9 Safar 1442 A.H. - September 27 2020 Issue # 39, Newsletter #1882
Guest Editorial
Liberation of Palestine Can Unite Muslims.
by Imam Badi Ali
Zionism uprooted the entire Palestinian people and replaced
them with Jews subsidized and transported to a stolen land
from around the world.
Masjid al-Aqsa, the third holiest Islamic mosque has been
captured by the Zionists. Our sacred city Jerusalem is
occupied by an alien military force.
Every day we see the surviving Palestinians in Gaza and the
West Bank bullied, humiliated, arrested and murdered by the
Zionists. Among those slaughtered by the Jews are hundreds
of Palestinian children. We also see the courage and
spiritual power of the Palestinians who continue to defy and
resist Israel with the sticks and stones they throw at the
tanks and armored cars.
Israel is funded, supported, publicized and armed by
America, both by the government and the politicians and by
the media and a variety of pro-Zionist groups. Thus our
enemy is nourished by the control and the lies it has spread
among America's people to gain support for legitimizing its
terrorism among the American people.
Around the world, tyrants and oppressors are supported by
the US because the US wants to use them in support of
Israel.
Our task lies right here in America as well as globally to
oppose Zionism and Israel at all levels.
Boycott all businesses which are Israeli or which support
Israel in any way.
We are nine million Muslims in America. If each one of us
does even a little against Zionism, we can cut the roots of
Israeli support which are unjustly embedded in America.
Inform the American people. Tell the concerned businesses
why we are boycotting them.
Imam Badi Ali leads a large Muslim community in Greensboro, NC.
Pakistan
Imran Government is Not Paying Attention to Real Issues.
by Qaisar Sharif
LAHORE- September 26: Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul
Haq has demanded the government allocate special seats for
the overseas Pakistanis in the parliament and grant them
right to vote in light of the decision of the apex
court.
Talking to delegation of the expatriates at Mansoora on
Saturday, he also called for establishment of special courts
for the speedy trial of the cases related to the
community.
Led by Pakistan Overseas Community Chairman Mian Tariq
Javed, the delegation discussed their grievances with the JI
chief, seeking support of the Senator for their speedy and
permanent solution.
Sirajul Haq said the JI always raised the voice for the
Pakistani community living in different countries and
support their all fair demands. He said overseas Pakistani
sent home remittance of billions of rupees every year,
playing a key role in development of the country. But, he
said, the successive governments paid no heed to their
problems. During the pandemic, he said, the overseas
Pakistan went through the desperate condition.
Later in the evening, the JI chief addressed a gathering in
Samarbagh and criticized the government for providing no
relief to the masses despite tall claims. He said massive
inflation made it impossible for a common Pakistan to afford
a meal in a day. He said prices of food items, medicines,
electricity and gas touched the skies in past two years. He
said PTI government destroyed every sector and put the
economy on the ventilator. He said people became desperate
from the policies of the present regime and wanted to get
rid of the all status quo parties.
Meanwhile, JI Deputy Emir Liaqat Baloch said the prime
minister should avoid lip service for the Kashmir cause and
take some practical steps to challenge the Indian design for
the region. He said there was need to formulate a unanimous
Kashmir policy with the consultation of national
leadership.
Baloch also paid tribute to the nationalistic services of
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan on the 17th death anniversary of
veteran politician.
News Within the U.S.
Voting Idiocy in America
by Sis. Aisha, Jamaat al-Muslimeen
New York City - The American Idiots are at it, again. What
makes their behavior so idiotic is that they do not learn
from past errors. Muslims have fallen prey to this type of
thinking, too.
It is about voting in kuffar elections. These senators,
congressmen, vice presidents and presidents have all pledged
their undying support for the Welfare State of Israel. How
can any Muslim believe that voting at the American polls is
a great thing?
Although some Imams think it is good to put Muslim children
in Muslim schools they differ on voting. These Imams believe
that by not voting we are not participating in society.
