Hadiths used in Issue 11

The Authority Of Ibn Omar, the son of Omar bin Al-Khattab: I heard the messenger of Allah say : "Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammed is the messenger of Allah, performing the prayers, paying the zakat, making the pilgrimage to the House, and fasting in Ramadan."
Hadith Qudsi. Hadith 003
Related by Bukhari and Muslim.


The Authority Of Abu Hurairah: I heard the messenger of Allah say : "What I have forbidden to you, avoid; what I have ordered you [to do], do as much of it as you can. It was only their excessive questioning and their disagreeing with their prophets that destroyed those who were before you."
Hadith Qudsi. Hadith 009
Related by Bukhari and Muslim.


The following acts are permissible during the prayer: crying, moaning, or groaning, regardless of whether it is due to a fear of Allah or to any other reason (e.g., a moan due to some pain or injury that one cannot contain), is permissible. This is based on the Qur'anic verse: "When the revelations of the Merciful were recited unto them, they fell prostrating and adoring." This verse is general and includes one who is praying.
'Abdullah ibn ash-Schikhir relates: "I saw the Messenger of Allah praying and his chest was 'buzzing', like the buzzing of a cooking pot, due to crying." This is related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, and at-Tirmizhi. The latter classifies it as sahih.
Vol 2, Book 30. Fiqh 2.081. (Fiqh-us-Sunnah)


Vol 2, Book 18. Salatul Tasbih.
Fiqh 2.033. (Fiqh-us-Sunnah)

Salatul Tasbih: 'Ikrimah reports from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah said to 'Abbas ibn 'Abdal-Mutalib: "O 'Abbas, O Uncle, shall I not give you, shall I not present to you, shall I not donate to you, shall I not tell you ten things which, if you do, Allah will forgive your first and last sins, past and present sins, intentional and unintentional sins, private and public sins? The ten actions are:

pray four rak'at, reciting in every rak'ah al-Fatihah and a surah. And when you finish the Qur'anic recitation of the first rak'ah, say, while standing, 'Subhanallah, al-hamdulillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar' ['Glory be to Allah. All praise is due to Allah. There is no God except Allah. Allah is the greatest.'] fifteen times. Then make ruku', and while you are in ruku', say the same ten times; then stand, and say the same ten times. Then go down and make sajdah, and while you're in sajdah, say the same ten times. Then sit after the sajdah, and say the same ten times. Then make sajdah, and say the same ten times. Then sit after the second sajdah, and say the same another ten times. That is seventy-five [repetitions of the phrases] in each rak'ah. Do that in each of the four rak'at. If you can pray it once a day, do so. If you cannot, then once
every Friday. If you cannot do that, then once a year. And if you cannot do that then once in your life." This is related by Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Ibn Khuzaimah in his sahih, and at-Tabarani. About this hadith al-Munzhiri says: "This hadith has been related through many chains and from a number of companions. The best of them is this one from 'Ikrimah. A group of scholars have graded it to be sahih, including al-Hafez Abu Bakr al-'Ajari, (al-Munzhiri's teachers), Abu Muhammad 'Abdurrahim al-Misri, and Abu al-Hassan al-Maqdisi." Ibn alMubarak says: "The Tasbih prayer is a greatly desired act and it is desirable that one should punctually observe it and never neglect it.


Vol 2, Book 19. Salatul Hajah
Fiqh 2.033A. (Fiqh-us-Sunnah)

Salatul Hajah, the prayer for need: Ahmad has on sound authority reported from Abu Darda that the Prophet Sallallahu Alehi wasallam said: "He who makes wudu, and does it properly, then prays two rak'at, Allah will grant him whatever he may pray for, sooner or later."


