Personal, - Methods of Secularists in Corrupting Muslim Women - II

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Westernization
After the failure of some of their military expeditions, Western politicians developed a devilish idea that armies should not be involved in confrontations because they arouse severe reactions, and that they should exert efforts to get the Muslim countries to surrender to the Western culture and civilization willingly. This is how the idea of Westernization was developed, with the basis of blending the Muslim character with that of the Western character in such a way that the former does not see except through Western eyes, does not admire except what the West admires, renounces the values, beliefs, and morals that are derived from the Islamic Sharee‘ah )Islamic legislation(, adopts this new Westernized religion, and is involved in the cycle of economic consumption that is promoted by the West.
Westernization programs try to serve a dual objective. On the one hand, they guard the benefits of colonialism by bridging the gap that separates the West from Muslims due to the difference in values and the bitterness that Muslims feel towards the occupiers of their countries whom Muslims are obliged by their religion to strive against. On the other hand, Westernization programs weaken the religious bond that gathers Muslims, and disperses their association that centers on the unity of thought and intellectual values, or more comprehensively, the unity of cultural values.
Thus, Westernization means blending the Ummah )nation( in such a way that it becomes a deformed nation which is a reproduction of the disbelieving Western nation. However, there is a difference between the two nations – the Western nation is the leader and ruler while the other nations are its humiliated submissive subjects which comply with its dictates. This is what Westernization means.
The Westernization of Muslim women is a part of a comprehensive scheme for Westernizing the Ummah in all its affairs. Dr. Muhammad Muhammad Husayn, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said,
Westernization programs rested on two main principles – as was held by the early imperialists:
First: Associating with allies and friends from among Muslims, empowering them, excluding opponents who object to their projects, hindering their progress, and distracting people from them by different means.
Second: Controlling educational programs as well as information and cultural systems in a way which they established by means of their allies, and directing such programs in a way that serves their objectives and supports their friendship.
Manifestations of Westernizing Muslim women:
• Intermixing between the two sexes in schools and workplaces:
In most countries, there are mixed schools and workplaces, with only a few exceptions. This is what the advocates of Westernization want because the more men and women meet, the more their instincts are aroused and opportunities for indulging in immorality takes place. This is especially so when women do not wear Hijaab )Islamic covering(; there are multiple outlets of sexual motivation and people find it difficult to get married, in addition to weak religious commitment.
When the West fulfills its objective of corrupting women, the family will be afflicted with corruption and degradation, and the society in turn will be ruined from the inside, and thus, it will be easy prey.
If intermixing between sexes begins, it will never end except with women frequenting places of depravity and immorality, without adhering to Hijaab and modesty. This has already started occurring and continues to take place in many Muslim countries. Consider, how does this compare to the narration of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, when he left the mosque and found men and women mingling in the street. He said, addressing women:“Draw back, for you must not walk in the middle of the road. Keep to the sides of the road.”Women used to keep so close to the wall that their garments would rub against it. ]Abu Daawood[ ]Al-Albaani: Hasan[
• Tabarruj and Sufoor
Tabarruj means women’s exposure of their adornment to men to whom women are not permitted to show their adornment.
Sufoor means women’s exposure of parts of their body which they are not permitted to show to other than non-Mahrams )marriageable men(.
It is rare to find a Muslim country that is devoid of Tabarruj and Sufoor. This is a very dangerous manifestation in the Ummah. In the past, women were modest and fitted the description of “dwellers of boudoirs”. This was not a social tradition. Rather, it stemmed from worshipping and obeying Allaah The Almighty. It is clear that the Sharee‘ah-compliant Hijaab is an inherent emblem of Islam. That is why Aa’ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, said, “May Allaah have mercy upon the early immigrant women. When Allaah revealed}and to wrap ]a portion of[ their headcovers over their chests{]Quran 24:31[, they tore the edges of their waist sheets and covered their heads with them.” ]Al-Bukhaari[
Therefore, the spread or decline of Hijaab is an indication of the Islamic awakening in society and of people’s devotion to the religion of Allaah The Almighty; and the spread of Hijaab annoys those falsifying hypocrites.
• Following fashion trends:
Nowadays, you see Muslim women imitating Western women with great alacrity. Even the way little girls are dressed follows Western fashions. Thus, you find girls who have reached the age of fifteen still wearing short clothes, marking one of the first steps of following Western fashions. When girls are stripped of modesty, they can easily respond to everything new.
