Sobhan Allah, time really flies, Insh aAllah it is only like 10 more days before this blessed and incomparable month comes. May Allah Assist us to benefit as much as possible of this chance.
A group of Muslim men patrol the street of their a crime-prone Washington neighborhood to deter drug dealers and restore a lost sense of safety, to the welcome of residents ad local police.
"Nobody is going to invest in a drug-infested area," Leroy Thorpe, founder of the Muslim neighborhood watch who goes by the Muslim name Mahdi, told the Washington Post on Tuesday, August 28.
About two months ago, the owners of the 35-unit Kelsey Gardens complex in Shaw, a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood in central Washington, D.C., asked the group to arrange security for the residents and crack down on drug dealers.
The complex is scheduled to be razed next month and a new structure will take its place and the owners want to encourage more investment in the area.
The patrol comprises a dozen of practicing Muslim men and is a spinoff of the Citizens Organized Patrol Efforts (COPE), a neighborhood watch established in 1988 in Shaw.
Dressed in ample red T-shirts and red baseball hats with "COPE Patrol" written on them, the Muslim patrol works 12-hour shifts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the peak nights for drug dealing.
They room the streets for suspicious activity and search behind large trash cans in alleys for hiding drug addicts.
They also walk the parking lot and move between the rows of cars, hoping their presence would chase off "undesirable people."
"They see us, they are going to flee," said Thorpe, who carries a mobile to call police if he needs help.
<b>Appreciated</b>
People who live on the block have come to recognize the Muslim patrol member and always wave while walking out of their apartment building.
The Muslim men wave back and drop the Muslim greeting of "Assalamu Alaikum," Arabic for peace be upon you.
Several residents and local business people were appreciative of the Muslim effort.
"They are really helping out," said Tony Dolford, 38, who has lived in the neighborhood since 1993.
"One thing you don't see now is drug activity," agreed Everett Lucas, 66, who owns a market across the street from the apartment complex.
Police, who say they know of no other religion-based citizens patrol operating in the District, credit the Muslim neighborhood watch with rousting the drug dealers and restoring public safety.
"There was an overwhelming difference," said Officer Earl Brown of the 3rd Police District.
Although the patrol members carry no weapons, their mere presence on the streets of the once crime-prone neighborhood seems to be enough.
"You have eyes and ears in the neighborhood," said Cmdr. Larry McCoy, who heads the Third Police District.
"Most people don't like to commit crimes in front of people who are going to tell the police about them," he noted.
"Knock on wood," McCoy said. "It's made a difference. Those planning to do wrong in the neighborhood know they are out there, and it stops them."
Posted by: Iftikhar - 08-27-2007, 09:54 AM - Forum: General
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Community Cohesion
According to Ruth Kelly, migrants must learn English language to integrate. Learning English language is about as useful as learning Arabic, Urdu and other community languages. The British Establishment and society has systematically failed to understand the causes of migration, global terrorism and social and emotional, economic segregation. Muslims suffer different forms of discrimination which reduce their employment opportunities and affect their educational achievements. This can give rise to hopelessness and could undermine Muslims’ sense of belongingness. Islamophobia is a growing reality of racism around the world. The only way to stop it is by respecting the religious diversity. Communities are more divided than ever. The Government presses ahead with flawed policies and anti-terrorist legislation that created further resentment, alienation and criminalization. A dramatic surge of racist and religiously—motivated violence followed the 7/7, London and Glasgow bombing.
Muslim communities are angry at plans to “spy” on Muslim students at universities. The proposal is an act of racism. Universities are not the problem. Just because some of the 7/7 bombers were graduates, does not mean they formed their ideas in a university. It is the western society which is creating extreme Muslims all around the world. Young Muslims are becoming more separated from society than their parents who were not well versed in English while young Muslim generation is notoriously monolinguals. Schools do not encourage and teach Arabic, Urdu and other community languages. They are even discouraged to speak mother tongues at home. They only learn British History not their own history. The British society was and still reluctant to open up its sense of citizenship to all those that have come to live here. Integration is a two-way process. Many Muslims acknowledge that they need to do more to engage with wider society. At the same time British and European politicians must make stronger efforts to promote meaningful intercultural dialogue and tackle racism, discrimination and marginalization more effectively.
