Radicals: The Biggest Anti-Christ Army Islam Faces

Part 1
Radicalism is a system which strives to show extremism, something in
complete violation of true Islam, as the religion itself. In truth,
Islam commands peace, love, friendship, happiness, aesthetics, art,
science, valuing women, forgiveness; in other words, everything
that is beautiful.
Radicalism, on the other hand, offers a completely different
perspective on religion swarming with superstitions and inventions
that are in complete contradiction with the true faith. This system
lacks love, and it feeds on hatred and anger. It is against
kindness, cleanliness, art and science, it bans happiness and beauty
, it harbors immense hatred towards women and children and is
invented by satan to drive people away from religion. By the grace
of Allah, this problem will be completely done away with by the
means of Hz. Mahdi (as).
Radicals have some very indicative qualities explained in the Qur'an
and the hadiths. Now, let's take a look at some of those:
Radicals try to prevent people from following the Qur'an
The radicals try to include things that are not in the Quran, in
Islam. They also reject the parts of the Qur'an that contradict with
their inventions and superstitions. The Qur'an commands love,
compassion, mercy, peace, brotherhood and the Qur'an praises all
beauties and encourages science and art. This fact infuriates the
radicals.
That's why the antichrist uses radicalism and extremists to strike
and destroy Islam from within.
The radicals are the army of the antichrist
Bigotry, radicalism and extremism ARE THE BIGGEST ARMY OF THE
ANTI-CHRIST FIGHTING ISLAM. Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) told us about
it in a hadith:
"Some seventy thousand turbaned scholars of my community will be
subject to the antichrist." (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, p. 796)
Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), with this hadith, made it clear that this
group that will be the most fervent enemy of Hz. Mahdi (as) and
they will try to do the worst harm to religion.
Radicals are against love
Radicals hate everything that's beautiful. They hate flowers,
children, cats, dogs, rabbits. They are completely hollow and empty
inside. There is not even a single shred of love inside them.
No one likes the radicals, their lives are dark
The radicals do not love anyone and no one likes the radicals.
Everyone dislikes the state of mind, the lifestyle and way of the
radicals. Even the radicals hate each other. For this reason, they
are always in a constant clash amongst themselves as well. They can
never be united, or live peacefully and comfortably. Their lives
are just as dark as their souls.
ADNAN OKTAR: Everything about them is irritating. The way they look,
the way they walk, the way they act, the way they think. It's like
they are everything that is irritating, plunged into a sea of
annoying behavior. Naturally everyone hates them. And as if that's
not enough, despite all their uselessness, they are very arrogant,
pompous and conceited. They think no one is good enough. Smirking,
sneering, not liking anyone, looking down on people, not taking
others seriously, those are the things that they do all the time.
However, a Muslim is always very modest and down-to-earth and full
of love, with their feet on the ground with the knowledge that
they might be sent to hell any minute. (December 16, 2011 Aksu,
Kaçkar Tv)
Radicals are also hypocrites
ADNAN OKTAR: Actually radicals and hypocrites are like the same
thing, so a radical is essentially a hypocrite, as well. The main
quality of a radical is his hypocrisy. They should read the verses
about hypocrites in the Qur'an and they can understand what a
radical is. (19 October 2010 Gaziantep Olay)
Radicals hate women
Radicals do not value people, and they don't think highly of
anything that is alive. There is no room for kindness,
