Usman, r,a,, the Greatest Sahabi.. :Part 2.
Relevance to our Current Issues in America and
Palestine-Kashmir-China
Part 1 was about the great love the Prophet, pbuh, had for
Usman, r.a, No one has ever had two daughters of a prophet
married to him as Usman, r.a. had and he gave them great
love and compassion and cared for them during their
deteriorating health and their final days.
As documented in Ibn Saad's Tabaqat, the Propher, pbuh, made
Usman, r.a., the leader of Madinah when he went out twice
with a small force to investigate the military activities of
tribes which were reported to be threatening the Muslims. He
trusted Usman, r..a, as a responsible leader.
A central issue in the life of the Prophet, ;pbuh, happened
when he went forth with his Companions on a peaceful mission
to Makka to fulfil the rites of Umra.
Although fighting was not part of his mission, the pagans in
Makka were very hostile and attacked his envoy when he tried
to enter Makka. He barely survived. Umar, r.a,, advised the
Prophet, pbuh, to send Usman, r,a,, to tell the people of
Makkah that the Muslims had come on a mission of peace only
for the rites of Umra. . Umar, r.a., said that some of the
people of Makka were not hostile to Usman, r.a., owing to
his relationships and social prestige.
Usman, r.a., tried to enter Makka but he was stopped by the
unbelievers and it became a threatening situation. He
explained that the Muslims had come in peace but they would
not listen. However one of the tribesmen gave him protection
and he was able to enter the city, He was able to meet the
persecuted Muslims imprisoned in Makka and gave them the
message of hope.
He also met the chiefs and gave them the message of Islam
but they were very arrogant and told him in hostile language
that we we will see how he {Muhammad, peace be upon him} can
ever enter Makka.
Then they tried to win him over and said that he could have
the privilege of going around [tawaf] of the Ka'aba, a very
special privilege. He refused.
Owing to delays in Usman's, r.a, returning to the Muslims
camped outside Makka, the rumor spread that he had been
killed or imprisoned. The Prophet, pbuh, called on the
Muslims to pledge with him to fight to the death to save
Usman, r.a. This is known as the the pledge of Ridwan, at a
tree in the area.
When the Prophet, pbuh, pledged to fight, he used his right
hand to represent Usman,r.a., This was the highest honor any
Muslim received, that Usman, r.a, was part of the Prophet,
pbuh. [The pledge is recorded in the Sahih of Bukhari,]
The Qur'an gives the highest praise to those who took the
pledge, with Muhammad's pbuh hand representing the hand of
Usman, :
:"Indeed :those who pledged allegiance to you [O Muhammad] -
they actually pledged allegiance to Allah. The Hand of Allah
is over their hands.... [The Qur'an 48 10.] "Certainly was
Allah pleased with the believers when they pledged
allegiance to you [O Muhammads] under the tree...]
48:18]
The following guidance can be drawn from this important
incident:
Islam does not cooperate with oppressors.
Peace does not mean cooperation.
If the enemy threatens war, be prepared to fight.
If a representative of Islam is captured or surrounded,
the entire community must unite to get the surrounded Muslim
freed. [This would apply to Aafia Siddiqui and Imam Jamil.
United mobilization is required.]
The representative must not allow the enemy to give him
extra nice treatment to coopt the representative . [The
Prophet, was pleased that Usman, r.a., did not accept the
offer to do tawaf of the Ka'aba. [Tabari, Riyad un Nadirah
]
When meeting the suppressed Muslims within the enemy
territory, give the honest Islamic message. [Notice how the
sold out imams in USA claim that America is right in seeing
mujahideen as "terrorists.}
Same rule applies when meeting the leaders of the Kuffar.
Usman, r.a., did not mince his words.
On the international level, Muslims are being oppressed
around the globe, particularly in Palestine, Kashmir and
China.
Again, no cooperation with oppressors.
Mobilize and unite against the oppressors. Be prepared..
Do not accept appeasement from the oppressors.
Rulers of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan Egypt, Sudan
have sold out to the oppressors. They are murtad.
Seek peace but don't think that those who have joined the
kuffar will let you enter the sacred Muslim lands.
[to be continued.]
Invitation
We are trying to start a new study circle for understanding
the Qur'an and hadith. This is only for Muslims willing to
travel to Harford county of Maryland.
If you are interested please email:
ksidd37398@aol.com
War News
Gaza
Quite a Surprise for Israeli Jews! How Could Defenseless
Palestinians take so much Punishment and Not Surrender?
No air force or anti-aircraft guns oppose the Israeli late
model Jets, so the Israeli air force is having a field
day.
