A man came to the Prophet and demanded a camel (the Prophet
owed him).
Allah's Apostle told
his companions to give him (a camel).
They said, "We do not find except an older camel (than what
he demands). The Prophet ordered them to give him that
camel.
The man said, "You have paid me in full and may Allah also
pay you in full."
Allah's Apostle said, "Give him, for the best amongst the
people is he who repays his debts in the most handsome
manner."
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 41, Number 578.
With Thanks to Sis.Kristi
Masjid Rahma, Baltimore County
Eight-Page Document given to 73 Muslims after Juma'
Uncovering Important Issues Related to the Muslim World.
On May 4, a Jamaat al-Muslimeen Document consisting of 8
pages was given to 73 Muslims after Juma' at Masjid Rahma on
the west side of Baltimore. Most people were from Arab
countries, Pakistan and India.
Here is an outline of the 8 pages:
Shoora of Jamaat criticizes Israel, uncovers AIPAC
activity and supports Israel.
&
&
What is behind the atrocities in Pakistan ? [Br.
Hussain Khan]
Why the media silence about Aafia Siddiqui in US prison?
[Nadrat Siddique]
Russia and Iran bombing and deporting entire populations
in Syria. [Syrian Observatory.]
Seven qualities loved by Allah. [Sis. Yasmin]
Yazeed and Kerbala. There is no evidence. [Kaukab
Siddique.]
Massacring Muslims and then Blaming them.
A Web of conspiracy and disinformation
by Kabir Oyemomi
A group of Fulani community known as Gan Allah Fulani
Development Association(GAFDAN) has blamed the Benue State
government on endless killings and destroying of properties,
citing the enactment of anti-open grazing law initiated by
gov. Samuel Ortom as the agent of destruction!
GAFDAN insinuates the law to be draconian, repressive ,and
peace breaching in nature. It also alleges that the law puts
the economic lives of Fulani population in Benue State and
Nigeria at large at serious risk. The leadership of GAFDAN
observes that the lawlessness which led to the death of
scores of farmers and herdsmen in the state during efforts
to enforce the November 1st,2017 anti-open grazing law in
the state is condemnable.
GAFDAN states that relative peace in Taraba State despite
the alleged killing of over 900 herdsmen on the Mambilla
plateau of Sardauna Local Government Area of the state
between 17th and 23rd June,2017 is due to the legal
intervention by the Association by employing the services of
Prof. Yussuf Dankofa who filed a suit against Taraba State
Government and the Federal government at the ECOWAS court
and International Criminal Court of Justice at The Hague
respectively , seeking justice for the victims.
The group however promises to always operate within the
ambit of the law and constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria as a law abiding association and therefore call for
cessation of hostilities in Benue between the Benue State
government, the farmers and the herdsmen.
In another development, 3 suspected herdsmen militant were
reportedly arrested by the Nigerian troops following intense
gunfire exchange at Tormatar village in Benue State. The
commanding officer of 72 Battalion , Lt. Col Sulaiman
Muhammed , revealed that the troops of the 707 Special force
Brigade in Markurdi, nabbed the trio while they were
planning further attacks on the state. Muhammed gave the
names of the suspects as Abubakar Usman, Adamu Likita and
Yusufa Alhaja. According to the reports, the following were
recovered from the suspects; two AK47 riffles with six
rounds of 7.62MM special ammunition.
In the whole saga, however, what seems to be the biggest
deal is the arrest of Aminu Yaminu , also known as
"Tashaku", who is believed to be a major Boko Haram suspect
masterminding most of the recent attacks in Benue State .
The suspect was said to have been arrested on Friday, April
27 in Markurdi by a combined team of troops of 707 Special
Forces Brigade, Nigeria Police and Department of state
Services(DSS). The army disclosed this in a statement issued
on Friday by the Assistant Director , Army Public Relations,
707 Forces Brigadein Markurdi, Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni.
But the twist to the matter is whereas the Army described
the suspect as a.k.a Tashaku PREMIUM TIMES findings revealed
that the suspect's name is Aliyu Teshaku (head of Benue
Livestock guards) whose arrest the leaders of Miyyeti Allah
had repeatedly called for, while accusing him of enforcing
the anti-open grazing law and leading militia allegedly
raised by Gov. Samuel Ortom.
