Jumma Prayer - , Holding two jumu'ah prayers in one place

Can we organize two Friday prayers!? We do not have a mosque until
now inside the campus--we ask you for doa'a ... May Allaah help us to
gain a permanent room. Due to different schedules of the university,
students can not attend Friday Prayer which is scheduled at 1:00 p.m.
Currently new Muslim brothers are asking if we can hold a second
Friday arrangement on campus. Is it correct to host two Friday prayers
in the same campus or same place!?
I personally am afraid [the reality is that it is] madhhab excuses,
and different groups favour one time to another.I urge you to answer
this question fast
may Allaah reward you.
All Praise be to Allaah.
After discussing the question you raised withthe learned sheikh
Abdul-Aziz bin Abdullaahbin Baz, he has indicatedthat Islamic shari'ah
does not legislate holding two jumu'ah prayers in one place. You
should choose the most convenient time--and its timing extends until
the 'asr prayer--andurge and enjoin all the Muslims to attend. Note
that it is mandatory to stop all work (including attending classes)
for the jumu'ah prayer. Whoever misses it wouldpray the dhuhr prayer.
May Allaah grant you all success in obeying Him and pleasing Him and
may He ease your affairs wherever you may be.

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In the Dark of the Night …

Once, there was a pious Muslim merchant who used to trade cattle. He
would buy cows from Iraq or Iran and sell themin Syria. This trader
was arighteous Muslim: pious, devout and pure hearted;he would pray at
night, fast and give charity frequently.
On one of his trade journeys, as he was shepherding a herd of cows to
sell them, it began to snow heavily. As a result, the road was
blocked, the grass died, and all his cows perished,except for four.
The poor trader took his four cowsand wandered all over the place,
until one evening he reached a small village on the road from Al-Mosul
to Halab. He knocked on the door of one of the houses in this village.
The owner ofthe house answered and the trader told him that he was a
stranger who wanted to spend that night at his house until morning so
he could continue his journey and go to another village.
The generous villager welcomed the trader warmly. He let him andhis
cows in the yard of his house, and offered the trader food and fedhis
cows. In fact, this villager was poor and penniless; all his cows had
died and his lands were ruined due to theheavy rains and snow that had
been falling for a very long time over their village. The villager was
married and the father of one child, and the small family lived in
their two-room house; one room for him and his wife and the other for
their child.
The villager's family gathered around the guest for a nightly chatfrom
which the villager cam to know that the trader was carrying a sum of
money with him. After the villager and his wife had gone to bed, the
guest went to sleep in the child's room. The child slept on his bed in
the right side of the room and the trader's bed was on the left side.
The villager asked his guest if he needed anything else before going
to bed and madesure that he was comfortable. The villager's wife
whispered in her husband's ears, insinuating evil into his mind, "How
long shall we remain poor? This guest is rich and we are in dire need
of his money and cows; we may have food for aday, but would spend days
without any food. What if a famine hit the village and we have neither
food nor money? We have a golden opportunity tonight: this guest is
rich,so let us steal his money and cows so as to maintain our lives
and save our only child's life."
The villager exclaimed, "How could we do that toour guest? How can I
steal his money and cows? Will he let me take his money and cows?" The
wife answered wickedly, "Kill him and throw his body in a hole in the
middle of the valley and no one would know about it."
The villager hesitated, but the wife kept insisting and persuading him
to enforce this evil plan; to convince him and end his hesitation she
said, "This is essential to save us from certain death; indeed, in
times ofextreme necessity, even the forbidden becomes permissible."
Finally, the wife managed to convince her husband of this wicked
Satanic scheme and he made up his mind to kill the traderand steal his
money and cows.
After midnight, in the lastthird of the night when everything was
quiet anddarkness and silence had enveloped the whole village, the
villager took his dagger, sharpened it, and headed towards the room
where his guest and his son were sleeping. His wife accompanied him,
encouraging him to put his evil plan into action. The villager tiptoed
slowly, heading to the left side of the room where the guest was
sleeping. He groped for his sleeping guest until he touched his neck
in this black darkness; the villager unsheathed his dagger and cut the
guest's throat swiftly, justlike he would slaughter agoat.
The villager went back tohis wife, seeking her helpto move the body
and no sooner had they pulled the dead body out of the room, they
realized that they had slaughtered their one and only son! The
villager sobbed and his wife did the same on seeing their son's dead
body between their bloodstained hands; theyboth lost their
consciousness. Hearing the noise, the sleeping guest woke up and so
did the neighbors to find the villager's son murdered (and the
villager and his wife unconscious). The guest and the neighbors
hastened to the unconscious villager and his wife, splashing cold
water over their faces to wake them up. When they woke up, they burst
into tears and asked the neighbors to call the police. The police
arrived at the crime scene and arrested the killers.
What exactly had happened inside the bedroom where the guest and the
villager's son slept that night? In fact, the villager's son went to
the guest's bed on the other side of the room after his parents had
left the room and engaged in conversation with him; it was quite a
long conversation, and the son felt asleep in the middle of it on the
guest's bed. The kind guest did not wish to wake up the child, so he
slept in the child's bed instead. When the villager came inside the
room in the dark of the night, he was sure that his son was sleeping
in his own bed in the other side of the room and the guest was in his
bed. Therefore, he slaughtered the one whowas sleeping in the guest's
bed, not knowingthat he was slaughtering his own son with his
veryhands!
The villager wanted to kill the guest, but Allaah The Exalted willed
his sonto be killed instead. The neighbors buried the villager's son
and his unfortunate parents went to prison for their crime.

