The moral disability & the Muslims' downfall
Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal
The most important cause of Muslims' downfall is not any
natural calamity or economic collapse or an epidemic of a
killer disease. It is indeed the moral disability that has
brought them to the current quagmire. Such disability also
deters any fresh attempt to rise up as a civilizational
force. If not treated, the ongoing disability can lead to
moral death. A man then survives only as an animal with a
human shape. None of the physical disabilities takes humans
to such a disgraceful end. In the annals of mankind, the
moral disabilities caused catastrophic calamities -much
worse than any earthquake, epidemic, or tsunamis. Hundreds
of earthquakes or epidemics couldn't kill 75 million people,
but only two World Wars could kill more than that. The
ugliest crimes on earth like colonial genocides, imperialist
occupations, ethnic cleansings, slave trading, gas chambers,
World Wars, and dropping of barrel bombs, chemical bombs,
drones, and nuclear bombs are indeed the works of these
morally disabled.
Moral disability takes humans to a level much inferior to
animals; animals do not show such deviation from their own
style of survival. The Qur'anic narratives like "in hum illa
ka'al an'am, bal hum adallu sabila (Sura: al-Furqan, verse:
44)" (meaning: they are nothing but cattle, rather deviated
farther off from the path) gives testimony to that. History
abundantly displays such terrible ills. Like animals, such
people become insensitive to the Divine Truth. Cattles
search only for water, grass, and grazing fields; they do
not ponder on Truth. Even miracles make no impact on them.
The miracles like a resurrection of the dead, talking while
in the cradle, cure of the born-blind, walking across the
sea, foods descending down from the sky, water gushing out
of a stone -as shown by Prophet Isa (peace be upon him), and
Prophet Musa (peace be upon him), failed to impress any
cattle. The same is true with the morally disabled ones.
They fail to recognize the worst crimes of the
criminals.
This is why the morally disabled Muslims turn complicit with
the horrendous crimes committed by the imperialist
aggressors against innocent Muslim men, women, and children.
So, they take the killers, the occupiers, and the bombers as
friends. Even hundreds of thousands of Muslims register as
mercenaries to fight the enemy's occupational wars in Muslim
lands -as seen in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
No nation collapsed or disappeared because of physical
disabilities. It is the moral collapse or vileness that
destroyed many nations in the past -as happened with the
tribes of A'ad, Samud, Lot, Madaen, Pharaoh, and many
others. Because of the same moral collapse, the Muslims
failed to sustain as the civilizational power. What could be
the worst disgrace for the Muslims that many Muslim
countries stand top on the list of the most corrupt
countries in the world? What is the impact of their Islamic
faith and prayers on the acts and character? About 1.6
billion Muslims claim that they believe in Islam; more than
a billion take part in five-time daily prayer and month-long
fasting, and several million perform hajj and umrah each
year, but all those rituals couldn't help them to come out
of the awful moral ills. Whereas those prayer modules were
prescribed to make the Muslim morally competent to carry out
the Divine mission of bringing the overwhelming victory of
Islam over all sorts of falsehood (li'yuzhirahu ddini
kullihi).
Such an immoral shift in the purpose of survival has
generated a new set of self-serving priorities and political
culture at all levels. This is why even the worst despots do
not face any shortage of mercenaries on the street of Muslim
countries. Even those who are known as imams, sheikhs and
religious scholars also rub their shoulders with the
criminal despots. "Enjoining the right and eradicating the
wrong (a'maru bil ma'ruf wa nehi'anil munkar)"is not an
issue in their life. And sharia, hudud, khilafa, and jihad
have no place in their Islam. Thus, the Muslims themselves
display the vilest betrayal of the cause of Allah Sub'hana
wa Ta'la. Such a betrayal tells a lot about the severity of
their moral illness. How can such treachery bring any
blessing from Him? Awfully, such moral perversion has fully
incapacitated them to understand even the dire consequences
of the disease. How could Allah Sub'hana wa Ta'la select
such morally sick people to accomplish His Own vision? So,
the Muslims now stand unseated from the position of His
khalifa. They indeed show the fitness as well as willingness
to work as khalifa of the internal and external enemies of
Islam! This is why ideological perversion like secularism,
nationalism, tribalism, autocracy get so dominant presence
in Muslim countries.
