Hijab and the signs of the Last Day

Translation of the cartoon above:
Lady in red top: "Look at that lady-doesn't she feel ashamed going out without a hijab? How indecent!"
Lady wearing large yellow headscarf: "Tell me about it..."


Dear readers, particularly sisters who need to be aware of what to wear and what not to wear. The Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, described two types of Muslims that will be among the inhabitants of the Hellfire, among them a type of women who are dressed but are nevertheless naked. These days, we see many Muslim ladies and girls who cover their hair, believing that the Islamic dress is only hair covering. This is while they wear skimpy or revealing clothes. And even in their behaviour, one cannot miss the fact that they want to attract other people's attention. Please read the article in the link below to protect your self, your daughters or any of your sisters and friends from being one of the inhabitants of the Hellfire.

The title of the article: “…their heads like the swaying humps of camels…”
Copy the the link and past it in web address, or on my blog just click the site named:IslamToday, it should lead you there.


http://www.islamtoday.com/showme2.cfm?cat_id=33&sub_cat_id=817



Cartoon taken from the site below:
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v140/59/123/544010783/n544010783_211904_9737.jpg

Supplication to Make Things Easy

Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the prophet may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him said:

اللهم لا سهل إلا ما جعلته سهلا فأنت تجعل الحزن إذا شئت سهلا
allahumma la sahla illa maja'altahu sahla fa anta taj'alul hazna idha shi'ta sahla
O Allah nothing is easy except what you have made easy, for it is You who makes difficult things easy if you wish

Dear reader please recite this prayer before starting any thing, so that it may become easy for you by the will of Allah. Try saying it before studying, before you start your exam, before your training on any thing be it driving, learning a new skill even before starting your work in the kitchen, just any thing. May Allah make our life easy.

Also for things to be easy it is advisable to pray the prayer of al-hajah (when needing something from Allah or from any one). All you do is pray two rak'ah and then read the following dua as mentioned in the following hadith:
Al-Tirmidhi and ibn Majah narrated that Abdullah ibn abi Awfa said that the prophet may Allah's peace and blessings said: Whoever needs anything from Allah or from any one, should make ablution, wudu', and he should perfect it. Then he should pray two rak'a. After that he should praise and glorify Allah and send salutations to the prophet PBUH, then he should say:

لا إله إلا الله الحليم الكريم
la ilaha illallahu alhaleemul kareem
There is no God except Allah the Gentle and the Generous

سبحان الله رب العرش العظيم
Subhanallahi rabbil 'arshil 'adheem
Faultless is Allah the Lord of the Great Throne

الحمد لله رب العالمين
Al-hamdulillahi rabbil 'aalameen
All praise is due to Allah the Lord of the worlds

اسألك موجبات رحمتك
As'aluka mujibati rahmatika
I ask you all what brings us your mercy
وعزائم مغفرتك
wa 'azaima maghfiratika
And all what grants us your forgiveness
والغنيمة من بر والسلامة من كل إثم
wal ghaneemata min kulli birr, wassalamata min kulli ithm
And make us gain from all that is good, and save us from all that is bad
اللهم لاتدع لى ذنبا إلا غفرته
Allahumma la tada' li thanban illa ghafartah
O Allah, do not leave any of my sins without forgiveness
ولا هما إلا فرجته
wa la hamman illa farrajtah
and do not leave any of my grieves or sorrows without removing
ولا حاجة هى لك رضا إلا قضيتها
wa la hajatan hiya laka ridan illa rdaytaha
And leave nothing that I need and which it pleases You without being granted
يا أرحم الراحمين
yaa arhamarrahimeen
O You the most Merciful of all who have mercy

when you finish this supplication at the end of the two rak'a prayer, name what you want from Allah or what you want from others. then praise Allah and finish by sending salutations to the Prophet may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him (Allahumma ssally 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aali Muhammad: May Allah's oeace and blessings be upon Mohammad PBUH and his family). All this canbbefore you say salaam and finish the prayer. But remember that we should not ask Allah something that is forbidden or something that would displease Him the Almighty.

