Islam in China



Islam is still establishing itself in China under beijing's watchful eye and decades have been spent building a fragile trust between the country's Muslims and the Communist central government. People & Power profiles two key Chinese imams who walk a fine line between their followers and the political authorities.

Hijab



Hijab or ħijāb (حجاب, pronounced: [ħi.ˈdʒæːb]) is the Arabic term for "cover" (noun), based on the root حجب meaning "to veil, to cover (verb), to screen, to shelter"

In some Arabic-speaking countries and Western countries, the common meaning of hijab currently is of "modest dress for women,". According to Islamic scholarship, hijab is given the wider meaning of modesty, privacy, and morality.

Surah an-Nur ayah 31 states:

“ And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings (khimars) over their bosoms (jaybs), and not display their ornaments.......... "( Qur'an 24:31)

In the following verse, Muslim women are asked to draw their jilbab over them (when they go out), as a measure to distinguish themselves from others, so that they are not harassed.

" And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, bear on themselves the crime of slander and plain sin. O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e.screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever OftForgiving, Most Merciful ". ( Qur'an 33:58-59)

Narrated Safiya bint Shaiba: 'Aisha used to say: "When (the Verse): "They should draw their veils over their necks and bosoms," was revealed, (the ladies) cut their waist sheets at the edges and covered their faces with the cut pieces."[8] Sahih Bukhari 6:60:282, Sunnan Abu Dawud 32:4091

Inside History of Masjid an Nabi



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This is the blessed history on the expansion of the best place, the resting place of
'Al - Mustafa'(Salla'hu'alihi'wa'salam)Al Madina Al-Munawara.

Stories Of the Quran By Ibn Khathir

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The 'it' Syndrome


An extract from a talk by Shaykh Ahmed Ali, where he talks about the dangers of the me myself and I syndrome, also known as the 'IT'syndrome.

Bayan Maulana Sulaiman Al-Khatani


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Allah Taãla states that one reason for this Ummah being titled as the best of Ummahs, is the practice of 'commanding good and preventing evil'.

Rasulullah s.a.w states, "Whosoever from among you witnesses evil, he should change it with his hands. And if he is unable to do so then he should change it with his tongue. And if he is unable to do so with his tongue, then he should at least consider it to be wrong. And this is the weakest stage of Imaan." (Mishkãt)

Hadhrat Nuúmaan bin Basheer r.a says that Rasulullah s.a.w gave an example of people sailing on a boat having an upper deck and a lower deck. The people from the lower deck require water and request water from the people of the upper deck. The people from the upper deck refuse water so the people from the lower deck decide to make a hole on the floor of the ship and get water from the sea. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, "If the people from the upper deck don't stop the people at the bottom from making a hole, the ship will sink and all the people travelling will drown." (Mishkãt vol. 2 p. 436)

Hadhrat Abu Hurayra r.a states that Rasulullah s.a.w said, "Command good and prohibit evil or else Allah will send such a punishment that will destroy everyone."

Juristic Differences - Riyadh ul-Haq

Bayan Chicago Ijtima



Bayan at Chicago ijtima from Maulana Ehsanul Haq with English translate...

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Quran - about sky and orbits



(37.36) And a sign for them is the night. We withdraw therefrom the day, and behold, they are in darkness. وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ الَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ النَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ

(38.36) And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing. وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَـا ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ

(39.36) And the moon, We have decreed for it stages, till it returns like the old dried curved date stalk. وَالْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَـهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّى عَادَ كَالعُرجُونِ الْقَدِيمِ

(40.36) It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit. لاَ الشَّمْسُ يَنبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تدْرِكَ القَمَرَ وَلاَ الَّيْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

(32.21) - And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well-guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs. وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَآءَ سَقْفاً مَّحْفُوظاً وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَـتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

(33.21) - And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating. وَهُوَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَـرَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
- (And He it is Who has created the night and the day) - the night with its darkness and stillness, and the day with its light and human interaction. Sometimes the night is longer while the day is shorter, or the opposite way. (winter and summer season)
- (And the sun and the moon) - the sun with its own light and its own path and orbit and allotted time, and the moon which shines with a different light (reflecting light from the sun) and travels on a different path and has its own allotted time.
- (each in an orbit floating) - means, revolving. Ibn `Abbas said, "They revolve like a spinning wheel, in a circle.

(105.12) - And how many a sign in the heavens and the earth they pass by, while they are averse therefrom. وَكَأَيِّن مِّن ءَايَةٍ فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

(7.51) By the heaven full of Hubuk (paths and orbits)وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ
(Ad-Dahhak, Al-Minhal bin `Amr and others said, "The meandering of the water, sand and plants when the wind passes over them; carving paths out of them, that is the Hubuk (paths)." The sky is high above us, clear yet thick, firmly structured, spacious and graceful, beautified with stars such as the sun and orbiting planets such as the moon and the planets of the solar system)