tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75357477511503149252024-03-05T21:53:18.351+02:00Mu'minunislamMu'Minhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01869730271418754816noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-59094775899577958922012-09-25T00:26:00.001+02:002012-09-25T00:26:00.527+02:00TubeIslam - ShareIslam Video Site<a href="http://www.tubeislam.com/rss?______array#.UGDd6V0d6G4.blogger">TubeIslam - ShareIslam Video Site</a>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-54294164784511173862012-04-10T02:10:00.000+02:002012-04-10T02:11:58.843+02:00SOME QUESTION ANSWERS ABOUT ISLAM FROM YOU<h2 class="title"><br /></h2> <p class="postdate"><span class="poster"> </span><br /></p> <p class="tags"><a href="http://my.opera.com/islam6568/blog/index.dml/tag/ISLAM" rel="tag">ISLAM</a> </p> <span style="font-size: 140%">from iloveallah.com</span> GOOGLE TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE IN UR LANGUAGE FROM ENGLISH TO YOURS <a href="http://www.google.com/language_tools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/language_tools</a><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/agflowers22.gif" /></span> <span style="color: green">What is Islam?</span><br />The word "Islam" is an Arabic word that means "submitting and surrendering your will to Almighty God" . The word comes from the same root as the Arabic word "salam", which means peace. Unlike the names used for other religions, such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, the name for the religion of Islaam was both revealed by God and carries a deep spritual meaning - only by submitting one's will to Almighty God can one obtain true peace both in this life and in the life hereafter. Islaam teaches that all religions originally had the same essential message - which was to submit whole-heartedly to the will of God and to worship Him and Him alone. For this reason, Islaam is not a new religion but is the same divinely revealed Ultimate Truth that God revealed to all prophets, including Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red">Who are Muslims?</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/2904336vuqtcrks9s.gif" /></span> The Arabic word "Muslim" literally means "someone who submits to the will of God" . The message of Islaam is meant for the entire world and anyone who accepts this message becomes a Muslim. Some people mistakenly believe that Islaam is just a religion for Arabs, but nothing could be further from the truth, since in actuality over 80% of the world's Muslims are not Arabs! Even though most Arabs are Muslims, there are Arabs who are Christians, Jews and atheists. If one just takes a look at the various peoples who live in the Muslim World - from Nigeria to Bosnia and from Morocco to Indonesia - it is easy enough to see that Muslims come from all different races, ethnic groups and nationalities. From the very beginning, Islaam had a universal message for all people. This can be seen in the fact that some of the early companions of the Prophet Muhammad were not only Arabs, but also Persians, Africans and Byzantine Romans. Being a Muslim entails complete acceptance and active obedience to the revealed will of Almighty God. A Muslim is a person who freely accepts to base his beliefs, values and faith on the will of Almighty God. In the past, even though you don't see it as much today, the word "Mohammedans" was often used as a label for Muslims. This label is a misnomer and is the result of either wilful distortion or sheer ignorance. One of the reasons for the misconception is that Europeans were taught for centuries that Muslims worshipped the Prophet Muhammad in the same way that Christians worship Jesus. This is absolutely not true since a Muslim is not permitted to worship anyone or anything besides Almighty God.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/076b72fdc8a0a6e8d764a0a531a9dff6.gif" /></span> Who is Allaah?<br /><br /><br />Very often one will here the Arabic word "Allaah" being used in regards to Islaam. The word "Allaah" is simply the Arabic word for Almighty God, and is the same word used by Arabic speaking Christians and Jews. If one were to pick up an Arabic translation of the Bible, one would see the word "Allaah" being use where the word "God" is used in English. Actually, the Arabic word for Almighty God, "Allaah", is quite similar to the word for God in other Semitic languages - for example, the Hebrew word for God is "Elah". For various reasons, some non-Muslims mistakenly believe that Muslims worship a different God than the God of Moses and Abraham and Jesus. This is certainly not the case, since the Pure Monotheism of Islaam calls all people to the worship of the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and all of the other prophets.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gstars12.gif" /></span> Can we see Allaah?<br /><br /><br />Allaah is not like the sun. Anyone can see the sun. Moreover, Allaah is the Most Beautiful. Nothing is as beautiful as Allaah. Actually looking at Allaah is the greatest pleasure of the people of Paradise. This pleasure is not granted by Allaah to anyone but the believers. So no one will see Allaah before he dies.<br /><br /><br /><br />Does Allaah see us?<br /><br />Allaah sees us and knows everything about us. He knows us better than we know ourselves. There is not a leaf on a tree that blows away, or stays in its place except that He knows it. There is not a dry spot or wet spot, nor a grain in the depths of the earth except that Allaah knows it.<br /><br /><br /><br />Where is Allaah?<br /><br /><br />Allaah is the Highest. He is High above all of His creation. He ascended above His Throne, which is immeasurably greater than the Heavens and the Earth. So much greater, that the Heavens and the Earth could fit in the footstool of the Throne, and they would be like a ring thrown into an open desert. Allaah is certainly the Greatest.<br /><br /><br /><br />Does Allaah look like us?<br /><br /><br />No. Allaah is Perfect. He is not like any of His creation. A Muslim does not say a single thing about Allaah, other than what Allaah says about Himself. Allaah is Perfect and Unique.<br /><br /><br /><br />Is Allah the same as what Christians call the father?<br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/agnature10.gif" /></span> Allah is the creator who Jesus worshipped. He is the Creator who spoke to Moses, and split the sea for Moses, and his followers. That is Allah. But Allah tells us: "Say Allah is one, He is Perfect, He has never begotten, nor was He begott, and there is no one equal to Him".<br /><br /><br /><br />What does it mean to believe in Allaah?<br /><br /><br />It means:<br /><br /><br />To believe in Allaah’s total Perfection and Uniqueness.<br /><br />To believe in the Angels. We must love them all in the same way, we cannot hate an Angel; for example, it is forbidden to hate Michael who is given the charge of Rain and the vegetation of the Earth or Gabriel, who is entrusted with Revelation (i.e. he brings down the Scriptures to the prophets, may Allaah exalt their mention).<br /><br />To believe in Allaah's books revealed to His Prophets, may Allaah exalt their mention, taking into consideration that all of these books have either disappeared or changed, except the last divine book, the Quran.<br /><br />To believe in His Prophets, may Allaah exalt their mention, because they are His Messengers and He sent them. We cannot pick and choose, a Muslim must believe in all the Prophets of Allaah, may Allaah exalt their mention.<br /><br />To believe in the Last Day: The Day of Judgment.<br /><br />To believe in Allaah's predestination of good and bad (we might consider something bad from our perspective), but to Allaah everything He does is good).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/2072249lvdecmq3p7.gif" /></span> Who is Muhammad?<br /><br /><br />The last and final prophet that God sent to humanity was the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad explained, interpreted and lived the teachings of Islaam. The Prophet Muhammad is the greatest of all prophets for many reasons, but mainly because the results of his mission have brought more people into the pure belief in One God than any other prophet. Even though other religious communities claimed to believe in One God, over time they had corrupted their beliefs by taking their prophets and saints as intercessors with Almighty God. Some religions believe their prophets to be manifestations of God, "God Incarnate" or the "Son of God". All of these false ideas lead to the creature being worshipped instead of the Creator, which contributed to the idolatrous practice of believing that Almighty God can be approached through intermediaries. In order to guard against these falsehoods, the Prophet Muhammad always emphasised that he was only a human-being tasked with the preaching of God's message. He taught Muslims to refer to him as "the Messenger of God and His Slave". To Muslims, Muhammad is the supreme example for all people - he was the exemplary prophet, statesman, military leader, ruler, teacher, neighbour, husband, father and friend. Unlike other prophets and messengers, the Prophet Muhammad lived in the full light of history. Muslims don't need to have "faith" that he existed and that his teachings are preserved - they know it to be a fact. Even when his followers only numbered a few dozen, Almighty God informed Muhammad that he had be sent as a mercy to all of mankind. Because people had distorted or forgotten God's messages, God took it upon Himself to protect the message revealed to Muhammad. This was because Almighty God promised not to send another messenger after him. Since all of God's messengers have preached the message of Islaam - i.e. submission to the will of God and the worship of God alone - Muhammad is actually the last prophet of Islaam, not the first.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers3.gif" /></span> Do Muslims worship Muhammad ( sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)?<br /><br /><br />No. Muslims do not worship Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam or any other prophet(s), may Allaah exalt their mention. Muslims believe in all prophets including Aadam (Adam), Nooh (Noah), Ibraaheem (Abraham), Daawood (David), Sulaymaan (Solomon), Moosaa (Moses) and 'Eesaa (Jesus), may Allaah exalt their mention. Muslims believe that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was the last of the prophets. They believe that God Alone is to be worshipped, not human beings or idols etc.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3021298ucy27hhghx.gif" /></span> What do Muslims think of Jesus ?<br /><br /><br />Muslims think highly of Jesus and his worthy mother, Mary. The Qur’an tells us that Jesus was born of a miraculous birth without a father. He was given many miracles as a prophet. These include speaking soon after his birth in defense of his mother's piety. God's other gifts to him included healing the blind and the sick, reviving the dead, making a live bird out of clay and, most importantly, the Divine message he was carrying. These miracles were given to him by God to establish him as a prophet. According to the Quran, he was not crucified but was raised into Heaven (which means):<br /><br />“And [for] their saying: “Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.” And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain Rather, Allaah raised him to Himself. And ever is Allaah Exalted in Might and Wise. ” [Quran 4: 157-158]<br /><br /><br /><br />Is there a Trinity in Islam?<br /><br /><br /><br />No. Allaah is Perfect. The Quran Says (what means): “Allaah – there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of (all) existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth…”[Quran 2:255] Can Jesus, or Mohammed peace be upon them be worshipped?<br />No, Allah does not accept that a cow, a person, an angel, a prophet, a stone, or anything be worshipped in place of him, or even along with Him. Worship must be to Allah the creator of them.<br /><br /><br /><br />Did Allah create Evil?<br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, Allah created the good, and the bad. Whatever bad happens to us is due to our sins. We sin and Allah pardons much of what we do; however, when something bad happens to us it is our fault, and we are to blame. Bad things that happen to a person are a chance for that person to reflect, and ask: ”Why is this happening to me?” A chance for a person to return from his sin, and obey, and worship Allah.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3054104kvnvma401q.gif" /></span> What are the Teachings of Islaam?<br /><br /><br /><br />The foundation of the Islaamic faith is belief in the Unity of God. This means to believe that there is only one Creator and Sustainer of everything in the Universe, and that nothing is divine or worthy of being worshipped except for Him. Truly believing in the Unity of God means much more than simply believing that there is "One God" - as opposed to two, three or four. There are a number of religions that claim belief in "One God" and believe that ultimately there is only one Creator and Sustainer of the Universe. Islaam, however, not only insists on this, but also rejects using such words as "Lord" and "Saviour" for anyone besides Almighty God. Islaam also rejects the use of all intermediaries between God and Man, and insists that people approach God directly and reserve all worship for Him alone. Muslims believe that Almighty God is Compassionate, Loving and Merciful.<br />The essence of falsehood is the claim that God cannot deal with and forgive His creatures directly. By over-emphasising the burden of sin, as well as claiming that God cannot forgive you directly, false religions seek to get people to despair of the Mercy of God. Once they are convinced that they cannot approach God directly, people can be mislead into turning to false gods for help. These "false gods" can take various forms, such as saints, angels, or someone who is believed to be the "Son of God" or "God Incarnate". In almost all cases, people who worship, pray to or seek help from a false god don't consider it to be, or call it, a "god". They claim belief in One Supreme God, but claim that they pray to and worship others beside God only to get closer to Him. In Islaam, there is a clear distinction between the Creator and the created. There is no ambiguity in divinity - anything that is created is not deserving of worship and only the Creator is worthy of being worshipped. Some religions falsely believe that God has become part of His creation, and this has led people to believe that they can worship something created in order to reach their Creator.Muslims believe that even though God is Unique and beyond comprehension - He has no "Son", partners or associates. According to Muslim belief, Almighty God "does not beget nor was He begotten" - neither literally, allegorically, metaphorically, physically or metaphysically - He is Absolutely Unique and Eternal. He is in control of everything and is perfectly capable of bestowing His infinite Mercy and Forgiveness to whomever He chooses. That is why is called the All-Powerful and Most-Merciful. Almighty God has created the Universe for man, and as such wants the best for all human beings. Muslims see everything in the Universe as a sign of the Creatorship and Benevolence of Almighty God. Also, the belief in the Unity of God is not merely a metaphysical concept. It is a dynamic belief that effects ones view of humanity, society and all aspects of life. As a logical corollary to the Islaamic belief in the Oneness of God, is its belief in the oneness of mankind and humanity.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gstars24.gif" /></span> What is the Qur'aan?<br /><br /><br />It is the final revelation of the will of Almighty God's to all of mankind, which was conveyed through the Angel Gabriel, in Arabic, to the Prophet Muhammad in its sounds, words and meanings. The Qur'aan, sometimes spelled Koran, was relayed to the Prophet's companions, which they memorised verbatim, and which has been publicly and continually recited by them and their successors until the present day. In short, the Qur'aan is the book of guidance from God par excellence. The Qur'aan is still memorised and taught by millions of people. The language of the Qur'aan, Arabic, is still a living language to millions of people, so unlike the scriptures of other religions, the Qur'aan is still read in its original language by countless millions of people. The Qu'ran is a living miracle in the Arabic language; and is know to be inimitable in its style, form and spiritual impact. God's final revelation to mankind, the Qur'aan, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad over a period of 23 years. The Qur'aan, in contrast to many other religious books, was always thought to be the Word of God by those who believed in it, i.e. it wasn't something decreed by a religious council many years after being written. Also, the Qu'ran was recited publicly in front of both the Muslim and non-Muslim communities during the life of the Prophet Muhammad. The entire Qur'aan was also completely written down in lifetime of the Prophet, and numerous companions of the Prophet memorised the entire Qur'aan word-for-word as it was revealed. So unlike other scriptures, the Qur'aan was always in the hands of the common believers, it was always thought to be God's word and, due to wide-spread memorisation, it was perfectly preserved. In regards to the teachings of the Qur'aan - it is a universal scripture, and it is addressed to all of mankind, and not to a particular tribe or "chosen people". The message that it brings is nothing new, but the same message of all of the prophets - submit to Almighty God and worship Him alone. As such, God's revelation in the Qur'aan focuses on teaching human beings the importance of believing in the Unity of God and framing their lives around the guidance which He has sent. Additionally, the Qur'aan contains the stories of the previous prophets, such as Abraham, Noah, Moses and Jesus; as well as many commands and prohibitions from God. In modern times in which so many people are caught up in doubt, spiritual despair and "political correctness", the Qur'aanic teachings offer solutions to the emptiness of our lives and the turmoil that is gripping the world today.<br /><br /><br /><br />How Do Muslims View the Nature of Man, the Purpose of Life and the Life Hereafter?<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/agflowers28.gif" /></span> In the Holy Qur'aan, God teaches human beings that they were created in order to worship Him, and that the basis of all true worship is God-consciousness. Since the teachings of Islaamic encompass all aspects of life and ethics, God-consciousness is encouraged in all human affairs. Islaam makes it clear that all human acts are acts of worship if they are done for God alone and in accordance to His Divine Law. As such, worship in Islaam is not limited to religious rituals. The teachings of Islaam act as a mercy and a healing for the human soul, and such qualities as humility, sincerity, patience and charity are strongly encouraged. Additionally, Islaam condemns pride and self-righteousness, since Almighty God is the only judge of human righteousness. The Islaamic view of the nature of man is also realistic and well-balanced. Human beings are not believed to be inherently sinful, but are seen as equally capable of both good and evil. Islaam also teaches that faith and action go hand-in-hand. God has given people free-will, and the measure of one's faith is one's deeds and actions. However, human beings have also been created weak and regularly fall into sin. This is the nature of the human being as created by God in His Wisdom, and it is not inherently "corrupt" or in need of repair. This is because the avenue of repentance of always open to all human beings, and Almighty God loves the repentant sinner more than one who does not sin at all. The true balance of an Islaamic life is established by having a healthy fear of God as well as a sincere belief in His infinite Mercy. A life without fear of God leads to sin and disobedience, while believing that we have sinned so much that God will not possibly forgive us only leads to despair. In light of this, Islaam teaches that: only the misguided despair of the Mercy of their Lord. Additionally, the Holy Qur'aan, which was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, contains a great deal of teachings about the life hereafter and the Day of Judgement. Due to this, Muslims believe that all human beings will ultimately be judged by God for their beliefs and actions in their earthly lives. In judging human beings, Almighty God will be both Merciful and Just, and people will only be judged for what they were capable of. Suffice it to say that Islaam teaches that life is a test, and that all human beings will be accountable before God. A sincere belief in the life hereafter is key to leading a well-balanced life and moral. Otherwise, life is viewed as an end in itself, which causes human beings to become more selfish, materialistic and immoral.<br /><br /><br /><br />Do Non-Muslims go to Heaven?<br /><br /><br />Allaah only accepts Islam because it is Allaah's true religion given to all His Prophets, may Allaah exalt their mention. He Says in the Quran (what means): "Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted of him, and he will be one of the losers in the Hereafter".<br /><br />[Quran 3:85]<br /><br /><br /><br />What about someone who has never heard of Islam?<br /><br /><br />Allaah is the Most Just, there is no one more Merciful than Allaah. Allaah said in the Quran (what means): “Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger." [Quran 17: 15]<br /><br />Thus, if a person had never heard about Islam and was never warned clearly, Allaah would have a special test in the Hereafter for that person, equal to the chance that person would have had on earth.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/2411953e8tnxdt01m.gif" /></span> What can I ask of Allah?<br /><br />Any thing but don't ask Him to do things like make you a prophet. Cause He has already said that there will be no more prophets.<br />You can ask Allah for guidance. Meaning you can ask Him to show you the correct religion.<br /><br /><br /><br />Who are my best friends?<br /><br /><br />Your best friends are the ones that care where you go after you are dead. This is like the prophets. They cared that we go to heaven, even if it meant some hardship on earth.<br /><br /><br /><br />Who is my worst enemy?<br /><br />That would be the devils, whether they are human devils (evil people), or Jinn devils (like Iblis) The Arabic word for a devil is Shaytan (similar to Satan). Satan wants us all to go to hell. He wants us to be bad on earth, even if we get rich, or do lots of wrong things that we appear to enjoy, he does not mind that. But he wants to make sure we don't go to heaven.<br /><br /><br />How do we know Islam is the truth?<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/2435623j5e4g8y117.gif" /></span> Islam is the only religion that:<br /><br /><br /><br />Holds Allaah as One, Unique and Perfect.<br /><br />Only Allaah is considered worthy of worship, not ‘Eesaa (Jesus) nor an idol, or an angel.<br /><br />The Quran does not contain contradictions.<br /><br />The Quran contains scientific facts, which are 1400 years ahead of their time. Even though it was revealed 1400 years ago, the Quran contains scientific facts which are only being discovered now. Scientific facts coincide with the Quran perfectly, and are not at variance with it.<br />Allaah challenges the world to produce the like of the Quran, while confirming that they will never be able to do so.<br /><br />Prophet Muhammad , was considered the most influential man in History. A non-Muslim wrote a book called “The 100” about the most influential men in history, and Prophet Muhammad , was ranked first. Prophet ‘Eesaa (Jesus) was placed third. Note that even Prophet ‘Eesaa (Jesus) was a prophet sent by Allaah. Would Allaah allow a false prophet to be so successful? No. Even the Bible says this in Deuteronomy 18:19: “A false prophet must die.” Yet, Prophet Muhammad , did not die until he had completely conveyed his Message and taught Allaah's religion.<br /><br />Prophet Muhammad , had predicted many future events, and all of his prophecies have come true or are still coming true.<br /><br />Most importantly: Allaah created humankind and we know that we should only worship Him. This is an instinct that is ingrained in all human beings. Allaah did not just leave us to our own resources, rather He sent Prophets, may Allaah exalt their mention, in all ages and for all nations.. These Prophets, may Allaah exalt their mention, were granted miracles as proof. The miracle for today’s age is the Quran. In this age there is no religion, except Islam, that worships only Allaah and believes in Him as being totally Perfect, and believes in all of His Prophets, may Allaah exalt their mention, and all the Scriptures.<br /><br />Can anyone become a Muslim? Yes, anyone can. There are two declarations, which are necessary:<br />To bear witness that no one deserves to be worshiped except Allaah.<br /><br />To bear witness that Prophet Muhammad , is the Messenger of Allaah.<br />This is the declaration of faith which makes a person Muslim, however, this should be said in Arabic.<br /><br />After this, what’s next? After a person becomes a Muslim he/she is taught about Prayers, Fasting, the Poor due, Pilgrimage. These are the pillars of Islam. Then what? Muslims are brothers. A Muslim should love for his brother what he loves for himself. Allaah's wealth does not run out and Allaah can provide for us all. We pray for each other and love each other, and love for our brothers and sisters what we love for ourselves.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: green">video BELONGINGS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD(sa) WITH HIS FOOT PRINT ON THE STONE ON THE NIGHT OF MERAZ A MIRACLE OF ALLAH</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Hzri0LyEw&feature=related" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Hzri0LyEw&feature=related</a><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/505085u52zlwv47j.gif" /></span>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-60617916888554405682012-04-10T02:08:00.000+02:002012-04-10T02:09:18.419+02:00What do Muslims think about Jesus?Muslims love and respect Jesus. They consider him one of the greatest of God’s prophets and messengers to humankind. A Muslim never refers to him simply as “Jesus,” but always adds the phrase “may the peace and blessings of God be upon him.” The Quran confirms his virgin birth, and a special chapter of the Quran is entitles “Mary.” The Quran describes the Annunciation as follows:<br />“The Angels said, ‘O Mary! God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations…’ ‘O Mary, God gives you good news of a word from Him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and in the Hereafter, and one of those brought near God. He shall speak to the people in infancy and in old age, and shall be of the righteous.’ She said: ‘O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?’ He said: ‘Even so; God creates what He wills. When He decrees a thing, He says to it, “Be” and it is.’” (Quran 3:42,45-7)<br />Just as God created Adam without a mother or father, He caused Jesus to be conceived without a father:<br />“Truly the example of Jesus in relation to God is as the example of Adam. He created him from dust and then said to him, ‘Be!’ and he was.” (Quran 3:59)<br />During his prophetic mission, Jesus performed many miracles. The Quran tells us that he said: “I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as it were, a figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by God’s leave. And I heal the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God’s leave.” (Quran 3:49)<br />Jesus, like Muhammad, came to confirm and renew the basic doctrine of the belief in One God brought by earlier prophets. In the Quran, Jesus is reported as saying the he came: “To attest the Torah that was before me. And make lawful to you part of what was forbidden to you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord; so be conscious of God and obey me.” (Quran 3:50)<br />The Prophet Muhammad said: “Whoever believes in that there is no deity except God, and with no partners, that Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is the servant and messenger of God; His word<span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/0439266naws40cy08.gif" /></span> which He bestowed upon Mary and a spirit proceeding from Him, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven.”<br />Jesus is not only central to Christianity; he is also venerated throughout Islam. Christians may be surprised to learn that Muslims believe in the Virgin Birth and Jesus' miracles. But this shared interest in his message goes much further.<br /><br />In the Muslim view, Jesus' essential work was not to replicate bread or to test our credulity, but to complement the legalism of the then original Torah with a leavening compassion rarely expressed in the older testament. His actions and words introduce something new to monotheism: They show the mercy of God. <br /><br />Jesus confirmed the Torah, stressing the continuity of his lineage, but he also developed the importance of compassion and self-purification as crucial links between learning the words of God's message and possessing the wisdom to carry it out. Oddly enough, some of the recent work by New Testament scholars seems to have reached a view of Jesus not all that different from Muslims'. For them, Jesus appears not as a literal son of God in human form, but as an inspired human being, a teacher of wisdom with a talent for love drawn from an unbroken relationship to God. Both versions present him as a man who spoke to common people in universal terms.<br /><br />Two events in the life of the Prophet Muhammad may help explain why Muslims revere the Christian Jesus. The first event involves an elder resident of Mecca named Waraqa bin Nawfal. This man was an early Arab Christian and a cousin of Muhammad's wife, Khadija. He could read Hebrew and was mystical by nature. He attended Khadija and Muhammad's wedding in about 595 CE.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/453612v7sn7pex67.gif" /></span> Fifteen years later, a worried Khadija sought Waraqa out and brought her husband to him. At the time, Muhammad was a 40-year-old respected family man. He was frightened. He had been meditating one evening in a cave on the outskirts of town. There, he had experienced something so disturbing that he feared he was possessed. A voice had spoken to him.<br /><br />Waraqa listened to his story, which was Muhammad's first encounter with the angel Gabriel. When it was finished, Waraqa assured him he was not possessed. "What you have heard is the voice of the same spiritual Messenger God sent to Moses. I wish I could be a young man when you become a Prophet. I would like to be alive when your own people expel you."<br /><br />"Will they expel me?" Muhammad asked.<br /><br />"Yes," the old man said. "No one has ever brought his people the news you bring without meeting hostility. If I live to see that day, I will support you."<br /><br />Christians will recognize in Waraqa's remarks an aphorism associated with Jesus: "A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country." But that a Christian should first have verified Muhammad's role as a Prophet may come as a surprise.<br /><br />The second important event concerning Islam and Christianity dates from 616, a few years after Muhammad began to preach publicly. This first attempt to reinstate the Abrahamic tradition in Mecca met (as Waraqa had warned) with violent opposition. Perhaps the Meccans resented Muhammad's special claim. Perhaps his message of a single, invisible, ever-present God threatened, in addition to their inherited traditions, the economy of their city. A month's ride south from the centers of power in Syria and Persia, poor remote Mecca depended on long-distance trade and on seasonal pilgrims who came there each year to honor hundreds of pagan idols, paying a tax to do so.<br /><br />At any rate, Muhammad's disruptive suggestion that "God was One" and could be worshipped anywhere did not sit well with the businessmen of Mecca.<br /><br />Many new Muslims were being tortured. Their livelihoods were threatened, their families persecuted. As matters grew worse, in 616 Muhammad sent a small band of followers across the Red Sea to seek shelter in the Christian kingdom of Axum. There, he told them, they would find a just ruler, the Negus, who could protect them. The Muslims found the Negus in his palace, somewhere in the borderland between modern Ethiopia and Eritrea.<br /><br />After one Muslim recited to him some lines on the Virgin Mary from the Quran, the Negus wept at what he heard. Between Christians and Muslims, he said, he could not make out more difference than the thickness of a twig. These two stories underscore the support Christians gave Muhammad in times of trial.<br /><br />The Quran distils the meaning from the drama: "And you will find the nearest in love to the believers (Muslims) those who say: We are Christian. That is because amongst them are priests and monks, and they are not proud. And when they listen to what has sent down to the Messenger (Muhammad), you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of the truth they have recognized." (Quran 5:82-83)<br /><br />Even today, when a Muslim mentions Jesus' name, you will hear it followed by the phrase "peace and blessings be upon him," because Muslims revere him as a Prophet. "Say (O Muslims): "We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us and that which has been sent down to Ibrahim (Abraham), Isma'il (Ishmael), Isahq (Issac), Ya'qub (Jacob), and to Al-Asbat (the offspring of the twelve sons of Ya'qub (Jacob), and that which has been given to Musa (Moses) and 'Isa (Jesus) and that which has been given to the Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we have submitted (in Islam)." (Quran 2:136)<br /><br />As these lines from the Quran make clear, Muslims regard Jesus as one of the world's great teachers. He and his mentor John the Baptist stand in a lineage stretching back to the founder of ethical monotheism. Moreover, among Muslims, Jesus is a special type of prophet; a Messenger empowered to communicate divinity not only in words but by miracles as well.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/1149430ujcny9o6tv.gif" /></span> Muslims believe that certain fictions were developed and added in the fourth and fifth centuries to Christianity and the portrait of Jesus. Three of these come in for special mention: First, Muslims consider monastic asceticism a latter-day innovation, not an original part of Jesus' way. Second, the New Testament suffers from deletions and embellishments added after Jesus' death by men who did not know him. Third, Muslims consider the description of Jesus as God's son a later, blasphemous suggestion.<br /><br />Muslims venerate Jesus as a divinely inspired human but never ever as "the Son of God". In the same vein, they treat the concept of the Trinity as a late footnote to Jesus' teachings, an unnecessary "mystery" introduced by the North African theologian Tertullian two centuries after Jesus' death. Nor do Muslims view his death as an act of atonement for mankind's sins. Rather, along with the early Christian theologian Pelagius, Islam rejects the doctrine of original sin, a notion argued into church doctrine by St. Augustine around the year 400.<br /><br />Islam holds the true view of Jesus that was refused and condemned by the fourth-century Byzantine Church . Once Constantine installed Christianity as the Roman Empire's state religion, a rage for orthodoxy followed. The Councils of Nicaea (325), Tyre (335), Constantinople (381), Ephesus (431), and Chalcedon (451) were official, often brutal attempts to stamp out views of Jesus held by other theologians whom the Byzantine Church called heretical.<br /><br />Rulings by these councils led to the persecution and deaths of tens of thousands of early Christians at the hands of more "orthodox" Christians who condemned them. Most disputes have centered until today on divergent interpretations of the Trinity and the very nature of Jesus. Then and now, no more dangerous religious mistake exists for a Muslim than dividing the Oneness of God by twos or threes.<br /><br />Despite these important differences, however, the Quran repeatedly counsels Muslims not to dispute with other monotheists over matters of doctrine except in a good manner and with respect and good words.<br /><br />"And argue not with the People of the Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better, save with such of them as do wrong; and say: 'We believe in that which hath been revealed unto us and revealed unto you; our God and your God is One, and unto Him we surrender.'" (29:46)<br /><br />What Does the Quran Say about Jesus ?<br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/1548502azn69860ig.gif" /></span> In His infinite Wisdom, Almighty God has not only measured and defined succinctly the nature and role of every creation on earth, but has included all human beings as well as His prophets and messengers.<br />The Islamic view of Jesus (peace be upon him) lies between two extremes. On one hand, the Jews rejected him as a Prophet of God and called him as impostor. On the other hand, the Christians consider him to be the Son of God and worship him as such. Islam considers Jesus (peace be upon him) to be one of the great Prophets of God and respects him as much as Ibrahim (Abraham), Moses, and Muhammad (peace be upon them). This is in conformity with the Islamic view of the Oneness of God, the Oneness of Divine Guidance, and the complementary role of the subsequent mission of God’s messengers. (Islamic Future, March/April 1997 issue vol. XII, No. 67).<br />In Surah “Maryam” (Chapter Mary), the Quran tells us how Mary gave birth to Jesus (peace be upon him), and how the Jews accused Mary of blasphemy when she brought home her child. The home folks were amazed and thought the worst of her. They accused her that she disgraced the house of Aaron, the fountain of priesthood. The Quran provided the dialogue between her and her people:<br />“At length she brought the (babe) to her people carrying him (in her arms), they said: “O Mary! Truly a strange thing has thou brought! “O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!” But she pointed to the babe. They said: “How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?” He said: “ I am indeed a servant of Allah: He hath given me revelation and made me a Prophet. “And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me prayer and zakat as long as I live. “(He hath made me) kind to my mother, and not overbearing or unblest; so peace on me the day that I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)” (Quran 19: 27-33)<br />Jesus is not the Son of God: he was, obviously enough, the son of Mary. The verses continue:<br />“Such (was) Jesus, the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute. It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that he should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter, He only says to it, “Be” and it is.” (Quran 19: 34-35).<br />The rejection of the idea of God having a son is re-stated with even stronger words:<br />“They say: “The Most Gracious has betaken a son!” Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous! At it the skies are about to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter<span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers105.gif" /></span> ruin, that they attributed a son to the Most Gracious. For it is not consonant with the majesty of the Most Gracious that He should beget a son. Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to The Most Gracious as a servant.” (Quran 19:88-93)<br />Jesus had no human father, but this does not make him the Son of God, or God Himself. By this criterion, Adam would have been more entitled to be the son of God, because he had neither a father nor a mother, so that the Quran draws attention to the miraculous creation of both in the following verse:<br />“The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: “Be”, and he was." (Quran 3:59, The Quran)<br />The Quran rejects the doctrine of the Trinity, (e.g., God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit) as strongly as it rejects the concept of Jesus (peace be upon him) as the Son of God. It also, rejects the doctrine of Crucifixion. Jesus (peace be upon him) was not crucified but was raised to heaven. It was certainly the plan of his enemies to put him to death on the cross, but God saved him and someone else was crucified. The Holy Quran is clear on this:<br />“That they said (in boast), “We killed Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah”, but they killed him not, nor crucified him. Only a likeness of that was shown to them. And those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge. But only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not: -Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, wise; - And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness against them.” (Quran 4:157-159).<br />The Quran went on in explaining the role of Jesus (peace be upon him) as only a Messenger of Allah, being His Word and a Spirit proceeding from Him. It explained further that Allah alone is One God and he alone is the Supreme Ruler of the entire Universe.<br />“O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a Messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and his Messengers. Say not “Three”: desist: it will be better for you, for Allah is the only one that (God), Glory be to Him: (Far Exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.” (Quran 4:171)<br />Here are some Quranic confirmations regarding Who God is and what Jesus (peace be upon him) says about Allah (God). All prophets advocated the absolute Oneness of God. He alone is worthy of worship, to whom all heads should bow down in submission and adoration. He alone is the Omnipotent Being and that all are in need of His favor and obliged to solicit His help.<br />“Certainly they disbelieved who Says: “Allah is Christ, the son of Mary.” But said Christ: “O Children of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.” Whoever joins other gods with Allah, - Allah will<span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/1529461sx0vxtacdl.gif" /></span> forbid him the Garden and the Fire will be his abode. There will for the wrong-doers be no one to help."<br />"They disbelieve who say: Allah is one of three (in a Trinity): for there is no god except One God. If they desist not from their word (of blasphemy), verily a grievous chastisement will befall the disbelievers among them."<br />"Why turn they not to Allah and seek His forgiveness? For Allah is Oft-forgiving, most Merciful."<br />"Christ, the son of Mary was no more than a Messenger; many were the Messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His Signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!"<br />"Say: Will ye worship, besides Allah something which hath no power either to harm or benefit you? But Allah, - He it is that hearth and knoweth all things.” (Quran 5:72-76)<br />“And behold! Allah will say: “O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, ‘take me and my mother for two gods besides Allah’/”. He will say: “Glory to Thee. Never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, Thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, though I know not what is in Thine. For thou knowest in full all that is hidden."<br />"Never said I to them aught except what thou didst command me to say, ‘Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord’”. (Quran 5: 116-117).<br />God Almighty having the absolute power without limit over all things may create anything He wishes. These Quranic verses below may enlighten us about Him and Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him).<br />“Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute. It is not befitting to the majesty of Allah that He should beget a son. Glory is to Him! When He determines a matter, He only says to it, “Be”, and it is. Verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord; Him therefore serves ye: this is a Way that is straight.” (Quran 19: 34-36).<br />“If you disbelieve, then verily,Allah is not in need of you, He likes not disbelief for His slaves.And if you are grateful (by being believers), He is pleased therewith you. No bearer of burdens shall bear<span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/5745239d686035f74ae592b48ca8010a.gif" /></span> the burden of another. Then to Your Lord is your return …” (Quran 39:7).<br />Mary never claimed that she was a mother of God, or that her son was God. She was a pious virtuous woman. And Jesus disclaims here any knowledge of the sort of things that are attributed to him by those who take his name. The worship of Mary, though repudiated by the Protestants, was widely spread in the earlier churches, both in the East and the West.<br />Some more reference about what Jesus (peace be upon him) says concerning God and himself:<br />In (Matthew 4:10) where Jesus (peace be upon him), reproves Satan for desiring the worship of other than Allah (God): “Begone, Satan! For it is written ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.” Jesus (peace be upon him) stressed the point that God alone should be worshipped.<br />In (John 20:17) where he says to Mary Magdalene, “… Go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” Jesus (peace be upon him) wanted to convey that he is no different from us with regards to our relationship with the Almighty God called by him as “Father”. Hence, he urged his disciples to pray the “Lord’s Prayer”: “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, they will be done on earth as it is in heaven…” (Matthew 6:9)<br />In (Luke 18:19) where he rebukes a ruler for calling him God Master: “Why do you call me god? No one is god but Allah (God) alone.” Godness is one of God’s exclusive attributes and Jesus (peace be upon him) emphasized to his listeners that no creator can arrogate to himself anything that belongs to God.<br />In (John 14:1) Jesus (peace be upon him) says: “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.” In giving assurance of glad tidings to his disciples, Jesus made it a point that in believing in God, his disciples should also believe in him, which implies that he was indeed separate and distinct from God.<br />And in (Mark 12:29-32), he says, “The first commandment is, “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/01529939gg8yeanop9.gif" /></span> Do Islam, Christianity and Judaism have different origins?<br />No. Muslims believe that the original, unchanged message given to Muhammad, Jesus, Moses and all the other prophets came from the One same God. This common origin explains their similarities in many beliefs and values.<br />“Say: We believe in God and what has been revealed to us, and what was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord; we do not make any distinction between any of them, and to Him (God) do we wholly give ourselves.” (Quran 3:84)<br />Jews, Christians and Muslims all consider Abraham their Patriarch. Abraham is mentioned in the Quran as one of the great prophets. He was blessed by God to be the father of many nations. From his second son, Isaac, descended the tribe of Israel, and through them, Moses and Jesus; and from his first son, Ishmael, came Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon all His messengers).<br />Abraham was commanded by God to rebuild the place of worship that Adam first built – the Kabah, in Makkah (Mecca). The Kabah is a simple stone structure, erected as a sanctuary for the worship of the One God. Muslims do not worship the Kabah; the cubical building is simply the unified direction towards which all Muslims face in prayer to God Almighty.mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-30508128436562837812012-04-10T02:06:00.000+02:002012-04-10T02:07:01.381+02:00WOMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM<span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/88e3604cbaca5f87eacb81268235b704.gif" /></span><span style="font-size: 80%"><span style="font-size: 160%"><span style="color: darkred"></span></span><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 140%">Taken from a Lecture by Dr Zakir Naik</span><br />Definition<br />According to the Oxford dictionary, ‘Women’s Rights are the rights, that promote a position of social and legal equality, of women to men’<br /><br />According to the Oxford dictionary, ‘they are the rights, claimed for the women, equal to those of men, as regards to suffrage that right to vote, as regards to property, etc’.<br /><br />‘Modernising’, according to the Oxford dictionary means, ‘to make modern, to adapt to modern needs or habits’.<br /><br />And according to the Webster’s dictionary it means… ‘To make modern, or to give a new character or appearance - e.g., to modernise ones ideas’.<br /><br />In short, modernising is a process of updating or opting for the betterment of the present status itself - It is not the present modern status itself.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/7830f6a6eb8c2167456ac0ec694b556c.gif" /></span> Can we modernise ourselves, to master our problems, and to realize a new way of life, for the whole human race?<br /><br />I am not concerned about the modern ideas, the conclusions and the categorical statements made by scientists and inexperienced armchair experts, as how a life should be lived by a woman.<br /><br />I am going to base my conclusions and considerations on truth, which can be proved by experience.<br /><br />Experience and unbiased factual holistic analysis, are the sure test, between the gold of truth, and the glitter of theory.<br /><br />We have to check our thinking against reality, otherwise many a times, our mental process will go astray - Indeed the great brains of one time, believed that the world was flat.<br /><br />Women Rights in the West<br />If we agree with the ‘Women’s rights in Islam’, as portrayed by the Western media, you have no option, but to agree that the ‘Women’s rights in Islam’ are outdated.<br /><br />The Western talk of women’s liberation, is actually a disguised form of exploitation of her body, deprivation of her honour and degradation of her soul.<br /><br />The Western society which speaks of upgrading the status of women in Islam, have actually reduced her status to concubines, to mistresses, to society butterflies, which are mere tools in the hands of sex marketers and pleasure seekers, which are disguised behind the colorful screen of art and culture.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/b73c1ed9aae858946177ff0ab5ddfc1b.gif" /></span> Women Rights in Islam<br />Islam’s radical revolutionary support, gave women their due right and status in the days of ignorance… 1,400 years ago.<br /><br />Islam’s objective was and continues to be, to modernise our thinking, our living, our seeing, our hearing, our feeling and striving for the women’s upliftment and emancipation in the society.<br /><br />Before I dwell further with the topic, I would like you to make note of a few points.<br /><br />Approximately one fifth of the world’s population, consists of Muslims. There are different Muslim societies - Some may be close to Islam, some may be far away from Islam.<br />The ‘Women’s rights in Islam’ should judged according to the authentic sources, and not what individual Muslims do, or what the Muslim society does.<br />The authentic sources of Islam, are the Qur’an, which is the word of God, and the authentic Sunnah, and the traditions of our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him).<br />Qur’an will never contradict itself, nor will the authentic Hadith contradict itself… neither will these two authentic sources, contradict each other.<br />Sometimes the scholars differ, and many a times, these differences can be removed by analyzing the Qur’an as a whole, and not just by quoting one particular Verse. Because if one particular verse of the Qur’an is ambiguous many a times the answer is given somewhere else in the Qur’an - Some people quote one source and neglect all the other sources.<br />It is the duty of every Muslim, male or female, to seek the pleasure of God, and to act as His trustee on this world, and not to try and gain fame or satisfy one’s own ego.<br />Islam believes in equality of men and women – ‘Equality’ does not mean ‘identicality’.<br /><br />In Islam, the role of a man and woman is complimentary, it is not conflicting. It is that of a partnership, it is not contradictory, so as to strive for supremacy.<br /><br />Where ‘Women’s rights in Islam’ is concerned, I have divided it into 6 broad categories.<br /><br />Six Categories of Women Rights in Islam<br />The first are ‘the Spiritual rights’, second are ‘the Economical rights’, third are ‘the Social rights’, fourth are ‘the Educational rights’, fifth are ‘the Legal rights’, and last are ‘the Political rights’.<br /><br />Sex is Not the Criteria to Enter Paradise:<br /><br />The greatest misconception that the West has about Islam, is that they think… ‘Paradise in Islam, is only meant for the male - it is not meant for the female’.<br /><br />This misconception can be removed by quoting from Surah Nisa, Ch. No. 4, Verse No 124, which says, ‘If any of you do deeds of righteousness, whether it be male or a female and has faith, they shall surely enter Paradise and not the least injustice shall be done to them’<br /><br />A similar thing is repeated in Surah Nahl, Ch.16, Verse No.97 which says… ‘If any of you perform good deeds, be it a man or a woman and is a believer, We shall give you good life and We should reward you for all your good works’.<br /><br />Just because in Islam, sex is not the criteria to enter Paradise, will you call such rights in Islam as modernising or outdated?<br /><br />A. Spiritual Rights of Women in Islam<br />Another misconception is that, which the Western media has, that, ‘The woman has no soul’.<br /><br />In fact, it was in the seventeenth century, when the Council of wise men, when they gathered at Rome, and they unanimously agreed that the woman had no soul.<br /><br />In Islam, man and woman have the same spiritual nature. It is mentioned in Quran, Ch.4, Verse No.1, which says that, ‘O humankind reverence your Guardian Lord, who has created you from a single person and created like nature his mate’.<br /><br />A similar thing is mentioned in Surah Nahl, Ch.16, Verse No.72, which says that, ‘We have made for you companions and mates of your own nature’.<br /><br />In Surah Al-Shura, Ch.42, Verse No.11, it says, ‘He is the one who has created the heavens and the earth and has made for you pairs from among yourselves’.<br /><br />Just because the spiritual nature of a man and woman is the same in Islam, will you call such rights in Islam, as modernizing or outdated?<br /><br />The Qur’an clearly mentions that, ‘God has breathed somewhat of His spirit into the human beings’.<br /><br />If you read Surah Hijr, Ch.15, Verse No.29, it says, ‘When I have fashioned you in due proportion and have breathed into you something of my spirit, fall you down in obeisance’.<br /><br />A similar thing is repeated in the Qur’an, in Surah Sajdah, Ch. 32, Verse No.9, which says, ‘Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His Spirit...’.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/c31a854dd7d279adbffdd3d9fedb6d43.jpg" /></span> Here, when God refers to as ‘Something of My Spirit, is breathed into the human beings’ - it does not mean, a sort of incarnation or a pantheistic form.<br /><br />It means that Allah has given to every human being something of His spiritual Nature, and the Knowledge of God Almighty, and coming closer towards Him.<br /><br />Here it refers to both Adam and Eve (may peace be upon them) - Both were breathed something of God's Spirit.<br /><br />Again we read in the Qur’an, that Allah has appointed the human being as His vicegerent, as His trustee, as is mentioned in Surah Isra, Ch.17, Verse No.70, which says, ‘We have honoured the children of Adam and bestowed on them special favours’.<br /><br />Note, here all the children of Adam have been honoured, male as well as female.<br /><br />There are some Religious scriptures, for example the Bible, which puts the blame on Eve for the downfall of humanity.<br /><br />In fact if you read the Qur’an in Surah Araf, Ch.7, Verse No.19 to 27, Adam and Eve (may peace be upon them both) are addressed, more than a dozen of times.