[New Trend report]
On May 15 the death toll for the people of Gaza had reached
145 killed including 40 children and about a thousand
wounded.
Only 8 Israeli Jews killed and about 40 wounded.
However the real story is not in the statistics.
If you watch facebook , almost every day Israeli Jews,
politely known as "settlers," beat up Palestinian civilians
including little children and occupy their homes after
throwing out their possessions.
This time the Israeli Jews overdid it. They decided to
occupy the Shaikh Jarrah area of hoiy Jerusalem. The Muslims
protested at Masjid al-Aqsa, the third holiest mosque of
Islam. The Israeli Jews rushed in and desecrated the mosque
and, backed by police, bullied the defenseless Muslims.
The militants in Gaza took umbrage at the desecration of the
holy mosque and fired a few rockets which did no harm to
anyone,
At this the Israeli Jews decided to teach a lesson to those
who fire these puny rockets every now and then. So we have
Israeli air strikes and the Israeli claim that they are
defending themselves.
That's when the surprise happened. The militants, said to be
the Islamic group known as Hamas, fired several hundred
rockets.
The Israeli Jews feel secure in the security system which
America has provided them. However with . several hundred
rockets coming in even the American technology could not
shoot down all of them. Here and there they terrified the
occupation population and and the Israeli Jews were
terrified at the very sound of the rockets.
The so called IDF, Israeli Jewish pilots who are used to
hitting soft targets, went into heroic action and started
bombing Gaza left and right.
Instead of stopping, those pesky rockets came in even larger
numbers and one settler even got killed.
The IDF tried again. Hamas fired even more rockets.
The Jewish population is used to living in plush conditions,
with swimming pools attached to the the lands they have
stolen.
Remember when some of Saddam's missiles reached the Israeli
Jews, scores of them died of heart failure.
The IDF is now under orders to destroy Islamic resistance.
So, unhindered, these heroic Jewish pilots go around bombing
at random with no air force or even anti-aircraft fire to
oppose them.
Lo and behold another barrage of Hamas rockets. The
mujaheddin are getting better at it. The American system is
in shock because of the multiple directions the rockets are
coming from.
Still very few Jewish Israeli casualties but the occupiers
are jumping into basements, terrified at the sound of sirens
which are screaming before any rockets make it.
The Jewish pilots are getting harried. Today they tried to
silence the opposing media and in the process killed 8 more
children and the mother of three of them who had come for
Eid. [May 15]
The Palestinian protests have spread across the West Bank in
support of Gaza. In the city of Lod, Arabs living under
Israeli have been fighting Israelis with their bare hands,
in the streets.
News Within the U.S.
Remember Lynne Stewart who defended the Blind Shaykh and other
defense attorneys who defend their clients to the hilt and
are punished for it.
by Sis. Aisha
Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York.
Eid Mubarak
There have been some great attorneys I have known of who
fought for their clients in very high-profile New York City
cases only to be punished for it by the legal system.
Adam Abdul-Hakeem (formerly Larry Davis) credited Attorney
Lynne Stewart for getting the most serious charges dismissed
in his trial for attempting to murder nine NYPD officers and
killing four drug dealers. It was later revealed during his
trial that those same officers, who claimed to be arresting
Abdul-Hakeem, were actually sent to kill him for refusing to
continue to sell illegal drugs for them. Adam Abdul-Hakeem
was, later convicted on weapons possession and given a very
long sentence. In February 2008, he was murdered under
mysterious circumstances while serving his sentence.
Of course, New Trend has publicized Lynne Stewart's efforts
to defend Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was blind and
diabetic, against weak government charges. Her punishment
was jail time for herself and her paralegal, Ahmed
Abdel-Sattar, for merely sending messages about the Sheikh's
well-being to his family and followers. Although she was
sentenced to ten years on trumped-up charges, she was given
compassionate release because of her terminal breast cancer
diagnosis. Ahmed Abdel-Sattar is still a political
prisoner.
Colin A. Moore's legal license was suspended in New York
State for three years for maltreatment of clients. He
accused his arch-nemesis, former Brooklyn D.A. Charles
Hynes, of a witch-hunt for defending the boycott of racist
Korean grocers operating in Black communities. Attorney
Colin A. Moore was suspended from practicing law in New York
beginning in 1994. But, in 2011, he was disbarred for his
role in defending Korey Wise in the Central Park Jogger Rape
Case.
