew Schally Jewish
o Cognitive therapy. Aaron Beck Jewish
o Contraceptive Pill Gregory Pincus Jewish
o Understanding of Human Eye G. Wald Jewish
o Embryology. Stanley Cohen Jewish
o Kidney Dialysis Willem Kloffcame Jewish
Nobel Prize Winners:
o In the past 105 years, 14 million Jews have won 180 Nobel prizes
whilst 1.5 billion Muslims have contributed only 3 Nobel winners
Some Inventions that changed History:
o Micro- Processing Chip. Stanley Mezor Jewish
o Nuclear Chain Reactor Leo Sziland Jewish
o Optical Fibre Cable Peter Schultz Jewish
o Traffic Lights Charles Adler Jewish
o Stainless Steel Benno Strauss Jewish
o Sound Movies Isador Kisee Jewish
o Telephone Microphone Emile Berliner Jewish
o Video Tape Recorder Charles Ginsburg Jewish
Some Influential Global Business People:
o Polo Ralph Lauren Jewish
o Coca Cola Jewish
o Levi's Jeans Levi Strauss Jewish
o Starbuck's Howard Schultz Jewish
o Google Sergey Brin Jewish
o Dell Computers Michael Dell Jewish
o Oracle Larry Ellison Jewish
o DKNY Donna Karan Jewish
o Baskin & Robbins Irv Robbins Jewish
o Dunkin Donuts Bill Rosenberg Jewish
Some Influential Intellectuals/Politicians:
o Henry Kissinger, US Sec of State Jewish
o Richard Levin, President Yale University Jewish
o Alan Greenspan, US Federal Reserve Jewish
o Joseph Lieberman Jewish
o Madeleine Albright, US Sec of State Jewish
o Casper Weinberger, US Sec of Defense Jewish
o Maxim Litvinov, USSR Foreign Minister Jewish
o David Marshal, Singapore Chief Minister Jewish
o Isaacs Isaacs, Gov-Gen Australia Jewish
o Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman Jewish
o Yevgeny Primakov, Russian PM Jewish
o Barry Goldwater, US Politician Jewish
o Jorge Sampaio, President Portugal Jewish
o Herb Gray, Canadian Deputy - PM Jewish
o Pierre Mendes, French PM Jewish
o Michael Howard, British Home Sec. Jewish
o Bruno Kriesky, Austrian Chancellor Jewish
o Robert Rubin, US Sec of Treasury Jewish
Global Media Influential People:
o Wolf Blitzer, CNN Jewish
o Barbara Walters ABC News Jewish
o Eugene Meyer , Washington Post Jewish
o Henry Grunwald, Time Magazine Jewish
o Katherine Graham , Washington Post Jewish
o Joseph Lelyeld, New York Times Jewish
o Max Frankel, New York Times Jewish
Some Global Philanthropists:
o George Soros Jewish
o Walter Annenberg Jewish
Why are they powerful?
Why are Muslims powerless?
Here's one reason. We have lost the capacity to produce knowledge.
o In the entire Muslim World (57 Muslim Countries) there are only 500 universities.
o In USA alone, 5,758 universities.
o In India alone, 8,407 universities.
o ONLY ONE university in the entire Islamic World features in the Top 500 Ranking Universities of the World.
o Literacy in the Christian World 90%.
o Literacy in the Muslim World 40%.
o 15 Christian majority-countries, literacy rate 100%.
o Muslim majority - countries , None.
o 98% in Christian countries completed primary school.
o Only 50% in Muslim countries completed primary school.
o 40% in Christian countries attended university.
o In Muslim countries a dismal 2% attended.
o Muslim majority countries have 230 scientists per one million Muslims.
o The USA has 5000 per million.
o The Christian world 1000 technicians per million.
o Entire Arab World only 50 technicians per million.
o Muslim World spends on research/development 0.2% of GDP.
o Christian World spends 5 % of GDP.
A Conclusion.
o The Muslim World lacks the capacity to produce knowledge.
