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The 9/11 Decade
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The Muslim world will remember
the 10 years after 11 September
2001 as a period when
Islamophobia came of age with
politicians trying to outdo each
other in anti-Islamic rhetoric.
The victims of 9/11 were no
more than 3000. However, in
Muslim lands, people at
weddings, funerals and many more
going about their daily lives
have indiscriminately met death,
injury and mayhem, by the
hundreds of thousands, from
unmanned aerial vehicles
stalking them above their heads.
Sadistic military officers
whose abuse have been exposed
from time to time, have been
seen posing with their victims
as trophy from they collected
souvenirs in human flesh.
A conservative estimate put
the war dead in Afghanistan and
Iraq, a country which had
nothing to do with attacks on
America at well over 1.45
million.
As the
anti-terror legislation
tightened around the world,
citizens saw the erosion of
civil liberties. In the name of
‘homeland security’, full-body
scanners were deployed at ports
forcing others even opting not
to travel rather than be
subjected to what they
considered humiliation.
The 9/11 decade will also be
remembered as the period when
the free world abandoned its
claimed position of respect for
human rights as renditions were
routinely and systematically
carried out, abducting Muslims
suspected as terrorists from
across the seas to hidden
locations where torture became
part of the interrogation of
detainees.
The CIA
documents found by rebels in
government offices in Libya
indicate to us the extent to
which the supposed adversarial
relations between the US and the
UK on one hand, and the Gaddafi
regime on the other, were
actually a mask of blossoming
friendly ties in which the
supposed champions of decency
would abduct rebels and hand
them over into the hands of
murderous regimes.
Islamophobia has not ended but
has morphed into more subtle
forms with a ready excuse
available for regimes
suppressing a Muslim identity.
In the pursuit of the wars
America found itself fighting,
it also bled financially.
The configuration of world
power is changing and those
changes might have also played a
part in the dramatic political
revolutions taking place
particularly in the Middle East.
It is up to the people of
goodwill to seize these moments
of our time to shape a future
for more equitable and just
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C O N T E N T
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Summarised
Jumuah Bayaan |
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Question and
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Update |
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Message from the Ameer |
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Mahr Faatimi |
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Words of Wisdom |
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Hadith of the Week |
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Dearest Acts |
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Narrated Abdullah
Radhiallahu anhu: “I asked
the Prophet Sallallahu
‘alayhi wasallam “Which deed
is the dearest to Allah?” He
replied, “To offer the
prayers at their early
stated fixed times.” I
asked, “What is the next (in
goodness)?” He replied, “To
be good and dutiful to your
parents.” I again asked,
“What is the next (in
goodness)?” He replied, “To
participate in Jihad
(religious fighting) in
Allah's cause.” Abdullah
added, “I asked only that
much and if I had asked
more, the Prophet would have
told me more.”
(Al-Bukhari)
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Quotation
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Transience |
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“Son of Adam, you are no
more than a few days.
Whenever a day passes, a
part of you has gone.”
(Hasan al Basri)
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Point of Reflection |
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Humility |
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Aim high in your career but
stay humble in your heart.
(Korea)
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Q and A |
Question:
Does
the Wudhu of a person break
if he is sitting on a chair
and he happens to fall
asleep?
Does the
Salaah of a person break if
he falls asleep whilst
making Salaah on a chair?
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Answer:
If the person falls off
to sleep whilst sitting on
the chair and he was leaning
on the back-rest of the
chair in such a manner that
if the back-rest was removed
he would fall down then that
type of sleep is considered
as a nullifying factor for
his Wudhu. Therefore, if he
fell asleep in the above
manner then his Salaah will
be nullified. [Hindiyyah
vol. 1 p.12, Juristic Essays
by Mufti Abdul Rauf Sakharvi
p.39 - English edition]
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U P D A T E |
Haj Workshops
There will be two Haj workshops
in Lenasia and Laudium which
will take place this Sunday 11
September 2011 scheduled as
follows:
Venue:
Nurul Islam Hall, Ext. 5 Lenasia
Time: 9:15am
Venue: Tshwane Muslim
School Library
Time: 9:00 am to 2pm (Zuhr will
be performed after the
programme)
Refreshments will
be served
There will be
separate accommodation for
ladies as the two venues. Both
programmes have been arranged by
Jamiatul Ulama South Africa and
the Laudium programme will be
hosted jointly with Darus Salaam
Islamic Centre.
