tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45668228800036881402024-02-20T08:35:02.173-08:00• Knowledge Is My Weapon •––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-58302933985668381832013-04-20T17:08:00.001-07:002013-04-20T17:08:41.979-07:00The Character of Muhammad (SAW)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Everyone
knows the very famous story of when Rasulullah (S.A.W) was walking in the
dessert at noon, it was very hot and he saw a woman carrying her luggage on her
head. He went and took the luggage from her and carried it until they reached
her destination. This woman did not know that it was Rasulullah (S.A.W) who was
helping her. As they walked, Rasulullah (S.A.W) asked her why she was leaving
town and she answered that she heard of a magician named Muhammad was in town.
The whole way she kept on saying immoral things about the prophet (S.A.W), but
Rasulullah (S.A.W) was very patient and kind, therefore he did not say anything
and he listened quietly. When they finally reached their destination Rasulullah
(S.A.W) put down her bag, and when he was just about to leave, the woman said
to him, <span style="color: lime;">“Oh kind person! At least tell me your name!” </span>Rasulullah (S.A.W)
replied, <span style="color: lime;">“I am the person because of whom you left town.”</span> The woman was amazed
to hear this, and she felt bad that such a kind, helpful and true person had
been wronged so she accepted Islam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
are many more incidents just like this; like the woman who used to throw
garbage on Rasulullah (S.A.W) whenever he would pass by. Then when one day she
failed to do so and Rasulullah (S.A.W) knocked on her door to see if she was
ok, she feared that he had come to take revenge. When she found out that he
only came to see that she is well she became so surprised and impressed by Rasulullah
(S.A.W)’s behaviour that she<span style="color: lime;"> accepted Islam. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">See,
Rasulullah (S.A.W), he did not preach to these women and immediately start
telling them about Islam. He didn’t knock on the old lady’s door and say <span style="color: lime;">“hey
since you’re not throwing garbage right now, maybe you wanna hear a little
about tawheed.”</span>No. He approached them with kindness and treated them in the
best manner. They watched for themselves and seeing this amazing character in
the prophet made them realize on their own that this man must be the messenger
and this religion he has brought must be the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Spreading
Islam through words is very important, but we have to remember that our actions
count a lot more. Most of us here go to public school, or not just in school
but when we’re anywhere in the public people are watching us. They know we’re
Muslims, so everything we do, in their eyes, thats what Islam is. We represent
Islam. So if we show respect, kindness, be helpful and display the best manners
in public, then the people who this behaviour will see that this is from Islam,
a religion that teaches good morals. When we are at home, or at the masjid in a
gathering, we are all equal, no Muslim is better than another. But, when we go
in the outside world we are not the same as everyone else. When people see
Muslims, they should see something different, something exceptional; Rasulullah
(S.A.W)’s character was very great and uncommon. If people look at us and they
do see these good morals and character this could be a means of da’wat to them
and their coming closer to Islam. However, if we don’t show proper behaviour,
and we act disrespectfully, speak rudely, show absolutely no manners and
violent behaviours. Then people will obviously hate our religion and run away
from it. Then when we do try to call people to Islam they will only have
negative thoughts about. <span style="color: lime;">When we look all over the media we see so many
misconceptions about Islam. We get offended and defensive but reality is that
most of these misconceptions are because of our own actions.</span> The people examine
our actions and it won’t make any difference to them what we say with our
mouths. Even in the time of the prophet (S.A.W) sometimes disbelievers would
come to the prophet just to see what kind of character he had. After Abdullah
bin Salaam accepted Islam, he tried to convince his Jewish friend, Zaid bin
Sa’nah, to accept Islam. Zaid bin Sa’nah insisted on his faith and refused to
turn to Islam. One day Abdullah bin
Salaam entered masjid nabawi and he saw Zaid bin Sa’nah sitting there and he
became really happy. When he asked why he accepted Islam, Zaid bin Sa’nah
replied saying that he read about the attributes of the prophet (s.a.w) in the
torah, and that for several days he’d been watching the prophet and he found
all the attributes in the prophet (s.a.w) except one which was forbearance.
Once he found this attribute in him as well, he fell in love with Islam and
Rasulullah (s.a.w) and gave shahadah. So even back in the days, people from
other religions would come and observe the Prophet (s.a.w)’s behaviour and they
would be impressed by his incomparable character and they would automatically
fall in love with Islam. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today,
we are surrounded by kuffar everywhere and they’re watching us. Anything we do
defines our religion. Let’s ask ourselves, When people look at us what do they
think? What would they say if we asked what they think Islam is? <span style="color: lime;">We are
responsible for making sure that the message of Islam reaches everyone and best
way is through our actions, so we must fix ourselves first.</span> Actions speak
louder than words. May Allah keep us steadfast on the straight path and use us
in spreading his deen and bringing others to the right path. Ameen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-82702622332732379012013-04-13T19:26:00.000-07:002013-04-13T19:26:15.775-07:00Appearance of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">Abu Hurairah (R.A)
narrates “I haven’t seen anything more beautiful than Rasulullah (S.A.W), as if
the sun was shining on his face; and I haven’t seen anyone quicker in his walk
than Rasulullah (S.A.W), as if the earth was scrolled up for him. We certainly
exert ourselves for provisions, but he was without anxiety.” (Tirmidhi)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rasulullah (saw)’s beauty was such that he could
not be compared to any other person. He was more beautiful than anyone before
or after him. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (r.a) says in a Hadeeth that, “I have never
seen anything more beautiful than Rasulullah (s.a.w)”. Hazrat Jabir (r.a) has
said, <span style="color: lime;">“I saw the prophet on a moon-lit night, and I began to look at the
messenger of Allah (s.a.w) while he was wearing a red garment, and (I looked)
to the moon, when certainly he was more beautiful to me than moon.”</span> No human’s
body had the blend of beautiful features that were combined in the body of
Rasulullah (s.a.w). And even though he was so beautiful, not all his beauty could
be seen, and if it was able to be seen the eyes wouldn’t even be able to bear
the sight of him. That’s how beautiful our Nabi (s.a.w) was. Subhanallah!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rasulullah (s.a.w)’s face was more beautiful than
the sun and the full moon. His face was round and broad, and a light came from
one area. His cheeks were high. He had large, dark eyes with a touch of redness.
His eyebrows were full and had a slight split in the middle. His nose had
perfect symmetry and his lips were beautiful. He had a thick beard and his hair
was not too long or too short. When Anas (r.a) was asked about Rasulullah
(s.a.w) dyeing his hair he replied saying that he never reached the point where
he needed to color his hair and that if he wanted he could count the hairs of
the prophet, so he had very little gray hair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rasulullah (s.a.w)’s smile was very charming. He
never bursted out into laughter, but when he smiled his teeth shone like a set
of pearls and there were slight spaces between his teeth. And he always smiled.