<br /><br />Both disobeyed God, both asked for forgiveness, both repented, and both were forgiven.<br /><br />In the Bible, if you read Genesis, Ch. 3, only Eve is held responsible (May peace be upon her) for the downfall of humanity.<br /><br />And according to the doctrine of ‘Original Sin’, because of Eve (may peace be upon her) the whole of humanity is born in sin.<br /><br />Does Pregnancy Uplift the Women or Degrade?<br /><br />If you read the Bible in Genesis, Ch. 3, Verse No.16, it says that, 'To the woman He (God) said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."'<br /><br />That means, pregnancy and child birth has been said in the Bible to degrade the women and the labour pain is a sort of punishment.<br /><br />In fact if you read the Qur’an, pregnancy and child birth have uplifted the women.<br /><br />If you read Surah Nisa, Ch.4, Verse No.1, it says, ‘Respect the womb that bore you’.<br /><br />Its mentioned in Surah Luqman, Ch.31, Verse No.14, it says, ‘We have enjoined on the human being to be kind to the parents, in travail upon travail did their mother bore them and in years twain was their weaning’.<br /><br />A similar thing is mentioned in Surah Ahqaf, Ch.46, Verse No.15, it again repeats, which says, ‘We have enjoined on the human beings to be kind to his parents’.<br /><br />To be kind to the parents - in pain did their mother bore them, and in pain did she give them birth - Pregnancy in the Qur’an has uplifted the women not degraded her.<br /><br />Just because pregnancy has uplifted the women in Islam will you call such rights in Islam as modernizing or outdated?<br /><br />Criteria in the Sight of God to Judge Male and Female:<br /><br />The only criteria for judgment in the sight of Allah is ‘Taqwa’, ‘God consciousness’ or ‘righteousness’.<br /><br />It is mentioned in Surah Hujurat, Ch.49, Verse No.13 ‘O humankind, We have created you from a single pair of male and female and have divided you into nations and tribes, so that you shall recognize each other not that you despise each other and the most honored in the sight of God, is the one who is the most righteous’.<br /><br />Sex, colour, caste, wealth has got no criteria in Islam - The only criteria in the sight of God is ‘righteousness’, neither is sex the criteria for God to reward or to punish a person.<br /><br />If you read Surah Imran Ch.3 Verse No.195 it says ‘I will never suffer the loss of any of you, be it male or female, you are companions unto each other’.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/eaba1bc6c9a9022678aaf66b670d1f4d.jpg" /></span> Equal Moral Duties for Men and Women:<br /><br />I had started my talk by quoting a verse from the Qur’an from Surah Al Ahzab, Ch.33, Verse No.35, which says,<br /><br />‘For Muslim men and Muslim women,<br />for believing men and women,<br />for devout men and women,<br />for true men and women,<br />for men and women who are patient and constant,<br />for men and women who give in charity,<br />for men and women who fast and deny themselves,<br />for men and women who guard their chastity,<br />for men and women who engage much in God's praise,<br />God has prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward.’<br /><br />This verse indicates that the spiritual duties, the moral duties, for the men and women in Islam are the same - Both have to believe, both have to pray, both have to fast, both have to give in charity, etc, etc.<br /><br />But the women has been given certain concession in Islam.<br /><br />If she is undergoing her menstrual period or pregnancy, she does not have to fast - She can keep those fasts later on, when she is more healthy.<br /><br />During the menstrual period and during the postnatal period, she needs not pray also - she has been given the concession, and neither does she have to compensate it later on.<br /><br />Just because the moral duties of the men and women are equal in Islam will you call such rights in Islam as modernizing or outdated?<br /><br />B. Economical Rights to the Women<br />Islam gave economical rights to the women 1,300 years before the West.<br />An adult Muslim woman can own, she can dispose or disown any of her property without consulting any one, irrespective whether she is married or she is single.<br /><br />In 1870, it was the first time in England, that the West recognized the rights of the married woman, where she was allowed to own or dispose any of her property without consultation.<br /><br />I do agree that the women were given their economical rights 1300 years ago - these are ancient rights - but the question is – ‘are they modernizing or outdated?’<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/f1831fff565bb3a34ce3b0e5b101967a.gif" /></span> Women on Job:<br /><br />A women in Islam, if she wishes to work she can work - There is no text in the Qur’an or the authentic Hadith which prevents or makes it prohibited for a woman to do any work, as long as it is not unlawful, as long as it is within the preview of the Islamic Shariah, as long as she maintains her Islamic dress code.<br /><br />But natural, she cannot take up jobs, which exhibit her beauty and body - Like for example, modeling and film acting, and such kind of jobs.<br /><br />Many of the professions and jobs which are prohibited for the woman are also prohibited for the man, for example serving alcohol, working in gambling dens, doing any unethical or dishonest business. All these jobs are prohibited for both men and women.<br /><br />A true Islamic society requires women to take up profession such as doctors.<br /><br />We do require female Gynecologists, we do require female nurses, we do require female teachers.<br /><br />But, a woman in Islam has got no financial obligations - The financial obligation is laid on the shoulders of the man in the family - Therefore she need not work for her livelihood.<br /><br />But in genuine cases, where there are financial crisis in which both the ends do not meet, she has the option of working.<br /><br />Here too, no one can force her to work - She works out of her own, absolute free will.<br /><br />Financial Security for Women:<br /><br />A woman in Islam has been given more financial security, as compared to the man.<br /><br />As I told you earlier, the financial obligation is not put on her shoulder - It is put on the shoulder of the man in the family. It is the duty of the father or the brother, before she is married and the duty of the husband or the son, after she is married to look after her lodging, boarding, clothing and financial aspects of her.<br /><br />Compulsory Marital Gift for a Woman:<br /><br />When she gets married, she is on the receiving end.<br /><br />She receives a gift - she receives a dower or a marital gift, which is called as ‘Meher’.<br /><br />And it is mentioned in the Qur’an in Surah Nisa, Ch.4 Verse No.4 which says, ‘Give to the woman in dower, a marital gift’.<br /><br />For a marriage to solemnize in Islam, ‘Meher’ is compulsory.<br /><br />But unfortunately in our Muslim society here, we just keep a nominal ‘Meher’ to satisfy the Qur’an, say 151 Rupees, or some people give 786 Rupees and they spend lakhs and lakhs of Rupees on the reception, on the decoration, on the flowers, on the lunch parties, on the dinner parties.<br /><br />In Islam, there is no lower-limit, nor is there an upper limit for ‘Meher’ - But when a person can spend lakhs of Rupees on the reception, surely the ‘Meher ’ should be much more.<br /><br />There are various cultures which have crept into the Muslim societies, specially in the Indo-Pak area.<br /><br />They give a small amount of ‘Meher’ and they expect the wife to give a fridge, to give a T.V set, they expect the wife to give an apartment, to give a car, etc., and a large sum of dowry, depending upon the status of the husband.<br /><br />If he is a graduate, they may expect 1 lakh - If he is an engineer they may expect 3 lakhs - If he is a doctor they may expect 5 lakhs.<br /><br />Demanding dowry from the wife, directly or indirectly is prohibited in Islam.<br /><br />If the parents of the girl give the girl something out of their own free will, it is accepted - But demanding or forcing directly or indirectly, it is prohibited in Islam.<br /><br />No Financial Liabilities:<br /><br />If a Woman works, which she does not have to - whatever earning she gets, it is absolutely her property.<br /><br />She need not spend on the household - if she wants to spend it is her free will.<br /><br />Irrespective how rich the wife is, it is the duty of the husband to give lodging, boarding, clothing and look after the financial aspects of the wife.<br /><br />In case of divorce or if a wife gets widowed, she is given financial support for the period of ‘Iddah’ - and if she has children, she is also given child support.<br /><br />Right to Inherit:<br /><br />Islam gave the right to the women to inherit, centuries ago.<br /><br />If you read the Qur’an - in several verses, in Surah Nisa, in Surah Baqarah and in Surah Maidah, it is mentioned that a woman, irrespective she is a wife or she is a mother, or a sister, or a daughter, she has a right to inherit. And it has been fixed by God Almighty in the Qur’an.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/c58cce1b1e910c0e223088fa9b9983bc.jpg" /></span> C. Social Rights of Women in Islam<br />Broadly it can be categorized into four sub-headings. Social rights given to a daughter, to a wife, to a mother and to a sister.<br />Social Rights to a Daughter:<br />Islam prohibits, female infanticide. The killing of female children <p class="postinfo"><span class="postcomments"><br /></span></p>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-57127338288631170112012-04-10T02:03:00.000+02:002012-04-10T02:04:49.715+02:00ISLAM<h2 class="title"><br /></h2> <span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers101.gif" /></span> GOOGLE TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE IN UR LANGUAGE FROM ENGLISH TO YOURS <a href="http://www.google.com/language_tools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/language_tools</a><br /><br />ISLAM<br />Islam is not a new religion but the same truth that Allah has revealed through all his Prophets to every people. For a fifth of the world's population, Islam is both a religion and a complete way of life. Muslims follow a religion of peace, mercy and forgiveness and the vast majority have nothing to do with the extremely grave events which have come to be associated with their faith.<br /><br />The Arabic word 'Islam' simply means 'submission' and derives from a word meaning 'peace'. In a religious context it means complete submission to the will of Allah. 'Allah' is the Arabic name for 'The God'.<br /><br />One billion people from a vast range of races, nationalities and cultures across the globe - from the southern Philippines to Nigeria - are united by their common Islamic faith. About 18% live in the Arab world, substantial parts of Asia and Africa are Muslim, while significant minorities are to be found in the Soviet Union, China, North and South America and Europe.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3dd-a-19.gif" /></span> Muslims believe in one unique incomparable God; in the Angels created by him; In the Prophets through whom his revelations were brought to mankind; in the Day of Judgement and individual accountability for actions; in Allah's complete authority over human destiny and in life after death. Muslims believe in a chain of prophets starting with Adam and including Noah, Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elias, Jonah, John the Baptist and Jesus, peace be upon them. However, God's final message to man, a reconfirmation of the eternal message and a summing-up of all that has gone before was revealed in the form of the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) through the Angel Gabriel.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/KLMMD.gif" /></span> Simply by reciting (and believing) the testimony of faith (known as Shahadah in arabic):<br />(as it is pronounced in Arabic)<br />ashadu an la illaha ill'Allah wa ashadu anna Muhammadan rasool'Allah<br />(Translated: I bear witness and testify that here is no deity apart from Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah)<br />By this declaration the believer announces his or her faith in all Allah's messengers and the scriptures they brought.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3006593099_1_3_TVRYclQA.jpg" /></span> Muhammad (pbuh) was born in Makkah in the year 570 CE. Since his father died before his birth and his mother shortly afterwards, he was raised by his uncle from the respected tribe of the Quraysh. As he grew up, he became known for his truthfulness, generosity and sincerity, so that he was sought after for his ability to arbitrate in disputes. The historians describe him as calm and meditative. Muhammad (pbuh) was of a deeply religious nature and had long detested the idolatry and decadence of his society. It became his habit to meditate from time to time in the Cave of Hira near the summit of Jabal al-Nur, the 'Mountain of Light' near Makkah.<br />A non-Muslim perspective of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) can be found at www.IslamOnline.net<br /><br />At the age of 40, while engaged in a meditative retreat, Muhammad (pbuh) received his first revelation from Allah through the Angel Gabriel. This revelation, which continued for twenty-three years, is known as the Qur'an. As soon as he began to recite the words he heard from Gabriel and to preach the truth which Allah had revealed to him, he and his small group of followers suffered bitter persecution which grew so fierce that in the year 622 CE, Allah gave them the command to emigrate. This event, the Hijra, 'migration', in which they left Makkah for the city of Madinah some 260 miles to the north, marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar and the establishment of the Islamic State. After several years, the Prophet and his followers were able to return to Makkah, where they forgave their enemies and established Islam definitively. Before the Prophet died at the age of 63, the greater part of Arabia was Muslim and within a century of his death Islam had spread to Spain in the West and as far east as China.<br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/2073552z1f58d0xb9.gif" /></span> The Qur'an is the written form of the exact words revealed by Allah through the Angel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). It was memorised by Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and then dictated to his Companions and written down by his scribes, who cross-checked it during his lifetime. Not one word of its 114 chapters, Surahs, has been changed over the centuries, so that the Qur'an is in every detail the unique and miraculous text which was revealed to Muhammad (pbuh) fourteen centuries ago.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3113878402_8ac2bd357c_m.jpg" /></span> Yes, the Sunnah, the established and confirmed practice and example of the Prophet, is the second authority for Muslims. A hadith is a reliably transmitted report of what the Prophet said, did, or approved. Belief in the Sunnah is part of the Islamic faith.<br /><br />They are the framework of a Muslim's life; faith (Shahadah), prayer (Salat), concern for the needy (Zakah); fasting (Sawm/month of Ramadhan) and the pilgrimage to Makkah (Hajj) for those who are able.<br /><br />There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His messenger. This declaration of faith is known as the Shahadah, a simple formula which all the faithful believe.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/281890_119750884784496_100591573367094_147635_2432245_n.jpg" /></span> Salat is the name for prayer in Islam. Obligatory prayers are performed five times a day and are a direct link between the worshipper and Allah. There is no hierarchical authority in Islam and no priests, so the prayer is led by a learned person who knows the Qur'an, chosen by the congregation. These five prayers contain verses from the Qur'an and are said in Arabic, the language of the Revelation, but personal supplication can be offered in one's own language.<br /><br />One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to Allah and that wealth is therefore held by human beings as a trust. The word Zakat means both 'purification' and 'growth'. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a portion for those in need and like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth. <br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers70.gif" /></span> Every year during the month of Ramadhan, all able Muslims fast from dawn until sunset, abstaining from food, drink and sexual relations. Thosewho are sick, elderly or on journey and women who are pregnant or nursing are permitted to break the fast and make up an equal number of days later in theyear. If they are physically unable to do this, they must feed a needy person for every day missed. Children begin to fast (and to observe prayer) from puberty, although many startearlier. Although the fast is most beneficial to the health, it is regarded principally as a method of self-purification. By cutting oneself off fromworldly comforts, even for a short time, a fasting person gains true sympathy with those who go hungry as well as growth in one's spiritual life.<br /><br />The annual pilgrimage to Makkah - the Hajj - is an obligation only for those who are physically and financially able toperform it. Nevertheless, about two million people go to Makkah each year fromevery corner of the globe providing a unique opportunity for those of differentnations to meet one another.<br />Although Makkah is filled with visitors all year round, the annual Hajj itself begins in the twelfth month of the Islamic year (which is lunar, not solar, so that Hajj and Ramadhan fall sometimes in summer, sometimes in winter). Male pilgrims wear special clothes: simple garments which strip away distinctions of class and culture, so that all stand equal before Allah. <br /><br />Muslims respect and revere Jesus and await his Second Coming. They consider him one of the greatest of Allah's Prophets to mankind. A Muslim never refers to him simply as 'Jesus', but always adds the phrase 'upon him be peace'. The Qur'an confirms his virgin birth and Mary is considered the purest woman in all creation.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/0gstars24.gif" /></span> Islam sees a woman, whether single or married, as an individual in her ownright, with the right to own and dispose of her property and earnings. Amarriage dowry is given by a groom to the bride for her own personal use andshe keeps her own family name rather than taking her husband's. Both men andwomen are expected to dress in a way which is modest and dignified; thetraditions of female dress found in some Muslim countries are often theexpression of local customs.<br /><br />The family is the foundation of Islamic society. The peace and security offered by a stable family unit is greatly valued and seen as essential for the spiritual growth of its members. A harmonious social order is created by the existence of extended families; children are treasured and rarely leave home until the time they marry.<br /><br />Like Jews and Christians, Muslims believe that the present life is only a trial preparation for the next realm of existence. Basic articles of faith include: The Day of Judgement, resurrection, Heaven and Hell.<br />When a Muslim dies, he or she is wrapped in a clean white cloth and buried with a simple prayer preferably the same day. Muslims consider this one of the final services they can do for their relatives and an opportunity to remember their own existence here on earth. The Prophet taught that three things can continue to help a person even after death; charity which he had given, knowledge which he had taught and prayers on his behalf by a righteous child.<br /><br />Like Christianity, Islam permits fighting in self-defence, in defence of religion, or on the part of those who have been expelled forcibly from their homes. It lays down strict laws of combat which include prohibitions against harming civilians and against destroying crops, trees and livestock.<br />As Muslims see it, injustice would be triumphant in the world if good men were not prepared to risk their lives in a righteous cause.<br />War, therefore is the last resort and is subject to rigorous conditions laid down by the sacred law. The term 'Jihad' literally means 'struggle' and Muslims believe that there are two kinds of Jihad. The other 'Jihad' is the inner struggle everyone wages against egoistical desires, for the sake of attaining inner peace.mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-54540194041123680972012-04-10T02:02:00.001+02:002012-04-10T02:02:40.278+02:005 pillars of Islam<span style="color: limegreen"><span style="font-size: 140%"></span></span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/KLMMD2.gif" /></span> 1. FAITH<br /><br />The Shahada inscribed over entrance to Ottoman Topkapi Palace (the museum contains a mantle worn by the Prophet, among other treasures), Istanbul.<br />"There is no god worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His messenger."<br />This declaration of faith is called the Shahada, a simple formula which all the faithful pronounce. In Arabic, the first part is: La ilaha illa Llah - 'there is no god except God'; ilaha (god) can refer to anything which we may be tempted to put in place of God - wealth, power, and the like. Then comes illa Llah: 'except God', the source of all Creation.<br />The second part of the Shahada is Muhammadun rasulu'Llah: 'Muhammad is the messenger of God.' A message of guidance has come through a man like ourselves.<br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/j2xy.gif" /></span><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/13361_181630449826_168168099826_2775619_6157705_n.jpg" /></span> 2. PRAYER<br />Salat is the name for the obligatory prayers which are performed five times a day, and are a direct link between the worshipper and God. There is no hierarchical authority in Islam, and no priests, so the prayers are led by a learned person who knows the Quran, chosen by the congregation. These five prayers contain verses from the Quran, and are said in Arabic, the language of the Revelation, but personal supplication can be offered in one's own language.<br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/zekat.jpeg" /></span> 3. THE 'ZAKAT'<br /><br /><br /><br />Zakat keeps the money flowing within a society, Cairo.<br />One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to God, and that wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust. The word zakat means both 'purification' and 'growth'. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth.<br />Each Muslim calculates his or her own zakat individually. For most purposes this involves the payment each year of two and a half percent of one's capital.<br />A pious person may also give as much as he or she pleases as sadaqa, and does so preferably in secret. Although this word can be translated as 'voluntary charity' it has a wider meaning. The Prophet said 'even meeting your brother with a cheerful face is charity.'<br />The Prophet said: 'Charity is a necessity for every Muslim.' He was asked: 'What if a person has nothing?' The Prophet replied: 'He should work with his own hands for his benefit and then give something out of such earnings in charity.' The Companions asked: 'What if he is not able to work?' The Prophet said: 'He should help poor and needy persons.' The Companions further asked 'What if he cannot do even that?' The Prophet said 'He should urge others to do good.' The Companions said 'What if he lacks that also?' The Prophet said 'He should check himself from doing evil. That is also charity.'<br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/are065.jpg" /></span><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Ramzan-Ayat-Mubaraka.gif" /></span> 4. THE FAST<br />Every year in the month of Ramadan, all Muslims fast from first light until sundown, abstaining from food, drink, and sexual relations. Those who are sick, elderly, or on a journey, and women who are pregnant or nursing are permitted to break the fast and make up an equal number of days later in the year. If they are physically unable to do this, they must feed a needy person for every day missed. Children begin to fast (and to observe the prayer) from puberty, although many start earlier.<br />Although the fast is most beneficial to the health, it is regarded principally as a method of self purification. By cutting oneself off from worldly comforts, even for a short time, a fasting person gains true sympathy with those who go hungry as well as growth in one's spiritual life.<br />5. PILGRIMAGE (Hajj)<br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/17.jpg" /></span><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Circling_the_Kaaba.gif" /></span><br />Pilgrims praying at the mosque in Makkah.<br />The annual pilgrimage to Makkah - the Hajj - is an obligation only for those who are physically and financially able to perform it. Nevertheless, over two million people go to Makkah each year from every corner of the globe providing a unique opportunity for those of different nations to meet one another. Although Makkah is always filled with visitors, the annual Hajj begins in the twelfth month of the Islamic year (which is lunar, not solar, so that Hajj and Ramadan fall sometimes in summer, sometimes in winter). Pilgrims wear special clothes: simple garments which strip away distinctions of class and culture, so that all stand equal before God.<br /><br />Pilgrim tents during Hajj.<br />The rites of the Hajj, which are of Abrahamic origin, include circling the Ka'ba seven times, and going seven times between the mountains of Safa and Marwa as did Hagar during her search for water. Then the pilgrims stand together on the wide plain of Arafa and join in prayers for God's forgiveness, in what is often thought of as a preview of the Last Judgment.<br />In previous centuries the Hajj was an arduous undertaking. Today, however, Saudi Arabia provides millions of people with water, modern transport, and the most up-to-date health facilities.<br />The close of the Hajj is marked by a festival, the Eid al-Adha, which is celebrated with prayers and the exchange of gifts in Muslim communities everywhere. This, and the Eid al-Fitr, a feast-day commemorating the end of Ramadan, are the main festivals of the Muslim calendar.mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-45235745060730843102012-04-10T02:00:00.000+02:002012-04-10T02:01:31.013+02:00The Last Sermon (Khutbah) of Prophet Muhammad (Farewell Sermon)<span style="color: green"></span><br />taken from <a href="http://www.iqrasense.com/about-islam/the-last-sermon-khutbah-of-prophet-muhammad-farewell-sermon.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.iqrasense.com/about-islam/the-last-sermon-khutbah-of-prophet-muhammad-farewell-sermon.html</a><br /><br />Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) delivered his last sermon (Khutbah) on the ninth of Dhul Hijjah (12th and last month of the Islamic year), 10 years after Hijrah (migration from Makkah to Madinah) in the Uranah Valley of mount Arafat. His words were quite clear and concise and were directed to the entire humanity.<br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/0gstars12.gif" /></span> After praising, and thanking Allah he said:<br /><br />"O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I know not whether after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I am saying to you very carefully and TAKE THESE WORDS TO THOSE WHO COULD NOT BE PRESENT HERE TODAY.<br /><br />O People, just as you regard this month, this day, this city as Sacred, so regard the life and property of every Muslim as a sacred trust. Return the goods entrusted to you to their rightful owners. Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you. Remember that you will indeed meet your LORD, and that HE will indeed reckon your deeds. ALLAH has forbidden you to take usury (interest), therefore all interest obligation shall henceforth be waived. Your capital, however, is yours to keep. You will neither inflict nor suffer any inequity. Allah has Judged that there shall be no interest and that all the interest due to Abbas ibn ‘Abd’al Muttalib (Prophet’s uncle) shall henceforth be waived…<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers75.gif" /></span> Beware of Satan, for the safety of your religion. He has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things.<br /><br />O People, it is true that you have certain rights with regard to your women, but they also have rights over you. Remember that you have taken them as your wives only under Allah’s trust and with His permission. If they abide by your right then to them belongs the right to be fed and clothed in kindness. Do treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your partners and committed helpers. And it is your right that they do not make friends with any one of whom you do not approve, as well as never to be unchaste.<br /><br />O People, listen to me in earnest, worship ALLAH, say your five daily prayers (Salah), fast during the month of Ramadan, and give your wealth in Zakat. Perform Hajj if you can afford to.<br /><br />All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly. Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves.<br /><br />Remember, one day you will appear before ALLAH and answer your deeds. So beware, do not stray from the path of righteousness after I am gone.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/084.gif" /></span> O People, NO PROPHET OR APOSTLE WILL COME AFTER ME AND NO NEW FAITH WILL BE BORN. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the QURAN and my example, the SUNNAH and if you follow these you will never go astray.<br /><br />All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly. Be my witness, O ALLAH, that I have conveyed your message to your people".<br /><br />(Reference: See Al-Bukhari, Hadith 1623, 1626, 6361) Sahih of Imam Muslim also refers to this sermon in Hadith number 98. Imam al-Tirmidhi has mentioned this sermon in Hadith nos. 1628, 2046, 2085. Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal has given us the longest and perhaps the most complete version of this sermon in his Masnud, Hadith no. 19774.)<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgcenter"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers81.gif" /></span>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-74659649606966083522012-04-10T01:56:00.000+02:002012-04-10T01:58:49.106+02:00About the finality of Prophethood<span style="color: firebrick"><span style="font-size: 140%"></span></span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Calig12.JPG" /></span> When any person, irrespective of religion examines the Quran & the hadith, he is left with no doubt whatsoever that Islam clearly declares Muhammed ( PBUH ) as the last Prophet.<br />" O people! Muhammed is not the father of any of your men, but he is the messenger of Allah, And the seal of the Prophets: And Allah has full knowledge of all things"<br />- Al Qur'an Surah 33 Al Ahzab verse 40<br />( Abdullah Yousuf Ali )<br /> The above verse of the glorious Qur'an clearly calls Prophet Muhammed ( PBUH ), the `seal of the Prophets'. A thorough examination of the above verse & the bahai arguments are presented in the Acid test pg.<br />Apart from this there are numerous hadiths of the Prophet ( PBUH ) which confirm his finality. Here are a few.<br />1. The holy Prophet ( PBUH ) observed:; " The tribe of Israel were guided by many prophets. When a prophet passed away, another Prophet succeeded him. But no Prophet will come after me; only caliphs will succeed me".<br />Bukhari, Kitab ul Manaqib<br />2. The Prophet of God ( PBUH ) affirmed : " My position in relation to the prophets who came before me can be explained by the following example: A man erected a building and adorned this edifice with a great beauty, but he left an empty niche, in the corner where just one brick was missing. People looked around the building and marvelled from that niche. I am like that one missing brick and I am the last in the line of the Prophets".<br />Bukhari, kitab ul Manqib.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/01.jpg" /></span> 3. The holy Prophet ( PBUH ) observed: " God has bestowed upon me six favours which the former Prophets didn't enjoy<br /> i) I have been endowed with the gift of perfect speech.<br /> ii) I was granted victory owing to my awe.<br /> iii) The spoils of war were made lawful unto me.<br /> iv) The whole earth has been made the place of worship for me and it has become the purification for me also. Prayers can be offered at any place over the earth. And in the case water is not available, it is lawful for my people to perform ablutions with the earth ( tayammum ) and to cleanse themselves with the soil if water for bathing is scarce. <br /> v) I have been sent by Allah to carry His Divine message to the whole world.<br /> vi) And the line of Prophets has come to its final end in me.<br />Muslim, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah<br /><br />4. The Prophet of Allah ( PBUH ) affirmed: " The chain of messengers and Prophets has come to an end. There shall be no messenger nor Prophets after me".<br />Tirmidhi<br /><br />5. The holy Prophet ( PBUH ) observed : " I am Muhammed, I am Ahmed, I am the effacer and infidelity shall be erased through me: I am the assembler. People shall be assembled on doomsday after my time. And I am the last in the sense that no Prophet shall succeed me ".<br />Bukhari, Tirmidhi, Muslim<br />6. The Prophet of God ( PBUH ) observed: "God Almighty hath sent unto the world no Apostle who did not his people about the appearance of the Dajjal ( Anti Christ, but he did not appear in their time )I am the last in the line of the Prophets and ye are the last community of believers. Without doubt, then, the Dajjal shall appear from amongst ye".<br />Ibn Majah, kitab ul fitan, Bab: dajjal<br />7. Abdur Rahman bin Jubair reported: " I heard `Abdullah bin Amr ibn As' narrating that `One day the holy Prophet ( PBUH ) came out of his house and joined our company. His manner gave the impression as if he were leaving us. He said " I am Muhammed, the unlettered Prophet of Allah, and repeated this statement three times. Then he affirmed: `There will be no Prophet after me"<br />Musnad Ahmed, Marwiyat `Abdullah bin Amr ibn As<br />8. The holy Prophet ( PBUH ) said: "Allah will send no Apostle after me, but only Mubashirat. It was asked` what is meant bymubashirat'. He said good vision or pious vision"<br />Musnad Ahmed,Maruwat Abu Tufail<br />9. The holy Prophet ( PBUH ) told Hadrat Ali " You are relating to me as Aaron was related to Moses. But no Apostle will come after me"<br />Bukhari, Muslim, kitab fada'il as sahaba<br />10. The Prophet of God ( PBUH ) said: "No Prophet will come after me and there will, therefore, be no other community of followers of any new Prophet".<br />Baihaqi, kitab ul Rouya: Tabarani<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: darkred">About future people claiming prophethood </span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/wd003.jpg" /></span> 1. Abu Huraira observed that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "In the latter Days there will come forth men who will deceive the world by religion, clothed before men in sheepskin because of gentleness, their tongues sweeter than sugar, and their hearts the hearts of wolves."<br />(Tirmidhi)<br />2. Abu Hurairah observed that the Prophet (PBUH) said: " In the latter days there will be impostors, liars, who will come to you with stories which you have never heard, neither you nor your forefathers. Beware then, beware!!! Let them NOT lead you astray, nor let them put you into trouble"<br />(Muslim)<br />3. Thauban reports: "The Holy Prophet (PBUH) observed: And there will arise Thirty impostors in my Ummah and each one of them will pronounce to the world that he is a prophet, but I am the last in the line of the Prophets of God and no messenger will come after me."<br />(Abu Dawud, Kitab-ul-Fitan)<br /><br /><span style="color: green">Prophecies relating to the return of Jesus Christ ( peace be upon him ) </span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Calligraphy029.jpg" /></span> Here are some prophecies relating to the return of Jesus Christ ( PBUH ). Decide for yourself whether Mirza Hussain Nuri fits into these Prophecies.<br />1. Hadrat Abu Huraira reports that the Apostle (PBUH) of Allah affirmed: "No Prophet shall come during the period between me and Jesus (PBUH). And Jesus shall descend. Recognize him when you see him; he is a man of medium height and of a rudy, fair complexion. He will be dressed in two pieces of yellow garment. The hair of his head will appear as if water is trickling out of them, though his hair would not be wet. He will fight for the cause of Islam. He will break the Cross (Christianity) into pieces. He will slay the swine. He will abolish the Jizya (tax) on non-believers. In his time God will put an end to all other faiths except the religion of Islam . And Christ will kill Dajjal (antichrist). He will live on this earth for a period of forty years and at the end of this period he will pass away. The Muslims will offer the funeral prayers of Christ (PBUH).<br />(Abu Dawud, Kitab-ul-Malahim, Bab: Khuruj-ul-Dajjal; Musnad Ahmad, Marwiyat Abu Huraira)<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3dd-e-6.gif" /></span> 2.-"Ibn Mas'ood reported that the Prophet (S) said, "On the night of the Israa' (night journey), I met my father Abraham, Moses and Jesus, and they discussed the Hour. The matter was referred first to Abraham, then to Moses, and both said, 'I have no knowledge of it'. Then it was referred to Jesus, who said, 'No one knows about its timing except Allah; what my Lord told me was that the Dajjal (AntiChrist) will appear, and when he sees me he will begin to melt like lead. Allah will destroy him when he sees me. The Muslims will fight against the Kaafirs (non-believers) , and even the trees and rocks will say, "O Muslim, there is a Kaafir (non-believer) hiding beneath me - come and kill him!" Allah will destroy the Kaafirs (non-believers) , and the people will return to their lands. Then Gog and Magog will appear from all directions, eating and drinking everything they found. The people will complain to me, so I will pray to Allah and He will destroy them, so that the earth will be filled with their stench. Allah will send rain which will wash their bodies into the sea. My Lord has told me that when that happens, the HOUR WILL BE VERY CLOSE, LIKE A PREGNANT WOMAN WHOSE TIME IS DUE, BUT HER FAMILY DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHEN SHE WILL DELIVER."<br />[Ahmad, Musnad, 1/375. Similar Hadith in Ibn Maajah, Kitaab al-Fitan (hadith 4081), 2/1365, 1366]<br />Here are a few more<br />Narrated Abu Huraira(RA) that the Prophet of Allah(SAW) said:<br /><br />By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, Son of Mary (Jesus) will shortly descend amongst you people (Muslims) as a just ruler and will break the Cross and kill the pig and abolish the Jizyah (a tax taken from the non-Muslims, who are in the protection, of the Muslim government). Then there will be abundance of money and no one will accept charitable gifts.<br />(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 3, Book 34, No. 425)<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Calligraphy023.jpg" /></span> Narrated Abu Huraira(RA) that hazrat Muhammad(SAW) said:<br /><br />The Hour will not be established until the Son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you as a just ruler, he will break the cross, kill the pigs, and abolish the Jizyah tax. Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it (as charitable gifts).<br />(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 3, Book 43, No. 656)<br /><br />Allah's Apostle(SAW) declared:<br /><br />I swear by Him in Whose hands is my life that soon there will descend among you Hazrat Isa Ibn-e-Mariam as a Just Ruler; so (he) will break the 'cross', kill swine and prohibit war!<br />(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 1, No. 668, Book of Prophets, P. 490)<br /><br />Narrated Abu Huraira(RA) he heard Allah's Apostle(SAW) say:<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3006593099_1_5_AkiS0yGz.jpg" /></span> By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, surely (Jesus,) the Son of Mary will soon descend amongst you and will judge mankind justly (as a Just Ruler); he will break the Cross and kill the pigs and there will be no Jizyah (i.e. taxation taken from non Muslims). Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it, and a single prostration to Allah (in prayer) will be better than the whole world and whatever is in it." Abu Huraira added "If you wish, you can recite (this verse of the Holy Book): -- "And there is none Of the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians) But must believe in him (i.e Jesus as an Apostle of Allah and a human being) before his death. And on the Day of Judgement He will be a witness against them." (Quran 4:159)<br />(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4, Book 55, No. 657; Fateh-ul Bari, Vol. 7, P. 302)<br />A similar narration by Ata(RA) has been recorded by Muslim with the following sentence added at the end:<br />Mutual hatred, jealousy and grudge will disappear.<br /><br />Narrated Abu Huraira(RA) that hazrat Muhammad(SAW) taught:<br /><br />How will you be when the Son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you and he will judge people by the law of the Quran and not by the law of Gospel.<br />(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4, Book 55, No. 658; Fateh-ul Bari, Vol. 7, P. 304-305)<br /><br />Narrated Abu Huraira(RA) that the Prophet(SAW) said:<br /><br />There is no prophet between me and him, that is, Jesus (peace be upon him). He will descent (to the earth). When you see him, recognize him: a man of medium height, reddish fair, wearing two light yellow garments, looking as if drops were falling down from his head though it will not be wet. He will fight the people for the cause of Islam. He will break the cross, kill swine, and abolish jizyah. Allah will perish all religions except Islam. He will destroy the Antichrist and will live on the earth for forty years and then he will die. The Muslims will pray over him.<br />(Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 37, No. 4310)<br /><br />It is reported by Anas(RA) that the holy Prophet(SAW) said:<br /><br />Whosoever from amongst you lives to see Jesus, son of Mary, he should convey my greetings to him.<br />(Hakim)<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3012761659_1_3_HundRcV9.jpg" /></span> Jabir ibn Abdullah(RA) narrated I heard the Messenger of Allah(SAW) say:<br /><br />A section of my people will not cease fighting for the Truth and will prevail till the Day of Resurrection. He said: Jesus Son of Mary will then descend and their (Muslims') commander (Al Mahdi) will invite him to come and lead them in prayer, but he would say: No, some amongst you are commanders over some (amongst you). This is the honour from Allah for this Ummah.<br />(Sahih Muslim, Book 1, No. 0293)<br /><br />Allah's Apostle(SAW) said:<br /><br />Allah will send Maseeh ibne Maryam (Messiah son of Mary). Thus he will descend near the White Eastern Minaret of Damascus, clad in two yellow sheets, leaning on the shoulders of two angels.<br />(Sahih Muslim, Vol. 8, P. 192-193)<br /><br />It is reported by Aws Ibn Aws al-Thaqafi(RA) that hazrat Muhammad(SAW)said:<br /><br />Jesus, son of Mary, will descend near the white minaret towards the east of Damascus.<br />(Tabarani)<br /><br />Narrated Ibn Abbas(RA) the Prophet(SAW)said:<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/IMG_5490.JPG" /></span> On the night of my Ascent to the Heaven, I saw Moses who was a tall brown curly haired man as if he was one of the men of Shan'awa tribe, and I saw Jesus, a man of medium height and moderate complexion inclined to the red and white colours and of lank hair. I also saw Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire and Ad-Dajjal amongst the signs which Allah showed me. (The Prophet then recited the Holy Verse) "So be not you in doubt of meeting him' when you met Moses during the night of Mi'raj over the heavens (Quran, 32:23)".<br />(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4, Book 54, No. 462)<br /><br />Allah's Apostle(SAW) said:<br /><br />I saw myself (in a dream) near the Ka'ba last night, and I saw a man with whitish red complexion, the best you may see amongst men of that complexion having long hair reaching his earlobes which was the best hair of its sort, and he had combed his hair and water was dropping from it, and he was performing the Tawaf around the Ka'ba while he was leaning on two men or on the shoulders of two men. I asked, 'Who is this man?' Somebody replied, '(He is) Messiah, Son of Mary.' Then I saw another man with very curly hair, blind in the right eye which looked like a protruding out grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' Somebody replied, '(He is) Messiah, Ad-Dajjal.'<br />(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 9, Book 87, No. 128)<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/design.jpg" /></span> Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah(SAW) said:<br /><br />I dreamt at night that I was at the Kabah, and I saw a dark man like the most handsome of dark men you have ever seen. He had hair reaching to between his ears and his shoulders like the most excellent of such hair that you have seen. He had combed his hair, and water was dripping from it. He was leaning on two men or on the shoulders of two men doing tawaf around Kabah. I asked, 'Who is this?' It was said, 'al-Masih ibn Maryam.' Then we were with a man with wiry hair and blind in his right eye, as if it was a floating grape. I asked 'Who is this?' It was said to me, 'This is al-Masih ad-Dajjal.'<br />(Malik's Muwatta, Book 49, No. 49.2.2)<br /><br />Narrated Abu Huraira(RA) that Allah's Apostle(SAW) said:<br /><br />On the night of my Ascension to Heaven, I saw (the prophet) Moses who was a thin person with lank hair, looking like one of the men of the tribe of Shanua; and I saw Jesus who was of average height with red face as if he had just come out of a bathroom....<br />(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4, Book 55, No. 607)<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/www_sunna-info-10.jpg" /></span> Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr(RA) that:<br /><br />Someone came to him and said: What is this hadith that you narrate that the Last Hour will come at a certain time? Thereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, there is no god but Allah (or words to the same effect). I have decided that I shall not narrate anything to anyone now. I have only said that you will see after some time an important event: that the (sacred) House (Ka'bah) will be burnt and it will definitely happen.<br />He then reported that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The Dajjal will appear in my Ummah and he will stay (in the world) for forty -- I cannot say whether he meant forty days, forty months or forty years. Allah will then send Jesus, son of Mary, who will resemble Urwah ibn Mas'ud. He (Jesus Christ) will chase him and kill him. Then people will live for seven years, during which time there will be no rancor between any two persons. After that Allah will send a cold wind from the direction of Syria. None will survive on Earth, having a speck of good in him or faith in him: he will die. Even if some among you were to enter the innermost part of the mountain, this wind would reach that place also and cause your death.<br />I heard Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) as saying: Only the wicked people will survive and they will be as careless as birds with the characteristics of beasts. They will never appreciate good nor condemn evil...<br />(Sahih Muslim, Book 40, No. 7023)<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3113873842_4508fb5255_m.jpg" /></span> Narrated Abdullah(RA) the Prophet(SAW) mentioned the Messiah Ad-Dajjal in front of the people saying:<br /><br />Allah is not one eyed while Messiah, Ad-Dajjal is blind in the right eye and his eye looks like a bulging out grape. While sleeping near the Ka'ba last night, I saw in my dream a man of brown color the best one can see amongst brown color and his hair was long that it fell between his shoulders. His hair was lank and water was dribbling from his head and he was placing his hands on the shoulders of two men while circumambulating the Kabah. I asked, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'This is Jesus, son of Mary.' Behind him I saw a man who had very curly hair and was blind in the right eye, resembling Ibn Qatan (i.e. an infidel) in appearance. He was placing his hands on the shoulders of a person while performing Tawaf around the Ka'ba. I asked, 'Who is this? 'They replied, 'The Masih, Ad-Dajjal.'<br />(Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4, Book 55, No. 649)<br /><br />Hanzalah al-Aslami reported to have heard Abu Huraira(RA) as narrating from Allah's Apostle(SAW):<br /><br />By Him in Whose Hand is my life, Ibn Maryam (Jesus Christ) would certainly pronounce Talbiyah for Hajj or for Umrah or for both (simultaneously as a Qarin) in the valley of Rawha.<br />(Sahih Muslim, Book 7, No. 2877<br /><br /><br />Allah's Prophet(SAW) said:<br /><br />Hazrat Masih(SAW) will die after completing the duration he was destined to pass in the world and that Muslims would offer his funeral prayers and bury him next to the grave of the holy Prophet, Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Umar(RAs).<br />(Mishkat, P. 480)<br /><br />Allah's Apostle(SAW) foretold:<br /><br />After his descent on earth, Hadhrat Isa (A.S.) will marry. He will have children, and he will remain on earth 19 years after marriage. He will pass away and Muslims will perform his Janaza Salaat (funeral prayers) and bury him next to Rasulullah (SAW). (Tirmidhi)<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/img0353a1.jpg" /></span> Narrated Abu Huraira(RA) that hazrat Muhammad(SAW) said:<br /><br />...Satan will cry: The Dajjal has taken your place among your families. They will then come out, but it will be of no avail. When they reach Syria, he will come out while they are still preparing themselves for battle, drawing up the ranks.<br />Certainly, the time of prayer will come and then Jesus (peace be upon him), Son of Mary, will descend and lead them in prayer. When the enemy of Allah see him, it will (disappear) just as salt dissolves in water and if he (Jesus) were not to confront them at all, even then it would dissolve completely. Allah would kill them by his hand and he would show them their blood on his lance (the lance of Jesus Christ).<br />(Sahih Muslim, Book 40, No. 6924)<br /><br />Narrated An-Nawwas ibn Sam'an(RA) that Rasulullah(SAW) said:<br /><br />...He will then call (that young man) and he will come forward laughing with his face gleaming (with happiness). It will at this very time that Allah will send Christ, son of Mary. He will descend at the white minaret on the eastern side of Damascus, wearing two garments lightly dyed with saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels. When he lowers his head, there will fall beads of perspiration from his head, and when he raises it up, beads like pearls will scatter from it. Every non-believer who smells the odor of his body will die and his breath will reach as far as he is able to see. He will then search for him (Dajjal) until he catches hold of him at the gate of Ludd (Jerusalem) and kills him.<br />Then a people whom Allah had protected will come to Jesus, son of Mary, and he will wipe their faces and inform them of their ranks in Paradise. It will be under such conditions that Allah will reveal to Jesus these words: I have brought forth from among My servants such people against whom none will be able to fight; you take these people safely to Tur, and then Allah will send Gog and Magog and they will swarm down from every slope. The first of them will pass the lake of Tiberias and drink out of it. And when the last of them passes, he will say: There was once water there...<br />(Sahih Muslim, Book 40, No. 7015)<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/3152785814_be77dfab24_t.jpg" /></span> Mujammi Ibn Jariyah al-Ansari(RA) stated that he heard the Messenger of Allah(SAW) say:<br /><br />The son of Mary will kill the Anti-Christ (Dajjal) at the door of Ludda.<br />(Tirmidhi and Ahmad)<br /><br />Abdullah Bin Umar(RA) reported that Rasulollah(SAW) said:<br /><br />How can perish the Ummah of which I am at the beginning and Jesus, son of Mary, is at the end.<br />(Hakim and Nasai)<br /><br />Narrated Hudhayfah ibn Usayd Ghifari(RA):<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/dawud13_tn.jpg" /></span> Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) came to us all of a sudden as we were (busy in a discussion) He said:<br />"What are you talking about?" (the Companions) said: "We are discussing about the Last Hour". Thereupon, he said:<br />It will not come until you see ten signs before and (in this connection) he made a mention of the smoke, Dajjal, the beast, the rising of the sun from the west, the descent of Jesus son of Mary (Allah be pleased with him), The Gog and Magog, and landslides in three places, one in the east, one in the west and one in Arabia at the end of which fire would burn forth from the Yemen, and would drive people to the place of their assembly.<br />(Sahih Muslim, Book 40, No. 6931)<br /><br /><span style="color: deeppink">Prophecies of the real Imam Mahdi</span><br /> Here are Prophecies relating to the coming of the real Imam Mahdi, which the Bahais claim are referring to the Bab. Decide for yourselves.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/03113044627_c90e5e08cb_m.jpg" /></span> Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mas'ood(RA) reports from the Prophet(SAW), who said:<br /><br />The world will not come to pass until a man from among my family, whose name will be my name, rules over the Arabs.<br />(Tirmidhi Sahih, Vol. 9, P. 74; Abu Dawud, Sahih, Vol. 5, P. 207;<br />also narrated by Ali b. Abi Talib, Abu Sa'id, Umm Salma, Abu Hurayra)<br /><br />T<span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/03012546881_1_3_DR6PIaVJ.jpg" /></span> he Prophet(SAW) said:<br /><br />Allah will bring out from concealment al-Mahdi from my family and just before the day of Judgment; even if only one day were to remain in the life of the world, and he will spread on this earth justice and equity and will eradicate tyranny and oppression.<br />(Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Vol. 1, P. 99)<br /><br />Hadhrat Ali(RA) narrates that Rasulullah(SAW) said:<br /><br />Even if only a day remains for Qiyamah to come, yet Allah will surely send a man from my family who will fill this world with such justice and fairness, just as it initially was filled with oppression.<br />(Abu Dawood)<br /><br />Ali b. Abi Talib(RA) has related a tradition from the Prophet(SAW) who informed him:<br /><br />The promised Mahdi will be among my family. God will make the provisions for his emergence within a single night.<br />(Ibn Majah, Sahih, Vol. 2, P. 519)<br /><br />Hazrat Umme Salmah(RA), Prophet's wife, narrates that she heard the Prophet(SAW) say:<br /><br />The promised Mahdi will be among my progeny, among the descendants of Fatima.<br />(Abu Dawud, Sahih, Vol. 2, P. 207; Ibn Majah, Sahih, Vol. 2, P. 519)<br /><br />Rasulullah(SAW) announced:<br /><br />The Mahdi will be of my family, of the descendants of Fatima (the Prophet's daughter). (Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 2, Tradition No. 4086)<br /><br />The Prophet(SAW) taught:<br /><br />Al-Mahdi is one of us, the members of the household (Ahlul-Bayt).<br />(Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 2, Tradition No. 4085)<br /><br />Abu Sa'id al-Khudari(RA) narrated that the Prophet(SAW) said:<br /><br />Our Mahdi will have a broad forehead and a pointed (prominent) nose. He will fill the earth with justice as it is filled with injustice and tyranny. He will rule for seven years.<br />(Abu Dawud, Sahih, Vol. 2, p. 208; Fusul al-muhimma, p. 275)<br /><br />Hadhrat Abu Saeed Khudri(RA) relates that Rasulullah(SAW) said:<br /><br />Al Mahdi will be from my progeny. His forehead will be broad and his nose will be high. He will fill the world with justice and fairness at a time when the world will be filled with oppression. He will rule for seven years.