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Monday, January 28, 2013

What Islam says about - Drugs and Alcohol

Drugs and Alcohol
By Maulana I. Suleman
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu.
My dear respected brothers, elders and young friends:
The Pre-Islamic societyof Arabia was a societythat was saturated in
alcohol. The supply of, the consumption of, the manufacturing of, the
production of alcohol, wines, and spirits was indispensable for them.
It sustained them. It was a source of living, virtually their
existence. Islam came and on a gradual process in a step-by-step
method, it cleaned them (the Sahaba) away from thehabit of the
consumption of alcohol and directed them towards the greater good. It
cured the hearts of the Sahaba and the Arabian society as far as the
future was concerned for the whole of humanity who was going to be
practicing Muslims. It guaranteed them, through the verses of the Holy
Quran, protection from all sorts of pollutants that were corruption to
the mind, the soul, the hearts and the whole of society.
The first order was revealed that it is better not to drink it and
that the disadvantages (of intoxicants) were more than the advantages
(2:219). Then a second verse was revealed saying, Do not drink alcohol
at the time of salah, (4:43) and finally it was prohibited (5:90).
The topic of today for me is drugs and alcohol. But before we touch
this issue, we have to remember one thing and that is that we are
living a life. What is the importance of life? What is the value of
life? How much should we preserve life? Allah is the One Who is the
Creator of life. Nothing can come into existence without the will of
Allah, so Allah isthe One Who has givenus life and He is the only One
Who has the right to take it. This is why our religion is against
self-destruction; it is so against suicide. Allah mentions in the Holy
Quran:
"Don't throw yourself towards destruction."
So Allah has given us a life and the whole purpose of life is the
pleasure of Allah and the pleasure of Allah will be the ultimate means
of Paradise and to achieve this ultimate goal Allah haslaid down, upon
us, certain rules and regulations by which mankind must live according
to the ways Allah wants him to. Some of the rules and regulations in
our Shariat have positive commitments which we all have to fulfill. We
have to pray five times a day, keep our fasts in the month of Ramadan,
pay zakah, perform Hajj, etc. These are positive commitments, which
everyone has to fulfill. And in our Shariat, some of the rules and
regulations are prescribed as negative precautions, which everyone has
to avoid and abstain from. And the reason Allah has told mankind not
to docertain things is because Allah wants usto be saved from
insanity. Allah wants us to be saved from degeneration. Allah wants us
to be saved from weaknesses, from temptations, and one of the issues,
which Allah wants us to be saved from is the usage of drugs and
alcohol.
When the iman (faith) of the companions of Rasulullah (sallallahu
alaiyhi wa sallam) was made, the Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa
sallam) recited the final verses from the Holy Qur'an relating to the
matter of alcohol.
"Oh you who believe! Verily, without a shadow of a doubt, wine,
gambling, idol worshipping, instruments used for divining, for telling
thefuture, are all impurities and pollutants from the activities of
Shaytaan." (5:90)
They are the production of Shaytaan. They are manufactured by
Shaytaan. He has created them and whatis his purpose?
"The soul intention of Shaytaan, through alcohol and gambling, is to
cast hatred and enmity amongst you." (5:91)
He wants to see you fight with each other. He wants to see you being
in harmful competition against each other. This is his intention and
another one of his intentions is:
"and he wishes to prevent you and stop you and hinder you from the
remembranceof Allah and he wants to prevent you from performing
salah." (5:91)
The Sahabah (radiyallahu anhum) were listening very carefully. The
Qur'an was having a direct affect on their hearts. They were gripped
by what was recited to them. The Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa
sallam) recited the final words from the Qur'an:
"Will you now abstain?" (5:91)
Meaning, "Will you now refrain from this?" The Sahaba simultaneously
cried out in one tongue: "Oh,our Lord! We have abstained now! Oh,
ourLord! We have abstained now!"
Now I would like to discuss how it harms our iman, how it hurts our
Islam. One point I would like to make before I start is that drugs and
alcohol are also used for medicinalpurposes. If anyone requires any
verdict regarding this matter, then they must refer it to a mufti. The
alcohol and drug consumption that I am talking aboutis the taking of
drugs simply for the effect that the drugs and alcohol have and no
other motive or purpose.
Whenever the word"khamr" (intoxicants) comes into our minds, we tend
to think of alcohol. But in Arabic,"khamr" has a broader meaning to
it. "Khamr"is what comes over thehuman intelligence, which means
everything that intoxicates a person's mind. So the only substance
that intoxicates the mind isNOT only alcohol, but also every substance
that clouds the mind. Do drugs intoxicate the mind or not?
"Khamr," at the time ofour Beloved Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu
alaiyhi wa sallam) meant something that is flowing and liquidy. This
clearly proves the prohibition of alcohol. The prohibition of drugs
will be proven inthe following hadith.
