Fataawa - , Gifts to an employee from contractors dealing with his company

Question:
According to the Sharee'ah, is it permitted for us to accept gifts
(like calendars, or dairies, or watches, etc.), at the beginning of
every year, from the Contractors who are working for our company (we
award them contracts)? Please advice.
Fatwa:
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalthis mention as well
as that of his family and all his companions.
There is no harm in accepting thementioned gifts at the beginning of
the New Year, but taking the New Year as a festival and celebrating it
is an innovation, and it is imitating the non-Muslims if it is the new
A.D. year, as it is the practise nowadays. However, given that these
calendars and diaries are not associated with the meaning of the
celebration, then they are not included in the prohibition; and they
are considered in general as gifts given at a particular time to
benefit from them for a particular reason related to that time.
Allaah Knows best.

Fataawa - , The ruling on congratulating non-Muslims on their celebrations

Question:
What is the ruling regarding congratulating non-Muslims on their
holidays and celebrations?
Answer:
It is not permissible for the Muslims to congratulate the Christians
for their holidays and celebrations because this would be cooperation
on that which is sin and transgression. Allaah Says(what means): "
…And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin
and aggression… " [Quran 5: 2]. This also leads to repeated visitation
with them, and indicates solicitation of their love and the acceptance
of who they are and their rites. This is not permissible. It is an
obligation onthe Muslim to show them dislike for they oppose Allaah
and ascribe partners and sons to Him.Allaah Says (what means): "You
will not find a people who believein Allaah and the Last Day having
affection for those who oppose Allaah and His Messenger, even if they
were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred…"
[Quran 58:22] He Almight also Says: " There has already been for you
an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to
theirpeople, 'Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever
you worship other thanAllaah. We have denied you, and there has
appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you
believe in Allaah Alone'…" [Quran 60:4]
Allaah Knows best.

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Some of the processesthat take place within the body in a matter of seconds

