4a] Who was Ibn Sayyaad? Was he the false messiah (al-maseeh al-dajjaal)?

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the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) examined him – indicates that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not pass judgement on the matter of Ibn Sayyaad, because it was not revealed to him (by Wahy) whether he was the Dajjaal or not.
Many of the Sahaabah thought that Ibn Sayyaad was the Dajjaal. ‘Umar ibnal-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him) swore that he was the Dajjaal in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and the Sahaabah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not disapprove of that. Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir said, “I saw Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah swear by Allaah that Ibn al-Saa’id was the Dajjaal. Isaid, ‘Do you swear by Allaah?’ He said, ‘I heard ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab swear to that effect in thepresence of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not disapprove of that.’” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6808).
Ibn ‘Umar told a strange story about Ibn Sayyaad which was narrated in Saheeh Muslim from Naafi’, who said: Ibn ‘Umar met Ibn Sayyaad onone of the paths of Madeenah, and said to him something which made him so angry that he swelled up and filled the road. Ibn ‘Umar went to Hafsah and told her about this. She said, “May Allaah have mercy upon you! Why did you upset Ibn Sayyaad? Don’t you know that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said that he (the Dajjaal) will emerge when something makes him very angry?” (Saheeh Muslim, 2932)
In spite of that, when IbnSayyaad grew up, he tried to defend himself and said that he was not the Dajjaal; he was apparently upset by this accusation, and he quotedas evidence the fact that the attributes of the Dajjaal described by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not apply to him.
Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri said:“We went out for Hajj or ‘Umrah, and Ibn Saa’id was with us. We stopped at a place to camp, and the people separated and I was left with him (Ibn Saa’id). I felt very nervous and afraid of him, becauseof what had been said about him. He brought hisluggage and put it with mine. I said, ‘It is very hot – why don’t you put your things under that tree?’ So he did that. Then somesheep appeared before us,and he went and brought a large vessel (of milk) and said, ‘Drink, O Abu Sa’eed.’ I said, ‘It is too hot, and the milk is hot.’ In fact (the only thing wrong was) that I did not want to drink from his hand, or take anything from his hand. He said, ‘Abu Sa’eed, I have been thinking that I should take a rope and suspend it from a tree, and hang myself, because of what people are saying about me. O Abu Sa’eed, does anyone know more abouthadeeth than you Ansaar?Are you not one of the most knowledgeable of people about the hadeethof the Messenger of Allaah(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)? Didn’t the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say that the Dajjaal is a kaafir, and I am a Muslim? Didn’t the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say that he would be sterile, with no children, and I have left my child behind in Madeenah? Didn’t the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say that he will never enter Madeenah or Makkah, but I have left Madeenah and am headed for Makkah?’… I was about to accept his excuses, then he said, ‘But, by Allaah, I know who the Dajjaal is, where he was born and where he is now.’ I said to him, ‘May you perish for the rest of the day!’” (Narrated by Muslim, no. 5211).
According to another report, Ibn Sayyaad said: “By Allaah, I know where he is now and I know his father and mother.” It was said to him, “Would you not be happy to be that man?” He said, “If it were offered to me, I would not refuse.” (Narrated by Muslim, 521)
The scholars were confused by the reports about Ibn Sayyaad. Some scholars said that he was the Dajjaal, and others said that he was not. Bothgroups had evidence (daleel) for what they said, and their views conflicted a great deal. Ibn Hajar tried to reconcile the two views by saying: the best way inwhich we may reconcile what is said in the hadeeth of Tameem al-Daari and the view thatIbn Sayyaad was the Dajjaal is to say that the Dajjaal is the exact same person whom Tameem al-Daari saw chained up, and that Ibn Sayyaad was a shaytaan (a devil) who appeared in the image of the Dajjaal at that time, until he went to Isfahaan, where he hid with his qareen, until the appointed time comes when Allaah will decree that he should emerge. Because the matter is so confusing, al-Bukhaari, instead of attempting a reconciliation,
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4] Who was Ibn Sayyaad? Was he the false messiah (al-maseeh al-dajjaal)?

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I have read in some ahaadeeth about a strange person who appeared at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). His name was Ibn Sayyaad or Ibn Saa’id. Who was this man and what was he?
Praise be to Allaah.
Ibn Sayyaad’s name was Saafi, or ‘Abd-Allaah, ibn (the son of) Sayyaad or Saa’id.
He was one of the Jews of Madeenah, and it was said that he was one of the Ansaar. He was a childat the time when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came to Madeenah. It was also said that he became Muslim.
Ibn Sayyaad was a dajjaal(a liar), and he used to tellfortunes, sometimes whathe said came true, and sometimes it did not. He became famous among the people, and it was rumoured that he was theDajjaal. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wanted to find out about him, so he used to go to him secretly, without revealing his identity to him, hoping to hear something from him. He also asked him some questions directly, to find out what he really was. He outlived the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), then he was lost on the day of al-Harrah. [comment deleted]
The story of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and Ibn Sayyaad
‘Abdaan told us, ‘Abd-Allaah informed us, from Yoonus from al-Zuhri, who said, Saalim ibn ‘Abd-Allaah informed me that Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) informed him that ‘Umar set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to look for Ibn Sayyaad, and they found him playing with some boys near the battlement of Banu Maghaalah. At that time Ibn Sayyaad was on the threshhold of adolescence. He did not notice anything until the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) struck him on the back with his hand. Then he said to Ibn Sayyaad, “Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allaah?” Ibn Sayyaad looked at him and said, “I bear witness that you are the Messenger of the unlettered.” Ibn Sayyaad said to the Prophet (peaceand blessings of Allaah be upon him), “Do you bear witness that I am the messenger of Allaah?” He ignored that and said, “I believe in Allaah and His Messengers.” Then he asked him, “What do you see?” Ibn Sayyaad said, “(Sometimes) a truthful one comes to me and (sometimes) a liar comes.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “You havebeen confounded.” Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him, “I am concealing something from you.” Ibn Sayyaad said, “It is al-dukh.” [Referring to Soorat al-Dukhaan]. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him, “Be off with you! You will never go beyond your rank.” ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, “Permit me to strike his neck (kill him), OMessenger of Allaah.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “If he is he (the Dajjaal), then you will not be able to overpower him, and if he is not (the Dajjaal), then your killing him will not do any good.” Saalim said, I heard Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) say: After that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and Ubayy ibn Ka’b set off to go to some date-palm trees where Ibn Sayyaad was. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) concealed himself in order to hear something from Ibn Sayyaad before Ibn Sayyaad saw him. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saw him lying on his bed with a blanket around him from which was coming a murmuring sound. The mother of Ibn Sayyaad saw the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) hiding behind the trunk ofthe palm-tree and said, “OSaaf!” – which was his name – “Here is Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)!” Then Ibn Sayyaad jumped up and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “If she had left him alone, things would have been made clear.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1355).
“Battlement” refers to a structure like a fortress.
Maghaalah was a tribe of the Ansaar.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wanted to talk to Ibn Sayyaad without him realizing who he was.
“from which was coming a murmuring sound” means, a low voice, or moving the lips as in speech, or speaking in an indistinct manner.
See Fath al-Baari for the commentary on the above hadeeth in Kitaab al-Janaa’iz of Saheeh al-Bukhaari.
· Was Ibn Sayyaad the great Dajjaal?
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3b] Discussion of numerical miracles in the Qur’aan and use of the solar calendar

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It was also mentioned by al-Albaani in al-Saheehah (1575). This could not be known unless the calendar was based on the moon and new moons. This is also indicated by the hadeeth which was narrated in al-Saheehayn from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cameto Madeenah, he found the Jews fasting on the day of ‘Ashoora’. He said: “What is this?” They said: This is a good day, this is the day on which Allaah saved the Children of Israel from their enemies. So Moosa fasted on that day … Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2004) and Muslim (1130). And al-Haafiz (may Allaah have mercy on him) stated clearly that they did not base their count (of time) on the sun. See: al-Fath (4/291 and 7/323).
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaahhave mercy on him) said, commenting on the verses “It is He Who madethe sun a shining thing and the moon as a light and measured out for it stages” [Yoonus 10:5] and“And the moon, We have measured for it mansions (to traverse) till it returns like the old dried curved date stalk” [Yaa Seen 36:38, 39]: Hence the lunar calendar was better known among the nations and was less likely to involve errors, and it is more precise than the solar calendar, and all people can follow it easily. Hence Allaah says(interpretation of the meaning): “and measuredout for it stages that you might know the number of years and the reckoning” [Yoonus 10:5]. But He did not say that about the sun, hence the months of Hajj, fasting, Eid and other Islamic occasions are based on the lunar calendar. This is by the wisdom of Allaah and His mercy, and so as to protect His religion, as the people may all be able to figure out this count of time easily and avoid mistakes, and so that no differences or confusion would happen to the religion as happened to the people of the Book.
End quote from Miftaah Daar al-Sa’aadah, p. 538, 539.
It may be understood from the last comment of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaahhave mercy on him) that the people of the Book used to follow a solar calendar, and this was stated clearly by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) in his response after he attributed this view to Ibnal-Qayyim. See al-Fath (7/323).
But in fact it played no role in their religion, rather it was introduced after that by the ignorant among them. End quote.
Concerning the things we learn from the verse “They ask you (O Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about the new moons…”, Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
… and we learn that the fixed periods of time for all nations are the fixed periods of time that were established by Allaah for them – which are the newmoons – so these are global fixed periods of time, because Allaah says “fixed periods of time for mankind”. As for what hashappened recently, namely the adoption of the European calendar, there it has no tangible basis and it makes no sense and is not prescribed in sharee’ah. Hence you find that one month has twenty-eight days and some have thirty days and some have thirty one, without any known reason for thisdiscrepancy. Moreover these months have no physical sign that the people can refer to in order to work out time, unlike the lunar months which have a physical sign that is known to everyone. End quote.
Tafseer al-Baqarah (2/371).
Al-Qurtubi said, commenting on the verse “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” [al-Tawbah9:36]: This verse indicates that rulings on acts of worship and other matters must be connected to the months and years that were known to the Arabs, and not those that were used by the Persians, Byzantines or Copts, and they should not be more than twelve months, because they vary in the number of days; some of them being thirty days and some of them being more or less. But the months of the Arabs never exceed thirty days, although some of them may be less; the ones thatare less are not any specific months, rather that varies according to variations in the moon’s movement through the sky. End quote. Tafseer al-Qurtubi (8/133).
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3a] Discussion of numerical miracles in the Qur’aan and use of the solar calendar

