Fathwa - Mary Magdalene was not mentioned in the Quran

Question
mary magdalene i need wht tell abt qran
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
, is His Slave and Messenger.
The name of Mary Magdalene was not mentioned in the Quran. However,
some books of Tafseer (interpretation ofthe Quran) have mentioned her
among those who believed in 'Eesa ) Jesus ( . Shaykh Taahir ibn
'Aashoor said in his Tafseer (At-Tahreer wat-Tanweer) regarding the
saying of Allaah The Almighty (which means): { Then the factions
differed [concerning Jesus] from among them. } [Quran 19: 37], " It
means that some of thembelieved in 'Eesa and those are Yahya ibn
Zakariyya , Maryam the mother of 'Eesa , the twelve disciples, and
some women such as Mary Magdalene, and a few others, while the
majority of Jews disbelieved in him. " [End quote]
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Fathwa - Your mother's children from Zina are your lawfulsiblings

Question
salam alaikom, i have a question to ask. My parents got divroced andmy
mother has become a non muslim, she has concieved two children by
zinaa and to her she sees it as being normal because she isnt muslim
anymore. Are these children classed as my brothers and do i have
togive them there rights as brothers ?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
isHis slave and Messenger.
These two children are considered your brothersfrom your mother's side
as you all have the same mother and they are traced back to her since
the child of Zina (fornication or adultery) is traced back to his
mother and he inherits her and she inherits him as we clarified in
Fataawa 89082 and 85430 , so it is important that you refer to them.
Based on the above, these two children have their right upon you as brothers.
On the other hand, we advise you to do your utmost to save your mother
from Hellfire by bringing her back to the truth and make her repent
from apostasy. First, you should supplicate Allaah for her as
supplication is the weapon of the believer by which he achieves his
needs. Indeed, Allaah urged us to supplicate Him and He promised us to
answer our supplication. Allaah says (what means): { And your Lord
says, Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain
My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible . }[Quran 40:60]
Then, you should seek the help of righteous andpious people and
scholars so that they would clarify to her the seriousness of apostasy
which leads to the wrath of Allaah and losing this world and the
Hereafter, and this is the manifest loss. Allaah says (what means): {
And whoever ofyou reverts from his religion [to disbelief] anddies
while he is a disbeliever -for those, their deeds have become
worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the
companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally. }[Quran
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Fathwa - The Jathoom attacking humans during their sleep

Question
Assalmu Alaykum, How does the jinn known as Incubus or Jathoom attack
humans during their sleep? Does he take an animal form and chokes the
person (external attack) or does he affect him through hisdreams
(enters the body as a demon possession)? Jazakum Allah khayran
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
isHis slave and Messenger.
The incubus is the nightmare that comes while one is sleeping. Some
contemporary physicians call it "sleep paralysis", and former and
contemporary physicians have spoken about it. They said that it is due
to physical causes in most cases and it might be due to other reasons.
Ibn Seena ) Avicenna ) said in his book Al-Qaanoon (the Law): "
Chapter on Incubus: It is called the suffocator and it can be called
in Arabic Al-Jaathoom, ..... it is a disorder in which a person feels
when he is in the first stage of sleep that a heavy imaginary thing
falls on him, squeezes him and constricts his breathing, so one loses
his ability to speak or move. He almostsuffocates due to the blocking
of the pores of his body, and when it leaves the person, he suddenly
becomes attentive, and it is an introduction to one of the three
illnesses: either epilepsy or stroke, or mania. That is if it was due
to congested mattersand not due to other non-physical reasons... "
[End quote]
It may also be that the Jaathoom is because of the jinn either by
possessing the person or by taking control over him through
imaginations and nightmares. Abu Qataadah said that theProphet said: "
The good dream is from Allaah while the bad dream is from the devil.
So, if any of you has a dream that he fears, he should spit on his
left andseek refuge with Allaah from its evil, for it will not cause
him any harm. " [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]

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Ibn An-Nafees: discovererof the minor blood circulation system

He was an extremely learned, multi-talented scientist, and a pioneer
in medicine. Through his researches and discoveries, he managed to
surpass his contemporary scientists and even those who came after him.
He, alone, managed to write the largest medical encyclopedia in
history.
He is the scientist and physician, `Alaa'u Ad-Deen `Ali Ibn Abi
Al-Hazm, known as Ibn An-Nafees.
Birth and Early Years
`Alaa'u Ad-Deen `Ali Ibn Abi Al-Hazm Al-Qurashi was born in Damascus
in 607 A.H. 1210 A.C. He started seeking knowledge in his early years.
He memorized the Glorious Quran, learnt how to read and write, and
studied jurisprudence, Hadeeth, and the Arabic language. Then, he
directed his efforts to the study of medicine and his teacher was
Muhaththab Ad-Deen`Abdur-Raheem `Ali who was known as Ad-Dikhwaar.
This teacher was one of the most famous ophthalmologists. He wasalso
manager of the NooriHospital in Damascus and head of the physicians in
Syria and Egypt. In the NooriHospital, the giant corporation
established by Noor Ad-Deen Mahmood Ibn Zinki, Ibn An-Nafees studied
medicine and his teachers were the two famous physicians Al-Muhaththab
Ad-Dikhwaar and `Imraan Al-Israa`eeli whotaught many of the well-known
physicians ofthat time.
Back then, Damascus was ruled by the Ayyoobid Dynasty who paid a lot
ofattention to science and knowledge. They made Damascus and Cairo, as
well as other cities under their control, great centers of knowledge
which received students and scholars from all overthe world.
After spending a short time studying medicine, Ibn An-Nafees became a
skillful physician whose knowledge and experience was equal to that of
his great teachers,and he became famous everywhere.
In Cairo
In 633 A.H. 1236 A.C., Ibn An-Nafees traveled to Egypt and stayed in
Cairo,the capital of the AyyoobidState. Ibn An-Nafees joined the
NaasiriHospital which was established by SultanAn-Naasir Saladin
Al-Ayyoobi in 577 A.H. 1181 A.C. Ibn An-Nafees worked in the hospital
asa physician, and later as ateacher of medicine. Owing to his
studious nature and excellence in medicine, he became head of the
Hospital and manager of its Medical school. Some years later, he moved
to work as head of the MansooriHospital which was established by
SultanAl-Mansoor Ibn Qalawoonin 680 A.H. 1281. Ibn An-Nafees occupied
several positions until he became the physician of Sultan Ath-Thaahir
Beibers. Ibn An-Nafees was famous throughout the whole country. He
leda life of affluence in Cairo. He built a spacious house and
allocated part of it to be a library whichwas full of reference books
in all fields of knowledge. In this place, Ibn An-Nafees used to meet
the most well-known scientists, princes, high ranking people, and
students in order to study issues related to medicine, jurisprudence,
and language.
Ibn An-Nafees: Discovererof the Minor Blood Circulation System
For several centuries, scientists of medicine from all over the world
were of the opinion that the first scientist to discover blood
circulation was the British doctor, William Harvey, in 1628. Harvey
wrote a book entitled 'Anatomical Essay on the Motion of the Heart and
Blood in Animals' in which he gave an accurate account of the
mechanism of the circulatory system.
This false assumption prevailed until the academic world was surprised
when an Egyptian physician proved that it was Ibn An-Nafees who
discovered the blood circulation. The Egyptian physician, Muhyid-Deen
At-Tataawi, proved this fact in his PhD thesis which he submitted for
Freiberg University, Germany in 1343 A.H. 1924 A.C. At-Tataawi
discovered this outstanding piece of information after he found a
manuscript from Ibn An-Nafees' book 'The Explanation of Anatomy in
Al-Qaanoon Book' in the Berlin Library.
In this book, Ibn An-Nafees, prior to William Harvey, provided a
scientific description of the minor circulatory system. At-Tataawi,
with this discovery, astonishedall his teachers and drew the attention
of many scientists and researchersin the field. In the forefront of
these scientists was the GermanOrientalist Mayer Hoove who worked as a
resident physician in Egypt and spoke Arabic fluently. In 1931, he
published a detailed treatise in which he confirmed the truth of this
astonishing fact. Thus, after seven centuries, Ibn An-Nafees regained
his right once again.
Other contributions to medicine
The discovery of the blood circulation system is one of the unique,
unprecedented contributions of Ibn An-Nafees to medicine. He was also
the first physician to describe the arteries that carry blood to the
heart muscle, although there is a common misconception among medical
historians that a scientist named Stokes was the first to discover
arteries. There is yet another unprecedented discoveryby Ibn An-Nafees
that should not be ignored; he described the tiny capillaries that
allow a constant interchange between the blood and waste products in
the tissues.
Three centuries later, the Italian scientist Riyaldoa Colombo talked
about these capillaries.
His writings
Ibn An-Nafees' fame was not limited to medicine. He was one of the
greatest scholars of his time in the Arabic language, philosophy,
jurisprudence, and Prophetic Hadeeths. He has many books in these
fields such as:
- The Kaamiliyyah Treatise on the Prophetic Biography
- Faadil Ibn Naatiq which is similar to the famous book Hayy Ibn Yaqdhaan
- The Concise Book in the Fundamentals of HadeethScience
- The Way to Eloquence inArabic grammar
In the field of medicine, he had many writings and contributions such as:
- Explanation of Hippocrates Collection
- The Abridged Book on the Experimented Kohl
- The Concise Book on Medicine
- The Explanation of Anatomy in Al-Qaanoon Book (the Canon)
- The Comprehensive Book on the Medical Profession which is the
greatest of Ibn An-Nafees' works and thelargest medical encyclopedia
ever written by one person.
His death
During his last days, Ibn An-Nafees became seriously ill after he
reached eighty years. He stayed in bed for six days.Some physicians
advised him to drink some wine, claiming that he would recover. Ibn
An-Nafees refused to drink even a drop and said: I will not meet
Allaah (i.e. die) witha drop of wine in my stomach . He died on Friday
the 21 st of Thul-Qi'dah 687 A.H., the 17 th of December 1288. Before
his death, he made a will that all his possessions, money, books, and
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Zakaatul-Fitr and the 'Eed

