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| Beheadings unIslamic, says Syed Hamid |
| 06.25.04 (4:41 am) [edit] |
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WASHINGTON June 24 - The recent spate of beheadings by extremist groups in the Middle East is deplored by the Islamic world and it is against the teachings of Islam, said Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. Member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), including Malaysia, have condemned these "heinous crimes". "Islam places a lot of emphasis on justice ... (these actions) do not help our cause in seeking justice," he told a news conference at the Malaysian embassy here Wednesday. Syed Hamid is here to lead a delegation of ministers from the OIC to meet United States Secretary of State Colin Powell to discuss the Palestinian issue and Iraq. Accompanying Syed Hamid was assistant secretary-general of the OIC Abdul Aziz Abu Ghosh, Cheikh Tidiani Gidio of Senegal, Abbas El Fassi of Morocco, and Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erakat. Malaysia currently holds the chairmanship of the 57-member Islamic grouping. The delegation has met three other members of the Quartet - the United Nations, the European Union and Russia - over the past month. Members of the Quartet has outlined a 'road map' to finding peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. When asked on the OIC's view of suicide bombings, Syed Hamid said member states had condemned suicide bombings. "We're against suicide bombings ... against killings of civilians. However, we should look at things in totality. "These people have no hope, no land, no state. We must ... however, not give them reasons to commit these violent acts. He stressed, however, "while condemning, we have to find reasons behind the problems. "In Islam ... (there are) no (events in) history (to show) that (Islam) permits suicide bombings. We don't want certain people to hijack Islam and claim that suicide bombing is part of Islam," he said. - Bernama |
| Abu Dardaa' Part III |
| 06.23.04 (1:41 am) [edit] |
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"Your brother Abdullah ibn Rawahab visited us in your absence and did with your idols what you see." Abu Dardaa looked at the broken idol and was horrified. He was consumed with anger and determined to take revenge. Before long however his anger subsided and thoughts of avenging the idol disappeared. Instead he reflected on what had happened and said to himself: "If there was any good in this idol, he would have defended himself against any injury." He then went straight to Abdullah and together they went to the Prophet, peace be on him. There he announced his acceptance of Islam. He was the last person in his district to become a Muslim. From this time onwards, Abu-d Dardaa devoted himself completely to Islam. Belief in God and His Prophet animated every fibre of his being. He deeply regretted every moment he had spent as a mushrik and the opportunities he had lost to do good. He realized how much his friends had learnt about siam in the preceding two or three years, how much of the Quran they had memorized and the opportunities they had to devote themselves to God and His Prophet. He made up his mind to expend every effort, day and night to try to make up for what he had missed. Ibadah occupied his days and his nights. His search for knowledge was restless. Much time he spent memorizing the words of the Quran and trying to understand the profundity of its message. When he saw that business and trade disturbed the sweetness of his ibadah and kept him away from the circles of knowledge, he reduced his involvement without hesitation or regret. Someone asked him why he did this and he replied: "I was a merchant before my pledge to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. When I became a Muslim, I wanted to combine trade (tijarah) and worship (ibadah) but I did not achieve what I desired. So I abandoned trade and inclined towards ibadah. "By Him in whose hand is the soul of Abu Dardaa, what I want to have is a shop near the door of the masjid so that I would not miss any Salat with the congregation. Then I shall sell and buy and make a modest profit every day." |
| Abu Dardaa' Part II |
| 06.20.04 (1:13 pm) [edit] |
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"As-salaamu alayki - Peace be unto you, servant of God." "Wa alayka-s salaam - And unto you be peace, O brother of Abu-d Dardaa." "Where is Abu-d Dardaa?" he asked. "He has gone to his shop. It won't be long before he returns." "Would you allow me to come in?" "Make yourself at home," she said and went about busying herself with her household chores and looking after her children. Abdullah ibn Rawahah went to the room where Abu-d Dardaa kept his idol. He took out an adz which he had brought with him and began destroying the idol while saying: "Isn't everything batil which is worshipped besides Allah?" When the idol was completely smashed, he left the house. Abu-d Dardaa's wife entered the room shortly afterwards and was aghast at what she saw. She smote her cheeks in anguish and said: "You have brought ruin to me, Ibn Rawahah." When Abu-d Dardaa returned home, he saw his wife sitting at the door of the room where he kept his idol. She was weeping loudly and she looked absolutely terrified. "What's wrong with you?" he asked. (hmmm... what happened next? to be continued.. ) |
| Abu Dardaa' Part I |
| 06.17.04 (3:14 am) [edit] |
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Early in the morning, Abu-d Dardaa awoke and went straight to his idol which he kept in the best part of his house. He greeted it and made obeisance to it. Then he anointed it with the best perfume from his large shop and put on it a new raiment of beautiful silk which a merchant had brought to him the day before from Yemen. When the sun was high in the sky he left his house for his shop. On that day the streets and alleys of Yathrib were crowded with the followers of Muhammad returning from Badr. With them were several prisoners of war. Abu-d Dardaa surveyed the crowds and then went up to a Khazraji youth and asked about the fate of Abdullah ibn Rawahah. "He was put through the most severe tests in the battle," "but he emerged safely..." Abu-d Dardaa was clearly anxious about his close friend, Abdullah ibn Rawahah. Everyone in Yathrib knew the bond of brotherhood which existed between the two men from the days of Jahiliyyah, before the coming of Islam to Yathrib. When Islam came to the city, Ibn Rawahah embraced it but Abu-d Dardaa rejected it. This however did not rupture the relationship between the two. Abdullah kept on visiting Abu-d Dardaa and tried to make him! see the virtues, the benefits and the excellence of Islam. But with every passing day, while Abu-d Dardaa remained a mushrik, Abdullah felt more sad and concerned. Abu Dardaa arrived at his shop and sat cross-legged on a high chair. He began trading-buying and selling and giving instructions to his assistants unaware of what was going on at his house. For at that very time, Abdullah ibn Rawahah had gone to the house determined on a course of action. There, he saw that the main gate was open. Umm ad-Dardaa was in the courtyard and he said to her: (what did he say? to be continued....) |