Clothing is an important manifestation that distinguishes Muslim women; therefore, they were forbidden to imitate the disbelievers because this signifies an acceptance of their norms of behavior, removal of barriers and developing amicability between them. It is known that similarity of dress diminishes the distinction of what is good from what is bad and the distinction of Islam from disbelief, thus, facilitating the spread of falsehood and the concealment of its advocates.
Western fashion is rejected for several reasons, including:
• Imitating the disbelieving women: The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said:“Anyone who imitates a people is one of them.”]Abu Daawood and Ahmad[ ]Saheeh[
Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said,
The straight path constitutes inward matters that exist in the heart including convictions, wills, and the like, and outward words and deeds which come in the form of acts of worship or traditions pertaining to diet, dress, and marriage. There is definitely a relationship between such inward and outward matters, since the feelings and conditions that are related to the heart result in outward conditions, and at the same time outward deeds necessarily result in certain feelings and conditions in the heart.
Hence, it is known from this that it is serious matter and forbidden that Muslim women imitate the disbelieving women.
• The economic damage resulting from attachment to fashion: It is well known how much money and expenses are involved in following fashion trends.
• Fostering mutual envy among women: This is because they are naturally attracted by a beautiful appearance and thus, they boast to each other and vie with one another in terms of their possessions. This may cause the wife of a man with limited financial resources to charge him with what is beyond his abilities so that she will be equal to fashion trends.
• Meetings of women with non-Mahram men in seclusion: People have taken this matter so lightly that some of them consider it natural. The forbidden meetings between men and women in seclusion is an aspect of Westernization that the Muslim Ummah has fallen into. It is an act of the disbelievers who do not have a religion that forbids doing so. Respecting the boundaries set by Allaah The Almighty is a characteristic of the Muslim Ummah. Daring to meet a non-Mahram )marriageable( woman in seclusion is a transgression of one of the boundaries set by Allaah The Almighty and is also a great danger. It is forbidden by Sharee‘ah in the words of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, who said: “No man should be alone with a )non-Mahram( woman unless her Mahram is also present.” ]Al-Bukhaari and Muslim[
It is a given that any person who advocates falsehood clothes his falsehood in the garb of reform and decorative speech so that it gains public acceptance.
This is because falsehood is ugly and disliked, so when it appears in its real image, people do not accept it, as they, by natural disposition, are not satisfied with it. Therefore, Westernizing secularists resort to dressing their methods, objectives, and thoughts in the garb of reform and keenness to maintain public benefits. Thus, mixed employment and education are promoted for the benefit of the Ummah and under the pretext of employing women, who are half of society, to attain economic revenue. This is decorative speech that is inspired by the devils from among humans and Jinn. Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}And thus We have made for every Prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and Jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent. And ]it is[ so the hearts of those who disbelieve in the Hereafter will incline toward it and that they will be satisfied with it and that they will commit that which they are committing.{]Quran 6: 112-113[
This is deceptive to people with weak faith and deficient intellects.
In addition, secularists have found traditions that are not related to Islam in Muslim communities, so they exploited them and employed them to diffuse their poisons through them toward achieving their schemes. Then, they claimed that such traditions belong to Islam and thus, attacked Islam through them. For example, some Muslim communities are not fair with women when it comes to giving them their shares of inheritance. They may give women their shares from movables such as money and cattle but they fail to give them their shares from real estate, a practice that was followed during the pre-Islamic era.
Also, some polygamous men do not treat their wives equally, thus, violating the orders of Allaah The Almighty. Secularists capitalize on these shortcomings, though such acts do not belong to Islam and are not supported by divine authority, but are considered by Islam as forbidden

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Personal, - Methods of Secularists in Corrupting Muslim Women - I

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Allaah The Almighty instructed Muslims to beware of deviants and the methods they follow to demolish the religion of Islam, and thus, He Says )whatmeans(:}And thus do We detail the verses, and ]thus[ the way of the criminals will become evident.{]Quran 6:55[
He also commanded His Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, to fight the hypocrites, saying )what means(:}O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them.{]Quran 9:73[
Allaah The Almighty exposed the hypocrites in many chapters as in Al-Baqarah, An-Nisaa’, and At-Tawbah which was called the 'exposing chapter'. Some of the companions, may Allaah be pleased with them, said, “The chapter of At-Tawbah continued to be revealed ]concerning hypocrites with verses starting with }And among them are those who…{ ]Quran 9: 49,58,61,75[ until we thought that it would not leave ]any one without exposing him[.”