The best deed & the worst crime
Moral disease is the commonest and most calamitous disease
of mankind. The physically fit people are not immune to it.
Now, it prevails as a global epidemic. Awfully, the damage
has the worst eternal consequence. In fact, it is a trillion
times more awful than any vilest cancer. Even the worst
cancer causes suffering for few years. But the moral illness
takes to the hellfire not to be ended in trillions of years.
The virus of the disease is conceptual. Therefore, the
disease runs through thoughts, beliefs, and ideologies.
Since the pathology lies in the soul, can be treated only by
curative thoughts, beliefs, and ideologies -as was the
methodology of all Divine prophets.
For that, the Holy Qur'an exists as the only final
prescription. In the history of mankind, only the Holy
Qur'an could prove the full treatment efficacy -as could
treat successfully one of the most morally diseased people
on earth 14 hundred years ago. No other prescription has
shown similar success in any part of the world in any time.
History has been a witness to many revolutions; some were
political, some were economical and some were dynastical.
But none was a full revolution. In this regard, Islam is the
only exception; it was a full revolution. Islam brought a
revolution in people's faith, behavior, character, culture,
politics, human rights, dress code, education, spirituality,
warfare, and human values. In fact, here lies the greatest
and the unique strength of Islam. It possesses the most
important and the only curative prescription for all moral
ills of mankind. This is why Islam is the only target of all
satanic forces on earth. In the whole length of human
history, never worked such a huge global coalition against
any faith as it is now against a resurgence of Islam.
Pakistan
JI info
Kashmir is Central to Pakistan's Existence
by Qaiser Sharif
Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has warned the government
against making efforts to secularize the national
curriculum. He vowed to thwart conspiracies to damage the
ideological base of Pakistan.
Presiding over a meeting of party leaders at Mansoora on
Monday, he also expressed concern over silence of the
rulers on Kashmir issue and reminded them that the
Quaid-e-Azam had declared the Kashmir as jugular vein of
Pakistan and how could the rulers betray the father of the
nation.
The JI, he said, had decided to host a national consultation
meeting on the issue of national curriculum and Kashmir
after Eid. He said the meeting will be held considering the
Crona SOPs. He said the government had badly failed to
fulfill its responsibility in the situation when the country
was facing many external and internal crises.
He said the government was either non-serious or lacked
ability to mitigate the challenges. The JI chief said the
nation would never allow the rulers to betray the Kashmir
cause. He said handing over Kashmir to India was tantamount
to turn barren Pakistan and forgetting the sacrifices of
thousands of Kashmiris in love of Pakistan.
The JI chief also expressed concern over the unchecked
inflation in the month of Ramzan. He said 30 days had been
passed to the start of the holy month but the prices of
basic food items was not in reach of common man despite the
government announcement of billions of rupees subsidy on
food item. He said people purchased small quantity of sugar
and flour after standing in queues for hours in scorching
heat.
War News
Afghanistan
Taliban leader:
Emphasizing that there would be an Islamic Emirate, he said:
"This land is the shared home of all Afghans. We must unite
upon Islamic injunctions and protect ourselves from all
discord and prejudice."
May 5, Taliban captured the district of Barka in Baghlan
province after hours of fighting which forced Kabul regime
troops to retreat.
Taliban attacks are reported from 24 provinces of the
country. Regime says it has repulsed the attacks.
Bitter fighting was reported from Helmand province. Taliban
made serious advances but were beaten back by ferocious
bombing by the US air force.
In his annual message ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, Taliban leader
Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday called on Afghans to
"contribute to the redevelopment of our homeland" in order
for there to be a prosperous and progressive country "in the
shade of an Islamic system."
"Let us attain this end by moving away from self-interests
and pursuit of power, by making Islamic values and national
interests our guiding principles, and by rebuilding as a
strong and unified nation through forgiveness,
reconciliation and compassion towards one another," he
said.
He also stated that once foreign troops have withdrawn -
what he called "the end of occupation" - there shall be an
"Afghan-inclusive Islamic system."
Emphasizing that there would be an Islamic Emirate, he said:
"This land is the shared home of all Afghans. We must unite
upon Islamic injunctions and protect ourselves from all
discord and prejudice.
This comes after the Afghan government, international
stakeholders and regional countries have all come out in
strong support of maintaining a Republic system.