Attorney Alton H. Maddox Jr was illegally disbarred from
practicing law in New York State because he angered
then-Attorney General Robert Abrams by helping Reverand Al
Sharpton beat a sixty-seven count indictment! According to
The Community Cop Show co-host Michael Greys, Alton Maddox
destroyed arguments for each indictment and was able to get
Sharpton off without needing to call any witnesses. Sharpton
was accused of stealing $250K from his own charity, in 1990.
It was also around this time that Father Bruce Ritter,
founder of Covenant House, had been accused of sexually
abusing young male prostitutes. Abrams decided to go after
Maddox.
After Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict, Al "The Shark"
Sharpton and Benjamin "The Chump" Crump held a long press
conference that was seen on many channels, including sports
stations. Michael Greys called this a theatrical performance
by two of the greatest performers in Sharpton and Crump.
Although it was Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, an
avowed Muslim Zionist, who won the case, Sharpton went on
with his effusive praise of Attorney Benjamin Crump,
including calling him the Attorney General for Black
America! Instead, Michael Greys referred to Benjamin Crump
as a "Settlement Czar." He reached multi-million dollar
settlements for George Floyd's, Breonna Taylor's, and Eric
Garner's Families, to name a few.
The true Attorneys-at-War are the Lynne Stewarts, Colin
Moores, and Alton Maddoxes out there. These were defense
attorneys who defended clients even at the expense of their
own careers or lives! But, their own legal system illegally
attacked them for challenging unjust charges brought by
district attorneys. The media does not want you to know that
these types of attorneys exist. They want us to focus on
financial settlements.
This press conference was set up by the White Establishment
to let Black America know that Rev. Al Sharpton and Attorney
Benjamin Crump are their guys to contact in police
criminality matters. But, The Community Cop co-host Noel
Leader cautioned that this celebratory press conference may
have been premature because three of Derek Chauvin's cohorts
are still walking around free while they await trial. They
stood by and protected Derek Chauvin while he snuffed the
life out of George Floyd. So, there is still more justice to
get for George Floyd. Justice has not even begun because
Chauvin has not been sentenced and his attorney is looking
for every excuse to get a new trial. So, hold any applause
until the sentencing phases have been completed. Keep in
mind that there are three phases: arrest, prosecution, and
sentencing.
(Source: New York Times (5/25/1994), LATimes.com (3/3/1990),
The Community Cop Show (5/1/2021))
Invitation to Think
Meet Top World War II Scholar David Irving: Target of
Zionist-Jewish Revenge. Why?
by Kaukab Siddique
Sometime back I had the honor of meeting David Irving. He
was addressing a group in Baltimore about his latest
research work on Heinrich Himmler, leader of the elite SS
forces which served Germany under Hitler.
I came away with the impression that Mr. Irving is no
"holocaust denier." I wish some Jews had been there to hear
him. They would have stopped their campaign against him.
Mr. Irving's "problem" is that he only publishes information
which is the result of his original research and for which
there is documentary evidence. No hearsay or secondary
sources are acceptable to a man who has the tools to find
out for himself now that classified information about the
war is available.
Where David Irving finds documentation for German atrocities
against Jews, Poles and Russians or anyone else, he has the
moral courage to accept them. Similarly where he finds
atrocities documented against Germans, he mentions them.
Thus he is disliked by all those who want to cling to war
time propaganda and hate.
To me, it's obvious from Irving's writings and those of many
others, that there were no angels in World War II. For
Muslims, it is important to know that Jews did suffer
tremendously during World War II but they were not the only
victims. Germans suffered as much or even more, as the
recent books on the war show. There is no point in painting
Hitler as the source of all evil when the scholarly works
clearly show the genocidal activities of Stalin, Churchill
and Roosevelt as well, along with the crimes of minor
actors.
What the Jewish organizations have done to Irving is
horrific for all those who believe in freedom of expression.
He cannot get his books published. He cannot get his books
distributed . What makes him irksome for the Jewish-Zionist
establishment is that he won't admit defeat. He publishes
his own books [beautifully produced] and sellss them
himself. Even then the Jews pursue him to stop him from
selling his books and he has to hold these scholarly
meetings in secrecy with no open publicity. He is growing
old with various ailments but the fire of truth burns in him
as before.
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
As Salaam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuhu. Hold Fast to the Rope of Allah.