Another way of testing the degree of knowledge is the degree of diffusing knowledge.
o Pakistan 23 daily newspapers per 1000 citizens.
o Singapore 460 per 1000 citizens.
o In UK book titles per million is 2000.
o In Egypt book titles per million is only 17.
A Conclusion.
o The Muslim World is failing to diffuse knowledge.
Applying Knowledge is another such test.
o Exports of high tech products from Pakistan is 0.9% of its exports.
o In Saudi Arabia is 0.2%
o Kuwait, Morocco and Algeria 0.3%.
o Singapore alone is 68%.
A Conclusion:
o The Muslim World is failing to apply knowledge.
So what do YOU conclude?
No need to tell, the figures speak for themselves very loudly, if we are unable to listen.
My Advice:
Please educate yourself and your children.
Always promote education, don't compromise on it.
Don't ignore your children's slightest misguidance from education.
And please, for God's Sake, don't use your personal contacts or sources to promote your children in
their education; if they fail, let them and make them learn to pass; b/c if they can't do it now, they can't ever).
We are World's biggest and strongest nation, all we need is to identify and explore our own selves.
Our victory is with our knowledge, our creativity, our literacy...And nothing else.
Please Muslims....Wake up... It is not too late.
SOmeone responded to dis email...here it goes...
think its time to think some more: Who really changed Mathematics and science?
The Muslims!
None of the medical milestones stated below could be even touched without the ingenious contributions of muslims. This is a long list to drive the point home. Please read them all carefull, and the rest of my article.
(1) Dr Ayub Khan Ommaya (1930-2008): World renowned neurosurgeon and brain injury expert; among several inventions, he invented the "Ommaya Tap" - the only effective way to deliver chemotherapy to the brain for treatment of brain tumours.
(Have you ever heard of him? Why did he not get a nobel prize?)
(2) Renowned architect, Fazlur Khan, designed the world famous John Hancock building in Chicago , IL , US . One of the most talented architects of this century, he is credited with several architectural ideas and plans for skyscrapers.
(3) Dr Teepu Siddique- One of the leading researchers of this decade, and amongst the first to prove that diseases like ALS have a genetic link. (Why did he not get a nobel prize????)
(4) A thousand years before the Wright brothers, a Muslim poet, astronomer, musician and engineer named Abbas ibn Firnas made several attempts to construct a flying machine. In 852 he jumped from the minaret of the Grand Mosque in Cordoba using a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts.
He hoped to glide like a bird. He didn't. But the cloak slowed his fall, creating what is thought to be the first parachute, and leaving him with only minor injuries.
In 875, aged 70, having perfected a machine of silk and eagles' feathers he tried again, jumping from a mountain. He flew to a significant height and stayed aloft for ten minutes but crashed on landing — concluding, correctly, that it was because he had not given his device a tail so it would stall on landing. Baghdad international airport and a crater on the Moon are named after him.
(5) The ancient Greeks thought our eyes emitted rays, like a laser, which enabled us to see. The first person to realise that light enters the eye, rather than leaving it, was the 10th-century Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haitham.
He is also credited with being the first man to shift physics from a philosophical activity to an experimental one.
(6) Distillation, the means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points, was invented around the year 800 by Islam's foremost scientist, Jabir ibn Hayyan, who transformed alchemy into chemistry, inventing many of the basic processes and apparatus still in use today — liquefaction, crystallisation, distillation, purification, oxidisation, evaporation and filtration.
As well as discovering sulphuric and nitric acid, he invented the alembic still, giving the world intense rosewater and other perfumes and alcoholic spirits (although drinking them forbidden, in Islam). Ibn Hayyan emphasised systematic experimentation and was the founder of modern chemistry.
(7) The crank-shaft is a device which translates rotary into linear motion and is central to much of the machinery in the modern world, not least the internal combustion engine. One of the most important mechanical inventions in the history of humankind, it was created by an ingenious Muslim engineer called al-Jazari to raise water for irrigation.
His Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (1206) shows he also invented or refined the use of valves and pistons, devised some of the first mechanical clocks driven by water and weights, and was the father of robotics. Among his 50 other inventions was the combination lock.
