Prophets do not leave Inheritance. Prophethood is not a Family Business
Ayesha, r,a., narrates that once Fatima, r.a., [the daughter
of the Prophet, pbuh], sent a message to Abu Bakr, r.a.,
[the first caliph] demanding her share of the inheritance in
Madinah, Fadak, and Khaybar. Abu Bakr Siddiq, r.a., said:
The messenger of Allah, pbuh, said that no inheritance comes
out of what we own: Whatever we leave is charity, although
the family of Muhammad [pbuh] can eat out of it. And [Abu
Bakr, r.a., said]: I swear that I will never. leave the way
of the messenger of Allah. {Thus he refused to give her the
inheritance]. Fatima, r.a, felt her spirit burdened down by
this answer, whereupon Abu Bakr, t.a., said: By Him in whose
Hand is my life, I would love to help the family of the
Prophet, pbuh, before my own family, but with reference to
this property about which we disagree, I will not retreat
from the Truth, and the way I have seen the Prophet, pbuh,
doing things, I will not stop doing them the same way.
[Hadith in Sahih Bukhari #4240, Sahih Muslim # 1709, Musnad
of Ahmad # 55]
Comment by Kaukab Siddique: Shias have been attacking and
abusing Abu Bakr, r.a., for many centuries but there is no
way out for the Shias. If Islam had been a family business,
it would have been impossible to identify the real teachings
of Islam. Shias have tried to connect every aspect of Islam
to Ali, r.a., and Fatima, r.a. Hence their religion has
become not Islam but a religion of a family..
An Invitation to Think
The Inner Causes of Illness
by Raabia Ahmad
[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Illness ALWAYS begins on a metaphysical level and is then
manifested on a spiritual, emotional and physical level.
Prolonged traumas that we experience in life, manifest in
our bodies and become illnesses such as, cancers, mental
disorders, autoimmune diseases and much much more. In the
process of healing many find that they are still sick. Until
the underlying causes of illness (those that stem from
trauma, experiences, spiritual illnesses etc) are addressed,
no diet or medicine can CURE the true CAUSES of illnesses
that lie in the heart and manifests in the mind and
body.....
-TheHighlySensitiveHijabi
Helping Orphans in Gambia
by Br. Abu Talib
[Brooklyn]
Help is needed for orphans in Gambia .
Even small amounts can help.
I am buying rice for the children because the brothers
there have a feeding Program and I mentioned your name to
that organizations there which is called
Educate the Orphans .
I am collecting funds to send to them to buy a bag of rice
.
It is twenty seven dollars USA money for the bag of
rice.
Tariq Elhassan.
Sudanese Prisoner
Died in Prison.
Not a Word in the Media.
by Nadrat Siddique
Another innocent is dead in prison: Tarig Elhassan. The
62-year old Sudanese was a very pious and family oriented
man. Tragically, he spent the last 22 years in American
prison for a crime he didn't commit, and died behind bars,
his death ignored by all major media.
Elhassan was one of Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman's co-defendants.
Then 40 years old, he was convicted of seditious conspiracy,
b-mbing conspiracy, and attempted b-mbing, and sentenced to
35 years. No one was ever hurt in connection with the crimes
for which he was railroaded, no ostensible plot
materialized, and the case against him was based almost
entirely on the word of one Emad Salem, a former Egyptian
intelligence officer who was paid over $1,000,000 (one
million dollars) and had a track record of lying.
[May Allah accept his sacrifice.]
[With thanks to Sis. Ayesha & Br. Ali Randall who brought
this to our attention.]
Why is Nouman Ali Khan under Attack by ISNA supporters and
Imam Magid et al?
NAK is boring and middle-of-the-road. That could be why ISNA
feels Threatened.
Go to solutions at the end of the article.
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
ISNA [the so-called Islamic Society of North America] has
launched an all out attack on Nouman Ali Khan, a popular
teacher of the Qur'an in America with worldwide influence.
The attack is coming through Ms. Mattson, "imam" Magid,
Altaf and others.
The question arises why is this well funded organization
making this big effort to discredit Nouman Ali Khan?
What is not widely known about ISNA is that it has NEVER
expressed concern about the suffering of Muslims who are not
liked by the US power structure.
Consider these facts:
Ms. Mattson came from a Christian missionary
organization. She was suddenly made president of ISNA though
few in the organization knew about her credentials as a
Muslim.
