Dear All


Generally when people listend to the economic structure of Islam in


the light of pure Quranic definition then usually they mix it with the


economic system or values underlined by communism. Thus here i feel to


discuss difference between communism & islamic economic system. At


this point of time i am giving synopsis of what i have understood &


read through the understandings of other savant Islamic scholars.


Communism gives an economic system based on a particular philosophy of


life. In the same way Islam is not only a Social Order but also a Code


of Life, which deals with man as a whole and covers all aspects of


human life? Communistic philosophy sees Man just as a physical


being--nothing more nothing less--which ends with death,and provides


an economic system, which can cater only for his physical


welfare.Islam,on the other hand, views life as an uninterrupted and


ascending stream and man as possessing, besides his physical being, a


Self or


Personality capable of development and of living efficiently further


and on higher evolutionary planes of Life.The law governing


development of human Self, as enunciated by the Quran,has for its


basis the permanent value that by helping others a Self helps to


develop itself;although this is in ontradiction to the fact that the


development of man's physical being is possible only by helping


itself.Those convinced in Islamic ideology form themselves into a


society or a nucleus for crystallization of the ideology.The


responsibility for assuring every individual his basic needs of


life,physical as well as cultural,is shifted to the Society.The proper


discharge of its responsibility necessitates control on the resources


of production, creating thereby a healthy environment in which the


individual may be free to bring forth his utmost and to give his best


for the development of all humanity.Communistic philosophy of life and


the Islamic concept of life are,therefore diametrically opposed to


each other.In addition, it is the philosophy of life one believes in


which invokes motives, fixes the destiny and moulds the shape of the


society one builds.The fact is that the Islamic way of life is unique


and none of the other ways of life can be called Islamic.Nor can the


Islamic way of life be separated into parts,and a partial similarity


between one Islamic phase and a phase of some other system can make


the latter Islamic.The Islamic way is an indivisible whole like the


human body,breaking of which into separate parts would finish the body


itself.Quran chapter 2 Verse 85 is very clear on this point.Islam's


economic system is an integral part of the Islamic Deen (way of life)


and cannot be separated therefrom.


Regards


Nawaz

<b>This Message is to You O Concealed Jewel, O Protected Rose !</b>


It is to you, the Cultivator of Generations, Producer of Great Men.


<i><b>I will point out in it some of what Islam requires of the individual and the society concerning the rights of women .....</b>
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<b>1. </b> Have you seen the Jewel? Why is it that the people love it while it is simply a piece of stone? It is because it is not so easy to see it, nor can you touch it except by paying an exorbitant price. Similar is the case of the woman – it is forbidden for a man to see her or touch her, in order that he does not dishonor her. She is like an untouched (pure) jewel, which is affected by the least touch.


<b>2. </b> Have you seen how a rose wilts, withers, and loses it luster and beauty if it is touched too much. Likewise, the woman is not allowed to be touched except by one in a lawful relationship of marriage. And whoever attempts to touch her – unlawfully – will earn a severe punishment or death.


<b>3. </b> Do you know the punishment for one who violates the marriage trust and cheats on his wife? The penalty is death, since he has fallen short in regards to the jewel which is with him, in addition to transgressing the rights of others.


<b>4.</b> Have you seen a jewel searching for a person (to possess it)? The same is the case of the women, like a precious jewel, she is the one who is sought out, not the seeker. It is incumbent upon the man to seek her hand. And if she agrees to marry him, then he will present to her a marriage dowry and something from his wealth.


<b>5.</b> Consider the Ruler or Head of State – if every one were able to speak to him directly and sit in his presence, he wouldn't be held in awe, nor possess the same prestige and status amongst the people that he has. Similarly, the woman is like a noble Queen. It is not the right of every person to speak to her directly or sit in her presence; this is something allowed to the select few.


<b>6.</b> The Supreme Being has created the male strong of body in order that he may go out and earn his livelihood, even in difficult circumstances. This is so that he may serve the women and children of his family. As for the woman, she has been created gentle, soft and sensitive, so that she may cultivate the future generations. The man goes out and works with the natural elements, while the woman deals with the human being (raising the children).


<b>7.</b> What do you think would happen if a lion and gazelle were placed together in one place? Is it possible for them to co-exist? Obviously not! Likewise, it is of necessity that the man be separated from the woman, in the interest of the woman. She is beautiful, attractive and weak. Hence, the strong will overcome her and devour her and violate her chastity – even if she were not willing.


<b>8.</b> The woman who performs work equal to the work of a man is entitled to – and is given – the same salary as the man.


