28 February 2014

Help Palestine [hidayahnet] IN ALLAH ALONE BELIEVERS PUT THEIR TRUST

 



As'salaamu Alaikum,

 
IN ALLAH ALONE BELIEVERS PUT THEIR TRUST

[Quran - 64:13] "Allah! There is no god but He: And in Allah (Alone), therefore, let the believers put their trust.


The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) has said :

[Bukhari, Book #93, Hadith #534] "Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Whenever the Prophet offered his Tahajjud prayer, he would say, "O Allah, our Lord! All the praises are for You; You are the Keeper (Establisher or the One Who looks after) of the Heavens and the Earth. All the Praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth and whatever is therein. You are the Truth, and Your saying is the Truth, and Your promise is the Truth, and the meeting with You is the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth, and the (Hell) Fire is the Truth. O Allah! I surrender myself to You, and believe in You, and I put my trust in You (solely depend upon). And to You I complain of my opponents and with Your Evidence I argue. So please forgive the sins which I have done in the past or I will do in the future, and also those (sins) which I did in secret or in public, and that which You know better than I. None has the right to be worshipped but You."
 
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27 February 2014

Help Palestine [hidayahnet] Re: Ash-Shakur

 

One sister has asked me to update all of you about Allah's name: "Ash-Shakoor"

this specific one must be spell as " Ash-Shakoor"  as per tajweed rule when we read wow - exactly need to make lips round as doughnut shape (that's how they teach in tajweed) and since there is sakoon on alphabet "wow" so need to pause at pronounce of alphabet.
 
may Allah SWT accept our good and erase our sins .Ameen.


On 26 February 2014 12:55, Junaid Tahir <mjunaidtahir@gmail.com> wrote:

Meaning :

The Appreciative.

In Quran :

“… surely He is the Forgiving, the One Who multiplies the rewards“ (Quran, 35:30).

Description :

Linguistically, “al-Shakoor“ is derived from the root word shukr which conveys the meaning of: an increase.

Arabs describe a land as such if its plants are abundant. They describe an animal as such if it is fattened.

Plants sustained by a little amount of water are called shakoor. Al-Shakoor thanks quite often, who appreciates acts of righteousness, charity and kindness. A servant of Allah who is shakoor is one who perseveres to thank his Lord by obeying Him and by carrying out the obligations which He has mandated on him. Shukr is recognition and propagation of goodness.

Al-Shakoor, Allah, appreciates even the few good deeds His servants do, doubling His rewards for them. His way of thanking them is by giving them of His bounties though He was the One Who enabled them to do such good deeds in the first place. 

He planted in their hearts the desire to do them, and then He provided for them all the means to carry them out. He enables His servants to be grateful for the blessings which He bestows upon them, so He rewards them even for small acts of obedience to Him with an abundance of His good things. He grants for a few days‘ endeavor bliss in the hereafter that never ends.

Al-Shakoor accepts the little and who gives a lot. Allah has called Himself al-Shakoor in order to tell us that He rewards His servants for thanking Him; hence, the reward for such gratitude is called shukr, just as the penalty for a bad deed is called bad; He has said,“And the recompense of evil is a like punishment“ (Quran, 42:40).

One of the tokens of accepting one‘s expression of appreciation is that he receives an increase of Allah‘s blessings according to 14:7: “If you are grateful, I will certainly give you more, and if you are ungrateful, my chastisement is truly severe.“

The truth about appreciation is not related to the qualities of Allah: appreciation comes from people; it is simply the expending of the blessings granted by Allah in the way for which He created them. Linguistically, appreciation is coupled with blessing, grace, gratitude. Nobody can do Allah a favor for which He has to thank him; therefore, His appreciation must be understood metaphorically according to Tafsir al-Manar.

Allah‘s gratitude means that He is capable of rewarding the doers of good, that He does not permit the deeds of such doers to be wasted or unrewarded. It is in this sense that rewarding the doer of good with what he deserves is called appreciation, and Allah has thus called Himself appreciative. Allah has also promised those who appreciate His blessings to increase His blessings upon them; so, such gratitude also falls under the same type of appreciation.

The most Appreciative One has said, “... and whoever does good spontaneously, surely Allah is Grateful, Knowing“ (Quran, 2:158).

Thus do we come to know that Allah, Glory to Him, has a conduct which is surely the most perfect one when He called Himself appreciative of the worlds although whatever good they do neither benefits Him nor harms Him in the least; rather, its benefit is surely for our own good. It is, in reality, a sign of His own blessings upon us that He guides and enables us to do it; so, it does not beseem any sensible person to observe the great favor bestowed upon him by Allah without thanking Him for it, or without obeying Him.

