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The Prophet's Advice to Mu'aadh Ibn Jabal
By: Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Salih al Uthaimeen 
'Sharh Riyaadh as-Saaliheen - Chapter: Contemplation [Muraaqaba] 
Translated by Abu Rumaysah

Mu'aadh Ibn Jabal reported from the Messenger of Allah (salallahu alayhi 
wasalam) that he said, Fear Allah wheresoever you may be, and follow up an 
evil deed with a good one, it will efface it (the evil deed). And deal with 
mankind with good manners. Reported by at-Tirmidhee and he said that it was a 
Hasan hadeeth.[Al-Haakim reports it in al-Mustadrak and states that it 
meets the conditions of Bukhaaree and Muslim. Adh-Dhahabee agreed.]

This hadeeth is one of the Forty Ahaadeeth of the author, may Allah have mercy 
upon him, and in it is that the Prophet (salallahu alayhi wasalam) gave three 
great and important pieces of advice:

THE FIRST: He said, have taqwaa of Allah wheresoever you may be. Taqwaa means 
to stay away from the forbidden matters and to enact the obligatory matters - 
this is taqwaa! That you enact what Allah has commanded you, sincerely for 
Allah and in compliance to the Messenger of Allah (salallahu alayhi wasalam), 
and that you leave what Allah has forbidden due to His prohibiting it and to 
steer clear of it.

For example that you establish the greatest obligation that Allah has imposed 
upon you after the testimony of faith - the prayer, and you establish it 
completely - fulfilling all of its conditions and pillars and obligations, 
fulfilling all of these perfectly. So whosoever leaves off any of these 
conditions, pillars or obligations then he has not feared Allah (to the best of 
his ability), rather he has been deficient in this to the extent of what he 
left out.

In Zakaah, the Taqwaa of Allah lies in your calculating all of your property on 
which the Zakaah is due, and your giving the Zakaah as a means of purifying 
yourself without any miserliness or tightfistedness, or delay. And whosoever 
does not do this than he has not feared Allah.

In fasting, the Taqwaa of Allah lies in your establishing the fast as you have 
been commanded, distancing yourself from idle speech, obscene words and 
mannerisms, boisterous behavior, backbiting and spreading tales and other such 
things that would make the fast deficient and remove the spirit of fasting. The 
true meaning of fasting is to fast from that which Allah, Azza wa Jall, has 
made forbidden. The same applies to all of the obligations that are used to 
establish obedience to Allah, and compliance to His command, sincerely for Him 
and in following His Messenger. Likewise all the forbidden actions are to be 
left in compliance to His prohibition.

THE SECOND: and follow up an evil deed with a good one, it will efface it (the 
evil deed). Meaning that when you perform an evil action then follow it up 
with a good action for the good action effaces the evil. And from the good 
actions to be performed after the evil is that you repent to Allah for this 
evil action, for indeed repentance is from the most noble and excellent of the 
good actions as Allah has said, indeed Allah Loves those who repent and those 
who purify themselves. (2:222) And He said, and repent to Allah all of you, O 
believers so that you may be successful. (24:31)

Similarly righteous actions expiate the evil actions as the Prophet (salallahu 
alayhi wasalam) said, the five daily prayers and one Jumu'ah to the next 
Jumu'ah, and one Ramadan to the next Ramadan, is an expiation for what lies 
between them as long as one refrains from the major sins. [Muslim], and he 
said, one Umrah to the next is an expiation for what is between them. 
[Bukhaaree].

Therefore, the good actions efface the evil.

THE THIRD: and deal with mankind with good manners. The first two pieces of 
advice were those related to relationship with the Creator, this third relates 
to relationship of the creation to the creation. This being to deal with 
mankind with the best manners such that you will be praised and not blamed. 
This by having a cheerful complexion, being truthful in speech, speaking to 
others nicely and other such good manners.

There are a large number of texts concerning the excellence of having good 
manners to the extent that the Messenger (salallahu alayhi wasalam) said, the 
most complete believer with respect to faith is the one with the best manners. 
And he informed us that the most deserving of mankind to him (salallahu alayhi 
wasalam) and the closest to him in ranking on the Day of Judgment would be 
those with the best manners.

So noble manners, along with their being a way to beautify gatherings and the 
person who possesses them being beloved to the people, contain a huge reward 
which will bestowed upon the person on the Day of Judgment.

So preserve these three pieces of advice from the Prophet (salallahu alayhi 
wasalam) and Allah is the Grantor of Success. 



'Uthman ibn 'Affan

Bismillah [IslamCity] Glad Tidings For The Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans Others

2009-06-04 Thread Mohammed A

The Prophet said, A Muslim whose three children die before the age of puberty 
will be granted Paradise by Allah due to his mercy for them. (Bukhari)

Bismillah [IslamCity] How a Muslim Charity became threat to Israel?

How a Muslim Charity became threat to Israel? 
 
It's remarkable. My client was convicted of providing charity. There was not, 
in ten years of wiretapping his home, his office, looking at his faxes, 
listening to everything he said, there was not one word out of his mouth about 
violence to anyone or about support for Hamas. He provided charity. That's what 
he was convicted of. And to say that someone or these people who provide 
charity should get a sentence six, you know, four or five times longer than 
someone who professes to come to the United States with a purpose in mind 
that's clearly violence shows essentially that these people were convicted 
because they were Palestinians.. - Nancy Hollander aatorney for the former 
HLF's CEO, Shukri Abu Baker.

It took US Justice over seven years to conclude the Israeli charade against 
the top five officials of America's largest Muslim charity, Holy Land 
Foundation. A Dallas Federal Court sentenced Holy Land Foundation's Board 
Chairman, Ghassan Elashi 55, and its CEO, Shukri Abu-Baker 50, each to 65 year 
in jail. The other three defendants, Mufid Abdulqader 49, Abdulrahman Odeh and 
Mohammad El-Mezain 55 - were handed over sentences, ranging from 15-20 years in 
prison. All the five defendants belong to the Palestinian families victimized 
by the European Jew settlers in the occupied Palestine.

All five defendents were previously acquited in 2007 when the radical Zionist 
Jew Attorney General, Michael Mukasey's (he played a major role in the cover-up 
of Israeli involvement in the 9/11. He is the second Jewish US Attorney 
General. Ed Levi served under president Ford in mid-1970s) boys could not sway 
jurors that the now de-funct charity, based in Richardson, was aiding the 
Islamic Resistance group Hamas (declared as a terrorist group in 1995 by 
Washington under AIPAC pressure). However, after the victory of Hamas in 2006, 
resulting in it formimg government in Gazzah - the Jewish Lobby groups revived 
the case against the former HLF officials - based on new information provided 
by Israel's internal service Shin Bet. No evidence that the five defendants 
ever preached terrorism was submitted the court. The only thing provided to the 
court was the pictures of the so-called Israeli victims of Palestinian 
suicide bombing.

It was Zionist Steven Emerson, who in his notorious anti-Muslim documentary 
Jihad in America (1994) claimed that HLF collected funds for Hamas, which was 
carrying out a resistance to recapture Palestinian stolen land. In the film, 
the rabit Jew alleged that many mosques and Islamic schools have become the 
venues of extremist exhortations to carry out Jihad against Jews and Christians 
(the cunning Jew would not acknowledge the fact that it's his holy Talmud which 
has been preaching hatred against Jesus, Mary and the Christians for the last 
20 centuries). Daniel Pipes, one of America's 12 greatest Islamophobes, has 
kept his on-going 'Zionist Crusade' against HLF since 1995.

Amy Goodman (anti-war Jew activist), host of 'Democracy Now' - interviewed 
Nancy Hollander and Noor Elashi (daughter of Ghassan Elashi) on May 29, 2009.

http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/how-a-muslim-charity-became-threat-to-israel/

Bismillah [IslamCity] The Story of Imam Yusef Maisonet's Journey in Islam

2009-06-04 Thread Curtis Sharif


--- On Fri, 5/29/09, Yusef Maisonet yusef1...@gmail.com wrote:

From: Yusef Maisonet yusef1...@gmail.com
Subject: Islam Latino
To: cssha...@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 7:34 PM

Yusef Maisonet  has sent you a link to a blog:



A little story about Yusef Maisonet



Blog:  Islam Latino 



Link:  
http://islamlatino.blogspot.com/2008/06/through-my-eyes-i-bear-witness-that.html
 



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Bismillah [IslamCity] Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 28

2009-06-04 Thread Dr. Adel Elsaie

Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 28

http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/islamic_youth.htm

Please remember that Monday is our Islamic Youth Awakening day.

1. Glorious Quran on Good Manners:

Seek your provision only by fair endeavour [29/17, 2/188]
2. Hadith on Good Manners:

Having been made wealthy because of kindness to Kith

Hadith 8.14Narrated by Abu Huraira (Radhiallah hu Taala anhu)

I heard Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, Whoever is
pleased that he be granted more wealth and that his lease of life be
prolonged, then he should keep good relations with his kith and kin.

3. Converts to Islam Videos:

Media Fooled Islam Haters - Now Converted to Islam - part
1http://youtube.com/watch?v=URrbb4Xfnxg

Scientist From Czech Republic explains the beauty  simplicity of The
Quranhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK00xTkMGO0

4. Coverts to Islam:

Selma A. Cook, , Australian Missionary’s Journey to
Allah.http://www.usislam.org/converts/selma.htm


Latino Converts: In 2050, Latinos are estimated to be 150 Million in USA,
and become a majority.

Shafiq, From Juan to Shafiq.http://www.usislam.org/latinos/converts/shafiq.htm

5. WMD : Beware of their Weapons of Missionary Deception:

Missionaries are trained to convert Vulnerable Muslims with $6.8 Budget a
year. Simple Ways to answer them back with 0 Budget

Ask Christian  missionaries Is The Christian faith
deleted?http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/WMD/faithdeleted.htm,
They will never show up again. They don't know their Bible.

6. WMD Videos:

LOOK AT THE MISSIONARIES http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=faGFSwat82g, zakir
naik

Yes you can be strong Muslim, please sign the petition :  Muslim Youth Code
of Honorhttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/muslim_youth_code_of_honor.htm

Required a million signature each year Until that last Muslim Youth sign in.

Please circulate this posting to your brothers and sisters, Jazakum Allah
Khairan.

Please note that this posting is for adults too.

Dr. Adel Elsaie

http://www.usislam.org/

Bismillah [IslamCity] EU sees wide bias against Muslims

EU sees wide bias against Muslims 

MADRID - Muslims still face substantial discrimination in Europe, especially at 
work, and many fail to report racist incidents because of a lack of trust in 
authorities, a European Union human rights agency said Thursday.

In a survey of Muslims in 14 EU member states, the Agency for Fundamental 
Rights said one in three Muslims had faced discrimination, and 11 percent of 
those questioned said they had experienced a racially motivated crime.

The highest level of discrimination against Muslims occurred in the workplace, 
the agency said.

Employment is a key part of the integration process. It is central to the 
contributions that migrants make to society, and to making such contributions 
visible. Discrimination may hamper the integration process, agency director 
Morten Kjaerum said in a statement.

The agency urged EU governments to tackle discrimination by making people aware 
of how to file complaints about discrimination and racism.

The report was part of the first-ever EU-wide survey on the experiences of 
immigrants and ethnic minorities, which reported last month that more than half 
of those groups believe discrimination is widespread where they live in Europe. 
Gypsies and Africans reported the most abuse.

Thursday's survey suggests similarly high levels of discrimination against 
Muslims.

In line with other minority groups, 79 percent of Muslims responding to the 
survey said they do not report discriminatory incidents and cases of racist 
crime to any authority, the agency said.

Young Muslims in particular have little faith in the police as a public 
institution. The survey said people without citizenship and new arrivals in a 
country were even less likely to report discrimination.

It said 59 percent of Muslim respondents believe nothing would happen or 
change by reporting and 38 percent said it happens all the time and 
therefore they do not make an effort to report incidents. Truly accessible 
mechanisms are needed, where victims of racism can report in confidence, said 
Kjaerum. - AP

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regconcontentID=2009052939351

Bismillah [IslamCity] Iraq-born teen solves 300-year old math puzzle

Finds formula to explain and simplify Bernoulli numbers

Iraq-born teen solves 300-year old math puzzle

STOCKHOLM (AFP)

A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant living in Sweden was the youngest student to 
solve a math puzzle that has stumped experts for more than 300 years, Swedish 
media reported last week.

In just four months, Mohamed Altoumaimi found a formula to explain and simplify 
the so-called Bernoulli numbers, a sequence of calculations connected to numbe 
theory named after the 17th century Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli, the 
Dagens Nyheter daily said.

Altoumaimi, who came to Sweden six years ago, said teachers at his high school 
in Falun, central Sweden were not convinced about his work at first.

When I first showed it to my teachers, none of them thought the formula I had 
written down really worked, Altoumaimi told the Falu Kuriren newspaper.

He then got in touch with professors at Uppsala University, one of Sweden's top 
institutions, to ask them to check his work. After going through his notebooks, 
the professors found his work was indeed correct.

Although the Bernoulli numbers formula had previously been solved, 
Altourmaimi's solution was praised because of his young age and school level, 
the paper reported.

Lindahs said that Altoumaimi is a very gifted student and found it remarkable 
that a high scool student was able to solve the puzzle.

It's really exciting, now all the teachers have come and congratulated me, 
the teen said of the response to his formula.

Altoumaimi plans to take summer classes in advanced mathematics and physics 
this year.

I wanted to be a researcher in physics or mathematics; I really like those 
subjects. But I have to improve in English and social sciences, he told the 
Falu Kuriren.

Bismillah [IslamCity] The smile

2009-06-04 Thread PoEtEsS

THE SMILE
LANGUAGE
---
Mamujee visits Chinese friend dying in hospital. 
The Chinese friend just says CHIN YU YAN and dies. 
Mamujee goes to China to find the meaning of his friend's last Words. 
And finds It means U R STANDNG ON the OXYGEN TUBE!


PoEtEsS

Prayer, wisdom, knowledge and faith are the best gifts that I have……Zohra 
Moosa (Deaf Poet)







   
   




***
{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom 
(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue 
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone 
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy 
Quran-16:125)

{And who is better in speech than he who [says: My Lord is Allah (believes in 
His Oneness), and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites 
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: I 
am one of the Muslims.} (Holy Quran-41:33)
 
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: By Allah, if 
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of 
camels. [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] 

The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, Whoever 
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who 
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all. 
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] 
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http://www.islamonline.net
http://www.islam-guide.com
http://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org

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Bismillah [IslamCity] Food That Heal - Must See Amazing Info

2009-06-04 Thread Angeline Malik

Food That Heal - Must See Amazing Info



Click Here for Full Food List: 
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Requirements are for MEP Companies in Dubai and Qatar

2009-06-04 Thread Shakeel Ahmad

Assalamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahe Wa Barakatahu.

