Rabi' al-Thani 18, 1425/ June 8, 2004 #67
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Jamaat al-Muslimeen
News
CONTINUING REPORT ON
BOYCOTT
MOVEMENT:
Latest report: The boycott brochure, urging Muslims to stop buying from
specific businesses which support
Israel,
was given to 50 people at
Masjid Taqwa, Brooklyn.
To help this cause: Contact: DIRECTOR OF BOYCOTT in California at this
address:
PRADIA2@aol.com
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MEDIA WATCH:
Editorial
UN SECURITY COUNCIL on
IRAQ:
LEAVING OUT THE WORLD OF
ISLAM: U.S.-ZIONIST
CONQUEST RECEIVES UN SUPPORT JUST AS ISRAEL ONCE DID
New Trend's
Middle East Observers are not surprised that on June 8, the UN Security
Council finally passed a
US-UK resolution on Iraq, unanimously.
Thus the occupation of Iraq by military might of the US/UK is being
legitimized. Obviously, the objections France,
Germany
and
Russia
had to the occupation was not based on any principles but on a feeling of
having been left out.
Our observers say that the Security Council's resolution has no legitimacy
owing to a number of reasons:
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It was brought by the occupiers, USA and Britain. The assault on Iraq was
illegitimate. No tactical move based on the occupation can be considered
legitimate.
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The ISLAMIC WORLD was left out of the UN move. Iraq is a Muslim country, and
the occupation is the concern primarily of the Muslim world.
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There is NOTHING in the
QUR'AN
or in the Example of the Prophet, pbuh, which would give legitimacy to the
UN move.
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The UN itself is responsible for supporting the sanctions on Iraq which
resulted in the deaths of a million Iraqi children.
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The UN has a track record of acts aimed at undermining the Muslim world,
starting with creation of Israel.
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The puppets installed in Baghdad by the U.S. do not have any support from the
Iraqi people and would not last for a day without the presence of the
American armada.
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POLITICAL PRISONERS
PHONE NUMBER to Protest
IMAM JAMIL's
HUMILIATING MISTREATMENT in PRISON
Jamaat al-Muslimeen
Chicago
reports that Muslim activists in the area are upset over the strip-search
humiliation of Imam Jamil al-Amin in prison. They want to call the warden on
the phone.
Br. Khalil Abdur-Rahman, Imam Jamil's International representative has
provided the following phone numbers:
Warden Hugh Smith [Reidsville, Georgia]: 912-557-7301
Also, call the Department of Corrections in Georgia which is finally
responsible for adjudicating Imam Jamil's complaint. The number is:
404-651-6847
Be firm but polite.
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VIRGINIA INNOCENT:
Court hearing in the sentencing phase of Br.
Hammad Abdur-Rahim
will be held in Alexandria, Virginia on June 15 at 1 PM. All are urged to be
there and show support for Br. Hammad.
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HELP US SHIP 40 FOOT CONTAINER to HAITI: $400 needed
[From Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York.]
There is a brother who
is the director of this organization in Brooklyn . The name of the
organization is the
Caribbean-American Program for Empowerment
(USA) inc. (Cape).
I am working with him to send a 40
foot container to the Muslims of Haiti and the
Dominican Republic.
To send donation to Cape Caribbean
Fund, 1045 Ocean Avenue Suite 06 Brooklyn, NY 12226
Telephone (718)421-1846 or Email
Paccape@aol.com
The brother's name is Abdullah Akbar Muhammad.
The total cost
to ship is $400.00 so Muslims can give assistance to the
Muslims in Haiti and the Dominician Republic.
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Hadith
Studies
Rebuttal of the Attacks on Abu Huraira (r.a) [Part III]
Did 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, r.a., stop Abu Huraira, r.a. from Narrating Hadith?
by
Kaukab Siddique
[In Part I, the love of the Prophet, pbuh, for Abu Huraira was pointed out,
along with Abu Huraira's participation in Jihad both during and after the
time of the Prophet, pbuh. In Part II, the reasons for Abu Huraira's ability
to narrate more than 2000 Hadith as well as the respect of the Sahaba
(Companions of the Prophet) for him was documented.]
For most Muslims, the qualities of Abu Huraira, r.a., documented in the first
two parts of this study would be enough to love him. However, the Shias and
the Pervezis find that difficult because it would demolish the premises of
their sectariam theories.
For Shias, it should have been very difficult to attack Abu Huraira, r.a.,
because he loved the Ahlul Bait and narrated beautiful Hadith about the
grandsons of the Prophet, pbuh. Shia scholars should know that Ali, r.a.,
Hasan, r.a., and Hussain, r.a., did not speak against Abu Huraira, r.a.
There are a few Shia fabrications to this effect but they are from later
times and cannot be traced back to the three greats of Shia'ism.
However, the Shias work by way of "guilt by association." They try to make
the claim that Ameer Muawiyya and Yazeed were identical in their behavior,
For them, connection with Ameer Muawiyya and Yazeed is equally bad, and
because Abu Huraira, r.a., cooperated with Ameer Muawiyya they condemn him.
