HADEES ~

Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) said: "All of my ummahare apt
to be forgiven, except for those who commit sins openly." [Bukhari]
When a person commits a crime in public, justice demands that
thecriminal be punished. The purpose of punishment is that it acts as
a deterrent. If a criminal is not punished, it provides an incentive
to all would be criminalsto go ahead.
Similarly, so long as a sin is known only to the sinner and Allah,
Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) may forgive it. But when sin is committed
publicly, the punishment becomes incumbent on the sinner. Sinning
publicly shows a person's insensitivity towards the enormity of what
they are doing. Seeing sins takingplace in public, also desensitizes
other people to the sin, taking them one step closer to doing it
themsleves. This is why, even if we are to find out about immoral
activities happening, we should not broadcast them, for to do so would
further spread evil in society.
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NABI $ AVARGAL KOORINARGAL
sooriyan udhayamagum natkalil jumah naal(thaan) migavum sirandha
naalagum Andha naalil than ulaga mudivugalum yaerpadum
THIRMIDHI 450
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Health ~ NOW HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE..

NOW HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE..
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without
help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to
feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing
consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and
very vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be
deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the
chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without
let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating
normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze
the heart and keep the blood circulating.
The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal
rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

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Health ~ Exercise on the move ~ Give your body its daily workout even while you holiday

Many people find it difficult to stick to their fitness regime because
of frequent travel. Whether travel is for pleasure or for business,
it's time to incorporate a few minutes of fitness into your daily
routine to ensure your body is ready for the day's events.
Essential seven
Begin with some light stretches and warm up exercises like bending and
touching your toes, marching on the spot or side steps. You can even
skip; you don't really need a skipping rope. A good exercise programme
mustinclude exercises to cater to the seven basic Primal Pattern
movements of the body as devised by Paul Chek, founder C.H.E.K
Institute, USA. These are seven primary movements that are the basis
from which all othermovements are performed in ourdaily activity. A
Neanderthal man in the wild who could not perform these seven movement
patterns would have had a limited chance of survival.
Some creative exercises for more advanced and regular exercisers
within the comfort of your hotel room are Terra band exercises to
remind your body of your strength training sessions. Terra bands are
the ultra-portable way to fit a gym in a suitcase. Floor exercises for
TA activation, calisthenics that use body weight,abs and core
exercises, flexibility and so much more can be done when you are on
the move! Squat-thrusts, jumping jacks, chair dips, mountain climbers,
walking lunges, superman, one leg squats, and the list is endless...
Explore and experience
There are two types of travellers: those who love to travel, and those
who are forced to travel. Now if you are the former, it is easy to
incorporate a fitness programme into your travel schedule. All it
takes is a little bit of creativity. Just like you explorenew places
and try new food, you can evolve new fitness strategies based on the
place youare visiting. From mountain bikes to canoe rides, the world
is yours to explore. To those for whom travel is an unpleasant
compulsion, just remember wherever you travel, you still need to eat,
sleep and certainly exercise. You might as well be prepared with
fitness routines within your room so that you never miss out on
exercising. Finally, wherever you may go, exercise! You simply cannot
afford not to!
Walk: Ensure that you walk everyday! A jog or a sprint will keep your
heart healthy.
Push: Perform regular push-ups or modified ones with the knees on the
floor. Wall push-ups are another option.
Pull: These normally require somebasic equipment. To make up for it,
you could hang from a monkeybar in the children's play area or a low
branch of the tree.
Bend: Try dead lifts with filled water bottles or your suitcase fora
heavier weight.
Twist: A standing or lying twist or more dynamic jumping twists will
energise you.
Lunge: Perform with the support of the bed if you are a beginner.
Squat: Either do free squats or trysitting on a low chair if you have
never done this before.

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Good Morning tips

welcome to new morning with a smile on ur face,love in ur heart,good
thoughts in ur mind u will have a wonderfull day,gudmorning
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Never forget what sumeone say to you whaen they are angry.because that
is when truthcomes out Good Morning
~
Superb thought.never try to maintain relations in your life. just try
to maintain life in your relations.good Morning
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A good plan for 2day is better than a great plan for tomorrow. look
backward with satisfaction and look forward with confidence.Good
Morning

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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ Allah guides those who struggle

"And those who strive in Our cause, We will surely guide themto Our
paths." – Al-Ankaboot, 29:69. Struggle may seem like something to be
avoided, but the alternative is to walk in dim light, seeing nothing
clearly. If our livesconsist of sitting on the sofa watching TV, doing
jobs without passion, shrugging our shoulders at the suffering of
others, and accepting the unreality that is pushed at us by
advertising and the media, then we are living in shadow, even when the
sun shines.
Yes, we all have bills to pay, and sometimes we work jobs that we are
not passionate about, in orderto support our families. I have a
website about money transfer services, and another about paying bills
online. They are boring, but I spend time on them because they earn
money. In my free time I struggle to do work that is important to me –
this website being a notable example. Even a short article might take
metwo or three days to write, because of the limited time I haveto
work on it. Longer articles can take weeks. And yet people sometimes
tell me that my writinghas changed their lives.
We can all find a little time every day to pursue what we love, and to
make a difference in people's lives, even in a small way. Beyondthat,
we must strive to represent truth in everything we do: in ourfamily
lives, our work, our entertainment – everything.
Imam Jamil Al-Amin wrote in 2006:
"In the heart there is an emptiness and a need which nothing can
satisfy except for theremembrance of Allah (swt). The only proof of
faith is in struggle, struggling in word and deed, in body and soul.
The lack of faith will crush you far more than defeat ever could. 'And
what willexplain to you the path that is steep?' (90:12). Conscious
struggle is the path that is steep. Struggle where bitter hardship and
misfortune and difficulty becomes sweet tasting to the soul."
There is no road to success except through the struggle for truth and
righteousness. This is actually good news, because if you're a seeker,
if you've got a nose for truth, if you care about justice, then you're
already struggling, walking a hard road. It's inevitable. Those who
pursue truth and speak it out loud are seen as strangers and
subversives. You might wonder sometimes if it's worth it, or if you're
moving in the right direction.
Don't worry. The fact that you're struggling means that Allah is
guiding you, and you're on the right road.

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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ love and kindness are secret weapons

love and kindness are not cute ideas or naive catchphrases. They are
elemental forces with the power to alter human hearts, and to change
the world. They are transformative emotions and behaviors that were
bestowed upon us by Allah, who is Al-Rahman (The Most Merciful) and
Al-Wadood (The Most Loving).They are stronger than hurricanes, and
they transcend the birth and death of individuals,and the rise and
fall of nations.
Don't we still have love for the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and for
the Sahabah, all of whom livedmany generations and nations ago? In
fact we look upon them as our heroes and leaders and welove them as if
they were dear friends. This is proof of the enduring nature of love,
which survives when all else changes around us.
Faith, love and kindness are the secret weapons that Allah has given
us to conquer corruption, cynicism, hatred, racism, and evil, in
ourselves and in the world.
These ideas are not naive, as some might say. Was the Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) naive? He suffered in his mission, but he persevered. His
mission was rooted in faith and love of Allah, and expressed through
kindness to all people. There are so many stories about him showing
tremendous kindness to rude andeven murderous people, and changing
their hearts in the process. He succeeded in the face of impossible
odds. His success is a testament to the power of thesenoble emotions
and behaviors.
That's why I illustrated this piece with a photo of sun rays shining
on a dark and snowy world. Because these powerful emotionsand
behaviors are not the stuff ofsunny afternoons, cotton candy and
daisies. They are like a guiding star that is only seen in the
darkness. They come into their own and show their true power by
confronting and overcoming hatred, bitterness, painful loss, war,
poverty and despair.
I describe them as behaviors because faith that exists only in the
heart is not true faith. Faith is proven by action. Faith is defined
by the way you live your life. Thesame is true for love and kindness.
Love is a verb, not a noun. It's not an abstract feeling in your
heart, but a matter of behavior, the way you treat people, the way you
help, forgive,and show mercy to people.

