Greatest Victory's Lessons from Khalid ibn al-Waleed, r.a.
Also what US imams don't know about Eid al-Adha.
On July 9, Br. Kaukab Siddique gave the Juma khutba at
masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Baltimore.
Texts:
Tarikhe Tabari and Tarikh ibn Kathir [known as al-badayah wun nahaya]
Events of 13 hijri from Khalid ibn al-Waleed, r.a. Historic
victory at Yarmuk which changed the map of the Middle
East.
Muslims are in a new day with the retreat of a superpower
from Afghanistan. The superpower panicked leaving a million
items behind, forgot to tell their allies, didnt even turn
the lights off and looters picked up their goods.
Let us go back to three years after the Prophet, pbuh,
passed away. The Byzantine Christians thought the Muslims
would be weak as the Prophet, pbuh, had passed away. They
sent a huge army towards Madina to destroy Islam at its
root.
Abu Bakr, r.a., the first righteous Caliph, sent Khalid,
r.a., to command the Muslim counterattack.
Khalid's, r.a., first achievement was to unite the Muslim
army, instead of each glorifying its own tribe. Most of
these were new into Islam.
He introduced 1000 sahaba of the Prophet, pbuh, into the
force but it was still only 15,000 opposed to 200, 000
Byazantine Christians,
Khalid, r.a., gave da'wah to one of the Christian
commanders named Gerges. He made these points:
All Muslims are equal and their faith and efforts alone
count.
All previous sins are wiped out by acceptance of
Islam.
Jihad is based on sacrifices, not on miracles. It is
wrong to think that Allah had sent down a sword to Khalid.
He was called sword of Allah by the Prophet, pbuh, because
of his frontline striving in the way of Allah.
He himself had been a wrong doer, even fighting the
prophet, pbuh, himself but he realized as follows:
Revelation came to the Prophet, pbuh, from Allah. The
Prophet, pbuh, was not doing anything for his personal
benefit. He was not a king but a messenger of Truth.
A newcomer into Islam who becomes a Muslim even though
there is no prophet, pbuh, in this world, and no revelation
coming down, is doubly blessed and if sincere is going to
paradise.
Gerges embraced Islam. He made only two rakats of nafl
prayer with Khalid's help, before the battle resumed. Gerges
fought hard for Islam and was shaheed., going straight to
al-Jannah.
So al-Jannah is not based on scholarship but on sincere.
acceptance of Allah and the ultimate shahada. First hadith
in Sahih Bukhari: 'Actions are based on intentions."
The huge Christian onslaught forced the Muslims back to
their base camp. Muslim WOMEN came out and joined the
struggle and warned the men not to come back if they
retreated..
The sahaba led the struggle, with Khalid, r.a., in the
frontline.
Ikrima, r.a., the son of Abu Jahl, the worst enemy of
Islam, fought for Islam and was shaheed, as was his son. So
father was kafir and son and grandson are the pride of
Islam. The conventional ideas of "family" are repugnant to
Islam. {Abraham's father too was a kafir.]
Abu Sufian, r.a., came late into Islam but at Yarmuk, he
was in the frontlines reciting the Qur'an and urging Muslims
to give everything for Islam. He was seriously injured.
Finally the Byzantine Christian army was routed and the
Muslims slaughtered them by the tens of thousands and chased
the fleeing enemy for five days.
During the battle, news came from Madina that the
righteous Caliph, Abu Bakr, r.a., had passed away. Khalid,
concealed, the news till the victory. So, don't spread news
which would dishearten ordinary soldiers.
Dear Muslims, using peaceful means, let us give the
message of Islam to the people of Baltimore. Don't fight
anyone who is not fighting us.
The children of this city need support and help and
sometimes even food.
Part 2.
Most Muslim imams in America do not know that Hajj and Eid
al-Adha are separate and distinct events.
So these ignorant imams simply call someone in Makka about
the day of Hajj and announce in their mosques that that is
the day of Eid al-Adha.
Does the Qur'an say that Eid al-Adha should be on the day of
Hajj? No ! Check the Qur'an!
Did the Prophet, pbuh, check the day of Hajj before he
proclaimed Eid al-Adha? No!
Did the sahaba, r.a., [any of them!] check Hajj for Eid
al-Adha? No! What about Tabbain and Tabba Tabain? Again
NO!
Was it not possible for the Prophet, pbuh, to send someone
to Makka to find out about Hajj day? It was. After all there
are 10 days between first and 10th of Zulhijjah. Even by
camel that is doable. No he did not.
So how did the Prophet, pbuh, decide about Eid al-Adha? By
sighting the crescent, just as he did for Eid al-Fitr. [See
Sahih hadith in Bukhari.]
So local sighting is required? Absolutely!
May Allah forgive our sins and shortcomings.
Important reports from Jamaat al-Muslimeen, not part of Khutba.
From Br. Abu Talib.
We condemn the murder of the president of Haiti. It's very
weird that outsiders could come in and kill the president.
Twenty of those arrested after the murder by local police
are from Columbia [mercenaries]. Two are US citizens and 4
were killed.
Some deep ugly force is behind this tragedy.
Our media monitor notes that Christians are standing up
to lgbt in eastern Europe,
Hungary has banned all lgbt homo publicity. America's world
wide comedy FRIENDS has been banned after it brought two
female homos into the story, irrelevant to the story.
