Signs of Allah in Eating a Fish

Allah tells us in the Quran: Then let man look at his food (80:24).
Let's say that your mother cooked a fish for you to eat and you are
living in Canada and this fish came from Bangladesh. Now Allah tells
us to look at ourfood to see where it came from, how it came from, how
it was created, etc. Allah created this fish in a river of Bangladesh.
Then Allah gave it food and looked after it so that it grows up. At
one time, Allah caused a fisherman to catch the fish and sell it to a
foreign export company. Then Allah caused the company to send the fish
all the way to Canada. In Canada, someone went and bought that fish
from a store. Then the fish was cooked and served in frontof you. All
these things Allah did just so that you can eat!

MEDINA The City Of The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)

The second holiest site in Islam is Medina (or Medinah), the "City of
the Prophet (S.A.W)," is in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
It was to Medina city that Muhammad (S.A.W) fled when he was initially
driven out of Mecca, and the place where he attracted his first
followers.Medina currently has a population of about 600,000 people
and is the home of "The Prophet's Mosque." The long form of the Arabic
name for Medina(Madinat Rasul Allah) means "City of the Prophet of
Allaah", while the short form (al-Madina) just means "the City".
Muslims always add salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam ("peace be upon him")
after mentioning the Prophet Muhammad, so the full form of the name is
commonly given as "Madinat Rasul Allah salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam."
Medina is the second holy city of Islam, after Mecca. It's importance
as a religious site derives from the presence there of the Masjid al
Nabawi, the Mosque of the Prophet (S.A.W), which was built on the site
of Muhammad's home and is where he is buried. The first mosque of
Islam is also located in Medinah and is known as Masjid al-Quba, the
Quba Mosque. In 622, Medina became the seat of Muhammad's (S.A.W)
growing movement after the Hijra. In 622 Muhammad (S.A.W) was invited
to come and live in Yathrib (the old name of Medina) and act as a sort
ofgovernor. Medina in those times was a divided city. Different clans
and religions were eternally quarreling and bickering and Muhammad
brought unity to the city. All parties agreed to a pact drawn up by
Muhammad (S.A.W) and his followers. He invited all people in the city
to followthe new religion of Islam. However, he had trouble convincing
the Jewish population (which was actually quite large) that Islam was
the true version of Judaism. In the ten yearsfollowing the Hijra,
Medina formed the base from which Muhammad (S.A.W) attacked and was
attacked and it was from here that he marched on Makkah, becoming its
ruler without battle. Even when Islamic rule was established Medina
remained for some years the most important city of Islam and the de
facto capital of the Caliphate. Under the first four Caliphs, known as
the Righteous Caliphs, the Islamic empire expanded rapidly and came to
include centres of learning such as Jerusalem and Damascus. After the
death of Ali, the fourth caliph, Mu'awiyya transferred the capital to
Damascus and the importance of Medina dwindled and became of a
religious more than a political nature. In 1924 the city, which had
been in Ottoman hands for centuries, fell to Ibn Saud, whose empire
later became Saudi Arabia.

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HOLD BACK YOUR TONGUE…

Oh slaves of Allah, take heed of what your tongue says, for that may
determine your fate between Jahannam and Jannah. One of the grave
problems which is taken very lightly by the Ummahat this present time,
are the words that we utter. Never do we think twice before we talk.
We indulge ourselves into dirty, flithy and forbidden acts. Among
these forbidden things which people take often lightly are gheebah
(backbiting), buhtaan (slander) and nameemah (malicious gossip).
Worst of all, we backbite about our very own brothers and sisters in
Islam. And I swear by Allahthis is such a dirty and deadly sin that we
are falling into without even realizing it.
For Allaah subhana wa t'ala says (interpretation of the meaning):
"neither backbite one another. Would one of youlike to eat the flesh
of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting). And fear
Allaah. Verily, Allaah is the One Who forgives and accepts repentance,
Most Merciful"[al-Hujuraat 49:12]
Gheebah or backbiting means speaking about a Muslim in his absence and
saying things that he would not like to have spread around or
mentioned. Buhtaan or slander means saying things about a Muslim
thatare not true, or in other words telling lies about him. Nameemah
or malicious gossip means telling one person what another said in
order to cause trouble between them.
I do not understand how we even dare to talk about the sins of other
people, and indulge ourselves in the discussionof the lives of people,
when our life itself is so crooked. People hardly pray, or even if
they do, then they pray Fajr at the time of Dhuhr, Dhuhr at the time
of 'Asr, and so forth, and one of their excuse for missing or delaying
their Salah is, "I cannot find the time to pray", but yet we find a
lotof time for chit chatting about people.
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him)
that theMessenger of Allaah SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "Do you know what gheebah (backbiting) is?" They said,
"Allaah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Saying something about
your brother that he dislikes." It was said, "What if what I say about
my brother is true?" He said, "If what you say is true then you have
backbitten about him, andif it is not true, then you have slandered
him." Narrated by Muslim, 2589
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbaas said: The Messenger of Allaah
(peaceand blessings of Allaah be upon him) passed by two graves and
said, "They are being punished, but they are not being punished
foranything that was difficultto avoid. One of them used to walk about
spreading malicious gossip(nameemah), and the other used not to take
precautions to avoid getting urine on himself when he urinated." Then
he called for a green branch, which he split in two and planted a
piece on each grave, and said, "May their torment be reduced so long
as these do not dry out." Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 213; Muslim, 292/