Dua to ward off the deception of obstinate devils

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ
بَرٌّ وَلَا فَاجِرٌ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ، وَبَرَأَ ، وَذَرَأَ ،
وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَعْرُجُ
فِيهَا ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا ذَرَأَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا ،
وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتَنِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ
طَارِقٍ إِلَّا طَارِقًا يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْرٍ ، يَا رَحْمَنُ
Translation
I seek refuge with Allah's perfect words which no righteous or
unrighteous person can transgress, from all the evil that He has
created, made and originated.
(I seek refuge) from the evil that descends from the sky and the evil
that rises up to it. and (I seek refuge) from the evil that is spread
on Earth and the evil that springs from it.
And I seek refuge from the evil of the tribulations of night and day,
and the evil of one who visits at night except the one who brings
good, O Merciful One.
Transliteration
a‛oodhu bi kalimaat-illaahit-taammaat-illatee laa yujaawizuhunna
barrun wa laa faajirun min sharri maa khalaqa, wa bara'a , wa dhara'a,
wa min sharri maa yanzilu minas-samaa'i wa min sharri maa ya‛ruju
feehaa, wa min sharri maa dhara'a fil-arḍi wa min sharri maa yakhruju
minhaa,
wa min sharri fitanil-layli wan-nahaari, wa min sharri kulli ṭaariqin
illaa ṭaariqan yaṭruqu bikhayrin, yaa raḥman
Sources: Ahmad No# 15461 with an authentic chain and Ibn As-Sunni
#637. See Al-Silsilah Al-Sahihah No# 2995

Dua to heal the afflicted by the Evil eye or other afflictions

بِاسْمِ اللهِ أَرْقِيكَ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ، مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ
نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنِ حَاسِدٍ، اللهُ يَشْفِيكَ بِاسْمِ اللهِ أَرْقِيكَ
Translation
In the Name of Allah. I recite over you [for purpose of healing] from
all that troubles you, and from every harmful mischief and from the
evil of the eyes of an envier. Allah will cure you; and with the Name
of Allah, I recite over you.
Transliteration
Bismil-laahi ar-qeek, min kul-li shai'in yu'dheek, min shar-ri kul-li
naf-sin aw 'ayni kul-li ḥaa-sid, al-laah yash-feek, bismil-laahi
ar-qeek
Sources: Muslim No# 2186 ; At-Tirmidhi No# 972

Dua to heal the afflicted by a scorpion's sting, pain or other afflictions

سُورَةُ الفَاتِحَة - بِسْمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَـٰلَمِينَ )٢( ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ )٣(
مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ )٤( إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
)٥(
ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ )٦( صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ
عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ )٧(
Translation
Surah Al-Fatihah- In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful (1)
All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the 'Âlamîn
(mankind, jinn and all that exists). (2) The Most Gracious, the Most
Merciful (3) The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of
Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) (4) You (Alone) we worship,
and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything). (5)
Guide us to the Straight Way. (6)The way of those upon whom You have
bestowed Your Grace, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of
those who went astray.. (7) (In Arabic)
Notes:
*Blow (with a little spit) over the afflicted part of the body while
reciting this Surah.
Transliteration
bismillaahir-raḥmaanir-raḥeem
alḥamdu lillaahi rabbil-‛aalameen (*) ar-raḥmaan-ir-raḥeem (*) maaliki
yawm-id-deen (*) iyyaaka na‛budu wa iyyaaka nasta‛een (*)
ihdinaṣ-ṣiraٰṭal-mustaqeem (*) ṣiraٰṭ-alladheena an‛amta ‛alayhim
ghayril-maghḍoobi ‛alayhim walaḍ-ḍaaalleen
Sources: Bukhari No# 2276, 5007, 5749; Muslim No# 2201; At-Tirmidhi No# 2063

Differences in the Islamic World Are Not Obstacles to Muslims' Loving One Another