Allah also says, “Therefore remember me, so I will remember you, too, and be thankful to me, and do not be ungrateful to me“ (Quran, 2:152).
In this verse, Allah teaches His servants to be appreciative, ordering them to remember the blessings which He has bestowed upon them by their hearts, tongues and senses. Their reward for it is that He reminds them of His permission to continue to enjoy such blessings, and to increase them, ordering them to praise Him by His Attributes, to discuss His countless blessings, to glorify Him openly and secretly, so that He may mention them in His high company and mention His being pleased with them.

In a qudsi tradition, the Messenger of Allah quotes the Almighty saying, “I am as My servant thinks of Me: I am with him; if he mentions Me silently, I shall mention him likewise, and if He mentions My Name before a crowd of people, I shall mention him before a better crowd; if he gets closer to Me as much as a span, I shall get closer to him as much as a yard; if he gets closer to Me as much as a yard, I will get closer to him more than twice that much. If he comes to me walking, I shall come to him running.“ Allah commands His servants to be grateful to Him and not to deny the blessings which He has bestowed upon them. 

This is a warning for this nation against that wherein previous nations had fallen due to the latter‘s denial of the blessings which the Almighty had showered upon them. He granted them the powers of reason, emotion, judgment, and other such blessings.

A servant of Allah should never tire of thanking and praising Him, incessantly and unhesitatingly. In a supplication by the Messenger of Allah, he says, “Lord! I am incapable of praising you enough; you are as you have praised yourself.“ Praising Allah and thanking Him as He really deserves is not within the human capacity. A servant of Allah, therefore, must leave it to the One who can do so: Allah, Praise is due to Him, and ONLY to Him. How can man acquire perfection in such an area while he contemplates upon some blessings bestowed upon him by Allah and says to himself:

“I was mere naught and Allah caused me to be, then He granted me the beautiful outward appearance, and the power of reason which is the very best of my inner qualities, then He granted me hearing and vision and guided me to know Him, then He made His great rewards attainable and even praised me in his Great Book“? If you move your tongue and say: Alamdu-lillh (Praise to Allah), thinking that mere saying so is sufficient to express gratitude for all the great favors He has bestowed upon you, then you surely have taken leave of absence from your sanity, for you surely will not have thanked Him at all. “Talk is cheap,“ says an axiom, whereas “actions speak louder than words.“

Express your gratitude towards your Maker by actions, not only by words. A servant‘s true expression of gratitude is his own admission that he simply is incapable of sufficiently express his gratitude to His Maker, Sustainer, and Benefactor.

Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari has quoted the Messenger of Allah saying, “If one is given something while being capable of finding a way to likewise give, let him do so, but if he is not, then let him praise the giver, for one who remains silent and says nothing commits kufr, apostasy. And if one were to put on clothes which he was not given, he would then be like one who wears two outfits of forgery.“


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Help Palestine [hidayahnet] WITNESSES TO THE TRUTH

 



As'salaamu Alaikum,

 
WITNESSES TO THE TRUTH

[ALLAH'S Quran - 57:19] "And those who believe in Allah and His messengers- they are the Sincere (lovers of Truth), and the witnesses (who testify), in the eyes of their Lord: They shall have their Reward and their Light. But those who reject Allah and deny Our Signs,- they are the Companions of Hell-Fire."


The Pophet (Peace Be Upon Him) has said:

[Muslim, Book #001, Hadith #0043] "It is narrated on the authority of Ubadah b. Samit that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who said:" There is no god but Allah, He is One and There is no associate with Him, that Muhammad is his servant and His Messenger, that Christ is servant and the son of His slave-girl and he (Christ) His word which He communicated to Mary and is His Spirit, that Paradise is a fact and Hell is a fact,"Allah would make him (he who affirms these truths enter Paradise through any one of its eight doors which he would like."

[Muslim, Book #001, Hadith #0045] "It is narrated on the authority of Sunabihi................I heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) say: He who testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, Allah would prohibit the fire of hell for him."

