Who are the Ahmadi's?

Who are the Ahmadi?

The Ahmadi movement, which has its origins in British-controlled northern India in the late 19th Century, identifies itself as a Muslim movement and follows the teachings of the Koran.

However, it is regarded by orthodox Muslims as heretical because it does not believe that Mohammed was the final prophet sent to guide mankind, as orthodox Muslims believe is laid out in the Koran.

The building of mosques is a priority for Ahmadiyya communities

The Ahmadiyya community takes its name from its founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who was born in 1835 and was regarded by his followers as the messiah and a prophet.

Ghulam Ahmad saw himself as a renewer of Islam and claimed to have been chosen by Allah.

According to Oxford Islamic Studies Online, Ghulam Ahmad - who was born in the town of Qadian in Punjab -

 "based his convictions on the belief that Muslim religion and society had deteriorated to the point where divinely inspired reforms were needed."

AHMADI SPLIT

In the early part of the 20th Century, the Ahmadiyya movement split into two over questions of leadership.

The original branch called the Ahmadis also took the name Qadiani after the birthplace Ghulam Ahmad. 

According to Oxford Islamic Studies Online, this group emphasised their founder's claim to prophethood.

The second group known as the Lahore Party, regarded Ghulam as only a reformer. Both branches have their headquarters in the UK.

The Ahmadis insist that he was not a "law-giving" prophet and his job was only to propagate the laws enunciated by Islam's Prophet Mohammad.

 But few among the Muslim mainstream are willing to accept this argument.

In 1947, the community moved its religious headquarters from Qadian in India to Rabwah in Pakistan.

Then in 1953, orthodox Muslim groups in Pakistan came together to form what they called the "anti-Qadiani movement".

Described by rights organisations as one of the most relentlessly persecuted communities in Pakistan, the Ahmadiyya have seen their personal and political rights erode steadily over the years under pressure from orthodox Muslim groups.

Missionary zeal

Throughout the first half of the 20th Century, the issue of their faith kept being raised before different courts at the district level.

In 1974, under severe pressure from clerics, Pakistan's first elected prime minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, introduced a constitutional amendment - known as the second amendment - which declared Ahmadiyya non-Muslims.

A decade later, a new law was brought in barring Ahmadis from calling their places of worship mosques or from propagating their faith in "any way, directly or indirectly".

Anticipating the impact of the new law, the community moved its headquarters to the UK.

According to Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jamaat, by Simon Valentine, the movement stresses non-violence and tolerance of other faiths.

It is also zealous in its outlook and has a strong missionary programme.

It has established itself in Britain, Europe, America, Africa, and other parts of Asia, with the building of mosques a high priority.

 In 1982, the Ahmadiyya mosque was the first mosque to be built in Spain since the Moors were expelled in 1492.

While Ahmadis say they have 200 million followers, mainstream Islamic scholars say this is a massive exaggeration.

 They claim there are at best 10 million Ahmadis.

Today, the Ahmadiyya community faces restrictions in many Muslim nations, saying followers are constantly persecuted.

In 2008, in Indonesia, there was a spate of attacks against Ahmadiyya mosques by extremists, and moves by the government to restrict the sect.

Source:- BBC

Details about Ahmadiyyaah

                     

                          Ahmadiyyah Is Not Islaam

Ahmadiyyah was founded by Mirzaa Ghulaam Ahmad Qaadiyaani in Punjab, India, in 1298 A.H.

 Ahmad published his book AL-WASIYYAT in the city of Qaadiyaan, India, in which he proclaimed that he was the promised Messiah. 

He attempted to claim that he was a prophet.

May Allaah make everybody hear of his evil!

May Allaah make also those who have drifted into his way of disbelief!

The Ahmadis say that true Islaam is Ahmadiyyah. This is false for they have deviated from the right way of the Salaf-us-Saaliheen (the righteous predecessors who lived with Allaah's Messenger).

Don't be confused because they call themselves Muslims. Surely, they have left the fold of Islaam because of their corrupt beliefs and rites.

At least, below are three things which cause their disbelief;

1] According to Ahmadiyyah, Prophet Isaa (peace be upon him) wasn't meant to be killed. But he died natural causes and was interred. Later he left his tomb and went to Kashmir in India. There, he taught the Bible and died again, they say.

2] According to Ahmadiyyah, the appearing of the Mahdi and his inviting everybody to the religion, they say "The souls of Prophet Isaa and Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon them) will appear in the guise of a man. And he is Mirza Ahmad. There is no other Mahdi."

3] They change the meaning of the Qur'aan by saying that there is Jihad in Islaam but not with cannons or swords. Ahmad's son, Bishr Ahmad wrote a book, The Order Of The New World, which radiates disbelief.

There are more than 100 Aahaadeeth declaring that Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the last Prophet and Messenger. Also, it is absolutely declared that Prophet Isaa (peace be upon him)will descend from Heaven as one of the big signs of Last Hour. The Ahmadis disbelieve these facts and this is why they aren't Muslims. 

They're not Muslims!

Follow the Sunnah and Do Not Innovate.

OH BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ISLAM MAY ALLAH RECTIFY YOUR AFFAIRS.

WHERE IS SINCERITY IN OUR WORSHIP AND OUR LOVE FOR ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET WHEN ALL WHAT WE DO IS NOT COMMANDED BY ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET?

ARE  YOU GOING TO SHUN INNOVATION NO MATTER HOW SMALL YOU VIEW IT AND STRICTLY FOLLOW QUR’AAN AND SUNNAH?!

Let look at this and read it thoroughly with sincere mind.

There are numerous verses of Qur’an where Allah commanded us to strictly follow the Prophet and turning away from what he brought and taught leads to disbelieve.

 Among them are:

قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْكَافِرِينَ

Say, "Obey Allah and the Messenger." But if they turn away -  then indeed, Allah does not like the disbelievers. (Sura Aal-E-Imran, Ayah 32).

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَا تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ

O you who have believed, obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn from him while you hear [his order].(Sura Al-Anfal, Ayah 20)

قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ مَا حُمِّلْتُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا ۚ وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ

Say, "Obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away -  then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification." (Sura An-Nur, Ayah 54)

مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ ۖ وَمَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ فَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا

He who obeys the Messenger (Muhammad), has indeed obeyed Allah, but he who turns away, then we have not sent you (O Muhammad) as a watcher over them. (Sura An-Nisa', Ayah 80).

..وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ

..And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) gives you, take it, and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it), and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is Severe in punishment. (Sura Al-Hashr, Ayah 7).

وَمَنْ يُشَاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَىٰ وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا
And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger (Muhammad) after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believers' way. We shall keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell - what an evil destination. (Sura An-Nisa', Ayah 115).

This is why the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: I have left you upon clarity, a clear path. Its night is like its day. No one deviates from it except that he is destroyed!

[Reported by Ahmad, Ibn Maajah (no. 43) and al-Haakim; declared 'saheeh' by al-Albaanee in as-Saheehah (no. 937)

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) said: "There is nothing that will take you closer to Paradise but that I have enjoined it upon you, and there is nothing that will take you closer to Hell but that I have warned you from it."