Vol 2, Book 11. Supererogatory Prayers.
Fiqh 2.001. (Fiqh-us-Sunnah)

Their Significance, Supererogatory Prayers: At-tatawwu', or nawafil or Supererogatory prayers, have been legislated to make up for any deficiencies left in the performance of fard salah (obligatory prayers). In salah, there are virtues that are not found in any other form of worship. Abu Hurairah reports that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam said: "The first thing that the people will be called to account for on the Day of Resurrection will be the prayers. Our Lord will say to the angels although He knows better: 'Look into the salah of my servant to see if he observed it perfectly or been negligent in it. So if he observed it perfectly it will be recorded to his credit, but if he had been negligent in it in any way, Allah would say: See if My servant has any Supererogatory prayers. Then if he has any Supererogatory prayers, Allah would say: Make up the deficiency in My servant's obligatory prayer with his Supererogatory prayers.' Thereafter all his actions will be examined in like manner" (Abu Dawud).

Islamic Information Blog Issue 10

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters

I hope you are all well and that your families are well too.

Time and time again I will say this and I really do respect the sisters of Islam, why? Because theses sisters are at the front line and covering up for the sake of Allah, and the amount of abuse, name calling they may get, they still cover up their beauty, MashAllah! May Allah reward you all. Don't get me wrong I respect the brothers as well, but if you look at us brothers we could easily take off our thobe, wear normal clothes, change our names from Ali to Alex and no one would ever know we were a Muslim, whereas we look at our sisters and they continue to cover their beauty, no matter what happens! I remember reading a story about a Muslim girl who wasn't wearing hijab before, but the day after 9/11 she was scared that people would attack her cause she was a Muslim, she went to the underground to catch a train and she saw fellow sisters, wearing hijab, niqab, enjoying their day, like nothing happened yesterday, they were STILL covered up and practicing their religion, that image brought tears to the girl's eyes and she went home, and started wearing hijab. SubhanAllah. When I read that story it got to me a lot because theses sisters have a lot of guts, you might say its not guts or confidents or anything like that, it is! of course they are just praciticing Islam but in this world, it isn't getting better, and nowadays the generations that are growing up are getting more violence so it can be easy for a sister to uncover nowadays because of the threats and abuse they may get, but MashAllah its so wonderful to see the sisters fearing Allah more than the people that is on this planet. Brothers we should be more fearing of Allah as well, its nice to have emaan, but we still need to do many other things like support our sisters, wives and daughters, everyone whether married or not should lower their gaze for it is easy to sin, we look to our left and we look to our right and we can sin.

"Tell the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that will make for greater purity for them; And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do. And tell the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty…"
[Surah an-Nur [24:30-31]].

Allah tells us:
"O you who believe! Do not follow Satan's footsteps: if any will follow the footsteps of Satan, he will command what is shameful and wrong..."
[Surah an-Nur [24:21]].

On the authority of Jurayr who said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah about accidentally looking at something that is not allowed and he said, 'Turn your eyes away.'"
(Muslim).

Every single one of us want to go to paradise, there are many things we should follow in this beautiful religion to get there, but sadly many of us do not follow what is needed to be followed, again and again I will point out that calling yourself a Muslim isn't going to get you there,
brothers and sisters there is a reason to why Allah sent the Quran down for us, Allah didn't have to, but He is Al Rahman (The Merciful) He is Al Shakur (The Most Grateful) and most of all He is Al Khaliq (The Creator) and The Creator wanted us to follow Islam because it is the ONLY perfect way of life, the Quran has no mistakes, it has never been changed since revealed. Allah is Al Muhaimin (The Protector) and He will always protect the Quran.