"Imam" Magid is known as a notable worker for the FBI. He
claimed outright that he would hand over any Muslim to the
FBI whom he considered an "extremist."
His services were recognized with a plaque from the FBI
which he proudly put up in his office.
Some of ISNA's conventions have been directly sponsored
by the White House.
ISNA has never protested the mistreatment of Muslims by
the American power structure.
Think of THREE invasions of Gaza by Israel. ISNA response:
Zero.
Bombing of Iraq, followed by invasion and occupation.
ISNA response: Zero
Droning of Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia by USA. ISNA
response: Zero.
Police shootings of unarmed Black men in America: ISNA
response. Zero
Arrest, show trials and long prison sentences of Muslims
whom the US does not like. ISNA response: Zero
Abuse and extreme mistreatment of Muslim prisoners in
Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and Bagram by USA: ISNA response:
Zero
Muslim women killed and/or raped by US troops in Iraq
and by India in Kashmir. ISNA: Zero
US Air Force bombing causing slaughter of Muslim women
and children [families of Islamic State members] in Mayadin
and Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq. [Human Rights watch
just listed 84 such victims in Tabaqa, Syria. ] ISNA:
Zero
The brutalization and extensive imprisonment of Dr.
Aafia Siddiqui and the murder of US citizen Anwar Awlaqi and
his son in Yemen. ISNA: Zero
So the question arises: On what basis is ISNA - related
crowd attacking Nouman Ali Khan? Obviously ISNA's record
shown above indicates that this group's leaders are not
moral agents.,
Has ISNA come up with any evidence against Nouman Ali Ali
Khan? NO!
In fact Nouman Ali Khan teaches what is taught in ISNA
conventions: Morality and study of the Qur'an and relevance
of the Qur'an and the miracles and values of the Qur'an..
However, his quality of teaching and ability to explain in
modern terminology is higher than any of the ISNA speakers I
have heard.
Like them, he teaches against EXTREMISM.
Therein lies the reason for their attack on Nouman Ali Khan.
He was TAKING AWAY ISNA's CONSTITUENCY: Middle Class, well
to do American Muslims.
Instead of becoming a part of ISNA, he set up his own
independent institute called Bayyinah.
In America it is quite common for women to attack
established figures. Non-Muslim women have become quite
aggressive. Charges against Cosby were brought 10, 20 even
30 years after the alleged incidents.
It could be catching on with Muslim women too. Most Muslim
women do not approach a man through a Wali, or they ignore
the Wali after the conversation has begun.
Often these conversations begin "on line" [which can be
interpreted in a number of ways] or they are by phone or
skype and can be re-interpreted if the proposal fails.
The women then bring the allegations which work in Muslim
countries which are still very conservative but usually
unthinkable in America.
For instance, if the woman says:
Do you like this dress?
And he replies:
You look beautiful in it.
If the proposal fails, she can claim that he made
"inappropriate" comments.
In non-Muslim organizations, read the rules about sexual
harassment. A Muslim male who is tempted by a bold woman
could ruin his entire career by expressing his feelings.
I would urge men to be strict. Be modest. Islam teaches men
to be modest. The most modest companion of the Prophet,
pbuh, was a male: Usman, r.a.
While living in a non-Muslim society, we should be aware
that the devil is rampant. However chaste one might be, the
sin might emerge in the mind and soul and the devil might
urge its expression in real life.
Allah forgives till actual sin is committed. Even then there
is scope for tazkia and istaghfar and renewal of faith.
There is no evidence against Nouman Ali Khan. He is a good
teacher. Let him continue his work. Bayyinah is a
blessing.
ISNA supporters and government camp followers are indulging
in slander, abuse and character assassination.
Khutba
Latest Khutba
The Ongoing Tragedies in America Could be Warnings from
Allah. Will Americans Wake up?
Look at the Terrible Suffering of Women in America. Many of
them are like slaves.
On October 7, Br. Kaukab Siddique gave the Juma khutba at
Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen and led the prayers. This small
mosque was filled up with people including Africans, African
Americans and Arabs.. Space will be needed downstairs. The
community is very supportive of Br. Kaukab. Special thanks
go to Br. Atiba and Br. Abdul Rahman for taking care of the
security aspect.