Zakaatul-Fitr
Zakaatul-Fitr is an obligatory charity on every Muslim at the end of
the month of Ramadan. Ibn 'Umar said: "The Prophet,sallaallahu alayhi
wa sallam, enjoined the payment of one Sa'a(a volume measure
corresponding approximately to the volume of 5 lb) of dates or one
Sa'a of barley as Zakaat al-Fitron every Muslim, young and old, male
and female, free and slave." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
The purpose of Zakat al-Fitr is to purify the one who has fasted from
any type of indecent act or speech he might have committedwhile
fasting. It also helps the poor and the needy. Ibn 'Abbaas said: "The
Messanger of Allah,sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam, enjoined Zakaat
al-Fitr on the onewho fasts to shield him from any indecent act or
speech and for the purpose of providing food forthe needy." [Abu
Daawood and Ibn Maajah]
The Amount of Zakaatul-Fitr
As the first hadeeth indicated, the amount of Zakaatul-Fitr is one
Sa'a. Sa'a is a volume measure corresponding approximately to the
volume of 5lb of good wheat. The material ofthe Zakaat can be either
dates, barley, wheat, rice, corn or similar items considered as basic
foods. Abu Sa'eed, may Allaah be pleasdd with him, said: "We usedto
give for Zakaatul-Fitr on behalf of every child, aged person, free man
or slave during the lifetime of the Messanger of Allaah, sallaallahu
alayhi wa sallam, one Sa'a of food, or one Sa'a of dried yogurt, or
one Sa'a of barley, or one Sa'a of dates, or one Sa'a of raisins."
[Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
The Time for Zakaatul-Fitr
Zakaatul-Fitr has to be paid by the end of Ramadhaan. There are two
times to pay Zakaatul-Fitr. Either one or two days before 'Eed as
'Umar used to do, or the day of 'Eed before the 'Eed prayer. Ibn 'Umar
reported that the Prophet, sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam, ordered them
to pay Zakaatul-Fitr before they go out to perform the 'Eed prayer. If
Zakaatul-Fitr is paid after the 'Eed prayer, it will only be
considered as regular charity. The Prophet, sallaallahu alayhi
wasallam, said: "If one pays Zakat al-Fitr before the Salat, it is
considered an accepted Zakat, if he pays it after the Salat, it is
considered an ordinary charity." [Abu Daawood]
Zakaatul-Fitr is to be given to the same eight categories or people as
in the other types of Zakat. Some scholars say that the poor and the
needy are the most deserving ones since the Prophet,sallaallahu alayhi
wa sallam, said that it had "...the purpose of providing food for the
needy."
'Eed al-Fitr
Playing, recreation, and eating onthe day of 'Eed:
These are permissible as log as they stay within the acceptable bounds
of Islam. Anas said: When the Prophet, sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam,
came to Al-Madeenah, they had two days for amusement. The Prophet,
sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam, has exchanged these days for two better
days: the day of breaking the fast and the day of sacrifice.
[An-Nasaa'i and Ibn Hibbaan]
Taking women and children to the prayer area:
The Prophet sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam, used to take his wives and
daughters to the two 'Eeds. Umm Atiyah, may Allaah be pleasd with her,
said: "We were ordered to go out with the singleand menstruating women
to the two 'Eeds in order to witness the good and the supplications of
theMuslims. The menstruating women though would stay away from the
prayer area." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Going to the prayer area:
The Prophet, sallaallahu alayhi wasallam, used to go to the prayer
area on foot. Jaaber narrated: "Onthe days of 'Eed, the Prophet,
sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam, would go to the prayer area by one route
and come back by another route." [Al-Bukhaari]
Eating before going to the prayer area:
Since 'Eed al-Fitr is the day on which Muslims break their Ramadhaan
fast, it is preferable to eat before going to the 'Eed prayer. It is a
Sunnah of the Prophet, sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam, to eat an odd
number of dates before going to pray Salaat al-'Eed. Anas reported:
"The Prophet, sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam, would not go out on the
day of 'Eed al-Fitr without eating an odd number of dates."
[Al-Bukhaari]
Preparation for 'Eed prayer:
It is preferred to make Ghusl (take a bath), wear one's best clothes
and, for men, to put perfume before going to Salaat al-'Eed. Ibn
Al-Qayyim said:"The Prophet, sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam, used to
wear his best clothes for the 'Eed prayers and he had clothes that he
reserved for the two 'Eeds and Jumu'ah."
Making Takbeer:
Takbeer starts from the night of 'Eed's eve until the Imaam comesout
to start the prayer. Allaah Says (which means): "Allah intends for you
ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to
complete the period and to glorify Allah (i.e., say Takbeer) for that
[to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful."
[Quran; 2: 185] The form of takbeer is related by 'Umar and Ibn
Mas'ood: "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La illaha illallaah. Allahu
Akbar. Allahu Akbar wa lillaahil-hamd."
Congratulating each other:
It has been narrated that when the Prophet's companions met each other
on the 'Eed day, they would say to each other:"May Allah accept from
us and from you." [Ahmad]

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Virtues of deeds - The virtues of pregnancy.