*Requirements from Al Taiyaba Management Consultancy,*

**

**

*Following Requirements are for MEP Contracting Companies in Dubai:*

**

*1. Senior Commercial Manager (British/American/any westerner)-(Position
Code-SComM-MEP)-*Qualified QS preferably an RICS graduate from UK having
over 25 yrs  experience as a Commercial/Senior Commercial Manager out of
which few years in Gulf region and handling the commercial matters of MEP
Contracting companies. He will have other QS and commercial team members to
assist. He will be responsible for entire Middle East and report to regional
director in Dubai. His age should in the range of 47 yrs to 52 yrs. Salary
offered is 50K to 55K AED + Annual Benefits.

*2. Commercial Manager (British/westerner/Indian/Srilankan/any other
nationality)-(Position Code-ComM-MEP)-* Qualified QS preferably an RICS
graduate from UK having approx 20 yrs  experience as a Commercial Manager
out of which minimum 2 years in Gulf region and handling the commercial
matters of MEP Contracting companies. His should not be over 50 years. He
will be based in Dubai. Salary offered is 45K to 50K AED + Annual Benefits.



*Following Requirements are for MEP Contracting Companies in Qatar:*

**

*3. QA/QC Engineers(HVAC/Plumbing/Electricals)-(Position Code-QQCE-MEP)-*Mech
or Elect Engineer with min. 8 yrs QA/QC experience, out of which minimum 3
yrs in Gulf. Salary offered is 10K to 12K QR + Annual Benefits.

*4.MEP Draughtsmen- (HVAC/Plumbing/Electricals)-(Position Code-QDM-MEP)-*Mech
or Elect Draughtsmen with minimum 8 years experience as autocad draughtsman
on any MEP projects in Gulf. Salary offered is 4K to 8K QR+Annual Benefits.

*5.Supervisors/Foremen- (HVAC/Plumbing/Electricals)-(Position
Code-QSupFM-MEP)-*Diploma or ITI with over 12 years of good experience in
their field. He should be able to read drawings must have good English
communications skills. Salary offered is 3.5K to 5K QR+Annual Benefits.



*Interview to be conducted in Dubai.*

**

*HOW TO APPLY:*

Candidates can email thier CVs to *za...@altaiyaba.com*
*Postion code** must be mentioned in the **subject of the email*.Application
without Position Code will not be considered.



PS: Actions may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness
without action, so act we MUST.
-
Wishing you and all your loved ones greatest of times ahead!
Aspiring 2 c u happy!

Shakeel Ahmad
B.Tech (IT-BHU), MBA (XLRI), PMP
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Recommended website for PMP exam preparation: http://www.passPM.com/

Remember, growing older is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

We make a Living by what we get, we make a Life by what we give.

If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of
tomorrow,
you have no today to be thankful for.

Bismillah [IslamCity] Invitation to visit a new Islamic web site for Bengali English spoken

2009-06-03 Thread Abdul Mannan Azad








Assalamu alaikum
 
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web site links,Links for young muslims,Online Library,Fraiday khuthbah of Kaba 
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Bismillah [IslamCity] A POWERFUL STORY

A powerful story:
Salah and its Importance of Performing it on Time

  **
*

He remembered his grandmother's warning about praying on time:

'My son, you shouldn't leave prayer to this late time'.

His grandmother's age was 70 but, whenever she heard the Adhan, she got up
like an arrow and performed Salah.

He, however could never win over his ego to get up and pray.

Whatever he did, his Salah was always the last to be offered and he prayed
it quickly to get it in on time.

Thinking of this, he got up and realized that there were only 15 minutes
left before Salat-ul Isha.

He quickly made Wudhu and performed Salat-ul Maghrib.

While making Tasbih, he again remembered his grandmother and was embarrassed
by how he had prayed.

His grandmother prayed with such tranquillity and peace.

He began making Dua and went down to make Sajdah and stayed like that  for a
while.

He had been at work all day and was tired, so tired.

He awoke abruptly to the sound of noise and shouting.

He was sweating profusely.

He looked around.

It was very crowded.

Every direction he looked in was filled with people.

Some stood frozen looking around, some were running left and right and some
were on their knees with their heads in their hands just waiting.

Pure fear and apprehension filled him as he realized where he was.

His heart was about to burst.

It was the Day of Judgment..

When he was alive, he had heard many things about the questioning on the Day
of Judgment, but that seemed so long ago.

Could this be something his mind made up?

No, the wait and the fear were so great that he could not have imagined
this.

The interrogation was still going on.

He began moving frantically from people to people to ask if his name had
been called.

No one could answer him.

All of a sudden his name was called and the crowd split into two and  made a
passageway for him.

Two angels grabbed his arms and led him forward.

He walked with unknowing eyes through the crowd.

The angels brought him to the center and left him there.

His head was bent down and his whole life was passing in front of his eyes
like a movie.

He opened his eyes but saw only another world.

The people were all helping others.

He saw his father running from one lecture to the other, spending his wealth
in the way of Islam.

His mother invited guests to their house and one table was being set while
the other was being cleared.

He pleaded his case,

'I too was always on this path.

I helped others.

I spread the word of Allah.

I performed my Salah.

I fasted in the month of Ramadhan.

Whatever Allah ordered us to do, I did..

Whatever he ordered us not to do, I did not.'

He began to cry and think about how much he loved Allah.

He knew that whatever he had done in life would be less than what Allah
deserved and his only protector was Allah He was sweating like never
before and was shaking all over.

His eyes were fixed on the scale, waiting for the final decision.

At last, the decision was made.

The two angels with sheets of paper in their hands, turned to the crowd.

His legs felt like they were going to collapse.

He closed his eyes as they began to read the names of those people who were
to enter Jahannam.

His name was read first.

He fell on his knees and yelled that this couldn't be,

'How could I go to Jahannam?

I served others all my life,

I spread the word of Allah to others'.

His eyes had become blurry and he was shaking with sweat.

The two angels took him by the arms.

As his feet dragged, they went through the crowd and advanced toward the
blazing flames of Jahannam.

He was yelling and wondered if there was any person who was going to  help
him.

He was yelling of all the good deeds he had done, how he had helped his
father, his fasts, prayers, the Noble Qur'an that he read, he was asking if
none of them would help him.

The Jahannam angels continued to drag him.

They had gotten closer to the Hellfire.

He looked back and these were his last pleas.

Had not Rasulullah [SAW] said,

'How clean would a person be who bathes in a river five times a day,  so too
does the Salah performed five times cleanse someone of their sins'?

He began yelling,

'My prayers? My prayers? My prayers.?'

The two angels did not stop, and they came to the edge of the abyss of
Jahannam.

The flames of the fire were burning his face.

He looked back one last time, but his eyes were dry of hope and he had
nothing left in him.

One of the angels pushed him in.

He found himself in the air and falling towards the flames.

He had just fallen five or six feet when a hand grabbed him by the arm and
pulled him back.

He lifted his head and saw an old man with a long white beard.

He wiped some dust off himself and asked him,

'Who are you?'

The old man replied,

'I am your prayers'.

'Why are you so late! I was almost in the Fire!

You rescued me at the last minute before I fell in'.

The old man smiled and shook his head,

'You always performed me at the last

Bismillah [IslamCity] CIA Suspected of Rewriting History

2009-06-03 Thread Shahid

Wikipedia Scanner outs Vatican, CIA

August 17, 2007 

  a.. New Wiki program tracks and shows edits 
  b.. CIA made changes to Iran President's entry 
  c.. CIA claims vital mission to protect US

The CIA has been accused of editing entries on the interactive encyclopedia 
Wikipedia. 

Wikipedia Scanner, an online tool, allegedly shows that workers on the agency's 
computers edited the page of Iran's president, the BBC reported. 

It also purportedly shows that the Vatican has edited entries about Sinn Fein 
leader Gerry Adams and massaged entries on several Catholic Saints. 

It is believed the Vatican removed a link to newspaper stories alleging Mr 
Adams's fingerprints and handprints were found on a car used during a double 
murder in 1971. 

On the profile of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the tool indicates a 
worker on the CIA network reportedly added Wahh! before a section on the 
leader's plans for his presidency. 

Though Wikipedia posted a warning on the profile of the anonymous editor 
saying: You have recently vandalized a Wikipedia article, and you are now 
being asked to stop this type of behavior, the CIA denied confirming whether 
the Internet traffic came from any of the agency computers. 

I cannot confirm that the traffic you cite came from agency computers. 

I'd like in any case to underscore a far larger and more significant point 
that no one should doubt or forget: The CIA has a vital mission in protecting 
the United States, and the focus of this agency is there, on that decisive 
work, an agency spokesman said. 

A user at the US Democratic party headquarters was responsible for editing 
American right-wing radio DJ Rush Limbaugh's entry to describe him as a 
racist and a bigot, while describing his audience as legally retarded. 

Other, more innocuous, changes include tweaks to celebrities such as Oprah 
Winfrey. 

According to SBS.com, it seems the most widespread changes have been made by 
the Diebold company, supplier of the infamous voting machines at the centre of 
the storm surrounding the 2000 US presidential elections. 

Wikipedia Scanner shows company employees have removed up to 15 paragraphs of 
content describing its involvement in the controversial 'hanging chad' votes 
that were not counted in the poll.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22259259-2,00.html

Bismillah [IslamCity] ALLAH'S CASE IN COURT

*Malay court hearing 'Allah' case
*
*video: 
**http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065597.stm*http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065597.stm


A Catholic church in Malaysia which prays to Allah
has prompted a court case over who can use the word.

Muslim leaders say Islam should be the only faith to use it,
saying its use in other faiths could lead to confusion and conversions.

*http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065597.stm*http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065597.stm

Bismillah [IslamCity] Part 4: Who are the scholars and from whom should knowledge be taken?

2009-06-03 Thread Albaseerah.Org

asalamualikum...

*Who are the scholars and from whom should knowledge be taken?*
by *Shaykh Ahmed Muhammed Al-Munayee حفظه الله*
on Sunday, June 18, 2006
http://www.albaseerah.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1910

- They are cautious and take their time before passing any type of
religious ruling (fatwa) i.e. they are not hasty. Also, they would prefer
that someone else passes a religious ruling instead of themselves, if there
is another individual. They are also cautious in the area where they have no
knowledge on a particular issue. If at a given moment they do not have at
the forefront of their mind the evidence for a particular issue they will
refrain from answering.

- They are concerned about conveying knowledge and passing it on to
others, and also teaching and instructing others in the knowledge that they
have been given.

- They are preoccupied with knowledge and putting it into practice.

- When they deal with knowledge – whether conveying it or acquiring it –
they start with that which is most important and then that which is
important – there is prioritisation. This is done without becoming bored or
tired, although it is something that they do constantly.

- They have great concern for the knowledge; and for the areas of Tawheed
and the Sunnah – that nothing touches these aspects of our Deen.

- They are the ones who stand in defence of the Qur’aan, the Sunnah, and
for the Deen in general.

- They have humility and fear of Allaah and they depend on Him سبحانه و
تعالى and they adhere to whatever He commands. Narrated by ‘Awf ibn Maalik
al-Asja’ee رضى الله عنه that: *“The Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم once
looked at the sky and he صلى الله عليه و سلم said “This seems to be the time
of the raising up of knowledge,” so one of them said: “O Messenger of
Allaah, how is it that knowledge will be raised up and we have the Book of
Allaah and we read it and we study it and we teach it to our children?” The
Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم said: “I used to consider you one of the most
knowledgeable people of Ahlul Madinah, didn’t the Jews and Christians have
their book with them?[5] Should I not inform you of the first of the
knowledge to be raised up?” He صلى الله عليه و سلم said: “khushoo and the
fear of Allaah سبحانه و تعالى until you will not see a person having this
type of humbleness in a state of fear in times to come”*.”[6]

- They put knowledge into practice, so you find the scholar working with
the knowledge that he has from the Qur’aan and the Sunnah, and being
concerned about it. They practice the optional acts of worship, not to
mention the compulsory acts of *eebaadah* (worship). They adhere to all
these acts of worship, and they stay away from those things that are
disliked and should be shunned.

- Their knowledge is in the heart and not on the tongue. Knowledge is of
two types:
1. Knowledge on the *tongue* – this is the evidence of Allaah سبحانه و
تعالى that is used to convey to the people from the Qur’aan and from the
Sunnah. The Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم mentions in the hadith: *“The
Qur’aan is an evidence for or against you.”*[7]

2. Knowledge found in the *heart* – this is the beneficial knowledge.
Al-Hasan رحمه الله said that *“Knowledge is of two types, knowledge on
the tongue is the evidence of Allaah against the children of
Aadam as comes
in the hadith: “The Qur’aan is an evidence for or against you.” and
knowledge in the heart is the truly beneficial knowledge.”*

- They do not try to find an easy life which goes against the Deen and
they stay away from innovations and from discussions which have no basis in
the Deen. When Ibn Rajab رحمه اللهdealt with the virtue of knowledge of the
Salaf over the Khalaf, this is one of the things that he pointed out as one
of the characteristics that they (the Scholars) possess.

- They try to avoid hasty religious rulings or being involved in passing
them. This is an aspect of the Deen which the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم
had much concern for – persons who pass religious rulings without being
properly qualified. One of the reasons that we find the scholars of the past
being very cautious is due to their fear of Allaah سبحانه و تعالى and the
caution that they had in respect of their Deen, and a desire to free
themselves form the responsibility of the fataawa that would be given. For
this reason we find that this was the mannerism of the Sahaabah who were
chosen to be the Companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم. They used to
try and pass on the fataawa to someone else, who might be more knowledgeable
in their eyes to pass religious rulings. Sometimes a person would come into
Madinah and he would ask a question, and he would be told to go to someone
else, and that person would say to go to someone else and he would go to

Bismillah [IslamCity] BBC apology over Muslim Council slur

2009-06-03 Thread arif uk

* BBC apology over Muslim Council slur
* BBC offers apology to Muslim Council of Britain over guest's remarks

Bismillah [IslamCity] Punish wife-beaters, says court president

2009-06-03 Thread Shahid

Punish wife-beaters, says court president 

By Na'eem Tamim Al-Hakeem

RIYADH - Saleh Aaal Al-Sheikh, President of the District Court in Riyadh, has 
said that any husband who slaps or beats his wife severely should be punished.