Hafiz Ibnul Qayyum al-Jowzy wrote in his book that in the 13th
century, at the time of the Tartars, a person came to Cairo seeking
evidence regarding a substance, which was striking the people of the
Muslim world and this substance was called hashish. This person was
looking forevidence from the scholars regarding hashish whether it was
forbidden or not in Islam. The scholars were having a hard time
finding a Qur'anicinjunction regarding this because this substance was
not liquidy or flowing like alcohol. But at the time, Allah put into
theknowledge of Hafiz Zay-nuddin Al-Iraqi, who was present at the
gathering, a hadithand he said, "I have found a hadith which
specifically deals with this issue." Then he mentioned the hadith from
As-Sunnan Abu Dawood, which is one of the most authentic kitabs
preached all around the world. He said, "The Prophet (sallallahu
alaiyhi wa sallam) prohibited people from the usage of intoxicants and
narcotics. Any substance which befogs and intoxicates the mind, the
Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) has stopped us from taking it."
The quality of ishar (intoxicants) is when aperson is drunk, he is out
of his senses. He stutters when he speaks. He doesn't know what he is
saying and his nervoussystem throws up. You know the circumstances of
whena person is drunk. This is the quality of ishar.
But now, what is the quality of iftar? The quality of iftar is
mentioned by the scholars that it is a light-headedness feeling in an
individual. This is the stage that comes before the stage of being in
the state of drunkenness and this stage is very very dangerous and in
the quality of iftar, the ability to think goes away and the normal
state goes away.
So, from this hadith wecan see that drugs and narcotics come into the
category of ishar, which takes a person's consciousness away. The
hadith of Hafiz Zay-nuddin is evident today for us--that drugs are
haram and forbidden and we cannot use them.
We find other ahaadithrelating to this:
"Everything that intoxicates the mind comes into the category of khamr
and everything that comes into the category of khamr is haram."
Fromthis, we can see that drugs fall into this category because it
intoxicates the mind.
Whatever substance intoxicates a person in large amounts, it is also
haram in small amounts. Once HadhratUmar (radiyallahu anhu) was giving
a khutbah and in his khutbah, he was talking on the issue of khamr and
the definition he gave of khamr was: "Khamr is that which befogs the
mind and which coversthe human intelligence."
Allama Ibn Taymiyyah, a great scholar of Islam, stated, regarding this
issue, that a person who takes hashish (drugs) should be given the
same punishment as a person who takes alcohol--40 or 80 lashes. In
fact, he goes to the extent of saying that those people who are
involved in trafficking drugs are committing an act of kufr and he
further says that his janazah should not be performed. He should be
hanged in front of the people. Now, you tell me brothers. There are so
many people involved in the trafficking of drugs. Muslims are playing
a leading role in the consumption of drugs. Muslims are ahead in
supplying and being the pimps of drugs. These people are fooling
themselves as Muslims. This is a disgrace for our religion. Why did
Allama Ibn Taymiyyah say it so severely? Because the consequences to
this matter are high. So up to this point, my brothers, I have already
explained to you what khamr means and what the religious aspects to
this issue are in the light of the Qur'an and hadith. Now I will try
and explain to you whypeople take drugs.
There are many reasons why people take drugs. Broadly speaking, people
take drugs because of stress, worry, anxiety, problems at work,
problems at home, family problems. Thereare targets to meet, but they
can't meet them. There are commitments to fulfill, but they can't
fulfill them. When people areover-worked and they have too many
pressures, they resort to alcohol, a sip of Brandy, a sip of wine, an
injection, a pill, a capsule. Throw that in your mouth and that will
relax you.
Most teenagers take drugs because of peer pressure. Most of them are
introduced to drugs by their friends, but in reality they are their
foes and enemiesin the shape and form of friends. So many youngsters
take drugs because of peer pressure from friends.
Youngsters often say,"We take drugs because we are bored." In other
words,their lives are empty. There is a vacuum in their life. There is
nothing in life to engage them. There is nothing to challenge them and
so out of thisfeeling of boredom, they resort to drugs."Oh, then we
will be stimulated. Now we will be excited. Now we do not have that
boredom anymore."
Drugs are often taken because people do not have confidence in
themselves, because ofloneliness. It is a very strange factor of
society today that a person can live amongst a thousand people and yet
in a heavy population, he isstill lonely. He has neighbors to the
right. He has neighbors to the left. He has family and friends in that
city.He has work colleagues and yet, in that heavy population, he
feels lonely. So people resort to drugs to get rid of loneliness.They
don't have a sense of self-worth.
And youngsters often take drugs because of rebellion. They take drugs
because they want to go against their self-establishment--anything
that goes against authority is worth while doing. It's a challenge,
it's a dare, it's a risk. You are cool if you do these things. And
let's go joy riding because it's illegal in society. There's a risk in
it. Legalize joy riding and they'll say,"I'll think about it."