<b>9. </b>The woman is allowed to work in any occupation, which she is capable of, as long as it is in consonance with the nature of her delicate physique.


<b>10. </b> The woman – like man - is addressed in the divine revelation with responsibilities for which she - like man - is equally rewarded.


<b>11.</b> The woman is excused from certain religious ceremonies and obligations during her post-child birth and menstrual periods, since these conditions are a cause of weakness and hence, she is in need of rest and relaxation.


<b>12.</b> If a woman dies while giving birth to a child, she is rewarded with the highest station in Paradise.


<b>13.</b> The person who is killed while defending his mother, wife, daughter or sister will be rewarded with the highest station in Paradise.


<b>14.</b> It is permissible for a woman to seek a separation from her husband if he has failed to fulfill her marital rights.


<b>15.</b> Is there anything more valuable to the human being than his life? Indeed, the honor and dignity of women is more valuable, precious and important to the Muslim than his own life.


<b>16.</b> It is permissible for the woman to remarry – whomever she desires – if he is divorced from her husband or widowed.


<b>17.</b> If a woman possesses wealth, she is free to use it in any lawful way, without permission of anyone [father, husband or others].


<b>18.</b> The woman has the right to the inheritance of her relative – at the time of his death – even if he does not desire that she receive it.


<b>19.</b> It is obligatory upon the man to spend his wealth for the maintenance – housing, food, etc. – of those under his care including his mother, wife or daughter, even if he doesn't desire to do so.


<b>20.</b> The mother has been given preference over the father – three times over – concerning their right to kindness and benevolence from their children.


<b>22.</b> Whoever truly desires paradise – Know that paradise lies at the feet of the mother, for the one who pleases her.


<b>23.</b> Whoever has daughters and treats them well – they will be a cause of him being screened from the hell-fire.


<b>23.</b> If a man kills a woman intentionally, he no longer deserves to live and will be killed, even if the victim was his wife.


<b>24.</b> <i><b>The Messenger of Allah – Blessings of Allah and Peace be Upon him advised concerning the woman:–</b></i>


<b>Treat the women well. He also said: The best of you are those who are the best in the treatment of their wives.</b>
<b>He also said: No one honors the woman except an honorable man. And no one humiliates her or holds her in contempt except one who is evil, vile, wicked and depraved.</b>



With these words I address you – as someone of intelligence:


Is there any greater Honor than this?


<b>Contributed by</b> : <i>Dai</i>

My favourite Hollywood star, Elizabeth Taylor purchased a Van Gogh (not the Zionist killed by some Muslim recently in Europe) painting at Sotheby’s auction on April 14, 1963 for $257,000. Now it’s valued at US$30 million.


Recently three Mauthner Jews coming out of South African woodwork have claimed that the picture was stolen from their grandfather, who fled from Berlin to South Africa in 1939. Naturally, the three have blamed the Nazis and not the Zionists for the theft – Though it has been proven that former US Secretary of State, Medelene Albright’s Jewish parents also stole many paintings from Paris under German occupation – but that’s another story.


But there is nothing new in this episode – The Zionists have successfully looted many banks and art treasures from all over Europe for being the property of Jews who ‘survived’ the Holocaust.

Nowadays, especially in non muslim countries, muslims are suffering from some form of racial/religious abuse. In the UK, it is rife in the media, muslims need to make themselves visible and write to their MP's, the media, to stop this type of abuse. They are fuelling public animosity against us.


The police are targeting muslims, the other day they broke into a house at 4am in Manchester handcuffed a 14 year old boy to the radiator, frightened a 55 year old disabled woman and took a young male to the station. They have been doing this throughout the UK and the ironic fact is no one has been charged. But they don't add this in the media, just "muslims arrested".


We need to be more vigilant like the Jewish people, who have been successful in the past by writing be it petitions, complaints to the relvant people/orgs, we should do the same. We should protect ourselves. I am aware some organisations are doing this, but I also think individuals should get together and do the same. They will have to do something at some point. If we don't act it will get alot worse.

Dear All


Man has been endowed with -Intellect- which gives him superiority to


other animals. Human intellect functions, however, within the limits


of Time and Space and is, consequently, capable of handling only that


aspect of man's life which is subject to change, i.e. the physical


aspect of human life. It cannot peep over the boundaries of change


into the supra-physical, or the realm of permanence to which human


Personality belongs. In that realm, things reveal themselves to human


intellect -to Messengers of God- and are not discovered by it.


