Bismillah [IslamCity] good story
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
Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] 300.000 Pigs
pig is haraam even in the bible. Die not except in the state of submission to Allah i.e islam why delay brother??life is very short On Tue, 05 May 2009 04:24:26 +0530 wrote Pigs in Egypt , What for ?? In Egypt are 300.000 pigs raised and bread and eaten by the Copts of Egypt. Myself , a Lebanese-christian did not see any pigs in my Lebanon nor did I hear of any existing ones . Although the Lebanon has the highest presence of Christians in any Arab or in any Muslim country. Yet no pigs are significantly to be found in the Lebanon !! Judaism and Islam do not allow pigs and I see not why Christian-Arabs ought to have them . No doctor , nor any nutrition-expert would tell us that Pig-meat is healthier than Lamb , Goat or Cow. As a matter of fact it is biologically and nutritionally the less healthy and the less hygienic of all meats. Having said that , I ask my Copt-brothers in Egypt : why to keep them ?? and why have they kept them for centuries ??? The tolerance of Islam did not forbid the pigs but the Copts could have gradually got rid of them, wihtout any lost nor any sacrifice . Why should I keep a pig in my garden , when my next-door-neighbour is Muslim or Jew ?? Can't we not live without Pigs ?? The last 40 years I live in Europe among a lot of Pigs , where they bother nobody. I do eat it , but when I invite a Muslim or a Jew to my house , I do not serve it. Why Egypt ?? what is the point ?? Get rid of your pigs !!! and how about getting rid also of Husny's regime too ?? both are worthless !! Sherlock Hommos May 3rd.2009
Bismillah [IslamCity] Re: [IslamCity] Can anyone help please?
Misconception # 1: It is not civilized to have more than one wife at a time. Reply: The only religious book that says: ... then marry only once is the Quran, the holy book of the Muslims. This injunction is not found in the Christian Bible in the Hindu Geeta, or in the Jewish holy book etc. In the Bible there are so many references to various prophets and kings who had numerous wives. Abraham had three wives, while King Solomon had seven hundred wives, etc. In the Hindu literature the various gods have hundreds of wives. Krishna had one thousand women and concubines. Similarly, the Jews used to marry more than once, till as late as the 1950s. None of these faiths regulated the number of wives a man could have at a time. Only Islam limits the wives to four. The monogamy that the Christians, the Hindus, and Jews practice today, is not from their religion, but from their government. So the issue of monogamy has no religious significance; it is a man-made rule. Monogamy was the result of an act of parliament, not their faith. Example: The Indian Parliament in 1954 passed the Hindu Marriage Act prohibiting the Hindu male from taking up more than one wife. The Jewish Rabbis in the 10th Century AD made monogamy a rule, although it was not enforced till as late as the 1950s. Similarly, the European countries and the American government passed laws to make monogamy the rule in their lands some time ago. Mormons still marry more than once. In Surah Nissah God allows a Muslim to marry, one, two, three or four women as long as he can do justice between them. If the man can't do justice, the exhortation for him is: ... then marry only once. Marrying more than once is not compulsory, but only an option to tide over unique circumstances that societies face from time to time. You will find in many societies today that the ratio between females and males is not 50:50. There are more females than males in Europe, USA and elsewhere. On the other hand, in India, because of the rampant female fetus abortions, the number of females is dropping, and a crisis is in the making, as not enough number of females will be available for Hindu men to marry a few years from now. The option for women in countries with a bigger female ratio than male is to share a husband with another women, to remain single, or to become public property. Become public property is a decent phrase I'm using for what it really means. Ask any woman who cannot find an unmarried man to marry, if it is a better choice to share a husband with another woman, to remain single, or to become a mere mistress. As a lawfully wedded wife she will get the same right as the first wife, get legal status for herself and her children, get inheritance rights for herself and her children, and most importantly, get respect and dignity. Becoming a mistress is no choice. In the West becoming a mistress or a girlfriend is no problem, but becoming a second wife is totally unacceptable. The government will come after you, the society will come after you... Misconception # 2: There is no equality between genders in Islam, as Islam gives men the right to have more than one wife, but does it not give the same right to women to have more than one husband. Reply: Islam does not approve of polyandry, i.e., a woman taking up more than one husband. It is the male whose children the women bear. If a woman had multiple husbands, it would not be easy to know who is the biological father of the child. When a child is conceived, God puts love and affection in the hearts of the parents so that they can bring up the child. Without this love, life cannot be sustained. But if there was dispute about who really has fathered the child, there would be no love in the heart of the fathers. Psychologists say that children who grow up without knowing who their father is, are lacking in stability and maturity. These days because of scientific progress in DNA testing, one can say who the father is; but these tests were not available for mankind till now. Islam has historically provided for peace and stability in the family, not discord. __ From: pag...@yahoo.com To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:36:07 AM Subject: Bismillah [IslamCity] Can anyone help please? I can remember that long ago in this group I read an answer on Why multiple marriage at a time for men is allowed but not for women in islam? can anyone forward this related mails to me please? Paglee (1416)
Bismillah [IslamCity] Arab writers