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Islamic Article ~ TO VEIL OR NOT TO VEIL, THAT IS THE QUESTION

The Oprah Show did an introduction of Islam on October 5, 2001, which
was called Islam 101. Oprah, whose program is broadcast to most of the
world, wanted to introduce Islam to the American public. "Since our
world was horribly shaken three weeks ago," she told her viewers, "all
eyes have focused on a part of the world and a set of beliefs thatmany
of us know very little about. We're told that terrorism violates the
teachings of Islam, but what is Islam? Who are Muslims? What are their
practices?"
This was promising. Moreover, Oprah was friendly and open to what
Muslims, who constituted the majority of the audience during that
show, had to say. Even the expert she had asked to the show,
anthropologist Akbar Ahmed, was Muslim. But did we discuss the meaning
of being Muslim, or the problem of violence, or even the rage caused
by American foreign policy in the region? No, the Muslim audience had
more pressing things to discuss. The show proved to be a mirror of our
intellectual bankruptcy, a mirror of our true obsessions and
fixations, becauseafter a quick discussion of what Islam was about,
the show veered off to discuss women in Islam, particularly the dress
code. The "after show" segment, which the program puts daily on its
website after the live recording inthe studio, was entirely about
"Hijab." This was both insightful and disheartening. It seemed that
the gender question in Islam had become the central issue and what
Muslim women wear the core of the debate on Islam, both internally and
externally. It was disgraceful to see how our contemporary discourse
as"modern Muslims" has become sofocused on the scarf at the expense of
the real paradigms that define Islam, its history and its universal
values.
It is truly sad to see a certain culturally and historically specific
edict with controversial roots andimplications--becoming the
raisond'être for contemporary Muslims while the larger parameters of
Islam and its challenges are rendered into obscure shadows in the
background.
In a pervious show, a woman from Oprah's audience, asked if Muslim
women could take off their scarves, at least until things calmed down.
Oprah had to apologize in this show for that question after a big
amount of mail from Muslims was sent to her(When did Muslims start
writing so much mail? If it is about the Hijab, I guess, we will
write). But, Oprah did not have to apologize for something the very
religious establishment in the Middle East had raised in the last few
weeks. This was a legitimate question, although it was received with
hostility, even when it came from Imams in the form of affirmative
fatwas in the larger community, published in Al Majalah magazine a
couple of weeks ago-- allowing women to remove their scarves in the
wake of recent events.
I understand Muslim women's sensitivity regarding the recent fatwas or
the question on Oprah'sshow. They feel this is who they are and they
are not about to quitwhen the going gets tough. They perhaps even feel
somewhat betrayed by such fatwas, since wearing the Hijab has not
always been easy anyway in a society which has equated it with
genderoppression and fanaticism. But for Muslim women living in North
America, keeping the Hijab in the current crises has also represented
a spirit of defiance against racism and ignorance. This shows the
contextual nature of Hijab, which could be a symbol of oppression or
courage and independence, depending on the circumstances. In fact, an
American women organization called for American women to cover their
hair on October 8th asa sign of solidarity and protest against racial
harassment.
Nevertheless, it is obvious that the scholars acted out of concern and
open mindedness. But I also find it interesting how, for the first
time since the Hijab has become central to our identity in the last
few decades, the scholars suddenly realized the relativity and
conditional nature of the verses dealing with covering, andthe
principles of recognition and safety implied in them. --In the case of
early Islam, free women were asked to cover to be distinguished from
slave women while slave women were not allowed to. I do not think the
well-meaning Muslim women in Oprah's audience knew anything about this
or even wanted it airedin front of Oprah.
I have always hesitated to discussthe issue of Hijab in public, or its
controversial historical roots I had come across in my reading
ofclassical Islamic texts for fear of falling into the same hole of
centralizing this marginal edict of Islam. I also did not want to
associate myself with an issue that I consider marginal, yet so
sensitive to the entire Ummah. In fact, I adopted a culturally
specificcode of dress for myself. I cover in Muslim circles and the
Middle East and do not in the West. If I do otherwise, I will put too
much time into having to explain why I am not wearing it or why I am
wearing it, depending on where I am.
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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ There is only one criterion for evaluating man that Allaah explains

There is only one criterion for evaluating man that Allaah explains in
this verse,
"Verily, the most honourable of you with Allaah is (that believer)who
has piety." (Al-Hujuraat 49:13)
So the strongest in faith and best in deeds is the most honourable.
When the strange seed was nearly sowed among the pure Muslim society
during the Battle of Banee Al-Mustaliq, the Messenger of Allaah
quickly nipped it in the bud with his famous saying,
"Are you raising the slogans of the time of ignorance while I am still
in your midst?"
He was never pleased to see signsof racialism or tribalism among his
companions even in utterances. Abu Dharr once insulted a man and
called him, "You son of a black woman!" The Messenger of Allaah
angrily told him,
"Are you insulting him on accountof the origin of his mother? You are
indeed a man on whom there is a trait of the time of ignorance."
He also said in another occasion,
"He is not of us, the one who callsto nationalism, fights for
nationalism and dies for nationalism." (Abu Daawood)
It is therefore disappointing to find some Arabs these days calling to
nationalism and being proud of that in total disregard for the saying
of the Messenger of Allaah,
"Keep away from that (racialism), for it is stinking." (Muslim)
In the Farewell Pilgrimage, the Prophet said,
"The first usury to be cancelled is our own usury: that of 'Abbaas son
of Abdul Muttalib. All of it is cancelled." (Muslim)
Allaah prohibits usury because of its grievous harm. It destroys the
conscience, ruins human life with covetousness, greed and selfishness.
It kills collective spirit, causes enmity and sows hatred among
people. Allaah declares war on its practitioners in this lifethrough
economic crises and psychological disturbances, and in the Hereafter
with a painful torment. He says,
"Those who eat usury will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection)
except like the standing of a person beaten by Satan leading him to
insanity." (Al-Baqarah 1:275)
The usury-based economic system is responsible for many financial
crises and woes that confront individuals, societies and nations.
In the Farewell pilgrimage, the Messenger of Allaah said,
"Fear Allaah as regards women, for you married them on a covenant from Allaah."
This saying highlights the protection and the respect that Islaam has
for woman's rights either in her capacity as a mother,wife or
daughter. It takes care of her rights from the beginning till the end
of her life. It makes her body forbidden to the glances of strangers
and gives her the right to inherit and acquire knowledge.It also makes
no distinction between her and man in reward and religious
obligations. Allaah says,
"Whoever works righteousness –whether male or female- while he (or
she) is a true believer, verily to him We will give a good life and We
shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what
they do." (An-Nahl 16:97)
In Islaam, we do not talk of rights of woman through empty theories
and useless conferences. But we invite every body to read the history
of the past women believers like Khadeejah, Sumayyah, Asmaa',
'Aaishah, Hafsah and Al-Hansaa'. We are opening for the humanity the
shining pages from the history ofthe Muslim women so that they can see
the living example of their feats. We invite the mankindto understand
how Islaam elevates woman, purifies her feelings, refines her
character andtakes her to the high aims and aspirations. The human
history has recorded for them glowing and everlasting achievements
that testify to their nobility and excellence.
As for those who appointed themselves as reformers and claim that they
are leading women to the right path, they accuse others who admonish
women to maintain their modestyand chastity with stupidity and
backwardness. But when you look deeply into what they proclaim, you
will find that their thoughts and behaviours are abnormal, that they
have naturally perverted and have become captives to their lusts.
These people have been surrounded by insinuations, so their aim is to
deprive the Muslim nation of its values, deprive the free women their
glory and the chaste her chastity.