The British establishment is wrong in thinking that Imams are to blame for extremism. Imams are not solution to the problem for extremism. Extremism is nothing to do with Imams. Extremism is not created from abroad, it is coming from within. Britain fails to help Muslim communities feel part of British society. Race trouble is being predicted by the Daily Express, because of an ethnic boom in UK major cities. Muslim communities need imams for the solutions of their needs and demands in their own native languages. Muslim parents would like to see their children well versed in Standard English and to go for higher studies and research to serve humanity. The fact is that majority of Muslim children leave schools with low grades because monolingual teachers are not capable to teach Standard English to bilingual Muslim children. A Muslim is a citizen of this tiny global village. He/she does not want to become notoriously monolingual Brit.
Muskens recognizes his suggestion might take a century or two to gain widespread acceptance.
THE HAGUE — <b>A Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands believes people of all faiths should use Allah, the Arabic word for God, which is already being used by Arab-speaking Christians, to foster interfaith understanding.</b>
<b>"Allah is a very beautiful word for God</b>," Bishop Martinus "Tiny" Muskens, from the southern diocese of Breda, told the "Network" television show earlier this week.
<b>"Shouldn't we all say that from now on we will name God Allah?"</b>
Bishop Muskens, 71, said that <b>Arabic-speaking Christians already use Allah to refer to God.</b>
He added that in Indonesia, where he spent eight years, <b>priests have for decades been using Allah while celebrating Mass</b>.
"In the heart of the Eucharist, God is called Allah over there, so why can't we start doing that together?"
The Catholic bishop said people are needlessly "bickering" over such terminology.
"What does God care what we call him? It is our problem."
Bishop Muskens has broken with Vatican leadership to endorse the use of condoms as a means of preventing the spread of AIDS.
In 2006, he traveled to Uganda to endorse the work of a group called Stop AIDS Now, which emphasized condom distribution.
He has also suggested that those who are hungry may steal bread to eat.
Long-term
Gerrit de Fijter, chairman of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, welcomed any attempt to "create more dialogue."
He does not support the suggestion.
"Calling God Allah does no justice to Western identity. I see no benefit in it," he told Netherlands' biggest-selling newspaper De Telegraaf on Wednesday.
A survey in the daily said 92 percent of the more than 4,000 people polled disagreed with Bishop Muskens.
Bishop Muskens, who is retiring soon for health problems, recognizes that his suggestion might take a century or two to gain widespread acceptance.
The word "God" gives the meaning of giving, fairness and capability.
The word's root can be found in the Arabic term jude (generosity), which root is jawada. Its equivalent in English is the word "good".
As for the word "Allah", it recognizes the English word "all", giving one of the best characteristics of Allah’s attributes; The All-Knowing, All-Seeing, All-Hearing, All-Merciful etc.
Every baby born has, as his first utterance, the short "a" sound, which is an expression of the oneness of humanity, in relation to its Creator.
Also, all final deathbed gasps exhale the "h", the last letter of the name of Allah.
This is because He is the First and the Last!
When we scream in pain or cry out in fear, or grunt and groan during strenuous exercise or disgust, or exclaim in joy or surprise, it is the very same… "ahhh" that we all emit.
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Hadith of the Week -- Anas relates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: ï؟½None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.ï؟½ [sahï؟½h al-Bukhï؟½rï؟½ and Sahï؟½h Muslim] and Allah's Messenger (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wassallam) said "A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He neither oppresses him nor humiliates him nor looks down upon him. The piety is here, (and while saying so) he pointed towards his chest thrice. It is a serious evil for a Muslim that he should look down upon his brother Muslim. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother in faith; his blood, his wealth and his honour".