Legalize that which is illegal and people will have second thoughts of
doing it because youngsters tend to go against rules and regulations.
They do this because they wantother people to look at them. They lack
attention. They lack the love and care of parents. So, in order for
the community to focus their attention towards that person they have
to do things like this. Why?"Because I'm useless. I'm an ordinary
person.Nobody cares about me. Nobody has concern for me. Let me rebel
against society, then, society will be forced to look towards me." All
in all, if I'm to use one term for the reasons people take drugs, not
all the factors that I have mentioned apply here, but generally
speaking, the word here is escapism. Escapism is why people take
drugs. They are creating an artificial world around them, an unreal
world, a world that is more in the mind than in reality. This is make
belief, which are the words of Alice in Wonderland. This is their
Disneyland where nothing is wrong and everything is right, where they
have an over-whelming feelingof peace, contentment, and tranquility.
They make a manufactured world around them to make themselves feel
good, but the problem is, my dear respected brothers, that when the
effect of that alcohol or the effect of that drug wares out and the
hard realities of this world slap themin the face, then the problem
that they face,the depression that they face, the low that they face,
at that moment, it will all be far greater than the problem they
started out with.
Islam is a religion that does not believe in escapism. This is a
religion which believes in realism, about the hard issues, about the
real life. When we have problems, we confront them head on like brave
courageous men, men of spirit, men of heart. We try and come with a
solution for them. Then, all problems would be solved. Islam teaches
its followers about courage. Those who adhere to Islam are taught
patience and if they have all thisin them, then they can overcome
mountains with this inner strength. They can overcome the greatest
problems in their lives.Not only Islam teaches it, not only is it in
the Qur'an, not only is it in hadiththose people who are practicing
Muslims and I'm not talking about the Sahaba (radiyallahu anhum) or
the great pious people many eras ago, but I'm talking about normal
people. I'm talking about every Abdur-Rahman and Abdul Azeez that
exists here--people who perform their compulsory acts (fara'id) and
refrain from haram, normal Muslims who have some sort of appreciation
for religion, who find a spare moment within the 24 hours to sit down
with the Qur'an and recite a few verses, ponder upon them, try and
understand them, try and take an affect fromthe Qur'an and when they
perform their salah, they do so with a bit of concentration and
devotion. They perform their fara'id, refrain from haram and are
satisfied with that, then Allah consolidates and strengthens the
hearts of the Muslims and then he is not dependant on chemical
substances tosupport his life.
When a Muslim reads the verses of the Qur'an, the Qur'an says:
"He, who has trust in Allah, then Allah is sufficient for him."
A person may be in need, then the treasures of the seven heavens and
the seven earths will not be sufficient to fulfill his needs and a
person may be thirsty but the oceans may not quench his thirst, but
ifa person is naked and hungry and he has nothing else but tawakkul,
trust in Allah, then Allah is sufficient for him. Allahsays in the
Qur'an:
"Oh Prophet! Have trust in the Dominant One, in the Powerful one, Who
is in total control of everything, the Compassionate One, the Merciful
One."
If you are in a problem,He will solve it for you. He will not neglect you.Why?
"He is the One Who sees your worship."
He sees you in ruku and sajdah. He is Shakoor, thankful that He will
reward you. Allah sees whatever you do. He's not in the heavens and
you are on the earth. He is not in one room and you are in another
room. When Allah is behind someone, when he hasthe strength and
support of Allah, then what power is there in the world that can
afflict any harm or any danger or any risk to that individual?
Hadhrat Ibn Abbas (radiyallahu anhu) narrated a hadith:"When I was a
child, I was mounted on an animal behind the Prophet (sallallahu
alaiyhi wa sallam). TheProphet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) turned
to me and said, 'Oh, child! Protect the command of Allah, fulfill the
duties you are required from the Qur'an and hadith, then He will
protect and preserve you. Protect the commands of Allah, you will find
him in front of you. When you ask, when you are in need of something,
ask from Allah. And when you need help, then don't run to your bank
manager and don't runtowards your factory, don't turn towards your
colleagues, but when you are in need of help, then ask from Allah.
That is your first source that you turn to.He is the source of our
goodness. And know inyour heart that if the whole of humanity were to
collect and try to benefit you in anyway, then they cannot give you
any sort of benefit, but thatwhich Allah has already decreed and
written for you. And if the whole of humanity wants to harm you in
anyway and they get their plans and conspiracies together, then they
cannot harm you in anyway, but that which Allah has already prescribed
andordained for you.'" Andthe beautiful words of this hadith are
concluded by saying:"The pens have been lifted and the scrolls are
dry."