I would like to know the virtues of pregnancy in islam and what is
recommended for a woman to do interms of ibadat during this time? Is
the salah of a pregnant woman more rewarded than a salah of a woman
thats not pregnant.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is no doubt that a woman's pregnancy andgiving birth is
fulfilling an aim of sharee'ah that is dear to Allah, which is
increasing the progeny of the Muslims who proclaim the Oneness of
Allah, the followers of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him). This is the most important thing onwhich the woman should
focus her intention during her pregnancy.
It was narrated that Ma'qil ibn Yasaar said: A man came to the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and said: I have found a
woman who is of good lineage and beautiful, but she cannothave
children; should I marry her?
He said: No.
Then he came to him a second time and he told him not to marry her.
Then he came to him a third time and he said: "Marry the one who is
loving and prolific (could bear many children), for I will be proud of
your large numbers before the nations."
Narrated by Abu Dawood, 2050; al-Nasaa'i, 3227; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
Because of this aim to which we have referred,if pregnancy is
difficult for the woman and she bears it with patience, there are many
benefits which will come to the mother through it, including the
following:
1.
Psychological preparation for the task of raising the child which is
the most important and most complicated of all tasks, in which they
(the parents) raise the child to have a good attitude and become
religiously committed for the sake of Allah, and they hope that Allah
will decree reward for them because of the actions oftheir righteous
son, so that he will become an ongoing charity for them after they die
and thus they may attain a great deal of reward which no one knows
except Allah.
2.
The difficulties encountered by the pregnant woman, including pain and
sickness, and health, psychological and physical problems in many
cases, will all bringgreat reward that will be recorded for the
pregnant woman, in sha Allah. Allah will reward the Muslim for
everything that befalls him in this world. Even ifa thorn pricks him,
Allah will expiate thereby some of his sins, and the pains of labour
and pregnancy are far greater than that.
3.
Even if we assume that this woman dies in childbirth, she will die asa
martyr. This is indicative of the virtue of her condition. The Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "The woman who dies
in pregnancy or childbirth is a martyr." Narrated by AbuDawood, 3111;
classed assaheeh by al-Nawawi in Sharh Muslim, 13/62. Andhe said: the
one who dies in childbirth, i.e., she dies with something (the child)
inside, not separated from her.
Secondly:
As for the acts of worship that the pregnant woman can do, they are
all the acts of worship that the Muslim does by day and by night, such
as praying, fasting (so long as there is no fear of harm), giving
charity, reading Qur'aan, regularly reciting the adhkaar that are
prescribed in sharee'ah, treating people kindly, visiting relatives,
taking stock of oneself, and striving to attain the best attitudes,
actions and words.
Perhaps one of the things that the woman should focus on during this
period is learning about sound methods of raising children,
readingbooks on this topic or listening to useful lectures by scholars
on it,whether that has to do with moral upbringing, health,
psychology, pedagogy, and so on, in preparation for the great mission
with which Allah has entrusted the parents, which is the trust of
raising and caring for the child, so that the parents may embark upon
it with knowledge and insight and achieve the best results, and attain
the pleasure of Allah in this world and inthe Hereafter.
With regard to specific rituals or adhkaar specifically for the woman
during pregnancy, we did not know of any such thing in Islam.
Finally we should point out that there are some hadeeths which
indicatethat the wife's pregnancy will bring a reward like that of one
who fasts and prays at night for the sake of Allah, and that there are
many other rewards for giving birth, breastfeeding and weaning the
child, but they are all false and fabricated hadeeths, so it is not
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Virtues of deeds - Will the seven whomAllah will shade with His shade on the Day of Resurrection be brought to account?.

Is that the seven types ofpeople who will be shaded by allah will
theyalso go paradise withut account.
Praise be to Allaah.
It was narrated that 'Imraan ibn Husayn (mayAllah be pleased with him)
said: The Prophet of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said: "Seventy thousand of my ummah will enter Paradise without being
brought to account." They said: Who are they, O Messenger of Allah? He
said: "They are the ones who do not ask others toperform ruqyah for
them, or believe in omens, or use cautery, and they put their trust in
their Lord."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5270) and Muslim (321).
These four categories will not be brought to account and will not be
punished. With regard to other people who are not included in these
categories, they will be brought to account… Then Allah will forgive
them.
It was narrated from Safwaan ibn Muhriz that a man asked Ibn 'Umar:
What did you hear the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him) say about an-najwah (the private conversation that Allah
will have with His slaves on the Day of Resurrection)? He said: "One
of you will draw close to his Lord until He will screen him, then He
will say: 'You did such and such,' and he will say: 'Yes'; and He will
say:'You did such and such,' and he will say: 'Yes,' and He will make
him admit [other deeds]. Then He will say 'I concealed them for you in
the world, and I forgive you for them today.'"
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2261).
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The Muslims
are unanimouslyagreed that the Reckoning will definitelytake place on
the Day of Resurrection. The way the Reckoning will be conducted for
the believer is that Allah will converse privately with him; He will
make him admit his sins until he thinks that he is doomed, then Allah
will say to him: "I concealed it for you in the world and I forgive
you for it today." And He will give him the book of his good deeds.
As for the disbelievers and hypocrites, it will becalled out before
all creatures: "These are theones who lied against their Lord! No
doubt! thecurse of Allah is on the Zalimoon (polytheists, wrong-doers,
oppressors, etc.)." [Hood 11:18]
Agreed upon, from the hadeeth of Ibn 'Umar.
The Reckoning applies toall people except those whom the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said will be exempted. They
are seventy thousand of this ummah, one of whom is 'Ukkaashah ibn
Mihsan. They will enter Paradise without being brought to account and
without any punishment. (Agreed upon.) Ahmad narrated a marfoo' report
from Thawbaan which says that each one of them will have seventy
thousand with him. Ibn Katheer said: It is a saheeh hadeeth, and he
mentioned corroborating evidence for it.
End quote from Sharh Lam'at al-I'tiqaad, 1/38
Shaykh al-Fawzaan (mayAllah preserve him) said: This is a great
bounty, asthe rest of creation will be brought to account; some of
them will have an easy reckoning and some of them will be questioned
in detail.
End quote from I'aanat al-Mustafeed Sharh Kitaab at-Tawheed, 1/87
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allah preserve him) said: Whatis meant
by making him admit his sins is that He will make him confess tothem.
Some of the believers will be admitted to Paradise without being
brought to account, as mentioned in the saheehhadeeth about the
seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without being brought to
account and without being punished.
The Reckoning will vary; some of it will be a merepresentation, which
is a brief look, and some of it will be questioned in detail. In
as-Saheehayn it is narrated from 'Aa'ishah (may Allah be pleased with
her) that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) said: "No one will be brought to account on the Day of
Resurrection except he will be doomed." I said: O Messenger of Allah,
Allah says (interpretationof the meaning): "Then, as for him who will
be given his Record in his right hand, He surely willreceive an easy
reckoning" [al-Inshiqaaq84:8]. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Rather that isa mere presentation
andno one will be questioned in detail on the Day of Resurrection but
he will be punished."
End quote from Sharh al-'Aqeedah al-Waasitiyyah, 1/113
To sum up: the special privilege that is mentioned in the hadeeth,
"[they] will enter Paradise without being brought to account" is
exclusively for those who are mentioned in the hadeeth; people apart
from them will be brought to account.
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Virtues of deeds - Is it permissible to say, “By Allah, I shall certainly discipline you, O nafs”?.

I have come up with a campaign called "By Allah, I shall certainly
discipline you, O nafs". This is a campaign that promotes
self-development and jihad an-nafs. I am goingto set up programs for
purifying the soul, softening the heart and reminding one of death,
and I want to post lectures by trustworthy shaykhs.
Is there anything wrong with saying I shall certainly discipline the
nafs that was created by Allah?
Does the fact that this title contains an oath mean that other members
are compelled to join the campaign? Please note that I said that
whoever posts a comment on this topic will be regarded as having
joined us in this campaign.
Praise be to Allah.
There is nothing wrong with a person saying to himself, "I shall
certainly discipline you, O nafs" if he is disciplining himselfin
accordance with the teachings of Islam. Even though Allah created
thenafs, the main purpose for which Allah has prescribed religion is
to discipline the nafs, purify it, and instruct it to do acts of
worship and obedience. To Allah belong the creation and the
commandment.
Imam al-Aajurri (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
If someone were to say: what evidence is there for disciplining the
nafs?The answer is: The Qur'aan, the Sunnah andthe words of the Muslim
scholars. End quote fromAdab an-Nufoos, p. 9
He also said (p. 17):
How bad is the situation of the one who neglects to discipline his
nafs andtrain it on the basis of knowledge; and how good is the
situation of the one who pays attention to disciplining his nafs and
knows whatAllah has enjoined upon him and what He has forbidden to
him, and is patient in going against the whims and desires ofhis nafs,
and seeks the help of Allah the Almighty in doing so. End quote.
And he narrated in his book (p. 13) that ar-Rabee' ibn Anas said,
concerning the verse "Ward off from yourselves and your families a
Fire (Hell)" [at-Tahreem 66:6]: Discipline and train yourselves and
your families to adhere to thecommands of Allah, may He be glorified
and exalted.
And he narrated (p. 14) that Sa'eed ibn Jubayr said: that is: proper
etiquette and manners.
Then he (may Allah have mercy on him) said (p. 15): Do you not see,
may Allah have mercy on you,that your Lord Most Generous is urging you
to discipline yourself and your families. Pay heed to Allah and make
yourselves adhere to that. End quote.
Based on that: there is nothing wrong with the phrase mentioned and
there is nothing wrong with giving the group the title mentioned, even
if this phrase was not narrated in this way from some of the Salaf, so
long as it is Islamicallyacceptable in and of itself and does not
include anything that is not appropriate according to Islam.
If you choose a title that is similar in meaning, such as
"Self-discipline" or "Training the nafs" and so on, that is also good.
Such words were used as book titles by some of the Salaf.
The oath mentioned is not regarded as compelling anyone to join the
group; rather heis a member if he accepts the conditions stipulated in
the group.
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Islamic Stories - An Orphan's Eid

