The Arrows of Satan

Satan readies himself and chooses his prey carefully. He is determined as he shoots the arrows of looks to go through your eyes, tearing the veils of modesty and chastity. This arouses the desires of the weakheart, which commands the body to pursue the satisfaction of such desires. The tongue speaks, the legs walk, and thus, unlawful acts are committed and the soul falls into the mire of sin.
“That is purer for them”
In order to ward off this Satanic cycle, Allaah The Almighty instructed his believing slaves, both men and women, to lower their gaze. He told them that this would purify them. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allaah is acquainted with what they do. And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts.} [Quran 24:30-31]
Ibn Al-Qayyim said in Al-Fawaa’id that Sahl ibn ‘Abdullaah says,"Abandoning the order is greater than committing the prohibition in the sight of Allaahbecause Aadam (Adam) was forbidden to eat from the tree and when he ate from it Allaah accepted his repentance,but Satan was ordered to prostrate to Aadam, when he refused and Allaah did not accept his repentance."
Ibn Al-Qayyim said in Ad-Daa’ wad-Dawaa’, “Look at the accuracy of the Quranic expression in the order to lowerthe gaze, as if Allaah The Almighty reminds us that not lowering the gaze causes the doom of the doer and his suffering in this life and in the Hereafter. Failing to lower one’sgaze is the basis for the problems that afflict man. An unlawful look generates thoughts, then thoughts generate ideas, then ideas generate desires, then desires generate will, which develops into resolve and determination, then the action inevitably takes place if there is nothing to prevent it.”
This is the destructive cycle of Satan, which traps the one who does not lower his gaze, then records the images and scenes seen by his treacherous eyes. Satan waits for the moment of weakness in man's faith to release these images and scenes in his mind and soul, igniting his sexual desire, which dominates the heart that commands the body to disobey Allaah The Almighty, and so on in a consecutive sequence. The more the images vary, the easier arousal and falling into sin will be. On the other hand, the less the images and scenes, the weaker their impact and influence on the heart will be. According to a saying, "Patienceover lowering the gaze is easierthan patience over the pain of its consequences."
O Muslim who does not lower his gaze, if your eyes roam around looking at the charms ofbeautiful women, you would plant in your heart thorns of loss and regret.
“Allaah knows that which deceives the eyes”
Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {He knows that which deceives the eyes and what thebreasts conceal.} [Quran 40:19] This is a great verse and the interpreter of the Quran, Ibn Mas‘ood tells you its meaning, "It refers to a man who enters a person's house where there is a beautiful woman among them, or that a beautiful woman passes by them, and while they do not notice him, he looks at her; when they see him, he lowers his gaze. However, Allaah The Almighty knows that he inwardly wishes to see her private parts."
The great scholar, Al-Ameen Ash-Shinqeeti said in Adhwaa’ Al-Bayaan, "The verse contains a warning for the one who betrays with his eyes by looking at what is unlawful for him. The slave of Allaah will stand before Allaah and be questioned about his senses. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.} [Quran 17:36]
If you will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about your stares and looks, have you prepared an answer for this?
The fornication of the eyes
To make this act more repugnant to the souls, the Prophet called it adultery of the eyes. It was narrated on theauthority of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said: "Allaah has written for the son of Aadam his inevitable share ofadultery. The adultery of the eye is looking (at what is prohibited), the adultery of the ears is listening (to what is prohibited), the adultery of the tongue is uttering (what it is unlawful to utter), the adultery of the hand is doing (what is prohibited), the adultery of the legs is walking (to what is prohibited) and the heart desires and wishes for (adultery) and the private parts affirm that or contradict it." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim (this is the wording of Muslim )]
In Sharh Saheeh Muslim, An-Nawawi said, “The meaning of the Hadeeth is that a share of adultery is written for the son of Aadam. Some people commit actual adultery by entering the male genital organ into the genital organ of a female who is unlawful to him./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