Al-Sheikh, speaking on the issue following remarks by a Saudi judge earlier 
this month saying that wives deserved to be slapped by their husbands if they 
overspent on clothes, said that Islam has honored human beings by protecting 
them from any assault and abuse. Islam has stipulated the penalties for anyone 
who commits mistakes. 

The husband may discipline the wife if she commits a mistake, but that doesn't 
mean slapping her in the face or beating her cruelly, Al-Sheikh told Okaz 
newspaper. 

Some Ulema (religious scholars) have said that he may only discipline her with 
the Siwak stick (a small twig used as a toothbrush), but slapping in the face 
is definitely forbidden in all cases, whether the wife is guilty or not, 
Al-Sheikh said.

Domestic violence should be punished by the law, even if the wife withdraws 
her complaint, he added.

Earlier this month Judge Hamad Al-Razine was quoted as saying that a wife who 
is given SR1,200 and spends SR900 of it on an abaya could be slapped. 

If her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves 
that punishment, Al-Razine said.

The judge made the comments, in which he also stated that women were equally 
responsible for domestic violence yet escaped blame, at a seminar in Abha for 
the National Family Safety Program. - Okaz/SG

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regconcontentID=2009052138558

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Bismillah [IslamCity] ruling: Why women can't have multiple husbands at a time

2009-06-03 Thread Shahid

  Question # 10009: Why is it forbidden for a woman to have multiple 
husbands at one time?  


Question:

Why are women not allowed to have 3 or 4 husbands but men can have 3 or 4 
wives? 

Answer:



Praise be to Allaah. 

This is connected primarily to faith in Allaah. All religions are agreed that 
it is not permissible for a woman to have intercourse with anyone except her 
husband. Among these religions are those which are undoubtedly of heavenly 
origin, such as Islam and the original versions of Judaism and Christianity. 
Belief in Allaah dictates submission to His rulings and laws, for Allaah is 
All-Wise and All-Knowing, He knows what is in the best interests of mankind. So 
we may understand the wisdom behind the ruling of sharee'ah, or we may not be 
able to grasp it.  

With regard to the permissibility of multiple spouses for men and its 
prohibition for women, there are several issues which are obvious to every 
intelligent person. Allaah has made woman like a vessel, but man is not like 
that. If a woman becomes pregnant (when she has had intercourse with a number 
of men at one time), the father can never be known. People's lines of descent 
and lineage will be mixed up, families will be destroyed and children will be 
lost. Women will be burdened with so many children that they will be unable to 
bring them up and spend on their maintenance. Maybe women would find themselves 
forced to sterilize themselves, which would lead to the extinction of the human 
race. Moreover it is medically proven now that one of the major causes of the 
serious diseases which have become widespread, such as AIDS etc., is women 
having intercourse with more than one man, and the mixing of seminal fluids in 
the woman's womb causes these lethal diseases. Hence Allaah has prescribed a 
waiting period ('iddah) for a woman who has been divorced or whose husband has 
died, until enough time has passed for her womb and passages to be cleansed of 
any traces of her former husband, and the monthly period also has a role to 
play in this matter. Perhaps these brief pointers will dispense with the need 
for a lengthy discussion. If the purpose of the question is research for a 
university or other assignment, he may refer to the books which have been 
written on the topic of plural marriage (polygyny) and the wisdom behind it. 
And Allaah is the Source of strength.  

 
Shaykh Sa'd al-Humayd

http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/10009/

Bismillah [IslamCity] to please Allah Azza wa Jall,

2009-06-03 Thread ***hajikhan***

 

 
Sayyiduna Utbah ibne-Abd (RadhiAllaho anho) narrates
that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:
 
If a person were to remain in prostration,
from the day of his birth
till the day he died,
to please Allah Azza wa Jall,
then despite this on the Day of Resurrection,
he will consider this deed to be small.
 
(Musnad Ahmad, Tabarani, Majma-‘uz-Zawaid)
 

 

 

 
 
 
 


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Bismillah [IslamCity] Erase Sins Which Are Vast Like The Foam of The Sea

2009-06-03 Thread Mohammed A

The Prophet (saw) said: Whoever says 'Sub haa nal laa hi wa bi ham dih' (Praise 
and Glory be to Allah) 100 times, morning and evening, his (or her) sins will 
be erased even if they are (vast) like the foam of the sea. (Bukhari)

Bismillah [IslamCity] Going To Meet Allah.....

2009-06-03 Thread Aqsa Jihad Fisabeelillah

Bismillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu
 
2:45. And seek help in patience and As-Salât (the prayer) and truly it is 
extremely heavy and hard except for Al-Khâshi'ûn [i.e. the true believers in 
Allâh - those who obey Allâh with full submission, fear much from His 
Punishment, and believe in His Promise (Paradise, etc.) and in His Warnings 
(Hell, etc.)].
 
46. (They are those) who are certain that they are going to meet their Lord, 
and that unto Him they are going to return.






Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth 
and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me 
from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me). 

Ameen.
 
Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni mukhraja 
sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n).


Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah  (May Allah be pleased 
with him)
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say,  O Allah, grant me benefit 
in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my 
knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from 
the state of those who go to Hell.
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition 
whose isnad is gharib.
 

Transliteration:an Abi Hurairah (radiya Allahu anhu) qaal:
qaala Rasul Allah (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam): Allahumma infa'ni bima 
'allamtani, wa allimni maa yanfa'oni wa zidni 'ilman, alhamdulillahi alaa kolli 
haal, wa a'odtho billahi min haali ahlil naar.


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Bismillah [IslamCity] The Gravity of Disobedience to Parents

2009-06-03 Thread Mohammed A

The Prophet (saw) said: Allah defers (the punishment of) whichever sin he wants 
to the Day of Judgement, except disobedience to parents, for which Allah 
punishes the sinner in this life before his death. (Al-Hakim)

Bismillah [IslamCity] Virtues of Being Pregnant In Islam‏

2009-06-03 Thread Mohammed A

Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: Salamah (may Allah be pleased 
with her), the wet nurse of Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (peace of and 
blessings of Allah upon him) said, O Messenger of Allah (saw). You give glad 
tidings to the men and you do not give tidings to the women. He said, Did 
your female companions put you up to this? She said, Yes. The Prophet (saw) 
said: Does it not please one of you that if she is pregnant by her husband and 
he is pleased with her, that she will have the reward equal to one who fasts 
during the day and prays Qiyaam (tahajjud) at night for the sake of Allah. When 
her labor pains (contractions) start, no one in heaven or on earth knows what 
is concealed in her womb nor the delights (and pleasures) that await her. When 
she gives birth, not one drop of milk flows from her nor a (child's) suck, 
except that she will have the reward of 1 hasanah (good deed) for every drop 
and with every suck. If the
 baby keeps her awake at night, she will have the reward of freeing 70 slaves 
for the sake of Allah. O Salaamah, do you know who these women are? They are 
the chaste and righteous women who are obedient to their husbands and not 
ungrateful towards them. (Tabarani , Mu'jam awsat [7/20]; Abu Na'eem, in mu'jam 
Sahaaba no. 7049; Ibn Asaakir in Tareekh Dimashq [43/347])

Bismillah [IslamCity] Job openings in Gulf and Africa [Al Taiyaba Management Consultancy]

2009-06-01 Thread Shakeel Ahmad

Assalamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahe Wa Barakatahu
-- Forwarded message --
From: Al Taiyaba Management Consultancy altaiy...@yahoo.com



**

*Requirement for MEP Contracting Companies in Qatar:*

* *

*1. Project Director (MEP Background)-(Position Code-QPD-MEP)-*Mech or Elect
Engineer with over 25 yrs  experience, out of which minimum 10 yrs in Gulf
as Senior Project Manager or Project Director and handling several large MEP
projects independently of over 150 million AED/QR each. Salary offered is
25K to 30K QR + Annual Benefits.

*2. Senior Project Manager (MEP Background)-(Position Code-QSRPM-MEP)-*Mech
or Elect Engineer with 20 to 25 yrs  experience, out of which minimum 8 yrs
in Gulf as Project Manager and handling large MEP project independently of
over 150 million AED/QR. Salary offered is 20K to 25K QR + Annual Benefits.

*3. Project Manager (MEP Background)-(Position Code-QPM-MEP)-*Mech or Elect
Engineer with 15 to 20 yrs  experience, out of which minimum 5 yrs in Gulf
as Project Manager and handling the MEP project independently. Salary
offered is 15K to 18K QR + Annual Benefits.

*4. Project Engineers(HVAC/Plumbing/Electricals)-(Position Code-QPE-MEP)-*Mech
or Elect Engineer with 8 to 10 yrs  experience, out of which minimum 3 yrs
in Gulf as Project/Site Engineer and handling the MEP project in any one or
more field of HVAC/Plumbing/Electricals. Salary offered is 8K to 12K QR +
Annual Benefits.

*5.Planning Engineer- (MEP Background)-(Position Code-QPln-MEP)-*Mech or
Elect Engineer with minimum 5 years experience as planning Engineer using
Primavera for MEP projects in Gulf. Salary offered is 8K to 10K QR+Annual
Benefits.



*6.Quantity Surveyor-(MEP Background)-(Position Code-QQS-MEP)-*Mech or Elect
Engineer with minimum 5 years experience as Quantity Surveyor in MEP
Companies. Salary offered is 10K to 13K QR+Annual Benefits.

*7. QA/QC Manager (MEP Background)-(Position Code-QQCM-MEP)-*Mech or Elect
Engineer with 15 yrs QA/QC experience, out of which minimum 5 yrs in Gulf.
Salary offered is 15K to 18K QR + Annual Benefits.

*8. QA/QC Engineers(HVAC/Plumbing/Electricals)-(Position Code-QQCE-MEP)-*Mech
or Elect Engineer with min. 8 yrs QA/QC experience, out of which minimum 3
yrs in Gulf. Salary offered is 8K to 10K QR + Annual Benefits.

*9.MEP Draughtsmen- (HVAC/Plumbing/Electricals)-(Position Code-QDM-MEP)-*Mech
or Elect Draughtsmen with minimum 8 years experience as autocad draughtsman
on any MEP projects in Gulf. Salary offered is 4K to 8K QR+Annual Benefits.

*10. Procurement Manager (MEP Contracting co. Background)-(Position
Code-QProc-M-MEP)-*Mech or Elect Engineer with 15 yrs Procurement
experience, out of which minimum 5 yrs in Gulf as purchase/procurement
manager for Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing and fire fighting items. Salary
offered is 14K to 16K QR + Annual Benefits.

*11. Procurement Engineer (MEP Contracting co. Background)-(Position
Code-QProc-En-MEP)-*Mech or Elect Engineer with 6 to 8 yrs Procurement
experience, out of which minimum 2 to 3 yrs in Gulf as purchase/procurement
Engineer/Officer for Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing and fire fighting items.
Salary offered is 7K to 8K QR + Annual Benefits.

*12. Store Officer and Store Keeper (MEP Contracting co.
Background)-(Position Code-QSK/QSO-MEP)-*Any graduate and computer literate
with 6 to 8 yrs stores/materials experience, out of which minimum 2 to 3 yrs
in Gulf as Store Officer /Store Keeper MEP Contracting Companies. Salary
offered is 3k to 5K for store keeper and 7K to 8K QR for store officer+
Annual Benefits.

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Code-QDC-MEP)-*Any graduate and computer literate with 6 to 8 yrs experience
as document controller in any MEP contracting companies, out of which
minimum 2 to 3 yrs in Gulf. Salary offered is 4k to 5K+ Annual Benefits.



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envolved in Constructions of Buildings, Roads and Infrastructure in **Saudi
Arabia**:*

*14. Microtunnelling Operator-(Indian Preferred) -(Position Code-Pur M-KSA)-
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microtunnelling machine in the Gulf. Salary range-6500 to 7500 SAR+3 months
salary as accommodation allowance+ Transport+ Annual benefits.

* *

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Engineering Products based in **UAE:*

*15. Procurement and Logistic Manager-(Position Code-Proc+Logistic
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Company, experience will have edge over others. Salary offered is 15K to
18K

Bismillah [IslamCity] FW: report (attached ) on how to teach economica and finance to the students of Madrasas [1 Attachment]

2009-06-01 Thread S A Hannan

 
Dear sirs,
 
Assalamu Alaikum.Please see this report (attached ) on how to teach
economica and finance to the students  of Madrasas It is very useful
report.
 
Shah Abdul Hannan
-Original Message-
From: Totonji Al Hajj [mailto:ahmadtoto...@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 11:41 PM
To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: 
 

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Bismillah [IslamCity] good story

2009-06-01 Thread aasia shahana

 
  
   
   
 
   
 

 
 



 

A churchly choir converted into a caller to Allah 
 

 

 

 
At the beginning of his speech about the story of his proselytizing to Islam, 
he talked about the omnipotence of the creator in the universe. He said: every 
craft has its craftsman, and every matter has a wise director and this universe 
is unique in its making with the wisdom of Allah, Glory be to Him, who has 
created it by His omnipotence and every action in life has a reason so that 
matters can go on naturally. So, it has become a must for every one in this 
life to believe in Allah, Glory be to Him, and to know that Allah is the only 
creator Who has created the universe with all livings and inanimate beings with 
no help of any other creature. It is the true believer who believes that these 
creatures need care and protection from earthquake, collapsing, and vanishing 
and Allah is of infinite bounty, the owner of the world, the most Gracious and 
merciful, and Who never has a son or wife. He is the Ever-living, the Eternal 
and the Dominant of that world. And say: praise be to Allah, Who has no partner 
in sovereignty, nor has He any protecting friend through dependence. And 
magnify Him with all magnificence.  

The guided was an acolyte in a church. 

Muhammad Somawy is from Philipine, he was a Christian and adherent to 
Christianity to the extent that he was punctual at the times of prayers and 
hymns hold in the church. He also was a religious choir like his parents who 
were adherent to their religion.

 My story with proselytizing.

Muhammad Somawy says: my story with proselytizing began in 1990 during the 
Iraqi invasion against Kuwait and how these actions were a reason for my 
proselytizing. The base of my doctrine was to believe in Allah. When I was 
Christian, many questions came to me. I was punctual in attending the Christian 
religious occasions. In addition, I was a religious choir as a vocalist for the 
sake of Allah who is, as the Christians think, the Christ; the son of Allah 
(exalted be Allah above all that) This was the principle of my previous worship 
and religion, it was that the Christ, Jesus is a God and the son of Allah as I 
studied and learned from the cradle. But, many question came to me, I was not 
convinced of what we used to do. And all what I wished from doing this was just 
to live with them as a catholic Christian.

My previous work.

