From: *Travis* Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2008 Subject: Allah's Punishment Hovering Over America
http://prisonerofjoy.blogspot.com/2008/10/allah-swts-punishment-hovering-over.html Allah SWT's Punishment Hovering Over America<http://prisonerofjoy.blogspot.com/2008/10/allah-swts-punishment-hovering-over.html> . *<http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jHuooQTCYXc/SPITsxREtZI/AAAAAAAACnk/gPNoQX7AszI/s1600-h/dollar.jpg>The current economic crisis befalling upon the United States of America looked like it is worsening. The concern that it will spread to become a global crisis is getting more apparent. * An *ulama* of the Yemeni descendant who is a citizen of America, right away wrote a warning to the Muslims in America in his website. Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki even gave a controversial title to his article: *"Is the Franklin morphing into the Washington?!" * (You can find the excerpt of the original text from his posting below) Its core issue was; Imam Anwar warned us all about the danger of the possibility of the American government, under George Bush, implementing the policy of *sanering* (abatement of the Dollar value). Imam Anwar was worried if the value of a piece of one hundred US Dollar note is going to be reduced to become equal to the value of a one US Dollar....! Therefore, Imam Anwar recommended the Muslims in the US to act anticipatively by buying gold and silver for the purpose of neutralizing their Dollars before the policy of *sanering* is taken. Will this be the early step towards the realization of the importance of abandoning the paper money and returning to the Dinar and Dirham? Hopefully so... ______________________________________________ *A Brief ta'aruf (introduction) about the Sheikh: * <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jHuooQTCYXc/SPIUBEUksMI/AAAAAAAACns/l-JYSp8BkFY/s1600-h/Imam+Anwar+Al-Awlaki.jpg>Imam Anwar al-Awlaki is a Muslim scholar who was born in New Mexico. His parents are from Yemen, where he lived for eleven years and received the early part of his Islamic education. Imam Anwar al-Awlaki served as an Imam in Colorado, California, and later in the Washington, D.C. area where he headed the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center and was also the Muslim Chaplain at George Washington University. He used to go back and forth from America to Yemen, where he was studying Shari'ah with prominent scholars, and he was later banned from re-entering the United States despite being a U.S. citizen. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University, a M.A. in Education Leadership from San Diego State University and was working on a Doctorate degree in Human Resource Development at George Washington University. He authored many popular audio series including the "Lives of the Prophets", "The Hereafter", "The Life of Muhammad", "The life and times of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab", "The life and times of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq", "The Story of Ibn al-Akwa", "Constants on the Path of Jihad", and more. *Is the Franklin morphing into the Washington?! * Posted (anwar) in Imam Anwar's Blog on October-6-2008 *For those readers outside of the US who have no clue what the title of this post is talking about: Benjamin Franklin is the US statesman who is featured on the face of the $100 bill and George Washington is on the $1 bill. * *Even though I am not an economist there is an issue on this topic that I would like to share with my brothers and sisters. Gold has been recognized as currency for thousands of years. FIAT money (Paper money) is a new invention and is only worth the political and economical strength of its issuers and the trust the world has in this political and economical strength. That is obviously the case with nations that issue paper money without gold backing such as the US. * * Because the US economy is the powerhouse of the world and is the greatest economy on the face of the planet its currency enjoys the trust of the world. It has become the most recognized and it is the world's foremost reserve currency. Today rather than commodities being valued in gold or silver they are valued in dollars. Oil for example is priced in dollars. In fact gold itself is priced in dollars. * *The Messenger of Allah says: Allah has destined that whatever goes up must come down. Therefore if the US falls politically or economically the dollar falls with it. * *Today America is the home of an interesting assortment of sins that are handpicked from all over the nations that existed before us: the obstinacy of the people of Nuh; the arrogance of the people of Aad; the rejection of Allah's signs by the people of Thamud; the sodomy of the people of Lut; the financial deviance of the people of Shuayb as America is the biggest dealer and promoter of the interest based economy; the oppression of Abu Jahl et al; the greed, deception, love of the temporal life, and the bogusness of the children of Israel; along with the arrogance of the Pharaoh who had the misled notion that just because he is the leader of the most powerful nation on earth and is at the top the greatest army of his time he can somehow defeat the servants of Allah. * *Brothers and Sisters this leads to the belief that the punishment of Allah is hovering over America. When? And how? Allah knows best. * *So if you are one of those unfortunate folks who turned out to be living in the wrong place at the wrong time then it is advisable for you to leave. That is obviously if you take heed. Many don't and are still living the utopia of the American dream. I am not talking about Mo and Mike who are still shaking to the tunes of MTV with their coke and big mac and are only Muslim by name, but I am talking about the practicing Muslims who sadly enough still think that the America of George W is the Abyssinia of the Negus. * *Hijra for the sake of Allah will continue until the day of Judgment. If you leave with the intention of forsaking the people of sin and protecting your family from evil you would be rewarded abundantly. But not everyone has the capacity to make hijra just like there were some Muslims who could not make hijra from Makkah at the time of Rasulullah. So for those who cannot they should pray to Allah to make a way out for them and protect them from the people of transgression. * *If you are a person whom Allah has bestowed wealth upon then you should avoid owning property in the US and you should diversify out of the dollar into gold and silver. Gold and silver have retained there value over history and there is no reason to think that they would not do the same in the future. In addition to this being the prudent thing to do from a financial point of view, it is also the recommended thing to do Islamicly. Muslims should not be supporting the economy of a nation that is fighting them. * *Finally, for those who are contemplating purchasing a home in the US based on mortgage which is a clear form of Riba they should fear Allah. In addition to it being one of the most evil sins in Islam it is putting money in the wrong place. Allah says that He will destroy Riba. It is a promise from Allah. 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