Revelation is Divine, and Divine Guidance alone provides permanent


values or unalterable fundamental principles, otherwise known as


Divine Precepts,or the way or Practice or Allah Almighty. Law or rules


devised by human intellect need change with the change in time and


space; but permanent values admit of no such change. In the words of


the Holy Quran, There is no changing in the Words of Allah, Quran


chapter 10 verse 64- you will find no change in the way of Allah,


Quran chapter 33 verse 62.


Body and Personality cannot, however, be divided into two mutually


exclusive compartments, nor also can the laws pertaining to the realms


of permanence and change. A combination of permanence and change. A


combination of permanence and change can be achieved if in framing


laws, human intellect keeps itself within the boundaries of eternal


values revealed by God. The laws so framed will be applicable to man


as a whole and satisfy the requirement of both Personality and the


physical body of man.


Regards


Nawaz

Assalamu aleikum,


This is in first hand to YOU that are searching for the truth of the Qur'an. And perhaps looking for the answer - What is the challenge of the Qur'an?


Previous prophets performed miracles to prove that their message was not their own but God's message. In the case of the Qur'an, the message itself is the miracle.


The prophet Muhammad, on whom be peace, did not know how to read or write. Yet the Qur'an which was being revealed to him was (and still is) the highest pinnacle of literary beauty and excellence in the Arabic Language. It was beyond the ability of the prophet to produce this book. And God declares that it is beyond the ability of all of humankind and spirit-kind to produce a book like the Qur'an.


The Qur'an was revealed piece by piece over a period of twenty-three years. During this time, God challenged humankind four times to produce a book like the Qur'an, and they couldn't do it. When the prophet and his followers were being persecuted in Mecca, God showed the persecutors a simple way by which they can wipe out the message of the Qur'an. God stated that this book cannot be produced by men or spirit creatures. Obviously, if they pooled together their abilities and composed a book like the Qur'an they would have proved the Qur'an to be false in its claim. But they couldn't. And here is what the Qur'an claims:


Say: If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur'an they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support
Qur'an 17:88.


Although people ardently wished to block the message of the Qur'an and they tried every thing they could to stifle it, yet they did not try this obvious strategy. Why? Because it cannot be done. So God reduced the challenge for them: never mind the whole book; produce just ten chapters if you can. This challenge is mentioned in Surah 11:13 in the Qur'an, Or they may say, "He forged it," Say, "Bring ye then ten suras forged, like unto it, and call (to your aid) whomsoever ye can, other than Allah!- If ye speak the truth!
Again they couldn't do it. And they were the literary giants of their day. They held fairs to promote their own literary masterpieces. They hung their prized compositions on the door of the house of pilgrimage for all to see. But they could not match the stunning verses of the Qur'an.


God reduced the challenge further still, Or do they say, "He forged it"? say: "Bring then a Sura like unto it, and call (to your aid) anyone you can besides Allah, if it be ye speak the truth!"
Qur'an 10:38. If they cannot produce ten chapters then how about one chapter? Just one! And they couldn't do it, so they eventually pulled down their proud exhibits from where they were hung. The Qur'an had proved its point: this is no man-made book.


Yet they tried everything to banish the Qur'an from the face of the earth. They even made an attempt on the life of the prophet. He fled to Madinah, another city. And there the Qur'an kept coming to him piece by piece. The challenge was repeated yet again. This time God reduced the emphasis as if to say, okay you couldn't produce a chapter like it; now produce a chapter even remotely like


it. This challenge is mentioned in the Qur'an in chapter 2, verse 23, And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true
. They failed again.


And the world has failed since. The challenge is still there in the Qur'an, and everyone who disbelieves the Qur'an can still pool together their abilities and resources to try and produce one like it. But they cannot.


Isn't this an awesome miracle?

After decades of being under Jewish oppression, causing the deaths of forty million innocent non-Jewish Russians during peacetime, many non-Jewish people in Russia are becoming increasingly discontented with Jewish influence. A long-held anger, which was simmering under the surface and held in check only by the former Soviet Union murdering a large portion of the Russian population, is beginning to express itself.


Recently, a rally was held in Moscow, where several hundred people joined together to protest Jewish influence in Russian affairs. People openly held up signs telling Jews to leave. Shortly thereafter, some Russian teenagers expressed their discontent with Russian Jews by vandalizing a cemetery, spray-painting swastikas and the number “88” on Jewish tombstones.


Among the mainstream, while President Putin has assumed a more moderate position, he nevertheless seems to be targeting the Jewish oligarchs, such as Mr. Berezovsky and Mr. Gusinky, to name two who have been working in a concerted effort to gain control of Russia’s media, just as their counterparts have done in other countries across the globe.