The following is an outline of the khutba for distribution
on the Internet, inshaAllah:
Text:
Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a
kind of smoke plainly visible.
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us for
We do really believe!" [The Qur'an 44:10-12]
If Allah wanted to destroy America, it would be over in a
minute. Instead it seems that the angels are giving us
warnings to wake us up and to seek Guidance.
Houston, the 4th largest city in America became a lake
for a few days. Corpus Christi became uninhabitable for
weeks. Florida was hit. People fled from its east coast to
its west coast but both sides were hit, so big was the
hurricane, and then it put out the lights in far away
Georgia.
Then we have the horrific situation in Puerto Rico and
neighboring islands. After 8 days, there are still no lights
or cell phones and life is at a standstill.
Evil is rampant but Americans don't realize it. In a
mostly Christian country, homosexuality is being proclaimed
as normal, with its grotesque appeal coming out of the
bastions of Christianity, like churches.
Allah destroyed Aad and Thamud and the community of Lot
[Loot] owing to their gross violations of Allah's Law..
We are so proud of our military power. Look at what Allah
did to Pharoah. He was drowned along with his entire army.
His body has been preserved for us to see even after
thousands of years.
Our rulers are like Pharoah in that they "kill" our males
and keep our women for their entertainment. Look at how our
males are being warehoused in prisons, "killed" spiritually
and emotionally.
Look at American women, many of them priding themselves
on taking off their clothes and marching around almost nude,
like the slave women of the time of Pharoah.
We bomb civilians in Muslim countries, killing hundreds
of women and children, hounding the hijabis who supported
the fighting. The result is retaliation with this seemingly
crazed gunman opening fire on a big crowd in "sin city.' The
terrorist entity known as Israel exists owing to our support
for evil.
Part 2:
America cannot save itself. We need people like Malcolm
X, Dr. King, Imam Jamil, but look at what this country did
to them.
Coming out of hundreds of years of slavery, lynchings,
segregation, unrelenting racism, genocide of Native
Americans, humiliation of the Irish, the Germans, the
Mexicans, what good can we expect from America despite the
good deeds of numerous but scattered individuals.
Islam is the only way out. We must insist on the Truth
revealed by Allah and implemented by Muhammad, pbuh. We must
teach about the Hereafter, about Heaven and Hell. There is a
life after death. We will be judged. Evil cannot remain
unpunished and Good will be rewarded.
The conditions of women in America are terrible. We must
pay attention. In many years, no one has been executed for
rape, not even for rape with mutilation. . NOT ONE.
Countries which the media tell us are backward, Saudi
Arabia, Iran, the Islamic State EXECUTE rapists. Even with
their weak versions of Islam, they will not let a woman be
touched, let alone raped.
Dua': Ya Allah, help us to study the Qur'an, help us to
study the hadith. Give us Islamic spouses, o Allah, Give us
children who will stand with us for the Islamic cause.
War News
Syria
Turkey Attacks Mujahedeen with Russian air cover. Raqqa
still Resisting. ISIS beat back Assad-Iran attack on
Qaryatayn. Heavy Fighting in Deir-ez-Zor and Damascus
suburbs. Assad's general and troops killed by IS.
October 5 to October 8.
Erdogan decided to send Turkish forces with Russian air
support to crush al-Nusra [al-Qaida branch] [now called
Tahrir al-Sham.]
The Islamic fighters are in control of Idlib province which
is also full of refugees from cities which the Russians and
the Shi'ite-Alawites have been bombing.
In this situation Turkey decided to indirectly support Assad
by attacking Idlib and the Islamic forces there.
The first clash has already taken place: Turkish tank column
breaking into an area north of Idlib was confronted by the
mujahideen. Turkey is firing heavy artillery and the
mujahideen are firing back with mortars. [SOHR, Reuters, ABC
]
ISIS took al-Qaryatayn [see previous New Trend] and a
mountain and another town in Homs province. The
Russian-Iranian column entered the al-Sukhnah area further
east. Bitter fighting is taking place as the Russian-Iranian
forces attacked the area captured by ISIS. It was a huge
assault along with Shia militias and Lebanese Hizbullah.
ISIS successfully withstood the assault and beat it back.
There have been heavy losses in these battles with SOHR's
documentation of 206 regime troops killed along with 219
Islamic State fighters killed.