The word "Brother" in Islam is not restricted to the relationship between real brothers only, it applies to all muslims regardless of age, men or women and location. May Allah increase the love in our hearts for our brothers and sisters in Islaam, to not allow us to harm each other but rather look after and takecare of each other. Ameen!
Posted by: Muslimah - 08-15-2007, 11:21 AM - Forum: Islam
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Citizenship within the New Religious Address
An Islamic Perspective
Shiekh Fawzi Al Zefzaf
Head of the Al Azhar Permanent Committee for the dialogue of monotheistic religions and former deputy of Grand Imam of Al Azhar
Aboul O`ala Mady
Head of the International Center for Studies and Board member of Egypt’s Association for Culture and Dialogue
A paper presented to the Egyptian German dialogue forum
Held in the Evangelical Academy – Hanover- Lecome – Germany
9 – 13 April 2003
Ideology, methodology and performance of the Religious address, in general, is governed by the religious belief and the relevant rules in addressing its followers on one hand and the non followers on the other.
Although the religious belief takes a one general title for identifying its followers such as in the case of monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), yet each given religion includes different sects and schools. Due to this, a difference of the method of religious address occurred among people from the same belief according to the school’s relevant ideology.
Religious address as a general concept includes the system of relations between mankind and Allah -The Creator – (belief and worship) and with other human beings (dealings).
Islam in this regard is more comprehensive compared to other religions as it regulates as well the relation between a Muslim and the components of the universe in general: water, animals, plants and the environment as a whole.
Each of the previously mentioned areas requires an in depth explanation in order to properly highlight Islam, which drew the correct path for the well being of mankind. Islam that aims for people to live under feelings of brotherhood, love, peace and security, construction, progress and flourishing. But unfortunately, enemies of Islam deliberately managed to distort the beautiful image of Islam while a number of Muslims due to lack of knowledge did the same.
However, the size of this research is not sufficient to tackle all the areas, but we will rather focus on its topic (citizenship in the new religious address – an Islamic vision).
We must stress here that the concept of citizenship, determination of rights and duties of state citizens is governed in Islam by the religious provisions and legislative regulations. It is also subject to covenants and agreements issued in the Muslim State regulating the life and dealing system among citizens or even the interrelation system with other countries (constitution).
Citizenship in the Islamic history:
Citizenship, as a term, expresses the link between two elements “the citizen” which is the person who belongs and “homeland” or the location, which creates mutual rights and duties for both the citizen and homeland.
According to this meaning, citizenship is seen to be the relation creating human rights and mutual duties was known in history before the Islamic openings and liberation. It was recognized with the establishment of the first Islamic state by the Messenger of Allah (peace and prayer be upon him) in Medina (Yathreb). In this state he developed the prophetic document known as “The Medina Document” or “The Medina Constitution”. It was a document to regulate life in Medina between Muslims, Jews and a few number of non-believers. As a document, it is considered to be the first system regulating the relation among citizens of the same state based on the belonging to the state rather than the religious belief, tribal, color or ethnic racism.
An advice was contained in the document that: “The believers and Muslims of both Quraish and Yathreb along with whoever followed them and fought with them are one nation apart from people. Whoever followed them from among the Jews are entitled for support and help without any unjust or support against them. The Jews with the believers are one nation. They have their religion while the Muslims have theirs. Both are mutually entitled for support in case a war was initiated against people who are governed by this document. They are also entitled for advice, consult, and help among each other without offense. Furthermore, people governed by this document are prohibited to commit any criminal or illegal acts inside Yathreb, a neighbor enjoys same rights as the person. He should not be offended. and so forth”.
The Medina document signed by the Messenger of Allah (prayer and peace be upon him) which is considered an unprecedented constitution of a state determined the following:
1. Identify the meaning of citizenship in the state, which is established upon belonging.
2. Difference of belief does not merit the followers of one religion any advantages over followers of another religion.
3. Citizens of state are equal in terms of rights and duties. Each citizen enjoys such rights as long as he did not betray the state.
4. Whoever violates the citizenship convention through cooperating with enemies of the state will bring to him and his family members’ destruction and harm.
