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Weekly Comment |
Spectator Mania: Ponder about
the Morning After
“Know that the life this world
is but a play and a passing
delight and a beautiful show
(the course) of boastful vying
with one another and (of your)
greed for more and more riches
and children…” (57: 20)
As South Africa hosts the
‘greatest sporting event in the
world’ which for the first time
takes place on African soil, we
as Muslims need to be conscious
of our obligations and our
identity during the course of
this event.
The World
Cup has attracted a number of
alarmist alerts regarding a
potential terrorist attack
during the coming days
ostensibly by Muslim extremists.
We need to be on our guard and
ensure that our integrity is not
compromised by any kind of
subversive activity carried out
in the name of Islam and
Muslims. As South Africans we
must do our part to ensure that
our country will be fondly
remembered for its hospitality,
warmth and cordiality.
We
need to guard against ‘spectator
mania’. Spectator mania is when
offensive behaviour not normally
tolerated in society becomes
acceptable conduct because of
the sporting atmosphere and
celebratory mood. Behaviour
excesses include violence,
booze, drugs, flirting and
irresponsible binging.
We need to equally guard against
becoming blind disciples of
sport,
where sports stadiums
become the shrines of our
culture...
where
televisions serve as the pulpits
from which the message is
spread…
where coaches
and commentators serve as
priests offering their wisdom
and advice to the masses…
where hurling insults and
jeering contemptuously is
regarded as a mark of support…
where players are hero
worshipped and assumed to
possess qualities of character
based solely on how they
perform…
where our
masjids become the forums for
exchanging scores …
where
possessing the right sports gear
is as much a status symbol as is
displaying actual athletic
proficiency.
The emphasis
on the appropriate sports garb
encourages people to deal with
one another in terms of material
images rather than in terms of
the human character and
personality.
We have to
guard our imaan and not regret
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C O N T E N T
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Summarised
Jumuah Bayaan |
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Question and
Answer |
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Update |
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Message from the Ameer |
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I N F O R M A
T I O N |
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Min. Mahr |
R 169.07 |
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Mahr Faatimi |
R 8,453.73 |
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Zakaat Nisaab |
R 3,381.49 |
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Words of Wisdom |
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Hadith of the Week |
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Five before Five |
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Narrated Amr ibn Maymun
al-Awdi Radhiallahu anhu
Allah's Messenger Sallallahu
‘alayhi wasallam said to a
man in the course of an
exhortation, "Grasp five
things before five others:
your youth before your old
age, your health before your
illness, your riches before
your poverty, your leisure
before your work, and your
life before your death."
(Tirmidhi)
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Quotation
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Moderation |
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"I used not to take food
with satisfaction for the
last 16 years, as a full
stomach makes the body
heavy, makes the heart hard,
increases sleep and renders
a man lazy for Worship."
(Imam Shafi’i)
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Point of Reflection |
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Scholarly Perception |
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A learned man's heart whose
learning is deep seldom
sings with joy.
(Norse)
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Q and A |
Question:
The
four Rak’aats before Zuhr
Salaah are Sunnah Muakkadah.
If I am not able to perform
it before the congregation
stands up, should I perform
it later on?
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Answer:
Yes, until the time
of Zuhr remains, these four
Rak'aats should be made up
after the Fardh Salaah. Once
the time of Asr enters,
there will be no Qadhaa for
it.
Reference:
Fataawaa Mahmoodiyyah Vol. 2
Pg. 186, Haashiyah Tahtaawi
'Ala Miraaquil Falaah Pg.
387/8, 440/1 - Qadeemee
Kutubkhaana, Halabi Kabir
Pg. 398 - Suhail Academy
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U P D A T E |
Inheritance Workshop
The Jamiatul Ulama’s Dawa wal
Irshaad department will host an
Inheritance Workshop at
Greenside’s Masjidur Rahmah on
Wednesday 9 June 2010 after Esha
Salaat (Jamaat: 715:pm).
The programme shall include
Mufti AK Hoosein, Moulana Yusuf
Patel and Mufti Mohammed Y Minty
who will respectively speak on
Importance of Inheritance; The
Islamic Will and Common Mistakes
related to inheritance and
bequests. The panel of scholars
will respond to questions after
their presentations.
This
is part of the Jamiatul Ulama’s
adult education programme.
Crescent
Mobile: Jamiatul Ulama Suspends
Endorsement
As many would recall, almost
four years ago, we had
encouraged subscription to
Crescent Mobile’s customized
service for Muslims. The
endorsement was based on the
potential benefit that would
accrue to the community and not
on the commercial viability of
Crescent Mobile. For this to
materialise, the management had
pledged forming a trust to
oversee the disbursement of such
returns to community-based
entities.
Despite
trading for about two years and
some months, only now have we
been informed that the trust is
in the process of being
finalised for registration.
Furthermore, we have not been
satisfactorily informed as to
the status of the funds
designated for charity.
In the light of the above, the
Jamiatul Ulama regretfully
announces of the suspension of
the endorsement of Crescent
Mobile.
Forty-Three Years since the
Occupation of Al Quds
It was in June 1967 that Al Quds
fell under Zionist occupation.
The events of last Monday when
Israeli troops massacred
peaceful activists aboard a
flotilla destined to break the
illegal siege of Gaza are a
reminder to all of us of this
continued struggle for
Palestinian liberation at the
core of which is Masjid Al Aqsa.
Please visit www.aqsa.org.za to
familiarise yourself with the
issues around the Palestinian
question, the land and its
people.