The beautiful thing about Islam is that if every Quran was destroyed, you could find brothers and sisters all around the world who would be able to create the Arabic Quran again (Arabic is the true version of the Quran whereas every other langauge is a translation for those who can't
speak Arabic), because there are brothers and sisters who have memorised the whole Quran. The Quran can teach you many things about how to live life, how to be a good Muslim, what we should be doing (i.e worship Allah) The Quran can give you so much information about this religion has well as the teachings of the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) give yourself time to read the quran and hadiths, do something that will increase your emaan because time is short, look how fast time has been since you were born to now,

"It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term (The time decreed for your death)."
[Surah Ghafir [40:67]]

"He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it "Be" and it is" [Surah Ghafir [40:68]]

Abu Hurairah (ra) reported that he heard the Prophet Peace be upon him asking: "Let someone imagine he had a river flowing in front of his house where he washes himself five times a day,
would this leave any dirt on him?" He companions replied: "Nothing of his dirt will remain"
The prophet Peace be upon him then said: "This is exactly like the five daily prayers by which Allah wipes out one's sins"
[Taken from Sahih Bukhari]

My point for this Hadith is simple, look at what it has been saying, and why its an easy way for Allah to forgive your sins! praying all 5 daily prayers on time could mean that Allah may forgive your sins, it is that easy! That is why we worship Allah, for the reward and forgiveness of our Lord, and inshallah we do what is asked from Allah, what reason is there for us not to go to paradise? (Allah knows best)

Writing to your ummah that are held in prison

There are so many that are now in prison for wrong reasons, many have read the story about brother Babar Ahmed, but there are so many others that are in prison for stupid reasons for example this brother

The masjid I usually go to, the Imam was reading this to us and he started to cry, its showed us that he cares about theses brothers and sisters that are treated badly, it was very emotional especially to the reason why this brother was arrested...for playing paintball.

Brother Hammad Abdur-Raheem was born in Washington, USA and arrested in Virginia and sentenced for 9 years from 2001.

Hammad came from a loving middle-class family. After high school he joined the US Army participating in the first Gulf War. While stationed in Arizona he accepted Islam. Returning to the DC area, where there is a large Muslim population, Hammad re-educated himself to become an engineer for a major US telecoms company. Along with a group of Muslims, he would go paintballing on weekends in order to have 'fun' and stay in good physical condition. Because of the 'fun' activity they all fell victim to a federal 'witch-hunt' that claimed that they were training for jihad and supporting Laskar al-Taiba in Kashmir. Hammad, who was a leader in paintball training, had never travelled to Pakistan or Kashmir. When he was indicted he asked 'what is Laskar al-Talba!' He had never heard of the group he was puportedly supporting. Hammad stood strong during the ordeal and never pleaded gulity despite the undeus pressure applied to him by the US government. Hammad was sentenced to 9 years and will not be released until 2010. Hammad spends his time praying, reading, playing basketball and working in the prison library.

You have just read, it doesnt matter if you are a born Muslim or even a revert, this can happen to us, there are so many more stories like this from Cage Prisoners at www.cageprisoners.com
please find the time to look and inshallah look for more information on how to help.

Until the next issue inshallah, place your trust in Allah and always make Dua for your brothers and sisters

Your Brother in Islam

WaSalaam

Islamic Information Blog Issue 9

Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters,

I hope you are all well and so is your families too.
We can all forget the good deeds or even to give thanks to Allah, inshallah in this issue I would like to remind my brothers and sisters of the many good deeds we can do, but like the end of this issue its no good just doing good deeds, we must still follow our religion, for that will help us more
to enter Paradise.

How do we make good deeds?

Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: "Seek knowledge, it is a good deed. Teach others, it is a reward. Educate the ignorant, it is sadaqah." He further says: "There is no better sadaqah then to spread knowledge."

What does the Quran say about Deeds?

"So whoever does an atom's weight (or the weight of a small ant) of good will see it, And whoever does an atom's weight (or the weight of a small ant) of bad will see it"
(Surah az-Zalzalah (99:7-8))

"And indeed, each [of the believers and disbelievers] - your Lord will fully compensate them for their good deeds, Indeed, He is Acquainted with what they do."
(Surah Hud (11:111))

"Whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live. But whoever comes to Him as a believer having done righteous deeds - for those will be the highest degrees [in position]"
(Surah Ta Ha (20:74-75))

What good deeds could we do?

