Many people say that if an animal was killed for eating puropses, then it is halaal to eat. Even if it was killed by a non-muslim; "just say Bismillah and it's good to eat". They claim this is Imam Shaafi's law. What is the correct ruling because I saw in Al Qur'an Qur'an CH 6 v 118-121 the ruling about eating only that on which Allah's name is mentioned... Any Suggestions ?

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Alsalam 'alaykom wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh brothers and sisters, how are u all doing, I haven't been around for a long time I know, the reason was that I went to Haj Alhamdulilah and this is the first time I go, and I came back alhamdulilah by Allah's mercy, and I pray for all of u that have not gone insha'Allah u will go next year. I really wish I can go every year, it is really a vey devine journey, u forget yourself there u think of nothing else but not to make any misdeeds and all I was thinking that Allah almighty will forgive me and accept from me. The moment I reacehd Jeddah airport I really was shiverring and praying all the way in the plane, that all goes well and I complete my rituals with no mistakes, the weather in mekka was wonderful, it was not very cold nor very hot. Then we went by bus to the building we were to stay in and through the way we were saying

" Labayk Allahum Labayk, Labayk La shareek laka Labayk, in ilhamd wa ilni'mata laka walmulk la shareek lak"

Subhan Allah, really I was shiverring with fear till the end, but alhamdulilah everything went okay and I completed my rituals, and I hope Allah Almighty will accept from me.

Really the feeling is great we all are the same, there is is no poor, no rich all are one in the same line , all wearing the same, there is no way for anyone to be a show off all the same all one, all came asking for God's forgivness, millions were in Mekka, in the haram (alkaba') but still masha'Allah it is wide enough for all. When I saw the Kaba' I couldn't help but cry, tears would fall automatically, I pray to Allah that this will not be my last time, I wish I could go every year, I hope I can, and sobhan Allah we never get enough sleep maybe a couple of hours in 24 hours, but still we have the strength to complete all our rituals, especially when throwing stones at satan sobhan Allah when one throw he feels a different kind of strength and the stone flies strongly straight to target. I have many to say but I will not be boaring I will write more later and maybe u have questions to ask me brothers and sisters, but I can say that I feel now I am a new person, I have become more patient , more cautious in talking and treatment with people, more quiet, I am always afraid to make any misdeed or guilt, but deep inside I feel more pleassed more content and more closer to Allah. So those who have not gone please do your best to, have the intention in your heart and ask aid from Allah to help u to go to haj and beleive me he will, since last year's haj I had the intention and was always praying and asking God's aid to fulfill my trip and when ramadan was close I prayed more and more , and then everything happened very quickly alhamdulilah, and God accepted my dua'a and made everything easy for me.

well that is all for now, there will be more next time, I just dont want to bore u all:D . wasalam 'alaykom wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh

as salam alykom

Did any of our revert members go for Haj this year, if yes, we would like very much to share your experience.

Q. It is known that polygamy—more correctly, polygyny—is allowed in Islam. I would like to know the point of view of Islam if a Muslim living in a Western country, where polygamy is regarded unlawful, has to have a second wife due to some reasons.

A. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner! Thank you for your question and the confidence you place in our service and we pray to Allah to enable us render this service purely for His Sake.

Islam is a way of life consonant with nature, providing human solutions to complex situations and avoiding extremes. This characteristic of Islam can be observed most clearly in its stand concerning the taking of more than one wife. Islam permits the Muslim to marry more than one woman in order to resolve some very pressing human problems, individual as well as social.

The prominent Muslim scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Hulail, imam of Tariq ibn Ziad Mosque in Frankfort, Germany, states:

"Polygamy is a thorny issue, particularly in the Western countries. The West claims that many of women's rights in the Muslim countries are violated and regard polygamy as one of the signs of this violation.

It is true that polygamy is allowed in Islam, but it is to be borne in mind that there are many juristic points to be regarded in that respect. But let's concentrate on the point raised in the question, i.e., what the Muslim man who resides in a Western country should do if he has to have a second wife. The European countries incriminate the man who has a second wife, yet, alas, they allow him to have free sexual relationships with a woman other than his wife.

With regard to the Muslim man who has a second wife, I believe—and Almighty Allah knows best—that he has to follow the channels of law in order to legalize his second marriage in the country he lives in. There are some Muslim brothers who did so through the legitimate channels. They submitted documents to the European countries they reside in to the effect that they have second wives according to the Islamic Law and that the first wives agree to that; they also asserted that they would not give a privilege to one of the wives at the expense of the other. I know a Jordanian Muslim who managed to get residence for his two wives in a European country.