If we were to look at him, sitting in the masjid, it looked like he was
depressed. But the ulema have said that this was because when he was with his
lord, he was in such deep thought and looked so intense, so the ulema say that
when he was with his creator, Allah, he was in deep thought and when he was
with the creation he was always smiling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He wasn’t tall or short, but in the middle. If
someone taller than him stood beside him, he still seemed taller because of his
greatness. He had a strong build and had broad shoulders, and between his
shoulders was the seal of the prophet, which was shaped like an egg, with
spots. He had broad arms and very soft palms. His shoulders had thick hair and
he had a line of hair down his chest. His stomach and chest were at the same
level, his stomach never bloated even when he became very old. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rasulullah (s.a.w.) had thick feet. He walked really
fast and took firm steps. When he turned around, he always turned around fully.
And wherever he walked he used to leave such a pleasant smell that anyone who
passed in that place, would know that Rasulullah (s.a.w) passed there. And even
his sweat had such a good smell and it fell like drops of pearls. Umme Sulaim
(r.a) used to collect Rasulullah (s.a.w)’s sweat and put it in perfume box.
Imagine having sweat that smells good enough to gather in a bottle?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When Rasulullah (s.a.w) spoke, he didn’t speak to
fast or too slow and he had a moderate tone. The words he used weren’t too
short or too long, always just right. He had perfect pronunciation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our Rasool (s.a.w) was of extreme beauty that we
cannot even imagine. It is narrated in a Hadeeth that, “whoever describes him
says: I’ve seen nobody like him before or after him.” No amount of words can
make us see Rasulullah (s.a.w)’s true beauty and appearance, unless we see him
ourselves. The sahaba (r.a) were very blessed to see our beloved Nabi (s.a.w),
and inshallah Allah will bless us enough to see him in Jannat as well.<span style="color: lime;"> Ameen.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-59039567110614545112013-01-26T14:54:00.001-08:002013-01-26T14:54:36.012-08:00"Here I am"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">All night, a man called “Allah”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Then the Devil said, “Hey! Mr Gullible!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">How comes you’ve been calling all night<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">And never once heard Allah say, “Here, I am”?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">You call out so earnestly and, in reply, what?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">I’ll tell you what. Nothing!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">The man suddenly felt empty and abandoned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Depressed, he threw himself on the ground<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">And fell into a deep sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">In a dream, he met Abraham, who asked,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">“Why are you regretting praising Allah?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">The man said, ” I called and called<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">But Allah never replied, “Here I am.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Abraham explained, “Allah has said,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">“Your calling my name is My reply.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Your longing for Me is My message to you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">All your attempts to reach Me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Are in reality My attempts to reach you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Your fear and love are a noose to catch Me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">In the silence surrounding every call of “Allah”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Waits a thousand replies of “Here I am.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;"> - J</span></span><span style="color: lime; font-family: Century, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">alaluddin Rumi</span></span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-38557535858777433642013-01-22T23:33:00.000-08:002013-03-11T12:05:13.679-07:00Spending your day the Prophets way<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: lime;"><span class="Arabic" id="fon20" style="direction: rtl; font-family: PDMS_IslamicFont, _PDMS_IslamicFont, Tahoma, Arial; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; padding: 0cm; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span id="mspan20"> </span></span><span id="SubTotFont20" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-right;"></span><span class="Arabic" id="fon21" style="direction: rtl; font-family: PDMS_IslamicFont, _PDMS_IslamicFont, Tahoma, Arial; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; padding: 0cm; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span id="mspan21">لَّقَدۡ كَانَ لَكُمۡ فِى رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ أُسۡوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ۬ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرۡجُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلۡأَخِرَ وَذَكَرَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرً۬ا</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; line-height: 21.265625px; text-align: justify;">There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.</span><br />
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prayer times in which all other regular activities were scheduled in the life
of our Nabi (saw). The Prophet (saw) would wake up for Fajr namaz, and he would
wake up by thanking Allah (swt) for granting him another day of life by
reciting “<span style="color: lime;">Alhamdulillahillazi Ahyana Ba'dama Amaathana Wa Ilaihinnushoor</span>”. He
would then proceed to make wudhu and perform namaz. The Prophet never slept after Fajr namaz and
prohibited the Sahabas (RA) from doing so also. Instead he used to stay at the
mosque until sunrise and have group conversations with the sahabas. The
subjects of these conversations were both religious as well as entertaining,
for example, on some mornings dreams of the previous night would be related
while on other mornings he would engage in dhikr until sunrise and once the sun
has risen he would perform two rakat of
namaz.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">On days when he was not
fasting, he would have breakfast afterwards. The Prophet (saw) preferred eating
in a group rather than individually and also preferred to sit on the ground
placing the food on a matt rather than a chair and table. Anas(RA) related that
the prophet never ate off a table or in small plates. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">After Zuhr namaaz, he would
take a nap and encourage others to do the same, as this would help them to stay
awake at night for prayers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">When greeting people he would
say salaam first (regardless of knowing the person or not). Abu Umamah reported
the The prophet (saw) said ‘<span style="color: lime;">The person most worthy of Allah is the one who
greets with salam first</span>”. And there is the hadith “<span style="color: lime;">He who greets first is free
from pride</span>”, and we know that pride is an attribute of shaitan and we should therefore
always try to avoid it or cure it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When meeting someone he would
shake hand their hand, and if it was someone he hadn’t seen in awhile he would
hug and kiss them. Anas (RA) reported: <span style="color: lime;">A man asked: "O Messenger of Allah!