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Story ~ Roaming in Rome

Take a real Roman holiday by catching the must-see sights of the ancient city.
It's been featured in many romantic comedies (think the evergreen
"Roman Holiday" or the more recent "When in Rome"), its cuisine is
well-known (count the number of Italian restaurants in any
metropolitan city), and it's the 'in' place for fashion and style
(heard of Armani, Prada or Fendi?).
But what really sets apart this magnificent metro apart is the
historical and cultural significance. Sure, New York and Mumbai are
important metros too, but are their streets lined with quaint little
pizzerias and cobblestones? Can one see beautiful sculptures along
major crossroads and piazzas? No, it is only in Rome where these are
daily sights. Since there's so muchto see, here are a few do-not-miss
sights:
The Colosseum
About 1900 years ago, Emperor Nero, the much hated monarch, built an
artificial lake of about 300,000 square feet. After his death, the
pool was covered up and in its place was built the largeamphitheatre
we now call the Colosseum. At its peak (during thetime of gladiators),
it could seat about 75,000 spectators (about 1.5 times the capacity of
Chennai's cricket stadium). But what really strikes the viewer is the
aging grace of the structure. Even after having been half-broken down
by the invaders, it serves as a symbol of the grandeur once associated
with the Roman Empire.
Food and Fashion
Rome contains the headquarters of fashion brands like Valentino and
Bulgari and has the distinction of being the hometown of pasta!
For food, stick to the small pizzerias by the street sides. Theymay
seem a bit cramped as everything seems to be in Rome, where lack of
space is a huge issue, but the mouth watering food makes up for it.
Pizza, traditionally associated with Italy,first originated in Naples.
When the citizens of Naples showed their invention to the
city-dwellers of Rome, they were laughed upon… Guess the joke is on
them, now! Don't miss out on Roman specialities: Pomodori conriso
(Baked tomatoes filled with rice and potatoes) and Gnocchi alla Romana
(potato dumplings doused in butter and melted cheese).
Fashion-wise, things might be expensive, but don't be afraid to
splurge a little. The Via de Condotti is home to top designer stores
such as Armani, Prada, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, Gucciand other
global brands. Once upon a time, store-owners used to charge up to €10
for customers to just walk through the doors! Thankfully, now we can
window shop and dream about these luxurious products without having to
pay a penny.
St. Peter's Basilica
It's true that the most famous structure in the Vatican City is the
Sistine Chapel, but the St. Peter's Basilica is not something you can
miss! The interiors are just as impressive as its exteriors. St.
Peter's is vast and spacious, leaving a lot of room for visitors to
wander and explore different parts of the church. Inside, one can see
statues by artists such as Michelangelo of popes and figures who
played a crucial role in the construction and maintenance of the
basilica.
Fountain of four rivers
Rome boasts of a collection of public fountains unmatched by any other
city. They were once used as a way of distributing drinking water to
the poor. Rome's greatest fountain, the "Fountain of Four Rivers" is
found in Piazza Navon and depicts Gods of the four great rivers in the
four continents then known to geographers: the Nile in Africa, the
Ganga in Asia, the Danube in Europe and the Río de la Plata in
America. Each sculpture is enhanced by decorations of flora and fauna
of the respective regions. To top it all, a giant Egyptian-style
obelisk towers over the whole piece. People were originally worried
that the obelisk would cause the whole structure to tip over, but it
has held strong.
Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, actor
Last August, I visited Rome for the first time. It was one of my best
trips. It is the food that reallymade my trip great. I ate everywhere
possible, from street food joints to luxury hotels and I wasn't
disappointed anywhere. The gelatos were particularly special.
Also, a discussion about Rome would be incomplete without a mention
about its splendid architecture. Vatican City is beautiful. What I
feel is that we may take photographs to relive moments but witnessing
the breathtaking landscapes there in real is a different experience
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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ The Hidden Blessings of Illness and Hardship

The Hidden Blessings of Illness and Hardship
~
I'm glad and grateful that I am ill right now, and that times are
hard. Does that sound crazy?
~
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger of
Allah (pbuh) said, "For any adversity a Muslim suffers, Allah erases
some of his sins, even though it may be no more than athorn pricking
him." (Related by Al-Bukhari).
Another version of this Hadith is also related by Al-Bukhari on the
authority of two of the Prophet's (pbuh) companions, namely, Abu Saeed
Al-Khudri and Abu Hurairah who quote him as saying: "Whatever befalls
a Muslim of exhaustion, illness, worry, grief, nuisance or trouble,
even thoughit may be no more than a prick of a thorn, earns him
forgivenessby Allah of some of his sins."
My father recently suffered a fall and broke his leg badly, and is now
in a rehab center. In my personal life, two moves and one divorce in
the last five years havemade it hard to retain friendships,and I find
myself feeling isolated. I've been through some painful personal
experiences. And these are hard times economically as well. So there's
a lot of stress in the household.
I do my best to love my daughter more than ever, to play with her, hug
and kiss her, and always remind her of Allah's barakah. I try to make
her world full of happiness, learning, and talks about Allah. I try to
never let her see me sweat, as they say. But once she's sound asleep
in bed, I feel the weight of responsibility on my shoulders like a
sack of stones.
So if by patiently enduring this illness and these hard times in
general, I will earn Allah's forgiveness for my sins, and maybe will
be blessed in ways that I do not see, then I am grateful.
One more hadith: Jabir ibn Abdullah narrated that Allah's Messenger
salallahu alayhi wasallam said, "On the Day of Resurrection, when
people who have suffered affliction are giventheir reward, those who
are healthy will wish their skins hadbeen cut to pieces with scissors
when they were in the world." (Al-Tirmidhi, 1570)
In other words, when people see how much reward is given to those who
suffered in life, they will wish that they had suffered terribly, in
the worst possible ways, so that it might become a cause of
forgiveness for them in the Hereafter.
SubhanAllah, whatever pain we suffer in this life is not in vain. It
is not wasted. We may cry and wince and groan over small pains,but
Allah sees our suffering and will compensate us more than we can
imagine, as long as we are patient and keep faith in Him. Allah the
Most High has a plan for us, and He is the best of planners. We must
have faith in Him and Hisplan for us.
Seeing the Good
Also, let us not be blind to the good things that have happened. I
think this is very important. All too often we get caught up in
ourlosses and dismiss some of Allah'squiet gifts and blessings that
have budded and opened up when we were hardly looking.
For example, I have always thought of myself as a writer at heart and
have been happiest when I was pursuing that calling. When I was single
I was obsessive about it. Even after a long day at work I would sit
down in front of the computer in my little San Francisco loft, and
write. After I got married and the responsibilities of family life
fell on my shoulders I neglected my writing. Lately, however, I find
myself writing daily and expressing ideas that have been growing in my
heart for decades. The words flow as if they have been bottled under
pressure, waiting for release. What a blessing!
In my teens I studied martial arts for some years. Life carried me in
different directions and I stoppedpracticing but I still thought of
myself as a martial artist, and keptmeaning to get back into it.
Finallyin my late thirties I realized that my dream was passing me by.
I got back into it and made a do-or-die commitment. Since then, with
the moves from the Bay Area to Panama City to El Valle to Fresno, it's
been a struggle to find teachers and training partners, but I have
persisted, in some cases creating my own training group out of
scratch. For the last year and a half, partly as a way ofdealing with
loneliness and stress,I plunged myself into an intensivestudy of the
arts.
Now I suddenly find myself entering this phase when my understanding
of the arts is expanding like a tidal wave. I seem to have moved
beyond rotememorization of techniques and Iam able to spontaneously
create combinations and visualize new possibilities.