The Taliban leader however went on to state: "The arms of
the Islamic Emirate are wide open for all Afghans that have
previously stood in opposition to us.
"We are extending our hand of amnesty and affection, and
inviting them to join the path of truth. Stubbornness,
vindictiveness and enmity will not amount to anything, but
conversely, nations attain honor and glory through
tolerance, self-restraint and embracing the truth," he
said.
He also said the group considers the withdrawal of US and
NATO forces "a good step and strongly urge that all parts of
the Doha agreement be implemented."
He called for the Doha agreement, signed in February last
year between the Taliban and the US, to be fully implemented
stating that the deal had been violated by the US.
"Contrary to commitments, the remaining prisoners that were
set to be released three months after the launch of
negotiations have yet to be freed and the names of officials
of the Islamic Emirate yet to be removed from sanctions and
rewards lists."
He said the Taliban "stands ready to protect the
independence and sovereignty of its homeland at any cost as
it has proven over the past two decades."
He also said the Taliban has "prioritize negotiations" and
has "dispatched a powerful negotiation team for these
negotiations to move intra-Afghan negotiations forward.
"However, the Kabul administration has repeatedly tried to
sabotage the ongoing political process through various means
and continues to engage in such activity," he said.
He acknowledged there was territory under the control of the
Taliban and also said the "Islamic Emirate safeguards and
supports all public projects, facilities and infrastructure,
and strives to strengthen, grow and advance them."
Akhundzada said the Taliban supports educational processes
and has "assigned a special commission for this
purpose".
According to him, harm to civilians and loss of life in war
"is upsetting and regrettable".
It is distressing that civilians are still being killed and
harmed in the raids, blind bombardments, artillery strikes
and other attacks of the opposing side, which remains
utterly unacceptable by any means.
May 8. A huge bomb blast in Kabul's Shia community,
targeting a school, killed 68 students and injured 165.
Taliban have denied involvement.
Syria
Shelling, Machine Gunning, SDF vs Turkey.
Assad's Torture Record is biggest in the World.
May 9: Western Deir ez Zor province: SOHR reports ISIS
attack on militia organized by SDF [pro-US} killing 4,
injuring others.
SDF backed by US helicopters attacked ISIS cells in northern
Deir ez Zor province. No details.
Near Syrian Jordan border, a member of Assad's military was
killed. Women for and against IS in al-Hawl refugee camp
[Hasakeh province] fought. One killed.
Fath al-Mubin jihad group shelled Assad's positions in
southern Idlib province. Assad's artillery in southern Idlib
killed an officer supporting Turkey.
[All Irbid reports are about border areas.
Assad's artillery shelled Atareb city, in Aleppo province,
killed a woman and a child.
May 8. Tel Tamr, Hasakeh province, intense exchanges of
rocket fire between pro-Turkish Syrians and SDF Communists
supporting USA.
Near al-Abyad, north of al-Raqqa pro-Turkish rocket fire hit
SDF positions.
Heavy shelling by Assad forces in northern Latakia province
and southern Irbid. Return fire by Jihad group Fath
al-Mubeen.
Again on southern Idlib border, jihad group known as Liwa
Abu Bakr Siddiq infiltrated a shia group organized by Russia
and known as the 5th corp. Five of the 5th Corp were killed
and 11 injured. Liwa lost one killed 2 injured.
May 5, protestors rallied in Daraa province calling for
overthrow of Assad. [Assad is planning to get himself
"re-elected."]
{Mass torture and death in Assad's prisons, the biggest
being Sednaya. An estimated 104,000 people have been
executed or died in Assad's prisons from 2013 to 2015. It's
a very slow process to find out. SOHR has been trying to
document Assad's victims. It has documented 16,258 of
Assad's torture and slow death victims. These include 125
CHILDREN and 64 women.]
Iraq
May 9. ISIS raid east of Samara city killed two of Hashd
al-Shabi and injured 2 [militia heavily armed by Iran].
A police officer was killed and another injured in IS attack
on an oil field in Kirkuk but the attack was repulsed.
May 8. Regime army patrol was hit with an explosive device
killing an officer and injuring a soldier. [Near ISIS
stronghold west of Tuz Khurmatu.]
Two drones loaded with explosives targeted USA's Ain al-Asad
air base in western Iraq. [Probably sent by a pro-Iran
group] . No losses.