The reasons I mentioned before for taking drugs was boredom and
loneliness. When a person says, "I'm bored," that is a greatest insult
you can face yourself. A person who is creative and constructive
sitting alone in a room with no instruments, no devices, no video
tapes, no cassette recorders, no books, the room can be completely
empty withnot one companion, but he is in that room alone in his mind
and with his heart he has a greater company than someone who is in a
football stadium with 80,000 fans. That lonely person is in a greater
company because he is in the majesty of his Lord. He is in the glory
of his Lord. This is stimulation, which is not abusive to your body.
So Islam is a fulfilling religion, a satisfying religion. It gives us
morals. It gives us values. It protects us from harm.
I would like to relate toyou a story regarding Maulana Abdul Qadir
Raypuri (rahmatullahi alaiyh). He lived in this century and passed
away in the 1940s. I'm not talking about centuries ago and those eyes
are still present in this world, who have seen this great man. He was
a unique individual, whohad spiritual power. The point I am going to
make with this storyis that Muslims will definitely have problems.
Problems will come, but we haveto contain them, absorb them with this
inner strength, with this Islamic vision, with a clear mind, not a
polluted mind and then live with that and solve that. So it has been
related in the final years of Hadhrat'slife that he was severely ill.
On one occasion it was Isha prayer and Hadhrat had a problem with
istinja, with using the toilet and it was an on-going problem. So he
told some people present with him,"Help me perform wudu quickly, then
we'll pray Isha. I have an urgency to use to toilet." So they helped
him perform wudu quickly and they prayed Isha. After that, he told
them, "Take meto one side." They tookhim and moved away. He sat there
at length, my brothers. The agony of urination wasthere. When the
urgency to urinate wasthere, he could not urinate. Anyone who has this
problem here will understand the difficulty. He sat there at length
and finally hecalled out to his attendants and said,"Take me to one
side. I cannot urinate. I'm having problems." So they lifted him and
took him to one side. As soon as they placed him down, he called out,
"Quickly take me back! I need to urinate." They raised him and sat him
to oneside. At length, he was not able to urinate. He quickly called
out,"Pick me up. I am falling." They ran and picked him up and put him
to one side. This carried on two, three, four, five times. There was
that pain there; the urgency and burning agony, my brothers. This was
a man who was sick. His limbs ached and he was bedridden. When they
lifted him up on one occasion, one of this attendants, who was
relating this incident, said that just as we picked him up, he cried
out, "Oh my Malik (Master)!" The attendant said, "As soon as Hadhrat
said these words, a thoughtentered my heart that Ihave not seen
Hadhrat making even one complaint about anything. He was always
pleased and contented and satisfied with whatever life threw at him.
So the thought entered my heart that what? Is this a complaint after
so many years? I've seen him face so many problems, so many
difficulties and yet, never has he complained and now? As soon as this
thoughtentered my mind, I realized that Hadhrat was not finished with
his sentence yet and then he completed it,"My Master" Imagine, here he
is in this state of agony and suffering and what does he do? He turns
to his Lord and says, "My Malik, the favors and blessings upon me are
so incredible, they are extra ordinary!" These were men. These were
people of hearts. They faced life with courageand they overcame
everything. Their bodies would shake with the love and fear of Allah
and when these people cry, there is no pain in their cries. There's
such a bliss, such a joy, which has to be envied. We cannot compete
with these people. In the lapof luxury, in the chambers of a palace,
on soft cushions, on silk and leather, you are not experiencing the
peace and tranquility that these people were feeling lying on the
grass withthe heavens as their blankets. When they would
say,"Subhannallah!" the peace that they attained in their heartscannot
be competed with us.
Once a letter was being read out loud to Hadhrat Sheikh Zakariyyah
(rahmatullahi alaiyh) and this letter was written by Maulana Abul
Hasan Ali Nadwi and in that letter Sheikh Abul Hasan wasdescribing his
trip to Madina, the sacred city of our Beloved ProphetMuhammad
(sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) and he was describing the emotions that
were playing with his heart as he arrived at the sacred city. He had
poetry and couplets there about the fragrance soil of Madina, etc.
This letter was being read out to Hadhrat Sheikh and a large
congregation was around him. The people who were present there said
that Hadhrat was in an extra ordinary state that day when the letter
was being read to him. "We did not see him in such a state before, "
and then he turned to one of the Kadims and said,"Read them couplets
tome in a tune." At that time, someone stood up and started readingthe
couplets to him. Hadhrat was at an old age and to give him relief,
people were massaging his arms. As those couplets werebeing read to
him, those attendants who were massaging him, said that every inch of
the flesh of Hadhrat Sheikh started shakingand they said, "We can feel
an electric current running through his body." And what was this
electric current? It was the current of love, mohabbat, and affection,
which cannot be experienced in anything. So these were men of courage.
They had stimulation and interest in their lives and they had
satisfactory and fulfilling lives.