The struggle for the soul of the Russia people is at hand, with its enemies such as Mr. Satanovsky, head of the Russian Jewish Congress, working hard to once again take Russia by the hand on the dark road to Hades.


Whether it will survive Mr. Satanovsky’s dark attempt to take Russia by the hand or to rise above the decadence with which it is facing is something waiting to be seen, and will forever be recorded in the Book of Fate.


http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=4241

Giving Thanks To Allah


Being grateful to a fellow human being who has shown favour, is to render one’s thanks to express appreciative sentiments. The concept of being grateful to Allah (shukr), on the other hand, is to grasp and emphasize the fact that every kind of grace and favour is granted exclusively by Allah. In the Qur’an, the opposite of being grateful is defined by the term “disbelief”(Kufr), which is synonymous with ingratitude. Only this definition indicates the importance attached to being grateful as a form of worship and the detrimental consequences its neglect may have for a believer.


Gratefulness to Allah is one of the concepts principally emphasized in the Qur’an. In almost 70 verses, the importance of rendering thanks to Allah is stated, examples of those who are grateful and ungrateful are given and the end their requital in the hereafter is described. The reason why so much importance is given to this concept is simply that it is a sure indication of one’s faith and affirmation of the Oneness of Allah. In one of the verses “being grateful” is described as “worshipping only Allah”:


O you who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you, and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him you worship. (Al-Baqara, 172)


In another verse, giving thanks to Allah is described as the opposite of idolatry:


But it has already been revealed to you, — as it was to those before you, — “If you were to associate other gods with Allah, truly fruitless would be your work (in life), and you would surely be in the ranks of those who lose (all spiritual good)”. Therefore, worship Allah, and be of those who give thanks. (Az-Zumar, 65-66)


Satan’s defiant statements to Allah (on the day of his refusal to bow to Adam) emphasize the importance of giving thanks to Allah:


“Because you have cast me out I will lie in wait for your servants as they walk on your straight path: Then will I assault them from in front of them and from behind them, from their right and from their left. Then you will find most of them, ungrateful for Your mercies.” (Al-Araf, 17)


As stated in the verse above, Satan out of sheer pique, devoted His life to misleading people. His ultimate aim is to make people be ungrateful to their Creator. When this ultimate purpose of the Satan is considered, it becomes more comprehensible how a man goes astray when he does not render thanks to Allah.


Gratefulness is a part of the test by Allah. Man is surely endowed with His favour, and is informed about how he should benefit from it. In return, he is expected to assume a submissive attitude towards his Creator. However, it is again only man himself who chooses to be grateful or ungrateful to Allah:


We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order to try him. We gave him the gifts of hearing and sight. We showed him the way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful. (Al-Insan, 2-3)


As the verses suggest, the choice of the human being whether to go grateful or ungrateful, is explicit sign of his faith or disbelief.


Gratefulness is also closely related to requital in the hereafter. No punishment shall befall those who have faith and are grateful:


What can Allah gain by your punishment, if you are grateful and you believe? Indeed, it is Allah who recognizes all good, and knows all things. (An-Nisa, 147)


This verse, together with many others, gives the good tidings that Allah rewards those who remain grateful to their Creator:


And remember! Your Lord caused to be declared (publicly): “If you are grateful, I will increase My favours to you. But if you show ingratitude, truly, My punishment is terrible indeed.” (Abraham, 7)


That is the bounty of which Allah gives glad tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say: “No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin.” He who does a good deed shall be paid many times over: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service). (Ash-Shura, 23)


The people of Lut rejected (his) warning. We sent against them a violent tornado with showers of stones, which destroyed all of them, except Lut’s household, whom We delivered by early dawn,— through Our mercy. Thus do We reward those who give thanks. (Al-Qamar, 33-35) “If you counted up the favours of Allah, you would never be able to number them: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Al-Nahl, 18) As this verse suggests, let alone counting up the favours of Allah,it is not conceivable even to categorize them. Since there is no limit to the favours of Allah, a believer should unceasingly keep himself occupied with the remembrance of Allah and express his gratefulness to Him.


In expectation of some very great favor, some people wait for special occasions to render their thanks to Allah. Settlement of a major problem, or recovering from a serious sickness are the proper times to express one’s inner gratefulness to Allah, they assume. However, if one reflected only for a moment, one would instantly comprehend that he is always surrounded with infinite favours. At every moment, every minute, there is an uninterrupted flow of favours: life, good health, intelligence, consciousness, the five senses, the air that one breaths, in brief, everything that makes life possible is given to one by the grace of Allah. In return for all these, the individual is expected to serve Allah in gratitude. Those who are heedless of these favours and accordingly neglect to turn to Allah in order to express their gratefulness, acknowledge their importance only when they are deprived of them.