A squadron of the British air force using US-built F-38 B
Lightning Stealth jets has joined the attacks on ISIS in
Iraq.
Internal Shia conflict: May 9, Ihab al-Waziri, Coordination
officer for the civil movement in Karbala. was gunned down
in downtown Karbala. Hundreds of protestors came out to
protest the murder. Iran is being blamed, Prime Minister
Kadhimi has ordered an investigation.
May 4: Turkish air strikes against PKK rebels are are
reported from Duhok area, northern Iraq,
Pakistan
May 4, Four Pakistani troops were killed and 6 injured on
the Afghan frontier in an attack by :"militants" in the Zhob
area.
Chad [central Africa]
The funeral of President Deby and the arrival of French
President Macron covers up the fact that French foreign
policy has been a disaster. France supported Deby despite
his crimes against humanity and his oppressive regime for 30
years against his own people. Deby supported corrupt regimes
all around Chad. Now his son wants to do the same with
French help.
Mozambique [east coast of Africa]
Reports indicate steady advances by Muslim fighters, into
the southdern countryside, led by the Islamic State. BBC is
again doing propaganda against IS without evidence.
Frances's TOTAL industrial structure has closed down.
News Within the U.S.
Getting Vaccination or Boosting Immune Sytem?
by Sir Aisha
[Jamaat al-Muslimeen]
Has anyone noticed the relaxation of the COVID-19
restrictions for those newly "vaccinated" people? According
to Dr. Fauci, people who get "vaccinated" can still get
COVID-19 and transmit it to others. So, why is it that now
people are being told that, if they are vaccinated, they can
come to events without their masks on as long as they can
prove they are vaccinated? Krispy Kreme is even handing out
free donuts to those with a COVID-19 vaccination card.
What is the difference between getting vaccinated and simply
boosting your immune system against COVID-19? For people
with a strong immune system, COVID-19 symptoms are said to
be milder, flu-like symptoms. The more severe symptoms can
be blood clots and breathing difficulties. But, this
"vaccine" has side effects.
One of the troubadours for naturally combatting COVID-19, as
well as questioning the effectiveness of the COVID-19
"vaccine" is under personal attack. According to Dr. Joseph
Mercola, he is being targeted by politicians and
organizations funded by pharmaceutical companies (Big
Pharma). Mercola claims that he and eleven other individuals
have been labeled anti-vaxxers and referred to as the
"Disinformation Dozen." New York Attorney General Letitia
James and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong wrote an
opinion piece in the Washington Post censuring the
"Disinformation Dozen" and requested that CEOs Mark
Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Jack Dorsey (Twitter) delete their
accounts!
The issue with the COVID-19 "vaccine" is that it is being
marketed as a vaccine, although it is really gene-therapy,
according to the patents. In a ChildrensHealthDefense.org
video, Dr. Paul Offit of the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, stated that a vaccine that neutralizes
antibodies is safer than one that makes binding antibodies
because binding antibodies cause severe inflammation in the
body once the vaccinated person is exposed to that disease.
In rare cases, this inflammation can cause death. This is
the reason why the dengue vaccine caused many problems for
vaccinated children, which included two fatalities.
Vaccinated children exposed to dengue suffered worse effects
from the disease than those children who were never
vaccinated. The COVID-19 "vaccine" makes binding
antibodies!
In spite of these important findings about the COVID-19
"vaccine," the pressure is on to get it. This week, it was
announced that NBA Lakers' player Dennis Schroder would miss
ten to fourteen games in accordance with the NBA's COVID-19
Protocol. He is suspected of having COVID-19 but, previously
told a German newspaper that he was hesitant about getting
the vaccine. What is worse is that Schroder's own teammate,
Anthony Davis, has come out to claim that he has done his
part in trying to get fans back into the arena by getting
vaccinated.
So, now, some NBA players, who avoid this "vaccine" out of
genuine concern for their health, may start facing peer
pressure from colleagues who have received it. The NBA has
already put out a pro-vaccination commercial showing players
getting "vaccinated."
Some of these pro-vaccine commercials are aimed at the Black
community. There are preaching minstrels and Spike Lee even
has a guest spot. The reason for all of these commercials is
that most Americans are apprehensive about getting the
"vaccine." Expect to be bombarded with pro-vaccination
commercials, soon, because this fear is cutting into
profits.