[Musnad ash-Shafi'e and others] 

▪Abdullah Ibn Umar (r.a) (d. 84H) said:
"Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good." 

[Related by Ad-Darimee, Abu Shamaah (no. 39), Ibn Nasr in as-Sunnah (no. 82).

▪Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood (r.a) said, "Follow and do not innovate, for you have been given that which is sufficient and every innovation is misguidance." 

[Reported by Abu Khaithamah in Kitaab Ul-'Ilm (no. 540) and declared saheeh by Shaikh al-Albaanee and reported in Ahmad in Az-Zuhd p. 162, Ad-Daarimee (no. 211), Al-Bayhaqee in Madkhal (no. 204).

▪Umar ibn 'Abd Allah-'Azeez (r.h) said, "There is no excuse for anyone, after the Sunnah, to be misguided upon error which he thought was guidance."

May Allah guide us and keep us upon righteousness.

Assalaamu `aleykum.

Love doesn't guarantee the success of a relationship.

A MUST READ...!

"I have discovered that love doesn't guarantee the success of a relationship.

Love cannot help you stick to one person all years round, and on the other hand, cheating isn't always a product of not loving your partner.

In fact, loving someone doesn't guarantee not falling in love with any other person.

Relationships work out mostly because of our head not our heart, it work out because of our emotional maturity, empathetic intelligence and self discipline because time will come when you'll see more beautiful, handsome, romantic, intelligent, sexy, rich, curvy and God fearing people than the one you're in a relationship with. 

In those times, love will not help you, self control will help you, emotional intelligence will come to your rescue, commitment will keep you going. 

With those characteristics, no matter how you feel for someone else, the person you're committed to will rank first in your life.

You think happily married people don't see better people than the ones they married?

You think they don't feel funny sometimes?

You think they don't catch feelings?

They do!

But understanding that commitment is greater than feelings is the great arsenal that do destroy that impulse.

You can fall in love with anyone, but building a relationship takes absolutely more than what attracted you to them.

It takes more than love.

We are too fond of loving when it's convenient, when it's sweet.

We are too fond of loving when love is there but that can only last for just the first 3-6 months of the relationship.

After then, you'll realize that the feelings have dropped, it's now your responsibility to make it work, not love's responsibility.

Relationships cannot be readymade.

You have to build it and it's never always about love, it requires commitment, it requires intelligence.
On the long run in marriages, it's not just love that keeps them together forever, it's determination and commitment.

Everyone fall in love, it takes little or no effort to do that. But staying in love?

Building a relationship?

Only the strong and committed ones do that.

That's why we must find that one person and commit to that one, Discipline yourself, bridle your emotions.

Building a relationship is hard work, it's like building a career, It's like pursuing a dream.

It's always tough, at some point it will be so bitter but you can make it work by putting your heads together, you can scale through the trying time by being focus and committed.

The kind of love that attracts two people together is not the kind of love that will keep them together.

Be emotionally strong!

Be self disciplined.

Sticking to one person is not natural, you must develop yourself to do that.

It works great and perfect with people of like minds, people of the same belief, people that share the same school of thought.

A Byzantine Chats Between a Muslim and a Non-Muslim.

  A Byzantine Chats Between a Muslim and a Non-Muslim. 

Question: A Non Muslim came to a Muslim and asked: Why is it Not Permissible in Islam for a Woman
to shake hands with a Man.

Answer: The Muslim said: Can you shake hands with the Queen

Question: The Non Muslim said: Of course not, there are only certain people who can shake hands with the Queen.

Answer: The Muslim then replied: Our Women are Queens and Queens do not shake hands with strange men.

Question: Then the Non Muslim asked another Question: Why do your women cover up their bodies.

Answer: The Muslim smiled and got two sweets, he opened the first one and kept the other one closed. He threw them both on the dusty floor and asked the Non Muslim: If I asked you to take one of the sweets from the floor,which one will you take:

The Non Muslim replied: The covered one of course

The Muslim said: That's how we treat and see our women

Question: The Non Muslim then asked: Show me God if he exists.

Answer: The Muslim Replied: Look straight into the Sun

Non muslim Replied: I Can't see, the Rays are hurting my eyes.

Answer: The Muslim Said: If you can't look at the Creation of God then how will you be able to Look at the Creator

Question: Lastly the Non Muslim invited the Muslim to his house and gave him some Grapes, the Muslim ate them, then the Non Muslim offered him a cup of wine, the Muslim refused, the Non Muslim asked him how come you Muslims are forbidden to drink wine and yet you eat grapes, although the wine comes from grapes.

Answer: The Muslim Replied: Do you have a daughter, He said yes. The Muslim asked him could you marry her.

The Non Muslim said no, the Muslim said SubhanAllah, you marry her mother and can't marry her although she came from her too.

Hardwork Pays.

Prof Yemi Osinbanjo wrote;          

 While I was teaching at the University of Lagos, as a young lecturer, in the department of Public Law in the Faculty of Law, there were 3 typists in the department.

 The chief typist, senior typist, and the junior typist. Because in those days before laptops and personal computers, typists in universities had to do a lot of work and they were very important because you always needed to type all your materials.

When there was work to do, what l discovered was that the chief typist would disappear. He works only till 4 pm. 

The senior typist would be nowhere to be found. But a gentleman called Adereni the junior typist, who only had his school certificate, was remarkably hardworking. Sometimes I would drop him off at his home at 1am.

Years after I was working as an adviser to the then Attorney-General of the Federation Hon. Bola Ajibola, who later became a judge of the World Court. 

While in the court at The Hague, in the Netherlands, one day he called me and asked if I could recommend a good secretary who is hard working and could do long judgments.

 I had three options, chief typist, senior or this junior typist, but the junior typist at a time had only school certificate, he didn’t have any other qualification but l choose him.

 He got to the Hague, and typically worked hard and diligently. Every judge in the court wanted him to work with them.

 He later moved his family over to the Hague and got degrees and made a good living for himself. One day he remembered me and actually sent me a car.

#hardworkpays

Nothing in life is worth fighting for.

Nothing in life is worth fighting for.

Your best clothes is someone's rag.

Your account balance is someone's donation at a function.

Your girl friend/boy friend or fiance/fiancee' is someone's Ex.

Every single prostitute you see in a hotel or on the street at night was at some point in time a virgin.

So what is the squabble all about?

Life is too short and small to feel bigger or better than anybody.

"We're all naked to death" says Steve Jobs.

"Nothing can save us from it".

I hate to see people who brag about wealth, beauty, intelligence, level of education, fame and material possessions.

There's nothing you've achieved in life that no one else has never gotten.

The office you occupy today was occupied by someone yesterday and will be occupied by another person tomorrow.

You don't know whom that person might be.

There's only one thing that is worth bragging about which is

"LIFE IN GOD ALMIGHTY".

SO BE GOOD TO YOUR FELLOW MAN AND ALWAYS MAKE FRIENDS.

Always remember that the people you trampled upon on your way up a ladder will be the same set of people you're likely to pass on your way down.

so cause no problem for others or make life unbearable for another by virtue of your position.

because if you do, they'll become your very problem one day.

Finally, even banana stems will one day become dried leaves.