Poland has taken a strong stand against lgbtq but it is
under organized attack from western Europe.
Turkey broke up a Pride rally by lgbtq but its supporters
are making loud propaganda..
[Muslims should wake up. This cultural imperialism will hit
them sooner or later. Africa is resistring. Why are Muslims
not supporting the Christians of eastern Europe.?
Pakistan
JI Report [July 11]
Russia, USA, Britain Responsible for War and
Instability.
Regime is Stealing Elections in Azad Kashmir,
Deputy Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, former
parliamentary leader Liaqat Baloch has said that guns, army
cannot stand against the resistance of the people for long.
By imposing war, dynamite, blood and guns and terrorism all
over the world and by unjustly marking millions of human
beings, the armies are now learning that guns cannot decide.
The solution to global and national problems is justice and
dialogue. Britain, Russia and the United States have long
been responsible for instability, war and terrorism in
Afghanistan. The United States wants to achieve its agenda
and goals by backing India in the region and creating chaos
in Afghanistan. After the defeat of US and NATO forces, all
interference in Afghanistan should be stopped. Let the
Afghan leadership solve its own problems and recognize the
right of the Afghan people to decide their own future.
Addressing the Central Consultative Meeting and Central
Political Council, Liaqat Baloch said that PTI, following
the footsteps of military dictatorships, PML-N and PPP, has
plunged the country into a quagmire of ideological,
political, social and economic crises. After three years of
failures, the PTI has now adopted election slogans and a
strategy of deceiving the people. The people will no longer
be fooled by this political mafia and democratic orbits.
Jamaat-e-Islami will save the country and the nation from
crises. The government and opposition parties are working
with criminal negligence on regional, global and public
issues. They do not realize that the poor, the middle class,
women, youth, students, farmers and laborers are in dire
straits.
Liaqat Baloch protested and condemned the interference of
Islamabad and Rawalpindi in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir
elections and said that the people in the old Pakistan and
the new Pakistan were being deprived of their free
democratic parliamentary rights by stealing the elections.
Jamaat-e-Islami will continue its election campaign on the
basis of electoral reforms and proportional representation.
Constitutional, democratic and credible fair elections and
the rule of Islam are essential in Pakistan
Communist China has all of Pakistan in full prostration, be
it imran or jamat or Ppp. United in shame. Muslims of
sinkiang, the Uighurs, completely forgotten. Not one tear
for the helpless Muslims. China has money and power.
Pakistan has forgotten Islam.
Secularist Censorship in Pakistan.
Orya Maqbool Jan is a veteran Pakistani journalist who once
was a civil servant and saw the role of government officials
from the inside. However almost all of Pakistani media
outlets leave him out and publicize mainly entertainment
and concepts borrowed from India and America.
On June 28 he exposed the censorship activities of Pakistani
media outlets.
At every event of great importance to Muslims, the media
behave as if it didnt happen. Even the attack on the Red
mosque was sidelined.
Orya is doing a great job for Pakistan. New Trend will
follow his progress,
[Via Dr. T.]
Pakistan's Darling
Campaign for Live-In Without Marriage:
Malala's Return Gift to West for Nobel
Dr. Javed Jamil
In a recent interview with a British tabloid Malala Yousaf
Zai, the youngest ever Nobel Laureate from Pakistan, is
reported to have said "If you can trust someone or not...how
can you be sure?" adding, "I still don't understand why
people have to get married. If you want to have a person in
your life, why do you have to sign marriage papers, why
can't it just be a partnership?"
This statement is not only lamentable but also utterly
outrageous especially because it is coming from the mouth of
a citizen of a country where most people including its
current Prime Minister Imran Khan claim to be not just
Muslims but Islam lovers. Perhaps she is returning in kind
the gratitude for being bestowed upon by the Western world
its most prestigious Nobel Prize. If she is so averse of
formal contracts, she should also ask the economic and
political masters of the West what is the need of preparing
and signing huge documents while entering into even small
business deals or agreements between nations. While they
want everything else in writing and properly registered,
they want the relationships between men and women to start,
prosper and break without any sort of proper agreement.
Isn't it surprising that for even driving a car or scooter,
one needs to have a proper license, without which one cannot
just come on the road. If he does, he faces huge punishment
in the form of fines and his vehicle can be seized if he
does not cooperate. This is despite the fact that sexual
relationships without formal agreement are associated with
much more bigger implications including health risks, their
future life and future life of their children if any. And
this is done purely because it suits the market which
prospers on the commercialization to the hilt of every
single human weakness, irrespective of its effects on
health, family peace and social order, which the markets
"manage" again through the ever prospering market of
solutions. Markets of the problems and the markets o
solutions both feed each other. Without problems arising,
there will be no need of solutions either. So, both should
be supported through adequate adjustments in social and
legal policies and propagation of a certain kind of
environment through some attractive slogans. And because the
market has till even now been male dominated, they have
mastered the art of exploring women in the name of "freedom"
and "equality" to them. Needless to say, every such freedom
benefits the desires of men more than women. They can enjoy
seeing scores of women nude and can lie with multiple of
them without bothering for their future and future of any
likely children out of the relationship.
This approach benefits scores of industries directly and
indirectly, related to sex including prostitution, gay
market, pornography, night club, tourism, hotel industry,
costumes, cosmetic, tourism, contraceptives, abortion
clinics, health care and many others. And of course alcohol
too has big association with sex.
The cost of uninhibited free sex has been huge on life.