You may be facing same pressure to get "vaccinated" but, as
Muslims there are two things we must all keep in mind: Only
fear Allah's displeasure and that He is our only Helper.
Unfortunately, Dr. Mercola has announced his removal of
pertinent information about COVID-19 from his website, which
had been hacked, recently. Fortunately, these articles are
still available in medical journals elsewhere. Dr. Mercola
stated that he was more than adequately prepared for any
legal fight over his findings but, it sounded as if these
threats were more of a thuggish nature, which is why he is
removing these articles. This is how Shai'tan works.
(Source: Mercola.com)
Invitation to Think
Many Muslims think Everything in a book of Hadith is hadith.
The Consequences are Serious.
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
Hadith which is not from Muhammad, pbuh, is not part of
Islam. Hadith is that which the Prophet, pbuh, is reported
to have said, done, allowed to be done or which is about the
qualities of his life and is transmitted by a complete chain
of narrators who are known for their piety and justice.
[1]
The narrative about the age of Aisha, r.a., is NOT a hadith.
It is not from the Prophet, pbuh. In fact there is no hadith
of the Prophet, pbuh, which says that the age of Aisha,
r.a., was such and such when he married her. Nor does any
narrative say that the Prophet, pbuh, said that men can or
should marry girls of 6 or 9. Nor does Aisha, r.a., say in
the narrative attributed to her that the Prophet, pbuh, said
that her age was 6 or 9 at such and such event. It is not a
hadith. Hence it is absurd for the enemies of Islam to
attack it or for the Muslims to defend it.
Not only is narrative NOT from the Prophet, pbuh, not
considered a hadith, even a narrative FROM him is not a
hadith acceptable as part of Islam if it is MURSAL. The term
mursal means in most cases that the narrator is a Tabai or a
Taba Tabai [the two generations after the sahaba, r.a.] and
does not give the name of the sahabi from whom he claims to
be narrating what the Prophet, pbuh, said.[2]
There is absolutely no place in Islam for slavery and/or
concubinage. The Qur'an permits marriage with captives but
no concubinage or slavery. In case of doubt about the
meaning of the Qur'an, look at the hadith which shows that
the Prophet, pbuh, himself married a woman who was a
prisoner of war, Saffiya, r.a. The Prophet's example
overrules all other interpretations. [3]
The Prophet, pbuh, had neither slave nor concubine when he
passed away, which settles the matter for Muslims. [4]
The history of kings cannot be made into textual evidence
for Islam. The message is the Qur'an and the role model is
the Prophet, pbuh.
The books of Hadith contain considerable material which is
NOT from the Prophet, pbuh, and these books do not claim
that everything they have collected is from the Prophet,
pbuh. Take Bukhari's sahih, for instance. It has chapter
headings throughout the book which are the Imam's commentary
and not from the Prophet, pbuh. Also he has MAWQUF
narratives, like the one about the age of Aisha, r.a., which
are not hadithe Muhammad, pbuh.
Similiarly, the Muwatta of Imam Malik is studded with
narratives supporting SLAVERY and CONCUBINAGE which are
definitely not from the Prophet, pbuh, and Imam Malik does
not claim that they are.
In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal too, his son added
quantities of narratives which the Imam did not consider
authentic.
Absurdities like that also occur in the Musnad of Imam Abu
Hanifa. [Check the one about not stopping women from going
to the mosque.]
Any student of Hadith, even at the medressa level, knows the
difference between hadithe Muhammad, pbuh, and narratives
from his companions.
We love and revere the Companions of the Prophet, pbuh, [5]
but that does not give us the right to include the views of
the Sahaba in the texts of Islam. The Qur'an has taught us
that obedience is only to Allah and His messenger. The rest
is by shoora and based on standards of behavior.
The Companions often differed with each other, even Umar and
Abu Bakr [Allah be pleased with them]. Notice their
different views on Khalid ibn al-Waleed, r.a., or on Jaishe
Usama,r.a.
Ali, r.a., and Aisha, r.a., differed with Usman, r.a. and
with each other.
There were no TARAWEEHS during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr,
r.a., but there were in the era of Umar, r.a.
So these are all INTERPRETATIONS and cannot be considered as
texts of Islam.