"Righteousness is not that you turn your faces towards the east or west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
(Surah al-Baqarah (2:177))

Praying:
Making sure that we pray 5 times a day as well as on time, this is very important and one difference between a Muslim and a Non-Muslim, many Non-Muslims as well as "Muslims by name" will say that they haven't got the time to pray 5 times a day, or maybe because we have an late prayer (Ishaa) and early morning prayer (Fajr) that they are too tired to do theses, sometimes I feel like I haven't got the strength to do theses prayers, because it can be a long day for many of us and all we want to do is sleep, but the difference between the believer and the disbeliever is that you will pray no matter what for the sake of Allah, we think that the prayer we are about to do could be our last, we think about Allah and how much we want to please Him.

"And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. (5 Daily prayers) Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember" (Surah Hud (11:114))

Do not forget the voluntary prayers too brothers and sisters. This is beneficial mostly during the
last third of the night in which the gates of the heavens are opened and the supplications are responded to. The prophet peace be upon him said, "Allah waits until one half or two-thirds of the night has passed and He says, 'My slaves, shall ask from no one except Me. Whoever asks from Me, I shall respond to him. Whoever asks Me for something, I will give it to him. Whoever asks for my forgiveness, I shall forgive him. And this continues until the dawn"

Allah's Apostle said, "If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Adhan and for standing in the first row (in congregational prayers) and found no other way to get that except by drawing lots they would draw lots, and if they knew the reward of the Zuhr prayer (in the early moments of its stated time) they would race for it (go early) and if they knew the reward of 'Isha' and Fajr (morning) prayers in congregation, they would come to offer them even if they had to crawl."
Sahih Bukhari - Volume 1, Book 11, Number 589.

Friday Jummah:
We should all be reading Surah Al-Kahf (Surah 18)

Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: "Whoever recites Surah Al-Kahf on a Friday will
have a light (i.e will be guided) between it and the next Friday" (Nasaa'i)

Forgiveness:
Imam Muslim reported that the prophet (S.A.W.) said,
"If anyone repents before the sun rises from the west, Allah will forgive him."

Charity:
In an authentic Hadith reported by Imam At-Tirmithi that the prophet (S.A.W.) said:
"The charity puts out the bad deed like the water puts out the fire."

Allah says in the Quran,
"Those who spend their wealth by night and day, privately and publicity, verily their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve"
(Surah al-Baqarah (2:274)).

And Allah also says,
"And spend of that which We have provided you before death comes to one of you and he says, 'My Lord if only You would reprieve me for a little while, then I would give alms and be among the righteous.' But Allah reprieves no soul when its term comes, and Allah is aware of what you do" (Surah al-Munafiqun (63:10)).

Reading the Quran

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, "Whoever recites one word from the Book of Allah will be rewarded for a good deed and ten more like it; and I don't say that Alif Lam Mim is a word but Alif is a word and Lam is a word and Mim is a word" (Alif Lam Mim is 3 Arabic Characters.)

Reading Certain Surahs:

The Prophet said to his companions, "Is it difficult for any of you to recite one third of the Qur'an in one night?" This suggestion was difficult for them so they said, "Who among us has the power to do so, O Allah's Apostle?" Allah Apostle replied: " Allah (the) One, the Self-Sufficient Master Whom all creatures need.' (Surat Al-Ikhlas 112.1--to the End) is equal to one third of the Qur'an."
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 61, Number 534

For the one who preserves the reading of aayah al-kursee (Surah al-Baqarah 2:255) after every salah, there is nothing between him and entering Paradise, except death

The Benefits are whoever says it in the morning will be protected from the jinn until evening, and whoever says it in the evening will be protected from them till the morning.

Duas:

Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) passed by Aboo Hurayrah while he was planting
something and said:

"O Aboo Hurayrah shall I not show you a planting better than this?" He said: "Of course O
Messenger of Allah" He (Peace be upon him) said: "Say … SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Laa ilaha Allahu Akbar… and a tree will be planted for you in Paradise for every one you say."