When a man meets a brother or a friend, should he bow to him?" He said,
"No." The man asked whether he should embrace and kiss him? The
Messenger of Allah (saw) replied, "No." He asked whether he should
hold his hand and shake it? The Messenger of Allah (saw) replied,
"Yes."</span> [At-Tirmidhi]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">When interacting with people
would smile often as we know that smiling is a form of charity, and he was also
very humble and never deemed others inferior, that brings to my mind a very
famous quote by Sheik Suleiman Mulla where he says <span style="color: lime;">“I assume others better than
myself, simply because I assume them to be sinners, while I know with certainty
that I am a sinner</span>”. He also spoke very clearly and I think it goes without
saying that he never gossiped or slandered and just never engaged himself in
useless talk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">After Asr namaz he would spend
time with his family, whether he was taking part in the household chores or
just talking about their days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">He never went out right after Maghrib
because shaitan starts roaming the streets in the first portion of the night (approximately
one hour after maghrib). Instead he would wait one hour and then go out, and
that too only if it was something of importance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">After Isha, some nights he
spent with his wife, while on others he would stay up in prayers. It is said
that after Isha there a<span style="color: lime;"> three groups of people; those who get blessings, those
who get sins, and those who do not get anything.</span> The ones that get blessings
are those that spend the night in worship, while the ones that get sins are the
ones who use that time to gossip or backbite, and the ones who do not receive anything,
are the ones that go to sleep right after Isha. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">When retiring he would put away
all pots and utensils and would never keep the exposed. He would also turn off
all appliances and would lock all doors. He would then apply kohl to eyes three
times and perform wudhu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">When he was ready to go into
bed he would dust his bed three times because you don’t know what was in your
bed since the last time you lay in it. He would lay on his right side, placing
the right hand below the right cheek. He would also never lie on his stomach
because it is a sleeping position that is disliked by Allah (swt). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">He would then make intention of
waking up for tahajjud. It comes in a hadith that whoever makes intention for
waking up for tahajjud and during the night sleep overwhelms them, then that
sleep would be counted as a donation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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recite and imitate the action of
spitting on his left side before going back to sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;">The point to take away from all
this is not the order in which The prophet (saw) did things, but rather that he
did do them. We shouldn’t take of great importance that he spent time with his
family AFTER Asr, but rather that he would take a portion of his day out to
spend with his family. <span style="color: lime;">In the time of our beloved Nabi (saw), the Sahabas used
to love the actions of The prophet (saw) because they were sunnah, and today we
are leaving it because it is just sunnah.</span> Today we have sunk so low that we can’t
even be bothered to say (SAW) after our Nabis name is mentioned anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus;"><span style="color: lime;">May Allah (SWT) grant us all
the tawfeeq to act upon this Inshallah. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-72553896124785755182012-09-09T16:22:00.000-07:002013-03-11T12:02:02.714-07:00Eternal regret<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Imagine standing on the Day of Judgment, trembling in fear,
recalling your sins, regretting lost opportunities and dreading your fate.
Visualize the horror as the scrolls are laid bare and your deeds are about to
be read out. Try and feel that horrible sinking feeling as your heart rises to
your throat and you get the feeling that you wish could have just one more
chance on this earth. There are no more chances – there was only shot at it,
and you’ve blown it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Another scroll is opened. A list of names – the names of
those upon whom Allah will bestow His mercy because they helped a Muslim in his
time of need. The first name is read out ... One by one the names are read out
in what seems like an eternity. As each name is read out, imagine waiting
anxiously and nervously, praying to hear your name. The list continues.
Paralyzed in fear, you stand waiting, petrified, with a voice inside you
screaming out ‘SAY MY NAME!’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">100,000 names have been read out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Yours was not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Game Over.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">Eternal regret</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-37481567047783713432012-08-28T14:49:00.001-07:002013-03-11T12:05:42.824-07:00Patience & Perseverance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt;">~ When you’re
hurt by people who share the same blood as you, then just remember Yusuf (AS),
who was betrayed by his own brothers.</span><span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">If you find your parents opposing you, remember
Ibrahim (AS), whose father led him to the fire.</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">If you’re stuck with a problem where there’s no
way out, remember Yunus (AS), stuck in the belly of a whale.</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">If you’re ill & your body cries with pain,
remember Ayoob (AS) who</span></span><span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">was more
ill than you.<br />
When someone slanders you, remember Ai’sha (RA) who was slandered throughout
the city.<br />
When you’re lonely, recall Aadam (AS) who was created alone.<br />
When you can’t see any logic around you, think of Nuh (AS) who built an ark
without questioning.<br />
If you are mocked by your own relatives then think of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).<br />
Allah (SWT) put these Prophets to trial, so that later generations may learn a
lesson of patience & perseverance. ~</span></span><span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-58389609553232744762012-08-14T23:16:00.000-07:002012-08-14T23:16:56.347-07:00The 27th Night<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";">The Prophet (SAW)
told us to search for Shab-e-Qadr in the odd numbered nights, in the last ten
days of Ramadhan. The 27<sup>th</sup> night ( 4<sup>th</sup> night of Lailat-ul-Qadr)
has been emphasized on many occasions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";">Once, Prophet
Musa ('a) said to Allah (swt)"I desired to be near you", to which
Allah (swt) said, "Whoever desires to be near me should remain awake during
Laylatul Qadr (worshiping me)." Prophet Musa ('a) said:"And I wish to
earn your mercy", Allah (swt) said, "That is granted to the one who
is merciful to the indigent during this night." Prophet Musa ('a) said:
“And I wish to pass on the right path", Allah (swt) said, "This is
granted to the one who spends alms during Laylatul Qadr." Prophet Musa
('a) said:"I wish to enjoy the trees and fruits of paradise", the
Almighty (swt) said, "That is granted to the one who praises me during
this night."Again Prophet Musa ('a) asked, "I wish to achieve
salvation from the fire" - Allah (swt) said, "That is granted to the
one who seeks forgiveness during Laylatul Qadr." And then Prophet Musa
('a) said, "O 'Allah - I want to achieve your pleasure", the Almighty
(swt) said, " I shall be pleased with anyone who prays two rakaat prayer
during this night."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";">On the 27th
night we should perform 12 Raka’ of ritual prayer in 3 sets of 4 raka’ each. In
each raka’, after Surah Fatiha, recite Surah Qadr once and Surah Iikhlas
fifteen times. After salah recite Astaghfar 70 times (<span style="color: lime;"> Allah Hummagh Fir Li Wa Tub
A'laiyya Inna Ka Innta Tawwabur Raheem</span>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";"><span style="color: lime;">*</span> If we can we
should also Pray two raka’ of ritual prayer. In each raka’, after Surah Fatiha
recite Surah Qadr 3 times and Surah Ikhlas 27 times, repent for your sins and
ask forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";"><span style="color: lime;">* </span>Pray four raka
of ritual prayer in 2 sets of 2. In each raka’, after Surah Fatiha, recite
Surah Takaasur once and Surah Ikhlas three times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";"><span style="color: lime;">*</span> Pray two raka of
ritual prayer. In each raka’, after Surah Fatiha, recite Surah Ikhlas seven
times and after salah recite this seventy times: <span style="color: lime;">Aataghfirullaa Hal Azeemal
laze laa Ilaaha illa Huwal Haiy yul Qayyoonu Wa Atoobu Ilaih</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";"><span style="color: lime;">*</span> Pray two raka’