HIV/AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death world-wide
(2.9 million deaths). Syphilis was the first sex-related
disease that killed people in large numbers. The homosexuals
and the promiscuous heterosexuals were the common victims.
It was quite common even till 1970s. And in 1980s the
biggest sex killer, the HIV/AIDS emerged. Within no time it
started consuming people. It has already taken about 40
million lives within last 25 years. But the rise of deaths
due to sexual misdemeanours succeeded only in the rise of
the sales of condoms. With the emergence of anti-HIV drugs,
whatever fear free sex might have generated in the minds of
the promiscuous and homosexuals has faded. This is despite
the fact that till now only 2 cases of HIV are claimed to
have been cured after long antiviral therapies and more than
40 millions are still living with AIDS. But they will not be
jolted till perhaps some new virus emerges and devastates
the mankind. They have already seen the devastation caused
by Corona. If even the most advanced regions of the world in
terms of healthcare including USA and Europe are among the
toppers in terms of mortality and morbidity, one reason has
been that despite attempted lockdowns, they have not been
able to bring sexual distancing, night life thriving on sex
and alcohol.
Alcohol, in addition to the deaths of more than 3 million
every year which are directly related to it and millions
more deaths due to accidents, murders and suicides under its
effect, also increases the risks of unhealthy sexual
behaviour. Studies of AIDS indicate that alcohol consumption
influences many dimensions of sexual behaviour, which are
responsible for the rise in HIV and other Sex Transmitted
Diseases.
And the biggest sufferers of these relationships have been
children, born and unborn. Various international sources
estimate that 50 to 70 million foetuses are aborted
annually. It can be seen that in most of the cases it is an
uncivilised kind of sexual relationship with no restraints
whatsoever that leads to pregnancies. As the couples are not
ready to bear the responsibility of their actions and their
desire of enjoyment in life without any kind of
interruption, they simply kill the human being which has
just started its life in the womb of his or her mother. More
than 50 million deaths of human beings, and yet it is
regarded a sign of "Development". And the biggest defaulters
are big countries China, Russia, France, America and
Britain. And of course, an increasing percentage of children
who survive the abortion have to live in a single parent
family, not getting the company of both their parents.
Obviously, all these bring huge money to the market with
global entertainment expenditure being more than one
thousand billion dollars. See the following table:
Global Entertainment Expenditures
Entertainment Category
(in bil. US$)
Alcohol 1,163
Entertainment Drugs 546
Sex 400
Restaurants 183
Movies 180
Gambling 110
Sports 63
Computer Games 54
Live performances 35
Tourism 25
Music 7
Total 2,862
(Elliott Morss; The Global Economics of Gambling; Table 1. -
Global Entertainment Expenditures;
http://www.morssglobalfinance.com/the-global-economics-of-gabling/)
The Table shows that more than 2000 billion US dollars are
spent on sex, alcohol, drugs and gambling. This money is
being spent to purchase items that sooner or later are
likely to lead to severe medical and social problems
including death. Social problems include serious family
disturbances, abortions, single parenthood, and separation
with one or both parents, all of which in turn can lead to
severe psychiatric problems with additional financial cost.
But why should the markets worry? They have the medical
industry to manage the problems. The global medical industry
is one of the world's fastest growing industries, absorbing
over 10% of gross domestic product of most developed
nations. It constitutes broad services offered by various
hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, diagnostic
laboratories, pharmacies and ably supported by drugs,
pharmaceuticals, chemicals, medical equipment, manufacturers
and suppliers. The total health care expenditures across the
world were $4.5 trillion in 2014. Of which, US solely
account for $ 2.2 trillion, $ 2 trillion in OECD countries
and remaining $ 0.3 in other countries of the world.
(Statistica: Global Pharmaceutical Industry - Statistics & Facts;
https://www.statista.com/topics/1764/global-pharmaceutical-idustry/
War News
Afghanistan
Taliban have captured the crossings into Iran and
Turkmenistan.
Heavy fighting is reported near Kandhar. India has withdrawn
its staff from this key city.
The Kabul regime took back Badghis with the help of air
strikes but Taliban released 100 prisoners before
withdrawing.
Some Kabul regime forces are refusing to fight the
Taliban.
Communists, northern tribes and Shias are trying to stop the
Taliban advances.
Most of the country is in Taliban control but major cities
are defended by air strikes and concentrated regime
troops.
Latest: India has withdrawn all staff from Kabul as fighting
nears.
On July 11: Taliban captured two districts in Ghor province.
Pakistan is concerned because it helped the US and NATO
forces to enter Afghanistan. Will the Taliban forgive?
USA is looking for air bases in nearby countries.
The hundreds of mercenary Afghans who became interpreters
and supporters for NATO are facing a bad situation.
Pakistan
July 5. Three Pakistani troops were killed and one injured
in North Waziristan's Hasan Khel area.
Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in South
Waziristan.
Earlier two soldiers were killed and 2 woundedd also in
North Waziristan. [Source Daily Dawn.]
[New Trend's analysis is that these attacks are coming from
mujaheddin groups who retreated into Afghanistan when the
Pakistani army, at the behest of USA, invaded north and
south Waziristan and expelled the entire population.]
Syria
Russia and Assad forces are bombing and shelling mujaheddin
forces near Jabal al-Zawiya, Irbid province. Receiving
return fire.