[Muslim, Book #001, Hadith #0051] "It is reported on the authority of Anas b. Malik that the Prophet of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) addressed Mu'adh b. Jabal as he was riding behind him to which he replied: At thy beck and call, and at thy pleasure, Messenger of Allah. He again called out: Mu'adh, to which he (again) replied: At thy beck and call, and at thy pleasure. He (the Holy Prophet) addressed him (again): Mu'adh, to which he replied: At thy beck and call, and at thy pleasure, Messenger of Allah. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) observed: If anyone testifies (sincerely from his heart) that There is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His bondsman and His Messenger, Allah immuned him from Hell."

[Bukhari, Book #55, Hadith #644] "Narrated 'Ubada: The Prophet said, "If anyone testifies that None has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone Who has no partners, and that Muhammad is His Slave and His Apostle, and that Jesus is Allah's Slave and His Apostle and His Word which He bestowed on Mary and a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is true, and Hell is true, Allah will admit him into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds were few." (Junada, the sub-narrator said, " 'Ubada added, 'Such a person can enter Paradise through any of its eight gates he likes.")  
 
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26 February 2014

Help Palestine [hidayahnet] OUR LORD! FORGIVE ME, AND MY PARENTS AND ALL BELIEVERS

 



 
As'salaamu Alaikum,

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رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ

"Our Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and all the believers,
on the Day on which the Reckoning will be established."

[14:41]





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Help Palestine [hidayahnet] Ash-Shakur

 

Meaning :

The Appreciative.

In Quran :

“… surely He is the Forgiving, the One Who multiplies the rewards“ (Quran, 35:30).

Description :

Linguistically, “al-Shakoor“ is derived from the root word shukr which conveys the meaning of: an increase.

Arabs describe a land as such if its plants are abundant. They describe an animal as such if it is fattened.

Plants sustained by a little amount of water are called shakoor. Al-Shakoor thanks quite often, who appreciates acts of righteousness, charity and kindness. A servant of Allah who is shakoor is one who perseveres to thank his Lord by obeying Him and by carrying out the obligations which He has mandated on him. Shukr is recognition and propagation of goodness.

Al-Shakoor, Allah, appreciates even the few good deeds His servants do, doubling His rewards for them. His way of thanking them is by giving them of His bounties though He was the One Who enabled them to do such good deeds in the first place. 

He planted in their hearts the desire to do them, and then He provided for them all the means to carry them out. He enables His servants to be grateful for the blessings which He bestows upon them, so He rewards them even for small acts of obedience to Him with an abundance of His good things. He grants for a few days‘ endeavor bliss in the hereafter that never ends.

Al-Shakoor accepts the little and who gives a lot. Allah has called Himself al-Shakoor in order to tell us that He rewards His servants for thanking Him; hence, the reward for such gratitude is called shukr, just as the penalty for a bad deed is called bad; He has said,“And the recompense of evil is a like punishment“ (Quran, 42:40).

One of the tokens of accepting one‘s expression of appreciation is that he receives an increase of Allah‘s blessings according to 14:7: “If you are grateful, I will certainly give you more, and if you are ungrateful, my chastisement is truly severe.“

The truth about appreciation is not related to the qualities of Allah: appreciation comes from people; it is simply the expending of the blessings granted by Allah in the way for which He created them. Linguistically, appreciation is coupled with blessing, grace, gratitude. Nobody can do Allah a favor for which He has to thank him; therefore, His appreciation must be understood metaphorically according to Tafsir al-Manar.

Allah‘s gratitude means that He is capable of rewarding the doers of good, that He does not permit the deeds of such doers to be wasted or unrewarded. It is in this sense that rewarding the doer of good with what he deserves is called appreciation, and Allah has thus called Himself appreciative. Allah has also promised those who appreciate His blessings to increase His blessings upon them; so, such gratitude also falls under the same type of appreciation.

The most Appreciative One has said, “... and whoever does good spontaneously, surely Allah is Grateful, Knowing“ (Quran, 2:158).

Thus do we come to know that Allah, Glory to Him, has a conduct which is surely the most perfect one when He called Himself appreciative of the worlds although whatever good they do neither benefits Him nor harms Him in the least; rather, its benefit is surely for our own good. It is, in reality, a sign of His own blessings upon us that He guides and enables us to do it; so, it does not beseem any sensible person to observe the great favor bestowed upon him by Allah without thanking Him for it, or without obeying Him.

Allah also says, “Therefore remember me, so I will remember you, too, and be thankful to me, and do not be ungrateful to me“ (Quran, 2:152).
In this verse, Allah teaches His servants to be appreciative, ordering them to remember the blessings which He has bestowed upon them by their hearts, tongues and senses. Their reward for it is that He reminds them of His permission to continue to enjoy such blessings, and to increase them, ordering them to praise Him by His Attributes, to discuss His countless blessings, to glorify Him openly and secretly, so that He may mention them in His high company and mention His being pleased with them.