Magic

Sihr are just words that are said the sahir use knots they use dead thing as well as a lot of other things to make it stronger.

Our treatment is only Quran we use water, oil, incense to make it more powerful

There are 4 ways sihr is made.

1.     Eaten – Eaten sihr are drops they put in food which once eaten become like glue in the stomach. The body will feel there is something strange and the body will attack it with acids until there is burning in the stomach and it leads to an ulcer. This makes the stomach to swell up, hard; it creates all sorts of digestive problem. Nearly all these digestive problems are due to sihr. A normal person should not have any stomach problems unless you eat too much or a person drinks too much alcohol.

 When a woman has sihr it will go onto the child as eaten sihr, this can make the child to be handicap but most of the time it makes the child to have bad temper to be disobedient, not obey their parents, not follow their studies, dislike Islam, and also it makes them to be physically weak.

2.     Put in the body – They send the jinn to put the sihr in the body which causes pains in the body and also dis-functioning for e.g. you can’t understand anything at school or whatever you understand you keep forgetting. It can stop the woman from having children.

3.     Symbolic – They take your hair, photo, make knots, put locks ,they take your photo put it in the graveyard or well. 

4.      By contact – Most of the times it is walking over sihr it could be by accident or has been put there on purpose. Or it could be put in anything you use.                                                  

                                                                                                      

Differences between Sihr, Miracles and Charisma.

Difference Between Sihr, Miracles and Charisma

According to Al-Mazari, the difference between Sihr, Miracle and Charisma is that sihr is achieved through much efforts, by talking and doing things. Charisma does not require such an effort, and a miracle surpasses charisma in terms of challenge. Tafsir Ibn Kathir : 1/145

According Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, there is a consensus that sihr only comes from a disrespectful person, and that a charisma does not appear on a disrespectful person. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar also stated that one should be aware of the character of the person associated with the extraordinary. If, for instance, the person in question adheres to the principle of Shari'a and shuns the serious sins, then the extraordinary acts he performs are classed as charisma; otherwise it is an act of sihr because it comes from one of its categories such as the assistance of demons. Quoted from Rawa i 'u Al-Bayan : 1/85

Warning

People are sometimes puzzled by the fact that although a person may not be a magician, although he may be a serious sinner, an innovator or a tomb-worshipper; and yet extraordinary things can still happen to him. The truth is that the extraordinary things that happen to him are the result of the assistance of demons, who beautify to people this person's bid's so that people follow it and discard the Sunnah.

To be continued,

Check Yourself.

Beware of the Leaking Bucket​

1. You make people believe you are righteous but secretly you are devil's agent.

 (A leaking bucket).​

2. You pray all the time but you have no strong faith at all. 

(A leaking bucket).​

3. You're very kind to people and speak with them gently but with your family you're always harsh.

(A leaking bucket).​

4.. You honour and treat your guests well but when they leave, you gossip about them and talk about their flaws. 

(A leaking bucket).​

5. You give a lot of charity to the poor but you humiliate them and hurt them.

 (A leaking bucket).​

6. You stand up to pray at night, fast and read The Holy Book everyday but you cut your family ties. 

(A leaking bucket).​

7. You joke with friends openly but behind them you swear, insult, curse and blackmail them. 

(A leaking bucket).​

8. You help others but you're doing it to gain something from them and not doing those acts of kindness for the sake of Almighty God's Glory.

 (A leaking bucket).​

9. You post reminders and have thousands of followers on facebook, twitter and instagram but you're doing it for the fame, not to spread the Quran.

 (A leaking bucket).​

10. You read this beautiful post and you gain from it but deliberately refuse to share with others. 

(A leaking bucket).​

May the Almighty God have mercy on us not to become Leaking Buckets.

The most virtuous Dinar spent.

Jami' at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives

Book 27, Hadith 2093

Narrated 'Thawban narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"The most virtuous of the Dinar is the Dinar spent by a man on his dependants, and the Dinar spent by a man on his beast in the Cause of Allah, and the Dinar spent by a man on his companions in the Cause of Allah." Abu Qilabah (one of the narrators) said: " He began with the dependants." Then he said: "And which man is greater in reward than a man who spends upon his depandants, having little ones by which Allah causes him to abstain (from the unlawful) and by which Allah enriches him." (Sahih)

Ad-Dunyaa: Place of Trials and Tribulations.

This world is the Place of Trials and Tribulations.

What is this world?

Praise be to Allaah.
This world is the place of striving and the Hereafter is the place of reward or punishment, where the believers will be rewarded with Paradise and the disbelievers will be punished with Hell.
Paradise is good and none but those who were good will enter it. Allaah is Good and accepts nothing but that which is good. So the way of Allaah with His slaves is to test them with calamities and tribulations, so that the believer may be known from the kaafir and so that the truthful may be distinguished from the liar, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: ‘We believe,’ and will not be tested.
And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allaah will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars, (although Allaah knows all that before putting them to test)”
[al-‘Ankaboot 29:2-3]
Victory and success cannot be achieved except after tests which will bring the good forth from the evil and tell the believer apart from the kaafir, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Allaah will not leave the believers in the state in which you are now, until He distinguishes the wicked from the good. Nor will Allaah disclose to you the secrets of the Ghayb (Unseen)”
[Aal ‘Imraan 3:179]
Among the trials with which Allaah tests His slaves in order to distinguish the believers from the disbelievers is that which He mentions in the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
“And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give glad tidings to As-Saabiroon (the patient).
Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: ‘Truly, to Allaah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return.’
They are those on whom are the Salawaat (i.e. who are blessed and will be forgiven) from their Lord, and (they are those who) receive His Mercy, and it is they who are the guided ones”
[al-Baqarah 2:155-157]
So Allaah tests His slaves, and He loves those who are patient, and gives them the glad tidings of Paradise.
Allaah tests His slaves with jihaad, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Do you think that you will enter Paradise before Allaah tests those of you who fought (in His Cause) and (also) tests those who are As-Saabiroon (the patient)?”
[Aal ‘Imraan 3:142]
Wealth and children are a trial by means of which Allaah tests His slaves, to know who will give thanks for them, and who will be distracted from Allaah by them:
“And know that your possessions and your children are but a trial and that surely, with Allaah is a mighty reward”
[al-Anfaal 8:28 – interpretation of the meaning]
Allaah tests us, sometimes with calamities and sometimes with blessings, to show who will be thankful and who will be ungrateful, and who will obey and who will disobey, then He will reward or punish them on the Day of Resurrection:
“and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good. And to Us you will be returned”
[al-Anbiya’ 21:35 – interpretation of the meaning]
Testing is according to one’s faith; the most severely tested among mankind are the Prophets, then the next best and the next best. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When I fall ill, my pain is equivalent to the pain of two men among you.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5648).
Allaah tests His slaves with different kinds of trials.
Sometimes He tests them with calamities and tribulations to distinguish the believer from the disbeliever, the obedient from the disobedient, the grateful from the ungrateful.
Sometimes Allaah tests His slaves with calamities; when they commit sin, He punishes them with calamities so that they might come back to him, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much”
[al-Shoora 42:30]
“And indeed We seized them with punishment, but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor did they invoke (Allaah) with submission to Him” [al-Mu’minoon 23:76]
Allaah is merciful to His slaves; He sends repeated tribulations upon the ummah so that they may return and repent to Him, and give up that which Allaah has forbidden, and so that Allaah might forgive them. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“See they not that they are put in trial once or twice every year (with different kinds of calamities, disease, famine)? Yet, they turn not in repentance, nor do they learn a lesson (from it)”
[al-Tawbah 9:126]
It is part of the mercy of Allaah that disasters befall sinners in this world, so that their souls might be purified and they might come back to Allaah before they die:
“And verily, We will make them taste of the near torment (i.e. the torment in the life of this world, i.e. disasters, calamities) prior to the supreme torment (in the Hereafter), in order that they may (repent and) return (i.e. accept Islam)”
[al-Sajdah 32:21 – interpretation of the meaning]
Sometimes Allaah tests His slaves with calamities in order to raise them in status and to expiate for their sins, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “No misfortune or disease befalls a Muslim, no worry or grief or harm or distress – not even a thorn that pricks him – but Allaah will expiate for some of his sins because of that.” (Agreed upon. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5641).

May Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'allah) grant us tolerance & perseverance to be able to withstands His trials and passes His tests.

The Virtues of Jum'ah

VIRTUE OF JUMAH (FRIDAY PRAYER)

There is a special hour on Friday, during which all prayers are accepted and answered by Allah, all Glory and Praise be to Him. This is part of the blessings that Allah has blessed this day with, over all the other days of the week.

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (rahimahullah) said as to the exact hour of Friday during which this occurs is after the Asr prayer until the Magrib prayer because of the following hadith:
"Friday has twelve hours (or part to it). There is one hour during which if a Muslim asks Allah anything, Allah will give it to him, so find it during the last hour after Asr."
{Abu Dawud&An-Nasai}

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned the day of Friday and he said, “During it is an hour when any Muslim servant who stands in prayer and asks Allah the Exalted for something will have it granted,” and he indicated with his hand that the time is very short.

Source: Sahih Bukhari 893, Sahih Muslim 852

Grade: Mutaffaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَكَرَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَالَ فِيهِ سَاعَةٌ لَا يُوَافِقُهَا عَبْدٌ مُسْلِمٌ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ يُقَلِّلُهَا

893 صحيح البخاري كِتَاب الْجُمُعَةِ بَاب السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ

852 صحيح مسلم كِتَاب الْجُمُعَةِ باب فِي السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When the day of Friday arrives there are angels upon the door of every mosque to record those who arrive in order and when the Imam sits to deliver the sermon they close their scrolls and come to listen to the remembrance. The example of one who arrives earliest is like one who offers a fine camel, then the next is like one who offers a cow, then the next is like one who offers a ram, then the next is like one who offers a chicken, then the next is like one who offers an egg.”

Source: Sahih Bukhari 887/3039, Sahih Muslim 850

Grade: Mutaffaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَكْتُبُونَ الْأَوَّلَ فَالْأَوَّلَ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ الْإِمَامُ طَوَوْا الصُّحُفَ وَجَاءُوا يَسْتَمِعُونَ الذِّكْرَ وَمَثَلُ الْمُهَجِّرِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يُهْدِي الْبَدَنَةَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْكَبْشَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الدَّجَاجَةَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْبَيْضَةَ

887/3039 صحيح البخاري كِتَاب الْجُمُعَةِ بَاب الِاسْتِمَاعِ إِلَى الْخُطْبَةِ

850 صحيح مسلم كِتَاب الْجُمُعَةِ باب فَضْلِ التَّهْجِيرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever performs ablution in an excellent manner and comes to Friday prayer and listens while remaining quiet, then he will have his sins forgiven until the next Friday and an additional three days, but whoever plays with pebbles has behaved frivolously.”

Source: Sahih Muslim 857

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Imam Muslim

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْجُمُعَةَ فَاسْتَمَعَ وَأَنْصَتَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَزِيَادَةُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَنْ مَسَّ الْحَصَى فَقَدْ لَغَا

857 صحيح مسلم كِتَاب الْجُمُعَةِ من اغتسل ثم أتى الجمعة فصلى ما قدر له ثم أنصت حتى يفرغ من خطبته ثم يصلي معه غفر له

Ibn Umar reported: He heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say while upon the pulpit, “People need to stop neglecting the Friday prayers or else Allah will place a seal over their hearts and they will become heedless.”

Source: Sahih Muslim 865

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Imam Muslim

عن ابن عمر قال سمع رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ عَلَى أَعْوَادِ مِنْبَرِهِ لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ عَنْ وَدْعِهِمْ الْجُمُعَاتِ أَوْ لَيَخْتِمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ ثُمَّ لَيَكُونُنَّ مِنْ الْغَافِلِينَ

865 صحيح مسلم كِتَاب الْجُمُعَةِ باب التَّغْلِيظِ فِي تَرْكِ الْجُمُعَةِ

بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ عَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ عَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

10 Important Things Single Ladies Should Know.

10 ADVICE FOR ALL THE SINGLE LADIES OUT THERE:

1. Don't be in a hurry to move out
of your parent’s house.

2. Don't wait for a man before you
start living. You can live a fulfilled
life as a single woman.

3. Stay away from alcohol. It has
killed others and you are not
special.

4. Don't entertain wrong numbers
calling you, especially late in the
night. It's not the right way to
find a lover.

5. Develop a healthy eating habit.
Always take breakfast and avoid
sweets.

6. Dress well: impression counts.
People will judge you by the way
you dress even before they talk to
you.

7. Don't use sex as proof of love.
Sex is not a proof for love; he'll
still leave you after all that sweet
sex.

8. Don't marry someone because
of money; else you'll become one
of his possessions.

9. Add value to yourself, get a
career. Don't be fooled that a man
will solve all your problems.

10. Respect yourself depending
on your dressing code. This will
also show what you come from,
where you come from and many
people out there will respect you
because of your being descent.

Do not practise NAJSM.

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST BENEFICENT, THE MOST MERCIFUL.

O you who believe! If a Fasiq (liar,evil person) comes to you with any news,  verify it, lest you should harm people in ignorance, and afterwards you become regretful for what you have done.
QURAN CHAPTER 49 vs 6.

          HADITH

Abu Hurrairah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated that, Rasuulillah (Sallallaho Allaihe Wasalam) said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales.

Do not look for other's fault.
Do not do spying on one another,
Do not practice Najsm (offer high price for something in order to allure another customer who is interested in the thing).
Do not be jealous of one another.
Do not hate one another, and do not desert (stop talking to) one another. O Allah's worshippers! Be brothers.

SAHIH AL-BUKHARI, VOL . 8 HADITH NO 92.

    *Brothers & Sisters*,
Let us always perform our daily Sallat in Jamat/groups, make the most of your time by either fasting, learning the Quran/Hadith, giving Zakat, making lots of Zhikr, seeking for Allah's Mercy & Forgiveness for our deceased parents, family & also doing more good deeds & asking Allah to grant us (the living) the good in this world & the best in the hereafter.

Read: Patience Saves Alot!

Gentleness & Softness are Always Excellent. They Bring About Unity, Love & Peace.
On the contrary, Harshness Brings About Disunity & Instability.