of ritual prayer. In each raka’, after Surah Fatiha, recite Surah Alam’ Nashra
once, Surah Ikhlas three times and after salah, recite Surah Qadr 27 times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";"><span style="color: lime;">*</span> Pray four raka
of ritual prayer. In each raka’, after
Surah Fatiha recite Surah Qadr three times and Surah Ikhlas fifty times and
after completion of this salah, recite this once in Sajdaah: Subhaan Allahi Wal
Hamdu Lillahi Walaa Ilaahi Illal Laahu Wallu Hu Akbar"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";"><span style="color: lime;">* </span>And last but not
least, recite Surah Mulk 7 times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-70699898197254517182012-08-12T09:51:00.003-07:002013-03-11T12:08:01.358-07:00Lailat-ul-Qadr (Night of Power)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";">Asslamulaikum Have you ever wondered who the most unfortunate person in the world is? Let me answer that for you; the most unfortunate person in the world is the one who did not make it the next Ramadhan to have his past sins forgiven. How many people are laying in there Grave, who thought they can make it to Ramadhan this year. They never made it! We are blessed to have made it to this Ramadhan! But we must make the most of it. The Prophet (SAW) said: '<span style="color: lime;">Whosoever reaches the month of Ramadhaan and does not have his sins forgiven, and so enters the Fire, then may ALLAH distance him.</span>'[Ahmad (2/246) and Bayhaqi (4/204)] <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";">We also have in hand Lailat-ul-Qadr (Night of Power). The Messenger (SAW) said: <span style="color: lime;">'Whoever prays the Night of Qadr with Iman (faith) and hoping for its reward, ALLAH will forgive him all his previous sins.'</span> [Bukhari and Muslim]. Allah (SWT) says in the Qur'an in Surah Al-Qadr: '<span style="color: lime;">We have indeed revealed this (message) in the Night of Power. And what will explain to thee what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the angels and the spirit by God's permission, on every errand: Peace!</span>' (97:1-5) </span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;">Aa'isha (R) said: 'When the last ten days of Ramadhaan arrived the Messenger (SAW) used to abstain (from contact a with his wives) and he would establish the nights. He would awaken (his family) to do the same also.' [Bukhari and Muslim]</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif;">This Night is a 'Night of Mercy', a 'Night of Blessing', a 'Night of Peace' and a 'Night of Guidance'. It is a 'Night of Unification' between the finite world of ours and the Infinite Universe of the Unseen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif;">So when does this blessed of nights occur? Lailat-ul-Qadr is reported to be during one of the odd numbered nights of the last ten days of Ramadhaan, i.e. 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th or 29th. It has been emphasized that it is most likely to be the 27th night. But this doesn't by anymean that we should depend on 27th night only.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><u><span style="color: #38761d;">Some of the Signs of the Night of Power:</span></u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif";"><span style="color: lime;">*</span> The Messenger of Allah (SWT) described the morning of the night of Qadr so that the muslims can know which night it is: Ubayy (R) said : 'On the morning of the night of Qadr the sun would rise without any beams; (it is like) a wash basin until it raises.' [Muslim]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif;"><span style="color: lime;">* </span>Abu Hurairah (R) said : 'We mentioned the night of Qadr to the Messenger of ALLAH</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;">(SWT) and he said: 'Which of you remembers when the moon rises and it is like half a bowl.' [Muslim]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif;"><span style="color: lime;">*</span> Ibn Abbaas (R) said that the Messenger of ALLAH</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;">(SWT) said : 'The night of Qadr is a night of generosity and happiness, it is not hot and neither is it cold. The sun comes up in its morning weak, reddish.' [Tabaranee, Ibn Khuzaimah and Bazzaar]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif;">May Allah (SWT) guide us and may HE strengthen our Iman and help us to live another year with sincerity and devotion. Ameen.</span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-4328936176043940932012-08-11T18:44:00.001-07:002012-08-11T20:52:08.801-07:00The Right The Wrong and The Answer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">All praise to God the Al-Mighty and the Exalted. Allah created humans and this earth only for one sole reason. And that reason was our beloved Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allah created the earth for six days and on the seventh he rested marvelling in what he had created. Allah created <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Adam (A.S)</b> and from his left ribs his wife; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hawa</b> or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eve</b> as many people know her. As we all know the story, Hawa and Adam were told by Allah not to eat from this one tree. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Satan</b>, or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Iblis</b> or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shaytaan </b>as many people call him had been rebuked from being an angel to being Jinn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tricked Eve into eating from that tree as we all know girls can/are easily manipulated at times. Anyways, Allah got angry at both husband and wife and threw them out of heaven and into the world that today we all reside on. They had children who had children who had children and so on forth it went. From those children’s and children’s the Prophet <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nuh</b> or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Noah</b> was born and he lived a couple of hundred years and then Prophet <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ibrahim</b> was born, then his son Prophet <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ismail</b> from his wife of that time <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hajara</b> or as known in English <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hagar</b>. After a few years Prophet <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Isaac</b> was born from his other wife <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sarah</b>. Prophet Isaac had a son whose name was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yakub</b> which in English is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jacob</b>; he then had twelve sons and the eleventh son happened to be Prophet <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yusuf</b> or known as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Joseph</b>. However, there’s another tragic story that happened with Prophet Yusuf but continuing on somehow leads to Prophet <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Musa</b> also known as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Moses </b>who well he was brought up to believe he was a prince when he wasn’t. The people of all these prophets were known as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bani Israel</b>. I don’t know if many people know this tribe however, they cause Musa (A.S) some very hard time. They always had to question the yes and the no, this and what. They didn’t have a stop to their questions. They wanted the right, the wrong and the answer. But they would never be satisfied with what they got. <o:p></o:p></span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Today’s society seems to have become like Bani Israel... to be honest that is. Everyone wants this question and they want that answer. This isn’t right or that isn’t wrong. It always has to be questioned. Of course I’m not accusing or assuming this about people, just stating a fact that I have seen with my own eyes. Back in school my teacher would call us students Bani Israel because we would love to question her and ask questions that were useless. Also Bani Israel had the tendency to do the opposite of what was told to them and well my class and I would do that, it was quite amusing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">I’d like to touch upon a topic that has been well driving me crazy for the past few days. There are many people who have become <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">scholars </b>and well learned people of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Quran</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hadith</b> and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ways</b> of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Learning this and talking about it is an amazing thing to do. To learn and to leach is the greatest. However, it all depends on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">who</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">what</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">where </b>and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">how</b> you are learning it from; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">when</b>, you can learn whenever. The stuff you learn should be authentic; it should be backed up with the proof with Hadith and Quran.