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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Dought & clear, - Working as a dance teacher for women.

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is your opinion of a place in which only women work, teaching dance to
women, e.g., ballet and other types of dance, as a hobby and not as a
profession? What is the ruling on money earned from this profession
(dance teacher)? Please note that the training will be done to music.
If this income is haraam, what should one do?
Praise be to Allah.
It is not permissible for aMuslim who lives in a Muslim land to doubt
theprohibition of working in places where women dance, 'awrahs are
uncovered and evil acts are committed. The prohibition on such things
is well known in Islam. If such actions are not haraam, then what is
haraam??
Undoubtedly the one who exposes himself to such actions is only
exposing himself to the anger, wrath and punishment of Allah. How can
he dare to commit sins such as these openly in front of people, and
even help topropagate them, teach them and train others in them, when
he knows deep down that this deed is inspired by the Shaytaan and he
is aware of the abhorrent nature of some Western practices which
involve nakedness and promiscuity. Allah, may He be glorified and
exalted, may give respiteto the evildoers but never lets them off, and
He has prepared a severe punishment for those who propagate immorality
and corruption in the land.
Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Did you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not see (thought) how your
Lord dealt with Ad (people)?
Who were very tall like lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the land?
And (with) Thamood (people), who cut (hewed) out rocks in thevalley
(to make dwellings)?
And (with) Firaun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by
binding them to pegs)?
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
And made therein much mischief.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them)."
[al-Fajr 89:6-14].
These matters are very well known in Islam and there is no need to
establish proof concerning them. The one who approves of them or
regards them as permissible is in grave danger; we ask Allah to keep
us and you safe and sound.
As that is the case, the income earned from teaching women how todance
half-naked and from participating in thepromotion of corruptionand sin
in the land is haraam earnings. It is not permissible for him to
consume it or take it or use it; rather he must hasten to repent from
that.
It says in al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (23/10-11):
If the dancing is accompanied by something haraam, such as drinking
alcohol, uncovering the 'awrah, and so on, then it is haraam according
to scholarly consensus. There is no difference of opinion among the
fuqaha' that it is not permissible to rent out property for haraam
purposes. As dancing is haraam, it is not permissible to rent out
property for that purposes.
End quote.
Repenting from acquiring wealth that is haraam because of the manner
in which it was acquired is done by giving it up and donating it to
charitable causes. So he should give in charity all of his wealth that
he acquired by haraam means. But there is nothing wrong with him
keeping what was produced from that haraam wealth by means of
permissible trade, or keeping enough to meet his needs until he finds
permissible work from which he can earn a halaal income.

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Islamic Stories, - The reward of patienceis praiseworthy

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Hazrat Abu Hasan Siraaj R.A. says: I was performing tawaaf once while
on Haj; when I sawa very pretty woman, shining in her beauty. I looked
at her and said:"By Allah, this beauty and fine complexion must surely
be because she never experienced any grief or sorrow."
When I said this she overheard me and said:"Sir, it is that what you
think? By Allah, I am bent down under all the sorrows and grief that
have come my way. My heart and mind is filled with so much grief and
all along there has been no one can who share these with me."
I asked: "And how is that, lady?"
She replied: "My husband once slaughtered a goat as a Qurbaani
offering, whileI was breast feeding my infant child. My two young sons
were playingaround me. When I wentto cook the meat, the one son said
to the other: 'Come, let me show you how father slaughtered the goat.'
The other said: 'Well show me.' The first one then made the second
once lie down and cut his throat, as his father had slaughtered the
goat. When he realized what had happened, he ran away into the
mountains; where he was attacked by a wolf and eaten up.
The father went in search for him; searching from place to place until
he died of extreme thirst. In the mean time I was at home frantic with
worrywaiting for news of him.I put down my infant child and went to
the door to inquire about anyone who might have news of my husband.
The child crawled to the fireplace where a pot was boiling. The child
touched it and the boiling pot fell upon the baby, burning it to death
in such a ghastly manner that the child�s meat became separated from
the bones.