Some people may havethis in their head that:"Why is he talking about
drugs and alcohol? We are Muslims after all. We think we are pure
people. Isn't this irrelevant? This does not apply to us. We don't
touch that stuff." My dear respected brothers and sisters, if this is
our belief, if this is our knowledge, thenwe are very naïve people. We
are a very negligent people. Muslims, as far as drugs and alcohol
consumption is concerned, then from Alif to Yaa, A to Z, they are in
the picture from the production to the supply to the consumption of
drugs. They are there. Today we are arguing over petty incidents in
the masjid. Let us open oureyes to the wider world. Open our eyes to
what activities and what crises are engulfing the whole of the Ummah
today. If we do not take care of the next generation, then our next
generation is going down the drains. And then we will be going towards
a very very dark future. We have to remember what Allah wants from us.
Allah has put upon us some external duties and some internal duties.
The external duty is that we pass the message of Islam to other
communities. The internal duty is that we educate ourselves, first of
all, regarding drugs and other issues. Our community is going down the
drains because we are uneducated. We have time to learn other
knowledge, but we do not have time to learn our Islamic knowledge. We
have time to watch the satanic box (TV), we have time to visit pubs
and clubs, we have time to watch videos, but we have no time todiscuss
issues regarding Islam. Make sure you take care of your children
because the Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) saidthat every
single one of you is responsible for his flock, meaning his children.
Everyone will be asked about hisor her children. Whoever doesn't
teachhis children the knowledge of Islam, the knowledge that can
differentiate between good and bad, the knowledge that will help him
realize what is truth (haqq) and what is false (baatil), he will
beasked about it on the Day of Qiyaamah. America is the biggest taker
of drugs. There you can find thousandsand thousands of organizations
dealing with drugs, alcohol and related matters. The only way to
combat drugs and alcohol is through the Qur'an and Sunnah. This is our
only solution. There is no other.
I started off with life and now I'll finish withlife. "Live in this
world as though you are a stranger, a wayfarer," the Prophet
(sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) advised. You are not going to live here
forever. You are going to earn money, but whom are you earning it for?
Are you earning it for your own pleasure or looking at your children
or looking towards their education? Remember one thing. You have to
face your Lord one day and you will be asked these questions one day,
the Day of Qiyaamah.
Four questions will definitely be asked about one's life. How did you
spend it? How did you waste it? Where you earned your wealth and
wheredid you spend your wealth? And how did you act upon the knowledge
you had? Once you find out that a certain thing is forbidden in Islam
and you keep on doing it and you do not repent then the Prophet
(sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) said, "I have norelationship with that
person."
I would like to conclude by saying that those people amongst us who
are orwho maybe and I'm not saying anyone is but anyone who maybe
involved in alcohol or some drug abuse, to a greater content or to a
lesser degree, whatever portion or amount, it isharmfully wrong. Can I
address those people and say that what is this petty existence that
you have chosen for yourselves? There are no blessings for you in that
type of life. There are greater tasksfor you in life. You havebeen
selected as an Ummati for a greater purpose. You, as Mu'mins
(believers), are beloved in the eyesof Allah. Your value is
immeasurable. You, as human beings, are the center of the universe.
How long have you become? What gutter have you dived into? Why are you
destroying yourself and why are you abusing your body? Why are you
contaminating and polluting the body, which is the sacred communion
between Adam and Hawwa? Why are you harming and abusing a body about
which our Beloved Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) said,
"Verily, your body has a right over you." It's not your private
possession. This is not something you created. It does not belong to
you. Respect yourself and others will respect you.In short, let us all
get a life.
May Allah take the disease of drugs and alcohol away from our
community. May Allah give us the ability to understand and realizethe
dangers and harmsof drugs and alcohol. May Allah unite us all under
the one banner: La ilaha illallahu Muhammadur Rasulullah (sallallahu
alaiyhi wa sallam).
Wa akhirudda' wana anil humdulillahi rabbil alameen.

The coelacanth that evolutionists claim as a transitional form is living in the seas as a perfect life form

Fossils of living things such as the CÅ“lacanth , which evolutionists
heralded as an extinct transitional life form butwhich has been
realized to be still alive today as abottom-dwelling fish, paint a
striking picture that refutes the theory of evolution's scenario of
change.
The CÅ“lacanth , which according to the fossil record, dates back some
410 million years to the Devonian period, was regarded by
evolutionists as a powerful intermediate form between fish and
reptile. It had been mysteriously erased from the fossil record 70
million years ago, duringthe Cretaceous period, and was believed to
have become extinct at that time. The truth was very different,
however. Since 1938, more than 200 present-day CÅ“lacanths have been
caught , after that first one off South Africa. Thesecond came from
the Comoro Islands off north-west Madagascar in 1952, and a third in
Indonesian Sulawesi in 1998. The evolutionist paleontologist J. L. B.