I was working as a welder in making the iron windows and doors; in addition to 
a driver to transport the passengers in return for a little money. It did not 
come to my mind in any day to go outside Philippine or to Kuwait to work there. 
I thought that my work would not enable me to work abroad.

My sister's travel. For something Allah willed, my sister traveled to Kuwait to 
work there before the Iraqi invasion. The invasion occurred during her 
existence and it lasted for seven months. We did not know any thing about her 
and we became more worried about her, she is the only sister among us and she 
got a great deal of my parents' love. at that time sadness prevailed all family 
and my parents became more worried. As a result of the events, we lost the hope 
that she was alive. I am the oldest brother, so I shoulder the responsibility 
of searching for her. Was she dead or alive? The matter was not easy and 
requires asking every one about her. More than this, what could we do if she 
was dead? And where she was if she was alive? The whole matter belonged to 
Allah, Glory be to Him. I had to pave the way for my parents if any bad thing 
happened to my sister. What I did was to calm them and dry up their tears that 
made me very sad. The most important thing is that we lost the hope that she 
would come back. 

The surprise.

Nine months after she had traveled - this period is equal to the period of 
pregnancy- and after the invasion of Iraq had ended, I received a letter, we 
considered it to be my sister's new birth and her new birth in Islam. On this 
letter, I found my sister's name before and after adopting Islam. She embraced 
Islam in that period, what is important is that we became so happy . It was a 
surprise, what a wonderful surprise! My sister was still alive. My mother wept 
out of happiness, she thanked Allah Who protected my sister. My sister told us 
that she was safe, embraced Islam and got married Kuwaiti. But, this matter was 
not as important as the matter of her being alive.

My travel to Kuwait.

Two months later, we received another letter from my sister in which she told 
us that she urgently needed me to travel to Kuwait and to be beside her. Somawy 
laughed saying that it seems that she desired me to embrace Islam by summoning 
me to go to her. finally what we got from the message was that she needed me to 
be beside her. I was ready to stand beside her, I missed her, she was; as I 
said, my only sister and I have to relieve my worry about her as long as it is 
available to me.

Allah's decree was

Bismillah [IslamCity] Phillip Hitti in 'Short History of the Arabs.

2009-06-01 Thread PoEtEsS

Phillip Hitti in 'Short History of the Arabs. 
During all the first part of the Middle Ages, no other people made as important 
a contribution to human progress as did the Arabs, if we take this term to mean 
all those whose mother-tongue was Arabic, and not merely those living in the 
Arabian peninsula. For centuries, Arabic was the language of learning, culture 
and intellectual progress for the whole of the civilized world with the 
exception of the Far East. From the IXth to the XIIth century there were more 
philosophical, medical, historical, religious, astronomical and geographical 
works written in Arabic than in any other human tongue. 




PoEtEsS

Prayer, wisdom, knowledge and faith are the best gifts that I have……Zohra 
Moosa (Deaf Poet)







   
   




***
{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom 
(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue 
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone 
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy 
Quran-16:125)

{And who is better in speech than he who [says: My Lord is Allah (believes in 
His Oneness), and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites 
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: I 
am one of the Muslims.} (Holy Quran-41:33)
 
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: By Allah, if 
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of 
camels. [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] 

The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, Whoever 
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who 
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all. 
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] 
--

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Bismillah [IslamCity] New Muslim Cool

2009-06-01 Thread Abdul Wahid Osman Belal

ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL

--- On Tue, 26/5/09, Guidance Salvation guidance.salvat...@yahoo.com wrote:

From: Guidance Salvation guidance.salvat...@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, 8:14 PM

B i s m i l l a a h i r   R a h m a a n i r    R a h e e m

O you who believe!
Whoever from among you turns back from his religion(Islam) ,
Allah will bring a people whom He will love and they will love Him.
Quran 5:54

A former gang member!

And drug dealer!

Turned!

Politically Outspoken hip-hop artist,

Anti drug counselor,

Community Activist,

Family Man!

Reason behind this DRAMATIC change!

Is the beauty...

And light of...

ISLAM!

American Puerto Rican rapper Hamza Pérez ended his life as a drug dealer 12 
years ago,and started down a new path as a young Muslim!

Now he's moved to Pittsburgh's tough North Side to start a new religious 
community with other American Muslims,rebuild his shattered family,and take his 
message of faith to other young people!

Raising his two kids as a single dad and longing for
companionship, Hamza finds love,and enters
a new mariage,and expanded interracial family!

Post 9/11 he finds both his Pittsburgh Masjid and his job as a religious 
speaker in the country jail subject to surveillance and challenges by 
suspicious federal authorities.

So when the FBI raids his mosque,

Hamza had to confront the realities of
the post-9/11 world,and challenge himself! 

From behind the headlines on inner-city crime,clashing civilizations and the 
war on terror comes filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor's illuminating 
portrait of American-Puerto Rican Muslim Hamza Pérez,

New Muslim Cool offers an intimate vantage on a new generation of Latino and 
African American Muslims, youth in many cases drawn by the example of Malcolm X 
!

NEW MUSLIM COOL takes viewers on Hamza's ride through the streets,projects and 
jail cells of urban America,following his spiritual journey to some surprising 
places-where we can all see ourselves reflected in a world that never stops 
changing.

A GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMANTERY FILM!

COMING SOON INSHA ALLAH!

Best Regards to our brother Sunny ( Hindu ),
who joined us in the Friday prayer(Jummah) ! 

As for the few MuZlims who have forgotten,,
 the way to the Masjid even on Jummah.!!

Well No More Comment!!

It is He Who has sent His Messenger
with Guidance and the Religion of Truth,
to proclaim it over all religion:
and enough is Allah for a Witness.
Quran 48:28

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NEW MUSLIM COOL trailer

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Bismillah [IslamCity] Do Barbers Exist?

2009-06-01 Thread Ahumanb

Do Barbers Exist?
 
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the 
barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.

They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually 
touched on the subject of God, the barber said: I don't believe that God 
exists.

Why do you say that? asked the customer.
 
Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't 
exist. If God exists, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't 
imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things.
 
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to 
start an argument.

The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.

Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, 
stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.

The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the 
barber: You know what? Barbers do not exist!

How can you say that? asked the surprised barber. I am here, and I am a 
barber. And I just worked on you!

No! the customer exclaimed. Barbers don't exist because if they did, there 
would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man 
outside.

Ah, but barbers do exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me.
 
Exactly! affirmed the customer. That's the point! God, too, does exist! 
That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to him for 
help. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world.
 
http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56240

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Bismillah [IslamCity] ruling: To whom does the child of Zina belong

2009-06-01 Thread Shahid

  Question # 33591: An illegitimate daughter is asking, Whose daughter am 
I?  


Question:

I'm an illegitimate child. I was conceived before my mother became Muslim. She 
became Muslim a few days before my birth. My parents married when I was 10 
months old. My parents got divorced 2 years ago, after I disclosed sexual abuse 
by him. I have used my father's name since I was born and he has always 
accepted paternity of me. Do I need to change my name to my mother's name? I am 
14 year old and have five siblings, all with my father's name. I read the 
answers on this site and all seemed to say that I should, but one answer by 
Shaykh 'Abd-Allah ibn Jibreen seemed to say the opposite. (Question Reference 
Number 5967) He stated that if the father accepts paternity, it is permissible 
to retain his name. Please clarify this issue for me. 

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.   
Firstly: we confirm that the illegitimate child has nothing to do with his 
parents' crime, and that he has all the same rights as any other Muslim, male 
or female. He must also fear Allaah so that he may become one of the people of 
Paradise with whom Allaah is pleased. 

Secondly: the scholars differed as to whether or not the child may be 
attributed to his adulterous father, if the woman was not married. 

What that means is: if the woman was married and had a child six months after 
being married, then the child should be attributed to the father, and he cannot 
deny the child unless he divorces his wife by means of li'aan. If a man claims 
that he committed zina with this woman and that this is his illegitimate child, 
no attention should be paid to him, according to scholarly consensus, because 
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, The child is to 
be attributed to the husband and the adulterer deserves nothing. Narrated by 
al-Bukhaari, 2053; Muslim, 1457. 

Ibn Qudaamah said: The scholars were unanimously agreed that if a child is 
born to one man's wife, and another man claims it is his child, the child is 
not to be attributed to the latter. The difference of opinion arises when a 
child is born outside of marriage. 

If the woman is not married, and she has a child as a result of zina, and the 
zaani (adulterer, man who committed zina) claims it is his child, should the 
child be attributed to him or not? 

The majority of scholars are of the view that the child should not be 
attributed to him. 

It was narrated from al-Hasan, Ibn Sireen, 'Urwah, al-Nakha'i, Ishaaq and 
Sulaymaan ibn Yassaar that the child should be attributed to him. 

This was also the view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah 
have mercy on him). 

Ibn Qudaamah also narrated this view from Abu Haneefah. He said:  'Ali ibn 
'Aasim narrated that Abu Haneefah said: If a man commits zina with a woman and 
she gets pregnant from him, I do not see anything wrong with him marrying her 
even though she is pregnant, so as to conceal her (sin), and the child will be 
his child. (al-Mughni, 9/122). 

Ibn Muflih (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Our shaykh [Ibn Taymiyah] 
favoured the view that a man may attribute to himself a child who is the result 
of zina with an unmarried woman.  al-Furoo', 6/625 

Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The illegitimate child should 
not be attributed to the zaani according to the majority of scholars, but 
al-Hasan and Ibn Sireen said: he may be attributed to the zaani if the hadd 
punishment has been carried out on him, and he may inherit from him. Ibraaheem 
said: He may be attributed to him if the hadd punishment of flogging has been 
carried out, or if he becomes the owner of the woman with whom he had 
intercourse. Ishaaq said: He may be attributed to him, and he quoted something 
similar from 'Urwah and Sulaymaan ibn Yassaar. 

Shaykh al-Islam (Ibn Taymiyah) said: There are also two views among the 
scholars concerning the zaani claiming the child as his if the woman is not 
married. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: The 
child is to be attributed to the husband and the adulterer deserves nothing. 
So he said that the child belongs to the husband, not the zaani. But if the 
woman is not married then this hadeeth is not applicable. 'Umar attributed 
children born in the jaahiliyyah to their fathers, but this is not the place to 
discuss this issue in detail. 

Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, 3/178 

The majority of scholars quoted as evidence that the illegitimate child should 
not be attributed to the zaani the hadeeth narrated by Ahmad (7002), Abu Dawood 
(2265) and Ibn Maajah (2746) from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb from his father from his 
grandfather who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
ruled that whoever is born to a slave woman who was not owned by his father, or 
(was born to) a free woman with whom (the father) committed zina, then he 
cannot be attributed to him nor can he inherit, even if the one to whom he is

Bismillah [IslamCity] How To Erase Sins Raise Your Status

2009-06-01 Thread Mohammed A

The Prophet (saw) asked: Shall I not tell you of something by means of which 
Allah erases sins and raises you in status? They (the Companions) replied: Yes, 
O Messenger of Allah. He (saw) said: Doing ablution (wudhu) well even when it 
is difficult, taking many steps to the Mosque and waiting for the (next) prayer 
after the (last) prayer. This is equivalent to guarding/defending the frontiers 
(of Islam). (Muslim)

Bismillah [IslamCity] Somalia: Foregin Fighters in Somalia Are 'International Criminals', President Shekh Sharif Ahmed

2009-06-01 Thread Labbayk YaMahdi

Somalia: Foreign Fighters in Somalia Are 'International Criminals' - President
25 May 2009


 
The president of Somalia's interim government, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, told a 
Monday press conference in the capital Mogadishu that foreign fighters in the 
Horn of Africa country are 'international criminals,' Radio Garowe reports.
 
Somalia has been invaded by foreign fighters, who are using Somali factions 
and their objective is to keep the country in chaos and to hide international 
criminals, President Sheikh Sharif told reporters at the Villa Somalia 
presidential compound.
 
He called on the Somali public to stand by the government in order to defend 
the freedom, honor and nationhood of Somalia, adding: I do not see any reason 
to continue fighting except to oppose peace.
 
The Somali leader said the interim government has adopted Islamic law 
[Shari'ah] as national legislation and has accepted a reconciliation process 
promoted by Muslim scholars and traditional elders, but the opposition has 
rejected reconciliation.
 
He condemned the foreign fighters, suggesting that these foreign fighters have 
fought in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq, which are still burning.
Conflicting reports have placed the actual number of 'foreign fighters' present 
in Somalia from a handful to over 300 fighters.
 
The [Somali] government has decided to defend the honor of the country and the 
people...we will fight those who oppose governance and those who promote 
chaos, President Sheikh Sharif said, in some of his most heated comments since 
being elected in January.
 
African peacekeepers
The Somali President said the ongoing violence in Mogadishu and parts of 
central Somalia is part of a liberation war against anti-peace elements.
He specifically addressed a recent decision by the Inter-Governmental Authority 
on Development (IGAD) to place sanctions on Eritrea, which is often accused 
arming Somali insurgents.
It was the correct decision and the world must support it, said President 
Sheikh Sharif, who fled to Eritrea in 2007 after Ethiopian troops intervened in 
south-central Somalia to oust the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) movement, led by 
Sheikh Sharif at the time.
 
Speaking about the 4,000-strong African Union peacekeeping force (AMISOM), the 
President said: AMISOM is here [in Mogadishu] legally and they will leave when 
they ensure the safety of the Somali people.
 
He noted that African peacekeepers are serving in Somalia to help a fellow 
African country, while underscoring that AMISOM peacekeepers will defend the 
Somali government if attacked.
President Sheikh Sharif did not specifically name anti-government insurgent 
groups, namely Al Shabaab hardliners and Hizbul Islam faction, which is led by 
his former ally, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys.
 
Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam factions have waged a violent campaign in Mogadishu 
and the central regions aiming to overthrow President Sheikh Sharif's interim 
government, which has support from ICU fighters and Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamee'a 
militia.
 
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Boycott Israel campaign starts to bite

2009-06-01 Thread Shahid

Boycott Israel campaign starts to bite
9 May 2009

Motorola, Caterpillar, Veolia, the Tesco supermarket chain, and other companies 
across the world that do business with Israel are suffering losses due to a 
global boycott in support of Palestinian rights. 

On May 4, protesters greeted Motorola shareholders, already disgruntled by the 
company's losses, as they arrived for their annual meeting at the Rosemont 
Theater in Chicago. 

The protest, organised by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, is 
part of a drive to Hang Up On Motorola until it ends sales of communications 
and other products that support Israel's military occupation of Palestinian 
land. 

