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Voting In America

nafis — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:44:54 +0000

I was just over at Muslimspace.com and I cannot believe that there are so many Muslims who intend on voting in the upcoming elections here in America. There is even a website called Muslims for Obama! What is wrong with the Muslims? 4 years ago there were two sites where Muslims were supporting the kuffar for President. One was Muslims for Bush, and the other was Muslims for Kerry. I went on both sites and asked the Muslims what it was that they thought each candidate was going to do for the Muslims. I did not receive any responses. Well, Bush got in, and we see what he did. He invaded two Muslims countires, and as bad as people thought things were, they have now become even worse.

What I don’t understand, is how you can be Muslim and not know that it is haram to legislate by other than what Allah has revealed. And that is exactly what these people do. How can you vote for those who do not believe in Allah or His Messenger (salallahu alayhe wa Sallam), and who make halal for the people what Allah has made haram? How can you go to the polls and select someone who believes that it is alright to gamble, to drink intoxicants, to deal with riba (interest), to be a homosexual, have pre-marital sex, date freely, and have illegitimate children? And this is just a very short list. I mean, think about what you see on TV. Think about what you see in the movies. Think about what you hear on the radio. Think about what you see out in public! Now tell me - are either or any of the candidates going to stand before the country and tell the people that these things are haram? Are they going to call the people to that which is good and halal? Are the going to call the people to Islam? We already know that the answer is no, so how can you support someone like that?

Before anyone goes on a rant about how we need to get involved, consider this: The best way for us to get involved is to spread Islam to the point where the majority of people in this country are Muslim and we can institute the Shariah and the Sunnah. So before you go out on election day, I advise you first to read the Book of Allah, consider what I have written here, and also, click on the link below and read what the People of Knowledge have to say on the matter. Surely they are more well versed than I. May Allah guide us all to the straight way, have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and make us united throughout the world. Please click on this link:

http://www.salafimanhaj.com/pdf/RELIEVING_THE_PEOPLE_OF_UNDERSTANDING.pdf

Ramadan & Music

nafis — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:10:00 +0000

For those Muslims who still argue that music is permissible, here is some food for thought, as we draw closer to the month of Ramadan. Let us all ask Allah to forgive us of our sins and to give us true guidance.

Listening to music in Ramadaan

If you are fasting, and you get you menstrual cycle at the last five minutes before iftar, do you still have to break your fast. Another questions is music haraam while fasting?.

Praise be to Allaah.

Listening to music is haraam, whether in Ramadaan or at other times, but it is more forbidden in Ramadaan, and is a greater sin, because fasting does not only mean refraining from eating and drinking, rather it means attaining piety or fear of Allaah, and it means that all the physical faculties should refrain from disobeying Allaah.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“O you who believe! Observing As-Sawm (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon (the pious)”

[al-Baqarah 2:183]

And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Fasting does not just mean (abstaining) from eating and drinking, rather fasting means (abstaining) from idle and obscene talk…”

Narrated by al-Haakim who said: This hadeeth is saheeh according to the conditions of Muslim.

Closing The Gaps In Salah

nafis — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:29:32 +0000

Why do we still argue about closing the gaps and how to close them? All we need do is follow the Sunnah and the Salaf and how they approached the matter. The solution is so simple and so easy. Let us examine the evidence and then pass it on to other Muslims for their knowledge.

Arranging the rows during prayer

Many people do not know that it is from the sunnah to stand feet to feet and so during a jamaa’h, they leave a small gap in between. To what extent are we obliged to try and fill the gap by spreading our feet further apart? If the line is not straight, do we align ouselves to the person on our right, or the one on the left?.

Praise be to Allaah.

It is obligatory for the Muslims to make their rows straight and compact and to close the gaps between them. That is done by standing shoulder-to-shoulder and foot-to-foot.

It was narrated from Anas ibn Maalik that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Make your rows straight for I can see you behind my back.”

Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 686; Muslim, 425.

It was narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Make your rows straight, stand shoulder to shoulder and close the gaps, and do not resist your brothers’ hands. Do not leave any gaps for the Shaytaan. Whoever complete a row, Allaah will reward him, and whoever breaksa row, Allaah will forsake him.

Abu Dawood said: What is meant by “Do not resist your brothers’ hands” is that a man should be easy-going if his brother pushes him forwards or backwards to make the row straight. (‘Awn al-Ma’bood).

Narrated by Abu Dawood, 666; al-Nasaa’i, 819. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 620.

It was narrated that al-Nu’maan ibn Basheer said:

“The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) turned to face the people and said, ‘Straighten your rows,’ three times, ‘for by Allaah either you straighten your rows or Allaah will create division among your hearts.’ And I saw men standing shoulder to shoulder, knee to knee, ankle to ankle.”

Narrated by Abu Dawood, 662; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 616.

Should a man look to his right or his left so that he can make the row straight?

The Sunnah is for the imam to stand in the front, in line with in the middle of the row, then the rows should start from behind the imam, not from the right hand side of the mosque or the left, as some people do. Rather they should start from behind the imam, then the row should be completed to both the right and the left, so as to follow the Sunnah of having the imam in the middle.

Based on this, then whoever is in the right half of the row should look to his left and align himself with whoever is on his left and whoever is in the left half should look to his right and align himself with whoever is on his right.

With regard to the gaps between the feet, the worshipper should stand in a moderate fashion, neither standing with his feet together nor making them too far apart, because the further apart he makes them, the further his shoulders will be from his neighbour’s shoulders. Making the rows straight and compact is achieved by standing foot-to-foot and shoulder-to-shoulder.

Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd said:

One of the new things that we see some people doing, with no evidence in sharee’ah, is that in prayer they try to align themselves with a person on the right if they are on the right hand side of the row, or to align themselves with a person on their left if they are on the left hand side of the row, and they turn their feet inward so that their ankles are touching the ankles of the people next to them.

This is something for which there is no basis in sharee’ah and it is going to the extreme in implementing the Sunnah. This is wrong on two counts.

The alignment of the row should begin from where the imam is standing. Whoever is on the right of the row should align himself by looking at those who are to his left (i.e., closer to the imam). Thus the line will be straightened and the gaps will be filled. Alignment is done by lining up necks, shoulders and ankles, and by completing the front rows.

But to try to spread the legs wide and turn the feet inward so that one’s ankles touch one’s neighbours’ ankles is an obvious mistake and an exaggeration, and a new interpretation which is indicative of going to extremes in trying to apply the Sunnah. It causes annoyance and is not prescribed in sharee’ah, and it widens the gaps between people standing in prayer.

That becomes apparent when the people prostrate, and when they stand up again they become distracted in trying to fill the gaps and turning their feet to make their ankles touch their neighbours’ ankles, which makes them miss out on what they should be doing, which is to make the toes point in the direction of the qiblah.

Doing that is like competing with one’s neighbour and trying to take his place. All of that is not prescribed in sharee’ah.

Laa jadeed fi Ahkaam al-Salaah, 12. 13.

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