When my married daughter heard all this, in the house of her husband,
she fell down of shock. Thus I was left alone to bear all that."
I asked her: "And how, lady; did you manage all these misfortunes with
patience?"
She replied: "Whoever ponders on the difference between patience and
impatience, finds a world of difference between the two. The reward of
patience is praiseworthy; whereas for impatience there is nothing."
Then she recited some lines of poetry before walking away:
Patience did I exercise,
For that was my strongest pillar;
And should impatience have helped me,
Then I would have tried her.
Such patience did I on have that;
Had my trails descended on mountain high,
In broken rocks they would have ended.
Indeed did I control my eyes,
Those tears not fall;
And now within my heart alone,
My tears do roll.
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May Allah (SWT) grant us the ability to be patient! Ameen!
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Islamic Stories, - The lady who spoke nothing besides the Quran

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An elderly Arab lady was sitting at the trunk of a tree, on the way to
Haj. Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA) happened to pass that way. He
was also heading for Baitullah, for Hajj, and tothe Sacred tomb of the
Holy Prophet (Sallallaahu�layhi Wasallam). Seeingthis lady very
disturbed and in a state of despair,(distressed) he spoke to her. The
discussion is recorded as follows:
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah
The lady: "The word from a merciful Lord is Peace" (Surah 36 Aayat
58). She meant that the reply of salaam is from Allah, Most High,
Himself.
She said further: "Those whom Allah sendeth astray, there is no guide
for them." (Surah 7 Aayat 186). She meant that she has lost her way.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Where areyou coming from?
The lady: "Glorified be He who carried His servant by night from the
Musjid-e-Aqsa (invioble place of worship) to the Musjid-e-Haraam" (Far
distant place of worship) (Surah17 Aayat1). She meant that she had
come from Musjid-e-Aqsa.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): How long are you in this place?
The lady: "For three nights" (Surah 19 Aayat10).
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): What arrangements are made for your food?
The lady: "And who (Allah) feedeth me and watereth me" (Surah 26 Aayat
79). She meant that somehow or the other, her food is provided to her
by Allah.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Is there any water for Wudhu?
The lady: "And ye find not water, then go to high clean soil and (make
tayammum) rub your faces and hands." (therewith) (Surah 4 Aayat 43).
She meant that she makes tayammum, due to not finding water.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Here is some food. Partake of it.
The lady: "Strictly observe the fast till nightfall" (Surah 2 Aayat
187). She indicated that she is fasting.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): This is not the month of Ramadaan.
The lady: "And he who does good of his own accord (for him) lo!
Allahis responsive, aware". (Surah 2 Aayat158) meaning that I have
observed an optional (nafl) fast.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): It is permitted to break the fast
when in a journey.
The lady: "And that ye fast is better for you, if you did but know."
(Surah 2 Aayat 184)
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Speak likehow I speak.
The lady: "He (man) uttereth no word but there is with him an observer
ready" (Surah 50 Aayat 18). She meant that since every word of a
person is observed andrecorded, she is taking precaution by speaking
only in the words of the Holy Quran.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Which clan do you belong to?
The lady: "Follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge, lo! The
hearing and the sight and heart of each of these it will be asked"
(Surah 17 Aayat36). She meant those things that you have no knowledge
of, nor do they concern you, you are wasting your strength (senses)
byenquiring about them.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Forgive me. I have certainly made a mistake.
The lady: "Have no fear this day. May Allah forgive you" (Surah 12 Aayat 92)
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Would you like to travel on my
camel and meet your caravan?
The lady: "And whatsoever good ye do Allah knoweth it" (Surah 2 Aayat
197). Meaning that if you will do this good deeds towards me,Allah
will recompense you for it.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Well, then you may mount it.
Saying this he made the camel to sit down.
The lady: "Tell the believing men (when confronted by women) to lower
their gaze". (Surah 24 Aayat 30).
Hadhrat Abdullah understood and (turned)looked away. While she was
mounting, the camel jerked and her clothes got estrangled inthe saddle
(dorsers) and she proclaimed:"whatever of misfortunestriketh you, it
is what your hands have earned." (Surah 42 Aayat30).