In a qudsi tradition, the Messenger of Allah quotes the Almighty saying, “I am as My servant thinks of Me: I am with him; if he mentions Me silently, I shall mention him likewise, and if He mentions My Name before a crowd of people, I shall mention him before a better crowd; if he gets closer to Me as much as a span, I shall get closer to him as much as a yard; if he gets closer to Me as much as a yard, I will get closer to him more than twice that much. If he comes to me walking, I shall come to him running.“ Allah commands His servants to be grateful to Him and not to deny the blessings which He has bestowed upon them. 

This is a warning for this nation against that wherein previous nations had fallen due to the latter‘s denial of the blessings which the Almighty had showered upon them. He granted them the powers of reason, emotion, judgment, and other such blessings.

A servant of Allah should never tire of thanking and praising Him, incessantly and unhesitatingly. In a supplication by the Messenger of Allah, he says, “Lord! I am incapable of praising you enough; you are as you have praised yourself.“ Praising Allah and thanking Him as He really deserves is not within the human capacity. A servant of Allah, therefore, must leave it to the One who can do so: Allah, Praise is due to Him, and ONLY to Him. How can man acquire perfection in such an area while he contemplates upon some blessings bestowed upon him by Allah and says to himself:

“I was mere naught and Allah caused me to be, then He granted me the beautiful outward appearance, and the power of reason which is the very best of my inner qualities, then He granted me hearing and vision and guided me to know Him, then He made His great rewards attainable and even praised me in his Great Book“? If you move your tongue and say: Alamdu-lillh (Praise to Allah), thinking that mere saying so is sufficient to express gratitude for all the great favors He has bestowed upon you, then you surely have taken leave of absence from your sanity, for you surely will not have thanked Him at all. “Talk is cheap,“ says an axiom, whereas “actions speak louder than words.“

Express your gratitude towards your Maker by actions, not only by words. A servant‘s true expression of gratitude is his own admission that he simply is incapable of sufficiently express his gratitude to His Maker, Sustainer, and Benefactor.

Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari has quoted the Messenger of Allah saying, “If one is given something while being capable of finding a way to likewise give, let him do so, but if he is not, then let him praise the giver, for one who remains silent and says nothing commits kufr, apostasy. And if one were to put on clothes which he was not given, he would then be like one who wears two outfits of forgery.“

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Help Palestine [hidayahnet] NO SOUL SHALL BEAR THE BURDEN OF ANOTHER

 



As'salaamu Alaikum,

 
NO SOUL SHALL BEAR THE BURDEN OF ANOTHER

[Quran - 53:38]"That no soul shall bear the burden of another"


The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) has said :

[Muslim, Book #001, Hadith #0229] "It is narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas: When this verse:" Whether you disclose that which is in your mind or conceal it, Allah will call you to account according to it" (ii 284), there entered in their minds something (of that fear) such as had never entered their hearts (before). The Apostle (may peace be upon him) observed: Say: We have heard and obeyed and submitted ourselves. He (the reporter) said: Allah instilled faith in their hearts and He revealed this verse:" Allah burdens not a soul beyond its capacity. It gets every good that it earns and it suffers every ill that it earns. Our Lord, call us not to account if we forget or make a mistake. He the (Lord) said: I indeed did it. Our Lord! do not lay on us a burden as Thou didst lay on those before us. He (our Lord) said: I indeed did it. And pardon us, have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector" (ii. 286). He said: I indeed did it."  
 
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February 22: A new Islamic offensive has unnerved the Assad regime. The mujahideen are advancing on several fronts against regime garrisons in the Aleppo and Damascus areas. The Alawite air force is going all out trying to stop the movement with jet fighter attacks while it continues to drop barrel bombs on civilian populations opposing the regime.Assad has bombed Palestinians now.
The UN Security Council, this time with Chinese and Russian support, is urging Assad to let food go through to starving populations under siege by the regime in Homs, Hama and the Palestinian camp Yarmouk. The UN was able to issue its statement because it also agreed to blame the Islamic side for "violations." The number of dead civilians at the hands of the regime has gone above 140,000 in three years. Among those killed by Assad are 11,000 children. Thousands of women have been raped by the Alawites, and several million people are refugees. More than 800 civilians have been killed by barrel bombs.
In Lebanon, an Islamic group imitating al-Nusra attacked the Shi'ite stronghold of Hermel at a Hizbush checkpoint. [February 22]. Earlier on February 19, a huge bomb was set off by the Abdullah Azzam Brigade at the Iranian Cultural Center in Beirut. Eight people were killed and more than 100 wounded. Mujahideen groups have started responding to the Iranian and Hizbush forces supporting Assad when he was near collapse.
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Breaking News: Iraq
February 23: The Maliki regime was unable to recapture Fallujah and Ramadi after three weeks of fighting. Both cities are largely in the hands of ISIL [Islamic State in Iraq & the Levant], as is most of Anbar province to the Syrian border.
Now the Maliki regime has called for a 72 hour cease fire [which observers say is a ruse while the regime mobilizes new weapons received from the US.]
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Breaking News: Pakistan
Military Disinformation Ends Peace Talks. Air Force bombing Islamic villages.