It was the day of celebration and a day of rejoicing. There was an air
of festivity in the streets of Madinah. All the people, both young and
old were dressed in their best clothes, especially for this specialday
of Eid.
As it was time for early morning Eid prayers everyone made their way
to an open piece of land on the outskirts of the city. The Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) arrived and led the prayers. After they had finished
they all greeted each other and everyonewas walking back home.The
children running and playing in excitement, smiling and laughing,
without a carein the world. As the Prophet (pbuh) walked back home, he
suddenly became aware of a little boy (Zuhair Bin Saghir) sitting by
himself on the side of the path. The little boy was crying and looked
very sad. The Prophet (pbuh) bent down and patted him onthe shoulders
and asked 'why are you crying?' 'Please leave me alone' sobbed the
little boy. The boy didn't even see who was talking to him. The
Prophet (pbuh) ran his fingers through the boy's hair and very gently
and kindly asked him again why he was crying. This time the boy said,
'My father was martyred fighting, and now my mother has married again
and my stepfather does not want me to live at home any more. Today is
Eid and everyone is happy. All the children have new clothes and nice
things to eat, but I don't have any clothes except what I am wearing.
I have no food and I don'teven have a place to live.'
The Prophet (pbuh) said to him, 'I know how you feel, I lost both my
mother and father whenI was a little boy.' The boy was surprised to
hear that it was an orphan who was comforting him, and when he looked
up to his great surprise it was the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), and he
immediately jumped up to his feet out of love and respect.
The Prophet (pbuh) said to him 'If I were to become your new fatherand
Ayesha you new mother, and Fatima yournew sister, would that make you
feel better?' 'Oh yes, that would be the best thing in the world!' The
boy started smiling. The Prophet took him home and gavehim new clothes
and good food on this beautiful day of Eid. The boy indeed had a
wonderful Eid that day.
We should think of others that are less fortunate than ourselveson
this beautiful day of Eid. Not everyone has such a wonderful day. It
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Islamic Stories - Simple Acts of Charity

Qasim Rahimahullah narrates: A man passed by Abu Darda (RA) in
Damascus when he was planting a tree and said to Abu Darda (RA): Are
you also doing a (worldly) work, though you are a Sahabi (companion)
of Rasulullah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: Don't hasten
to blame me; I heard Rasulullah saying: Never did a man plant a
sapling (a young tree), and then a man, or any other creation of Allah
Glory to Him, ate (or benefited) from it, except that it becomes a
Sadaqah (charity) for theplanter.
Source: Sahih Muslim.
Islam considers the slightest acts of helping others as charity! Even
smiling at others to make them happy is counted as charity. It is due
to our selfishness that mankind suffers. Letus give more and take
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The invalidity of the claim that new species evolve every year

Celal Şengör has claimed that 40,000 species disappear every year and
that 1,000 new species evolve to replacethem. But the idea that new
species evolve is an invalid one.
It is true that new species are discovered every year. There may betwo
explanations of this:
Newly discovered species may be one that already exist but have never
been encounteredbefore. Indeed, the regions where such species are
discovered are arid lands, distant oceans or the sea bed, where no
research has been conducted before. These species that emerge as new
research is performed, are very probably ones that have been around
for years but that no one has come across before.
A second possibility is that these new species have just been created.
Allah's creation out of nothing takes place out of human sight, where
itcannot be seen. (Allah knows the truth.) Allah creates as a
miracle. But unless He wills otherwise, nothing of this kind happens
beforepeople's eyes, in a zoo, for instance.
Two important points need to be clarified here:
This is that if it is to be claimed that the species in question have
evolved, we should also be able to find species inthe course of
evolving, alongside these perfectlydeveloped ones. A thousand new
species a year is a large number, and the signs of this supposed
evolution should be visible. But there is not the slightest evidence
of this. All the life forms discovered arecomplete, perfect and
flawless.
Second, the living things described as new species are usually
variations . Darwinists frequently engage in propaganda and describe
variations as "species." The fact is that the newly discovered life
form carries information of the frog that has been living for 200
million years. This is no new life form. No new information has been
added to the frogs we are already familiar with, and they have not
turned into a new species somehow different from the frog. This
difference is nothing more than that between a white man and a black
man.
The purple-patterned atelopus frog newly discovered in Surinam may
differ in terms of appearance and pattern,but it is simply a variation
of normal frog species. It is not a new species, as has been claimed
in Darwinist publications. In terms of its anatomical structure it is
identical to the frog below, which dates backsome 200 million years.
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The invalidity of the claim that man's ancestors lived in caves

Celal Şengör claimed in the program that humanbeings' ancestors were
primitive, cave-dwelling creatures. This is the "stone age" deception
put about for many years in order to be able to impose the idea of
evolution.
All the evidence for perfect civilizations existing tens of thousands
of years ago has been discovered in various archeological excavations.
But timber, of course, does not survive for tens of thousands of
years. It is oxidized by iron and rots. What remains from those times
is generally stone and bone. Lookingat these, Darwinists thenclaim
that odd-looking humanoid types lived primitive lives at a time they
refer to as the "stone age." The fact is though, that even if all
that has come down from that time is stone and bone, the evidence that
a perfect civilizationexisted at that time has still survived. Flute,
needle and many other discoveries from the time of the human race
Darwinists refer to as theNeanderthals all refute these claims. A
flute dating back 60,000 yearshas been shown to produce perfect notes
and half-notes. A needle made out of bone, on the other hand, is
exceedingly straight andhas a hole for thread to be passed through. It
is of course impossible to describe as primitive people who enjoyed
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The invalidity of the claim that the idea that whales evolved from bears did not originate with Darwin

Since they are unable to account for a mammal that lives in the sea,
Darwinists are unable to invent a scenario that might account for the
existence of the whale. They merely make do with claiming that a
land-dwelling life form returned to the sea. Darwin claimed that
whales evolved from bears hunting small insects on dry land. But Celal
Şengör rejected this embarrassing claim on Darwin's behalf, saying
that no such thing had ever appearedin any edition of Darwin's book.
But the fact is that in the first, 1865 edition of his The Origin of
Species , Darwin wrote:
"In North America the black bear was seen . . . swimming for hours
with widely open mouth, thus catching, like a whale, insects in the
water. Even in so extreme a case as this, if the supply of insects
were constant, and if better adapted competitors did not already exist
in the country, I can see no difficulty in a race of bears being
rendered, by natural selection, more and more aquatic in their
structure and habits, with larger and larger mouths, till a creature
was produced as monstrous as a whale."( The Origin of Species , 1st
edition, chapter 6, p. 184)
This passage was removed from later editions of the book, buthe
regretted its removal.In one of his letters he said:
"I still maintain that there is no special difficulty in a bear's
mouth being enlarged to any degree useful to its changing habits." (
More Letters of Charles Darwin , Francis Darwin, 1903, p. 162)

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Women In Traditional Jewish Society

Women in traditional Jewish society were not more fortunate than those
previously described.
In the Old Testament women were described as follows: "I applied mine
heart to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of
things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and
madness: And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart
snares and nets, and her hands as bands...
[Ecclesiastes(7:25-26)]
In the Septuagint, it says, "And if a man sells his daughter to be a
maidservant, she shall not go outas the menservants do. If she pleases
not her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then shall he let
her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no
power, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her. And if he had
betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of
daughters. If he takes him another wife, her food, her raiment, and
her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. If he does not do these
three unto her, then shall she go out free without money".
[Exodus (21:7-11)]
Thus, if a Jewish woman got married, her guardianship was transferred
from her father to her husband and she became as one of his
possessions such as hishouse, his slave, his maidservant or his money
or wealth. Jewish teachings and laws deprived the girl of her father's
inheritance if the father had other male children. In the Old
Testament, the Septuagint, it says:
"And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, 'If a man dies, and
has no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his
daughters'."
[Numbers (27:8)]
Moreover, Jewish men never sleptin the same bed with a menstruating
woman, or ate with her or drank with her. Jewish men used to isolate
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Women In Chinese Society