The Qur’an enjoins careful attention to the favours of Allah and repeatedly reminds us of those we tend to forget. Whole volumes would surely be insufficient to name all the blessings of Allah. Allah fashioned man into a man, He endowed him with five senses thus enabling him to perceive the world around him, guided him to the true path through His Book and Messenger, provided an explanation of the scriptures, desired no hardship for His servants, saved them from the oppression of unbelievers, made their habitations havens of rest and quiet for them, created fresh water, an abundant variety of food, sea- products, ships sailing night and day for the benefit of mankind.


No one can ever say “I say my prayers regularly and engage in righteous dealings, but do not give thanks to Allah”. The individual who is not grateful to Allah is one who does not occupy himself with the remembrance of Allah, and hence is heedless of Him. A person who, like the animals, consumes everything given to him without pondering over why it is granted and the One Who grants it, surely needs to change this attitude. Otherwise, expecting to receive a reward from Allah and hoping to attain Heaven would be meaningless. That is why a believer should never neglect to render thanks to Allah.


We also know from the revelations of Allah that only those who give thanks to Allah can acknowledge the signs of Allah in the outer world and draw lessons for themselves. The following verses elaborate upon this theme:


From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherisher, springs up produce, rich after its kind: but from the land that is bad, springs up nothing but that which is niggardly: thus do we explain the signs by various symbols to those who are grateful. (Al-Araf, 58)


We sent Moses with Our signs (and the command): “Bring out your people from the depths of darkness into light, and teach them to remember the days of Allah.” Truly, in this there are signs for such as are firmly patient and constant, grateful and appreciative. (Ibrahim, 5)


Do you not see that the ships sail across the ocean by the Grace of Allah, So that He may show you His Signs? Truly, in this there are signs for all who constantly persevere and give thanks. (Luqman, 31)


But they said: “Our Lord! Place longer distances between our journey-stages” But they wronged themselves in this. At length We made their fate a byword and We dispersed them throughout the land. In this there are truly signs for every soul that is patiently constant and grateful. (Saba, 19)


The wisdom related in these verses and the evidences they furnish, can be comprehended only by those who are endowed with the insight and sensitivity of those who give thanks. This is no doubt a reward for being grateful to Allah. Ungrateful and insensitive people, on the other hand, do not even notice these verses.


In many verses, Allah advises His Messengers, one of whom is Moses, to be grateful:


(Allah) said: “O Moses! I have chosen you above (other) men, by the mission I (have given you ) and the words I (have spoken to you): take then the (revelation) which I give you, and be of those who give thanks.” (Al-Araf, 144)


In Surat-al-Ahkaf, verse 15, a believer in his maturity (the age of 40 is referred to as the age of maturity in the Qur’an) prays that he may be a grateful person:


We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents. In pain his mother bore him, and in pain she gave birth to him. The carrying of the child to his weaning is a period of thirty months. At length, when he reaches manhood and attains forty years, he says, “O my Lord! Inspire me to be grateful for the favours which you have bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and to do good works of which you will approve; and grant me good descendants. Truly, I have turned to you and truly I bow to You in Islam. (Al-Ahqaf, 15)

alhamdulillah sister iam find i got sick for two weeks but now alhamdulillah


sister can you educate me about the duty of a husband to his wife??


when it come to maharam.....is it rigth to allow a wife to travel for along time?


can you sent me some aricle about maharamship...i just want to study about it sister i know you can help.....


iam doing my dawa'h here........


masalama....

As salam alykom dear members


I sincerely apologize for what happened from the member who chose to him/herself an obscene nickname that actually hurt our feelings. I really don’t know why some people insist to introduce themselves as followers of a religion that allows them to be obscene. Islam, our religion, encourages us to adopt kind and good moral and mannerism while dealing with others in addition to trusting others. When we launched this forum, we sat the membership in a way that allows registration without control. However, such behavior from people made us compelled to set the registration in a way that enforces some control.


I apologize to all my dear brothers and sisters. Such procedure will delay the activation of new members while shall put extra burden on the mods. But we have no other way with members who are not up to the trust like this one.


I appreciate the concern of sisterJennifer and Muslimah and Radiyah for their concern and all other members who took the trouble to see into this matter.


As for the member, he/she is banned. As for the threat to close down the forum there is a saying in Arabic that says. He may choose the tallest among his horses to rid. In other words he can hit the ceiling if he can


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