On February 17, just when the Pak Taliban were ready to announce a cease fire, a mysterious report came out of Mohmand agency on the Afghan border that the local Taliban had killed 23 Pakistani troops whom they had captured SEVERAL YEARS back. Of course the report could not be independently verified.
The military and the civil government let loose a storm of propaganda against the Pak Talibsan. There was general revulsion in the country. No one paused to ask why the "executions" just when peace talks were to begin. [Even Imran Khan was taken in. Only Munawar Hasan sounded doubtful.] Mohmand is a border area which the Pakistani army "conquered" two years back.
Two days later, when public opinion was flaring against the Pak Taliban, the news leaked out that 40,000 Pakistani troops had already entered North Waziristan.
On February 20, Pakistani air force jet fighters started bombing Islamic targets in North Waziristan and claimed to have killed 35 "suspected Islamic extremists."
No one asked, why is the air force attacking North Waziristan? It is the stronghold of the Haqqani network, linked to al-Qaida, but not of the Pak Taliban and is quite far from Mohmand where the executions allegedly took place.
Then on February 21, the air force attacked Hangu which is entirely outside the border areas. Again Islamic people were killed.
America has been urging Pakistan for several years to attack North Waziristan.
Need we say more?
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Many prisoners in America embrace Islam but when they come out, they get very little support from Muslim communities. Most Muslims do not even take the trouble to send a post card or a letter to prisoners or to talk to ex-prisoners.. Now a Muslim who spent many years in prison has a started a project called SCHOLARS BEHIND BARS which will help, inshallah, to change the situation. Please scroll down to the end.
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Slightly delayed.
National Islamic Shoora of Jamaat al-Muslimeen to meet, inshallah, in May.

The next meeting of the shoora will be held in May. inshallah. Please look for date and place.

Jamaat al-Muslimeen opposes oppression and tyranny of all kinds, especially the criminal regimes of Assad in Syria and Sisi in Egypt.

Jamaat stands for the rights of women as exemplified in the personalities of Hajira, Maryam, Ayesha, Umm Ammara and Sumayya, may Allah be pleased with them.

It supports the rights of Islamic political prisoners such as Imam Jamil, Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman, Massoud Khan, Dr. Ali Tamimi, Dr. Kifah al-Jayyousi, Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Ziyad Yaghi, Ehsan al-Sadequee and many others.

It stands against racism, Zionism, imperialism, homosexuality and occupation of Muslim lands.

It's the only Muslim organization in America which rejects the legitimacy of "Israel."

It teaches resistance by creative peaceful means within the limits of the law.

Your advice and support are most welcome. [See Jamaat al-Muslimeen on facebook. and on New Trend's web site.]
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Our America: Q & A on Domestic violence
Men hitting women and now even women hitting men. What does Islam say?

A few days ago, Ray Rice, a Baltimore Ravens football star, was accused of domestic violence against his fiance. It is said that he used an upper cut on her but, this occurred after she, allegedly, spit on him and hit him. Ray Rice is of African-descent.

The White male sportscasters and fans are calling in and criticizing him for hitting his fiance whether she struck him first or not. I know that there is a racist double standard in America regarding this issue. Charlie Sheen, a White man, has shot at, attempted to stab, and beat up women in his past relationships and is continuously employed in Hollywood.

Many people believe that Chris Brown, an Black American singer, was defending himself against an angry Rihanna when he attacked her. Their, famous, domestic violence incident occurred when she found texts from other women on his cell phone. However, his reputation and his psyche took a serious hit from the backlash.

American women take advantage of the idea of men being taught not to hit women. However, American law does not recognize chivalry and any assault is punished based on who struck the other, first.