Women in Chinese society occupied a low and degraded status. They were
customarily assigned the most despised and least important jobs and
positions. The male child was looked upon as a "gift" from the gods,
and treated accordingly. As for the female child, she had to endure
multiple hardships, like the binding of her feet in order tocripple
her from running and other customs. A Chinese proverbsays:
"Listen to your wife, but never believe what she says."
The status of women in the Chinese society was not much better than
that of the pagan pre-Islamic Arab and the Indian societies.
Women in Greek Society
Among the Greeks, women were degraded to the extent that men claimed
that women were nothing but the epitome of evil. There was no system
to protect women in that society. They weredeprived of the rights to
education; bought and sold like any other commodity; deprived of the
right of inheritance; and considered as minors with no rights to make
any transactions regard to possessions and wealth. Women were
subjected to the will of men throughout their lives. Divorce was an
absolute right of men. The common situation of women in the society
led some Greek thinkers to say:
"Woman's name must be locked up in the house, as it is the case with her body."
Gustave Le Bon , the French thinker, stated about the status of women
in the Greek society in his book "Arab Civilization" :
"Greeks, in general, considered women to be the lowest creatures of
the low. They were useful for nothing other than reproduction and
taking care of the household affairs. If a womangave birth to an
'ugly, retarded orhandicapped' child, the man could take the liberty
to kill the (unwanted or undesirable) child".
Demosthenes , the well-known Greek orator and thinker said:
"We Greek men enjoy the company of prostitutes for sexualpleasure;
'girl-friends' and 'sweet-hearts', to care of our daily needs, and we
marry to get 'legitimate' children".
From this licentious double standard, and depraved morality, we can
see what fortune women had in such a society based on the statement
issued by one of their top rank, well-known thinkers.
Woman in Roman Society
A woman in Roman society was also looked upon as an inferior being
that could not run her ownaffairs. All authority was in the hands of
men who totally dominated all private and public affairs. Men even had
the authority to sentence their wives to death in certain cases when
accused of specific crimes. The authority of man over woman in the
Roman society included the right to sell her, punish her with tortuous
punishments, send her into exile or kill her. The woman in Roman
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Women In Indian Society

In Indian society women were treated generally as maids or slaves as
if they had no will or desire of their own. They had to follow their
husbands in all matters. Women were given as payment for loss to a
gambling opponent. To show devotion, they were forced to burn
themselves alive by jumping ontothe funeral pyre of their husbands
after their death. This practice, called "sutti" continued until the
end of the 17th century when this custom was outlawed in spite of the
dismay it caused the Hindu religious leaders. Although outlawed
formally, "sutti" was widely practiced until the end of 19th century
and still continues in some of the remote areas of India.
In certain regions of India, women are offered to the priests as
concubines, or as prostitutes to be exploited. In others, they were
sacrificed to the Hindu godsto please them or seek rain. Some Hindu
laws even declare that: "The predestined patience, the blowing wind or
tornadoes, death, hellfire, poison, snakes and fire are no less evil
than women". It is also stated in Hindu religious books, that"When
Manna [the Hindu god of creation] created women he imposed onto them
the love of bed, seats, decoration [make-up],filthy lust (of all types
and kinds), anger, rebellion against honor and dignity and evil
attitudes, behavior and conduct".
In the teachings of Manna Herma Sistra concerning women, one can read:
"A woman may live without a choice regardless of whether she is a
little girl, a young lady or a mature woman. A young girl is under the
command and choice of her father. A married woman is under the command
and choice of her husband. A widow is under the command and choice of
her male children, and she may never become independent (after the
death of her husband). A widow may never remarry after the death of
her husband, but rather, she must neglect all that she likes in terms
of food, clothes, and makeup until she dies. A woman may not own or
possess anything, as whatever she may gain or acquire shall go
straight and immediately to the ownership of her husband".
Refer to 'Hindu Inter-caste Marriage in India", Chapter 3 [Forms of
Marriage] part 2 [Polyandry], by Haripada Chakraborti.
In some rare cases, a woman hadseveral husbands at the same time. (1)
No doubt this made her as a prostitute in society.
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Women in the Pre-Islamic Societies and Civilizations

Women suffered great injustices in the pagan Arab society and were
exposed to diverse kinds of humiliation prior to the mission of the
Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon Him). They were treated like
material property to be disposed of at the whim of the male guardian.
They were not entitled to inherit from their parents or husbands.
Arabs believed inheritance should only be granted to those who had
martial abilities, like being able to ride a horse, fight, gain war
booties and help protect the tribe and clan territory.
Since women in the pagan Arab society did not generally have these
qualities, they were themselves inherited like any moveable commodity
after the death of an indebted husband. If the deceased husband had
adult sons from other marriages, the oldest son amongst them had the
right to add her to his household, just as a son inherits other
chattels of his deceased father. She was unable to leave the house of
her stepson unless she paid a ransom. As a general practice, men had
the freedom toacquire as many wives as they desired with no set
limits. There was no system of law and justice that would forbid a man
from committing any injustice towardshis wives. Women had no right
tochoose, or even consent to being chosen as a partner for
marriage;they were simply given away. Women were forbidden to remarry
if a husband divorced them.
In the pre-Islamic era of Arabia, fathers commonly became extremely
angry and disgraced with the birth of a female child into their
family. Some considered it an evil omen. Allah, the Exalted, describes
the father'sreception of the news about the birth of a daughter:
(When the news of (the birth of) a female is brought to any of them,
his face becomes dark, andhe is filled with inward grief! He hides
himself from the people because of the evil (and shame) of that which
he has been informed. Shall he keep her with dishonor, or bury her in
the dirt? Certainly, evil is their decision...)
[16:59]
Women were not even able to practice some of the most natural of
rights. For instance eating certain types of foods was allowed only
for males. Allah, the Exalted, records this in the Glorious Qur'an:
(And they say: What is in the bellies of such cattle (whether milk or
fetus) is for the male alone, and forbidden from our females, however,
if it was born dead, then all have shares therein...)
[6:139]
The hatred of female babies prompted Arabs to bury them alive. Allah,
the Exalted, states in the Glorious Qur'an with reference to the Day
of Requital:
(And when the female buried alive shall be questioned: for what sin
was she killed?)
[81:8-9]
Some fathers used to bury their female children alive if the child was
leprous, lame or with birth defect. Allah (The Almighty) states in the
Glorious Qur'an:
(And kill not your children for fearof poverty. We provide for them
and you. Surely, the killing of them is a great sin.)
[17:31]
The one honor afforded to women during the pre-Islamic era was the
protection of her person, family and tribe, and the revenge against
any who humiliated or dishonored her, but even this was more for male
pride, dignity and tribal honor than a concern for the female gender.
This situation of women in the Arab society led Umar ibn al-Khattab,
the second Caliph of the Muslims (may Allah exalt theirmention) to
say, as reported by Muslim:
"By Allah, we didn't use to think that women had anything until Allah
revealed about them what He revealed in the Qur'an, and distributed to
them what He distributed..."
[Bukhari #4629 & Muslim #31]

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Fathwa, - • Marriage and Engagement • Women Dancing At Weddings

Question:
What is the ruling of women dancing amongst themselves during a
wedding or other than that? May Allaah reward you.
Answer:
There is no harm in the dancing of women on the ocassion of
marriageand the beating of the duff (a simple drum) along with some
singingof virtuous songs (not containing sinful speech) - because this
is from the announcement of the marriage that has been commanded by
thesharee'ah - However with the condition that this is done in the
company of women only, with voices that are not raised so that they
pass outside of the venue, and with the condition that there is
complete seclusion and screening. Also that the awrah (the areas of
the body that should be concealed) are not revealed whilst dancing,
such as her legs, or her arms or her upper arms -and that which is
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Fathwa, - • Marriage and Engagement • Who will be the Guardian for the Marriage of the Orphan Girl?

Question:
To His Eminence, the Shaikh : Who will take charge of contracting the
marriage of a girl whose father has died, in order of preference? may
Allaah reward you.
Answer:
If she has no guardian, then her grandfather - her father's father -
if heis alive. If she has no grandfather, then her full brothers - the
sons ofher father and mother, then her brother from her father's side,
then her full brother's son, then the son of her brother from her
father's side, then the full paternal uncle, then the paternal uncle
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Fathwa, - • Marriage and Engagement • The Ruling on Wearinga (Diblah) Wedding Ring

Question:
What is the ruling on wearing a ring known as a Diblah on the right
hand for the suitor and on the left hand for the fiancee, bearing in
mindthat this Diblah is not made of gold?
Answer:
We know of no basis for this deed in the Islamic Law so it is better
to leave it, whether the Diblah is made of silver or anything else;
but if itis made of gold, then it is forbidden for a man, because the
Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasalam) forbade men from wearing gold
rings.