It is perfectly natural for there to be different cultures,
traditions and understandings in the Islamic world. The important
thing is for these differences to be brought together within a unity
of belief and pluralist solidarity. Differences of ideas, opinions
and practice are regarded as normal in all societies. But Islamic
moral values require that, despite all their differences, Muslims
must not forget that they are brothers. No matter what their race,
language, nation or sect, all Muslims are brothers. Therefore,
differences within the Islamic world must be regarded as sources of
wealth. They must not turn into causes of division and conflict that
lead Muslims to fall out with one another, distract them from the
main issues and prevent them from adopting urgent and essential
measures.
Believers constitute a great spiritual force with the strength that
comes from loving one another for Allah's approval. As revealed in
the words of one verse, "… But those who were sure that they were
going to meet Allah said, 'How many times a small force has
triumphed over a much greater one by Allah's permission! Allah is
with the steadfast." (Surat al-Baqara, 249) , even if those with
faith in their hearts are few in number, spiritually, they acquire
great will and enthusiasm with which to overcome great difficulties
and obstacles. They earn Allah's help and support through the moral
virtues they display. As Allah reveals in the verse, "… You shall
be uppermost if you are [truly] faithful. ." (Surat al-Imr'an, 139)
, believers constitute a spiritual force that nobody can break, and
nobody can set them against one another.
In our time, Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) Will Be Instrumental in Muslims
Loving One Another and Being United, and Everyone Will Love Him
Because He Has the Most Piety of All People Living
Our prophet (saas) reveals in the hadiths that since there will be a
decline in love, tolerance, affection and compassion in the time
preceding the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), and people will
turn away from the moral values of the Qur'an. This state of
affairs will only be put right through Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). One of
the main characteristics of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will be that "the
profound love and affection he feels for Allah and His
manifestations." He will be instrumental in people loving one
another very much throughout the world.
To that end, Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will call people to peace,
toleration, union and unity and to eradicate all causes of enmity,
hatred and rage with his every word and deed. Through Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh), people will acquire a new perspective and learn and live by
"true love."
Indeed, the hadiths say that the intense love and affection that
Allah creates in Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) soul will affect every corner
of the world, that this will be a most auspicious period and that
everyone will feel a great love for Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh):
Through the bounty of the faith of time (Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh))
PEOPLE'S HEARTS WILL BE FULL OF MUTUAL LOVE AND UNITY. (Bihar-ul
Envar, Vol. 53, p. 187; Mikyaal al-makaarem, Vol. 1, p. 52)
(In the time of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)) LOVE AND AFECTION WILL PREVAIL
ACROSS EVERY PART OF THE WORLD. (İkbal'ul-a'mal p. 507; Bihar-ul
Envar, Vol. 21, p. 312)
In this way, IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH AND
SKY ARE PLEASED WITH HIM (HAZRAT MAHDI (PBUH)), SO THE BIRDS IN THE
AIR, WILD ANIMALS IN THE FORESTS AND EVEN THE FISH IN THE SEA WILL
BE CONTENT WITH HIM. There will be none from the Ummah of Muhammed
(saas) who is not content with him. Indeed, a herald will call out,
"Does nobody have any need?," and the answer he is given will be "We
have no needs." (Allame Muhammed b. Rasul al-Hüseyni al-Barzanji of
Medina, Pamuk Press, Istanbul, 2002, p. 163)
… AT THAT TIME, THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH AND SKY, ALL WILD ANIMALS,
BIRDS AND EVEN THE FISH IN THE SEA WILL REJOICE AT HIS (HAZRAT
MAHDIS' (PBUH) CALIPHATE (SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP) … (El Kavlu'l
Muhtasar Fi Alamatil Mehdiyy-il Muntazar, p. 31)
Believers also love what Allah loves; friends of Allah are also
friends of believers; believers approve of whomsoever Allah
approves of; they also love those servants whom Allah loves and who
love Him. Pure believers on the path of Allah are among those
servants whom Allah loves most. For that reason, believers love one
another and are very considerate of one another. Many verses of the
Qur'an refer to believers' mutual love, devotion, compassion and
consideration. One such verse reads:
" Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do not separate.
Remember Allah's blessing to you when you were enemies and He
joined your hearts together so that you became brothers by His
blessing. You were on the very brink of a pit of the Fire and He
rescued you from it. In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to
you, so that hopefully you will be guided." (Surat al-Imr'an Suresi,
103)
Mr. Adnan Oktar Explains: "Love Is a Light Given by Allah"
There are no limits to love. One cannot say, "...let us love only a
little." We must love at the highest level possible because love is
a true delight and a great blessing. We love as a manifestation. We
do not love separately from Allah. If we seek to love something
separately from Allah, then that is polytheism. If one loves as a
manifestation of Allah, then Allah will bestow the true flavor of
love. Love has a beauty that rocks the soul, and you will then
receive that. But if you engage in polytheism, then that burns
away, and you walk around as mere flesh and blood, and nothing
ultimately comes of flesh and blood. But the other way, you see the
manifestation of Allah's name of Jamal, and you experience the
profound passion, beauty, flavor and delight of that love. Allah
will allow you to experience that. But if you say, no, I will love
in my own way… then if you notice, such people can never love at
all. They are ignorant of love. That is the reason why people
cannot know love. Allah does not bestow love on their hearts. They
can take no delight or flavor from love. They try to make
themselves love, but they cannot manage it. They just produce a
replica. They try to replicate it in films and in the theater and in
novels but you cannot have love from a replica, no matter how much
you try. Love is a light bestowed by Allah. It is a special force and
power. Sugar has a taste. But if Allah does not bestow that taste on
somewhere, then he will never know that taste, no matter how much
sugar he eats. He may say that sugar is delicious, just like honey.
But he does not know that taste. Why does he say it is like honey?
Pure affectation, to appear to be liking it. Allah gives Muslims a
special delight in love, one that is unique to them, to those who
love as a manifestation of Allah..."