For husband & wife to live in harmony, they must admire & be merciful to one another. Further, she must respect him, & he must be kind to her.

Your husband deserves to be respected. Be obedient in good,  polite, keep on smiling, take care of his desire & stomach & avoid suspicion.

Your dearest wife deserves massive kindness. Be kind to her in everything: Feed her; cloth her; educate her; accommodate her; & pardon her.

Your Wife is neither a slave nor a housekeeper. She is your companion that partakes in division of labour with you to establish an ideal family.

Conflict is inevitable in marriage. Kindness, fair hearing, forgiveness, justice & softness bring about stability & harmony in marital life.

Wife is the shepherd of d household. Her responsibility is a huge one. She is an institution that produces all scholars & pious leaders globally.
Are you looking for a faultless wife? A wife that can't offend you at all? If yes, then no one in this world, but rather in Paradise. Be kind please.

The Prophet ص would say, "The best among you is he who is kindest to his wife & I'm kindest to my wife". No so-called Feminism can beat this.

As wife, your husband is neither a messenger nor an aide. He deserves your massive respect for his spending, etc. Imagine your life without him?

The attitude of "I am always right" by both husband & wife, brings about chaos & pandemonium in marital life. No one of you is infallible, please.

Both husband & wife must be convinced that to err is human. They must be ready to serve as a mirror to one another. Accept when corrected.

Wives naturally, like to be praised for- their adornment, marital relationship & cooking. Always remember to say to her "you are superb & Unique".

Satan tries to be a stakeholder in our marital life. If one spouse is ANGRY, the other must not be ANGRY. Otherwise, Satan has defeated both.

Husband & wife should try to be talking to one another with a Smiling Face. It is an act of Ibadah, romantic could lower stress level. Smile always.

Marital life is a source of tranquillity & peace. It is also the best pleasure of this world. Married couple should always try to achieve that.

RIGHTEOUS!
Whomever is blessed with a righteous wife, completed half of his religion, so let him fear Almighty with regard to d other half.

Always say to your wife: “If you see me angry, calm me down, & if I see you angry I will calm you down, otherwise we can't live together honourably”.

For a successful marriage, married couple are urged to control their tongues, & avoid foul speaking by using them freely against each other.

Harsh tongue & aggressive tone will not change your spouse- wife or husband. Rather, you should use kind & gentle words, which is act of charity.

Husband & Wife should try to keep their secret, confidential. It must remain within their boundaries. It should not be exposed to outsiders.

The best solution for any marital problem is through ENDURANCE & GENTLENESS. Words & Decisions taken in ANGER & HIGH EMOTIONS are rash & wrong.

Unsolicited & unexpected gift strengthens LOVE & MERCY between married couple. Try to surprise your wife/husband, from time to time with nice gifts.

Married couple should avoid undermining the roles of each other in building the family. The roles of each can't be played by the other effectively and efficiently.

For married couple, there must be moments of happiness & sadness. For happiness both should be grateful, while for sadness, be patient & pray.

May Allah save our marriage at this age-of-divorce.

Methods of cutting nails.

Method of cutting nails...!!

'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates the way of cutting the nails: FOR THE RIGHT HAND: start of with the index finger, forefinger, ring finger and little finger, then moving onto the LEFT HAND: little finger, ring finger, forefinger, index finger, thumb and lastly the thumb of the right hand. Then to wash the hands after cutting the nails.

Diagrams of hand & feet
EASY METHOD: - Follow the numbering on this picture.

For toe nails - Start with the right foot small toe and proceed until the big toe, then start with the left foot big toe and & conclude with the small toe (Semi-circle). There is no specified way recorded for trimming the nails but it is better to use the same method that Khilal (wiping in between the toes in ablution) is done.

Request: It is requested that you also follow this blessed Sunnah and cut your nails in this manner. The biggest benefit one can gain is that if you teach others the Sunnah and they act upon it then you will gain the reward for this until it is practised and passed on, Insha-Allah!

What to do with them: After cutting the nails and hair of the body, one should collect them all and bury them, since we all are made from soil and thus the hair and nails should be put back to the earth.

The consequence of keeping long nails
1. There will be no blessing in your wealth.
2. You will become poor.
3. Illness will plague you.
4. Allah (The Exalted) and the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) will be displeased with you.
5. The devil sits on long nails.

Follow the Sunnah and spread the teachings of prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) Jazaka Allah.

Do not wait!!!

DEAR YOUNG GUYS AT THE AGE OF 25 TO 30.

Don't make mistakes some of our Fathers or Senior Brothers made.

Marry now with the little you have. Don't wait to
be a millionaire, Have kids early so you can grow
with them. 

Grow with your kids and succeed with
your wife. 

You will never finish making money or
achieving your plans. 

You might still not succeed
at your target year.

 So start your life early, with
consistency you will grow.

My father said this to me: 

When i was 25, i was
talking about making billions before i marry.

Many years later, billions didn't come, yet no kid
no wife... 

I had an opportunity to marry the most beautiful love
of my life very early, But my fear was, can i
really take care of her? But right now She's married with
Four grown up children. 

The guy that married her
was still schooling then, but had the courage.

They worked hard and succeeded together.

 I
failed, so please if you can feed yourself, you can
feed your wife. 

You have to believe it, marry
early, don't wait.

Don't make our mistakes, I see
my childhood friends play with their kids..

 Most
of them are not doing as well as me.. 

But they
are happier with their families..

Trust me it isn't money only, but Rather your Maturity, your
happiness depends entirely on your wisdom and the way you Handle Life. With
a well planned life they are happier.

Trust me it
isn't money, What is our problem? Build mansion, buy the latest Car in Town, marry Sharon stone type, but still we don't have those things we dreamt of,
and of course the years we wasted, we can never have them neverrrr!!!

Please don't be 60yrs old and your kids will still
be in their 20's..

What are you supposed to be at
that age? Their grand father.

Please young men, take my advice seriously.

Marry, don't be afraid, that girl you are finding too many
fault in has many good qualities if you look well.

Don't think you will get every thing before you
settle down. God can change your life in a blink,
with a good and Focus wife by your side, you will succeed
by God grace....Amen

Focus on Your Creator, not his Creations.

A son went to his father and said, “I won't be going to the Masjid anymore!”
He said, “May I ask  why?”
He answered, “I see people on their cell phones during Salah, others are gossiping, some are not acting appropriately, they are all just hypocrites!”
The Father became silent, and said, “OK... But can I ask you to do something for me before you make your final decision?”
He said, “What’s that?”
The father said, “Take a glass of water and walk around the Masjid 2 times and don't let any water fall out the glass.”
He agreed to do what his father asked. After awhile he came back and said it's done.
The father then asked his son 3 questions.
“1. Did you see anybody on their phone?
2. Did you hear anyone gossiping? 3. Was anyone behaving wrong?”
He answered, “I didn't see anything  nor did I hear anything because I was too busy focussing on not spilling the glass, so the water wouldn't fall.”
He told him, “when you go to the Masjid, you should be  focused on your Creator and not on the creation, only then you can receive the true benefit of being in the House of Almighty Allah!”