He was once arrested at the force headquarters in June 2011
when he turned himself in after being declared wanted as a
Boko Haram suspect. But he was later released by the Defence
Intelligence Agency(DIA), then headed by Babagana Monguno,
now the National Security Advicer, in September 2011.
The Police said they released Mr. Teshaku to the DIA in the
spirit of inter agency cooperation after the agency
requested for him.
Mr. Teshaku became the head of Civilian Joint Task Force,
tasked with checking herdsmen attacks in Benue and Nasarawa
States in 2013. But his group later changed its name to
Benue Livestock Guards following the introduction of
anti-open grazing law in Benue State last year. Following
the January 1st killings of over 100 people in Logo and Guma
local government areas of Benue, Mr. Teshaku was accused of
being the head of militia allegedly raised by Gov.
Ortom.
Also, in January this year, Nigerian Soldiers arrested nine
suspected killer herdsmen on the Benue boarders with Taraba
State. Mr. Teshaku was accused of providing arms to the
suspects.
But in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune shortly after
the allegations, Mr Teshaku accused the military of trying
to frame him. He also said the military was carrying out the
agenda of Miyyeti Allah, which remained vehemently opposed
to the anti-open grazing law.
Gov. Ortom also denied the allegation of raising any
militia, saying the Nigerian Security Agencies should rise
to their duty and end the killings of people.
Governor Samuel Ortorm inherited Mr Teshaku's group from
former governor Gabriel Suswam and kept it in place because
of continued attacks by suspected herdsmen.
Unfortunately, Nigerian Media only reports cases of killing
against Fulani/Muslims but keeps mum when Muslims are the
victims. For instance, on April 26, 2018,27 Muslims were
killed by Christian youths and two mosques were razed down.
The leader of Izala movement in Benue State, Sheik Shuaibu
said a lot of Muslims have been killed but Benue State
Police Command is yet to speak on incident.
Nigeria media in conspiration with Christian Association of
Nigeria(CAN)can go to any length at making mischievous and
false reports against Muslims.
*FEEDING THOSE LESS FORTUNATE - ETHIOPIA, AFRICA*
by Sis. Ashira Naim
There is no doubt that there are *many more* hungry brothers
and sisters in Ethiopia than there are here in Baltimore,
America, and/or practically anywhere else on this earth! And
now there is AGAIN the threats that come with droughts.
If you have ever seen the look of desperation owing to empty
stomachs, lack of direction and support in the eyes of
children—many who live on the streets, homeless men
and women who sit and lay on the ground day in and day out,
surely you cannot pass them by! Give to our Feeding Program
in Ethiopia; Allah will Bless you with more abundance, and
we Thank You in advance.
The Jamaat will arrive in Addis Ababa at the end of
September, 2018. Inshallah. It is our hope to feed (via
money in envelopes) more people than we have in our last
five visits. Remember, your contribution of as little as $10
can feed 10 people a nutritious meal. We want to continue
to place in each outstretched hand an envelope with enough to
feed a family of five or an individual five times.
Send your contributions payable to:
Masjid Jamaat al Muslimeen, 4624 York Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21212.
(note on the bottom of your
check (for: Ethiopia)
Help us in these efforts and follow us in the New Trend
Magazine as we report our progress. See our previous reports
also. We are working in
Ethiopia because of the large number of hungry people on the
streets there.
It is not a contest of who is more hungry; it is the
fulfillment of what Allah has commanded:
" With the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Hast thou ever considered (the kind of man) who gives the
lie to all moral law? Behold, it is this kind of man that
thrusts the orphan away, and feels no urge to feed the
needy. Woe, then, unto those praying ones whose
hearts from their prayer are remote—those who want
only to be seen and praised, and, withal, deny all
assistance (to their fellowmen)!"
(Holy Quran, Surah 107 -Assistance
May Allah Help us All. Amen.
Israel Crushing Unarmed Palestinians rallying in their Own Land.
[Even this Jordan Times report is unfriendly.]
GAZA CITY, Palestine — Six Palestinians were injured
by Israeli gunfire near border of the Gaza Strip on
Saturday, according to the Health Ministry.
In a statement, ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qidra said two
children and a medic were among those injured by Israeli
gunfire, Anadolu news agency reported.