The intelligence plants use to reproduce

• What means do plants use to make other living things carry their pollen?
• How do plants make use of the wind to carry their seeds?
Every plant has its own unique method of mechanism it uses to
disseminate its pollen. In some plants the seeds fall to the ground,
in some they are carried by the wind, while in others they attach
themselves to animal hairs and are transported in that way. But
this is only a very superficial account of the plant seed
distribution system. When we look at the details of this
distribution process we see that many most interesting phenomena
and details take place.
Some Plants Species Have Animals Such As Insects, Birds, Bees or
Butterflies Carry Their Pollen:
The mauvish or pinkish- white flowers of the honeysuckle ( Lonicera
caprifolium ) open up in the evening, especially to attract
butterflies because the nectar of the long-necked, cone-shaped
flower is too deep down for many insect species to reach. For that
reason, the twin lips of the wide mouths of these flowers, who owe
their pollination to certain species of long-tongued, nocturnal
butterfly, remain closed during the day. But when the flowers open
up in the evening the lower lip droops downward, thus revealing the
pollen in the middle. In this way, nocturnal butterflies attracted
by the flowers' perfume and coming to suck the sweet nectar from its
sac in the bottom of the cone rub against the pollen as they fly
around the flowers. Fertilization takes place as the seeds they
carry attach themselves to a sticky fluid on the top of the flower.
As we have seen, there is a flawless harmony between the survival of
this plant species and the feeding habits of nocturnal butterflies.
Yucca plants carry a large rosette made up of leaves growing around
a stem bearing cream- colored flowers. The distinguishing feature of
the yucca is that the pollens are found in a curving region of the
flower. For that reason, only a species of moth with a curved mouth
can collect the pollen. The moth presses the pollen together into a
ball and then carries this to another yucca plant. It first descends
to the bottom of the flower and deposits its own eggs. It then
climbs to the top and allows the pollen to be released by hitting
the pollen ball against this part of the plant. Moth caterpillars
later hatch from the eggs and feed on this pollen. Were it not for
these moths, yucca plants could never reproduce.
The bee orchid imitates a female bee. These orchids mimic the
appearance of a female bee so perfectly that only male bees take any
interest in them. Female bees pay no attention to these orchids.
No matter how much these details are expanded, from whatever
perspective one looks, whatever logic systems one established,
nothing will change the fact that there is something extraordinary
in this relationship between plants and animals. These life forms
were created in harmony with one another. And this flawless harmony
shows us that the force that created both plants and insects knows
both very well, is aware of all their various needs and creates them
to be compatible with one another. Both life forms are the work of
Allah, our Lord Who knows all the worlds and is aware of all
things. And their job is to make us acquainted with the greatness,
almighty power and flawless artistry of Allah.
The plant has no awareness of either its own existence or these
miraculous processes. But it is under the control of Allah, Who
plans all its features, created it alongside everything else in the
universe and who continues to create at every moment. Allah reveals
this fact in the Qur'an:
"The trees all bow down in prostration." (Surat ar-Rahman, 6)
Plants That Disseminate Their Pollens with the Wind
The way that the winds discharge the duty of carrying pollen that is
given to them is without doubt due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds,
controlling all things from the earth to the sky. Allah reveals
this in the following verse:
"We send forth the pollinating winds..." (Surat al-Hijr, 22)
Pollen carried by the winds float in the air for a while and then
fall to ground. The pollen of plants with open seeds, and
particularly members of the pine family, have two air sacs. It has
been established that pine pollen can be carried by air currents
for up to 300 kilometers.
Like other plants, those that disseminate their seeds via the wind
have different and unique structures. For example, fruits and seeds
in the deserts of North Africa are either winged or else light and
hairy. Plants, fruits and seeds in the Nubian Desert in northwest
Sudan and the deserts of North America are carried by the breeze.
And plants in the Middle East and North Africa are spherical and
rolled along by the wind in times of drought.
Some of the plants that use the wind to spread their seeds are the
dandelion, lettuce and thistle.
Another plant that has its seeds carried by the wind is the
goldenberry. The seeds of this plant lie in paper-like, air-filled
sacs. These tiny sacs allow the seeds to move in the air like
miniature balloons.
Since they grow thinly in the regions they inhabit, maple trees'
greatest helpers in fertilization are the winds. Their propeller-
like seeds revolve around their axes in even the slightest breeze,
and are thus able to travel for several kilometers.
The plant known as Terminalia calamansanai has V-shaped wings. Thanks
to this property they can easily glide even in still air, rather
like a paper airplane.
All the living things on earth are created together with systems
planned right down to the finest detail and in association with the
most delicate balances. We see this, without exception, everywhere
we look. All living things introduce us to Allah, their creator.
There is no doubt that the one who is worthy of praise here is
Allah, who creates all living things with all their different
abilities. Like all the living things on earth, plants survive
thanks to the systems specially created for them by Allah. In other
words, they are under His control:
" Everything in the heavens and everything in the earth belongs to
Him. Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy." (Surat
al-Hajj, 64)
Plants That Launch Their Seeds with a Rocket System
Although they may seem to be perfectly still, plants in fact move.
Cornus canadensis holds the speed record for plants. They spread
their seeds with a G-force 800 times greater than a rocket heading
into space because this miraculous super plant can launch its seeds
for a distance of six meters.
The sandbox plant lives in the Amazon rain forest and fires its
fruit like rockets.
Plants like the Mediterranean cucumber use their own power to
spread their seeds. As they start to mature, Mediterranean
cucumbers begin to fill up with a sticky fluid. The pressure
stemming from this fluid rises continuously, and eventually the
plant stem explodes. As the stem explodes, it spurts the fluid
inside the plant into the air, rather like the trail a rocket leaves
behind it. In this way, the cucumber seeds are also spread across
the ground.
Evening primroses store their seeds in closed capsules when they are
dry. When they become wet, these capsules open up and assume a
cup-like shape. In that position all it takes is drops of rain for
the seeds to be spread. The flowers of the henna plant have yellow,
orange and brown spots, and can commonly be seen along the side of
roads. When touched, they shoot their seeds all around, like the
firing of a gun.
The shrub is another plant that reproduces using its own opening
techniques. But the system in this plant is the exact opposite of
that in the Mediterranean cucumber. The pod containing the shrub
seeds explodes without the help of any fluid, as the result of
evaporation taking place within the plant. As the temperature rises,
the side of the pod facing the Sun begins drying out faster than
the side in the shade. This leads to a pressure difference on the
two sides. Eventually, the pod splits down the middle and the tiny
seeds inside are scattered in all directions.
Hura crepitans is a tropical tree unique to Brazil. Its fruits are
pumpkin-shaped capsules containing 16 capsules. Under the rays of
the Sun, these capsules explode with great force. The hura tree is
one of the most successful plants when it comes to scattering its
seeds. When the time to scatter the seeds comes, it can spread them
for distances of up to 12 meters. Following the explosion, both the
seeds and the pods divided in half are scattered all around.
As can be seen from these examples, Almighty Allah has created the
universe and everything within a perfect order. The duty of every
rational person is to reflect on Allah's creation by observing the
regularity in the universe. Allah reveals in verses that there is no
other god than Him and that salvation consists of worshiping Him
alone:
Even the details involved in the scattering of a single seed show
that plants appear in a perfect and flawless form, together with
all their structural features. And it is impossible for this to
happen as the result of blind chance or random and unconscious
natural processes.
The obvious truth is that plants are also the work of Allah, the
creator of the universe. There is no other god than Almighty Allah.
The duty of every intelligent person is to live without forgetting
that truth and to turn to Allah in all they do.
" Your god is Allah alone, there is no god but Him. He encompasses
all things in His knowledge." (Surah Ta Ha, 98)
" Did you suppose that We created you for amusement and that you
would not return to Us?' Exalted be Allah, the King, the Real. There
is no god but Him, Lord of the Noble Throne. Whoever calls on
another god together with Allah, has no grounds for doing so at all
and his reckoning is with his Lord. Truly the disbelievers have no
success." (Surat al-Mu'minun, 115-117)

Radicals: The Biggest Anti-Christ Army Islam Faces

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

Short History of Hajj

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

Basics of Hajj

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

Fathwa, - Need guidance on hijab...

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

Fathwa, - My convert wife says she does not like the way hijab looks on women, though she ‘accepts’ it… d

Question:
My convert wife says she does not like the way hijab looks on women,
though she �accepts� it� does this affect her faith?
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. May His
abundant blessings and most perfect of peace be on His Beloved
Prophet, the best of creation, and his family, companions and
followers.
Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,
What she says is an error, but not kufr. The way to change such
attitudes is by gently and positively encouraging her towards the
company of religious Muslim women and attending sessions of beneficial
and inspiring knowledge and remembrance of Allah.
And Allah alone gives success.