The Messenger of Allah together with the Muslims in Medina (prayer and peace be upon him) continued maintaining the enforcement of this document until it was violated by the Jews. They breached the agreement, annulled the covenant and made a plot in coalition with the non-believers of Mecca and other Arab tribes who did not embrace Islam against the Messenger of Allah (prayer and peace be upon him). The Jews urged the enemy to launch war against Muslims in order to exterminate them. In history, the incident is known as the battle of Ahzab (Parties) which ended with the defeat of the Ahzab army.
As an unprecedented act, The “Medina document” was the first recorded constitution in history until the British, after the 1215 revolution, developed their document titled as “The Greatest Covenant”.
Dhema and Jezzya covenant:
Both titles usually raise a major controversy to the extend that they underwent a deliberate distortion as being a factor of diminishing citizenship rights. They were also perceived as discrimination against non-Muslim citizens living in the Islamic states which is absolutely incorrect. Therefore, we need to clearly explain each of the two items.
Dhema covenant:
It is a covenant created by Muslims after opening the countries for the purpose of regulating the relation with non-Muslims who are living among them and not in a state of war. Basically, Muslims were committed to the protection of people living in the country maintaining their own religion. They were also responsible to protect their places of worship, avoid intervention in selecting their religious leader, protection of their rights in general, in return, the non Muslims shall pay an extra amount of money over the usual tax which came to between two Dirham – Two Dinar. The amount was imposed on each individual capable of carrying a weapon (fighting). However, this amount of money must be excessive of his and his family’s needs (the so-called Jizzya).
An old man, a monk, priest, woman, child are not obliged to pay Jizzay, since these categories are incapable of fighting.
Islam actually gave people of the countries, where it entered, a choice to embrace Islam but on basis of full conviction and full freedom. Or to maintain their own religion. As such, whoever chose to willingly embrace Islam became a Muslim governed through its provisions. Other wise whoever retained his religion, shall be granted this right by Islam, however, must pay the Jizzya. The Jizzya is nothing but a public tax of the previously mentioned amount a Dhemi pays to the state.
Jizzya:
Established by the Persians, it is a system, which was enforced even before Islam called “Kreet”. Persians, Arabs, Christians and Muslims all employed this system.
Jizzya is not an Islamic innovation; even the Greeks imposed it on the population of Asia during the fifth century BC In other words, a 1000 years before Islam. Similarly, was imposed by the Romans, Byzantine and Persians on nations where they ruled. The amount was even much larger that what was enforced during the Islamic State era. The Jizzya within the Roman, Byzantine and Persian states, which exceeded the capacity of the subjected countries, was collected by force in the form of taxes paid to the central state. It was collected three times per year. The historian Man in his book “Egypt’s history during the Roman era” stated: They imposed taxes on the heads of the Copts which means on each living soul, animal and house. More than this, they imposed taxes on the furniture of the house in addition to the regular taxes on agriculture and trade. Anti sentiments against the Roman state grew when they even imposed taxes on the dead. In this regard, a dead person will not be buried until a dead tax is paid.
The new religious address:
A group of people thinks that the modern religious address or modernizing the religious address implies the change of the features and objectives of Islam. Or even overlooking some of the rulings or prohibitions which means ignoring to address some of the Islamic provisions at certain positions such as Jihad in Islam or the interrelation between Muslims and other faiths.
However, this implication is absolutely wrong. The meaning of modernization, though, is that in the Sharia`a (Islamic legislation) and doctrine there exist fixed rulings that are established by virtue of permanent provisions. This is called the permanents, which is basically associated with the belief in addition to other rulings that are also definitely established and evident. While there is a space in rulings of Islamic legislation that are changeable. In other words the “Fatwa” which changes according to scholars by virtue of place, time and person. Therefore, the Islamic religious thinking in such issue entails thorough revision and constant Ijtihad (search and efforts) in order to issue rulings, Fatwa and legislation which best suit the place, time and change of people’s status. This is called the concept of Ijtihad which nobody is capable of eliminating. However, Ijtihad must be conducted through specialized Islamic scholars and thinkers who own the required tools including the Islamic legal knowledge in all areas.
