A series of Blogs and Notes on the Ayats of Quran; Verses of Bible; & USA Muslim Economy. Please excuse any errors from me (in some notes thoughts are all over the place) the good of it is from Allah.
[Sometimes we have to laugh to stop from crying. Hear me out.]
It has become a sad truth that Muslims are more often greeting each other with "Salam!".
It says to a Muslim recipient of that greeting that the person greeting may not consider or is not certain that receiver is a Muslim or not. Many Muslims know this ruling or hadith or are familiar with it.
Technically, they are well within the letter of the Shariah to do that, because Allah (swt) said in an ayah, "Pass by that which you are ignorant of with Peace."
I kind of do the same thing, but I extend the greetings of ASA WR WB with the condition of "to believing Muslim friends".
I guess this means that people do not want to accidentally extend the invocations to Allah (swt) for blessings upon someone that is not of the category of Faith in Al-Islam.
Though sometimes the lines get blurred between who is an Ansar (Native to a country) and who is a Muhajir (Emigrant to a country) Allah does take note of this and does preserve the rights of both. African American Muslim Men face mild to extreme boycotts from:
1. Whites
2. Other Blacks
2.1 Christians
2.2 Jews
2.3 Other Black Muslims
3. Other Immigrant Muslims
4. Sometimes own Family
5. Sometimes own old friends and peers that don't see eye to eye with Islam.
6. Other nations that might not be too comfy with a Muslim
Someone who has immigrated to Al-Islam in America face:
1. Bountiful harvests in US
2. Bountiful harvests in their own countries of origin.
3. When the Oil Producers decide to break off funds from their reserves a higher likelihood that they'd receive Oil donations or revenues while in US.
4. Bountiful harvests if they go to another prosperous Islamic country
I shared Surahtul Maidah Ayat 66 earlier for the formula for Happiness from every side, which is to combine the Truth of the Old Teachings with the New Teachings in Allah's Holy Books. I have included this below the 2 referencing verses for this point.
Here I noticed something when I combined Surahtul Nisa Ayat 100 with Matthew 5:21-26.
Allah (swt) is saying in Surahtul Nisa Ayat 100 that if you emigrate from your homeland to another state, region or country and die in the service of Allah and His Messenger, then your reward becomes due from Allah (swt).
What are a few of the ways in which service to Allah and His Messenger is given:
1. Testimony about the verses of Allah
2. Charity
3. Righteousness
3.5 Fasting
4. Study
4.5 Prayer
5. Productivity and Work towards a better community
6. Standing for Justice
7. Defense
8. Helping parents or the elderly in your community
9. Encouraging healing through healthy living, diet and the healing components of different medicinal herbs and spices, exercise, etc.
But, Matthew 5:21-26 likens unjustly cursing another person of Faith to taking their life. It is because the curses can destroy the person's life, livelihood (employment), reputation in the community (thus, influence and command). This could in turn block them from starting families and raising children to continue their bloodline upon the Earth because they would be deemed unfit and unsuitable for marriage. Look at how powerful curses are. But, also look at how powerful the Injeel combined with the Quran in these 2 sets of verses to counter that phenomenon when it is unjustly done. So there are some curses upon people of Faith that Surahtul Nisa Ayat 100 would render the believers reward due if the curse destroyed the life of that believer.
Furthermore, it is necessary to keep up prayers and the other things that can be done to declare that day, by your Faith in Allah, that you have been in service to Allah and His Messenger.
On the end I decided to add the last 21 Ayats of Surahtul Waqiah. Allah (swt) seems to suggest that He will manifest the penalties and rewards possibly by extraction from those who (made it their lievlihood to) declare Quran false, and negligently subjugated (then why do you not intervene when the soul of the dying person reaches the throat). Because they are taking upon themselves to be judges of Allah and His Holy Book(s). So if we combine this with: Reward becomes manifest or due if person dies in the service of Allah and His Messenger of Surahtul Nisa Ayat 100; and Matthew 5:21-26 Cursing a believer is tantamount to murdering them, then within these 3 sets of passages we can see ease and justice to the unjustly afflicted, cursed and tormented of Faith in Allah (swt).
Referenced in first paragraph above:
Bismi Allahi Al Rahmani Al Raheemi
ASA WR WB to believing Muslim friends:
It is really not that I require to be hitting my head upon the ceiling in jumping from jovial happiness each day...it is ok to have modest measures of happiness in our day.
Here Allah (swt) gives us a formula for happiness. Many of you can bear witness that I selected to use this formula even though many did not really care for the formula.
Aside from that it is a horrible occasion when in grinding out this formula for "Happiness" for many years that it not shed wickedness, misery or sadness cast upon us or brought upon our spirits and souls. That would probably be because of the ones of "souls lost and of misguided thirst (that needed to be pointed) to the Source Allah and His Holy Spirit as Source for the Life Spirit they seek. That would be in listening to the verses, from Him, for the ways to seek Allah's Spirit which is the way to Source the Holy Spirit. But, this formula was supposed to yield "Happiness".
