Monday, 29 August 2016
Islamic Law of Mahr on divorced women before her husbands touch them...!
Surah Al-Baqarah [2:236-237]
There is no blame on you if you divorce women have not touched nor specified for them an obligation (Mahr). But give them [a gift of] compensation - the wealthy according to his capability and the poor according to his capability - a provision according to what is acceptable, a duty upon the doers of good.
If you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation (Mahr), then (pay the) half of that which you specified, unless they (the women) agree to forgo it, or he agrees to forgo it in whose hand is the marriage tie. To forgo is nearer to piety. And forget not kindness among yourselves. Allah is Seer of what you do.
Friday, 26 August 2016
Surah Al-An'am [6:99]
It is He Who sends down water (rain) from the sky, and with it We bring forth vegetation of all kinds, and out of it We bring forth green stalks, from which We bring forth thick clustered grain.
And out of the date-palm and its spathe come forth clusters of dates hanging low and near, and gardens of grapes, olives and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety and taste). Look at their fruits when they begin to bear, and the ripeness thereof. Verily! In these things there are signs for people who believe.
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Hadith of the day
Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Abi Qatada
My father said, "One night we were traveling with the Prophet (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) and some people said, 'We wish that Allah's Apostle would take a rest along with us during the last hours of the night.' He said, 'I am afraid that you will sleep and miss the (Fajr) prayer.' Bilal said, 'I will make you get up.'
So all slept and Bilal rested his back against his Rahila and he too was overwhelmed (by sleep) and slept.
The Prophet (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) got up when the edge of the sun had risen and said, 'O Bilal! What about your statement?' He replied, 'I have never slept such a sleep.' The Prophet (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) said, 'Allah captured your souls when He wished, and released them when He wished. O Bilal! Get up and pronounce the Adhan for the prayer.'
The Prophet (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) performed ablution and when the sun came up and became bright, he stood up and prayed."
[Bukhari 0569]
My father said, "One night we were traveling with the Prophet (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) and some people said, 'We wish that Allah's Apostle would take a rest along with us during the last hours of the night.' He said, 'I am afraid that you will sleep and miss the (Fajr) prayer.' Bilal said, 'I will make you get up.'
So all slept and Bilal rested his back against his Rahila and he too was overwhelmed (by sleep) and slept.
The Prophet (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) got up when the edge of the sun had risen and said, 'O Bilal! What about your statement?' He replied, 'I have never slept such a sleep.' The Prophet (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) said, 'Allah captured your souls when He wished, and released them when He wished. O Bilal! Get up and pronounce the Adhan for the prayer.'
The Prophet (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) performed ablution and when the sun came up and became bright, he stood up and prayed."
[Bukhari 0569]
Sunday, 21 August 2016
ALLAHU AKBAR
"When I pretend to be strong, no one sees my hidden tears except Allah.
When I’m sad and need a shoulder to cry on, no one supports me but Allah.
Pleasing a human is very difficult, pleasing Allah is the easiest.
People sometimes punish me for mistakes I have not done, Allah ignores and excuses the ones that I did.
This is Allah, The Greatest, The Most Almighty, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful, and all praise belongs to ALLAH ! "
When I’m sad and need a shoulder to cry on, no one supports me but Allah.
Pleasing a human is very difficult, pleasing Allah is the easiest.
People sometimes punish me for mistakes I have not done, Allah ignores and excuses the ones that I did.
This is Allah, The Greatest, The Most Almighty, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful, and all praise belongs to ALLAH ! "
ALLAHU AKBAR
Sunday, 14 August 2016
Islamic Story : THE TRUE TREASURE
A burglar scaled the wall of Maalik ibn Deenaar's house one night and easily managed to get inside. Once inside the house, the thief was disappointed to see that there was nothing inside actually worth stealing. The owner of the home was inside at the time, he was busy performing prayer. Realizing that he was not alone, Maalik quickly ended his prayer and turned around to face the thief. Without showing any sign of being shocked or afraid, Maalik calmly extended greetings of peace and then said, "My brother, may Allah forgive you. You entered my home and found nothing that is worth taking, yet I do not want you to leave my home without taking away some benefit."
He stood up, went to another part of the room, and came back with a jug full of water. He looked into the eyes of the burglar and said,
"Make ablution and perform two units of prayer, for if you do so, you will leave my home with a greater treasure than you had initially sought when you entered it."
Much humbled by Maalik's manners and words, the thief said,
"Yes, that is a generous offer indeed."
After making ablution and performing two units of prayer, the burglar said, "O Maalik, would you mind if I stayed for a while, for I want to stay to perform two more units of prayer?"
Maalik said, "Stay for whatever amount of prayer Allah decrees for you to perform now."
The thief ended up spending the entire night at Maalik's house. He continued to pray until the morning. Then Maalik said, "Leave now and be good."
But instead of leaving, the thief said, "Would you mind if I stayed here with you today, for I have made an intention to fast the day?"
Maalik said, "Stay as long as you wish,".
The burglar ended up staying for a number of days, praying during the late hours of each night and fasting throughout the duration of each day. When he finally decided to leave, the burglar said, "O Maalik, I have made a firm resolve to repent for my sins and for my former way of life."
Maalik said, "Indeed, that is in the Hand of Allah."
The man did mend his ways and began to lead a life of righteousness and obedience to Allah. Later on, He came across another burglar he knew. [His friend] said to him, "Have you found your treasure yet?"
He said, "My brother, what I found is Maalik ibn Deenaar. I went to steal from him, but it was he who ended up stealing my heart. I have indeed repented to Allah, and I will remain at the door [of His Mercy and Forgiveness] until I achieve what his obedient, loving slaves have achieved."
He stood up, went to another part of the room, and came back with a jug full of water. He looked into the eyes of the burglar and said,
"Make ablution and perform two units of prayer, for if you do so, you will leave my home with a greater treasure than you had initially sought when you entered it."
Much humbled by Maalik's manners and words, the thief said,
"Yes, that is a generous offer indeed."
After making ablution and performing two units of prayer, the burglar said, "O Maalik, would you mind if I stayed for a while, for I want to stay to perform two more units of prayer?"
Maalik said, "Stay for whatever amount of prayer Allah decrees for you to perform now."
The thief ended up spending the entire night at Maalik's house. He continued to pray until the morning. Then Maalik said, "Leave now and be good."
But instead of leaving, the thief said, "Would you mind if I stayed here with you today, for I have made an intention to fast the day?"
Maalik said, "Stay as long as you wish,".
The burglar ended up staying for a number of days, praying during the late hours of each night and fasting throughout the duration of each day. When he finally decided to leave, the burglar said, "O Maalik, I have made a firm resolve to repent for my sins and for my former way of life."
Maalik said, "Indeed, that is in the Hand of Allah."
The man did mend his ways and began to lead a life of righteousness and obedience to Allah. Later on, He came across another burglar he knew. [His friend] said to him, "Have you found your treasure yet?"
He said, "My brother, what I found is Maalik ibn Deenaar. I went to steal from him, but it was he who ended up stealing my heart. I have indeed repented to Allah, and I will remain at the door [of His Mercy and Forgiveness] until I achieve what his obedient, loving slaves have achieved."
Moral of the story:
This story gives us a glimpse of the simple lives the previous Imaams led, part of which was having a simple house and forsaking the worldly life and material possessions, so much so that if a thief entered he wouldn't find anything of value to steal. We also learn of the effect that being around righteous company has upon us, this is in accordance with the hadith of the Prophet (May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) in which he said: “A man is upon the religion of his best friend, so let one of you look at whom he befriends.” (Narrated by Abu Hurayrah in Abu Dawud 4833)Thursday, 11 August 2016
Hadith of the day
Someone asked: "Allah has commanded us to bless you. Messenger of Allah! But how should we bless you?"
Messenger of Allah (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) then said: "say: 'O Allah, bless Muhammad and the members of his household as You blessed the mernbers of Ibrahim's household. Grant favours to Muhammad and the members of his household as You granted favours to the members of the household of Ibrahim in the world. You are indeed Praiseworthy and Glorious'"
(Sahih Muslim)
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In Arabic:
“Allaahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ‘ala aali Muhammad kama salayta ‘ala Ibraaheem wa ‘ala aali Ibraaheem, innaka hameedun majeed. Allaahumma baarika ‘ala Muhammad wa ‘ala aali Muhammad kama baarakta ‘ala Ibraaheem wa ‘ala aali Ibraaheem, innaka hameedun majeed"
Messenger of Allah (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) then said: "say: 'O Allah, bless Muhammad and the members of his household as You blessed the mernbers of Ibrahim's household. Grant favours to Muhammad and the members of his household as You granted favours to the members of the household of Ibrahim in the world. You are indeed Praiseworthy and Glorious'"
(Sahih Muslim)
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In Arabic:
“Allaahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ‘ala aali Muhammad kama salayta ‘ala Ibraaheem wa ‘ala aali Ibraaheem, innaka hameedun majeed. Allaahumma baarika ‘ala Muhammad wa ‘ala aali Muhammad kama baarakta ‘ala Ibraaheem wa ‘ala aali Ibraaheem, innaka hameedun majeed"
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Islamic Story : Understanding of a Bedouin
During a battle in Constantinople (Istanbul), Al-Mughirah ibn ‛Abdur-Rahman ibn Ḥaarith ibn Hisham (may Allah have mercy on him) was injured in the eye.
Al-Mughirah (may Allah have mercy on him) was a man who was known for his generosity, especially when it came to feeding his guests. It is related that a Bedouin came to him once and continued to stare at him without eating anything that was proffered to him. Al-Mughirah (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "What is with you, Bedouin, that you do not eat as the people eat?" He said, "By Allah, I am indeed amazed at the abundance of food that you serve, but I have doubts about your eye." Al-Mughirah (may Allah have mercy on him) asked, "And what makes you have doubts about it?" He said, "I see that you are one-eyed and that you feed others. And I have heard one who was describing Dajjal in a sermon in the mosque (that he is one-eyed)."
Al-Mughirah (may Allah have mercy on him) laughed and said, "Eat, O Bedouin, for indeed the Dajjal will not be inflicted in his eye while he is fighting in the way of Allah!"