Therefore, when the term the modern religious address is used, it implies the issue of Ijtihad in our present time, revision of provisions, Fatwas and legal opinion needing to be revised and changed within the correct scientific rules of Ijtihad. Actually, a number of people who are not qualified for Ijtihad started calling for it. The situation ended with them falling into grave mistakes when they intended to seek the truth.
Moreover, modernization or renewal is a call targeting those who are undertaking Da`awa (calling for Islam) activities in order to reevaluate themselves and method of performance, ability to tackle the relevant issue in terms of time and place. Such issues are usually of major concern to the Muslims. They must also ensure a proper level of capability to comprehend the correct and sound religious information, rulings and opinion that are associated with the topic subject to the address.
Citizenship in the modern religious address:
Citizenship as a concept in the Islamic world, underwent several developments as we referred before until the time when non Muslims were allowed to join the state army by virtue of which Jizziya was canceled. As we indicated before, Jizziya is a tax in return for not participating in the army. This took place in Egypt in 1856 during the reign of Said Pasha when he announced the cancellation of Jizziya payment for non-Muslims who were allowed to join the army. The entire population, Muslims and Christians, struggled and scarified their blood against the foreign occupation. They also participated in the national movements leading the struggle until liberation was achieved. When they succeeded in doing so, they sat covenants to regulate the life in such countries “constitutions” based on equality among citizens. The term constitution was unfamiliar to our Arabic legal or jurisprudence vocabulary before the establishment of these countries. Yet the meaning was known. Most of the constitutions stipulated to prevent any discrimination against citizens due to religious belief.
Muslims and non-Muslims accepted this. They lived under the ruling of the constitutions when they were properly enforced. Under times of tyrant regimes which actually outlawed the constitutions, still Muslims and non Muslims never experienced in their relations any sign of discrimination unless what is related to the direct religious leadership, marriage and the like.
As the signs of the current Islamic awakening appeared, when its leaders and scholars called for applying the Islamic law (Sharia`a) in a more comprehensive manner, a non Muslim group expressed concerned. They feared about the annulment of what has been legally and factually established including right to equality with their fellow Muslims in one homeland. A group of anti Islam, yet carry Muslim names, publicly declared that this call aims at returning to the Dhema era. They declared it a diminishing factor to the rights of non-Muslims, jeopardy to their places of worship, disregard to their personal or family affair codes. In brief they announced it a return to the era of Dhema which is absolutely innocent of all their allegations.
Muslims were able to provide the adequate arguments for all such allegations. They stated that Dhema is a contract rather than a status quo which ended by virtue of the elimination of its both parties or at least one party, the Islamic state, from existence. It disappeared along with other Islamic succession (Khelafa) states until the end of the Ottoman one. The modern state is never a succession to the first Islamic state, by which, the contract may continue to be valid. Furthermore, the non-Muslims who concluded and accepted the Dhema contract including not joining the Muslims in fighting already left this world. While the group who is currently present are different people who shared our struggle against the enemy. They are actually soldiers and officers serving with the state army. To establish such armies they contributed their blood and money. On the day when the Islamic state fell before the invading Western armies, no one stated that the Dhema contract covering the rights and duties is still valid. They advised that the first Islamic state, at the time of the Prophet prayer and peace be upon him, treated the non-Muslim residences at the time of its establishment as citizens. The Prophet’s document stipulated that “the Jews are one nation with the believers” and that “the Jews are in agreement with the believers as long as they are fighting” and that “the Jews in case of any aggression against them are entitled from the Muslims for support and equality with the believers” and many other similar protective stipulations.
In this Prophetic action is a guidance which must be followed. We are not to be blamed if we copy what the Messenger of Allah peace and prayer be upon him did. No but Insh a Allah we are absolutely correct.
They also argued that the constitution is the contract based on which the modern state was established and accepted by Muslims and non-Muslims.