Read Abul Ala' Maudoodi's greatest book Khilafat o mulukiat
[Caliphate and Monarchy] to understand the difference
between Islamic rule and rule by Muslims who do not follow
Islam in its entirety. I am sure we know that the schools of
Islamic Thought [Hanafi, Maliki, Shafa'i, Hanbali, Jafari,
etc] are INTERPRETATIONS of Islam and must not be taken to
be texts of Islam .
We don't need any guidance from the West. Look at what they
did in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Palestine,
Chechnya, Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan..... Islam is superior
to the West in every way and of course Judaism,
Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism do not come anywhere
near Islam.
Notes:
For my definition of hadith, see Fath al-Bari sharh Sahih
al-Bukhari by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, 852 hijri [Urdu
translation]. Also, the classic Tadrib al-Rawi by Jalaluddin
Suyuti, 911 hijri. [Urdu translation]. For a modern
dissertation on the definition of hadith, see Tadweene
Hadith [Urdu] by Syed Munazir Ahsan Gilani, 1365 hijri. Even
the most traditional scholars of our time do not include any
narrative in hadith other than what the Prophet, pbuh, said,
did or apprroved of, See Hifazat-o-hujjiat-e-hadith by
Maulana Muhammad Faheem Usmani [in Urdu], 1399 hijri.
For non-acceptance of maraseel, with a discussion of what
is mursal hadith, see al-Kifaya fi ilm ar-rawaya by Khateeb
Baghdadi, 463 hijri [Urdu translation]. Mursal from some
Tabain like Sayeed al-Musayyeb are accepted because they
were constantly in the company of sahaba.
The Qur'an, in one of its earliest revelations, Sura
al-Balad [chapter 90] proclaims its mission to free all
slaves. When the Islamic state was achieved, the Qur'an
ordained the spending of zakat funds to free slaves. [2:177]
. For a discussion of the battle of Khaibar and the
Prophet's, pbuh, history changing decision to marry a
captive woman [which is decisive in understanding Qur'anic
verses about captive women,] see my book Women in Hadith
Narratives.
Captives have to be freed either out of generosity or by
ransom. Permanent captivity which turns captives into slaves
was carried out by kings in violation of Islam. The words of
the Qur'an are quite clear: "When you meet the kuffar in
battle, smite their necks until you have crushed them, then
bind your captives firmly; thereafter, set them free either
by an act of grace or against ransom, until the war
ends....[The Qur'an 47:4]
Sahih al-Bukhari.
For my articles on Abu Hurayra, r.a., the greatest narrator
of Hadith, see: hadithandwomen.wordpress.com.
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin
Seeking Forgiveness
'Alhamduli'Allahi Rabbil-'Aalameen
wa-Salaatu wa-Salaamu 'alaa Ashrafil-Anbiyaa-e-wal-
~ 'Amma Baa'd'
*************************************************
'Assalaamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu'.
'A'ishah (Radhiallahu 'Anha) said that she asked
Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam)
'O Messenger of Allah, if I knew which night
is 'Laylat Ul-Qadr' what should I say during it ' ?
And he (Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam)
instructed her to say...
اللْهُمّ¤ إِنَّكَ
عَفُوٌّ
تُحِبُّ
الْعَفْو¤ فَاعْفُ
عَنِّي
'Allahumma Innaka 'AfuwwunTuhibbul 'Afwa fa'fu 'Annee'.
Translation of the 'Dua'...
'O Allah , You are Forgiving,
and you love Forgiveness, So Forgive me
{Source ~ Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and At-Tirmidhi }
~My 'Salaams' to all ~
~ Y a s m i n ~
"All that is on earth will Perish. But will abide {Forever}
the Face of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honor"
{'Qur'an'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.26-27 }
Hadith of the Week
Narrated by Asma bint Abu Bakr, r.a.:
My mother came to me during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle
and she was a pagan. I said to Allah's Apostle (seeking his
verdict), "My mother has come to me and she desires to
receive a reward from me, shall I keep good relations with
her?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Yes, keep good
relation with her."
Bukhari Book 47 Hadith 789
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
Prayers during the Last Days of Ramadan.
Tell your Imam.
[Nadrat Siddique]
Please pray--and tell your imam to pray--for the release of
our political prisoners, especially Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, Imam
Jamil Al-Amin, Ahmed Abdel Sattar, Ziyad Yaghi, Sundiata
Acoli, Ed Poindexter, Russell Maroon Shoatz, Mumia Abu
Jamal, and all the innocents STILL languishing at Guantanamo.