Passing Salaams:

It was narrated by Saalim that Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said
"He who says Assalamu Alaikum (Peace be upon you) ten rewards are written down for him, and he who says Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah (Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy) for him twenty rewards are written down and he who says Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh (Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessing) thirty rewards are written down (for him)"

Final reminder to you all brothers and sisters:

Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said "The good deeds of any person will not make him enter Paradise." (i.e., None can enter Paradise only through his good deeds.) They (the
Prophet's companions) said, 'Not even you, O Allah's Apostle?' He said, "Not even myself, unless
Allah bestows His favor and mercy on me. So be moderate in your religious deeds and do the
deeds that are within your ability: and none of you should wish for death, for if he is a good doer,
he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil doer, he may repent to Allah."
Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 7, Hadith 577

Brothers and sisters, I hope this will help you in many ways, if you know theses then please act upon them, if you do not know theses, then inshallah learn them and act upon them too.

JazakAllah for the support and until the next issue.
My love goes out to the whole Ummah, Your Brother in Islam

Was Salaam

Hadiths & Duas used in Issue 10

Hadith Section - Sahih Bukhari

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
Once the Prophet remained behind us in a journey. He joined us while we were performing ablution for the prayer which was over-due. We were just passing wet hands over our feet (and not washing them properly) so the Prophet addressed us in a loud voice and said twice or thrice: "Save your heels from the fire."
Volume 1, Book 3, Number 57

Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "When anyone of you stands for the prayers, Satan comes and puts him in doubts till he forgets how many Rakat he has prayed. So if this happens to anyone of you, he should perform two prostrations of Sahu while sitting.
Volume 2, Book 22, Number 324

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, "Ghusl (taking a bath) on Friday is compulsory for every Muslim reaching the age of puberty."
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 817

Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The Imam is to be followed. Say the Takbir when he says it; bow if he bows; if he says 'Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida', say, ' Rabbana wa-laka-l-hamd', prostrate if he prostrates and pray sitting altogether if he prays sitting."
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 701

Narrated Salim bin 'Abdullah:
My father said, "The Prophet said, 'If the wife of any one of you asks permission (to go to the mosque) do not forbid her."
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 832


Hadith Section - Sahih Muslim

It is reported on the authority of 'Abdullah that the Apostle of Allah observed: The best of' the deeds or deed is the (observance of) prayer at its proper time and kindness to the parents.
Book 1, Number 0155

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There are ninety-nine names of Allah; he who commits them to memory would get into Paradise. Verily, Allah is Odd (He is one, and it is an odd number) and He loves odd number. And in the narration of Ibn 'Umar (the words are) : "He who enumerated them."
Book 35, Number 6475

Ubida b. Samit reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who loves to meet Allah, Allah also loves to meet him, and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah also abhors to meet him.
Book 35, Number 6486

Al-Bara' reported that whenever Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) went to bed, he said: "O Allah, it is with Thine Name that I live and it is with Thine Name that I die." And when he got up he used to say: "Praise is due to Allah, Who gave us life after our death (sleep) and unto Thee is resurrection."
Book 35, Number 6549

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) used to supplicate during the time of trouble (in these words): "There is no god but Allah, the Great, the Tolerant, there is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Magnificent Throne There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Heaven and the earth, the Lord of the Edifying Throne."
Book 35, Number 6582


Duas

Allahumma ansur al-Islamu wal-muslimeen
O Allah! Help Islam and the Muslims

Allahumma aizzal-Islama wal-Muslimeen, Allahumma aizzal-Islama wal-Muslimeen, wa adhillash-shirka wal-Mushrikeen, wa dammir adaa'ad-deen, wahmi hawzatal-Islami Ya rabbal Alameen.
O Allah! Raise the standing of Islam and the Muslims, O Allah raise the standing and the Muslims, and degrade the standing of Kufr and the Kaafireen, and Shirk and the Mushrikeen.
Destroy the enemies of the Deen, and protect the lands of Islam, O Lord of the Worlds.