Inside the meeting, the Presbyterian, United Methodist and other churches urged 
shareholders to support their resolution, which calls for corporate standards 
grounded in international law. Doing the right thing could also reduce the risk 
of consumer boycotts, divestment campaigns and lawsuits. 

Although Motorola executives deny it, such risks must have played a part in 
their decision to sell the department making bomb fuses shortly after Human 
Rights Watch teams found shrapnel with Motorola serial numbers at some of the 
civilian sites bombed by Israel in its December-January assault on Gaza. 

The US protests are part of a growing global movement that has taken 
international law into its own hands because governments have not. And, 
especially since the attacks on Gaza, the boycotts have been biting. 

There are three reasons why. 

First, boycotts enable ordinary citizens to take direct action. For instance, 
the New York group Adalah decided to target diamond merchant Lev Leviev, whose 
profits are plowed into colonising the West Bank. 

During the Christmas season, they sing carols with the words creatively altered 
to urge shoppers to boycott his Madison Avenue store. 

The British group Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine teamed up 
with Adalah and others to exert public pressure on the British government 
regarding Leviev. The British Embassy in Tel Aviv recently cancelled plans to 
rent premises from Leviev's company Africa-Israel. 

There are other results. Activists in Britain have targeted the supermarket 
chain Tesco to stop the sales of Israeli goods produced in settlements. 

In a video of one action - over 38,000 YouTube views to date - Welsh activists 
load up a trolley with settlement products and push it out of the shop without 
paying. 

All the while, they calmly explain to the camera just what they are doing and 
why, as they pour red paint over the produce - and as British Bobbies quietly 
lead them away to a police van. 

The result of such consumer boycotts? A fifth of Israeli producers have 
reported a drop in demand since the assault on Gaza, particularly in Britain 
and Scandinavia. 

The second reason boycotts are effective is the visible role of Jewish human 
rights advocates, making it harder for Israel to argue that these actions are 
anti-Semitic. 

For example, British architect Abe Hayeem, an Iraqi Jew, describes in a 
passionate column in the British Guardian exactly how Leviev tramples on 
Palestinian rights, and warns Israeli architects involved in settlements that 
they will be held to account by their international peers. 

In the US, Jewish Voice for Peace has led an ongoing campaign to stop 
Caterpillar from selling bulldozers to Israel, which militarises them and uses 
them in home demolitions and building the separation wall. 

The third, key, reason for the growing success of this global movement is the 
determined leadership of Palestinian civil society. The spark was lit at the 
world conference against racism in Durban in 2001. In 2004, Palestinian civil 
society launched an academic and cultural boycott that is having an impact. 

In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society coalitions, organisations, and 
unions from the occupied territories, within Israel, and in exile issued a 
formal call for an international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions 
(BDS) until Israel abides by international law. 

The call sets out clear goals for the movement and provides a framework for 
action. 

In November 2008, Palestinian NGOs helped convene an international BDS 
conference in Bilbao, Spain, to adopt common actions. This launched a Derail 
Veolia campaign. The French multinational corporation, together with another 
French company, Alstom, is building a light railway linking East Jerusalem to 
illegal settlements. 

The light rail project was cited by the Swedish national pension fund in its 
decision to exclude Alstom from its US$15 billion portfolio, and by the 
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in its decision not to further consider 
Veolia's bid for a $1.9 billion waste improvement plan. There were active 
grassroots campaigns in both areas. 

Other hits: Veolia lost the contract to operate the city of Stockholm subway 
and an urban network in Bordeaux. Although

Bismillah [IslamCity] Islam means ?

2009-06-01 Thread ***hajikhan***

 

 
Sayyiduna Umar (RadhiAllaho anho) narrates
that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:
 
Islam means that you bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship except Allah
and Muhammad is His Messenger,
and to establish Salat,
and pay Zakat,
and fast in the month of Ramadan,
and to perform Hajj to the House of Allah
if you are able to do so.
 
{ Muslim }
 

 

 



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Bismillah [IslamCity] Part 3: Who are the scholars and from whom should knowledge be taken?

2009-06-01 Thread Albaseerah.Org

asalamualikum...

*Who are the scholars and from whom should knowledge be taken?*
by *Shaykh Ahmed Muhammed Al-Munayee حفظه الله*
on Sunday, June 18, 2006
http://www.albaseerah.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1910

*Mujtahid al-Muqayyid* – Those restricted in their *ijtihaad*.
We have the second group which is below the first. It is the level of
the *mujtahid
al-muqayyid* i.e. one who is *limited* in his *ijtihaad*. He benefits from
the different opinions that we have, and also perhaps from his madhab, from
the principles of Islaamic Jurisprudence and the discussions in the other
branches of learning. He uses these to draw analogies to help him deal with
different circumstances. He does not necessarily have a lot of evidences and
he is not just blindly-following an individual. His ability is limited. This
person normally invites to *his* madhab (words unclear) and they are of
different levels.
For this reason the madhaahib (schools of thought) that we have legally,
although they have different deductions in terms of law, they are all taken
from the Sunnah of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم and also there is the
ijmaa’ of the People of Knowledge which is used in terms of evidences.

*Mujtahid *
There is a third level – the *mujtahid* who is actually *following a
specific imaam*. At this level the individual usually takes from a
particular scholar and normally does not go beyond the imaam that he takes
from.

*Other than them*
We have another level and this is for those individuals who attribute
themselves to knowledge generally, but they have not attained a level of
those previously discussed. They are *Students of Knowledge* they go out and
they seek knowledge but their status or the level that they have attained,
is not the level of *ijtihaad*.
Then there is another level – those taking from different aspects of
learning. There are some students of knowledge who are seasoned in their
development of Islaamic learning. There are those who are intermediate and
those who are beginners. Those are two different levels also. There are also
some of the People of Knowledge who specialize in one area of learning as
opposed to another area of Islaamic learning e.g. hadith, tafsir or *Fiqh*.

*Characteristics of the Scholars*

The scholars that *should be followed* have certain qualities and
characteristics that *set them apart* from others. These qualities are as
follows:

- Memorization of the Qur’aan – from the heart.

- Memorization of the pure Sunnah of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم -
They have knowledge and understanding from the *Fiqh* of the companions
of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم and the textual evidences from the Book
and the Sunnah. They have knowledge of the understanding of the Sahaabah
which the Sahaabah took from the Qur’aan and the Sunnah.

- In spite of these scholars having understanding of the Qur’aan and the
Sunnah they take the *Fiqh* of the Sahaabah and utilize it.

- They honour the knowledge of the Qur’aan and the Sunnah of the Prophet
صلى الله عليه و سلم, holding it in high esteem. They also honour the
Sahaabah and recognize their station; and they honour those that preceded
them in knowledge from amongst the Salaf and considered their opinion also.

- They stop wherever the evidence stops. Once there is evidence they
leave aside their own opinions and statements and they adhere to the truth,
whatever it may be. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah رحمه الله points out:
*“This group is stationery wherever the daleel (evidence) is stationery
and they move with the daleel wherever the daleel moves. Once there is
evidence they adhere to it and take it and they go to it collectively and
individually.” *
The textual evidences are more magnificent in their hearts than the
statements of anyone else. They do not put any analogy or opinion before the
textual evidence.

--
Masjid Ahlul-Quraan wa As-Sunnah of New york
http://www.seekknowledge.org
http://www.albaseerah.org

Bismillah [IslamCity] Why Was the Quran Revealed in Arabic?

2009-06-01 Thread Dina Khattab

Quran (41:44)

If we made it a non-Arabic Quran they would have said, Why did it come
down in that language? Whether it is Arabic or non-Arabic, say, For those
who believe, it is a guide and healing. As for
those who disbelieve, they will be deaf and blind to it, as if they are
being addressed from faraway.


We learn from 41:44 that the sincere believers have access to the Quran,
regardless of their mother tongue. The disbelievers, on the other hand, are
not permitted access to the Quran, even if they are
professors of the Arabic language (17:45, 18:57, 41:44,  56:79).

Arabic is the most efficient language in the world, especially when it comes
to the precise statement of laws. Since the Quran is a Statute Book, it was
crucial that such laws must be clearly stated. God chose
Arabic for His Final Testament because of the obvious reason that it is the
most suitable language for that purpose. Arabic is unique in its efficiency
and accuracy. For example, the word they in English
does not tell you if they are males or females. In Arabic there is a
they for the males, HUM, and a they for the females, HUNNA.
For two females, instead of these or those there is HAATAAN and for
the two males HAATHAN. This feature does not exist in any other language
in the world. I came to appreciate this efficiency
of the Arabic language when I translated, for example, 2:228.
This verse enjoins the divorcee to give up her own wishes to divorce her
husband, if she discovers that she is pregnant, and the husband wishes to
reconcile - the welfare of the child takes a priority. The efficiency of the
Arabic language was extremely helpful in stating this law. Any other
language would have made it almost impossible to point out whose wishes are
to be superseded, at least not in such a few words as we see in 2:228.

The word Qaalataa of 28:23, for example, translates into four English
words: the two women said. Such is the efficiency of the Arabic language.

Another possible reason for choosing Arabic is the fact that He and She
do not necessarily imply natural gender. Thus, when God is referred to as
He, this does not imply gender at all. God be
glorified; He is neither male, nor female. The usage of He to refer to God
in the English language, for example, has contributed to a false image of
God. This was not helped by such distorted expressions
as Father when referring to God. You never find such a reference to God in
the Quran.

Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe.
Quran (41:44)

If we made it a non-Arabic Quran they would have said, Why did it come
down in that language? Whether it is Arabic or non-Arabic, say, For those
who believe, it is a guide and healing. As for
those who disbelieve, they will be deaf and blind to it, as if they are
being addressed from faraway.


We learn from 41:44 that the sincere believers have access to the Quran,
regardless of their mother tongue. The disbelievers, on the other hand, are
not permitted access to the Quran, even if they are
professors of the Arabic language (17:45, 18:57, 41:44,  56:79).

Arabic is the most efficient language in the world, especially when it comes
to the precise statement of laws. Since the Quran is a Statute Book, it was
crucial that such laws must be clearly stated. God chose
Arabic for His Final Testament because of the obvious reason that it is the
most suitable language for that purpose. Arabic is unique in its efficiency
and accuracy. For example, the word they in English
does not tell you if they are males or females. In Arabic there is a
they for the males, HUM, and a they for the females, HUNNA.
For two females, instead of these or those there is HAATAAN and for
the two males HAATHAN. This feature does not exist in any other language
in the world. I came to appreciate this efficiency
of the Arabic language when I translated, for example, 2:228.
This verse enjoins the divorcee to give up her own wishes to divorce her
husband, if she discovers that she is pregnant, and the husband wishes to
reconcile - the welfare of the child takes a priority. The efficiency of the
Arabic language was extremely helpful in stating this law. Any other
language would have made it almost impossible to point out whose wishes are
to be superseded, at least not in such a few words as we see in 2:228.

The word Qaalataa of 28:23, for example, translates into four English
words: the two women said. Such is the efficiency of the Arabic language.

Another possible reason for choosing Arabic is the fact that He and She
do not necessarily imply natural gender. Thus, when God is referred to as
He, this does not imply gender at all. God be
glorified; He is neither male, nor female. The usage of He to refer to God
in the English language, for example, has contributed to a false image of
God. This was not helped by such distorted expressions
as Father when referring to God. You never find such a reference to God in
the Quran.

Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe.

Bismillah [IslamCity] hadith: A child of zina (adultery, fornication)

2009-06-01 Thread Shahid

Fornication (unmarried people)

Narrated by Ahmad, Abu Dawood and Ibn Maajah from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb from his 
father from his grandfather who said: 

  The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) ruled that whoever 
is born to a slave woman who was not owned by his father, or (was born to) a 
free woman with whom (the father) committed zina, then he cannot be attributed 
to him nor can he inherit, even if the one to whom he is attributed claims him 
as a son. He is the child of fornication whether his mother was a free woman or 
a slave.  

   Ahmad (7002), Abu Dawood (2265) and Ibn Maajah (2746) 



Adultery (married people)

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, 

  The child is to be attributed to the husband and the adulterer deserves 
nothing. 

  Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2053; Muslim, 1457

Bismillah [IslamCity] 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant in central Sweden tackles centuries old math problem

2009-06-01 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec

http://www.thelocal.se/19710/20090528/

-- 
-- 

Gregory Waleed Kavalec
-
And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among
yourselves...
 -- Quran 30:21

Bismillah [IslamCity] File - Setting in receiving email

2009-05-31 Thread islamcity


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Bismillah [IslamCity] If and when......

2009-05-30 Thread chemayelraja



If and when , Israel and/or the USA
shall bomb Tehran...
and supposing that ,
 they will wipe-off  the whole of Tehran
from the map

Then ,
the 25 Synagogues of Tehran
shall also be destroyed !!



Eng. Moustafa  Roosenbloom
Double Agent
24 May 2009

Bismillah [IslamCity] How M15 blackmails british muslims

2009-05-30 Thread Aisha Abbasi

FW





*How MI5 blackmails British Muslims*
*'Work for us or we will say you are a terrorist'*

By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor
The Independent Thursday, 21 May 2009

Five Muslim community workers have accused MI5 of waging a campaign of
blackmail and harassment in an attempt to recruit them as informants.

The men claim they were given a choice of working for the Security Service
or face detention and harassment in the UK and overseas.

They have made official complaints to the police, to the body which oversees
the work of the Security Service and to their local MP Frank Dobson. Now
they have decided to speak publicly about their experiences in the hope that
publicity will stop similar tactics being used in the future.

Intelligence gathered by informers is crucial to stopping further terror
outrages, but the men's allegations raise concerns about the coercion of
young Muslim men by the Security Service and the damage this does to the
gathering of information in the future.

Three of the men say they were detained at foreign airports on the orders of
MI5 after leaving Britain on family holidays last year.

After they were sent back to the UK, they were interviewed by MI5 officers
who, they say, falsely accused them of links to Islamic extremism. On each
occasion the agents said they would lift the travel restrictions and threat
of detention in return for their co-operation. When the men refused some of
them received what they say were intimidating phone calls and threats.
Two other Muslim men say they were approached by MI5 at their homes after
police officers posed as postmen. Each of the five men, aged between 19 and
25, was warned that if he did not help the security services he would be
considered a terror suspect. A sixth man was held by MI5 for three hours
after returning from his honeymoon in Saudi Arabia. He too claims he was
threatened with travel restrictions if he tried to leave the UK.