A Muslim, by virtue of the Islamic law, is obliged to fulfill covenants and contracts. Violation of them is harm to non-Muslims. Our Prophet prayer and peace be upon him said:’ Whoever harms a Dhemi then he harmed me” and he also said:” One who fights with a covenant beneficiary (Mua`hed) then I will be his opponent”. To this effect, a Dhemi is a non-Muslim who is permanently residing in the Islamic state while the covenant beneficiary is one who is one who is temporarily residing.
In regard to citizenship rights, Muslims and non-Muslims enjoy equal rights. Their relations in the Islamic countries today are regulated through the relevant constitutions, which must be applied as long as it does not stipulate a haram, or prohibit a halal
Posted by: Muslimah - 08-14-2007, 07:08 PM - Forum: General
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Taliban Release 2 South Korean Hostages
By Choe Sang-Hun
Monday, August 13, 2007
International Herald Tribune
SEOUL: Two women among 23 South Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban in mid-July were freed Monday and were in Korean custody, the Seoul government said, announcing the first major breakthrough in a crisis that has gripped South Korea for almost a month.
The two woman, identified as Kim Ji Na, 32, and Kim Kyong Ja, 37, were going through a medical checkup "in a safe location," said Cho Hee Yong, a Foreign Ministry spokesman in Seoul.
Since two male hostages were killed last month, the South Korean government has been under intense pressure to rescue the remaining 21, most of them women and in their 20s and 30s. South Korean officials entered face-to-face talks with the Taliban over the weekend.
All major TV stations in South Korean interrupted their regular programing to report the two women's release. President Roh Moo Hyun welcomed the news and told his government to "exert all efforts for the early return of the other hostages," said his spokesman, Cheon Ho Seon.
The two women wept as they got out of a dark gray Toyota vehicle driven by an Afghan elder and into one of two Red Cross sport utility vehicles waiting on a rural Afghan roadside, The Associated Press reported. The women said nothing to reporters who had been alerted by a Taliban spokesman to the handoff location, 10 kilometers, or 6 miles, outside of Ghazni, in eastern Afghanistan.
The women, who wore head scarves, were driven to the U.S. base in Ghazni, where American soldiers searched them and then let them into the base, The AP said.
Kim Ji Na, a digital animation artist, and Kim Kyong Ja, a software company worker, were among the group of 23 church volunteers whose bus was hijacked July 19 on a road between Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar.
"I am so happy that my sister has been released," said Kim Ji Woong, 35, a brother of Kim Ji Na, during a nationally televised news conference at Bundang Saemmul Presbyterian Church, to which the hostages belonged. "But our hearts remain heavy when we think about the other hostages."
The women were the first of the hostages to be released alive. It remained unclear whether South Korean negotiators had offered incentives for their release, such as paying a ransom.
The Taliban decided to release these two "for the sake of good relations between the Korean people and the Taliban," said Qari Yousef Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the insurgent group, according to The AP. "We are expecting the Korean people and government to force the Kabul administration and the U.S. to take a step toward releasing Taliban prisoners."
The Taliban have been demanding that the South Korean hostages be traded for an equal number of militant prisoners held in Afghan and U.S. military custody. South Korea has urged the Afghan and U.S. governments for "flexibility" toward the Taliban demands. But Kabul and Washington have said they would not release prisoners since this might encourage kidnappings.
The Taliban have said they released the women partly because they were ill. Kim Ji Na was taking medicine for a back pain before she left for Afghanistan on July 13 on an aid mission to provide relief at Afghan hospitals and kindergartens, said her brother, Kim Ji Woong.
Kim Kyong Ja, the other woman released, had kept her Afghan trip secret from her family for fear it would worry her aging parents. Her brother, Kim Kyong Seok, urged the government to save the remaining 19 hostages. With other relatives standing behind him, he also offered an apology. "We are sorry to the people and government for the ordeal they have gone through," he said.
The hostages and their church have been under fire from many South Koreans, especially bloggers, who criticized them for traveling to Afghanistan despite government warnings.