One of the injured Palestinians was in a serious condition,
the spokesman said.
The Israeli forces, for its part, said in a statement its
forces spotted a number of Palestinians while crossing a
security fence on Gaza border to do an act of
"sabotage".
The military said Israeli forces opened fire on them and
forced them to retreat, Anadolu said.
For the last five weeks, Gazans have staged mass rallies
along the strip's eastern border to demand the "right of
return" to their homes in historical Palestine from which
they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of
Israel.
On Friday, Israeli forces fired live rounds and tear gas at
Palestinians who thronged the Gaza-Israel frontier and
rampaged at a border terminal as part of the long-running
protest, injuring about 1,100 people, Reuters reported.
Medics said around 82 people were shot and wounded with live
fire, another 800 treated for gas inhalation and the rest
for other injuries along the Gaza side of the 40km border
fence, where Palestinians set up tent encampments on March
30 for what they call "The Great March of Return".
Youths rolled burning tyres to within 300 metres of the
fence, trying to use the smoke as cover for throwing stones
across it while eluding Israeli snipers. Army gunfire has
killed at least 43 Palestinians on the frontier over the
last month, according to Reuters.
Protesters said they used slingshots to down two small
Israeli observation drones. The army confirmed the drone
losses.
Hundreds of Palestinians entered Kerem Shalom, an industrial
crossing point on the border. One of them said over social
media that they had "torched rooms used by the
occupation".
The Israeli army issued footage showing fires at Kerem
Shalom, but said the damage was limited to the Palestinian
side.
"The rioters are damaging the pipes that carry fuel and gas
from Israel into the Gaza Strip," the army said in a
statement.
Facing international censure over its use of live fire in
the protests, the Israeli army says it is protecting its
border and takes such action only when protesters, some
hurling firebombs and trying to plant explosives, approach
too closely.
On Friday, troops faced "10,000 Palestinians participating
in riots in six locations along the Gaza Strip border", it
said.
As Israel celebrates its 70th birthday, Palestinians mourn
what they call the "Nakba" (Catastrophe) of their people's
mass dispossession during the conflict that broke out in
1948.
Editorial
Controlled Media have Played a central Role in
Dividing the Muslim ummah.
by Kaukab Siddique
It's a pathetic situation when Muslims are told what to
think by those who want Muslims to lose.
Palestinians from Gaza are rallying within the narrow
territory they have. Israel has shot more than 2000 of them
of who more than a hundred have been killed.
Any response in the Muslim world? Negligible though they all
claim to support Palestine.
Bashar Assad, with the help of Iran, Russia, Hizb of Lebanon
has killed almost half a million Muslims in Syria, has a
100,000 prisoners, has raped 40,000 women, and killed more
than 10,000 children after torture [ to "persuade" their
parents to surrender] Millions of Syrians have become
refugees.
Any Muslim response? Negative! Muslims have closed their
borders to volunteers who want to join the resistance.
The Islamic caliphate has been destroyed. Most Muslims
believe the Caliphate was the worst thing which ever
happended.
What about Rohingyas, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Egypt,
northern Nigeria, Kashmir? Hardly any response.
It's not that Muslims don't care. More Muslims are battling
the West today than ever before in 300 years. But there are
more than 2 billion Muslims in the world and most of them
accept the wstern narrative that the opponents of the West
are terrorists. Acceptance of Israel and even homosexuality
is increasing.
A major reason for this situation is that
corporate-Zionist-Russian-Indian-Iranian media are busy
around the globe to support the anti-Islamic narrative. They
have representatives in just about every country. They
report on every situation and it is almost always against
Islam or in favor of an "Islam" which is as tame as a puppy
dog.
Muslims must create a genuine Islamic narrative. Social
media and related developments have made it possible for
Muslims to defeat the major media. Unity of mosques and
communities should be achievable.
Many non-Muslims will support us inshaAllah. Millions are
sick of the world they live in.
Deart Muslims, read, write, speak, rally, reach out. Speak
the truth from the Qur'an and hadith. The new generation,
masses of oppressed people, are waiting to accept the
genuine Islam, the Islam of Malcolm X, Jamil al-Amin, Dr.