وَاعْتَص¦iُواْ
بِحَبْلِ
اللّهِ
جَمِيعًا
وَلاَ
تَفَرَّق¥lاْ
وَاذْكُر¥lاْ
نِعْمَتَ
اللّهِ
عَلَيْكُ¥v إِذْ
كُنتُمْ
أَعْدَاء
فَأَلَّف¤
بَيْنَ
قُلُوبِك¥iْ
فَأَصْب̶َْتُم
بِنِعْمَ&ِهِ
إِخْوَان¡¯
وَكُنتُم¨
عَلَىَ
شَفَا
حُفْرَةٍ
مِّنَ
النَّارِ
فَأَنقَذ¤gُم
مِّنْهَا
كَذَلِكَ
يُبَيِّن¥
اللّهُ
لَكُمْ
آيَاتِهِ
لَعَلَّك¥iْ
تَهْتَدُ¨jَ
And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allaah
(i.e. this Qur'aan), and be not divided among yourselves,
and remember Allaah's Favour on you, for you were enemies
one to another but He joined your hearts together, so that,
by His Grace, you became brethren (in Islaamic Faith), and
you were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He saved you
from it. Thus Allaah makes His Aayaat (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.,) clear to you,
that you may be guided.}
[Source ~ 'Qur'aan'~ Aal-'Imraan 3: A #103]
Ibnul Qayyim رحمه
الله said:
"Holding on to the Rope of Allaah is security from
misguidance and holding fast to Allaah Himself is security
from destruction."
Ibn 'Abbaas رضي
الله عنهم
said:
"Holding on to the Rope of Allaah is holding on to the Deen
of Allah."
Ibn Mas'ood رضي
الله عنه said:
"It is the Jama'ah" and he said "and upon you is to hold on
to the Jama'ah as it is the Rope of Allaah that He has
ordered us with and this holding fast together is better
than being apart."
Ibn Mas'ood رضي
الله عنه and
others also said...
"It is the Qur'aan."
And in a narration from Ibn Mas'ood it is reported that
the Prophet ~ صلى
الله عليه
و على آله و
سلم said:
"The Qur'aan is the Rope of Allaah and it is the light which
guides and it is the medicine that is beneficial and it is
what protects from destruction."
And it is reported that 'Alee رضي
الله عنه said that
the Prophet صلى
الله عليه
و سلم said:
"The Qur'aan is the strong Rope of Allaah and it is the Wise
Remembrance and it is the Straight Path.
And it is what the tongue cannot deviate from.
And no matter how much it is repeated it cannot be worn out
(by being read too much) and the 'Ulamaa' (scholars) do not
get enough of it."
~'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"
{'Qur'aan'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.26-27 }
Hadith of the Week
Narrated by Um Salama, r.a.:
(the wife of the Prophet)
Allah's Apostle woke up one night in a state of terror and
said, "Subhan Allah, How many treasures Allah has sent down!
And how many afflictions have been sent down! Who will go
and wake the lady dwellers (wives of the Prophet) up of
these rooms (for prayers)?" He meant his wives, so that they
might pray. He added, "A well-dressed (soul) in this world
may be naked in the Hereafter."
Bukhari Volume 9, Book 88,# 189
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
Du'a for Palestine and our Political Prisoners.
On May 13, an Eid lunch was organized in Perry Hall,
Maryland, by Nadrat Siddique at a popular low price
restaurant.
Br. Kaukab led a du'a for the victory of Palestine and
defeat for the Zionist aggression.
The du'a was also held for political prisoners and oppressed
people in USA.
[Right after du'a a call came from Political prisoner Ahmed
Abdel Sattar: Using his one call for us. Eid Mubarak]
Political Prisoners :
Protest in Greensboro, North Carolina
Du'a and Message from Imam Badi Ali
As-slamu alaikum, Masjid al Aqsa will always matter to us.
In the whole history of Jerusalem, from the time of Prophet
David (as) until now, the longest rule of this city belonged
to Muslims.
Muslims maintained the sacredness of this city in the full
sense of the word.
Muslims established and practiced the most tolerant
multi-religious and multi-faith character of Jerusalem.
We need to work hard to promote humanity, unity, and work
for social justice.
All Praise to Allah for a very successful protest for
Palestine in Greensboro. May we see a free Palestine in our
lifetime.
Ameen.
German Re-awakening.
First Time in 70 Years.
Israeli Flags burned.
[This is written from the Israeli viewpoint but New Trend
readers should remember that the real leader of Germany was
the only European leader EVER to support Palestine. ]
[Criticism of Israel is a crime in puppet German
regime.]
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's leading Jewish group on
Thursday sharply condemned protests in front of a synagogue
in the western city of Gelsenkirchen as "pure antisemitism."
Several other German cities including Berlin, Hamburg and
Hannover have seen anti-Israeli protests over the past few
days. At least two synagogues were attacked, and several
Israeli flags were torn down and burned since the latest
eruption of violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
The Central Council of Jews in Germany tweeted a video of
dozens of protesters in Gelsenkirchen waving Palestinian and
Turkish flags and yelling expletives about Jews.