If good befalls you, it grieves them; but if some misfortune overtakes you, they rejoice at it. But if ye are constant and do right, not the least harm will their cunning do to you; for Allah Compasses round about all that they do Surat A'ali Imran, (the House of Imran), III, v. 119 I call on the Israeli army to crush these Palestinian terrorists who are at Iran's beck and call; chase the rebels of Hamas, annihilate its lunatics and demented leaders who are disguised as men of faith, crush them and exterminate them and teach them a lesson which they will never forget just as you taught the terrorist Hizbullah a harsh lesson in 2006 .So deliver Gaza from the grip of Hamas. These Palestinians, wherever they go, they take with them terror, corruption, trouble, tumult and ingratitude ..! These words were not written by Israeli propagandists or Zionist apologists seeking to justify the recent Israeli blitzkrieg in Gaza. They are actually the words of a Kuwaiti Arab columnist who has apparently sold his soul to the devil. I say sold his soul to the devil because when a human being transforms himself into a willful liar in the service of evil, that person, knowingly or unknowingly, loses his morality and eventually loses his humanity as well. I don't know for sure what makes such people undergo such a diabolical metamorphosis. It could be mental weakness, or a certain psychological defect that they have failed to overcome, or even a mental dysfunction. However, treachery always goes hand in hand with moral depravity and lack of self-esteem. Needless to say, a writer, or even a commoner, who gleefully rejoices over the extermination of children, as we saw recently in Gaza, has obviously banished himself from the realm of humanity. Unfortunately, there is a number of so-called Arab writers who seem to have devoted themselves to besmirching and vilifying Hamas and other Arab resistance movements, as if the right thing to do were to succumb to Zionism, the Nazi-like movement that has been murdering Palestinians, destroying their homes, stealing their land and dispersing them to the four winds. Indeed, instead of standing up for justice and identifying with the oppressed against the oppressor, as every noble human being should do, these wicked mercenaries have decided to curry favor with the Nazis of our time probably in the hope of receiving a certificate of good conduct or a citation of honor from Zionist entity. Or perhaps they hope that international Zionist circles might press award-granting bodies in the West to reward them for their treasonous behavior. Well, they have. The Israeli Foreign Ministry has already prepared a list of honor of Zionized Arab writers who are doing a marvelous job on Israel's behalf. Just watch the Zionist media these days and see how often these lowly traitors are quoted by Zionist spinners and hasbara operatives. This shows beyond doubt that these gullible little men have fully swallowed up the Zionist narrative, bait, hook, line and sinker. I understand that many of these writers are shockingly ignorant of the facts. However, there are others who know the facts very well but lack the intellectual honesty and moral rectitude to stand up for the truth. A few years ago, one of these so-called writers based in London was quoted heavily by much of the American and Israeli media when he claimed that not all Muslims are terrorists but all terrorists are Muslims. Well, I don't know what was this so-called writer smoking or drinking when he uttered this colossal mendacity, a canard that has more to do with mental diarrhea than with any genuine intellectual activity. Didn't that little man learn in school in Saudi Arabia that defending one's home, country and honor is a duty binding on all Muslims? Couldn't he bring himself to understand that a foreign occupation is actually an act of rape, and that just as rape victims have every right to fight and resist their attackers, so do people languishing under occupation have a similar right to resist their occupiers, oppressors and tormentors? Did he forget that even in America, his real god, or more correctly the god of his god, they say give me freedom or give me death. More to the point, couldn't that weak-minded charlatan realize that the invasion, occupation and destruction of sovereign nations by the US, along with the murder of hundreds of thousands of people, represented and embodied terror in its ugliest forms? I understand that certain Arabs dislike Hamas because of ideological hostility. However, I never thought in my life that an Arab and Muslim bearing the name of Abdullah or Abdul Rahman would urge Israel to annihilate Palestinians and express the wish he was an Israeli soldier slaughtering Palestinian and Lebanese children. Well, moral depravity, it seems, has no limits. I do know that the vast majority of Arabs
Bismillah [IslamCity] comprehensive dua
It was narrated that `Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) entered upon me what I was praying, and he wanted something, but I took too long, so he said: O `Aa'ishah, you should recite general and comprehensive du'aa's. When I had finished, I said: O Messenger of Allaah, what is general and comprehensive du'aa'? He said: Say: O Allaah, I ask You for all goodness, now and later on, that which I know and that which I do not know; I seek refuge in You from all evil, now and later on, that which I know and that which I do not know. I ask you for Paradise and the words and deeds that will bring me closer to it, and I seek refuge in You from Hell and from the words and deeds that would bring me closer to it. I ask You for that which Muhammad asked You for, and seek refuge in You from that from which Muhammad sought refuge; whatever You decreed for me, make its consequences good. Narrated by al-Bukhaari in al-Adab al-Mufrad (639) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Help of Allah
Companions of the Prophet Muhammad ('alaihi salato was-salam) had a great
degree of faith. The Sahabah say to the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam):
By Allah, if you were to ask us to cross this sea and you plunged into it, we
would plunge into it with you; not a man would stay behind. It is with this
faith that these men were prepared to do anything for Allah's Deen, without
worrying about the effects of any physical law. Because they know the reality
which we find difficult to accept. Ayaat of the Qur'an contain reality wisdom
in them. Allah says: Wainnahu lahaqqu al-yaqeen And Verily, it (this Quran)
is an absolute truth with certainty. [al-Haqqah - 69:51]. The laws contained
in this Qur'an are valid for all times to come, therefore we should never let
any doubt find way into our hearts. Observe the following.