| The Creator of Death and Life |
| 06.09.04 (8:22 pm) [edit] |
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By Muhammad Al-Shareef Every moment of every day events like this take place... Imam: Dear brothers and sisters brother Muhammad Zaid died unexpectedly Friday night in a car accident. Brother Muhammad was 32 years old. Death is a reality isn't it? You can't read the paper or watch the news without being confronted by it. But we are reminded in verse after verse that there is someone who has power over death. That someone is Allah, glorious and most high. In Surat Al-Kahf we read the story of the sleepers. They 'died' for over 300 years and then Allah brought them back. In Surah AlBaqarah we read the story of Ibrahim and the dead birds that Allah brought back to life. Allah gives us parable after parable of His power. This summer was an especially scorching one in our home city of Washington. While humans could find shade and air conditioning, the grass and flowers could not. The green grass became a deathly yellow. Then as the months of fall entered, day after day of rain fell. The grass that was 'dead' yesterday, had now become green with life! Before the eyes of everyone, Muslim and non-Muslim, life was brought back to the land. This is Allah's power! [Verily the likeness of (this) worldly life is as the water (rain) which We send down from the sky, so by it arises the intermingled produce of the earth of which men and cattle eat. Until when the earth is clad with its adornments and is beautified, and its people think that they have all the powers of disposal over it, Our Command reaches it by night or by day and We make it like a clean-mown harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday! Thus do We explain the Ayat in detail for the people who reflect. ] - Yunus 10/24 Dear brothers and sisters, we shall all die, not a human on earth will disagree. And we shall be moving on to the hereafter, either to Paradise or Hellfire - there is no third location. In the coming final days of Ramadan, let us turn to our Creator with all our heart. If we don't seek Allah's pleasure and forgiveness this year, then when? This is our moment, this is our life. |
| Can We Eat Gelatin? |
| 06.08.04 (4:37 am) [edit] |
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Gelatin is a protein product obtained from the collagen of vertebrates, including pigs, cattle, and fish. It is recovered by hydrolysis. The main raw materials used today are pigskins, cattle bones and cattle hide. Of these, the most common source is pigskins. Gelatin is used in the preparation of baked goods, ice cream, yogurt, jellies and gelatin jello. It is also used in the medical and pharmaceutical industry. Gelatin has other non-food uses, such as photographic film and carbonless paper. If the word gelatin appears on a label without reference to its source, it is generally derived from pig skins and cattle bones, so it must be avoided. It is possible to produce Halal gelatin by using the bones and hides of Halal slaughtered cattle. In such a case, the gelatin would be certified Halal and labeled as Halal gelatin. IFANCA certified Halal gelatin made from fish bones or Halal slaughtered cattle is now available for the food and pharmaceutical industry. And ALLAH, Subhanahu wa ta'ala, knows best. For more information, see Dr. Ahmad H. Sakr's book on Gelatin, available from the Foundation for Islamic Knowledge (630-495-4817) or Kazi Publications (www.kazi.com ). |
| Abu Ubaydah Al-Jarrah - Final Part |
| 06.05.04 (11:11 am) [edit] |
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Umar's intuition was not wrong. Before long, Abu Ubaydah became afflicted with the plague. As death hung over him, he spoke to his army: "Let me give you some advice which will cause you to be on the path of goodness always. "Establish Prayer. Fast the month of Ramadan. Give Sadaqah. Perform the Hajj and Umrah. Remain united and support one another. Be sincere to your commanders and do not conceal anything from them. Don't let the world destroy you for even if man were to live a thousand years he would still end up with this state that you see me in. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God." Abu Ubaydah then turned to Muadh ibn Jabal and said, "O Muadh, perform the prayer with the people (be their leader)." At this, his pure soul departed. Muadh got up and said: "O people, you are stricken by the death of a man. By God, I don't know whether I have seen a man who had a more righteous heart, who was further from all evil and who was more sincere to people than he. Ask God to shower His mercy on him and God will be merciful to you. " |
| selingan |
| 06.04.04 (9:25 pm) [edit] |
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: You know you're living in 2004 when... 1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3. 4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you. 5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they don't have e-mail addresses. 6. When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 7. When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to get an outside line. 8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 12. Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long-service awards. AND.............. 13. You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 14. As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends". 15. You got this e-mail from a friend that never talks to you anymore,except to send you jokes from the net. 16. You are too busy to notice there was no #9. 17. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9.AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself. |
| Abu Ubaydah Al-Jarrah - Part V |
| 06.02.04 (12:36 am) [edit] |
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It was then that a plague hit the land of Syria, the like of which people had never experienced before. It devastated the population. Umar dispatched a messenger to Abu Ubaydah with a letter saying: "I am in urgent need of you. If my letter reaches you at night I strongly urge you to leave before dawn. If this letter reaches you during the day, I strongly urge you to leave before evening and hasten to me. When Abu Ubaydah received Umar's letter, he said, "I know why the Amir al-Mumineen needs me. He wants to secure the survival of someone who, however, is not eternal." So he wrote to Umar: "I know that you need me. But I am in an army of Muslims and I have no desire to save myself from what is afflicting them. I do not want to separate from them until God wills. So, when this letter reaches you, release me from your command and permit me to stay on.'' When Umar read this letter tears filled his eyes and those who were with him asked, "Has Abu Ubaydah died, O Amir al-Mumineen?" "No," said he, "But death is near to him." |