The church said its volunteers used their vacations to help Afghan children, not to proselytize. Nonetheless, the crisis highlighted South Korean evangelical churches' aggressive expansion overseas, even in Islamic countries.
Posted by: wel_mel_2 - 08-13-2007, 02:34 AM - Forum: General
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Bismillah:
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, Assalamo Alikum.
A 4 years old Filipino boy, His name is Mohammed, just had a successful operation of liver transplant in Hong Kong which costs about <b>US$120,000</b>, the amount was donated by the Muslim community and also Non Muslims of Hong Kong, and masha Allah the amount was paid to "<b>Queen Mary Hospital</b>" in Hong Kong and the operation was very successful Alhamdulelah and now Mohammed started to have a normal life.
<b>Unfortunately, this is not the end of Mohammed's story</b>; he is still in need of your support and help. I've met him yesterday with his family who begged the Muslim community everywhere to help them in anyway possible as they are right now facing a lot of difficulties in the days to come where they will not be able, even to buy medicine for their kid.
Today is their flight back to Philippines where Mohammed will start his journey of recovery.
<b>So, please help our young brother Mohammed and his family by any means possible, and most importantly is to keep them in your Du'a. </b>
<b>For more information and donations, please visit this link: </b>
The parable of those who spend their property in the way of Allah is as the parable of a grain growing seven ears (with) a hundred grains in every ear; and Allah multiplies for whom He pleases; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 262</b>
(As for) those who spend their property in the way of Allah, then do not follow up what they have spent with reproach or injury, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 263</b>
Kind speech and forgiveness is better than charity followed by injury; and Allah is Self-sufficient, Forbearing.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 264</b>
O you who believe! do not make your charity worthless by reproach and injury, like him who spends his property to be seen of men and does not believe in Allah and the last day; so his parable is as the parable of a smooth rock with earth upon it, then a heavy rain falls upon it, so it leaves it bare; they shall not be able to gain anything of what they have earned; and Allah does not guide the unbelieving people.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 265</b>
And the parable of those who spend their property to seek the pleasure of Allah and for the certainty 'of their souls is as the parable of a garden on an elevated ground, upon which heavy rain falls so it brings forth its fruit twofold but if heavy rain does not fall upon it, then light rain (is sufficient); and Allah sees what you do.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 266</b>
Does one of you like that he should have a garden of palms and vines with streams flowing beneath it; he has in it all kinds of fruits; and old age has overtaken him and he has weak offspring, when, (lo!) a whirlwind with fire in it smites it so it becomes blasted; thus Allah makes the communications clear to you, that you may reflect.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 267</b>
O you who believe! spend (benevolently) of the good things that you earn and or what We have brought forth for you out of the earth, and do not aim at what is bad that you may spend (in alms) of it, while you would not take it yourselves unless you have its price lowered, and know that Allah is Self-sufficient, Praiseworthy.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 268</b>
Shaitan threatens you with poverty and enjoins you to be niggardly, and Allah promises you forgiveness from Himself and abundance; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 269</b>
He grants wisdom to whom He pleases, and whoever is granted wisdom, he indeed is given a great good and none but men of understanding mind.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 270</b>
And whatever alms you give or (whatever) vow you vow, surely Allah knows it; and the unjust shall have no helpers.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 271</b>
If you give alms openly, it is well, and if you hide it and give it to the poor, it is better for you; and this will do away with some of your evil deeds; and Allah is aware of what you do.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 272</b>
To make them walk in the right way is not incumbent on you, but Allah guides aright whom He pleases; and whatever good thing you spend, it is to your own good; and you do not spend but to seek Allah's pleasure; and whatever good things you spend shall be paid back to you in full, and you shall not be wronged.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 273</b>
(Alms are) for the poor who are confined in the way of Allah-- they cannot go about in the land; the ignorant man thinks them to be rich on account of (their) abstaining (from begging); you can recognize them by their mark; they do not beg from men importunately; and whatever good thing you spend, surely Allah knows it.
<b>Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 274</b>
(As for) those who spend their property by night and by day, secretly and openly, they shall have their reward from their Lord and they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.