<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Islamic-Wallpapers-013-%28Tomasha.com%29.jpg" /></span> Hadhrat Umme Salmah(RA) narrates that Rasulullah(SAW) said:<br /><br />After the death of a Ruler there will be some dispute between the people. At that time a citizen of Madina will flee (from Madina) and go to Makkah. While in Makkah, certain people will approach him between Hajrul Aswad and Maqaame Ibraheem, and forcefully pledge their allegiance to him.<br />Thereafter a huge army will proceed from Syria to attack him but when they will be at Baida, which is between Makkah and Madina, they will be swallowed into the ground.<br />On seeing this, the Abdaals of Shaam as well as large numbers of people from Iraq will come to him and pledge their allegiance to him. Then a person from the Quraish, whose uncle will be from the Bani Kalb tribe will send an army to attack him, only to be overpowered, by the will of Allah. This (defeated) army will be that of the Bani Kalb. Unfortunate indeed is he who does not receive a share from the booty of the Kalb. This person (Imam Mahdi) will distribute the spoils of war after the battle. He will lead the people according to the Sunnat and during his reign Islam will spread throughout the world. He will remain till seven years (since his emergence). He will pass away and the Muslims will perform his Janazah salaat.<br />(Abu Dawood)<br /><br /><span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/002_bismillah_by_aimalee.jpg" /></span> The holy Prophet(SAW) said:<br /><br />A group of my Ummah will fight for the truth until near the day of judgment when Jesus, the son of Marry, will descend, and the leader of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but Jesus declines, saying: "No, Verily, among you Allah has made leaders for others and He has bestowed his bounty upon them.<br />(Sahih Muslim)<br /><br />It is reported from Abu Hurayra(RA) that the Prophet(SAW) said:<br /><br />What will be your reaction when the son of Mary (Jesus) descends and your Imam is from among yourselves?<br />(Sahih Muslim, bab nuzul 'isa, Vol. 2; Sahih Bukhari, kitab bad' al-khalq wa nuzul 'isa, Vol. 4)<br /><br />The holy Prophet(SAW) said:<br /><br />What would be your situation if the Son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends upon you and your Imam is from among you?<br />(Bukhari, kitabul-Anbiya, Chapter Nuzul Isa bin Maryam)<br /><br /><span class="imgcenter"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers67.gif" /></span>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-19558400710252260052012-04-10T01:54:00.000+02:002012-04-10T01:55:21.638+02:00QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT ISLAM<span class="postcomments"></span> <div class="post even" id="lastpost"> <div class="avatar"><a href="http://my.opera.com/tama00/"><img src="http://my.opera.com/community/users/avatar.pl/88373282" alt="" /></a></div><p class="tags"><a href="http://my.opera.com/islam6568/blog/index.dml/tag/ISLAM" rel="tag">ISLAM</a> </p> <div class="content"> <span class="imgleft"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers105.gif" /></span> TAKEN FROM<br /><br /><a href="http://www.islambasics.com/view.php?bkID=154&chapter=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.islambasics.com/view.php?bkID=154&chapter=1</a><br />Question:<br /><br />Why is a man allowed to have more than one wife in Islam? i.e. why is polygamy allowed in Islam?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />Definition of Polygamy<br /><br />1. Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygyny where a man marries more than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. In Islam, limited polygyny is permitted; whereas polyandry is completely prohibited.<br /><br />Now coming to the original question, why is a man allowed to have more than one wife?<br /><br /><br />2. The Qur’an is the only religious scripture in the world that says,"marry only one".<br /><br />The Qur’an is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase ‘marry only one’. There is no other religious book that instructs men to have only one wife. In none of the other religious scriptures, whether it be the Vedas, the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, the Geeta, the Talmud or the Bible does one find a restriction on the number of wives. According to these scriptures one can marry as many as one wishes. It was only later, that the Hindu priests and the Christian Church restricted the number of wives to one.<br /><br />Many Hindu religious personalities, according to their scriptures, had multiple wives. King Dashrat, the father of Rama, had more than one wife. Krishna had several wives.<br /><br />In earlier times, Christian men were permitted as many wives as they wished, since the Bible puts no restriction on the number of wives. It was only a few centuries ago that the Church restricted the number of wives to one.<br /><br />Polygyny is permitted in Judaism. According to Talmudic law, Abraham had three wives, and Solomon had hundreds of wives. The practice of polygyny continued till Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (95% C.E to 1030 C.E) issued an edict against it. The Jewish Sephardic communities living in Muslim countries continued the practice till as late as 1950, until an Act of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel extended the ban on marrying more than one wife.<br /><br /><br />3. Hindus are more polygynous than Muslims<br /><br />The report of the ‘Committee of The Status of Woman in Islam’, published in 1975 mentions on page numbers 66 and 67 that the percentage of polygamous marriages between the years 1951 and 1961 was 5.06% among the Hindus and only 4.31% among the Muslims. According to Indian law only Muslim men are permitted to have more than one wife. It is illegal for any non-Muslim in India to have more than one wife. Despite it being illegal, Hindus have more multiple wives as compared to Muslims. Earlier, there was no restriction even on Hindu men with respect to the number of wives allowed. It was only in 1954, when the Hindu Marriage Act was passed that it became illegal for a Hindu to have more than one wife. At present it is the Indian Law that restricts a Hindu man from having more than one wife and not the Hindu scriptures.<br /><br />Let us now analyse why Islam allows a man to have more than one wife.<br /><br /><br />4. Qur’an permits limited polygyny<br /><br />As I mentioned earlier, Qur’an is the only religious book on the face of the earth that says ‘marry only one’. The context of this phrase is the following verse from Surah Nisa of the Glorious Qur’an:<br /><br />"Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one."<br /><br /> [Al-Qur’an 4:3]<br /><br />Before the Qur’an was revealed, there was no upper limit for polygyny and many men had scores of wives, some even hundreds. Islam put an upper limit of four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or four women, only on the condition that he deals justly with them.<br /><br />In the same chapter i.e. Surah Nisa verse 129 says:<br /><br />"Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women...."<br /><br /> [Al-Qur’an 4:129]<br /><br />Therefore polygyny is not a rule but an exception. Many people are under the misconception that it is compulsory for a Muslim man to have more than one wife.<br /><br />Broadly, Islam has five categories of Do’s and Don’ts:<br /><br /> i. ‘Fard’ i.e. compulsory or obligatory<br /><br /> ii. ‘Mustahab’ i.e. recommended or encouraged<br /><br /> iii. ‘Mubah’ i.e. permissible or allowed<br /><br /> iv. ‘Makruh’ i.e. not recommended or discouraged<br /><br /> v. ‘Haraam’ i.e. prohibited or forbidden<br /><br />Polygyny falls in the middle category of things that are permissible. It cannot be said that a Muslim who has two, three or four wives is a better Muslim as compared to a Muslim who has only one wife.<br /><br /><br />5. Average life span of females is more than that of males<br /><br />By nature males and females are born in approximately the same ratio. A female child has more immunity than a male child. A female child can fight the germs and diseases better than the male child. For this reason, during the pediatric age itself there are more deaths among males as compared to the females.<br /><br />During wars, there are more men killed as compared to women. More men die due to accidents and diseases than women. The average life span of females is more than that of males, and at any given time one finds more widows in the world than widowers.<br /><br /><br />6. India has more male population than female due to female foeticide and infanticide<br /><br />India is one of the few countries, along with the other neighbouring countries, in which the female population is less than the male population. The reason lies in the high rate of female infanticide in India, and the fact that more than one million female foetuses are aborted every year in this country, after they are identified as females. If this evil practice is stopped, then India too will have more females as compared to males.<br /><br /><br />7. World female population is more than male population<br /><br />In the USA, women outnumber men by 7.8 million. New York alone has one million more females as compared to the number of males, and of the male population of New York one-third are gays i.e sodomites. The U.S.A as a whole has more than twenty-five million gays. This means that these people do not wish to marry women. Great Britain has four million more females as compared to males. Germany has five million more females as compared to males. Russia has nine million more females than males. God alone knows how many million more females there are in the whole world as compared to males.<br /><br /><br />8. Restricting each and every man to have only one wife is not practical<br /><br />Even if every man got married to one woman, there would still be more than thirty million females in U.S.A who would not be able to get husbands (considering that America has twenty five million gays). There would be more than four million females in Great Britain, 5 million females in Germany and nine million females in Russia alone who would not be able to find a husband.<br /><br />Suppose my sister happens to be one of the unmarried women living in USA, or suppose your sister happens to be one of the unmarried women in USA. The only two options remaining for her are that she either marries a man who already has a wife or becomes public property. There is no other option. All those who are modest will opt for the first.<br /><br />In Western society, it is common for a man to have mistresses and/or multiple extra-marital affairs, in which case, the woman leads a disgraceful, unprotected life. The same society, however, cannot accept a man having more than one wife, in which women retain their honourable, dignified position in society and lead a protected life.<br /><br />Thus the only two options before a woman who cannot find a husband is to marry a married man or to become public property. Islam prefers giving women the honourable position by permitting the first option and disallowing the second.<br /><br />There are several other reasons, why Islam has permitted limited polygyny, but it is mainly to protect the modesty of women.<br /><br /><br /><br />POLYANDRY<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />If a man is allowed to have more than one wife, then why does Islam prohibit a woman from having more than one husband?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />A lot of people, including some Muslims, question the logic of allowing Muslim men to have more than one spouse while denying the same ‘right’ to women.<br /><br />Let me first state emphatically, that the foundation of an Islamic society is justice and equity. Allah has created men and women as equal, but with different capabilities and different responsibilities. Men and women are different, physiologically and psychologically. Their roles and responsibilities are different. Men and women are equal in Islam, but not identical.<br /><br />Surah Nisa’ Chapter 4 verses 22 to 24 gives the list of women with who you can not marry and it is further mentions in Surah Nisa’ Chapter 4 verse 24 "Also (prohibited are) women already married"<br /><br />The following points enumerate the reasons why polyandry is prohibited in Islam:<br /><br /><br />1. If a man has more than one wife, the parents of the children born of such marriages can easily be identified. The father as well as the mother can easily be identified. In case of a woman marrying more than one husband, only the mother of the children born of such marriages will be identified and not the father. Islam gives tremendous importance to the identification of both parents, mother and father. Psychologists tell us that children who do not know their parents, especially their father undergo severe mental trauma and disturbances. Often they have an unhappy childhood. It is for this reason that the children of prostitutes do not have a healthy childhood. If a child born of such wedlock is admitted in school, and when the mother is asked the name of the father, she would have to give two or more names! I am aware that recent advances in science have made it possible for both the mother and father to be identified with the help of genetic testing. Thus this point which was applicable for the past may not be applicable for the present.<br /><br /><br />2. Man is more polygamous by nature as compared to a woman.<br /><br /><br />3. Biologically, it is easier for a man to perform his duties as a husband despite having several wives. A woman, in a similar position, having several husbands, will not find it possible to perform her duties as a wife. A woman undergoes several psychological and behavioral changes due to different phases of the menstrual cycle.<br /><br /><br />4. A woman who has more than one husband will have several sexual partners at the same time and has a high chance of acquiring venereal or sexually transmitted diseases which can also be transmitted back to her husband even if all of them have no extra-marital sex. This is not the case in a man having more than one wife, and none of them having extra-marital sex.<br /><br /><br />The above reasons are those that one can easily identify. There are probably many more reasons why Allah, in His Infinite Wisdom, has prohibited polyandry.<br /><br /><br /><br />HIJAAB FOR WOMEN<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Why does Islam degrade women by keeping them behind the veil?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />The status of women in Islam is often the target of attacks in the secular media. The ‘hijaab’ or the Islamic dress is cited by many as an example of the ‘subjugation’ of women under Islamic law. Before we analyze the reasoning behind the religiously mandated ‘hijaab’, let us first study the status of women in societies before the advent of Islam<br /><br /><br />1. In the past women were degraded and used as objects of lust<br /><br />The following examples from history amply illustrate the fact that the status of women in earlier civilizations was very low to the extent that they were denied basic human dignity:<br /><br />1. Babylonian Civilization:<br />The women were degraded and were denied all rights under the Babylonian law. If a man murdered a woman, instead of him being punished, his wife was put to death.<br /><br />2. Greek Civilization:<br />Greek Civilization is considered the most glorious of all ancient civilizations. Under this very ‘glorious’ system, women were deprived of all rights and were looked down upon. In Greek mythology, an ‘imaginary woman’ called ‘Pandora’ is the root cause of misfortune of human beings. The Greeks considered women to be subhuman and inferior to men. Though chastity of women was precious, and women were held in high esteem, the Greeks were later overwhelmed by ego and sexual perversions. Prostitution became a regular practice amongst all classes of Greek society.<br /><br />3. Roman Civilization:<br />When Roman Civilization was at the zenith of its ‘glory’, a man even had the right to take the life of his wife. Prostitution and nudity were common amongst the Romans.<br /><br />4. Egyptian Civilization:<br />The Egyptian considered women evil and as a sign of a devil.<br /><br />5. Pre-Islamic Arabia:<br />Before Islam spread in Arabia, the Arabs looked down upon women and very often when a female child was born, she was buried alive.<br /><br /><br />2. Islam uplifted women and gave them equality and expects them to maintain their status.<br /><br />Islam uplifted the status of women and granted them their just rights 1400 years ago. Islam expects women to maintain their status.<br /><br />Hijaab for men<br /><br />People usually only discuss ‘hijaab’ in the context of women. However, in the Glorious Qur’an, Allah (swt) first mentions ‘hijaab’ for men before ‘hijaab’ for the women. The Qur’an mentions in Surah Noor:<br /><br />"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do."<br />[Al-Qur’an 24:30]<br /><br />The moment a man looks at a woman and if any brazen or unashamed thought comes to his mind, he should lower his gaze.<br /><br />Hijaab for women.<br /><br />The next verse of Surah Noor, says:<br /><br />" And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons..."<br />[Al-Qur’an 24:31]<br /><br /><br />3. Six criteria for Hijaab.<br /><br />According to Qur’an and Sunnah there are basically six criteria for observing hijaab:<br /><br />1. Extent:<br /><br />The first criterion is the extent of the body that should be covered. This is different for men and women. The extent of covering obligatory on the male is to cover the body at least from the navel to the knees. For women, the extent of covering obligatory is to cover the complete body except the face and the hands upto the wrist. If they wish to, they can cover even these parts of the body. Some scholars of Islam insist that the face and the hands are part of the obligatory extent of ‘hijaab’.<br /><br />All the remaining five criteria are the same for men and women.<br /><br />2. The clothes worn should be loose and should not reveal the figure.<br /><br />3. The clothes worn should not be transparent such that one can see through them.<br /><br />4. The clothes worn should not be so glamorous as to attract the opposite sex.<br /><br />5. The clothes worn should not resemble that of the opposite sex.<br /><br />6. The clothes worn should not resemble that of the unbelievers i.e. they should not wear clothes that are specifically identities or symbols of the unbelievers’ religions.<br /><br /><br />4. Hijaab includes conduct and behaviour among other things<br /><br />Complete ‘hijaab’, besides the six criteria of clothing, also includes the moral conduct, behaviour, attitude and intention of the individual. A person only fulfilling the criteria of ‘hijaab’ of the clothes is observing ‘hijaab’ in a limited sense. ‘Hijaab’ of the clothes should be accompanied by ‘hijaab’ of the eyes, ‘hijaab’ of the heart, ‘hijaab’ of thought and ‘hijaab’ of intention. It also includes the way a person walks, the way a person talks, the way he behaves, etc.<br /><br /><br />5. Hijaab prevents molestation<br /><br />The reason why Hijaab is prescribed for women is mentioned in the Qur’an in the following verses of Surah Al-Ahzab:<br /><br />"O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad); that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."<br />[Al-Qur’an 33:59]<br /><br />The Qur’an says that Hijaab has been prescribed for the women so that they are recognized as modest women and this will also prevent them from being molested.<br /><br /><br />6. Example of twin sisters<br /><br />Suppose two sisters who are twins, and who are equally beautiful, walk down the street. One of them is attired in the Islamic hijaab i.e. the complete body is covered, except for the face and the hands up to the wrists. The other sister is wearing western clothes, a mini skirt or shorts. Just around the corner there is a hooligan or ruffian who is waiting for a catch, to tease a girl. Whom will he tease? The girl wearing the Islamic Hijaab or the girl wearing the skirt or the mini? Naturally he will tease the girl wearing the skirt or the mini. Such dresses are an indirect invitation to the opposite sex for teasing and molestation. The Qur’an rightly says that hijaab prevents women from being molested.<br /><br /><br />7. Capital punishment for the rapists<br /><br />Under the Islamic shariah, a man convicted of having raped a woman, is given capital punishment. Many are astonished at this ‘harsh’ sentence. Some even say that Islam is a ruthless, barbaric religion! I have asked a simple question to hundreds of non-Muslim men. Suppose, God forbid, someone rapes your wife, your mother or your sister. You are made the judge and the rapist is brought in front of you. What punishment would you give him? All of them said they would put him to death. Some went to the extent of saying they would torture him to death. To them I ask, if someone rapes your wife or your mother you want to put him to death. But if the same crime is committed on somebody else’s wife or daughter you say capital punishment is barbaric. Why should there be double standards?<br /><br /><br />8. Western society falsely claims to have uplifted women<br /><br />Western talk of women’s liberalization is nothing but a disguised form of exploitation of her body, degradation of her soul, and deprivation of her honour. Western society claims to have ‘uplifted’ women. On the contrary it has actually degraded them to the status of concubines, mistresses and society butterflies who are mere tools in the hands of pleasure seekers and sex marketeers, hidden behind the colourful screen of ‘art’ and ‘culture’.<br /><br /><br />9. USA has one of the highest rates of rape<br /><br />United States of America is supposed to be one of the most advanced countries of the world. It also has one of the highest rates of rape in any country in the world. According to a FBI report, in the year 1990, every day on an average 1756 cases of rape were committed in U.S.A alone. Later another report said that on an average everyday 1900 cases of rapes are committed in USA. The year was not mentioned. May be it was 1992 or 1993. May be the Americans got ‘bolder’ in the following years.<br /><br />Consider a scenario where the Islamic hijaab is followed in America. Whenever a man looks at a woman and any brazen or unashamed thought comes to his mind, he lowers his gaze. Every woman wears the Islamic hijaab, that is the complete body is covered except the face and the hands upto the wrist. After this if any man commits rape he is given capital punishment. I ask you, in such a scenario, will the rate of rape in America increase, will it remain the same, or will it decrease?<br /><br /><br />10. Implementation of Islamic Shariah will reduce the rate of rapes<br /><br />Naturally as soon as Islamic Shariah is implemented positive results will be inevitable. If Islamic Shariah is implemented in any part of the world, whether it is America or Europe, society will breathe easier. Hijaab does not degrade a woman but uplifts a woman and protects her modesty and chastity.<br /><br /><br /><br />WAS ISLAM SPREAD BY THE SWORD?<br /><br /><br />Question:<br /><br />How can Islam be called the religion of peace when it was spread by the sword?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />It is a common complaint among some non-Muslims that Islam would not have millions of adherents all over the world, if it had not been spread by the use of force. The following points will make it clear, that far from being spread by the sword, it was the inherent force of truth, reason and logic that was responsible for the rapid spread of Islam.<br /><br /><br />1. Islam means peace.<br /><br />Islam comes from the root word ‘salaam’, which means peace. It also means submitting one’s will to Allah (swt). Thus Islam is a religion of peace, which is acquired by submitting one’s will to the will of the Supreme Creator, Allah (swt).<br /><br /><br />2. Sometimes force has to be used to maintain peace.<br /><br />Each and every human being in this world is not in favour of maintaining peace and harmony. There are many, who would disrupt it for their own vested interests. Sometimes force has to be used to maintain peace. It is precisely for this reason that we have the police who use force against criminals and anti-social elements to maintain peace in the country. Islam promotes peace. At the same time, Islam exhorts it followers to fight where there is oppression. The fight against oppression may, at times, require the use of force. In Islam force can only be used to promote peace and justice.<br /><br /><br />3. Opinion of historian De Lacy O’Leary.<br /><br />The best reply to the misconception that Islam was spread by the sword is given by the noted historian De Lacy O’Leary in the book "Islam at the cross road" (Page 8):<br /><br />"History makes it clear however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myth that historians have ever repeated."<br /><br /><br />4. Muslims ruled Spain for 800 years.<br /><br />Muslims ruled Spain for about 800 years. The Muslims in Spain never used the sword to force the people to convert. Later the Christian Crusaders came to Spain and wiped out the Muslims. There was not a single Muslim in Spain who could openly give the adhan, that is the call for prayers.<br /><br /><br />5. 14 million Arabs are Coptic Christians.<br /><br />Muslims were the lords of Arabia for 1400 years. For a few years the British ruled, and for a few years the French ruled. Overall, the Muslims ruled Arabia for 1400 years. Yet today, there are 14 million Arabs who are Coptic Christians i.e. Christians since generations. If the Muslims had used the sword there would not have been a single Arab who would have remained a Christian.<br /><br /><br />6. More than 80% non-Muslims in India.<br /><br />The Muslims ruled India for about a thousand years. If they wanted, they had the power of converting each and every non-Muslim of India to Islam. Today more than 80% of the population of India are non-Muslims. All these non-Muslim Indians are bearing witness today that Islam was not spread by the sword.<br /><br /><br />7. Indonesia and Malaysia.<br /><br />Indonesia is a country that has the maximum number of Muslims in the world. The majority of people in Malaysia are Muslims. May one ask, "Which Muslim army went to Indonesia and Malaysia?"<br /><br /><br />8. East Coast of Africa.<br /><br />Similarly, Islam has spread rapidly on the East Coast of Africa. One may again ask, if Islam was spread by the sword, "Which Muslim army went to the East Coast of Africa?"<br /><br /><br />9. Thomas Carlyle.<br /><br />The famous historian, Thomas Carlyle, in his book "Heroes and Hero worship", refers to this misconception about the spread of Islam: "The sword indeed, but where will you get your sword? Every new opinion, at its starting is precisely in a minority of one. In one man’s head alone. There it dwells as yet. One man alone of the whole world believes it, there is one man against all men. That he takes a sword and try to propagate with that, will do little for him. You must get your sword! On the whole, a thing will propagate itself as it can."<br /><br /><br />10. No compulsion in religion.<br /><br />With which sword was Islam spread? Even if Muslims had it they could not use it to spread Islam because the Qur’an says in the following verse:<br /><br />"Let there be no compulsion in religion:<br />Truth stands out clear from error"<br /> [Al-Qur’an 2:256]<br /><br /><br />11. Sword of the Intellect.<br /><br />It is the sword of intellect. The sword that conquers the hearts and minds of people. The Qur’an says in Surah Nahl, chapter 16 verse 125:<br /><br />"Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord<br />with wisdom and beautiful preaching;<br />and argue with them in ways that are<br />best and most gracious."<br /> [Al-Qur’an 16:125]<br /><br /><br />12. Increase in the world religions from 1934 to 1984.<br /><br />An article in Reader’s Digest ‘Almanac’, year book 1986, gave the statistics of the increase of percentage of the major religions of the world in half a century from 1934 to 1984. This article also appeared in ‘The Plain Truth’ magazine. At the top was Islam, which increased by 235%, and Christianity had increased only by 47%. May one ask, which war took place in this century which converted millions of people to Islam?<br /><br /><br />13. Islam is the fastest growing religion in America and Europe.<br /><br />Today the fastest growing religion in America is Islam. The fastest growing religion in Europe in Islam. Which sword is forcing people in the West to accept Islam in such large numbers?<br /><br /><br />14. Dr. Joseph Adam Pearson.<br /><br />Dr. Joseph Adam Pearson rightly says, "People who worry that nuclear weaponry will one day fall in the hands of the Arabs, fail to realize that the Islamic bomb has been dropped already, it fell the day MUHAMMED (pbuh) was born".<br /><br /><br /><br /> MUSLIMS ARE FUNDAMENTALISTS AND TERRORISTS<br /><br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Why are most of the Muslims fundamentalists and terrorists?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />This question is often hurled at Muslims, either directly or indirectly, during any discussion on religion or world affairs. Muslim stereotypes are perpetuated in every form of the media accompanied by gross misinformation about Islam and Muslims. In fact, such misinformation and false propaganda often leads to discrimination and acts of violence against Muslims. A case in point is the anti-Muslim campaign in the American media following the Oklahoma bomb blast, where the press was quick to declare a ‘Middle Eastern conspiracy’ behind the attack. The culprit was later identified as a soldier from the American Armed Forces.<br /><br />Let us analyze this allegation of ‘fundamentalism’ and ‘terrorism’:<br /><br /><br />1. Definition of the word ‘fundamentalist’<br /><br />A fundamentalist is a person who follows and adheres to the fundamentals of the doctrine or theory he is following. For a person to be a good doctor, he should know, follow, and practise the fundamentals of medicine. In other words, he should be a fundamentalist in the field of medicine. For a person to be a good mathematician, he should know, follow and practise the fundamentals of mathematics. He should be a fundamentalist in the field of mathematics. For a person to be a good scientist, he should know, follow and practise the fundamentals of science. He should be a fundamentalist in the field of science.<br /><br /><br />2. Not all ‘fundamentalists’ are the same<br /><br />One cannot paint all fundamentalists with the same brush. One cannot categorize all fundamentalists as either good or bad. Such a categorization of any fund amentalist will depend upon the field or activity in which he is a fundamentalist. A fundamentalist robber or thief causes harm to society and is therefore undesirable. A fundamentalist doctor, on the other hand, benefits society and earns much respect.<br /><br /><br />3. I am proud to be a Muslim fundamentalist<br /><br />I am a fundamentalist Muslim who, by the grace of Allah, knows, follows and strives to practise the fundamentals of Islam. A true Muslim does not shy away from being a fundamentalist. I am proud to be a fundamentalist Muslim because, I know that the fundamentals of Islam are beneficial to humanity and the whole world. There is not a single fundamental of Islam that causes harm or is against the interests of the human race as a whole. Many people harbour misconceptions about Islam and consider several teachings of Islam to be unfair or improper. This is due to insufficient and incorrect knowledge of Islam. If one critically analyzes the teachings of Islam with an open mind, one cannot escape the fact that Islam is full of benefits both at the individual and collective levels.<br /><br /><br />4. Dictionary meaning of the word ‘fundamentalist’<br /><br />According to Webster’s dictionary ‘fundamentalism’ was a movement in American Protestanism that arose in the earlier part of the 20th century. It was a reaction to modernism, and stressed the infallibility of the Bible, not only in matters of faith and morals but also as a literal historical record. It stressed on belief in the Bible as the literal word of God. Thus fundamentalism was a word initially used for a group of Christians who believed that the Bible was the verbatim word of God without any errors and mistakes.<br /><br />According to the Oxford dictionary ‘fundamentalism’ means ‘strict maintenance of ancient or fundamental doctrines of any religion, especially Islam’.<br /><br />Today the moment a person uses the word fundamentalist he thinks of a Muslim who is a terrorist.<br /><br /><br />5. Every Muslim should be a terrorist<br /><br />Every Muslim should be a terrorist. A terrorist is a person who causes terror. The moment a robber sees a policeman he is terrified. A policeman is a terrorist for the robber. Similarly every Muslim should be a terrorist for the antisocial elements of society, such as thieves, dacoits and rapists. Whenever such an anti-social element sees a Muslim, he should be terrified. It is true that the word ‘terrorist’ is generally used for a person who causes terror among the common people. But a true Muslim should only be a terrorist to selective people i.e. anti-social elements, and not to the common innocent people. In fact a Muslim should be a source of peace for innocent people.<br /><br /><br />6. Different labels given to the same individual for the same action, i.e. ‘terrorist’ and ‘patriot’<br /><br />Before India achieved independence from British rule, some freedom fighters of India who did not subscribe to non-violence were labeled as terrorists by the British government. The same individuals have been lauded by Indians for the same activities and hailed as ‘patriots’. Thus two different labels have been given to the same people for the same set of actions. One is calling him a terrorist while the other is calling him a patriot. Those who believed that Britain had a right to rule over India called these people terrorists, while those who were of the view that Britain had no right to rule India called them patriots and freedom fighters.<br /><br />It is therefore important that before a person is judged, he is given a fair hearing. Both sides of the argument should be heard, the situation should be analyzed, and the reason and the intention of the person should be taken into account, and then the person can be judged accordingly.<br /><br /><br />7. Islam means peace<br /><br />Islam is derived from the word ‘salaam’ which means peace. It is a religion of peace whose fundamentals teach its followers to maintain and promote peace throughout the world.<br /><br />Thus every Muslim should be a fundamentalist i.e. he should follow the fundamentals of the Religion of Peace: Islam. He should be a terrorist only towards the antisocial elements in order to promote peace and justice in the society.<br /><br /><br /><br />EATING NON-VEGETARIAN FOOD<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Killing an animal is a ruthless act. Why then do Muslims consume non-vegetarian food?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />‘Vegetarianism’ is now a movement the world over. Many even associate it with animal rights. Indeed, a large number of people consider the consumption of meat and other non-vegetarian products to be a violation of animal rights.<br /><br />Islam enjoins mercy and compassion for all living creatures. At the same time Islam maintains that Allah has created the earth and its wondrous flora and fauna for the benefit of mankind. It is upto mankind to use every resource in this world judiciously, as a niyamat (Divine blessing) and amanat (trust) from Allah.<br /><br />Let us look at various other aspects of this argument.<br /><br /><br />1. A Muslim can be a pure vegetarian<br /><br />A Muslim can be a very good Muslim despite being a pure vegetarian. It is not compulsory for a Muslim to have non-vegetarian food.<br /><br /><br />2. Qur’an permits Muslims to have non-vegetarian food<br /><br />The Qur’an, however permits a Muslim to have non-vegetarian food. The following Qur’anic verses are proof of this fact:<br /><br />"O ye who believe! Fulfil (all) obligations. Lawful unto you (for food) are all four-footed animals with the exceptions named."<br /> [Al-Qur’an 5:1]<br /><br />"And cattle He has created for you (men): from them Ye derive warmth, and numerous benefits, And of their (meat) ye eat."<br /> [Al-Qur’an 16:5]<br /><br />"And in cattle (too) ye have an instructive example: From within their bodies We produce (milk) for you to drink; there are, in them, (besides), numerous (other) benefits for you; and of their (meat) ye eat."<br /> [Al-Qur’an 23:21]<br /><br /><br />3. Meat is nutritious and rich in complete protein<br /><br />Non-vegetarian food is a good source of excellent protein. It contains biologically complete protein i.e. all the 8 essential amino acid that are not synthesized by the body and should be supplied in the diet. Meat also contains iron, vitamin B1 and niacin.<br /><br /><br />4. Humans have Omnivorous set of teeth<br /><br />If you observe the teeth of herbivorous animals like the cow, goat and sheep, you will find something strikingly similar in all of them. All these animals have a set of flat teeth i.e. suited for herbivorous diet. If you observe the set of teeth of the carnivorous animals like the lion, tiger, or leopard, they all have a set of pointed teeth i.e. suited for a carnivorous diet. If you analyze the set of teeth of humans, you find that they have flat teeth as well as pointed teeth. Thus they have teeth suited for both herbivorous as well as carnivorous food i.e. they are omnivorous. One may ask, if Almighty God wanted humans to have only vegetables, why did He provide us also with pointed teeth? It is logical that He expected us to need and to have both vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian food.<br /><br /><br />5. Human beings can digest both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food<br /><br />The digestive system of herbivorous animals can digest only vegetables. The digestive system of carnivorous animals can digest only meat. But the digestive system of humans can digest both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. If Almighty God wanted us to have only vegetables then why did He give us a digestive system that can digest both vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian food?<br /><br /><br />6. Hindu scriptures give permission to have non-vegetarian food<br /><br />There are many Hindus who are strictly vegetarian. They think it is against their religion to consume non-vegetarian food. But the true fact is that the Hindu scriptures permit a person to have meat. The scriptures mention Hindu sages and saints consuming non-vegetarian food.<br />It is mentioned in Manu Smruti, the law book of Hindus, in chapter 5 verse 30<br /><br />"The eater who eats the flesh of those to be eaten does nothing bad, even if he does it day after day, for God himself created some to be eaten and some to be eater."<br />c. Again next verse of Manu Smruti, that is, chapter 5 verse 31 says<br /><br />"Eating meat is right for the sacrifice, this is traditionally known as a rule of the gods."<br /><br />d. Further in Manu Smruti chapter 5 verse 39 and 40 says<br /><br />"God himself created sacrificial animals for sacrifice, ...., therefore killing in a sacrifice is not killing."<br /><br />e. Mahabharata Anushashan Parva chapter 88 narrates the discussion between Dharmaraj Yudhishthira and Pitamah Bhishma about what food one should offer to Pitris (ancestors) during the Shraddha (ceremony of dead) to keep them satisfied. Paragraph reads as follows:<br /><br />"Yudhishthira said, "O thou of great puissance, tell me what that object is which, if dedicated to the Pitiris (dead ancestors), become inexhaustible! What Havi, again, (if offered) lasts for all time? What, indeed, is that which (if presented) becomes eternal?"<br /><br />"Bhishma said, "Listen to me, O Yudhishthira, what those Havis are which persons conversant with the rituals of the Shraddha (the ceremony of dead) regard as suitable in view of Shraddha and what the fruits are that attach to each. With sesame seeds and rice and barely and Masha and water and roots and fruits, if given at Shraddhas, the pitris, O king, remain gratified for the period of a month. With fishes offered at Shraddhas, the pitris remain gratified for a period of two months. With the mutton they remain gratified for three months and with the hare for four months, with the flesh of the goat for five months, with the bacon (meat of pig) for six months, and with the flesh of birds for seven. With venison obtained from those deer that are called Prishata, they remaingratified for eight months, and with that obtained from the Ruru for nine months, and with the meat of Gavaya for ten months, With the meat of the bufffalo their gratification lasts for eleven months. With beef presented at the Shraddha, their gratification, it is said , lasts for a full year. Payasa mixed with ghee is as much acceptable to the pitris as beef. With the meat of Vadhrinasa (a large bull) the gratification of pitris lasts for twelve years. The flesh of rhinoceros, offered to the pitris on anniversaries of the lunar days on which they died, becomes inexhaustible. The potherb called Kalaska, the petals of kanchana flower, and meat of (red) goat also, thus offered, prove inexhaustible.<br /><br />So but natural if you want to keep your ancestors satisfied forever, you should serve them the meat of red goat.<br /><br /><br />7. Hinduism was influenced by other religions<br /><br />Though Hindu Scriptures permit its followers to have non-vegetarian food, many Hindus adopted the vegetarian system because they were influenced by other religions like Jainism.<br /><br /><br />8. Even plants have life<br /><br />Certain religions have adopted pure vegetarianism as a dietary law because they are totally against the killing of living creatures. If a person can survive without killing any living creature, I would be the first person to adopt such a way of life. In the past people thought plants were lifeless. Today it is a universal fact that even plants have life. Thus their logic of not killing living creatures is not fulfilled even by being a pure vegetarian.<br /><br /><br />9. Even plants can feel pain<br /><br />They further argue that plants cannot feel pain, therefore killing a plant is a lesser crime as compared to killing an animal. Today science tells us that even plants can feel pain. But the cry of the plant cannot be heard by the human being. This is due to the inability of the human ear to hear sounds that are not in the audible range i.e. 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz. Anything below and above this range cannot be heard by a human being. A dog can hear up to 40,000 Hertz. Thus there are silent dog whistles that have a frequency of more than 20,000 Hertz and less than 40,000 Hertz. These whistles are only heard by dogs and not by human beings. The dog recognizes the masters whistle and comes to the master. There was research done by a farmer in U.S.A. who invented an instrument which converted the cry of the plant so that it could be heard by human beings. He was able to realize immediately when the plant itself cried for water. Latest researches show that the plants can even feel happy and sad. It can also cry.<br /><br /><br />10. Killing a living creature with two senses less is not a lesser crime<br /><br />Once a vegetarian argued his case by saying that plants only have two or three senses while the animals have five senses.<br /><br />Therefore killing a plant is a lesser crime than killing an animal. Suppose your brother is born deaf and dumb and has two senses less as compared to other human beings. He becomes mature and someone murders him. Would you ask the judge to give the murderer a lesser punishment because your brother has two senses less? In fact you would say that he has killed a masoom, an innocent person, and the judge should give the murderer a greater punishment.<br /><br />In fact the Qur’an says:<br /><br />"O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, lawful and good"<br /> [Al-Qur’an 2:168]<br /><br /><br />11. Over population of cattle<br /><br />If every human being was a vegetarian, it would lead to overpopulation of cattle in the world, since their reproduction and multiplication is very swift. Allah (swt) in His Divine Wisdom knows how to maintain the balance of His creation appropriately. No wonder He has permitted us to have the meat of the cattle.<br /><br /><br />12. Cost of meat is reasonable since all aren’t non-vegetarians<br /><br />I do not mind if some people are pure vegetarians. However they should not condemn non-vegetarians as ruthless. In fact if all Indians become non-vegetarians then the present non-vegetarians would be losers since the prices of meat would rise.<br /><br /> <br /><br />ISLAMIC METHOD OF SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS APPEARS RUTHLESS<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Why do Muslims slaughter the animal in a ruthless manner by torturing it and slowly and painfully killing it?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />The Islamic method of slaughtering animals, known as Zabiha has been the object of much criticism from a large number of people.<br /><br />Before I reply to the question, let me relate an incidence about a discussion between a Sikh and a Muslim regarding animal slaughter.<br /><br />Once a Sikh asked a Muslim, "Why do you slaughter the animal painfully by cutting the throat instead of the way we do with one stroke i.e. jhatka?" The Muslim replied "We are brave and courageous and attack from the front. We are marad ka baccha (macho men), you are cowards and attack from behind".<br /><br />Jokes apart, one may consider the following points, which prove that the Zabiha method is not only humane but also scientifically the best:<br /><br /><br />1. Islamic method of slaughtering animal<br /><br />Zakkaytum is a verb derived from the root word Zakah (to purify). Its infinitive is Tazkiyah which means purification. The Islamic mode of slaughtering an animal requires the following conditions to be met:<br /><br />a. Animal should be slaughtered with sharp object (knife)<br /><br />The animal has to be slaughtered with a sharp object (knife) and in a fast way so that the pain of slaughter is minimised.<br /><br />b. Cut wind pipe, throat and vessels of neck<br /><br />Zabiha is an Arabic word which means ‘slaughtered’. The ‘slaughtering’ is to be done by cutting the throat, windpipe and the blood vessels in the neck causing the animal’s death without cutting the spinal cord.<br /><br />c. Blood should be drained<br /><br />The blood has to be drained completely before the head is removed. The purpose is to drain out most of the blood which would serve as a good culture medium for micro organisms. The spinal cord must not be cut because the nerve fibres to the heart could be damaged during the process causing cardiac arrest, stagnating the blood in the blood vessels.<br /><br />2. Blood is a good medium for germs and bacteria<br /><br />Blood is a good media of germs, bacteria, toxins, etc. Therefore the Muslim way of slaughtering is more hygienic as most of the blood containing germs, bacteria, toxins, etc. that are the cause of several diseases are eliminated.<br /><br />3. Meat remains fresh for a longer time<br /><br />Meat slaughtered by Islamic way remains fresh for a longer time due to deficiency of blood in the meat as compared to other methods of slaughtering.<br /><br />4. Animal does not feel pain<br /><br />The swift cutting of vessels of the neck disconnects the flow of blood to the nerve of the brain responsible for pain. Thus the animal does not feel pain. While dying, the animal struggles, writhers, shakes and kicks, not due to pain, but due to the contraction and relaxation of the muscles defecient in blood and due to the flow of blood out of the body.<br /><br /> <br /><br />NON-VEGETARIAN FOOD MAKES MUSLIMS VIOLENT<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Science tell us that whatever one eats, it has an effect on one’s behaviour. Why then, does Islam allow Muslims to eat non-vegetarian food, since eating of animals could make a person violent and ferocious?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br /><br />1. Only eating of herbivorous animals allowed<br /><br />I agree that, what a person eats has an effect on his behaviour. This is one of the reasons why Islam prohibits the eating of carnivorous animals like lion, tiger, leopard, etc. who are violent and ferocious. The consumption of the meat of such animals would probably make a person violent and ferocious. Islam only allows the eating of herbivorous animals like cow, goat, sheep, etc. that are peaceful and docile. We Muslims eat peaceful and docile animals because we are peace loving and non-violent people.<br /><br /><br />2. The Qur’an says Prophet prohibits what is bad<br /><br />The Qur’an says:<br /><br />"The Prophet commands them what is just and prohibits what is evil". "He allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them what is bad (and impure),"<br />[Al-Qur’an 7: 157]<br /><br />"So take what the Messenger assigns to you and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you."<br />[Al-Qur’an 59: 7]<br /><br />For a Muslim, the Prophet’s statement is sufficient to convince him that Allah does not wish humans to eat some kinds of meat while allowing some other kinds.<br /><br /><br />3. Hadith of Mohammad (pbuh) prohibiting eating of carnivorous animals<br /><br />According to various authentic Ahadith narrated in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim including hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas in Sahih Muslim, Book of hunting and slaughter, Hadith No. 4752 and Sunan Ibn-I-Majah chapter 13 Hadith no. 3232 to 3234, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) prohibited the eating of:<br /><br /> i. Wild animals with canine teeth, i.e. meat eating carnivorous animals. These are animals belonging to the cat families such as lion, tiger, cats, dogs, wolfs, hyenas, etc.<br /><br /> ii. Certain rodents like mice, rats, rabbits with claws, etc.<br /><br /> iii. Certain reptiles like snakes, alligators, etc.<br /><br /> iv. Birds of prey with talons or claws, like vultures, eagle, crows, owl, etc.<br /><br /> <br /><br />MUSLIMS WORSHIP THE KAABA<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />When Islam is against idol worship why do the Muslims worship, and bow down to the Kaaba in their prayer?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />Kaaba is the Qibla i.e. the direction Muslims face during their prayers. It is important to note that though Muslims face the Kaaba during prayers, they do not worship the Kaaba. Muslims worship and bow to none but Allah.<br /><br />It is mentioned in Surah Baqarah:<br /><br />"We see the turning of thy face (for guidance) to the heavens: now shall We turn thee to a Qiblah that shall please thee. Turn then thy face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque: wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction."<br /> [Al-Qur’an 2:144]<br /><br /><br />1. Islam believes in fostering unity<br /><br />For instance, if Muslims want to offer Salaah (Prayer), it is possible that some may wish to face north, while some may wish to face south. In order to unite Muslims in their worship of the One True God, Muslims, wherever they may be, are asked to face in only one direction i.e. towards the Kaaba. If some Muslims live towards the west of the Kaaba they face the east. Similarly if they live towards the east of the Kaaba they face the west.<br /><br /><br />2. Kaaba is at the Centre of the World Map<br /><br />The Muslims were the first people to draw the map of the world. They drew the map with the south facing upwards and north downwards. The Kaaba was at the centre. Later, western cartographers drew the map upside down with the north facing upwards and south downwards. Yet, Alhamdullilah the Kaaba is at the centre of the world map.<br /><br /><br />3. Tawaaf around Kaaba for indicating one God<br /><br />When the Muslims go to Masjid-e-Haram in Makkah, they perform tawaaf or circumambulation round the Kaaba. This act symbolizes the belief and worship of One God, since, just as every circle has one centre, so also there is only one Allah (swt) worthy of worship.<br /><br /><br />4. Hadith of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)<br /><br />Regarding the black stone, hajr-e-aswad, there is a hadith (tradition), attributed to the illustrious companion of the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh), Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).<br /><br />According to Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, book of Hajj, chapter 56, H.No. 675. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I know that you are a stone and can neither benefit nor harm. Had I not seen the Prophet (pbuh) touching (and kissing) you, I would never have touched (and kissed) you".<br /><br /><br />5. People stood on Kaaba and gave the adhaan<br />At the time of the Prophet, people even stood on the Kaaba and gave the ‘adhaan’ or the call to prayer. One may ask those who allege that Muslims worship the Kaaba; which idol worshipper stands on the idol he worships?<br /><br /><br /><br />NON-MUSLIMS NOT ALLOWED IN MAKKAH<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Why are non-Muslims not allowed in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />It is true that non-Muslims are not allowed in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, by law. The following points will serve to elucidate the possible reasoning behind such a restriction.<br /><br /><br />1. All citizens are not permitted in the cantonment area<br />I am a citizen of India. Yet, I am not permitted to enter certain restricted areas like the cantonment. In every country there are certain areas where a common citizen of that country cannot enter. Only a citizen who is enrolled in the military or those who are connected with the defence of the country are allowed in the cantonment area. Similarly Islam is a Universal Religion for the entire world and for all human beings. The cantonment areas of Islam are the two holy cites of Makkah and Madinah. Here only those who believe in Islam and are involved in the defence of Islam i.e. the Muslims are allowed.<br /><br />It would be illogical for a common citizen to object against the restriction on entering a cantonment area. Similarly it is not appropriate for non-Muslims to object against the restriction on non-Muslims against entering Makkah and Madinah.<br /><br /><br />2. Visa to enter Makkah and Madinah<br /><br />a. Whenever a person travels to a foreign country he has to first apply for a visa i.e. the permission to enter that country. Every country has its own rules, regulations and requirements for issuing a visa. Unless their critera are satisfied they will not issue a visa.<br /><br />b. One of the countries which is very strict in issuing a visa is the United States of America, especially when issuing visas to citizens of the third world. They have several conditions and requirements to be fulfilled before they issue a visa.<br /><br />c. When I visited Singapore, it was mentioned on their immigration form - death to drug traffickers. If I want to visit Singapore I have to abide by the rules. I cannot say that death penalty is a barbaric punishment. Only if I agree with their requirements and conditions will I be permitted to enter the country.<br /><br />d. The Visa – The primary condition required for any human being to enter Makkah or Madina is to say with his lips, La ila ha illallah Muhammed ur Rasulullah meaning that ‘there is no God but Allah and Muhammed (pbuh) is His Messenger.’<br /><br /><br /><br />PORK FORBIDDEN<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Why is the eating of pork forbidden in Islam?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />The fact that consumption of pork is prohibited in Islam is well known. The following points explain various aspects of this prohibition:<br /><br /><br />1. Pork prohibited in Qur’an<br /><br />The Qur’an prohibits the consumption of pork in no less than 4 different places. It is prohibited in 2:173, 5:3, 6:145 and 16:115.