Further down south both Russia and America have been bombing
Muslim populations in Deir ez Zor and al-Mayadein. In five
days of bombing 185 civilians have been killed. Of these 45
were children and 46 were women.
Russian air force is out of control. Along with the bombing,
Russia is firing cruise missiles from its ships. Its latest
claims have brought out the fact that many of the Russian
claims are fake. On October 3, Russian claimed that its
bombing had killed the Islamic leader al-Jawlani, the head
of al-Nusra [al-Qaida] now Tahrir al-Sham. Also with
Jawlani, Russia claimed that it had killed ALL 15 of
al-Nusra's commanders and their security units. Syrian
Observatory researched this claim and found that it was
entirely false. Neither Jawlani nor his commanders nor their
security had been killed or wounded. The Russians had hit an
Islamic police unit maintaining law and order in Idlib and
killed 8 policemen.
October 8. The latest news is that al-Nusra has launched an
offensive in northeastern Hama province and captured the
strategically place village of Abu Dali,.Turkish troops are
reported trying to enter Syria from Bab Hawa.
Two tank columns are trying to enter Deir ez Zor province
and el-Mayadein, the strongholds of ISIS: SDF kurds from the
north with US air support and Assad's forces from the east
with Russian air support. both are meeting stiff resistance:
6 SDF Kurds and 9 ISIS have been killed in one battle.
In the other battle 37 Assad troops, [including a BRIGADEIR
GENERAL] and 27 ISIS fighters were killed.
In the area of the DAMASCUS suburbs, Assad forces are
launching ground to ground missiles and barrel bombs from
helicopters. However the regime forces could not beat back
Jaysh al-Islam and ar-Rahman fighters in Jobar and others
sectors around Damascus.
An IS martyrdom operator hit police headquarters in the
center of Damascus city killing 11 of Assad's police
forces.
Fighting continues in Raqqa though the city has been
destroyed by US air force. More air strikes are going on. A
British man who joined SDF was killed in Raqqa.
Philippines
October 8: Fighting between Islamic State fighters and
regime troops continued after 4 months. Air strikes killed 7
of the fighters but the army attack was repulsed.
Media say that very few fighters are left in Marawi and
these should be wiped out by October 15.
Niger[North of Nigeria]
On October 4, in an al-Qaida Islamic attack at Tonga village
near the border with Mali, 4 US Special forces and 5
Nigerian troops working with the US wee killed. Two US
troops were wounded. . These US troops are the elite Green
Berets from Ft. Bragg in North Carolina. [Washington
Post.]
The remaining US troops were able to withdraw from the area
under cover fire by French troops.
Arabia
October 8: In Jeddah a Saudi palace was attacked by an
Islamic State fighter. He killed two Saudi troops and
wounded three before he was killed. [Saudi Gazette]
Several raids on IS supporters in Riyadh are reported but no
details given.
Saudi regime has arrested several prominent Islamic scholars
owing to their criticism of the Saudi rift with Qatar.
Pakistan
October 7: Four al-Qaida supporters were killed in Karachi
by security forces in an alleged "encounter." . Media say
that these were highly educated people.
Last month the police killed 5 supporters of Islamic State
who were allegedly preparing to attack Shias.
Iraq
Shia army enters Hawija after two weeks of Bombing by US Air
Force. IS Families Fled to Kirkuk
On October 5, the Baghdad regimes tank columns entered
Hawija, The IS fighters withdrew after suffering steady
casualties from US air strikes. BAS news says there was no
fighting. The regime allowed the fighters to exit to
minimize its own losses.
It appears that their leaders were killed in the air strikes
and they do not have any more martyrdom operators to stop
the columns of tanks. Without any heavy weapons they could
not stop the large Shi'ite force. Some fighting did take
place in which the leader of the Shia sniper force was
killed.
The women and children of ISIS are now very vulnerable to
the Shia assault and mass murder. The nine months of stiff
resistance in Mosul depleted the best forces in ISIS.
According to the BBC, the IS families have safely left
Hawija and moved to Kirkuk.
Without reorganization and new mobilization, ISIS will not
be a force in Iraq for a while other than on the Iraq-Syria
border.
News Within the U.S.
Las Vegas
Why did he Do it? Why can't the Motive be found? ISIS is the
only Claimant to the Massacre.
From New Trend's Research team.
October 1 to October 8.
Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured 527 who had
come to a country music concert in Las Vegas.
A week later the most powerful intelligence agencies in the
world have not been able to come up with a motive. Over a
hundred FBI agents are investigating his case and have found
no accomplices.
The best sources for his motive could have been his brother
and his common law "wife." Nothing came out of them.
The cryptic note he left has not been deciphered though some
of it turned out to be only firing directions.
He bought 30 guns a year back and turned them from
semi-automatic to automatic. Then he looked for a target.
This large concert was projected in February, 7 months
before it happened. Then he selected the room in a hotel
from where he could attack most effectively.
So, the massacre is definitely not the work of a man who was
insane or so angry that he would become a killer
overnight.
Why is there no motive uncovered by the FBI in spite of a
global investigation?
The only claim has come from the Islamic State. The
authorities have debunked this claim, saying that ISIS is
losing the war in Syria and Iraq so it decided to make this
claim to show that it is still able to strike.
There are some indicators which strengthen the ISIS claim.
The group has previously urged American supporters to attack
Las Vegas as it is "sin city."
ISIS believes in retaliation. Recently several hundred women
and children from the families of ISIS fighters were killed
in US air strikes in Mayadein where they had fled to escape
the US bombing of Raqqa. In Mosul too large numbers of
civilians affiliated to ISIS were killed in US air strikes.
It is a painstaking process to prove that the US killed
civilians which the US categorically denies. However HUMAN
RIGHTS WATCH carried out research over 7 months to come up
up with the documentation of 84 civilians killed by the US
air force in the ISIS city of al-Tabaqa in Syria.
So the Islamic State did have cause to take revenge. They
follow Osama bin Laden's dictum that if you strike our soft
targets, we will strike yours.
However, the question which is bothersome is: How did ISIS
"radicalize" Stephen Paddock? One pointer could be that his
brother says he broke off communication with him 6 months
back and ISIS says he embraced Islam 6 months back.
Another line of investigation is that he sent $100,000 to
the Philippines. Was that for his wife or for the uprising
which has taken place in Marawi?
Why was he searching for targets in various cities?
Is America unwilling to concede that even without an air
force ISIS broke through and inflicted serious losses?
We should wait for the ongoing FBI investigation. Perhaps
his "real" motivation will be found out sooner or later.
Pakistan
Jamaate Islami says Pakistan is Incomplete without
Kashmir.
Attempts to Legitimize Qadiyanis ["Ahmediyya"] will not be
tolerated.
by Ameer al- Azeem & Qaiser Shareef
Oct. 7; Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul
Haq, has stressed upon the government to fully support the
Kashmiris liberation struggle in accordance with the
sentiments of the nation and give up all efforts to befriend
India.
Addressing the Azad Kashmir JI Shoora in Islamabad on
Saturday, he said that while India was continuing its
unlawful occupation of Held Kashmir and eight lakh Indian
troops were busy in the Kashmiris' carnage, the rulers in
Islamabad were rubbing salt on the Kashmiris wound by
talking of friendship with India.
He said that India had been sending its agents like
Kulboshun for subversive activities in this country.
Therefore, the government should abandon her apologetic
attitude on the Kashmir issue.
He said that India, at the behest of the US, was busy in
provocations against this country and there was firing at
the border and the LoC causing heavy losses. The situation
demanded a befitting reply from this side as soft policy
could never work, he added.
Sirajul Haq further said that the government was adding to
its problems by touching sensitive issues like that of the
Khatme Nabuwwat and promoting hatred and biases. He said
that the government was expected to represent the nation,
the country's constitution and the Pakistan ideology. He
said that Pakistan was an Islamic state and the commitment
of its rulers should be with Islam and Pakistan. However, he
said, when some individuals and families thought themselves
above the state, the things were bund to go astray.
The JI chief said that the independence of Kashmir was a
part of our faith and the Kashmiris were fighting the war of
the completion of Pakistan. Therefore, he said, the
liberation of Kashmir should be at the top of the Foreign
Ministry's agenda.
The JI chief said that Pakistan was the country of 210
million lovers of the Holy Prophet and if the government did
not respect their sentiments, a reaction among the masses
was quire natural. He said that the government should not
only seek an apology from the nation but also determine who
was behind the conspiracy and award them a deterrent
punishment to cool down the masses.