Allahumma ahyini Musliman wa amitini Musliman
O Allah! Let me live as a true Muslim, and cause me to die as a true Muslim.

Allahummaj'al wasawisa qalbi khashyatika wa dhikrika waj'alhammi wa hawaya fima tuhibbu wa tarda.
O Allah! Render the thoughts and inclinations within my heart, to be Your fear and remembrance, and let my endeavour and desire be devoted to what You love and appreciate.

Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi aafaani fi jasadi, wa radda 'alaiyya ruhee, wa 'adhina li bidhikriki
Praise be to Allah Who gave Strength to my body and returned my soul to me and permitted me to remember Him.

BarakAllahu laka wa baaraka 'alaiyka, wa jazakAllahu khairan, wa razaqakal-Llahu mithlahu, wa ajzala thawaabaka
May Allah Bless you, and shower His Blessings upon you, and May Allah reward you and bestow upon you its like, and Reward you abundantly

Yarhamukallah
May Allah have Mercy upon you

Islamic Information Blog Issue 8

Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim

Assalamu Alaikum Brothers and Sisters,

I hope you are all well and that your families and your lives are good too.

Your Heart

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said
"Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body if it becomes good (reformed) the whole body becomes good but if it gets spoilt the whole body gets spoilt and that is the heart"
Volume 1, Book 2, Number 49: Sahih Bukhari

We must look after our hearts, it maybe a piece of flesh in the body, it might only be to push the blood around the body, but if that heart stops, the whole body stops too. Look around the world follows this religion, Allah will guide their heart. today and see how corrupted the world is becoming. Islam is full of peace, the ones who rightly

Allah says:
"Whoever believes in Allah - He will guide his heart." (Surah At-Taghabun (64:11))

Now I'm not going to say every Muslim is perfect, because we are not and we make mistakes too, but if we follow the Quran and the teachings of the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) we should be able to know right from wrong, what is good and what we should be forbidding.

Allah will question us on many topics on the Day of Judgement, and the heart is one of them as well, Allah says in the Quran:

"Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned"
(Surah Al-Isra (17:36))

We learn all the time

I may scare someone who reads this and my intention is not to scare, but to make you has well as myself realise that our lives are coming to an end when Allah wills and what good deeds have we got to show when we meet Allah? This is no joke and never has been, I used to be a Non-Muslim and if I were to read this back then, I wouldn't of believed any of it, but you read about Islam, you read the Quran, you read the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and you can see the signs of what is happening, though Allah knows best for when everything will come on this planet, but you can see the changes around you to understand that this is not the only life you will live. This life isn't a game where you can go party all night, drinking alcohol, doing drugs, Fear Allah! Fear Allah! Fear Allah!! For what you are doing now, could be worse in the next life.

Don't you just love the fact that this religion never gets boring, what do I mean? Well every single one of us will learn something new nearly every day, there is so much for us Muslims to read and learn, SubhanAllah, for the ones who say they know it all, don't believe them, because that is the talk of Satan, and plus not everything was revealed to us humans, we only know 99 names of Allah, but we don't know what other names Allah has, we may know how to say Alif, Lam, Meem (Surah al-Baqarah (2:1)) or Alif, Lam, Meem, Sad (Surah al-A'raf (7:1)) or Kaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn, Sad (Surah Maryam (19:1) in total there are 14 opening letters which come in different formats in 29 Surahs in the Quran, Allah never revealed what theses mean, there are people who say that it means _______ but how do we know it means that when it was never revealed to us? There is so much to learn, but ask yourself, have you read the whole of the Quran before? If you have then alhamdulillah you can read it again and again, if you haven't then alhamdulillah you have to read the whole Quran to understand your religion more, it is no good (has I will point again and again) to just call yourself a Muslim by name, we always have to do what is right and forbid what is wrong, how do we know what is right and wrong? By the word of Allah (Quran) and the teachings of the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