<br /><br />"Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah." [Al-Qur’an 5:3]<br /><br />The above verses of the Holy Qur’an are sufficient to satisfy a Muslim as to why pork is forbidden.<br /><br /><br />2. Pork prohibited in the Bible<br /><br />The Christian is likely to be convinced by his religious scriptures. The Bible prohibits the consumption of pork, in the book of Leviticus<br /><br />"And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you".<br /><br />"Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch, they are unclean to you."<br />[Leviticus 11:7-8]<br /><br />Pork is also prohibited in the Bible in the book of Deuteronomy<br /><br />"And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you. Ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass."<br /> [Deuteronomy 14:8]<br /><br />A similar prohibition is repeated in the Bible in the book of Isaiah chapter 65 verse 2-5.<br /><br /><br />3. Consumption of pork causes several diseases<br /><br />The other non-Muslims and atheists will agree only if convinced through reason, logic and science. Eating of pork can cause no less than seventy different types of diseases. A person can have various helminthes like roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, etc. One of the most dangerous is Taenia Solium, which is in lay man’s terminology called tapeworm. It harbours in the intestine and is very long. Its ova i.e. eggs, enter the blood stream and can reach almost all the organs of the body. If it enters the brain it can cause memory loss. If it enters the heart it can cause heart attack, if it enters the eye it can cause blindness, if it enters the liver it can cause liver damage. It can damage almost all the organs of the body.<br /><br />Another dangerous helminthes is Trichura Tichurasis. A common misconception about pork is that if it is cooked well, these ova die. In a research project undertaken in America, it was found that out of twenty-four people suffering from Trichura Tichurasis, twenty two had cooked the pork very well. This indicates that the ova present in the pork do not die under normal cooking temperature.<br /><br /><br />4. Pork has fat building material<br /><br />Pork has very little muscle building material and contains excess of fat. This fat gets deposited in the vessels and can cause hypertension and heart attack. It is not surprising that over 50% of Americans suffer from hypertension.<br /><br /><br />5. Pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth<br /><br />The pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth. It lives and thrives on muck, faeces and dirt. It is the best scavenger that I know that God has produced. In the villages they don’t have modern toilets and the villagers excrete in the open air. Very often excreta is cleared by pigs.<br /><br />Some may argue that in advanced countries like Australia, pigs are bred in very clean and hygienic conditions. Even in these hygienic conditions the pigs are kept together in sties. No matter how hard you try to keep them clean they are filthy by nature. They eat and enjoy their own as well as their neighbour’s excreta.<br /><br /><br />6. Pig is the most shameless animal<br /><br />The pig is the most shameless animal on the face of the earth. It is the only animal that invites its friends to have sex with its mate. In America, most people consume pork. Many times after dance parties, they have swapping of wives; i.e. many say "you sleep with my wife and I will sleep with your wife." If you eat pigs then you behave like pigs. We Indians look upon America to be very advanced and sophisticated. Whatever they do, we follow after a few years. According to an article in Island magazine, this practice of swapping wives has become common in the affluent circles of Bombay.<br /><br /> <br /><br />PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL<br /><br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Why is the consumption of alcohol prohibited in Islam?<br /><br />Answer:<br /><br />Alcohol has been the scourge of human society since time immemorial. It continues to cost countless human lives, and causes terrible misery to millions throughout the world. Alcohol is the root cause of several problems facing society. The statistics of soaring crime rates, increasing instances of mental illnesses and millions of broken homes throughout the world bear mute testimony to the destructive power of alcohol.<br /><br /><br />1. Prohibition of alcohol in the Qur’an<br /><br />The Glorious Qur’an prohibits the consumption of alcohol in the following verse:<br /><br />"O ye who believe!<br />Intoxicants and Gambling,<br />(Dedication of) stones,<br />And (divination by) arrows,<br />Are an Abomination –<br />Of Satan’s handiwork;<br />Eschew such (abomination),<br />That ye may prosper."<br /> [Al-Qur’an 5:90]<br /><br /><br />2. Prohibition of alcohol in the Bible<br /><br />The Bible prohibits the consumption of alcohol in the following verses:<br /><br />a. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."<br />[Proverbs 20:1]<br /><br />b. "And be not drunk with wine."<br /> [Ephesians 5:18]<br /><br /><br />3. Alcohol inhibits the inhibitory centre<br />The human beings possess an inhibitory centre in their brains. This inhibitory centre prevents the person from doing things that he considers wrong. For instance a person does not normally use abusive language while addressing his parents or elders. If he has to answer the call of nature, his inhibitory centre will prevent him from doing so in public. Therefore he uses the toilet.<br /><br />When a person consumes alcohol, the inhibitory centre itself is inhibited. That is precisely the reason that an inebriated person is often found to be indulging in behaviour that is completely uncharacteristic of him. For instance the intoxicated person is found to use abusive and foul language and does not realize his mistake even if he is addressing his parents. Many even urinate in their clothes. Neither do they talk nor walk properly. They even misbehave.<br /><br /><br />4. Cases of adultery, rape, incest and AIDS are found more among alcoholics<br />According to National Crime Victimization Survey Bureau of Justice (U.S. Department of Justice) in the year 1996 alone everyday on an average 2,713 rapes took place. The statistics tell us that the majority of the rapists, were intoxicated while committing the crime. The same is true in cases of molestation.<br /><br />According to statistics, 8% of Americans commit incest i.e. one in every twelve to thirteen persons in America is involved in incest. Almost all the cases of incest are due to intoxication of one or both the persons involved.<br /><br />One of the major factors associated with the spread of AIDS, the most dreaded disease, is alcoholism.<br /><br /><br />5. Every alcoholic was initially a social drinker<br />Many may argue in favour of liquor by calling themselves ‘social drinkers’. They claim that they only have one or two pegs and they have self-control and so never get intoxicated. Investigations reveal that every alcoholic started as a social drinker. Not a single alcoholic or drunkard initially starts drinking with the intention of becoming an alcoholic or a drunkard. No social drinker can say that I have been having alcohol for several years and that I have so much self-control that I have never been intoxicated even a single time.<br /><br /><br />6. If a person is intoxicated just once and commits something shameful, it will remain with him for a lifetime.<br />Suppose a ‘social drinker’ loses his self-control just once. In a state of intoxication he commits rape or incest. Even if the act is later regretted, a normal human being is likely to carry the guilt throughout his life. Both the perpetrator and the victim are irreparably and irreversibly damaged.<br /><br /><br />7. Alcohol is prohibited in the Hadith<br />The Prophet of Islam Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:<br /><br />a. In Sunan Ibn-I-Majah Volume 3, Book of Intoxicants, Chapter 30 Hadith No. 3371.<br /><br />"Alcohol is the mother of all evils and it is the most shameful of evils."<br /><br />b. In Sunan Ibn-I-Majah Volume 3, Book of Intoxicants, Chapter 30 Hadith No. 3392<br /><br />"Anything which intoxicates in a large quantity, is prohibited even in a small quantity."<br /><br />Thus there is no excuse for a nip or a tot.<br /><br />c. Not only those who drink alcohol are cursed but also those who deal with them directly or indirectly are cursed by Allah.<br /><br />According to Sunan Ibn-I-Majah Volume 3, Book of Intoxicants, Chapter 30 Hadith No. 3380.<br /><br />It was reported by Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said:<br /><br />"God’s curse falls on ten groups of people who deal with alcohol. The one who distills it, the one for whom it has been distilled, the one who drinks it, the one who transports it, the one to who it has been brought, the one whom serves it, the one who sells it, the one who utilizes money from it, the one who buys it and the one who buys it for someone else."<br /><br /><br />8. Diseases associated with alcoholism<br />There are several scientific reasons for the prohibition of consumption of intoxicants i.e. alcohol. The maximum number of deaths in the world related to any one particular cause is due to the consumption of alcohol. Millions of people die every year only because of intake of alcohol. I need not go into the details of all the ill-effects of alcohol since most of them are commonly known. Below is a simple list of few of the alcohol related illnesses:<br /><br />1. Cirrhosis of Liver is the most well known alcohol associated disease.<br /><br />2. Others are Cancer of Oesophagus, Cancer of Head and Neck, Cancer of Liver (Hepatoma), Cancer of Bowel, etc.<br /><br />3. Oesophagitis, Gastritis, Pancreatitis and Hepatitis are linked with alcohol consumption.<br /><br />4. Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, Coronary Artherosclerosis, Angina and Heart Attacks are linked with heavy alcohol intakes.<br /><br />5. Strokes, Apoplexy, Fits and different types of Paralysis are linked with alcohol intake.<br /><br />6. Peripheral Neuropathy, Cortical Atrophy, Cerebellar Atrophy are well-known syndromes caused by alcohol consumption.<br /><br />7. Wernicke – Korsakoff syndrome with amnesia of recent events, confabulations and retainment of memory to old events with different types of paralysis are mainly due to thiamine deficiency due to excessive alcohol intake.<br /><br />8. Beriberi and other deficiencies are not uncommon among alcoholics. Even Pellagra occurs in alcoholics.<br /><br />9. Delerium Tremens is a serious complication that may occur during recurrent infection of alcoholics or post operatively. It also occurs during abstention as a sign of withdrawal effect. It is quite serious and may cause death even if treated in well equipped centres.<br /><br />10. Numerous Endocrine Disorders have been associated with alcoholism ranging from Myxodema to Hyperthyroidism and Florid Cushing Syndrome.<br /><br />11. Hematological ill effects are long and variable. Folic acid deficiency, however, is the most common manifestation of alcoholic abuse resulting in Macrocytic Anemia. Zeive’s syndrome is a triad of Hemolytic Anemia, Jaundice and Hyperlipaedemia that follows alcoholic binges.<br /><br />12. Thrombocytopenia and other platelet abnormalities are not rare in alcoholics.<br /><br />13. The commonly used tablet metronidazole (flagyl) interacts badly with alcohol.<br /><br />14. Recurrent infection is very common among chronic alcoholics. The resistance to disease and the immunological defense system are compromised by alcohol intake.<br /><br />15. Chest infections are notorious in alcoholics. Pneumonia, Lung Abcess, Emphysema and Pulmonary Tuberculosis are all common in alcoholics.<br /><br />16. During acute alcoholic intoxication, the drunk person usually vomits, the cough reflexes which are protective are paralysed. The vomitus thus easily pass to the lung causing Pneumonia or Lung Abscess. Occasionally it may even cause suffocation and death.<br /><br />17. The ill effects of alcohol consumption on women deserves special mention. Females are more vulnerable to alcohol-related Cirrhosis than men. During pregnancy alcohol consumption has a severe detrimental effect on the foetus. Foetal Alcohol Syndrome is being recognised more and more in the medical profession.<br /><br />18. Skin diseases are also related to alcohol indulgence.<br /><br />19. Eczema, Alopecia, Nail Dystrophy, Paronychia (infection around the nails) and Angular Stomatitis (inflammation of the angle of the mouth) are common diseases among alcoholics.<br /><br /><br />9. Alcoholism is a ‘disease’<br />Medical doctors have now turned liberal towards alcoholics and call alcoholism a disease rather than an addiction.<br /><br />The Islamic Research Foundation has published a pamphlet that says:<br /><br />If alcohol is a disease, it is the only disease that:<br /><br />- Is sold in bottles<br /><br />- Is advertised in newspapers, magazines, on radio and television<br /><br />- Has licensed outlets to spread it<br /><br />- Produces revenue for the government<br /><br />- Brings violent deaths on the highways<br /><br />- Destroys</div></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-15924630208770651992011-12-24T22:40:00.000+02:002011-12-24T22:41:19.741+02:00Why Were We Created?<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); "><a href="http://papanok.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/creation.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42" title="creation" src="http://papanok.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/creation.jpg?w=300&h=241" alt="" width="300" height="241" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; text-align: center; display: block; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(209, 173, 128); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">Not just Muslims, but every single human being has to answer the most fundamental question at some point in his or her lifetime: <strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“Why was I created? Why am I here? What am I doing in this world? Why did God create me?”<br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">These questions are questions which each and everyone of us reflects on at some point during their life. We have some answers, which are given generally but usually these answers don’t satisfy us – seeming somewhat simplistic. So, <strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">we still wonder: “Why me? Why here?”. I know all of you (Muslims), are saying, “To worship Allah, khallas (finish). What more is there to say? Why do we need to have a big long talk on why we were created when we all know it is to worship Allah?!”<span id="more-41" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">But wait. If this is presented to a non-Muslim, the next logical question would be, ”Why does Allah want us to worship Him?” Then your stuck, which can only mean that in our own minds it is not really clear. Why did Allah create us to worship Him?</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">Addressing the question, <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“Why did Allah create us?”</em>, we have to understand how to deal with those people we live with (in the West). Those who don’t consider there to be any purpose in man’s creation, firmly believing that they are just a product of evolution and that the forces of nature. Just as we don’t have apes, dogs or cows thinking about why they are here, then we also don’t have to think about it either. Following from this belief being the basis of the philosophy of Western society (that man is without purpose), the whole issue of government, morality, etc. has no basis for them in Revelation. The product of this attitude is, of course, the corruption that we are living in.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">When a Muslim addresses this topic, we have to find our understanding from Divine Revelation and not human speculation. Because human speculation has no bounds; we can imagine all kinds of things and if any of you has studied philosophy of religion, you will know how many opinions there are about the creation of man and existence. Because of the variety of philosophies which are out there, no one can say this one is correct or that one is incorrect, because there is no guidance behind it. No Divine Revelation. It is only from Divine Revelation that we can determine the reality of our creation, because it is Allah who has created us and so He knows the purpose of our creation. We can hardly understand it ourselves, much less trying to understand the essence of things. So it is for Allah to inform us through the revelation in the Qur’an and the Sunnah (the Prophetic traditions) which were brought to us by His Last Messenger and the Messengers before him.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">Now if we are to look initially into revelation, to determine why was man created, there is a deeper question that we should be asking before that:<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; "> ”Why did God create?”</em>. This before we even get to man because man is not the greatest act of creation. Allah says:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“The creation of the Heavens and the Earth is indeed greater then the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not.”</strong> [Surah Ghafir, verse 57]</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">Man is not the greatest act of creation, this universe is far more complex and far more magnificent than man. So the issue of creation should then go to, <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“Why did God create?”</em>, as opposed to simply, <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“Why create man?”</em>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">Fundamentally,</em> we can say that the creation is the natural consequence of the attribute of creator. Allah is the creator. That is one of his attributes. That is what he has informed us. That being his attribute, the creator, the natural consequence or the product of this attribute is his creation.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">A painter, if we are to draw a similitude on a lower level, who tells you that he is a painter, if you ask him where are his paintings and he replies I don’t have any. What kind of painter is this? The concept of a painter who doesn’t paint, there is some thing not quite gelling together here, of course Allah is beyond this. But if we are to understand on the simplest level, the two go together. The perfection of a painter lies in his paintings. His quality and his ability to paint, is manifest in his paintings. And Allah, beyond all that, as creator, this quality of creation is manifest in the creation itself. Allah didn’t create out of a need. No, the fact that he is the creator, is manifest in the creation.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">Furthermore,</em> consider the act of creation, this act, with regards to Allah is unique. Though we use the term i.e. So and so created a table etc, actually it is in a limited sense. <strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Human beings don’t really create, they manipulate, because they can only<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; "> ”create”</em> what already exists.</strong> When we make a chair or a table, we didn’t create the wood, we had to take it from a tree, we didn’t create the metal, which makes the screws etc, we had to melt down rocks and take the metal out. So we are not creating from nothing. We are manipulating things which Allah has already created in to different shapes and forms which are useful to us. We call it <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“creation”</em> but the real act of creation, is creation from nothing, and this is unique to Allah alone.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">This is a concept, which many people in ignorance, because they couldn’t grasp the idea of creation from nothingness, it lead them to conclude that the world is Allah. Those who say<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“inside of each and every atom is Allah.”</em> And you have people, who call themselves Muslims saying this. Non-Muslims have said this before and there are Muslims who claim this. That<strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Allah is inside each and everything, because Allah is the reality and everything else is fake in their interpretation. That means then, that the creation is Allah, and Allah is the creation. <span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; ">Very, very dangerous concept</span>, which leads some of those who make this claim to say that you don’t have to worship outside of yourself.</strong> Ibn Arabi, was famous for this statement, he is considered to be one of the saints, amongst the so called Sufi religion. Ibn Arabi said<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; "> ”There is no need to worship one outside yourself, you are Allah. It is sufficient to worship yourself.”</em> <span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; ">This is Shirk.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">This concept of Allah being within his creation, no distinction the creation and Allah, it leads them to this shirk. Because they are unable to accept the uniqueness of Allah’s creation, they compare the act of creation by Allah to human creation. That is, just as we manipulate, Allah took pieces of himself and made the earth and the universe. Others will say that all human beings have inside of themselves Allah, that there is a part of Allah inside each and everyone of us. The whole essence, the purpose of life is for us to realize that we have part of Allah inside of ourselves, remove the material blocks which keep us from Allah and again become one with Allah in what they call “fana”. This is again a teaching of the Sufi religion.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">Becoming one with Allah, returning back to Allah in this sense. But this is in fact part of the teachings of shirk. Shaytan (Satan) has deluded man into this imagination. It is part of the belief of the Hindus. Nirvana, the concept that when you die, you are reborn again, and you move up in stages, each time, if you are a good boy or good girl, you go up higher and higher, until you get to the top. You know you have reached the peak, because when you die the next time you become one with the universal soul, Nirvana. That is the end of rebirth. So your whole purpose is to return and become one with God again. This is all, as I said, a product of the inability to understand the concept of creation from nothingness, which is unique to Allah. Allah says:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“There is nothing like him, and he is the hearer and seer of all.”</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">So when we try to interpret Allah’s creation like the way we create, then we have made Him like his creation and it leads us ultimately to those aspects of shirk which I have mentioned.<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">This is quite common amongst the Muslim world today, because when you look into the various branches of the Sufi religion, where they have prescribed various acts of purification, they call it dhikr, exercises to torture the body through spinning and dancing. What is the purpose of this? They will tell you, to liberate the soul from this earthly body and to achieve that state of “fana” or “itihad”, a variety of names they have for it.</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">It is this concept, which lead al-Hallaj, many centuries ago, when he was promoting this idea, and he was put before a panel of judges questioning these concepts, which he was expressing. When they asked him to recant, to take this stuff back, he stood up, opened up his cloak and said “There is nothing inside this cloak except Allah”. So they executed him. And of course, those in the Sufi religion, they have stories that when they cut his head off, it rolled around saying “Allah, Allah, Allahu Akbar etc”. It might have, that is Shaytan may have entered and said these things, as happened with the calf of the Isrealites, when the Prophet Musa (Moses) let Egypt and the people, after crossing the red sea, had a desire to have a god that they could see, so they made a golden calf which they began to worship. This calf was saying “moo” like the calves do. This is what convinced them that this was the real thing. We know it wasn’t the calf saying this. The evil jinn can enter the in to physical entities, make sounds and give these impressions. So there is no problem for us to say ok, maybe when they cut of al-Hallaj’s head that it said these things, because this was part of a test. If we are clear in terms of creator and creation, this is no problem for us.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">Allah is the creator and everything besides Him is His creation, which He created from nothing. It is not Him, nor is He it. This is the pure concept as taught by the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, his companions, and the early generations of righteous scholars, the students of the companions and those who came after them. The best of generations. That is how they understood this matter. There was no confusion in their minds. It wasn’t until Islam spread to areas like Egypt, India and Persia, areas where the Christians had already gotten into deep philosophies, trying to explain how Jesus was a man and god at the same time. When they came in to Islam they brought it with them. This is the reality. It is not something we should necessarily condemn them for or feel is unusual. It is natural, when a person reverts to Islam, that they will carry with them what they believed before. What has been clarified for them, of the basic principles, they accept, and they reject things, which obviously contradict. But it doesn’t mean that every last thought that they have, and everything that was wrong in their philosophies, ideology and concepts will be erased. They will carry these things in with them. This is why in the later part of the Prophet’s sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam life, prior to his death, when he was coming back from one of the battles, his companions asked him to set aside a tree for them, that they could hang their weapons on, like the way the pagans would hang their weapons on trees, believing that when they hung the weapons, it became super-powerful, as if some power was coming from the tree, that their shields would now block steel and their swords would cut through the enemy. Some of the companions who had newly accepted Islam, asked the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam to designate one for them, a special one, an Islamic one. They understood that what the pagans had, this was wrong. These were the companions of the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and he had to clarify it for them. He said: You are like the companions of Musa who asked to have the calf built. And he clarified for them that all of this is shirk and there is no place for it in Islam. So if it could happen to some of the companions, then we cannot blame the generations who have come after them, who come into Islam and carry with them some of their old ideas. What it is for us to do is to clarify.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">So what we have in front of us then, is that Allah created this universe out of nothing, and everything that is in it was created. For example:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“Allah created all things, and he is the agent, upon which, all things depend.”</strong> [Surah 39, verse 62]</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">This is the reality. This is stressed for us, in order for us to realize that ultimately, all good, all evil, that takes place in the world, only takes place by the permission of Allah. Therefore we should not seek any other channels to protect ourselves from evil, or to gather for ourselves good, as people commonly do today. They will go to fortunetellers, this is big business today, all the magazines have various forms of fortunetellers like dial a horoscope etc. in a society that has lost touch with Allah, this is what is open to them. Allah has stressed for us that no calamity will befall us except by Allah’s permission;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">“Nothing is taking place in this world except by the permission of Allah.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">And the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam further emphasized this principle by saying;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“If the whole of mankind gathered to do some thing to help us, they could not help in anything which Allah had not already written for us. And if the whole of mankind gathered together to harm us, then they would not be able to harm with anything which Allah had not already written for us.”</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">Therefore what is required of us is to depend on Allah, put our trust in Allah. This is what we have to draw out of this attribute of Allah being the creator. This creation exists because of that attribute. Its practical significance to us lies in putting our trust in Allah.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">There is another aspect, besides the fact that the creation exists because Allah is the creator. We can also see from what the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam has informed us, that in the creation there is manifestation of Allah’s attributes of mercy, forgiveness, kindness etc etc. Allah created man in paradise, they disobeyed Allah, but Allah had taught them how to repent, how to turn back to him and seek his forgiveness, then he would forgive them. Having done that, they were forgiven, Adam became the first prophet, and mankind was absolved of that sin. The story of Adam and Eve is the story of human existence. Human beings are given a consciousness of Allah. When Allah created all human beings, as he states in the Qur’an, he took from Adam (Adam) all of his descendents, and made them all bear witness that Allah is their Lord. So we are all born with that consciousness. He has also given us a consciousness of what is right and what is wrong.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">“We have inspired each and every soul to an awareness of corruption and righteousness.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">Allah gave revelation through his commandments, not to eat of the tree. However, human beings forget. And when they forget Allah then they fall into sin. We can absolve ourselves of that sin by means of repentance, and Allah forgives us when we repent sincerely. The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“The one who repents is like the one without sin.” “If you did not commit sins and turn to Allah seeking his forgiveness, then he would replace you with another people who would sin, ask Allah’s forgiveness and he would forgive them.”</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">So in our sinning and asking Allah’s forgiveness, the attribute of Allah’s mercy and forgiveness becomes manifest. Allah knew what we were going to do before he created us, he knew that he was creating a species who would sin. If he didn’t wan t them to sin, if it was not his intention to permit them to sin, then he could have created angels, more angels. But the had already created angels, so he chose to create a being, that would disobey his commandments through forgetfulness or just simple disobedience, but would turn back to him in repentance, and his attribute of forgiveness would become manifest. Similarly, his mercy;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam is quoted as saying that when Allah created the universe, He made an obligation on Himself, recorded in a document, kept by Him, that “My mercy precedes my wrath.” He sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam also was reported as saying;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“Allah created mercy with a hundred parts. One of which was sent down upon the jinn and human beings and other living creatures. It is out of this one part that they love each other, show kindness to one another, and even the animals treat their offspring with affection. Allah has reserved the remaining ninety-nine parts for his true worshippers on the Day of Judgment.”</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">This is the mercy of Allah manifest in his creation. What is also manifest in creation, in the act of creation, the creation of man, is his attribute of justice, fairness, which comes out as the judgment at the end of this world. I am sure we have all read the ahadith in which the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“Allah created some people for hell and some people for paradise.”</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">For allot of people, this is something very heavy. And the companions, they asked the prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam then what is the point in doing good deeds? If Allah created some for heaven and some for hell then what is the pin in doing anything? It has already been decided. The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">“Each one of you will find it easy to do what he was created for.” So if you choose the evil way, you find it easy and you carry on in that way, then that was what you were created for. But ultimately it is your choice. You choose hell. The fact hat Allah has recorded, before anything was created, who would be in hell and who would be in heaven does not change the fact that it is we who choose. The judgment is only to manifest to those who go to hell, that they deserve to be in hell. It is only for them basically. Because if Allah created you, and put you in paradise, with all that is in paradise, and you see those people in hell suffering, are you going to ask Allah, why did you put me in paradise? No. your going to say “all praise be to Allah!” you don’t want to question or to wonder, all you will be is ecstatic that you are of those in paradise. So the judgment is not for you, it is for those who are going to hell. If you happen to be amongst those who were created for and put in hell, you would say, why me? Why did you put me in hell? And Allah would say; because you would have done so and so in your life. But you would say; no, no I wouldn’t. If you give me a chance I would do good deeds. You would not give up arguing. So Allah has allowed us to live out our lives. So when we stand before him, our book of deeds is spread before us, we know without a shadow of a doubt, that we chose hell. That Allah’s judgment is just. There is no injustice in it, in any way shape or form. Allah says he oppresses no one. We will know that we chose hell. And the only thing that remains for us, and I pray that it is not in fact us, who are going to hell, is to beg Allah for another chance. Allah says;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“If you could only see when the sinners will bow their heads before their lord, saying; O Lord, we have now seen and heard, so send us back and we will do righteous deeds. Verily, we now believe with certainty.”</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">This is the only response, which will be left for them. Or as Allah said;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“And those whose light scales of good deeds, they ruined themselves and they will be in hell eternally. The fire will burn their faces, and they will grin with disfigured lips, I will say to them; Were My Verses not recited to you, and you rejected them? They will reply; Our Lord, our misery overcame us and we were a people astray. Our Lord, bring us out of this, and if we ever return we will truly be unjust.”</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">When we die, there remains behind us a barrier, the Barzakh, none of us will come back, it is a one-way ticket. Those poor individuals who think they will get another chance, this is the new age religion, they think it is new, but it is just plain old Hindu delusion, that when you die, you get another chance to come back again. The effects of this actually, among Hindus, where I am in the UAE, there are a lot of Hindus here, everyday in the news paper you read about a Hindu man or woman who ties a rope to a ceiling fan, which is found in many of the homes, put it around their neck, kicked away the chair and passed out of this world. Suicide is common amongst them. Why? Because they think they have another chance. It will be a rude awakening for them when they meet the angel of death and find themselves in the next life, realizing that there is no coming back. In the creation of man is manifest the grace of Allah. This is a particular point which all of us should reflect on and be thankful to Allah for. His grace, and Christians, they like to refer to us Muslims as those who don’t believe in the grace of God, we are those who look at God’s judgment and it is just about deeds, you do good then you go to heaven, you do bad and you go to hell, that is it, no grace there at all. For them the grace of God is there for all those who accept that he became a man, and was crucified by man, to provide salvation for human beings who’s sins had become so great that they could not remove that sin through any act themselves. So it was with the spilling of the “Blood of God” that we could be absolved of our sins. For them, if you accept that God spilt his blood for mankind’s salvation, then you have earned the grace of God. Does not matter what you do as long as you have accepted this belief in the grace of God. Muslims also believe in the grace of God. Actually it plays a major and significant role. Often it is not stressed but it is important for us to realize how the grace of Allah is manifest in our creation. The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: italic normal normal 1.2em/normal Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.02em; ">“Observe moderation, but if you fail, try to do as much as you can moderately and be happy. For none of you will enter Paradise only because of his deeds.” Of course when the companions heard that they said; “O messenger of Allah, not even you? And the prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, not even me. Were it not that Allah wrapped me in his mercy. And bear in mind that the deed most loved by Allah is one done constantly even if it is small”</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">What does this mean? It means that God’s grace is manifest in our lives in that were He to call us to account, one good deed, one evil deed, equal to each other, then we would not enter paradise, not even the prophets of Allah. But Allah through his grace and mercy has multiplied the value of the good deeds. Allah says;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“Whoever brings a good deed, shall the value of ten like it. And whoever brings an evil deed will be punished with one like it. And they will not be wronged.”</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">[Surah Al-'Imran, verse 160] This is Allah’s grace. Good deeds erase evil deeds. One good deed will erase at least ten evil deeds. Allah’s grace is not arbitrary, simply because you say I believe you have his grace, no matter what you do, no. The more good you do, the more of his grace is manifest in you. If you chose evil and reject the good, then you don’t receive His grace, it doesn’t matter what you say. If you say, I am a Muslim, I believe, but really you don’t believe, it is just some words you are saying, them you will not be subject to the grace of Allah. So the creation is a manifestation of Allah’s attribute of being the creator. In the creation of man within the scheme of things, there is manifest Allah’s attribute of mercy, his attribute of justice and this is the reason for the creation of man from the point of view of Allah. From human perspective, why did God create man in terms of for what purpose? Then this is the one we all know and are familiar with;</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“We did not create the jinn and men except to worship us”</strong> [Surah adh-Dhariyyat, verse 56)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 51, 32); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(244, 208, 168); text-align: justify; ">So relative to Allah, we were created in a means or a way in which Allah has chosen to manifest his attributes of creation, mercy, grace etc and he could have chosen another one. But relative to us as human beings, we know that our purpose is to worship Allah. As we said, Allah does not need our worship, a Allah didn’t need to create. When he created us to worship him, he didn’t create us, out of a need for our worship, because Allah has no needs. In a famous hadith qudsi in which Allah says; If all of you, jinn and mankind, were to worship like the most righteous amongst you, it would not increase the dominion of Allah in any way shape or form. And if all of us, jinn and mankind … Therefore when we look for the purpose of worship, we have to look into man. Allah created us to worship him, because we need to worship him. It is something he has given us as a means of benefiting ourselves. We are the ones who benefit from it. Worship has been established, fundamentally for the growth, the spiritual growth of man. This growth takes place through the remembrance of Allah. When you look at all the different aspects of worship, you will see the core of it is focused on the remembrance of Allah. ”Establish the prayer for My remembrance.” This is the essence for the consciousness of God. Allah says that he has: ”…prescribed for us fasting, as he prescribed it for those before us, so that we may fear him.”Worship is there for us to remember Allah. And it is in the remembrance of Allah, that we achieve that consciousness. Because it is when we forget Allah, that Shaytan causes us to disobey Allah and fall into sin. So it is only in His remembrance that we can attain salvation. All of the various acts of worship from saying “Bismillah” when we eat is to help us remember Allah in order to grow spiritually. Allah has said that he has created us to test us, to see which of us is best in deeds. He is not testing us to know, in the sense that he doesn’t already know, but this world is a test for us in order again that we can grow spiritually. We cannot develop this spiritual characteristic of generosity unless some of us have more then others and then we are required to give of the wealth we have. When we give, we grow. Similarly, if we were not in a position where others had more then us then we wouldn’t have the ability to develop the higher spiritual quality of contentment, patience, satisfaction in what Allah has given us. So it is all there in order to bring out the higher spiritual qualities, which enable us to attain the state, which makes us suitable and eligible to return to paradise. The paradise from which we were created, we were created in paradise and for paradise. Through our choices we have left, in this life, a field of testing, where we can grow to a state where we deserve paradise. The purpose of this life is the worship of Allah, this life is a test. A test for us, will we worship Allah, or will we forget Him. This is where our focus has to begin.</p>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-22832560576627782222011-12-17T03:33:00.000+02:002011-12-17T03:36:35.191+02:00THE PEOPLE OF SABA DESTROYED AS MENTIONED IN QURAN<div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/0agflowers22.gif" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="font-size: 18px; ">FROM THE QURAN THE AAYAHS:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">34. The City of Sabá (Sabá)</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Revealed before the Hijrah. This chapter has 54 verses. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. </span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1013747640D32.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">1. Praise be to Allah, to Whom belong all things in the heavens and on earth: to Him be Praise in the Hereafter: and He is All-Wise, All-Aware. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">2. He knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes out thereof; all that comes down from the sky and all that ascends thereto and He is the Most Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">3. The Unbelievers say, "Never to us will come the Hour": Say, "Nay! but most surely, by my Lord, it will come upon you;- by Him Who knows the unseen,- from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens or on earth: nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but is in the Record Perspicuous: </span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1014050410D31.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">4. That He may reward those who believe and work deeds of righteousness: for such is Forgiveness and a Sustenance Most Generous." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">5. But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,- for such will be a Chastisement,- of painful wrath. </span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1014427935D31.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">6. And those to whom knowledge has come see that the (Revelation) sent down to thee from thy Lord - that is the Truth, and that it guides to the Path of the Exalted (in Might), Worthy of all praise. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">7. The Unbelievers say (in ridicule): "Shall we point out to you a man that will tell you, when ye are all scattered to pieces in disintegration, that ye shall (then be raised) in a New Creation?</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">8. "Has he invented a falsehood against Allah, or is he afflicted with madness?" - Nay, it is those who believe not in the Hereafter, that are in (real) Chastisement, and in farthest error. </span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1014459208D32.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">9. See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky and the earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance). </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">10. We bestowed Grace aforetime on David from Us: "O ye Mountains! Sing ye back the Praises of Allah with him! and ye birds (also)! And We made the iron soft for him;- </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">11. (Commanding), "Make thou coats of mail, balancing well the rings of chain armor, and work ye righteousness; for be sure I see (clearly) all that ye do." </span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1015134943D32.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">12. And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): its early morning (stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) was a month's (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow for him; and there were Jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave of his Lord, and if any of them turned aside from Our command, We made him taste of the Chastisement of the Blazing Fire. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">13. They worked for him as he desired, (making) arches, images, basons as large as wells, and (cooking) cauldrons fixed (in their places): "Exercise thanks, sons of David! but few of My servants are grateful!" </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">14. Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating Chastisement (of their Task). </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">15. There was, for Sabá, aforetime, a Sign in their home-land - two Gardens to the right and to the left. "Eat of the Sustenance (provided) by your Lord, and be grateful to Him: a territory fair and happy, and a Lord Oft-Forgiving! </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">16. But they turned away (from Allah), and We sent against them the Flood (released) from the dams, and We converted their two garden (rows) into "gardens" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few (stunted) Lote-trees. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">17. That was the Requital We gave them because they ungratefully rejected Faith: and never do We give (such) requital except to such as are ungrateful rejecters. </span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1015433168D31.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">18. Between them and the Cities on which We had poured Our blessings, We had placed Cities in prominent positions, and between them We had appointed stages of journey in due proportion: "Travel therein, secure, by night and by day." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">19. But they said: "Our Lord! Place longer distances between our journey- stages": but they wronged themselves (therein). At length We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all in scattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that is) patiently constant and grateful. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">20. And on them did Satan prove true his idea, and they followed him, all but a party that believed. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">21. But he had no authority over them,- except that We might test the man who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it: and thy Lord doth watch over all things. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">22. Say: "Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides Allah. They have no power,- not the weight of an atom,- in the heavens or on earth: no (sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a helper to Allah.</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1015955848D32.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">23. "No intercession can avail in with Him, except for those for whom He has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that, when terror is removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they say, 'What is it that your Lord commanded?' They will say, 'That which is true and just; and He is the Most High Most Great'." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">24. Say: "Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and the earth?" Say: "It is Allah. and certain it is that either we or ye are on right guidance or in manifest error!" </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">25. Say: "Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor shall we be questioned as to what ye do." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">26. Say: "Our Lord will gather us together and will in the end decide the matter between us (and you) in truth and justice: and He is the One to decide, the One Who knows all." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">27. Say: "Show me those whom ye have joined with Him as partners: by no means (can ye). Nay, He is Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">28. We have not sent thee but as a (Messenger) to all mankind, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men know not. </span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1020701280D30.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">29. They say: "When will this promise (come to pass) if ye are telling the truth?" </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">30. Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye cannot put back for an hour nor put forward." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">31. The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when the wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of blame) on one another! Those who were deemed weak will say to the arrogant ones: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!" </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">32. The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despised weak: "Was it we who kept you back from Guidance after it reached you? Nay, rather, it was ye who transgressed. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">33. Those who had been deemed weak will say to the arrogant ones: "Nay! it was a plot (of yours) by day and by night: Behold! Ye (constantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to Allah and to attribute equals to Him!" They are filled with remorse, when they see the Chastisement: We shall put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital for their (ill) Deeds. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">34. Never did We send a warner to a population, but the wealthy ones among them said: "We believe not in the (Message) with which ye have been sent." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">35. They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be chastised." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">36. Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom He pleases, but most men know not." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">37. It is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you nearer to Us in degree: but only those who believe and work righteousness - these are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while secure they (reside) in the dwellings on high! </span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1020727321D32.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">38. Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given over into chastisement. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">39. Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of His servants as He pleases: and nothing do ye spend in the least (in His cause) but He replaces it: for He is the Best of those who grant Sustenance. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">40. On the Day He will gather them all together, and say to the angels, "Was it you that these men used to worship?" </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">41. They will say, "Glory to Thee! Thou art our Protector - not them. Nay, but they worshipped the Jinns: most of them believed in them." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">42. So on that Day no power shall they have over each other, for profit or harm: and We shall say to the wrong-doers, "Taste ye the Chastisement of the Fire,- the which ye were wont to deny!" </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">43. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, "This is only a man who wishes to hinder you from the (worship) which your fathers practiced." And they say, "This is only a falsehood invented!" and the Unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them, "This is nothing but evident magic!" </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">44. But We had not given them Books which they could study, nor sent messengers to them before thee as Warners. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">45. And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not received a tenth of what We had granted to those: yet when they rejected My messengers, how (terrible) was My punishment! </span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/glitterfy1014821536D31.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">46. Say: "I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand up before Allah,- (It may be) in pairs, or (it may be) singly,- and reflect (within yourselves): your Companion is not possessed: he is no less than a warner to you, in face of a terrible chastisement." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">47. Say: "Whatever reward do I ask of you, it is yours: my reward is only due from Allah. And He is witness to all things." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">48. Say: "Verily my Lord doth cast the Truth,- He that has full knowledge of (all) that is hidden." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">49. Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood showeth not its face, and will not return." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">50. Say: "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul: but if I receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of my Lord to me: it is He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near." </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">51. If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but then there will be no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a position (quite) near. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">52. And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the (Truth)"; but how could they receive (Faith) from a position (so) far off,- </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">53. Seeing that they did reject Faith before, and that they cast (conjectures) with regard on the unseen from a position far off? </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">54. And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as was done in the past with their partisans: for they were indeed in suspicious (disquieting) doubt. </span><br /></span><span class="imgcenter" style="clear: both; display: block; text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/021.gif" style="max-width: 100%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">THE PEOPLE OF SABA AND THE ARIM FLOOD</span><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/marib.jpg" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">picture shows Ruins of the Temple of Ma’rib</span><br /><span class="imgleft" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/maribb.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="imgright" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/maribbaraji.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: right; float: right; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 15px; " /></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Ma’rib Dam (shown in the pictures above and to the side) was one of the major works of the people of Saba. The dam collapsed in the flood of Arim, mentioned in the Qur’an, and the Sabaean state was weakened economically and eventually collapsed.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Many centuries ago, the community of Saba was one of the four biggest civilisations which lived in South Arabia.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Historical sources relating to Saba usually say that this was a culture akin to that of the Phoenicians. It was particularly involved in commercial activities. The Sabaeans are recognised by historians as a civilised and cultured people. In the inscriptions of the rulers of Saba, words such as "restore," "dedicate" and "construct" are frequently used. The Ma'rib Dam, which is one of the most important monuments of this people, is an important indication of the technological level this people had reached.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Sabaean state had one of the strongest armies in the region and was able to adopt an expansionist policy thanks to its potent army. With its advanced culture and army, the Sabaean state was without question one of the "super powers" of the region at the time. This extraordinarily strong army of the Sabaean state is also described in the Qur'an. An expression of the commanders of the Saba army related in the Qur'an, shows the extent of the confidence this army had in itself. The commanders call out to the female ruler (Queen) of the state:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">… "We possess strength and we possess great force. But the matter is in your hands so consider what you command." (Qur'an, 27:33)</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Because of the Ma'rib Dam which had been constructed, with the help of quite advanced technology for that particular era, the people of Saba possessed an enormous irrigation capacity. The fertile soil they acquired by virtue of this technique and their control over the trade route permitted them a splendid lifestyle, full of well-being. However, instead of giving thanks to Allah for all this, the Qur'an informs us that they actually "turned away from Him." Furthermore, they refused to heed the warnings and reminders issued to them. Because of these poor moral values, they merited punishment in the sight of Allah and their dams collapsed and the flood of Arim ruined all their lands.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The capital city of the Sabaean state was Ma'rib, which was extremely wealthy thanks to its advantageous geographical position. The capital city was very close to the River Adhanah. The point where the river reached Jabal Balaq was very suitable for the construction of a dam. Making use of this condition, the Sabaean people constructed a dam at this location at the time when their civilisation was first established, and they began irrigation. As a result, they reached a very high level of economic prosperity. The capital city, Ma'rib, was one of the most developed cities of the time. The Greek writer Pliny, who had visited the region and greatly praised it, also mentioned how green this region was.232</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The height of the dam in Ma'rib was 16 metres, its width was 60 metres and its length was 620 metres. According to the calculations, the total area that could be irrigated by the dam was 9,600 hectares, of which 5,300 hectares belonged to the southern plain. The remaining part belonged to the northern plain. These two plains were referred to as "Ma'rib and two plains" in the Sabaean inscriptions.233 The expression in the Qur'an, "two gardens to the right and to the left," points to the imposing gardens and vineyards in these two valleys. Thanks to this dam and its irrigation systems, the region became famous as the best irrigated and most fruitful area of Yemen. The Frenchman J. Holevy and the Austrian Glaser proved from written documents that the Ma'rib dam existed since ancient times. In documents written in the Himer dialect, it is related that this dam rendered the territory very productive and was the heartbeat of the economy.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The dam that collapsed in 542 led to the flood of Arim and caused enormous damage. The vineyards, orchards and fields cultivated for hundreds of years by the people of Saba were completely destroyed. Following the collapse of the dam, the people of Saba appear to have entered a period of rapid contraction, at the end of which the Sabaean state came to an end.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When we examine the Qur'an in the light of the historical data above, we observe that there is very substantial agreement here. Archaeological findings and the historical data both verify what is recorded in the Qur'an. As mentioned in the verse, these people, who did not listen to the exhortations of their Prophet and who rejected faith, were in the end punished with a dreadful flood. This flood is described in the Qur'an in the following verses:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">There was, for Saba, aforetime, a Sign in their home-land-two Gardens to the right and to the left. "Eat of the Sustenance [provided] by your Lord, and be grateful to Him: a territory fair and happy, and a Lord Oft-Forgiving!" But they turned away [from Allah], and We sent against them the Flood [released] from the dams, and We converted their two garden [rows] into "gardens" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few [stunted] Lote-trees. That was the Requital We gave them because they ungratefully rejected Faith: And never do We give [such] requital except to such as are ungrateful rejecters. (Qur'an, 34:15-17)</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In the Qur'an, the punishment sent to the Sabaean people is named as "Sayl al-Arim" which means the "flood of Arim." This expression used in the Qur'an also tells us the manner in which this disaster occurred. The word "Arim" means dam or barrier. The expression "Sayl al-Arim" describes a flood that came about with the collapse of this barrier. Islamic commentators have resolved the issue of time and place being guided by the terms used in the Qur'an about the flood of Arim. For example, Mawdudi writes in his commentary:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">As also used in the expression, Sayl al-Arim, the word "arim" is derived from the word "arimen" used in the Southern Arabic dialect, which means "dam, barrier." In the ruins unearthed in the excavations made in Yemen, this word was seen to be frequently used in this meaning. For example, in the inscriptions which was ordered by Yemen's Habesh monarch, Ebrehe (Abraha), after the restoration of the big Ma'rib wall in 542 and 543 AD, this word was used to mean dam (barrier) time and again. So, the expression of Sayl al- Arim means "a flood disaster which occurs after the destruction of a dam." "… We converted their two garden [rows] into gardens producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few [stunted] Lote-trees" (Qur'an, 34:16). That is, after the collapse of the dam-wall, all the country was inundated by the flood. The canals that had been dug by the Sabaean people, and the wall that had been constructed by building barriers between the mountains, were destroyed and the irrigation system fell apart. As a result, the territory, which was like a garden before, turned into a jungle. There was no fruit left but the cherry-like fruit of little stumpy trees.234</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">After the disaster of the Arim flood, the region started to turn into a desert and the Sabaean people lost their most important source of income. Their lands, which had been agricultural havens of prosperity and financial strength, disappeared. The people, who had not heeded the call of Allah to believe in Him and to be grateful to Him, were in the end punished with this disaster.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="font-size: 21px; ">TAKEN FROM THE MIRACLES OF THE QURAN READ MORE CITIES DESTROYED<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/historical_index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; ">http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/historical_index.html</a></span></span></span><br /></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-69081099515366714452011-12-17T03:31:00.000+02:002011-12-17T03:32:26.859+02:00WHAT DO MUSLIMS BELIVE<div><br /></div><div><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/19.jpg" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">1) Belief in Allah subhana na wa ta'ala </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Our belief is that there is only one God (Allah subhana wa ta'ala) and Allah subhana wa ta'ala is present at all time. He existed before time and will exist after time ends. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has no relations or family what so ever, meaning he has no mother, no father, no brother, no sister, no son or daughter. He is totally self-sufficient. He is not dependent on any thing or anyone but the whole universe depends on Him. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) does not get tired or have any need for sleep. He is free from all needs. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) does not oppress anyone.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has ninety nine beautiful attributes to him which a few are; He is the Most Merciful and does not lie. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) is the Most Powerful. He does not get tired or falls asleep He is free from all needs. He can do whatever He wants. He created the skies and the earth and created everything that came before them. Everything dies by His command and He will make everyone come back to life on the Day of Judgement (to account for his or her deeds).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) is One and has No partners. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) is alone in His rule over the universe. All movements in the universe are Allah (subhana wa ta'ala)'s creation. No leaf can move without His permission and blessing. Every order of Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has to be obeyed whether we understand it or not. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) alone is the Most Worthy of worship. Nobody is allowed to worship the idols, Sun, Moon, trees, water, Angel or prophet's etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/KLMGCL.gif" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">2) Belief in Prophecy</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">A prophet is a man whom Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has sent with orders to guide the people onto the right path. Miracles accompany him to show that he is indeed a messenger of Allah (subhana wa ta'ala). The greatest miracle that came with our prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is the living miracle which we have with us today - the Holy Qur'an. The first prophet was Hazrat Adam (alayhi salaam) and the last prophet Hazrat Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Altogether the number of prophets that were sent to this world were approximately 124,000. Out of all the prophets 313 were messengers, from whom there were five messengers known as the 'resolute' messengers. The difference between a prophet and a messenger is that a messenger received a scripture or a book of revelation. Every messenger is a prophet, but not all prophets are messengers. In the Holy Qur`an, only a few of the prophets and they stories are mentioned. Even though the other prophets names are not mentioned in the Holy Qur`an, we still must believe that they were prophets and the things that they taught, and preached, to the people was the truth.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Prophets are free from all sins. None of the prophets committed any sin, neither big nor small. Jews and Christians believe that prophets could commit sins. But Muslims believe that a prophet has never committed a sin neither before nor after he was announced as a prophet. A prophet can see Jinns, Satan, Angel and other things that are invisible to our eyes. Prophets can communicate with animals, plants and other things, which are incapable of communicating with humans.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) informs them the knowledge of the past and future as they need it. A Prophets decision is safe from errors, but even with all these skills prophets still need the guidance of Allah (subhana wa ta'ala). Even if a miracle appear from a prophet's hands, it is only able to appear with Allah (subhana wa ta'ala)'s command and will. A prophet cannot be disabled in any form, i.e. have one eye. A person cannot become a prophet by just worshipping Allah (subhana wa ta'ala), only those people whom Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has chosen can be prophets, and that is why whoever was a prophet was born a prophet.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Usually prophets announce themselves to the people at the age of 40, but Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) (Jesus) announced his prophecy when he was a baby. All the prophets have been men, none of them have been women. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) gave revelation to His prophets in different ways. Sometimes the Angel brought it to them and sometimes Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) put it directly in to the prophet's heart, or sometimes in their dreams or when they were awake. Prophecy started in line from Prophet Adam (alayhi salaam) to Prophet Isa (alayhi salaam), but when Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) sent Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prophecy finished. If anyone claims and says that, "I'm a prophet after Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)" he is a liar and a non-believer, whoever says and believes that this person is a prophet then that person also becomes a non-believer himself.</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/images%20(11).jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">3) Belief in Angels</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) created Angel from light. We can't see or hear them in their actual form. They are free from sins. They come in any form or shape they wish. They always obey Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) orders. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has given them different duties for example: Two Angel stay with every person, one on the right and one on the left. The Angel on the right side writes down the good deeds that the person performs, and the Angel on the left side writes down all the bad deeds that the person commits. There is no place in the universe where there are no Angel. Nobody knows how many Angel there are except Allah (subhana wa ta'ala). From amongst the Angels there are four that are well known these are:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hazrat Jibraeel (alayhi salaam) (Gabriel) is the chief of the Angel. He has got 70, 000 wings and his job was to carry messages from Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) to His prophets.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hazarat Mikaeel (alayhi salaam) (Michael) distributes the food and controls the weather.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hazarat Israfeel (alayhi salaam) will blow the horn. When Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) orders him to blow it, It will destroy the whole universe before the Day of Judgement begins.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hazarat Izraeel (alayhi salaam) He is the "Angel of Death", who extracts the peoples soul at the time of death.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/www_sunna-info-489.JPG" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">4) Belief in the Books</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Muslims faith is that all the books and scriptures sent by Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) to his messengers are true. From amongst them the books and scriptures which have been sent down there are four well known:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Towrat (Original Torah). This book was revealed by Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) to prophet Musa (alayhi salaam) (Moses).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Zaboor (Original Psalms). This book was revealed by Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) to prophet Dawoud (alayhi salaam).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Injeel (Original Gospel). This book was revealed by Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) to prophet Isa (alayhi salaam) (Jesus).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Holy Qur'an. This book was revealed by Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) to Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Holy Qur`an is Allah (subhana wa ta'ala)'s last book and everything inside it is true, nothing has been taken out and nothing new has been added. It will remain perfect until the Day of Judgement. It is Allah (subhana wa ta'ala)'s last perfect book and Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) promises in the Holy Qur`an that He will never let anyone change it.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">With the Torah the Psalms and the Gospel we have to believe that at the time that these books were revealed, everything in them was true, but after some time, people have taken verses out of those books and added new verses of their own. Now if we see anything in these books which the Holy Qur'an verifies then we believe in that. And if we see anything which is in contradiction to the Holy Qur'an or Ahadeeth we have to reject it. If we see something which is not mentioned in the Holy Qur'an or Ahadeeth, we cannot say anything about it except that "Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) knows best".</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Apart from these four books Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has sent other books and scriptures to the messengers and although we don't know the details of these books and scriptures we must believe that at the time they were revealed what was written in them was true.</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/tahnia.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">5) Fate</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">One of the beliefs of a Muslim is to believe in Fate (Qadr). Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has the knowledge of everything, He knew everything before He created us and He has given us free will to make our own decisions in life, for example to choose the right or the wrong path. We will be judged by our intentions.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/2304647733_f0aa0f322a_t.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">6) Death</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Death comes in different forms to every human being, for example death for a good believer will be peaceful and the soul will leave the body easily. For a non-believer death, is very difficult and the soul struggles, trying not to leave the body.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/audici155.png" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">7) Death of a Muslim</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When the time of death for a Muslim is close the Angel, Hazrat Izraeel, comes down with a thousand other Angels the faces of whom shine like the sun. They come and sit next to him. With them they bring silk clothes from Heaven and Heavenly perfumes for the person who is close to his death. Hazrat Izraeel (alayhi salaam) comes closer to the person and says:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">" Oh soul come out of that body, your lord is pleased with you."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Shortly after that the soul leaves the body, the Angel dress the soul in Heavenly silk clothes and put on the perfumes. The Angel then take the soul to the sky, and the groups of Angel which they pass them will know that it is a soul of a good believer, they will say to the soul "Welcome holy-soul you have been obedient to Allah and Allah is pleased with you."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Meanwhile the Angels take the soul to the first level of the sky and knock on the door and the Angel inside ask. "Who is it?" The Angel outside reply: "We have brought a good person's soul."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Angel inside open the doors to welcome the soul. The soul is then taken to the second level of the sky, and the in the same manner the soul keeps travelling with the Angel until it reaches the seventh level. The Angel then leave the soul on the seventh level where it goes to a place called Il-li-yeen. Illiyeen is the place where all good Muslim souls are gathered after death. The soul is asked questions by the souls who are already there, they ask about their families back on earth: "How are they? What are they doing?" Some old souls will ask about such and such a person, the new soul will say, "Hasn't he come to you?" The old soul replies, "No, he must have been thrown into Hell."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">After all the talking one of the old soul says: "Let him rest now he is very tired". The soul returns to his body at the time of burial, then the Questioning starts.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">At the time of burial, the soul of the dead person is going to be in Illy-yeen or in Sij-jeen. After the body has been buried, the soul returns to the body in the grave. Two Angels, called Munkar and Nakeer, arrive at the grave to question the dead person their first question is:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"WHO IS YOUR LORD"?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"MY LORD IS ALLAH (SUBHANA WA TA'ALA)" replies the believer.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"WHAT IS YOUR RELIGION"? </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"MY RELIGION IS ISLAM" replies the believer.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then the dead person is shown the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and the two Angel ask: "WHO IS THIS MAN"? The believer will reply "THIS MAN IS PROPHET MUHAMMAD (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)"</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Angel will then ask "HOW DO YOU KNOW"? "I READ THE BOOK OF ALLAH (SUBHANA WA TA'ALA) AND ACTED UPON IT".</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">A voice will be heard: "This person is a true believer." At this point the person's grave bed will widen as far the eye can see. Light will appear in the grave and fresh air and heavenly perfume will come in the grave from a window opening into heaven. The person will be dressed in clothing from heaven and the Angel will order him to sleep. The person will rest in his grave until Yawm-ul-Qiyama (the day of judgement).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then a handsome man, with clean clothes and with beautiful smells will come saying: "Be happy, This is the day Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) promised you." The dead person will ask: "Who are you?" The man will say: "I am your good deeds".</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When all the questions have been asked the soul will be free to go back to Illiyeen. You must remember that every soul has contact with its body in the grave. A small example of that would be: If a person passing by the grave says salaam, the dead person answers the salaam even if he is in Illiyeen.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said that when a person's body is buried, he wakes up by rubbing his/her eyes. He/she will feel as though the sun is setting and say, " leave me I want to read Asar Salaat." Then the questioning will start.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The grave is not a pit into which dead bodies are thrown, but it is a door to a world where people go after death (Barzakh). It is the stage between death and the Day of Judgement. After death every soul is alive. Non-believers will stay in imprisonment and will get punished, but a good Muslim's soul is free and it could go anywhere he/she likes. For example can perform Hajj, can appear in dreams of people who are still alive and can give them news and also go to people's houses, however they are invisible.</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Allah%20Name_32167.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">8) Death of a Non-Believer</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When a non-believer is close to death, Hazrat Izraeel and thousands of other Angel come with darkened faces. They will have Clothes from hell and dirty smells from hell. Angel Izraeel will approach the non-believer and say:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"Oh corrupt soul come out, Allah is angry with you". The soul with great difficulty leaves the body and will be dressed in the clothes from hell and the dirty smells of Hell will be put on him. The soul is then taken to the sky and on the way all the Angel who go past, curse it. When the Angels knock on the door of the first level of the sky, the Angel in side reply "Throw him in SIJJEEN" (Sijjeen is a place under the seven skies where all the soul of non-believers wait). The soul is thrown into Sijjeen and the souls who are already there can not talk, because they are in their own punishment. The soul is then taken back to his body at the time of burial and the questioning starts in the same way. When the questioning is done, the soul returns to Sijjeen and it still has contact with its body. When a non-believer is buried, the same questions will be asked to the non-believer:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"WHO IS YOUR LORD"?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"I DON'T KNOW" replies the non-believer.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"WHAT IS YOUR RELIGION"</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"I DON'T KNOW". replies the non believer</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then the dead person will be then be shown the face of prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and the two Angels will ask: "WHO IS THIS"? "I DO NOT KNOW" replies the non believer.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Angel will say: "He is a liar! put clothes of fire on Him, make Him a bed in hell and open the window of Hell for him". Then facing the non-believer, the window of hell fire opens and hot air from hell enters the grave. The grave tightens and the Angel will hit the non-believer between the eyes with an iron bar. If that iron bar hit a mountain in this world, the mountain would crumble like powder. Then the non-believer will scream in so much pain that everything from East to West will be able to hear the screams, all except human beings and Jinns. The second punishment will be the 99 poisonous snakes in the grave, which will not stop biting the person until the Day of Judgement. This is because he did not believe in Allah (subhana wa ta'ala).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then an ugly looking man will come, who will smell disgusting and who will be wearing dirty clothes and say: "Be unhappy this is the day that Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) promised you. You will suffer in agony until the Day of Judgement". The person from the grave, will ask: "Who are you" The man will reply: "I am your bad deeds"</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">QUESTION People who have tragic deaths like being burnt or drowned in the sea or get eaten by an animal. Where do they go for questioning?</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">ANSWER After the soul returns from Illyeen or Sijjeen, the soul enters the spine and the person is ready for questioning. The grave of a person is where the spine is, even if it is in the stomach of the whale. The soul enters the spine of the body. As there are always pieces of spine left even if it is in the ashes or in the stomach of a whale.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In the grave all the body rots away except the spine because on the day of Judgement the bodies will be risen from it. But the prophets and the pious people, their body do not rot away like a normal persons body does.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/4690436065_e8e8d46ecf_t.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">9) The day of Judgement</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The day of judgement will not come until, ten major signs happen or appear:</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">1) Imam Mahdi </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">2) Dajjal (anti-Christ) </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">3) Return of Prophet Isa (alayhi salaam)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">4) Ya'jooj ma'jooj (Gog and Megog) </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">5) Earth Beast </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">6) Thick Smoke </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">7) The Sinking of the houses </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">8) The rising of the Sun from the West </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">9) The South wind </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">10) The chasing of the Fire</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">These are known as the ten major signs before the day of judgement.</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/4876177677_e3ab759fe4_t.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">10) Imam Mahdi</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Imam Mahdi will come near the Day of Judgement. His name will be Muhammad. His mother's name will be Aminah and his father's name will be Abdullah. His title will be Al-Mahdi. Imam Mahdi will be from Fatimah's [RA] generation, which was the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Imam Mahdi will also be from Hasan's [RA] generation (Muhammad sallal lahu alayhi wa sallams grandson.)</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Imam Mahdi will be an excellent, just, and generous ruler. His face will resemble to our Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Imam Mahdi will be born in Madina and will grow up there. When Imam Mahdi reaches the age of forty, the king of the Muslims in Madina will die. Everyone will want Imam Mahdi to become King, but Imam Mahdi will not want to become the king.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Imam Mahdi will go to Makkah and hide in a Muslim's house, but the Muslims will look for him and find him. The Muslims will take him to the Ka'bah and will all start to bear allegiance to him. When the Muslims will bear allegiance to him, a voice will be heard, "This is Allah's Khaleefah, so do whatever he says." Everyone will hear this voice.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Imam Mahdi will then become the King, and he will be very well known throughout the world. The King of Syria at that time will be envious of Imam Mahdi and will send an army to try and overthrow him. When the army reaches the area between Makkah and Madina, the entire army will sink except for two men. One man will go back to his King and tell him that the entire army has sunk. The other person will go to Makkah and tell Imam Mahdi that they came with an army, but it sank into the ground. He will then bear allegiance to him.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When people find this out that Imam Mahdi's enemy have sunk into the earth, he will become even better known and famous. This will happen at the time when the Christians will govern the land between the area of Syria, and city Khaybar, in Arabia. Turkey will also be under Christian rule.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Imam Mahdi will gather an army together to fight against the Christians. The king of Persia, (Iran) whose name will be Mansoor, will send a big army to help Imam Mahdi. When the Christians, find out that the Muslims are getting together, they will gather their army from Rome, Arabia, and other lands, and assemble in Syria. At this time, the Christian military will have seventy different flags. Under each flag there will be twelve thousand soldiers. Imam Mahdi will move from Makkah to Madina. From there, he will go to Syria. The war between both armies will take place near Damascus. One part of Imam Mahdi's army will run away, another part will be martyred, and the third part will defeat the Christians under Imam Mahdi's leadership. Imam Mahdi will win the war, but many Muslims will be martyred. After this Syrian war, Imam Mahdi will go with his army, to Istanbul and fight the non-Muslims there, with the help of Allah.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">After all this a day will come when Imam Mahdi will hear the news that Dajjal has come. He will send five hundred people to find out if this news is true. When these people return, they will say that this news is false. Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said that, these five hundred people will have the highest status in the world at that time. When Imam Mahdi hears the news that the coming of the Dajjal is false, people will start living a better life, but after a very short while, Dajjal will appear. </span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/tyk-0006.jpg" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">11) Dajjal (The Anti-Christ)</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Dajjal will appear in the area between Syria and Iran. He will be sitting on a white donkey and will have one eye. He will have the Devil's power and will claim that he is Allah (subhana wa ta'ala).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">At that time there will be a lot of food shortage, but Dajjal will have mountains of food with him. He will have a garden, which he will call Heaven, but in reality, it will be the Hell-fire. He will also have a fire with him, which he will call Hell, but in reality it will be Heaven. In thick letters, on his forehead, there will be written the letters "KAA FAA RAA" which means "Non-believer".</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">He will stay in the world for forty days: the first day will be equal to a year in length, the second day will be equal to one month, the third day will be equal to a week, and the other days will be the same as normal days. With the speed of the winds, he will go all around the world, except Makkah (Where the house of Allah is the Kabah) and Madinah (Where our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is buried) Many people will believe in him. He will go to a nation and say, "I am your God." They will all be Muslims, and will reply, "Oh one eyed Dajjal! We don't believe in you." So Dajjal will make them starve and their animals will die. Their harvest will be destroyed. They will sacrifice everything but will remain steadfast in their faith.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then he will go to another nation and say, "Believe in me as your God". They will say, "Yes, we do". So Dajjal will give an order to the sky to rain, and it will rain. With this rain, the animals of the people who believe will fatten. Their harvest will increase more than normal. Then Dajjal will go to a place where there will be no population and he will give an order to the earth to take out its treasures. The earth will take out all of its treasures and it will collect behind Dajjal. When the people see this, they will believe in him even more.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Dajjal will show people strange things. Dajjal will call a person and say to him, "Believe in me that I am God." The man will refuse to believe him. Dajjal will make pieces of that man and then make him alive again, that person will then follow him. A Muslim nearby will say, "You made him alive but I still don't believe you. You are the one-eyed Dajjal."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Dajjal will meet another man and say to him, "If I make your camel alive, will you believe in me?" The man will say, "Yes." A devil will come in the shape of the camel. That man will believe that it is his camel.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">There will be another man whose mother, father, and brothers have all died. Dajjal will say to him, "If I bring your family to life again will you believe in me?" The man will say, "Yes". Some devils will come in the form of his family members. This man will also believe in him. In this way he will try to make people say that he is God.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then he will go to Asfahaan (a city in Iran). From there, seventy thousand Jews will join him. Then he will go to the border of Yemen. From there, he will try to enter Makkah and Madina, but the Angel will not let him enter any of the cities. The Angel will turn his head towards Syria and he will be in Syria again. Dajjal's soldiers will bring a Muslim to him Dajjal will ask him: "Do you believe that I am God?" The man will reply "No." Dajjal will cut the man into two halves, and will walk between the two halves. Dajjal will then make the man alive again, and will ask, "Do you believe that I am your God?" The man will reply, "You are the one eyed Dajjal that Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) told us about." Dajjal will try to kill him again but Allah will turn his body into copper, Dajjal will not be able to kill him again. Dajjal will throw him into a fire which he will have with him, which in reality will be Heaven. At that time this man will have the highest status in the world. And he will be Hazrat Khidar (alayhi salaam)</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then Dajjal will go towards Damascus. On the eastern side of Damascus, there will be a Mosque and Imam Mahdi will be preparing to offer the Asar prayer. Dajjal will get his army ready to fight against Imam Mahdi. Imam Mahdi will also get his army ready to fight against him. Imam Mahdi will be very worried because Dajjal will have a bigger army than his. So he and the Muslims will be praying to Allah, asking for help. Imam Mahdi and his army will go into the Mosque and prepare a plan. They will read Salaat Asar prayer. While Dajjal and his army will be surrounding the Mosque.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/AeyWaqif_PerveenRaqam_01.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">12) Hazrat Isa (Jesus) comes back to Earth</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will come down from the Minaret of the Mosque with two Angel. Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will be wearing yellow clothes. Both his hands will be on the wings of Angels.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) lowered his head down, from his head, drops of water will fall as if they were diamonds. And when he puts his head up, water drops will fall as if they were diamonds. Imam Mahdi and the Muslims will recognise Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) from this sign. The people will have congregated for the prayer and Imam Mahdi will see Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam). Imam Mahdi will request Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) to lead the prayer, but Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will say, "You lead the prayer." Imam Mahdi will lead the Salaat (prayer).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">After the Salaat, Imam Mahdi and Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) and the other Muslims will come out from the Mosque. Outside the gates of the Mosque, Dajjal will be waiting with his army. When he will see Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam), he will feel as though his body will dissolve and he will start to run away, but Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will catch him and kill Dajjal at a place called Baab-ul-ludd (an airport in Israel). A fight will start between the Jews and Muslims. The Jews will start to run away but they will not be able to hide. When a Jew hides behind a rock, the rock will call the Muslim soldiers out and say: "There is a Jew hiding behind me, kill him!" If a Jew hides behind a tree trunk, the tree will call to a Muslim soldier saying, "There is a Jew hiding behind me. Kill him". Everything will talk except a tree called Gharqad, which will not tell a Muslim if a Jew is hiding behind it. This tree is very holy for the Jews.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In this way Dajjal and his followers will be killed. And Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will kill Dajjal. After his death, there will be peace. Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) and Imam Mahdi will start visiting places, and they will meet those people who refused to believe in Dajjal. They will be satisfied with them and will satisfy them by giving them glad tidings of Heaven. After this the people will have a good life.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Sometime will pass, then Imam Mahdi will pass away. At that time, his age will be of fifty years. Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will offer his funeral prayer and bury him. Imam Mahdi will have ruled for nine years. After that, Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will stay with the people and will rule the world. During his reign, Ya'jooj Ma'jooj will appear.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">13) Hazrat Tamim Dari saw Dajjal</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hazrat Tamim Dari was a Christian who later became a Muslim. He saw Dajjal. Tamim Dari lived in Madina. He set off in a boat with thirty men they travelled for a period of one month. They were lost at sea and could not find land they reached an island towards the West. When they entered this island, they saw an animal there it had a very hairy body, they could not recognise it. There was a woman present there. Tamim Dari asked, "Who are you?" She said, "I am a spy, my work is to inform people about Dajjal". The woman went on and said, "Go into the church, there is a man waiting for you."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Tamim Dari entered the church with his people. He saw a very strong man who was tied up. His hands were tied to his neck. From his knees to his elbows, he was tied up with metal chains. Tamim Dari said, "Who are you?" The man said, "Who are you?" Tamim Dari said, "I am an Arab, We have been travelling in a boat for a month. We were lost at sea then we got to this Island, and outside a lady told us to enter this church, so we came to you." The man said, "I want to ask you a few questions. Give me the answers to them and I will tell you who I am. Tell me if Beesan's Garden (in Palestine) is growing fruit." He said, "Yes, the Beesan's garden is growing fruit." The man said, "After a while, it will stop growing fruit." Then he asked, "Tell me about the river Buhaira Tabria (in Palestine) is there any water in it?" Tamim Dari said, "Yes, there is plenty of water in it." The man said, "One day, it will dry up." Then he asked another question, "Tell me if the Fountain of Zugur is giving water and if the people are farming?" Tamim Dari said, "It is giving water." The man said, "It will dry up too." Then he said, "Now, tell me if a Prophet is born in Makkah." Tamim Dari said, "He has migrated from Makkah to Madina, and he has been victorious over the places around Madina." The man said, "It is best for the Arabs to obey him." Then he said, "I am Dajjal. The time is near that I will be freed. I will travel the entire world except Makkah and Madina. When I try to enter Makkah and Madina, the Angel will stop me from entering."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Tamim Dari came back to Madina. He told this entire story to Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and and embraced Islam. Our Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said you saw Dajjal, at the moment he is in imprisonment. When Imam Mahdi will come, Dajjal will come out, and then Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will come down to Earth and kill him. His body will be thrown into the street and the dogs will eat him. </span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/e-11%20(1).jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">14) Ya'jooj Ma'jooj (Gog Megog)</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">God created a nation called Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj. In the beginning they were free. King Zulqarnian imprisoned up behind a wall. They are still imprisoned today, and will be freed near the Day of Judgement. They will come out and create a lot of trouble. Their population is ten times larger than the world's population.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">As we know King Zulqarnain travelled from East to West and North to South. When he was travelling the world, he imprisoned the Ya'jooj Ma'jooj behind a very thick wall. Zulqarnain went East, the people said to him, "In between these mountains, there is a nation called Ya'jooj Ma'jooj, who are like animals. Their teeth are like those of wild animals. When they come out they eat snakes, scorpions, horses, mules, donkeys, vegetables and wild animals. We will give you anything if you build a wall between the Ya'jooj Ma'jooj and us so that they won't harm us." Zulqarnain said, "I don't need paying, but what I would like is that you can help me by bringing me pieces of iron, wood and coal." When they brought these things, Zulqarnain started to build the wall. After this, he started to blow on it. When it became red-hot, he said, "Bring liquid copper." He put this liquid copper on the wall and made it very strong. Then he said, "They will come out from behind the wall, when Allah wants them to"</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">To this day the Ya'jooj Ma'jooj are trapped behind this wall. Everyday, they try to break this wall. When the sun sets, the wall is as thin as a sheet of paper. Their leader says, "Come on, let's go home now. Leave it, it is like a page. We will come tomorrow and break it down." When they come the next day, with God's will, the wall is as strong as before. Everyday, that is what they do, but when it is time for them to come out, then that day they will try to break that wall but in the evening, the wall will be as thin as a page. The leader will say, "Leave it for today and says the words Inshallah (if it is Allah wills) we will finish it tomorrow." When they come the next day, they will see that the wall is as thin as a page and then they will break the wall and come out. This will be the time when Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will be ruling the world. Allah will order Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) to take all his followers to the mountain of Tur.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Ya'jooj Ma'jooj will come and eat the people in the world. They will drink all the water from the East and all the water from Buhaira Tabria. Wherever there is water, they will drink all of it. If they find any humans they will eat them. People will be scared and will hide. When they don't see a person on earth they will say, "We have finished all the people on earth now we will fight the people in the sky." They will shoot arrows towards the sky. Allah will make their arrows red and send them back, and then they will be happy and say " That we have killed the people in the sky also". At that time, Prophet Isa (alayhi salaam) will be on the mountain. There will be a shortage of food. Prophet Isa (alayhi salaam) and the other Muslims will pray to Allah, "Oh Allah! Save us from them."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah will listen to their prayers and create a spot on their necks. With that, they will all die. Then Prophet Isa (alayhi salaam) and the Muslims will come down from the mountain, they will see that all the ground is covered with bodies and a dirty smell will be spreading. They will pray to Allah, "Oh Allah! Save us from this dirty smell." Allah will send birds whose necks are like camels'. They will take all the bodies and throw them on mount Nimbar, this mountain is in Palestine. After this, Allah will send rain. With this, all the ground will be clean. Then Prophet Isa (alayhi salaam) with his people will stay on the ground and the shortage of food will finish. Allah will send blessings in everything. There will be so much blessing that one pomegranate will be enough for one tribe, and one pomegranate's peel will make one big tent enough for a group of people to stay under. In this way, one cow's milk will be enough for one tribe. All these blessings will come when all the Ya'jooj Ma'jooj are dead.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) will stay in the world for forty years. He will get married and have children. After forty years, he will die and be buried in the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) tomb. After Hazrat Isa, (alayhi salaam) there will be a king called JahJa. After him, there will be four or five kings, and then people will start to do bad things. That will be the time when the houses start to sink.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">15) The sinking of the houses</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">One house will sink in the East and one house will sink in the West. The non-believers who live in these houses will all die. One house will sink in an island in Arabia. And so on after this, smoke will start to spread.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">16) Smoke</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Smoke will spread across the sky from which the Muslims will have a cold. The non-believers will faint from this smoke. Smoke will come out from the non-believers ears and noses. Some of the non-believers will come to their senses after two or three days. This smoke will stay in the sky for forty days. This will be close to the time, when the doors of forgiveness are closed and whoever wants forgiveness can not have it.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/fig20_Astrolabe01_M2003_116ak.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">17) The rising of the Sun from the West</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then a time will come, when a night will be very long. People and animals will become anxious. People will pray to Allah for the forgiveness of their sins. This night will be as long as four nights. After this night the sun will rise from the West and with it the doors of forgiveness will close. No one can become Muslim after this. The Sun will come out from the West for only one day. Then it will continue to come from the East as usual. Then the beast from the earth will come out.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">18) Earth Beast</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Near the Ka'aba, there is a mountain called Safaa. Which is used even today at the time of Hajj, near the Day of Judgement Safaa Mountain will explode. An Earth Beast will come out. When the Haj'jis see this, some will be scared, and some won't be. The Earth Beast will be a very strange beast. Its head will be like an ox's. Its eye will be like a pig's. Its ears will be like an elephant's. It will have horns like a rhino's. Its hips will be like a cat's. Its chest will be like a lion's. Its colour will be like a cheetah. Its tail will be like a lamb's. It will have legs like a camel. It will have a face like a human being. He will talk to people. He will point out hypocrites and he will point out true Muslims.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">He will have Hazrat Musaa's (alayhi salaam) stick, and will have Hazrat Sulaymaan's (alayhi salaam) ring. With Hazrat Musaa's (alayhi salaam) stick, he will put a mark on the faces of Muslims. With that mark, the faces of Muslims will shine. With Hazrat Sulaymaan's (alayhi salaam) ring, on the non-believers faces, he will put a mark, which will make their faces black.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">This Earth Beast will appear three times. First in Yemen, the second time it will appear in Najd, the third time it will appear on mount Safaa.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">19) The South Wind</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When the Animals of the earth will disappear, wind will come from the South, from which Muslims will have pain under their armpits and they will die. Only the non-believers will survive. Even if a Muslim is hiding in a cave, the wind will reach there, and they also will die. This will be close to the time when the Ka`bah will be broken down. </span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">20) The Ka'bah will be broken down</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When there will be no more Muslims, the Ethiopian non-believers will have victory. They will break the Kabah down. Hajj will not be performed anymore. The words of the Holy Qur'an will be erased, only blank papers will be left. This will be the time when only bad people will be on earth. No one will be ashamed of doing bad things.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">21) Fire</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">After this, a fire will appear from South Yemen. When the people will see this, they will run and the fire will come after them. The fire will drive the people from all corners of the world to Syria. When everyone will reach Syria, the fire will disappear. The entire world will be in Syria. The people will live for four or five years after this. Then the trumpet will be blown and the world will come to an end.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Allah%20Name_32173.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">22) First Blow of the Trumpet</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Israfeel (alayhis salaam) is the name of one of Allah's Angel. He has a trumpet and he is standing on one leg and waiting for Allah's command, only then he will blow the trumpet. After the fire when every one will be in Syria they will stay there for four or five years. At that time there will be no one who believes in Allah, Allah will then order the Angel to blow the trumpet. When he blows the trumpet the first time: a person will be giving some water to his camel, he will faint as he hears the trumpet. First the sound will be low then it will become very high.