FATHERS DAY EVERY DAY!

 It is Father's day today and every day in Islam.. Of course Mother's too..  

Let us treat our fathers how Islam teaches us and let us teach the same to our children so that they will treat us in the same manner for the sake of pleasure of Allah.

‘Ali ibn al-Husain (r.a.) is reported to have said,

“The right of your father on you is that you should know that it is he who brought you into existence, and you are a branch of the tree of his life.”

1) Abu Huraira (RadhiAllahu Anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah, SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam, said:

“No child can compensate his father unless he finds him as a slave, buys him, and sets him free.”  [Source: Sahih Muslim 2787]

2) Abu Ad-Darda, RadhiAllahu Anhu, reported: The Prophet, SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam, said:

“The father is the middle of the gates of Paradise, so keep this gate or lose it.” [Source: Sunan Ibn Majah 3663]

3)The Messenger of Allah, SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam, said:

“The pleasure of the Lord lies in the pleasure of the father, and the displeasure of Lord comes with the displeasure of the father.” [Sunan at-Tirmidhī]

4)It was narrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah, RadhiAllahu Anhu, that a man said:

“O Messenger of Allah, I have wealth and a son, and my father wants to take all my wealth.”

He, SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam, said:

“You and your wealth belong to your father.” [Source: Ibn Maajah]

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Abu Hurairah, RadhiAllahu Anhu, always encouraged other people to be kind and good to their parents.

One day he saw two men walking together and enquired of the younger one, “Who is this man to you?” to which the young man replied, “He is my father.”

Abu Hurairah, RadhiAllahu Anhu, advised him by saying,

“Do not call him by his name, do not walk in front of him, and do not seat yourself before he does.”

The man who guards India without setting foot on it!

 People here all over the country enjoy singing patriotic songs in different Indian languages ​​just like they do in Tamil. Despite the  difference in religion, color, language and culture, it is only Bharat within the world, that sees unity in that diversity! That is why we are so proud to be born in this land! But who really brought us this pride to India?

-        Are they the ones who enslaved the country under their colonial imperialism and plundered the country's resources?

-        Were the Mughals who set foot on Indian soil with the intention of capturing countries before them?

-        or earlier who came as nomads through the Khyber Pass and spread their religious beliefs among the people and called them upper caste lower caste?

 None of these people are proud of this country. Instead, they entered the country for their own selfish ends. They sowed slavery on us and plundered our wealth and enjoyed it and continue to enjoy it.

They entered the country targeting the country's resources. But it was never their intention to see unity in diversity. Instead, they were fascinated by the selfishness of how to profit through secession. We are still experiencing its ill effects today. These aside, we cannot deny that their entry has brought some benefits to the country. It is not because of them, but because of the Vedas and philosophies that entered this country through them.

The characteristic of seeing unity in difference

While examining how the attribute of seeing unity in diversity came to be in our country, we can clearly see that the Holy Quran and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) were the ones who taught and practiced the doctrine that it teaches through his life and exemplified it all over the world. The Qur'an stands as a force to be reckoned with, even as selfish forces seek to profit by inciting divisions among many people on the basis of caste, language, race, country and town.

Humans! Surely We created you from a male and a female; In order for you to get to know each other. Then We made you into branches and tribes; And whoever of you fears Allah - then indeed, he is most honorable in the sight of Allah. Surely Allah is Knowing, Aware. (Quran 49:13)

(Allah means the only God worthy of worship)

 Thus the Qur'an proclaims the unity of mankind. This is something that no scripture that came to this soil says! This pure scripture proclaims it boldly to save the people of this country at a time when selfish forces were distorting the ancient scriptures and dividing the people into castes and seeking gain.

Brotherhood and Equality

 The doctrine taught by this scripture and the apostle erases the divisive sentiments of race, language, color, caste and tribe among the people who have adopted it. It overrides the fraternal sense that everyone is a member of the same family and eliminates the inequalities that people can artificially teach. Thus establishes human brotherhood and equality. It makes the adherants of Islam standing in rows shoulder to shoulder in prayers in mosques without making room for any discrimination.

Abolition of untouchability

 The country has seen great reformers like Periyar and Ambedkar spend their entire lives for eradicating castes and untouchability. They were only able to create awareness in this regard, but could not end these evils. Whereas Islam frees and protects people from these evils. Islam has carried out this revolution and continues to carry out this revolution in India as well as in other parts of the world. It is to be noted that this great revolution of abolition of untouchablity and caste system is taking place even without the Prophet setting his foot on this country.