But those who knew with certainty that they were to meet their Lord, said:
'How often a small group overcame a mighty host by Allahs Leave?'
And Allah is with As-Sabirin (the patient ones)
[al-Baqarah - 2:249]
...And there is no victory except from Allah.
Verily, Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
[al-Anfaal - 8:10]
O you who believe! If you help (in the cause of) Allah,
He will help you, and make your foothold firm.
[Muhammad - 47:7]
Whenever Muslims placed their Trust in Allah, Allah helped them. And whenever
they relied on the worldly materials and numbers, they were deprived of Allah's
help. Muslims lacked every material resource at Badr, but they were helped by
Allah because of their Faith in Allah. But in Hunayn Muslims were well equipped
in everything, however many of them relied on these resources until the earth
became tight for them and they realised that it is not the material things that
profit but it is the help of Allah that gives success. Therefore, a believer
does not rely on the material resources, even if the resources are in abundance.
Bismillah [IslamCity] story of Abdullah bin Hathafah
When Abdullah bin hathafah was brought before the emperor of Rome as a prisoner,he gave him a penetrating look and said;'I have a plan'. Abdullah asked him-What is your plan? He replied-I invite you to convert to christanity.If you do so,i will free you and treat you with all due respect. Abdullah answered boldly and resolutely-This is absolutely impossible.I think it is 1000 times better to die than to accept your invitation. Emperor asked-I think you are a brave man.If you accept my invitation,I am even ready to share the rule over my kingdom with you. The shackled prisoner smiled and answered;By Allah!You need not have hopes that i will turn against islam for a moment,even if you give me your kingdom plus the whole of Arabian peninsula. Emperor was enraged and shouted that he would kill him. Abdullah answered calmly-You can do whatever you please. Emperor oredered that he be put to daeth.He instructed that his feet should be fettered and he should be chained.Arrows were to be shot at him so as to pierce his palms.After this was done ,Caesar again invited him to embrace christanity.Abdullah bluntly refused.Next caesar ordered that the arrows should be aimed at his feet.Again he he was invited to embrace christanity.Abdullah refused again. Finally caesar ordered that a huge cauldron of oil be placed on a fire.Caesar ordered that abdullah should be thrown into boiling oil.when he was brought near the oil,abdullah's eyes filled with tears and brimmed over. When caesars men saw this,thay told him that the prisoner was crying.caesar thought it must be due to sheer panic. caesar said-Bring him to me. caesar again invited him to aceept christanity. but Abdullah bin hathafah refused again! Surprised caesar asked-Then why did you cry? Abdullah replied-When i saw tha scene I felt sorry that i had only 1 life.I wished that i had 1000 lives to sacrifice in your boiling couldron for Allah. Caesar was stunned momentarily into silence when he heard this. Finally he said;All right I will release you if you kiss my forehead. Abdullah asked-will you release the other Muslim prisoners as well? Then approaching Caesar he kissed him on his forehead,thinking that it would not be a big price to pay for the release of so many captured muslims. Keeping to his promise,Caesar ordered that the prisoners be given into the custody of Abdullah bin Hathafah. As soon as he got his freedom,he went to umar bin khattab and narrated to him all that happened. Umar was very happy and said-Every muslim owes a duty to Abdullah bin Hathafah and it is compulsory that each of us would kiss his forehead.I will kiss him first.