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">It will so loud that every living thing will die, humans, animals, birds, sun, moon, stars, the sky, the devils, and Angels will all be destroyed. All of the mountains, rivers, trees and buildings will fall to pieces. They will fly in the air like sacks of cotton wool. The earth will be completely destroyed. There will be nothing left. Only ALLAH This will be a Friday. It will be the 10th of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/0Calig7.JPG" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">23) Second Blow of the Trumpet</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When there is no earth no sky no creation only Allah will remain and nothing else. Then Allah will make a new earth, and a new sky. This time the earth will be flat. And there will be no houses, no trees, no grass, no mountains etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then Allah will recreate the Angel Israfeel (alayhi salaam) and command him to blow the trumpet for the second time. Israfeel (alayhi salaam) will blow the trumpet again. Then all the dead people will become alive and get up from their graves. They then will go towards the Mahshar. The Mahshar will be in the area that is now called Syria, Jordan, Palestine.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/0star.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">24) The people rising from the Graves</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">People will come out from their graves and will gather in Syria. The first person to get up from his grave will be Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Then Abu Bakr (radhiallah anhu) and Umar (radhiallah anhu).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then people will come out from their graves from (Jannat-ul-Baqee) a cemetery in Madina. Then Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will wait for the people of (Jannat-ul-Ma'ala) a cemetery in Makkah. When the people of Jannat-ul-Ma'ala come out of their graves then Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will take care of every body and they will start walking towards the Mahshar Ground.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When people come out from their graves they will all be naked. First Hazrat Ibrahim (alayhi salaam) will be given clothing from heaven, to wear, followed by Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and rest of the Prophets. Every one will not get clothing, only the good Muslims. The rest will remain naked. No one will be thinking other thoughts at the time but only thinking about what they have done wrong. Just thinking of their punishment will terrify them. Whatever the sin, the punishment will be in accordance with the sin. For example, people who had drank alcohol, would rise up with a bad headache and will be throwing up. People, who were greedy and took from those who cannot defend themselves, will breathe in fire and burn their insides over and over again. The people, who dealt in interest, will behave as though, jinn (Devil) possessed them.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">From graveyards all over the world, people will rise from their graves and walk to the Mahshar until the Day of Judgment is over and their punishment is decided.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/persian_rugs.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">25) Journey to the Mahshar</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When the good people come out of their graves, outside the graves will be a beautiful ride standing, which they will sit on and go to Mahshar. But when the non-believers get up from their graves, outside their graves will not be a ride. They will go to Mahshar in different ways. Some of them will crawl on their stomachs, like a snake.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Some non-believers will sweat so much when they come out of their graves, that there will be a river of sweat. They will walk in their sweat. For some non- believers, their river of sweat will be up to their knees. For some it will be up to their waist. For some non-believers it will be up to their mouths. When they walk in this hot river of sweat, it will be difficult for them to walk, and the Angels will hit them on their backs and say, "Hurry up." They will reach Mahshar exhausted. All of them will be thirsty. It will be very hot, but none of them will get any water. Only the Muslims will get water from the River Kawthar, which they will drink and it will quench their thirst.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/www_sunna-info-494.JPG" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">26) Reckoning</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When the people come out from their graves and gather in Mahshar, it will be a very hot day, because the sun will be one Mile away from earth. The Mahshar will be in Shaam. A scale will be placed to weigh the people's good and bad deeds. On that day, Allah will order the Angel to bring people, one by one for reckoning. The first person the Angel will call, will be Prophet Nooh (alayhi salaam).</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah will ask Hazrat Nooh (alayhi salaam), "Did you deliver my message to the people?" He will say, "Yes, I did." Then Allah will ask Prophet Nooh's followers, "Did you get the message from Prophet Nooh?" They will say, "No." They will lie, and at the end they will be ordered to Hell. Then Hazrat Isa (alayhi salaam) (Jesus) will be called. Allah will ask him, "Did you tell the people to worship yourself and your mother?" He will say, "Oh Allah! You know that I said to everyone, to worship Allah alone." Allah will ask Hazrat Isa's (alayhi salaam) followers, "Why did you worship Jesus and his mother?" They will not answer and they will be ordered to Hell. Then the Angel will bring all the other people, one by one for reckoning.</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/wd001.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">27) The mouths will seal</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When the people will come for reckoning, Allah will ask them if they have done so-and-so. They will start to lie. Then Allah will seal their mouths. Their hands will start to say, "Yes, he did so-and-so, thing with us." Their feet will say, "Yes, he did so-and-so, using us to walk with." The place where he did the wrong thing will say, "Yes, he did this wrong thing on me."</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/001.jpg" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">28) Three kinds of reckoning</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">There will be three kinds of reckoning on the Day of Judgement.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">1) The people who do not believe in Allah and the Prophecy they will definitely go to Hell and remain there forever.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">2) The Muslims who believe in Allah and the Prophecy, but they are careless in obeying Allah's orders. For example, they are not punctual in performing Salaat, do not fast, or do not read the Holy Qur`an and are careless in other orders and commands of Allah. The matter of these people for going to Heaven or Hell will be Allah's decision. He may forgive them, or he may send them to Hell. They will get out from Hell either by the intercession of Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), or by completing their sentence in Hell. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">3) The third reckoning will be on those people who have done mischief on other people. For example killing someone, betraying trusts, swearing at someone, backbiting, fraud, stealing etc. Allah will not forgive the people who have committed these crimes until the victims, who they have committed the crime on, forgive them.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">On the Day of Judgement, everyone will be on their own, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends, will not come for the help of each other.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">29) The man who will have one good deed short</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">There will be a man, when his good and bad deeds will be weighed, he will have a good deed less for going to Heaven. The Angel will say to him, "Go and get a good deed from someone, then you can go to Heaven, otherwise you will go to Hell." This person will go to his mother and ask her for a good deed. His mother will say, "I don't even know you." Like this, he will go to all his family and they will all say that they don't know him and he will not get a good deed from them. He will go around Mahshar asking for a good deed. He will come across a man. He will ask him for a good deed. He will say, "In my life-time I have only done one good deed, the rest I have done are all bad deeds. I know I will not be going to Heaven with one good deed. You take it." The man will take the good deed and come back to the scale. He will say, "I have a good deed." The Angel will put the good deed on the scale and his good deeds will become more. The man will become happy. Allah will order the man to bring the man who sacrificed his good deed for the other man. When that man will come, Allah will say to him, "You had one good deed and you sacrificed it to another man. As a show of my Mercy, you will go to Heaven with him as well."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">30) The Book of record</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Everyone will be given a book of what they have done in their life. The people who have done good deeds, they will be rewarded. The people who have done bad deeds will be punished. There will be some righteous Muslims who will not be questioned and will go straight to Heaven.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">31) The Scale</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When someone will come for questioning, his good deeds will be put on one side of the scale and the bad deeds on the other side of the scale. If the bad deeds are more, then that person may go to Hell, but Allah may forgive them. If the person's good deeds are more, then he will go to Heaven. If the person's good and bad deeds are equal, then that person will go to a place called Al-A`raaf. This is a place between Heaven and Hell. They will always ask for forgiveness from Allah, and at the end, they will go to Heaven.</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/5.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">32) The people who do good deeds for their popularity</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Angel will bring one Haji for questioning. There will be an order, that to send him/her to Hell. The Haji will say, "I did Hajj, why is there an order for me to be sent to Hell?" Allah will say, "You never did Hajj for my pleasure, but you did it for your popularity." Then he/she will be sent to Hell. Then a martyr will be brought forward for questioning. There will be an order for him/her to be sent to Hell. The martyr will say, "I sacrificed my life in Allah's way. Why am I being sent to Hell?" Allah will say, "You never sacrificed your life for my pleasure, but you sacrificed your life for your popularity." He/she will be sent to Hell.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">A person who read the Holy Qur'an will be brought forward for questioning. There will also be an order for him/her to be sent to Hell. The reader will say, "I have recited the Qur'an for the whole of my life. Why am I being sent to Hell?" Allah will say, "You never recited the Qur'an for my pleasure, you did it for your popularity." He/she will also be sent to Hell. A preacher will be brought forward for questioning. There will also an order for him/her to be sent to hell. The preacher will say, "I have been preaching Islam all of my life. Why am I being sent to Hell?" Allah will say, "You never preached Islam for my pleasure, but you preached Islam for your popularity." He/she will also be sent to Hell.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">A charitable person will be brought forward for questioning. There will be an order for him/her to be sent to Hell. The alms giver will say, "I have been giving charity all my life. Why am I being sent to Hell?" Allah will say, "You never did it for my pleasure, but you did it for your popularity." He/she will also be sent to Hell.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/08.jpg" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">33) Intercession</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Day of Judgement will be 50,000 years long. This will be a very hard day. The Muslims will say, "Lets go to a noble person so that he will ask Allah to forgive our sins."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Muslims will get together and go to Prophet Adam (alayhi salaam) so that he can intercede for them. Prophet Adam (alayhi salaam) will say, "Go to someone else." Then they will go to Prophet lbrahim (Abraham) (alayhi salaam) and he will say, "Go to someone else." Then they will go to Prophet Musa (Moses) (alayhi salaam) and he will say the same thing that the other Prophets (alayhi salaam) Said they will go to every Prophet but they will all give the same answer.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then they will go to Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). He will say, "I will intercede for you". Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will go in to (sajdah) prostrate and say "Oh Allah! Accept my intercession." Allah will say, "Oh Muhammad! Raise your head from sajdah. I will give you that which you will be happy with." Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will do intercession for his followers. Allah will grant them Heaven. When Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) receives permission, to do intercession, other prophets will have permission also. The noble people will also get permission to do intercession. The Holy Qur`an, our fasting, and Al-Hajr-ul-Aswad (The stone in the Kabah) will intercede. All of it will be accepted. A Muslim will see a noble person. He will say, "Do you know me? "The noble person will say "No." The Muslim will say, "I am that person, that one day, in the world you asked me for water and I gave it to you". Then the noble person will say, "Oh Allah! He gave me water so I will intercede for him." Allah will accept that intercession and the Muslim will go to Heaven.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">There will be many Muslims that will be sent to Hell, but the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will intercede for them so they will be taken out of Hell. They will have a bath in a stream of Ha'yaah and enter Heaven, but this intercession will be only accepted for Muslims not for non-believers.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">34) Bridge</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">There will be a Bridge, which will be over Hell. This will be thinner than a strand of hair and sharper than a sword. There will be darkness everywhere. Heaven will be on the other side of the bridge. Everyone will have to walk over this bridge. There will be no light there except the light of faith. On both sides, there will be flames of fire and hooks. On the other side of the bridge, there will be Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), who will be standing and praying for his followers: "Oh Allah! Save my followers." The feet of the people, who are bad, will be cut when they walk across and they will fall into Hell. The hooks will catch people and throw them into Hell. Some will pass the bridge like the speed of lightening and will go straight to Heaven.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">35) Kindness of Prophet Muhammad sallal lahu alyhi wa sallam</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">One of the companion's of prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked: "On the day of Judgement, where shall we find you?" Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied: "I will meet you at three places on the day of Judgement: The Scale, the River Kawthar, and the Bridge."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">36) River Kawthar</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Kawthar is the name of a river in Heaven. This river's water is whiter than milk, sweeter than honey, and colder than ice. Its cups are made of gold. The Muslims will drink from these cups. They will shine like stars. On the Day of Judgement, a stream will flow from this river to the Mahshar. Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will be standing on this stream when the people will come out from their graves. Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will give this water to his followers to drink. The non-believers will not be given any water, and the bad Muslims will not get any water until they are forgiven. If someone drinks this water he will not feel thirsty.</span><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/4872273963_0ca8607b2e_t.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">37) Heaven</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah has made Heaven for the Muslims. In heaven, people will live comfortably. This is only made for the Muslims. Non believers will never enter Heaven. In Heaven, there will be cutlery made of gold and silver. Every person will be young their age will be thirty-three. Every person will be sixty yards tall. No one will have a beard, except Hazrat Ibrahim (alayhi salaam). The people who go to Heaven will never age they will stay young and never die. Heaven's material is one gold brick and one silver brick. People will get married and will have children. Everybody will have a piece of land that is as big as from Syria to Yemen. Every person will have 80,000 slaves. In Heaven there will be horses with wings. The people of heaven will sit on them and can go wherever they want. One person asked the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), "If we want to do farming, could we do it?" Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, "Yes, but if you want to do farming, when you put the seed in the soil, it will grow before you blink your eyes."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah created so many gifts in Heaven, but no one knows all of them. The biggest gift that Muslims will receive, is that Muslims will see Allah. Some of the heavenly people will be in the top floors and some will be on the bottom floors. The people who will be at the bottom floors will see the top floor people, just like we see the stars. In Heaven the biggest place will be Waseela. That is the place that Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will get. Allah will tell the people of heaven, "I will give you my biggest gift, and that is my pleasure. I will never be angry with you, and I will always be pleased with you."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In Heaven there will be a market where the people of heaven will go every Friday. The wind will blow in a northerly direction, with which the people will look even more handsome and more beautiful. That market will not be for buying. In the market people will come to meet each other. The one who will go first to the market, their faces will be shining like the moon. The people who will go after, their faces will be shining like the stars. First the Prophets will go, then their followers will go. From the Prophets, Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will go first. Out of the followers, Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) followers will go first into Heaven and they will be wearing crowns and there will be one diamond on the crowns. If that diamond shone on earth, it will shine from East to West.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In Heaven, Muslims will always praise Allah. They will never get tired when they praise Allah and Muslims also won't get tired when they worship Allah. Whatever Muslims want in Heaven, it will come to him or her by itself.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In Heaven all the Muslims will stay as friends. There they will never fight. They will never get ill in Heaven. They will never spit in Heaven. They will never go to the toilet in Heaven. When the Muslims burp in Heaven, all the food what they have eaten will be digested. They will not need to clean their nose in Heaven. It will stay clean by itself. In Heaven, there will be a bird as big as a camel. In Heaven, the first meal that the Muslims will get will be Heaven's fish kebabs, and Heaven's ox's meat.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In Heaven, there will be four streams. One will be water, one will be honey, one will be milk, and one will be Heaven's wine. In Heaven the Muslims will drink from these four streams. The Muslims in Heaven will watch the Hell people getting punishment from Allah, and the Muslims in Heaven will be standing up and watching. The Muslims in Heaven will say, "Oh look, how Allah has completed his promise, and Allah's promise was that the Muslims will go to Heaven and the non-believers will go to Hell."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In Heaven, the Hoors that are so beautiful that if a Hoor puts her hand out of the sky, her hand will shine like the sun. If a Hoor throws one of her nails on the earth, the whole world will become perfumed. All the Hoors will be wearing seventy clothes in Heaven. The Hoors will sing Allah's praise. If any of the Hoors smile, the whole of the Heaven will shine. The good Muslim ladies in heaven will have, an even higher status than the Hoors of Heaven.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Muslims will say to the non-believers in Hell, "You are non-believers. That is why all of you are burning in fire. We Muslims are passing our lives comfortably in Heaven." In Heaven, Muslims will see their friends burning in Hell. The Muslims in Heaven will ask their friends in Hell, "Why did Allah put you in Hell?" They will say, "We never gave food to the poor, we never used to worship Allah, and we never read Salaat." Some of the non-believers will ask the Muslims in Heaven for water, but the Muslims in Heaven will say, "We can't even give you a glass of water because Allah has made everything in Heaven unlawful for you."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">THE LAST MAN WHO ENTERS HEAVEN</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah will order a man to stand in front of Hell. He will have a lot of heat on his face from Hell. He will request to Allah, "Oh my Allah! Put my face towards Heaven because there is too much heat here." Allah will reply, "If I do this, will you ask anything else from me?" The man will say, "No, I won't ask for anything else." His face will be turned towards Heaven. After a while, the man will ask to Allah, "Take me in front of the gate of Heaven." Allah will say to him, "If I do this, you won't ask me for anything else." The man will say, "I will not ask for anything else." Allah will put the man in front of the gate of Heaven. When the man will see the beauty of Heaven he will say to Allah, "Oh Allah, send me into Heaven." Allah subhana wa ta'ala will say, "You promised me you would not ask me for anything else." The man will say, "After this I will not ask for anything else." Allah subhana wa ta'ala will send the man to Heaven and he will get a very big place in Heaven. He will be the last man to enter Heaven.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">back to top</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/a-27.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">38) Hell</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hell is a place that Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has made for the non-believers. Hell has seven doors and seven levels. The highest one is called Jahannam. The lowest one is called Haawiya. All the levels have different names: Jahunnam, Saqar, Nutaa, Hutamah, Sa'eer, Jaheem and Haawiya. Inside Hell there are 70,000 jungles. In every jungle, there are 70,000 sections. In every section there are 70,000 snakes and scorpions. Those snakes are very poisonous, that if they bite someone this poison will stay in them for forty years. They will always bite the non-believers. The scorpions will be as big as donkeys and the snakes will be as big as camels. The Hell fire will be seventy times hotter than the world's fire. On the order of Allah, when the people of Hell will be thrown into Hell, they will wear clothes. The clothes will be marked with fire. The snakes and the scorpions will bite the people. When they will be punished like this, they will die again and again, and they will become alive again and again. This will happen to them over and over again.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In Hell, the least punishment will be that the people will be given fire shoes to wear, with this the person's brain will boil, like water boils in the kettle. The person will think he will be having the most punishment even though this punishment will be the least. In Hell, starvation will trouble people. They will ask for food to eat. They will get Zaqqoom. This is going to be so disgusting that if one drop of this falls on the earth the whole of the earth's things will start to smell and become disgusting. A type of food will be given to them called Daree. This will also get stuck in their throats. To bring it down they will ask for water but they will get hot pus, which will be so dirty that if a bucket full of this falls on the world the whole world will become sour. It is going to be so hot that when the people of Hell put their faces down to drink it their faces will burn. When they drink this, it will cut everything inside their stomach. This will always happen with them. Bad Muslims may go to Hell, but they will not stay in Hell forever. Allah decides how long He wants them to stay. At the end of their punishment, they will go to Heaven. If Allah wants, he can forgive them or punish them. People, who do good deeds to show people, will go to a place in Hell called Hub-Hub. This is a very bad place of Hell and is so terrible that the other parts of Hell ask protection from it. The people of Hell will want to die, but they can't die because the Angel will have slaughtered death on the Day of Judgement. The people who worshipped statues, the stars, the moon etc, in their life on earth, will be with them. Allah wants to show them that they worshipped these things on earth, but now they are with them, but they can't help. The Devil (Shaytaan) will also be in Hell. The people will say to him, "You misled us, we are here because of YOU!" Devil will say, "Allah sent Prophets, and He sent books. You know I was wrong, so why did you follow me?"</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The non-believers will ask the Angel's who are in charge of Hell to ask Allah to forgive them. When the Angel's request Allah, to forgive the non-believers, Allah will say to the Angel, "Tell the non-believers, I sent Messengers to you on earth. Why didn't you believe in what they said? So now you will remain in Hell forever." Then the non-believers will remain in Hell forever.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">O Allah! Save us from the fire of Hell, and admit us into the gardens of Paradise.</span><br /></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-29545703354108918222011-12-17T02:59:00.001+02:002011-12-17T03:01:46.700+02:00ISLAM DOES NOT SUPPORT SUICIDE BOMBING OR KILLING INNOCENTS<div><br /></div><div><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/383212_400x391.gif" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Bibie_Assalamualaikum2.gif" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">AUZUBILLAH HIMINASH SHAITWANIR RAZIM BISMILLAHIR RAHMANIR RAHIM</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN WESTERN COUNTRIES,PAKISTAN INDIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES.SOME EVIL BUSINESS ARE USING THE LIVES OF FEW MUSLIMS FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT.BEING A MUSLIM IS A GREAT GIFT BUT IT IS A MATTER OF SORROW THAT SOME EVIL PEOPLE USE THESE FEW MUSLIMS FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT.AND MOREOVER INNOCENT MUSLIMS ARE TORCHERED BY WELL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SO BADLY THAT THEY LOOSE THEIR BALANCE AND SENCE.MUSLIMS ARE RAPED AND THEY WATCH THE DEATH OF THEIR FAMILY RIGHT INFRONT OF THEIR EYES THE PROOFS ARE GIVEN ON MANY WEBSITES AND TV.FEW MUSLIMS ARE TOLD THAT THEY SHOULD KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN WIN,TAKE REVENGE FOR THE DEATH OF THEIR MOTHER/BROTHER/SISTER.OR BY DOING SO THEY CAN GET PARADISE WITH YOUNG WOMEN.THESE ARE ALL WRONG.ALLAH AND OUR RASUL MUHAMMAD(SA) ARE CLEARLY AGAINST IT.THESE FEW MUSLIMS WHO USE TO SAY THEIR PRAYERS 5 TIMES A DAY IF THEY KILL INNOCENT MUSLIMS OR NON MUSLIMS THEY WILL SURELY GO TO JAHANNAM AND THEY WILL BURN IN HELL FIRE RIGHT AFTER THEIR ACTION LIKE SUICIDE BOMBING AND KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE.EITHER A PERSON CAN BE ON THE PATH OF ALLAH OR ON THE PATH OF SHAITAN.THERE IS NOTHING IN BETWEEN.IF ALLAH SAID NOT TO KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE AND NOT TO SUICIDE AND IF YOU DO SUCH THING THEN YOU ARE CLEARLY FOLLOWING THE PATH OF SHAITAN.AND SHAITAN IS ENJOYING VERY MUCH BY MAKING THESE MUSLI MS BURN IN HELL FIRE WHO SAY THEIR PRAYERS 5 TIMES A DAY AND WHO KNOW ABOUT MOHAMMAD(SA).YOU WILL BE ASKED 3 QUESTIONS AFTER YOU DIE,ABOUT ALLAH, ABOUT YOUR RASUL AND ABOUT YOUR RELIGION.IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE ADVICES OF YOUR RASUL YOU CAN NOT ANSWER AND SURELY YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING ISLAM.RASUL NEVER SAID TO SUICIDE BINDING BOMBS ON YOUR BODY OR KILL INNOCENT NON-MUSLIMS OR MUSLIMS.NEITHER DID OUR RELIGION ISLAM.IF SOME ONE ATTACKS YOU TO TAKE YOUR LAND OR KILL YOUR FAMILY YOU CAN FIGHT LIKE A BRAVE MUSLIM SOLDIER.AT THAT TIME IF YOU DIE THEN YOU WILL BE CALLED SHAHID THEN IT WILL BE THE ACT OF JIHAD.BUT ATTACKING THE TRAINS THE PLANES OR PUBLIC PLACES OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL ONLY BE YOUR TICKET TO HELL FIRE FOR .HOW UNLUCKY YOU WILL BE THOUGH YOU KNOW ABOUT ALLAH AND RASUL BUT STILL YOU WILL BE BURNED IN HELL FIRE.THERE ARE SOME BANKS WHICH OFFER INTERESTS IN PAYING AND RECEIVING MONEY.MUSLIMS ARE SO AFRAID TO WORK IN THESE BANKS BECAUSE IT IS HARAM TO TAKE OR RECEIVE OR BE INVOLVED WITH INTERESTS.THE MONEY THEY ARE EARNING BY WORKING IN THESE BANKS IS HARAM AND THEY ARE NOT SURE IF THEY DO HAZZ TO KABBAH BY THAT MONEY IF IT WILL BE GRANTED TO ALLAH.THEN TELL ME,IF YOU DO HAZZ KNOWING THAT YOU WILL KILL INNOCENT MUSLIMS OR NON-MUSLIMS WHO IN FUTURE MAY BECOME MUSLIMS OR RIGHT NOW FOLLOWING ISLAM AT THAT TIME WILL ALLAH GRANT YOUR HAZZ?WILL ALLAH FORGIVE YOUR SINS?YOU CAN NOT STOP CORRUPTION BY SUICIDE BOMBING ON INNOCENT PEOPLE YOU WILL MAKE IT MORE STRONGER.YOUR FELLOW MUSLIMS WILL SUFFER MORE BECAUSE OF YOUR STUPIDITY.MUSLIMS ARE NOT TERRORISTS AND ISLAM DOES NOT SUPPORT TERRORISM.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: red; ">ALLAH SAID IN HIS BOOK THE QURAN:<br />"GOD DOES NOT FORBID YOU FROM SHOWING KINDNESS AND DEALING JUSTLY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NOT FOUGHT YOU ABOUT RELIGION AND HAVE NOT DRIVEN YOU OUT OF YOUR HOMES, THAT YOU SHOULD SHOW THEM KINDNESS AND DEAL JUSTLY WITH THEM. GOD LOVES JUST DEALERS." [NOBLE QURAN 60:8]<br />"FIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF GOD AGAINST THOSE WHO FIGHT YOU, BUT DO NOT BEGIN AGGRESSION, FOR GOD LOVES NOT AGGRESSORS." [NOBLE QURAN 2:190]<br />"IF THEY SEEK PEACE, THEN SEEK YOU PEACE AND TRUST IN GOD FOR HE IS THE HEARER, THE KNOWER." [NOBLE QURAN 8:61]<br />" AND LET NOT THE HATRED OF OTHERS MAKE YOU AVOID JUSTICE. BE JUST: THAT IS NEXT TO PIETY; AND FEAR ALLAH, FOR ALLAH IS WELL-ACQUAINTED WITH ALL THAT YOU DO." [NOBLE QURAN 5:8]<br />"BUT (REMEMBER THAT AN ATTEMPT AT) REQUITING EVIL MAY, TOO, BECOME AN EVIL: HENCE WHOEVER PARDONS (HIS FOE) AND MAKES PEACE, HIS REWARD RESTS WITH ALLAH- FOR, VERILY HE DOES NOT LOVE TRANSGRESSORS." [NOBLE QURAN 42:40]<br />"THE GOOD DEED AND THE EVIL DEED ARE NOT ALIKE. REPEL THE EVIL DEED WITH ONE WHICH IS BETTER, THEN LO! HE BETWEEN WHOM AND THEE THERE WAS ENMITY, (WILL BECOME) AS THOUGH HE WAS A BOSOM FRIEND. [NOBLE QURAN 41:34]<br /><br />SOME OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S TEACHINGS (SUNNAH):<br />HE PROHIBITED MUSLIM SOLDIERS FROM KILLING WOMEN, CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, OR CUT A PALM TREE, AND HE ADVISED THEM, "DO NOT BETRAY, DO NOT BE EXCESSIVE, DO NOT KILL A NEWBORN CHILD."<br />"WHOEVER HAS KILLED A PERSON HAVING A TREATY WITH THE MUSLIMS SHALL NOT SMELL THE FRAGRANCE OF <span class="imgright"><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/107.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: right; float: right; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 15px; " /></span>PARADISE, THOUGH ITS FRAGRANCE IS FOUND FOR A SPAN OF FORTY YEARS."<br /><br />"THE FIRST CASES TO BE ADJUDICATED BETWEEN PEOPLE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT WILL BE THOSE OF BLOODSHED." KILLING IS THE SECOND MAJOR SIN IN ISLAM.<br />"TRULY YOUR BLOOD, YOUR PROPERTY, AND YOUR HONOR ARE INVIOLABLE."<br />"THERE IS A REWARD FOR KINDNESS SHOWN TO EVERY LIVING ANIMAL OR HUMAN."<br /><br />The Prophet (r) himself vividly warned Muslims to beware of such<br />deviations as had befallen the nations before them. He encouraged them to stick<br />closely to the path which he had tread. One day as he sat with his companions, he<br />drew a straight line in the dirt. He then drew a series of lines branching off from<br />either side of it. When the companions asked him what it meant, he pointed to the<br />branches and told them that they represented the various paths of misguidance in<br />this life. He went on to say that at the head of each path sat a devil inviting people<br />to it. After that, he pointed to the straight line in the middle and told them that it<br />represented the path of Allaah. When the companions asked for further<br />clarification, he told them that it was his path and he recited the following verse:<br />“This is my path leading straight, so follow it. And do not follow the<br />other paths, or else you will be separated from His (Allaah’s) path.”6</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">PEOPLE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE AWARE ABOUT TERRORISM.AS I FOUND SOME ARTICLES ON WEB SITES SAYING THATS WHY TERRORIST GROUPS ARE MAKING NEW WAYS TO DO SUICIDE BOMBING.THEY ARE USING DRUGS BY FORCE.THEY ARE USING DRUGS ON THE VICTIMS AND MAKING THEM DO SUICIDE BOMBINGS AS THEY HAVE NO SENSE WHEN THEY ARE DRUG ADDICTED.IN SUCH CASE IF A VICTIM IS FORCED TO TAKE DRUGS AND IF THAT VICTIM FIGHTS AGAINST TAKING DRUGS THAT WILL BE AN ACT OF JIHAD.THAT KIND OF ACT FIGHTING AGAINST DRUGS FOR SUICIDE BOMBING MAY TAKE THAT PERSON TO JANNAH,THE EVER PROMISING PEACEFUL PLACE</span><br /><span class="imgcenter" style="clear: both; display: block; text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers68.gif" style="max-width: 100%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(46, 139, 87); "><span style="font-size: 21px; ">MY ONE ALLAH<br /></span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">BISMILLAH</span><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/075.gif" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/64776009_238707f071.jpg" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO CREATED ALL THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.SO MANY COLOURS OF ROSES I CAN SEE AND WONDER.MY ALLAH IS THE ONLY LORD WHO</span><span class="imgright" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Allah%20Name_30514.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: right; float: right; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 15px; " /></span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/flower16.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> CREATED THE FROZEN ROSE TRYING TO SURVIVE</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/flower29.jpg" width="260" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> IN THE COLD JUST LIKE US HUMAN BEING TRYING TO SURVIVE.THE RED ONE SHINING IN THE GARDEN.THE PINK ONE LIKE NEW BORN BABIES,THE PURPLE ONES LIKE BLINKING EYES IN GARDEN.AMAZINGLY I SEE THE SUNFLOWER.MY LORD CREATED IT JUST LIKE THE SUN EVEN MADE IT FOLLOW THE SUN ALL THE DAY LONG.SO WONDERFUL THE LITTLE FLOWERS ARE,LIKE LITTLE FAIRIES BLOWING IN THE WIND QUIETLY.</span><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/4399422648_1d4b799699.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO</span><span class="imgright" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Allah%20Name_30515.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: right; float: right; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 15px; " /></span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/4444869951_06d3aaa0e8%20(1).jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> CREATED THE AMAZING</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/4545825554_d368c619e2.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> LIGHTS AND THE UNIVERSE ITSELF.THE UNIERSE SHINING IN THE SKY AT NIGHT SHOWING SO MANY COLOURS.MY ALLAH IS TRULY A GREAT ARTIST.AN ART, THE PAINTINGS ALLAH DID ON THE UNIVERSE, I JUST WATCH AND WONDER,HOW EXTRAORDINARY MY</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/4774472286_25499d3c4c.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">ALLAH IS.MY ALLAH IS THE ONE</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/606194ejf6t3epwf.gif" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> WHO CREATED THE SUN, THE MOON,THE EARTH ,THE PLANETS ROATATING AND FOLOWING THE RULES OF ONE ALLAH.DAYS AND NIGHTS COME SIMULTANEOUSLY AS MENTIONED IN THE QURAN.</span><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/dew5.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO CREATED SPARKLING WATER</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/dew21.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> ON THE GRASS IN THE MORNING.I CAN SEE THE</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Fall4.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">SPARKLING GRASS WITH THE SUN RISING.SO BEAUTIFUL,SO WONDERFUL.MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO CREATED THE FALLING LEAVES IN WINTER.AGAIN NEW LEAVES</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Fall3.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> COME IN SPRING.I HEAR THE BIRDS SINGING THE NATURE SHOWING IT’S BEAUTY.SO BEAUTIFUL MY ALLAH’S CREATION IS BUT STILL WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND WE DO</span><span class="imgright" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Feathers13.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: right; float: right; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 15px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> NOT FOLLOW ALLAH.MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO CREATED THE BEAUTIFUL FEATHERS.AMAZING PAINTINGS ALLAH DID ON FEATHERS.I CAN NEVER CREATE AN ATOM OF</span><span class="imgright" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Icicles9.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: right; float: right; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 15px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> THAT FEATHER .MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO CREATED THE SPARKLING ICE IN THE WINTER.IT MELTS DOWN WHEN THE SPRING COMES.HOW AMAZING MY ALLAH IS.</span><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Water-Lilies8.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="imgright" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/sunflower2.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: right; float: right; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 15px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO CREATED THE</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/waterlillie.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> LILIES ON WATER.THEY ARE SMILING AND FLOATING ON WATER.SO MANY WONDERFUL LILIES SINGING THE NAMES OF ALLAH.MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO CREATED</span><span class="imgright" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/Water-Lilies28.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: right; float: right; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 15px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> THE RAINDROPS IN THE GARDEN.FALLING AND SINGING THE NAME OF ONE ALLAH.ALLAH IS TRULY THE GREATEST. ALLAH IS UNIQUE.MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO CREATED THE BLOWING WIND.THE WIND BLOWS AND THE FLOWERS DANCE.SO BEAUTIFUL SO WONDERFUL </span><br /><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/183.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/033.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/063.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">MY ALLAH IS THE ONE WHO CREATED THE NORTHERN LIGHTS SHOWING COLOURFUL PATHS IN THE DARK.IF I CAN NOT TAKE A PEAK AT THE UNIVERSE LIGHT I CAN ATLEAST WATCH THE NORTHERN LIGHTS. SO CLOSE TO THE EARTH THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ARE AND SO FAR AWAY THE UNIVERSE LIGHTS ARE.ALLAH KEPT A BALANCE HERE.I KNOW ALLAH ALWAYS KEEPS A BA;LANCE EVERYWHERE.IF WE OPEN OUR</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/133.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> EYES WE CAN UNDERSTAND.I CAN GO ON LOOKING AT</span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/163.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="imgleft" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/013.jpg" style="max-width: 48%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> THOSE LIGHTS AND THINK OF ALLAH.ALLAH IS SO AMAZING AND AMAZING IS ALLAH’S CREATION.HOW CAN ALLAH FORGIVE US IF WE COMPARE ALLAH’S POWER WITH OTHERS? ALLAH WILL NEVER FORGIVE US.ALLAH SAID A TRUTH IN THE QURAN IF WE HUMAN GO ON WRITING ABOUT ALLAH’S VALUES AND BEAUTY THE SEAS FULL OF INK WILL END BUT OUR WRITING WILL NEVER END.I CAN UNDERSTAND I CAN NEVER END WRITING ABOUT ALLAH</span><br /><br /><span class="imgcenter" style="clear: both; display: block; text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="" src="http://files.myopera.com/tama00/blog/gflowers52.gif" style="max-width: 100%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></span></div><div><br /></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-9820402333106912842011-12-13T01:28:00.001+02:002011-12-13T01:28:59.544+02:00The Best Women Of Paradise [4]<div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">In this world, every day thousands to millions of people are being born and others goes to departure for never having chance to come back in our world. When we look behind and read the history then we come to know about few immortal beings, indeed they are alive with us because their high status that they achieved by living life in such a great way, and became examples for us till the world end.</div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">It's urged that we not only remind them but also follow their path and adopt their ways of life so shall we get success like them. Islam is a religion that give women high status. Lets recalls our memories about four greatest women of Paradise. Indeed these great ladies are true source of strength and inspiration.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">Hazart Anas (May Allah Be Pleased With Him) reports that Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) has said: "The best women of mankind are four: Maryam daughter of `Imraan, Asiya wife of Pharaoh, Khadija daughter of Khuwailid, and Fatima the daughter of the Messenger of Allaah." [Bukhari and Muslim]</div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">This hadith is about four women who acquired perfection in faith and character by virtue of their devotion, patience and morality. Their lives are guidance and examples for all believers, especially in times of hardship, difficulty and struggle. </div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><b>Lady Fatimah (May Allah Pleased With Her) </b></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; "><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOUqLZwJZCAvAn3VQPxHYKf7hrEK2zGHK2b9S92m-Fs8upC6NoWC0vAmSL2rHzccJquBL-tAKvZvrsgq6HjkfMORimmckdVxe2CcJik5fb6df9vWJwHJQtXYQF96vhz5fCf88MmVmVmM/s1600/kcWz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOUqLZwJZCAvAn3VQPxHYKf7hrEK2zGHK2b9S92m-Fs8upC6NoWC0vAmSL2rHzccJquBL-tAKvZvrsgq6HjkfMORimmckdVxe2CcJik5fb6df9vWJwHJQtXYQF96vhz5fCf88MmVmVmM/s400/kcWz.jpg" width="400" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small; ">image source;internet</span></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">The great Lady Fatimah (May Allah Be Pleased With Her) is a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) from his first wife Lady</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; "> Khadija-tul-Kubra (May Allah Be Pleased With Her)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">. She was born a few years after the declaration of Prophet-hood of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and grew up under extremely difficult and trying times for the Prophet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; "> Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; "> and his family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">Lady Fatimah </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">(May Allah Be Pleased With Her) called by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; "> many titles on the behalf of her moral and physical characteristics. The most used title is "az-Zahra" meaning "the shining one" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">After the death of her mother, as she</span> was a patient, caring and loving child <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">she looked after her father the Prophet of Islam so devoutly that Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) used to call her “Umme Abiha”, means "the mother her father." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">She was also known as "al-Batul" (the chaste and pure one) as she spent much of her time in prayer, reciting the Quran and in other acts of worship.</span></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">She faced many problems and difficulties but s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">he showed an enormous amount of patience. She went through a lot. Her mother died when she was 10yrs old. And she saw her father who was known as the truthful and trustworthy being hit and hurt. She was by his side through thick and thin. And her father migrated and left her, and she then migrated after him. And she lost her 3 sisters and then her brothers also died. She remained at her father's side through the difficulties suffered by him at the hands of the non-believers of Mecca. She was patient through all of this. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; ">She is known to never had complained against the hardship that she and her family suffered. </span></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; "><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNVpnVibK6G8-8H8CIdasRWzQT8FgDws_m94M8c-CdyFq2c_VE3qjTkMTTg44Tor9-ESJfAKylyU2fprP-9pxJ6BFR3MMFu2hUHdw-QvQveCbJ7Did1ksPb0KI3YLr7PMRaDa7TPhNoc/s1600/Green+Tasbih+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNVpnVibK6G8-8H8CIdasRWzQT8FgDws_m94M8c-CdyFq2c_VE3qjTkMTTg44Tor9-ESJfAKylyU2fprP-9pxJ6BFR3MMFu2hUHdw-QvQveCbJ7Did1ksPb0KI3YLr7PMRaDa7TPhNoc/s400/Green+Tasbih+2.JPG" width="400" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><a href="http://bauwerk-bonn.de/tasbih-prayer-beads&page=5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); ">background image source</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify; "></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">After migration to Medina, she married Ali ibn Abi Talib (May Allah Be Pleased With Him), Prophet Muhammad's (Peace Be Upon Him) cousin. She was mother of four children. After her marriage, the noble and compassionate couple led a life of abject poverty.</div><div style="text-align: justify; ">For several years after her marriage, she did all of the work by herself. The shoulder on which she carried pitchers of water from the well was swollen and the hand with which she worked the hand mill to grind corn where often covered with blisters. Lady Fatimah <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; "> (May Allah Be Pleased With Her)</span> take care of the household work, make dough, bake bread, and clean the house. When the economic situations become better, she gained some maids but treated them like her family and performed the house duties with them.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Lady Fatima (May Allah Be Pleased With Her) played a major role in the life of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and was his greatest comfort and motivation, she was greatly loved by him. She had the greatest resemblance to the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in appearance, character, walking. She was very close to her father and her distinction from other women is mentioned in many hadith. She was noble, kind and a great person like her father. </div><div style="text-align: justify; "> Lady Fatimah ( May Allah Be Pleased With Her) was a loving and devoted daughter, mother, wife, a sincere Muslim, and she is as an example for men and women.</div></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-542208339907409812011-12-13T01:21:00.000+02:002011-12-13T01:24:51.539+02:00The Best Women Of Paradise [2]<div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">In this world, every day thousands to millions of people are being born and others goes to departure for never having chance to come back in our world. When we look behind and read the history then we come to know about few immortal beings, indeed they are alive with us because their high status that they achieved by living life in such a great way, and became examples for us till the world end.</div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">It's urged that we not only remind them but also follow their path and adopt their ways of life so shall we get success like them. Islam is a religion that give women high status. Lets recalls our memories about four greatest women of Paradise. Indeed these great ladies are true source of strength and inspiration.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">Hazart Anas (May Allah Be Pleased With Him) reports that Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) has said: "The best women of mankind are four: Maryam daughter of `Imraan, Asiya wife of Pharaoh, Khadija daughter of Khuwailid, and Fatima the daughter of the Messenger of Allaah." [Bukhari and Muslim]</div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">This hadith is about four women who acquired perfection in faith and character by virtue of their devotion, patience and morality. Their lives are guidance and examples for all believers, especially in times of hardship, difficulty and struggle. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><b>Lady Maryam-Mary (May Allah Pleased With Her) [2]</b></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0Y9klfdv9djfa_K6aYbTbMVfkRycEza6RtcE_SMMSd2EqIqfV-ELA9Y-HWXaCUxF4RByzA4xtTMdsLnjKkjq-PUL0tnExkGwU-91io4ODz7JtsKNByWF00_ABPG1Q1ulsCWl_Zsx9OI/s1600/d-judge-healing-beads.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0Y9klfdv9djfa_K6aYbTbMVfkRycEza6RtcE_SMMSd2EqIqfV-ELA9Y-HWXaCUxF4RByzA4xtTMdsLnjKkjq-PUL0tnExkGwU-91io4ODz7JtsKNByWF00_ABPG1Q1ulsCWl_Zsx9OI/s320/d-judge-healing-beads.jpeg" width="320" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; "><a href="http://kimberlywinston.wordpress.com/page/13/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); ">background image source</a></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: center; "><b>Lady Maryam-Mary (May Allah Pleased With Her) the mother of Prophet Isa-Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him), is considered one of the most righteous women. </b><b> She gave birth to a son by a special miracle, without the intervention of the customary physical means. This of course does not mean that she was more than human, any more than her son Prophet Isa-Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) was more than inhuman. </b></div><div></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">Lady Maryam's respectable parents are Hazrat Emraan and Hazrat Hannah. In her old age, Hazrat Hannah was expecting a child. With the birth of a son in mind, she made an oath to Allah that the child to be born would be freed from all worldly affairs and specially dedicated to Allah's service. Almighty Allah blessed her with a daughter. And she was dedicated to the service of Allah. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">The Qur'an narrates that Mary grew up in the temple of the prayer, and had a special place in the temple of her own. She was placed under the care of the Prophet Zechariah (Peace Be Upon Him). </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Lady Maryam-Mary (May Allah Pleased With Her), grew up in a very pious religious environment, always remaining busy in the worship of her Creator Almighty Allah. According to the Quran Lady Maryam-Mary (May Allah Pleased With Her), was chosen above all women.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlhZPZWJr6QsxqPSBaBoGkykoej3M7XPu2n_9t0J9DlHhtOY5cxzDHuc8O3M5YVMyxoaXdAFcsQuZoL4TtjNHsaTqC_3L2Q3Apu-2SBL4JamD9rOdhyphenhyphenCBOxOpH1-hSYhn1UJORTzj28k/s1600/Islamic_muslin_prayer_beads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlhZPZWJr6QsxqPSBaBoGkykoej3M7XPu2n_9t0J9DlHhtOY5cxzDHuc8O3M5YVMyxoaXdAFcsQuZoL4TtjNHsaTqC_3L2Q3Apu-2SBL4JamD9rOdhyphenhyphenCBOxOpH1-hSYhn1UJORTzj28k/s320/Islamic_muslin_prayer_beads.jpg" width="320" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; "><a href="http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/324898496/Islamic_muslin_prayer_beads.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); ">background image source</a></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">The virgin birth of Prophet Isa-Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) is supremely important in Islam, as one of the most important miracles of Allah (God). The Qur'an states clearly & it is also our part of faith that Prophet Isa-Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) was the result of a virgin birth, but that neither Lady Maryam-Mary (May Allah Pleased With Her), nor her son were divine. Prophet Isa-Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) was born miraculously by the will of Allah (God) without a father and Allah (God) has the power to do anything. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">Quran says Allah sent an angel to Lady Maryam to inform about the miracle birth of a son;<br /><div style="text-align: center; ">"She said, 'from where shall I have a son, no man has touched me, nor I am an unchaste? He said, 'so it is, your Lord has said, this is easy to me', and that We make it a sign for the people and a mercy from Us, and this matter is already decreed. Now Maryam conceived it, then she went away with him to a far off place." Surah Maryam : Ayat 120-22</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div>She listened this and bowed before inevitable divine command. After a few days she conceived the baby left and moved to a remote place. After the delivery she came back.</div><div></div><div>According to Quran as she came back people of her city started to blame her; </div><div style="text-align: center; ">"Then she brought him to her people taking him in her lap. They said, 'no 'doubt, you have committed a very vile thing.' 'O sister of Haroon! your father was not a wicked man and nor was your mother an unchaste woman." Surah Maryam : Ayat 27-28</div><div>People made her life miserable and put false accusation on her., they knew about her modesty and virtuosity but they did not pay any heed to her. She endured that situation with a great patience and stood like a rock for her son against those inevitable, regretful problems. </div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">Lady Maryam-Mary (May Allah Pleased With Her) is regarded as a chaste and virtuous woman. In Islam, she is known by her exalted titles such as The Virgin, The Purified, The Exalted, Mother of Prophet Isa-Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him), Keeper of Chastity, Mystic, Female Exemplar, Maternal Heroine, Queen of the Saints.