Fathwa, - Details on uncovered nakedness (awra) and the validity of prayer

Question:
If upon completion of my salaah, I find that a few strands of my hair
was showing out of my burkaa, (head covering), do I have to repeat my
salaah?
Answer:
Assalamu alaykum
Covering one�s nakedness (awra) is a condition for the validity of
one�s prayer. The awra of a man is from his navel to his knees. The
awra of a woman is all of her body excluding her face, hands and feet
(though it is superior for her to cover her feet as well, as many
scholars considered the feet to be part of her awra). If some part of
one�s nakedness shows during the prayer then it is excused so long as
the exposed area is less than a quarter of a �limb�. A �limb� is an
independent body part. Ibn Abidin mentions that the awra of the male
is broken down into eight limbs. These he lists as being;
1. The penis and what surrounds it.
2. The testicles and what is surrounds them.
3. The anus and what is surrounds it.
4-5. Each of the two buttocks.
6-7. Each thigh with the knee.
8. The area between the navel and the pubic region including what is
parallel to it from the sides and the back.
He mentions that the limbs of a woman are :
1-2. Each thigh with the knee.
3-4. Each buttock.
5. The private area and what surrounds it.
6. The anus.
7. The stomach.
8. The back and the sides.
9-10. Each shin (lower leg) with the ankle.
11-12 Each breast.
13-14. Each ear.
15-16. Each upper-arm with the elbow.
17-18. Each forearm with the wrist.
19. The chest.
20. The head.
21. The hair.
22. The neck.
23-24. Each shoulder. [Radd al-Muhtar, 1:274, Dar li Ihya al-Turath al-�Arabi]
So just showing a few strands of hair will not affect the prayer as
these will clearly be less that a quarter of one�s hair.
If a number of limbs are partially exposed then the exposed areas are
added up and compared to the area of the smallest exposed limb. If it
is equal to or greater in area than a quarter of the smallest exposed
limb then the prayer is invalid otherwise not. For example if a lady�s
one wrist and one ankle are exposed one will add up the exposed areas
and compare them to the area of the smallest limb which in this case
is the forearm (as the wrist is part of the forearm). As both the
wrist and the ankle do not amount to a quarter of the forearm her
prayer is valid. If however one wrist, one ankle and a small part of
the ear are exposed then her prayer is most likely invalid as the
wrist and ankle would most probably amount to a quarter of the ear,
the smallest exposed limb.
Of course when adding up exposed areas of the body one need only
estimate the areas; there is no need to get out a ruler and calculator
and start calculating.
One thing to be kept in mind is that a quarter of a limb is only
excused in terms of the validity of the prayer. To intentionally
expose any part of one�s awra is unlawful even though one�s prayer
might be legally valid. [Hashiya al-Tahtawi �ala Maraqi al-Falah,
1:332, Dar al-�Ilm al-Hadith]

Social evils that are destroying Muslim communities - II

Severing ties with kinfolk: The most important of kinfolk are one's
parents, and yet we find many people dealing with them in an
inappropriate manner or even severing ties with them altogether. As
for those who do try to fulfil the needs of their parents, many of
them do it begrudgingly, while expressing discontent or complaining
that it is a burden upon them. This is in spite of the fact that
Allaah The Almighty commands us to not say even the least expression
of discontent in this regard, saying )what means(:}"…Say not to them
]so much as[ 'Uff,' and do not repel them but speak to them a noble
word."{]Quran, 17': 23[
The mother of Huthayl bin Hafsahsaid,
"He would collect wood during the summer and peel off the outer layer
of bark himself. Then, when winter would come, he would come to me
whilst I was praying, light a brazier )in my room( and place the
peeled wood in it, as this does not give harmful smoke. He would do so
just so that I would be warm during prayer. He would do so even though
we had a servant who could do the job. Whenever I thought of stopping
him and commanding him to return to his family, I would remember why
he was doing it, and thus I would allow him to continue."
Why was he doing this himself despite him having a servant who could
have done it for him? It was nothing but a reflection of his full
dutifulness towards his mother.
This type of nobility is not limited to ones parents; rather, one
should be kind to all his relatives and even his fellow Muslims.
Wasting time: The issue of wasting time is a very important one
indeed. We must be careful about it and hold ourselves to account
regarding it because we spend much of our time uselessly instead of
spending it in acts of obedience to Allaah, as it should be utilised.
Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}"And it is He who has made the
night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or
desires gratitude."{]Quran, 25: 62[
Therefore, time was created so that we would fill it with acts of
obedience to Allaah, The Almighty but many people do the exact
opposite of this. The Salaf )righteous predecessors(were very keen to
make use of every second of their time. Al-Hasansaid, "I have met some
people who were stingier with their time than they were with their
wealth."
People nowadays waste their times in games, late nights, socializing,
watching television and in vain talk. They may even go as far as doing
so at the expense of their religious obligations, such as their daily
prayers, and so on.
Wasting wealth:Many men cave in under pressure from their wives and
children and therefore spend extravagantly, but when they are asked to
spend in charity, one would find that they are so stingy that if they
were to pull out two bills to give in charity, one would invariably
return to his pocket. However, if this same person were to go to a
restaurant, he would have no problem in spending multiples of this
amount.
Allaah The Almighty will ask us about our wealth because we were
informed as such by the Prophet. Abu Barzahreported, "The Messenger of
Allaahsaid:"Man's feet will not move on the Day of Resurrection before
he is asked about his life and how he consumed it, his knowledge and
what did he do with it, his wealth and how he earned it and how he
disposed of it, and about his body and how he wore it
out.""]At-Tirmithi[
This does not imply that people do not spend generously or that there
are no people who do any of the abovementioned matters correctly. The
purpose of highlighting these points is to serve as a reminder for
Muslims – at both the individual and community level – so that we
realize the importance of these matters and hold ourselves to account
with respect to them, as there are many of us who are failing to do
so.