consideration or compassion in their souls. As a natural outcome of
that state of mind, they hate women. They abhor women. They treat
women as third class citizens.
ADNAN OKTAR: Their view of women is so twisted; on a constant
basis, they seek to insult women. They do not respect them, talking
about them with disrespectful remarks. They harbor a lot of hatred
towards women, these radicals, these bigots. I am not like that, I
love them so much, they are extremely sweet. And my love for them
is so overwhelming, it surrounds me completely. I feel so much
love for them, I want to protect and take care of all of them. I
feel jealous of all of them, all of them. I don't want to think
about a possibility that any harm could come to them, and if I hear
anything like that, it really disturbs me. (October 25, 2010 Asu
Tv)
ADNAN OKTAR: One has to give thanks to Allah for women, because
Allah gave them the blessing of women. The animosity towards women
is something the radicals are proud of, the hypocrites are proud
of. They hate women. Those tasteless people do not understand
women anyway. However women are great gifts from Allah. Prophet
Mohammed (pbuh) says: 'I was made to love three things: one my
beloved salat, second; beautiful smells and third, righteous
women." (October 26, 2010 Gaziantep Olay Tv)
ADNAN OKTAR: Do not believe in those fake hadiths which are against
women. All those made up hadiths which insult women, they are the
products of radicals who hate women, the blinded, hateful
psychopaths. Woman is a very holy, very valuable being. Allah
created them as an ornament, as the most beautiful adornment in the
world. Satan wants people to hate women as he truly hates women.
Darwinists also hate women and so do the communists and the
fascists, and the ones that hate women the most, are the radicals.
They see women as low, third-class citizens. (October 26, 2010
Gaziantep Olay Tv)
Radicals are liars
Lying is one of the most common methods of the radicals to disguise
their true face. It is a habit for them to lie.
ADNAN OKTAR: "Do not say about what your lying tongues describe:"
The hypocrites are very big liars, they lie all the time. The
Qur'an draws attention to that. They are masters of lying. It is
not only the religion that the hypocrites and the radicals lie
about. They lie about their mistakes. They lie when praising
themselves, they lie about everything, they lie constantly. Lie is
their food. The Qur'an refers to that. It says "Do not say about
what your lying tongues describe: This is halal and this is haram."
He says this is halal, this is legal. Based on what? Based on his
own ideas. He says this is haram, illegal. Why? He says because he
believes so. Is it in the Qur'an? No. (January 17, 2011 Adıyaman
Asu)
Radicalism is the venom that the antichrist uses against Muslims
ADNAN OKTAR: Radicalism is a sinister poison that the antichrist
uses against the Muslims. The antichrist spiked the water of
Muslims, with an invincible poison. Some come disguised in a
turban, others a cloak, some with a certain type of mustache. They
used that disguise to poison. Radicalism is such a sinister threat,
it is the biggest weapon of the antichrist against Islam. It is
the strongest weapon against Islam, striking Islam from within.
Many Europeans think that Muslims are growling, bloody, brutal
people with bushy hair and beards, looking like beasts. We
destroyed that idea and they were shocked to see the truth. And we
showed the true modern face of Muslims to Europeans. Because
Muslims are the world's most quality, most perfect people. They are
the most modern, most decent people in the world; but not everybody
knew that. It is usually known, but there were some places where
people didn't know this truth. We opened many doors, we started a
new era. We also helped some of our conservative brothers and
sisters, too…