Antivirus. Install it now.

ANTI VIRUS ! INSTALL NOW !

Like a computor virus can be the cause of corruption of files and deletion and loss of all work, the viruses of Riyaa (show/ostentation), Ujub (vanity/conceit), Kibr (pride) and other sins have similar consequences.

They destroy and delete good works.

May Allah Ta’ala purify and protect us.

The importance of Flour.

Have a bag of flour handy in all our kitchens.

Please read properly: Have a bag of flour handy in all our kitchens and let everyone know where it is.

🔥A woman's experience with burns ...🔥
   
Some time ago I was cooking some corn and stuck my fork in the boiling water to see if the corn was ready. I missed and my hand went into the boiling water....!!

A friend of mine, who was a Vietnam vet, came into the house, as I was screaming, & asked me if I had some plain old wheat flour...

I pulled out a bag and he stuck my hand in it. He told me to keep my hand in the flour for 10 minutes.

He said, In Vietnam , there was a guy on fire and in their panic, they threw a bag of flour all over him to put the fire out...Well, it not only put the fire out, but he never even had a blister!!!!

... Long story short, I put my hand in the bag of flour for 10 mins, pulled it out and did not even have a red mark or a blister & absolutely NO PAIN.

Now, I keep a bag of flour in the fridge and every time I burn myself. *Cold flour feels even better than room temperature flour.

I use the wheat flour and have never ever had even a red spot/burn mark, or a blister!

I even burnt my tongue once, put the flour on it for about 10 minutes .... the pain was gone and no burn.

Try it . . . Experience a miracle! 

Keep a bag of flour in your fridge and you will be happy you did!

Flour has heat absorbant property and also is strong antioxident property. Thus helps in burns patient if apllied within 15 minutes.

Thanks.

The Call to Prayer (Athaan).

Praise be to Allah Almighty       
       
(The Call to Prayer)

Blessings and salutations be upon the best of Creation (Muhammad) Peace be upon him, his family members, all his companions, may Allah bless them all and bless us as well. Aameen

A few words about Athaan (the call to prayer)..

👉Do you know when Salah really starts? Would you say at “Allahu Akbar”? Actually, it starts way before then. It starts with the Athaan! The Prophet says, *“Each one of you is (really) in a state of prayer as he awaits (to perform) the Salah.”* Athaan signals you to prepare yourself for your upcoming meeting with Allah (Salah). It should summon those feelings of humbleness and humility felt when reminded of Allah. Thus, you are already in Salah because you are now in that Salah mindset!

🗣Athaan also expels Satan, since upon hearing it, he flees with anger and rage! Knowing this fact- that he’s no longer there to distract you, should improve your concentration in prayer and help you attain that needed level of humbleness and humility for a beautiful satisfying prayer.

👉Athaan is your chance to augment your Salah rewards that might have been reduced due to deficiencies you could not prevent (i.e. when you drift.) So how do we augment that reward? The Prophet tells us that the Mu’athen (the one who makes the call to prayer) gets the reward of everyone who prays with him. So, for example, if 100 men pray with him, he gets the rewards of these 100 prayers. For us to accumulate a reward similar to this Mu’athen, all we need to do… is repeat the Athaan after him! “Say as they (the Mu’thens) say”- was our prophet’s tip! So imagine if you were repeating the Athaan in Mecca, where millions pray, and where one Salah equals 100,000 in worth! Imagine your rewards then! Such is Allah’s grace and generosity- A small simple act, met in return, with such immense rewards!

Shirk and its categories.

[Shirk [Polytheism] and its categories]

The opposite of Tawheed is Shirk which means in Islamic terminology – the act of associating a partner with Allah.
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[There are three types of Shirk]

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[Ash-Shirk Al-Akbar (Major Polytheism)]
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Major polytheism is to devote any form of worship to anyone other than Allah. Allah will never forgive it, nor will He accept with it any good deeds as Allah the Almighty said in [Qur'an – 4:116]:

''Verily, Allah forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners (in worship) with Him, but He forgives whom He wills sins other than that. And whoever sets up partners in worship with Allah, has indeed strayed far away.''
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The Almighty also said in [Qur'an – 5:72]:

''And the Messiah (Jesus) said: 'O Children of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.' Verily, whosoever sets up partners (in worship) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden Paradise to him and the Fire will be his abode. And for the Zalimun (wrongdoers and polytheists) there are no helpers.''
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He, the Almighty, further said in [Qur'an – 25:23]:

''And We shall turn to whatever deed they (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners etc) did, and We shall make such deeds as scattered floating particles of dust.''
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The Almighty further said in [Qur'an – 39:65]:

''If you join others in worship with Allah, (then) surely, (all) your deeds will be in vain, and you will certainly be among the losers.''

He, the Almighty, also said in [Qur'an – 6:88]:

''And if they had joined in worship others with Allah, all that they used to do would have been of no benefit to them.''
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[The major polytheism (Shirk Al-Akbar) has four sub categories]
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(1)>>> Polytheism in invocation (i.e. supplicating to other than Allah), as He the Almighty said in [Qur'an – 29:65]:

''And when they embark on a ship, they invoke Allah, making their Faith pure for Him only; but when He brings them safely to land, behold, they give a share of their worship to others.''

(2)>>> Polytheism in intention, will and purpose, as it states in

[Qur'an – 11:15, 16]:

''Whosoever desires the life of the world and its glitter, to them We shall pay in full (the wages of) their deeds therein and they will have no diminution therein. They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the Fire, and vain are the deeds they did therein. And of no effect is that which they used to do.''

(3)>>> Polytheism in obedience (i.e. showing readiness to comply with the orders of others in disobedience to Allah):

Evidence is Allah's Statement in [Qur'an – 9:31]:

''They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allah, (by obeying them in things that they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allah), and (they also took as their Lord) Messiah, son of Mary, while they (Jews and Christians) were commanded (in the Torah and the Gospel) to worship none but One Ilah (God – Allah), none has the right to be worshipped but He. Glorified is He (far above is He) from having the partners they associate.''

-Its interpretation undoubtedly refers to the obedience of religious scholars (Ulama) and other people of knowledge in disobedience to Allah, and not supplicating to them. As the Prophet (Sall Allahu Alayhi Wasalam) explained to Adi Ibn Hatim (R.A) that worship here meant obedience to them in their sinful acts.

(4)>>> Polytheism in love (i.e. showing love to others which is due to Allah alone), as Allah said in [Qur'an – 2:165]:

''And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allah as rivals (to Allah); they love them as they love Allah.''
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[Ash-Shirk Al-Asghar (minor polytheism)]
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The minor polytheism is Riya' (showing off), as Allah says in [Qur'an – 18:110]:

''So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord.''
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[Ash-Shirk Al-Khafi (invisible polytheism)]
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The invisible polytheism was explained by the Prophet (Sall Allahu Alayhi Wasalam):

''The invisible polytheism in this Ummah is more hidden than the track of a black ant on a black stone in a dark night.''

-Its expiation according to the Prophet's saying is:

''O Allah! Verily I seek refuge with You against ascribing partners to You knowingly; and I beg Your forgiveness for the sin which I do not know.''

May Allah the Almighty protect us all from associating partners with Him.