If the attempts to legalize the second marriage fail, the person could document his (second) marriage in one of the Islamic centers, yet, his marriage then would not be regarded legitimate under the law of the country concerned. The problem he might face in the future is regarding getting birth certificates for the children from his second wife. But I think there are some flexible European laws concerning registering names of the children born even from illegitimate relationships.

I advise the Muslims who live in the Western countries to demand their rights in that regard. Foreign non-Muslim minorities who live in the West managed to get approval to exercise their rights pursuant to their religious rituals, such as rights concerning slaughtering animals and burying their dead. Muslims can follow in the same footsteps to get legitimate approvals from the Western countries to exercise the rituals of their religion freely."

Focusing more on this issue, the prominent Muslim scholar Dr. Jamal Badawi, professor at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and member of the Fiqh Council of North America, adds:

"Polygamy is an example where there is a difference between what is legitimate in Islamic Shari`ah and what is considered illegitimate in secular societies. I am not discussing the problem of polygamy; or whether polygamy or monogamy is the norm in Islam; or whether, as many people mistakenly think, Islam really introduced polygamy; or that it is the only Abrahamic religion that limited the number and put conditions. There is no mention of limiting the number of wives either in the Old Testimony or the New Testimony; there are some Christians, like Martin Luther, who said that there is no Biblical evidence to the prohibition of polygamy.

I must say, in the first place, why would a particular person want to have a second wife, even though it might be acceptable or legitimate under the Islamic Shari`ah? Because there is also a spirit of why polygamy has been permitted even though it has not been codified in the Qur'an.

Secondly, a Muslim living in a non-Muslim society is obligated to follow the laws. We cannot say that their laws are contrary to Shari`ah, so we have to follow Shari`ah. Taking a second wife is not a necessary requirement; there is no mandatory duty on the Muslim to have a second wife.

If a person has become a resident or a citizen in a European country, it is a condition for him to abide by its laws. When a Muslim man in a European country sticks to not having a second wife, it is like giving up a particular right according to his own Shari`ah. The person who has a second wife could be subject to criminal punishment.

If, however, in the future the non-Muslim societies give Muslims the same right to their personal law that Islam gives to its minorities, that is a different issue. It is known that historically and, in principle, Islam does allow religious minorities to have their own personal law regarding marriage, divorce, division of the estate, and custody of the children according to their own religious teachings. The Christians in Egypt enjoy such a right though they are only a tiny portion of the population. If the Western world reciprocated to Muslims in the West the same kind of tolerance and acceptance of autonomy in issues pertinent to religious practice, including marriage, I think polygamy would be quiet legitimate, and there would be no contradiction between what is permissible under the Islamic Shari`ah and what is permissible under the Western laws.

However, there are strange and contradictory situations in the West. For example, in Canada it has become quite legal for people to get married homosexually with all their rights, including pension, taxes, etc., reserved. I think there is also a pressure in the United States to have something similar. Adultery and fornication have also been permissible in the West for a long period of time. It sounds rather strange that when all these are permitted and some become legal, marrying a second wife is not permitted and is regarded as a criminal act.

To allow homosexuality in the name of liberalism and freedom is a kind of diversion from the innate or fitrah nature in which Almighty Allah created humankind. In terms of our perspectives as Muslims and in terms of the moral standards, this is a setback and decline in the world today."

Polygamy: Why Is It Permitted in Islam?

Polygamy: Norm or Exception?

Between Polygyny and Polyandry

Allah Almighty knows best.

Islam Online.net

Q. What Are the Virtues of the Month of Muharram? Could you also furnish me with some details concerning the virtues of observing voluntary fasting during Muharram?

A. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner, thanks for your interesting question, and we earnestly implore Allah to guide us to the best way through which we can please Him.

Every Muslim should be keen to increase voluntary acts of worship at all times, but especially in those blessed days that hold a great reward for those who are intent on pleasing their Lord and are obedient to His Commands.

There is a special significance in fasting as well as doing voluntary acts in the blessed month of Muharram. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Time has come back to its original state which it had when Allah created the Heavens and the Earth; the year is twelve months, four of which are sacred. Three of them are in succession: Dhul-Qa`da, Dhul-Hijja and Al-Muharram, and (the fourth being) Rajab Mudar (named after the tribe of Mudar as they used to respect this month) which stands between Jumad (ath-thani) and Sha`ban." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)

In this regard, we would like to cite for you the following:

"Indeed, the sacred month of Muharram is a blessed and important month. It is the first month of the Hijri calendar and is one of the four sacred months concerning which Allah says, “Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months (in a year), so it was ordained by Allah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them, four are sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein…” (At-Tawbah: 36)

Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Time has come back to its original state which it had when Allah created the Heavens and the Earth; the year is twelve months, four of which are sacred. Three of them are in succession: Dhul-Qa`da, Dhul-Hijja and Al-Muharram, and (the fourth being) Rajab Mudar (named after the tribe of Mudar as they used to respect this month) which stands between Jumad (ath-Thani) and Sha`ban."