 In America and Africa Islam removes the untouchability between whites and blacks and makes them line up  during the five daily prayers, sharing food from the same plate etc. Once a year during the Hajj in Mecca, the center of the world, people of all  races, colors, languages ​​and nationalities of the world join the universal congregation of humanity.

Elimination of superstition and exploitation in the name of God

 As Islam teaches people to worship God directly without any intermediaries and rituals, Islam protects people from superstition and exploitation in the name of God

Sense of self-esteem

 Islam instills in human minds an unshakable faith in the Creator; it makes them pious as well as brave and people of self-esteem.

Sense of responsibility towards society

As Islam teaches that enjoining good and prohibit evil as part of faith and worship, it makes people interested in welfare measures of the society in which they live.

Restoration of Human rights:

We can see that this faith taught by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) not only restores the human rights of the  people who have embraced it but also it has makes its influence upon people beyond this faith. Existence of Islam has forced the upper caste people to realize the rights of lower castes and downtrodden which forces them to give their appropriate rights in education and employment.

 Broad brotherhood

 As a human being, despite many differences of opinion and policy, the Qur'an teaches fellow man to treat his fellow man as his brother. The Quran puts forward the beautiful reformist principle that no matter how evil an enemy is, it is not he who must be resisted, but Satan who has entered into him.

Like these, there are plenty of beautiful traits taught by Islam!

Know your True God!

When people worship the creations or objects other than the Real Creator,the sense of seriousness towards God is lost in them and thus they dare to commit sins fearlessly. Apart from that, the human race gets divided into sects and castes formed around the different deities taken by them.

If such people suddenly face unbearable calamities they ignore those false gods and turn to the real true God.

God Almighty exposes the hypocrisy of such people in the Quran by quoting an example of men traveling at sea:

10:22. It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from everywhere and they assume that they are surrounded, supplicating Allah , sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful." 

(Allah means ‘the only God worthy of worship’)

When such a life-threatening situation arises, people will forget all the deities they worshiped every day. They do not try to bring to mind the images, idols or tombs (as in Dargahs) which they worshiped on the shore and plead, 'Save us from this danger'. Instead, they realize that only the true God can save them. They call on the Creator with a pure heart. The above verse says that they sincerely realizes that only He can answer the prayers and that He is the only Lord worthy of worship both on land and sea.

Thanklessness of people!

But if the Lord accepts their plea and saves them, they forget to be thankful to Him after reaching the shore. Again they  go back to  worship their false gods. God Almighty points out this trend:

17:67 Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an advocate. 

17:68 Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into the sea another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied? Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger. 

17:69 Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into the sea another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied? Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger. 

#Day_of_Judgment!

So for whatever may the reason, we must not forget our true reality. We should worship only the One Who has created us and sustains us. Unto Him we have to return and answer for our deeds on earth. Let us not forget that death is not an end but a beginning of the eternal life. 

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One God! One Mankind! One faith!

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Offenders, attention please!

Special attention to the fraudsters and the government officials who support them.

This is the warning from Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the last and final Messenger of God - that is, the Messenger of God sent for the people living today. He had warned the officers of his time like this:

"It would be fraudulent if we hired any of you as an officer for a task and he hid a needle or something smaller than that from us (without accounting), He will come with that object on the Day of Resurrection!" (book: Muslim)

The Lord who created you says in the Holy Quran:

"And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful]". (Quran 2:188)

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "On the Day of Resurrection a flag will be hoisted for the swindler and it will be said, 'This is the swindling of so and so man, son of so and so man"   (Book: Bukhari)

#Day_of_Judgment

The cheaters/ swindlers may find thousands of loop holes to escape from the clutches of the law, here in this world. Likewise, people may even die without being punished for their  sins and offence such as murder, robbery, adultery, fornication, slander etc commited by them.

But they cannot escape from the clutches of the God Almighty and the punishment specified by for each offence. This is not a false threat, but you will realise the truthfulness of it if you ponder over the following:

Beware of your parts of body that betray you

Today we know that CCTV cameras fitted for surveillance everywhere record the events that take place in their view. Likewise the eyes of each of us are naturally recording our actions. Not only that, but the Quran says that our ears and skin record the same and that they will testify against man in the Hereafter:

"And [mention, O Muhammad], the Day when the enemies of Allah will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven] assembled in rows, Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do. (Qur'an: 41:19,20)

(Allah means "The Almighty God worthy of worship")

Although there are many other ways which record our actions, we know that these alone will suffice to understand the matter.