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to prove this he counted the words “al-yawm” and “yawman”but he ignored words such as “yawmukum” (your day) and “yawmuhum” (their day) and yawma’idhin (on thatday), because if he had done that, he would have got a different number. The same applies to the word al-isti’aadhah whichrefers to seeking refuge from the shaytaan. He says that it is repeated 11 times, but he includes in that the words “a’oodhu” (I seek refuge) and “fasta’idh” (seek refuge) but not “ ‘udhtu” (I sought refuge) or “ya’oodhoona” (they seek refuge) or “u’eedhuha” (I seek refuge for her) or “ma’aadh Allaah” (Allaah forbid).
See: Ittijaahaat al-Tafseer fi’l-Qarn al-Raabi’ ‘Ashara (2/699, 700), Beirut, Mu’sasat al-Risaalah, second edition, 1414 AH.
From this well-founded discussion, the answer to the issue of the word “yawm” and the number of times it appears in the Qur’aan, which is mentioned in the question, is clear.
Thirdly:
With regard to the count (of time) (al-hisaab, mentioned in Yoonus 10:5) that Allaah has mentioned in His holy Book, it is the precise count (of time) that does not differ as the years pass, which is the lunar count (of time).
With regard to the verse (interpretation of the meaning):
“And they stayed in their Cave three hundred years,adding nine”
[al-Kahf 18:25],
some of the scholars havestated that the number 300 refers to solar years, and that the number 309 refers to lunar years. This view was refuted by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, who explained in his refutation that the count (of time) with Allaah is lunar, not solar.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
“adding nine” means that they added nine years to three hundred, so they stayed there for three hundred and nine years. Itmay be said: Why doesn’t it just say three hundred and nine?
The answer is that this is what is meant, but the Qur’aan is the most eloquent of books, and in order for the ends of the verses to match (in Arabic)it says: “And they stayed in their Cave three hundred (solar) years, adding nine (for lunar years)”. It is not as some people think, that the three hundred refers to solar years and the nine was added for lunar years,because we cannot testifythat Allaah meant that. Who can testify that this is what Allaah meant? Even if it so happens that three hundred solar years are equal to three hundred and nine lunar years, we cannot testify about Allaah in this way, because the count (of time) with Allaah is one.
What are the signs by which the count (of time) is reckoned with Allaah?
The answer is that they are the new moons; hence we say that the view that “three hundred years” refers to solar years and “adding nine” refers to lunar years, is a weak view.
Firstly: because we cannottestify that Allaah meant this.
Secondly: because the number of months and years with Allaah is based on the new moons. Allaahsays (interpretation of themeaning):
“It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for it; that ye might know thenumber of years and the count (of time)”
[Yoonus 10:5]
“They ask you (O Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about the new moons. Say: These are signs to mark fixed periods of time for mankind and for the pilgrimage”
[al-Baqarah 2:189]
Tafseer Soorat al-Kahf.
Reckoning time by the moon and the new moons was well known to the Prophets and their peoples, and reckoning time by the sun was only known to the ignorant followers of false religions, but unfortunately many Muslims follow them nowadays.
Dr Khaalid al-Sabt says, in his refutation of those who say that the verse “The building which they built” [al-Tawbah 9:11] in al-Tawbah refers to the explosions in America:
5 (the fifth point) – These connections are based on the solar calendar, which is a calendar that was inherited from idolatrous nations, and which was ofno significance to the Prophets (blessing and peace be upon them). Rather the calendar that counts in sharee’ah is the calendar that is based on the moon and new moons, which is more precise. This indicates that what was known to the Prophets was the lunar calendar. In the hadeeth of Waathilah ibn al-Asqa’ (may Allaah be pleased with him) it says that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The Suhuf of Ibraaheem were revealed to him on the first night of Ramadaan, and the Tawrat (Torah) was revealed on the sixth of Ramadaan, and the Injeel (Gospel) on the thirteenth of Ramadaan, and the Furqaan (Qur’aan)was revealed on the twenty-fourth of Ramadaan.” Narrated by Ahmad (4/107) and by al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan (9/188). Its isnaad is hasan. It was also mentioned by al-Albaani in al-Saheehah (1575).
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3] Discussion of numerical miracles in the Qur’aan and use of the solar calendar

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I read some 'miracles' of the qur'an recently. These included many things such as the 3 stages of embryos, the orbits of planets, etc etc. However, one of them claimed that the word yawm (day) is mentioned 365 times in the qur'an, and the word qamar is mentioned 12 times in the quraan. I forget how many times the word ayyaam is mentioned. However, a friend pointed out that the islamic calender does not have 365 days in it. What does this mean about the islamic calender? That it is wrong? Or that God knew that most of the world would use the Gregorian calender and that this is a sign that it is the correct one?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Many people are infatuated by the different types of miraclesin the Qur’aan, including the “numerical miracles”. In newspapers and magazines and on the internet they publish lists of words that are repeated a number of times that corresponds to their structure, and wordsthat are repeated the same number of times as their opposites. They also claim that the word yawm (day) is repeated 365 times and the word shahr (month) is repeated12 times, and they do thiswith other words too, such as al-malaa’ikah (angels) and al-shayaateen (devils), and al-dunya (this world) and al-aakhirah (the Hereafter), etc.
Many people think that these numbers are true and that this is one of the miracles of the Qur’aan, but they do not distinguish between subtleties and miracles. Writing a book which contains a specific numberof certain words is something that anyone can do; what is so miraculous about that? The miracle that appears in the Book of Allaah is not like these subtleties, rather it is far deeper and greater than that. It is the fact that the most eloquent and well-spokenof the Arabs could not produce anything like the Qur’aan, or ten soorahs of it, or even one soorah. It is not like these subtletiesthat any writer could produce in any book that he writes, or more.
It should be noted that some people have taken this beyond mere statistics. Some of them have used these numbers to foretell when the state of Israel will fall, and others have used them to say when the Day of Judgement will be. One ofthe latest fabrications against the Book of Allaahis that which they have published saying that the Qur’aan foretold the explosions in the towers in New York! Based on the number of the verse in al-Tawbah, and the number of the soorah andjuz’. All of that is toying with the Book of Allaah which is caused by ignorance of the true nature of the miracle of the Book of Allaah.
Secondly:
By examining the statistics presented by those who have publishedthese numbers, we find that they did not get the numbers of some phrases right, and some of them have been selective in theway they counted the words, and that is so that they might reach the conclusion they want and that they think is in the Book of Allaah.
Shaykh Dr. Khaalid al-Sabtsaid:
Dr. Ashraf ‘Abd al-RazzaaqQatanah presented a “study of the numerical miracles in the Holy Qur’aan” which he published in a book entitled: “The Qur’aan andthe Numerical Miracles, a critical study of the numerical miracles of the Holy Qur’aan.” In the conclusion to this book hereviews three other books: (1) I’jaaz al-Raqm 19 (The miracle of the number 19) by Baasim Jaraar; (2) al-I’jaaz al-‘Adadi fi’l-Qur’aan (the numerical miracle in the Qur’aan) by ‘Abd al-Razzaaq Nawfal; and (3) al-Mu’jizah (the miracle) by ‘Adnaan al-Rifaa’i. The author reached a conclusion which he describes as follows:
As the result of my study Ireached the idea that the “numerical miracle” as presented in these books is not real at all, and thesebooks are based on conditions that are sometimes selective , in order to prove the validityof this view in a way that will make the reader accept these preconceivedresults referred to above. These selective conditionssometimes lead the author to go against that which is proven accordingto the consensus of the ummah, such as going against the spelling of the‘Uthmaani Mus-haf, which is not permissible at all; oradopting the spelling of some words which appears in some Mus-hafs and without paying attention to the spellings in other Mus-hafs. It also goes against basic principles of the Arabic language with regard to synonyms and antonyms.
p. 197, Damascus, Manaar li’l-Nashr wa’l-Tawzee’, first edition, 1420 AH/1999 CE.
Dr. Fahd al-Roomi said something similar about the selective way in whichDr ‘Abd al-Razzaaq Nawfalchose words in order to reach this numerical balance, such as when he said: The word yawm (day) is mentioned 365 times in the Qur’aan, the number of days in a year. In order to prove this he counted the words/ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