The chapter of Al-Ahzaab details the attitudes of the hypocrites during times of hardship. Allaah The Almighty named one of the chapters of the Quran after them: “Al-Munaafiqoon” i.e. The Hypocrites. No matter how the hypocrites hide themselves, surely Allaah The Almighty discloses whatever they conceal in their breasts and hearts. Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}Or do those in whose hearts is disease think that Allaah would never expose their ]feelings of[ hatred? And if We willed, We could show them to you, and you would know them by their mark; but you will surely know them by the tone of ]their[ speech. And Allaah knows your deeds.{]Quran 47: 29-30[
Thus, the hypocrites are an exposed group; exposed by Allaah The Almighty and He reveals their hidden misdemeanors so that people will be aware of them and will not be deceived by them.
It is extremely important to be aware of that group, its methods in fighting the Ummah )Muslim nation(, and its attempt to demolish the pillars of Islam. ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattaab, may Allaah be pleased with him, said, “Islam will be destroyed gradually when there would be Muslims who know nothing about Jaahiliyyah )the pre-Islamic era(.” Hence, when people with anti-Islamic tendencies )similar to tendencies pertaining to Jaahiliyyah( come to destroy Islam, Muslims do not allow them to do so, because they know them and they are aware of their anti-Islamic attitudes.
It is, therefore, necessary to study the methods of secularists in corrupting the Ummah and particularly women, so that Muslims will avoid this evil that augers a great crisis that will befall the Ummah of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. It is also necessary for each Muslim to know that secularists are the greatest danger enclosing the Ummah, as they work to corrupt the Ummah and distance it from its religion.
Why do the secularists focus on women?
They concentrate on women because they realized the role of women in forming the Ummah and influencing society. They are certain that when they corrupt women and succeed in causing them to deviate, then it will be easy for them to demolish the fortresses of Islam and they will even enter them without facing the least resistance. The Zionists clearly say in their Protocols, “We have to win the women to our side, since if women extend their hands to us one day, we would win the case.”
Another archenemy of Islam said, "A glass )of alcohol( and a prostitute do to the Ummah of Muhammad more than what one thousand mortars would do, so drown it in the love of materialism and lusts.”
This is true, because when one single soldier goes down into a trench and resists with his gun, it is difficult to storm him until he dies. Hence, what do you think of an entire nation that defends itself, and instead of doing so, it becomes immersed in lusts, deviates from its religion and from the path of its glory, and thus, surrenders to the enemy without any resistance but rather accords the enemy a warm welcome and greets it with applause.
In a book on raising girls and Hijaab )Islamic covering(, the author says that there is no barrier left against destroying the Muslim society – except that Muslim women undergo the transformation, or rather the corruption that has pervaded a vast number of Muslim men.
What is secularism and what is the ruling on it?
Secularism is originally meant to denote separating religion from other aspects of life. Accordingly, divine laws do not govern or interfere in social interactions, economic issues, politics, war and peace, pedagogy and education, and so on. It also corresponds with Irreligion, recognizing and dealing with only with tangible things while denying unseen phenomena and their contribution to the formation of life. In the West, people are allowed to entertain personal beliefs. However, it is not allowable to let religion influence the planning of the nation’s affairs. This epidemic was then transferred to the Muslim Ummah.
Secularism is more comprehensive in the Islamic perspective than in the Western perspective, in such a way that if a person calls for applying the entire Sharee‘ah )Islamic legislation( of Islam with exclusion to one issue that he rejects although being unanimously agreed-upon by Muslims or being an indisputably established religious fact, then such a person is a disbeliever and an apostate. For instance, if a person calls for applying the Sharee‘ah but, in terms of inheritance, he says that the woman’s share must be equal to that of the man, then such a person is a secularist under Sharee‘ah because he rejects a ruling which is indisputable in Islam. This is what we mean by secularism in the course of our writing.
In this sense, the ruling on secularism is that it designates major disbelief that takes one outside of the fold of Islam, because it means belying Allaah The Almighty and His Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. It also denotes associating with Allaah The Almighty that for which He has not sent down any authority, because it refers judgment in some issues to other than Allaah The Almighty and in other issues to Him.