We
encourage prospective hujjaj to
attend these programmes where
they will learn about Umrah,
Haj, visit to Madina as well as
other related issues to the
journey of Haj.
Africa 1 Convoy Returns
Officials of the Jamiatul Ulama
South Africa have today welcomed
back the delegation of Muslims
drawn from across South Africa
who went to Gaza over
Eid-ul-Fitr and distributed aid
in the form of medical supplies
as well as gifts to children in
the besieged Palestinian
territory.
The delegation
was led by Moulana Igsaan
Hendricks, the president of the
Muslim Judicial Council of Cape
Town.
The trip also
served to highlight the plight
of Palestinians living under
occupation.
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Summarised Jumu’ah
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Guarding the
tongue |
“Do not backbite one
another. Would any of
you like to eat his
brother’s dead flesh?
No, you would hate it.
But have taqwa of Allah.
Allah is Ever-Returning,
Most Merciful.” (49:12)
“Do not pursue what of
which you have no
knowledge of hearing,
sight, and hearts will
all be questioned.”
(17:36)
• Abu
Hurayrah radhiyallahu
anhu reported that
Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wasallam said,
“Anyone who believes in
Allah and the Last Day,
should speak good words
or be silent.” (Bukhari
& Muslim)
• Abu
Musa radhiyallahu anhu
said, “I said: Messenger
of Allah, whose Islam is
best?” He said, “The one
from whose tongue and
hands the Muslims are
safe.” (Bukhari &
Muslim)
• Sahl
ibn Sa’d radhiyallahu
anhu reported that
Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wasallam said,
“Anyone who safeguards
for My sake what is
between his jaws and
what is between his
legs, I will guarantee
Jannah for him.”
(Bukhari & Muslim)
• Abu Hurayrah
radhiyallahu anhu
reported that he heard
Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wasallam say, “A
slave of Allah might say
something, without
realizing its
seriousness, which
causes him to slip into
the Fire of Jahannam by
a greater margin than
the distance between the
East and the West.”
(Bukhari & Muslim)
• Abu Hurayrah
radhiyallahu anhu is
that Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, “A slave
of Allah might say
something which pleases
Allah without realizing
it on account of which
Allah raises him some
degrees. A slave of
Allah might say
something which angers
Allah without realizing
it on account of which
he falls into Jahannam.”
(Bukhari)
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Bilal ibn al-Harith
al-Muzani radhiyallahu
anhu reported that
Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wasallam said, “A
man may say something
which pleases Allah
without him realizing
the full extent of its
implication, and because
of it, Allah prescribes
His pleasure for him
until the Day he meets
Him. And a man may
likewise say something
which angers Allah
without him realizing
the full extent of its
implication, and because
of it, Allah prescribes
His wrath for him until
the Day he meets Him.”
(Muwatta’ and Tirmidhi)
• Sufyan ibn
‘Abdullah radhiyallahu
anhu said, “I said:
Messenger of Allah, tell
me something I can cling
to.” He said, “Say: My
Lord is Allah. And then
remain steadfast.” I
said, “Messenger of
Allah, what is the thing
you fear most for me?”
He took hold of his
tongue and then said,
“This.” (Tirmidhi)
• Ibn ‘Umar
radhiyallahu anhu
reported that Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, “Do not
say much without
mentioning Allah. A lot
of talk without
mentioning Allah makes
people’s hearts hard.
The furthest of people
from Allah are the
hard-hearted.”
(Tirmidhi)
• Abu
Hurayrah radhiyallahu
anhu said, “Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, “Anyone
whom Allah protects from
the evil of what is
between his jaws and the
evil of what is between
his legs will enter
Jannah.” (Tirmidhi)
• ‘Uqba ibn ‘Amir
radhiyallahu anhu said,
“I said, “Messenger of
Allah, what ensures
safety?” He said,
“Holding your tongue,
keeping to your house
and weeping over your
sins.” (Tirmidhi)
• Abu Sa‘id
al-Khudri radhiyallahu
anhu reported that
Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wasallam said,
“When the son of Adam
starts the day, all his
limbs supplicate his
tongue, saying, “Fear
Allah in respect of us.