Omar Abdel Rahmsan, r.a., and Dr. Aafia in America, the
Islam of Muhammad, pbuh, Ayesha, r.a., Khalid ibn al-Waleed,
r.a., globally.
PAKISTAN
Islamic Solidarity with Workers on May Day.
by Qaisar Sharif
LAHORE, May 1; Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator
Sirajul Haq, has said that a society which did not give
respect to the workers, could never develop. He was
addressing railway workers at a May Day function of the
Railway PREM Union, at Railway workshop.
The JI chief briefly took part in the work at the washing
line and later took lunch with the railway workers and
coolies to express his solidarity with the workers. Earlier,
he had breakfast with the Mansoora staff and enquired about
the welfare of the staff members.
Sirajul Haq said that Islam had declared the workers as
Allah's Friends and the Holy Prophet (pbuh) , had kissed the
worker's hands and said that hell fire would not touch the
hands which earned Halal livelihood.
He said that present social system had failed to protect the
rights to the workers and during the last seventy years, the
workers and kisans were not provided any opportunity to
develop. On the other hand, the feudal lords, vaderas and
capitalists had been exploiting the masses and reaping the
fruit of their hard labour.
The JI chief the government should be thankful to the
railway workers who had revived the railways through their
hard labour and pointed out that the rulers had destroyed
the railways like the PIA.
Later, while talking to the media at railway workshop,
Sirajul Haq said that the Pakistanis working abroad were
remitting twenty billion dollars to the country every year
but the rulers were unlawfully transferring big chunk of
this money abroad. He said that there was no arrangement for
the education and health of the workers children.
PREM Union President Hafiz Salman Butt, National Labour
Federation President Rana Mehmud Ali, JI Lahore chief
Zikrullah Mujahid, and JI Information Secretary Qaisar
Sharif, were also present on the occasion.
War News
Afghanistan
Growing Spectrum of War.
On April 30 two human bombers reportedly sent by
ISIS struck in Kabul killing 29 people and injuring 49.
Among those killed were 9 journalists including several from
Radio Free Europe and one from AFP. [What are they doing in
Afghanistan? What would you say if there were Hamas
reporters in Chicago?]
{NT observer says, killing journalists is never right. The
process was started by western air forces which wiped out
almost the entire media team of the Islamic State known as
AMAQ. They were hunted even in their homes with their
families. A couple of people survived and seem to have
revived it partially.]
On May 3, the Kohistan district of Badakhshan province
was captured by the Taliban after fierce battles with regime
forces. There were heavy losses on both sides. [TOLU
news]
Pajwak news reports that now the Taliban are attacking
Tashkan district and have killed 20 police and captured 3.
Iran is providing intelligence info to the Kabul regime
on the infiltration of Islamic State [IS} fighters into
Afghanistan, as mentioned by the Iranian ambassador in
Kabul. [TOLU news.
May 3, A counterterrorism official of the regime was shot
and killed by a gunman in western Farah province. [Fox
news]
Some good news: 82 couples were married in a mass
ceremony in Helmand province by a non-governmental
organization. Funds for the wedding and starting a new life
were provided by the organization. The report says that many
youths migrate to Iran to gain jobs and funds to be able to
get married, often returning disillusioned. They are greatly
encouraged by this new venture.
Iran
Iranian Kurdistan Closing Down in Protest
May 5
Iranian security forces have arrested 16 women who went to
Iraq to help ISIS fighters. They just recently returned to
Iran and were arrested.
Iran is also reporting that there has been a clash with
Islamic State fighters on the "western border" but has not
given any details.
Meanwhile in Iranian Kurdistan, six towns have gone into
complete general strike. Everything is closed down. The
strike started in Baneh but has spread.
A large Iranian military force has emerged in the area.
The towns people began with protesting the closing of all
trade routes into Iraq by Iranian security units.
Iraq
Islamic State Fighters Emerging in Large Numbers. First
Large Scale Attack. More than 1500 Fighters in Diyala
province
On May 3, a large IS group attacked Shi'ite military units
in Suleman Begg area in Salahuddin province. The regime
suffered heavy casualties as it was a surprise attack and is
not giving out figures.
Earlier on May, 2, there was an IS attack Jalawla town
[Diyala province] with heavy regime losses says Kurdistan 24
media.