New Trend note:
It is legal to write to prisoners. It does not mean that you
agree with any of the allegations against the prisoners.
Revelation of the Qur'an
Du'a and Message
from Imam Badi Ali
As-slamu alaikum,
Seeking Laylatul Qadr:
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, "Seek it in the last ten
days, on the odd nights," (Bukhari).
When Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet
(pbuh) "O Messenger of Allah, if it is Laylatul Qadr, then
what should I supplicate with?" he replied with the famous
dua: "Allahumma, innaka Afuwwun Karimun, tuḥibbu
al-afwa fa'afu anna" - "O Allah, indeed You are Pardoning
and Generous; You love to pardon, so pardon me."
O Allah, indeed You are Pardoning, and Generous, You love
pardon, so pardon us. Ameen.
Ibn al-Jawzi (ra) said:
"When the race horse knows that it is nearing the end of the
track, it exerts all of its effort to win the race. Do not
allow the race horse to be more clever than you. For verily,
deeds are judged by their conclusions.
So if you didn't do well with welcoming Ramadan then perhaps
you will do better bidding it farewell."
Oh Allah, accept my efforts during this month, all of my
prayers and fasts, and allow them to weigh heavily on the
scales of good.
Ameen.
Imams in USA still "asleep?"
Nadrat Siddique
With the demolition of Palestinian homes and the vicious
attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque DURING RAMADAN (when an already
struggling people are also fasting), will
U.S.-based imams keep on with their fundraising for parking
lots and pie-in-the-sky
(nonsensical) khutbahs?
I'm just curious.
Hindu Researcher fears Second Partition in India as Muslim
population Surges.
[Excerpted from Ajay Mishra]
In West Bengal, Muslims constituted 19.85% in 1951; and
27.01% (2.45 crores in real numbers out of total 9.12
crores) in 2011. According to the (2021) estimation, the
West Bengal state has over 30,268,985 Muslims, who form 30%
of the state's population.
Most important, they are concentrated mostly in six of the
state's total 23 districts: Murshidabad (66.88% Muslim
population - 22 seats), Malda (51.27% Muslim population - 12
seats), South 24-Parganas (35.57% Muslim population - 31
seats), North 24-Parganas (25.82% Muslim population - 33
seats), Uttar Dinajpur (49.94% Muslim population - 9 seats),
and Birbhum (37.06% Muslim population - 11 seats).
In the six districts taken together, Muslims make up 42.04%
of the population and the total seats are 118. If the
districts of Paschim and Purva Bardaman (25 seats) and
Howrah (14 seats), which have a significant Muslim
population, are added the total is 143 seat almost close to
half way mark. Even Koch Bihar has 25.54% Muslim
population.
In Assam too Islam is the fastest growing religion. In 1951,
Muslims accounted 0.199 crores constituting 17.62%. As per
2011 census, Muslims accounted 1.068 crores out of total
population of 3.12 crores constituting 34.22%of its
population. The estimated Muslim population for upcoming
2021 census is 1.402 crores out of 3.654 crores total
population, making up 40.03% of the state population.
9 out of 27 districts particularly bordering Bangladesh,
have significant Muslim majority population (Over 50%):
Dhubri - 79.67% (5 seats); Barpeta - 70.74% (6 seats);
Darrang - 64.34% (4 seats); Hailakandi - 60.31% (3 seats) ;
Goalpara - 57.52% (4 seats); Karimganj - 56.36% (5 seats);
Nagaon - 55.36% (8 seats); Morigaon - 52.56% (3 seats); and
Bongaigaon - 50.22% (3 seats). Three districts have over 30%
Muslim population to include: Cachar - 37.71% (7 seats);
Kamrup - 39.66% (10 seats); and Nalbari - 35.96% (3 seats).
Kokrajhar district also closely follows one-third Muslim
population (3 seats).
Record Breaking Covid Carnage in India.
New Delhi (CNN)
India's daily Covid-19 death toll surpassed 4,000 for the
first time on Saturday, with Tamil Nadu becoming the latest
state to announce a complete lockdown to curb surging
infections.
The country's health ministry reported a record 4,187
fatalities for the previous 24 hours, as well as more than
400,000 new infections for the third day in a row. India has
now reported more than 21 million cases and 238,000 related
deaths since the pandemic began.