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Why Are We Here?

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Perfect Social System for Women

1400 Years Ago, Islam Offered the Perfect Social System for Women

A Look at the Status of Women throughout History

Aya Timea

06 March, 2019

God created men and women with certain differences so that they complete each other. The biological differences assigned women primarily to bear and raise children and men to be the protector and maintainer of the family due to his physical strength.

Since Ancient times, however, these differences have made men feel superior over women who suffered from ill-treatment and injustice, being deprived of many social and economic rights throughout history. In the West, the chain has gradually broken only when historical events forced societies to grant women their rights – only to take advantage of them in other ways in return, causing great harm to the society which we can clearly see today.

In the Arabian peninsula, however, the chain of women’s exploitation has already broken hundreds of years ago by the arrival of Islam that, due to its Divine nature, remains the only system which gives rights to women and fully acknowledges their abilities and valuable skills while providing a harmonic atmosphere in which they take equal part in building a healthy society.

Women in Western Culture

In ancient Europe, men had fairly low opinion of women and often considered them property rather than humans. The noble Greek philosopher, for example, Aristotle said the following in his book The Politics: “as regards the sexes, the male is by nature superior and the female inferior, the male ruler and the female subject.” [1]

The ancient world basically excluded women that they had no rights to participate in the decision making. They fully depended on men for their entire lives. Anything a woman possessed belonged to her father or her husband, and she couldn’t make a contract or enter financial transaction without the permission of her guardian. Inheritance was downright illegal to her.[2] Only the poor were forced to do physical work for living; elite women usually stayed  indoor so their guardian could make sure they don’t converse with other men as that was a sign of prostitution. [3] In Sparta, brothers could share the same wife and single men might have borrowed a wife![4]

The Roman Empire valued women the same way, except for a short period in which Emperor Augustus introduced a series of laws that gave much freedom for women. He restricted adultery, which was a morally accepted and common practice in the entire ancient world, and women were allowed to hold public office or work in the government.[5] However, the protests of men were of great impact that the circumvention of the laws began.[6]

Even Christianity failed to improve the situation of women in the West due to its distorted teachings. Unlike Islam, the Bible we know today accuses Eve of persuading Adam to eat from the forbidden tree thus causing humankind to fell from Paradise to the Earth. God in the Bible even curses Eve and her female offspring with the pain of childbirth and threatens that her husband “will rule over you”. (Genesis 2:4-3:24)

This concept led to the common belief that women are evil, unreliable and morally inferior to men (Ecclesiastes 7:26-28 and Ecclesiasticus 25:19, 24) and created a society in Europe that restricted, oppressed and deprived women of their basic rights. (Timothy 2:11-14)

In the 18^th century, the industrial revolution brought changes in the economic structure that forced women (usually from lower class) to enter the labor market. In the meantime, aristocracy allowed women to be educated although politics and business remained reserved for men.

Silence was still a woman’s best characteristics. But this gradually changed; by the early 20^th century when women could obtain degree and enter the work field typically as teachers or nurses. During the French Revolution (1787-1799), women began to form feminist movements and expressed a collective voice, demanding economic, political, and educational rights.”[7]

Scandinavian countries granted the demanded rights to women first followed by Britain where the Matrimonial Causes Act (1857) allowed ordinary people to divorce (only on the grounds of adultery)[8], and where women voted the first time in 1928. Countries with Roman heritage remained behind, but soon after WWI and II, women entered the work market to compensate for the huge losses of men’s lives. However, it was not a choice any more.

By the middle of the 20^th century, Western women successfully gained equality before the law; but gender feminists (unlike equality feminists) have continued their mission and “challenged that women should not be identified as wife and mother.”[9]

In post-modern times, gender feminists claim that”gender roles are boxes that people are asked to fit themselves into”[10]and that there aren’t anything biological about men or women that should form social roles despite scientific facts which show the opposite.[11]

Today’s feminists seem to take revenge against the centuries-long deprivation of their rights and go further by seeking gender privilege instead of equal justice.[12] In reality, individualism and the value-free approach of the West is just another way to harm women where the picture of the ideal woman is shaped according to the interest of the market while ridiculing those who refuse being part of the system. Hence, modesty and norms are looked down, and the role of motherhood  and the importance of family are devaluated which have had extreme social and financial cost in the Western society.[13]