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Racism on the rise in Europe

In the wake of the atrocities in Norway perpetrated by Anders Behring
Breivik, it is still unclear whether he was part of a wider
conspiracy, but alarm bells are now ringing across Europe about the
threat from far-right extremist groups. With no end in sight to the
economic crisis afflicting many nations, the growing fear is that
voters are increasingly attracted to far-right parties, many of whom
have been building support by opposing immigration and stirring up
hatred of Muslims.
In Norway, the right-wing Progress party garnered 23 per cent of the
vote in the last election, making it the second-largest. And a recent
poll found that half of all Norwegians favor restricting immigration.
This did notgo far enough for Breivik, who believed that the forced
deportation of Muslims should be government policy, a radical
political view he formed over time by participating in extreme online
forums where he discussed his beliefs with like-minded individuals
across the world.
The 32-year-old Norwegian made his thoughts clear in a 1,500 page
document he wrotebefore embarking on his killing spree. Shortly before
he detonated his bomb in Oslo and then killed 68 people on Utoeya,
Breivik emailed his document to 1,003 of his far-right contacts,
including extremists in England whom Breivik boasted to have forged
links with in recent years in his opposition to Islam.
He particularly admired the English Defense League for its anti-Islam
stance, and - according to the respected anti-fascist magazine,
Searchlight - posted a message on its website inMarch this year. Using
thepseudonym Sigurd Jorsalfare after a Norwegian king who led a
Crusade in the 12th century, Breivik wrote:"Hello. To you all good
English men and women, just wanted to say that you're a blessing to
all in Europe, in these dark times all of Europe are looking to you in
such [sic] of inspiration, courage and even hope that we might turn
this evil trend with islamisation all across ourcontinent."
United Kingdom
Searchlight said that Breivik had been in contact with both the EDLand
its Norwegian counterpart, the Norwegian Defense League (NDL), a claim
denied by the EDL whose leadership condemned Breivik's crimes.
The EDL has always insisted it is a peaceful protest group which
opposes militant Islam, but since its inception in 2009, violence has
erupted at many EDL demonstrations in Britain.
Stephen Lennon, who was convicted last week (Monday) of leading a
street brawl involving 100 soccer fans in the English city of Luton in
August 2010, is one of thefounders of the EDL and during an interview
withAl Jazeera in 2009, he explained why the groupformed in Luton, the
city where he lives: "For morethan a decade now, there's been tension
in Luton between Muslim youths and whites. We allget on fine - black,
white,Indian, Chinese - everyone does, in fact, apart from some Muslim
youths who've become extremely radicalized since the first Gulf War.
Preachers of hate such as Anjem Choudary have been recruiting for
radical Islamist groups in Luton for years. Our government does
nothing, so we decided we'd start protesting against radical Islam,
andit grew from there," he said.
While the EDL has been largely unsuccessful in gaining public support
- mainly due to the fact that its core consists of football hooligans
- thereis concern that the groupcould be inspiring other unstable
individuals who oppose Islam. The EDL hasbeen pro-active in building
links across the world and claims to have support from - aside
frompeople in Norway - Holland, France, Sweden, USA and Israel, among
others.
The Netherlands
Indeed, the EDL embraced the Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders,
whom Breivik also cited in his writings. Wilders is virulently
anti-Islam and leads the Party for Freedom, Holland's third-largest
party. He is a controversial figure who antagonized the Muslim world
by calling for a banon the Quran, which he likened to Adolf Hitler's
Mein Kampf. Despite this, Wilders was voted politician of the year in
2007 by the Dutch press, and his Freedom Party went from winning nine
seats in the 2006 electionto 24 in 2010, taking a larger share of the
vote than the Christian Democrats.
Austria
Austria has a Freedom Party (FPO) too, with a similar political
outlook. The party is led by Heinz-Christian Strache, who has been
successful in drumming up support by opposing Islam and immigration.
In 2008, the FPO and Alliance for the Future (BZO) jointly secured
almost one-third of the electorate's vote during the 2008 election.
Campaigning against the"Islamisation" of Austria, the two parties
secured 29 per cent in a result viewed as a horrifying development by
many people across Europe. Both parties ran highly xenophobic
campaigns, particularly the FPO, which pledged to set up a ministry to
deport foreigners and whose leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, mocked
homosexuals and described women in Islamic dress as "female ninjas".
The FPO also wishes to revoke the Verbotsgesetz, an Austrian law
enacted in 1947 that bans the promotion of neo-Nazi ideology.
Strache has been at the centre of controversy, and pictures surfaced
in 2008 showing the FPO leader wearing army fatigues and clutching
what appeared to be a gun in a forest. The images were allegedly taken
at a neo-Nazi training camp in his youth, but Strache denied this and
said they were from a day out paint-balling. He was alsophotographed
apparently giving a three-fingered neo-Nazi salute in a bar, though
hesaid he was only ordering three beers.
The FPO has tried to distance itself from extremism, but the party was
founded by two former SS officers, Anton Reinthaller and Herbert
Schweiger. In 2008, I interviewed Schweiger - who died this past July
- at his home in Austria a few weeks before he wasdue to appear in
court oncharges, for the fifth time, of promoting neo-Nazi ideology.
Described to me as the"Puppet Master" of Austria and Germany's
farright, Schweiger, 85, was remarkably sharp-minded and remained
proud of his Nazi views. He was a lieutenant in the Waffen SS Panzer
Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, an elite unit formed in the 1930s
to act as the Führer's personal bodyguards. After escaping a POW camp
during WWII, Schweiger returned to his homeland, Austria, where he
lived openly from 1947 and became heavily involved in politics.
He was a founding member of three politicalparties in Austria - the
VDU, the FPO, and the banned NDP. During our interview he also
admitted to involvement in terrorism and training a far-right cell
comprising of Burschenschaften (right-wing brotherhoods founded in
universities) who were fighting for the reunification of Austria and
South Tyrol, now part of Italy, in 1961.
"I was an explosives expert in the SS so I trained the
Burschenschaften how tomake bombs. We used the hotel my wife and I
owned as a training camp," he said. Thirty people in Italy were
murdered during a bombing campaign. One man convicted for the
atrocities, Norbert Burger, later formed the now-banned neo-Nazi NDP
party with Schweiger. Schweiger's involvement earned him his first
spell in custody in1962, but he was acquitted.
Schweiger gave support to the FPO, saying that Strache was correct
with his strategy in opposing Islam and immigration. Schweiger said
that despite his age, he still travelled widely both in Austria and
Germany to teach "the fundamentals of Nazism" to underground cells of
neo-Nazis whom, he claimed, had infiltrated mainstream political
parties such as the FPO.
The FPO disputed this, butaccording to Vienna's Documentation Centre
of Austrian Resistance (DOW) - which monitors neo-Nazi activity - the
party has strong links to neo-Nazis through the Burschenschaften, many
of whom are members ofStrache's party.
The Burschenschaften were banned by the Allies after WWII, but
reformed in the 1950s. In 1987, Olympia, one of themost extreme
fraternities, nominated Rudolf Hess for the Nobel Peace Prize. Senior
members of the FPO are Burschenschaften, including Strache and Martin
Graf, who was elected deputy president of the Austrian Parliament
after the election, despite vociferous opposition from concentration
campsurvivors. The FPO's Andreas Molzer is also Burschenschaften and
has met with the British National Party in London.Graf, Strache and
Molzer all strongly denied having links to extremistsand the FPO said
that it only wishes to revoke theVerbotsgesetz because it believes in
upholding freedom of expression.
Wolfgang Purtscheller, a revered author and journalist who has spent
his career exposing Austria's far right at greatrisk to his life, said
that neo-Nazis have learned by the mistakes of their past, and are now
working to build public support within the mainstream parties:
"You had people like Schweiger - the puppet master in the mountains
for half a century - able to form political parties while teaching
people to make bombs, and the Burschenshaften with its history of
terrorism and links to the mainstream parties. These are the
intellectuals who hold the positions of power inAustrian society, in
the police, the judiciary and in parliament. The neo-Nazis have
learned by the mistakes of their past and are now working to build
public support within the mainstream parties. Imagine what could
happen if the FPO gets ridof the Verbotsgesetz."
The FPO continues to do well, and last October theparty's vote surged
whenit took 27 per cent of the vote in Vienna's provincial election.
Later that month, the FPO hosted a two-day conference attended by
far-right factions from across Europe, including representatives of
the Sweden Democrats, Italy's Lega Nord and the Danish People's Party.
Strache has succeeded in making the FPO"respectable", and last week he
sacked a party official who responded to the Norwegian murders by
declaring that the real danger was Islam, not Breivik.
Russia
Russia is another nation experiencing an upsurge in racism and
anti-Islamicsentiments. A number of neo-Nazi groups have sprung up in
recent years, the most extreme of which have attacked and killed
foreigners andimmigrants from Chechnya, Tajikstan, and Caucasian
nations that were once part of the USSR.
This past July, Amnesty International reported that racially-motivated
violence remained a serious problem in Russia. The AI report said
that, according to data from the SOVA Centre for Information and
Analysis,37 people died as a resultof hate crimes during 2010. The
authors wrote:
"In April, Moscow judge Eduard Chuvashov was killed, reportedly by
members of a far-right group, after he had sentenced several
perpetrators of hate crimes to long-term imprisonment. In October,
22-year-old Vasilii Krivets was sentenced to life imprisonment for the
murder of 15 people of non-Slavic appearance. The extent of the
problem was brought into sharp focus shortly before the AI report was
published when five members of one of Russia's most vicious neo-Nazi
gangs were jailed for committing 27 murders. They belonged to the
Nationalist Socialist Society North and were handed life sentences at
Moscow City Court. The string of killings included the videotaped
decapitation of one of their own gangmembers."
During the trial, the courtheard how the gang targeted dark-skinned
victims. They were also convicted of decapitatingone of their own whom
they suspected of being apolice informant and stealing money from the
gang's funds. The decapitation, during which they donned clown masks
and sang a patriotic song, was videotaped and posted online. Following
the case, a group of nationalists announced a coalition with Russia's
third-largest political party, the Liberal Democrat Party, which is
committed to protecting Russian people and their interests.
Breivik, who murdered around 100 people, said he was committed to
protecting Europe from Islam. He claimed that two cells from a network
he was involved with were still active. It remains to be seen if the
32-year-old was a lone wolf, but it would appearthat the far right is
on the march.
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Hold That Tongue!