Al-Mughirah (may Allah have mercy on him) was a man who was known for his generosity, especially when it came to feeding his guests. It is related that a Bedouin came to him once and continued to stare at him without eating anything that was proffered to him. Al-Mughirah (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "What is with you, Bedouin, that you do not eat as the people eat?" He said, "By Allah, I am indeed amazed at the abundance of food that you serve, but I have doubts about your eye." Al-Mughirah (may Allah have mercy on him) asked, "And what makes you have doubts about it?" He said, "I see that you are one-eyed and that you feed others. And I have heard one who was describing Dajjal in a sermon in the mosque (that he is one-eyed)."
Al-Mughirah (may Allah have mercy on him) laughed and said, "Eat, O Bedouin, for indeed the Dajjal will not be inflicted in his eye while he is fighting in the way of Allah!"
Sahih Bukhari : Allah can do anything you think.
The Prophet (sallallähu alaihi wasallam) said, "Allah says: 'I am just as My slave thinks I am, (i.e. I am able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him).
And I am with him if He remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I too, remember him in Myself; And if he remembers Me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than they;
And if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit nearer to him; and if he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.' "
[Bukhari Book:93 No:502]
And I am with him if He remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I too, remember him in Myself; And if he remembers Me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than they;
And if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit nearer to him; and if he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.' "
[Bukhari Book:93 No:502]
The boy and the King
Ṣuhaib (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "There lived a king before you and he had a court magician. As he (the magician) grew old, he said to the king: "I have grown old, so send me a boy in order to teach him magic."
The king sent him a boy to serve the purpose. And on his way (to the magician) the boy met a monk to whom he listened and he liked [his speech].
It then became his habit that on his way to the magician, he would meet the monk and stay with him and when he arrives at the magician [late], the magician used to beat him because of this delay.
He complained about this to the monk who said to him: "When you feel afraid of the magician, say: Members of my family had delayed me. And when you fear your family, say: The magician delayed me."
It so happened that there came a huge beast and it blocked the way of the people, and the boy said: "I will know today whether the magician or the monk is better."
He picked up a stone and said: "O Allah, if the monk is dearer to You than the magician, bring about death to this beast so that the people be able to move about freely."
He threw that stone at it and killed it and the people began to move about freely. He then came to the monk and told him the story. The monk said: "Son, today you are superior to me. You have come to a stage where I feel that you would be soon put to a trial, and in case you are put to a trial, do not reveal anything about me."
The boy began to heal those born blind and the vitiligo stricken and he, in fact, began to cure people from all kinds of illnesses. When a courtier of the king who had gone blind heard about him, he came to him with numerous gifts and said: "If you cure me, all these things will be yours."
He [the boy] said: "I myself do not cure anyone. It is Allah, the Exalted, Alone Who cures; and if you affirm faith in Allah, I shall also supplicate to Allah to cure you."
This courtier affirmed his faith in Allah and Allah cured him. He came to the king and sat by his side as he used to sit before. The king said to him, "Who restored your eyesight?"
He [the boy] said: "My Lord."
Thereupon he [the king] said: "Do you have another lord besides me?"
He [the boy] said:"My Lord and your Lord is Allah." So the king tortured him until he told him about the boy.
The boy was thus summoned and the king said to him: "O boy, it has been conveyed to me that you have become so much proficient in your magic that you cure the blind and the vitiligo stricken and you do such and such."
Thereupon he [the boy] said: "I do not cure anyone; it is Allah Alone Who cures," and the king took hold of him and began to torture him until he told him about the monk.
The monk was summoned and it was said to him: "You should turn back from your religion." But he refused, and so the king sent for a saw, placed it in the middle of his head and cut him into two parts that fell down. Then the courtier of the king was brought forward and it was said to him: "Turn back from your religion." He, too, refused, and the saw was placed in the midst of his head and he was torn into two parts. Then the boy was brought to him and it was said to him: "Turn back from your religion.
" But he refused.
The king then handed him over to a group of his courtiers, and said to them: "Take him to such and such mountain; make him climb up that mountain and when you reach its peak ask him to renounce his Faith. If he refuses to do so, push him to his death."
So they took him and made him climb up the mountain and he [the boy] supplicated: "O Allah, save me from them in any way you like,
" and the mountain began to shake and they all fell down (dead) and that boy came walking to the king.
The king said to him: "What happened to your companions?"
He [the boy] said: "Allah has saved me from them."
He [the king] again handed him to some of his courtiers and said: "Take him and carry him in a boat and when you reach the middle of the sea, ask him to renounce his religion. If he does not renounce his religion throw him (into the water)."
So they took him and he [the boy] supplicated: "O Allah, save me from them." The boat turned upside down and they all drowned except the boy who came walking to the king.
The king said to him: "What happened to your companions?"
He [the boy] said: "Allah has saved me from them" and he said to the king: "You cannot kill me until you do what I command you to do."
The king asked: "What is that?"
He [the boy] said: "Gather all people in one place and tie me up to the trunk of a tree, then take an arrow from my quiver and say: In the Name of Allah, the Lord of the boy; then shoot me. If you do that you will be able to kill me."
The king called the people in an open field and tied the boy to the trunk of a tree. He took out an arrow from his quiver, fixed in the bow and said: "I the Name of Allah, the Lord of the boy,
" he then shot the arrow and it hit the boy's temple. The boy placed his hand upon the temple where the arrow had hit him and died.
The people then said: "We believe in the Lord of this boy, We believe in the Lord of this boy."
The king was told: "Do you see what you were afraid of, by Allah it has taken place; all people have believed."
The king then commanded that trenches be dug and fire lit in them, and said: "He who would not turn back from his (the boy's) religion, throw him in the fire" or "he would be ordered to jump into it." They did so till a woman came with her child. She felt hesitant in jumping into the fire. The child said to her: "O mother! Endure (this ordeal) for you are on the Right Path."
The king sent him a boy to serve the purpose. And on his way (to the magician) the boy met a monk to whom he listened and he liked [his speech].
It then became his habit that on his way to the magician, he would meet the monk and stay with him and when he arrives at the magician [late], the magician used to beat him because of this delay.
He complained about this to the monk who said to him: "When you feel afraid of the magician, say: Members of my family had delayed me. And when you fear your family, say: The magician delayed me."
It so happened that there came a huge beast and it blocked the way of the people, and the boy said: "I will know today whether the magician or the monk is better."
He picked up a stone and said: "O Allah, if the monk is dearer to You than the magician, bring about death to this beast so that the people be able to move about freely."
He threw that stone at it and killed it and the people began to move about freely. He then came to the monk and told him the story. The monk said: "Son, today you are superior to me. You have come to a stage where I feel that you would be soon put to a trial, and in case you are put to a trial, do not reveal anything about me."
The boy began to heal those born blind and the vitiligo stricken and he, in fact, began to cure people from all kinds of illnesses. When a courtier of the king who had gone blind heard about him, he came to him with numerous gifts and said: "If you cure me, all these things will be yours."
He [the boy] said: "I myself do not cure anyone. It is Allah, the Exalted, Alone Who cures; and if you affirm faith in Allah, I shall also supplicate to Allah to cure you."
This courtier affirmed his faith in Allah and Allah cured him. He came to the king and sat by his side as he used to sit before. The king said to him, "Who restored your eyesight?"
He [the boy] said: "My Lord."
Thereupon he [the king] said: "Do you have another lord besides me?"
He [the boy] said:"My Lord and your Lord is Allah." So the king tortured him until he told him about the boy.
The boy was thus summoned and the king said to him: "O boy, it has been conveyed to me that you have become so much proficient in your magic that you cure the blind and the vitiligo stricken and you do such and such."
Thereupon he [the boy] said: "I do not cure anyone; it is Allah Alone Who cures," and the king took hold of him and began to torture him until he told him about the monk.
The monk was summoned and it was said to him: "You should turn back from your religion." But he refused, and so the king sent for a saw, placed it in the middle of his head and cut him into two parts that fell down. Then the courtier of the king was brought forward and it was said to him: "Turn back from your religion." He, too, refused, and the saw was placed in the midst of his head and he was torn into two parts. Then the boy was brought to him and it was said to him: "Turn back from your religion.
" But he refused.
The king then handed him over to a group of his courtiers, and said to them: "Take him to such and such mountain; make him climb up that mountain and when you reach its peak ask him to renounce his Faith. If he refuses to do so, push him to his death."
So they took him and made him climb up the mountain and he [the boy] supplicated: "O Allah, save me from them in any way you like,
" and the mountain began to shake and they all fell down (dead) and that boy came walking to the king.
The king said to him: "What happened to your companions?"
He [the boy] said: "Allah has saved me from them."
He [the king] again handed him to some of his courtiers and said: "Take him and carry him in a boat and when you reach the middle of the sea, ask him to renounce his religion. If he does not renounce his religion throw him (into the water)."
So they took him and he [the boy] supplicated: "O Allah, save me from them." The boat turned upside down and they all drowned except the boy who came walking to the king.
The king said to him: "What happened to your companions?"
He [the boy] said: "Allah has saved me from them" and he said to the king: "You cannot kill me until you do what I command you to do."
The king asked: "What is that?"
He [the boy] said: "Gather all people in one place and tie me up to the trunk of a tree, then take an arrow from my quiver and say: In the Name of Allah, the Lord of the boy; then shoot me. If you do that you will be able to kill me."
The king called the people in an open field and tied the boy to the trunk of a tree. He took out an arrow from his quiver, fixed in the bow and said: "I the Name of Allah, the Lord of the boy,
" he then shot the arrow and it hit the boy's temple. The boy placed his hand upon the temple where the arrow had hit him and died.
The people then said: "We believe in the Lord of this boy, We believe in the Lord of this boy."
The king was told: "Do you see what you were afraid of, by Allah it has taken place; all people have believed."
The king then commanded that trenches be dug and fire lit in them, and said: "He who would not turn back from his (the boy's) religion, throw him in the fire" or "he would be ordered to jump into it." They did so till a woman came with her child. She felt hesitant in jumping into the fire. The child said to her: "O mother! Endure (this ordeal) for you are on the Right Path."
Tuesday, 9 August 2016
Rasulullah's Miracle which made a community to embrace Islam...!
Imran b. Husain reported:
I was with the Apostle of Allah (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) in a journey. He urged me to go to find out water along with other riders, for we felt very thirsty. We were traveling when we came across a woman who was sitting (on a camel) with her feet hanging over two water bags.
