Wednesday, June 30, 2010

GRAVE SINS !

Assalamu Alikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wabarakatuh!
(May Allah's peace and Mearcy Be Upon You),

Dear Brothers and sisters in Islam below is the list of few GRAVE SINS which have been severly warned against in Qur'an and hadith . So We should try our utmost to keep away from them and advise our relatives and friends for the same inorder to save ourselves from the wrath of our Lord in this world as well as in the next.
 
1.To assign partners to Allah (SHIRK)
2.To kill any one unjustly or without proper cause.
3.Practicing of witchcraft and charms by childless women during the confinementof any other woman so that the child of that woman may die and she may have child. This amounts to murder.
4.To tease the parents.
5.To indulge in adultery.
6.To missappropriate the property of orphans or others or to deprive the daughters of their share in the legacy.
7.To accuse any woman of adultery even on slightest doubt.
8.To oppress or speak ill of someone and to backbite.
9.To lose faith in Allah and be disappointedof his Mercy and Blessings.
10.Not to fulfil a promise or to missappropriate a trust.
11.To abundon intentionally any of the duties enjoined by Allah, such as Salah (Namaz), Saum (Fast in the Month of Ramadhan), Hajj (Pilligrimage to Makkah), Zakkah (A share of your wealth for the upliftment of the poor people of society). To forget the Holy Qur'an after memorising it.
12.To tell a lie and to take a false oath.
13.To swear by name of someone other than Allah.
14.To swear in such words as he or she be deprived of Kalima at the time of death or may die without Iman (Faith in oneness of Allah)
15.To offer Sajda (prostration) before anyone other than Allah.
16.To miss Salah without legitimate cause.
17.To call a Muslim a nonbeliever or dishonest.
18.To call Allah's curse on any one.
19.To call any one enemy of Allah.
20.To complain against anyone or to hear such complaint.
21.To steal or commit theft or to abuse.
22.To indulge in usury- taking or giving money on interest.
23.To express joy on dearness of food-grains.
24.To compell on lowering the price after setting the bargain.
25.To sit in seclusion with prohibited persons of the opposite sex.
26.To gamble or to take part in games of chance. Some persons play certain games with stakes. This is also gambling.
27.To like and appreciate the customs of infidels.
28.To find fault with food or with other persons.
29.To enjoy music and dance.
30.To drink wine and other intoxicating drugs.
31.Not to advise others inspite of being in a position to do so.
32.To redicule others with a view to humiliate them.

Source: "BAHISHTI ZEWAR (HEAVENLY ORNAMENTS), Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (Rah) Tr. By Dr. Abida Quansar"

May Allmighty Allah give us the strength to keep away from all those things and tasks which drag us away from the Right path and bestow us the honor of doing all good deeds which please Him and bridge the gap between us and our Beloved Allah and His Beloved Messenger, Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alihi Wasallam. Ameen Ya Rabbal Aalameen.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Tablighi Jamaat


Tablighi Jamaat is a transnational religious movement which was founded in 1926 by Muhammad Ilyas in India. The movement primarily aims at Islamic spiritual reformation by working at the grass roots level, reaching out to Muslims across all social and economic spectra to bring them closer to the practices of Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) came forth as an offshoot of the Deobandi movement and its inception is believed to be a response to Hindu revivalist movements, which were considered a threat to vulnerable and non-practicing Muslims. Tablighi Jamaat gradually expanded from local to national to a transnational movement and now has followers in over 150 countries.

At a recent gathering of intelligent and progressive women I was reminded how little Americans know about Islam. The atmosphere of the meeting was creative and the conversation clever until the word Islam was uttered-floating like a poison balloon above our heads. Immediately, a women sitting to my right grimaced and said "I don't like how Arabs treat their wives." Islam=Arab=misogynism? Although I often encounter this type of reflexive response on the topic of Islam, I was startled. I did not expect such an uninformed statement coming from this group.
For the thousandth time, I asked myself--how much do Americans really know about Islam? Let's face it; Americans know more about Tiger Woods' sex life than they do about Islam. Unfortunately, most Americans learn about Islam primarily through various media outlets which have miserably failed to provide a balanced view of the world's second largest religion. Islam is here to stay and Americans need to begin to question the media's agenda and they need to take initiative and do some investigation on their own.
If Arabs do not make up the majority of Muslims-who does? According to the Pew Research Center's informative report, Mapping the Muslim World, "more than 60% of the global Muslim population is in Asia and about 20% in the Middle East and Northern Africa." The ten largest Muslim populations by country are as follows:
Indonesia 202 million
Pakistan 174 million
India 160 million
Bangladesh 145 million
Egypt 78.5 million
Nigeria 78 million
Iran 74 million
Turkey 73 million
Algeria 34 million
Morocco 32 million
It is interesting to note that none of the top ten countries are ethnically Arab. Muslims, like Christians, cannot be confined to one continent or people. Islam is not a monolithic religion but is, in actuality, fantastically diverse. It may further surprise you to find that "China has more Muslims than Syria; Russia is home to more Muslims than Jordan and Libya combined; and Germany has more Muslims than Lebanon."
What does all this mean? It means that most Americans wouldn't know a Muslim if one dropped on their head. Like Christians, Muslims are an extraordinarily diverse people who are unified by their religion. So the next time you think you have identified a Muslim because they looked like an "Arab"-keep in mind that you probably missed a couple dozen who didn't.