Various extraordinarily complex and flawless processes take place at
the most amazing speeds in every square millimeter of the body injust
a few seconds.
These processes continue uninterrupted every second, with everybreath
we take, even as we sleep, until the end of our lives.
These events that take place, through our Lord's sublime might, do so
uninterruptedly EVERYSECOND IN EVERY ONE of the 100 trillion cells in
the bodies of ALL THE 7 billion people currently living on Earth.
PROTEIN
• Except for reproductive and blood cells, all the cells in the body
manufacture some 2000 proteins every second. This process takes place
in EACH ONE of the 100 TRILLION CELLSOF ALL THE 7 billion people on
Earth.
• The 100 trillion cells in every adult human body form protein chains
by flawlessly organizing some 150,000,000,000,000,000,000 (150
quintillion) amino acids.
• A ribosome can add 20 amino acids per second to a protein chain.
Protein synthesis takes place in an uninterrupted manner every second
in every cell of the 7 billion people on Earth.
• An average 50 million cells form in the body every second, while
another 50 million die. Two million of these are blood cells.
• Enough DNA to fill a library consisting of 100 volumes, containing a
million pages and 3 billion letters, is copied as every cell divides.
Thiswondrous process of division takes place withthe same perfection
in the cells of everyone in the world.
THE BRAIN
• 10 16 processes take place in the brain every second.
• A single nerve cell can carry more than 200,000 pieces of
information at the same time every second.
• There are around 10 billion nerve cells in the brain, communications
between which is established by 100 trillion connections.
• Every brain cell transmits 300 currents a second. And every nerve
cell discharges its responsibility in 1 millisecond (one thousandth of
a second).
• The brain processes 750 million signals, from inside and outside the
body, every second.
• Four billion pieces of information are exchanged between the two
halves of the brain every second.
• All these processes TAKEPLACE EVERY SECOND IN EVERY ONE OF THE 10
BILLION NERVE CELLS IN THE BRAINS OF ALL THE 7 BILLION PEOPLE ON
EARTH.
• The human eye is able to send 10 million bits ofinformation per
second. Everyone in the world possesses this extraordinary capacity.
ATP
• In lifting a glass, the muscle expends some 10 20 energy molecules
(ATP). They also manufacture even more than this.
• 10 million energy molecules (ATP) are constantly manufacturedevery
second in every one of the 100 trillion cells of 7 billion people in
the world.
• The white blood cells in the veins subject 10 billion cells to a
health check in 2 seconds. That health check is carried out in
everyone who hasever lived or is living now.
• The heart circulates all the blood in the body in 60 seconds. It
does this all the time, in all the 7 billion people alive today.
• Five hundred different chemical processes are carried out in a
single liver cell every second. Every liver cell IN ALL THE 7 BILLION
PEOPLE ON EARTH knows these 500 different tasks and carried them all
out flawlessly.
• Whenever food enters the body, microscopic hairs on the cells in the
small intestine reject those parts of the food that are not useful.
The hairs in question do this in a perfectly organized manner in
everyone on Earth every second.
BREATHING
• In order to breathe, planning is carried out in a region the size of
a lentil in the brain stem, every second:
- A first group of cells gives the command for air to be taken in.
- A second group of cells determines the speed and course of
respiration by halting the activity of the first group with a signal.
- A third group of cells goes into action when we need to breathe at a
high rate and acceleratesrespiration by sending a signal to the
abdomen muscles.
• Every time we breathe more than 300 million sacs in the lungs take
air in by opening and closing. These cells and sacs perform the same
function, without exception, every 3 seconds in all 7 BILLION HUMAN
BEINGS.
• Thousands of hormones in the body send reports to specific cells in
a single second. Each hormone makes decisions, communicateswith the
cells, produces the secretions the body needs, determines the right
level and timing of this, and arranges how long these secretions
should last. Millions of hormones in the bodies of all the 7 billion
peopleon Earth carry out the same processes in milliseconds.
• Some 100 billion processes will have taken place in your eyes in the
time it takes to read this sentence. Thesetake place in a little as a
tenth of a second, and are carried out in the eye cells of everyone in
the world.
• Harmful bacteria traveling from the intestines to the liver
aredigested and neutralizedby special cells in less than 0.01 (one one
hundredth) of a second. These are at work in all 7billion people in
the world.
• There are 10 billion capillary vessels in the human body. The
erythrocytes that travel along these vessels carry oxygen to the
cells. An erythrocyte only remainsin a capillary vessel for between 1
and 3 seconds, and then heads for the heart. During thattime it gives
oxygen to the tissues and takes away carbon dioxide. This distribution
process takes place within this flawless system in all the 7 billion
people in the world.
As you read these words,billions of cells in your brain are working to
understand what you read, and controlling theactions of your muscles
and how you breathe. The brain is aware of theprotein production in
your cells, the transportation of oxygen to the cells by erythrocytes,
the images that enter your eye, sounds that reach your ear, what is
happening in your stomach and liver, the watch strappedto your arm and
everything. It responds to and regulates all of these every second.
This magnificent system in the body has worked flawlessly and
immaculately in everyone who has ever lived, and is still workingso
today. There is no doubt that the Creator ofthis magnificent system in
the body is our Almighty Lord Allah and that Almighty Allah has
knowledge and control of this system at every stage and every moment.
Our Lord says in one verse that:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan
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 drywhich is not in a Clear Book. (Surat al-An'am, 59)

Allah keeps the entire universe and the systems in it under hissimultaneous control