</div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-18393923231442783802011-12-13T01:19:00.001+02:002011-12-13T01:20:54.193+02:00The Best women Of Paradise [1]<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">In this world, every day thousands to millions of people are being born and others goes to departure for never having chance to come back in our world. When we look behind and read the history then we come to know about few immortal beings, indeed they are alive with us because their high status that they achieved by living life in such a great way, and became examples for us till the world end.</div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">It's urged that we not only remind them but also follow their path and adopt their ways of life so shall we get success like them. Islam is a religion that give women high status. Lets recalls our memories about four greatest women of Paradise. Indeed these great ladies are true source of strength and inspiration.</div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">Hazart Anas (May Allah Be Pleased With Him) reports that Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) has said: "The best women of mankind are four: Mariam daughter of `Imraan, Asiya wife of Pharaoh, Khadija daughter of Khuwailid, and Fatima the daughter of the Messenger of Allaah." [Bukhari and Muslim]</div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; ">This hadith is about four women who acquired perfection in faith and character by virtue of their devotion, patience and morality. Their lives are guidance and examples for all believers, especially in times of hardship, difficulty and struggle. </div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><b>Lady Asiya (May Allah Be Pleased with her)</b></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQZnJnGqI7WFWxgnh-ckiir_saPd6JuuSXfbTABAmevLYUeRpCgVJIc1XtYbH-KS3y72nETpfGYuePyq99gDKhMe3eqNHRlVWvdqod4ZyFjCja3EYGopqas3ePkQ3xHUjGZF3d9EBuPg/s1600/slON.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQZnJnGqI7WFWxgnh-ckiir_saPd6JuuSXfbTABAmevLYUeRpCgVJIc1XtYbH-KS3y72nETpfGYuePyq99gDKhMe3eqNHRlVWvdqod4ZyFjCja3EYGopqas3ePkQ3xHUjGZF3d9EBuPg/s320/slON.jpg" width="320" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; "><a href="http://www.ioffer.com/si/prayer+beads?page=6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); ">image source</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">Lady Asiya (May Allah Be Pleased with her), wife of the Pharaoh, is known by Muslims as one of the greatest women of all time. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">The Qur'an chronicles her as a great person and she is respected all the more by Muslims as she was married to one of the most evil men in history, but never lost faith in God and remained steadfast in prayer and belief.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">"And Allah sets forth the example of muslims, the wife of Firawn. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">When she said, 'O my Lord! Build a house for me in the Paradise with You and deliver me from Firawn and his work and deliver me from the people unjust." Surah At-Tahrim : Ayat 11</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">God had chosen her to provide refuge to Prophet Mosa(Moses) Peace Be Upon Him, when he was an infant. When her maids brought the cradle of Prophet Mosa(Moses) Peace Be Upon Him from the river, she insisted to Pharaoh that she wanted to adopt that infant as a child: </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; ">And the wife of Firawn, said, 'this child is the comfort to me and you, slay him not perhaps he may profit us or we may take him for a son,' and they were unaware. Surah Al-Qasas : Ayat 9</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Lady Asiya (May Allah Be Pleased With Her) worshipped God in secret and praying in disguise fearing her husband. She died while being tortured by her husband, who had discovered her monotheism.</div></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuqKDQrYugMiWofPtj926q9Cm_3n3mo67CjH8RvswuPvK4FGuJ0DOICUWz5ZEsaHai6F6n5jwkAcLn5wpIQJAiaQWUWOzCH1cnxomZA3NpESooDGpxyEvv3cimYd95j1r4nOSNtMCLp4/s1600/GoddessPrayerBeads03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuqKDQrYugMiWofPtj926q9Cm_3n3mo67CjH8RvswuPvK4FGuJ0DOICUWz5ZEsaHai6F6n5jwkAcLn5wpIQJAiaQWUWOzCH1cnxomZA3NpESooDGpxyEvv3cimYd95j1r4nOSNtMCLp4/s320/GoddessPrayerBeads03.jpg" width="320" style="border-top-style: solid; 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line-height: 22px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; ">image source;internet</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><div>A righteous lady married to the biggest tyrant, </div><div>Her husband denied the truth so vehemently,</div><div>Yet she worshipped the One True Lord secretly,</div><div>Of Islam she was a strong adherent.</div><div><br /></div><div>She was most beloved to the worst oppressor,</div><div>But she gave up riches amongst richest and chose to suffer,</div><div>She wasn’t willing to give up the truth,</div><div>When she was tortured for days on end, Islam was there to sooth. </div><div><br /></div><div>A smile on her face she constantly had,</div><div>And they even resorted to calling her mad,</div><div>It was the truth and beauty of Islam that she had tasted,</div><div>Her life was for Allah only and nothing was wasted. </div><div><br /></div><div>Years before the seeds had already been planted,</div><div>She was inspired to take in the baby Moosa (Peace and Blessings be upon him),</div><div>When it was the baby boys heads that Fir’aun (Pharaoh) wanted, </div><div>Allah’s plan triumphed and He provided the answer. </div><div><br /></div><div>Aasiyah (May Allah be pleased with her), indeed your sacrifice was not in vain, </div><div>Allah was the witness of your suffering and pain.</div><div>Promised Jannah (Paradise) by Allah Most High,</div><div>Your beautiful story makes me want to cry. </div><div><br /></div><div>Your love for Allah was so much, </div><div>And I can only wish that I had your strength,</div><div>You are a true and perfect example for us,</div><div>Clearly epitomising what's important in life.</div></div></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-18219150446041400392011-12-13T01:16:00.001+02:002011-12-13T01:16:45.962+02:00We And Relationships<div><br /></div><div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; 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"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">I've noticed in my life that we all want to be loved, understood and cared about. But often what we get, instead, is a feeling of being misunderstood, rejected and betrayed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">In society we're taught it's not OK to feel pain or hurt. Men, especially, feel they're not strong if they feel pain or hurt. It's crucial that we allow ourselves to feel those vulnerable feelings, because we can't heal them unless we're willing to feel them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTL-2VBjQHvH5kbCx_97vkvdjCXK-rjPKWhPghIROgFX3bIbkfEXUG5kPFR6FgJFVC_0NQWPz2sEyeQoXZY674TaTrZYicArOS72vJHcJpO9j05nlqOR14K6e3r0CeclOVTTQ5ljEsgI/s1600/269976_120178108069846_100002329710110_183763_6005688_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTL-2VBjQHvH5kbCx_97vkvdjCXK-rjPKWhPghIROgFX3bIbkfEXUG5kPFR6FgJFVC_0NQWPz2sEyeQoXZY674TaTrZYicArOS72vJHcJpO9j05nlqOR14K6e3r0CeclOVTTQ5ljEsgI/s320/269976_120178108069846_100002329710110_183763_6005688_n.jpg" width="320" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; ">image source; internet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">If we observe, we will noticed many forms of betrayal, that we might face in our lives. Like breaking the commitment of any type, betrayal in friendship, infidelity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">Another kind of betrayal is withholding or withdrawing, so we don't really share our feelings and what's going on inside of us. Our feelings, our hopes, our fears, our longings, our hurts, and even little misunderstandings & complains, we keep them secret from the other person. That creates distance in any relationship.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLxLyqTh8JIxahim7H6X1yZaSqngxQnfkSi-jX9sRmkJ0UqDlrKntcrb2Ufu3goxk1knNsaGmirOap6-5BYmk6LScn8W06BEkbVzXgojKI3DHnr3D5q6pIqidEP5XoqmlUfQ5uX8cyy4/s1600/torn-paper-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLxLyqTh8JIxahim7H6X1yZaSqngxQnfkSi-jX9sRmkJ0UqDlrKntcrb2Ufu3goxk1knNsaGmirOap6-5BYmk6LScn8W06BEkbVzXgojKI3DHnr3D5q6pIqidEP5XoqmlUfQ5uX8cyy4/s320/torn-paper-3.png" width="320" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">We need to learn how to grieve the hurt of betrayal, so we don't carry forward those hurts, close down and become bitter. That's the real tragedy of betrayal, when people close down and become bitter towards life. We need to learn how to grieve the hurt & compose our self so we can open our hearts again to another possibility, another relationship. For a healthy relationship we have to create a climate of trust, love, care & honor, so we minimize the prospect of betrayal.</div></div></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-83456780973278665452011-12-13T01:06:00.000+02:002011-12-13T01:09:21.555+02:00A Secret Fightin(Masturbation)<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div class="post-header" style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3361376350499963514" style="width: 556px; position: relative; line-height: 22px; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on" style="text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: justify; "></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Today; I am going to pull your attention towards a very sensitive topic. A secret struggle that takes place among those, who are habitual of it. It is a struggle against their own body, if a person will not fight against it, it will take complete hold on doer and make him/her slave of dirty and lustful desires. Mostly people even not realize what is it. It is a private behavior rarely shared or discussed in public. I have chosen to write about masturbation a topic which is commonly perceived as taboo because it is an unpleasant and unethical act. Masturbation is very evil indeed, it is impermissible (haraam) to masturbate.<br />It is very delicate topic need to be discussed under Islamic and ethical, healthy and positive point of view just for awareness and cure sake.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1YSGYXHthqaUWN2PcunHwbK-HZWZfQg0YG1dP7tXuRKVmoosH8JP0k6fmpZCaDaM7XRoJWFfDtpLV-AtZmFR5KevoqUXoD6v3_yicbD33wcTSgoTuq4VYwKEXfjfERxs5OMNA1if9sQ/s1600/1+%252870%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1YSGYXHthqaUWN2PcunHwbK-HZWZfQg0YG1dP7tXuRKVmoosH8JP0k6fmpZCaDaM7XRoJWFfDtpLV-AtZmFR5KevoqUXoD6v3_yicbD33wcTSgoTuq4VYwKEXfjfERxs5OMNA1if9sQ/s1600/1+%252870%2529.jpg" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; ">image source; internet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><b>You should know by doing this you are displeasing to Allah(God). </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">The main reason why am I writing this article? I got a mail from an unknown who was crying for help and want to know an Islamic and complete perspective on it, he was feeling too ashamed to ask about anyone from his family and friends, as it is totally forbidden in Islam though other cultures and religions oppose the use of masturbation or even label it as sinful. This can lead to guilt or shame about the behavior.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">I am trying to give him answers of his questions and also giving recommendations to cure this lustful sin after research like I always do before posting (about any vast and sensitive topic) as I am not much knowledgeable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "><b>Masturbation (for both men and women) is haraam (forbidden) in Islam.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "><b>Allah says in Quran:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">And those who guard their private parts. But from their wives and from those whom their hands possess. They are not to be blamed for them. And who seeks others save those two then they are the transgressors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">Surah Al-Ma'arij : Ayat 29 to 31</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "><b>Some hadith that are quoted :</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">1: A narration attributed to Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood reports:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">We were with the Prophet Muhammad (peace Be Upon Him) while we were young and had no wealth whatsoever. So Allaah’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.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">2: A narration attributed to Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud reports: Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, 'O group of youth! Whoever from among you can marry should do so because it keeps the gaze low and it protects the private parts. And he who cannot marry should make it compulsory upon himself to fast because it breaks lust.'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">3: A narration attributed to Anas ibn Malik reports:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, 'The person who performs Nikah with his hands (i.e. masturbates) is cursed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">3: A narration attributed to Sa'id ibn Jubayr reports:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, 'Allah Taãla will inflict a punishment on a group of people because they played with their private parts.'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm02fpvje9kcMgGdGid0BA5Ud0mOawLihfA4PhnZoVleej3jWWZCcKiHPOQtlIXxgKyvNq-6UEIZ9zQXR8HYTy4pEaAbD57H1ZnC9uDgHci79Xyz-eoakvrXFG8_CLCpIAOOmeRDKkC8/s1600/1+%2528127%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm02fpvje9kcMgGdGid0BA5Ud0mOawLihfA4PhnZoVleej3jWWZCcKiHPOQtlIXxgKyvNq-6UEIZ9zQXR8HYTy4pEaAbD57H1ZnC9uDgHci79Xyz-eoakvrXFG8_CLCpIAOOmeRDKkC8/s320/1+%2528127%2529.jpg" width="320" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; ">image source; internet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><b> Masturbation can be more addictive than heroin.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">Many people are secretly fighting against with this lustful monster to defeat it. They feel very guilty and cheap about themselves being trapped by this dirty act. A act that is actually a sin against their own body. This sin also cheating against your partner or future partner.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; ">In this phase you become more disturbed with multi thoughts going on your mind, at one point you feel a great shame and regret on other side you want it to do indeed Satan try to bring you closer the dirty act, giving the feeling of as it's not a big deal, it's normal no one is watching you, you are not giving harm to any. Indeed these all are lies.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe9HwDlVbxWFTOs5oQqocfDyZ0GZ8MjbutXDzamyHgdzhBHJhr4uzO89jsf91v61NlDU1eGf2SdW9owCowUaEMrnYGHVUUHGI63qbLl_m36EmAARdvVwag9c6QB17sN0Qog1KD0gmovA/s1600/1+%2528124%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe9HwDlVbxWFTOs5oQqocfDyZ0GZ8MjbutXDzamyHgdzhBHJhr4uzO89jsf91v61NlDU1eGf2SdW9owCowUaEMrnYGHVUUHGI63qbLl_m36EmAARdvVwag9c6QB17sN0Qog1KD0gmovA/s320/1+%2528124%2529.jpg" width="320" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; ">image source; internet</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><b>In this way you disrespect your body.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Gradually you are going to become addicted and weaker. Your demands increases for more and more, you feel defeated loose your will power or power of resistance and feel hopeless and helpless. Indeed these thoughts are your weak faith, Allah is always there for you ask help from Him, if you are really want help against it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Be assured that you can be cured of your difficulty. Many have been, both male and female, and you can be also if you determine that it must be so. This determination is the first step. That is where we begin. You must decide that you will end this practice, and when you make that decision, the problem will be greatly reduced at once. It must be actually a decision. If you truly make up your mind that you will be cured, then you will have the strength to resist any tendencies which you may have and any temptations which may come to you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><b>It's harms are great:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; ">Islam does not prohibit a thing unless it has a great harm. </span></b></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; ">It does not fit the dignity of a respectable man. The clearest evidence on its ugliness is that the doer feels disgust with himself after finishing this act.</span></b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div>I have come across countless articles and opinions stating how masturbation is "a healthy practice", the more I saw these false comments, the more I felt the need to correct this misconception!</div><div>Not all that doctors say is true. There are other doctors that say the opposite. What is important to us is what our Wise Creator Allah says. He is more aware of His creatures. Islam, which is the speech of Allah, is clear in its verdicts. The Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) has prohibited it.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Masturbation is an extremely unhealthy practice, considered unlawful and sinful in our tradition, which has many personal and societal ill-effects known and recognized by Muslims and many non-Muslims alike. It affects a person in the long-run, ruining one’s marriage, impairing one’s physical health, reducing one’s ability to be proactive in the daily chores, and harming one’s religious and spiritual growth by distancing one from one’s Lord.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><b>The side effects:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Fatigue. Feeling tired all the time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Lower back pain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Thinning hair / Hair Loss</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Soft / Weak Erection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Premature Ejaculation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Eye floaters or fuzzy vision</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Groin / Testicular Pain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Pain or cramp in the pelvic cavity or/and tail bone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Bad memory, low concentration, nervousness, weak nerves, anxiety and feeling bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Body uses alot of energy to create semen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Melancholy, loneliness, and complexes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Absent-mindedness and sense of inferiority among the people excessively fond of masturbation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Depression happen after each self indulgence. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Masturbation habit leads to some neurological disorders. Too much irritation trembles on hand and arm, dizziness, sleeplessness, debilitation on backs and feet and tiredness are produced due to masturbation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Masturbation is an unhealthy sexual behavior. Like other unpleasant and risky behaviors, when addicted it can lead to both psychological and physiological imbalances. Large number of women and men have practiced masturbation—but when done, it causes drastic changes in brain and body chemistry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">Remember, we don’t only have physical health to look after, we also have spiritual health which we need to tend to just as much!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">Fear of Allah Almighty:</span></b></div><div>Whoever has been tested with this must repent to Allah and regret what he has done, and resolve not to do it again. Keep a positive mental attitude. </div><div>It is beyond doubt that a man will take account of his every act. , if he thinks of that Allah is always watching him and is aware of everything that he does, no matter if they are apparent or hidden. If the idea is rooted in a person that The Almighty God is constantly watching him, Allah will call him to account because of his sins, going beyond the boundaries, He will punish him due to his disobedience then he will, without any doubt, shun all kinds of destroying acts, misbehaviors and perversities.</div><div><b><br /></b><br /><b>Allah described in Quran:</b></div><div>Then as for him who rebelled;</div><div>And preferred the life of this world,</div><div>Then undoubtedly, the hell his destination.</div><div>But as to him who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained his soul from evil desires;</div><div>Then undoubtedly, the Paradise is his destination. Surah An-Nazi'at : Ayat 37-41<br /><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXp3pjwAQA82Rd5Wv7LorZ85I5nzox-xvG7qryCD_jiymJxIdhW_R4cOilDCEGY3UW1DVzBBGxb4QpXr3uu8q_2ldOj70l5u8OCDxLQOQ9sGPqeCWu4Q8fbh-19Uhbf9E8YPCkV3h3zA/s1600/1+%252825%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 45, 227); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXp3pjwAQA82Rd5Wv7LorZ85I5nzox-xvG7qryCD_jiymJxIdhW_R4cOilDCEGY3UW1DVzBBGxb4QpXr3uu8q_2ldOj70l5u8OCDxLQOQ9sGPqeCWu4Q8fbh-19Uhbf9E8YPCkV3h3zA/s320/1+%252825%2529.jpg" width="320" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; ">image source; internet</span></div><div><div><br /><b>Here are recommendations:</b><br /> 1: The motive to seek a cure for this problem should be solely following Allah's orders and fearing His punishment.<br /> 2: A permanent and quick cure from this problem lies in marriage as soon as the person is able, as shown in the Prophet Muhammad's (Peace Be Upon Him) hadith.<br /> 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.<br /> 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 Muhammad's (Peace Be Upon Him) hadith (interpretations of the meanings):<br />"Order the Muslim men to lower down their sights a little (from looking at forbidden things) and to guard their private parts. This is cleaner for them, undoubtedly, Allah is Aware of their deeds.<br />And order the Muslim women to lower down their sights a little (from looking at forbidden things) and guard their chastity," Surah An-Nur : Ayat 30-31<br /> 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).<br /><br />5: Using one's available leisure time in worshipping Allah and increasing religious knowledge.<br />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.<br />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.<br />8: Reduce the amount of spices and condiments in your food. Eat as lightly as possible at night.<br /><div><div>9: Avoid bad company, and endeavor to stay in the company of the pious and righteous, in the Mosque, and with learned Ulama as much as possible. </div></div><div><div>10; If you are associated with other persons having this same problem, You must cut off them. Never associate with other people having the same weakness. Don't suppose that two of you will quit together, you never will. You must get away from people of that kind. </div><div>11: When you bathe, do not admire yourself in a mirror. Never stay in the bath more than five or six minutes.</div></div>12: 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.<br />13: 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.<br />14: 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).<br />15: 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 hadith:<br /> "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.<br />16: 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.<br />17: 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.<br />18: Eat more soybean products and eliminating excessive caffeine from your diet. Focus on nutty foods like sunflower seeds, and peanuts and eat more sea foods, seaweed, vegetables, and try to minimize red meat and dairy product intake. Instead of soda, try drinking orange juice or cranberry juice and, of course, drink plenty of water.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><b>You can win this fight! The joy and strength you will feel when you do will give your whole life a radiant and spiritual glow of satisfaction and fulfillment.</b><br /><b><br /></b></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">Allah knows best.</span></b></div></div></div></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-83098654340713203352011-12-06T01:18:00.001+02:002011-12-06T01:20:17.163+02:00Zahra (SA) your light is shining…<p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><img height="31" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/977H_28.gif?t=1174935453" width="45" /><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="rose4.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/rose4.gif?t=1213692718" /><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="rose4.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/rose4.gif?t=1213692718" /><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="rose4.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/rose4.gif?t=1213692718" /><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="rose4.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/rose4.gif?t=1213692718" /><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="rose4.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/rose4.gif?t=1213692718" /><img height="31" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/977H_28.gif?t=1174935453" width="45" /></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "></p><table dir="ltr" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100" align="center" border="0" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><tbody><tr><td dir="ltr" width="132"><p align="center"><img height="212" src="http://www.jafariyanews.com/2k6_news/july/16Syeda-Fatima-(AS).jpg" width="300" border="0" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="419943fjk8m0wj5c-1.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/419943fjk8m0wj5c-1.gif?t=1213690441" /><img height="114" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/TEID-1.gif?t=1174936664" width="142" style="width: 130px; height: 114px; " /><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="419943fjk8m0wj5c-1.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/419943fjk8m0wj5c-1.gif?t=1213690441" /></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><strong><em>May I take this opportunity to wish you,<br />your family, friends and loved ones, Khushali Mubarak</em></strong></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><em>Our congardulations be to the whole Islamic Ummah on this auspicious<br />Mother's Day-Birthday of Bibi Fatema Zahra(sa)</em></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><em><span ><span > </span><span ><strong>Mistress of the woman of the world, Sayeda Fatimah Al-Zahra (AS) the daughter of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)</strong></span></span></em></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><img height="71" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/1742d99425.gif?t=1165857144" width="215" /></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><strong><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="rose4.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/rose4.gif?t=1213692718" /> </strong></span><a class="news" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: url(http://sweetshenu.multiply.com/style-custom/sweetshenu/28/custom.css), default; "><span ><strong>Zahra (SA) your light is shining…</strong></span></a><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="rose4.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/rose4.gif?t=1213692718" /><br /></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><strong>Oh Fatima (SA)<br />The lady of light<br />Daughter of our Prophet (SAW)<br />The soul that is whiter than white<br />On the highest of the heavens<br />You are praised by all the lands<br />Mother of Hassan and Hussain (AS)<br />Beauty of Islam<br />Zahra (SA) your light is shining<br />Brighter than the sun<br />Oh the flower of heavens<br />You are the only one<br />The apple of Muhammad’s (SAW) eyes<br />The wife of Ali (AS)<br /><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="rose4.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/rose4.gif?t=1213692718" /><span >The role model for all women</span>.<img id="fullSizedImage" alt="rose4.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/rose4.gif?t=1213692718" /></strong></span></p><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p dir="ltr" align="center"><span ><em>Fatima Zahra (sa) heard the voice. She looked around. The only thing Fatima Zahra (sa) could see in the house was a goatskin on which his two little children,</em></span></p></span><a href="http://sweetshenu.multiply.com/journal/compose/infallible4.asp" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); text-decoration: none; cursor: url(http://sweetshenu.multiply.com/style-custom/sweetshenu/28/custom.css), default; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><u><span lang="EN"><span ><em>Imam Hasan</em></span></span></u></a><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ><em> and </em></span></span><a href="http://sweetshenu.multiply.com/journal/compose/infallible5.asp" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); text-decoration: none; cursor: url(http://sweetshenu.multiply.com/style-custom/sweetshenu/28/custom.css), default; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><u><span lang="EN"><span ><em>Imam Hussain</em></span></span></u></a><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ><em> used to sleep. Fatima Zahra (sa) picked up the goatskin and came to door. She extended that goatskin to the stranger from behind the door and said: "Please take this and fulfill your needs." The stranger looked at the goatskin and replied: "what can I do with this goatskin? It will not be sufficient for anything." Fatima Zahra (sa) thought and then she realized that she was wearing a necklace which was wedding gift her from the daughter of Hamza bin Abdul-Muttalib. Fatima Zahra (sa) took the necklace off and gave it to the stranger.</em></span></span><p dir="ltr" align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><em>"</em></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><em></em></span></p><a href="http://sweetshenu.multiply.com/journal/compose/rasool3.asp" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); text-decoration: none; cursor: url(http://sweetshenu.multiply.com/style-custom/sweetshenu/28/custom.css), default; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "></a><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p dir="ltr" align="center"><span ><em>The stranger came back to the mosque and showed to the Prophet of Islam Mohammed (pbuh) what he had been given by Fatima Zahra (sa). The Prophet of Islam Mohammed (pbuh) looked at the necklace and his eyes filled up with tears.</em></span></p><p align="center"><span ><em>The Prophet of Islam Mohammed (pbuh) turned to the stranger and said: "Fatima Zahra has fulfilled your needs, now you pray for her." The stranger raised his hands to the heavens and said: "Ya Allah give Fatima Zahra all that which no eyes have ever seen and no ears have ever heard."</em></span></p></span><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><em><strong>The Prophet (s) said, “Fatima is part of me and she is my heart and the soul which is between my two sides.”<br />The Prophet (s) said, “Fatima is the joy of my heart, and her sons are the fruit of my soul.”</strong></em></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><em><strong><img height="250" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/joyfulnoise4j/balloons.gif" width="134" style="width: 66px; height: 117px; " /><img height="79" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/fire031.gif?t=1175370240" width="79" style="width: 45px; height: 130px; " /><img id="fullSizedImage" height="96" alt="ALBAIT-2.gif" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/ALBAIT-2.gif?t=1183475294" width="148" _extended="" style="width: 104px; height: 119px; " /><img height="79" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/fire031.gif?t=1175370240" width="79" style="width: 45px; height: 136px; " /></strong></em><img height="250" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/joyfulnoise4j/balloons.gif" width="134" style="width: 66px; height: 122px; " /></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><img height="70" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b371/aseer64/Animated/Grafix015.gif?t=1173856462" width="92" /><img src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/subhanAllah.gif?t=1168536641" /><img height="70" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b371/aseer64/Animated/Grafix015.gif?t=1173856462" width="92" /></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ></span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><br /></b></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><strong>Syedatun Nisa al-Alamin (Leader of the women of the worlds)</strong></span></p><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p dir="ltr" align="center"><span ><strong>Fatima (as) was the daughter of the Holy Prophet Mohammad (saww), the wife of Imam Ali (as), and the mother of Imam Hasan (as) and Imam Hussein (as).</strong></span></p></span><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><span >The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions!</span></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ></span></p><span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><hr dir="ltr" color="#d0e0f0" size="1"></span><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "></p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><img height="300" src="http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/images/fathima.jpg" width="346" style="width: 346px; height: 165px; " /></span></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="flowerbar.gif picture by shehnaz_2007" src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/shehnaz_2007/flowerbar.gif?t=1213690162" /></p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ></span></p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ></span></p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ></span> </p><p align="center" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 63); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span ><span ><span ><em><img height="250" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/joyfulnoise4j/balloons.gif" width="126" style="width: 66px; height: 148px; " /><img height="71" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/th_dheart.gif" width="79" style="width: 63px; height: 71px; " /><span ><img id="fullSizedImage" alt="NONAME.gif" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/NONAME.gif?t=1175426077" _extended="" /> </span></em><img height="71" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/Shenu_2006/th_dheart.gif" width="79" style="width: 63px; height: 71px; " /></span></span><img height="250" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/joyfulnoise4j/balloons.gif" width="126" style="width: 66px; height: 148px; " /></span></p>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-57943269364637928282011-12-04T23:03:00.001+02:002011-12-04T23:05:55.236+02:00About Me<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ro3oU-iKEw80Z2jxPUAE3gzPBNHOOQKUoblHHLLeKdot4mng7a-ZaD1ORqdYLHeWt3SHMaS58wJUwEzljmyDpMzUp8bZVKKQ76AFNmB51BKFlRoBHJSFVvMLpHrnc4eok0h2oFrPSGQ/s1600/296300_2062178636659_1310491391_31702983_1217679113_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ro3oU-iKEw80Z2jxPUAE3gzPBNHOOQKUoblHHLLeKdot4mng7a-ZaD1ORqdYLHeWt3SHMaS58wJUwEzljmyDpMzUp8bZVKKQ76AFNmB51BKFlRoBHJSFVvMLpHrnc4eok0h2oFrPSGQ/s320/296300_2062178636659_1310491391_31702983_1217679113_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682382265376233554" /></a><br /><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><em style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem</em></p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><em style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful</em></p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Assalamualaikum wa-rahmatullah</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I am a Muslimah trying to improve myself in light of my deen, for the sake of Allah(S.W.T). I’m definitely not a scholar but just another slave of Allah who’s knowledge is pretty limited but Alhumdulillah, I’ve been trying to put an effort to learn about the Sunnah way of doing things.. I’m just another muslimah trying to improve herself and strengthen my Iman, with the guidance of the Almighty.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Alhumdulillah, This blog comes as a result of my journey from a girl who’s been lost in the darkness of dunya to a woman who found peace and contentment in the Light of Islam .. with the blessings of the Almighty- Allah(S.W.T).</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I’m in pursuit of peace.. Peace of heart, mind and soul!.. Peace attained by submitting to the only one God – Allah (SWT). Alhumdulillah.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Other than my thoughts on my life as a humble servant of Allah(S.W.T).. this blog will also serve as a ‘back-up’ (if i may call it that).. of articles, posts, videos, etc which I’ve found interesting and helpful.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">P.S. While you are reading my posts or articles that I have shared, if you happen to like even one of them please do take a minute to make dua for me and my family. Jazakallahu Khair! <img src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif?m=1306902190g" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" style="margin-top: 0px; max-width: 97.5%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; " /></p><div><br /></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-5438100522147338752011-12-04T06:47:00.000+02:002011-12-04T06:48:01.717+02:00Forgiveness : The Glue for a Broken Heart<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); "><a href="http://navedz.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/3592407275_5f582c1f34.jpg" style="color: rgb(0, 141, 207); text-decoration: none; "><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-7427" title="3592407275_5f582c1f34" src="http://navedz.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/3592407275_5f582c1f34.jpg?w=199&h=300" alt="" width="199" height="300" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; max-width: 100%; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Crash.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Bang.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Smash.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">‘What was that?!<strong>’</strong></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">That was the sound of a once sound heart, shattering into a million pieces. Imagine you are the person carrying that heart: covered in pain and soaked in tears. Maybe you don’t have to imagine, because maybe that <em>is</em> your heart.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); "><strong>We are the broken-hearted.</strong></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Betrayal, oppression, deception, whatever it may be that happened to us—the result is the same, a broken heart at the hand of a human. A broken heart that feels like it can never be fixed, and it was entirely <em>someone else’s fault</em>. It would be enough if they had just hurt us, and all we had to do is deal with the pain that came from their actions, but no. Rather, the hurt, the pain, the brokenness…it brought out the worst in us, allowing us to see our own faults, and painful ones at that. How do we go on? How do we move on with life and shift our focus back to the One who deserves it? How do we stop obsessing over the wrongs that occurred and start focusing on the only One who should be obsessed over? One word: Forgiveness.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">When a person is soaked in sin and wants to return to Allah <em>subhanahu wa ta`ala</em> (exalted is He), they begin with repentance. The person whole-heartedly turns to Allah, asking Him to forgive utterly and completely, even though the asker may not be deserving. Likewise, the path back to Allah (swt) after a severely broken heart, at the hand of a human, is forgiveness.<strong></strong></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">When it comes to forgiveness, the key is shifting how we see forgiveness. As always, Allah (swt) has given us a beautiful tool to make this shift, and that is the story of Prophet Yusuf <em>`alayhi as-salaam</em> (peace be upon him).</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Of the many fruitful parts of the story of Prophet Yusuf (as), is that of his being wronged by the wife of his master. She attempted to seduce our beloved Prophet Yusuf (as). Not only did she attempt to seduce him, but she landed him in jail by blaming him of the unthinkable instead of taking the blame! <em>IMAGINE! </em>This is a woman whom, as the wife of his master, he was supposed to be able to <strong>trust</strong>. This was a woman whom he <strong>served during the day</strong>. Yet when her desires took over, she wronged him many times over!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Despite all of this, Prophet Yusuf (as) did not act wrongfully, nor did he hold a grudge. Why? Prophet Yusuf (as) knew the reality of forgiveness. When all was exposed and the truth revealed, Yusuf (as) made a revolutionary statement. He said: “I do not free myself from all blame. Truly, the nafs (base self) is inclined to evil, except for those who my Lord grants His Mercy. Truly, my Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”<em></em></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); "><em>Allahu Akbar!</em> (God is Greater!) A huge, humbling, life-changing lesson we can take from his statement is: You are not the oppressor in this situation only because Allah (swt) has blessed you with His Mercy. Every soul has the ability to wrong others, every soul has the ability to be the oppressor, and only Allah’s mercy prevents that.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">The next time we begin to feel this immense and absolute anger towards the person who has harmed us—let’s make that shift, and forgive. Forgive the one who has wronged us not because that person deserves it; rather, forgive them as a sign of gratitude to Allah (swt). Forgive as a symbol of our thanking Him for blessing us to be of those who have never thought of hurting a person in the manner that we have had to endure. Forgive as a symbol of our thanking Him for making us the oppressed and not the oppressors. There is <em>no sin</em> in being the oppressed; rather, Allah tells us that He is <strong><em>with</em></strong> the one who has been wronged and is constantly answering their <em>du`a’</em> (supplication). But what of the oppressor? They have the anger of Allah (swt) and the displeasure of Allah (swt). And realize that the one who has oppressed you has oppressed themselves more. For it is that person who will have to stand in front of Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgment and have their oppression accounted for, if they are not of those who have repented. So on that Day, they will be their own greatest victims.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Forgive as a statement that says, ‘Oh Allah I’m not forgiving them for their own sake, rather I am forgiving them as a sign of gratitude to You for steering me clear of those desires. I’m forgiving them out of my love for You. I’m forgiving them because I know You love it when a slave of Yours is merciful to others and I want to be of the ones that You love. My desires tell me to wish evil for them and to hold this grudge, but I put You over my own desire and I forgive them.’<em></em></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Pray for those who hurt you. Pray for those who do not accept you. Love them for the sake of God. Pray that they realize their wrongs before they face their Lord. Pray that no one ever has to go through the same thing you did at the hands of this person. Love your oppressor for the sake of God, because love is the only emotion that is strong enough to penetrate a hardened heart, but know it will take time. Perhaps years, but you will be a better person because you chose to take the higher route: <strong>Forgiveness.</strong></span></p>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-74745026593050281662011-12-04T03:00:00.001+02:002011-12-04T03:00:59.151+02:00When you say “I Love Allah”<h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); text-align: center; "><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">When you say “I Love Allah”</span></h2><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><a href="http://www.faithofmuslims.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2191999tq70zgp2y7.gif" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(13, 88, 159); "><img class="size-full wp-image-4097 aligncenter" title="When you say “I Love Allah”" src="http://www.faithofmuslims.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2191999tq70zgp2y7.gif" alt="" width="480" height="280" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-right-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-left-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); clear: both; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " /></a></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">When you say “I love Allah”, do you actually mean it? Do you fully understand the meaning of such love? Do you know how to love Allah?</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">To know how to love God is very easy… Not everyone who says “I love Allah of course” sincerely does so. When you declare your love to Allah, then your actions should be in parallel with your words… Are they?</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong>To sincerely love Allah, you must sincerely follow His messenger, for it is through Muhammad (PBUH) that we can learn how to love Allah. Allah told us Muslims that by following Muhammad (PBUH) we will be loved by Allah for seeking His love… (Al Imran)</strong></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">So in order to fully love Allah, obeying His messenger is the golden key to unlock all doors towards salvation of the soul.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">Obeying Allah is by obeying His messenger, since God ordered us to do so… How do we obey Muhammad (PBUH) if we neglect most of what ha had adivsed us to do, and then say that we do indeed love Allah? Obeying Muhammand (PBUH) is by doing what he had told us to do and avoiding what he prevented us from doing. This is following his “Sunnah”…</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">Prophet Muhammad is the only way to show us how Allah is pleased and what Allah likes. Through him, we can gain the ability to perform whatever is necessary to please Allah. Allah had given us the chance of knowing how to love Him through Muhammad (PBUH) who taught us in his daily life how to love Allah more than anyone or anything in this life.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">Therefore, this is a continuous challenge, a struggle against the devil that tries by all means to disencourage us, to let us lose hope, to make us believe that it is a very hard thing to do, and to convince us that this obedience is a difficult task beyond our ability… Don’t let the devil disencourage you, or put you down… Be sure that Allah will always guide you to His path once you decide to walk that road towards Him…</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">To love Allah, to love His messenger is the true faith. In this concept, you can truly achieve the greatest happiness of the soul, which knows no boundaries at all… nothing can ever stand between you and this goal, because Allah Himself is guiding you and helping you… You make one step towards Allah, He makes a lot more towards you… You change one little thing in yourself to please Allah, He will help you change more to gain His love… Further more, Allah will order his creatures, any kind of creatures to love you as well….</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">To truly love Allah, you need to get rid of any doubt that you are alone on this journey… Be patient and try tasting this little sweetness life can offer you and endure the little sadness it compells you to face… This struggle doesn’t mean at all that Allah is angry at you or does not love you… On the contrary, it does mean that Allah loves you and He chose you to see how much You love Him… How much are you willing to take and endure to pass the test of life with patience and by being satisfied with whatever Allah brings you and puts in your way.</p><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); float: none; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><ins style="display: inline-table; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; height: 250px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 300px; "><ins id="aswift_2_anchor" style="display: block; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; height: 250px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 300px; "><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="250" hspace="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" vspace="0" width="300" id="aswift_2" name="aswift_2" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; "></iframe></ins></ins></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">After all, any pain we live, is a way of purification from sins… the slightest pain of a thorn in a finger is a way to erase sins… Imagine the more pain you face along your journey, the more sins are erased, the more faults are wiped off your page… We all make mistakes, we all commit things we can ‘t always be proud of, even between ourselves and our reflection in the mirror.. Allah knows everything done, the way you’ve felt while doing it and the circumstances while doing it… The point is not to be judged… but to see how can you make it up,…. will you wake up and discover that you should not just feel guilty about it but try to erase it… by the good deeds and going back to Allah, returning to His path and asking Him and only Him for forgiveness… You don’t need to tell anyone what you’ve done… Allah kept it a secret, why should you anounce it in public…. Allah will preserve the veil on your secret and simply forgive you, for you, slave, by asking Allah for forgivness, you acknowledge that there is indeed a God who punishes sinners and forgives them too, once they return to Him, with hands raised up to the sky asking for salvation and forgivness….Isn’t this to show how merciful He is…? Isn’t this a way to show us how easy it could be to be as pure as a baby without sins… once your forgiven…? This shows how Allah loves us….</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">To love Allah and through obeying His messenger (PBUH), you are following the correct path towards Jannah. Isn’t this what we all aspire… Paradise? Eternal paradise…? Don’t we all dream of its endless pleasure and joy?</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">It is costly to achieve… it is based upon patience and submitting to God’s will. To know how you truly love Allah you need to ask yourself a question everytime you do something:</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">Will Allah be pleased with this deed? Will this make Him happy with me? Will I make His messenger angry by doing it…?</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">Or you can simply ask yourself, if I meet Muhammad (PBUH) now, as I’m wearing this, doing that, saying that…. etc… will I be proud or ashamed..?</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">If you leave a prayer, will this please Allah? As long as you’re sure of the answer NO, then you know whether you are in this particular moment loving Allah the way you should or not.. Same concept in saying if I do my prayers on itme, will this make Allah pleased with my deeds? As long as your answer is YES, then be proud of loving Allah the way you should, the way He wants you to do so. This was a simple example of course there is a lot more than just the 5 prayers and the fasting and the dealing with people, and ….etc….it is always about deeds and hearts… along with the intentions for these deeds..</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">I believe that you should not fear what you say or do; or say or do what you fear… Do what you can be facing the whole world while you’re doing it.. this only proves that you are brave enough to take responsibility for all your actions, and be confident that any deed you actually make is done for Allah’s satisfaction… and of course for loving it… don’t you lose this feeling of loving what you do while doing it… then and only then, you will have a cost for everything you do… nothing will be done for free,……. Yes.. the cost is little things in Paradise with each word, each gesture, each whisper, what you do alone or with people, anything will have a price… one minute can simply give you thousands of golden trees in Jannah without you being aware of it… one little deed, that you didn’t notice could be a great deal after life…</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">So when you say “I love Allah” be sure you sincerely mean it the way you are supposed to love Him.</p>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-27108091578597806252011-12-03T05:33:00.000+02:002011-12-03T05:34:21.929+02:00Allah[ الله ]<h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font: normal normal normal 28px/30px 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Allah الله</span></h1><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Learn About Allah, The One and Only God, The Creator and Sustainer of the universe.</strong></span></p><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 490px; "><img title="There is no god but ALLAH !" src="http://islamgreatreligion.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/2049477631_c9dad99e27.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="360" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; display: block; " /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; ">There is no god but ALLAH !</p></div><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Allah</strong></span> is the proper name in Arabic for The One and Only God, The Creator and Sustainer of the universe. It is used by the Arab Christians and Jews for the God (Eloh-im in Hebrew; ‘Allaha’ in Aramaic, the mother tongue of Jesus, pbuh). The word Allah does not have a plural or gender. Allah does not have any associate or partner, and He does not beget nor was He begotten.</h3><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The Name Allah was not chosen by man but was revealed and referred to by all the Prophets (peace be on them). Allah was the God worshipped by Adam, Noah, Moses, Abraham and all the other Prophets sent by him.</h3><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The name “Allah” consists of two parts, “Al” which is the definitive article in Arabic and “ilah” which means an object to which subservience, love, reverence, and obedience is shown. Being a combination of these two parts, “Allah” signifies the one and only God, the one whom absolute love, reverence and obedience is shown.</h3><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">One misconception is that Allah is a new or different deity than that mentioned in the Bible or Torah. However, Arab Christians use this word too, and instead of the English word “God” it is Allah which is used in their bible, prayers and daily rituals. In fact, if they did not know English, they would not know who or what a “God” in the English sense was, as they are accustomed to the use of “Allah”. Nor do they use the word “Jesus”, but the same word in Arabic for Jesus which is Isa.