Headache is a means of Forgiveness from Allaah

HEADACHE: - Headache is a means of forgiveness and reward.

Abu Said al-Khudri (Radiy'Allahu'anhu) that the Prophet (Sallahu'alayhi'wa'salam) said:

صُداعُ المؤمنِ ، أو شوكةٌ يُشاكُها ، أو شيءٌ يُؤذيه ؛ يرفعُه اللهُ بها يومً القيامةٍ درجةً ، ويُكفِّرُ عنه بها ذنوبَه

“The headache that afflicts the believer, or a thorn that pricks him/her, or anything that harms him/her, Allah will raise him/her a degree on the day of resurrection and expiate his/her sins due to it” [Saheeh Targheeb no. 3434]

Also, not having headaches is a bad sign because the people destined to go to the Hell-fire do not have headaches:

Abu Hurairah (Radiy'Allahu'anhu) said: The Prophet (Sallahu'alayhi'wa'salam) said:

: فَهل وجَدْتَ هذا الصُّدَاعَ ؟ . قال : وما الصُّدَاعُ ؟ قال : عِرْقٌ يَضْرِبُ على الإنسانِ في رأسِهِ . قال : وما وجَدْتَ هذا قطُّ ! فلمَّا ولَّى قال النبيُّ صلَّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ : مَنْ أحبَّ أنْ ينظرَ إلى رجلٍ من أهلِ النارِ ؛ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إلى هذا

“…Have you ever felt a headache? The man said: What is a headache? He (Sallau'alayhi'wa'salam) said: A vein that beats in the head of a person. The man said: No I have not experienced that ever! The Prophet (Sallahu'alahyhi'wa'salam) said: Whoever would like to see a man from the people of the Hell-fire, then look at this man!”

[Reported in Ibn Hibban and graded Hasan Saheeh by al-Albani in Saheeh Mawaarid no. 580]

Having headaches are a sign of the People of Imaan and the People of Jannah.

Hafidh Ibn Rajab (Rahimahullah) said:

وصداع الرأس من علامات أهل الإيمان وأهل الجنة

“…And headaches are from the signs of the People of Imaan and the People of Jannah..” [Lataaif al-Maa’rif pg. 153]

Then he brings the above Hadith and others.

عَنْ أَبِي الزَّيَّاتِ الْقُشَيْرِيِّ , قَالَ: دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ نَعُودُهُ , فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ: مَا لِأَمِيرِكُمْ؟ وَأَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَمِيرٌ , قُلْنَا هُوَ شَاكٍ قَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا اشْتَكَيْتُ قَطُّ , أَوْ قَالَ: مَا صَدَعْتُ قَطُّ فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ:” أَخْرِجُوهُ عَنِّي لِيَمُتْ بِخَطَايَاهُ , مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي بِكُلِّ وَصَبٍ وَصَبْتُهُ حُمْرَ النَّعَمِ , وَإِنَّ وَصَبَ الْمُؤْمِنِ يُكَفِّرُ خَطَايَاهُ

On the authority of Abu Zayyaat al-Qushairi (Rahimahullah) said: “We entered upon Abu Darda (Radiy'Allahu'anhu) to visit him, when a Bedouin entered upon him. So he said: Where is your Ameer? And Abu Darda was the ameer then. So we said: He is complaining of some pain. The man said: I have not complained of anything or he said: I did not experience a headache ever! Abu Darda (Radiy'Allahu'anhu said: Remove him from me, so he dies from his sins. I do not love that for every pain/sickness that I feel that I am given red camels. For verily, the pain/illness of a believer is an expiation for his sins”

[Reported by Bayhaqi in Shuab al-Imaan no. 9436 and the Muhaqiq of the Book Mukhtaar Ahmad Nadwi graded it Jayyid]

Does prostrating or bowing by way of greeting come under the heading of shirk?

Praise be to Allah

Firstly: 

Prostration – and also bowing – is of two types: 

1.     Prostration by way of worship 

This type of prostration is done by way of expressing humility, submission and worship, and cannot be done for anyone except Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. Whoever prostrates to anyone other than Allah by way of worship has committed an act of major shirk.

2.     Prostration by way of greeting 

This is done by way of greeting, showing respect and honouring the person to whom the prostration is done. This kind of prostration was permissible in some of the laws revealed to Prophets before Islam, but then Islam prohibited and forbade it. So whoever prostrates to any created being by way of greeting has done a prohibited act, but he has not fallen into shirk or disbelief. 

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:

Prostration is of two types: prostration by way of pure worship, and prostration by way of honouring and showing respect. As for the former, it can only be done for Allah.

End quote in Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa(4/361) 

And he said: The Muslims are unanimously agreed that prostration to anyone other than Allah is prohibited.

End quote from Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa(4/358) 

And he said:

The texts of the Sunnah and the consensus of the ummah indicate that it is prohibited to prostrate to anyone other than Allah according to the law brought by our Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), whether by way of greeting or worship, as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade Mu‘aadh ibn Jabal to prostrate to him when he came from Syrian and prostrated to him by way of greeting. 

End quote from Jaami‘ al-Masaa’il(1/25) 

Al-Qurtubi said:

With regard to this prostration that is prohibited, the ignorant extreme Sufis have taken it as a custom in their gatherings (when they begin their dhikr and nasheeds), and when they enter upon their shaykhs and pray for forgiveness. So you see one of them, when he is overcome with ecstasy – as they claim – prostrating by putting his forehead to the ground, because of his ignorance, whether he is facing towards the qiblah or otherwise,  out of ignorance on his part. May they be doomed! 

End quote from Tafseer al-Qurtubi(1/294) 

Secondly: 

With regard to the view that prostration to anything other than Allah is shirk in all cases, because prostration in and of itself is an act of worship that cannot be directed to anyone other than Allah, this is a weak view. This is indicated by the following: 

1.

Allah commanded the angels to prostrate to Adam; if merely prostrating was shirk, Allah would not have commanded them to do that. 

At-Tabari said: “…then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him” [al-Hijr 15:29] – this refers to the prostration of greeting and honour, not the prostration of worship. 

Ibn al-‘Arabi said: The ummah is unanimously agreed that the angels’ prostration to Adam was not a prostration of worship. 

End quote from Ahkaam al-Qur’an(1/27) 

Ibn Hazm az-Zaahiri said: There is no difference of opinion among any of the Muslims that their prostration to Allah, may He be exalted, was a prostration of worship, and their prostration to Adam was a prostration of greeting and respect.

End quote from al-Fasl fi’l-Milal wa’l-Ahwa’ wa’n-Nihal (2/129).

2.

Allah has told us about the prostration of Ya‘qoob and his sons to Yoosuf (peace be upon him). If it were shirk, the Prophets of Allah would not have done it. 

We cannot say that this was part of the religious teachings of those who came before us, because shirk has never been permitted in the teachings of any of the Prophets at all, and the teachings and symbols of Tawheed (affirmation of the oneness of Allah) have not changed from the time of Adam until the time of our Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). 

At-Tabari said: Ibn Zayd said concerning the verse, “and they fell down before him prostrate” [Yoosuf 12:100]:

That was a prostration by way of honouring and showing respect, as the angels prostrated to Adam by way of honouring and showing respect; it was not a prostration of worship. 

