General Articles, - What do Muslims pray for?

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For Allah to grant goodness both in this world and the Hereafter:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
" When a Messenger comes to them from Allah confirming what is with them, a group of those who have been given the Book disdainfully toss the Book of Allah behind their backs, just as if they did not know." (Surat al-Baqara, 201)
What Does “ Maruf ” Mean?
Goodness, grant. Good tradition. The suitable and desired manner according to the moral values of Islam.
How Should a Muslim Talk?
Talking with Wisdom
Talking with wisdom means a person makes the truest, the most useful and the most appropriate conversation possible. However, there is no rule about talking with wisdom, and it has no connection with the individual’s level of intelligence, culture, state of education or technical knowledge.
An individual who has wisdom would have no desire to sell oneself to other people. He knows that Allah is the One Who will give him wisdom and make him talk, and submits to Allah and in talking only seeks His Approval. As always, he is aware that he is not in the sight of people, but in the Sight of Allah and that his speech can only be effective with His Will. He prays to Allah to make his words effective and wise. In return for this sincerity, one’s conscience inspires in the individual the most beautiful words to say. In one verse, the importance of talking with wisdom is revealed as such:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
" He gives wisdom to whoever He wills and he who has been given wisdom has been given great good… " (Surat al-Baqara, 269)
Being Determined in Worship
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
" He is Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between them, so worship Him and persevere in His worship. Do you know of any other with His Name?" (Surah Maryam, 65)
“Determination” is showing patience about something, stopping at nothing to reach the goal, and fulfilling what needs to be done no matter what by acting with steadfastness. Allah wants Muslims not only to worship Him, but also to be determined about worship.
Worship means being a servant. Every behavior, action, conversation, and attitude people do for the cause of Allah is an act of worship. As performing the prayer five times a day is an important and obligatory act of worship for a person, in the same way, overcoming anger, saying a nice word, warning people, not to make an assumption or not to be argumentative are also acts of worship. Therefore, Allah’s Command “to be determined about worship” is valid for both factual prayers and good moral values.
However, while Muslims are commanded to be determined in the verses, there is one more important point revealed. This is the explanations revealing that Muslims’ steadfastness will be tested. Almighty Allah may test Muslims’ steadfastness to live according to the morality of religion both through events that appear to be negative and with blessings such as prosperity, health, richness or power. In short, Muslims are tested with both difficulty and accommodation. However, in both situations, sincere believers would experience no negative change in their behaviors, and they live the morality of Islam in every situation and environment with the same determination.
What Does it Mean to Be Honorable Against Disbelievers?
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan-
" You who have faith! If any of you renounce your religion, Allah will bring forward a people whom He loves and who love Him, humble to the believers , fierce to the disbelievers , who strive in the Way of Allah and do not fear the blame of any censurer. That is the unbounded favor of Allah which He gives to whoever He wills.… " (Surat al-Ma’ida, 54)
Allah commanded believers to have a good morality and, no matter what happens and what kind of an attitude they are faced with, never to give up these good qualities. The life of disbelievers contains completely opposite attitudes to the good moral values of believers. When believers come across these attitudes of disbelievers, they do not descend to their level, and instead respond with an honorable attitude. They never make concessions to the Qur'an, in the face of their behavior, and show a strong determination about this. They respond to a bad word with a good word, to arrogance with humility, to injustice with justice and to ruthlessness with mercy.

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General Articles, - Resignation to destiny