The Arrows of Satan

Satan readies himself and chooses his prey carefully. He is determined
as he shoots the arrows of looks to go through your eyes, tearing the
veils of modesty and chastity. This arouses the desires of the weak
heart, which commands the bodyto pursue the satisfaction of
suchdesires. The tongue speaks, the legs walk, and thus, unlawful acts
are committed and the soul falls into the mire of sin.
"That is purer for them"
In order to ward off this Satanic cycle, Allaah The Almighty
instructed his believing slaves, both men and women, to lower their
gaze. He told them that this would purify them. Allaah The Almighty
Says (what means): {Tellthe believing men to reduce [some] of their
vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed,
Allaah is acquainted with what they do. And tell the believing women
to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts.}
[Quran 24:30-31]
Ibn Al-Qayyim said in Al-Fawaa'id that Sahl ibn 'Abdullaah
says,"Abandoning the order is greater than committing the prohibition
in the sight of Allaah because Aadam (Adam) was forbidden to eat from
the tree and when he ate from it Allaah accepted his repentance, but
Satan was ordered to prostrate to Aadam, when he refused and Allaah
did not accept his repentance."
Ibn Al-Qayyim said in Ad-Daa'wad-Dawaa', "Look at the accuracy of the
Quranic expression in the order to lower the gaze, as if Allaah The
Almighty reminds us that not lowering the gaze causes the doom of the
doer and his suffering in this life and in the Hereafter. Failing to
lower one's gaze is the basis for the problemsthat afflict man. An
unlawful lookgenerates thoughts, then thoughts generate ideas, then
ideas generate desires, then desires generate will, which develops
into resolve and determination, then the action inevitably takes place
if there is nothing to prevent it."
This is the destructive cycle of Satan, which traps the one who does
not lower his gaze, then records the images and scenes seen by his
treacherous eyes. Satan waits for the moment of weakness in man's
faith to release these images and scenes in his mind and soul,
igniting his sexual desire, which dominates the heart that commands
the body to disobey Allaah The Almighty, and so on in a consecutive
sequence. The more the images vary, the easier arousal and falling
into sin will be. On the other hand, the less the images and scenes,
the weaker their impact and influence on the heart will be. According
to a saying, "Patience over lowering the gaze is easier than patience
over the pain of its consequences."
O Muslim who does not lower his gaze, if your eyes roam around looking
at the charms of beautiful women, you would plant in your heart thorns
of loss and regret.
"Allaah knows that which deceives the eyes"
Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {He knows that which deceives
the eyes and what the breasts conceal.} [Quran 40:19] This is a great
verse and the interpreter of the Quran, Ibn Mas'ood tells you its
meaning, "It refers to a man whoenters a person's house where there is
a beautiful woman among them, or that a beautiful woman passes by
them, and while they do not notice him, he looks at her; when they see
him, he lowers his gaze. However, Allaah The Almighty knows that he
inwardly wishes to see her private parts."
The great scholar, Al-Ameen Ash-Shinqeeti said in Adhwaa' Al-Bayaan,
"The verse contains a warning for the one who betrays with his eyes by
looking at what is unlawful for him. The slave of Allaah will
standbefore Allaah and be questioned about his senses. Allaah The
Almighty Says (what means): {Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the
heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.} [Quran 17:36]
If you will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about your stares
and looks, have you prepared an answer for this?
The fornication of the eyes
To make this act more repugnantto the souls, the Prophet called it
adultery of the eyes. It was narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah
that the Prophet said: "Allaah has written for the son of Aadam his
inevitable share of adultery. The adultery of the eye is looking (at
what is prohibited), the adultery of the ears is listening (to what
isprohibited), the adultery of the tongue is uttering (what it is
unlawful to utter), the adultery ofthe hand is doing (what is
prohibited), the adultery of the legs is walking (to what is
prohibited) and the heart desires and wishes for (adultery) and the
private parts affirm that or contradict it." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim
(this is the wording of Muslim )]
In Sharh Saheeh Muslim, An-Nawawi said, "The meaning of the Hadeeth is
that a share of adultery is written for the son of Aadam. Some people
commit actual adultery by entering the male genital organ into the
genital organ of a femalewho is unlawful to him. Other people commit
adultery in the figurative sense by looking at the prohibition or
listening to adultery and its relevant affairs, or by touching with
the hand a non-Mahram (marriageable) woman or kissing her, or by
walking to commit adultery, seeing, touching, or forbidden talking
with a non-Mahram woman, or by inner thoughts. All these things belong
to metaphoric adultery. By "The private parts affirm that or
contradict it " it means that adultery might actually happen through
the private parts or might not take place by entering the male genital
organ into the female genital organ even if he is close to doing it.
Allaah knows best."
Public corruption
Giving free rein to the gaze has corrupted most human beings; the
display of beauty no longer has limits, and indulgence in luxury no
longer has restraints. Adornment, clothing and fashion have penetrated
our minds, surpassed all the restrictions and barriers, and has become
like a sea of chaos where good taste is drowned and the pure, chaste
heart is spoiled.
Destruction of homes
It is noticeable that one of the most important causes of problems in
many homes is failing to lower the gaze. When the husband releases his
gaze, a comparison will seep into his heart between his wife and the
corrupting programs made by some people to tempt others. This
comparison causes many problems in homes, when the husband asks his
wife to give himwhat he sees from dissolute women and provocative
images are imprinted in his mind.
It is also noticeable that releasingthe gaze is one of the main
reasons for the delay in marriage.That is because the young man
already has in his mind multiple examples of beautiful girls,
especially those whom he watches on television and searches hard to
get one like them. Yet, he will not get what he wants, because what he
sees on television is generally deceptive beauty and false femininity,
and thus leads him to delay his marriage and affects themarriage of
Muslim girls with him.

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Dought & clear - , Attending the festivals of the mushrikeen and congratulating them

Is it permissible to attend the celebrations of Christian festivals
and congratulate them?
Praise be to Allaah.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: it is not
permissible for the Muslims to attend the festivals of the mushrikeen,
according to the consensus of the scholars whose words carry weight.
The fuqaha' who follow the four schools of thought have stated this
clearly in their books… Al-Bayhaqi narrated with a saheeh isnaad from
'Umar ibn al-Khattaab that he said: "Do not enter upon the mushrikeen
in their churches on the day of their festival, for divine wrath is
descending upon them." And 'Umar also said: "Avoid the enemies of
Allaah on their festivals." Al-Bayhaqi narrated with a jayyid isnaad
from 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Amr that he said: "Whoever settles in the land
of the non-Arabs and celebrates their newyear and festival and
imitates them until he dies in that state, will be gathered with them
on the Day of Resurrection."(Ahkaam Ahl al-Dhimmah, 1/723-724).
With regard to congratulating them on their festivals