Almighty Allah created the universe from a single point with a huge explosion.
While all other explosions damage the existing order, the 300 billion
galaxies in the universe emerged from zero volume, nothing in other
words, with this explosion, known as the Big Bang.
The Milky Way we live in is just one of these 300 billion galaxies.
There are 250 billion stars in the Milky Way. The Sun is one of these
250 billion stars.
The number of stars, such as the Sun, in the visible universe is 10 24
, a stupendous number, more than a billion timesa billion times a
billion. Allah has created the Earth as a living space within the
boundless universe. We live on a world that occupies almost no place
at all within infinity. In fact, not just our Earth but even our
galaxy occupies a tiny place in the universe. So just imagine how
small a place you yourself occupy in this utterly vast universe.
Every single atom in each of these 10 24 stars is under the control of
Allah at every moment. Every movement, speed, speed of revolution, the
temperatures and distances of and between every planet, every one of
the 10 24 stars and 300 billion galaxies are all determined in the
Sight of Allah and are duly created at every moment. Allah
maintainscountless balances on Earth at every second, without our ever
being aware of them. While a flawless equilibrium is being maintained
in the vastness of space, an extraordinary range of extraordinarily
complex and perfect processes also takes place within a few seconds in
every square millimeters of our bodies. For example;
EVERY SECOND AS YOU WATCH THIS FILM...
About 100 billion processes have taken place in your eyes withina second.
50 million cells in your body have died every second.
50 million new cells havebeen created every second to replace those that die.
10 million bits of information has been sent from your eyes to your
brain every second.
10 million energy molecules, known as Adenosine triphospate, (ATP)
have been produced in all your 100 trillion cells, every single
second.
In addition, these processes have taken place every single second, not
just in your own body, BUT IN THE BODIES OF ALL THE 7 BILLION PEOPLE
LIVING ONEARTH AT THIS MOMENT because each of the 100 trillion cells
in the bodiesof all these 7 billion people is under the control of
Allah at every moment.
Are you at all aware of these events taking place inside and around
you at every single moment?
The balances maintainedat every moment are notonly limited to space
andthe human body;
At the same time, quadrillions of plants, from more than 500,000
species, all make photosynthesis, and oxygen levels are thus arranged
in such a way that organisms can remain alive.
WITHIN THE LAST SECOND THAT JUST PASSED BY…
Two million species of animals and plants on the land, under the
ground and in the depths of the seas continued their lives through
their perfect systems.
100 billion birds from 10,000 species and trillions of fish from
40,000 species have spent that second hunting, migrating or looking
after their young. The digestive and respiratory systems of every
single one have functioned in perfection.Their bones, muscles, eyes,
feet and fins have all performed their tasks just as they should.
For example, this fly has beaten its wings 500 times a second. While
it is impossible for a human being to flap his arms 500 times a
second,the trillions of flies on Earth have beaten their wings 500
times within the second that just passed by.
Insects whose numbers reach extraordinary figures of 10 quintillion
(10,000,000,000,000,000,000), from 1.5 million species, have remained
alive through their countless features such as their delicate insect
antennae, the chemicals they use to communicate, the poisons they
employ for offense and defense andtheir hunting and camouflage
tactics.
It is Almighty and Omniscient Allah, He Who is aware of all things,
Who keeps each one of these systems under His control simultaneously.
While many living thingsin the animal kingdom continue their lives in
a flawless manner, with their numbers more than the human mind could
conceive;
IN EVERY SECOND THAT PASSES BY...
Every photon coming from the Sun has traveled 300,000 kilometers; and
thus colors have formed.
Every second, 16 million tons of water have fallento Earth as rain.
The Sun, which is one of the 250 billion stars in the Milky Way, which
itself is one of the 300 billion galaxies in the universe, has
converted 564 tons of hydrogen into 560 million tons of helium and
thus provided light and heat for the Earth.
Are you at all aware of these events taking place inside and around
you at every moment?
Do you know how many leaves there are on all the trees on Earth?
Or how many atoms there are in every leaf?
Have you ever wonderedhow many grains of sand there are on and inthe world?
Or what the number of raindrops is?
Do you know how many billions of types of animals and plants thereare
in the world?
Or can you know how many people have lived ever since the time of the
Prophet Adam (pbuh), how many are living now, or how manywill live up
until the Day of Reckoning? Is it at all possible for you to knowthe
number of cells in their bodies, or how many proteins are produced in
those cells?
But our Almighty Lord knows all these things we've just counted, and
He knows how many planets and asteroids there are in the vastness of