"Jew hatred in the middle of Gelsenkirchen in front of the
synagogue. The times in which Jews were cursed in the middle
of the street should have long been over. This is pure
antisemitism, nothing else!" the group tweeted.
The German government repeatedly condemned anti-Israeli and
antisemitic attacks earlier this week and said that "the
perpetrators must be found and held responsible and Jewish
institutions must be protected thoroughly."
On Thursday, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told Funke Media
Group that "there must be zero tolerance for attacks on
synagogues in our country."
"All of us are called on to make it very clear that we do
not accept if Jews in Germany are made responsible for the
events in the Middle East — neither in the streets nor
on social media," Maas added.
The protests in Gelsenkirchen on Wednesday were dispersed by
police, German news agency dpa reported, but authorities
reported further incidents in other parts of the country.
Some cities which had hoisted Israeli flags in front of
their city halls on Wednesday in remembrance of the start of
German-Israeli diplomatic relations on May 12, 1965,
reported that the flags were torn down and sometimes burned.
An Israeli flag in front of a city hall in the western town
of Solingen was torn and burnt and two Israeli flags in
Berlin were also torn down late Wednesday night.
On Tuesday night, police stopped 13 suspects in the western
city of Muenster near a synagogue after an Israeli flag was
burned there. In the western city of Bonn, police said
several people damaged the entrance of a synagogue with
stones and investigators found a burned flag as well. In
nearby Duesseldorf, somebody burned garbage on top of a
memorial for a former synagogue.
Several cities and states in Germany have since upped their
security and raised police presence in front of Jewish
institutions, dpa reported.
Crumbling Minarets
Satellite images show 16,000 mosques had been partially or
completely destroyed over the previous three years in China.
The Jiaman mosque in the city of Qira, in the far western
Chinese region of Xinjiang, is hidden behind high walls and
Communist Party propaganda signs, leaving passersby with no
indication that it is home to a religious site.
In late April, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, two
ethnic Uyghur women sat behind a tiny mesh grate, underneath
a surveillance camera, inside the compound of what had long
been the city's largest place of worship.
Reuters could not establish if the place was currently
functioning as a mosque.
Within minutes of reporters arriving, four men in plain
clothes showed up and took up positions around the site,
locking gates to nearby residential buildings.
The men told the reporters it was illegal to take photos and
to leave.
"There's no mosque here ... there has never been a mosque at
this site," said one of the men in response to a question
from Reuters if there was a mosque inside. He declined to
identify himself.
Minarets on the building's four corners, visible in publicly
available satellite images in 2019, have gone. A large blue
metal box stood where the mosque's central dome had once
been. It was not clear if it was a place of worship at the
time the satellite images were taken.
In recent months, China has stepped up a campaign on state
media and with government-arranged tours to counter the
criticism of researchers, rights groups and former Xinjiang
residents who say thousands of mosques have been targeted in
a crackdown on the region's mostly Muslim Uyghur people.
Officials from Xinjiang and Beijing told reporters in
Beijing that no religious sites had been forcibly destroyed
or restricted and invited them to visit and report.
"Instead, we have taken a series of measures to protect
them," Elijan Anayat, a spokesman for the Xinjiang
government, said of mosques late last year.
China initially denied detaining people in detention camps,
but has since said they are vocational training centres and
that the people have "graduated" from them.
The government says there are more than 20,000 mosques in
Xinjiang but no detailed data on their status is available.
Functioning mosques feature surveillance cameras and include
Chinese flags and propaganda displays declaring loyalty to
the ruling Communist Party.
CRUMBLING MINARETS
In Changji, about 40 km west of the regional capital,
Urumqi, green and red minarets of the city's Xinqu Mosque
lay broken below a Chinese flag flying over the deserted
building's courtyard.
Reuters analysed satellite imagery of 10 mosques in Changji
city and visited six of them.
A total of 31 minarets and 12 green or gold domes had been
removed within a period of two months after April 2018,
according to dated images.
At several mosques, Islamic architecture was replaced with
Chinese-style roofing.
These included Changji's Tianchi road mosque, whose gold
dome and minarets were removed in 2018, according to
publicly available satellite images.
The Xinjiang government did not respond to a request for
comment on the state of mosques in the region.
Researchers at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
estimated in 2020, after a survey of 900 Xinjiang locations,
that 16,000 mosques had been partially or completely
destroyed over the previous three years.
Signs outside the Xinqu Mosque, with the crumbling minarets,
said a housing development would soon be built on the
site.