An agent who gave her name as Katherine is alleged to have made direct
threats to Adydarus Elmi, a 25-year-old cinema worker from north London. In
one telephone call she rang him at 7am to congratulate him on the birth of
his baby girl. His wife was still seven months' pregnant and the couple had
expressly told the hospital that they did not want to know the sex of their
child.
Mr Elmi further alleges: Katherine tried to threaten me by saying, and it
still runs through my mind now: 'Remember, this won't be the last time we
ever meet.' And then during our last conversation she explained: 'If you do
not want anything to happen to your family you will co-operate.'

Madhi Hashi, a 19-year-old care worker from Camden, claims he was held for
16 hours in a cell in Djibouti airport on the orders of MI5. He alleges that
when he was returned to the UK on 9 April this year he was met by an MI5
agent who told him his terror suspect status would remain until he agreed to
work for the Security Service. He alleges that he was to be given the job of
informing on his friends by encouraging them to talk about jihad.

Mohamed Nur, 25, a community youth worker from north London, claims he was
threatened by the Security Service after an agent gained access to his home
accompanied by a police officer posing as a postman.
The MI5 agent said, 'Mohamed if you do not work for us we will tell any
foreign country you try to travel to that you are a suspected terrorist.'

Mohamed Aden, 25, a community youth worker from Camden, was also approached
by someone disguised as a postman in August last year. He alleges an agent
told him: We're going to make your travelling harder for you if you don't
co-operate.
None of the six men, who work with disadvantaged youths at the Kentish Town
Community Organisation (KTCO), has ever been arrested for terrorism or a
terrorism-related offence.

They have repeatedly complained about their treatment to the police and to
the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which oversees the work of the Security
Services.

In a letter to Lord Justice Mummery, who heads the tribunal, Sharhabeel
Lone, the chairman of the KTCO, said: The only thing these young people
have in common is that they studied Arabic abroad and are of Somali origin.
They are not involved in any terrorist activity whatsoever, nor have they
ever been, and the security services are well aware of this.

Mr Sharhabeel added: These incidents smack of racism, Islamophobia and all
that undermines social cohesion. Threatening British citizens, harassing
them in their own country, alienating young people who have committed no
crime other than practising a particular faith and being a different colour
is a recipe for disaster.

These disgraceful incidents have undermined 10 years of hard work and
severely impacted social cohesion in Camden. Targeting young people that are
role models for all young people in our country in such a disparaging way
demonstrates a total lack of understanding of on-the-ground reality and can
only be counter-productive.
When people are

Bismillah [IslamCity] Leader boycotts trade with Israel

2009-05-30 Thread Shahid

Leader boycotts trade with Israel 

13 Jan 2009 

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei says all Muslims should 
avoid buying or promoting any Israeli-linked product. 

Since the Zionists are now at war with Islam, Muslims should avoid any action 
which might bring them [Israelis] profit, Ayatollah Khamenei said Tuesday. 

Israel launched Operation Cast Lead on Dec. 27 against the Gaza Strip to put an 
end to rocket attacks against its southern towns. 

At least 940 Palestinians have been killed and some 4,100 others have been 
wounded in the Israeli offensive. 

Hamas, the democratically-elected ruler of the strip, demands a cessation of an 
18-month Israeli blockade on the impoverished coastal sliver before its 
fighters suspend retaliatory rocket attacks. 

Ayatollah Khamenei urged Muslims to refrain from any business transaction which 
could benefit the enemies of Islam. 

The purchase, import, re-import and promotion of any product whose profits 
will be given to Israeli occupiers directly or indirectly is forbidden [by 
Islamic decree] and Muslims are prohibited from doing so, the Leader said. 

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=82061sectionid=351020101

Bismillah [IslamCity] Indian Army Fears China Attack by 2017

2009-05-30 Thread Ahsan Waheed

Rahul Singh, Hindustan Times

The Indian military fears a 'Chinese aggression' in less than a
decade. A secret exercise, called 'Divine Matrix', by the army's
military operations directorate has visualised a war scenario with the
nuclear-armed neighbour before 2017.

Read Full Article :
http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/24/2860311-indian-army-fears-china-attack-by-2017

Bismillah [IslamCity] Makka -The Holy City for Muslims

2009-05-30 Thread Mr A Mra

Read out a great article on Makka  (Mecca)

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/944733/makka_the_holy_city_for_muslims_.html?cat=16

Happy Reading

Bismillah [IslamCity] 3 Who Will Not Enter Paradise‏

2009-05-30 Thread Mohammed A

The Prophet (saw) said: Whoever shows disrespect to his (or her) parents, he 
who reminds people of his charity towards them and he who is addicted to wine 
will not enter Paradise. (Ahmad)

Bismillah [IslamCity] Want To See Allah? Book Your Seat Now!!!‏

2009-05-30 Thread Mohammed A

The Prophet (saw) said: The people of Paradise cannot wait for the arrival of 
Jumuah to fill their eyes more and more with the presence of the All-Mighty 
(Allah). For this reason Jumuah has been named as the day of more (increase). 
(Tabarani) 


The people of Paradise will meet every friday, and they will be seated 
according to how close they sat to the Imam during Jumuah Khutbah, this is when 
people will see Allah. That is the greatest pleasure. People in the lowest 
Paradise will see Allah every Friday, but people in Jannah firdaws will see 
Allah twice each day, once in the morning and once in the evening.

Bismillah [IslamCity] Malay court hearing 'Allah' case

2009-05-30 Thread Shahid

Malay court hearing 'Allah' case
 

video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065597.stm


A Catholic church in Malaysia which prays to Allah has prompted a court case 
over who can use the word. 
 
Muslim leaders say Islam should be the only faith to use it, saying its use in 
other faiths could lead to confusion and conversions. 
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065597.stm
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Your Calamities Could Be Your Salvation

2009-05-30 Thread Mohammed A

The Prophet (saw) said: When Allah wants good for His slave, He hastens the 
punishment for him in this world, and when Allah wills ill for His slave, he 
withholds the punishment for his sins from him until he comes with all his sins 
on the Day of Judgement. (Tirmidhi)

Bismillah [IslamCity] Fatah facing deepest crsis ever

2009-05-30 Thread khalid amayreh

Fatah facing deepest crsis ever 

http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s72YnwYrvBbfOmVBxWp3WZrp6JsIHrxIW3P6xUX7LfU0uEEYDcIoyUPUTHjWXyTYRceW40Pwa6NyJbNwWldzDrVA0NdTjv%2bkdvf01n%2bgB%2ffLI%3d

Bismillah [IslamCity] HOW MI5 BLACKMAILS BRITISH MUSLIMS

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Bismillah [IslamCity] Grand Mufti: Islamic Ummah at a crossroads

2009-05-30 Thread Shahid

Grand Mufti: Islamic Ummah at a crossroads 
 
JEDDAH – Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Aal-Al Sheikh said here 
Saturday that the Ummah was at a crossroads, either it accepts Islam as a 
belief and sticks to it properly or surrender to the enemies and their 
conspiracies.
 
Addressing the 8th Islamic Conference of the Islamic Affairs Ministers, the 
Grand Mufti said the contemporary world was losing security in its broad 
meaning. Security is one of the greatest demands of life and necessity for all 
societies, he stressed.
 
The Grand Mufti called upon the participants to reform their societies, care 
for the Ummah and its interest, defend its causes and protect its principles. 
He said the Ummah was an inseparable part of the world thus it was suffering 
from the alliance of the foes and their attacks against Islam. He also 
highlighted the intellectual weakness which some of the sons of the Faith were 
suffering, necessitating the Ummah to unify its ranks and work hand-in-hand to 
rescue itself.
 
The conference titled “Intellectual Security and the Role of the Ministries of 
Islamic Affairs in Achieving it,” is being held under the patronage of King 
Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
 
Addressing the inaugural session, Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Sabhain, 
Conference’s Secretary General, said the conference reaffirms the sincere 
desire for communication and consultation so as to achieve the Islamic 
solidarity and spread the call of Almighty Allah. It comes at a delicate time 
beset with challenges posed by some powers advocating alien cultures and 
ideologies which have no root in Islam so as to corrupt the minds of the young 
Muslim generation, a matter that doubles the responsibility of the Ministries 
of the Islamic Affairs in the Islamic world.
 
He also referred to the decisions taken in the previous endowment conferences 
which touched on issues pertaining to the Islamic call and the influencing 
aspects in the life of the Ummah such as education. He stressed the important 
role of the Ministries of the Islamic Affairs in correcting the misconceptions 
about Islam and advocating the genuine Islamic principles derived from the Holy 
Qur’an and Prophet’s Sunna.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regconcontentID=2009052438862

Bismillah [IslamCity] Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 27

2009-05-30 Thread Dr. Adel Elsaie

Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 27

http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/islamic_youth.htm

Please remember that Monday is our Islamic Youth Awakening day.

1. Glorious Quran on Good Manners:

 If, unintentionally, any misconduct occurs by you, then correct yourself
expeditiously [3/134]
2. Words of Wisdom from Prophet Mohammad (PBUH):

O Lord, grant me your love, grant me that I love those who love you; grant
me, that I might do the deeds that win your love. Make your love dearer to
me than the love of myself, my family and wealth. (Tirmidhi)
*3. *Muhammad (PBUH), The Best Man Ever Lived:

Prophet Muhammad (SAW), the Conservationist, Our
Inspiration6http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/Muhammad/inspiration6.htm,
by Mona Ayad

4. Videos Of Prophet Muhammad:

What Michael H Hart says about Prophet
Muhammadhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINfhVcBzL0

5. Great Muslims who Changed History, Most of the companions of the Prophet
(PBUH)  were Youth:

Ali Ibn Abi Taleb (10 years old), Talhah ibn Ubaydullah (14 years old),
Said ibn Zayd ( 15 years Old), Sad ibn Abi Waqqas  (17 years old), Umar Ibn
Al Khattab (26 years old) Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf (30 years), Othman Ibn Affan
(34 years old), Abu Bakr (37 years old)

Imaam Ahmad ibn
Hanbalhttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/GreatMuslims/ahmad_ibn_hanbal.htmOne
of the renowned scholars of the four basic schools of Fiqh in Islam

6. Yes, Say it LOUD: YES ISLAM IS THE ANSWER:

If Muhammad were to Live in Europe (3), Cut Yourself Some Slack... Have a
Glass of 
Winehttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/Islam/if_muhammad_were_to_live_in_eur3.htm?
, By  Ahmad Saad

7. Islamic Inspirational Songs

Looking Glass ( REPENTANCE) ~Native
deenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5O0SqZTftE

Yes you can be strong Muslim, please sign the petition :  Muslim Youth Code
of Honorhttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/muslim_youth_code_of_honor.htm

Required a million signature each year Until that last Muslim Youth sign in.

Please circulate this posting to your brothers and sisters, Jazakum Allah
Khairan.

Please note that this posting is for adults too.

Dr. Adel Elsaie

http://www.usislam.org/

Bismillah [IslamCity] India-China Border Dispute

2009-05-30 Thread Ahsan Waheed

Globalsecurity.org

The McMahon Line boundary dispute is at the heart of relations between
China and India. China has land and sea boundary issues with 14
neighbors, mostly for historical reasons. The Chinese have two major
claims on what India deems its own territory. One claim, in the
western sector, is on Aksai Chin in the northeastern section of Ladakh
District in Jammu and Kashmir. The other claim is in the eastern
sector over a region included in the British-designated North-East
Frontier Agency, the disputed part of which India renamed Arunachal
Pradesh and made a state. In the fight over these areas in 1962, the
well-trained and well-armed troops of the Chinese People's Liberation
Army overpowered the ill-equipped Indian troops, who had not been
properly acclimatized to fighting at high altitudes.

In the early 20th Century Britain sought to advance its line of
control and establish buffer zones around its colony in South Asia. In
1913-1914 representatives of China, Tibet and Britain negotiated a
treaty in India: the Simla Convention. Sir Henry McMahon, the foreign
secretary of British India at the time, drew up the 550 mile (890 km)
McMahon Line as the border between British India and Tibet during the
Simla Conference. The so-called McMahon Line, drawn primarily on the
highest watershed principle, demarcated what had previously been
unclaimed or undefined borders between Britain and Tibet. The McMahon
line moved British control substantially northwards. The Tibetan and
British representatives at the conference agreed to the line, which
ceded Tawang and other Tibetan areas to the imperial British Empire.
However the Chinese representative refused to accept the line. Peking
claimed territory in this far north down to the border of the plain of
Assam.

The land is mostly mountainous with Himalayan ranges along the
northern borders criss-crossed with mountain ranges running
north-south. These divide the state into five river valleys: the
Kameng, the Subansiri, the Siang, the Lohit and the Tirap. High
mountains and dense forests have prevented intercommunication between
tribes living in different river valleys. The geographical isolation
thus imposed has led different tribes to elove their own dialects and
grow with their distinct identities. Nature has endowed the Arunachal
people with a deep sense of beauty which finds delightful expression
in their songs, dances and crafts.

A slow forward move towards the McMahon Line was begun on the ground,
to establish a new de facto boundary. The McMahon Line was then
forgotten until about 1935 when the British government decided to
publish the documents in the 1937 edition of Aitchison's Collection of
Treaties. The NEFA (North East Frontier Agency) was created in 1954.
On 7 November 1959, Chou En-lai proposed that both sides should
withdraw their troops twenty kilometres from the McMahon line. The
issue was quiet during the decade of cordial Sino-Indian relations,
but erupted again during the Sino-Indian War of 1962. During the 1962
war, the PRC captured most of the NEFA. However, China soon declared
victory and voluntarily withdrew back to the McMahon Line.

China is in occupation of approximately 38,000 sq. kms of Indian
territory in Jammu and Kashmir. In addition, under the so-called
China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963, Pakistan ceded 5,180 sq.
kms. of Indian territory in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to China. China
claims approximately 90,000 sq. kms. of Indian territory in Arunachal
Pradesh and about 2000 sq. kms. in the Middle Sector of the
India-China boundary. Beijing has stated that it does not recognise
Arunachal Pradesh.

The border between China and India has never been officially
delimited. China's position on the eastern part of the border between
the two countries is consistent. Not a single Chinese government
recognizes the illegal McMahon Line. For China, the McMahon Line,
stands as a symbol of imperialist aggression on the country. The
so-called Arunachal Pradesh dispute is China's most intractable
border issue. Because the gap between the positions of China and India
is wide, it is difficult for both nations to reach consensus. The area
of this disputed region is three times that of Taiwan, six times that
of Beijing and ten times that of the Malvenas islands, disputed by
Britain and Argentina. It is flat and rich in water and forest
resources.