Showing respect for customs and traditions

Man is born without any experience and then is influenced by the
customs and traditions from those around him. In this way, customs and
traditions are conveyed from one generation to the next.
Customs and traditions appear in the actions and works practiced by
individuals that is oft-repeated and represents a daily or cyclic
program for their life.
Customs are actions that are a norm for people to do and are repeated
on many different occasions. Traditions involve a new generation
copying the methods of the previous generation and imitating it in
different affairs.
Emergence and Development of Customs and Traditions:
It is difficult to determine the emergence, development and expansion
of customs and traditions because they are parts of the social
activity of individuals in any random sector of society. They do not
appear all of a sudden. On the contrary, it takes years until they
become well-established and even many more years until they change or
evolve.
Customs and traditions often emerge to serve a social function
benefiting all or some individuals in the society. It becomes a social
pattern that helps strengthen social relations among the individuals
of a community. This leads to a collective agreement upon certain
behaviors to be practiced in the community.
Customs and traditions act as a chain whose links are conveyed from
one generation to the next. This conveyance may be accompanied by some
changes through omissions or additions, being positive or negative, in
accordance with the conditions and values of every generation.
Moreover, the social function of the customs or traditions may fade or
even expire as a result of the change of social conditions. But they
survive due to psychological pressure on the individuals who repeat
them and feel that they grant them safety and reassurance and
guarantee their consistency against any new changes.
Women have an important and effective role in spreading customs and
traditions and conveying them from one generation to the next. This
stems from the theory of their great role in disciplining and
maintaining )the family(. For this reason, she bears the greatest
responsibility for adjusting them in accordance with the right Islamic
method. In confirmation of that Allah The Almighty Says )what means(:
•}And, ]moreover[, this is My path, which is straight, so follow it;
and do not follow ]other[ ways, for you will be separated from His
way. This has He instructed you that you may become righteous.{]Quran
6:153[
•}It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and
His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should ]thereafter[
have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His
Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.{]Quran 33:36[
The Relationship of the Islamic method with Customs and Traditions:
With the spread of Islam to many countries that each have their own
different customs and traditions, the Islamic method takes three forms
in relation with them:
The first is to support the customs that encourage virtuous principles
and high values and enhancing them according to the eternal Shari'ah
principles. Among these are the neighbor's right, generously hosting
the guest, helping the poor, relieving the needy and assisting the
stranger.
The second is to straighten the customs which have two aspects: one
good and the other bad, by placing emphasis on the good, forbidding
the bad and reforming it according to the Noble Shari'ah.
The third is to resist the straying and misleading customs and
traditions, which oppose its values and principles, and may lead to
gaps in society, disorder of values, the spread of corruption and vice
and the loss of security and tranquility. An example of this is the
practice of girls being buried alive. The Arabs )during the
pre-Islamic days( regarded having a girl as a source of pessimism and
an object of contempt. Then the Quran disapproved of this hideous
custom and protected the girl from this criminal act. He The Almighty
Says )what means(:}And when one of them is informed of ]the birth of[
a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief. He hides
himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been
informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground?
Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.{]Quran 16:58-59[
And, the Messenger of Allah, sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said:"He,
who has a female )daughter( and he does not bury her alive, disgrace
her nor give preference to his male child over her, Allah will Admit
him into Paradise."]Abu Daawood[
Before Islam, the young girl would also suffer from being coerced into
marriage regardless of her will and consent. Thereupon, Islam
glorified her in this respect when the Messenger of Allah, sallAllahu
'alayhi wa sallam, said:"No previously married woman should be given
in marriage without her consent and no virgin should be given in
marriage without her permission."]Muslim[ Before Islam, the young girl
also suffered being deprived of any inheritance. But Islam assigned to
her a right in the inheritance of her father. Allah The Almighty Says
)what means(:}For men is a share of what the parents and close
relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and
close relatives leave, be it little or much - an obligatory
share.{]Quran 4:7[
Bad Customs:
These days, many bad customs have become widespread among the general
population and it is even more widely spread among women. Among these
customs is the intention of seeking to draw closer to Allah The
Almighty using the dead and Awliyaa' )Pious people who are close to
Allah The Almighty( as a medium. Wailing and screaming upon the death
)of a loved one(. Similar bad customs include visiting psychics and
fortune tellers and following their errors, attachment to amulets,
talismans and charms assuming they bring good and avert evil. Also,
Mushaaharah or Kabsah, which is the belief that if a man with a shaved
head carrying meat, red dates, eggplants or similar items enters upon
a confined woman, he would cause the milk to cease to flow )from her
breast( or delay her pregnancy. And, these are examples of bad customs
that do not please Allah The Almighty and His Messenger, sallAllahu
'alayhi wa sallam, like putting on toupees, visiting coiffeurs,
lengthening finger and toe nails, using dyes and colors to adorn them,
lagging behind the latest fashions of clothing )gothic and other
styles that stick out from the norm(, and so on.
The Duty of the Muslim:
To avoid the potential harms of these matters and prevent corruption
due to them, it is the duty of the Muslim to abandon every custom and
tradition that violates even a single principle of the religious
fundamental principles. He must pause to reflect upon all customs and
traditions and weigh them using the balance of the genuine Islamic
method and adjust whatever does not agree with it or comply with its
rules. If there is a custom or tradition that violates one's creed and
opposes one's religion, he should throw it far away without
hesitation, bashfulness or regret. He should flee from bad customs and
evil traditions and rush toward the secure shadows of Islam
entertaining no fear of critics for the Sake of Allah. His pattern
should follow that of the righteous believers in the ages of Islam who
responded to the call of truth and sacrificed what was valuable to
them in support of it.
Fabricating History:
Some historians fabricated this eternal image of the great men and
leaders of this Ummah. They presented the Muslim caliphs in a light of
men whose main concern was only food and drink, to the extent that it
is attributed to Mu'aawiyah ibn Abi Sufyaan, the Companion of the
Messenger of Allah, sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam, that he would eat
very compulsively. This is something unimaginable even from cattle,
let alone from a revered Companion who learnt in the school of the
Messenger of Allah, sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam, that a man should
not eat and drink in excess. They also represent to us such a caliph
as Haaroon Ar-Rasheed, as a man who loved women and drank alcoholic
drinks, and so on. All this is attributed to a man who, in his age,
witnessed many conquests, was himself a Mujaahid )one who strives with
his wealth and life in the Path of Allah, The Almighty(, a devout
worshipper of Allah, pious and righteous.
It is obvious from the biographies of such personalities that what has
been said about them are no more than invented lies whose initiatory
purpose is to distort the image of Islam through the character
assassination of its caliphs. As a result, they attempt to claim that
their customs and traditions appear to be in opposition to the innate
human common sense so that the Ummah would criticize its symbols and
celebratory figures. Afterwards, they would have nothing worthy of
mentioning for themselves in the history of mankind. Resentful
criminal historians distorted not only the image of men, but the
believing women as well. During the pre-Islamic days, they would let
their head covers hang down from behind their heads, uncovering their
breasts, necks and collars.
With the emergence of Islam and its spreading light, Allah The
Almighty Says, addressing the women by way of disciplining )what
means(:}and to wrap ]a portion of[ their headcovers over their
chests.{]Quran 24:31[. Upon which, the men turned to their wives to
recite to them what had been revealed by Allah The Almighty in order
to guide them and there was no woman but that she caught hold of her
sheet )of wool( and covered her head )and face( with trust and belief
in the clear Verses revealed by Allah The Almighty. In the morning,
they performed the morning prayer behind the Messenger of Allah,
sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam, with their heads covered and motionless,
as if there were crows perched on their heads. ]Abu Daawood and Ibn
Abi Haatim[. But the people represented their behavior as retardation
and not in harmony with the advanced time. Rather, they had their
women come out half-dressed as if they were nude, in order that the
dissolute wolves )amongst men( would quench their craving by the
unlawful glance, and whatever consequent traces of her body he may
recall.
Inherited customs and traditions are among the affairs that are the
most detrimental upon the religion of Allah The Almighty because they
are habitual, the soul inclines to them, the people agree with them
and it is difficult to abandon them. From this point of view, it is
incumbent upon the Muslim to discard anything that opposes the Islamic
Sharee'ah and play an effective role in changing and virtuously
protecting his community in order that its customs and traditions
would be compatible with the Sharee'ah of Allah The Almighty. Men and
women are equal in this respect, perchance the children would rise as
a strong generation, carrying the torch of Islam, and enlightening the
way for all people.