We said to her: "How far is water available?"
She said: "very far. You cannot get water."
We (again) said: "How much distance is there between (the residence of) your family and water?"
She said: "It is a day and night journey."
We said to her: "You go to the Messenger of Allah."
She said: "Who is the Messenger of Allah?"
We somehow managed to bring her to the Messenger of Allah (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) and he asked about her, and she informed him as she had informed us that she was a widow having orphan children.
He ordered that her camel should be made to kneal down and he gargled in the opening (of her leather water-bag). The camel was then raised up and we forty thirsty men drank water till we were completely satisfied, and we filled up all leather water-bags and water-skins that we had with us and we washed our companions, but we did not make any camel drink, and (the leather water-bags) were about to burst (on account of excess of water).
He (The Prophet) then said: "Bring whatever you have with you."
So we collected the bits (of estable things) and dates and packed them up in a bundle, and said to her: "Take it away. This is meant for your children, and know that we have not its any way done any loss to your water."
When she came to her family she said: I have met the greatest magician amongst human beings, or he is an apostle, as he claims to be, and she then narrated what had happened and Allah guided aright those people through that woman. She affirmed her faith in Islam and so did the people embrace Islam.
(Sahih Muslim)
What Becomes Unlawful As A Result Of Breast-feeding : Hadith from Sunan an-Nasa'i 3301
It was narrated from 'Aishah that her paternal uncle through breast-feeding, whose name was Aflah, asked permission to meet her, and she observed Hijab before him. The Messenger of Allah was told about that and he said:
"Do not observe Hijab before him, for what becomes unlawful (for marriage) through breast-feeding is that which becomes unlawful through lineage."
"Do not observe Hijab before him, for what becomes unlawful (for marriage) through breast-feeding is that which becomes unlawful through lineage."
Hadith about What ALLAH love most.
Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): "Which action is dearest to Allah?" He (ﷺ) replied, "Performing As-Salat (the prayer) at its earliest fixed time." I asked, "What is next (in goodness)?" He (ﷺ) said, "Kindness towards parents." I asked, "What is next (in goodness)?" He (ﷺ) said, "To participate in Jihad in the Cause of Allah."
وعن ابن مسعود، رضي الله عنه قال: قلت يا رسول الله أي العمل أحب إلى الله تعالى؟ قال: "الصلاة على وقتها" قلت: ثم أي؟ قال: "بر الوالدين" قلت ثم أي: قال: "الجهاد في سبيل الله" ((متفق عليه))
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Surah An-Naml [27:60] : The Almighty who created everything
Surah An-Naml [27:60]
Who has created the heavens and the earth, and Who sends you down rain from the sky? Yea, with it We cause to grow well-planted orchards full of beauty of delight.
It is not in your power to cause the growth of the trees in them. (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay, they are a people who swerve from justice.
Monday, 8 August 2016
Ibtihaj Muhammad would have been the perfect flag bearer for a divided US
She could have marched through the tunnel on Friday night in a hijab, clutching the American flag.
What a moment that would have been for a United States where tolerance has been drowned out by political pomposity. Ibtihaj Muhammad wouldn’t have had to say a word as her country’s flag bearer during the opening ceremonies of the Rio Olympics. The image of a Muslim fencer leading more than 500 Americans into the world’s greatest sporting event would be a statement more potent than any of the invective spilling from Donald Trump’s curled lips.That the US athletes reportedly made her the second choice to Michael Phelps as flag bearer shows how much they understand the need to show the world that they do not come from a place where intolerance is a virtue. Olympians tend be more worldly and aware of such issues than most sports stars, and most do not live in the bubble that many highly paid professional athletes inhabit. They compete overseas, regularly exposed to new cultures, people and ideas.
Muhammad is the ideal of today’s America, a place where a girl from New Jersey can grow up with an Olympic dream and make it come true despite whatever voices hiss in disdain at the sight of her competing in a hijab. For a world that must wonder if the US has gone mad in an election year where a candidate has whipped up a frenzy of fear around anyone who doesn’t look like him, the best message the US could have sent was putting Muhammad at the front of its delegation on Friday night.
In any other Olympics, in any other year, Phelps would have been the perfect choice. He is perhaps the greatest American Olympian ever, having won 18 gold medals. He also has a wonderful story of redemption behind him; the champion who won big when he was young, stumbled through a series of missteps including an arrest for driving while intoxicated, only to rise from the darkness as a changed man. When he spoke at a press conference here on Thursday, he was eloquent in a way nobody could have imagined back when he was winning all those golds in Beijing, glowering at the acclaim that appeared to overwhelm him. He said he wept when he was told he had been picked to carry the flag on Friday night. America’s Olympians should be proud to have him stand before them.
But this is not any other Olympics in any other year. This is an Olympics where the world needs to see what the US truly stands for. Is it the country of which Trump speaks, one terrified of a veil on a woman’s head? Or is it the land where any child believes they can be something big regardless of race, class or religion? Compared to Phelps, who at 31 is a year older than her, Muhammad has won nothing. She is competing in her first Olympics and is not expected to win a gold medal. Her stay in the Rio spotlight may be brief, but the image of her competing in a hijab could linger much longer than the montage of medalists wrapping themselves in the US flag.
There are many who say that politics don’t belong in the Olympics. Undoubtedly, that sentiment factored into the decision of some athletes to vote for Phelps. But the Olympics have always been political. All you have to do is see the miles of cars gridlocked here, as roads are blocked to facilitate the free movement of International Olympic Committee officials; or ride the sparkling new subway line from one rich community to another, built at outrageous cost with no benefit to Rio’s working class. The Olympics are very much a political place.
The US Olympic Committee understands this. That is why it spent considerable time and money this summer training US athletes to avoid insulting Rio or Brazil. It understands the US, as one of the world’s great powers, is perhaps the most visible country here. It realizes its actions are the country’s actions. There is no such thing as an invisible American athlete at an Olympics. And Ibtihaj Muhammad does not want to be invisible.
“It’s a tough political environment we are in right now. I think Muslims are under the microscope and I’m hoping to change the image of what people may have of Muslim women,” she said at the US Olympic Summit in March.
Muhammad said that day that she never once questioned herself as an American despite growing anti-Muslim rhetoric in the US. “This is my home, my family has always been here, and it’s a part of who I am and it’s all I know,” she said.
The world needs to see Ibtihaj Muhammad. It needs to know that she is what America is: an improbable self-made success.
The US athletes made a safe choice in Phelps as their flag bearer. An appropriate choice. Only this time, for this Olympics, they didn’t make the best choice. An opportunity was lost.
Saturday, 6 August 2016
Indian poltroon armed forces using pellet gun brutally on innocent kashmiri people
Pellet guns have no place in law enforcement and should be banned immediately, human rights group Amnesty International India has said, following the death of a third person owing to injuries inflicted by the weapons in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Amnesty's comments on Thursday come a week after the Indian government promised to set up a panel to investigate the use of pellet guns as a method of crowd control in the region.
Since July 8, at least 50 people have been killed and hundreds injured as Indian security forces and protesters faced off and the tensions show little sign of abating.
Parts of Kashmir are still under curfew as protests and violence rock the Kashmir valley, almost a month after security forces killed rebel leader Burhan Wani and two other fighters in southern Kashmir.
Medical officials estimate that up to 100 people will lose the use of at least one eye after suffering injuries to the face owing to riot police using pellet guns to quell protests.
Amnesty said that the Jammu and Kashmir government should immediately stop using the weapons.
"Pellet guns are inherently inaccurate and indiscriminate, and have no place in law enforcement," Zahoor Wani, senior campaigner of Amnesty International India, said.
"They cannot ensure well-targeted shots and risk causing serious injury, including to bystanders or other protesters not engaging in violence. These risks are almost impossible to control," he said.
On Wednesday, Riyaz Ahmed Shah, 23, died in Srinagar of multiple pellet injuries.
"The autopsy report said that Riyaz was shot from a close range, and there were multiple pellet injuries to his vital organs," Wani said.
The Indian government has faced criticism for its response to the protests in Kashmir. On July 21, the interior ministry said it would reconsider the use of pellet guns as a method of crowd control.
"We will form an expert committee on this that will give its report in two months so that such incidents are not repeated in future," Rajnath Singh, India's interior minister, said.
Many areas in Kashmir are still under curfew, though some locals refuse to stay indoors. Night vigils take place in Sopore in northern Kashmir [Eeshan Peer/ Al Jazeera]
Khurram Parvez, programme director of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), said that while the Indian government is "deliberating on the matter", security forces are still using the weapons on the street.
He said the Indian government's comments were merely "a smokescreen to confuse" and to "delay".
The Jammu and Kashmir government has previously described the use of pellets as a "necessary evil".
Naeem Akhter, spokesperson for the Jammu and Kashmir government, told Al Jazeera that "a decision had been taken to phase out pellets.
"The use of pellets were inherited from the previous government ... we have always been against it," he said.
Organisers of the campaign “Kashmir Blind Spot” have urged people around the world to write to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and promote the issue on social media.
"We are trying to draw attention to the Kashmir story. We feel that Kashmir has become a blind spot and the world has lost its sight when it comes to our story," Khurram Parvez of JKCCS said.
Although pellets are not meant to cause deaths, at least nine people have been killed in the region since they were introduced in 2010.
On July 13, a doctor at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital, in Srinagar, told Al Jazeera that his department had been overwhelmed by patients with eye injuries.
"We have operated on more than 90 people with injuries to their eyes. Many have multiple injuries with pellets lodged inside their eyes, forehead, back and abdomen. Many need multiple operations. It is very painful and gruesome," he said.
Over the past two decades more than 60,000 people have been killed in Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan with both claiming the territory in its entirety.
Amnesty's comments on Thursday come a week after the Indian government promised to set up a panel to investigate the use of pellet guns as a method of crowd control in the region.
Since July 8, at least 50 people have been killed and hundreds injured as Indian security forces and protesters faced off and the tensions show little sign of abating.
Parts of Kashmir are still under curfew as protests and violence rock the Kashmir valley, almost a month after security forces killed rebel leader Burhan Wani and two other fighters in southern Kashmir.
Medical officials estimate that up to 100 people will lose the use of at least one eye after suffering injuries to the face owing to riot police using pellet guns to quell protests.