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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ Lead the Way

Do you want to see something different in the world? Show it. Do you
want to see things moving in a better direction? Then get stepping and
walk it, and I guarantee that others will follow, because they have
seen the problems as well, and they arewaiting for someone to lead the
way.
Do you want to be a better Muslim, father, mother, son, daughter,
sibling, or friend? Then be it. Now is the moment. The past is
prologue leading to this moment.
Are you waiting for someone elseto show love and kindness first? Are
you waiting for someone elseto be vulnerable or brave, to put himself
out there, to take the first step, to show the way? There is no
someone else. You are the someone else. You… are… someone.
Le'ts open ourselves to faith, love and kindness. Let's change the way
we move in the world, the way we behave with Allah, the way we treat
people, the way we interact with every person. Let us become
testaments to the power of these transformative behaviors, not through
our words but through our actions. Let's express a new sincerity from
our hearts and walk through the world like believers. Let's become
people of Allah, people of Jannah (Paradise), people of imaan (faith),
love and mercy

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Health Nutrition

Time And health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and
appreciate until they have been depleted.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while naturecures
the disease.
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Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not.
For every minute you are angry,you lose sixty seconds of happiness!
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People who eat breakfast are less likely to overeat later in the day
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The average adult?s weight is made up of about two per cent calcium

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Hadees ~

The most superior way of asking for forgiveness:
One Humble Request, Please sharethis message so every one you know can benefit!
Narrated Shaddad bin Aus:
The Prophet said "The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from
Allah is: 'Allahumma anta Rabbi la ilaha illa anta, Anta Khalaqtani wa
ana abduka, wa ana 'ala ahdika wa wa'dika mastata'tu, A'udhu bika min
Sharri ma sana'tu, abu'u Laka bini'matika 'alaiya, wa Abu Laka
bidhanbi faghfirli innahu la yaghfiru adhdhunuba illa anta." The
Prophet added. "If somebodyrecites it during the day with firmfaith in
it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will befrom the
people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm
faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people
of Paradise."
Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 75 :: Hadith 318/
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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ Hadees ~ Is it permissable to lie to kaafirs?.

Praise be to Allaah.
Lying is a reprehensible and blameworthy characteristic and is not
appropriate whether in earnest or in jest. There is no concession
allowing it except in cases of necessity in order to achieve some
definite shar'i interest that cannot be attained by telling the truth,
or to ward off serious harm that cannot be warded off by telling the
truth. Ifit is possible to avoid lying and to tell the truth in order
to obtaininterests or ward off harm, then there is no concession that
allows lying.
Ahmad (17) narrated that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)
said: O people, beware of lying, for lying is contrary to faith.
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani. See ad-Da'eefah, 5/414
It is narrated in a saheeh report from Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqaas (may Allah
be pleased with him) that he said: The Muslim could develop all sorts
of characteristics except treachery and lying.
And it is narrated in a saheeh report from Ibn Mas'ood (may Allah be
pleased with him) that he said: Lying is never appropriate in earnest
or in jest. Then he recited the words of Allah (interpretation of the
meaning): "Fear Allah, and be with those who are true (in words and
deeds)." [at-Tawbah 9:119].
Narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah, 8/403
Muslim (2605) narrated from Umm Kalthoom bint 'Uqbah that she heard
the Messenger of Allah(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
"He is not a liar who reconciles between people, saying good things
and conveying good things."
Ibn Shihaab – one of the narrators of the hadeeth – said: Idid not
hear of any concession being granted concerning anything that people
call lies except in three cases: War, reconciling among people, and
what a man says to his wife or a woman says to her husband.
Imam Ahmad (26731) narrated that Umm Kalthoom bint 'Uqbah said: I
never heard the Messenger of Allah grant a concession allowing any
kind of lying except in three cases: a man who says something
intending thereby to bring aboutreconciliation; a man who says
something at the time of war; and a man talking to his wife or a woman
talking to her husband.
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in as-Saheehah, 545
The concession is granted only in these three cases and similar cases.
In all other cases the lawgiver has not allowed any concession, so
lying remains forbidden.
Indeed what the Muslim should do, especially Muslims who live in
kaafir societies, is to be keen to be honest and to avoid lying to the
kaafirs, even more keen than he is to avoid lying to the believers,
because his keenness to be honest and to connect that to the teachings
of his religion, isa kind of practical da'wah to the non-Muslims. If
they see the noble characteristics that are promoted by Islam, that
may lead to some of them entering the religion of Allah.
But if the Muslim has the image of being a liar or treacherous or
other blameworthy characteristics in front of non-Muslims, that will
put him off the religion and make him resent its followers.

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Health~ Paralysed patients use thoughts to control robotic arm ~ Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able tocontrol a robotic arm using their thoughts.

Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down
have been able tocontrol a robotic arm using their thoughts.
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It allowed one to drink unaided for the first time in nearly 15 years.
The technique, described in the journal Nature, links a sensor
implanted in the brain to a computer, which translates electrical
signals into commands.
In years to come, scientists want to reconnect the brain to paralysed
limbs to enable them tofunction again.
The project was a partnership by Brown University and the Department
of Veteran Affairs, Rhode Island, and the Departmentof Neurology at
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
In 2006 in a previous Nature paper , the team showed that the same
neural interface system could be used by a paralysed patient to
control a cursor on a computer screen.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I was able to drink coffee without
help. I was ecstatic. I had feelings of hope and a great sense of
independence"
Cathy Hutchinson
Study patient
The key is a tiny sensor implantedon to the surface of the motor cortex.
'True happiness'
Thinking about moving an arm orhand activates neurons in this part of
the brain and the electricalactivity is sent via a cable to a
computer, which translates them into commands.
Both patients in this latest research project were paralysed many
years ago by strokes and have no viable movement below the neck.
Video footage shows 58-year-old Cathy Hutchinson using the
neuralinterface to control a robotic arm and bring a flask of coffee
to her mouth. It was the first time in nearly 15 years that she had
taken a drink unaided.
She communicates by picking out letters on a board using eye movement
and wrote: "I couldn't believe my eyes when I was able to drink coffee
without help. I was ecstatic. I had feelings of hope and a great sense
of independence."
That was echoed by Prof John Donoghue, a neurologist at Brown University.
He said: "There was a moment of true joy, true happiness. It was
beyond the fact that it was an accomplishment. I think it was an
important advance in the field of brain-computer interfaces that we
had helped someone do something they had wished to dofor many years."
Practical use
This research shows that the part of the brain that deals with
movement continues to function more than a decade after paralysis.
The sensor is implanted in the patient's brain and linked to a computer
Furthermore, the chip continues to function long-term - Cathy
Hutchinson had the sensor fitted six years earlier.
The technology is years away from practical use and the trial
participants used the system under controlled conditions in their
homes with a technician on hand.
Nonetheless, another of the report authors, Prof Leigh Hochberg, said
the team had four goals:
To develop effective communications systems for people with locked-in
syndrome, giving them control over a cursoron a computer screen
To create improved neural control of robotic-assistive devices for
patients with paralysis
To use the system to allow amputees to control a prosthetic limb by
the neural interface
To enable paralysed patients to reconnect their brain to their limbs
using this system so that they could use their own hand to pick up a
coffee cup.
Prof Hochberg freely admitted that the third and fourth goals were
distant ambitions but they were the "real dream" for people with such
disabilities. The researchers say it is impossible toput a timescale
on when this might be achieved.
Story Landis, director of the National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke, which part-funded the work, said: "This
technology was made possible bydecades of investment and research into
how the brain controls movement.
"It's been thrilling to see the technology evolve from studies of
basic neurophysiology and move into clinical trials, where it is
showing significant promise for people with brain injuries
anddisorders."