Nothing has been proven about the place where Adam came down to earth

Is it true that Adam (peace be upon him) camedown in India and that Hawwa’ came down in Jeddah?.
Praise be to Allaah.
What is proven definitively in the Holy Qur'aan is that Adam and Hawwa’ (peace be upon them) came down from Paradise to earth after they ate from the tree.
Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Then the Shaytaan (Satan) made them slip therefrom (the Paradise), and got them out from that in which they were. We said: ‘Get you down, all, with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be a dwelling place for you and an enjoyment fora time’”
[al-Baqarah 2:36].
With regard to the place where they came down on earth, the Qur'aan doesnot say anything about it, and there is no saheeh, marfoo‘ hadeeth in the Sunnah of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) which explains that, although there are some da‘eef (weak) hadeeths, such as the hadeeth that says: “Adam came down in India and felt lonely…”. This was narrated by Ibn ‘Asaakir in Tareekh Dimashq (7/437) and classed as da‘eef by Shaykh al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Da‘eefah, no. 403. There are also other hadeeths which speak of this matter, but their isnaads are very weak.
The only saheeh reports about this matter are the words of some of the salaf, most of which are taken from the knowledge of the people of the Book which were transmitted during their time. Such reports cannot be relied upon or trusted, and it is not permissible to believe in what they mention of things concerning which our religion is silent. Rather they may be narrated for the purpose of story-telling only.
Despite that, the scholarlyopinions concerning this matter differ.
Some of them said: Adam came down in India and Hawwa’ came down in Jeddah.
Some of them said that they both came down in India.
Some of them said that Adam came down in a land between Makkah andal-Taa’if called Dahna.
Some of them said that Adam came down on al-Safa and Hawwa’ came down on al-Marwah.
Al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy onhim) said:
Al-Saddi said: Allah said (interpretation of the meaning): “Get you down,all” [al-Baqarah 2:36]. So they came down; Adam came down in India and the Black Stone and a handful of leaves from Paradise came down withhim, and he scattered them in India, and a perfume tree grew, whichis the origin of what comes from India of perfume from the handfulof leaves that Adam brought down. Adam onlytook them because of his sorrow at leaving Paradise when he was expelled from it.
‘Imraan ibn ‘Uyaynah said,(narrating) from ‘Ata’ ibn al-Saa’ib, from Sa‘eed ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ‘Abbaas, who said: Adam came down from Paradise in Dahna, in the land of India.
Ibn Abi Haatim said: Abu Zar‘ah told us: Uthmaan ibn Abi Shaybah told us: Jareer told us: from ‘Ata’, from Sa‘eed, from Ibn ‘Abbaas who said: Adam (peace be upon him) camedown in a land called Dahna, between Makkah and al-Taa’if.
It was narrated that al-Hasan al-Basri said: Adam came down in Indiaand Hawwa’ in Jeddah, and Iblees in Dastumeesaan a few miles from Basrah, and the serpent came down inAsbahaan. This was narrated by Ibn Abi Haatim.
Ibn Abi Haatim said: Muhamamd ibn ‘Ammaar ibn al-Haarith told us: Muhammad ibn Sa‘eed ibnSaabiq told us: ‘Amr ibn Abi Qays told us, from Ibn ‘Adiyy, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: Adam came down on al-Safa and Hawwa’ on al-Marwah. End quote.
Tafseer al-Qur’aan al-‘Azeem, 1/237
But all of these are words for which there is no evidence.
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Is it proven that ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter to the Nile in Egypt so that its water would flow by Allah’s leave?

I want to know the authenticity of the story about Umar writing a letter to River Nile. It seems to me as illogic, for the Qur'aan and the Saheeh Sunnah do not teach such thing. Also thatfor drought, Salah Ul Istisqa is authentically established.
Praise be to Allaah.
Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
It was narrated to us via Ibn Luhay‘ah from Qays ibn al-Hajjaaj from someone who told him: When Egypt was conquered, its people came to ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas and said to him: O Ameer, this Nile of ours is used to something and cannot flow unless it is done. He said, What is that? They said: On the twelfth night of this month, we take a young girl from her parents, and we placate her parents, then we dress her in jewellery and the finest garments there can be, then we throw herinto this Nile.
‘Amr said to them: This is something that cannot happen in Islam; Islam erases that which came before it (of bad customs).
So they stayed for a while,during which the Nile did not flow at all, neither a little nor a lot, until they thought of leaving. Then ‘Amr wrote to ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, telling him about that. He wrote to him, saying: You did the right thing. I am sending you a piece of paper with my letter; throw it into the Nile.
When his letter came, ‘Amr took the piece of paper on which was written:
“From the slave of Allah ‘Umar, Ameer al-Mu’mineen, to the Nile of the people of Egypt.
To proceed: If you only flow on your own initative, then do not flow, for we have no needof you. But if you only flow on the command of Allah, the One, the Subduer, and He is the One Who causes you to flow, then we ask Allah, may He be exalted, to make you flow.”
He threw the paper in the Nile and by Saturday morning, Allah had causedthe Nile to flow (to a depth or width of) sixteencubits in one night, and Allah put an end to that custom of the people of Egypt until today.
End quote from al-Bidaayah wa’n-Nihaayah, 7/114-115
Similar reports were also narrated by Ibn ‘Abd al-Hakam in Futooh Misr, p. 165; al-Laalkaa’i in Sharh I‘tiqaad Ahl as-Sunnah, 6/463; Ibn ‘Asaakir in Tareekh Dimashq, 44/336; Abu’sh-Shaykh in al-‘Azamah, 4/1424, via Ibn Luhay‘ah.
This is a da‘eef isnaad thatis not saheeh, and this report cannot be proven with such an isnaad. Ibn Luhay‘ah – whose full name was ‘Abdullah ibn Luhay‘ah ibn ‘Uqbah – is da ‘eef as he used to get mixed up, and in addition to that he is mudallis. See at-Tahdheeb, 5/327-33; Mizaan al-I‘tidaal, 2/475-484
Qays ibn al-Hajjaaj is sadooq, from the sixth level of hadeeth narrators(tabaqah) according to al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar; they are the ones who it is not proven that they met any of the Sahaabah. See: Taqreeb at-Tahdheeb, 1/25
Sometimes he narrated it as a mursal report and sometimes he narrated it from the one who told him, but the one who toldhim is majhool and not known.
So the report is da‘eef (weak) and is not saheeh (sound)
If this story were true, everyone would know about it and it would be well known, and it would have been widely narrated through confirmed isnaads, because it is an importantand significant event, the like of which should not be ignored; rather an incident less significant than this would not be overlooked by historians and narrators.
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1a] Bin Laden’s death, anything untold?

1a]
Readers worldwide would prefer to learn about some truth elements of a “fairy tale” which would have otherwise been concealedfrom the public for good./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

1] Bin Laden’s death, anything untold?

1]
Isn’t it that President Barack Obama has a skeleton in his cupboard?
A U.S. serviceman, who took part in Osama Bin Laden’s elimination on May 2, 2011, now intends to publish a book in which he will reveal somedetails of this operation.
However, the news aboutthe book’s possible release was met with great dissatisfaction by the U.S. authorities, both civil and military. The reason is that some details of Bin Laden’s elimination are still kept secret.
The Obama administration quickly took notice of the promise, or threat, by a former US special operations soldier who was in the room when Osama Bin Laden was killed to "set the record straight" in a first-hand and unvetted account of the mission to get the al-Qaida leader to be published just weeks before the presidential election.
Representatives of the Republican Party, of course, used this scandal as another chance to criticize their perpetual opponents, the Democrats. Republicans said that Democrats were trying to create a better image of themselves by reminding to the world once again that it was them, Democrats, who initiated the elimination of the world’s most dreadful terrorist.
The publisher, a subsidiary of Penguin, hassaid little about the book, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden, other than thatthe author is a former member of Navy Seal Team Six who "was one of the first men through the door on the third floorof the terrorist leader's hideout and was present at his death".
It promises a "blow-by-blow narrative of the assault" beginning with the helicopter crash that could have ended the author's life straight"through to the radio call confirming Bin Laden's death". Penguin said the account is "an essential piece of modern history".
But the book will land in the midst of an election inwhich Republicans, concerned that Bin Laden's death has neutralized attempts to paint Barack Obama as weak on national security,are accusing the presidentof overstating his role in the raid for political advantage.
No Easy Day is to be published under a pen name, Mark Owen. But Fox News said it has established the true identity of the author, naming him and saying he is a 36-year-old from Alaska who also took partin a Seal raid in 2009 that rescued the captain of an American merchant ship seized by Somali pirates. He retired from the military last year.
The book has been a closely held secret in the publishing world, and the announcement that it willbe released on September11, the 11th anniversary of the al-Qaida attacks on the US, caught the Pentagon and intelligenceservices off guard.
There are strong reasons to suppose that the author of the new book, who does not reveal his name but hides under a pseudonym, may repeat the fate of John Kiriakou, a former CIA agent, who isnow persecuted by the USauthorities after he has disclosed a shocking truthabout the methods of interrogation, which US special services sometimes apply.
John Kiriakou used to be aCIS agent and took part inmany operations, mainly in the Middle East.
In 2010, John Kiriakou published a book titled “The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA’s Waron Terror”, in which he revealed even more abouttortures applied by the CIA to suspects in terrorism. The CIA has tried hard to prevent this book from being published. When it was published after all, the CIAinitiated a lawsuit againstJohn Kiriakou. His case is still being investigated. The man, who was once awarded with a Counterterrorism Service Medal, is now charged of endeavor on national security.
In this connection, the man who hides under the pseudonym of Mark Owenis also playing a very riskygame. Although no lawsuit has been issued against him so far, it may be issued any moment to punish the revealer of unwanted truth.
After all, President Obama’s administration has applied a law on espionage, which was adopted back in 1917 andwhich is still in force, 6 times within the time Mr. Obama has been in power. None of the previous U.S. administrations has applied this law so many times as the current one.
The book’s editors claim that its author, who writes under the pseudonym of Mark Owen, was one of the firstto rush into Bin Laden’s hiding-place several moments before the world’s greatest terrorist was killed, and who witnessed Bin Laden’s death with his own eyes.
Mark Owen has a long record of service in the U.S. special services. However, judging by several previous similar cases, this may not save him from persecutions. The US authorities have already showed several times how intolerant theymay be against those who try to disclose things that the authorities wouldprefer to keep secret, despite President Obama’smultiple words about the need for transparency of the government’s actions and freedom of speech.:->
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Over 50 die in floodsin India and Pakistan