These Imams don't realize that, unlike the Amish and the
Orthodox Jews, Muslims can participate fully in society and
maintain their faith.
We can operate businesses and schools that serve community
needs as well as provide assistance for those in need
(financial and dietary). The problem with the Muslim
community is that the ummah is not strong enough to provide
even the most basic services. Halal meat sources are still
questionable, for instance. The Catholics and the Jews are
ten steps ahead with their charities and mental health
programs available to anyone who applies. They worked on
building their community first along with a self-reliant
mentality.
The Muslim leadership is focused on belonging and being
validated by the kuffar. The power is in our Islamic
endeavors that build our community. Voting in kuffar
elections distracts us from community development, which is
sorely lacking.
Also, once again, the American Idiot keeps forgetting that
in the presidential elections there is something called the
electoral college, which has thrown a monkey-wrench in past
American elections. In the presidential election, the
popular vote carries no weight at all. The electoral college
is who determines the president-elect.
Invitation to Think
Huge Plan by Qadianis to Undermine Islam in Africa Failed
Owing to a Scholar's Research.
Why did I Renounce Ahmadiyyah
by Dr. Ismail A. B. Balogun A former high level Ahmadi
"...I must say, before God and man, that the more I
scrutinized the claims and purported references for them,
the more I discovered that the Ahmadiyyah Mission is
deceiving the world and playing on the ignorance of many of
their followers."
In a series of articles published in Nigeria during 1974,
Dr. Ismail A. B. Balogun, a high level Ahmadi leader,
refuted the tenets of Ahmadiyyahand publicly denounced the
Movement he had been born and raised in. A Professor of
Islamic and Arabic Studies at the University of Ibadan,
Algeria, Dr. Balogun had dedicated his life to the cause of
Ahmadiyyah and had raised through the ranks to become a top
spokesman and ambassador for the Movement. Throughout the
years, his well articulate and emotional speeches had
motivated many young Ahmadis. Similarly, his public
departure and the commotion and debates that pursued caused
many educated individuals to realize the truth and abandon
Ahmadiyyah.
Allah accept the repentance of those who do evil in
ignorance and repent soon afterwards; to them will Allah
turn in mercy: For Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
(The holy Quran, An-Nisa, 4:17)
Subsequently, Dr. Balogun documented the reasons for his
withdrawal from the Movement and included some of the
ensuing debates in a book entitled "Islam versus Ahmadiyyah
in Nigeria". In this book, Dr. Balogun disclosed how he, as
many other highly educated individuals, had blindly accepted
Ahmadiyyah out of loyalty to his parents, misinformation
disseminated by the Ahmadi leadership, divisive methods of
the Indo-Pakistani Ahmadi missionaries, and other subjective
reasons having more to do with propaganda and cultural
habits than the truthfulness of any movement.
Dr. Balogun recounts his upbringing and his blind faith in
the Indo-Pakistani Ahmadi missionaries in the following
passage:
"In my Childhood, I was brought up to revere the
Indo-Pakistani Ahmadiyyah missionaries who guided and
controlled our religious activities. When the mission came
to our elders and, through the elders to us, we believed all
that they told us in toto, because of the implicit
confidence we had in them.Their preaching appeared plausible
to us and we accepted their arguments in good faith. They
made references to Islamic books in order to substantiate
their claims and we accepted the references without
cross-checking them because of our confidence in them.
Their method was to alienate us against the orthodox Muslims
in whom they found faults in the way they practiced Islam.
The missionaries claimed to present "the true Islam" to us
in the name of Ahmadiyyah.
They often impressed on us that the stiff opposition, which
Ahmadis suffered in India before the partition and
subsequently in Pakistan, was a conclusive proof of the
truth of Ahmadiyyah. After all, no prophet is readily
accepted in his own town or country. This also appeared
plausible to us, hence we followed them with unalloyed
confidence."
Over a quarter of century ago, Dr. Balogun had accurately
identified the strategy employed by high level Ahmadi
missionaries to misguide the uninformed. Not only the
missionaries do not publicize a complete picture of their
doctrine and history, but also they distort the teachings of
Islam and attempt to exasperate and capitalize upon
sectarian division among few ignorant Muslims.