Out of the several ways people harm each other, the harms of the
tongue are the most widespread.Harming others by one's tongue is a
heinous act that can only be committed by evil peopleor those who have
given in to the evil whispers of Satan.
Some of the evils of the tongue that we have been warned against in
the Quran and Sunnah (Prophetic tradition) are as follows:
· Backbiting
It was defined by the Prophet, , as: "Mentioning your brother in his
absence with that which he hates." [Muslim]. It is one of the major
great sins, Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {"O you who
believe! Avoid much suspicion; indeed some suspicions are sins. And
spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat
the flesh of his dead brother You would hate it (so hate
backbiting)."} [Quran, 49: 12]. It is not only an action performedby
the tongue, but it could be an indication of the eye or any signal or
gesture which indicates mockery without the person noticing.
There are many reasons behind such an evil deed like satisfying one's
hatred towards others, envy, arrogance, heedlessness, and forgetting
that Allah The Almighty is an Ever Watcher over us.
The cure for the evil habit of backbiting is for the perpetrator to
know that he is subject to the wrath of Allaah The Almighty; his
rewards willvanish as a result of backbiting, because it goes to the
one he transgressed against. He should think about his own
shortcomings and faults, and busy himself in reforming them. He should
not do what he would hate others to do against him, and he should
spend his time fruitfully engaged in acts of obedience. He should
regret acts of backbiting that he may have done before and repent to
Allaah The Almighty sincerely.
· Talebearing
This is conveying what people say about one another with the intention
of causing corruption between people; it causes ties between kinship
to break and spreads people's secrets. Allaah The Almighty Says (what
means): {"A slanderer, going about with calumnies."} [Quran, 68:
11].The Prophet, , said: "No talebearer will ever enter into
Paradise".
· Spreading people's secrets
This harms others and it is a form of transgressingagainst people's
rights. The Prophet, , said: "If a man tells something, then starts
looking around (to make sure no one can hear him), his speech will be
a trust (in confidence)." [Abu Daawood].
· False testimony
This is one of the great major sins, as the Prophet, said: "Shall I
tell you about the most grievous kinds of major sins?" It was said,
"Yes, Messenger of Allah." He said: "Associating deities with Allah in
worship, unkind treatment to parents, (he sat erect after he had been
reclining) and false testimony." He kept repeating the last phrase
until the audience wished he would stop". [Al-Bukhaari, Muslim].
· Slandering
Those who do this are cursed in this life and theHereafter, Allaah The
Almighty Says (what means): {"Verily, those who accuse chaste women,
who never even think of anything touching their chastity and are good
believers ـ are cursed in this life andin the Hereafter, and for them
will be a great torment"} [Quran, 24: 23]
· False oaths
Ibn Mas'ood narrated that the Prophet said: "He who swears falsely to
usurp some of his brother's wealth will meet Allaah while He is Angry
with him" then he recited (what means): {"Verily, those who purchase a
small gain at the cost of Allaah's Covenant and their oaths,they shall
have no portion in the Hereafter (Paradise). Neither will Allaah
speaks to them norlook at them on the Day of Resurrection nor will He
purify them, and they shall have a painful torment."} [Quran, 3: 77]
[Al-Bukhaari, Muslim]
The Prophet , also said: "He who knowingly insists upon giving a
falseoath in order to usurp some of his brother's wealth, Allaah will
make Hell his abode and forbid him from entering Paradise." A man
said, 'Even if it was a little thing?' He, , replied: "Even if it was
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Congratulations O Close Friend of Allaah!

The Prophet, , said: "Allaah The Exalted Says, 'I will declare war
againsthim who shows hostility to an ally of Mine. The dearest thing
to Me with which My slave comes nearer to Me is what I have enjoined
upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing
voluntary acts of worshipuntil I love him. If I love him I become his
hearingwith which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hand
with which he strikes, and his leg with which he walks; and if heasks
(something) of Me, I shall give him, and if he asks for My protection,
I shall protect him.'" [Al-Bukhaari]
Dear brothers and sisters,it is common knowledge that whoever wants to
win the admiration of histeacher should do his homework and study
hard.
However, this student will never be like the onewho prepares and
studies what the teacher will explain in advance and makes related
research and reads additional material to widen his horizons. There is
no doubt that such a person will be closer to his teacher and favored
by him.
This stands true even for the relationship betweenAllaah The Almighty
and His slaves, and for Allaah is the highest attribute.
You will not obtain the satisfaction of Allaah The Almighty unless you
perform your duties first, but if you want to ascendthe stairs of
servitude to Allaah The Almighty and move from being a slave who loves
his Lord to a slave who is loved by his Lord and who is considered His
ally, then you must perform voluntary acts of worshipas much as you
can.
Dear brother, can you imagine your condition ifyou become an ally of
Allaah The Almighty?
What will be your condition if Allaah The Almighty pledges to fight
your enemies?
What will be your condition when all your limbs become obedient to
Allaah The Almighty?
What will be your condition when you hearnothing but what
pleasesAllaah The Almighty, see nothing but what pleasesAllaah The
Almighty, and walk to no place but a place that is loved by Allaah The
Almighty?
This is the true companionship of Allaah The Exalted that is granted
to His close friends in this world and the Hereafter.
That is why Allaah The Almighty Says: } …and if he asks (something) of
Me, I shall give him, and if he asks ‎for My protection (refuge), I
shall protect him…}
This strong relationship between you and your Lord makes your
supplication eligible to be answered immediately, just as was the case
with the righteous predecessors including Sa'eed ibn Zayd . Once a
woman falsely accused him of seizing a piece of land belonging to her.
At this, he raised his hands and supplicated Allaah The Almighty
saying, "O Allaah, if she is lying, then blind her and kill her in her
land." Indeed, the woman became blind, and she fell into a well while
she was walking one day in her land and died.
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqaas was one of the righteouspeople whose supplication
was immediately answered. Once, he heard a man defaming 'Ali so he
supplicated against him. Soon, a furious camel came and kept kicking
that man until he died even before he had left his place.
A man from the Khawaarij used to come to the gatherings of Al-Hasan
Al-Basri to hurt the attendees with his words. When he wentbeyond the
limit of extreme behavior, Al-Hasan supplicated against him saying, "O
Allaah! You know how this man harms us, so protect us from his harm in
any way You choose." On saying so, the man immediately fell dead.
The examples are numerous and we cannotmention all of them here,but
the point is that Allaah The Almighty lovedthose men, as they were His
allies (this is our opinion about them but Allaah The Almighty
aloneknows the truth, and we do not confirm anybody'sgood conduct
before Allaah The Almighty).
Before ending this article, let me remind youof the voluntary prayers
that the Muslim is recommended to perform every day and night to be
included in the aforementioned Hadeeth (narration):
1- Performing twelve Rak'ahs (units of prayer): Scholars call these
Rak'ahs as the stressed Sunnah (Prophetic tradition) prayers. They are
distributed as follows:
- Four Rak'ahs before the Thuhr (afternoon) Prayer and two after it
- Two Rak'ahs after the Maghrib (sunset) Prayer
- Two Rak'ahs after 'Ishaa (night) Prayer
- Two Rak'ahs before the Fajr (morning) Prayer.
If you observe these twelve Rak'ahs , you will have a house in
Paradise by the permission of Allaah The Almighty. The Prophet, ,
said: "Whoever performs twelve Rak'ahs every day will have a house
built for him in Paradise."
2- Adh-Dhuha (mid-morning) Prayer: The Prophet, , said: "When you get
up in the morning, charity is due on every one of your joints. There
is charity in every ascription of glory to Allaah; there is charity in
every declaration of His Greatness; there is charity in every
utteranceof praise of Him; there is charity in every declaration that
He is Theonly true God (worthy of worship); there is charity in
enjoining good; and there is charity in forbidding evil. Offering two
Rak`ahs of Dhuha (Forenoon prayer) is equal to all this (in reward)."
3- Witr Prayer: The Prophet, , said: "Allaah is Witr (single, one) and
loves what is Witr."
He also said: "Make Witr prayer the last of your prayer at night."
These are some voluntaryprayers that can make you a close friend of
Allaah The Almighty if you observe them. So, be keen on doing your
best to observe them as much as you can, because their reward is great
and the best outcome is for the righteous.