Muharram is called so because it is a sacred (muharram) month and to confirm its sanctity. Allah Almighty says, “so wrong not yourselves therein…”, which means do not wrong yourselves in these sacred months, because sin in these months is worse than in other months.

It was reported that Ibn `Abbas said that this phrase (so wrong not yourselves therein…) referred to all the months, then these four were singled out and made sacred, so that sin in these months is more serious and good deeds bring a greater reward.

Qatadah said concerning this phrase (so wrong not yourselves therein…) that wrongdoing during the sacred months is more serious and more sinful than wrongdoing at any other time. Wrongdoing at any time is a serious matter, but Allah gives more weight to whichever of His commands He will. Allah has chosen certain ones of His Creation. He has chosen from among the angels Messengers and from among mankind Messengers. He chose from among speech His remembrance or dhikr. He chose from among the earth the mosques, from among the months Ramadan and the sacred months, from among the days Friday and from among the nights laylat al-qadr, so venerate that which Allah has told us to venerate. People of understanding and wisdom venerate the things that Allah has told us to venerate. (Summarized from the Tafseer of Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him. Tafseer of Surat at-Tawbah, verse 36).

The Virtue of Observing More Voluntary Fasting during Muharram.

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The best of fasting after Ramadan is fasting Allah’s month of Muharram.” (Reported by Muslim).

The phrase “Allah’s month”, connecting the name of the month to the name of Allah in a genitive grammatical structure, signifies the importance of the month. Al-Qari said: “The apparent meaning of the above Hadith is to fast all of the month of Muharram.” But it was proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never fasted any whole month apart from Ramadan, so this Hadith is probably meant to encourage increasing one’s fasting during Muharram, without meaning that one should fast for the entire month.

It was reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast more in Sha`ban. It is likely that the virtue of Muharram was not revealed to him until the end of his life, before he was able to fast during this month. (Sharh al-Nawawi ‘ala Saheeh Muslim)."

(The above is excerpted with modifications from www.islam-qa.com)

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to write back!

May Allah guide you to the straight path, and guide you to that which pleases Him, Amen.

Allah Almighty knows best.

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as salam alykom brothers and sisters

I would like to take the chance and greet u all on the advent of a new Hijra year. Sobhan Allah, time really flew.

however, as we r receiving a new year, do we all know what Hijra is? I guess we all assume it is the physical Hijra going from one place to another just as our dear Messenger (PAPBUH) did upon the command of His Lord. But for those who can not make physical hijra, there is even a more important Hijra to make, Sipritual hijra.

The word hijra in Arabic is derived from yahjur which translates as to abandon. Did u remember to set a goal for yourself to attain on the new year? Did u decide to make a spiritual hijra by fighting to stop something u want to stop?

Before we go on, let us also ponder on this blessed trip and see how many lessons we may derive from it.

anybody interested to join this topic?????

as salam alykom

I got this from another board, couldnot help but to share it

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wonder if he ever mourned the Muslims that got killed in Afghanistan and Iraq or even the US soldiers the way he is mourning is puppy???

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3510669.stm

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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported that Rasulullah (saw) said: "I warn you of the newly invented matters (in the religion),and every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Hellfire"

(an-Nasaa'ee)

The Prophet (saw) said: "That which is lawful is clear and that which is unlawful is clear, and in between the two of them are doubtful matters about which not many people know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regards to his religion and honor. But he who falls into doubtful matters falls into that which is forbidden (haraam). (Bukhari and Muslim)

The Prophet (saw) also said: "there is nothing that will take you closer to paradise but that I have enjoined it upon you, and there is nothing that will take you closer to hell but that I have warned you from it"

(Musnad ash-Shaafi'ee and others)

The Prophet (saw) said: " ..... you will live to see great differences, so cling to my sunnah and the sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs after me, even if it be with your teeth"

(Bukhaaree)

Ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhu said "Verily, the most detested of things to

Allah, the Exalted, are the innovations." [baihaqi sunan al kubra 4/316]

As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah!!!!

HEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPP!!!!!!!!!