Dr. Balogun testified:
"Even though Ahmadiyya has been in this country for close to
sixty years, I make the bold to say that, up till now, the
vast majority of the adherents of the organization, within
both the Movement and the Mission, are still in the dark
about the details of its teaching, as well as its purpose.
For example, it was only very recently, when stiff
opposition to Ahmadiyyah started to rear its head in this
country, that certain high-ranking Ahmadis knew for the
first time that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to be a Prophet."
(Sunday Times, Nigeria, Jan. 20, 1974; ibid., p. 3)"[The
fact that Ahmadis hid their true doctrine from the
membership at large is] evident in the fact that when one of
the young educated Nigerian Muslims, who originally invited
the Movement here, went to Britain for further studies and
thereby came in contact with Indian Ahmadis, who resided
then in Britain, he studied them at first hand and returned
home only to withdraw his membership of the Movement. This
was the late al-Haj L. B. Agusto of blessed memory." (Sunday
Times, Nigeria, Jan. 20, 1974; Ibid., p. 2)
Indeed, since its very inception, the Ahmadi leadership has
relied upon the well-proven methods of the Christian
Missionaries to alienate the uninformed individuals from
knowledgeable and sincere Muslims and selfishly increase
their membership. They know only too well that the
descendants of individuals somehow tricked into joining
their organization are generally less likely to renounce
their membership, even after they discover the truth.
Truly they found their fathers on the wrong Path; So they
(too) were rushed down on their footsteps! And truly before
them, many of the ancients went astray;- (The holy Quran,
As-Saaffat, 37:69-71)
Dr. Balogun records that, when in 1974, the Pakistani
Government and the Muslim World League both declared the
Ahmadiyyah to be a non-Muslim group, he set out in earnest
to defend the Movement he was born into and prove its
truthfulness. However, his scholarly and thorough research
into the teachings of Ahmadi leadership untangled a
disturbing web of deceit and left him with no alternative
but to denounce the Mission. This finding is even more
significant since Dr. Balogun, even though a high level
Ahmadi and a Professor of Islamic Studies, had himself been
kept in the dark for over forty years.
I must say, before God and man, that the more I scrutinized
the claims and purported references for them, the more I
discovered that the Ahmadiyyah Mission is deceiving the
world and playing on the ignorance of many of their
followers.
An example of the distortions by the Ahmadis for their
selfish ends is contained in their official rejoinder to my
article already mentioned.
On page 5, column 2, of Monday 11 February 1974 issues of
The Truth, the Ahmadiyyah Mission quoted the following in
support of the Prophethood of the Promised Messiah: 'There
is no discrepancy between the two, that he (the Messiah)
will be a Prophet and a follower of the Holy Prophet(SAW)
for the purpose of explaining the commandments of his
Shariah, and to strengthen its way, even though he does so
through his revelations.' (Mirqat Sharh Miskat,
Vol.5,pg.564)
This quotation has been extracted from the explanation of
the Hadith in which the Prophet Muhammad had declared that
there would be no other Prophet after him.
Indication. The Hadith, which is contained in Mishkat al
Masabih, reports that the Messenger of God said to 'Ali,
'You are in the same position to me as Harun (Aaron) was to
Musa (Moses): except that there is no prophet after me'. The
Mishkat reports also that authentic books of Hadith are
agreed on this tradition.
Now, in commenting on this authentic Hadith, Imam 'Ali Qari,
who was deceitfully quoted by Ahmadis, says:
"In the commentary of Muslim, some scholars say concerning
his [the Prophet's] statement 'Except that there is no
Prophet after me,' that it is an indication that whenever
'Isa b. Maryam [Jesus Christ] descends, he will descend as
one of the arbitrators of this Community inviting people
with the Law of Muhammad(SAW), and will not descend as a
Prophet.I say that there is no inconsistency in his being a
Prophet and being a follower to our Prophet(SAW) concerning
the explanation of the rules of the Shariah and the
improvement of his way even with revelation to him, as
indicated by the saying of the Prophet: 'If Moses were alive
he would have no choice but to follow me.'