In other words she was drawing Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak's (RA)
attention towards this mishap. Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA)
understood and he tied the legs of the camel and he straightened the
straps of the saddle (or dorser).
She applauded him for his proficiency and capability by saying"And we
made Sulaiman to understand" (Surah 21 Aayat 79). When the journey was
about to begin, the lady recited the Aayats which are read when
undertaking a journey "Glorified be he who hath subdued these unto us,
and we were not capable (of subduing them). And lo, unto our Lord we
are returning." (Surah 43 Aayat 13).
Hadhrat Abdullh bin Mubarak (RA) held the bridle (or nose string) of
the camel. He began to hum the (Huddi) famous Arabic song for
travelling, and he started walking very fast.
The lady: "Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice" (Surah 31
Aayat 19). Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA) understood. He began
walking slower and he lowered his voice.
The lady: "Recite of the Quran that which is easy for you." She meant
that instead of humming the Huddi, he should rather recite the Holy
Quran.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA) began reciting the Holy Quran.
The lady became very pleased and said "but none remember (accept
advice) except men of understanding" (Surah 2Aayat 269).
After reciting the Holy Quran for a while, Hadhrat Abdullah bin
Mubarak (RA) asked (the lady if she had a husband) (if he was alive)
"O Aunt, have haveyou a husband? (meaning is he living)
The lady: "O you who believe, ask not of thingswhich if they were
madeknown unto you, would trouble you" (Surah 5 Aayat 101). She meant
that no questions shouldbe asked regarding this matter which indicated
that her husband has most probably passed away. Finally they (caught
up) met the caravan.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Do you have any son or relative
(friend) in this caravan who has connection (contact) with you?
The lady: "Wealth and children are an ornament of life of the world"
(Surah 18 Aayat 46). She meant that her sons were with this caravan
and he has provisions with him.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): What work are your sons doing for
the caravan? (Hadhrat Abdullah's object for asking was to make it easy
for him to recognise her son).
The lady: "And landmarks, and by the star they find a way" (Surah 16
Aayat 16). She meant that he is a guide for the caravan.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA): Can you tell me their name?
The lady: "Allah chose Ibrahim as (for) a friend"(Surah 4 Aayat 125).
And Allah spoke directly untoMoosa" (Surah 19 Aayat 12). By reciting
these Aayats the lady informedhim that her sons names were Yahya,
Ibrahim andMoosa.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA) called out these names in the
caravan and immediately three young people came forward.
The lady: (addressing her children) "Now send one of you with this
your silver coin unto the city. And let him see what food is purest
there and bring you a supply thereof" (Sura 18 Aayat 19) In other
wordsshe instructed them to feed Hadhrat Abdullah (RA).
When the food was brought, she told Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA):
"Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in the
past days." (Surah 69 Aayat 24), and with this Aayat she recited
another Aayat, the object of which was to convey (show) her
gratefulness to him for his good conduct and courtesy. The Aayat
was:"Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness?" (Surah 55 Aayat
60).
Their conversation terminated on this Aayat. The lady's son informed
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubarak (RA) that his mother has been speaking in
this manner, i.e. using only the Aayats of the Holy Quran in her
speech, for the last forty years.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Bible on marriage of young girls with much older men As it is Christian

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Bible on marriage of young girls with much older men
As it is Christian evangelists and other believers in the Bible who
have been bitterly reviling the Holy Prophet Muhammad on account of
his marriage with Aisha, we put to them thepractices of the great
patriarchs and prophets that are recorded in the Bible itself in this
connection. The main accusations regarding the marriage of Aisha
arethat she was too young in age while the Holy Prophet was a much
older man, being fifty years of age, and that consent to marriage was
either not obtained from her or she was not capable of giving it.