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before the death of our Prophet (S.A.W) he said a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hadith</b> in which it has been narrated to say: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>“After my death there will come a time when more than 70 different nations of Muslims will be known”</u></b> it is not the exact narration but Allah forgive me if I have spoken it wrong in any way, ameen. Today if you look around there are many people who have created different groups of Islam and following only what they like. For example; there are people who only follow the Quran and not Hadith and Sunnah. Then there are people who are the opposite, they follow the Hadith but not Quran and Sunnah. And then there are some who follow only the Sunnah and do not believe in the Quran and Hadith. There are other groups out there known as Al-Huda and Isna and I don’t even know for sure how many others there are. But my point here is that you don’t know who is right and who is wrong. You have to believe in Allah, in Muhammad (S.A.W), in the Quran and in Hadith. When hearing something or reading something you should make sure where it is from, is it authentic? Let’s just say that you hear something and its wrong and you spread the word around, you will get a sin for it. However, if you don’t know that it’s wrong it’s up to Allah then but Inshallah Allah is the Most-Forgiving and of course he’d forgive us all. That’s why it is up to you to figure out the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Right </b>the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wrong</b> and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Answer</b>. Also, when you hear something or see something you shouldn’t just go telling everyone about it, first find out if it is a reliable source; learning something from a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sheik</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Molana</b> or an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Aalimah</b> is right, no one would question that but then it depends on who they follow; are they following just Quran? Just Hadith? Just Sunnah? Or all three? Do they believe in everything Allah says or are they questioning it and only believing what they think are easy for them? Because today, I myself with my own eyes have seen people follow one Muslim nation but only accepting and doing the things they find easy for them and the rest... it’s all history. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">So the moral of what I just wrote above; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Figure out what you hear, see or learn is authentic or not. Who has it said by? A sheik? A Molana? An Aalimah? You should make sure of it and keep close tabs on what is being said. And after you learn that it is reliable you should then practise upon it before preaching it. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">Oh and one last thing, the last </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">ten days</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> of </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">Ramadan</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> are going by, make these last ten days like they are last ten days of your life. In one of these nights will be </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">Laylutal Qadr</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> also known as </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">The Night of Power</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">, it comes on one of the </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">odd nights</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">, one of them has already passed, tonight is the second one. Keep in mind that this night is a very powerful night and Allah comes down from </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">His Throne</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> to rest above the </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">Earth</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> so he can see who is praying for him, who is dedicating themselves to him during the night. He sends out his </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">Angels</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> to </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">gather </b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">and </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">record</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> all that is being done. </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">Read Quran, pray extra salaah and search for the Night of Power. Have a good morning, evening, or afternoon to everyone in the world. Remember me in your </span><b style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">duaas</b><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> and me in return.</span></div><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;"> ~</span> </span><span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">"Sometimes you have to fall from the mountain to realize what you are climbing for. Obstacles are placed in our way to see if what we want is really worth fighting for. From every wound there's a scar and every scar tells a story. A story that says, I was deeply wounded but 'I will survive'. He who keeps his heart near Allah will find peace and tranquility, whilst he who gives his heart to the people will find restlessness and apprehension." ~ [Ibn al-Qayyim] </span></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Century, serif;">Assalmualikum, So I’ve been getting some questions regarding sehri, practically about not waking up for sehri and if the fast is still valid. The answer is yes. Your fast is still valid if you didn’t perform sehri as long as the intention was there. However waking up for sehri is a big part of fasting. Rasulullah (SAW) said: ‘</span><span style="color: lime; font-family: "Century","serif";">The difference between our fasting and that of the Ahlul-Kitaab (Jews and Christians) lies in our partaking of food at “Sehri” which they do not.”</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Century, serif;">Sehri means partaking of food shortly before dawn. Scholars have agreed that the time for Sehri commences after half the night has passed, and not observing it is contrary to the Sunnah. Abdullah bin Haarith (RA) reports that one of the Sahaaba said: “I once visited Rasulullah (SAW) at a time when he was busy in partaking of ‘Sehri’. Rasulullah then said:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: lime; font-family: "Century","serif";">“This is a thing full of blessings, which Allah has granted you. Do not give it up.” </span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;">There are many reasons for the blessedness of sehri including that the Sunnah is followed, through Sehri we differentiate ourselves from the ways of Ahlul-Kitaab, it promotes greater sincerity in Ibaadah (worship), and it aids in elimination of short temper, which normally comes about as result of hunger.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Century, serif;">Next is the best time to wake for sehri. It was narrated that Zayd ibn Thaabit (RA) said: “We ate suhoor with the Prophet (SAW) then he went to pray.” I [the narrator] asked,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: lime; font-family: "Century","serif";">“How long was there between the adhaan and suhoor?” He said, “As long as it takes to recite fifty verses.”</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;"> This hadith encourages us to delay suhoor until just before Fajr. The time between should be the amount of time it takes one to to recite fifty verses of the Qur’aan at a moderate pace.</span><o:p></o:p></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif;">Assalamualaikum, So I’ve been M.I.A for a while and I apologize for that, I’ve been busy with final exams and then preps for Ramadan but .. I’m back now :) Inshallah today I’m going to be telling you about a topic that’s been on my mind for a while and that’s ‘Building relationships in Ramadan’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif;">Ramadan is a month of new beginnings and time for spiritual reflection, and a time for people to build good relationships, and to mend fractured relationships with our family and friends. A great way of doing this is to invite them over for iftar. The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is reported to have said: <span style="color: lime;">"Whoever feeds a hungry believer, Allah will feed him with the fruits of Paradise; and whoever gives a drink to a thirsty believer, Allah will quench his thirst (on the Day of Judgment) with an exquisite drink of Paradise; and whoever clothes a believer, Allah will clothe him with a green robe of Paradise."