That is even though he is described as a Prophet and a
Messenger; and in the absence of both of them (Prophethood
and Messengership), there will not be any additional
attainment.
Interpretation. So, the meaning is that there will not be
any new Prophet after him because he is the Seal of all the
Prophets that had gone before.
In it (the statement) is an allusion that, if there were to
be a Prophet after him, it would have been 'Ali; and it is
not incompatible with what has clearly been related
concerning the right of 'Umar because the decision is
hypothetical and suppositional.
It is as if he (the Prophet) says: 'If there were to be a
Prophet after me, a group of my Companions would have been
Prophets; but there is no Prophet after me.'
This is the meaning of the Prophet's(SAW) saying: 'If
Ibrahim had lived, he would have been a Prophet.'
As for the Hadith, which says, 'The scholars of my Community
are like the Israelites Prophets', memorizers like Zurkashi,
Asqalani, Damiri, and Suyuti have clearly said that is has
no basis."
This quotation is from the same book and on the same page
referred to by the Ahmadiyyah Mission. That is: 'Ali
al-Qari, Mirqat al-Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-Masabih, vol. 5,
pg. 564.
It is clear from the quotation that the Mission has
extracted what they thought would support their erroneous
view from a commentary which, taken together, is explicitly
opposed to the view. This is in order to give the impression
that the author supports their idea.
In educated circles, such act is an errant distortion of an
author's view and thought. It contradicts the international
law of copyright. It is, indeed, unacceptable as well as
unbecoming of a mission that wants itself to be taken
seriously.
From the Islamic point of view also, it is an abominable
act. Consider, for example, Quran 2:59 [also 7:162], which
says, "The transgressors changed the statement from that
which was made to them; so We sent a pestilence from heaven
upon the transgressors, for their having gone astray.' A
food for thought indeed for the Ahmadis!" (Sunday Sketch,
Nigeria, Sept. 29, 1974; ibid., p. 91-95)
It is those who do not believe in the Signs of Allah that
forge falsehood: it is they who lie! (The Holy Quran,
An-Nahl, 16:105)
No sooner had Dr. Balogun unearth such evidence and
discovered that the doctrine of Ahmadiyyah was contrary to
the authentic teachings of Islam, that he and many others
abandoned the Mission and embraced Islam. These fortunate
individuals were blessed with the capacity to differentiate
the Truth from Falsehood and the sincere faith to prefer
Allah(SWT) and His Messenger(SAW) to the position, prestige,
and life-style they had achieved within the Organization.
Truly, they were the recipients of guidance from
Allah(SWT).
Subsequent to such public expositions, Dr. Balogun became
the subject of personal attacks by many senior Ahmadi
missionaries. For instance, Molvi Ajmal Shahid, then the
Amir of Ahmadiyyah movement in Nigeria, provided an
extremely short reply in which he expressed his dismay at
the "spiritual death of a brother (ibid., p. 97)" and Moulvi
Naseem Saifi, the chief Ahmadiyyah missionary for West
Africa, confirmed that Dr. Balogun had been very close and
high in the administration and expressed his sadness that
Dr. Balogun had abandoned Ahmadiyyah in favor of Islam
(ibid., p. 99); other Ahmadi missionaries questioned his
public withdrawal and, in an attempt at damage control,
advanced a number of unbecoming and unproved accusations. In
clarification, Dr. Balogun responded:
"I could have raised all the points in this article with
them (e.g. the Indo-Pakistani Ahmadi leadership) internally
without any publicity; but experience has shown that such
criticisms will automatically earn the critic either a
long-term boycott or an outright excommunication. With any
of these, no other member will be prepared to listen to
him... I have stated my point of view, God is my witness,
purely because of my awareness of the responsibility
incumbent on me towards my fellow Nigerian Muslims in
particular, and the world Muslims at large. My intention is
not to oppose Ahmadiyyah; I have lived in it long enough to
have a soft spot for it in my heart. But that
notwithstanding, whenever a clash of opinion arises between
Islam and Ahmadiyyah, it behooves me to declare for Islam
without mincing words." (Sunday Times, Nigeria, Jan. 20,
1974; ibid., p.17)"Furthermore, instead of being crossed
with me, calling me names and making all sorts of
conjectures about me because of my renunciation of
Ahmadiyyah, let the Nigerian Ahmadis take my exposition to
their Pakistani missionaries for verification or denial.