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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ Let Me Be True

When it all comes down,
let me be true.
When seas thicken to brown,
and the world grows dim,
and love scatters
like ash on the wind,
and every man lies
to protect his skin:
let me be true to You Allah,
let me be true.
To the Messenger,
let me be near:
when in a dream I sat by him
against the beam of a wrecked ship,
he in a green turban, and a battle clashing…
we drank water, and breathed,
then he turned to me, and said,
"It's not what you speak that matters
but what you do."
To my heaven-blessed hero
let me be true.
To my love, let me be sincere.
I stand beneath a lamp
in a sphere of light
on a desert road. I don't peer
into the night. I listen,
beard dewed with rain,
for the footsteps of her soul.
Let me lead her to Jannah
and fulfill the shepherd's goal.
Let me soothe her sight,
carry her through storm,
and stand like a lion
as armies swarm on.
To my little daughter,
O Allah I implore you,
let me be forever true.
When she laughs and exclaims,
"You're so strong, Baba!"…
When I speak God's name
and she listens solemnly,
when she leaps and believes
that I'll save her…
To her nature and her dreams,
let me be true.
To myself – the greatest dare -
let me be real as earth.
Through the cinder heaps
and broken cities of the world
let me sweep, through black smoke,
eyes streaming, striding
like a bear. Let me hold on
to Book and pen, knife and drum,
true love as gun and guide.
Let me bow down on the roadside,
true to the Lord of the Dawn.
Let me rise, head up,
bloody and torn
but voicing truth
to the livid eyes of death,
and spreading peace
where only hate was found.
Dress me in taqwa.
Feed me dust and bone
and find me where sea meets stone
at the Western edge
when, finally, every secret is dredged,
and the world is used and done.
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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ Focusing on Allah’s Love

It grieves me to see how people these days, especially among the
younger generation, are almost wholly preoccupied with negativity:
through baseless arguments, gossip, and useless talk. Their time and
energies are constantly being wasted on fruitless distractions that
squander their potential, foster enmity, and make them unmindful of
Allah's remembrance. These habits are like an addiction. They are hard
toshake off, and they are as effective as any intoxicant in making
people speak and act contrary to good sense.
I believe that the greatest way to repel such tendencies is to focus
on Allah. This is not only a cure for negative thoughts and bigoted
notions, but it provides relief for all the negativities, problems and
worries of life. The remembrance of Allah calms and fortifies the
soul. It cultivates fortitude and perseverance, moderates impatience,
and repels depression and despair.
Remembering Allah is also very easy. It is accessible to everyone.
There are no prerequisites to fulfill or procedures to follow. There
are no permissions to be sought. The doors to Allah's remembrance are
open at all times, whether we have recently been engaged in worship or
haverecently committed a sin. We havethe opportunity to remember Allah
upon waking, whenever something good happens, when misfortune strikes,
when we make a mistake, and whenever else we are given cause to be
reminded of our Lord.
It has been my experience that remembering Allah is the first step in
treating all maladies, both physical and spiritual. It is a
prescription for every person afflicted with bodily illness or
spiritual doubt. It is equally suitable for the young and old, rich
and poor, the powerful and the weak, since everyone is equally
dependent on Allah.
Anyone who takes time to consider the names of Allah will come to a
surprising realization: not one of these names focuses on Allah's
punishment, anger or wrath. Instead, we find names that express His
mercy, love, and kindness, others that communicate His knowledge and
wisdom, those that speak about His greatness and majesty, as wellas
those that speak about His creative powers and providence.
We find names like: the Beneficent, the Merciful, the Forgiving, the
Source of Peace, the Bestower, the Provider, the Most Kind, and the
Loving. There are no names like: "the Punisher","the Avenger", or "the
Wrathful". The Qur'an speaks about Allah being "severe in punishment",
but this is actually a description of Allah's punishment and not of
Allah Himself. It is Allah's punishment that is severe.
A number of scholars have pointed out this distinction, among them Ibn
Taymiyah who writes:
None of Allah's names denote anything terrible or bad. The
consequences of Allah's actions, however, can at times be described as
bad. For instance, Allah says:
"Announce, (O Muhammad) to My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving,
the Merciful, and that My punishment is a painful one."[Sūrah al-Hijr:
49-50]
and:
"Indeed Your Lord is swift in punishing, and indeed He is
Most-Forgiving, Merciful." [Sūrah al-A`rāf: 167]
and:
"Know that Allah is severe in punishing and (know as well) that Allah
is Most-Forgiving, Merciful." [Sūrah al-Mā'idah: 98]
Ibn al-Qayyim observes:
Blessings and salvation are attained through Allah's mercy,
forgiveness, benevolence, and generosity. Therefore, we find these
meanings attributed to Allah. As for Allah's punishment and its
consequences, these are among Allah's creations, and as such, Allah is
not called "the Punisher" or "the Wrathful". This is an important
difference. The former set of meanings is attributed to Allah directly
while the latter are only used to describe His actions. This
distinction can even be found in asingle passage of the Qur'an, for
instance:
"Announce, (O Muhammad) to My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving,
the Merciful, and that My punishment is a painful one."[Sūrah al-Hijr:
49-50]
Dr. Umar al-Ashqar writes:
"Names are not ascribed to Allah from the derivative attributes of His
actions, such as His being severe or swift in punishing, or swift in
reckoning…"
These phrases are always descriptive of certain circumstances and we
never see them directly attributed to Allah as names. Moreover, such
descriptions only apply to the specific contexts in which they appear.
Therefore, Allah is not described as being eternally in a state of
anger or wrath, or of eternally dispensing punishment. By contrast,
the meanings that Allah's names convey are eternally and constantly
applicable to Him.
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Hadees ~

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "I have
fears about you from the waywardness of your bellies and sex and
carnal desires." [Ahmed]
What Muhammad (sal Allahu alaihiwa sallam) most feared for his Ummah
was not poverty, war, or famine but our caving in to everybodily
desire. This results in everycorruption, most importantly the losing
of our Deen.
The buffets of five star hotels have ruined us. Our wayward bellies
are so enticed by this display we try to mimic it in our homes, we go
all out to earn just to satisfy more and more expensive cravings. We
have forgotten that Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) put us on earth to guide
and lead humankind to Jannah. We attempt instead to make our Jannahs
here. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has prepared the most lavish displays
of food and drink for us in Jannah, but we are in no hurry to reach
it. Instead we are wasting our time in the third classofferings of
this world. Billboards,advertisements, movies, T.V., all incite to
incessant fulfillment of our carnal desires. But even though we spend
a major portionof our time catering to our lusts they will never be
satisfactorily fulfilled in this life.
Indeed, Shaitaan attacks us through our bellies and private parts.
Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) says in the Quran: "The Shaitaan threatens
you with poverty and enjoins on you lewdness, whereas Allah promises
you His forgiveness and bounty; and Allah is infinite in His care, and
knows all things." [Surah al-Baqarah: 268/

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Prophet Muhammed (Salallahu Alayhi Wassalam) said: "A good deed done
to an animal is as good as doing good to a human being; while an act
of cruelty to an animal is as bad as an act of cruelty to human
beings," and that: "Kindness to animals was promised by rewards in
Life & Hereafter."
(Mishkat al-Masabih; Book 6; Chapter 7, 8:178)

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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~Can a woman pray naafil when the iqaamah for prayer has beengiven?