(8) Quilting is a method of sewing or tying two layers of cloth with a layer of insulating material in between. It is not clear whether it was invented in the Muslim world or whether it was imported there from India or China .
However, it certainly came to the West via the Crusaders. They saw it used by Saracen warriors, who wore straw-filled quilted canvas shirts instead of armour. As well as a form of protection, it proved an effective guard against the chafing of the Crusaders' metal armour and was an effective form of insulation — so much so that it became a cottage industry back home in colder climates such as Britain and Holland .
(9) The pointed arch so characteristic of Europe 's Gothic cathedrals was an invention borrowed from Islamic architecture. It was much stronger than the rounded arch used by the Romans and Normans , thus allowing the building of bigger, higher, more complex and grander buildings.
Other borrowings from Muslim genius included ribbed vaulting, rose windows and dome-building techniques. Europe 's castles were also adapted to copy the Islamic world's — with arrow slits, battlements, a barbican and parapets. Square towers and keeps gave way to more easily defended round ones. The architect of Henry V's castle was a Muslim.
(10) Many modern surgical instruments are of exactly the same design as those devised in the 10th century by a Muslim surgeon called al-Zahrawi. His scalpels, bone saws, forceps, fine scissors for eye surgery and many of the 200 instruments he devised are recognisable to a modern surgeon.
It was he who discovered that catgut used for internal stitches dissolves away naturally (a discovery he made when his monkey ate his lute strings) and that it can be also used to make medicine capsules.
In the 13th century, another Muslim medic named Ibn Nafis described the circulation of the blood, 300 years before William Harvey discovered it. Muslim doctors also invented anaesthetics of opium and alcohol mixes and developed hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes in a technique still used today.
(11) The windmill was invented in 634 for a Persian caliph and was used to grind corn and draw up water for irrigation. In the vast deserts of Arabia , when the seasonal streams ran dry, the only source of power was the wind which blew steadily from one direction for months. Mills had six or 12 sails covered in fabric or palm leaves. It was 500 years before the first windmill was seen in Europe .
(12) The technique of inoculation was not invented by Jenner and Pasteur but was devised in the Muslim world and brought to Europe from Turkey by the wife of the English ambassador to Istanbul in 1724. Children in Turkey were vaccinated with cowpox to fight the deadly smallpox at least 50 years before the West discovered it.
(13) The fountain pen was invented for the Sultan of Egypt in 953 after he demanded a pen which would not stain his hands or clothes. It held ink in a reservoir and, as with modern pens, fed ink to the nib by a combination of gravity and capillary action.
(14) The system of numbering in use all round the world is probably Indian in origin but the style of the numerals is Arabic and first appears in print in the work of the Muslim mathematicians al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi around 825.
Algebra was named after al-Khwarizmi's book, Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah, much of whose contents are still in use. The work of Muslim maths scholars was imported into Europe 300 years later by the Italian mathematician Fibonacci.
Algorithms and much of the theory of trigonometry came from the Muslim world. And Al-Kindi's discovery of frequency analysis rendered all the codes of the ancient world soluble and created the basis of modern cryptology.
(15) Ali ibn Nafi, known by his nickname of Ziryab (Blackbird) came from Iraq to Cordoba in the 9th century and brought with him the concept of the three-course meal — soup, followed by fish or meat, then fruit and nuts. He also introduced crystal glasses (which had been invented after experiments with rock crystal by Abbas ibn Firnas).
(16) Carpets were regarded as part of paradise by mediaeval Muslims, thanks to their advanced weaving techniques, new tinctures from Islamic chemistry and highly developed sense of pattern and arabesque which were the basis of Islam's non-representational art.
In contrast, Europe 's floors were distinctly earthly, not to say earthy, until Arabian and Persian carpets were introduced. In England, as Erasmus recorded, floors were "covered in rushes, occasionally renewed, but so imperfectly that the bottom layer is left undisturbed, sometimes for 20 years, harbouring expectoration, vomiting, the leakage of dogs and men, ale droppings, scraps of fish, and other abominations not fit to be mentioned". Carpets, unsurprisingly, caught on quickly.