</h3><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">However, the Arab Christians share the same belief about God as other Christians around the world, i.e. that Jesus was his son and the incorrect belief in the Trinity. These beliefs are contrary to those of Islam. As Muslims, we believe that these beliefs are not what Jesus or Gods message in the Bible were intended to be. Allah is the same God that Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus worshipped. Furthermore, Islam was the exact same message that was followed and taught by all the Prophets. And they are far from the erroneous and fabricated claims that the Christians and Jews make about them.</h3><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">{No son (or offspring or children) did Allâh beget, nor is there any ilâh (god) along with Him; (if there had been many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have tried to overcome others! Glorified be Allâh above all that they attribute to Him!} [Quran, 23:91]</strong></span></p></blockquote><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font: normal normal normal 26px/28px 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">He is Allah</span></h2><div id="attachment_6636" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 439px; "><img class="size-full wp-image-6636" title="There is no god but ALLAH !" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/n1318333701_30299551_1618.jpg?w=480" alt="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; display: block; " /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; ">There is no god but ALLAH !</p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The First: Nothing is before Him.<br />The Last: Nothing is After Him.<br />The Most High: Nothing is Above Him.<br />The Most Near: Nothing is beyond His Reach.<br />He Begets Not, Nor was He Begotten.<br />The Creator, Provider, and All-Rich.<br />The All-Seer, The All-Knower.<br />He is One and Self-Sufficient.<br />He is not Nature, or any part of it.<br />He ascended above His Throne, High above the Seven Skies.<br />No Vision can encompass Him, but<br />His Grasp is over all vision…</strong></p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font: normal normal normal 26px/28px 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Who is Allah?</span></h2><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; text-align: left; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ Say: "He is Allaah, {the} One. "Allaah us-Samad {self-Sufficient}.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"He begets not, nor was He begotten; "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."] Soorat Al Ikhlaas {112:1-4}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah is He Who has created the heavens and the earth and sends down water from the sky, and thereby brought forth fruits as provision for you; and He has made the ships to be of service to you, that they may sail through the sea by His Command; and He has made rivers {also} to be of service to you.] Soorat Ibraheem {14:32}</p><div id="attachment_4390" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 490px; "><img class="size-full wp-image-4390" title="Allah_globe_med" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/allah_globe_med.jpg?w=480&h=360" alt="" width="480" height="360" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; display: block; " /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; ">There is no god but ALLAH !</p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ And it is He Who spread out the earth, and placed therein firm mountains and rivers and of every kind of fruits He made Zawjain Ithnain {two in pairs - may mean two kinds or it may mean: of two sorts, e.g. black and white, sweet and sour, small and big, etc.} He brings the night as a cover over the day. Verily, in these things, there are aayaat {proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, revelation, etc.} for people who reflect.] Soorat Ar Ra’d {13:3}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah is He Who created you, then provided food for you, then will cause you to die, then {again} He will give you life. Is there any of your {so-called} partners {of Allaah} that do anything of that? Glory be to Him! And Exalted be He above all that {evil} they associate {with Him}.] Soorat Ar Ruum {30:40}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ And He has made the sun and the moon, both constantly pursuing their courses, to be of service to you; and He has made the night and the day, to be of service to you.] Soorat Ibraheem {14:33}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ And He gave you of all that you asked for, and if you count the Blessings of Allaah, never will you be able to count them. Verily! Man is indeed an extreme wrong-doer, - a disbeliever {an extreme ingrate, denies Allaah's Blessings by disbelief, and by worshipping others besides Allaah, and by disobeying Allaah and His Prophet Muhammad }.] Soorat Ibraheem {14:34}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ See they not that Allaah, Who created the heavens and the earth, is Able to create the like of them. And He has decreed for them an appointed term, whereof there is not doubt. But the Dhalimeen {polytheists, oppressors, unjust, and wrong-doers, etc.} refuse {the truth the Message of Islamic Monotheism, and accept nothing} but disbelief.] Soorat Al Israa {17:99}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Your Ilah {God} is only Allah, the One. He has full knowledge of all things.]<br />Soorat Ta Ha {20:98}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is as {if there were} a niche and within it a lamp, the lamp is in glass, the glass as it were a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the East {i.e. neither it gets sun-rays only in the morning} nor of the West {i.e. nor it gets sunrays only in the afternoon, but it is exposed to the sun all day long}, whose oil would almost glow forth {of itself}, though no fire touched it. Light upon Light! Allaah guides to His Light whom He wills. And Allaah sets forth parables for mankind, and Allaah is All-Knower of everything.] Soorat An Nuur {24:35}</p><div id="attachment_4391" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 410px; "><img class="size-full wp-image-4391" title="BlueAllah" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/blueallah.jpg?w=480" alt="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; display: block; " /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; ">There is no god but ALLAH !</p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah is He Who sends the winds, so they raise clouds, and spread them along the sky as He wills, and then break them into fragments, until you see rain drops come forth from their midst! Then when He has made them fall on whom of His slaves as He will, lo! they rejoice!] Soorat Ar Ruum {30:48}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah is He Who created you in {a state of} weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave {you} weakness and grey hair. He creates what He wills. And it is He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful {i.e. Able to do all things}.] Soorat Ar Ruum {30:54}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah it is He Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them in six Days. Then He Istawa {rose over} the Throne {in a manner that suits His Majesty}. You {mankind} have none, besides Him, as a Wali or an intercessor. Will you not then remember {or be admonished}?] Soorat As Sajdah {32:4}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah, it is He Who has made the night for you that you may rest therein and the day for you to see. Truly, Allaah is full of Bounty to mankind, yet most of mankind give no thanks.] Soorat Ghaafir {40:61}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></p><div id="attachment_1209" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 410px; "><img class="size-full wp-image-1209" title="allah11" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/allah11.jpg?w=480" alt="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; display: block; " /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; ">There is no god but ALLAH !</p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah, it is He Who has made for you the earth as a dwelling place and the sky as a canopy, and has given you shape and made your shapes good {looking} and has provided you with good things. That is Allaah, your Lord, then blessed be Allaah, the Lord of the 'alameen {mankind and jinns}.] Soorat Ghaafir {40:64}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah it is He Who has subjected to you the sea, that ships may sail through it by His Command, and that you may seek of His Bounty, and that you may be thankful,] Soorat Al Jaathiya {45:12}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ And has subjected to you all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth; it is all as a favour and kindness from Him. Verily, in it are signs for a people who think deeply.] Soorat Al Jaathiya {45:13}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Do they not see that Allaah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is Able to give life to the dead? Yes, He surely is Able to do all things.] Soorat Al Ahqaaf {46:33}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ He is Allaah, than Whom there is laa ilaaha illa huwa {none deserves to be worshiped but He} the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen {open}. He is the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.] Soorat Al Hashr {59:22}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ He is Allaah than Whom there is laa ilaaha illa Huwa {none deserves to be worshiped but He} the King, the Holy, the One Free from all defects, the Giver of security, the Watcher over His creatures, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. Glory be to Allaah! {High is He} above all that they associate as partners with Him.] Soorat Al Hashr {59:23}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ He is Allaah, the Creator, the Inventor of all things, the Bestower of forms. To Him belong the Best Names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorify Him. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.] Soorat Al Hashr {59:24}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ It is Allaah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof {i.e. seven}. His Command descends between them {heavens and earth}, that you may know that Allaah has power over all things, and that Allaah surrounds {comprehends} all things in {His} Knowledge.] Soorat At Talaaq {65:12}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah! Laa ilaaha illa Huwa {none deserves to be worshiped but He}, the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. Neither slumber, nor sleep overtake Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to them {His creatures} in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter. And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.] Soorat Al Baqarah {2:255}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Truly, nothing is hidden from Allaah, in the earth or in the heavens. He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. Laa ilaaha illa Huwa {none deserves to be worshiped but He}, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.] Soorat Aal ‘Imraan {3:5-6}</p><div id="attachment_6639" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 490px; "><img class="size-full wp-image-6639" title="allah1" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/allah1.jpg?w=480&h=484" alt="" width="480" height="484" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; display: block; " /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; ">There is no god but ALLAH !</p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah! laa ilaaha illa Huwa {none deserves to be worshiped but He}. Surely, He will gather you together on the Day of Resurrection about which there is no doubt. And who is truer in statement than Allaah?] Soorat An Nisa{4:87}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Allaah! laa ilaaha illa Huwa! {none deserves to be worshiped but He} To Him belong the Best Names.] Soorat Ta Ha {20:8}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ "Verily! I am Allaah! laa ilaaha illa Ana {none deserves to be worshiped but Me}, so worship Me, and perform As-Salat for My Remembrance] Soorat Ta Ha {20:14}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ And He is Allaah; laa ilaaha illa Huwa {none deserves to be worshiped but He}.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">His is all praise, in the first {i.e. in this world} and in the last {i.e.in the Hereafter}. And for Him is the Decision, and to Him shall you {all} be returned.]</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Soorat Al Qasas {28:70}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ "But as for my part {I believe} that He is Allaah, my Lord and none shall I associate as partner with my Lord. It was better for you to say, when you entered your garden: "That which Allaah wills {will come to pass}! There is no power but with Allaah". If you see me less than you in wealth, and children.] Soorat Al Kahf {18:38-39}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ Say {to these polytheists and pagans}: "Show me those whom you have joined to Him as partners. Nay {there are not at all any partners with Him}! But He is Allaah {Alone}, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise."] Soorat Sabaa {34:27}</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">[ He has created the heavens and the earth with truth. He makes the night to go in the day and makes the day to go in the night. And He has subjected the sun and the moon. Each running {on a fixed course} for an appointed term. Verily, He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving.] Soorat Az Zumar {39:5}</p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font: normal normal normal 26px/28px 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Your Lord is Allah, So Worship None But Him</span></h2><div id="attachment_6635" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 490px; "><img class="size-full wp-image-6635" title="There is no god but ALLAH !" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/3152797373_4353b54e68.jpg?w=480&h=365" alt="" width="480" height="365" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; display: block; " /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; ">There is no god but ALLAH !</p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ "Allaah, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers."] Soorat As Saffat {37:126}</span></strong></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">[ He created you {all} from a single person {Adam}; then made from him his wife[Hawwa {Eve}]. And He has sent down for you of cattle eight pairs {of the sheep,two, male and female; of the goats, two, male and female; of the oxen, two, male and female; and of the camels, two, male and female}. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation in three veils of darkness, such is Allaah your Lord. His is the kingdom, laa ilaaha illa Huwa {none deserves to be worshiped but He}. How then are you turned away?] Soorat Az Zumar {39:6}</strong></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ If you disbelieve, then verily, Allaah is not in need of you, He likes not disbelief for His slaves. And if you are grateful {by being believers}, He is pleased therewith for you. No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, so He will inform you what you used to do. Verily, He is the All-Knower of that which is in {men's} breasts.] Soorat Az Zumar{39:7}</span></strong></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">[ Laa ilaaha illa Huwa {none deserves to be worshiped but He}. It is He Who gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fore-fathers.] Soorat Ad Dukhaan {44:8}</strong></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ O mankind! Worship your Lord, Who created you and those who were before you so that you may become al-Muttaqeen {pious and righteous}.] Soorat AlBaqarah {2:21}</span></strong></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">[ And will make him {'Eesaa, Jesus} a Messenger to the Children of Israel{saying}: "I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I design for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by Allaah's Leave; and I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I bring the dead to life by Allaah's Leave. And I inform you of what you eat, and what you store in your houses. Surely, therein is a sign for you, if you believe.] Soorat Aal ‘Imraan {3:49</strong>}</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ O mankind! Verily, there has come to you the Messenger with the truth from your Lord, so believe in him, it is better for you. But if you disbelieve, then certainly to Allaah belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. And Allaah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.] Soorat An Nisaa {4:170}</span></strong></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6637" title="3165_74632948023_503768023_1627408_7277627_n" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/3165_74632948023_503768023_1627408_7277627_n.jpg?w=480" alt="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: center; max-width: 100%; display: block; " /></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">[ O mankind! Verily, there has come to you a convincing proof from your Lord, and We sent down to you a manifest light {this Quraan}. So, as for those who believed in Allaah and held fast to Him, He will admit them to His Mercy and Grace, and guide them to Himself by a Straight Path.] Soorat An Nisaa {4:174- 175}</strong></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ Such is Allaah, your Lord! Laa ilaaha illa Huwa {none deserves to be worshipped but He}, the Creator of all things. So worship Him {Alone}, and He is the Wakil {trustee, disposer of affairs, guardian, etc.} over all things.] Soorat Al An’aam {6:102}</span></strong></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ No vision can grasp Him, but His Grasp is over all vision. He is the Most Subtle and Courteous, Well-Acquainted with all things.] Soorat Al An’aam {6:103}</span></strong></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ Verily, proofs have come to you from your Lord, so whosoever sees, will do so for {the good of} his ownself, and whosoever blinds himself, will do so to his own harm, and I am not a watcher over you.] Soorat Al An’aam {6:104}</span></strong></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ Say: "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited you from: join not anything in worship with Him; be good and dutiful to your parents; kill not your children because of poverty - We provide sustenance for you and for them; come not near to al-Fawahish {shameful sins, illegal sexual intercourse, etc.} whether committed openly or secretly, and kill not anyone whom Allaah has forbidden, except for a just cause {according to Islamic law}. This He has commanded you that you may understand.] Soorat Al An’aam {6:151}</span></strong></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ "And come not near to the orphan's property, except to improve it, until he {or she} attains the age of full strength; and give full measure and full weight with justice. We burden not any person, but that which he can bear. And whenever you give your word {i.e. judge between men or give evidence, etc.}, say the truth even if a near relative is concerned, and fulfill the covenant of Allaah, This He commands you, that you may remember."] Soorat Al An’aam {6:152}</span></strong></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 17px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">[ "And verily, this {i.e. Allaah's Commandments mentioned in the above twoverses 151 and 152} is my Straight Path, so follow it, and follow not {other} paths, for they will separate you away from His Path. This He has ordained for you that you may become al-Muttaqeen {pious and righteous}."] Soorat Al An’aam {6:153}</span></strong></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><img class="aligncenter" title="line1" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/line1.gif?w=480" alt="line1" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; max-width: 100%; display: block; " /></p><div><br /></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-10160136468853803192011-12-03T05:22:00.000+02:002011-12-03T05:23:43.793+02:00The Virtues of the Sacred Month of Muharram and Fasting on ‘Ashura.<div><br /></div><div><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><img class="aligncenter" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/bism01.jpg?w=480" alt="In The name of Allah,The Most Merciful,The Most gracious" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: center; display: block; " /></span></h1><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><br />The Virtues of the Sacred Month of Muharram and Fasting on ‘Ashura.</span></h1><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/02-muharram-copy.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(71, 121, 172); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18168" title="02-Muharram copy" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/02-muharram-copy.jpg?w=480&h=243" alt="" width="480" height="243" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: center; max-width: 100%; display: block; " /></a></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months (in a year), so was it ordained by Allah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are Sacred, (i.e. the 1st, the 7th, the 11th and the 12th months of the Islamic calendar). That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein, and fight against the Mushrikun (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) collectively, as they fight against you collectively. But know that Allah is with those who are Al-Muttaqun (the pious – see V.2:2). 9:36</span></strong></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Allah’s sacred month of Muharram is a blessed and important month</strong>. It is the first month of the Hijri calendar and is one of the four sacred months concerning which Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months (in a year), so it was ordained by Allah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them, four are sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein … ” [Al-Qur'an 9:36]</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Abu Bakrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); ">“The year is twelve months of which four are sacred, the three consecutive months of Dhu’l-Qa’dah, Dhu’l-Hijjah and Muharram, and Rajab Mudar which comes between Jumada and Sha’ban.” [Reported by al-Bukhari, 2958]</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Muharram is so called because it is a sacred (muharram) month and to confirm its sanctity.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah’s words: “… so wrong not yourselves therein … ” mean do not wrong yourselves in these sacred months, because sin in these months is worse than in other months. It was reported that Ibn ‘Abbas said that this phrase referred to all the months, then these four were singled out and made sacred, so that sin in these months is more serious and good deeds bring a greater reward.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Qutadah said concerning this phrase that wrongdoing during the sacred months is more serious and more sinful that wrongdoing at any other time. Wrongdoing at any time is a serious matter, but Allah gives more weight to whichever of His commands He will. Allah has chosen certain ones of His creation. He has chosen from among the angels Messengers and from among mankind Messengers. He chose from among speech the remembrance of Him (dhikr). He chose from among the earth the mosques, from among the months Ramadhan and the sacred months, from among the days Friday and from among the nights Laylat al-Qadr, so venerate that which Allah has told us to venerate. People of understanding and wisdom venerate the things that Allah has told us to venerate. [Summarized from the Tafsir of Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him.]</span></p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The Virtue of Observing More Nafil Fasts During Muharram</span></h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/05-to-fast-copy.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(71, 121, 172); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18167" title="05-To-fast copy" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/05-to-fast-copy.jpg?w=480&h=243" alt="" width="480" height="243" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: center; max-width: 100%; display: block; " /></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“The best fasting after Ramadhan is fasting Allah’s month of Muharram.” [Reported by Muslim, 1982]</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The phrase “Allah’s month”, connecting the name of the month to the name of Allah in a genitive grammatical structure, signifies the importance of the month. Al-Qari said:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“The apparent meaning is all of the month of Muharram.”</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">But it was proven that the Prophet, peace be upon him, never fasted any whole month apart from Ramadhan, so this hadith is probably meant to encourage increasing one’s fasting during Muharram, without meaning that one should fast for the entire month.</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">It was reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to fast more in Sha’ban. It is likely that the virtue of Muharram was not revealed to him until the end of his life, before he was able to fast during this month. [Sharh an-Nawawi 'ala Sahih Muslim]</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Allah chooses whatever times and places He wills</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Al-’Izz ibn ‘Abdus-Salam, may Allah have mercy on him, said:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“Times and places may be given preferred status in two ways, either temporal or spiritual. With regard to the latter, this is because Allah bestows His generosity on His slaves at those times or in those places, by giving a greater reward for deeds done, such as giving a greater reward for fasting in Ramadhan than for fasting at all other times, and also on the day of ‘Ashura, the virtue of which is due to Allah’s generosity and kindness towards His slaves on that day … ” [Qawa'id al-Ahkam, 1/38]</span></p></blockquote><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">‘Ashura in History</span></h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, came to Madinah and saw the Jews fasting on the day of ‘Ashura. He asked:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“What is this?”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">They said: “This is a righteous day, it is the day when Allah saved the Children of Israel from their enemies, so Musa fasted on this day.</strong>” He said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“We have more right to Musa than you,” so he fasted on that day and commanded [the Muslims] to fast on that day. [Reported by al-Bukhari, 1865]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“This is a righteous day” – in a report narrated by Muslim, [the Jews said:] “This is a great day, on which Allah saved Musa and his people, and drowned Pharaoh and his people.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“Musa fasted on this day” – a report narrated by Muslim adds: ” … in thanksgiving to Allah, so we fast on this day.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">According to a report narrated by al-Bukhari: ” … so we fast on this day to venerate it.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">A version narrated by Imam Ahmad adds: “This is the day on which the Ark settled on Mount Judi, so Nuh fasted this day in thanksgiving.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">” … and commanded [the Muslims] to fast on that day” – according to another report also narrated by al-Bukhari, he said to his Companions:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“You have more right to Musa than they do, so fast on that day.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The practice of fasting on ‘Ashura was known even in the days of Jahiliyyah, before the Prophet’s mission. It was reported that ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“The people of Jahiliyyah used to fast on that day … “</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Al-Qurtubi said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“Perhaps the Quraysh used to fast on that day on the basis of some past law, such as that of Ibrahim, upon whom be peace.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">It was also reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to fast on ‘Ashura in Makkah, before he migrated to Madinah. When he migrated to Madinah, he found the Jews celebrating this day, so he asked them why, and they replied as described in the hadith quoted above. He commanded the Muslims to be different from the Jews, who took it as a festival, as was reported in the hadith of Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“The Jews used to take the day of ‘Ashura as a festival [according to a report narrated by Muslim: the day of 'Ashura was venerated by the Jews, who took it as a festival. According to another report also narrated by Muslim: the people of Khaybar (the Jews) used to take it as a festival and their women would wear their jewellery and symbols on that day]. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">‘So you [Muslims] should fast on that day.’ ” [Reported by al-Bukhari]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Apparently the motive for commanding the Muslims to fast on this day was the desire to be different from the Jews, so that the Muslims would fast when the Jews did not, because people do not fast on a day of celebration. [Summarized from the words of al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar, may Allah have mercy on him, in Fath al-Bari)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Fasting on 'Ashura was a gradual step in the process of introducing fasting as a prescribed obligation in Islam. Fasting appeared in three forms. When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came to Madinah, he told the Muslims to fast on three days of every month and on the day of 'Ashura, then Allah made fasting obligatory when He said (interpretation of the meaning):</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">" ... observing the fasting is prescribed for you ... " [Al-Qur'an 2:183] [Ahkam al-Qur'an by al-Jassas, Part 1]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The obligation was transferred from the fast of ‘Ashura to the fast of Ramadhan, and this one of the proofs in the field of Usul ul-Fiqh that it is possible to abrogate a lighter duty in favour of a heavier duty.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Before the obligation of fasting ‘Ashura was abrogated, fasting on this day was obligatory, as can be seen from the clear command to observe this fast. Then it was further confirmed later on, then reaffirmed by making it a general command addressed to everybody, and once again by instructing mothers not to breastfeed their infants during this fast. It was reported from Ibn Mas’ud that when fasting Ramadhan was made obligatory, the obligation to fast ‘Ashura was lifted, i.e., it was no longer obligatory to fast on this day, but it is still desirable (mustahabb).</span></p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The virtues of fasting ‘Ashura</span></h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“I never saw the Messenger of Allah, upon whom be peace, so keen to fast any day and give it priority over any other than this day, the day of ‘Ashura, and this month, meaning Ramadhan.” [Reported by al-Bukhari, 1867]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The meaning of his being keen was that he intended to fast on that day in the hope of earning the reward for doing so.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“For fasting the day of ‘Ashura, I hope that Allah will accept it as expiation for the year that went before.” [Reported by Muslim, 1976]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">This is from the bounty of Allah towards us: for fasting one day He gives us expiation for the sins of a whole year. Indeed Allah is the Owner of Great Bounty.</span></p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Which day is ‘Ashura ?</span></h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/04-asyura-copy.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(71, 121, 172); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><img class="aligncenter" title="04-Asyura copy" src="http://islamgreatreligion.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/04-asyura-copy.jpg?w=480&h=243" alt="" width="480" height="243" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: center; max-width: 100%; display: block; " /></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">An-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“‘Ashura and Tasu’a are two elongated names [the vowels are elongated] as is stated in books on the Arabic language. Our companions said: ‘Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram and Tasu’a is the ninth day. This is our opinion, and that of the majority of scholars. This is the apparent meaning of the ahadith and is what we understand from the general wording. It is also what is usually understood by scholars of the language.” [Al-Majmu']</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">‘Ashura is an Islamic name that was not known at the time of Jahiliyyah. [Kashshaf al-Qina', Part 2: Sawm Muharram]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Ibn Qudamah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“‘Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram. This is the opinion of Sa’id ibn al-Musayyib and al-Hasan. It was what was reported by Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: ‘The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, commanded us to fast ‘Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram.’ [Reported by al-Tirmidhi, who graded it a sahih hasan hadith] It was reported that Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘The ninth,’ and reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to fast the ninth. [Reported by Muslim] ‘Ata reported that he said, ‘Fast the ninth and the tenth, and do not be like the Jews.’ If this is understood, we can say on this basis that it is mustahabb (encouraged) to fast on the ninth and the tenth, for that reason. This is what Ahmad said, and it is the opinion of Ishaq.”</span></p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">It is mustahabb (encouraged) to fast TasU’a with ‘Ashura</span></h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, fasted on ‘Ashura and commanded the Muslims to fast as well, they said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, it is a day that is venerated by the Jews and Christians.’ The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">‘If I live to see the next year, insha’Allah, we will fast on the ninth day too.’</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">But it so happened that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, passed away before the next year came.” [Reported by Muslim, 1916]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Ash-Shafi’i and his companions, Ahmad, Ishaq and others said:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“It is mustahabb to fast on both the ninth and tenth days, because the Prophet, peace be upon him, fasted on the tenth, and intended to fast on the ninth.”</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">On this basis it may be said that there are varying degrees of fasting ‘Ashura, the least of which is to fast only on the tenth and the best of which is to fast the ninth as well. The more one fasts in Muharram, the better it is.</span></p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The reason why it is mustahabb to fast on TasU’a</span></h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">An-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“The scholars – our companions and others – mentioned several reasons why it is mustahabb to fast on Tasu’a:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">– the intention behind it is to be different from the Jews, who only venerate the tenth day. This opinion was reported from Ibn ‘Abbas …</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">– the intention is to add another day’s fast to ‘Ashura. This is akin to the prohibition on fasting a Friday by itself, as was mentioned by al-Khattabi and others.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">– To be on the safe side and make sure that one fasts on the tenth, in case there is some error in sighting the crescent moon at the beginning of Muharram and the ninth is in fact the tenth.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The strongest of these reasons is being different from the People of the Book. Shaykh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“The Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade imitating the People of the Book in many ahadith, for example, his words concerning ‘Ashura:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">‘If I live until the next year, I will certainly fast on the ninth day.’ ” [Al-Fatawa al-Kubra]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Ibn Hajar, may Allah be pleased with him, said in his commentary on this hadith:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“What he meant by fasting on the ninth day was probably not that he would limit himself to that day, but would add it to the tenth, either to be on the safe side or to be different from the Jews and Christians, which is more likely. This is also what we can understand from some of the reports narrated by Muslim.” [Fath, 4/245]</span></p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Ruling on fasting only on the day of ‘Ashura</span></h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Shaykh ul-Islam said:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“Fasting on the day of ‘Ashura is an expiation for a year, and it is not makruh to fast only that day … ” [Al-Fatawa al-Kubra].</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In Tuhfat al-Muhtaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami, it says:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“There is nothing wrong with fasting only on ‘Ashura.”</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Fasting on ‘Ashura even if it is a Saturday or a Friday</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">At-Tahawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, allowed us to fast on ‘Ashura and urged us to do so. He did not say that if it falls on a Saturday we should not fast. This is evidence that all days of the week are included in this. In our view – and Allah knows best – it could be the case that even if this is true (that it is not allowed to fast on Saturdays), it is so that we do not venerate this day and refrain from food, drink and intercourse, as the Jews do. As for the one who fasts on a Saturday without intending to venerate it, and does not do so because the Jews regard it as blessed, then this is not makruh … ” [Mushkil al-Athar]</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The author of Al-Minhaj said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“‘It is disliked (makruh) to fast on a Friday alone … ‘ But it is no longer makruh if you add another day to it, as mentioned in the sahih report to that effect. A person may fast on a Friday if it coincides with his habitual fast, or he is fasting in fulfilment of a vow, or he is making up an obligatory fast that he has missed, as was stated in a sahih report.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Al-Sharih said in Tuhfat al-Muhtaj:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“‘If it coincides with his habitual fast’ – i.e., such as if he fasts alternate days, and a day that he fasts happens to be a Friday. ‘If he is fasting in fulfilment of a vow, etc.’ – this also applies to fasting on days prescribed in Shari’ah, such as ‘Ashura or ‘Arafah.”</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Al-Bahuti, may Allah have mercy on him, said:</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“It is makruh to deliberately single out a Saturday for fasting, because of the hadith of ‘Abdullah ibn Bishr, who reported from his sister: ‘Do not fast on Saturdays except in the case of obligatory fasts’ [Reported by Ahmad with a jayyid isnad and by al-Hakim, who said it was according to the conditions of al-Bukhari], and because it is a day that is venerated by the Jews, so singling it out for fasting means being like them … except when a Friday or Saturday coincides with a day when Muslims habitually fast, such as when it coincides with the day of ‘Arafah or the day of ‘Ashura, and a person has the habit of fasting on these days, in which case it is not makruh, because a person’s habit carries some weight.” [Kashshaf al-Qina']</span></p></blockquote><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">What should be done if there is confusion about the beginning of the month?</span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Ahmad said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“If there is confusion about the beginning of the month, one should fast for three days, to be sure of fasting on the ninth and tenth days.” (Al-Mughni of Ibn Qudamah]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">If a person does not know when Muharram began, and he wants to be sure of fasting on the tenth, he should assume that Dhul-Hijjah was thirty days – as is the usual rule – and should fast on the ninth and tenth. Whoever wants to be sure of fasting the ninth as well should fast the eight, ninth and tenth (then if Dhul-Hijjah was twenty-nine days, he can be sure of having fasted Tasu’a and ‘Ashura).</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">But given that fasting on ‘Ashura is mustahabb rather than wajib, people are not commanded to look for the crescent of the new moon of Muharram as they are to do in the case of Ramadhan and Shawwal.</span></p><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Fasting ‘Ashura – for what does it offer expiation ?</span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Imam an-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“It expiates for all minor sins, i.e., it brings forgiveness of all sins except major sins.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Then he said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“Fasting the day of ‘Arafah expiates for two years, and the day of ‘Ashura expiates for one year. If when a person says ‘amin’ it coincides with the ‘amin’ of the angels, he will be forgiven all his previous sins … Each one of the things that we have mentioned will bring expiation. If there are minor sins for which expiation is needed, expiation for them will be accepted; if there are no minor sins or major sins, good deeds will be added to his account and he will be raised in status… If he had committed major sins but no minor sins, we hope that his major sins will be reduced.” (Al-Majmu’ Sharh al-Muhadhdhab]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Shaykh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“Taharah, salah, and fasting in Ramadhan, on the day of ‘Arafah and on ‘Ashura expiate for minor sins only.” [Al-Fatawa al-Kubra]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Not relying too much on the reward for fasting</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Some people who are deceived rely too much on things like fasting on ‘Ashura or the day of ‘Arafah, to the extent that some of them say, “Fasting on ‘Ashura will expiate for the sins of the whole year, and fasting on the day of ‘Arafah will bring extra rewards.” Ibn al-Qayyim said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“This misguided person does not know that fasting in Ramadhan and praying five times a day are much more important than fasting on the day of ‘Arafah and ‘Ashura, and that they expiate for the sins between one Ramadhan and the next, or between one Friday and the next, so long as one avoids major sins. But they cannot expiate for minor sins unless one also avoids major sins; when the two things are put together, they have the strength to expiate for minor sins. Among those deceived people may be one who thinks that his good deeds are more than his sins, because he does not pay attention to his bad deeds or check on his sins, but if he does a good deed he remembers it and relies on it. This is like the one who seeks Allah’s forgiveness with his tongue (i.e., by words only), and glorifies Allah by saying subhanallah one hundred times a day, then he backbites about the Muslims and slanders their honour, and speaks all day long about things that are not pleasing to Allah. This person is always thinking about the virtues of his tasbihat and tahlilat but he pays no attention to what has been reported concerning those who backbite, tell lies and slander others, or commit other sins of the tongue. They are completely deceived.” [Al-Mawsu'ah al-Fiqhiyyah]</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Fasting ‘Ashura when one still has days to make up from Ramadhan</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The fuqaha’ differed concerning the ruling on observing voluntary fasts before a person has made up days that he or she did not fast in Ramadhan. The Hanafi school said that it is permissible to observe voluntary fasts before making up days from Ramadhan, and it is not makruh to do so, because the missed days do not have to be made up straight away. The Maliki and Shafi’i schools said that it is permissible but is makruh, because it means that one is delaying something obligatory. Ad-Dusooqi said:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“It is makruh to observe a voluntary fast when one still has to make up an obligatory fast, such as a fast in fulfilment of a vow, or a missed obligatory fast, or a fast done as an act of expiation (kafarah), whether the voluntary fast which is being given priority over an obligatory fast is something confirmed in Shari’ah or not, such as ‘Ashura and the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah, according to the most correct opinion.”</span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; color: rgb(169, 137, 81); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Hanbali school said that it is haram to observe a voluntary fast before making up any fasts missed in Ramadhan, and that a voluntary fast in such cases does not count, even if there is plenty of time to make up the obligatory fast. So a person must give priority to the obligatory fasts until he has made them up. [Al-Mawsu'ah al-Fiqhiyyah]</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Muslims must hasten to make up any missed fasts after Ramadhan, so that they will be able to fast ‘Arafah and ‘Ashura without any problem. If a person fasts ‘Arafah and ‘Ashura with the intention from the night before of making up for a missed fast, this will be good enough to make up what he has missed, for the bounty of Allah is great.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/17px Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /></span></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7535747751150314925.post-51584836359419432962011-12-03T02:09:00.000+02:002011-12-03T02:10:44.717+02:00The true Beauty of a Woman<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div class="post-header" style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); font-family: Consolas; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3068753138144389995" style="width: 619px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); font-family: Consolas; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; ">In the name of Allah, the entirely merciful, the especially merciful…</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbzbpJ_P-GH31nSjL53t5GIG3zd9PxRB79rJM1_4zJmtpUSto568EwLh24w62K7rxDpc4ZTAaxQ8gcFOIFg7QHN7rzza4TWDPRuysuvltOVVzBpYohc31Y-YuJIV594Qk8ImbkWayC9w/s1600/pearl_14559b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(200, 171, 36); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbzbpJ_P-GH31nSjL53t5GIG3zd9PxRB79rJM1_4zJmtpUSto568EwLh24w62K7rxDpc4ZTAaxQ8gcFOIFg7QHN7rzza4TWDPRuysuvltOVVzBpYohc31Y-YuJIV594Qk8ImbkWayC9w/s400/pearl_14559b.jpg" width="400" style="border-top-style: solid; 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"><i><b><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; ">D</span> </span></b><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px; ">o you think true beauty comes from the appearance? If you have no personality but beautiful appearance, it does not mean you are the most beautiful women in the world. We are brought up in a world where everybody would “Follow their hearts,” that means follow their own desires and lusts. Don’t you see the end of those who lived a life of depression just to look beautiful, they would puke out and not eat, thinking that this would bring them success in beauty. The media has brainwashed our minds since youth. We watch Cinderella sneaking out to her beloved, sleeping beauty is lazy, and snow white lives with seven men. Nearly all fairy tale stories relate to beautiful women going according to their lusts and following their hearts, and this is what the media taught us. Even the toys that some of us used to play were perfect looking barbies with dresses and short skirts. So, how do you expect children to be as they grow up?<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px; "></span></i></span></div><a name="more"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i><br /></i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>When media also taught us how to wear our cloths and how thin we must be to be acceptable to society, the women are actually oppressed from their own psychological mentality due to what media has provided us. And you see media saying that the veiled women are oppressed. How ironic? Read or watch those stories of the anorexic, their end was a sad ending, and it’s hard for them to get back to their original form. Of course a person who has no knowledge about reality and no faith will fall easily to these traps. Nearly all the products and adverts have naked women on it. The men see this as pleasing for their eyes, and do you really think that this makes men respect us as women? Actually, they treated us like products for their own businesses, so how we women accept such things? Is it part of the new world order? Western role models are beautiful actresses, people cheering for them, not noticing where they fall into…but aren’t our role models supposed to be the righteous ones?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) gave us this incredibly true beautiful religion of truth, which raises the women higher in status than what we are seen in our life nowadays. There is no other religion or form of society which taught us better than the treating of women in Islam. Allah has given us lots of examples of such pious women, so that we can implement them in our lives and live as humans rather than adornments for the men.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>A most beautiful example of a women is Maryam (may Allah be pleased with her). She was born in a time where women were treated as if they were nothing. In all ages of time, when paganism occurred, the women were always treated as adornment for men. And only until Allah has revealed his revelation, Allah has freed the women from such slavery to men. Praise be to Allah, Maryam was a blessed woman, and she was known for her purity and chastity. She used to veil herself because of her inner purity. She was chosen from all women in her time to carry glad tidings of a prophet, Issa (Jesus, alayhim wa salam). Allah says in the Quran:<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><span style="color: rgb(64, 49, 82); line-height: 20px; "><br /></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><span style="color: rgb(64, 49, 82); line-height: 20px; ">“And Mary the daughter of Heli, who guarded her chastity, so we breathed into her through Our Spirit (Gabriel).” (Quran 66:12)</span></span></b></span></i></span></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><span style="color: rgb(64, 49, 82); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px; "><i><br /></i></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>In the Quran, no other women was given more attention that Maryam (may Allah be pleased with her). Of the Quran 114 chapters, she was one of the eight people who have a chapter named after them, the nineteenth chapter “Maryam.” Maryam is the only woman who is specifically named in the Quran.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></div><div class="w-body-text-1" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; "><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>The Prophet Muhammad said:<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="w-quran" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 42.55pt; margin-top: 0cm; "><b><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>“The best women of the world are four: Mary the daughter of Heli, Aasiyah the wife of Pharaoh, Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid (The wife of the Prophet Muhammad), and Fatimah, the daughter of the Muhammad, the Messenger of God.” (Al-Tirmidhi)<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></div><div class="w-quran" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 42.55pt; margin-top: 0cm; "><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>Asiyah the wife of the Pharaoh is also one of the pious women, she had to stand the evil Pharoah, she embraced Islam, and as she did that, evil Pharoah killed her in a terrible way, and she died as a martyr…<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="w-quran" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 42.55pt; margin-top: 0cm; "><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>Take a look at Khadejah’s loyalty to her husband at the time when prophet Muhammad (salalahu alayhim wa salam) first received revelation, he (salalahu alayhim wa salam) told her to cover him due to such revelation he had seen, she stood by him and said her famous words:<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>"Allâh will never disgrace you. You unite uterine relations; you bear the burden of the weak; you help the poor and the needy, you entertain the guests and endure hardships in the path of truthfulness."<o:p></o:p></strong></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>And she was the first one to accept Islam then.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>Fatimah, the daughter of prophet Muhammad, was another example of the pious women. The wives of the prophet, Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and the rest. They are all examples for us to take.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>The messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>“The world is but a (quick passing) enjoyment; and the best enjoyment of the world is a pious and virtuous woman.” (Reported by Muslim)<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>A woman is like a pearl, she is so beautiful that she needs to be veiled and protected. Allah has created Eve from a rib bone. Imagine how soft she is, and she is able to carry a burden of a child. Allah has made such importance to the mother.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>The woman is special if she can only realize to respect herself and not use herself for just an adornment.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; "><i>The true beauty of a woman is her piety, and her devotion to her lord. If she is pious, she is able to withhold all the trials that come in her way. She only looks up to Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) for help. And guards her chastity. Glory be to Allah who gave us such examples of pious women, they are our role models, not the actresses that you see on television… Wouldn’t you like to be amongst those pious women in Paradise?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; ">“Strive to achieve piety, do not be deceived by the world, your beauty is piety”</span></strong></i></span></div></div>mimozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733379158635010996noreply@blogger.com0