Is it permissible for a woman to offer a regular Sunnah prayer before
an obligatory prayer, such as the Sunnah prayer before Zuhr, when the
iqaamah (call immediately preceding the congregational prayer) has
been given?
A woman is not obliged to offer the prayer in congregation like a man,
such that she would have to stop or delay the Sunnah prayer that is
offered before the obligatory prayer and offer it after the obligatory
prayer in order to catch up with the congregational prayer.
Praise be to Allaah.
Muslim (710) narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet|(blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "When the iqaamah for prayer is
given, there is no prayer except the prescribed prayer." This applies
to the one to whom the command to pray in congregation is addressed or
to the one who is present in the mosque when the iqaamah for prayer
has been given. With regard to the woman who is in her house or a man
who is excused for not attending prayers in congregation, they are not
addressed in this hadeeth, so they may offer the naafil prayer even
when they can hear the iqaamah from the mosques.
The same applies to a man if he wants to pray in a mosque otherthan
the one in which the iqaamah has been given; he mayoffer the naafil
prayer in his house.
It says in Kashshaaf al-Qinaa' (1/460): If the iqaamah has beengiven,
i.e., the muezzin has started to give the iqaamah for the prayer the
he wants to offer behind the imam (then he shouldnot do any naafil
prayer), otherwise he may do so, such as if the iqaamah is given in a
mosque in which he does not intend to pray. This was stated
inal-Furoo'. To sum up, there should be no prayer except the
prescribed prayer (after the iqaamah has been given), so he should not
start any naafil prayer or any regular Sunnah prayer, before Fajr or
otherwise, in the mosque or elsewhere, or even in his house, because
the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "When the
iqaamah for prayer is given, there is no prayer except the prescribed
prayer."
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ISLAMIC ARTICLE -:- Performing Another ‘Umrah While in Makkah:

I wish to go for Umrah, with my siblings, very soon. We will be flying
from UK, wearing Ihram before miqaat near Judah airport. After doing
our Umrah, if we wish to do Umrah for one or both of our deceased
parents (oneson does for one parent and the other for the second
parent), which miqaat will go to, to do our intention for Umrah on
behalf of our parents? Do we also have to changeour Ihrams for
repeating the Umrah for parents?.
Praise be to Allaah.
First:
Repetition of 'Umrah for the Muslim in one journey,either for himself
or on behalf of someone else, is not from the Sunnah of the Prophet
(may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) nor his Companions (may
Allah bepleased with them) nor was it from the guidance of the pious
predecessors. The basic principle is that for each 'Umrah there is a
separate journey.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Zaad al Ma'aad (2/ 89-90):
"None of his (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) 'Umrahs
were performed by leaving Makkah as many people do today. Rather, all
his 'Umrahs were done while entering Makkah. He remained in Makkah for
thirteen years after the revelation was first sent down and it has not
been reported that he did 'Umrah by leaving Makkahduring that time.
The 'Umrah which the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and
blessingsbe upon him) performed and prescribed was the 'Umrah for one
entering Makkah, not the the 'Umrah of one who is already in Makkah,
then leaves the "sanctuary" to return for an 'Umrah. In his time, only
A'ishah did this and it was due to a specific situation; that is, she
had the intention of performing 'Umrah, but her menses occurred. The
Messenger of Allah ordered her to do the Hajj with 'Umrah, and thus
she performed Hajj Qiran (a type of Hajj where Hajj and 'Umrah are
done with one ihram).
He informed her that the tawaf (circumambulation) around the House and
walking between Safa andMarwah counted for both the Hajj and 'Umrah.
However, she felt somewhat upset that her friends (other women) would
return having performed Hajj and 'Umrah separately, as theyperformed
Hajj Tamattu' and did not menstruate during that time; whereas A'ishah
performed Hajj Qiran and her 'Umrah was included within her Hajj.
The Messenger of Allah then ordered A'ishah's brother to take her out
to Tan'eem, and return to Makkah in order to perform her 'Umrah and
tomake her feel better.
However, he did not perform 'Umrah from at-Tan'eem during that Hajj
not did anyone else who was with him." End quote
Second:
The majority of scholars have allowed one who performs 'Umrah to
perform another one during the same journey, especially if he is from
outside Makkah and it is a long journey and difficult to return once
more. In that case, he has to leave to the nearest place outside the
"sanctuary" in order to get into ihram forthe other 'Umrah.
Al-Bukhari (1215) and Muslim (1211) report from'Aishah (may Allah be
pleased with her) that she said: "O Messenger of Allah, you did 'Umrah
and I did not. He said: O Abdur-Rahman, take your sister and make her
perform the'Umrah from at-Tan'eem. So he took her on his camel and she
performed the 'Umrah."
In another narration foundin Bukhari and Muslim, theProphet (may
Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abdur-Rahman: "Leave
the sanctuary with your sister and let her intend 'Umrah."
Al-Imam an-Nawawi said in his commentary on Sahih Muslim (8/ 210):
"'Leave the sanctuary withyour sister and let her intend 'Umrah' in
this is evidence for what the scholars said: That one who is in Makkah
and wants to perform 'Umrah, then his meeqat (boundary) for it is the
closest area outside the sanctuary and it is not allowed for him to
don the ihram within the sanctuary (haram). The scholars said: It is
incumbent to leave the sanctuary so as to combine between the
areaoutside the sanctuary and the sanctuary as the pilgrim does, for
he standsin 'Arafah (which is outsidethe sanctuary), then entersMakkah
for the tawaf (circumambulation) and other acts.