Short History of Hajj

Hajj literally means 'to set out for a place'. Islamically however it
refers to the annual pilgrimage that Muslims make to Makkah with the
intention of performing certain religious rites in accordance with the
method prescribed by the Prophet Muhammad.
Hajj and its rites were first ordained by Allah in the time of the
Prophet lbrahim [Abraham] and he was the one who was entrusted by
Allah to build the Kaba - the House of Allah - along with his son
Ismail [Ishmael] at Makkah. Allah described the Kaba and its building
as follows:
"And remember when We showed Ibrahim the site of the [Sacred] House
[saying]: Associate not anything [in worship with Me and purify My
House for those who circumambulate it [i.e. perform tawaaf] and those
who stand up for prayer and those who bow down and make prostration
[in prayer etc.]."
[Surah Al-Hajj 22:26]
After building the Kaba, Prophet Ibrahim would come to Makkah to
perform Hajj every year, and after his death, this practice was
continued by his son. However, gradually with the passage of time,
both the form and the goal of the Hajj rites were changed. As idolatry
spread throughout Arabia, the Kaba lost its purity and idols were
placed inside it. Its walls became covered with poems and paintings,
including one of Jesus and his mother Maryam and eventually over 360
idols came to be placed around the Kaba.
During the Hajj period itself, the atmosphere around the sacred
precincts of the Kaba was like a circus. Men and women would go round
the Kaba naked, arguing that they should present themselves before
Allah in the same condition they were born. Their prayer became devoid
of all sincere remembrance of Allah and was instead reduced to a
series of hand clapping, whistling and the blowing of horns. Even the
talbiah[ 1]was distorted by them with the following additions:'No one
is Your partner except one who is permitted by you. You are his Master
and the Master of what he possesses'.
Sacrifices were also made in the name of God. However, the blood of
the sacrificed animals was poured onto the walls of the Kaba and the
flesh was hung from pillars around the Kaba, in the belief that Allah
demanded the flesh and blood of these animals.
Singing, drinking, adultery and other acts of immorality was rife
amongst the pilgrims and the poetry competitions, which were held,
were a major part of the whole Hajj event. In these competitions,
poets would praise the bravery and splendor of their own tribesmen and
tell exaggerated tales of the cowardice and miserliness of other
tribes. Competitions in generosity were also staged where the chief of
each tribe would set up huge cauldrons and feed the pilgrims, only so
that they could become well-known for their extreme generosity.
Thus the people had totally abandoned the teachings of their
forefather and leader Prophet Ibrahim. The House that he had made pure
for the worship of Allah alone, had been totally desecrated by the
pagans and the rites which he had established were completely
distorted by them. This sad state of affairs continued for nearly two
and a half thousand years. But then after this long period, the time
came for the supplication of Prophet Ibrahim to be answered:
"Our Lord! Send amongst them a Messenger of their own, who shall
recite unto them your aayaat (verses) and instruct them in the book
and the Wisdom and sanctify them. Verily you are the 'Azeezul-Hakeem
[the All-Mighty, the All-Wise]."
[Surah Al-Baqarah 2:129]
Sure enough, a man by the name of Muhammad ibn 'Abdullaahwas born in
the very city that Prophet Ibrahim had made this supplication
centuries earlier. For twenty-three years, Prophet Muhammadspread the
message of Tawheed [true monotheism] - the same message that Prophet
Ibrahim and all the other Prophets came with - and established the law
of Allah upon the land. He expended every effort into making the word
of Allah supreme and his victory over falsehood culminated in the
smashing of the idols inside the Kaba which once again became the
universal center for the worshippers of the one True God.
Not only did the Prophet rid the Kaba of all its impurities, but he
also reinstated all the rites of Hajj which were established by
Allah's Permission, in the time of Prophet Ibrahim. Specific
injunctions in the Quran were revealed in order to eliminate all the
false rites which had become rampant in the pre-Islamic period. All
indecent and shameful acts were strictly banned in Allah's statement:
"There is to be no lewdness nor wrangles during Hajj."
[Surah al-Baqarah 2:197]
Competitions among poets in the exaltations of their forefathers and
their tribesmen's achievements were all stopped. Instead, Allah told
them:
"And when you have completed your rites [of Hajj] then remember Allah
as you remember your forefathers; nay with a more vigorous
remembrance."
[Surah al-Baqarah 2:200]
Competitions in generosity were also prohibited. Of course, the
feeding of the poor pilgrims was still encouraged as this was done
during the time of Prophet Ibrahim but Allah commanded that the
slaughtering of the animals which was done for this purpose should be
done seeking the pleasure of Allah rather than fame and the praise of
the people. He said:
"So mention the name of Allah over these animals when they are drawn
up in lines. Then, when they are drawn on their sides [after the
slaughter], eat thereof and feed the beggar who does not ask, and the
beggar who asks."
[Surah al-Hajj 22:36]
As for the deplorable practice of spattering blood of the sacrificed
animals on the walls of the Kaba and hanging their flesh on alters,
then Allah clearly informed them that:
"It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah, but it
is Taqwaa (piety) from you that reaches Him."
[Surah al-Hajj 22:37]
The Prophetalso put a stop to the practice of circling the Kaba in a
state of nudity and the argument that the pagans put forward to
justify this ritual was sharply rebutted in Allah's question:
"Say: Who has forbidden the adornment [i.e. clothes] given by Allah
which He has produced for His Slaves?"
[Surah al-A'raaf 7:32]
Another custom which was prohibited through the Quran was that of
setting off for Hajj without taking any provisions for the journey. In
the pre-Islamic period, some people who claimed to be mutawakkiloon
(those having complete trust in Allah) would travel to perform Hajj
begging for food through the whole journey. They considered this form
of behavior a sign of piety and an indication of how much faith they
had in Allah. However Allah told mankind that to have sufficient
provisions for the journey was one of the preconditions for making
Hajj. He said:
"And take a provision [with you] for the journey, but the best
provision is at-Taqwaa (piety)."
[Surah al-Baqarah 2:197]
In this way, all the pre-Islamic practices, which were based on
ignorance, were abolished and Hajj was once more made a model of
piety, fear of Allah, purity, simplicity and austerity. Now, when the
pilgrims reach the Kaba, they no longer find the carnivals and the
frolic and frivolity that had once occupied the minds of the pilgrims
there before. Now, there is the remembrance of Allah at every step and
every action and every sacrifice was devoted to Him alone. It was this
kind of Hajj that was worthy of the reward of paradise, as the
Prophetsaid:"The reward for an accepted Hajj is nothing less than
paradise."
May Allah grant us all the ability to visit His House and perform the
Hajj in the manner of the Prophet Muhammad. Aameen.