We move by you. If you
go straight, we go
straight. If you go
crooked, we go crooked.”
(Tirmidhi)
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Mu‘adh radhiyallahu anhu
said, “I said,
“Messenger of Allah,
tell me of an action
which will admit me to
Jannah and keep me far
from the Fire.” He said,
“You have asked about a
great matter, but it is
easy for the one to whom
Allah makes it easy:
worship Allah and do not
associate anything with
Him, do the prayer, pay
the zakat, fast Ramadan
and go on Hajj to the
House of Allah.” Then he
said, “Shall I direct
you to the gates of
good? Fasting, which is
a protection, and
sadaqah (charity) which
extinguishes mistakes as
water extinguishes fire,
and the prayer of a man
in the middle of the
night.” Then he recited,
“Their sides eschew
their beds…” (32:16-17)
Then he said, “Shall I
tell you of the head of
the matter, its support
and its peak?” I said,
“Yes indeed, Messenger
of Allah.” He said, “The
head of the matter is
Islam and its support is
the prayer and its peak
is jihad.” Then he said,
“Shall I tell you of the
foundation of all that?”
I said, “Yes, indeed,
Messenger of Allah.” He
took hold of his tongue
and said, “Restrain
this.” I said,
“Messenger of Allah,
will we be taken to task
for what we say?” He
said, “May your mother
be sacrificed! Are
people not thrown on
their faces into the
Fire of Jahannum for
anything but the harvest
of their tongues?”
(Tirmidhi)
• Abu
Hurayrah radhiyallahu
anhu reported that
Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wasallam said,
“Do you know what
backbiting is?” They
said, “Allah and His
Messenger know best.” He
said, “To mention your
brother in a manner he
dislikes.” It was said,
“What if my brother is
as I say?” He said, “If
he is as you said, you
have backbitten him. If
he is not as you said,
you have slandered him.”
(Muslim)
• Anas
radhiyallahu anhu
reported that Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, “When I
ascended through the
Heavens, I passed by
some people holding
copper nails with which
they were gouging their
faces and chests. I
said, “Who are these,
Jibril?” He said, “Those
are the people who
consumed people’s flesh
and attacked their
honour.” (Abu Dawud)
• Abu Hurayrah
radhiyallahu anhu stated
that Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, “The
blood, honour and
property of every Muslim
is sacred for another
Muslim.” (Muslim)
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Message from the Ameer of
the Jamiatul Ulama |
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Let the eyes remain
moist! |
Like a flash the blessed
month has come and gone. As
some bask in the sense of
accomplishment of Ramadan
and others surely lament
missed opportunities, we
need to be positive and take
delight in the fact that
Islam is neither a seasonal
religion nor is our Ibaadat
seasonal. There still remain
multiple opportunities to
show our subservience and
obedience to Allah.
In a hadith narrated by
Sayyidah Aisha Siddeeqa
Radhi-Allahu anha we learn
that the best actions in the
sight of Allah are those
that are constant even
though they may be less. So
consistency is the key.
Perhaps the easiest way to
remain consistent is to
remain punctual with our
five daily salaah. This
daily invitation to the
house of Allah and our
response to it will ensure
that the spark of
spirituality that was
ignited during Ramadan will
continue to burn strongly.
An added benefit of
frequenting the Masjid is
that we can maintain the
momentum of tilaawat and be
in contact with the
congregation. It should be
easier to sustain such a
routine which many were able
to establish during Ramadan.
Hadith literature
abounds with narrations
about crying and shedding
tears out of fear and awe of
Allah Ta’aala. With our
hearts soft and beings
inclined towards the
obedience of Allah we should
take full advantage of the
narrations where we learn
that the eyes that shed
tears out of fear of Allah
will not see the fire of
Jahannam.
There is a
wonderful narration that
speaks about shedding tears
in the middle of night out
of awe and fear of Allah.
These gems of wisdom are our
legacy. We need to take full
advantage of them.
May
our eyes remain moist out of
gratitude and awe of Allah.
(Ameen)
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