Slow ISIS advances continue in all three provinces in the
east despite Russian air raids.
Homs, eastern Hama, Deir ez Zor are becoming a problem for
Russia and Assad.
Pro-Turkish Syrians are engaging Kurdish Communists in north
central Syria.
Within the United States.
The world's wealthiest individuals stand to gain.
Family Break Ups are the result of isolation theory.
by Sis. Aisha
[Jamaat al-Muslimeen New Yourk]
If I don't have a contagious disease, should I still be
quarantined? What if I tested negative for this disease?
Should I still be subjected to protocol usually intended for
disease-ridden people to follow? Well, if I don't have
COVID-19 then, why can't I shop or attend events without a
mask? Why are those "privileges" only for vaccinated
individuals?
Even more unsettling is that family members won't allow
unvaccinated family members to visit them. Well, what if
they test negative for COVID-19 or don't exhibit any
symptoms? If they aren't sick, why keep them away? This
Plandemic has driven a wedge between families the same way
the American Civil War did!
Plus, you have the elderly mask police yelling at people to
wear their masks when they are on the bus.
One of the protocols for dealing with COVID-19 is to wear a
mask unless you are eating, smoking, or have a medical
reason for not being able to do so. Confused?
According to a new book by Laura Dodsworth called "A State
of Fear: How the UK Government Weaponised Fear During the
Covid-19 Pandemic," the intention of many governments was to
confuse people to the point of breaking their spirit during
this Plandemic so that they would feel compelled to listen
and obey their ordinances.
There exists thee scientific advisory committees, such as
the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behavior (SPI-B),
which advises the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
(SAGE) in the United Kingdom (U.K.). The SPI-B now admits to
using fear to control the U.K. population and that they now
consider it a "regrettable mistake."
These fear tactics were used all over the world out of
government fear that people would not comply with public
health ordinances. The question is compliance based on
genuine health concerns or profit? Many of us may have
someone who, unfortunately, contracted COVID-19 or passed
away from it. However, the media played around with the
COVID-19 case numbers to scare us into believing that
COVID-19 had overtaken the majority of the American
population.
At some point, it became evident that the number of COVID-19
fatalities was not as huge as reported but, what the media
did was run ticker tapes of the numerous new cases of daily
infections. What was deceptive about these new cases being
reported was that most of them were asymptomatic false
positives, which are individuals containing an inactive
COVID-19 cell that cannot be transmitted to others. What
also kept the fear going was the lack of news about the
recoveries, as well as these false positives. Therefore,
this hopelessness was being spread throughout the mainstream
media.
Confusion is another form of mind control, according to
author Laura Dodsworth. For Christmas 2020, there were news
reports of Christmas being canceled, then on again, then
canceled, again. A confused mental state leads to illogical,
irrational thinking fueled by anxiety. Fear and anxiety lead
to desperation, which compels people to become dependent on
an authoritative source for information.
And, many activists and conscious people are speculating
that all of this fearmongering is an effort to lead the
world to the Great Reset: a time where people and products
will be tracked via an electronic identification number.
This electronic id will be tied to our bank accounts and
health records. The world's wealthiest individuals stand to
gain from this new technocracy, which is a society ruled by
the ultra-rich, technicians, and scientists through the use
of technology.
According to PBS's NOVA: Gross Science video, just like
yawning and infectious laughter, fear can be contagious.
Being in close proximity to someone who is anxious may make
you become anxious. The video details three ways to overcome
fear or negativity:
Distract yourself by forcing yourself to look away from
it (i.e. turn off the local news or CNN).
Create your own positive reinforcements to dispute this
fear (i.e. read the Qur'an or question its legitimacy as
being real).
Speak up to the person or entity generating this fear or
anxiety because they may not realize it.
Number three won't work with any person or source
intentionally spreading fear, so the goal would be to speak
up to alert others about what is happening. This should be
the fourth way to empower yourself against fear. Challenging
the source of the fear weakens its mind control over us.
(Source: Mercola.com & PBS NOVA: Gross Science)
Guidance from Sis. Yasmin.
Have you Crossed the Bridge of Siraat?
Alhamduli'Allahi Rabbil-'Aalameen
wa-Salaatu wa-Salaamu Alaa Ashrafil-Anbiyaa-e-wal-Mursaleen~
`Amma Baa`d...
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Assalaamu `Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu.
A Reminder to Myself First {'Subhan Allah'}
*PROPHET* ﷺ ~ said...
"If you knew what I know you would laugh
a Little & cry a Lot ".
Hasan al-Basri (Rahimaullah)
he would rarely Laugh due to his remembrance
of Death and the Punishment of Hell !
One day he was going somewhere when he
saw a young man indulging in laughter.
Hasan al-Basri~Rahimaullah) asked the youth...
'Young man....have you already crossed the bridge of 'Siraat'... {?}
Have you already found out whether you are going to Paradise or Hell"{?}
The young man replied...
'No'{!}
Hasan al-Basri (Rahimaullah) then asked him...
'Then why are you Laughing so much' {?}
After that no one saw this young man laughing again ,
as he came to know the reality of this life{!}
But he smiled as this is a part of the Sunnah of the Prophet
~
(Peace be upon him)
A Little Note :
Many hours or probably days have passed away from
our lives in laughter and jokes, it's a sign that we have
forgotten
the life of the Hereafter...!
The Sahabah used to do good deeds all day but still
cry during the night to Allah{Azza wa Jall} !