Brothers and sisters... I was appointed amir of this group... we have to run a course on da'wah... we have little time with which to work... (8 weeks) once a week on a saturday after zuhr..

anyways.. our syllabus will focus mainly on the way that rasulallah gave da'wah... and how we are to apply that today....

here's the problem... our group is a part of a larger group and this group is telling us that they would like us to be innovative... and come up with different and innovative methods of giving da'wah... they want us to give methods that are more adapted to <i>"modern times"</i> .... but when hearing this all that i could think was....

"Isn't the prophet's methods of giving da'wah good enough? why do we need to invent our own methods" subhanallah.....

another thing is this.... this larger group wants us to focus more on technique... and they would prefer that we include topics like "public speaking" etc.... the problem with this is that i dont want this da'wah course to end up being a 8 week public speaking course....

i would really like this course to focus on the way of the prophets... this way has worked for sooo much years why is it that we need to change them....

my brothers and sisters.. da' wah is the work of the prophets... the best of mankind..... who are we to say that their methods are not good enough for todays world..

as the amir i made it clear.... i would only authorise things that are in accordance with the quraan, sunnah, consensus of uluma...etc... if they wanted to invent their own ways then i will not allow it.. and if they dont like that then they can remove me as amir.....

please brothers and sisters.. i am not saying that we should not use modern mediums of giving da'wah... eg:television, websites, radio etc.... but shouldnt our TECHNIQUE of giving da'wah be in accordance with our beloved rasuul....

shouldnt we base such a short couse on what HE has thought us as opposed to teaching our own theories.....

my reason for this post is to gain advice...

what do you think i should do??

should i listen to these ppl

or should i follow this trend that i have alreadu set out on....

please reply......

as salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

Assalamu 'alaikum frères et soeurs,

Qu'est ce que un Hadith Qoudsi?

Les Hadiths Qoudsi sont des paroles que le Prophète Muhammad (Que la Paix et le Salut soient sur lui) a dites et qui lui ont été transmise par Dieu. Les Hadith Qoudsi (ou Hadith Sacrés) sont nommés ainsi car, à la différence de la majorité des Hadith qui sont des Hadith Prophétiques, leur chaîne de transmission (Sanad) a pour origine Dieu et non pas le Prophète.

Rapporté par Abu Dharr al Ghifari (que Dieu l'agrée), le Messager de Dieu (PBUH), parmi les paroles qu'il relatait de son Seigneur (qu'il soit glorifié) rapporta qu'Il dit:O Mes serviteurs, Je Me suis interdis l'oppression, et Je l'ai interdit entre vous, alors ne vous opprimez pas les uns les autres. O Mes serviteurs, vous êtes tous dans l'égarement, sauf ceux que J'ai guidé, alors recherchez Ma guidée et Je vous guiderai, O Mes serviteurs, vous êtes tous affamés sauf ceux que J'ai nourri, alors cherchez votre nourriture auprès de Moi et je vous nourrirais. O Mes serviteurs, vous êtes tous nus, sauf ceux que j'ai vêtus, alors cherchez vos vêtements auprès de Moi et Je vous vêtirais. O Mes serviteurs, vous commettez des péchés jour et nuit, et Je pardonne tous les péchés, alors cherchez le pardon auprès de Moi, et Je vous pardonnerai. O Mes serviteurs, vous ne m'atteindriez pas en mal en cherchant à me faire du tort, et vous ne m'atteindriez pas en bien, en cherchant à M'avantager. O Mes serviteurs, même si le premier et le dernier d'entre vous, les hommes et les djinns, étaient aussi pieux que le coeur le plus pieux des hommes, cela n'ajouterai rien à Mon royaume. O Mes serviteurs, même si le premier et le dernier d'entre vous, les hommes et les djinns étaient aussi pervers que le coeur le plus pervers des hommes, cela ne retirerait rien à Mon royaume.

O Mes serviteurs, même si le premier et le dernier d'entre vous, hommes et djinns, se rassemblaient en un endroit et Me demandaient, et que Je satisfasse la demande de chacun, cela ne diminuerait pas ce que Je possède, pas plus que ne diminue la mer quand on y trempe une aiguille. O Mes serviteurs, Je n'estime rien d'autre de vous que vos actions et Je les récompense ensuite, Donc celui qui trouve le bonheur, qu'il rende grâce à Dieu et celui qui trouve autre chose,qu'il ne s'en prenne qu'a lui même”. Rapporté par Muslim (et par at Tirmidhi et Ibn Majah).

<b>Subhanalah, Allah est trés GRAND. On peut vraiment vivre dans le bonheur eternel si on compte complétement sur notre chèr Allah swt!!</b>

Salam

Votre soeur Ahlam