Someone was talking in a group which I joined and the brother said that we are all destined for hell, why did the brother say this? How does he know that our lives are destined for hell? Mashallah an Uncle explained to him that no one knows apart from Allah what we are destined for, we can hope to be Muslims but could end up being a Non-Muslim and the same the other way round that a Non-Muslim could revert to Islam. This is a reason why we need to show prove to what we say, its no good to say that this is important or this is the Sunnah, without prove it's the Sunnah or says in the Quran, it could be something you made up and could lead us astray.

Keep your promises!

"O you who believer! Fulfill (all) contracts"
(Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:1))

"O you who believe! Why say you that which you do not? Grievously odious is it in the sight of
Allah that you say that which you do not."
(Surah Al-Saff (61-2-3))

We should never lie to our brothers and sisters has well as never lie to Non-Muslims, just because they do not believe in Islam doesn't mean that what you do to them, the rules do not apply and Allah will allow it, it doesn't mean that we shouldn't steal off our brothers and sisters but we can to Non-Muslims, that is not what Islam teaches, we shouldn't lie to anyone, we shouldn't steal off anyone, we shouldn't do anything that displeases Allah. The true Muslim will keep his promises faithfully. Breaking promises is a horrible sins that Allah (SWT) hates in his believing servants.

The Prophet (Pbuh) said:
"The signs of a hypocrite are three:
when he speaks, he lies;
when he makes a promise, he breaks it;
and when he is entusted with something, he betrays that trust"
Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 2, Number 32

Who should we fear more?

Who should we fear more? Should we fear the country leaders because they have power? Should we fear gangs because in their numbers they could do so much or should we fear Allah? the differents between Allah and the humans that I talked about is that Allah has no limits and can do anything He pleases whereas humans like the so called leaders of the world have limits and can't do things of what Allah can do, though most humans think they are God, but they are as always all mouth but cant prove it, which clearly shows they are not God. No human should be feared, no matter even in a problem where you could be beaten up and hurt, don't fear them because they can only harm you has much as it's been written down. Allah can give life and cause death, He is the reason to why you are living today, why you have what you have, the clothes, the family, the food and drink, We need Allah to guide us more than Allah needs us, Allah doesn't need anything, has He as the power to do what He pleases. Has it says in the first Surah "It is You we worship, and You we seek for help" We should worship Allah and only Allah, we should love Allah more than anything, and fear Allah more than anything, if you are worried about that one person who could beat you up, I suggest you worry more about what will happen on the Day of Judgement.

Remembering Text

A brother taught me something very useful, and I would like to share with you all inshallah. We all read and sometimes we all forget what we have read, inshallah when you next find something that is useful and possibly could bring up again, write a note in the back of the book, so that inshallah when you need to go back to something inshallah you can read your notes and find the pages, personally that is a good idea, because there are times when I want to quote something, but I forget what book its from, inshallah I will use this idea too.

Allah is able to do all things (Quotes from the Quran)

"Say, "O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honour who You willand You humble whom You will.
In Your hand is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things competent. You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account [i.e., limit or measure]""
(Surah Ali 'Imran (3:26-27))

"If He wills, He can do away with you, O people, and bring others [in your place]. And ever is Allah competent to do that."
(Surah an-Nisa (4:133))

"[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you
rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof?
Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within rivers and made for it
firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier?
Is He [not best] who reponds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and
makes you inheritors of the earth?
Is He [not best] who guides you through the darkness of the land and sea and who sends the
winds as good tidings before His Mercy?
Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the
heaven and earth?"
Surah an-Naml (27:60-64))

JazakAllah for the support and until the next issue.
My love goes out to the whole Ummah, Your Brother in Islam

Was Salaam