{'Subhan Allah'}
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
Honour"
{'Qur`an'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.26-27 }
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'Wasting time is Worse than Death!
Because Death Separates you from this World
Whereas wasting Time Separates you from Allah'.
Ibn Qayimm Al-Jawziyyah(r)
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I Want to Die With my Forehead on the Ground!
The Sunnah in my Heart, Allah on my Mind,
Qur'an on my Tongue, and Tears in my Eyes!
'In Shaa Allah'!
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*Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days,
whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone.*
{Al-Hasan Al-Basree (r)}
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[Source of Post ~Al-Hasan Al-Basri (R) Page # 89,
The Hindutva fascism and the captive Indian Muslims
Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal
The tyranny of Hindu supremacism
The Indian Hindus are very proud of their race, religion,
culture, science, and democracy. Such pride indeed forms the
basis of the ongoing surge of Hindu supremacism in Indian
politics. They boastfully claim that the Hindu religion is
the most ancient religion in human history. There is no
doubt about its antiquity. But antiquity doesn't guarantee
the genuineness of a religion. Proven lies and ignorance can
also survive through millenniums. Along with ancient lies,
the stone-age culture of nudity, cave life, hunting habits,
food and drink habits, and defaecation practices still
survive among humans in places like Nicobar Island and Papua
New Guinea. No modern man appreciates such prehistoric
practices as acceptable norms and humane civility. It is
indeed the practice of ancient ignorance. The same is the
exactly true vis-à-vis Hindu religion. It hasn't moved even
an inch from its old beliefs and practices in thousands of
years. Whatever they learned from the ancient ancestors is
incorporated in their religious beliefs as hundred percent
true. They even feel proud of it and never bothered to check
its authenticity. It is indeed the religion of ancient
ignorance and lies. Such prehistoric ignorance and lies are
now deeply embedded in the Hindu mindset in the name of
religion.
A physical illness expresses through physical symptoms. But
the diseases of falsehood and ignorance expresses through
robust religious, cultural, behavioral, and political
symptoms. Then, lynching, killing, raping, ethnic cleansing
of people of other religions become the way of life. Under
its spell, people drink cow urine but can't drink water from
fellow humans of the so-called untouchable lower cast.
Awfully, such a disease has attained an all-time epidemic in
India. It indeed appears with huge cultural, behavioral, and
political symptoms. The lethal toxicity on morality also
shows its robust fallouts. As a result, millions of Hindus
with top university degrees can worship cows, snakes, idols,
and even replicas of male genitals (of Shiva) as Holy
objects, but can't accept Muslims, Christians, and Adivasi
(indigenous) people as neighbors. They want them to make
ghar wapsi (back to Hinduism) or face annihilation. What
could be the ugliest face of fascism than this?
The Indians are very proud of their missile, space, and
nuclear technology. But they stay silent on the failures to
provide safe drinking water, primary health care or sanitary
toilets to its poor people. They boast as a country of great
economy, but the world's largest poor population still live
in India. The recent Covid epidemic has exposed their
failures. The government failed to supply even oxygen to the
hospitals. Hundreds of dead bodies are found floating in
rivers or devoured by dogs and other beasts. They are very
proud of their colleges, universities, and intellectuals,
but couldn't eradicate the dehumanizing ideologies and
faiths. Because of vile beliefs, they even celebrate the
lynching and killing of Muslims on the alleged allegations
for eating beef.
Whereas, religion is not for killing people. It for
promoting peace, prosperity, morality, and saving lives. But
in India, in the name of religion, exactly the opposites are
happening. In the past, religion has been used to sanction
burning alive the widows with their dead husbands. It is a
shame that a non-Hindu ruler like the British colonialists
had to stop the so-called religious practices. Instead of
promoting equality and integration of people, religion is
still being used to promote caste-based segregation and to
restrict social mobility. In such a hateful ideological cum
cultural milieu, how the Muslims, the Christians, the
Adivasi, and other non-Hindu people can expect honor, peace,
or security? Instead, it could only promote lynching,
killing, rape, and deprivation. Because of its toxic spell,
the law enforcement agencies also show their moral death.
This is why while the Muslims get lynched to death by the
Hindutva thugs, the police fail to show up in the crime
spots. Even gang rapes, mass killings, and massive arsons
against the Muslims fail to prompt the police, the
politicians and the government to stop such crimes -as seen
in Gujrat, Mumbai, Muzaffarnagar, Assam, and many other
places!
MUSLIMs' THREE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE WEST
(Revised with Maps and Illustrations)
by Dr.H. Ashruf
Maryland
Introduction: Garrick Utley, the veteran newscaster on
Sunday January 13, 1991, on the eve of the Desert Storm
conducted the NBC program MEET THE PRESS. At the end he said
"These final days and hours before the deadline, is, perhaps
a time to recall the long road which has brought us to this
point---not the one that began last August but rather the
one that leads back more than one thousand years to when
Islam's armies first invaded Europe. The road winds through
the Middle Ages, the councils of Europe in the Middle Ages -
not unlike Congress this weekend debating whether to commit
armed forces to a crusade. They did! Then came the counter
Crusades---Suleiman the magnificent in the 16th century
marching his armies to the gates of Vienna to defeat the
infidel. Then came the counter offensive, Western
imperialism in the Middle East. Then came oil, Arab
nationalism, Islamic fundamentalism, and terrorism.