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ISLAMIC ARTICLE -:- He is affected by waswaas and swore: “If Iget carried away with it again, I will be a kaafir”

I am here to discuss a serious matter that has happened to me and have
tried my best to find someone to help me and this is where Ive come.
I have this problem, whichmy family says its waswasa, and that problem
is that whenever I recite the Quran I always think i have made a
mistake and when I pray I forget if I did the 2 sujuud or said salam,
and I also mix up in saying al tahiyatand sometimes forget what I
said...And even during wudhu I always feel that i keep on breaking
wind during wudhu and sometimes I forget if I have washed someparts,
for example: sometimes i feel I forgot to wash my hands sometimes my
face and soon and all this makes me keep on repeating the wudhu...
This matter has gone to such an extent that duringa wudhu, I was
trying to think of a way to stop all this, so during that wudhui said:
"I swear on Allah, if irepeat anything during this wudhu, Allah count
me as a kafir" and at another time i made up another oath saying:" I
swear on Allah, if i repeat the wudhu, Oh Angels jin and shayateen,
count me as kaafir"... i thought theseoaths will keep me scared from
repeating wudhu, so I used the same oaths during prayer to keep me
away from repeating the verses of the Quran again and again...It
worked well until, at times i repeated the wudhu and at times i
repeated the verses, I am scared if this oath has made me a kafir, I'm
a pious Muslim and Momin and I pray to and worship Allah everyday ,
and my heart is strong with Iman.
I am really sad of what I have done, and Swore i won't do these types
of oaths,and again I say I am scared if this oath has made me a kafir,
so this is why I try and contact you for an answer to this question,
has this oath made me a kafir?
I would be very thankful for an answer.
Jazakum Allahu Khayran.
If possible, could you tell me of a way to stop repeating the wudhu
due to the wind break feeling and forgetfullness and a way to stop the
forgetfullness in salah and a way to stop the continious repeating of
the ayas?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
It makes no sense and it isnot prescribed in Islam in any way to
expose your religious commitment to the whispers (waswaas) ofthe
Shaytaan so that he may toy with it as he wishes and make you mess
about with your religious commitment like someone who is gamblingby
swearing oaths and making vows. Your religious commitment is too
important and too precious for this kind of risky behaviour. Your
enemy is lying in wait for you and seeks to instil in your heart his
devilish whispers, doubts and bad thoughts, so as to distract you from
worship and weaken your commitmentto it. And he seeks to
instillanxiety and distress in your heart. You have seen how you have
ended up with his whispers (waswaas).
The matter is much more straightforward than that. A person's act of
worship cannot be ended or invalidated on the basis ofmere
uncertainty, let alone the waswaas that is attacking you, that is
closer to being a sickness than wellbeing.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah havemercy on him) was asked:
what if a person does wudoo' and stands to pray, then feels some
wetness (such as a drop ofurine etc) whilst he is praying. Does that
invalidate his prayer or not?
He replied:
Merely feeling something does not invalidate wudoo' and it is not
permissible for him to exitan obligatory prayer on the basis of mere
uncertainty. If he is certainthat urine has been secreted to the
outside of the penis, then his wudoo'is invalidated and he has to wash
himself (istinja'), unless he is suffering from urinary incontinence.
But the prayer is not invalidated by a mere feeling, if he has done
what is enjoined upon him.
End quote from Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 21/219-220/

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News:- - - The Saleh Mosque Yemen:

The Saleh Mosque or Al Saleh Mosque is the largest and most modern
mosque in Sana'a, Yemen. It lies in southern outskirts of the city,
south of the Al Sabeen Maternal Hospital at the junction of the 45
meters and 70 meters roads. Inaugurated in November 2008, it is named
after Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. It can hold up to 40,000
worshippers and cost nearly 60 million US dollars to build. At the
time of construction and opening, it was criticized for being too
expensive in relation to Yemen's generalimpoverishment.
Features
The mosque was built in a Yemeni architectural style and includes
wooden roofs,15 wooden doors which are 22.86 meters (75 feet) in
height and include engraved copper patterns as well as 6 large
minarets,4 of which are 160 meters (525 feet) in height. It is
surrounded by sprawling gardens/

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Health:- Children take little steps towards a better life:

one-and-a-half-years old. Born with congenital talipes equinovarus
(CTEV), commonly known as club foot, a disease that affects the shape
or position of one or both feet.
Six months ago, Jayanthan was given supportive shoes by the Indian Red
Cross Society, and today, hecan take several independent steps on his
own. His grandfather and mother are hoping, that with continued
physiotherapy, Jayanthan will soon be able to run around on his own
like other children his age.
When Jayanthan was born with the disease, his parents took him to the
Institute of Child Health (ICH), Egmore, for treatment.
The ICH in turn, referred them to the Red Cross, which gives out
orthotics or supportive shoes to helpwith the positioning of the
deformed limb.
The on-call doctor at the artificial limb centre of the Red Cross
Society in the city sees patients referred by other medical facilities
from across the State, in need of complimentary artificial limbs and
advises them on the type, design and size of limb required.
Technician Pratap Kumar, who has been making orthotic and prosthetics
forupper and lower limbs for the past 29 years, then constructs the
required artificial support as per the size and type prescribed bythe
doctor.
Another patient, seven-year-old P. Navin Raj, was born without a right
leg and knee. With the aid of aprosthetic limb however, he can now
walk around and is gradually getting better by the day at using the
artificial limb.
While amputee cases receive between 10 and 15days of physiotherapy,
children suffering from neurological and muscular deformities can
perform the given exercises at home.
According to the physiotherapist at the Red Cross, Dr. G.
Theerthagiri, this therapy involves exercises that include electrical
modalities to reduce the pain and strengthening exercises to prevent
further deformity, along with gait training. The physiotherapy ward
engages with approximately 850 cases monthly.
With the help of supportive devices supplied by the in-house orthotic
and prosthetic lab of the Red Cross Society and proper physiotherapy,
a large number of children from underprivileged backgrounds, with
disorders such as cerebral palsy or CTEV can achieve independent
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''Advise'':-:- Do not tell me it can't be done:

The subconscious mind accepts information if it came from a trusted
source. If i told you that i am a successful person you might or might
not believe me but if you saw me driving a Ferrari then you will
believe in every piece of financial advice i will give you. (see also
How to hypnotize people )
In the beginning presidentRoosevelt tried to convince people during
the meeting that hope is there but when everyone disagreed with him he
programmed their subconscious minds ! He did something that everybody
considered impossible and as a result they believed that impossible is
nothing!
In other words he told them, if all of you believedthat i can't stand
up while i am on a wheel chair thenyour beliefs are wrong! And based
on that your other beliefs about being defeated are wrong as well.
Impossible is nothing ! that's what President Roosevelt proved in 2 minutes.
Do you believe it can't be done?
Do you believe that you are stuck?
I know that right now youare thinking about the many variables that
are preventing you from success but can't you just look at things from
a different angle?
Long ago it was believed that a man can't jump for more than 28 feet.
That belief remained there for years until a man came and broke the
record! Thatman jumped for 29 feet!
for more than twenty years that belief remained there until another
man came and told the world Do not tell me it cannot be done and so he
broke the world's record! (see also How to do miracles
We humans can do the impossible but we first need to believe that we
can do it. If the whole world tried to stop a person who believes that
he can reach his goals theywont be able to do it but if only one human
being told that person that he won't reach his goals then he will
fulfill the prophecy and fail.
Do you know who is that one being? Its the person himself!
you can reach anything in the world if you didn't putyourself even
down even if the whole world was against you while you wont reach
anything if you put yourself down even if the whole world was
supporting you.
The next time someone puts you down tell him :"Do Not Tell me It can't Be Done"
I have managed to become a self made millionaire at the age of 28.
This didn't happen by chance because i already wrote that goal down
five years before i accomplished it. Becomingrich is not about luck,
starting big or being intelligent but its all abouthaving certain
beliefs about money and life.
In The Ultimate guide to becoming rich i will teachyou everything that
you need to know in order to become rich.