Smith was unable to conceal his amazement at the capture of the first
CÅ“lacanth , saying,
"If I'd met a dinosaur in the street I wouldn't have been more
astonished." (Jean-Jacques Hublin, The Hamlyn Encyclopædia of
Prehistoric Animals , NewYork: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., 1984,
p. 120)
The capture of living CÅ“lacanths revealed thatthe claims regarding it
were nothing more thandeceptions. In addition, evolutionists had
always depicted the fish as living in shallow waters, as a potential
reptile preparing to crawl onto the land. Yet the CÅ“lacanth was now
found to be living in the deepest ocean waters—a bottom-dwelling
fishalmost never rising above 180 meters below the surface. You can
watch the CÅ“lacanth swimming as a perfect fish in today's deep oceans
in the video below.
The Anatomical Characteristics of the 400-Million-Year-Old
CÅ“lacanth Show That Evolution Never Happened
Anatomical investigations conducted following thecapture of live
CÅ“lacanths have revealed many findings that refute evolution. It has
been realized that the CÅ“lacanth that was living 400 years ago at a
time when supposed primitive life forms weremeant to have been living
p ossessed exceedingly complex features absent from many present-day
fish. One of these was the discovery that the CÅ“lacanth is sensitive
to electromagnetic currentsaround it indicates the presence of a
complex sensory organ. Looking at the nerves that connect the fish's
rostral organ to its brain, scientists agreed that this organ is
responsible for detecting electromagnetic currents.
Focus magazine described the astonishment of evolutionists in the face
of the complex nature and characteristics of the CÅ“lacanth as follows:
According to fossils, fish emerged some 470 million years ago. The
CÅ“lacanth emerged 60 million years after that. It is astonishing that
this creature, which would be expected to possess very primitive
features, actually has a most complex structure.

It is the antichrist (dajjal) who will shed blood in the End Times. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come to halt these rivers of bloodshed by the antichrist.

One of the most important pieces of information about Hazrat Mahdi
(as) that our Prophet (saas) gives in many of the hadiths isthe fact
that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will cause no blood to be spilled at any time
in his life. Indeed, our Prophet (saas) says of the age under the
spiritual leadership of Hazrat Mahdi (as) that "he will not wake a
sleeping person or even shed onedrop of blood ." (Ibn Hajar
al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p.
29)
Our Prophet (saas) expresses this as follows in another hadith:
In the time of [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] no one will be woken up from their
sleep OR HAVE A BLEEDINGNOSE. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl
al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 44)
Not shedding blood is Allah's command to Hazrat Mahdi (as) by
revealing it to our Prophet (saas). It is therefore impossible for
Hazrat Mahdi (as) to employ any other meansthan love, affection,
compassion, friendship and brotherhood in causing the moral valuesof
Islam to rule the world. Because any other behavior would mean
violating Allah's commandment, may Allah forbid.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a person of love and affection. The intense love
and affection that Allah creates in Hazrat Mahdi's (as) soul and that
will have an impact across the whole world are expressed as follows in
hadiths:
Due to the blessings of Imam az-Zaman [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] people's
hearts will be filled with mutual love and unity. (Bihar al-Anwar,
vol. 53, p. 187; Mikyaal al-Makaarem, vol. 1, p. 52)
[In the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)] LOVE AND KINDNESS WILL PERVADE ALL
THE NOOKS AND CORNERS OF THE EARTH . (Iqbaal al-A'maal, p. 507; Bihar
al-Anwar, vol. 21, p. 312)
Certain people and circles with ulterior motives who say that blood
will be shed in floods in the End Times have ascribed, in their own
eyes, such a task to Hazrat Mahdi (as) both out of lack of knowledgeof
the hadiths and also deliberate distortion, of those hadiths under the
influence of satan. It is true that there will be bloodshed in the End
Times, but it is the antichrist who will shed it in floods, not Hazrat
Mahdi (as). The antichristmeans blood and pus. The antichrist will
elevate hatred of Muslims to its highest level in the End Times.
Hewill imprison the whole of mankind, and especially the Muslim world,
within an oppressive system, the like of which has never been seen
before. Our Prophet (saas) also describes this climate that will
emerge in the End Times in the hadiths:
(At that time) There will be much corruption, disorder and rebellion,
and people will kill one another. People will taketheir own lives and
the world will be filled with sorrow . The accursed dajjal will appear
at sucha troubled time...(Ash-Sharani, Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi,
p. 482)
At a time when the world will be in utter confusion and disorder, when
murders and tribulation appears ... when roads will be cut, when some
attack some others... (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat
al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 454)
Allah reveals to our Prophet (saas) that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not
shed blood and our Prophet (saas) imparts this to Hazrat Mahdi
(as).Hazrat Mahdi (as) will abide by this command of Allah.