Amnesty said that the Jammu and Kashmir government should immediately stop using the weapons.
"Pellet guns are inherently inaccurate and indiscriminate, and have no place in law enforcement," Zahoor Wani, senior campaigner of Amnesty International India, said.
"They cannot ensure well-targeted shots and risk causing serious injury, including to bystanders or other protesters not engaging in violence. These risks are almost impossible to control," he said.
On Wednesday, Riyaz Ahmed Shah, 23, died in Srinagar of multiple pellet injuries.
"The autopsy report said that Riyaz was shot from a close range, and there were multiple pellet injuries to his vital organs," Wani said.
The Indian government has faced criticism for its response to the protests in Kashmir. On July 21, the interior ministry said it would reconsider the use of pellet guns as a method of crowd control.
"We will form an expert committee on this that will give its report in two months so that such incidents are not repeated in future," Rajnath Singh, India's interior minister, said.
Many areas in Kashmir are still under curfew, though some locals refuse to stay indoors. Night vigils take place in Sopore in northern Kashmir [Eeshan Peer/ Al Jazeera]
Khurram Parvez, programme director of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), said that while the Indian government is "deliberating on the matter", security forces are still using the weapons on the street.
He said the Indian government's comments were merely "a smokescreen to confuse" and to "delay".
The Jammu and Kashmir government has previously described the use of pellets as a "necessary evil".
Naeem Akhter, spokesperson for the Jammu and Kashmir government, told Al Jazeera that "a decision had been taken to phase out pellets.
"The use of pellets were inherited from the previous government ... we have always been against it," he said.
'Blind spot'
Organisers of the campaign “Kashmir Blind Spot” have urged people around the world to write to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and promote the issue on social media.
"We are trying to draw attention to the Kashmir story. We feel that Kashmir has become a blind spot and the world has lost its sight when it comes to our story," Khurram Parvez of JKCCS said.
Although pellets are not meant to cause deaths, at least nine people have been killed in the region since they were introduced in 2010.
On July 13, a doctor at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital, in Srinagar, told Al Jazeera that his department had been overwhelmed by patients with eye injuries.
"We have operated on more than 90 people with injuries to their eyes. Many have multiple injuries with pellets lodged inside their eyes, forehead, back and abdomen. Many need multiple operations. It is very painful and gruesome," he said.
Over the past two decades more than 60,000 people have been killed in Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan with both claiming the territory in its entirety.
Indian Police killing Kashmiri people brutally : Death toll reaches 55 in Kashmir conflict
Death toll reaches 55 as protesters continue to clash with police following killing of commander of separatist group in KASHMIR.
Three more people have been killed by Indian security forces in the disputed region of Kashmir, bringing the death toll to 55 since unrest erupted following the killing of a local separatist leader in early July.
Two protesters were killed in the west of Srinagar and one in the north of the city after crowds clashed with police and paramilitary forces following Friday prayers, a police official said.
Marking the 28th straight day of protests, thousands of locals defied a curfew that authorities have extended to large parts of the disputed territory.
The protesters clashed with security forces who fired bullets, tear gas shells and pellets from shotguns.
More than 100 people were wounded including several police officers.
"Forces fired to disperse large crowds at two places in Budgam district in which two persons died," a senior police officer told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
"Over 100 protesters (and) some policemen were injured in the day-long clashes," the officer said.
Weeks of street violence have followed since the killing of Burhan Wani, 22, a popular commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen separatist group, which is demanding the region's independence or its merger with Pakistan.
More than 5,000 people and members of the security forces have been wounded in clashes since Wani's death.
Muslim-majority Kashmir has been divided between Pakistan and India since shortly after the two countries were carved out of Britain in 1947. Both claim the region in its entirety.
India accuses Pakistan of smuggling fighters across its border to attack forces in the Indian-administered portion of the region, a charge Islamabad strongly denies.
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History of Muslim in INDIAN sub-continent : Muslim conquests
Muslim conquests on the Indian subcontinent
mainly took place from the 12th to the 16th centuries, though earlier Muslim conquests made limited inroads into modern Afghanistan and Pakistan as early as the time of the Rajput kingdoms in the 8th century. With the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, Islam spread across large parts of the subcontinent. In 1204, Bakhtiar Khilji led the Muslim conquest of Bengal, marking the eastern-most expansion of Islam at the time.Prior to the rise of the Maratha Empire, which was followed by the conquest of India by the British East India Company, the Muslim Mughal Empire was able to annex or subjugate most of India's kings. However, it was never able to conquer the kingdoms in upper reaches of the Himalayas such as the regions of today's Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan; the extreme south of India, such as Travancore and Tamil Nadu; and in the east, such as the Ahom kingdom in Assam.
Early Muslim Communities
Islam in India existed in communities along the Arab coastal trade routes in Sindh, Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, and Ceylon as soon as the religion originated and had early gained widespread acceptance in the Arabian Peninsula, being brought over by merchants, Sufis and missionaries, who oftentimes settled down and intermarried with the local women, adopting local customs. The first incursion by the new Muslim successor states of the Arab World occurred around 636 CE or 643 AD, during the Rashidun Caliphate,long before any Arab army reached the frontier of India by land.
Arab Naval Expedition
Uthman b. Abul As Al Sakifi, governor of Bahrain and Oman, sent out ships to raid Thane, near modern-day Mumbai, while his brother Hakam sailed to Broach and a third fleet sailed to Debal under his younger brother Mughira either in 636 CE or 643 AD. According to one source all three expeditions were successful, however, another source states Mughira was defeated and killed at Debal. These expeditions were sent without the Caliph Umar's consent, and he rebuked Uthman, saying that had the Arabs lost any men the Caliph would have killed an equal number of men from Utham's tribe in retaliation.The expeditions were sent to attack pirate nests, to safeguard Arabian trade in the Arabian Sea, and not to start the conquest of India.
Rashidun Caliphate and the India Frontier
The kingdoms of Kapisa-Gandhara, Zabulistan and Sind (which then held Makran), all of which were culturally and political part of India since ancient times, were known as "The Frontier of Al Hind". The first clash between a ruler of an Indian kingdom and the Arabs took place in 643 AD, when Arab forces defeated Rutbil, King of Zabulistan in Sistan.[8] Arabs led by Suhail b. Abdi and Hakam al Taghilbi defeated an Indian army in the Battle of Rasil in 644 AD at the Indian Ocean sea coast, then reached the Indus River. Caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab denied them permission to cross the river or operate on Indian soil and the Arabs returned home.
Abdullah ibn Aamir led the invasion of Khurasan in 650 AD, and his general Rabi b. Ziyad Al Harithi attacked Sistan and took Zaranj and surrounding areas in 651 AD while Ahnaf ibn Qais conquered the Hepthalites of Herat in 652 AD and advanced up to Balkh by 653 AD. Arab conquests now bordered the Kingdoms of Kapisa, Zabul and Sind. The Arabs levied annual tributes on the newly captured areas, and leaving 4,000 men garrisons at Merv and Zaranj retired to Iraq instead of pushing on against the frontier of India. Caliph Uthman b. Affan sanctioned an attack against Makran in 652 AD, and sent a recon mission to Sind in 653 AD. The mission described Makran as inhospitable, and Caliph Uthman, probably assuming the country beyond was much worse, forbade any further incursions into India.
This was the beginning of a prolonged struggle between the rulers of Kabul and Zabul against successive Arab governors of Sistan, Khurasan and Makran. The Kabul Shahi kings and their Zunbil kinsmen blocked access to the Khyber Pass and Gomal Pass routes into India from 653 to 870 AD, while modern Balochistan, Pakistan, comprising the areas of Kikan or Qiqanan, Nukan, Turan, Buqan, Qufs, Mashkey and Makran, would face several Arab expeditions between 661 - 711 AD. The Arabs launched several raids against these frontier lands, but repeated rebellions in Sistan and Khurasan between 653 - 691 AD diverted much of their military resources in in order to subdue these provinces and away from expansion into Al Hind. Muslim control of these areas ebbed and flowed repeatedly as a result until 870 AD. Arabs troops disliked being stationed in Makran, and were reluctant to campaign in the Kabul area and Zabulistan, the difficult terrain and underestimation of Zunbil's power, Arab strategy to extract tribute instead of systematic conquest, and the fierce resistance of Zunbil and Turki Shah stalled Arab progress repeatedly in the "Frontier Zone".
Umayyad Expansion in Al Hind
Muawiyah established Umayyad rule over the Arabs after the first First Fitna in 661 AD, and resumed expansion of the Muslim Empire. After 663/665 AD, the Arabs launched an invasion against Kapisa, Zabul and what is now Pakistani Balochistan. Abdur Rahman. Samurra besieged Kabul in 663 AD, while Haris Marrah advanced against Kalat after marching through Fannazabur and Quandabil and moving through the Bolan Pass. King Chach of Sindh sent an army against the Arabs, the enemy blocked the mountain passes, Haris was killed and his army was annihilated. Al Muhallab ibn Abi Suffrah took a detachment through the Khyber pass towards Multan in Southern Punjab in modern-day Pakistan in 664 AD, then pushed south into Kikan, and may have also raided Quandabil. Turki Shah and Zunbil expelled Arabs from their respective kingdoms by 670 AD, and Zunbil began assisting in organizing resistance in Makran.
Battles in Makran and Zabulistan
Arabs launched several campaigns in eastern Balochistan between 661 - 681 AD, four Arab commanders were killed during the campaigns, but Sinan b. Salma managed to conquer parts of Makran including the Chagai area, and establish a permanent base of operations in 673 AD. Rashid b. Amr, the next governor of Makran, subdued Mashkey in 672 AD, Munzir b. Jarood Al Abadi managed to garrison Kikan and conquer Buqan by 681 AD, while Ibn Harri Al Bahili, conducted several campaigns to secure the Arab hold on Kikan, Makran and Buqan by 683 AD. Zunbil saw off Arab campaigns in 668, 672 and 673 AD by paying tribute, although Arabs occupied the areas south of Helmand in 673 AD permanently Zunbil defeated Yazid b. Salm's army in 681 AD at Junzah, and Arabs had to pay 500,000 dirhams to ransom their prisoners, but the Arabs defeated and killed Zunbil in Sistan in 685. The Arabs were defeated in Zabul in next invaded Zabul in 693 AD.