Abraham
In the book of Genesis in the Bible it is recorded about Abraham:
"Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an
Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; so she saidto Abram, 'The Lord has
kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I
can build a family through her.' Abram agreed to what Sarai said. So
after Abram had been living in Canaan tenyears, Sarai his wife took
her Egyptian maidservantHagar and gave her to her husband to be his
wife. He slept with Hagar,and she conceived. … So Hagar bore Abram a
son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Abram
was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael." (Genesis,
chapter 16, verses 1–4, and 15–16, New International Version. Bolding
is mine.)
Firstly, it is evident that as Abraham (who then had the name Abram)
was 86 years old, Hagar must have been some fifty years younger than
him, and probably even younger, to bear a child. Secondly, the Bible
speaks of Sarai giving her maidservant Hagar toAbraham. So Hagar's
consent was not obtained but rather she was commanded by Saraito go
and become Abraham's wife.
David
The first book of Kings in the Bible begins as follows:
"When King David was old and well advanced in years, he could not keep
warm even when they put covers over him. So his servants said to him,
'Let us look for a young virgin to attend the king and take care of
him. Shecan lie beside him so thatour lord the king may keep warm.'
Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl and found
Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. The girl was very
beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king
had no intimate relations with her." (1 Kings, chapter 1, verses 1–4,
New International Version. Bolding is mine.)
So there seems nothing wrong, according to the Bible, in procuring a
young virgin, again apparently without her consent, whose duties
include lying with the elderly king in bed. The intention was
certainly for sexual enjoyment, otherwise there was no necessity of
looking for a young, beautiful virgin. Amuch older woman, perhaps a
widow, could have performed all these duties, including lying with the
king to keep him warm.
Mary and Joseph
The most famous marriage in Christianity isno doubt that of Mary,
Jesus' mother, with Joseph. While the following details are not in the
canonical Gospels in the Bible, it appears from other early
Christianwritings (known as apocryphal writings) thatMary was twelve
years old when the temple elders decided to find a husband for her.
They selected the husband by drawing lots, and Joseph whom they chose
was an elderly man, being according to some accounts ninety years old.
The husband was selected and Mary was handed over to him, and she
played no part in his selection.
These accounts are summed up in the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
edition, which is available online, as follows:
"It will not be without interest to recall here, unreliable though
they are, the lengthy stories concerning St. Joseph's marriage
contained in the apocryphal writings. When forty years of age, Joseph
married a womancalled Melcha or Escha by some, Salome by others; they
lived forty-nine years together and had six children … A year afterhis
wife's death, as the priests announced through Judea that they wished
to find in the tribe of Juda a respectable man to espouse Mary, then
twelve to fourteen years of age, Joseph, who was at the time ninety
years old, went up to Jerusalemamong the candidates; a miracle
manifested the choice God had made of Joseph …" [13] (Bolding ismine.)
Although these apocryphal accounts are not now accepted by many
Christians, and the Catholic Encyclopedia says that they "are void of
authority", yet it also speaks of their influence as follows:
"they nevertheless acquired in the course of ages some popularity; in
them some ecclesiastical writers sought the answer to the well-known
difficulty arising from the mention in the Gospel of the Lord's
brothers; from them also popular credulity has, contrary to all
probability, as well as to the tradition witnessed by old works of
art, retained the beliefthat St. Joseph was an oldman at the time of
marriage with the Mother of God."
However, these accounts are accepted by the Eastern churches. The
website of the Ukrainian Orthodoxy has an article on this subject
entitled An Elderly Joseph which agrees with the presentation in the
apocryphal writings "of Joseph as an elderly man,a widower with adult
children". It concludes:
"The Christian East's picture of Joseph as a courageous, faithful,
God-centred elderly widower rings true." [14]
We give below, as Appendix, a quotation from one of these apocryphal
books, The Infancy Gospel of James, describing how Mary's husband was
selected.
While the Western Christian churches may not accept these accountsas
authentic, the Eastern churches in Europe do accept that Mary was 12
years old and Joseph a widower 90 years old when they married.
Moreover, there is nothing in the Gospels of the New Testament to
contradict these accounts, and the Gospel stories are not at all
inconsistent with these ages for Mary and Joseph.
