Friday, October 28, 2005
When a man dies and his relatives are busy in
funeral rites, there stands an extremely handsome man
by his head. When the dead body is shrouded, that man
gets in between the shroud and the chest of the
deceased. When after the burial, the people return
home, 2 angels, Munkar and Nakeer (names of two
special Angels), come in the grave and try to separate
this handsome man so that they may be able to
interrogate the dead man in privacy about his faith.
But the handsome man says, "He is my companion, he is
my friend. I will not leave him alone in any case. If
you are appointed for interrogation, do your job. I
cannot leave him until I get him admitted into
Paradise". Thereafter he turns to his dead companion
and says, "I am the Qura'an, which you used to read,
sometimes in a loud voice and sometimes in a low
voice. Do not worry.
After the interrogation of Munkar and Naker,
you will have no grief. When the interrogation is
over, the handsome man arranges for him from
al_Mala'ul A'laa (the angels in Heaven) a silk
bedding filled with musk.
May Allah bestow this favour on all of us.
AMEEN AMEEN
Rasulullah (Sallalloho alaihe wasallam) said,
"On the Day of Judgement, before Allah, no other
intercessor will have a greater status than the
Qura'an, neither a Prophet nor an angel."
funeral rites, there stands an extremely handsome man
by his head. When the dead body is shrouded, that man
gets in between the shroud and the chest of the
deceased. When after the burial, the people return
home, 2 angels, Munkar and Nakeer (names of two
special Angels), come in the grave and try to separate
this handsome man so that they may be able to
interrogate the dead man in privacy about his faith.
But the handsome man says, "He is my companion, he is
my friend. I will not leave him alone in any case. If
you are appointed for interrogation, do your job. I
cannot leave him until I get him admitted into
Paradise". Thereafter he turns to his dead companion
and says, "I am the Qura'an, which you used to read,
sometimes in a loud voice and sometimes in a low
voice. Do not worry.
After the interrogation of Munkar and Naker,
you will have no grief. When the interrogation is
over, the handsome man arranges for him from
al_Mala'ul A'laa (the angels in Heaven) a silk
bedding filled with musk.
May Allah bestow this favour on all of us.
AMEEN AMEEN
Rasulullah (Sallalloho alaihe wasallam) said,
"On the Day of Judgement, before Allah, no other
intercessor will have a greater status than the
Qura'an, neither a Prophet nor an angel."
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
What do you think about this little article i recieved in my e-mail?
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An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem
science has with God, The Almighty.
He asks one of his new Muslim students to stand.....
Professor: You are a Muslim, aren't you, son?
Student : Yes, sir.
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student : Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student : Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't.
How is this God good then? Hmm?
(Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God
good?
Student :Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student : No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student : From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
(Student does not answer.)
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?
All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student :Yes,
sir.
Prof: So, who created them?
(Student has no answer.)
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the
world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student : No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student : No , sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God?
Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science
says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you
say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student : No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega
heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything
called cold.
We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go
any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a
word we use to describe the
absence of heat. We cannot measure cold.
Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence
of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as
darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.
You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But
if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness,
isn't it?
In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness
darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student : Sir, my point is your
philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality.
You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad
God.
You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can
measure.
Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and
magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To
view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death
cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life:
just the absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from
a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of
course, I do.
Student
: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where
the argument is going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work
and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you
not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's
brain?
The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain,
felt it, touched or smelt it?.....No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable
protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir.. The link between man & god is FAITH.
That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
=====================
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem
science has with God, The Almighty.
He asks one of his new Muslim students to stand.....
Professor: You are a Muslim, aren't you, son?
Student : Yes, sir.
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student : Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student : Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't.
How is this God good then? Hmm?
(Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God
good?
Student :Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student : No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student : From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
(Student does not answer.)
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?
All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student :Yes,
sir.
Prof: So, who created them?
(Student has no answer.)
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the
world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student : No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student : No , sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God?
Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science
says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you
say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student : No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega
heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything
called cold.
We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go
any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a
word we use to describe the
absence of heat. We cannot measure cold.
Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence
of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as
darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.
You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But
if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness,
isn't it?
In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness
darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student : Sir, my point is your
philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality.
You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad
God.
You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can
measure.
Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and
magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To
view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death
cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life:
just the absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from
a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of
course, I do.
Student
: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where
the argument is going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work
and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you
not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's
brain?
The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain,
felt it, touched or smelt it?.....No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable
protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir.. The link between man & god is FAITH.
That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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Monday, October 10, 2005
Theres been many debates regarding the rights of women driving particularly in Saudi Arabia. Is there anything in Islam where there is a law against women driving..or is this just a way of creating a more patriarchal society in an increasingly matriarchal world? Perhaps the answer lies in Arabia herself, the government.
As you may know Arabia is run by a monarchy, King Abdullah the succesor to Fahd, however, behind the king is a network of "Islamic" scholars that help govern the kingdom according to what they interpret to be shariah law.
Has the house of Saud gone too far in outlawing women to drive, or is this a part of Islam?
As you may know Arabia is run by a monarchy, King Abdullah the succesor to Fahd, however, behind the king is a network of "Islamic" scholars that help govern the kingdom according to what they interpret to be shariah law.
Has the house of Saud gone too far in outlawing women to drive, or is this a part of Islam?
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Friday, September 30, 2005
Polygamy or polygeny or polywhat?! Well firstly the most common misconception is that Islam allows Polygamy.
Terminology is essential to understanding the precise information and rulings given in any situation not just Islam. Therefore, we need to define the meanings of the terms in question.
Polygamy according to the Oxford dictionary is where either partner has more than one spouse. Islam prohibits women to have more than one male spouse so how can it be polygamy? Infact the appropriate terminology is Polygyny...whereby males may have limited polygyny of upto 4 wives. Polyandry ( women having more than one spouse ) is forbidden.
Why do you think it is forbidden and why does Islam allow Polygny?
Terminology is essential to understanding the precise information and rulings given in any situation not just Islam. Therefore, we need to define the meanings of the terms in question.
Polygamy according to the Oxford dictionary is where either partner has more than one spouse. Islam prohibits women to have more than one male spouse so how can it be polygamy? Infact the appropriate terminology is Polygyny...whereby males may have limited polygyny of upto 4 wives. Polyandry ( women having more than one spouse ) is forbidden.
Why do you think it is forbidden and why does Islam allow Polygny?
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