(17) The modern cheque comes from the Arabic "saqq", a written vow to pay for goods when they were delivered, to avoid money having to be transported across dangerous terrain. In the 9th century, a Muslim businessman could cash a cheque in China drawn on his bank in Baghdad .
(18) By the 9th century, many Muslim scholars took it for granted that the Earth was a sphere. The proof, said astronomer Ibn Hazm, "is that the Sun is always vertical to a particular spot on Earth". It was 500 years before that realisation dawned on Galileo.
The calculations of Muslim astronomers were so accurate that in the 9th century they reckoned the Earth's circumference to be 40, 253.4km — less than 200km out. Al-Idrisi took a globe depicting the world to the court of King Roger of Sicily in 1139.
(19) Though the Chinese invented saltpetre gunpowder, and used it in their fireworks, it was the Arabs who worked out that it could be purified using potassium nitrate for military use. Muslim incendiary devices terrified the Crusaders.
By the 15th century they had invented both a rocket, which they called a "self-moving and combusting egg", and a torpedo — a self-propelled pear-shaped bomb with a spear at the front which impaled itself in enemy ships and then blew up.
(20) Mediaeval Europe had kitchen and herb gardens, but it was the Arabs who developed the idea of the garden as a place of beauty and meditation. The first royal pleasure gardens in Europe were opened in 11th-century Muslim Spain. Flowers which originated in Muslim gardens include the carnation and the tulip. (Courtesy: The Independent)
As for Nobel prizes, please remember that the process of selecting Nobel Prize winners has largely come under speculation, with criticim that the prizes are based on political reasons rather than merit.
When we talk of embryology, the most widely used textbook in medical schools is one written by Professor Keith Moore (Professor of Anatomy and Associate Dean Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto), a revert to Islam. After a careful study of the Quran, Prof Moore was amazed that 1400 years ago the Quran has already reavealed all the stages that researchers were only now understanding. Why do most people not know Professor Moore and they can only talk about Stanley Cohen???
Well, go figure!
Please also understand that 'Current History' is not written in all honesty. Facts are easity mutated and events deleted to suit the needs of the time and the historians. That's isn't a surprise to me. Allah SWT already states in the Quran that one of the diseases of the Jews is that they 'change and delete' verses of the Holy Book to suit their needs. If they do that with they Holy Book, they surely do that with history.
And whoever mentioned the contraceptive pill as a medical milestone???
The contraceptive pill, developed in 1960, is the most significant agent in the moral decline of the West. It led to sexual promiscuity, and, for the first time in history, children being exposed to and involved in all sorts of acts that previous generations had not even imagined.
AS for influential global businesses, please read 'No Labels' and 'Fast Food Nation.'
Thank GOD Muslims are minimally involved or not involved at all in any of these companies.
Just to give you a briefing, they exploit third world countries, make trillions off of the poor people, sell food (McDonald's, COKE, etc) that can seriously harm you, and clothing that is almost totally prepared in the thirld world and only carries the name of these big companies. Are these not crimes against humanity?
How come people mention influential politicians and forget to mention Muhammad (SAW)?
Even when Michael Hart lists Muhammad (SAW)'s name as the FIRST on the list of 100 top most influential men in history??? The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book and a very well researched one.
Have you read it????
And this is not the only report!
You know, this e-mail message posted below showed me the very problem!!
Muslims do not even know their own history; they don't know what all they have to be proud of. It’s easy for them to see what the Jews have done, but they dont' even try to see the pearls in Islamic history, culture and sciences.
Sorry, but the problem is NOT that the Muslim world lacks the capacity to produce knowledge, but that the Muslim world is ashamed of its identity- is ashamed of Islam.
We are in this state because we have moved away from the Quran.
The conclusion: Educate yourselves and your children about the Quran!!!
May Allah SWT give us IMAN and TAQWA, and the strength to speak the truth!
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