Over 1500 Islamic State fighters have emerged in Diyala
province and are being helped by Saddam's officers.
Meanwhile, Iraqi regime jets bombed IS positions across the
border in Syria.
Three women supporting IS have been arrested in Nineveh
province.
Syria
House to house fighting in Hajr Aswad [south Damascus].
Russia/Iran bombing shelling Islamic cities. US bombing IS
on Euphrates river banks.
Russian Plan to take over all of Syria and re-create it as a
Protectorate of Assad.
May 2. . Mujahideen scored a big one when they shot down a
Russian SU-30 jet soon after its take off in Lattakkia
province. Russia says it was brought down by "birds."
April 30 to May 6. Heavy fighting continued in south
Damascus all week. Last week regime forces entered Kadam
area but withdrew in part.
This week after several days of bombing by Russia, shelling
by Iran and ground-to-ground missiles fired by the Alawites,
Hizb and Shia militias entered the Hajr Aswad area. Heavy
fighting, house to house, continues as we go to the press.
Several waves of regime attacks were beaten back but
reinforcements have been brought by the regime and intense
clashes are going on [SOHR observers]
On May 5, regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Yarmouk
refugee camp where the Palestinian population is supporting
the Islamic State. In this bombing by the regime 47
Palestinian civilians were killed, including 13 children and
6 women.
The death toll between the fighting forces in two weeks has
reached 149 regime troops and 118 Islamic State fighters.
The regime deaths include 19 officers including 5 who were
beheaded.
Refugees facing tribal onslaught.
On May 6, refugees from Deir ez Zour who had fled to El Bab
[central Syria under Turkey] clashed with the Wakil tribe
which had entered the local hospital and mistreated doctors
and kidnaped a nurse. When the refugees resisted [they are
seen as IS sympathizers] the tribe opened fire with heavy
weapons. At that point Jaysh al-Islam refugees who have left
the Damascus suburb of Douma, opened fire on the tribe and
forced it to retreat.
On the south Euphrates, SDF Kurdish communists attacked IS
but was repulse. At this 4 villages are held by the Islamic
State. SDF tried to capture the village of Hajin. At this
point US air force jets could be seen carrying out precise
attacks on IS defenses. Fighting continues.
May 4-5. Blocks of territory where al-Hasakeh province
[north east Syria] connects with the extreme eastern Homs
province has come under US and its coalition air attacks
because 22 villages here are held by Islamic State fighters.
US bombing according to SOHR has killed 33 civilians
including 10 children, 16 women and 7 elderly men. In the
ground battle here, 22 IS fighters and 16 SDF have been
killed.
May 5. In the Yarmouk Basin near Sahar al-Golan [south
Syria] pro-western "factions" attacked Jaysh Khalid
ibnal-Walid group [Palestinians linked to IS] and were
repulsed after a day long battle.
Clashes between Islamic Chinese Uighurs and regime are
reported in Lattakkia province.
Russia is bombing Idlib and northern Hama countryside and
Homs northern countryside. Pamphlets have also been dropped
saying something like "Surrender or die." Russia is saying
in these papers that if people surrender civil life will be
revived under Russian protection and after a couple of years
the Assad administration will be re-installed with
reservations. Otherwise the bombing will continue.
with Thanks to Umm Rumi
Research
WHEN WAS THE HADITH WRITTEN?
by Dr. Kaukab Siddique [Pennsylvania]
Is It True That Hadith Were Not Written in the time of the
Prophet, pbuh?
Were Qur'an and Hadith transmitted by same people or
different ones?
Question from Sis. N. in Detroit
I am originally from Iran, moving to real Islam, Qur'an and
Hadith. I read a good book by Fazlur Rahman (Chicago
University) but it confused me on some points. He writes,
Hadith was written in third century after the Prophet. New
Trend's web site says follow Qur'an and Hadith. I am
confused please explain why Hadith was not written in time
of the Prophet ?
ANSWER by Kaukab Siddique:
Unfortunately it seems from his writings that Dr. Fazlur
Rahman was significantly influenced by Christian
missionaries and Jewish orientalists.
His writings were such that they confused the Muslims of
Pakistan. However he had the support of the military
government, but eventually was defeated and fled to America
where he was immediately given a senior position at Chicago
University to teach Islam.