As I understand it, Moorish Muslims brought chivalry to parts of Europe during their seven century reign. However, what does the Hadith state about men hitting women back in self-defense?

Any response would be appreciated.

Salaam,
Sis. 'Aisha
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Response by Br. Kaukab Siddique: From our archive.
Domestic Violence is NOT permitted in Islam for both genders.
How to understand the Qur'an: Issues of Women's Rights.

Doesn't the Qur'an 4:34 Put Men Above Women, Even Giving them the Right to Beat Women?
How do you reconcile your view on the wife's obedience to verse 4:34 which deals with the light beating of the wife?
WS
Adam [South Africa]

[Reply by Br. Kaukab Siddique, PhD]

Some Muslims in our times have delinked the Qur'an from the Hadith which enshrines the life of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). When these misled Muslims take the Qur'an, they take it one verse at a time and try to make the claim that in itself each verse is ultimate in meaning. Thus when they are faced with chapter 4 verse 34 of the Qur'an, we find Muslims taking these postures:

GROUP A
1. Some say the verse makes men the "rulers" of women.
2. They add that women must obey their husbands (be "qanitat.")
3. They claim that if women display "nushuz" (rebellion) against the husband, then the husband can carry out a three stage withdrawal from the wife, resulting in him beating her (lightly) for her rebellion.
4. The commentary of this group gives the impression that women are the slaves of men.

GROUP B
These are the 'modernist' apologists who are reacting to the West's attack on the Qur'an. They make weird efforts to twist the meaning of the verse to avoid its obvious meaning. The Pervaizi sectarian types use the dictionary. They find that, Arabic being a versatile language, the word used for 'beating' can also mean having sex. So they grab hold of this straw to, in their thinking, save Islam from barbarism which Western writers accuse it of. For them 4:34 does not imply inequality at all.

Group C
[Some writers, who are not Pervaizi but also want to have "Qur'an alone," like Amina Wadud, have worked hard on 4:34 to make it say what it obviously does not.]
The problem with the writings of this group is that it creates a "Qur'an" made in their own image according to which there is no issue of application or context. For them, there is no difference between war torn Afghanistan and an 'Islamic' conference in a Hilton Hotel.

In my book THE STRUGGLE OF MUSLIM WOMEN, I have shown the original, Islamic way of understanding the Qur'an, which is through the Hadith.

My viewpoint is that the Qur'an was a PROGRESSIVE REVELATION. "Progressive" here means that it went from stage to stage. The HADITH indicates and provides SOCIAL CONTEXT without which the Qur'an cannot be understood. I note in my book, for instance, that according to HADITH, 4:34 was revealed in the early period of Madina (Sahih of Bukhari, kitab al-Fadail). That was a time when the Muslim community was not fully formulated and people coming into Islam, especially women, had to be disciplined to understand that they could no longer keep in touch with men they knew beforehand. Sexual promiscuity was common in pre-Islamic Arab society. Also, on marriage, men would not take proper economic care of the wife. Hence the emphasis on this verse on men being "maintainers and providers" [qawwamun].

I also showed that the word NUSHUZ in 4:34 is not about the willfulness or rebellion of the wife but, as indicated by Hadith, sexual misconduct. It's the kind of loose sexual behavior which can undermine a marriage.

As the Qur'an was revealed progressively, Sura 24 verses 6-10, do not indicate any right to physically discipline the wife. In fact these verses indicate that even where the husband is alleging adultery, he cannot do anything other than to take an oath. The Hadith makes it clear to us that the Prophet (pbuh) forbade men to hit their wives. His SUNNAH, which is the model for all Muslims, shows, according to 'Ayesha (r.a.), that he never raised his hand against any woman.

From Hadith, we know that the last verses on male-female relationships were 9:70-71 and these state very clearly that BELIEVING MEN AND WOMEN are EACH OTHER'S GUARDIANS and PROTECTORS. [These verses do not say that men are guardians and protectors of the women.] Obviously, by the time Sura Tauba (chapter 9) was revealed, the Islamic community led by the Prophet (pbuh) had reached its perfection, which of course we know from Hadith.

