For children, - Humanity Story: Pledge Allegiance to Humanity

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At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: "When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?"
The audience was stilled by the query.
The father continued. "I believe that when a child like Shay, physically and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child."
Then he told the following humanity story:
Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they will let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.
Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, "We are losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we will try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning."
Shay struggled over to the team's bench and with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. His father watched with a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.
At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.
However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.
The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.
Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.
Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball, the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home. All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the way Shay."
Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third! Shay, run to third!"
As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, "Shay, run home! Run home!" Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team.
"That day", said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world".
Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy and coming home and seeing his mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. - Albert Einstein
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

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Menstruation and Post-Natal bleeding, - Dought& clear, - * She did not know that if the menstruating woman becomes pure before Fajr shehas to pray Maghrib and ‘Isha’

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I read recently that a woman must pray the previous prayer to the time of when her period stopped, or join two prayers. I did not know this before and I am 38 years old now.
Praise be to Allaah.
If a menstruating woman becomes pure after the time for ‘Isha’ begins, then she has to pray ‘Isha’ because she was pure during that time. She also has to pray Maghrib because it may be joined to ‘Isha’ if there is an excuse.
Similarly, if she becomes pure after the time for ‘Asr begins, she has to pray Zuhr and ‘Asr. This is what was stated in fatwas by some of the companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and it is the view of the majority of scholars.
But if she becomes pure after the time for Fajr, Zuhr or Maghrib begins, she only has to offer one prayer, namely the prayer at the time of which she became pure (Fajr or Zuhr or Maghrib), because these prayers cannot be joined to anything that comes before them.
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said inal-Mughni(1/238): If the menstruating woman becomes pure before the sun sets, she should pray Zuhr then ‘Asr.
If she becomes pure before dawn breaks, she should pray Maghrib and ‘Isha’. This opinion was narrated from ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn ‘Awf, Ibn ‘Abbaas, Tawoos, Mujaahid, al-Nakha’i, al-Zuhri, Rabee’ah, Maalik, al-Layth, al-Shaafa’i, Ishaaq and Abu Thawr. Imam Ahmad said: Most of the Taabi’een were of this view, except al-Hasan who said that she only has to offer the prayer at the time of which she became pure. This was the view of al-Thawri and ashaab al-ra’y.
Ibn al-Mundhir narrated that ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn ‘Awf and ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abbaas thought that the menstruating woman who becomes pure one-rak’ah before dawn should pray Maghrib and ‘Isha’, and if she becomes pure before the sun sets, she should pray Zuhr and ‘Asr together.
Because the time for the second prayer is the time for the first at the time when the excuse is applicable, so when the one who had an excuse no longer has an excuse, then he must offer the obligatory prayer, and he must offer the obligatory prayer for the second prayer too.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) favoured the view that she only has to offer the prayer the time of which she caught up with, and she does not have to join to it the prayer that came before it.
In order to be on the safe side, you should follow the view of the majority of scholars and offer the two prayers together. But if a woman offers only the prayer the time of which she caught up with, we hope that there is no sin on her. If a woman did not do that in the past because she was unaware of the ruling, she does not have to do anything, because of the general meaning of the evidence that the one who is ignorant and the one who makes a mistake are excused, and because the issue is one where there is a difference of scholarly opinion, as stated above.
And Allaah knows best.

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Menstruation and Post-Natal bleeding, - Dought& clear, - * Her period becameirregular as a result of takingthe pill; what should she do?

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My wife had her last period just ten days after the previous period; because she forgot to take the birth control pill. The doctor advised her to take tablets that will stop her period but till now her period continues. She has been bleeding lightly for 25 days now. What should she do?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is not possible, normally, for a period to last this long, so during this time your wife is in a state of istihaadah (non-menstrual bleeding). So she should stop praying etc for the number of days that her period usually lasts every month, and this will be her menses, then she should do ghusl and pray and fast, and it is permissible to have intercourse with her, and she is taahir (pure) even though she is bleeding.
And Allaah knows best.

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Menstruation and Post-Natal bleeding, - Dought& clear, - * Her menses startedafter the time for Zuhr began; should she make it up when her period is over?

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If my period starts after a prayer’s time starts, Dhuhr for example, and before I pray, even though I had enough time to pray. When shall I make this prayer up? Is it when I make ghusl after my period stops even if it was Maghrib time? Or when the time of the first Dhuhr after ghusl comes? If my period stops after Isha and I make ghusl, do I have to pray Maghrib and Isha?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly: if the period comes after the time for a prayer has begun, when enough time has elapsed to pray one rak’ah, then you have to make it up when you become pure (i.e., when the period ends). Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about a woman who got her menses when enough time to pray one rak’ah had passed: does she have to make up that prayer?
He replied: If a woman’s menses comes after the time for prayer begins, then when she becomes pure she must make up that prayer during the time of which her menses came, if she did not pray before her menses began. That is because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The one who catches up with one rak’ah of the prayer has caught up with the prayer.” If enough time to pray one rak’ah elapses then the woman’s menses begins before she prays, then when she becomes pure she has to make it up. End quote.
The time for making up the prayer is as soon as the excuse no longer applies. So when you become pure following menses, you must do ghusl and offer the prayer that was due, even if it is not the time for that prayer, and you should not wait until its time on the following day, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If a person forgets a prayer, let him offer it as soon as he remembers; there is no expiation for it other than that.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (597) and Muslim (684).
Secondly:
If a woman becomes pure before the time for prayer ends, then she must offer that prayer and the one that may be joined to it, according to the majority of scholars.
For example: if a woman becomes pure before the sun sets, she must offer Zuhr and Asr together. It says inFataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah(6/161): If a woman becomes pure from menses or nifaas before the time for an obligatory prayer ends, she must offer that prayer and the one that may be joined to it before it. If she becomes pure before the sun sets she must pray ‘Asr and Zuhr. If she becomes pure before the second dawn breaks, she must pray ‘Isha’ and Maghrib. If she becomes pure before the sun rises she must pray Fajr.
And Allaah knows best.

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