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ISLAMIC ARTICLE -:- The Life of this Worldis Fleeting Enjoyment:

"Know that the life of thisworld is only play and amusement, pomp and
mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respectof wealth and
children. (It is) like a rain (Ghayth), thereof the growth is pleasing
to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow;
then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe
torment, and (there is) forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure. And
the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment." [57:20]
Allah the Exalted degrades the significance of this life and belittles
it by saying,
"that the life of this worldis only play and amusement, pomp and
mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respectof wealth and
children."
Meaning, this is the significance of this life to its people, just as
He said inanother Ayah,
"Beautified for men is thelove of things they covet; women, children,
much of gold and silver (wealth), branded beautiful horses, cattle and
well-tilled land. This is the pleasure of the present world's life;
but Allah has the excellent return with Him." ( 3:14 )
Allah the Exalted also sets aparable for this life, declaring that its
joys are fading and its delights are perishable, saying that life is,
"Like a rain (Ghayth)," which is the rain that comes down to mankind,
after they had felt despair. Allah the Exalted said in another Ayah,
"And He is it Who sends down the Ghayth (rain) after they have
despaired." (42:28)
Allah's statement,
"thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller;"
meaning that farmers admire the vegetation thatgrows in the aftermath
of rain. And just as farmers admire vegetation, the disbelievers
admire this life; they are the most eager to acquire the traits of
life, and life is most dear to them,
"afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw."
Meaning, that vegetation soon turns yellow in color, after being fresh
and green. After that, the greenfades away and becomes scattered
pieces of dust. This is the parable of this worldly life, it starts
young,then matures and then turns old and feeble. This isalso the
parable of mankind in this life; they are young and strong in the
beginning. In this stageof life, they look youthful and handsome.
Slowly, they begin growing older, their mannerism changes and their
strength weakens. They then grow old and feeble; moving becomes
difficult for them, while doing easy things becomes beyond their
ability. Allah the Exalted said,
"Allah is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave
youstrength after weakness, then after strength gave (you) weakness
and gray hair. He creates what He wills. And He is the All-Knowing,
the All-Powerful." (30:54)
This parable indicates the near demise of this life andthe imminent
end of it, while in contrast, the Hereafter is surely coming. Those
who hear this parable should, therefore, be aware of the significance
of the Hereafter and feel eagerness in the goodness that it contains,
"But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment, and (there is)
forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure. And the life of this world
is only a deceiving enjoyment."
Meaning, surely, the Hereafter that will certainlycome contains two
things either severe punishment or forgiveness from Allah and His good
pleasure.
Allah the Exalted said,
"And the life of this worldis only a deceiving enjoyment."
Meaning, this life is only a form of enjoyment that deceives those who
incline to it. Surely, those who recline to this life will admire it
and feel that it is dear to them, so much so, that they might think
that this is the only life, no life or dwelling after it. Yet, in
reality, this life is insignificant as compared to the Hereafter.
Imam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah said that theMessenger of Allah,
sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, said,
" Paradise is nearer to any of you than the strap of hisshoe, and so
is the (Hell) Fire." [Ahmad 1:387]
Al-Bukhari collected this Hadith through the narration of Ath-Thawri
[Fath al-Bari 11:328]. This Hadith indicates the close proximity of
both good and evil in relation to mankind.

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News:- -Arrival of modern science in the muslim world:

Arrival of modern science in the muslim world
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(March 2008)
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, modern science arrived in
the Muslim world but it wasn't the science itself that affected Muslim
scholars. Rather, it "was thetransfer of various philosophical
currents entangled with science that had a profound effect on the
minds of Muslim scientists and intellectuals. Schools like Positivism
and Darwinism penetrated the Muslim world and dominated its academic
circles and had a noticeableimpact on some Islamic theological
doctrines." There were different responses to this among the Muslim
scholars:[38] These reactions, in words of Professor Mehdi Golshani,
were the following:
"
1.Some rejected modern science as corrupt foreign thought, considering
it incompatible with Islamic teachings, and in their view, the only
remedy for the stagnancy of Islamic societies would be the strict
following of Islamic teachings.[38]
2.Other thinkers in the Muslim world saw science as the only source of
real enlightenment and advocated the complete adoption of modern
science. In their view, the only remedy for the stagnation of Muslim
societies would be the mastery of modern science and the replacement
of thereligious worldview by the scientific worldview.
3.The majority of faithful Muslim scientists tried to adapt Islam to
the findings of modern science; they can be categorized in the
following subgroups: (a) Some Muslim thinkers attempted to justify
modern science on religious grounds. Their motivation was to encourage
Muslim societiesto acquire modern knowledge and to safeguard their
societies from the criticism of Orientalists and Muslim intellectuals.
(b) Others tried to show that all important scientific discoveries had
been predicted in the Qur'an andIslamic tradition and appealed to
modern science to explain various aspects of faith. (c) Yet other
scholars advocated a re-interpretati on of Islam. In their view, one
must try to construct a new theology that can establisha viable
relation between Islam and modern science. The Indian scholar, Sayyid
Ahmad Khan, sought a theology of nature throughwhich one could
re-interpret the basic principles of Islam in the light of modern
science. (d)Then there were some Muslim scholars who believed that
empirical science had reached the same conclusions that prophets had
been advocating several thousand years ago. The revelation had only
the privilege of prophecy.
4.Finally, some Muslim philosophers separated thefindings of modern
science from its philosophical attachments. Thus, while they praised
the attempts of Western scientists for the discovery of the secretsof
nature, they warned against various empiricist and materialistic
interpretations of scientific findings. Scientific knowledge can
reveal certain aspects of the physical world, but it should not be
identified with the alpha and omega of knowledge. Rather, it has to be
integrated into a metaphysical framework—consi stent with the Muslim
worldview—in which higher levels of knowledge are recognized and the
role of science in bringing us closer to God is fulfilled.

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HADEES:->- Hadeeth Qudsi Introduction:

Hadeeth Qudsi 1:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah(may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His
book which is laid down withHim: My mercy prevails over my wrath.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
Hadeeth Qudsi 2:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah(may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah Almighty has said:
The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he reviled
Me and he had no right todo so. As for his denying Me, it is his
saying: He will not remake meas He made me at first (1) - and the
initial creation [of him] is no easier for Me than remaking him.As for
his reviling Me, it is his saying: Allah has taken to Himselfa son,
while I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor was I
begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.
(1) i.e., bring me back to life after death.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i).
Hadeeth Qudsi 3:
On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said:
The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) led the morning prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall
during the night. When the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) finished, he faced the people and said to them: Do
you know what your Lord has said? They said: Allah and his Messenger
know best. He said: This morning one of my servants became a believer
in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We have been given
rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, thatone is a believer in Me, a
disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him who said: We have been
given rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a
believer in thestars.
(2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that rain was brought about by the
movement of stars. This Hadeeth draws attention to the fact that
whatever be the direct cause of such natural phenomena as rain, it is
Allah theAlmighty who is the Disposer of all things.
It is related by al-Bukhari (also byMalik and an-Nasa'i).
Hadeeth Qudsi 4:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah(may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said:
Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am
Time, in My hand is the night and the day (1).
(1) As the Almighty is the Ordainer of all things, to inveigh aginst
misfortunes that are part of Time is tantamount to inveighing against
Him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
Hadeeth Qudsi 5:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah(may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (glorified and
exalted be He) said:
I am so self-sufficient that I am inno need of having an associate.
Thus he who does an action for someone else's sake as well as Mine
will have that action renounced by Me to him whom he associated with
Me.
It was related by Muslim (also by Ibn Majah).
Hadeeth Qudsi 6:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah(may Allah be pleased with him), who
said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
The first of people against whomjudgment will be pronounced on the Day
of Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought
and Allah will make known to him His favours and hewill recognize
them. [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He
will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You
have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of you]: He is
courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged
along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a
man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who
used to recite the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make known
to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will
say: Andwhat did you do about them? He will say: I studied [religious]
knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran for Your sake.....

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