Peace to one and all,

To be a true believer who believes with/in Allah as the Creator/Lord/Sustainer of the Universe, His Messengers, Scriptures, Angels, the Last Day and Fate/Qadar, one must be identified with the following symbols and/or attributes:---

1. True believers walk on this earth with Modesty.

2. They utilize the night for Supplications... .Prostrating/Sujd an standing in prayer(s)/Tahajjud.

3. They love Peace.

4. They are neither wasteful nor miserly in spending their wealth.

5. They do not commit adultery.

6. They avoid testifying falsely.

7. They refrain from all kinds of Vanity.

We should endeavour to work towards getting these attributes in our everyday lives... make these values/attributes our habits.

For further reading on this, see

Surat Furqan of the Holy Qur'an,

especially verses 25-63 of that

Chapter (25-63:74)

Peace to one and all,

Narrated Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, I heard Allah's Apostle, peace and blessings be upon him, saying:--

"IF THERE WAS A RIVER AT THE DOOR OF ANYONE OF YOU AND HE TOOK A BATH IN IT

5 TIMES A DAY, WOULD YOU NOTICE ANY DIRT ON HIM?" They said, "NOT A TRACE OF

DIRT WOULD BE LEFT." The Prophet, peace be upon him, added,

"THAT IS THE EXAMPLE OF THE 5 PRAYERS WITH WHICH ALLAH BLOTS OUT (annuls) EVIL DEEDS".



[bukhari, Book 10, Hadith No.506].

In yet another Hadith, the Prophet, peace be upon him, was quoted as saying:-- "THE FIRST MATTER THAT THE SLAVE WILL BE

BROUGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS THE PRAYER. IF IT IS SOUND, THEN THE REST OF HIS DEEDS

WILL BE SOUND. AND IF IT IS BAD, THEN THE REST OF HIS DEEDS WILL BE BAD". [At-Tabarani].

It is sad, however, to note that today many Muslims do not accord this important second pillar of Islam (Sallah) the importance and priority it deserves. You hear some say 'I am busy' or 'I have no time' to pray now (at its stated time)... I will pray later.

You/We must drop that attitude and say our Prayers on time and in congregation. We must also remember that what distinguishes us, Believers, from the Munafiqs (hypocrites) is the Sallah.... the 5 daily Prayers.

http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/us-past...16846.html

A controversial Florida pastor was arrested before he planned to burn almost 3,000 copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, US media reported.

Terry Jones, 61, was detained in the town of Mulberry, near Tampa, and faces charges of transporting fuel illegally and openly carrying a firearm, the Orlando Sentinel said.

Deputies said Jones was riding in a pickup truck that was towing a trailer carrying a large barbecue-like grill filled with kerosene-soaked Korans. He also had extra bottles of the fuel inside the truck bed, the Sentinel reported.

Jones's planned public burning of the Muslim holy book came with tensions high in the Middle East, and with possible international military action in Syria still on the table having been touted by US President Barack Obama.

According to Jones's website, he had plans to burn 2,998 Korans in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday, in recognition of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Jones was arrested alongside Associate Pastor Marvin Sapp minutes before the scheduled burning, the Sentinel said.

As pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, Jones in 2010 threatened to burn copies of the Koran, drawing widespread outrage in the United States and abroad, before he called the plan off.

In 2011, however, his congregation did burn the Muslim holy book and the following year he promoted an anti-Islam film.

All three incidents sparked violence in the Middle East and in Afghanistan and came despite pleas from US military officials to desist.

Salaam everyone,

May I have the pleasure of sharing with you Sayyid Yunus Patel Saheb's book, hereby attached titled, "Rujoo'ilallah (Returning to Allah)", for your perusal. The book inspires us to repent sincerely from our sins and create hope in the Mercy and Forgiveness of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful... and thereby refresh our commitment to Him. Enjoy and benefit from it, Insha-Allah.

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Salaam everyone,

May I have the pleasure of sharing with you the book, hereby attached, titled "Al-Ubudiyyah (Being a True Slave of Allah), by Sheikh Ibn Taymiyah, for your perusal/study. It discusses how man is and/or can be a slave of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, with devotion and submission. Enjoy it.

al-uboodiya.pdf

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Assalam alaikum,

Ibn Hibban and al-Baihaqi, may Allah be Merciful to them both, reported that Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said:--

"A person who talks too much is a person who often makes mistakes, and someone who

often makes mistakes often has wrong actions. The fire has a priority over such a frequent sinner".

In a related Hadith, on the authority of Mu'az, may Allah be pleased with him, the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, said:--

"Shall I not tell you how to control all that?" I said, "Yes do, O Messenger of Allah". So, he held his tongue

between his fingers and then he said: 'Restrain this'. I said, "Oh Prophet of Allah, are we accountable for

what we say?". He, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, said, "May your mother be bereft by your loss! Is there anything

more than the harvest of the tongues that throws people on their faces (or he said 'on their noses') into the Fire?".

[at-Tirmidhi, al-Hakim]

What is meant by 'the harvest of the tongues' is the punishment for saying forbidden things. Through his actions and words, a man or a woman sows the seeds of either good or evil, and harvests same on the Day of Resurrection. We should therefore Note this well accordingly.

Salaam everyone,

Abu Dhar al-Ghafari, may Allah be pleased with him, said:--"The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:-'Sadaqah is prescribed for every person every day the sun rises'. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, from what do we give Sadaqah if we do not possess property?' He said: 'The doors of sadaqah are takbir (Allahu Akbar), Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La-ilaha-illallah, Astaghfirullah, enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing thorns, bones and stones from the paths of people, guiding the blind, listening to the deaf and dumb until you understand them, guiding a person to his object of need if you know where it is, hurrying with the strength of your legs to one in sorrow who is appealing for help, and supporting the weak with the strength of your arms. These are all the doors of Sadaqah." [Ahmad]

In the light of this Noble Hadith, one does not need to have financial resources to earn the reward of sadaqah. There are many deeds to qualify as sadaqah with Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. In addition to the above, the following courtesies are also sadaqah if we do them with the intention of pleasing Allah with them:--

1. Administering Justice between 2 people is sadaqah.

2. Assisting a man upon his mount, so that he may ride it is sadaqah.

3. Every step taken toward prayer... the Masjid..is sadaqah.

4. Your smile for your brother is sadaqah.

5. Planting anything from which a person, an animal or anything eats is sadaqah.

Salaam everyone,

According to Aflaki, in his "The Whirling Ecstasy":--

"He who seeks worldly wealth cannot dispense with commerce and profit;

he who seeks that of future life cannot dispense with obedience and service;

he who seeks the Master cannot avoid tests and suffering".

And,

"Supplication takes away shame, pride drives out religion. A greedy man has

the nature of the devil. Where greed enters, there follows identification; where

identification is produced, an obstacle is created; where an obstacle is interposed,

work is interrupted; where interruption occurs, there follows infidelity and hell-fire".