Umayyad expansion in Sindh
Raja Dahir of Sind had refused to return Arab rebels from Sindh and furthermore, Meds and others. Meds shipping from their bases at Kutch, Debal and Kathiawar. in one of their raids had kidnapped Muslim women travelling from Sri Lanka to Arabia, thus providing a casus belli against Sindh Raja Dahir when Raja Dahir expressed his inability to help retrieve the prisoners. After two expeditions were defeated in Sindh Al Hajjaj equipped an army built around 6,000 Syrian cavalry and detachments of mawali from Iraq, six thousand camel riders, and a baggage train of 3,000 camels under his Nephew Muhammad bin Qasim to Sind. His Artillery of five catapults were sent to Debal by sea.
Conquest of Sindh
Muhammad bin Qasim departed from Shiraz in 710 CE, the army marched along the coast to Tiaz in Makran, then to the Kech valley. Muhammad re-subdued the restive towns of Fannazbur and Armabil, (Lasbela) finally completing the conquest of Makran then the army met up with the reinforcements and catapults sent by sea near Debal and took Debal through assault. From Debal the Arabs moved north along the Indus, clearing the region up to Budha, some towns like Nerun and Sadusan (Sehwan) surrendered peacefully while tribes inhabiting Sisam were defeated in battle. Muhammad bin Qasim moved back to Nerun to resupply and receive reinforcements sent by Hajjaj. The Arabs crossed the Indus further South and defeated the army of Dahir, who was killed. The Arabs then marched north along the east bank of the Indus after the siege and capture of Rawer. Brahmanabad, then Alor (Aror) and finally Multan, were captured alongside other in-between towns with only light Muslim casualties. Arabs marched up to the foothills of Kashmir along the Jhelum in 713 AD, and the stormed on Al-Kiraj (probably the Kangra valley) Muhammad was deposed after the death of Caliph Walid in 715 AD. Jai Singh, son of Dahir captured Brahmanabad and Arab rule was restricted to the Western shore of Indus. Sindh was briefly lost to the caliph when the rebel Yazid b. Muhallab took over Sindh briefly in 720 AD.
Last Umayyad campaigns in Al Hind
Junaid b. Abd Al Rahman Al Marri became the governor of Sindh in 723 AD. Secured Debal, then defeat and killed Jai Singh secured Sindh and Southern Punjaband stormed Al Kiraj (Kangra valley) in 724 AD. Junaid next attacked a number of Hindu kingdoms in what is now Rajasthan, Gujrat and Madhya Pradesh aiming at permanent conquest, but the chronology and area of operation of the campaigns during 725 - 743 AD is difficult to follow because accurate, complete information is lacking. The Arabs moved east from Sindh in several detachments and probably from attacked from both the land and the sea, occupying Mirmad (Marumada, in Jaisalmer), Al-Mandal (perhaps Oka-Mandal in Gujarat) or Marwar, and Dahnaj, not identified, al-Baylaman (Bhilmal) and Jurz (Gurjara country—north Gujarat and southern Rajasthan). and attacking Barwas (Broach), sacking Vallabhi. Gurjara king Siluka repelled Arabs from "Stravani and Valla", probably the area North of Jaisalmer and Jodhpur, and the invasion of Malwa but were ultimately defeated by Nagabhata I in 725 AD near Ujjain. Arabs lost control over the newly conquered territories and Sind due to Arab tribal infighting and Arab soldiers deserting the newly conquered territory during in 731 AD.
Al Hakam Awana Al Kalbi recovered Sindh, and in 733 AD, founded the garrison city of Al Mahfuza ("The Well Guarded") similar to Kufa, Basra and Wasit, on the eastern side of a lake near Brahmanabad. Hakam next attempted to reclaim the conquests of Junaid in Al Hind. Arab records merely state that he was successful, Indian records at Navasar details that Arab forces defeated "Kacchella, Saindhava, Saurashtra, Cavotaka, Maurya and Gurjara" kings . The city of Al Mansura ("The Victorious") was founded near Al Mahfuza to commemorate pacification of Sindh by Amr . Muhammad in 738 AD. Al Hakam next invaded the Deccan in 739 AD with the intention of permanent conquest, but was decisively defeated at Navsari by the viceroy Avanijanashraya Pulakesi of the Chalukya Empire serving Vikramaditya II. Arab rule was restricted to the west of Thar desert.
Last Days of Caliphate Control
When the Abbasid Revolution overthrew the Umayyads in 750 AD after the Third Fitna, Sindh became independent and was captured by Musa b. K'ab al Tamimi in 752 AD. Zunbil had defeated the Arabs in 728 AD, and saw off two Abbasid invasions in 769 and 785 AD. Abbasids attacked Kabul several times and collected tribute between 787 Ad - 815 Ad and extracted tributeafter each campaign. Abbasid Governor of Sind, Hisham ( 768 - 773 AD) raided Kashmir, recaptured parts of Punjab from Karkota control, and launched naval raids against ports of Gujarat in 758 and 770 AD, which like other Abbasid Naval raids launched of 776 and 779 AD, gained no territory. Arabs occupied Sindian (Southern Kutch) in 810 AD, only to lose it in 841 AD. Civil war erupted in Sind in 842 AD, and the Habbari dynasty occupied Mansurah, and by 871, five independent principalities emerged, with the Banu Habbari clan controlling in Mansurah, Banu Munabbih occupying Multan, Banu Madan ruling in Makran, with Makshey and Turan falling to other rulers, all outside direct Caliphate control. Ismaili missionaries found a receptive audience among both the Sunni and non-Muslim populations in Multan, which became a center of the Ismaili sect of Islam. The Saffarid Dynasty of Zaranj occupied Kabul and the kingdom of Zunbil permanently in 871 AD. A new chapter of Muslim conquests began when the Samanid Dynasty took over the Saffarid Kingdom and Sabuktigin seized Ghazni.
Later Muslim invasions
Muslim incursions resumed under later Turkic and Central Asian Mongol dynasties with more local capitals, who supplanted the Caliphate and expanded their domains both northwards and eastwards and led to the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate.
Ghaznavid Period
Tomb of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni in 1848.
Under Sabuktigin, Ghazni found itself in conflict with the Shahi Raja Jayapala. When Sabuktigin died and his son Mahmud ascended the throne in 998, Ghazni was engaged in the North with the Qarakhanids when the Shahi Raja renewed hostilities.
In the early 11th century, Mahmud of Ghazni launched seventeen expeditions into South Asia. In 1001, Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni defeated Raja Jayapala of the Hindu Shahi Dynasty of Gandhara (in modern Afghanistan), the Battle of Peshawar and marched further into Peshawar (in modern Pakistan) and, in 1005, made it the center for his forces.
The Ghaznavid conquests were initially directed against the Ismaili Fatimids of Multan, who were engaged in an ongoing struggle with the Abbasid Caliphate in conjunction with their compatriots of the Fatimid Caliphate in North Africa and the Middle East; Mahmud apparently hoped to curry the favor of the Abbasids in this fashion. However, once this aim was accomplished, he moved onto the richness of the loot of wealthy temples and monasteries. By 1027, Mahmud had captured parts of North India and obtained formal recognition of Ghazni's sovereignty from the Abbassid Caliph, al-Qadir Billah.
Ghaznavid rule in Northwestern India (modern Afghanistan and Pakistan) lasted over 175 years, from 1010 to 1187. It was during this period that Lahore assumed considerable importance apart from being the second capital, and later the only capital, of the Ghaznavid Empire.
At the end of his reign, Mahmud's empire extended from Kurdistan in the west to Samarkand in the Northeast, and from the Caspian Sea to the Punjab. Although his raids carried his forces across Northern and Western India, only Punjab came under his permanent rule; Kashmir, the Doab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat remained under the control of the local Indian dynasties. In 1030, Mahmud fell gravely ill and died at age 59. As with the invaders of three centuries ago, Mahmud's armies looted temples in Varanasi, Mathura, Ujjain, Maheshwar, Jwalamukhi, Somnath and Dwarka.
Mu'izz al-Din
Mu'izz al-Din better known as Shahāb-ud-Din Muhammad Ghori was a conqueror from the region of Ghor in Afghanistan. Before 1160, the Ghaznavid Empire covered an area running from central Afghanistan east to the Punjab, with capitals at Ghazni on the banks of Ghazni river in present-day Afghanistan, and at Lahore in present-day Pakistan. In 1160, the Ghorids conquered Ghazni from the Ghaznavids, and in 1173 Muhammad Bin Sām was made governor of Ghazni. He raided eastwards into the remaining Ghaznavid territory, and invaded Gujarat in the 1180s but was defeated by the Indian queen Naikidevi of Gujarat. In 1186 and 1187 he conquered Lahore in alliance with a local Hindu ruler, ending the Ghaznavid empire and bringing the last of Ghaznavid territory under his control, and seemed to be the first Muslim ruler seriously interested in expanding his domain in the sub-continent, and like his predecessor Mahmud initially started off against the Ismaili kingdom of Multan that had regained independence during the Nizari conflicts, and then onto booty and power.
In 1191, he invaded the territory of Prithviraj III of Ajmer, who ruled much of present-day Rajasthan and Punjab, but was defeated at the First battle of Tarain.[68] The following year, Mu'izz al-Din assembled 120,000 horsemen and once again invaded India. Mu'izz al-Din's army met Prithviraj's army again at Tarain, and this time Mu'izz al-Din won; Govindraj was slain, Prithviraj executed[69] and Mu'izz al-Din advanced onto Delhi. Within a year, Mu'izz al-Din controlled Northern Rajasthan and Northern Ganges-Yamuna Doab. After these victories in India, and Mu'izz al-Din's establishment of a capital in Delhi, Multan was also incorporated into his empire. Mu'izz al-Din then returned east to Ghazni to deal with the threat on his eastern frontiers from the Turks and Mongols, whiles his armies continued to advance through Northern India, raiding as far east as Bengal.
Mu'izz al-Din returned to Lahore after 1200. In 1206, Mu'izz al-Din had to travel to Lahore to crush a revolt. On his way back to Ghazni, his caravan rested at Damik near Sohawa (which is near the city of Jhelum in the Punjab province of modern-day Pakistan). He was assassinated on 15 March 1206, while offering his evening prayers. The identity of Ghori's assassins is disputed, with some claiming that he was assassinated by local Hindu Gakhars and others claiming he was assassinated by Hindu Khokhars, both being different tribes.