More than 50 people havedied in India and Pakistandue to floods caused
by heavy downpours. Thousands of people wereleft homeless, and
hundreds were evacuated.
Search-and-rescue operations are underway in the disaster zone. The
number of victims is likelyto increase.

Their reckoning on the Day of Resurrection

The jinn will be called to account on the day of Resurrection. Mujaahid (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, concerning the aayah (interpretation of the meaning): "...but the jinns know well that they have indeed to appear (before Him) (i.e., they will be brought to account)" [al-Saffaat 37:158]: "They will be brought to judgement." Saheeh al-Bukhaari, Baab Dhikr al-Jinn wa Thawaabihim wa 'Iqaabihim./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

The First Muslim Jinns

Allaah tells us that some of the jinn said (interpretation of the meaning):
" 'And some of us are Muslims, and of us some are al-qaasitoon (disbelievers - those who have deviated from the Right Path). And whosoever has embraced Islam, then such have sought the Right Path. And as for the qaasitoon, they shall be firewood for Hell.'" [al-Jinn 72:14-15]
The Muslims among the jinn are of different levels as regards righteousness and taqwa. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"[Some jinn said:] 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary; we are groups, each having a different way (religious sects, etc.)'" [al-Jinn 72:11]
The story of how the first jinns of this ummah became Muslims was narrated by 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Abbaas, who said:"The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) went out with a group of his Companions heading for the marketplace of 'Ukaaz.This was when the shayaateen were prevented from getting any news from heaven, and shooting stars had been sent against them. The shayaateen went back to their people, who said, 'What is the matter with you?' They said, 'We cannot get news from heaven, and shooting stars were sent against us.' Their people said, 'Nothing is stopping you from hearing news from heaven except some new event that must have happened. Go and look in the east and the west of the earth, and see if you can find out what it is that is stopping you from hearing news from heaven.' Those who went out in the direction of Tihaamah came upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in Nakhlah, when he was on his way to 'Ukaaz, and found him leading his Companions inFajr prayer. When they heard the Qur'aan, they listened to it and said, 'By Allaah, this is what is stopping us from hearing news from heaven.' Whenthey went back to their people, they said, 'O our people, we have heard a wonderful Recital (the Qur'aan). It guides to the Right Path, and we have believed therein, and we shall never join (in worship) anything with our Lord (Allaah). [al-Jinn 72:2 - interpretation of the meaning]. Then Allaahrevealed to His Prophet peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) the words (interpretation of the meaning): "Say (O Muhammad): 'It has been revealed to me that a group of jinns listened (to this Qur'aan)...' [al-Jinn 72:1], and Allaah revealedto him what the jinn had said." (reported by al-Bukhaari, 731)./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

news - No men allowed: Saudi all-women plays attract crowds in Eid

Gender segregation is the norm in most aspects of everyday life in
Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)
More than 7,000 women have attended performances of "SowaleefHarem"
(Women's Talk) since the play opened to audiences four days ago inthe
Saudi capital, Riyadh.
No men have attended theplay, a comedy about four women who
accidentally discover that they are married to the same man.
Actually, men are not allowed to attend the shows. Unlike television,
where Saudi actors and actresses work together, theater remains a
gender-segregated field in the conservative Kingdom.
So, the show being performed at the King Fahad Cultural Center is an
all-women affair. Only women act in the play, and only women are
allowed to attend.
This gender segregation is the norm in most aspects of everyday life
in Saudi Arabia, which practices a strict interpretation of Islam, and
local theatre is a tradition. But the droves flocking to "Sowaleef
Harem" mark an upswing in popularity of women's theatre in the
country.
With limited entertainment options andstrict laws in their
country,many Saudis take advantage of the Eid holiday to travel to
neighboring countries like Bahrain and Lebanon, where they take
vacations in a more liberal atmosphere.
But as political tensions run high this year in Manama and Beirut,
many Saudi families changed or canceled their travel plans.The local
government in Riyadh has attempted to attract residents with theirown
programming that includes activities for children, fireworks shows,
and plays for men and women.
According to local media reports, four all-women plays were available
to female audiences in Riyadh during Eid al-Fitr festivities which
follow theholy fasting month of Ramadan. A fifth play tookplace in the
coastal city of Jeddah.
Many of the performances touched on the gender barriers being
delicately addressed in the country. With the high unemployment rate
among women, the Saudi government has tried in recent years to
integrate more women into the job market by loosening the segregation
laws in the workplace.
One of this year's plays, "Al-Rekada Zeina" (It's Good To Slow Down),
tackled the issues faced byfemale teachers, who struggle to find jobs
and then struggle to get to work because women are not allowed to
drive in Saudi Arabia.
Manal al-Eisa, the lead actress of the play, said acting in all-female
theater gives her freedom to "deliver the message with no
reservations."
Al-Eisa pointed out that she has received support from Prince Adelah
bint Abdullah, the King's daughter who is known tobe actively involved
in women's empowerment efforts in the country.
Samir al-Wohaibi, the director of "Sowaleef Harem," told al-Riyadh
daily that all-female theater provides a great outlet to showcase
women's talents and address common concerns.
"We can tackle our women's issues with morecomfort and privacy," she said.

He studied in an institute by means of a trick; shouldhe work in the profession that he has learned?

I entered a professional institute which only requires a high school
certificate (secondary education). I have a diploma from the same
government foundation towhich this institute belongs, but they won\'t
accept you if you have anycertificate higher than the general high
school certificate. So I did not tell them that I have a diploma and I
gave them the high school certificate only. They accepted me and I
studied with them and learned a profession, but after that I regretted
itand repented and I graduated from this institute but I did not take
the certificate from them. Is it permissible for me to practice this
profession that I have learned with them, or is it haraam for me to
practice this profession because I learned it by means of a trick?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is not permissible to use tricks in order to study in these
institutes and go against the conditions thatthey have set out,
because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): "O you who
believe! Fulfil (your) obligations" [al-Maa'idah 5:1]. And the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "The Muslims are
bound bytheir conditions." Narrated by Abu Dawood (3594) and classed
as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
But there is nothing wrongwith you practising the profession that you
learned, even if you learned it through a trick or by impermissible
means. It is not one of the obligations of repentance that the
penitent should forget about the profession that he learned or give up
working in that field; rather he should ask Allah for forgiveness for
the wrong things he did and work in whatever permissible field he
wants.

And Allah knows best.

When should airplane passengers enter ihraam?

I intend to go for Hajj this year, if Allaah wills, and I want to
travel from Riyadhto Jeddah by air. When exactly should I enter
ihraam?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Your meeqaat in this case is Qarn al-Manaazil, which nowadays is
called al-Sayl al-Kabeer.
The one who passes by themeeqaat has to enter ihraam from that point.
If he does not pass it then hehas to enter ihraam when he comes in
line with it on land, on the sea or in the air. So you have to enter
ihraam when the plane comes in line with it. As the plane will pass
the meeqaat quickly, there is nothing wrong with entering ihraam a
little before that, in order to be on the safe side.
Shaykh Ibn Jibreen said:
If there is no meeqaat on aperson's route, he should enter ihraam when
he comes in line with the nearest place to it, whether he is coming by
land, by sea or by air. Airplane passengers should enter ihraam when
they come in line with the meeqaat or, to be on the safe side, before
they reach it, so that they will not pass it before entering ihraam.
Whoever enters ihraam after passing the meeqaat has to offer a
sacrifice. and Allaah knowsbest.
Fataawa Islamiyyah, 2/198
From Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah:
Jeddah is not a meeqaat for Hajj or 'Umrah, except for its citizens
and residents, and for those who come to it for a reason other than
Hajj or 'Umrah, then decide to go for Hajj or 'Umrah. But those who
have a meeqaat before Jeddah, such as Dhu'l-Hulayfah for the people of
Madeenah and places beyond, or whocome in line with it on land or in
the air, or al-Jahfah for those who live there, or who come in line
with it on land, on the sea or in the air, or such as Yalamlam as
well, have to enter ihraam from their own meeqaat or when they come in
line with it inthe air or on the sea or on land.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah. 11/130
The evidence for entering ihraam from a point that isin line with the
meeqaat isthe report narrated by al-Bukhaari (1458) from Ibn 'Umar
(may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: When these two cities –
meaning Kufa and Basrah – were conquered, they came to 'Umar and said,
"O Ameer al-Mu'mineen, the Messenger of Allaah (peaceand blessings of
Allaah be upon him) defined the meeqaat for the people of Najd as
being Qarn, but it is out of our way, and if we want to go to Qarn it
istoo difficult for us." He said, "Look for a place on your route that
is in line with it," and he defined Dhaat 'Irq for them (as their
meeqaat).
Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said in Fath al-Baari (3/389):
"Look for a place that is in line with it" means find a place that is
parallel with the meeqaat and make that your meeqaat.
It should be noted that it is not Sunnah to enter ihraam before
reaching the meeqaat, because this is not what the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) did, and the best of guidance isthe
guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). But
if a person is in a plane and cannot stop at the place that is in line
with the meeqaat, then he may do what he thinks is more on the safe
side so that he will not pass the meeqaat without being in ihraam.
Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him)said:
It was not narrated from any of those who performed Hajj with the
Messenger of Allaah (peaceand blessings of Allaah be upon him) that
they entered ihraam before Dhu'l-Hulayfah. If there was no meeqaat
they thenthey would enter ihraam before it, so this would be more
difficult and would bring a greater reward.
Fath al-Baari, 3/387.
And Allaah knows best.
:-> key word: Hajj/

