Quoting a verse of Qur’aan as a proverb

We hear many people using Qur'aanic verses as proverbs and the like,
suchas the verses (interpretation of the meaning): "Which will neither
nourish nor avail against hunger" [al-Ghaashiyah 88:7] and "Thereof
(the earth) We created you, and into it We shall return you, and from
it We shall bring you out once again" [Ta-Ha 20:55]. That includes
Qur'aanic verses which cannot be uttered except for beneficial
purposes, not for mockery and making fun, as it is commonly quoted by
some people, either verbally or in writing. Is that permissible or
not?.
Praise be to Allaah.
There is nothing wrong with quoting Qur'aanic verses as proverbs, if
that is for a valid purpose, suchas saying This is something that
"will neither nourish nor avail against hunger" or saying "Thereof
(the earth) We created you, and into it We shall return you, and from
it We shall bring you out once again", if one wants to remind people
oftheir relationship with the earth, from which they were created and
to whichthey will return. If quotingQur'aan as a proverb is
notintended by way of mockery and making fun, there is nothing wrong
with it. But if it is done by way of mockery and making fun, as the
questioner mentions, thenthis is regarded as apostasy from Islam,
because the one who makes fun of the Qur'aan or of any mention of
Allaah, may He be glorifiedand exalted, has apostatized from Islam, as
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: "Was it at Allaah ( عز و جل ), and His Ayaat (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and His Messenger (صلى الله
عليه وسلم) that youwere mocking?"
66. Make no excuse; you disbelieved after you had believed"
[al-Tawbah 9:65-66]
It is essential to venerate and respect the Qur'aan, but that does not
mean that one cannot quote it as a proverb in a proper and respectful
manner. There is nothing wrong with that, but using it by way of
mockery and making fun is apostasy from Islam. And Allaah knows best.

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Health Benefits of Camel Milk and CamelUrine

June 18, 2012 10:09 pm
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
A sister told us a story about this individual who suffered from
cancer and doctors had said that he was in his last stages of hislife.
So a person recommended them to give mixture of camel milk and camel
urine to the patient. In just 3 days his reports came out as negative
for cancer and thepreviously bed-ridden patient was now happily
walking about!
I was a little shocked. Really? Camel urine?
But if you study Biological Sciences you wouldn't be surprised of the
immense benefits in it because Scientists are looking for treatments
in the most unimaginable of places andthey're actually finding them!
Camel urine is way better than where they areheading though. The urine
of animals whose flesh we're permitted to eat is taahir(click here to
find out more). What about those vaccines with pig's 'whatever' in
them? Pig's a 100% najas. We should be disgusted at that rather than
anything Allah-proved.
Anyway, we have a 100% belief that whatever is suggested in the Sunnah
works because Allah SWT inspired the Prophet (peace be upon him) to
sayall that he did. This is for your reference (quite amazing really
mashaa'Allah, revive the Prophetic Sunnah if you have these available
inshaa'Allah!):
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Question: I hope that you can provide me with a scientific answer – if
such knowledge is available – about the saheeh hadeeth about drinking
camel's urine. May Allaah reward you.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
The hadeeth referred to by the questioner is a saheeh hadeeth, in
which it says that some people came to Madeenah and fell sick.
TheProphet (peace and blessings of Allaah be uponhim) told them to
drink themilk and urine of camels, and they recovered and grew fat. In
the story it also says that they apostatized and killed the
camel-herder, then the Muslims caught them and executed them.
[Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2855) and Muslim (1671).]
With regard to the health benefits of drinking the milk and urine of
camels, they are many, and they are well known to the earlier
generations of medical science and they have been proven by modern
scientific research.
Ibn al-Qayyim said: The author of al-Qanoon (the Canon) – i.e. the
doctor Ibn Seena (Avicenna) – said: The most beneficial of urine is
the urine of Bedouin camels which are called najeeb. End quote.
[Zaad al-Ma'aad (4/47, 48).]
In the Emirati newspaper al-Ittihaad (issue no. 11172, Sunday 6
Muharram 1427 AH/5 February 2006) it says:
One of the most important things for which camels areraised is their
milk, which is efficacious in treating many illnesses, including
hepatitis, and the digestivesystem in general, various types of cancer
and other diseases.
In an article by Dr Ahlaam al-'Awadi, which was published in al-Da'wah
magazine, issue no. 1938, 25 Safar 1425 AH/15 April 2004 CE, about the
diseases which can be treated with camel's milk, as proven by
experience, it says that there are many benefits in camel's milk.
There follows some of what was said in the articleby Dr. Ahlaam:
Camel's urine is efficacious in the treatment of skin diseases such as
ringworm,tinea and abscesses, sores that may appear on the body and
hair, and dry andwet ulcers. Camel's urine brings the secondary
benefits of making the hairlustrous and thick, and removing dandruff
from the scalp. Camel's milk is also beneficial in treating hepatitis,
even if it has reached an advanced stagewhere medicine is unable to
treat it. End quote.
In the al-Jazeerah al-Sa'oodiyyah newspaper (issue no. 10132, Rabee'
al-Awwal 1421 AH) there isa quotation from the book Al-Ibl Asraar wa
i'jaaz (The camel: secrets and wonders) by Darmaan ibn 'Abd al-'Azeez
Aal Darmaanand Sanad ibn Mutlaq al-Subay'i:
As for camel's urine, the book suggests that it has numerous uses
which are beneficial for man. This is indicated by the Prophetic texts
and confirmed by modern science … Scientificexperiments have proven
that camel's urine has a lethal effect on the germs that cause many
diseases.
Among the uses of camel's urine, many women use it to wash their hair,
to makeit longer, and to make it lighter and more lustrous. Camel's
urine is also efficacious in the treatmentof swelling of the liver and
other diseases such as abscesses, sores that appear on the body and
toothache, and for washingeyes. End quote.
Prof. Dr. 'Abd al-Fattaah Mahmoud Idrees says:
With regard to the benefitsof camel's urine in treating disease, Ibn
Seena said in his Qanoon: The most beneficial of urine is the urine of
the Bedouin camels known as najeeb. Camel's urine is beneficial in
treating al-hazaaz, and itwas said that al-hazzaz is apain in the
heart caused byanger and so on......