Rather with regard to the one who said that their prostration was a greeting among them, what he meant was that it was a custom on their part and was not by way of worshipping one another, and what may support this view is the fact that this custom continued to be practised by people for a long time, and was not done by way of worshipping one another. 

End quote from Jaami‘ al-Bayaan(13/356) 

Ibn Katheer said:

This was allowed in their laws and teachings: when they greeted an elder, they would prostrate to him. This remained permissible from the time of Adam until the teachings of ‘Eesa (peace be upon him), but this is prohibited for this ummah, and prostration is only for the Lord, may He be glorified and exalted.

End quote from Tafseer al-Qur’an al-‘Azeem (4/412) 

Al-Qaasimi said:

What there can be no doubt about is that it was not a prostration of worship or humility; rather it was a prostration of respect only, beyond a doubt.

End quote from Mahaasin at-Ta’weel(6/250) 

3.

Mu‘aadh prostrated to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) when he returned from Syria. If it were shirk, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) would have explained that to him, but the most that happened in that regard was that he explained to him that it was not permissible to prostrate to him. 

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa said: when Mu‘aadh ibn Jabal came from Syria, he prostrated to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, who said, “What is this, O Mu‘aadh?” He said, I went to Syria and saw them prostrating to their archbishops and patriarchs, and I wanted to do that for you. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him ) said, “Do not do that. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone other than Allah, I would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, no woman can fulfil her duty towards Allah until she fulfils her duty towards her husband.”

Narrated by Ibn Maajah (1853); classed as hasan by al-Albaani 

Shaykh al-Islam said: It is well known that he did not say: If I were to command anyone to be worshipped.

End quote from Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa(4/360) 

Adh-Dhahabi said:

Do you not see that the Sahaabah, in their great love for the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), said: Shouldn’t we prostrate to you? And he said no. If he had given them permission, they would have prostrated to him by way of honouring and showing respect, not by way of worship, as the brothers of Yoosuf (peace be upon him) prostrated to Yoosuf. 

Something similar may be said about the Muslim prostrating to the grave of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) by way of veneration and respect: he does not commit an act of disbelief thereby; rather he is sinning. So he should be told that this is not allowed, and the same applies to praying facing towards the grave. 

End quote from Mu‘jam ash-Shuyookh al-Kabeer (1/73). 

4.

It is proven in some hadiths that some animals prostrated to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). If merely prostrating constituted shirk, this would not have happened in the case of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). 

Shaykh al-Islam said:

Animals used to prostrate to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), and animals do not worship any but Allah, so how can it be said that prostrating to something implies worship thereof?

End quote from Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa(4/360) 

5.

“Mere prostration” is one of the shar‘i rulings which may change from one set of laws to another, unlike matters of Tawheed which is to be established in the heart; it is fixed and does not change. 

Shaykh al-Islam said:

With regard to humility and devotion in the heart, acknowledgement of Lordship and servitude, this can never be to anyone except Allah alone, may He be glorified and exalted, and if directed towards anyone other than Him, it is prohibited and invalid. 

As for prostration, it is something that has to do with laws and decrees, because Allah, may He be exalted, has commanded us to prostrate to Him. If He had commanded us to prostrate to any of His creation other than Him, we would have prostrated to that other one, in obedience to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, if He wanted us to venerate the one to whom we prostrated. If He had not obliged us to prostrate, it would not be obligatory to do it at all. 

The angels’ prostration to Adam was an act of worship to Allah, in obedience to Him and as a means of drawing closer to Him. For Adam it was an honour and a token of respect. 

The prostration of the brothers of Yoosuf to him was a form of greeting. Do you not see that when his parents prostrated to him by way of greeting, Yoosuf did not object to that.

End quote from Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa(4/360) 

6.

Differentiating between prostration by way of greeting and prostration by way of worship is the view of the majority of scholars of different madhhabs. 

Fakhr ad-Deen az-Zayla‘i said:

What they do of kissing the ground before the scholars is haraam, and the one who does that and the one who approves of it are sinning, because it resembles idol worship. 

As-Sadr ash-Shaheed stated that he does not become a disbeliever by doing this prostration, because what he intends thereby is a greeting.

End uqote from Tabyeen al-Haqaa’iq(6/25) 

Ibn Nujaym al-Hanafi said: Prostration to tyrants constitutes disbelief, if what is intended thereby is worship, but not if what is intended thereby is a greeting, according to the view of the majority.

End quote from al-Bahr ar-Raa’iq(5/134). 

An-Nawawi said:

What many of the ignorant do of prostrating before shaykhs is definitely haraam, in all cases, whether it is facing towards the qiblah or otherwise, and whether the intention is to prostrate to Allah, may He be exalted, or it is done out of heedlessness. In some cases it constitutes disbelief or almost does. May Allah, the Most Generous, pardon us. 

End quote from al-Majmoo‘ Sharh al-Muhadhdhab (4/69) 

Shihaab ad-Deen ar-Ramli said: 

Merely prostrating before the shaykhs does not mean that venerating the shaykh is like venerating Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, in the sense that he is worshipped. It only constitutes disbelief if that is the intention. 

End quote from Nihaayat al-Muhtaaj ila Sharh al- Minhaaj (1/122)

Ar-Ruhaybaani said:

Prostrating to rulers or the dead with the intention of worship constitutes disbelief, and this is agreed upon unanimously by the Muslims. Greeting a human being by prostrating to him is a grave major sin.

End quote from Mataalib Ooli an-Nuha(6/278) 

Ash-Shawkaani said:

It is essential to clarify this by noting that if this prostration is done with the intention of affirming the Lordship of the one to whom one prostrates, then by prostrating in this manner he has ascribed a partner to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, and affirmed that there is another god with Him. 

But if his intention is only to show respect, as happens often with those who enter upon foreign (non-Arab) kings, where they kiss the ground in veneration of the king, this does not constitute disbelief at all. All scholars are agreed that labelling a specific person as a disbeliever is a very serious matter and is not to be taken lightly. 

End quote from as-Sayl al-Jaraar(4/580) 

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem said:

Bowing when greeting is haraam, if the intention is to greet the person. If it is intended by way of worship, then it constitutes disbelief. 

End quote from Fataawa wa Rasaa’il ash-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem Aal ash-Shaykh (1/109) 

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ‘Abd al-Lateef said:

it is well-known that prostration by way of worship, which is based on humility, submission and veneration to Allah alone, is part of Tawheed (affirmation of the Oneness of Allah), to which all the Messengers called. If it is directed to anyone other than Allah, then it is shirk and ascription of rivals to Allah. 

But if a person prostrates to his father or a scholar and the like, and his intention is to offer a greeting and show respect, then this comes under the heading of prohibited matters that are less than shirk. But if the intention is to show submission and humility, then this constitutes shirk. 

End quote from Nawaaqid al-Eemaan al-Qawliyyah wa’l-‘Amaliyyah (p. 278) 

To sum up all of the above: prostration to anyone other than Allah does not constitute disbelief unless it is done by way of worship. But if it is done by way of greeting, it is a major sin but it is not disbelief. 

And Allah knows best.