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Personal, - Allaah has Prohibited Adultery and Its Causes

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A fundamental Sharee‘ah rule is that when Allaah The Almighty forbids something, He also forbids the causes, ways and means that lead to it, in order for its prohibition to be realized, any access to it denied, its protected zone kept far from intruders, sins related to it be avoided, and its harmful effects to both the individual and the community be removed.
Should anything be prohibited by Allaah and the means that lead to it left permissible, such a prohibition would then be defunct, and the Sharee‘ah of the Lord of the Worlds is far above that.
Of a surety, adultery is one of the most grievous, hideous, harmful and dangerous forms of immorality, and its consequences have the most disastrous effects on the very foundations of one’s religion. This is why the prohibition of adultery is an indisputably established fact of religion that should be known by all Muslims.
Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.{]Quran 17:32[
For this reason, its causes have been prohibited, that is, Sufoor )uncovering the face( and its means, Tabarruj )exposing beauty( and its means, intermixing and its means, the woman's imitation of man and of the disbelieving women, and other such causes of suspicion, Fitnah )tribulation( and corruption.
Consider the great wonders of revelation, which indeed represent an aspect of the inimitability of the Quran: when Allaah The Almighty mentions in the beginning of Soorat An-Noor how odious the crime of adultery is, and prohibits it entirely. He enumerates, from its opening to the thirty-third noble verse, fourteen defensive means to prevent immorality and deter it in a pure and chaste community, that is, the community of Muslims. Some of these preventive means are acts, some are words and others are intentions.
They are as follows:
1- To purify both the adulterer and adulteress with the corporal punishment prescribed for them.
2- To maintain purity by stipulating that marriage with an adulteress is forbidden as is giving chaste women in marriage to adulterers except in the case of a true and sincere repentance on the part of the former adulterer/adulteress.
These are two practical preventive means.
3- To purify tongues from accusing people of the immorality of fornication, and whoever launches a false charge with no evidence should receive the corporal punishment of lashes prescribed for false accusation.
4- To purify the husband's tongue from accusing his wife of adultery with no evidence, lest he would be subjected to Li‘aan )a type of oath that results in divorce(.
5- To purify souls and forbid the hearts from baselessly accusing a Muslim of committing immorality.
6- To cleanse the person's will and prevent it from the desire to spread immorality among Muslims, lest it would weaken those who reject it and strengthen those who are immoral.
This is why the punishment for this kind of sin is more painful than any other, as stated by Allaah The Almighty )what means(:}Indeed, those who like that immorality should be spread ]or publicized[ among those who have believed will have a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter.{]Quran 24:19[
To like that immorality should be spread includes liking all the awful means that lead to it, whether it is through words, deeds, consent or promoting what causes it.
This severe threat applies to those who advocate liberating woman from the Hijaab, and releasing her from the Sharee‘ah-defined commands that affirm her chastity and modesty.
7- To maintain a broad prevention, by purifying the soul from any doubts or passing thoughts, which are Satan's first footstep in the souls of the believers to lead them to fall in immorality. Purification is the strongest way to prevent immorality as confirmed by Allaah The Almighty who Says )what means(:}O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing.{]Quran 24:21[
8- To seek permission to enter any dwelling, in order that the person's sight would not fall on anything exposed from the members of that household.
9- To purify the eyes from man's unlawful look at a non-Mahram )i.e., marriageable( woman, or a woman’s unlawful look at a non-Mahram man.
10- To prohibit the woman from disclosing her adornment in front of non-Mahram men.
11- To prevent all that moves and provokes the desire of the man, like a woman striking the ground with her feet in order for her anklets to be heard, attracting to her those men who have diseased souls.
12- To command those who do not have the financial means to marry, to modestly refrain from sin through several means.
The Noble Quran and the purified Sunnah have stipulated many preventive means and precautions to protect people from immorality - both men and women.
Some are specifically for men in their relation with men, like the obligation to screen the man's ‘Awrah )areas of the body that must be covered(: it is impermissible for a man to expose his ‘Awrah, which is the area from the navel to the knee. There are also the following:
Forbidding men from looking at non-Mahram women.
Forbidding men from sitting alone with beardless young men or looking at them lustfully.