Both the Qur'an and the Hadith were written down in the time
of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The Qur'an is the word of
Allah revealed to Muhammad (peace be on him). The Hadith is
the commentary, explanation, implementation of the Qur'an by
Muhammad (pbuh). Both are interlinked and essential to each
other. No authentic Islamic scholar has ever tried to say
that Hadith is not necessary or was written later.
The people who wrote down the Qur'an, on bits and pieces of
materials, were the SAHABA or companions of the Prophet
(pbuh). Paper and printing were not available at that time.
So, people could not go around with printed and bound copies
of the Qur'an. Even the collation and putting together of
the Qur'an was done by the SAHABA so that the Qur'an became
a BOOK between two covers after the Prophet (pbuh) passed
away. This great work was done under the supervision of Abu
Bakr, Umar, Osman and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them
all) who were the first four rightly guided Caliphs of
Islam.
The same SAHABA also wrote and transmitted the Hadith and
made sure that nothing was falsely attributed to the Prophet
(pbuh).
The QUR'AN was also MEMORIZED by the Sahaba. In fact few of
them had it in writing but many of them knew it from memory.
The cross checking of memory with writing was carried out to
make sure that the Qur'an as revealed to the Prophet, pbuh,
was transmitted to future generations.
The HADITH was also memorized by the SAHABA and transmitted
to future generations. Any scholar of Hadith had to MEMORIZE
the HADITH from the written collections of the Sahaba and
then RECITE IT FROM MEMORY to his/her teacher. Thus an
accurate record of the Prophet's, pbuh, life and teachings
was enshrined in the scholarship of the Muslim world.
In the era after the SAHABA various kinds of sects arose
which tried to disseminate their own versions of the Qur'an.
Some of them claimed that Hazrat Ali (r.a.) had received
suras of the Qur'an from the Prophet, pbuh, which no one
else had. The scholars of the line of Ali (r.a.) and Fatima
(r.a.), such as Imam Jafar and Imam Baqir, were able to
repudiate these claims because they had the Qur'an both by
memory and in writing.
Similarly attempts were made to invent "Hadith."
This was a very serious effort by Kings and emperors who
wanted religion to justify their tyranny and to creatre a
"tame Islam." The problem was aggravated by the fact that
various SAHABA had migrated to various cities, and after
they passed away, various people could claim that they had
heard Hadith from them.
It was in that context that great scholars like Imam Bukhari
stepped forward to ENSURE that fabrications did not enter
the corpus of Hadith. I think that these scholars were a bit
too strict and as a result they sometimes designated as
"weak" even those Hadith which were authentic but which
would not pass the test of extremely severe scrutiny.
Imam Bukhari and other imams are the ones Dr. Fazlur Rahman
was abusing when he claimed that Hadith was written in the
third century after the Prophet. Fazlur Rahman really was
quite ignorant of Hadith and hence recklessly fell into the
trap set for him by Christian missionaries and Jewish
orientalists.
WAS HADITH WRITTEN in the TIME OF THE PROPHET (pbuh)?
Yes! the evidence is overwhelming.
Here is one sample from a prominent companion of the
Prophet, pbuh, Abdullah ibn Umru ibn al-Aas. It is
authenticated by two distinct and separate compilers of
Hadith, Abu Dawud in his Sunan (chapter kitabut al-ilm) and
Darimi in his Musnad (chapter on Rukhs fi kitabut
al-ilm):
"Whatever I heard from the messenger of Allah, peace be on
him, I would write it down so as to be able to memorize it.
Then some in the Quraish (tribe) said to me: You write down
whatever you hear though the messenger of Allah is a human
being and speaks both in anger and in joy. On hearing that I
stopped writing and then I mentioned this to the messenger
of Allah. He pointed with his finger to his mouth and said:
Write on! By Him in whose Hand is my being, no word comes
out of this mouth but the Truth."
Abdullah ibn Umru (r.a.) collected the Hadith he had written
in the presence of the Prophet (pbuh) in a book titled
Al-Sadiqa. Abdullah said: "There are two things I love in
life: Al-Sadiqa and al-Wahat." He explained: "Al-Sadiqa is
that manuscript which I heard and wrote from the messenger
of Allah and Wahat is that land which (my father) Umru ibn
al-Aas donated to the cause of Allah and which I take care
of." [Darimi's Sunan.]