A
Guide for Muslim Visitors
The Jamiatul Ulama has published
a folded-broadsheet Guide for
Muslim Visitors which has a map
of the greater Johannesburg area
on a total of 102 mosques are
plotted with details of their
location as well as GPS
coordinates. The publication
also has details of qiblah, a
list of certified restaurants,
perpetual prayer time table as
well as safety tips for
travelers.
The
publication’s map was prepared
by MapStudio and has been
sponsored by Gauteng Tourism
Authority and Muslim businesses.
It will be distributed through
hotels, ports, tourism
information offices as well as
the Jamiatul Ulama offices.
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Summarised Jumu’ah
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Treating women
kindly |
“Live together with
them correctly and
courteously,” (4:19)
“You will not be
able to be completely
fair between your wives,
however hard you try.
But do not be completely
partial so as to leave a
wife, as it were,
suspended in mid-air.
And if you make amends
and have taqwa, Allah is
Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.” (4:129)
• Abu Hurayrah
radhiyallahu anhu
reported that Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, ‘Treat
women well. Women were
created from a rib. The
most crooked part of the
rib is the top part. If
you try to straighten
it, you will break it.
If you leave it, it
remains crooked. So
treat women well.’
(Bukhari & Muslim) In a
variant of Bukhari &
Muslim, ‘A woman is like
a rib. If you straighten
it, you break it. If you
wish to benefit from
her, you can benefit
from her in spite of her
crookedness.’ In a
variant in Muslim,
‘Women were created from
a rib, and you will
never find any means to
straighten her. If you
wish to benefit from
her, you can benefit
from her in spite of her
crookedness. If you try
to straighten her, you
will break her, and
breaking her means
divorcing her.’
• ‘Abdullah ibn Zam‘a
radhiyallahu anhu
reported that he heard
Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wasallam giving a
speech in which
mentioned he mentioned
women and gave an
admonishment regarding
them saying, ‘Some of
you go and flog their
wives as a slave is
flogged and then sleep
with them at the end of
the day.’ Then he
admonished them about
their laughing at people
breaking wind and said,
‘Why does one of you
laugh at something he
himself does?’ (Bukhari
& Muslim)
• Abu
Hurayrah radhiyallahu
anhu reported that he
heard Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, ‘A
believing man should not
dislike a believing
woman. If he dislikes
something in her
character, he should be
pleased with some other
or another trait of
hers.’ (Muslim)
• ‘Amr ibn al-Ahwas
al-Jushami radhiyallahu
anhu reported that he
heard Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam say during the
Farewell Hajj after
praising and glorifying
Allah, and reminding and
admonishing, ‘Treat your
women well. They are as
captives in your
possession. You have no
rights over them except
that (i.e. physical
enjoyment and that they
protect their husband’s
interest in respect of
themselves and his
property). If they act
recklessly in an open
way, then leave them
alone in their beds and
hit them but not
severely. If they obey
you, you have no way
against them. You have
rights over your women
and your women have
rights over you. Your
right over them is that
they do not allow into
your bed those you
dislike and do not
permit those you dislike
entering your house.
Their right over you is
that you are good to
them in respect of their
clothes and food.’
(Tirmidhi)
• Mu’awiya
ibn Hayda radhiyallahu
anhu said: I asked,
‘Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wasallam what is
the right of someone’s
wife over him?’ He said,
‘That you feed her when
you eat and clothe her
when you clothe yourself
and do not strike her
face. Do not malign her
and do not keep apart
from her, except in the
house.’ (Abu Dawud)
• Abu Hurayrah
radhiyallahu anhu
stated: Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, ‘The most
perfect of believers in
belief is the best of
them in character. The
best of you are those
who are the best to
their women.’ (Tirmidhi)
• ‘Abdullah ibn
‘Amr ibn al-‘As
radhiyallahu anhu
reported that Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, ‘This
world is enjoyment, and
the best of its
enjoyment is a righteous
woman.’
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Message from the Ameer of
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Count your Blessings |
“And He gave you all
that you asked for, and if
you count the blessings of
Allah, never will you be
able to enumerate them”
(S.14, V.34.)
The
initial euphoria that
greeted the announcement
that the world is recovering
from the global recession
and economic slump is fast
dissipating against the not
so favourable reports
emerging from Europe.
For Africans and other
countries across the globe,
perhaps the sharp escalation
in the prices of basic
commodities and food is more
cause for concern.
Economists are reporting
price increases of basic
foodstuff like rice and
wheat of between twenty to
seventy percent. In some
Asian countries including
India the average price
increase of food has been a
hefty seventeen percent in
the past year. This has
forced many households to
either skip meals or opt for
low quality produce.
Critics are blaming poor
planning by governments and
collusion among the
producers and suppliers as
reasons for the dramatic
price increases. Be that as
it may the reality is that
“the world is just going
hungry” to borrow the phrase
of one journalist.
Back home here in South
Africa, we seem to be
relatively unscathed as far
as lifestyle is concerned.
If our shopping malls and
restaurants are an
indication then our people
are seemingly very
comfortable. A great bounty
indeed, provided we are not
wasteful and extravagant.
“But spend not wastefully
(your wealth) in the manner
of an extravagant. Verily
the extravagant are the
brothers of the Shayateen
(devils) and the Shaytaan is
ever ungrateful to his Lord”
(S. 17 V. 26, 27)
There is no denying the fact
that a substantial number of
our compatriots are
struggling to make ends
meet. It is our duty to
render a helping hand to
ease their plight brought
about inequity and
disadvantage.
Allah
promises to increase for us
if we are grateful.
Gratitude includes
appreciating and using His
bounties in accordance to
His command. We need to
guard against abusing this
gift of wealth and ease by
spending it inappropriately.
Remember spending in vice
and sin is tantamount to
being ungrateful. May Allah
grant us barakah in our
earnings and may we use them
for His pleasure. (Ameen)
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