What we are seeing on our television screens has happened
before -- our fleet in the Persian Gulf was preceded by the
Battleship New Jersey off Lebanon's coast a few years ago,
which was preceded by Napoleon's fleet off the shores of
Egypt, which was preceded by the Crusaders' ships off the
Holy Land. So, what we remember these days is the longest --
running saga of confrontation and clashes between two
worlds---The Arab Muslims verses the Western
Judeo-Christian. We like to think, of course, that we are
masters of our destiny, so do Saddam Hussain, George Bush,
and the members of Congress -- but it looks as if more than
one thousand years of history is about to be, for both
sides, our destiny once again."
When I ponder on that "one thousand years of history" it
becomes apparent that Muslims have three encounters with the
West.
First observation: The first and second encounters belong
to the history of the past, which Muslims did intentionally.
The third and final encounter, which is in progress now, is
unintentional. It is Divine Design.
Second observation: Each encounter has a span of 700 to 800
years, and their peak occurs at an interval of 600 to 700
years (732, 1402, and 2001). Their thrust is towards Europe
in general and northwestern Europe in particular which is
called the heart of Europe.
Each encounter has a point of beginning and a point when it
stops or is stopped. In between it stabilizes, flourishes,
and dominates. Then it declines, disintegrates, and ends.
We know how the first and second encounters ended. We do not
know how the third is going to end.
Third observation: Approximately 100 to 150 years before
one encounter ends, the beginning of the subsequent
encounter is made. There is an overlap of 100 to 150 years.
Fourth observation: A particular group of Muslims is
involved in each encounter. Muslim Moors in the first
encounter, Muslim Turks and Tatars in the second, and in the
third and final encounter Muslims all over the world are involved.
Fifth observation: In the first encounter there was no
involvement of USA or Russia because there was no USA at
that time. In the second encounter Russia was implicated.
USA and Canada came into the picture towards the end (USA
declared independence on July 4, 1776, and Canada was given
independence on July 1, 1867. In the third encounter the
USA is very much involved, along with Northwestern Europe
(heart of Europe), Russia, and Canada.
Sixth observation: In the first and second encounters the
Northwestern Europe and British Isles were spared. Muslims
could not reach there. In the third encounter, they are the
main focus of attention along with USA and Canada.
Seventh observation: In the first encounter Muslims invaded
Europe from the south-west. In the second encounter, it was
from the East. In the third encounter Muslims did not
invade - for the first time in history they came to
North-Western Europe (Heart of Europe), UK, USA, and Canada
by invitation. [I explain later why I say it was by
invitation].
Eighth and final observation: In the first and second
encounters Muslims went into Europe to rule and to subjugate
them with military might, military power. They succeeded in
that though they were in minority. In the third and final
encounter Muslims arrived in the Northwestern European
countries (the heart of Europe), England, USA and Canada to
live under their rule, no doubt as freemen!
The Muslim warriors in the initial era of Islam erupted out
of Arabia like a volcano and spilled all over and reached
Europe in a zeal to establish the word of God. They started
to knock at the doors of Europe right from the time of our
third Khalifa, Usman bin Affan (raa). During his time Habib
ibn Maslama Al-Fihiri raided Armenia, went as far as Erzurum
and Dvin.
In 27AH 647 AD, Khalifa Osman (raa) allows Ameer Myawiya
(raa) to conduct a naval campaign against Cyprus. In this
campaign, great Muslim personalities such as Khalid Abu
Ayyub Al-Ansari, Abuzar Ghfari, Abudarda, Miqdad, Fadala,
and Waylah Al-Kinani participated as volunteers. One
hundred-year-old Kaab Al-Ahbur also volunteered.
Khalifa Uthman (raa) orders Abdullah bin Nafe Bin Haseen to
conduct a naval campaign against Spain. This is the first
reference to Andalus (Spain) in Islamic History.
In 28AH 648 CE Ameer Muawiya (raa) assisted by Abdullah Bin
Qais, Ameerul Bahr sails from Makkah. (Ameerul meaning
"commander of the sea"- the word is later adopted by the
Europeans as "Admiral"). Abdullah Bin Sa'd Bin Abusurrah
also dispatched a fleet from Alexandria. The Muslim forces
advanced in a pincer operation from opposite directions and
conquered Cyprus. A peace treaty was signed. The Cypriots
agreed to pay the new Muslim rulers the same 7,000 Dinnars,
they were previously paying the Roman Empire in tribute. The
blessed Prophet (pbuh) once staying at the house of Umm
Haram (aunt of Anas bin Malik) predicted the Cyprus
campaign. She was informed then that she would be among the
warriors. Three women Umm Haram, Wife of Ubada bin Samit,
and Fakhta wife of Ameer Muawiya (raa) participated in the
naval campaign. Umm Haram is the first Muslim woman to die
in a naval campaign. She is buried in Cyprus and is
proclaimed as a pious lady.
In 32 AH 652 AD, Ameer Muawiya accompanied by his wife led a
campaign against the Byzantine ruler and reached the
vicinity of Constantinople.
In 34 AH 654 AD Rhodes was raided by an Arab fleet.