Arunachal Pradesh is the only issue which has a potential for conflict
between India and China. If ever, India and China go to war one day,
it will be on this issue. India considers recurring Sino-Indian border
clashes a potential threat to its security. Since the war, each side
continued to improve its military and logistics capabilities in the
disputed regions. China has continued its occupation of the Aksai Chin
area, through which it built a strategic highway linking Xizang and
Xinjiang autonomous regions. China had a vital military interest in
maintaining control over this region, whereas

Bismillah [IslamCity] Nakba at 61 --Palestinian tragedy

2009-05-30 Thread S A Hannan

Dear members,
 
Assalamu Alaikum.Please read this tragic story.
 
Shah Abdul Hannan
 
 
  _  



Nakba at 61 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/948/re3.htm

While its founders believed that the violence and racism at the heart of
Israel's birth would be forgotten, it isn't and never will be, writes
Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem 
  _  

As they do every year, Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line that
separates the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Israel have been
commemorating the passage of 61 years since mainly East-European Zionist
Jews created the Jewish state on 78 per cent of the Palestinian national
homeland.
This year, the commemoration affirmed a renewed determination to uphold
the right of return for as many as five million Palestinian refugees
whose forefathers were expelled from -- and often massacred into fleeing
-- their ancestral motherland.
Al-Ahram Weekly spoke to some elderly Palestinians who survived the
Nakba, or catastrophe, which a growing number of Palestinians are now
referring to as the Palestinian holocaust.
Mohamed Abu Sharar, who fought alongside the Egyptian army outside the
village of Falluja under the command of Gamal Abdel-Nasser, vividly
remembers the massacre of his fellow villagers at Al-Dawayema, a few
kilometres southwest of Falluja.
The Jews killed anyone they saw, they broke the heads of children, cut
open the bellies of women with bayonets. They even raped some women
before murdering them, said the now 100 years old Abu Sharar.
He tearfully recounted how Israeli soldiers mercilessly massacred dozens
of fleeing families that had found shelter at a cave outside
Al-Dawayema.
The Jews ordered them to come out of the cave and get into a row and
start walking. And when they started walking, they sprayed them with
machinegun fire from two sides, annihilating them all. A woman who
pretended to be dead survived.
The same fate met some 75 elderly Sufis who had come to the local
mosque, known as Masjid Al-Darawish. A contingent of Israeli soldiers
arrived at the mosque shortly before Friday's congregational prayer, and
riddled all 75 with bullets. Not a single one escaped death.
The Weekly asked the century-old Palestinian what was his wish after all
these years. My wish has remained unchanged, it is to return to my
village, to die and be buried there.
Asked if he would accept compensation for his lost property at the
village of Al-Dawayema, Abu Sharar said: It is not a matter of property
and compensation. This is my country, my history, my home, my childhood
memories. My father is buried there, so is his father and grandfather.
Would you trade the grave of your father for all the money in the
world?
The last phrase is what irks the Israelis more than anything else. To be
sure, in 1948, both Arabs and Jews miscalculated. The Arabs never
thought in their worst nightmares that things would turn out as they
have; that Israel would take over the rest of Palestine and the
refugees' exile would continue so long. Similarly, the Zionist
leadership, mesmerised by arrogance and self-absorption, never thought
that the refugees' plight would continue to be relevant 61 years later.
Some Israeli leaders thought the old would die, and the young would
forget.
Today, with hopes for a just peace in Palestine dissipating,
Palestinians are more determined than ever to cling to the right of
return as the soul and heart of their enduring cause. Moreover, many
Palestinians consider the right of return as a moral asset of immense
and sacred importance.
A few years ago, particularly during the height of the false euphoria
accompanying the Oslo peace process, some Palestine Liberation
Organisation figures showed a certain willingness to compromise the
right of return. Indeed, some Palestinian Authority (PA) officials went
as far as reaching and signing understandings with Israeli figures
that implicitly recognised that the refugees wouldn't be able to return
to their homes in what is now Israel in the context of any final status
settlement between Israel and the PA.
Now, thanks to the failure of the peace process and also to Hamas's
strong standing in the Palestinian national arena, no Palestinian leader
or official dares utter a word that might suggest a willingness to
compromise on the right of return, as this would be political suicide,
both for individuals and political factions. With the right of return
becoming a conspicuous feature of Palestinian national discourse, some
Israeli leaders are trying nervously to cut that right by force.
Last week, the extremist party of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman,
Yisrael Beiteinu, proposed a ban on the commemoration of the Nakba by
the 1.5 million Palestinians who are Israeli citizens. The proposal drew
angry reaction from Palestinian leaders inside Israel, with Arab Knesset
member Ahmed Teibi calling it a pathetic attempt to deny history.
Instead of coming to terms with historical facts, the fascists in
Israel are trying obliterate

Bismillah [IslamCity] Arabic Language Lesson 12: Masculine/Feminine Verb and Relative Pronoun

2009-05-27 Thread Waseem Anwar

 



















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(١۲) الْدرسُ الْثَّانِي عَشَرَ - Lesson 12































 



In this lesson we will learn the following things Insha'Allah:

In the first part of the lesson, we will learn how to have a dialogue in Arabic



We will also learn how to convert a masculine verb into a feminine verb (see 
below):



English

Arabic

Gender (Grammatical Term):

He went
ذَهَبَ
الْفِعْلُ الْمُذَّكَرُ

Masculine Verb

She went
ذَهَبَتْ
الْفِعْلُ الْمُؤَنَثُ

Feminine Verb

You (masculine) went
ذَهَبْتَ
الْفِعْلُ الْمُذَّكَرُ

Masculine Verb

You (feminine) went
ذَهَبْتِ
الْفِعْلُ الْمُؤَنَثُ

Feminine Verb



We will also learn the feminine form of the Relative Pronoun. We have already 
learnt the masculine form of the Relative Pronoun الَّذِيِ in Lesson 09 section 
004  We know that a relative pronoun is a pronoun used to show the reference or 
relation between the nouns. The Relative Pronoun is called الإِسْمُ 
الْمَوْصُوْلُ in Arabic. If the pronoun refers to a human being it is to be 
translated who and if it refers to non human beings it is translated which.



Relative Pronoun
الإِسْمُ الْمَوْصُوْلُ

Who (for human beings)
الَّتِي

Which/That (for non human beings)

Bismillah [IslamCity] FW: press statement from Joint Committee of Muslim Organisations for Empowerment (JCMOE)

2009-05-27 Thread S A Hannan

-- Forwarded message --
From: syed shahabuddin syedshahabuddine...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Subject: press statement

Joint Committee of Muslim Organisations for Empowerment (JCMOE)
D-250, Abul Fazal Enclave, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi - 10025
Ph: 26946780, Fax: 26947346
Convener
Syed Shahabudin 
Statement 
JCMOE Felicitates the INC and the UPA Government and Offers its Best
Wishes for a Successful Term in the Service of the Common Man

New Delhi, 21 May, 2009: Syed Shahabuddin, the Convener of JCMOE, has
issued the following statement:

The JCMOE offers it warm felicitations to the Indian National Congress
for its historic success in the General Election 2009 under the
leadership of Madam Sonia Gandhi and Dr. Manmohan Singh.
. 
The JCMOE wishes them success in implementing the Manifesto of the party
and completing the unfinished agenda of the last term. 

The JCMOE, however, regrets, the poor representation of the Muslim
community in the newly elected Parliament and attributes it to the low
number of Muslim candidates fielded by the secular parties, the
competition among secular parties for Muslim votes and division of
Muslim votes at the constituency level on the basis of sects and
'baradaris'.  The JCMOE feels  that our democratic and order secular
will shine only when Muslims and other  religious minorities are fully
represented in the political system. 

The JCMOE expects due representation of the minorities in the Council of
Ministers,  particularly in the ministries and departments of special
concern to them, like the Human Resource Development, Home Affairs, Law
and Judiciary ,  Information and Broadcasting, Rural and Urban
Development, Minority Welfare, Finance and Planning etc. 

The JCMOE also takes the opportunity to reiterate its request to the
Government to establish a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare
of the Minorities as well as a system of periodical consultation with
Muslim organisations of national eminence for mutual benefit. 

In particular, the JCMOE requests the Government to table the Report of
Jusctice  Ranganath Mishra Commission in  the parliament to facilitate
the evolution of a national consensus on its recommendations specially
on the question of reservation in higher education, public employment,
bank credit flow and social development benefits. 

The JCMOE also requests that at least once a year the Parliament should
hold a Discussion on the Situation of the Minorities in the light of the
annual reports of various official bodies and programmes like the PM's
New 15 point Programme for the  Welfare of the Minorities , the National
Commission for Minorities, the Central Wakf Council, the Maulana Azad
Foundation, the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities and the National
Minorities Finance and Development Corporation. 

The JCMOE recalls the repeated call of the PM for inclusive development
with social justice and for power sharing and expresses the hope that
with political stability, he shall be able to lead the country forward
on his chosen path for the welfare of the Aam Admi and the deprived
masses which include 80% of the Muslim Community. 

The JCMOE invokes the blessing of Allah for the progress and prosperity
of the people, for social peace and communal harmony and for friendly
relations with our neighbours.  

(Syed Shahabuddin) 
Convener

Bismillah [IslamCity] Imams of Holy Mosques in live conference

2009-05-27 Thread Shahid

Imams of Holy Mosques in live conference 

A TWO days conference dedicated to the Book of Allah is being held in New York 
on May 23-24. Imams of the Two Holy Mosques will address via live 
video-telecast. 
The conference - organized by Masjid Ahlul-Qur'an wa As-Sunnah and 
albaseerah.org - will be available for international audience live on the 
website albaseerah.org. 

Sheikh Abdul Rahman As-Sudais, Imam of the Grand Mosque at Makkah, will be 
speaking on Saturday, the 23rd at 9:30 P.M., while Sheikh Ali Al-Hudhaifi, Imam 
of Prophet's Mosque, will speak on Sunday, the 24th at 9:30 P.M. Lectures will 
be simultaneously translated into English.

Several other American graduates of Islamic universities will also be 
presenting their address. Should any problems be faced in the live telecast, 
Albaseerah says it will upload the recorded lectures at the earliest possible 
time.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regconcontentID=2009052238660

Bismillah [IslamCity] Sharing accommodation available in Sharjah behind Mega mall

2009-05-27 Thread Shakeel Ahmad

-- Forwarded message --
From: Mohammad Haroon haroo...@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:01 PM

Dear all,
Assalamo Alaikum. Furnished single room is available in a flat with AC and
kitchen facility, for a *Urdu speaking Indian Muslim executive or small
family* for rent, pls contact on 050-4518317
Location: Abu Shagara, near Mega Mall, Sharjah

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Bismillah [IslamCity] When A Child Dies‏

2009-05-27 Thread Mohammed A

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When 
a child dies, Allaah says to His angels, ‘You have taken the child of My 
slave.’ They say, ‘Yes.’ He says, ‘You have taken the apple of his eye.’ They 
say, ‘Yes.’ He says, ‘What did My slave say?’ They say, ‘He praised yoau and 
said “In naa lil laa hi wa inna ilay hi raa ji’oon (Verily, to Allaah we belong 
and to Him we shall return).’ Allaah says, ‘Build for My slave a house in 
Paradise and call it the house of praise.’ (Al-Tirmidhi)

Bismillah [IslamCity] Without the FBI........

2009-05-27 Thread chemayelraja



 
a terrorist
disguised as a US- president
 
 
 
 
Very recently 5 Muslims-persons in the USA
were caught preparing to bomb a Synagogue.
 
4 were US citizens
and the fifth was from the Caribbeans.
 
But ,
all five of them were recruited, fooled ,
motivated, trained and armed
by the FBI under-cover-agents...
 
 
 
Conclusion :
 Without the FBI ,
we would not have any terrorists  !! 
 
 
 
 
Sherlock Hommos
Terrorist-recruiter
22 of May 2009

Bismillah [IslamCity] Fw: Jefferson Fellowships

2009-05-27 Thread Abul Alibasa




 
 
Abulkhair ABUL M. Alibasa
Young Muslim Peace Advocate/
Coordinator, BSGN-Lanao
Marawi City, Philippines
Mobile phone: +63-916-9032-197
Email add: abulkhair_yo...@yahoo.com, abulkhai...@yahoo.com.ph
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You must be the CHANGE you wish to see in the World.
-Gandhi

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To:
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The Jefferson Fellowships program was launched in 1967 to enhance public 
understanding through the news media of cultures, issues and trends in the Asia 
Pacific region, broadly defined as Asia, the Pacific Islands and the United 
States.
 
The Fellowships provide U.S. and Asia Pacific journalists with an opportunity 
to broaden their understanding of Asia Pacific issues and build a professional 
network through one week of dialogue with professional colleagues and experts 
at the East-West Center, followed by a two-week study tour to cities in Asia or 
the U.S. 
 
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Bismillah [IslamCity] GREAT NEWS

2009-05-27 Thread Zaras Kitchen

A-Ssalaam-O-Alaykom,


*Great News *


Hope you all know about the Denmark newspaper which made fun of

our Holy Prophet (S.A.W.A.) and till now they have not regretted it ...

let us make them regret it for good ... The Danish Ambassador, Prime
Minister

and Denmark National Channel all, since last month, have been trying to do

something to stop the boycott by Muslims through which their losses have

reached 4 billion Euros. If we continue to boycott Danish products 7 more
months,

it could reach around 80 billion Euros loss. Believers! do not let this
message

stop in your PC. Please forward this text to as many Muslims as possible ...


Can't u spare 5 minutes in order to spread this message among Muslims ...
ASAP?

REMEMBER, THE PROPHET (S.A.W.A.) MIGHT ASK YOU ON THE DAY

OF JUDGMENT,'WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN THEY MADE FUN OF ME?

HOW DID YOU DEFEND ME?'



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Bismillah [IslamCity] The Voting for Sharia in Somalia

The Voting for Sharia in Somalia

Anwar alAwlaki - April-20-2009 

The Somali parliament has voted unanimously for the implementation of Sharia 
which is seen as good news by many in the Muslim world - and it is - as it 
reflects the desire of the Somali people to live by the laws of Allah.

However there are some issues that need to be highlighted. 

First, there is a fundamental problem with the procedure in which the decision 
was made. The law of Allah should not be voted over. To give the people the 
choice whether to apply  Sharia or not reflects a fundamental problem in the 
understanding of Tawhid.

Allah says: But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you 
(O Muhammad SAW) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no 
resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission. 
(An-Nisa 4:65)

So people cannot be believers until they submit to the law of Allah and accept 
it without any reservations. The Islamic government exists to impose Sharia 
rather than submit it to a vote. Therefore a government that declares that it 
will accept the results of a vote for Sharia, even if the results are not to 
implement it, is by necessity a non-Islamic government.