A Useful Link

Dear readers I added a very useful link called 'The Islamic Workplace'.please visit it. All you need is just click on the link in my Useful links titled; The Islamic workplace
Or type http://makkah.worspress.com

Wake up, Muslim Ummah (2)

Nowadays, in circulation there is an Iranian film that claims to present the Islamic point of view of the life of Mariam mother of Jesus, may Allah be pleased with both of them. This claim is not true for the following reasons:

1-From its start till the end, this film stresses the concept of Jesus as the saviour, which is not an Islamic concept. Muslims do not believe that any human being, even Prophet Muhammad, PBUH, is our saviour. Rather, he, Muhammad, is our teacher and guide to the straight path. Every Muslim is responsible for his/her choices and actions. The concept of the saviour is the core of Christianity. Christians believe that Jesus is their saviour as they believe that he was crucified and suffered to save them from Hell-fire.

The idea of the saviour originates from the Christian belief of Jesus being crucified. On the other hand, this idea or claim is strongly rejected in The Qur'an in surah 4, verse 157-158:

وقولهم إنا قتلناالمسيح عيسى بن مريم وما قتلوه وما صلبوه ولكن شبه لهم وإن الذين اختلفوا فيه لفى شك منه مالهم به من علم إلا اتباع الظن وما قتلوه يقينا* بل رفعه الله إليه وكان الله عزيزا حكيما* وإن من أهل الكتاب إلا ليؤمنن به قبل موته ويوم القيامة يكون عليهم شهيدا
"They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, though it was made to appear like that to them; they certainly did not kill him. Allah raised him up to Himself. Allah is Almighty and all-Wise. Then there is not one of the people of the book who will not believe in him [as a messenger of Allh] before his [Jesus] death, and on the day of Resurrection he [Jesus] will be a witness against them."

It is clear in the above verses, that the Qur'an firmly negates the crucifixion, confirming that Allah the Almighty did not allow it to happen, and saved Jesus by raising him up to Himself. It is also clear that Jesus, may Allah's peace be upon him, will be a witness against those who will claim other than the truth about him as is communicated in the Qur'an.

2- Muslims reject the symbolising of Prophets via acting, pictures or illustrations, etc.
In this film, the characters of Prophet Zachariyyah, the honourable Mariam, mother of Jesus as well as others, were played by acters, which is absolutely unacceplatble from the islamic point of view.

3- Most of the events in this film are not authentic from the Islamic point of view, as they were taken from Scriptures other than the Qur'an. This is despite the fact that the Prophet PBUH, has ordered us not to take information from Scriptures other than the Qur'an; he said:

"لا تصدقوهم ولا تكذبوهم"
"Neither believe them nor accuse them of lying."

My dear readers , it is important to note that highlighting the false concept of the saviour in this film simulates the tactic that is used by those who published the booklet, al Siratul Mustaqiim and the website, which the previous post warned Muslims against. We should therefore be careful of similar material which has an Islamic cover, but the contents may not necessarily be the same as what is advertised.

Wake up, Muslim Ummah (1)

Sadly, nowadays, many Muslims are busy with this life; some are competing for the worldly gains, some are wasting their lives on all sorts of pastime and amusements; some are just being lazy and doing nothing useful, while others are fighting or killing each other, all of those are averting from the light of the Qur'an and the prophet's teachings. This is, while Christian missionaries are hard at work to convert Muslims to Christianity in the Muslim world. A new cunning method was devised to deceive those of us who have a little or no knowledge of their religion apart from its name; A booklet titled Al-Siratul Mustaqiim, is being published and has been in circulation for years in different languages in many Islamic countries. Through wrong translation, the booklet twists the meaning of Quranic verses referring to Jesus AS, particularly his return near the time of the Dajjaal to convince people to believe in him as their saviour and their way to the straight path. These missionaries also have a website that is designed to look as an Islamic site.

So, please be aware of this booklet and all the Islamic materials you and your family read from. Please pay extra attention to the sources from which youth and children gain Islamic knowledge.


Below is an Islamic site that warns Muslims against this booklet

http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2005/al-siratul-mustaqiim-the-missionary-book-of-deception/

We need to increase our faith and get back to our religion by studying the Qur'an and the sunnah of the prophet SAW. We need to take great care of our children and youth, spend more time with them, help them solve their problems, nurture their faith, encourage them to study, understand and practice Islam properly. Also, we need to encourage them to build their future and be good citizens wherever they are.