He died and did not perform Hajj because he was negligent – can someone perform Hajj on his behalf?

There is a person who diedin his 40s. He was able to do Hajj, and he
prayed all five prayers regularly. He used to say each year, "I will
go for Hajj this year," but then he died. He has heirs – can they
perform Hajj on his behalf? Is there any sin on him?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The scholars differed concerning such cases. Some of them said that
others may perform Hajj on his behalf and that will benefit him, and
it will be as if he did Hajj for himself.Others said that no one can
perform Hajj on his behalf, and even if people performed Hajj on his
behalf a thousand times, itwould not be accepted and would not
discharge his duty. This view is correct, because this man failed to
do an act of worship that was obligatory for him and should have been
done straight away, with no excuse. So how can we make it up for him
after his death after he neglected it? Now the estate has to do with
the rights of the heirs – how can we deprive them of the costs of this
Hajj, whenit is not going to be accepted? This is what Ibn al-Qayyim
(may Allaah have mercy on him) mentioned in Tahdheeb al-Sunan and this
is also my view. If a person fails to do Hajj out of negligence when
he is ableto do it, no Hajj will ever count for him, even if the
people do Hajj on his behalf a thousand times.
As for zakaah, there are some scholars who say that if a person dies
and zakaah is paid on his behalf, that is sufficient, but the basic
principle thatI have mentioned implies that it does not discharge his
duty of paying zakaah. But I think that the zakaahmay be paid from the
estate, because it has to dowith the rights of the poorand those who
are entitledto zakaah, unlike Hajj, the cost of which cannot be taken
from the estate, because it does not have to do with anybody's rights,
whereas zakaah hasto do with people's rights. So zakaah should be
given to those who are entitled to it, but that does not discharge the
person's duty, and he will be given the punishment of those who do not
pay zakaah. We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound.
The same applies to fasting. If it is known that this person did not
fast and was negligent in making it up, then it cannot be made up on
his behalf, because he was negligent and failed to do this act of
worship, which is one of the pillars of Islam, with no excuse. If it
is made up on his behalf it will not benefit him. The hadeeth of the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), "Whoever dies
owing fasts, his heir should fast on his behalf," applies to one who
has not been negligent, and with regardto the one who failed to make
up missed fasts out of negligence with no legitimate shar'i excuse,
what is the point of making it up on his behalf? End quote.
Fataawa Ibn 'Uthaymeen,

Ali's Sacrifice

"There! I found the moon," exclaimed six yearold Ali to his father.
"Where?" asked Ali�s ten year old brother, Abdullah.
"See that big tree? Its right next to it," replied Ali.
The boys were trying to sight the new moon for the beginning of the
Islamic month of Zulhijjah.Eid would be ten days from the day they saw
the new moon.
"Oh, I see it now," said Abdullah.
"Daddy, can we go tomorrow to buy a goat?"asked Ali.
"Sure, we�ll go tomorrow after the Zuhr prayer," replied their father.
The next day, all of the boys got in to the car with their father.
They were going to the neighboring hills to buy a goat to slaughter on
the day of Eid in commemoration of what Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham),
alayhi salam, did.
"We�re going to bring thegoat home this time," saidtheir father, "so
you will have to take care of it andfeed it. You can also play with
it."
"Yahoo! I�ll take care of it," said Ali, "I�ll even teach it tricks!"
The boys and their father finally found a goat and took it home. The
next day, Ali woke up early long before the time he used to wake up.
He washed and dressed, thenwent outside to play withthe goat. His
brothers Usman and Abdullah werealready outside playing with the goat.
"Assalamu alaikum," they said together.
"Wa-alaikum as salam," replied Ali.
"We have decided that wewill take turns to feed thegoat. Everyone will
take care of the goat for one day. You can be the first one to feed
him," said Abdullah.
"Okay," said Ali, "where is the food?"
"Right here," replied Abdullah, pointing to the food hidden in a corner.
"Make sure, you give him enough water and hay," said Usman.
Ali then called the goat. The goat came to him obediently and ate the
food. Then he drank a little water.
The boys kept on taking turns until the Eid day. Many times they took
it for walks around their neighborhood. One time, as Abdullah was
getting out of his house to go for the Maghrib prayer, the goat
followed him. Abdullah then had to force the goat back into the
backyard, which the goat resisted very much. The boys started liking
the goat very much.
After the Eid prayer, on the Eid day, the family returned home. It was
time to slaughter the goat.
"D-d-daddy, why are you going to k-k-kill the goat?" asked Ali, who
wasnearly crying, as his fathersharpened his knife.
"We have to kill him, because Allah has orderedus to," came the
reply,"Every Eid-ul-Adha, Muslims all over the world, who can afford,
slaughter a goat, sheep, lamb, cow, or camel. Prophet Ibrahim, alayhi
salam, was ordered by Allah to slaughter his son as a test. He was
about to do that because it was Allah�s order, but then Allah provided
him with aram to slaughter, and Ibrahim, alayhi salam, slaughtered
that. As a commemoration of that great sacrifice, Muslims are asked to
slaughter an animal. You will also be slaughtering an animal when you
grow up."
Ali did not reply but rather watched his father as he slaughtered the
goat. Then he ran into thehouse, because he could not stand watching
the goat die.
Abdullah went after him and explained everything to him again that his
father had said before. Ali finally understood, but he still seemed
sad.
The boys then helped their father in doing the rest of the work. As he
kept thinking about it, Ali realized he had just learned the
word"sacrifice" now: you give up something you love for a higher
purpose. He had become happy now because he knew they had killed the
goat because Allah had commanded them to do so. Then he skipped into
his house and started helping his mother clear up the meat.
:->key word: Islamic Stories

Learn from this man, he is the best

When Mu'aawiyah ibn al-Hakam al-Salami came to Madeenah from the desert, he did not know that it was forbidden to speak during the salaah. He relates: "Whilst I was praying behind the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), a man sneezed, so I said 'Yarhamuk Allaah (may Allaah have mercy on you).' The people glared at me, so I said, 'May my mother lose me! What is wrong with you that you are looking at me?' They began to slap their thighs with their hands, and when I saw that they were indicating that I should be quiet, I stoppedtalking (i.e., I nearly wanted to answer them back, but I controlled myself and kept quiet).
When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had finished praying - may my father and mother be sacrificed for him, I have never seena better teacher than him before or since - he did not scold me or hit me or put me to shame. He just said, 'This prayer should contain nothing of the speech of men; it is only tasbeeh and takbeer and recitation of the Qur'aan.'"Source: Saheeh Muslim, 'Abd al-Baaqi edn., no. 537.
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Eclipse prayer after dawn

We went out to pray Fajr prayer last Thursday, the fourteenth of Ramadaan, and we saw that the moon was eclipsed. What should we have done?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The sun and moon are two of the signs of Allaah.By means of lunar and solar eclipses, Allaah reminds His slaves of the Day of Resurrection, the Day on which their light will disappear. Allaah says(interpretation of the meaning):
“So, when the sight shall be dazed.
8. And the moon will be eclipsed.
9. And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light)”
[al-Qiyaamah 75:7-9]
So by means of this sign Allaah reminds us of that Day. See also question no. 5901 . And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) hastened to pray when that happened.
When you saw the eclipsewhen you were going outfor Fajr prayer, you had the choice of starting withthe eclipse prayer, as suggested by some scholars, because of the command narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to hasten to dothat. But if you started with Fajr first, this is also good because the obligatory prayer should come first. This may also serve an interest, especially since the eclipsecould not be seen except at the time of the iqaamah, so it may have been too difficult for the people, especially those who had stayed up at night during the blessed month, if the imam had started with the eclipse prayer. So he started with Fajr prayer, to enable those who wanted to leave to do so, as that would be easier for the people; this is also less likely to cause confusion, especially for those who had come for Fajr and did not know that the imam was going to offer the eclipse prayer./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