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A part of a story

.....flanks every wall, aisle, nook and cranny of the gargantuan
building. No. It's daunting because of the way those Men Who Love Man
Stuff treat a woman like me, who just wants to buy a dang kayak.
Like a poor little birdie who fell from her nest.
Probably a little like how Dr P felt when he walked into Gus Mayer to
buy me some Tory Burch flats for my birthday. Except he doesn't have
pride issues like I do.
I don't like feeling like a poor little birdie. I like feeling like I
know what the hell I'm doing, even when I don't know what the hell I'm
doing. I've got a lot of Super Dave (my dad) in me, it seems. But when
Super Dave walks into the Bass Pro Shop, no one looks at him like a
little birdie. They look at him like a MAN who wantsto buy some Man
Stuff.
So I put on my most serious "Super Dave" face, flung my shoulders
back, and waltzed through those doors like I owned the place. I was
greeted bya patronizing older man who asked if I needed any help. THE
NERVE! He didn't ask the man in the camouflage pants and the
construction boots who had walked in just ahead of me!
I confidently replied, "No thanks!" and made a quickvisual sweep of
the warehouse of MAN. I pointed myself in the direction of "Boating,"
andconfidently strode toward it.
A kayak is a boat, right?
Right????
No. According to Bass Pro Shop, it's a "Camping Equipment." Minus one
point for me. Already feeling idiotic, I was escorted aaaaaaall the
way across to the other side of the store, where the kayaks are kept.
Right next to the tents and the cast iron skillets. Makes sense.
(NOT!)
But the rest of the transaction went fine. Thank goodness I came
prepared with a rope and a razor blade to cut the rope ... I was asked
those two questions immediately, and was given an approving look when
I nonchalantly explained that I had both in the car. Plus two points
for me!
Two young men came out to help me load the kayak after I purchased it.
Our"plan A" was to fit it into the car, rather than on top,sliding it
into the back hatch and up into the front passenger seat. The kayak
almost fit inside the car. The glass part of the back hatch had to
remain open about 1 inch to allow for the protruding stern. One of the
boys helping me tied the glass window shut using the rope I brought,
and I was off!
But driving with a kayak in your passenger seat is not an easy task.
It covered the back window, the passenger side rearview mirror, the
main rearview mirror, and everywindow on the passenger side of the
car. So I had only the windshield and the driver-side window to
utilize during the 25-mile drive home on the interstate.
But as long as I drove slowly and stayed in the right lane, all would
be fine. Right?
No. Because as soon as I left the entrance ramp andgained a little
speed, the back hatch flew open. Yes. Flew open.
ON THE INTERSTATE.
Let me tell you what happens when someone opens a window of a swiftly
moving vehicle that I'm riding in. My left eardrum goes absolutely
berserk. It turns itself into a REAL drum, and the car's uneven air
pressure becomes the drumstick beating on the inside of MY HEAD.
People, the PAIN,I am telling you!
So I knew I had a problem as soon as my eardrum became the Hudson High
School Marching Band.
I glanced in the rearview mirror and saw the open air behind me, and
the kayak teetering on the edge of the gate. I knew itwould be very,
very bad ....possibly deadly for the person behind me, if that kayak
were to somehow fly out of the open back window. So I wrapped my arm
inside the cockpit of the kayak, cursed the idiotwho had tied the
window closed, and prayed that the next exit wasn't too far down the
road.
Then it started pouring SHEETS OF RAIN.
This ain't no joke.
I put my flashers on and pulled off at the next exit very slowly. I
got out and walked around to the backof the car in the pouring rain,
and simply closed thehatch. Something must have shifted while
driving,and suddenly the kayak fitinto the car without having to
re-tie the window shut. Simple as that. Hallelujah.
Then I drove home through the torrential downpour, trying to
avoidswitching lanes too much. I only had to move to the right lane
twice, and both times I honked my"friendly honk" profusely (beep!
beep! beep! beep!) as I switched lanes. Yes, I was stared at. (Look!
Crazylady with a boat as her passenger honking like a maniac at 3
o'clock!) But I got home safely, and that's all that matters.
And you guys, Dr P loves this thing. He was so happy when I showed
himlast night. And this morning he was running late for work, and
still found time to go downstairs and stare at the thing for a few
minutes.
This morning I went to Walmart and found some proper kayak straps, and
tied her to the roof. We're headed to the beach for the weekend this
afternoon, and we can't wait to try it out! Wish us luck ...

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What is the ruling on the imam repeating some verses that speak of mercyor punishment?

Praise be to Allaah.
I do not know of anything wrong with that, because it encourages the
people to ponder and focus and benefit. It was narrated that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) repeated the verse
(interpretation of the meaning): "If You punish them, they are Your
slaves, and if You forgive them, verily, You, only You, are the
All-Mighty, the All-Wise" [al-Maa'idah 5:118] severaltimes.
To sum up: if it is done for a good reason and not for the purpose of
showing off, then there is nothing wrong with it, but if he thinks
that repeating it may annoy them or result in disturbing sounds such
as weeping, then it is better not to do that, so that there will not
be any distraction. But if repeating it will only lead to pondering
and proper focus on the prayer, then it is all good. End quote.
~
Majmoo' Fataawa al-Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have
mercy on him) (11/343, 344).

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