The compendium Tahzeeb al-Tahzeeb tells us that on the death
of Abdullah, r.a, the manuscript of Al-Sadiqa was secured by
his grandson Shuaib bin Muhammad and then transmitted to the
next generation by his son also named Umru. THE HADITH
WRITTEN BY Abdullah, r.a., DIRECTLY FROM THE PROPHET, pbuh,
AND AT HIS COMMAND, are to be found in the collections of
Hadith which we have under this chain of narration:
"From Umru son of Shuaib from his father from his
grandfather." As Hadith is a very strict discipline, some
classical scholars wanted to classify the collection as
Mursal because they thought the grandson should have SAT
DOWN IN FRONT OF THE GRANDFATHER AND RECITED THE WHOLE
COLLECTION TO HIM FROM MEMORY! However, some of the greatest
scholars of Hadith, like Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, accept the
authenticity of Al-Sadiqa.
What makes Al-Sadiqa's authenticity irrefutable is that it
was also transmitted by OTHER STUDENTS of Abdullah (r.a.)
who had nothing to do with his grandson.
So, don't let anyone tell you that Hadith was not written in
the time of the Prophet, pbuh.
FINALLY, spend a couple of months in trying to understand
this verse of the Qur'an. It will help you to understand why
the Hadith is essential and ALWAYS goes with the Qur'an:
"The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own
selves, and his wives are their mothers. [33:6 ]
Guidance
*PROPHET*~(SallAllahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam)~
*START FASTING ON SEEING THE CRESCENT OF RAMADAN*~
{Al-Quran~S.Bukhari~Muslim}
'Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala
Rasulillah'.
'As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu.'
Sighting of the Crescent
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar (RadiAllahu Anhu)...
*PROPHET*~ (SallAllahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam) ...mentioned
'Ramadan' and said...'Do not fast unless you see the
Crescent of 'Ramadan' and do not give up fasting till you
see the Crescent of 'Shawwal'.
If the sky is overcast (if you cannot see it)... then act on
estimation .. (i.e. count 'Sha'ban' as 30 days)'
[Source: Sahih Bukhari: Book 31~ Hadith # 130]
Allah {Subhana wa Ta'ala}~ says:
'It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the
moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for
her; that ye might know the number of years and the count
(of time). No wise did Allah create this but in truth and
righteousness. Thus doth He explain His Signs in detail, for
those who understand'.
{Source : Al-Quran: Surat Younus 10~ A # 5}
Narrated Abu Huraira (RadiAllahu Anhu):
The Prophet (SallAllahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam) said:
'Start fasting on seeing the Crescent of 'Ramadan'... and
give up fasting on seeing the Crescent of 'Shawwal' and if
the sky is overcast (and you cannot see it), complete thirty
{30} days of Sha'ban.'
{ Source: Sahih Bukhari: Book # 31, Hadith # 133 }
Abdullah B Umar~ {Allah be pleased with him} said ...
The Prophet (SallAllahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam) said...
'The month of Ramadan may consist of Twenty nine {29}
days... so when you see the new moon observe fast and when
you see the New Moon again at the commencement of ...the
month of 'Shawwal' then break it. and if the sky is cloudy
for you, then calculate it and complete
Thirty {30} days !
{~Source : Sahih Muslim: Book #006~ Hadith #2368~}
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar (RadiAllahu Anhu):
The Prophet (SallAllahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam) said...
"We are an illiterate nation; we neither write, nor know
accounts. The month is like this and this, i.e. sometimes of
Twenty Nine [29] days and sometimes of thirty [30]
days."
{~Source~Sahih Bukhari: Book # 31,Volume 3 Hadith# 137~}
The Prophet (SallAllahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam) holding out his
ten fingers three times~ {3 X's} said... "The month is thus
and thus and thus," [namely thirty {30} days] Then (holding
out his ten fingers twice and then nine fingers), he
(SallAllahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam) said... "It may be thus and
thus and thus," namely twenty nine {29} days. Please Note
... meaning once thirty days {30} and once twenty nine {29}
days.