PrayerWhen There is an Eclipse

If a man comes late for Fajr prayer, can he join the imam whilst he is offering the eclipse prayer?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If he knows that he is offering the eclipse prayer, then he should not join him, because of the difference in nature between the two prayers. Although the eclipse prayer is two rak'ahs, each rak’ah includes two bowings, two standings and two recitations. So whoever does not realize that the imam is offering the eclipse prayers and join the imam with the intention of praying Fajr should form the intention of praying separately from the imam when he realizes that the imam is offering the eclipse prayer. Then he should complete his prayer as Fajr and then if he wants he may join the imam for whatever is left of the eclipse prayer.
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The call to the eclipse prayer should be made by saying “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah”

It is narrated that the call to the eclipse prayer should be made by saying“Al-Salaatu jaami’ah”. Should this be said once, or is it prescribed that it should be repeated? How often should it be repeated? Please advise us, may Allaah reward you.
Praise be to Allaah.
It was reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) gave orders that the call to the eclipse prayer should be made bysaying “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah”. This was narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim. The Sunnah is for the caller to repeat that until he thinks that the people have heard; there is no set limit for that as far as we know. And Allaah is the Source ofstrength.
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catch up with the eclipse prayer in the second rukoo’ of the first rak’ah

If I catch up with the eclipse prayer in the second rukoo’ of the first rak’ah, what should I do?
Praise be to Allaah.
The rak’ah will count in Salaat al-Kusoof if you catch up with the first rukoo’. Based on what you say in your question, you caught up with the second rak’ah only, so after the imaam says the salaam, you have to do a whole rak’ah with its two recitations, two rak’ahs and two sujoods./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

1a] The false feathered Dinosaur Concavenator corcovatus and the endless deceptive speculation from Darwinists

1a]
Speculation Is Useless. What Matters Is the eradication of the idea of evolution
Darwinist demagoguery may continue and the Darwinist press may persist
in portraying this false demagoguery as major discoveries. But WHAT
MATTERS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL ERADICATION OF THE IDEA OF EVOLUTION. What
matters IS THAT PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER BE DECEIVED BY THE LIE OF
EVOLUTION. Those days are over. DARWINISTS THEMSELVES ARE WELL AWARE
OF THAT. The lie ofDarwinists that science has annihilated has been
exposed now in the 21st century. Nothing that Darwinists do, no
speculation, can bring back the old glory days that evolutionists
enjoyedwith their mass deceptions. By Allah's leave, the 21st century
will be when superstitiousviews and ideologies vanish, never to return
and flourish again.

1] The false feathered Dinosaur Concavenator corcovatus and the endless deceptive speculation from Darwinists

1]
Darwinists lost no time in illustrating the false feathered dinosaur
they called Concavenator corcovatus. Using false pictures, one of the
most effective conditioning techniques, they sought to give the
impression that the animal really did have feathers on its forearms.
These feathers, that do not exist on the fossil itself, were added
tothe drawings as tools for speculation in order to deceive the
public.
N on-existent feathered dinosaurs, non-existent half-man and half-ape
creatures, life forms that supposedly emerged fromwater onto dry land
and the missing links that have never ever been found are some of the
evolutionist frauds that have been imposed on the public for many,
manyyears. Whenever Darwinists panic, whenever they realize that the
theory of evolution is heading for total collapse and whenever they
grasp the fact they have been defeated, they come up with a new
transitional form myth. They impose the idea of a fin growing a 1.5-mm
bump, for instance, a feather in the process of development or a
finger supposedly becoming vestigial... The proponents of the theory
of evolution, that for years has only managed to survive with
demagoguery and fraud instead of science, are stilltrying to persist
with the same techniques. All they need is a little speculationand a
little help from the press.
Now, however, Darwinistsare experiencing the shock of seeing that
theseoutdated methods no longer work. Darwinists;
-Never guessed that science would be used to respond to Darwinist demagoguery.
-Never imagined they would be humiliated in the eyes of the world.
-Never expected that theirmaneuvering and frauds would be exposed.
The way that Darwinists are again claiming to have "discovered a new
feathered dinosaur" is in fact an indication of their difficult
predicament. Obviously, the only way of defending Darwinism isthrough
speculation and demagoguery. The way they still resort to demagoguery
even though all their trickery has been exposed and insist on using
the same old methods and imposing outdated nonsense are a clear
expression of this huge despair.
How was Concavenator corcovatus made a tool for so-called evolution?
A 130-million-year dinosaur fossil represents another despairing
Darwinist initiative. An effort is being made to bring up the
fraudulent idea of the feathered dinosaur, that everyone issick of
hearing, in this fossil. Darwinists, once again, carried their frauds
to the pages of Darwinist publications, in the full knowledge they
will just be humiliated.
What Darwinists claimed is that the dinosaur fossil in question
belongs to a so-called feathered dinosaur. The supposed evidence was
the 'mini bumps' on the fossil's forearms. Darwinist speculation
immediately raised its head and these were claimed to be "possible
connection points for feathers." Closeexamination of their
claimreveals that there was no actual feather or any remains of
anything remotely resembling one. The interpretation of a miniature
bump as a "connecting point for feathers" could only be the product of
Darwinist demagoguery.
It will be of use here to remind our readers that the mini bumps in
question were not visible on the fossil itself, but were very apparent
in drawings and reconstructions based on it.
These statements are expressions of terrible weakness for Darwinists.
Darwinists are experts at depicting any bump they like as a feather,
or an arm as a wing. When it suits them, these bumps are portrayed as
completely unimportant fossil components. But when they believe that
any fossil detail can be used as a good tool for evolutionary
speculation, they immediately start building speculation around it.
The best knownexample of this is protoavis , which was rejected by
Darwinists because it refuted their claims, even though it was
scientifically proved to be the oldest known flying bird. It proved
impossible to convince Darwinists about the evident feather
protrusions on protoavis. Yet they had no such hesitations about
describing irrelevant structures on a 130-million-year-old dinosaur as
evidence for evolution. But there is onevery important piece of
evidence that demolishes their claims, one that Darwinists always
strive to forget but that we always remind them of:
The point needing to be emphasized is the existence of Archaeopteryx ,
a flying bird with perfect feathers that lived 20 million yearsbefore
the Concavenator corcovatus fossil. Archaeopteryx, a flawless bird
dating back 150 million years, totally refutes all the Darwinist
claims concerned. But Darwinists always have tofall back on
demagogueryin order to survive. That iswhy they never stop talking
about the frauds in question.
Speculation Is Useless.
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What Matters Is the eradication of the idea of evolution :->

The ideological basis of the Rwandan Genocide is rooted in Darwin'stheory of evolution

The theory of evolution bases the development ofliving things on a “struggle for survival” that exists in nature. According to the founder of the theory, Charles Darwin, there is a ruthlessfight for survival and permanent conflict in nature. The strong invariably eliminate the weak, and progress is only possible in this way.
Darwinism longs for a world in which human beings live and behave like animals. When this Darwinist law of the jungle is applied to societies, conflict and war between races and nations are inevitable. War, killing, mass murder and barbarity in many parts of the world assumed a scientific guise,and the 20th Century was one of pain and ruthlessness.
Darwin's writings about “the protection of favoredraces,” and especially the unscientific claims in his book The Descent of Man, supported the German error of the superiority of the alleged Aryan race and the British idea of thesuperiority of the Anglo Saxons.
The mass murder of approximately 40 million people by the Nazis and their racially driven program of systematic genocide during the Second World War, the former apartheid system in South Africa and the racial discrimination against black people in the USA and the aboriginal peoples in Australia all drew strength from the supportthat Darwinism supposedly provided for racism.
How can those who say, “These ideologies are things of the past” or “There is no longer any need to tell people of the invalidity of the theory of evolution” ignore the fact that in Rwanda in 1994 some 800,000 Hutus and Tutsis died in 100 days as a result of skull-based racism?
The roots of the Rwandangenocide go back to the Belgian colonization of the country in the wake of World War I. It was claimed in those days, on the supposed scientific basis of Darwin’s theory of evolution, that the people living in the regionof Rwanda were an intermediate race between the Aryan race and negroes, who were regarded as an inferior race. Skull measurements were taken, common linguistic, traditional and ethnic similarities between the Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis were ignored and an artificial policy of racial discrimination was followed.
In order to foment racial discrimination, Belgian administrators enforced ethnic identity cards and gave everyone a card on which his or her ethnicity was written. These racially-based practices between Hutus and Tutsisfrom 1930 to 1994 brought the background conflict in the country to apeak. And despite a concerted last-minute UN intervention in 1994, 800,000 Rwandans lost their lives in just 100 days.
The documentary “ Shake Hands With The Devil; TheJourney of Romeo Dallaire” , in which the commander of the UN Peace Force during the genocide describes those events, describes how the racism in the region was supported by Darwinist circles:
“The problem that essentially was created bythe Belgians, who had thiscountry as a colony, and through their whole etnictiy, exercise, and their antropologists who had gone on a wild sphere of idiotic theories and sizes of heads and this and that, and the administrators included the ethnicity on the ID cards. And then that splits the country and identifies you as elements of difference.
“I understand the intense ethnic hatred weren’t really in the soul of Hutus and Tutsis but were encouraged by the emperial powers over the years.”
According to Social Darwinism, people’s skullsneed to be measured and classifications made on that basis. Under this twisted way of thinking, members of supposed inferior classes must be ruthlessly eliminated and exploited. For these people, who believe that only when such savagery is applied can human beings and societies progress, and massacres, genocide, cruelty and ruthlessness on that path are to be regarded as successes. People, societies, cultures and nations that fail to achieve that success must be eliminated.
This is without doubt a most twisted and dangerous way of thinking. The dangers of Darwinism must not be ignored. We must not forget that Darwinism and social models based on Darwinism have inflicted the most awful tragedies on mankind. Butthe moral values commanded by Allah and revealed in the Qur’an willalways bring with them well-being, peace and tranquility.
If the pains of the last century are finally to come to an end in the 21st Century, and if this century is to be one of peace, then an end must be put to dogmatic Darwinist education./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