Second, the Sharif government is using its application of Sharia to convince 
the other resistance groups to lay down their arms and join the government. But 
from a Sharia point of view the objectives of the Jihad in Somalia have not 
been achieved yet and therefore the Jihad of these groups needs to carry on. 
Yes, the implementation of Sharia is the most important of these objectives, 
however, the Sharif government cannot be seen as a valid government for three 
main reasons. The first: Just as it applied Sharia by a vote it could dismantle 
Sharia by a vote. They have not implemented Sharia as a matter of principle but 
because it is the will of the people and therefore the Sharif government is 
closer to being a democratic government than it being an Islamic one. Second: 
The Sharif government is still allowing the existence of a foreign invading 
force represented in the forces of the African Union. The Jihad in Somalia 
should carry on until the last AU soldier leaves the country and any forces 
that side with the AU -including the Sharif government- become legitimate 
targets. And third: The Sharif government is basing its foreign relations with 
the outside world on a nationalistic basis rather that an Islamic one. The 
support it receives from the US, the EU and the UN is a reflection of it being 
a tool to advance the imperialistic interests of the West and to eradicate the 
strong Jihad movement in the country.

Therefore, even though it is good news for the ummah that Sharia will be 
implemented again in Somalia but we should not see this as an end to the 
struggle to establish an Islamic state and community and to free the country 
from foreign intervention and corruption.

http://www.anwar-alawlaki.com/?p=119

Bismillah [IslamCity] Ohio Christian school tells student to skip prom

Anyone who promotes righteousness is branded a fundamentalist, extremist, etc. 
No wonder more Muslims are branded this title so often.



Ohio Christian school tells student to skip prom
May 8, 2009
FINDLAY, Ohio - A student at a fundamentalist Baptist school that forbids 
dancing, rock music, hand-holding and kissing will be suspended if he takes his 
girlfriend to her public high school prom, his principal said.

Despite the warning, 17-year-old Tyler Frost, who has never been to a dance 
before, said he plans to attend Findlay High School's prom Saturday.

Frost, a senior at Heritage Christian School in northwest Ohio, agreed to the 
school's rules when he signed a statement of cooperation at the beginning of 
the year, principal Tim England said.

The teen, who is scheduled to receive his diploma May 24, would be suspended 
from classes and receive an incomplete on remaining assignments, England 
said. Frost also would not be permitted to attend graduation but would get a 
diploma once he completes final exams. If Frost is involved with alcohol or sex 
at the prom, he will be expelled, England said.

Frost's stepfather Stephan Johnson said the school's rules should not apply 
outside the classroom.

He deserves to wear that cap and gown, Johnson said.

Frost said he thought he had handled the situation properly. Findlay requires 
students from other schools attending the prom to get a signature from their 
principal, which Frost did.

I expected a short lecture about making the right decisions and not doing 
something stupid, Frost said. I thought I would get his signature and that 
would be the end.

England acknowledged signing the form but warned Frost there would be 
consequences if he attended the dance. England then took the issue to a school 
committee made up of church members, who decided to threaten Frost with 
suspension.

In life, we constantly make decisions whether we are going to please self or 
please God. (Frost) chose one path, and the school committee chose the other, 
England said.

The handbook for the 84-student Christian school says rock music is part of 
the counterculture which seeks to implant seeds of rebellion in young people's 
hearts and minds.

England said Frost's family should not be surprised by the school's position.

For the parents to claim any injustice regarding this issue is at best 
forgetful and at worst disingenuous, he said. It is our hope that the student 
and his parents will abide by the policies they have already agreed to.

The principal at Findlay High School, whose graduates include Pittsburgh 
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, said he respects, but does not agree 
with, Heritage Christian School's view of prom.

I don't see (dancing and rock music) as immoral acts, Craig Kupferberg said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090508/ap_on_re_us/us_school_dance_flap

Bismillah [IslamCity] Muslim Brotherhood Falters as Egypt Outflanks Islamists

2009-05-26 Thread Hasan Essa





MIDDLE EAST NEWS MAY 15, 2009
Muslim Brotherhood Falters as Egypt Outflanks Islamists


Article
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By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is on the defensive, its 
struggles reverberating throughout Islamist movements that the secretive 
organization has spawned world-wide.
 
Just recently, the Brothers' political rise seemed unstoppable. Candidates 
linked with the group won most races they contested in Egypt's 2005 
parliamentary elections, gaining a record 20% of seats. Across the border in 
Gaza, another election the following year propelled the Brotherhood's 
Palestinian offshoot, Hamas, into power.


Egypt's 'Brothers' Hit Bump






View SlideshowDominic Nahr for The Wall Street Journal
A family in downtown Cairo.

More photos and interactive graphics
Since then, Egypt's government jailed key Brotherhood members, crimped its 
financing and changed the constitution to clip religious parties' wings. The 
Brotherhood made missteps, too, alienating many Egyptians with saber rattling 
and proposed restrictions on women and Christians. These setbacks have 
undermined the group's ability to impose its Islamic agenda on this country of 
81 million people, the Arab world's largest.
 
When we're not advancing, we are retreating. And right now we are not 
spreading, we are not achieving our goals, the Brotherhood's 
second-in-command, Mohamed Habib, said in an interview.
 
Across the Muslim world, authoritarian governments, Islamist revivalists and 
liberals often fight for influence. Egypt is a crucial battleground. A decline 
of the Brotherhood here, with its shrill anti-Israeli rhetoric and intricate 
ties to Hamas, strengthens President Hosni Mubarak's policy of engagement with 
the Jewish state. It could also give him more room to work with President 
Barack Obama, who is scheduled to visit Egypt next month, on reviving the 
Arab-Israeli peace process.
 
Brotherhood leaders caution against reading too much into the current troubles, 
saying the 81-year-old group has bounced back from past challenges. Others say 
the government's suppression of the Brotherhood, Egypt's main nonviolent 
opposition movement -- paired with arrests of Mr. Mubarak's secular foes -- can 
unleash more radical forces.
 
If it continues this way, it's very dangerous and could lead to the return of 
extremism and terrorism in Egypt, says Ayman Nour, a liberal politician who 
ran for president against Mr. Mubarak in 2005 and was later imprisoned on 
campaign-fraud charges that the U.S. government condemned as politically 
motivated.
 
Formed in 1928 amid a backlash against European colonialism, the Muslim 
Brotherhood remains a deeply entrenched force, with hundreds of thousands of 
members and affiliates across the Middle East. Operating under the slogan 
Islam Is the Solution, it aims to establish an Islamic state governed by 
religious law.
 
The Brotherhood engaged in assassinations and bombings in the past, and one of 
its ideologues, Sayyid Qutb, developed a radical theology that still motivates 
jihadi groups such as al Qaeda. Since the 1970s, however, the Egyptian 
Brotherhood renounced violence and rejected Mr. Qutb's more fiery theories. It 
has focused instead on building an Islamic society from the bottom up, through 
proselytizing, social work and political activism.
Biggest Opposition Bloc
Though it is outlawed by the Egyptian state, the Brotherhood operates here more 
or less in the open. It maintains hundreds of offices and fields electoral 
candidates. In part thanks to American pressure to liberalize Egypt's 
authoritarian political system, these candidates -- running as independents -- 
were allowed to contest 145 seats, almost one-third of the total, in 
parliamentary elections in November and December 2005.
By winning 88 races, the Brotherhood cemented its role as Egypt's dominant 
opposition force. The next-biggest opposition faction, the liberal Wafd party, 
garnered just seven seats.
 
The poll results, and the subsequent Hamas takeover in the Gaza Strip, provoked 
a government counterattack. In 2007, Egypt amended its constitution, skewing 
future representation in favor of registered parties and against independents, 
the only candidates the outlawed Brotherhood can field. When local council 
elections, initially due for 2006, were finally held last year, the state 
disqualified most Brotherhood candidates. The group boycotted.
 
Mr. Habib, the Brotherhood's white-haired deputy chief, says its candidates are 
unlikely to win more than five to 10 seats in parliamentary elections slated 
for next year.
 
The regime launched a wave of arrests and military trials against the group, as 
well, the harshest such security clampdown on the Brotherhood in decades. This 
dragnet ensnared thousands of rank-and-file members.
 
It also netted some Brotherhood leaders who ran the financial apparatus that 
funnels millions of dollars in donations and investment

Bismillah [IslamCity] Muslim Demographics

2009-05-26 Thread Ahumanb

Muslim Demographics
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU

Bismillah [IslamCity] The sweetness of Islamic faith

The sweetness of Islamic faith

Adil Salahi | Arab News

 
Anas ibn Malik quotes the Prophet (peace be upon him) as saying: Any person 
who combines these three qualities will experience the sweetness of faith: 1) 
that God and His messenger are dearer to him than anything else; 2) that his 
love of others is purely for God's sake; and 3) that he hates to relapse into 
disbelief as much as he hates to be thrown in the fire. (Related by 
Al-Bukhari).

The first thing to note in this Hadith is that certain qualities are necessary 
before a person experiences the sweetness of faith. This suggests that a person 
may look at the message of Islam and find it reasonable and logical. He 
declares himself a believer and expresses his unhesitating belief in God's 
oneness and in Prophet Muhammad's message. Such a person is a Muslim, no doubt. 
He earns the reward of believers. However, he needs to do more in order to 
experience what the Prophet describes as the sweetness of faith.

Such sweetness is like the fruit of a tree. Thus, when one is convinced of the 
truth of faith, that person has planted a shoot, which one needs to nurture and 
look after so that it grows into a tree and produces its fruits. Nurturing the 
tree of faith is by fulfilling God's orders, doing what He wants us to do and 
refraining from what He has forbidden us. Indeed when a believer begins to do 
that, committing himself to do what God has bidden, he will soon find the 
effects of such commitment within himself and in his life generally because God 
only orders us to do what is good for us, and He forbids us only what is evil 
and harmful to us or others. Thus, such committed person will realize that his 
commitment brings him increasing benefits in this present life, in addition to 
what he hopes to receive of God's reward. He would then love his commitment and 
do it more than willingly.

Islam forbids all intoxicating drinks, putting extra emphasis on even tasting 
an alcoholic drink. Take the case of a young Muslim studying in Europe or 
America. He may find himself among a group of friends who are all drinking. 
They try to persuade him to have a small glass of wine, concentrating on its 
benefits and saying that drinking in moderation causes no harm. He may feel 
tempted to join, but then he looks at one of his friends on whom the effects of 
alcohol are beginning to tell and realizes how that person is starting to lose 
control of himself. Our Muslim friend will then step back, finding extra 
strength to resist the temptation. The more he reflects on the effects of 
drinking the greater is his love of the Islamic way that forbids all alcoholic 
drinks, even in the smallest measure. His commitment to do God's bidding grows 
always stronger. It is such strong commitment that is the mark of his love of 
God and His messenger. 

The two other qualities develop in consequence of the first. A Muslim's 
commitment to obey God in all that He bids us to do or refrain from will begin 
to influence his social life. His relations with other people will put much 
importance on their attitude to Islam and Islamic life. He will love those who 
do what He does of obeying God and following the Prophet's guidance. His 
relationship with them will be based on the fact that they share a commitment 
and a method of living that places obedience to God as paramount. They will all 
feel a bond uniting them in a cause that brings only goodness in human life. 
Such bond generates a sort of happiness that envelops them all, a happiness 
that can transform every human society and bring the best out of it.

Experiencing all this, a true believer is always increasingly happy with his 
faith and way of life. He will not barter it for anything on earth. He realizes 
that this happy life will also bring him far superior happiness in the life to 
come. He cannot imagine himself going back to disbelief. Indeed, to him the 
very thought is so repugnant that he would prefer to be thrown in the fire 
rather than be an unbeliever.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=5section=0article=120209d=22m=3y=2009

Bismillah [IslamCity] Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 25

2009-05-26 Thread Dr. Adel Elsaie

Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 25

http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/islamic_youth.htm

Please remember that Monday is our Islamic Youth Awakening day.

1. Glorious Quran on Good Manners:

 Do not verge upon any immodesty or lewdness whether surreptitious or overt
[6/151].
2. Words of Wisdom from Prophet Mohammad (PBUH):

If you do not feel ashamed of anything, then you can do whatever you like.
(Abu-Masud: Bukhari)
*3. *Muhammad (PBUH), The Best Man Ever Lived:

Prophet Muhammad (SAW) the Modest, Our
Inspiration5http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/Muhammad/inspiration5.htm,
by Mona Ayad

4. Videos Of Prophet Muhammad:

If Prophet Muhammad PBUH visited
Youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIUFjY38F5w,
What would you do?

5. Great Muslims who Changed History, Most of the companions of the Prophet
(PBUH)  were Youth:

Ali Ibn Abi Taleb (10 years old), Talhah ibn Ubaydullah (14 years old),
Said ibn Zayd ( 15 years Old), Sad ibn Abi Waqqas  (17 years old), Umar Ibn
Al Khattab (26 years old) Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf (30 years), Othman Ibn Affan
(34 years old), Abu Bakr (37 years old)
Adiyy ibn Hatim
http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/GreatMuslims/adiyy_ibn_hatim.htmSon of
the famous Hatim at-Taai who was known far and wide for his chivalry and
fabulous generosity.

6. Yes, Say it LOUD: YES ISLAM IS THE ANSWER:

If Muhammad Were to Live in Europe (Part 2) , What Would Ramadan Be
Likehttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/Islam/if_muhammad_were_to_live_in_eur2.htm?,
By  Ahmad Saad

7. Islamic Inspirational Songs

Native Deen- Trust in God, You will be Successful in
Lifehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p54fLcJCft4

Yes you can be strong Muslim, please sign the petition :  Muslim Youth Code
of Honorhttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/muslim_youth_code_of_honor.htm

Required a million signature each year Until that last Muslim Youth sign in.

Please circulate this posting to your brothers and sisters, Jazakum Allah
Khairan.

Please note that this posting is for adults too.

Dr. Adel Elsaie

http://www.usislam.org/

Bismillah [IslamCity] the most perfect believer in faith

2009-05-26 Thread ***hajikhan***

 

 
 
Ummul Momineen
Sayyidina Aaisha (Radiyallahu anha) narrates
that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:
 
Indeed, the most perfect believer in faith is one
who has the best manners
and is the kindest to his family.
 
{ Tirmidhi }
 

 
 
 


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Bismillah [IslamCity] Virtues of Passing Away on Friday

2009-05-26 Thread Mohammed A

The Prophet (saw) said: Whoever dies on the day of al-Jumuah or on its eve 
will be protected from the torment of the grave. (Ahmed)

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