Those who have a static view of the Qur'an tie themselves into knots by applying the "Qur'an only" method to 4:34 (of course in the process adding the Arabic dictionary while leaving out the Hadith).
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As for male-female relations in America leading to the situation which Sis. Aisha has related, here is a very good presentation by Br. Nouman Ali Khan [bayyinah.com] as seen on the DEEN SHOW coming out of Chicago. We thank Br. Salahuddin in Karachi, Pakistan, for introducing us to Br. Nouman's work. Br. Nouman is one of the VERY FEW Muslim preachers in America who can speak to Americans in their own lingo and good English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZEAFQCXnL4
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Breaking News: Somalia
On February 21, a martyrdom operator from al-Shabab smashed into the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu, Somalia. Seven other mujahideen then entered the palace and battled the security forces inside before they were killed. Almost all the top military and civilian officials of the US-installed tregime were killed but the "President" survived.
More than 22,000 non-Muslim troops from western sponsored African regimes are in Somalia supporting the "government" in Mogadishu.
As this map prepared by the BBC shows, almost all of Somalia is in the hands of al-Shabab. See the green color. Ethiopian and other non-Muslim forces supported by the US and Israel are holding some territories.

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Nigeria

Boko Haram defeated Nigerian troops in Bama: Governor's desperate appeal for more troops.

February 22. Nigerian troops are locked in battle with Boko Haram Islamic fighters in the Bama area northeast of Nigeria. The military is keeping journalists out of the area to hide the whipping its troops are getting from the Islamic fighters. The news filtering out indicates that the Islamics are on the offensive.
The Nigerian army says it is winning but the Governor of the state held an emergency meeting with the President of Nigeria with a funny name. "After meeting President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Shettima told the BBC Hausa service that without reinforcements "it is absolutely impossible for us to defeat Boko Haram".

Nigerian troops are killing civilians supporting the Islamics and then claiming that Boko Haram did it. Earlier in the month, the government reportedly killed the most famous Islamic teacher in Zaria who had met a Boko Haram representative. The government then claimed that Boko Haram did it.

Meanwhile reports of the genocide of the Muslim minority in CAR [Central African Republic] at the hands of Christian mobs are filtering across Cameroon into Nigeria, motivating Boko Haram to attack Christian settlers brought from the south by the government to dilute the Muslim majority in the north.
We have a report on the genocide in CAR. It's like the genocide of the unarmed Muslim minority in Burma. Please scroll to end but don't let children see this.

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Courtesy: BBC
Profile: Egypt's militant Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group
An Egyptian policeman shouts at bystanders to keep away from the site of a blast at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis said it bombed the police headquarters in Cairo
Al-Qaeda-inspired militant organisation Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem) has claimed responsibility for the 24 January bomb attack on the police headquarters in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
Initially, the group was known for launching attacks on Israeli targets and interests, but after the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, it has started directing its violence against the Egyptian army and police.
Beginnings
Sinai-based Ansar Beit al-Maqdis started its operations immediately after the January 2011 uprising that led to the fall of the country's long-running ruler Hosni Mubarak.
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis first came into the limelight in July 2012 when it assumed responsibility for the blowing up of a pipeline that exports gas to Israel and Jordan.
A month later, the group said it had fired rockets from Sinai into the southern Israeli resort of Eilat, and in September 2012 Ansar Beit al-Maqdis claimed responsibility for attacking an Israeli border patrol in response to a US-produced film widely condemned in the Muslim world as having insulted the Prophet Muhammad.
Bomb and gun attacks
After the Egyptian military brought down the Muslim Brotherhood's President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013 and the clampdown that followed against his supporters, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis concentrated its attacks on the army and police.
The group has been involved in suicide bombings, drive-by shootings and assassinations.
In one of its most high-profile attacks, the group tried to assassinate Interior Minister Muhammad Ibrahim in September 2013, when his motorcade in Cairo was targeted by a car bomb.
Others include an assault on South Sinai's Security Directorate in October 2013, and an attack the same month on the military intelligence building in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya.
'Palestinian links'
Some observers believe that Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has links to the Muslim Brotherhood and to Palestinian militant groups, especially the Hamas movement, which governs Gaza.
Brotherhood Without Violence, a recently-formed movement which includes alleged Muslim Brotherhood dissidents, claims Ansar Beit al-Maqdis is the Brotherhood's "military wing".
Nabil Naeem, former leader of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group, has accused Hamas of funding Ansar Beit al-Maqdis.
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Our America
Scholars Behind Bars aim to reform Prisoners through books, education

By Dennis Boatwright II [Detroit, Michigan]

When President Bill Clinton signed into law the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill, it was one of the

most callous acts of legislation targeting prisoners in that it effectively put a lid over their

This act, hidden inside a subsection of that bill, overturned a long-standing section of the

Higher Education Act of 1965 permitting inmates to receive a Pell Grant for post-secondary

education while incarcerated. The passage of this act ensured that the academic achievement

of lower income inmates does not rise above a high school diploma or G.E.D.