The Khokhars were killed in large numbers, and the province was pacified. After settling the affairs in the Punjab. Mu'izz al-Din marched back to Ghazni. While camping at Dhamayak in 1206 AD in the Jehlum district, the sultan was murdered by the Khokhars
Hasan Nizami and Ferishta record the killing of Mu'izz al-Din at the hands of the Gakhars. However, Ferishta may have confused the Ghakars with the Khokhars.[citation needed] Other historians have also blamed Shahabuddin Ghori's assassination to a band of Hindu Khokhars.
Some also claim that Mu'izz al-Din was assassinated by the Hashshashin, a radical Ismaili Muslim sect.
According to his wishes, Mu'izz al-Din was buried where he fell, in Damik. Upon his death his most capable general, Qutb-ud-din Aybak, took control of Mu'izz al-Din's Indian conquests and declared himself the first Sultan of Delhi.
The Delhi Sultanate
Muhammad's successors established the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, while the Mamluk Dynasty in 1211 (however, the Delhi Sultanate is traditionally held to have been founded in 1206) seized the reins of the empire. Mamluk means "slave" and referred to the Turkic slave soldiers who became rulers. The territory under control of the Muslim rulers in Delhi expanded rapidly. By mid-century, Bengal and much of central India was under the Delhi Sultanate. Several Turko-Afghan dynasties ruled from Delhi: the Mamluk (1206–1290), the Khalji (1290–1320), the Tughlaq (1320–1414), the Sayyid (1414–51), and the Lodhi (1451–1526). During the time of Delhi Sultanate, the Vijayanagara Empire resisted successfully attempts of Delhi Sultanate to establish dominion in the Southern India, serving as a barrier against invasion by the Muslims. Certain kingdoms remained independent of Delhi such as the larger kingdoms of Punjab, Rajasthan, parts of the Deccan, Gujarat, Malwa (central India), and Bengal, nevertheless all of the area in present-day Pakistan came under the rule of Delhi.
The Sultans of Delhi enjoyed cordial, if superficial, relations with Muslim rulers in the Near East but owed them no allegiance. They based their laws on the Quran and the sharia and permitted non-Muslim subjects to practice their religion only if they paid the jizya (poll tax). They ruled from urban centres, while military camps and trading posts provided the nuclei for towns that sprang up in the countryside.
Perhaps the most significant contribution of the Sultanate was its temporary success in insulating the subcontinent from the potential devastation of the Mongol invasion from Central Asia in the 13th century, which nonetheless led to the capture of Afghanistan and western Pakistan by the Mongols (see the Ilkhanate Dynasty). The Sultanate ushered in a period of Indian cultural renaissance, The resulting "Indo-Muslim" fusion left lasting monuments in architecture, music, literature, and religion. In addition it is surmised that the language of Urdu (literally meaning "horde" or "camp" in various Turkic dialects) was born during the Delhi Sultanate period as a result of the mingling of Sanskritic Hindi and the Persian, Turkish, Arabic favoured by the Muslim invaders of India[citation needed].
The Sultanate suffered significantly from the sacking of Delhi in 1398 by Timur, but revived briefly under the Lodi Dynasty, the final dynasty of the Sultanate before it was conquered by Zahiruddin Babur in 1526, who subsequently founded the Mughal Dynasty that ruled from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
Timur
Tīmūr bin Taraghay Barlas, known in the West as Tamerlane or "Timur the lame", was a 14th-century warlord of Turco-Mongol descent, conqueror of much of western and central Asia, and founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1507) in Central Asia; the Timurid dynasty survived until 1857 as the Mughal dynasty of India.
Informed about civil war in South Asia, Timur began a trek starting in 1398 to invade the reigning Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud of the Tughlaq Dynasty in the north Indian city of Delhi. His campaign was politically pretexted that the Muslim Delhi Sultanate was too tolerant toward its "Hindu" subjects, but that could not mask the real reason being to amass the wealth of the Delhi Sultanate.
Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now Pakistan) on 24 September. The capture of towns and villages was often followed by the looting, massacre of their inhabitants and raping of their women, as well as pillaging to support his massive army. Timur wrote many times in his memoirs of his specific disdain for the 'idolatrous' "Hindus".
Timur's invasion did not go unopposed and he did meet some resistance during his march to Delhi, most notably with the Sarv Khap coalition in northern India, and the Governor of Meerut. Although impressed and momentarily stalled by the valour of Ilyaas Awan, Timur was able to continue his relentless approach to Delhi, arriving in 1398 to combat the armies of Sultan Mehmud, already weakened by an internal battle for ascension within the royal family.
The Sultan's army was easily defeated on 17 December 1398. Timur entered Delhi and the city was sacked, destroyed, and left in ruins. Before the battle for Delhi, Timur executed more than 100,000 "Hindu" captives.
Timur himself recorded the invasions in his memoirs, collectively known as Tuzk-i-Timuri. Timur's purported autobiography, the Tuzk-e-Taimuri ("Memoirs of Temur") is a later fabrication, although most of the historical facts are accurate.
Historian Irfan Habib writes in "Timur in the Political Tradition and Historiography of Mughal India" that in the 14th century, the word "Hindu" (people of "Al-Hind", "Hind" being "India") included "both Hindus and Muslims" in religious connotations.
When Timur entered Delhi after defeating Mahmud Toghloq’s forces, he granted an amnesty in return for protection money (mâl-e amâni). But on the fourth day he ordered that all the people of the city be enslaved; and so they were. Thus reports Yahya, who here inserts a pious prayer in Arabic for the victims’ consolation ("To God we return, and everything happens by His will"). Yazdi, on the other hand, does not have any sympathy to waste on these wretches. He records that Timur had granted protection to the people of Delhi on the 18th of December 1398, and the collectors had begun collecting the protection money. But large groups of Timur’s soldiers began to enter the city and, like birds of prey, attacked its citizens. The "pagan Hindus" (Henduân-e gabr) having had the temerity to begin immolating their women and themselves, the three cities of Delhi were put to sack by Timur’s soldiers. "Faithless Hindus", he adds, had gathered in the Congregation Mosque of Old Delhi and Timur’s officers put them ruthlessly to slaughter there on the 29th of December. Clearly, Yazdi’s "Hindus" included Muslims as well.
During the ransacking of Delhi, almost all inhabitants not killed were captured and enslaved.
Timur's memoirs on his invasion of India describe in detail the massacre of "Hindus", looting plundering and raping of their women and the plunder of the wealth of Hindustan (Greater India). It gives details of how villages, towns and entire cities were rid of their "Hindu" male population through systematic mass slaughters and genocide.
Timur left Delhi in approximately January 1399. In April he had returned to his own capital beyond the Oxus (Amu Darya). Immense quantities of spoils were taken from India. According to Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, 90 captured elephants were employed merely to carry precious stones looted from his conquest, so as to erect a mosque at Samarkand — what historians today believe is the enormous Bibi-Khanym Mosque. Ironically, the mosque was constructed too quickly and suffered greatly from disrepair within a few decades of its construction.
Injustice with muslim passenger : A British woman detained under terror laws after cabin crew report her reading Syrian art book on plane
Exclusive: Airline urged to apologise after honeymooner 'made to feel like a culprit'
A Muslim NHS worker was detained at a UK airport and questioned under terror laws after a cabin crew member spotted her reading a Syrian culture book on board her honeymoon flight.
Faizah Shaheen, who helps prevent teenage mental health patients from becoming radicalised, was returning from honeymoon in Marmaris, Turkey, when she was stopped by South Yorkshire Police at Doncaster Airport on 25 July.
The 27-year-old was pulled over because a Thomson Airways cabin crew member on her outbound flight a fortnight earlier had reported her for suspicious behaviour.
Police officers questioned her for 15 minutes under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act and told her the suspicions related to the holiday book she had been reading – Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline.
The award-winning book by Malu Halasa is a collection of essays, short stories, poems, songs, cartoons and photographs from Syrian authors and artists.
Ms Shaheen, from Leeds, said she was left angry and in tears by the experience – and with a feeling she had been discriminated because of her faith.
She said she now intends to make formal complaints against the police and Thomson Airways.
Strong integrity : THE LEADER
Ar-Rasheed, a first century ruler, once said to al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyaad, "Admonish me."
Al-Fudayl said, "O Leader of the Faithful! Indeed your grandfather, Al-‘Abbaas, the uncle of the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), once went to the Prophet and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, appoint me to be a leader.' The Messenger of Allah said, 'My uncle, indeed, being a leader leads to sorrow, and regret on the Day of Resurrection. If you are able to go without ever being a leader, then do so!'"
Ar-Rasheed was moved to tears, he said, "Give me more."
Al-Fudayl looked at Ar-Rasheed and said, "O one who has a handsome face, if you are able to protect that face from the Hell-fire then do so. And beware of ever cheating or betraying your people."
Being much moved by Al-Fudayl's words, Ar-Rasheed wanted to reward him. Ar-Rasheed asked, "Do you have any debts?"
Al-Fudayl said, "To my Lord, yes, and He will hold me accountable for them."
Ar-Rasheed said, "I am of course referring to debts to other human beings."
After Al-Fudayl answered in the negative, Ar-Rasheed said to one of his assistants, "Give him 1000 dinars, which he can use to help his family."
Al-Fudayl was greatly offended by these words and said, "SubḥanAllah! (How perfect Allah is) I am guiding you to safety and you want to reward me with this paltry, worldly sum!"
He then left, having refused to take anything.
A life changing Ayah from Al-Quran: Surah Al Hadeed - Ayah 16
Al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyaad was famous for his piety and worship, but he was not always a practising Muslim. In his early years, Al-Fudayl was an infamous highway robber; he would prowl in the night for victims on the road from Abu Ward to Sarakhas. Between these two cities was a small village in which lived a girl that Al-Fudayl was in love with. One night, out of desperation to be with her, Al-Fudayl climbed the wall of her home. As he was climbing over it, he heard a voice recite:"Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah..." Surah Al-Ḥadeed 57, Ayah 16.
At that moment, Al-Fudayl answered, "O my Lord, the time has indeed come." He returned from where he came and sought refuge near a travelling party on the main road. They were busy engaging in a serious discussion. Al-Fudayl heard one of them say, "Let us continue our journey now." Another answered, "No, not until the morning, for Al-Fudayl is lurking on the road somewhere out there, just waiting to rob us."