Assertions. If they deny my assertions, then demand from
them the Arabic books (not Urdu translations) from which
they took their quotations. Then, let independent Arabic
scholars translate the relevant sections within their
context.
If I am proved wrong, let my father reject and disown me,
and let the Ahmadis collectively curse and "crucify" me. But
if I am proved right, then it becomes incumbent on all
Nigerian Ahmadis, including my relations, both by blood and
affinity, to reconsider their association with Ahmadiyyah,
pray fervently to God Almighty as I have done to show them
the way of Islam and help them to follow it." (Sunday
Sketch, Sept. 29, 1974; ibid., p. 96)
Naturally, the personal attacks levied against Dr. Balogun
had nothing to do with the issue at hand and had been
orchestrated solely to confuse the naive. In truth, the
deceptive methods of the Mission had been exposed and
independently verified by a number of individuals. The
damage done to the Mission was so great that it had to
disband. Many Ahmadis reorganized under the name of
"Anwar-ul-Islam Movement" and rejected the unIslamic
doctrines which the Ahmadi leadership and missionaries had
propagated and sustained through their distortions and
misrepresentations of the authentic teachings of Islam
(Daily Times, Monday, Nov. 25, 1974; ibid., p. 121). May
Allah(SWT) guide every sincere Ahmadi to Islam.
Among the individuals, who witnessed the written public
debates between Dr. Balogun and the high level Ahmadi
missionaries and recognized the falsehood of the Mission,
was a well-known gentleman by the name of Mr. Alhaj A. S.
Olatunde. To save face and mislead their naive followers,
Ahmadi missionaries apparently had began a rumor that Br.
Olatunde had recognized their "truth" and accepted
Ahmadiyyah! In response, Br. Olatunde issued a public
statement, which is reproduced below:
"For some months now, I have been quiet. My quietness has
come as a result of a very serious study I embarked upon in
connection with a burning question.The question began with
an article published by Dr. Ismail Balogun of the University
of Ibadan a few months ago. It concerned the belief of the
Ahmadiyya Jamat that the founder of the organization was a
kind of a prophet.
Dr. Ismail Balogun, who was born into the Ahmadiyya
Community, advanced cogent arguments and reasons to support
his rebuttal of the claim of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad to
Prophethood and the need to abandon the name Ahmadiyya to
denote a class of Muslims.
A series of rejoinders came from many well-known Ahmadis.
The most significant thing about the rejoinders is that they
are unconvincing! They have been based on shifty
premises.
Dr. Ismail Balogun came out again with a final reply to all
the rejoinders. His final reply contained incontrovertible
facts from various books of Islam and lexicons to support
his stand that after the holy Prophet Muhammad there had not
been and there would never be another prophet of any kind,
at least in so far as Islam is concerned.
I want to make my personal stand clear now. I support Dr.
Ismail Balogun. I agree entirely with his findings. And with
him I declare that Muhammad is the last Prophet of God.
I also declare that I am not an Ahmadi. It is true that I
have been closely connected with the Ahmadiyya Mission for
many years. During my period of association with them, the
question of another prophet after Muhammad was never a point
of interest in our discussions.
I am sure with this, nobody will be in doubt any more about
my stand. I want to remind all Muslims of an incident toward
the close of the glorious life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.
It was the parting sermon he delivered on the Arafat in his
last pilgrimage.