35 AH 655 AD Battle of Masts took place. Arab fleet wins
command of Aegean in naval battle fought off the coast of
Lycia. In this sea battle the Byzantine ruler tried to crush
the Muslim power. He attacked Egypt near Alexandria with 500
to 1000 warships. Ameer-al-Bahr Abdullah bin Surrah and
Ameer Muawyia (raa) met the challenge. The infant Muslim
navy plunges in to combat with 200 ships against a fleet
three times its size. An intense battle is fought with
swords. The sky was clouded with masts. Thus, the battle is
called the Battle of masts. The byzantine force could not
withstand the zeal and strategy of the Muslim mujahideen and
had a humiliating defeat. From then on, the Muslim navy
became the master of the Mediterranean Sea.
43 AH 663 AD marks the first Arab raid on Sicily. Byzantine
Empire was divided in to Western and Eastern flanks. The
seat of power of Eastern flank was Constantinople. Muslims
had an eye on it right from the beginning. Hazrat Ameer
Muawwyia (raa), after consolidating his power went after
Constantinople. The Arab navy that hazrat Ameer Muawyia
built, dominated the Agean sea. Sicily and Crete were
repeatedly attacked. Using Rhodes as his advance base he
kept the triple walled city of Constantinople under siege
for ten years from 668 AD to 678 AD. This siege, a series of
attacks by sea, would last for ten years.
49 AH 669 CE Yezid bin Muawiya led a large army against the
Byzantines and after a fierce battle besieged Constantinople
(Istanbul). Great companions took part in this battle, such
as Abdullah Bin Abbas, Abu Ayyub Ansari, Abdullah Bin Umar
Abu Al-Khttab, and Abdullah Bin Zubaur.
Abu Ayyub Ansari died during the campaign and was buried at
the front, on European soil. Today a beautiful mosque stands
tn the western part of Istanbul and is called Ayuub Sultan.
During Khilafat-eOsmania the Caliph was traditionally
decorated with the sword of Uthman in that mosque.
53 AH 672 CE: Janada Azdi led a naval campaign against the
island of Rhodes and conquered it After the Pyramids of
Egypt the Muslims now controlled the Colossus of Rhodes one
of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The colossus was
a bronze statue of Apollo, 100 to 150 feet high, erected
around 280 BCE in the harbor. It had fallen during the
earthquake in 224 BCE and was found lying face down in the
water when the Muslims entered Rhodes.
59 AH 678 AD: The Arab fleet commanded by Yazid was defeated
by Byzantine naval force at the battle of Syllaeum. Ameer
Muaywia called off the siege and a truce was signed. It
would take another 800 years for Constantinople to be
conquered by Muslim Turks.
92 AH 711 AD: Tariq Bin Ziad, who was a young governor of
Tangier and lieutenant of Musa Bin Nusair crosses the
straight with 12000 soldiers on 5th Ramadan 92 AH (27th
April 711 CE) and lands in Gibralter. Tariq overruns all of
southern Spain. A few months later Musa Bin Nusair crosses
the sea with 10000 soldiers and conquered parts of Spain
unconquered by Tariq. During the same period Musailma Bin
Abdul Malik conquered Island of Sardinia.
98-99 AH 717-718 CE: Constantinople was kept under siege by
Sulaiman Son of Khalifa Abdul Malik.
116 AH 732 CE: Muslim armies penetrated deep into France
and reached Poitiers 40 miles south of Paris. A battle was
fought at Tours. On Muslim side the commander was Abdul
Rehman Al Ghafiqui (who was from Yemen). Muslims were
defeated and Al Ghafiqui was martyred.
"Had the Battle of Tours been won by Muslims", wrote Edward
Gibbon in the Rise and Fall of Roman Empire "perhaps the
interpretation of Quran would now be taught in the schools
of Oxford, and her pulpits might demonstrate to circumcised
people the sanctity and truth of the revelation of
Mahomet''. There would be no Christian Europe. Poitiers,
said Gibbon, was "an encounter, which would change the
history of the world".
Why were Muslims defeated?
Michael Hamilton Morgan wrote in his book The Lost History
"The Muslim Army consisted of Persians, Berbers, Yemenis,
Arabs, and Spaniards. These soldiers could not agree on a
commander, overnight they withdrew. The Franks have won. The
outnumbered, poorly equipped Franks have defeated the army
of Al-Ghafiqui, whose men have withdrawn because they could
not agree on a new commander".
About the same battle, the British Encyclopedia writes "The
Muslim troops had to be withdrawn because the Berbers had
revolted in North Africa and Charles Martel earned his
undeserving glory."
Justice Ameer Ali of India explained why the Muslim Army had
to retreat in his book A Short History of the Saracens". He
writes that the Battle of Tours is called
"Balat-ush-Shuhada" because of the number of prominent men
who lost their lives with Abdur Rahman. He wrote "at the
peak of war when they were on the verge of a decisive
victory, a cry arose that the Arab camp with all its
treasure was in danger. At the news, the Muslims quitted
their ranks and flew to defend their booty: in vain, Abdur
Rahman endeavored to restore order; all the efforts were
useless, and he fell, pierced by lance.
The fall of the general threw the whole army into disorder.
Soon the night fell. Both sides withdrew to their camps. No
sooner than the Muslims reached their camp, furious
dissensions broke out among Abdur Rahman's lieutenants and
the legionaries turned their arms against each other.
Victory over Franks was now out of the question; a safe
retreat was the only possible course open. Under cover of
the night the Muslim generals quietly withdrew leaving the
battlefield empty".
So, the Muslim advance was averted. The thrust towards
Northwestern Europe (heart of Europe) was thwarted. This was
the turning point of the first encounter. Further march was
stopped because of our greed, our own divisions,
dissensions, and disunity.