</span> Hurting our brothers and sister in Islam is a great sin and is sometimes done unintentionally, so it is important to constantly seek eachothers forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif;">If you have been hurt by someone, do not turn away their request for forgiveness no matter how big or small the mistake might have been. It is not always easy to forget the wrong done to you by others especially if it was a betrayal from someone close to you; someone you trusted, but the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is reported to having said that Allah (SWT) has said:<span style="color: lime;"> “O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as its.”</span> Subhanallah. So who are we to turn away from the requests of forgiveness from someone? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif;">May Allah (SWT) opens our hearts to forgive those who have wronged us, and puts forgiveness in the hearts of those we have wronged. Ameen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-21918341518676989402012-07-05T11:12:00.000-07:002012-07-05T11:12:07.876-07:00The believing woman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">~ The believing woman is never down for long. She is like a willow under a strong wind; she will bend to breaking point but will stay whole. She’ll sail against the tides and storms, she may get bruised from life, but she’ll never give up. Because she knows Allah will not give more than she can bear, she knows her worth and even if she is walked upon or laughed at, No one can take away her dignity, as her refuge is with Allah. ~</span><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-61781729329345851592012-07-04T22:53:00.001-07:002012-07-29T20:35:21.248-07:00I asked Allah for strength<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Century, serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">~ I asked Allah for strength and Allah gave me difficulties to make me strong, I asked Allah for wisdom and Allah gave me problems to solve, I asked Allah for courage and Allah gave me obstacles to overcome, I asked Allah for love and Allah gave me troubled people to help, I asked Allah for favors and Allah gave me opportunities. Maybe I received nothing I wanted, but I received everything I needed. ~</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div>––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-72381654213281378742012-07-04T21:51:00.004-07:002013-03-11T12:03:24.927-07:00Shabe-e-Barat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The 15th night of Shabaan is known as Shabe-e-Barat or Laylat al-Bara’ah (The night of salvation), and is amongst the most blessed of nights. It is the special night of seeking forgiveness and repenting to Allah (SWT). It is said that on this night, new Record books are started and the list of people who will die in the year will be handed over to the angels of death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is also strongly encouraged to spend the night in worship and to fast the following day. Ibne Habaan (R) narrates that Rasoolullah (SAW) said: <span style="color: lime;">“When the night of 15th Shabaan arrives spend the night awake and keep fast the next day”</span>. It was observed that the Prophet (SAW), besides Ramadhan, kept the most fasts in the month of Shabaan. It is said that after sunset during the night of Middle of Sha’ban, Allah in His great mercy and kindness turns towards His creation and asks,<span style="color: lime;"> “Is there anyone who would seek My forgiveness and I forgive him/her? Is there anyone who is in need to ask Me and I provide for his/her needs. Is there anyone who in pain and seek My help and I help him/her? Is there? Is there? until the time of Fajr.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-63464278174692075862012-07-01T21:53:00.000-07:002012-07-01T21:53:39.601-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: lime; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~ Don't ask Allah (swt) to take you out of the storm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;"> Simply ask him to hold your hand through it ~</span></span></div>––––•(-• mkpearlz •-)•––––http://www.blogger.com/profile/07879911597750385775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-41214950703575371082012-06-29T15:15:00.001-07:002012-06-29T19:16:29.139-07:00A view on a Muslim women<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoQuote" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Asslamualkuim. In class today my teacher gave us essay reading to do, this essay in particular was about a Muslim girl who was telling the world that her body is her <b><u>OWN </u></b>business and no one else’s. I really enjoyed reading the essay and I have posted it below. Read on after to see what I have to say about the <b><u>Hijaab</u></b> and <b><u>Veil</u></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.15pt; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 26pt; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">My body is my own business By Sultana Yusufali<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14.4pt; margin-left: -88.55pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; text-align: right;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22pt; letter-spacing: -0.6pt;">09</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.85pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Oct</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">2006</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>I probably do not fit into the preconceived notion of a “rebel.” I have no visible tattoos and minimal piercings. I do not possess a leather jacket. In fact, when most people look at me, their first thought usually is something along the lines of “oppressed female.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>The brave individuals who have mustered the courage to ask me about the way I dress usually have questions like: “Do your parents make you wear that?” Or “Don’t you find that really unfair?”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>A while back, a couple of girls in Montreal were kicked out of school for dressing like I do. It seems strange that a little piece of cloth would make for such controversy. Perhaps the fear is that I am harbouring an Uzi underneath it. You never can tell with those Muslim fundamentalists.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Of course, the issue at hand is more than a mere piece of cloth. I am a Muslim woman who, like millions of other Muslim women across the globe, chooses to wear the hijaab. There are many different ways to wear it, but in essence, what we do is cover our entire bodies except for our hands and faces. If you’re the kind of person who has watched a lot of popular movies, you’d probably think of harem girls and belly-dancers, women who are kept in seclusion except for the private pleasure of their male masters. In the true Islamic faith, nothing could be further from the truth. And the concept of the hijaab, contrary to popular opinion, is actually one of the most fundamental aspects of female empowerment. When I cover myself, I make it virtually impossible for people to judge me according to the way I look. I cannot be categorized because of my attractiveness or lack thereof. Compare this to life in today’s society: We are constantly sizing one another up on the basis of our clothing, jewellery, hair and make-up. What kind of depth can there be in a world like this?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Yes, I have a body, a physical manifestation upon this Earth. But it is the vessel of an intelligent mind and a strong spirit. It is not for the beholder to leer at or to use in advertisements to sell everything from beer to cars. Because of the superficiality of the world in which we live, external appearances are so stressed that the value of the individual counts for almost nothing. It is a myth that women in today’s society are liberated. What kind of freedom can there be when a woman cannot walk down the street without every aspect of her physical self being “checked out”? When I wear the hijab I feel safe from all of this. I can rest assured that no one is looking at me and making assumptions about my character from the length of my skirt. There is a barrier between me and those who would exploit me. I am first and foremost a human being, equal to any man, and not vulnerable because of my sexuality. One of the saddest truths of our time is the question of the beauty myth and female self-image. Reading popular teenage magazines, you can instantly find out what kind of body image is “in” or “out.” And if you have the “wrong” body type, well, then, you’re just going to have to change it, aren’t you? After all, there is no way that you can be overweight and still be beautiful.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Look at any advertisement. Is a woman being used to sell the product? How old is she? How attractive is she? What is she wearing? More often than not, that woman will be no older than her early 20s, taller, slimmer and more attractive than average, dressed in skimpy clothing. Why do we allow ourselves to be manipulated like this? Whether the ’90s woman wishes to believe it or not, she is being forced into a mould. She is being coerced into selling herself, into compromising herself. This is why we have 13-year-old girls sticking their fingers down their throats and overweight adolescents hanging themselves.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>When people ask me if I feel oppressed, I can honestly say no. I made this decision out of my own free will. I like the fact that I am taking control of the way other people perceive me. I enjoy the fact that I don’t give anyone anything to look at and that I have released myself from the bondage of the swinging pendulum of the fashion industry and other institutions that exploit females.