He said: "I am leaving unto you two noble things. So long as
you will cling to them, you will never go astray. One of
them is the Book of Allah and the other is the Tradition of
His Apostle. Let him that is present tell unto him that is
absent. Haply he that shall be told may remember better than
he who has heard it."
With me, the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet are
sufficient. I am a Muslim and anything that will tarnish my
Islam is rejected with all my heart.
If there is any person or any group of persons who have been
showing me any favor because they thought that I was an
Ahmadi, I pray, they should now withhold or withdraw their
favors. I shall be satisfied with whatever favors it will
please Allah to bestow on me as a Muslim, pure and simple.
May Allah open our hearts to His Truth. Amen." (Daily
Sketch, Friday, Nov. 8, 1974; ibid. p. 118-119)
Obviously, a movement whose very leaders and founders have
used such deceptive methods to misguide the uninformed, for
a hundred years, can not be taken seriously nor viewed as a
divine organization. Each one of the arguments Ahmadi
leaders have advanced in support of their organization is
similarly based on deceptive claims or pure conjecture and
has been solely invented to keep their unfortunate followers
confused and entrapped.
We hope that individuals who have mistakenly followed
Ahmadiyyah reconsider their standing in the light of all the
evidence uncovered by Dr. Balogun. Should those, who have
been touched by the miracles of the Holy Quran and the
teachings of the last Prophet Muhammad(SAW), exhibit loyalty
and obedience to Allah(SWT) and His last Messenger(SAW) or
to individuals whose deception and falsehood has been
continually exposed?
Those who reject Allah, hinder (men) from the Path of Allah,
and resist the Messenger, after Guidance has been clearly
shown to them, will not injure Allah in the least, but He
will make their deeds of no effect. (The holy Quran,
Muhammad, 47:32)
Quotes taken from: "Islam versus Ahmadiyyah in Nigeria",
Published by Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore,
Pakistan.
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
Alhamduli'Allahi Rabbil-'Aalameen
wa-Salaatu wa-Salaamu 'alaa
Ashrafil-Anbiyaa-e-wal-Mursaleen,
'Amma 'Baad...
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Assalaamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu. 'Kibr' and 'Kufr' of Shaytaan...{!}
Kibr (pride/arrogance) & Kufr (disbelief) are 'Mutalaziman',
meaning the
former necessarily leads to the latter and such was the case
of Shaytan
as ALLAH says in the 'Qur'an'...
'And (remember) when We said to the Angels 'Prostrate
yourselves
before Adam.' and they prostrated except Iblees, he refused
and was
proud and was one of the disbelievers (Kuffar).'
[Source~ 'Qur'an'-Surat al-Baqarah(2): A # 34]
Prophet (sallalalhu 'alaihi wa-sallam) described pride
saying...
'Pride is dissatisfaction with the truth, and belittling the
people.'
[Source~Saheeh Muslim]
Iblees openly expressed his pride when he refused to obey
the command of ALLAH, questioned HIS Wisdom and belittled
Adam (alaihis-salaam). when, ALLAH questioned Iblees...
' What prevented you (O Iblees) that you did not
prostrate,when I commanded you ?' Iblees said... 'I am
better than him Adam. You
created me from fire, and him You created from clay.'
[Source...Qur'an (7): A # 12]
So, ALLAH dismissed Iblees, HE said 'O Iblees get down from
this
Paradise' and next HE, [the Exalted] mentioned the reason
for it in His
Saying: ' it is not for you to be arrogant here.'
Imam Ibnul-Qayyim~(r) said while explaining the categories
of 'Kufr'
'The major 'Kufr' is of Five (5) kinds...
Kufr of denial.
Kufr of Arrogance and Pride.
Kufr of Aversion.
Kufr of Doubt
Kufr of Hypocrisy.
Concerning the Kufr of Arrogance and Pride:
It was the Kufr of Shaytan because he did not deny the
Command of
Allah, or reject it but he met it with pride and arrogance.