How to Purify and Improve your Islam

Dear friends I have come across a very good article, it is a translation of a very good talk by one of the scholars of al-Madina al-munawwarah. It tells in a comprehensive way how to improve your Islam and how to benefit from the knowledge you learnt in establishing Islam in yourself your family then, how to implement that to your community. It also focuses on Muslims in the non-Muslim communities. It is a must for every one who really loves to be good Muslim

The article is titled

Establish the Deen in Your Self and Your family … Then Call Others to it.

the site is: this is the life of ummaslam. you'll find it among useful links in my blog

Taqwaa of Allah (From the teachings of the Prophet)

عن العرباض بن سارية رضى الله عنه قال: وعظنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم موعظة وجلت منها القلوب ، وذرفت منها العيون، فقلنا: يارسول الله كأنها موعظة مودع، فأوصنا، قال صلى الله عليه وسلم:
"أوصيكم بتقوى الله، والسمع والطاعة، وإن تأمر عليكم عبد، وإنه من يعش منكم بعدى فسيرى اختلافا كثيرا، فعليكم بسنتى وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين، عضوا عليها بالنواجذ، وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور، فإن كل بدعة ضلالة " رواه أبو داوود والترمزى, وقال حديث حسن

The Prophet's companion Ibn al-'Irbad ibn Sariyah, may Allah be pleased with him said: "The messenger of Allah gave us an admonition by which our hearts became frightened and our eyes flowed with tears, so we said to him: "O messenger of Allah, this sounds like a farewell admonition, so advice us."
The prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him said:
"I advise you to have taqwa of Allah, [be mindful of Allah], and to hear and obey even if a slave is given command over you. Whoever of you lives after me will see many disagreements [changes will be introduced in the application of the deen], so you must take hold of my sunnah, and the sunnah of the rightly guided khalifs who follow the right way. Bite on it with your molar teeth [held tight to it]. And beware of matters that are newly introduced [in your religion], for each of these newly introduced matters is an innovation [bid'ah]. And each innovation in religion is straying from the straight path, and every straying is in Hell-Fire."
Narrated by abu dawood and al-Tirmidhee,who said 'it is a sound authentic hadith'.

Words of Wisdom (2)

Prophet Mohammad used to say:

مالى وللدنيا، إنما مثلى ومثل الدنيا كمثل راكب قال فى ظل شجرة ثم راح وتركها
"What have I to do with this life? The likeness of me and this life is like a rider who rests in the shade of a tree [for a while], and then departs and leaves it."

Ali ibn Abi-Talib. the companion of the Prophet , may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, used to say:

إن الدنيا قد ارتحلت مدبرة، وإن الآخرة قد ارتحلت مقبلة، ولكل منهما بنون، فكونوا من ابناء
الآخرة ، ولا تكونوا من أبناء الدنيا. فإن اليوم عمل ولا حساب، وغدا حساب ولا عمل
"This life is departing from us, and the Hereafter is travelling towards us, and each of them has children. So, be children of the Hereafter, and do not be children of this life. Today, there is action without reckoning, and tomorrow there will be reckoning without action."

The Permanent Abode

In the Qur'an, in surah Ghafir, verse 39, Allah, exalted is He, quotes the words of the believing man from amongst the people of the Pharaoh, :

يا قوم إنما هذه الحياة الدنيا متاع وإن الآخرة هى دار القرار
"My people, the life of this world is only fleeting enjoyment. It is the Hereafter which is the permanent abode"

Words of Wisdom (1)

One day, Prophet Mohammad took hold of ibn Umar's shoulder and said:

عن بن عمر رضى الله عنه قال: أخذ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بمنكبى، فقال: كن فى الدنيا كأنك غريب إو عابر سبيل

"Be in this world as if you were a stranger or someone traversing away."

وكان بن عمر رضى الله عنه يقول: إذا أمسيت فلا تنتظر الصباح، وإذا أصبحت فلا تنتظر المساء وخذ من صحتك لمرضك، ومن حياتك لموتك. رواه البخارى

Ibn Umar used to say: "When you enter upon the evening do not await the morning, and when you get up in the morning, do not await the evening. Take from your health for your sickness, and from your life for your death"
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.

Prophet Jesus, may Allah's peace be upon him said to his disciples about this world:

اعبروها ولا تعمروها

"Cross it and do not inhabit it."

Prophet Jesus one day asked his disciples:

من ذا الذى يبنى على موج البحر دارا؟ تلكم الدنيا فلا تتخذوها قرارا

"Who is there who would build a house on the waves of the sea? That is the likeness of this life; so do not take it as a permanent abode"