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A very important secret underlies the testing that takes place in the world. Believers who possess this secret confront everything that befalls them with great patience, joy and enthusiasm. The fact of "destiny" lies at the heart of this secret. Muslims know that Allah has created all things within destiny and that what befalls them does so solely because He so wishes. It is Allah Who creates people's lives, right down to the finest detail. Sura al-An'am describes how everything, great or small, that happens on Earth occurs because Allah wishes it to:
The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No one knows them but Him. He knows everything in the land and sea. No leaf falls without His knowing it. There is no seed in the darkness of the earth, and nothing moist or dry which is not in a Clear Book.(Surat al-An'am 59)
Human beings are entities who live constrained by time and by looking at events solely from the current moment. And since people do not know the future they may not always be able to see the long-term wisdom, beauty and goodness in events. Allah, however, Who is unfettered by time and its Creator, sees and knows the lives of all entities from "outside time." It is the fact of destiny that confronts us at this point. Destiny is Allah's knowledge of all events, past and future, as one single moment. In other words, events the outcome of which is unclear are all "mysteries" for us. But Allah knows all these things that we cannot. (For details, see Timelessness and the Reality of Fate by Harun Yahya)
Therefore, the testing of human beings is one whose beginning and end are pre-ordained. The past, future and present are all one in the sight of Allah; all are already over and done with. We can only learn about them by experiencing them when the time comes.
This "knowledge of destiny" is great knowledge not granted to unbelievers. It is by means of this knowledge that Muslims are able to display such splendid fortitude in the face of all difficulties and tests in the life of this world. As revealed in the verse "No kind of calamity occurs except by Allah's permission. Whoever believes in Allah - He will guide his heart. Allah has knowledge of all things." (Sura at-Taghabun, 11) believers enjoy the ease and comfort of knowing that everything befalling them is destined to do so.
As a great blessing, Allah has created the testing of believers to be very easy. But this ease only applies to genuine believers who resign themselves to destiny. A Muslim who truly believes and who sincerely submits himself to Allah watches the constant change of images before him with excitement, thanks and gratitude. Someone sitting in a chair and watching a film in comfort also watches the destiny appointed for him with trust and joy. All the images of that destiny, that are sometimes highly active, sometimes frightening, sometimes appeal to the physical senses and are sometimes very calm, contain the joy and excitement of faith. Frightening images have been specially prepared. They have been planned right down to the finest detail. But at the end of the day they are all within the knowledge and under the control of Allah.
A Muslim aware of the fact of destiny and who grasps this secret of the test, regards all difficulty, hunger or poverty, as positive things and takes great pleasure from them. Because he knows that that the moral values he displays in the face of this test are very valuable in the sight of Allah. This is a pleasure unique to believers. Muslims never suffer such feelings as worry, stress, pain, panic or fear in the face of such woes. Because Muslims know that Allah will make all events that appear to be evil or unwelcome turn out well in the end. In one verse, Allah tells believers that "Allah will not give the unbelievers any way against the believers." (Surat an-Nisa, 141)
However, there is a point here that must not be misunderstood; believers may encounter all kinds of trouble and difficulty in this world, they may lose their worldly goods, grow physically weak, fall ill or be injured, die or be killed. However, none of these are "evils" for Muslims. Allah tests His servants by means of these and recompenses the fortitude they display many time over in this world and the next. And as a result of the testing in this world, Muslims are finally rewarded with the eternal life of the Hereafter.
Aware of this important truth, Muslims therefore feel great joy in the face of difficulty. This joy experienced by believers is also a special condition that neutralises the traps set by the unbelievers and denies them success. When unbelievers see that joy and enthusiasm at times when they imagine they have made things difficult for believers they realise they can never do them any harm. Muslims' words at times of trouble also reveal to the unbelievers their fortitude and submission. The words of believers faced by difficulties are reported in the following terms in the Qur'an:
And why indeed should we not put our trust in Allah when He has guided us to our ways? We will be steadfast however much you harm us. Those who trust put their trust in Allah.'Those who were kafir said to their Messengers, 'We will drive you from our land unless you return to our religion.' Their Lord revealed to them, 'We will destroy those who do wrong.We will leave you the land to live in after them. That is the reward of those who fear My station and fear My threat.'(Surah Ibrahim,12-14)
Say: 'Nothing can happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is Our Master. It is in Allah that the muminun should put their trust.'(Surat at-Tawba,51)
There is no doubt that all these things are the results of their submission to the destiny created by Allah. Nobody who places his trust and faith in Allah will ever suffer any fear or distress again:
Those who say, 'Our Lord is Allah,' and then go straight will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (Surat al-Ahqaf,13)
Not so! All who submit themselves completely to Allah and are good-doers will find their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (Surat Al-Baqara,112)
Yes, the friends of Allah will feel no fear and will know no sorrow:
Those who have iman and show taqwa, there is good news for them in the life of the dunya and in the akhira. There is no changing the words of Allah. That is the great victory! (Surah Yunus,62-64)
In other verses Allah reveals that servants who believe in and surrender themselves to Him are bound to a bough that will never break:
Those who submit themselves completely to Allah and do good have grasped the Firmest Handhold. The end result of all affairs is with Allah. (Surah Luqman, 22)
There is no compulsion where the deen is concerned. Right guidance has become clearly distinct from error. Anyone who rejects false gods and has iman in Allah has grasped the Firmest Handhold, which will never give way. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Surat Al-Baqara, 256)

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Fathwa, - Wants to marry a divorced woman who is sick with AIDS