{~Source : Sahih Bukhari: Book # 63, Hadith# 222~}
~ My 'Salaams' to All ~
~Sis Yasmin~
"All that is on earth will Perish. But will abide
{Forever}
the Face of thy LORD, full of Majesty, Bounty and
Honour"
{'Quran'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.26-27 }
Contribution from a Reader in Chicago
A Scholar who Deserves Recognition: Zubair Ali Zai
[Excerpted from Wikipedia.]
Title
Al-Hafiz,
Born
Muhammad Zubair bin Mujaddad Khan
25 June 1957
Hazro, Pakistan
Died
10. November 2013 (2013-11-11) (aged 56)
Rawalpindi
Cause of death
Stroke Attack
Resting place
Hazro
Other names
Abu Tahir
Nationality
Pakistani
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Occupation
Author
Religion
Islam
Denomination
Sunni
Jurisprudence
Ahl-i Hadith
Movement
Ahl-i Hadith
Main interest(s)
Research
Notable work(s)
(Tahqeeq, Takhreej) - Hadith Editing and
Referencing of Sahih Muslim, At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud,
An-Nasai and Ibn Majah -Printed by Darussalam
Influenced by [show]
Badee-ud-Deen Shah as-Sindhee
Hafiz Zubair Ali zai ( Urdu: زبیر
علی زئي)
was a preacher, theologian, Islamic scholar, muhaddith and
former merchant marine from Pakistan.
"Zubair" was from the Pashtun tribe of Alizai, itself a
branch of the larger Durrani confederation tracing their
descent back to Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani
Empire.
Zubair was born in 1957 in the village of Peerdad, near
Hazro in the Attock District of Punjab. His father having
served two jail sentences for his membership in the
Jamaat-e-Islami Islamist political party, Alizai became
familiar with corruption and civil strife early on. [1][
unreliable source?]
Zubair married in 1982 and had three sons and four
daughters. He was a polyglot; in addition to his native
language of Hindko language and the Arabic language from his
graduate study, Alizai was also fluent in English, Urdu,
Pashto and Greek, and could read and understand Persian.
[1][ unreliable source?]
Zubair completed a bachelor's degree and later on two
master's degrees, one in Islamic studies in 1983 and another
in the Arabic language in 1994 from the University of the
Punjab in Lahore. Additionally, Alizai graduated for a
fourth time from the Salafi University in Faisalabad.
Here is an official link to his education. (taken from
Zubair's own book)
Zubair was, like his former teacher Rashidi, a bibliophile,
having amassed a private library of some renown in Hazro,
where he spent most of his time. [1][ unreliable
source?]
Much of Zubair's work consists of editing and referencing
ancient texts of prophetic tradition and evaluating them
according to the Categories of Hadith. Working with Dar us
Salam, Ali zai has reviewed the Al-Kutub al-Sittah,
considered canonical in Sunni Islam. Besides, he has also
authored many of his own books both in Urdu and Arabic. He
has a book named as "Noor ul Enain fe Masalate Rafaul
Yadain" ( Urdu:
نورالعینªن فی مسئلۃ
رفع
الیدین)
which has list of all his works: check page 40 to page
47.
Here is an official website link to see list of all his
books both in Urdu and Arabic.
Hadith referencing
Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. Riyadh: Dar us Salam
Publications, 2007. 1st Ed. 7 volumes.
Jami' at-Tirmidhi of Muhammad ibn 'Isa at-Tirmidhi. Riyadh:
Dar us Salam Publications, 2007. 6 volumes.
Al-Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i. Riyadh: Dar us Salam
Publications, 2008. 6 volumes.
Sunan Abu Dawood of Abu Dawood. Riyadh: Dar us Salam
Publications, 2008. 1st Ed. 5 volumes. Translated by Yasir
Qadhi. ISBN 978-9960-500-11-9
Sunan ibn Majah of Ibn Majah. Riyadh: Dar us Salam
Publications, 2007. 1st Ed. 5 volumes. ISBN
9960-9881-3-9
^ Jump up to: a b c Dr. Khaalid Zafarullah, "The Biography
and Works of Scholar of Ilm-ar-Rijal Shaykh Zubayr Alee
Za'ee (hafidhahullah)." Ed. Raza Hassan.