The vigor, the valor had vacillated. It took nearly one
hundred years when Sicily was conquered in 208AH 823 AD.
Crete was conquered in 210 AH 825 AD. In 846 C.E. a naval
expedition from Sicily even entered the River Tiber, and
Arab forces sacked Ostia and Rome.
300 AH 912 AD Muslims entered in Savoy in Switzerland. Again
they entered France and occupied Frejvis, Marseilles,
Grenoble, Nice was held by them for a considerable time.
The highlight of the first encounter was the Muslim rule in
Spain for 781 years from 711 AD to 1492 AD. The ruling elite
had their infightings, intrigues, inter marriages, and
collaboration with the enemies. Despite that they developed
a most prosperous multiethnic, multi religious
multi-cultural state full of tolerance, where Muslims, Jews
and Christians worked together. The Jewish historians write
that it was the golden period, the golden era of their
existence when they were not persecuted. Muslims did not
rule all over Spain for 800 years. Franks were constantly
pushing them southwards. At the end only kingdom of Granada
remained under their rule. The kingdom was 210 miles long
from East to West and 75 miles wide from South to North.
Additionally, in the last ten years there was fratricidal
war among Muslims, the son was fighting with father, uncle
with nephew while the city was under siege. Eventually,
both were defeated, and January 3, 1492, Muslims and Jews
were told to go on exile or be baptized or be killed.
The last ruler Boabdil was sent on exile. The world
remembers "The Moor's Last Sigh". Boabdil, on his way to
exile, and his family took the road to Acpuxarras, where he
was to abide. When he reached the mountains of Padul, he
casted a last look at Granada and wept. His mother, hitherto
his evil genius, turned upon him with the words "yes you may
well weep like a woman at the loss of what you could not
defend like a man".
THE FIRST ENCOUNTER ENDED!!!
From Imam Badi Ali.
July 10 and 11.
As-slamu alaikum,
The knife didn't kill prophet Ismail (as), the fire didn't
burn prophet Ibrahim (as), the whale didn't eat prophet
Younus (as), the sea didn't drown prophet Mussa (as).
Be with Allah, and Allah will protect you!
Your busy life makes prayer harder, but prayer makes a busy
life easier!
O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness and my well-being in this
world and the Hereafter. Ameen
As-slamu alaikum,
Allah (swt) said :
"وَوَصَّيvنَا
الْإِنسَ›نَ
بِوَالِد¤يْهِ
إِحْسَان¡ا.."
We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents; ..."
(Quran 46:15 )
Serving Your Parents In Their Old Age Is As Good As Opening
The Doors Of Paradise, So Don't Miss Out.
By loving and honoring our parents more, we're showing our
children the importance of parents.
O Allah forgive my parents, reward them, and raise their
rank in Jannah. Ameen
Revulsion against Chinese Genocide of Uighur Muslims.
Lithuania is leading because it was the Victim of
Communism.
Also Uighur Refugees in France.
Lithuania, which suffered itself Communist persecution, is
the third country in Europe after the Netherlands and the
United Kingdom whose Parliament has officially declared the
horrors China is inflicting on the Uyghurs a "genocide."
Outside Europe, similar declarations came from the United
States and Canada.
The vote of May 20 by the Lithuanian Parliament is
important, because Lithuania is the first country that is
part of the Belt and Road Initiative to take such a brave
stand on the Uyghur genocide, showing to other countries
that Belt and Road memorandums cannot tie the hands of
democratic countries when human rights are at stake.
In fact, the resolution, passed in the Seimas, the
Lithuanian Parliament, with a vote of 86 to one and seven
abstentions, goes beyond Xinjiang, and indicts the CCP for
its massive violations of human rights and religious liberty.
Lithuania, the document says, "strongly condemns China's
massive, systematic and grave human rights violations and
crimes against humanity." It asks "the United Nations to
initiate a legal inquiry into the Uyghur genocide in
Xinjiang detention camps," and calls on the European
Parliament and the European Commission "to review the EU's
cooperation policy with China and formulate a clear position
on China's massive, systematic, and serious human rights
violations, crimes against humanity, and the Uyghur genocide."
China, the document says, should "immediately end the
illegal practice of organ harvesting from prisoners of
conscience, release all prisoners of conscience in China,
including members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, end
the Uyghur genocide and close re-education camps, and
release all detainees and prisoners in detention and forced
labor camps."
Uighur Refugees Protest
Scores of people from the Tibetian, Mongolian, Vietnamese,
Taiwaneese, Hong Kong and Uyghur communities staged a
protest at the Bastille square in France's Paris on June 24,
where they demanded a boycott of next year's Winter Olympics
in Beijing over human rights violations against ethnic
groups, ANI reported.
Despite global provocation, China still continues to deny
any wrongdoing against Uyghurs. Time and again, it has
denied claims that ethnic Muslims have been forced into
internment camps, work programs and birth-control
initiatives, Bloomberg reported. However, an assessment by
the United Nations claims that Uyghurs- anywhere from tens
of thousands to "upwards of 1 million" have been detained.
via facebook
The July 4 issue of New Trend reached 55,628 Muslims
including 10,000 women.
The items in it included:
Goebbels. Greatest enemy of Communism western powers.
Imran Khan supports Communist ;party & Uighur mistreatment.