outer space, how many stars there are, and how many electronsrevolve
around the nuclei of their atoms. Each one of these acts occur by the
leave of Allah, Lord of the worlds.Allah is Omniscient and He knows
all things.
THE GLORIOUS NUMBERS AND DETAILS IN THE HUMAN BODY
• Apart from blood and reproductive cells, all thecells in the body
manufacture some 2000 proteins a second. This process takes place in
EVERY SINGLE ONE of all the 100 trillion cells of ALL the 7 billion
people living today.
• The 100 trillion cells in an adult person's body produce protein
chains that flawlessly organize some 150,000,000,000,000,000,000 (150
quintillion) amino acids every hour. Note this; in order to produce
protein chains, every single one of the 100 trillion cells in the
bodies of 7 billion people organize 150 quintillion amino acids -a
number that the human mind would fail to grasp- every hour.
• During every cell division, DNA, a library that consists of 3
billion letters, 1 million pages and 1000 volumes, is copied. This
wondrous process of division takes place with the same perfection in
the 100 trillion cells of each and every single one of the 7billion
people living in the world.
• A ribosome can add 20 amino acids to a protein chain every second.
Wide-ranging protein synthesis thus takes place uninterruptedly every
second in every single one of the 100 trillion cells of all the people
in the world.
• There are some 10 billion nerve cells in the brain, and
communication betweenthem is established by means of 100 trillion
synapses.
• 4 billion information exchanges take place every second between the
two hemispheres of the brain. The brain deals with 750 million signals
coming from inside and outside the body.
• A single brain cell can transmit more than 200,000 pieces of
information at the same time.
• Do you realize that all these processes TAKE PLACE EVERY SECOND IN
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE 10 BILLION BRAIN CELLS INEVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THE 7 BILLION PEOPLE ON EARTH?
• The white blood cells in the veins subject 10 billion cells in the
body to health checks every 2 seconds. This check-up has taken place
in all thepeople who have ever lived, and is taking placein the 7
billion people currently living today.
• 500 different chemical processes are carried outin a single liver cell.
• With every breath taken, more than 300 million air sacs in the lungs
open and close to admit air into the body. These cells and sacs
carryout the same tasks, without exception, in the bodies of ALL THE 7
BILLION PEOPLE that breathe in, every three seconds.
THE MAGNIFICIENT NUMBERS AND DETAILS IN NATURE
• The heart of the hummingbird, a tiny bird which has far
betterhearing than human beings and can see ultraviolet rays, beats
300-1200 times a minute. And the hearts of all the hummingbirds on
earth beat 300-1200 times every single minute.
• 40,000 bees have to visit 6 million flowers to make 1 kilo of honey.
• The fastest computers in the world can perform 16 billion arithmetic
processes a second. Yet the honey bee can perform 10 trillion
processes in the same time while expending less energy.
• Bacteria provides the oxygen we breathe. Cyanobacteria, algae and
other micro-organisms in the sea give off some 150 billionkilograms of
oxygen intothe air every year.
• A tiny ant has some 500,000 nerve cells. Thanks to this
extraordinary system, ants are able to use very different forms of
communication. They are able to perform many activities, such as
hunting prey, following one another, building nests and fighting
enemies thanks to this special nervous system.
• More snowflakes than can ever be calculated fall from the skies
every year, and each one is different than all the others.
Allah has created systemsthat the human mind cannot fully comprehend,
the details of which have still not been discovered. Billionsof
details have been combined together and provided for people in the
finest and most beautiful way. Man can only live by means of his DNA
being copied every moment, the breath he takes in, the oxygen he
inhales with every breath he takes, his heart that beats every single
moment, the Earththat constantly revolves, the food cycle, the
watercycle, the nitrogen cycle, all the constantly movingatoms and
countless other details.
Thıs is without doubt a very simple matter for Almighty Allah, Who
creates from nothing, Who ordains all things asHe wishes and Who is
mighty enough to createthem as He wishes at anytime.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
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 drywhich is not in a Clear Book. (Surat al-An'am, 59)
What people who realizethese miracles going on at every moment must do
is to reflect on the greatness of Allah, Lord of the worlds and give
thanks to Him for every blessing and every beauty. Because as we have
been informed in the Qur'an, every person will be called to account
for the blessings bestowed on him when the Day of Reckoning comes.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
He has given you everything you have asked Him for. If you tried to
number Allah's blessings, you could never count them. Man isindeed
wrongdoing, ungrateful. (Surah Ibrahim, 34)

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