Allah reveals to our Prophet (saas) that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not
shed blood and our Prophet (saas) imparts this to Hazrat Mahdi
(as).Hazrat Mahdi (as) will abide by this command of Allah.
From Mr. Adnan Oktar`s interview on Adıyaman Asu TV on 27 September, 2010
Allah will send Hazrat Mahdi (as) to halt the flow of blood. Hazrat
Mahdi (as) is "anti-blood." It is Hazrat Mahdi(as) who will completely
silence Darwinism and materialism, the religionof the movement of the
antichrist that incite violence and conflict, cause people to regard
one another as animals, and incite selfishness, cruelty and
ruthlessness. In doing this he will use science and philosophy and
silence the movement of the antichrist with its own weapons.
With the total silencing of the movement of the antichrist, love,
affection, compassion, peace, security, brotherhood and friendship
will replace conflict, war, fighting and anger. All weapons will be
eliminated in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as), and the money spent on
the military willinstead be diverted to science, art, technology and
other activities that benefit mankind. Our Prophet (as) foretold these
delights in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)1400 years ago:
All grudges and mutual hatred will be removed… Earth will be filled
with peace, just as a vessel is filled with water; . There will also
be unity in religion and none other than Allah will be worshipped
anymore. The (competents of) battle will abandon its load (arms and
equipment) . (Sunan Ibn Majah, 10/334)
(The competents of) Warwill abandon its load (namely, arms and the
like)… All hostility and hatred vanish.(Al-Sharani, Mukhtasar Tazkirah
al-Qurtubi, p. 496)

Story, - The Boats of the Glen Carrig: Chapter 2

II
THE SHIP IN THE CREEK
THEN, IT WAS nigh on to evening, we came upon a creek opening into the
greater one through the bank upon our left. We had been like to pass
it--as, indeed, we had passed many throughoutthe day--but that the
bo'sun, whose boat had the lead, cried out that there was some craft
lying-up, a little beyond the first bend. And, indeed, so it seemed;
for one of the masts of her--all jagged, where it had carried
away--stuck up plain to our view.
Now, having grown sick with so much lonesomeness, and beingin fear of
the approaching night, we gave out something nearto a cheer, which,
however, the bo'sun silenced, having no knowledge of those whomight
occupy the stranger. And so, in silence, the bo'sun turned his craft
toward the creek, whereat we followed, taking heed to keep quietness,
and working the oars warily. So, in a little, we came tothe shoulder
of the bend, and had plain sight of the vessel some little way beyond
us. From the distance she had no appearance of being inhabited; so
that after some small hesitation, we pulled towards her, though still
being at pains to keep silence.
The strange vessel lay against that bank of the creek which was upon
our right, and over above her was a thick clump of the stunted trees.
For the rest, she appeared to be firmly imbedded in the heavy mud, and
there was a certain look of age about her which carried to me a
doleful suggestion that we should find naught aboard of her fit for an
honest stomach.
We had come to a distance of maybe some ten fathoms from her starboard
bow--for she lay with her head down towards the mouth of the little
creek--when the bo'sun bade his men to back water, the whichJosh did
regarding our own boat. Then, being ready to fly if we had been in
danger, the bo'sun hailed the stranger; but got no reply, save that
some echo of his shout seemedto come back at us. And so he sung out
again to her, chance there might be some below decks who had not
caught his first hail; but, for the second time, no answer came to us,
save the low echo--naught, but that the silent trees took on alittle
quivering, as though his voice had shaken them.
At that, being confident now within our minds, we laid alongside, and,
in a minute had shinned up the oars and so gained her decks. Here,
save that the glass of the skylight of the main cabin had been broken,
and some portion of the framework shattered, there was no
extraordinary litter; so that it appeared to us as though she had been
no great while abandoned.
So soon as the bo'sun had made his way up from the boat, he turnedaft
toward the scuttle, the rest of us following. We found the leaf of the
scuttle pulled forward to within an inch of closing,and so much effort
did it require of us to push it back, that we had immediate evidence
of a considerable time since any had gone down that way.
However, it was no greatwhile before we were below, and here we found
the main cabin to be empty, save for the bare furnishings. From it
there opened off two state-rooms at the forrard end, and the captain's
cabin in the after part, and in all of these we found matters of
clothing and sundries such as proved that the vessel had been
desertedapparently in haste. In further proof of this we found, in a
drawer in thecaptain's room, a considerable quantity of loose gold,
the which it was not to be supposed would have been left by the
free-will of the owner.
Of the state-rooms, the one upon the starboard side gave evidence that
it had been occupied by a woman--no doubt a passenger. The other, in
which there were two bunks, had been shared, so far as we could have
any certainty, by a couple of young men; and this we gathered by
observation of various garments which were scattered carelessly about.
Yet it must not be supposed that we spent any great time in the
cabins; for we were pressed for food, and made haste--under the
directing of the bo'sun--to discover if the hulk held victuals whereby
we might be kept alive.