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>My body is my own business. Nobody can tell me how I should look or whether or not I am beautiful. I know that there is more to me than that. I am also able to say no comfortably when people ask me if I feel as though my sexuality is being repressed. I have taken control of my sexuality.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>I am thankful I will never have to suffer the fate of trying to lose/gain weight or trying to find the exact lipstick shade that will go with my skin colour. I have made choices about what my priorities are and these are not among them.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>So next time you see me, don’t look at me sympathetically. I am not under duress or a male-worshipping female captive from those barbarous Arabic deserts. I’ve been liberated. I am a W O M A N…..Yes a MUSLIM WOMAN.</b></span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 16.2pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><b><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #565656; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding: 0cm;">The Senate voted 246 to 1 in favour of a ban on Muslim women wearing burkas such as the one worn by this woman at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on June 24, 2009.</span></u></b></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #565656; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding: 0cm;"> </span></u></b></span><em><b><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #565656; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding: 0cm;">(Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 16.2pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><b><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #565656; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding: 0cm;"><br />
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</span></u></b></em></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 16.2pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The French Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday for a bill banning the burka-style Islamic veil everywhere from post offices to streets, a move that affects only a tiny minority of the country's Muslim women but has significant symbolic repercussions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Senate voted 246 to 1 in favour of the bill, which has already passed in the lower chamber, the National Assembly. It will need President Nicolas Sarkozy's signature to become law.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Dissenters have 10 days to challenge the measure in the constitutional Council watchdog, but that is considered unlikely.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Legislative leaders said they wanted the constitutional Council to examine it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">"This law was the object of long and complex debates," the Senate president, Gerard Larcher, and National Assembly head Bernard Accoyer said in a joint statement explaining their move. They said they want to be certain there is "no uncertainty" about it conforming to the constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The measure affects fewer than 2,000 women, but Muslims believe it is one more blow to France's second religion, and risks raising the level of Islamophobia in a country where mosques, like synagogues, are sporadic targets of hate. Some women have vowed to wear a full-face veil despite the law.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The proposed law was passed overwhelmingly by the National Assembly on July 13. The green light from the Senate would make it definitive once the president signs off on it — barring amendments and an eventual legal challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In France, the terms "burka" and "niqab" often are used interchangeably. The latter is a full-face veil, often in black. Unlike the burka, it does not obscure a woman's eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><h3 style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 3.3pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; font-weight: normal;">'A law that is unlawful'<o:p></o:p></span></h3><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The measure would outlaw face-covering veils in streets, including those worn by tourists from the Middle East and elsewhere. It is aimed at ensuring gender equality, women's dignity and security, as well as upholding France's secular values and way of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Kenza Drider, however, said she'll flirt with arrest to wear her veil as she pleases.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">"It is a law that is unlawful," said Drider, a mother of four from Avignon, in southern France.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">"It is ... against individual liberty, freedom of religion, liberty of conscience," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">"I will continue to live my life as I always have with my full veil," she told Associated Press Television News.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Drider was the only woman who wears a full-faced veil to be interviewed by a parliamentary panel that spent six months deciding whether to move ahead with legislation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Muslim leaders concur that Islam does not require a woman to hide her face. But they have voiced concerns that a law forbidding them to do so would stigmatize the French Muslim population, which at an estimated five million is the second largest in France and the largest in western Europe. Numerous Muslim women who wear the face-covering veil have said they are now being harassed in the streets.<o:p></o:p></span></div><h3 style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 3.3pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; font-weight: normal;">Identity crisis<o:p></o:p></span></h3><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Raphael Liogier, a sociology professor who heads the Observatory of the Religious in Aix-en-Provence, said Muslims in France are already targeted by hate-mongers and the ban on face-covering veils "will officialize Islamophobia."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">"With the identity crisis that France has today, the scapegoat is the Muslim," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; padding: 0cm;">'I'll exclude myself from society when I wanted to live in it.'</span></strong><em><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #565656; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding: 0cm;">—Oum Al Khyr, Muslim Frenchwoman</span></em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Ironically, instead of helping some women integrate, the measure may keep them cloistered in their homes to avoid exposing their faces in public.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">"I won't go out. I'll send people to shop for me. I'll stay home, very simply," said Oum Al Khyr, who wears a niqab that hides all but the eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">"I'll spend my time praying," said the single woman "over 45" who lives in Montreuil on Paris's eastern edge. "I'll exclude myself from society when I wanted to live in it."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The law banning the veil would take effect only after a six-month period.<o:p></o:p></span></div><h3 style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 3.3pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; font-weight: normal;">Full veils 'not welcome': Sarkozy<o:p></o:p></span></h3><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Interior Ministry estimates the number of women who fully cover themselves at some 1,900, with a quarter of them converts to Islam and two-thirds with French nationality.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The French parliament wasted no time in working to get a ban in place, opening an inquiry shortly after Conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy said in June 2009 that full veils that hide the face are "not welcome" in France.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The bill calls for the equivalent of $198.75 Cdn in fines or citizenship classes for any woman caught covering her face, or both. It also carries stiff penalties for anyone such as husbands or brothers convicted of forcing the veil on a woman. The $39,750 fine and year in prison are doubled if the victim is a minor.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">It was unclear, however, how authorities planned to enforce such a law.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.2pt; margin-bottom: 11.6pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">"I will accept the fine with great pleasure," said Drider, vowing to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg if she gets caught.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.7pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 20.7pt;">© The Canadian Press, 2010</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.cp.org/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.cp.org/" style="line-height: 20.7pt;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #115278; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Description: The Canadian Press" border="0" height="18" src="file:///C:/Users/COMPUT~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_14" width="180" /></span></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18pt;">All I can say to that is </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18pt;">okay then... </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18pt;">we Muslims have rights and those rights include freedom of religion. In Québec it has also been decreed that when a women comes into any government building, she has to show her face if she is wearing a veil. Why? Why is it such a big deal that a woman is covering her face? She’s covering her beauty that no man should be allowed to see other than her husband. When I go to an airport or a bank I know that I have to show my face; that permission is given in Islam, that in a time of need you may show your face. But why un-necessarily? I really see no reason. My own fellow Muslim disagrees upon this- some do not all- but those who do, shame on you. As a Muslim you should care for your women and see that, their banning the veil is a type of harassment. When I read the news and see all this crap being talked I can only shake my head and pray to Allah for guiding us to his straight path.</span></div></div></td></tr>