Having heard the entire conversation, Al-Fudayl thought to himself,
"I go around in the night to sin, while a group of Muslims remain here because they fear me. Indeed I feel that Allah has brought me here to them only so that I can reform my character. O Allah, I indeed repent to you!"
At that moment, Al-Fudayl answered, "O my Lord, the time has indeed come." He returned from where he came and sought refuge near a travelling party on the main road. They were busy engaging in a serious discussion. Al-Fudayl heard one of them say, "Let us continue our journey now." Another answered, "No, not until the morning, for Al-Fudayl is lurking on the road somewhere out there, just waiting to rob us."
Having heard the entire conversation, Al-Fudayl thought to himself,
"I go around in the night to sin, while a group of Muslims remain here because they fear me. Indeed I feel that Allah has brought me here to them only so that I can reform my character. O Allah, I indeed repent to you!"
Friday, 5 August 2016
France dishonour Muslims rights: Burkini Pool Party Banned
France banned Burkini Pool party illegally.
In the south of France officials are trying to ban a ‘burkini’ pool party due to take place at a local water park, arguing the event is likely to lead to “public disorder”.
Michel Amiel, an brainless Mayor of Pennes-Mirabeau, near Marseille, said he was “shocked and angered” that posters were being distributed advertising the private event on September 10th at the popular Speed Water Park, saying he saw it as a “provocation”.
The party is organised by the Muslim community group Smile 13, advertising it as a chance for women to swim with their children - including boys up to the age of 10 - in private for eight hours while wearing the burkini swimming costume.
A poster for the event read: “We count on you to respect the AWRA (the body parts that must be covered according to Islamic law) and not come in a two piece (the body must be covered from the chest to the knees).
“The pool park has exceptionally allowed bathers to wear burqinis and jilbab de bains.”
That brainless mayor Amiel meanwhile said he was hoping to have the event cancelled as he disagreed with the principles under which it was organised.
“This is communalism, pure and simple,” he told Le Parisien. “I’m taking up a city by force and I can prohibit this event on the grounds though it was their right. ”
The announcement of the party attracted criticism from far-right politicians, including Stephane Ravier of Front National, who claimed it represented a wider problem in France.
This the cause why France attacked by ISIS rapidly. They don't give honour to Muslim right. They said about free mind but they are working like a frog in a dark wall.
Men in HIJAB : why they are supporting their wives? They explained it.
Men in Iran have been wearing hijabs in a show of solidarity with their wives and female family members. Their pictures are being sent to Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist who is living in New York, in response to her #meninhijab campaign launched earlier this week.
Women have been forced to cover their hair in public since the Islamic Revoloution of 1979. This law is strictly enforced by morality police and women deemed to be in contravention face fines and even imprisonment.
Alinejad has led the campaign against enforced hijab with her My Stealthy Freedom Facebook page and thousands of women living inside Iran have shared their photos of the moment they defied enforced hijab.
"The reason I participated in this new #MenInHijab campaign is that I wanted to offer my own support to the women of Iran who have long been forced to wear the veil.
"Our women have been obliged to wear the veil for more than thirty years whereas mine was only a momentary experience. This is the least of what men can do to show their support to women, especially within the context of Iran where the Islamic Republic constantly propagates the notion that a man’s honour depends on his wife’s veil.
"I simply wanted to show that my understanding of honour has got nothing to do with compulsion or forcefully imposing a dress code on women."
Women have been forced to cover their hair in public since the Islamic Revoloution of 1979. This law is strictly enforced by morality police and women deemed to be in contravention face fines and even imprisonment.
Alinejad has led the campaign against enforced hijab with her My Stealthy Freedom Facebook page and thousands of women living inside Iran have shared their photos of the moment they defied enforced hijab.
"The reason I participated in this new #MenInHijab campaign is that I wanted to offer my own support to the women of Iran who have long been forced to wear the veil.
"Our women have been obliged to wear the veil for more than thirty years whereas mine was only a momentary experience. This is the least of what men can do to show their support to women, especially within the context of Iran where the Islamic Republic constantly propagates the notion that a man’s honour depends on his wife’s veil.
"I simply wanted to show that my understanding of honour has got nothing to do with compulsion or forcefully imposing a dress code on women."
Thursday, 4 August 2016
Hadith : A man came and said: "I am (at times) affected by seminal emission but find no water". (Muslim )
A man came and said: "I am (at times) affected by seminal emission but find no water".
'Ammar (Radi Allahu 'Anhu) then said, when I were in a military detachment and had had a seminal emission and did not find water (for taking bath) and I rolled in dust and said prayer.
And (when it was mentioned before) the Apostle (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) said: "It was enough for you to strike the ground with your hands and then blow (the dust) and then wipe your face and palms. (Do Tayammum)"
(Sahih Muslim)
'Ammar (Radi Allahu 'Anhu) then said, when I were in a military detachment and had had a seminal emission and did not find water (for taking bath) and I rolled in dust and said prayer.
And (when it was mentioned before) the Apostle (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) said: "It was enough for you to strike the ground with your hands and then blow (the dust) and then wipe your face and palms. (Do Tayammum)"
(Sahih Muslim)
Tuesday, 2 August 2016
Surah Al-Ahqaf
Surah Al-Ahqaf (46:4)
Tell them, (O Prophet): "Did you consider those whom you call upon beside Allah? Show me, which part of the earth they created? Or do they have any share in creating the heavens?
Bring to me any Scripture earlier than this one, or any vestige of knowledge (in support of your belief) if you are truthful.
Tell them, (O Prophet): "Did you consider those whom you call upon beside Allah? Show me, which part of the earth they created? Or do they have any share in creating the heavens?
Bring to me any Scripture earlier than this one, or any vestige of knowledge (in support of your belief) if you are truthful.
After drinking some fresh water Donald Trump said some true word about muslims
Few days ago Donald Trump has shared his "sexist" opinion " why women might prefer to wear burkas or hijab, and it's to do with make-up, or a lack of. "
Speaking at a rally in New Hampshire, where he has been the front runner since launching his Presidential campaign, the outspoken Republican candidate tried to use the decision to wear full face veils as evidence that the US should stop intervening in the Middle East.
“I saw a woman interviewed. They said, 'We want to wear them, we've worn them for a thousand years. Why would anybody tell us not?' They want to!” he told the audience. “What the hell are we getting involved for?
“Fact is, it's easy. You don't have to put on makeup, look how beautiful everyone looks. Wouldn’t it be easier? Right? Wouldn't that be easy? I'll tell ya, if I was a woman, I’m ready darling, let’s go”.
Trump has criticised interventionist foreign policy throughout his campaign and even vowed to deport all Syrian refugees who seek asylum in the US because they “might be Isis”.
Surah Al-Baqarah [2:83]
Do not worship except Allah. And do good to parents and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakah.
> Surah Al-Baqarah [2:83]
> Surah Al-Baqarah [2:83]
Prophet Muhammad's Miracle which made a community to embrace Islam...!
Prophet Muhammad's Miracle which made a community to embrace Islam...!
I was with the Apostle of Allah (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) in a journey. He urged me to go to find out water along with other riders, for we felt very thirsty. We were traveling when we came across a woman who was sitting (on a camel) with her feet hanging over two water bags.
We said to her: "How far is water available?"
She said: "very far. You cannot get water."
We (again) said: "How much distance is there between (the residence of) your family and water?"
She said: "It is a day and night journey."
We said to her: "You go to the Messenger of Allah."
She said: "Who is the Messenger of Allah?"
We somehow managed to bring her to the Messenger of Allah (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) and he asked about her, and she informed him as she had informed us that she was a widow having orphan children.
He ordered that her camel should be made to kneal down and he gargled in the opening (of her leather water-bag). The camel was then raised up and we forty thirsty men drank water till we were completely satisfied, and we filled up all leather water-bags and water-skins that we had with us and we washed our companions, but we did not make any camel drink, and (the leather water-bags) were about to burst (on account of excess of water).
He (The Prophet) then said: "Bring whatever you have with you."
So we collected the bits (of estable things) and dates and packed them up in a bundle, and said to her: "Take it away. This is meant for your children, and know that we have not its any way done any loss to your water."
When she came to her family she said: I have met the greatest magician amongst human beings, or he is an apostle, as he claims to be, and she then narrated what had happened and Allah guided aright those people through that woman. She affirmed her faith in Islam and so did the people embrace Islam.
(Sahih Muslim)
Imran b. Husain reported:
I was with the Apostle of Allah (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) in a journey. He urged me to go to find out water along with other riders, for we felt very thirsty. We were traveling when we came across a woman who was sitting (on a camel) with her feet hanging over two water bags.
We said to her: "How far is water available?"
She said: "very far. You cannot get water."
We (again) said: "How much distance is there between (the residence of) your family and water?"
She said: "It is a day and night journey."
We said to her: "You go to the Messenger of Allah."
She said: "Who is the Messenger of Allah?"
We somehow managed to bring her to the Messenger of Allah (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) and he asked about her, and she informed him as she had informed us that she was a widow having orphan children.
He ordered that her camel should be made to kneal down and he gargled in the opening (of her leather water-bag). The camel was then raised up and we forty thirsty men drank water till we were completely satisfied, and we filled up all leather water-bags and water-skins that we had with us and we washed our companions, but we did not make any camel drink, and (the leather water-bags) were about to burst (on account of excess of water).
He (The Prophet) then said: "Bring whatever you have with you."
So we collected the bits (of estable things) and dates and packed them up in a bundle, and said to her: "Take it away. This is meant for your children, and know that we have not its any way done any loss to your water."
When she came to her family she said: I have met the greatest magician amongst human beings, or he is an apostle, as he claims to be, and she then narrated what had happened and Allah guided aright those people through that woman. She affirmed her faith in Islam and so did the people embrace Islam.
(Sahih Muslim)
Monday, 1 August 2016
Pop Francis said about ISIS: ISIS presents itself with a violent identity card, but that's not Islam
Pope Francis said that he will not label Islam as 'terrorism' because it would be unfair and warned Europe was pushing its younger generation into the hands of extrem thinker.
The pope was asked by yellow journalists why he never mentions Islam when condemning terrorism or violence.