love stories : Pyramus and Thisbe

Famous sad love stories- the title itself is self-explanatory. It's
really hard to pinpoint the exact number of historians, philosophers,
kings, psychologists and poets who have tried to explain love in a
different way and yet the underlying emotion always remains the same.
Love is a state of heart and no matter how many definitions you try;
you will always feel exhilarated and blessed once you are in love.
Evenwith closed eyes, you can feel its presence and your heart will
keep dancing on the melody of its beats. The intensity experienced
during love is truly unexplainable. Sharing love stories make us
remember and feel the eternal love and it completely redefines the way
oneexperiences love.
The story of Pyramus and Thisbe is touching but tragic. The story has
the power to move anyone who reads it. The fable has its origins in
the Roman Mythology. The tale of Pyramus and Thisbe has enthralled
many young loversover the centuries and it has lost none of its charm
even during the modern age. Pyramus was anextremely handsome man
whereas Thisbe was the most beautiful girl in the Babylonia. They both
were neighbours and had grown up together.
As they grew up, love blossomed but it was the forbidden fruit for the
lovers. Their parents were totally against them marrying each other
and that forced both of them to meet clandestinely if they could.
However, their parents could not suppress the lights of love burning
in the hearts of love birds. One fine day, they decided to run away
from their homes and meet the next day under a mulberry tree near tomb
of Ninus. Thisbe was the first one to reach on spot and was waiting
for Pyramus.
That's when the tragedy struck and story took a devastating turn.There
was a fountain nearby where a lioness came to quench her thirst. The
sight of lioness made Thisbe panic and she hurried to safety in some
hollow rocks nearby. While she was running she left her veil behind.
The lioness came near, sniffed the veil and tore it in his bloody
jaws. At that very moment, Pyramus arrived near the mulberry tree and
found the tattered blood stained veil. He thought that his love was
dead and was completely devastated. He blamed himself to be the cause
of Tisbe's death and in a moment of agony, pierced his chest with his
own sword. Tisbe, who was still hiding in the rocks, came out of her
hiding place and seeing the dead body of her lover, she was totally
shattered and grief-stricken. She also took the sword and killed
herself and thus one of the purest love stories ended in pain and
death.

ANNIVERSARY

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Andcompanionship For all theyears of your lives
If I met you on tomorrow I would still give you my heart If you should
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That speial day is here again The day we took our vows You're just as
speial 2 me 2day As u still get me aroused. Happy Anniversary Lover
Happy Anniversary and May ur marriage be blessed with love, joy
andcompanionship for all the years of ur lives.
Best wishes to you both on ur anniversary, May the love that you share
Last your lifetime through, As you make a wonderful pair.

Ruling on stoning the Jamaraat with a piece ofconcrete

What is the ruling on stoning the Jamaraat witha piece of concrete? It
looked the same as the stones to me, until someone pointed that outto
me on the second day. Do I have to repeat the stoning? What is the
ruling on stoning the Jamaraat with a piece of abig rock after
breaking it into small pieces?
Praise be to Allah.
The majority of fuqaha' stipulated that the Jamaraat should be stoned
with pebbles, which are small stones of whatever type of rock.
Concrete is not rock, so it is not acceptable, according to the
majority.
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allahhave mercy on him) said: It is acceptable to
stone the Jamaraat with anything that is called pebbles, which are
small stones, whether they are black or white or red, and whether they
are marble, flint, granite and so on. This is the view of Maalik and
ash-Shaafa'i. al-Qaadi said: Marble, buraam and kadhdhaan (types of
rock)are not acceptable. And we may understand from his words that
marble andsolid stones are not acceptable either. Abu Haneefah said:
It is permissible to use dried clay or mud, or anything that comes
from the earth. Something similar was stated by ath-Thawri.It was
narrated from Sakeenah bint al-Husayn that she stoned the Jamarah, and
a man was handing pebbles to her, and she was saying takbeer with each
throw. And she dropped a pebble, so she threw her ring.
We also have a report that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him) stonedthe Jamaraat with pebbles, and he told the people
to throw pebbles the size of chickpeas, so nothing other than pebbles
is to be picked up,and that includes pebbles of all types. It is not
permissible to single out any particular type without evidence, or to
add anything else to it, because it is a topic in which there is no
room for analogy.
End quote from al-Mughni, 3/218
In al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (15/277) it says: When stoning the
jamaraat, it is stipulated that the pebbles be of stone, according to
the majority of fuqaha' (Maalikis, Shaafa'is and Hanbalis). So it is
not permissible to use gold, silver, iron, lead, wood, clay, seeds,
dust, pearls, antimony or plaster in their view, because the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) threw pebbles and
instructed us to throw pebbles the size of chickpeas, so nothing else
should be picked up. The Shaafaa'is allowed stoning the Jamaraat
withall kinds of stones.
The Hanafis were of the view that it is permissible to stone the
Jamaraat with all kinds of things that come from the earth, such as
stones, mud and clay, and everything with which it is permissible to
do tayammum, but it is not permissible to use wood, amber, pearls or
gemstones, because they are not from the earth. End quote.
Based on this, there is nothing wrong with breaking stones or large
rocks and stoning the Jamaraat with them.
As for throwing concrete or pieces of brick, it is not acceptable
according to the majority, although it is acceptable according to the
Hanafis. However the view of the majority is more on the safe side.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy onhim) was asked: What is
the ruling on stoning the Jamaraat with pieces of concrete?
He replied: Some scholars think that the stones that are taken from
concrete are not acceptable for stoning the Jamaraat, unless this
piece of concrete contains stone. Ifit contains stone then there is
nothing wrong with it.
End quote from Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn 'Uthaymeen, 23/125
To sum up: If on the first day you threw pieces of concrete in which
there was no stone, then your stoning was not valid according to the
majority, and you have to sacrifice a sheep, the meat of which is to
be distributed among the poor of the Haram; you may delegate someone
to do that on your behalf.
If you cannot afford the price of a sheep, then you do not have to do anything.
And Allah knows best.