The Shias forget that Imam Hasan, r.a., made peace with Ameer Muawiyya, and
he and Imam Hussain both received respect and copious gifts from Ameer
Muawiyya. Ameer Muawiyya was KATIBE WAHI [writer of the revelation, the
Qur'an] and was accepted by the Prophet, pbuh. During his time, there was
general consensus and peace within the Muslim domain, and as a result Jihad
of great significance was carried out against the oppressive empires in the
West.
The attacks of the sect known as munkareene Hadith [deniers of Hadith] on
Abu Huraira, r.a., are much more dishonest than those of the Shia. These
sectarians, following the line of Jewish abusers of Hadith, like Goldziher
and Schacht, resort to outright intellectual dishonesty. For instance, G.A.
Pervez wrote:
"Once Abu Salama asked hazrat Abu Huraira, who is well known for being
prolific in Hadith narration, did you narrate Hadith this way in the time of
Hazrat 'Umar? He replied, if I had done so in his time, he would have beaten
me." [Maqame Hadith, in Urdu language, p.52]
G.A. Pervez gives a reference for this supposed narration but it is not from
a primary book of Hadith but from a secondary scholar named Tahir bin Salih
al-Jazairi.
Thus Pervez, whose entire book is aimed at proving that Hadith is not to be
trusted, tries to use a supposed Hadith narration to oppose Abu Huraira, r.a.,
and then does not give a primary source. In fact, Pervez's study of Hadith
was very poor and he had collected a whole series of quotes from various
secondary writers, taken out of context, to attack Hadith.
Let's see what the original texts on which Islam and Islamic history are
based, say about the relations between Umar, 'ra., and Abu Huraira, r.a.,
regarding Hadith :
The context of the personality of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab is that he was very
strict with HIMSELF and with ALL the companions of the Prophet, pbuh. But
when he would hear Abu Huraira, r.a., reciting Hadith, 'Umar, r.a., would
take back his own opinion. There is NO evidence that he wanted to stop Abu
Huraira, r.a., from narrating Hadith. Quite the contrary. Here are specific
instances:
"A woman who blew on knots (a form of witchcraft) was brought to 'Umar, r.a.
He asked the people (assembled): Have any of you heard anything from the
messenger of Allah, pbuh, regarding blowing on knots. Abu Huraira, r.a., got
up and said: O Commander of the Faithful! I have heard. 'Umar, r.a., asked:
What have you heard? Abu Huraira replied: He (the Prophet, pbuh) said: O
women who blow on knots, do not do so and and do not ask anyone to blow on
knots. 'Umar, r.a., accepted Abu Huraira's words [in front of the entire
assembly]. [Sahih
Bukhari,
vol.2. Urdu translation]
"Once 'Umar, r.a., took Abu Huraira, r.a., with him from
Madinah to Makka
for Hajj. On the way, a storm started blowing. 'Umar, r.a., asked his
Companions, does anyone remember anything from the messenger of Allah
regarding a strong breeze.? No one answered. Abu Huraira, r.a., who was
trailing behind the caravan learned of the question 'Umar was asking. He put
his mount to the gallop, reached 'Umar, and said: I learned of the question
you were asking. I heard the messenger of Allah, pbuh, say, the wind is a
sign of Allah's mercy." [Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal. vol. 14]
"Hissan ibn Thabit, r.a., was reciting poetry in the mosque. 'Umar, r.a.,
passed by and forbade Hissan, r.a., from reciting poetry in the mosque.
Hissan replied: I used to recite poetry in the mosque when one better than
you [the Prophet, pbuh] used to be there. Then he turned to Abu Huraira,
r.a., and asked him: O Abu Huraira, I ask you in Allah's name, didn't you
hear the messenger of Allah, pbuh, say about me: "(O Hissan) answer the
unbelievers from my side (in poetry). O Allah support him (Hissan) with the
sacred spirit." Abu Huraira, r.a. replied: "Yes, I did hear him.
(say that)." [Sahih Muslim, vol. 2]
In each case, Abu Huraira's words were accepted by 'Umar, r.a.
There is NO EVIDENCE that 'Umar, r.a., or any other Companion of the Prophet,
pbuh, stopped or tried to stop Abu Huraira, r.a., from narrating Hadith.
Ayesha, r.a., corrected two of his narrations but did not stop him and did
not make any general comment against his narration of Hadith. In fact he
used to sit outside her door and narrate Hadith, so that in case he was
wrong, she could correct him.
It's possible that in later times Abu Huraira, r.a., might have quipped that
if 'Umar, r.a., had heard me reciting so many Hadith, he would have hit me.
Abu Huraira, r.a., was very humble and would often say things against
himself. He even told of the time when he was an employee of the woman who
later became his wife, and he said, she used to push him like a servant, and
he said jokingly, after she became his wife, I'll now make her work for me!
Once during Muawiyya's Caliphate, Abu Huraira, r.a., sneezed and then made
fun of himself, what a time of wealth has come that the poor man who used to
pass out from starvation in front of 'Ayesha's home (he himself) cleans his
nose in a fancy kerchief. [Sahih Bukhari]
In any case, NO COMPANION of the Prophet, pbuh, EVER claimed that Abu Huraira,
r.a., was narrating too many Hadith.
Only shameless people like G.A. Pervaiz make such false claims against this
beloved servant of the Prophet, pbuh.
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