From this (type
of Kufr) is the Kufr of those who knew and believed that
Allah's Messenger (sallalalhu 'alaihi wa-sallam) has come
with the truth from Allah but did not acknowledge it out of
pride and arrogance...{!}
It is the 'Kufr' of the Jews (#3), 'then when there came to
them that which they had recognized, they disbelieved in
it.'
[Source:Madaarijus-Salikeen, 1/364-367]
So, the reason behind the expelling of Iblees was pride and
ALLAH
does not like the arrogant because a proud person considers
himself self-sufficient and in no need of ALLAH the Exalted.
Whosoever assumes such is surely seized by the Wrath of
Allah...{!}
The reason for this is that every action in this universe is
due to ALLAH
Alone...{!} None possesses the Power to execute
anything except ALLAH...{!}
Every action has a time and place in which it takes place
and we posses neither the time nor the place, and none
possesses the power to maintain his life even for a moment
and none possesses the power to even move from one place to
another except with the Will of ALLAH.
So how can any man or any creation take pride in anything
?
Verily ALLAH Alone is 'The Irresistible, the Proud...'
[Source~'Qur'an'~ Surat al-Hashr (59): A # 23].
The Messenger of Allah (sallalalhu 'alaihi wa-sallam)
said...
'Indeed, Allah revealed to me, Humble yourselves until none
is proud over another and none is oppressive over
another.'
[Source~ Saheeh Muslim]
Thus, pride, which is in fact self-praise, is forbidden for
the servants of
ALLAH, for each additional thing that one becomes proud of,
builds his
ego...{!} This is witnessed in the behavior of Iblees when
he became too
proud to obey ALLAH command and said... 'I am better than he
is.'
[Source~'Qur'an' ~Surat Saad (38)A # 76]
ALLAH says in a Qudsi Hadith:
'Pride is My Cloak, and Glory is My wrap, so he who competes
ME in
either of these, I will cast him into the Fire.'
[Source~Musnad Ahmad and Abu Dawood]
' Renounce the world ALLAH will love you, Renounce what
people
possess, people will love you.'
[Source~ Ibn Majah]
~' MY 'SALAAMS' TO ALL! ~
Y a s m i n.
Hadith of the Week
Narrated by 'Aisha, r.a.:
I stuffed for the Prophet a pillow decorated with pictures
(of animals) which looked like a Namruqa (i.e. a small
cushion). He came and stood among the people with excitement
apparent on his face. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is
wrong?"
He said, "What is this pillow?" I said, "I have prepared
this pillow for you, so that you may recline on it." He
said, "Don't you know that angels do not enter a house
wherein there are pictures; and whoever makes a picture will
be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be asked to
give life to (what he has created)?"
Asalamu alaikum.
If you don't want your kids to hurt others, don't show them
how to do it.
Lead by Example.
Always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the
last time you see them.
Pray to Allah,swt, daily for yourself and your children.
May Allah protect our children whenever and whereever they are.
Allahaumma.
Ameen.
Libya
A Russian helicopter was shot down or crashed in the Libyan
desert. Russian troops from the Wagner Group are suspected
killed or injured. However, Russians quickly evacuated their
equipment and their bodies so no details are available.
Pro-Western Libyan forces have reportedly killed an IS
Commander in the Southeastern Libyan desert. Details are not
available.
France
After the French posted the cartoons of the Prophets again,
there was a stabbing attack by a young man who is reportedly
Pakistani. He seriously hurt two people and hurt two others
standing in front of the cartoon center. France has arrested
him, four other Pakistanis and an Algerian - all very
young.
France is saying that now the cartoon center, known as
Hebdo, has now been moved to a secret location. [France does
not realize that insulting the Prophet (pbuh) turns the
entire Muslim world against France. USA has avoided this
kind of stupidity.]
Syria
Widespread Fighting
Islamic group attacked Russian troops in Northeastern
Lattakia.
IS forces advanced in southern Raqqa province, killing 13
pro-Assad soldiers. The advance was stopped after Russian
bombing killed 18 of the ISIS fighters.
