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 Experiences of a Recently Converted Hindu Woman
Posted by administrator on Friday, July 18 @ 12:00:00 EEST (61 reads)
by Sister Nûr
This article was written by the author a few years ago, when she was in her second year at the University of Essex
I came from a purely Hindu family where we were always taught to regard ourselves (i.e. women) as beings who were eventually to be married off and have children and serve the husband-- whether he was kind or not. Other than this I found that there were a lot of things which really oppressed women, such as:
If a woman was widowed, she would always have to wear a white sari (costume), eat vegetarian meals, cut her hair short, and never re-marry.
The bride always had to pay the dowry (bridal money) to the husband's family.
And the husband could ask for anything, irrespective of whether the bride would have difficulty giving it.
Not only that, if after marriage she was not able to pay the full dowry she would be both emotionally and physically tortured, and could end up being a victim of "kitchen death" where the husband, or both the mother-in-law and the husband try to set fire to the wife while she is cooking or is in the kitchen, and try to make it look like an accidental death. More and more of these instances are taking place. The daughter of a friend of my own father's had the same fate last year!
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Marriage, Casts and Compatibility
Posted by administrator on Tuesday, July 15 @ 12:00:00 EEST (77 reads)
By Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez bin Baaz 1
[COMPATIBILITY IS ONLY BASED UPON RELIGION AND PIETY]
From the evil and reprehensible matters is that some who claim to be from Banu Haashim (i.e. claim to be a Sayyid; someone related to the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam's family) say that there is no kafaa'ah (marriage compatibility) between them and someone from outside of their own clan. So they do not get married outside of their clan, nor allow anyone from outside of their clan to marry them. This is a great error, a monstrous ignorance, oppression against the woman, and it is a legislation which neither Allaah nor His Messenger sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam legislated or prescribed. Rather, Allaah - the Most High - said:
"O mankind! We have created you from a male and female, and have made you into nations and tribes; that you may know one another, Indeed the most noblest of you with Allaah is the one who has the most taqwaa (piety, fear, and obedience of Allaah)." [Soorah al-Hujuraat 49:13].
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The Month of Rajab
Posted by administrator on Friday, July 11 @ 12:00:00 EEST (81 reads)
Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
Praise be to Allaah, Who says which means:
“And your Lord creates whatsoever He wills and chooses” (Al-Qasas: 68). The attribute of choosing or selecting is indicative of His Lordship and Oneness, and of the perfection of His Wisdom, Knowledge and Power.
One aspect of His doing this is the fact that He has chosen some days and months and given them preference over others. Among the months, Allaah has chosen four which He has made sacred, as He says, which means:
“Verily, the number of months with Allaah is twelve months (in a year), so it was ordained by Allaah 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). These months are calculated according to the movements of the moon, not the movements of the sun, as done by the kuffaar.
The Sacred Months are mentioned by implication in the Qur’aan, but their names are not given. Their names are mentioned in the Sunnah, though. It was reported from Abu Bakrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, that the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam gave his Farewell Sermon and said:
“Time has completed its cycle and is as it was on the Day when Allaah created the heavens and the earth. The year is twelve months, of which four are sacred, three consecutive months – Dhoo’l-Qa’dah, Dhoo’l-Hijjah and Muharram – and the Rajab of Mudar which comes between Jumaada and Sha’baan.” (Bukhaari & Muslim).
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The Rulings pertaining to Making up the Fast
Posted by administrator on Monday, July 07 @ 12:00:00 EEST (89 reads)
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Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) has obligated the fast of Ramadhan upon all able Muslims and for those who have an Islamically valid reason and are later able to do so, then they must make up the fasts that they missed. There is another category to consider and they are those who are unable to fast during Ramadhan and other than Ramadhan due to old age or a persistent illness. In this case, Allah has made easy their affairs for them by requiring them to simply feed a poor person half a saa' of the food of the land for every day (of Ramadhan), this being a substitute for fasting.
Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) says:
{Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope}, [Soorah al-Baqarah, Aayah 286]
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The Evil during Summer Vacations
Posted by administrator on Friday, July 04 @ 12:00:00 EEST (208 reads)
Abdul Malik Al-Qasim
First Khutbah:
O Muslims! As the years have passed, various groups of people have discussed a very important issue which many communities have in common. People from all walks of life with different interests have discussed the positive and negative aspects of this issue, because it is a very important topic. Many people have commented on this through various means such as magazines, mosques, clubs and other media, and from many different points of view.
This issue, O slaves of Allaah, is that of summer or yearly vacations, which has become an indispensable event for many people. All nations agree that this event has become a part of our lives and cannot be ignored. It has imposed itself to be a part of a fixed yearly plan, and in most cases it is unorganised and poorly planned, despite the fact that people feel that it is a necessity.
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