Quran- Healing - 10 facts you must know

In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. If we or our children, or those who are close to us suddenly get sick, normal life gets affected. We lose peace of mind. If we understand and act upon certain basic facts and act accordingly, we can relieve ourselves from the physical, mental, and material loss that the disease brings. Holy Qur’an, the latest revelation from our Creator, reminds us of the following facts that must be borne in mind during illness: 1. Disease is a warning: In the midst of busy life, man forgets about God, the Creator and Cherisher of him and the true purpose of human life. Disease acts as a warning from God in order to make him realize those facts of life and bring him to normality. 2. Let us know our Creator: When we become ill, it is of prime importance to know our Creator and His attributes. In the Qur’an, God say thus: = “Say: "He, Allah, is One, Allah, the Eternal, He begets not, nor is He begotten, And there is none like unto Him.”(Quran 112: 1-4) (The word Allah means the only Lord worthy of worship.) That is, God, unlike His creations, is alone, independent of anything, beyond birth, death, beginning, end etc. He is ever existing and unexampled 3. Pray to the Lord directly = And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided. (Qur’an 2: 186) Thus we have to understand the attributes of Our Lord and pray to Him directly and without any intercession or superstition or vain rituals and seek speedy relief from illness. 4. Praying and worshiping of creations is useless! = 'He created me; Then He will guide me. He feeds me; He solves my thirst. He heals me when I am sick. And he will kill me. Then he will give me life. ' (Qur’an 26: 78-81) All other than the Creator are His creations. It is a sin and an insulting act to abandon the magnificent Creator and take His meager creations as gods in His place. Worshiping them and praying to them is a useless act. It will rather invite the wrath of the Lord and retard the healing process. Therefore, we must pray exclusively to our Creator and seek His help. 5. We must realize that the present life is a test! = Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion. (Qur’an 3: 185) The Qur'an says that this temporary life is a test and the world is created as a test- field. This world will be completely destroyed one day and when God commands again, all human beings will be raised to life for a final trial. The good people will be granted Paradise filled with infinite pleasures and the sinners will be punished in Hell. Life in both Paradise and Hell will be eternal. 6. Paradise and Hell are our permanent dwellings Paradise is a place of peace and tranquility. There is no place for anxiety, evil, hatred, fatigue, disease, old age, famine, or anything like that. It is a place overwhelmed with unexpected pleasures. Paradise is the place where the Lord arranges gardens, parks, immaculate springs, high mansions, delicious fruit, food and drink in abundance. At the same time, there is hell for those who were thankless to the blessings of the Lord and have lived a life of disobedience and arrogance. It will be life eternal in the midst of a burning fire, and unbearable hunger and thirst. There will be thorny plants and highly boiling fluid to quench hunger and thirst. There are many references to heaven and hell in the Quran. For example: = Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord, like [that of] those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines? (Quran47:15) = Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait , For the transgressors, a place of return, In which they will remain for ages [unending]. They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - (Qur’an 78:21) 7. Illness is a part of test! = And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah , and indeed to Him we will return." (Qur’an 2:155,156. As the present life is a test for us the occurrence of disease or other calamities are common here. In the event of such situations we must think about the eternal life hereafter and be patient. As per the above verse, if we utter,"We belong to God, and to Him we return", it really gives great comfort to disturbed soul during illness. The remembrance of God that He is with us during calamity makes health even better than before! = The Prophet (PBUH) said: "When a man who is put to the test says, 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilahi rajiun (surely we belong to the Allah, to Him is the return)' and pray thus "O Lord, grant me compensation for the misery I have suffered, and substitute with best one than what I lost! ”God will definitely grand him the best. (source Muslim) 8. Obtaining Atonement from sins We must recover from our sins before we pray for the cure of disease. You must ask God for forgiveness. Our food, body, and belongings must be purely earned in order for prayers to be accepted. 9. Taking medical treatment is must Strengthening our mind with the above mentioned facts of life, further we should proceed to take up suitable medical treatment for the disease. It is the Lord who has made the disease a test of life and He himself instructs us to take treatment. = Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has said, “Take medical treatment! This is because Allah has created medicine for all diseases except death. ” (Source: Abu dawud) 10. Holy Quran is also a cure During the course of treatment, we should take the medicine and parallaly read the verses of the Quran. There is relief in them too. The Lord says: = Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure.".. (Quran 41:44) Recitation of Quranic verses for healing Given below is the transliteration and English meaning of few Chapters of Qur'an, recommended during illness. The readers themselves or the sick person can recite these verses and pray for cure from God. Let us remember that this will benefit those who strongly believe that the Creator is the only One worthy of worship. Opening chapter of Quran- Sura Fathiha Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil 'aalameen Ar-Rahmaanir-Raheem Maaliki Yawmid-Deen Iyyaaka na'budu wa lyyaaka nasta'een Ihdinas-Siraatal-Mustaqeem Siraatal-lazeena an'amta 'alaihim ghayril-maghdoobi 'alaihim wa lad-daaalleen Meaning: 1. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 2. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. 3. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 4. Master of the Day of Judgment. 5. It is You we worship, and upon You we call for help. 6. Guide us to the straight path. 7. The path of those You have blessed, not of those against whom there is anger, nor of those who are misguided. Chapter 113 - Sura Falaq: Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Qul a'uzoo bi rabbil-falaq Min sharri ma khalaq Wa min sharri ghasiqin iza waqab Wa min sharrin-naffaa-saati fil 'uqad Wa min shar ri haasidin iza hasad Meaning: In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 1. Say, “I take refuge with the Lord of Daybreak. 2. From the evil of what He created. 3. And from the evil of the darkness as it gathers. 4. And from the evil of those who practice sorcery. 5. And from the evil of an envious when he envies.” Chapter 114 - Sura Annaas Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Qul a'uzu birabbin naas Malikin naas Ilaahin naas Min sharril was waasil khannaas Al lazee yuwas wisu fee sudoorin naas Minal jinnati wan naas Meaning: In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 1. Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind. 2. The King of mankind. 3. The God of mankind. 4. From the evil of the sneaky whisperer. 5. Who whispers into the hearts of people. 6. From among jinn and among people.”