The essential pillars of marital life

Marital happiness is a dream that all husbands and wives have had
since the beginning of time and many spouses are still trying to
fulfill this dream through all possible means. Nevertheless, being
away from the true teachings of Islam and sound prophetic guidance has
led them to confusion between the different means: Western and
Eastern. However, when one returns to the Sunnah of the Prophethe will
inevitably reach his goal. Allaah The Almighty has granted success to
one of the callers to Allaah to compile the pillars of the marital
life, which are:
First:good intention:
This means that the spouses should begin their marital life with a
sincere intention to obtain the pleasure of Allaah The Almighty. This
would be displayed in the following matters:
1 – Maintaining ones' chastity, guarding the private parts against
committing sin, lowering the gaze and fulfilling each spouse's
responsibility towards the other.
2 – Establishing the Muslim home in concordance with the methodology
of Allaah The Almighty.
3 – Producing righteous offspring who affirm that there is nothing
worthy of worship except Allaah and who worship Him as He should be
worshipped.
Second:Cooperation with one another in obeying Allaah The Almighty.
Third:Establishing a Muslim home and family.
Fourth:Building the marital relationship on love, mercy and kind association.
Before talking about marital happiness, there is a set of rules that a
wife should comprehend and be fully aware of:
First:a human being has three levels:
This is specific to mental and cognitive aspects.
Second:a woman must distinguish between two things:
This is specific to instincts and desires )the abdomen and sexual organs(.
2 - Good association )affection and mercy(, and this also has its components.
Satisfying the husband's needs according to his age as well as his
economic status are components of stability. The woman should know the
man's needs and the manner in which he thinks.
A righteous woman can achieve her husband's essential needs in terms
of security and efficiency, as stated in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
This includes the basic needs:
Through maintaining his wealth and honor, in addition to patience,
chastity, and so on.
Through satisfying basic needs, sexual desires etc.
He is looking for a loving wife and a friend. Add-ons:
Third, a pious woman never asks until she gives:
Such a woman gives first and then asks. A Bedouin woman offered her
daughter the following advice on her wedding day, "Be an earth for him
and he will be your sky; be a bondmaid for him and he will be your
slave."
This is an indispensable introduction that should be known before
discussing marital happiness and its components in detail.
Sufficiency:
Security:
3 - The lower level:
1 – The stability of the home, and this has its components.
2 – The middle level:
1 - The highest level:
This is specific to feelings and emotions )heart and sentiment(.
Fifth:Forgiveness and pardoning.
Sixth:Calmness at times of anger.

Dought & clear, - Conditions for Prayer, - Woman praying in a single garment.

For offering salaat(namaz), is it compulsory for the woman to cover
herself in two garments ,such as a pant for the lower half and a shirt
for the upperhalf or can she wear only one garment covering the body
as per Islamic code of dressing. Please enlighten me.
Praise be to Allaah.
The Muslim woman must cover her entire body when praying, apart from
her face, because her whole body is 'awrah during prayer. According to
the hadeeth, "Allaah does not accept the prayer of a woman who is of
child-bearing age unless (she is covered) with a khimaar." The cover
must be ample and cover all the body, and it must be loose so that it
does not show the shape of the body. It is sufficient for it to be one
garment if it covers the body. As for the ruling on wearing pants or
trousers, please see question no. 5066، 10436and 21438.
Shaykh 'Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr.
We should point out here that there is no specific dress that is
required for the Muslim woman to pray and that her prayer is invalid
if she prays in any other garment, as many women in some Muslim
societies think. Rather the ruling has to do with covering, so if she
is covered properly, then her prayer is valid.

Dought & clear, - Conditions for Prayer, - Praying deliberately when one is not taahir is a major sin but it is not kufr.

I know that its not allowed to pray if you have "Janabet" Now if
someone have prayed with "Janabet" then what is the ruling of Islam on
him. Let me make you the setuation little more clear. This person's
age was 20~21. And he went with his dad to mosque, over there his
father "Ordered" him to conduct Jamat (Nimaz). Now in this setuation
the guy was not able to tell his dad that he is in "Janabet" and needs
Ghusal, so he did the "Wozoo" and conducted the jamat. Now from
inside, he is broken totaly, and worried about his this SIN, he read
in one book that if you conduct "Salat" wihtout WOZOO, then you are
OUT OF ISLAM !!! .... Now in this setuation what he has to do ? Is he
Out of ISLAM or NOT ? How he can overcome of his this SIM ... and do
TOWBA ? Do he need to do his EMAN's TAJDEED ? I will be loooking
forward to hear from your side, a detailed answer. I know that u have
said that ask only related to Ramazan questions, but I have discovred
your site now. So I hope that when u will have time then u will replay
for this IMPORTANT question. My friend is really in Mental Trouble due
to what happned.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
It is well known and no Muslim has any excuse for not knowing that
purification from impurity, whether minor or major, is obligatory and
is a condition of prayer being valid. Whoever prays without purifying
himself, whether deliberately or by mistake, his prayer is invalid and
he has to repeat it; if it is done deliberately then he has committed
a major sin.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
The Muslim should not pray facing any direction other than the qiblah,
or without doing wudoo', bowing and prostrating. Whoever does that
deserves to be criticized and punished. End quote.
Manhaaj al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah, 5/204
There is a stern warning issued to one who does that:
It was narrated from 'Abd-Allaah ibn Mas'ood (may Allaah be pleased
with him) that the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "It was ordered that one of the slaves of Allaah be flogged in
his grave with one hundred lashes, but he kept asking until it was
reduced to a single blow. So he was given a single blow, then his
grave was filled with fire. When he came round, he said: 'Why did you
flog me?' It was said to him: 'You offered one prayer without being
taahir, and you passed by one who was being wronged and did not help
him.'" Narrated by al-Tahhaawi inMushkil al-Athaar, 4/231; classed as
hasan by al-Albaani inal-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 2774.
Secondly:
The scholars are agreed that whoever prays without being taahir
because he believes that it is permissible or out of disrespect is a
kaafir. He should be asked to repent, and if he repents, all well and
good, otherwise he should be executed.
But if he prays without wudoo' out of negligence, not because he
thinks it is permissible or out of disrespect, Imam Abu Haneefah (may
Allaah have mercy on him) is of the view that this is also kufr, but
the majority of scholars are of the view that he is not a kaafir,
rather he has committed a major sin.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
If he knows that he is impure and that it is haraam to pray when one
is impure, then he has committed a grave sin, but he does not become a
kaafir thereby in our view, unless he regards that as permissible. But
Abu Haneefah said: He has committed kufr because of his disrespect.
Our evidence is that it is a sin so it is akin to zina and the like. End quote.
Al-Majmoo'(2/84);Rawdat al-Taalibeen, 10/67
See the Hanafi view inal-Bahr al-Raa'iq, 1/302, 151; 5/132;Haashiyat
Ibn 'Aabideen, 3/719
The one who has prayed without purifying himself has to repent and
seek forgiveness, and resolve not to do such a thing again, then he
should repeat the prayer that he offered without purifying himself.
Allaah accepts the repentance of those who repent to Him. And he does
not have to enter Islam anew.
And Allaah knows best.