The spiraling crisis is stretching India's health care
system beyond breaking point. Beds, oxygen and medical
workers are in short supply. Some Covid patients are dying
in waiting rooms or outside overwhelmed clinics, before they
have even been seen by a doctor.
India is spiraling deeper into Covid-19 crisis. Here's what
you need to know
India is spiraling deeper into Covid-19 crisis. Here's what
you need to know
In Tamil Nadu, officials announced a two-week lockdown -- a
day after the southern state saw its biggest daily spike in
infections, with 26,465 cases reported on Friday
Israeli Police Attacking Worshippers during Holiest days of Ramadan.
[Middle East Monitor]
At least 100 people on Sunday were injured after Israeli
police fired plastic bullets and sound bombs after dawn
prayer time, Anadolu Agency reports.
After performing the dawn prayer, hundreds of people
gathered between Masjid Al-Qiblatain and the Dome of the
Rock Mosque inside the flashpoint compound and unfurled
Palestine and Hamas flags.
They chanted slogans including "We are all Sheikh Jarrah"
before marching towards Al-Aqsa's Lion Gate and Bab Hutta
Gate.
According to an Anadolu Agency photojournalist at the scene,
Israeli police, who were waiting outside the two gates,
fired plastic bullets and sound bombs at the congregation
leaving the compound. Palestinian youth responded by
throwing stones and bottles at the police.
The Palestine Red Crescent said in a statement that 10
Palestinians were injured by plastic bullets in the
intervention, adding that five of the injured were hurt on
their heads, four on their feet, and one in the hand.
Transfers of some of the injured to the hospital were
delayed due to the police closing the Lion Gate to entries
and exits for a short time, the statement said.
A plastic bullet hit the mouth of one of the injured,
severely hurting his jaw, it added.
READ: Israel detains Al-Aqsa guard, bans sheikh from
entering mosque
Israeli police also detained some Palestinian youth, and
after about half an hour of intervention, the situation
returned to normal.
Palestinians in Jerusalem in recent days have protested in
solidarity with residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood
amid clashes with Israeli police.
Protests came as the Israeli Central Court in East Jerusalem
approved a decision to evict seven Palestinian families from
their homes in favour of Israeli settlers at the beginning
of this year.
Israeli police attempted to disperse worshippers inside the
Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Friday evening, using stun grenades
and gas bombs. Women were also targeted by Israeli forces,
according to witnesses.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world's third-holiest site for
Muslims. Jews call the area the "Temple Mount," claiming it
was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located,
during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It annexed the entire city
in 1980, in a move never recognized by the international
community.
Thanks go to
Jamaat al-Muslimeen activist Br. Abu Talib
who is steadily helping orphans in Gambia,
Senegal and Ghana.
Special thanks go to
Br. Shaikh Hyder [Canada] for providing funds which are
helping Br. Abu Talib to reach out into West Africa and for
Sis. Ashira to help the needy in Ethiopia.
Imams are Prime Targets of the Chinese Communist Party
[Here is one example from Bitter Winter, May 9 issue]
Among the victims of the Chinese regime there are also
Kyrgyz people to be found. Abdutalyp Samiy from Akchi, a
Kyrgyz imam, is one of them. Detained in 2016, he is said to
have been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Since that time,
his location has been unknown. As shocking as it may seem,
he had managed to work as an imam for only three years
before his detention. It is clear that it is extremely easy
to become a criminal in the eyes of the CCP. You don't need
to spend half of your life at an Islamic university to spend
half of your life in prison. These are, apart from being
tragic, probably the most grotesque features of the
regime.
Although there are relatively few documented cases of Kyrgyz
victims, greater involvement could be expected from the
Government of Kyrgyzstan. There are few more artificial
borders than the one dividing Kyrgyz tribes from a state
called Kyrgyzstan and those from a state called China.
Analyzing the situation from such a point of view, one may
conclude the whole nation, from both sides of the border,
constitutes a collective victim. This is not, though,
reflected in governmental actions. The list of grotesque
phenomena is growing.
The May 2 issue of New Trend reached 53,365 Muslims including 6,241 women
by facebook. There were 4783 clicks.
Of the total, about 10,000 went to Nigeria and 5000
approximately to Ghana.