'It's not true and it's not correct (to say) Islam is terrorism,' he said after taking his truth serum medication , defending his decision not to name the religion when condemning the brutal murder of a Catholic priest in France in the latest of a string of recent attacks in Europe claimed by the Islamic State group.
He added: 'I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group who are always trying to attack innocent people by saying or forcing them.
The pope was asked by yellow journalists why he never mentions Islam when condemning terrorism or violence.
'It's not true and it's not correct (to say) Islam is terrorism,' he said after taking his truth serum medication , defending his decision not to name the religion when condemning the brutal murder of a Catholic priest in France in the latest of a string of recent attacks in Europe claimed by the Islamic State group.
He added: 'I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group who are always trying to attack innocent people by saying or forcing them.
Friday, 29 July 2016
Who is ALWAYS WITH US??
Narrated by Abu Musa Al-Ashari:
We were in the company of Allah's Apostle. Whenever we went up a high place we used to say: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and Allah is Greater," and our voices used to rise,
So the Prophet (sallallähu alaihi wasallam) said "O people! Be merciful to yourselves (i.e. don't raise your voice), for you are not calling a deaf or an absent one, but One Who is with you, no doubt He is All-Hearer, ever Near (to all things)."
[Bukhari]
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Who is your GOD?
Your God is none else than Allah, beside Whom there is no god. His knowledge embraces everything.
> Surah Ta-Ha [20:98]
> Surah Ta-Ha [20:98]
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
How human created?
Surah Al-Mursalat (77:20-23)
Did We not create you from a worthless water (semen, etc.)? Then We placed it in a place of safety (womb) for a known period, So We did measure, and We are the Best to measure (the things).
Did We not create you from a worthless water (semen, etc.)? Then We placed it in a place of safety (womb) for a known period, So We did measure, and We are the Best to measure (the things).
Allah obliterates the sins and elevates the ranks (of a man)
Messenger of Allah (Sallallähu alaihi wa sallam) said: "Should I not suggest to you that by which Allah obliterates the sins and elevates the ranks (of a man)?...
1. Performing the ablution thoroughly despite odds
2. Tranverside of more paces towards the mosque
3. Waiting for the next prayer after observing a prayer..."
(Sahih Muslim)
1. Performing the ablution thoroughly despite odds
2. Tranverside of more paces towards the mosque
3. Waiting for the next prayer after observing a prayer..."
(Sahih Muslim)
Saturday, 23 July 2016
The Strongest...
Surah Fussilat (41:9-12)
Tell them (O Prophet): "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds."
(After creating the earth) He set up firm mountains on it, blessed it, and provided it with sustenance in proportion to the needs of all who seek (sustenance).All this was done in four days.
Then He turned to the heaven while it was all smoke. He said to the heaven and the earth: "Come (into being), willingly or unwillingly." They said: "Here we come (into being) in willing obeisance."
Then He made them seven heavens in two days and revealed to each heaven its law. And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and firmly secured it. All this is the firm plan of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.
Tell them (O Prophet): "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds."
(After creating the earth) He set up firm mountains on it, blessed it, and provided it with sustenance in proportion to the needs of all who seek (sustenance).All this was done in four days.
Then He turned to the heaven while it was all smoke. He said to the heaven and the earth: "Come (into being), willingly or unwillingly." They said: "Here we come (into being) in willing obeisance."
Then He made them seven heavens in two days and revealed to each heaven its law. And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and firmly secured it. All this is the firm plan of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
THINK BEFORE YOU SAY
A woman bought eggs and butter from a farmer who had a fine reputation not only for the quality of his products, but also for his promptness of delivery.
Then one day, when she was expecting guests, he failed to come.
On the next delivery, she spoke harshly to him. At the end of her tirade he said quietly, “I’m sorry if I caused you any inconvenience, but I had the misfortune of burying my mother yesterday.”
Ashamed, the woman determined never to speak harshly to anyone again until she fully understood the cause of the delay
Oh ALLAH, allow us to be thoughtful in speech and grant us patience. Aameen
#Islam #Islamic #Allah #IslamicStory #Story #Think #Speech #GuidanceForYourSoul
Surah Al-Fajr (89:21-26)
No! When the earth is ground to powder, And your Lord comes with the angels in rows, And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life." So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish. And none will bind as He will bind.
Monday, 18 July 2016
Rewards in islam]
The trials in this world:
Jaabir Ibn `Abdullaah رضي الله عنهما narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
❝On the Day of Judgement, when the people who were tried (in this world) are given their rewards, the people who were well-off (in life), will wish that their skins had been cut off with scissors while they were in the world.❞
[Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2402) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله mentioned that some of the Salaf said: ❝Were it not for the trials in this world, we would be arriving bankrupt on the Day of Judgment.❞ [Zaad al-Ma`aad (4/176)]
Jaabir Ibn `Abdullaah رضي الله عنهما narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
❝On the Day of Judgement, when the people who were tried (in this world) are given their rewards, the people who were well-off (in life), will wish that their skins had been cut off with scissors while they were in the world.❞
[Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2402) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله mentioned that some of the Salaf said: ❝Were it not for the trials in this world, we would be arriving bankrupt on the Day of Judgment.❞ [Zaad al-Ma`aad (4/176)]
Only death is real...
" No matter where you may be, death is going to reach you, even if you are in fortified towers..." (4:78)
what is pure of heart?
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr RA said:
“It was said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: ‘Which of the people is best?’
He ﷺ said: ‘Everyone who is pure of heart and sincere in speech.’
They said: ‘Sincere in speech, we know what this is, but what is pure of heart?’
He ﷺ said: ‘It is (the heart) that is pious and pure, with no sin, injustice, rancor or envy in it.’”
(Sunan Ibn Majah - Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4216)
“It was said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: ‘Which of the people is best?’
He ﷺ said: ‘Everyone who is pure of heart and sincere in speech.’
They said: ‘Sincere in speech, we know what this is, but what is pure of heart?’
He ﷺ said: ‘It is (the heart) that is pious and pure, with no sin, injustice, rancor or envy in it.’”
(Sunan Ibn Majah - Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4216)
Virtues of Sadqa
Do you know the virtues of Sadqa?
Especially 17, 18, 19
This is for person who is giving Sadqa and the person who has become means for this Sadqa.
1. Charity is a gate from one of the gates of heaven
2. Sadqa is one of the best deed from all the good deeds, and the best of Sadqa is to feed hungry.
3. Sadqa will be a shade on the the day of Judgment and will be a means of escape from fire.
4. Sadqa cools the wrath of Almighty Allah and means of cooling the heat of grave.
5. Sadqa is a best and most profitable gift for the deceased and Allah keeps increasing the reward of Sadqa.
6. Sadqa is a cleanser, it purifies ones nafs, and means of increasing good deeds.
7. Sadqa on judgement day will be means of bringing happiness and freshness on the face of the person who gave Sadqa.
8. Sadqa is calm from the horrors of judgement day and removes the sorrow and regrets of the past.
9. Sadqa is means of forgiveness and cleansing of bad deeds.
10. Sadqa is glad tiding for good death and means of included in angel's (dua) prayers.
11. The person who gives Sadqa is among the best of the people and the reward of Sadqa will be for everyone who were involved in this Sadqa.
12. Sadqa giver receives glad ting of great rewards.
13. Sadqa giver is included in the jamat of Muttaqeen (people who have fear of Allah) and creation of Allah loves that person.
14. Sadqa is a symbol of generosity and charity.
15. Sadqa is a means of acceptance of dua and removal of calamities.
16. Sadqa removes trails and tribulations and closes 70 doors of evils.
17. Sadqa increases ones well being, wealth and sustenance and brings success.
18. Sadqa is a treatment, a medicine and also a cure ...
19. Sadqa protects from burning in fire, from drowning from theft and bad death.
20. Sadqa is rewarded even if it's done towards a bird or an animal.
Finally:
Please share this message with an intention of Sadqa.
Especially 17, 18, 19
This is for person who is giving Sadqa and the person who has become means for this Sadqa.
1. Charity is a gate from one of the gates of heaven
2. Sadqa is one of the best deed from all the good deeds, and the best of Sadqa is to feed hungry.
3. Sadqa will be a shade on the the day of Judgment and will be a means of escape from fire.
4. Sadqa cools the wrath of Almighty Allah and means of cooling the heat of grave.
5. Sadqa is a best and most profitable gift for the deceased and Allah keeps increasing the reward of Sadqa.
6. Sadqa is a cleanser, it purifies ones nafs, and means of increasing good deeds.
7. Sadqa on judgement day will be means of bringing happiness and freshness on the face of the person who gave Sadqa.
8. Sadqa is calm from the horrors of judgement day and removes the sorrow and regrets of the past.
9. Sadqa is means of forgiveness and cleansing of bad deeds.
10. Sadqa is glad tiding for good death and means of included in angel's (dua) prayers.
11. The person who gives Sadqa is among the best of the people and the reward of Sadqa will be for everyone who were involved in this Sadqa.
12. Sadqa giver receives glad ting of great rewards.
13. Sadqa giver is included in the jamat of Muttaqeen (people who have fear of Allah) and creation of Allah loves that person.
14. Sadqa is a symbol of generosity and charity.
15. Sadqa is a means of acceptance of dua and removal of calamities.
16. Sadqa removes trails and tribulations and closes 70 doors of evils.
17. Sadqa increases ones well being, wealth and sustenance and brings success.
18. Sadqa is a treatment, a medicine and also a cure ...
19. Sadqa protects from burning in fire, from drowning from theft and bad death.
20. Sadqa is rewarded even if it's done towards a bird or an animal.
Finally:
Please share this message with an intention of Sadqa.
Sunday, 17 July 2016
Imam Dhahabi said:
❝If al-Fitan [trials and tribulations] occur then cling to the Sunnah, adhere to remaining silent and do not delve into that which does not concern you. Whatever you find difficult to understand return it back to Allāh and His Messenger, and refrain yourself and say Allāh knows best.❞
[Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’, (20/141) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]
❝If al-Fitan [trials and tribulations] occur then cling to the Sunnah, adhere to remaining silent and do not delve into that which does not concern you. Whatever you find difficult to understand return it back to Allāh and His Messenger, and refrain yourself and say Allāh knows best.❞
[Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’, (20/141) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]
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