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Dought & clear, - Ruling on buying and selling shares.

What is the ruling on buying and selling shares? Please note that some
scholars regard shares from all companies as haraam. We hope that you
can explain.
Praise be to Allah.
Shares may be divided, according to the field of activity and work
involved, into three categories:
1.
Shares based on permissible work, such as companies that deal with
transportation, shipping, manufacturingclothing, tools, office
supplies, furniture, medical equipment, real estate, and so on, and
donot engage in any haraam practices or transactions, such as
cheating, or lending or borrowing on the basis of riba; rather they
follow Islamic rulings in all their transactions anddealings.
These types of companies are called "permissible" or "clean"
companies, and it is permissible to buy and sell shares in them.
2.
Shares based on prohibited types of work, such as companiesthat deal
with tourism, hotels that promote and aid in immoral actions,
breweries, riba-based banks, commercial insurance companies, companies
that print and distribute indecent magazines, and so on. It is not
permissible to buy shares or invest in this type of company, and it is
not permissible to advertise them or promote them.
With regard to these two types of companies, there is no confusion
about the ruling and thematter is quite clear.
3.
Companies whose field of work is basically permissible, but they
engage in some haraam practices or transactions,such as transportation
companies – for example– that have interest-bearing accounts in the
bank, or they are financed by means of riba-based loans from banks or
from people in the form of stocks.
These types of companies are called "mixed" companies. The
contemporary scholars differed concerning the ruling on them, but the
most correct view is that it is haraam to buy shares in them, invest
in them or promote them.
That is because the shareholder is a partner in the company based on
the number of shares he holds, so he is a partner to every transaction
into which the company enters, such as riba or other haraam
transactions.
With regard to the prohibition on promoting these companies, that is
because of what that involves of co-operating in sin and
transgression, helping to spread haraam and causing people to fall
into it. Allah, may He be exalted,says (interpretation of the
meaning):
"Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness
and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression"
[al-Maa'idah 5:2].
This view was favoured by the majority of contemporary scholars,
including the scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas in
the land of the two Holy Sanctuaries. A statement to that effect was
also issued by the Islamic Fiqh Council belonging to the Organisation
of the Islamic Conference, as well as the Islamic Fiqh Council
belonging to the Muslim World League.
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa'imah, 14/299:
The basic principle is that it is permissible to hold shares in any
company if it does not deal with haraam things such as riba and so on.
But if it does deal with haraam things such as riba, then it is not
permissible to hold shares in it.
Based on that, if any of the shares mentioned are in a company that
deals with riba or haraam things, then it is essential to withdraw
from it and get rid of any profit by giving it to the poor and needy.
End quote.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn 'Abdullah ibn Baaz, Shaykh 'Abd ar-Razzaaq
'Afeefi, Shaykh 'Abdullahibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan,
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez Aalash-Shaykh, Shaykh BakrAbu Zayd
It also says (14/299, 300):
Firstly: if it is proven thata company deals in riba, whether taking
or giving, it is haraam to hold shares in it, because that comes under
the heading of helping in sin and transgression. Allah, mayHe be
exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness
and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And
fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment"
[al-Maa'idah 5:2].
Secondly: if a person previously acquired shares in a company
thatdeals in riba, then he hasto sell his shares in it andspend the
interest on charitable causes. End quote.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn 'Abdullah ibn Baaz, Shaykh 'Abd ar-Razzaaq
'Afeefi, Shaykh 'Abdullahibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh 'Abdullah ibn Qa'ood
The Islamic Fiqh Council belonging to the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference issued a statement concerning shares in its seventh
conference, heldin Jeddah, 7-12 Dhu'l-Qa'dah 1412 AH/ 9-14 May 1992
CE, in which it says:
(a)
As the basic principle concerning transactions is that they are
permissible, founding a share-based company that has Islamically
acceptable aims and activities is something that is permissible.
(b)
There is no difference of opinion concerning the prohibition on
holding shares in companies whose basic aims are haraam, such as
dealing in riba, or producing or trading in haraam things.
(c)
The basic principle is that it is haraam to hold shares in companies
thatsometimes deal in haraam things, such as riba and so on, despite
the fact that their basic activities are Islamically acceptable.
End quote from Majallat al-Majma', issue no. 6, vol. 2, p. 1273; issue
no. 7, vol. 1, p. 73; issue no. 9, vol. 2, p. 5.
The Islamic Fiqh Council of the Muslim World League issued a statement
on the same matter in its fourteenth session in 1415 AH/1985 CE, the
text of which is asfollows:
1.
As the basic principle concerning transactions is that they are
permissible, founding a share-based company that has Islamically
acceptable aims and activities is something that is permissible.
2.
There is no difference of opinion concerning the prohibition on
holding shares in companies whose basic aims are haraam, such as
dealing in riba, or manufacturing or trading in haraam things.
3.
It is not permissible for aMuslim to buy shares in companies or banks
if some of their transactions involve dealing in riba, or
manufacturing or trading in haraam things.
4.
If an individual purchased shares not knowing that the company deals
in riba, then he finds out about that, what he must do is get out of
it.
The prohibition in this case is clear because of the general meaning
of the evidence in the Qur'an and Sunnah concerning the prohibition on
riba, and because buying shares in companies that deal with riba when
the purchaser is aware of that means that the purchaser himself is a
partner in dealing in riba, because the share represents part of the
company's capital, and the shareholder has a share in the company's
activities and possessions. So if the company lends any money with
interest, or borrows with interest, the shareholder has a share of
that, because those who deal with lending and borrowing on the basis
of interest are doing that on his behalf and acting as his delegate,
and delegating someone elseto do a haraam action is not permissible.
May Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad andupon
his family and companions. Praise be toAllah the Lord of the Worlds.
End quote.
Dr. Muhammad ibn Sa'ood al-'Usaymi (may Allah preserve him) was asked
about the ruling on investing in mixed shares.
He replied: It is not permissible according tothe majority of
scholars, except investing in "clean" shares, whether one is buying
shares or investing. End quote.
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With regard to the view that shares in all types ofcompanies are
haraam, this view is incorrect, because there are some companies of
the first type, which are the onesthat adhere to Islamic rulings in
their dealings. But perhaps those who are of this view were motivated
to say that because companies of the first type are very few and most
companiesare of the second and third types.
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