Pro-Turkish Syrian fighters shelled SDF pro-communist,
pro-US troops in northcentral Syria in the Tal Tamer
area.
In a little town near the capital of Damascus, the regime
arrested 3 women who will probably be tortured. People came
out in large numbers to protest of the regime and burned
pictures of Assad. The regime then sent in armoured forces
to stop the demonstrations.
Tension is high in Deraa Province owing to occasional
attempts by the citizens to attack Assad's officials.
Heavy weapon exchanges between Islamic groups and
Assad/Iranian groups on the Irbid province border continued
for a third day.
The US Air Force and its coalition are attacking an
Islamic group in northwestern Syria known as "Defenders of
the Faith" because the US suspects they are al-Qaeda. One of
their commanders, possibly more, have been killed in the
bombing.
Nigeria
An IS group announced on its Amaq website that 30 police
officers and soldiers were killed in the attack on Friday on
a road leading to the strategic fishing town of Baga in
Borno state.In a statement on Saturday, Borno state police
said eight police officers and three members of a
government-approved militia were killed, and 13 people were
wounded in the attack.
Egypt
Large crowds have been protesting against the regime of
General Sissi. HIs police have tried to crush the rallies
but they keep coming back. It is said, the people are
protesting against the demolition of houses and mosques,
which Sissi claims are very old and built on illegal ground.
Large numbers of protestors have been injured in attacks by
Sissi's police.
One slogan of the protestors is "Do not be afraid" because
Sissi is notorious for his terrorism against protestors.
Readers might remember that his forces killed hundreds of
unarmed supporters of the elected President, Morsi.
Inside Poland's 'LGBT-free zones'
In Poland, dozens of small towns have declared themselves
free of "LGBT ideology". Politicians' hostility to gay
rights has become a flashpoint, pitting the religious right
against more liberal-minded Poles. And gay people living in
these areas are faced with a choice: emigrate, keep their
heads down - or fight back.
Magazine editor Tomasz Sakiewicz shows me into his Warsaw
office. To my surprise, he takes my hand - which I've just
rubbed with the regulation disinfectant gel - and kisses it
like an 18th-Century Polish nobleman.
Then he passes me a sticker that came free with his
magazine, the right-wing weekly Gazeta Polska. It shows a
rainbow flag with a black cross through it. "We gave out
70,000 of these," says Sakiewicz. "And people congratulated
us because we Poles love freedom."
Kuwait Renews Support for Palestinian People's Rights
The Kuwaiti Prime Minister reaffirmed his country's
principled and firm position in supporting the choices of
the Palestinian people to obtain their legitimate rights,
Anadolu Agency reports.
"The Palestinian cause still occupies a central historical
and pivotal position in Arab and Islamic worlds," Sabah
Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah told the 75th session of the UN
General Assembly via video link.
Al-Sabah stressed the importance of continuing efforts to
relaunch negotiations to reach a just and comprehensive
peace in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative.
He called for an end to the Israeli occupation and the
establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East
Jerusalem as its capital.
He called on all parties to agree to the proposals put
forward by Martin Griffiths, the UN's special envoy for
Yemen.
China running 380 detention centres in Xinjiang.
Australian study finds camps have expanded, despite claims
that Uighurs were being released.
China's network of detention centres in the northwest
Xinjiang region is much bigger than previously thought and
is being expanded, even as Beijing says it is winding down a
"re-education" programme for ethnic Uighurs that has been
condemned internationally, new research released by an
Australian think-tank showed on Thursday.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) said it had
identified more than 380 "suspected detention facilities" in
the region, where the United Nations says more than one
million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking
residents have been held in recent years.
"The findings of this research contradict Chinese officials'
claims that all "trainees" from so-called vocational skills
training centres had "graduated" by late 2019," lead
researcher Nathan Ruser wrote. "Instead, available evidence
suggests that many extrajudicial detainees are now being
formally charged and locked up in higher security
facilities."