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References
[1]. Tirmidhi, Abwab-ul-Manaqib, i.e. Chapters on Excellences, under
'Virtues of Aisha'.
[2]. Muslim Saints and Mystics, abridged English translation of
Tadhkirat-ul-Auliya, by A.J. Arberry, p. 40.
[3]. Bukhari, Book of Qualities of the Ansar, chapter: 'The Holy
Prophet's marriage with Aisha, and his coming to Madina and the
consummation of marriage with her'. For Muhsin Khan's translation, see
this link and go down to reports listed as Volume 5, Book 58, Number
234 and 236.
[4]. Living Thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad, 1992 U.S.A. edition, p.
30, note 40.
[4a]. This Urdu pamphlet was published by the Ahmadiyya Anjuman
Isha'at Islam, Bombay, India. A partial English translation is
available at this Lahore Ahmadiyya website.
[5]. Tarikh Tabari, vol. 4, p. 50.
[6]. Mishkat al-Masabih, Edition with Urdu translation published in
Lahore, 1986, vol. 3, p. 300–301. (Go here to see an image of the full
entryin Urdu.)
[7]. Vol. 8, p. 346.
[8]. Those four places in Sahih Bukhari are the following:
Kitab-us-Salat, ch. 'A mosque which is in the way but does not
inconvenience people'; Kitab-ul-Kafalat, ch. 'Abu Bakr under the
protection of a non-Muslim in the time ofthe Holy Prophet and his pact
with him'; Kitab Manaqib-ul-Ansar, ch. 'Emigration of the Holy Prophet
and his Companions to Madina'; and Kitab-ul-Adab, ch. 'Should a person
visit everyday, or morning and evening'.
[9]. Muhsin Khan's Englishtranslation of Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 37,
Number 494. See this link.
[10]. Fadl-ul-Bari, vol. 1, p. 501, footnote 1.
[11]. Sahih Bukhari, Kitab-ul-Jihad wal-Siyar, Chapter: 'Women in war
and their fighting alongside men'. See this link in Muhsin Khan's
translation and go down to report listed as Volume4, Book 52, Number
131.
[12]. Fadl-ul-Bari, vol. 1, p. 651.
[13]. In article St. Joseph, under letter J. Here is a link to this
article in the online Catholic Encyclopedia.
[14]. Here is a link to this article An Elderly Joseph.
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Appendix: The Infancy Gospel of James, Chapter 8 verse 2 to Chapter 9 verse 11
"When she [Mary] turned twelve, a group of prieststook counsel
together, saying, 'Look, Mary has been in the temple of theLord twelve
years. What should we do about her now, so that she does notdefile the
sanctuary of the Lord our God?' And they said to the high priest, 'You
have stood at the altar of the Lord. Go in and pray about her. And if
the Lord God reveals anything to you, we will do it.' And the priest
went in taking the vestment with twelve bells into the holy of holies
and prayed about her. Suddenly, an angel of the Lord stood before him,
saying, 'Zachariah, Zachariah, depart from here and gather the
widowers of the people and let each one carry a staff. And the one
whom the Lord God points out with a sign, she will be his wife.' So
the heralds went out to the whole surrounding area of Judea and the
trumpet ofthe Lord rang out and all the men rushed in.
Throwing down his axe, Joseph went out to meet them. And after they
had gathered together with their rods, they went to the high priest.
After receiving everyone's rod,the high priest went into the temple
and prayed. When he was finished with the prayer, he took the rods and
went out and gave them to each man, but there was no sign among them.
Finally,Joseph took his rod. Suddenly, a dove came out of the rod and
stood on Joseph's head. And the high priest said, 'Joseph! Joseph! You
havebeen chosen by lot to take the virgin into your own keeping.' And
Joseph replied, saying, 'I have sons and am old, while she is young. I
will not be ridiculed among the children of Israel.' And the high
priest said, 'Joseph, fear the Lord your God and remember what God did
to Dathan and Abiron and Kore, how the earth split open and swallowed
them because of their rebellion. Now fear God, Joseph, so that these
things do not happen in your house.' Fearing God,Joseph took her into
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