The nonsense of evolution, which is devoid of any scientific validity, is imposed in schools in many countries ofthe world

Darwinism occupies an official place in the curricula of schools and universities in just about every country of the world today. Scientific facts are ignored, and even distorted, and misused, in an effort to use them in favor of evolution, as this outdated theory is kept propped up for ideological reasons.
LEARNING DARWINIST FAIRY-TALES IS COMPULSORY, WHILE THE TEACHING OF THE SCIENTIFIC FACTS IS BANNED!
The fact remains that the theory of evolution is unable to explain how thefirst living cell or even a single protein could have formed. Not one single transitional form fossil showing that life forms are descended from one another has ever been found from among the more than 350 million fossils discovered to date. If the myths of evolution are to be taught in schools, these facts revealed by science must also be taught. Children and young people need tobe educated with the facts revealed by 21 st -century science, not pagan teachings left over from Sumerian times.
Yet the Darwinist dictatorship never permitsthat. Evolution is taught in a compulsory manner, as part of the curriculum, in the school textbooks ofjust about all countries.
Nonsense such as the myth of giraffes acquiring longer necks as they stretched up to reach higher leaves, the hoax of the industrial melanism and peppered moths, the lie that human beings andmonkeys are descended from a common ancestor and the fiction of primitive man living in caves is still taught to young people in Europe as if were scientific fact.
Moreover, young people in Turkic states and even Iran are also educated with these myths of evolution, not just those in European countries.
Ernst Haeckel’s fraudulent embryo drawings, the lie of the existence of fictitious half-reptile and half-bird creatures and the fairy tale of the evolution of the horse areall taught as if they were scientific truth.
Yet young people have noright to demand any supporting evidence in the face of this nonsense!
They have no right to express the facts revealed by science!
They have no right to givethe answers shown by science in exams!
No student saying that “... evolution doesn't exist” inbiology classes anywhere in the world has the possibility of passing that class!
People with academic careers in fields such as biology, anthropology or paleontology in any country of the world haveno possibility of saying “...evolution doesn't exist” and then being promoted!
Although everyone in nearly all countries of the world are well aware thatevolution is an outdated myth and an unscientific ideology, all students, teachers, academics and politicians “are forced to sign up to evolution.” People who refuse have to repeat academic years again, are deprived of the right to an education or lose their jobs, and campaigns against them appear in the press.
In short, neither students nor teachers enjoy the right even to question thetheory of evolution. Though refuted in the face of scientific developments time and time again, the theory is still portrayed as an absolute truth.


Interestingly, despite this manifest situation, some people are still able to say, “Does Darwinism really exist at all?”. Yes, Darwinism has collapsed scientifically, but efforts are still being made to keep it propped up ideologically. Moreover, this is done through prohibitory, oppressive and fascist policies.
But we are now in the century when all this pressure will come to an end. The sun has now risen and the true illumination of mankind has begun. Even though Darwinists are keeping the drapes tightly drawn and saying “There is no Sun,” people have now seen the light of the truth.This is the century of truth, not of myth. Sciencewill overcome the repressive and prohibitoryDarwinist mindset, and the truth will emerge victorious.
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The tongue of a chamelon is faster than a jet plane

Many interesting living creatures live in the forestsof Madagascar .
It is quite difficult to distinguish a stick grasshopper from the
branches. A mantis is getting ready to prey upon a stick grasshopper.
At the same time, the flawless master of camoflauge, one of the most
fascinating of the Creations of Allah, the gecko is watching them
both by blending itself into the tree.
Although the gecko seemsto catch the mantis easily,there is another
hunter which is not even observed : the chamelon.
The chamelon has a unique pair of legs and feet which enables it to
very move silently. It is almost impossible to see the chamelon
because of its ability to change the color of its skinin accordance
to the environment. The chamelon's eyes can moveindependently
fromeach other in any direction. Thus, they can see their prey which
is notdirectly in their line of sight.
This chamelon also possesses a tongue that it can use as an arrow by
flinging the tongue rapidlyfrom its mouth. The chamelons tongue can
move five times fasterthanthe speed of a jet plane. Via its tongue,
the chamelon hits its prey andthe tongue sticks to itsprey by
forming a powerful vacuum effect.
The thing that accelerates the chamelon tongue is atleast 10 slippery
rings of muscles between the tongue and hyoid bone. Those muscle
rings slip from their normal place and they closely press together
and they push the tongue forward. By means of this mechanism the
tongue pops out with a velocity of 1,5 meters per second. At the time
of the jactus, the hairs of thetongue dissociate from each other and
the tongue reaches to its maximum lenght. During firing; the tongue
stretches up to 6 times from its standby position;and it also
stretches up toone and a half times the body lengthof the cameleon .
After firing the system quickly regroups and reverts backto normal.
It is obvious that the formof these muscle rings cannot be explained
by the theory of evolution in any way. Dr. Brad Harrub,a scientist
who supports Creation, asks those questions which forms great dilemas
to the evolutionists in his article:
1) How come each of the muscle rings evolved in the right position?
2) How has the tongue enlarged to that lenght?
3)How did the acceleratingmuscles emerge?
4) How can the muscle rings coordinate their movements in such a
wayas to allow the tongueto reach its maximum lenght?
5) How did the muscle rings develop the ability of' dissociating from
eachother like the tubes ofa telescope'?
6) How could the chamelon learn and carry out re-collecting all of the
necessary muscular movements after flinging the tongue?
7) If the ability to fire the tongue is a gain as an evolutionary
benefit, why hasn't that benefit yet evolved in other animals, and
why haven't other animalshaven't employed a similar hunting method?
8) How has the chamelon (or its so-called evolutionary
predecessor)survived while all of thosecomplex systems are supposed to
evolve little by little?
Undoubtedly; He is The Almighty Allah, He is the One Who Creates the
chamelon by all its features, and He is Omniscient, Mighty and Exalted
in Power. Allah informs us in a verse fromthe Qur'an Verse thusly:
"And verily in cattle (too) will you find an instructivesign.From
what is within their bodiesbetween excretions and blood, We produce,
for your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it."
(Surat an-Nahl, 66)
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The devotion of the poison arrow frog

Living beings show great compassion to their babies which are wholly
defenseless and unaware of the dangers around them. One of these
living beings live in the rainforests of the Amazon River basin. It is
the poison arrow frog.
The mother frog leaves the babies that she gave birth to in a puddle.
However, this puddle is both insuffcient and unsafe for the eggs that
will grow up.The mother frog should move her tadpoles to a more
convenient place as soon as possible. The journey starts with the
tadpole to be moved on its mothers back. But, where will they go? A
lakeshore or a riverbank are not suitable places. The place where the
mother will bring the tadpoles is quite surprising; the place that
they will go is a place in the top of the forests.
The upward journey of the poisonous arrow frog is equal to a person's
climbing the Empire State Building, which is one of the tallest
buildings of the world, while carrying a baby on our back.
When the poison arrow frog reaches a plant calledthe bromelyad which
alsolives in the highest places of the forest, the posinon arrow frog
leaves her tadpoles into a tiny pool there. The tadpoles will be safer
here. However, the mother frog has to carry out this difficult journey
for the rest of the radpoles too. In the end, 6 of the tadpoles were
moved to the top of the tree and they are saved.
But there is another problem for the mother frog;
There is no food in the pool for the tadpoles. In order to provide
food, themother frog leaves a clutch of unfertilized eggs in the
pool, for the nutrition of the tradpoles.
Yet, just one egg is not enough for the growth of the tadpoles. That's
why the mother frog frequently visits her tradpoles and leaves more
eggs for their sustenance.
In order to take care of her tadpoles, the mother frog climbs the
tree manytimes, nearly 800 meters every single day, over the course
of two weeks.
To protect her tadpoles, the mother frog risks all kinds of dangers
and difficulties, and sometimes sacrifices her life to protect her
tadpoles as well. As it is seen, living beings are not in a system
where only the strongest survive and the weaks areswept away as the
Darwinists claim but rather they are Created with the behaviors of
compassion, mercy and devotion; this sweeps away the theory of
evolution and proves the fact of Creation, for only our Lord, Almighty
Allah, could endow a humble frog with these behaviors and inspire it
to such great endeavors.