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In surah Al-Ahzab, ayah 59 it says <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veil) all over their bodies (i.e. screen themselves completely except eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So there you have it. Muslim women do have to wear the veil. It makes them look and feel respected. It shows the modesty in them, shows how different she is rather than a non-Muslim woman (no offense to anyone). <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2pEFSER3bvk/T1cGoawQd3I/AAAAAAAAAJc/ggCE4A2UKJY/s1600/214ad643-4af7-43ed-8833-f4349f148bc7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2pEFSER3bvk/T1cGoawQd3I/AAAAAAAAAJc/ggCE4A2UKJY/s320/214ad643-4af7-43ed-8833-f4349f148bc7.jpg" width="231" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Seeing the picture on the side, what do you see? Would the government of any country stop women to wear skirts, let them be mini or long, shorts, tank tops, dresses that show more skin than the actual dress? No, they wouldn’t. So why a Muslim woman should be ruled by her country’s government, when all the other women walk freely wearing whatever they like? Did you know that just cuz a woman or I being Muslim are stopped from playing sports? Working in pharmacies? Swimming? Surfing? No. We are liberated women and can do what we like. No man has any right over us neither does any government. We Muslim women are not slaves or oppressed by our fathers, brothers and husbands, but wearing something we love! I am proud to be a Muslim WOMAN WHO WEARS THE VEIL!</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b6qvUCh6IX4/T1cJivhSM9I/AAAAAAAAALM/j9JTXqJft2k/s1600/Muslim-child-abuse-little-girl-in-hijab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b6qvUCh6IX4/T1cJivhSM9I/AAAAAAAAALM/j9JTXqJft2k/s200/Muslim-child-abuse-little-girl-in-hijab.jpg" width="184" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Little girls who are the age of 6 or even 4 start to wear the hijaab.....my own little cousin does! Their parents do not force them, or beat them, but the little girls see their older sisters, their mothers wearing the hijaab and want to wear it too. The hijaab and the veil are quite influential. Below are some pictures that I hope express more than words. Oh but in my conclusion I will say again; I was never forced to do anything and never will. I am a liberated woman who has my rights and will do as I like. Islam has told me to cover myself and I will. I love my veil and I love my religion and will do so till I die. PROUD TO BE MUSLIM! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-8135123658771954992012-06-27T19:19:00.003-07:002012-07-01T21:35:37.301-07:00A Mother's Value<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><i><u><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">‘A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and asked “Who should I put first above all?” The Prophet (pbuh) has then been narrated to say; “your mother” “Then who?” The man asked. “Your mother” The prophet replied. “Then who?” The man asked, “Your mother” The Prophet replied. “Then who?” The man asked again, “your father” The Prophet replied.’<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><i><u><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">-Said with references from Hadith books; may Allah forgive me for narrating the Hadith in its wrong due-fill written manner. <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f2uAcyPLsAQ/T-u1l7EGl8I/AAAAAAAABBM/My6K6qdVv3w/s1600/mother-love11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f2uAcyPLsAQ/T-u1l7EGl8I/AAAAAAAABBM/My6K6qdVv3w/s320/mother-love11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><i><u><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></div><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After Allah a mother is the main cause for our entrance into this world. In the above hadith, Nabi (s.a.w) gave mother a three times higher status than fathers. Why? Because what a mother does for her children not a single other soul in the world can ever do. Firstly she carried her child in her stomach for 9 long months bearing pain that no one else can understand. After all this she spends the rest of her life loving her child, raising him or her and working hard to give him or her beautiful life.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">No one can understand what it means to be a mother except our mothers themselves. No one can love and care for someone so much that they sacrifice everything in their life for us than our mother does for us. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A mother is someone who stayed up all night taking care of you. She closed up the cuts you got playing outside. And yet we do not value our mothers they way we should. Every day our mother get up early in the morning to make our lunches for school, washes our clothes and does so much more!</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The children of today don’t realize the value we should give our mothers. In the Georgian calendar, mother’s day comes around once a year. Why is that we should be nice, kind and loving to our mother on that one day? Why should we give a gift on that specific day? Why not every day? In Islam, we are taught from the day of our birth to love your mother. To not say even oof to her. To not humiliate, embarrass her or be disrespectful to her. Every day is mother’s day for Muslims; every day we should be kind to our mother, love her and respect her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jannah (paradise) lies underneath the feet of your mother; remember that and follow what you have to, to keep your mother happy and you can remember to accept acceptance into Jannah.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D55VlRrpKt46gR7zYiVAub0OzeGTWP2R598zV41bA-FK0RL6pM6Y5dLC-n_Jj3cvuMFLW_QAlw752WVwJwZdYO8KRViVwRrTkhqo8Q6x_GbF2-OXqLOLmZUzKYdKs3IICXeWPLt-cNC2/s1600/15425830_80313ac31241977350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D55VlRrpKt46gR7zYiVAub0OzeGTWP2R598zV41bA-FK0RL6pM6Y5dLC-n_Jj3cvuMFLW_QAlw752WVwJwZdYO8KRViVwRrTkhqo8Q6x_GbF2-OXqLOLmZUzKYdKs3IICXeWPLt-cNC2/s320/15425830_80313ac31241977350.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A mother is important and without her you couldn’t be standing where you stand today. May Allah (swt) make us all the coolness of our parent’s eyes and May he keep us dutiful to them and may we all love our mother and father till our death. Ameen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9x7dvGKfRb9vbNI2mjLhWFMLEXg0G6GWhCctmLzp7e7Y-_bMzzCZlseTxC7RAIDctbqT8uX3a9uV7o4NgHmEZZI95I7zAUYFcQQg2_OYX4IxjwIVFpGelS2VmvgkrTwRGhg6-Ir0U86s/s1600/tumblr_m0s2c0ybiN1r02o8fo1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9x7dvGKfRb9vbNI2mjLhWFMLEXg0G6GWhCctmLzp7e7Y-_bMzzCZlseTxC7RAIDctbqT8uX3a9uV7o4NgHmEZZI95I7zAUYFcQQg2_OYX4IxjwIVFpGelS2VmvgkrTwRGhg6-Ir0U86s/s400/tumblr_m0s2c0ybiN1r02o8fo1_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566822880003688140.post-89680615440005815672012-06-20T18:11:00.003-07:002012-07-29T20:38:15.727-07:00بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْمِ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh (</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">السَّلاَمُ</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">عَلَيْكُمْ</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">وَرَحْمَةُ</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">اللهِ</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">وَبَرَكَاتُهُ</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). Welcome to Muslims Knowledge Unite, run by two aspiring Aalimaahs, Mariam and Ira. Inshallah with this blog we hope to teach and be taught, inspire and be inspired. </span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;">Any good that comes from this blog Inshallah is from Allah (SWT). Any errors or mistakes are from my side and I apologize in advance for any and all of my shortcomings.</span><br />
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