Many critical observers view this severe act as an

extension of an overall plan to 1) to guarantee that

the $60 billion prison system remains a lucrative

industry and, 2) to keep as many African

Americans incarcerated.

"Without education, job skills, and other basic

services," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal candidly

pointed out, "offenders are likely to repeat the

same steps that brought them to jail in the first

place … This is a problem that needs to be addressed head-on. We cannot say we are doing

everything we can to keep our communities and our families safe if we are not addressing

the high rate at which offenders are becoming repeat criminals."

According to a Pew Research study, over 80% of parolees will re-offend, and of this tragic

number, about 45% will return to prison within 3 years. This author was recently released after

serving 23 years. For two decades I personally experienced and observed the harmful impact of

ending the Pell Grant program. For example, termination of those funds makes it certain that

only upper-income inmates leave correctional facilities with higher education accomplishments.

Inmates who cannot afford to further their education, on the other hand, are tormented by the

prospects of not being able to improve their learning. I was among just a handful of men that

were fortunate to have people in society who would buy books and educational material to

meet my learning needs. Most inmates are not so lucky.

The noble mission of Scholars Behind Bars is to purchase books and educational material

for prisoners who wish to take their learning to greater heights. Specifically, this non-profit

organization will buy inmates college textbooks (such as Introductory to Psychology), advanced

journals (such as Foreign Affairs), and high-quality analysis magazines (such as The Economist),

depending upon their respective field of interest.

Because of my long-term incarceration, I personally know of and communicate with some of

the best and brightest prisoners, some of whom are easily honorary doctorate candidates had

they been provided with the proper education. They tell me that Scholars Behind Bars is a great

idea and something they could only dream about.

With your help Scholars Behind Bars will help enable prisoners to pursue their self-learning

dreams despite the many barriers and challenges they face. To help Scholars Behind Bars please

contact the Director, Dennis Boatwright, at (313) 469-4756, or dsboatwright43@gmail.com.

Your contributions may help the next Malcolm X or Nelson Mandela to emerge from prison.
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Rampaging Christian mobs: A sample of the genocide

Central African Republic: Girl, 11, Sole Muslim Survivor of Massacres in CAR Town

By Kim Lewis, 18 February 2014

The security situation in Bangui is worsening day by day.

A girl discovered hiding in a dark corner of an abandoned house is believed the sole survivor of two massacres that recently devastated the Muslim quarter of a village west of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic where communal violence continues to rage after several months.

The human rights organization, Amnesty International, says the 11-year old Muslim girl was found crouched in a corner of her family's home, traumatized and weak from going without food or water for four days. Her parents and neighbors were dead.

Her rescuer was Donatella Rovera, an Amnesty International senior crisis response adviser. Rovera told VOA she had gone to the town of Bouguere - about 155 miles west of Bangui - to investigate reports of a January 24 massacre in which thousands in the town had died. However, Rovera soon realized a second massacre had been committed.

Any Muslims who survived the first attack and did not flee the town were apparently being targeted in second attack which occurred a week ago.

"There were bodies literally littering the streets," says Rovera. "Some of them were burned. Some of them were mutilated. I saw two that were being chewed on by dogs. The bodies had been left in the streets, in the Muslim quarter of the town, which is where most of the killings happened. And the homes were either burned or thoroughly ransacked."

As she walked from house to house, Rovera saw bodies. In one house she saw the bodies of two women and a baby she thought was six or seven months old. The baby had no visible injuries but was lying face down, leading Rovera to think that perhaps the infant died after getting lost looking for his own parents who may have tried to flee their killers.

"And then in one of the abandoned houses, I found a little girl, age about eleven, who was crouching in a corner, in the dark," Rovera says. "She had not eaten or drunk for the previous four days - it seems the day of the massacre. And she was so weak that she couldn't even stand up."

Rovera asked others in the neighborhood about the girl.

"I understand from other residents of the town that her father was killed on the 10th of February, the day of the most recent massacre. Her mother had been killed during the previous massacre."

Other villagers told Rovera she should take the girl out of the village because she is the only survivor in the town's Muslim neighborhood.

Rovera said she had found a safe place far from Bouguere where she will receive care. Amnesty and other organizations are looking for living relatives of Bouguere's surviving Muslim.
[Courtesy Voice of America.]

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