Basics of Hajj

The ritual of Hajj is performed in themonth of ZulHijjah, thetwelfth
and last monthin the Islamic lunar calendar. In Arabic, the word hajj
literally meansgoing to a place for the sake of visiting; and
according to the terminology of the Islamic Sharee'ah, it implies to
the act of going to the Baitullah in Mecca to observe the necessary
devotions related to pilgrimage. The hajj is mandatory upon all able
Muslims, men and women, at least once in a lifetime.
Apart from worship of Allah (SWT), the command for hajj offers Muslims
theopportunity to interact with their brethren from around the globe.
The command concerning the hajj is found in several Qur'anic verses,
among them:
"And when We assigned to Ibraheem the site of the Sacred House
(Ka'bah), saying 'Do not associate with Me anything, and purify My
House for those who circumambulate the Ka'bah, and those who stand up
and prostrate and bow in prayer. And proclaim the Pilgrimage among
men, and they will come to you on foot and mounted on every kind of
camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain
highways." [Surah Al-Hajj: Verse 26-27].
The verse above confirms that Prophet Ibraheem (a.s.) worshipped at
the Sacred House of Allah SWT (Baitullah - another name of Ka'bah)
long before the advent of Judaism or Christianity.
For that matter, some Bibilical historians say that he lived in the
first half of the second millennium B.C, that is prior to the
establishment of the Indus civilizations of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro;
hence, prior to the birth of Hinduism. By virtue of it being thefifth
pillar of Islam, the hajj literally makes Islam the oldest religion on
earth.The hajj today is thelargest gathering of human beingson earth.
Besides this annual ritual, there is a lesser hajj known asUmrahthat
can be performed at any time during the year except on the days of the
greater hajj, specificallyfrom 9th till 13th of ZulHijjah.
On the benefit of hajj, Abu Hurairah (r.a.) narrates that he heard the
Prophet SAW say:
"Whoever performs Hajj and does not commit any Rafath (obscenity) or
Fusooq (transgression), he returns (free from sin) as the day his
mother bore him." [Bukhari]
There are three categories of hajj:Tamattu', Qiraan and Ifraad. In brief,
*.Tamattu'refers to the act of performing umrah in the month of hajj.
*.Qiraan, on the other hand, refers to a pilgrim who performs hajj and
umrah jointly;
*.Ifraadmeans that a pilgrim wears the ihraam for hajj only and he/she
performs his umrah only after completing the greater hajj.
The most beautiful aspect of hajj is theuniformity. All the pilgrims
have to do exactly the same acts at the same sites around Mecca on
four days consecutively. All wear theihraamgarb, a great majority of
which iswhitein color.
Once the ihraam is donned and the intention for hajj uttered, male
pilgrims are prohibited from wearing stitched clothes, shoes that
cover the anklebone, a hat or turban or anything that covers the head.
Women are prohibited from wearing the veil that covers their faces
(burqaa) and also gloves.
Both men and women are prohibited from wearing any kind of perfume or
hair oil, cropping or shaving hair on any part of the body, cut the
nails, have sexual intercourse, hunt and kill animals, or to be
involved in any form of marriage proposal.

Fathwa, - Need guidance on hijab...

Question:
I am in the state of thinking about wearing my hijab. I want to but
there are a lot of things that come with hijab such as what you wear
and the way to approach me. I am quite loud, and I think that is a
negative attraction I will bring towards Muslim women what should I
do?
Answer:
Assalamu alaykum
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful.
Frankly speaking, this is not an issue you should delay in. Start
wearing your hijab and that in itself should guide you towards
correcting your loud behavior due to the feeling of modesty and
shyness it will bring. What we cannot do completely we should at least
do partly, otherwise, it is a deception of Shaytan to make us delay in
such important issues.
And Allah knows best.