Dought & clear, - Conditions for Prayer, - She prayed when she was junub by mistake – does she have to repeat the prayers?.

I prayed Fajr and Zuhr and 'Asr without having done ghusl for janaabah
because I forgot. After having a bath at Maghrib time I repeated these
prayers before praying Maghrib. Then my husband told me that it is
essential to have the right intention (niyyah) for doing ghusl, so I
did ghusl and prayed 'Isha' and I did not repeat the rest of the
prayers. Are my prayers from Fajr to Maghrib valid? What do I have to
do?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Whoever prays when he is not in a state of tahaarah (purity) has to
purify himself and repeat the prayer, according to scholarly
consensus, even if he forgot. Al-Nawawi said inal-Majmoo'(2/78):
The Muslims are unanimously agreed that it is haraam to pray when one
is impure, and they are unanimously agreed that the prayer is not
valid whether he knew that he was impure or was unaware of it or
forgot. But if he prayed not knowing it or having forgotten it, there
is no sin on him; if he knew that he was impure and that it is haraam
to pray when one is impure, then he has committed a grave sin.
Secondly:
Ghusl following janaabah is not valid unless one has the intention of
doing ghusl, because the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "Actions are but by intentions." Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
1; Muslim, 1907.
The site of the intention is the heart; it is not required to speak it out loud.
If you remembered that you were in a state of janaabah before you took
a bath at Maghrib time, and you took a bath for that reason and
repeated the prayers that you had offered when you were junub, then
that ghusl is valid because the intention was there. You did well to
repeat the prayers as this is what is required of you.
But if you did not remember that you were in a state of janaabah until
after you had had the bath, and you took a bath in order to clean
yourself or to cool yourself down, for example, then this bath did not
take away the janaabah because there was no intention to do so. In
that case you have to repeat the ghusl and the prayers. You repeated
the ghusl, so all that remains for you to do is to repeat the prayers.
So repeat Fajr, Zuhr, 'Asr and Maghrib.
And Allaah knows best.

For children, - The survival tactics of polar animals

Emperor Penguins
Emperor penguins are able to dive to depths of 500 meters (1,640 feet)
for up to 20 minutes with no adverse effects to their respiration or
blood pressure. They also possess the ability to adapt to these
conditions in different ways. While diving, they are able to lower
their heartbeats from 200 a minute to only 60, thus allowing them to
store extra myoglobin.
How Can Penguins Hold Their Breath for So Long?
Myoglobin is a protein present at high levels in these birds' muscles.
These myoglobin proteins bind to themselves high numbers of oxygen
molecules. In other words, the penguin conserves the oxygen it will
need not in the air held in its lungs, but directly inside its
muscles. This lets penguins swim underwater for long periods and to
dive as deep as they wish, without relying on the breathed-in air held
in their lungs..
Why Do They Not Suffer from the Bends?
Penguins are able to continue swimming even when the oxygen in their
blood drops to the lowest levels. Human beings suffer from the bends
under such conditions. The level in question is 20 mm Hg for penguins
and 25 mm Hg for humans. However, scientists have been unable to
explain how penguins can to overcome this in the water without being
affected by low levels of oxygen in the blood.
How Can They Go Without Food for 65 Days?
Male penguins have a secret that lets them survive without eating
anything for 65 days, until the females arrive to take of the young in
order to protect their eggs: they possess a structure capable of
blocking their digestive systems..
Their Magnificent Diving Costumes
Adult penguins on the ice eat nothing for months until after they
shedd their coats in the summer. All their old feathers are shed, and
new ones emerge from underneath. The result is a windproof, insulated
and waterproof diving suit that prevents cold—whether from icy wind
or frigid water— reaching their skin. The most striking feature of
their new plumage is that it appears just when the penguins need it
most— when the time to migrate has arrived.
Brief Facts from the Pole
In the middle of winter, daylight at the North Pole last for only
three hours. In order to protect themselves from the freezing cold
during the other 21 hours, penguins huddle up against one another in
the dark.
By huddling up to one another, the male penguins are able to raise
their body temperatures to up to 20° C (68 oF).
Since solitary penguins are unable to benefit from other penguins'
body heat, they cannot survive in temperatures any lower than -10° C
(14 oF)
Under Such Conditions, How Can Penguins Walk for Many Kilometers with
Such Large Bodies and Short Legs?
In order to conserve energy when they walk, penguins waddle from side,
to side, which tires their muscles less. In this way, at the end of
every step, they store up enough momentum for the next. If they
employed a normal gait, their short legs would force them to expend
twice as much energy as any other animal their own size. However,
penguins exert the most energy only when they start to walk and when
they want to stop.
These features of penguins are some of the greatest proofs of Allah's
affection and compassion for living things. Walking in such a way as
to conserve energy by using the conversion of kinetic and potential
energy and back again is something no bird can learn on its own. No
penguin can know about potential-kinetic energy conversion and develop
such a gait as to take advantage of this, unless so inspired by Allah.
Allah's sovereignty over living things is revealed as follows in one
verse of the Qur'an:
"I put my trust in Allah, My Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving
creature, but He hath grasp of its fore-lock. Verily, it is my Lord
that is on a straight Path." (Surah Hud, 56)
How Do Seals Locate Their Prey in the Dark?
A seal locates its prey without using its eyes by following traces
that its quarry leaves behind it in the water. These traces, invisible
to the naked eye, are hydrodynamic waves set up by the movement of the
prey. Just by following these traces, a seal is able to catch its
prey. Thanks to this ability, seals have no difficulty in hunting in
the dark or in murky water.
Secret Whale Feeding Techniques
The cold waters of the North Pole are actually very rich in
nutrients—for which reason, whales deliberately migrate to these from
warmer waters. During their time near the Pole they consume small,
shrimp-like fish known as krill, and store up nutrients in their
blubber.
When a pod of whales locates a school of fish or krill, they act in
unison. When the fish sense danger and start diving to the bottom, the
whales dive down even deeper, en masse, and immediately begin exhaling
air bubbles, which form a kind of stockade or barrier cage around the
fish. These bubbles that spread around the fish and stop them getting
away form a round wall. Then all the whales need to do is to open
their mouths as they begin returning to the surface through the middle
of this ring. Thanks to this planning and joint action, they are
easily able to engulf their prey.
For all this astonishing behavior, there is only one explanation:
These birds and marine mammals behave in accordance with the
inspiration of Allah, their Creator.