Survival of mankind is not possible without divine guidance!

1. There is no human life without God's guidance:
 Imagine that the traffic authorities in a big city announce that, " Traffic rules are relaxed for two hours today, starting from 10 am.  No matter how big the accident you make you will not be charged or punished during those two hours."
What will happen then?
We all know the result. Many people will not take their vehicle out due to fear. We will not even walk on the road. No matter how urgent the job we have, we will wait for those two hours to complete and then only leave our houses. Nothing, including an ambulance, will be on the road! Everything will come to a stand still! What does this mean for us?
Without law, order and mutual understanding, we realize that it is not possible for more than one person to coexist and live together. It is therefore imperative that since the first human couple began living here, they should have been taught the rules of life and the need to follow them.
Rather, we can understand that law, rules and regulations are not made on trial and error basis, that is,  after learning from the consequences of actions. In fact, The world is alive because the Creator taught them to mankind from the very beginning!
A man's behavior, actions, and qualities depend on his acceptance or rejection of God. If the sense of accountability to one's deeds is implanted in human minds, then it leads to order and discipline in the person's life. When that becomes absent or reduced, it leads to waywardness and confusion. If such an uncontrollable tendency had existed right from the beginning, the world would have perished long ago.
2. The Creator knows the usage of creation
We will not deny that the human body is the most sophisticated and complex machine found in the world today, Man possesses the intellect and emotions that is missing in other machines. We know that it is essential to follow the instructions of their manufacturer for the proper functioning of any machines. For example, in case of a scooter or a car we posses, we used to maintain the air pressure in the wheels as suggested by its manufacturer. On the contrary, we wont become adamant and keep the pressure as we like just because we are the owners of the vehicle.
If such a simple matter requires the guidance of the maker of the vehicle, is it rational to think that human machine which is highly complicated does not need the guidance of its maker? That too, when we do not have the right to handle a product we posses ourselves as per our wish, how can do so in case of a borrowed own?
3. Divine Guidance is necessary for formation of law and order
Human beings vary in color, race, country, and language etc. Something sinful to one person or a group may not be considered as sinful by others. Similarly, something  honored as holy by some may be considered as sinful or abominable act by others. So in order to survive smoothly as a community laws and regulations must be enacted there. To formulate such laws we need a common criterion that distinguishes between right and wrong, sin and virtue, justice and injustice.
The laws that formulated by humans, who knowledge and lifespan is very negligible, are arbitrary and flawed.
On the contrary, only the God who created and cares for this world and all that is in it, has complete knowledge of His creation. It is only the Lord who knows very well what is good and bad not only for man and mankind but for all other creatures and creations. Only the criteria or laws he provides are very noble. Therefore, it can be seen that divine guidance is essential in this regard also.
O mankind, there has to come to you instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the breasts and guidance and mercy for the believers. (Quran 10:57)