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Life Lessons : The Impact of Meeting Shaykh Ibn Baz
Source: Saudilife | By: Waleed Basyouni
I traveled to Riyadh to meet Shaykh Ibn Baz [the late Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia] carrying with me a copy of an invitation to a concert in our city Dammam in Saudi Arabia.
To tell you the truth I was not sure if my visit would make any difference; these types of concerts were supported by some powerful people in that region, I had only met Shaykh Ibn Baz up until that point a few times and I didn’t even think he knew me as I was only a freshman in college. So here I was, an unknown freshman entering the office of the Mufti of Saudi Arabia.
His office was large, it could host up to seventy people in Read more ...
Broken Pieces of Clay and Pottery: A Lesson in Humanity
Source : Suhaibwebb | By Farhia Yahya
I was once walking along a narrow but busy street in Cairo when ahead of me was a donkey-cart laden with handmade pottery and clay utensils. It belonged to an old man who had been walking slowly beside it, and trying to sell whatever he could to make an income. He walked with hunched-shoulders, a turban tied round his head like a Sa’idi from Upper Egypt, his face wrinkled by age and the harsh Egyptian sun. It wasn’t hard to see that many difficult years had passed over him and he had probably been doing this for a long while.
As I continued to walk, I heard a cry and some commotion. The donkey had staggered Read more ...
What is the Punishment of Rape crime in Islam?
Praise be to Allah.
The Arabic word ightisaab refers to taking something wrongfully by force. It is now used exclusively to refer to transgression against the honor of women by force (rape).
This is an abhorrent crime that is forbidden in all religions and in the minds of all wise people and those who are possessed of sound human nature. All earthly systems and laws regard this action as abhorrent and impose the strictest penalties on it, except a few states which waive the punishment if the rapist marries his victim! This is indicative of a distorted mind let alone a lack of religious commitment on the part of those who challenge Allah Read more ...
When you sent your eye as a guide…
Allah, the Exalted said,
"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their private parts; that will make for greater purity for them. Indeed Allah is well acquainted with all that they do." [Surah Al-Nur 24:30]
So Allah made purification and spiritual growth to be the outcome of lowering the gaze and guarding the private parts.
As Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah said:
When you sent your eye as a guide
For your heart one day, the object of sight fatigued you
For you saw one over whom you had no power
Neither a portion or in totality, instead you had to be patient.
Therefore when the sight is prevented from looking and Read more ...
And His Cries Went Unheard : Husband Abuse Unveiled
Written By : Umm Zakiyyah
“I DON'T care who’s listening,” the sister spoke angrily into her friend’s phone, prompting the other sisters in the room to look in her direction, concerned expressions on their faces as they halted their own chatter amongst themselves.
“I have somewhere to go, Abdullah. I’m tired of this—“
There was the muffled sound of a man’s voice coming through the receiver.
“No, no, I’m not going to be patient. You are so irresponsible. I can’t depend on you for anything. I swear!”
More muffled sounds.
“You are such a stup—”
The sister stopped mid-syllable as the phone line Read more ...
Why is eating Pork forbidden?
Praise be to Allah.
The basic principle for the Muslim is that he obeys whatever Allah enjoins upon him, and refrains from whatever He forbids him, whether the reason behind that is clear or not. It is not permissible for a Muslim to reject any ruling of shari’ah or to hesitate to follow it if the reason behind it is not clear. Rather he must accept the rulings on halaal and haraam when they are proven in the text, whether he understands the reason behind that or not.
Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their Read more ...
After Being Raped, I Was Wounded; My Honor Wasn’t
Posted from NYTimes | By: Sohaila Abdulali
THIRTY-TWO years ago, when I was 17 and living in Bombay, I was gang raped and nearly killed. Three years later, outraged at the silence and misconceptions around rape, I wrote a fiery essay under my own name describing my experience for an Indian women's magazine. It created a stir in the women's movement — and in my family — and then it quietly disappeared. Then, last week, I looked at my e-mail and there it was. As part of the outpouring of public rage after a young woman's rape and death in Delhi, somebody posted the article online and it went viral. Since then, I have received a deluge of messages Read more ...
Why Alcohol is emphatically Prohibited in Islam?
Praise be to Allah.
It is affirmed by our Islamic shari’ah that it came to bring and increase good things, and to ward off and reduce harmful things. Whatever is beneficial or mostly beneficial is permissible (halaal) and whatever is harmful or mostly harmful is forbidden (haraam). Alcohol undoubtedly falls into the second category. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“They ask you (O Muhammad) concerning alcoholic drink and gambling. Say: In them is a great sin, and (some) benefits for men, but the sin of them is greater than their benefit” [al-Baqarah 2:219]
The harmful and evil effects of alcohol are well known to all people, to knowledgeable Read more ...
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If you’re one of the many, many people who visit navedz.wordpress.com —from islamic education to amazing pictures, sermons (khutbah) to social and family relevance—rest assured that there is a new home for you at navedz.com. We will continue to make this blog a place for you to look up to for your insights.
Change is a word we often hear. Many of us understand what it is and also some of us know how to actually work on to achieve it. Change does seems little inconvenient. But with your patience and test of time, I do hope that this transition to my new blog is accepting.
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The Tongue
Luqman, who was a wise person, served an officer when he was a young boy.
One day, his master said: "Slaughter one of the sheep and roast the best part of its meat for me."
Luqman obeyed his order and roasted the tongue of the sheep for his master.
The next day, the master called Luqman and said: "Roast the worst part of a sheep today."
Luqman again roasted the tongue of a sheep for his master.
When the officer sat down to eat, he was startled to see the roasted tongue again. He felt curious and wanted to know the reason.
Luqman said: "If a tongue is truthful and honest, then it is the best part of the body. But when a tongue tells lies and utters Read more ...
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