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AS SALAAM ALAIKUM, KINDLY GUIDE ME ,AM MAKING DAWAH IN A NONE MUSLIM COUNTRY WEWHERE ISLAAM IS SO STRANGE BUT BY THE MERCY OF ALLAH WE HAVE MANAGED TO CONVERTS THOUSANDS OF THEM TO ISLAAM OF THOSE WHOM WE HAVE CONVERTED,WE USED TO ENCOURAGE TO MARRY ONEANOTHER,WE STOOD FOR THEM AS THEIR PARENTS SINCE SOME ARECHASED OUT OF HOME AFTER EMBRAC ING ISLAAM, TWO OF THESE CONVERTED MUSLIMS WE MARRIED TOGETHER AL HAMDULLILLAH THEY HAD ONE CHILD AFTER THE CHILD THE HUSBAND LEFT THE JOB WITHOUT ANY REASON WE TRIED TO PERSUADE HIM TO GET A JOB IN OTHER TO SUPPORT IS FARMILY SINCE HIS WIFE IS COMPLANNING TO US,AFTER A WHILE THEY STARTED FIGHTING BECAUSE THE WIFE IS WORKING NOW WHILE THE HUSBAND REFUSE TO LOOK FOR JOB,WE USE TO SETTLE THEIR DISPUTES UNTIL WE GOT A JOB FOR THE HUSBAND ALSO BUT THESE DID NOT STOP THEIR FIGHT UNTIL THE HUSBAND TOLD US THAT THE WIFE HAS LEFT HOME FOR MORE THAN ONE WEEK TO HER FARMILY HOME, WE CALLED THEM TOGETHER THOSE OF US WHO ARE SHEIKHS,WE SAT WITH THEM THREE SITTING TO PERSUADE THE WIFE TO GO BACK BUT SHE DID NOT SHE SAID SHE NEED A RELEASE ] KHUL'U [ FROM THE HUSBAND,BECAUSE HAS BEEN MALTREATED EMMOTIONALLY BY THE HUSBAND AND THAT SHE FEARS THAT SHE WILL GO OUT OF THE WAY IF SHE STAYS WITH HIM AND SHE DOES NOT LOVE HIM AGAIN WE TRIED ALL OUR BEST BUT SHE REFUSED,WE ASKED THE HUSBAND TO GO TO HER FARMILY HOUSE MAYBE THEY WILL SOLVE IT ,HE DID THAT BUT THE WIFE SAID TO HER FARMILY THAT SHE CANNOT STAY WITH HIM AGAING,THEN THE HUSBAND REFUSED TO DIVORCE HER, SHE THEN CAME TO US AGAIN,THEN WE TOLD HER THAT WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING BUT WE ADVICE HER THAT SHE MUST PLEAD TO HIM,THE HUSBAND REFUSE AND LATTER HE RELEASED HER WITH ANGER,AFTER ALL THESE THE HUSBAND STOP COMING TO OUR GATHERINGS BECAUSE HE FELT WE HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH,THE WIFE TRIED TO REMARRIED TO SAVE HERSELF FROM ADULTERY BUT SHE FOUND NO ONE TO MARRY HER,NOW SHE TURNED TO ME, CAN I MARRY HER TO SAVE HER FROM ADULTERY?SHE IS HIV/AIDS POSITIVE,AM MARRIED WITH TWO WIFES.THANKS.
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 Muhammadis His slave and Messenger.
First of all, we ask Allaah to reward you and make you successful in your call to Islam, as He is All-Hearer and Responsive.
We have already issued Fatwa 86070clarifying that it is permissible for a man who is in sound health to marry a woman who is sick with AIDS if he knows that and agrees to it.
However, there is a problem here, which is that you already have two wives and they might be harmed by you marrying this sick woman ]i.e. the disease could be transmitted to them[. So, if both of them agree that you marry that woman with her deficiency ]disease[ and you are able to be just between them, then it is permissible for you to marry her. For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 90593.
We would like to point out to some matters that are mentioned in the question:
1- If a Muslim woman has no Muslim guardian, the one who marries her off is the Muslim judge, or any authority that may act on his behalf like the Islamic Centers in non-Muslim countries.
2- If a woman is harmed by staying with her husband, she has the right to ask for divorce or Khul’ and if it is confirmed that the harm is initiated from the side of the husband, then he has no right to seek compensation in return for divorce.
3- You should take care of that man and encourage him to attend the lectures of knowledge so that his commitment to his religion will not be negatively affected.
Allaah Knows best.

- PUBLISHERNajimudeeN M