For children, - The sublime creation of marine life forms

Marine mammals possess special bodily systems to allow them to survive
entirely in water.
Whales and dolphins represent the living group known as, "marine
mammals." These creatures are part of the mammal class because, just
like mammals on dry land, they give birth to and suckle their young,
use lungs for breathing, and heat their own bodies. However, since
they are mammals that live in the sea, their physical structures are
rather different to those of other mammals. They have special bodily
systems designed for living entirely in water, thanks to which they
are able to swim for many kilometres without tiring and to see
everything in the water and on land with the same clarity. (Harun
Yahya, The Design in Nature)
The Ability to See Clearly in Different Environments
The eyes of whales and dolphins permit them to see in very different
surroundings. Their vision is equally perfect beneath and above the
water. A dolphin, for example, can leap 6 metres above the water and
easily seize a piece of food held up for it in the air. Yet, most
living creatures, human beings included, are unable to see very well
outside their own habitats, due to differences in the refraction of
light. The difference between the eyes of marine mammals and
terrestrial mammals are astonishingly detailed. On land, the potential
dangers facing the eye are physical impacts and dust. That is why
terrestrial mammals have eyelids. In a water environment, however, the
greatest dangers are salt levels, the pressure arising when diving
down to great depths, and damage due to marine currents. In order to
avoid direct contact with the current, the eyes are located on the
sides of the head. There is also a hard layer that protects the eye
during deep diving. Since the bottom of the sea is in darkness beneath
a depth of 9 metres, the eyes of marine mammals have been equipped
with various features allowing them to adapt to the darkness. For
example, the lens is perfectly spherical. Light-sensitive rod cells
are more numerous than cone cells, which are sensitive to colour and
detail. In addition, there is a special phosphorus containing layer
inside the eye. That is why marine animals can see so well in the
dark.
The Miracle of Life in Salt Water
Mammals, such as whales and dolphins, that live in the sea require
fresh water in order to survive. Unlike fish, however, they do not
meet that need using salt water. These mammals meet the greater part
of their water requirements by eating other living things that contain
only a third as much salt as the level in the oceans.
For marine mammals, with such restricted water resources, it is of the
greatest importance that as much water as possible be stored and
preserved inside their bodies. The well-known scientific journal,
Scientific American, examined this important subject under the
heading, "How marine mammals drink salt water." In a statement in the
magazine, the marine biologist, Robert Kennedy, described how marine
mammals obtain the water they need from the food they consume. Kennedy
noted that marine mammals reduce the levels of salt in their bodies
and regulate the water in their blood by avoiding salty food particles
(Scientific American, July, 2001).
Research has shown that marine mammals are able to preserve the fresh
water in their bodies, thanks to solutions that are unique to them. In
order to avoid water loss, these creatures do not sweat since they
have no sweat glands in their skin. Their kidneys also reduce the
amount of water expelled in urine by maintaining a high level of urea
in the blood. Water loss is thereby reduced to a minimum.
Complex Mechanisms
These vital functions are obviously essential to marine mammals'
survival. However, it is impossible for them to have thought of and
discovered all these finely-tuned details of their own will. These
creatures possess no intelligence with which to choose what they will
eat or to maintain the water in their bodies. Even if they did possess
such intelligence, it would still be impossible for them to construct
the complex mechanisms in question inside their own bodies. All these
solutions, the product of intelligence, are signs of creation revealed
to us by science that we encounter in a great many living things.
There is no doubt that it is Almighty Allah, Lord of the Worlds, who
creates marine mammals and inspires them with how to maintain the
levels of water in their bodies.
The Interesting Way That Marine Mammals Sleep
How do marine mammals, that spend their entire lives in the water,
manage to sleep without drowning?
A team led by Bruce Hecker, director of the South Carolina Aquarium,
investigated the answer to this question and revealed two basic
methods of sleeping.
Marine mammals either rest silently in a horizontal or vertical
position in the water, or else sleep while slowly swimming alongside
another animal. Dolphins, which live alone, tend to sleep more deeply
and at night. This is known as "logging," because, in this state, the
dolphin resembles a log floating on the surface of the water. When
marine mammals sleep and swim at the same time, this is known as
"napping." Young whales and dolphins rest and sleep by being drawn
into the slipstreams created by their mothers, known as "echelon
swimming." At these times, the mother is also able to sleep while
moving. Adult male dolphins, on the other hand, usually travel in
pairs and swim side by side when sleeping. Females and youngsters
travel in larger groups, or pods. They are able to rest in the same
general area or else pair up with companionable animals to sleep while
swimming.
When sleeping, these animals shut down half of their brains, together
with the opposite eye. The other half of the brain remains awake at a
low level of alertness. This attentive side is employed to watch out
for predators, obstacles, and other animals. At the same time, it also
emits a signal telling the animal when to rise to the surface for
fresh air. After some two hours or so, the animal reverses the
situation, resting the attentive half of the brain and activating the
other. This model is generally referred to as "cat-napping." Dolphins
generally sleep at night, once, and for a period of only a few hours.
They are generally active during the later hours of the night,
probably matching this period of wakefulness to catch fish and squid.
There can be no doubt that it is Almighty Allah who bestows these
systems on marine mammals. Allah has created these life forms with the
ideal characteristics to permit them to survive. Our responsibility is
to have sure and certain faith in our Lord and to be able to see the
manifest evidence of His existence on Earth:
"And in your creation and all the creatures He has spread about there
are Signs for people with certainty."(Surat Al-Jathiyya,4)