Other means address women in their relation with other women.
One of the greatest preventive means and precautions that protect from adultery is the obligation of Hijaab on the Muslim woman, and this is with the objective of preserving them and keeping them chaste, screened, guarded, modest, and far from decadence, and protecting them from humiliation, degradation, and being deprived of modesty.

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Dought & clear, - Fasting in the month of Rajab

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Is there any special virtue in fasting during the month of Rajab?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
The month of Rajab is one of the sacred months of which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily, the number of months with Allaah is twelve months (in a year), so was it ordained by Allaah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are Sacred (i.e. the 1st, the 7th, the 11th and the 12th months of the Islamic calendar). That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein”
[al-Tawbah 9:36]
The sacred months are: Rajab, Dhu’l-Qa’dah, Dhu’l-Hijjah and Muharram.
Al-Bukhaari (4662) and Muslim (1679) narrated from Abu Bakrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The year is twelve months, of which four are sacred: three consecutive months, Dhu’l-Qa’dah, Dhu’l-Hijjah and Muharram, and Rajab Mudar which comes between Jumaada and Sha’baan.
These months are called sacred for two reasons:
1- Because fighting therein is forbidden unless initiated by the enemy
2- Because transgression of the sacred limits therein is worse than at other times.
Hence Allaah has forbidden us to commit sins during these months, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“wrong not yourselves therein”
[al-Tawbah 9:36]
Although committing sins is haraam and forbidden during these months and at other times, in these months it is more forbidden.
Al-Sa’di (may Allaah have mercy on him) said (p. 373):
In the phrase “wrong not yourselves therein”, the pronoun may be understood as referring to twelve months. Allaah states that He has made them a measure of time for His slaves, which they may use for worshipping Him, and thank Allaah for His blessings, and they serve the interests of His slaves, so beware of wronging yourselves therein.
The pronoun may also be understood as referring to the four sacred months, and this forbids them to wrong themselves in those months in particular, as well as it being forbidden to do wrong at all times, because it is more forbidden at this time, but it is worse at this time than at others. End quote.
Secondly:
With regard to fasting the month of Rajab, there is no saheeh hadeeth to indicate that there is any special virtue in fasting all or part of this month.
What some people do, singling out some days of Rajab for fasting, believing that they are better than others, has no basis in sharee’ah.
But there is a report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which indicates that it is mustahabb to fast during the sacred months (and Rajab is one of the sacred months). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Fast some days of the sacred months and not others.” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 2428; classed as da’eef by al-Albaani in Da’eef Abi Dawood.
Even if this hadeeth were saheeh, it indicates that it is mustahabb to fast during the sacred months. So if a person fasts during Rajab because of this, and he also fasts in the other sacred months, there is nothing wrong with that. But singling out Rajab for fasting is not right.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (25/290):
As for fasting in Rajab in particular, the ahaadeeth concerning that are all da’eef (weak), and in fact mawdoo’ (fabricated). The scholars do not rely on any of them. They are not among the da’eef ahaadeeth which have been narrated concerning virtues, rather most of them are fabricated and false. In al-Musnad and elsewhere there is a hadeeth which says that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) enjoined fasting the sacred months, namely Rajab, Dhu’l-Qa’dah, Dhu’l-Hijjah and Muharram, but this has to do with fasting during all of them, not just Rajab. End quote.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Every hadeeth which mentions fasting in Rajab and praying during some of its nights is false and fabricated.” End quote from al-Manaar al-Muneef, p. 96
Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said in Tabyeen al-‘Ajab (p. 11)
There is no saheeh hadeeth that would count as evidence which speaks of the virtue of the month of Rajab, or that speaks of fasting this month or part of it, or of spending any particular night of it in prayer.
Shaykh Sayyid Saabiq (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Fiqh al-Sunnah (1/282):
Fasting in Rajab is no better than fasting in any other month, except that it is one of the sacred months. There is no report in the saheeh Sunnah to suggest that there is anything special about fasting in this month. Whatever has been narrated concerning that is not fit to be quoted as evidence. End quote.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about fasting on the twenty-seventh of Rajab and spending that night in prayer. He replied:
Fasting on the twenty-seventh of Rajab and spending that night in prayer is a bid’ah (innovation), and every bid’ah is a going astray. End quote.
Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 20/440.

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