To this end, we removed the hatch which led down to the lazarette,
and, lighting two lamps which we had with us in the boats, went down
to make a search. And so, ina little while, we came upon two casks
which the bo'sun broke open with a hatchet. These casks were sound and
tight, and in them was ship's biscuit, very good and fit for food. At
this, as may be imagined, we felt eased in our minds, knowing that
there was no immediate fear of starvation. Following this, we found a
barrel of molasses; a cask of rum; some cases of dried fruit--these
were mouldyand scarce fit to be eaten; a cask of salt beef,another of
pork; a small barrel of vinegar; a case of brandy; two barrels
offlour--one of which proved to be damp-struck; and a bunch of tallow
dips.
In a little while we had all these things up in the big cabin, so that
we might come at them the better to make choice of that which was fit
for our stomachs, and that which was otherwise. Meantime, whilst the
bo'sun overhauled these matters, Josh called a couple of the men, and
went on deck to bring up the gear from the boats, for it had been
decided that we should pass the night aboard the hulk.
When this was accomplished, Josh took a walk forward to the fo'cas'le;
but found nothing beyond two seamen's chests; a sea-bag, and some odd
gear. There were, indeed, no more than ten bunks in the place; for she
was but a small brig, and had no call for a great crowd. Yet Josh was
more than a little puzzled to know what had come to the odd chests;
for it was not to be supposed that there had been no more than
two--and a sea-bag--among ten men. But to this, at that time, he had
no answer, and so, beingsharp for supper, made areturn to the deck,
and thence to the main cabin.
Now while he had been gone, the bo'sun had set the men to clearing out
the main cabin; after which, he had served outtwo biscuits apiece all
round, and a tot of rum. To Josh, when he appeared, he gave the same,
and, in a little, we called a sort of council; being sufficiently
stayed by the food to talk.
Yet, before we came to speech, we made shift tolight our pipes; for
the bo'sun had discovered a case of tobacco in the captain's cabin,
and afterthis we came to the consideration of our position.
We had provender, so the bo'sun calculated, to last us for the better
partof two months, and this without any great stint; but we had yet to
prove if the brig held water in her casks, for that in the creek was
brackish, evenso far as we had penetrated from the sea;else we had not
been in need. To the charge of this, the bo'sun set Josh, along with
two of the men. Another, he told to take charge of the galley, so long
as we were in the hulk. But for that night, he said we had no need to
do aught; for we had sufficient of water in theboats' breakers to last
us till the morrow. And so, in a little, the dusk began to fill the
cabin; but we talked on, being greatly content with our present ease
and the good tobacco which we enjoyed.
In a little while, one of the men cried out suddenly to us to be
silent, and, in that minute, all heard it--a far, drawn-out wailing;
the same which had come to us in the evening of the first day. At that
we looked at one another through the smoke and the growing dark, and,
even as we looked, it became plainer heard, until, in a while, it was
all about us--aye! it seemed to come floating down through the broken
framework of the skylight as though some weariful, unseen thing stood
and cried upon thedecks above our heads.
Now through all that crying, none moved; none, that is, save Josh and
the bo'sun, and theywent up into the scuttle to see whether anything
was in sight; but they found nothing, and so came down to us; for
there was no wisdom in exposing ourselves, unarmed as we were, save
for our sheath-knives.
And so, in a little, the night crept down upon the world, and still we
sat within the dark cabin, none speaking, and knowing of the rest only
by the glows of their pipes.
All at once there came a low, muttered growl, stealing across the
land; and immediately the crying was quenched in its sullen thunder.
It diedaway, and there was a full minute of silence; then, once more
it came, and it was nearer and more plain to the ear. I took my pipe
from my mouth; for I had come again upon the great fear and uneasiness
which the happenings ofthe first night had bred in me, and the taste
of the smoke brought me no more pleasure. The muttered growl swept
over our heads and died away into the distance, and there was a sudden
silence.
Then, in that quietness, came the bo'sun's voice. He was bidding us
haste every one into the captain's cabin. As we moved to obey him, he
ran to draw over the lid of the scuttle; and Josh went with him, and,
together, they had it across; though with difficulty. When we had come
into the captain's cabin, we closed and barred the door, piling two
great sea-chests up against it; and so we felt near safe; for we knew
that no thing, man nor beast, could come at us there. Yet, as may be
supposed, we felt not altogether secure; for there was that in the
growling which now filled the darkness, that seemed demoniac, and we
knew not what horrid Powers were abroad.
And so through the nightthe growling continued, seeming to be mighty
near unto us--aye! almost over our heads, and of a loudness far
surpassing all that had come to us on the previous night; so that I
thanked the Almighty that we had come into shelter in the midst of so
much fear. [ tobe continued....]