4a] Isnaad of the hadeeth about the Angel of Death asking the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) for permission to take his soul

He (may Allaah have mercy on him) replied:
This is not correct. The Angel of Death did not come to him or ask permission to enter upon him, rather the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) delivered a speech at the end of his life in which he said: “Allaah has given a slave the choice between immortality in this world for as long as Allaah wills, or meeting his Lord, and he has chosen to meet hisLord.” This is what he saidat the end of his life. Abu Bakr wept, and the peoplewere surprised that Abu Bakr wept at these words.The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was the one who was given the choice,and Abu Bakr knew the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) better than any of the people. This is what has been narrated. As for the idea that the Angel of Death came to him and asked him for permission, this is not correct. End quote from Liqa’ al-Baab il-Maftooh (2/340)
Anyone who wants to read more saheeh ahaadeeth about the story of the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) may refer to the book al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah by Ibn Katheer (5/248), the chapter of the last days and death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him); and Saheeh al-Seerah al-Nabawiyyah by Ibraheem al-‘Ali, chapter 6: The illness and death ofthe Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
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4] Isnaad of the hadeeth about the Angel of Death asking the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) for permission to take his soul

4]
How sound is this hadeeth? “The angel Jibreel entered upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said: ‘The Angel of Death is at the door, and he is asking permission to enter upon you. He has never asked permission from anyone before you.’ He said, ‘Let him in, O Jibreel.’ The Angel of Death entered and said: ‘Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allaah. Allaah has sent meto give you the choice between staying in this world and meeting Allaah.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘Rather the Higher Companion, rather the Higher Companion.’ So theAngel of Death stood at the head of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) as hewill stand at the head of each of us, and said: ‘O good soul, the soul of Muhammad ibn ‘Abd-Allaah, come out to the good pleasure of Allaah and a Lord Who is pleased and is not angry.’”.
Praise be to Allaah.
There are many ahaadeeth about the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Many such reports have been narrated, but the saheeh ones are mixed with the false ones, and many people are careless about quoting reports which have no basis or which have been narratedvia unsound isnaads. The one who is seeking soundreports on this subject should refer to the saheehahaadeeth, which are sufficient and in which he will information about the incidents surrounding the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and in which there are important lessons to be learned.
Al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah (5/256):
Al-Waaqidi and others narrated many reports concerning the death (of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) in which thereare many strange things. We have refrained from mentioning many of thembecause of their weak isnaads and dubious content, especially those narrated by many storytellers, later writers and others. Many of them are undoubtedly fabricated. In the saheeh and hasan ahaadeeth which are narrated in the well known books there issufficient information andwe have no need of lies and reports whose isnaads are unknown. AndAllaah knows best. End quote.
After researching the reports about the death of the Prophet (peace andblessings of Allaah be upon him), we could not find the hadeeth mentioned by the questioner in this version, but there are ahaadeeth about the Angel of Death asking the Prophet (peaceand blessings of Allaah be upon him) for permission, in wording similar to that mentioned by the questioner. But these are weak (da’eef) ahaadeeth which the scholars judgedto be false and fabricated. For example:
There is a hadeeth narrated by ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn from his father, telling a long story in which the Angel of Death asks for permission to enter upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and speaks with him.
This story was narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Mu’jam al-Kabeer (3/129) and in Kitaab al-Du’aa’ (1/367).
Al-Haythami said in Majma’ al-Zawaa’id (9/35):Its isnaad includes ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Maymoon al-Qaddaah, whose reports are worthless.
He was also judged as such by al-Haafiz al-‘Iraaqiin Takhreej al-Ihya’ (4/560); al-Haafiz ibn Hajar in Ajwabah Ba’d Talaameedhatihi (1/87) and Ibn Katheer in al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah (5/290). Al-Albaani said in al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah (5384): it is mawdoo’ (fabricated).
There is another hadeeth which was narrated by Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him), in which it mentions the Angel of death seeking permission to enter upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) during his finalillness. This was narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Mu’jam al-Kabeer (12/141).
Al-Haythami said in Majma’ al_Zawaa’id (9/36):its isnaad includes al-Mukhtaar ibn Naafi’, who is da’eef (weak).
Al-‘Iraaqi said in Takhreej al-Ihya’ (4/560): It isnaad includes al-Mukhtaari ibn Naafi’, whose hadeeth is rejected.
With regard to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) being given the choice between deathand staying in this world, and his saying, “Rather the Higher Companion,” this is proven in al-Saheehayn in the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her), which is quoted in the answer to question no. 45841 , q.v.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about the story of the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): it is mentioned in some booksof history that the Angel of Death came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the form of a Bedouin and asked for permission to enter upon him. How true is this?/ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

Did the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) have nine wives or eleven?

In Ar-Raheeo Al Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar) by Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri, the author says in the section called "The Prophet Household" that the Prophet (S.A.W.) had 11 wives, plus 2 who he did not consummate marriage with plus four concubines
Is this information correct? .
Praise be to Allaah.
The scholars differ concerning the number ofwives that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had. The majority are of the view – which is correct – that he had eleven wives with whom he (peace andblessings of Allaah be upon him) consummated marriage, and he left nine of them behind when he died. Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid and Zaynab bint Khuzaymah – may Allaah be pleased with them both – died before him (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
This is the view of his companions, as the imams narrated from them in their saheeh books.
It was narrated from Anas(may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to go around his wives in a single night, and he had nine wives. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 280.
Mu’aadh ibn Hishaam narrated from his father, according to a report narrated by al-Bukhaari (265) from him alone, that there were eleven wives, but he was mistaken; the correct view is that he went around to nine wives.
Ibn Hajar said:
Ibn Khuzaymah said: Mu’aadh ibn Hishaam wasthe only one who narrated that from his father, and it was narrated by Sa’eed ibn ‘Uroobah and others from Qataadah but they said “nine wives.” Al-Bukhaari referred to the report of Sa’eed ibn Abi ‘Uroobah ina mu’allaq report here, but twenty chapters later he narrated it in a mawsool report when he said: “He used to go around his wives in one night, and at that time he had nine wives.”
Fath al-Baari, 1/377.
It was narrated that ‘Ata’ said: We, along with Ibn ‘Abbaas, attended the funeral of Maymoonah in Sarif. Ibn ‘Abbaas said: This is the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). When you lift up her bier, do not shake it or rock it; be gentle, for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had nine wivesand he used to give a portion of his time to eight and not to one.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4780; Muslim, 1465.
The one to whom he did not give a portion of his time was Sawdah bint Zam’ah, when she gave up her night to ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her).
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
There is no scholarly dispute concerning the fact that he left nine behind when he died and that he used to give a portion of his time to eight of them. Those nine were: ‘Aa’ishah, Hafsah, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Umm Salamah, Safiyyah, Umm Habeebah, Maymoonah, Sawdah and Juwayriyyah. The first of his wives to follow him after he died was Zaynab bint Jahsh in 20 AH and the last of them to die was Umm Salamah in 62 AH during the caliphate of Yazeed.
Zaad al-Ma’aad, 1/114
With regard to his female slaves, he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had four female slaves.
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
Abu ‘Ubaydah said: He had four: Maariyah who was the mother of his sonIbraaheem; Rayhaanah; another beautiful slave women who he got among some of the prisoners of war; and a slave woman who was given to him by Zaynab bint Jahsh.
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Who took care of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) after his mother died?

Who took care of The Prophet Muhammad after his parents died?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The one who took care of him was his grandfather ‘Abd al-Muttalib, then after his grandfather died,his paternal uncle Abu Taalib took care of him. Both of them died as disbelievers, but ‘Abd al-Muttalib died before the Prophet’s mission began. Abu Taalib died about ten years after the Prophet’s mission began, after refusing to enter Islam.
Ibn Katheer said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was with his mother Aaminah bint Wahb, then when shedied, his grandfather ‘Abd al-Muttalib took care of him. He used to sit on his cushion and ‘Abd al-Muttaalib would not eat any food without saying “Bring me my son”and he would be brought to him. When ‘Abd al-Muttalib was on his deathbed, he told Abu Taalib to take care of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Ibn Ishaaq said: When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) reached the age of eight years, his grandfather ‘Abd al-Muttalib ibn Haashim died. After his grandfather, the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) stayed with his paternal uncle Abu Taalib, in accordance with the last wishes of ‘Abd al-Muttalib,and because he was the full-brother of (the Prophet’s) father ‘Abd-Allaah – their motherwas Faatimah bint ‘Amr ibn ‘Imraan ibn Makhzoom. So Abu Taalib was the one who looked after the affairs of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Abu Taalib had no wealth, but he loved him deeply, more than he loved his own children; he would not sleep unless he was his side, and when he went out he would go outwith him, and he used to keep the best food for him. Al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah, vol. 2, p. 282./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

3a] Did the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) pray for the Muslims who did not see him?

3a]
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wentout to the graveyard and said:
“Peace be upon the abodeof believing people, and ifAllaah wills we will join you soon. Would that I could see our brothers.” They said: Are we not your brothers, O Messenger of Allaah? He said: “You are my companions. Our brothers are those who have not come yet. I will reach the Cistern before them.” They said: O Messenger of Allaah, how will you recognize those of your ummah who came after you? He said: “Do you not see that if a man has a horse that has a white blaze and white feet among horses that are all black, will he not recognize his horse?” They said: Of course. He said: “They will come to me with bright faces and limbs (like the white markings of a horse) because of the traces of wudoo’, and I will reach the Cistern before them.”
Narrated by Muslim (249),al-Nasaa’i (150), and this is his version. See also al-Silsilah al-Saheehah (2888).
Whoever wants to attain this virtue must adhere tothe guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and adhere to his Sunnah, so that he may win his companionship in Paradise.
We ask Allaah to honour us and you with that, by His grace, for He is the Most Generous and Most Kind.
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