Penalty for intentionally killing (and cursing) a believing Muslim friend.
Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajeun Ash Shahadu an La Ilaha illa Allah Wa ash shahadu an Muhammedan Abdul Allah Wa Rasul Allah
As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh my dear respected brothers and sisters in Al Islam
Hasbuna Lahu Wa Nimal Wakil
The
Romans
In
the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
[30:1]
A.
L. M.
[30:2]
The
Roman Empire has been defeated-
[30:3]
In
a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will
soon be victorious-
[30:4]
Within
a few years. With God is the Decision, in the past and in the Future:
on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-
[30:5]
With
the help of God. He helps whom He will, and He is exalted in might,
most merciful.
[30:6]
(It
is) the promise of God. Never does God depart from His promise: but
most men understand not.
I
am going to try to give a perspective on something. Below I have
placed a list of the ancient dieties worshiped by the Ancient
Greeks and Romans. The reason that I placed them there was because if
we look at the Chapter of the Romans Verse 2 above, Allah said that the
Romans were defeated. This could mean a particular battle, but it
could also mean that it suffered some loss or ruin. The next Ayat Allah
(swt) says, that they will soon be victorious and it follows with
that it is a Decision in the past and in the future. It could be that something
that God intended was for the Romans to be part ruin and part
successful or to experience a cyclical nature of that. It is my speculation that the “Ruin” comes from the
pagan, hedonistic, corrupt past that had previously infiltrated
religion and government with the Ancient Romans and Greeks.
Thus,
the Romans have a gift from God, who is Allah, in the past and the
future concerning victories and losses...successes and ruins. On that day the believers shall rejoice. What I have noted that contemporary Romans have been exceptional (among the top in the world) in are areas of: Coffee or Cafes, Restaurants and Cuisine, Racing and other Auto manufacturing, Small motorized boats manufacturing like little sports cars used to get around the waterways in Italy, Architecture, Olive Oil cultivation and production, Clothing and Fashion, Shoe making, Engineering, Music, Paintings and Arts, Racing and other Bicycle manufacturing, Agricultural techniques...
The
reason that I mention this is because of the Hadith about the 3
knots, and the Hadith about the closer than blood:
“Abu
Huraira narrates that Allah's Apostle said, "Shaytan puts three
knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every
knot he reads and exhales the following words, 'The night is long, so
stay asleep.' When one wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is
undone; and when one performs ablution, the second knot is undone,
and when one prays (salah) the third knot is undone and one gets up
energetic with a good heart in the morning; otherwise one gets up
lazy and with a mischievous heart."” ~ Sahih
Bukhari: 2.243
Hadeeth
No. 1913
- Narrated Ali bin Al-Husain: Safiya, the wife of the Prophet told me
that she went to Allah's Apostle to visit him in the mosque while he
was in Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. She had a talk with
him for a while, then she got up in order to return home. The Prophet
accompanied her. When they reached the gate of the mosque, opposite
the door of Um-Salama, two Ansari men were passing by and they
greeted Allah's Apostle . He told them: Do not run away! And said,
"She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai." Both of them said,
"Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of any evil) O Allah's
Apostle!" And they felt it. The Prophet said (to them), "Satan
reaches everywhere in the human body as blood reaches in it,
(everywhere in one's body). I was afraid lest Satan might insert an
evil thought in your minds." ~ Sahih
Al Bukhari Book 33
They
run counter to: The
Quranul Kareem says at Surahtul
Qaf Ayat 16, "It was
We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes
to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein."
And
in addition, Allah (swt) says, "For over My servants no
authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong
and follow thee." ~
Surahtul Hijr Ayat 42.
And,
"No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust
in their Lord. His authority is over those only, who take him as
patron (Waliy) and who join partners with God (Mushrikun). Surahtul
Nahl Ayats 98-99.
Those
Hadiths could cause a light infringement to become a devastation that
a person never recovers from. Sometimes a muslim needs to build up
momentum in Faith over time. This Hadith could wipe out momentums by
this assigning a of a Shaitan to a muslim for something like that.
Sometimes Shaitans require Divine intervention to get free from. That
means Allah sending Angels (Mikael, Jibreel, Israfeel), or Prophets,
or Holy men and women. There are a couple of Hadiths that pronounce a
similar curse of assigning a Shaitan that we in Al-Islam must be
concerned about. Another, off the top of my head, is the Sahih
Bukhari Hadith about the Shaitan reaching everywhere in the human
body as the blood does. (No. 1913, Book 33). These Hadiths are giving
too much license to Shaitans over muslims. We should not be requiring
exorcists when we have Surahtul Nahli Ayats 98-99 which says, "And,
"No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust
in their Lord. His authority is over those only, who take him as
patron (Waliy) and who join partners with God (Mushrikun)." And
Allah (swt) is Most Wise. Those Hadiths make for peculiar words of
salvation. Those Hadiths could cause sicknesses and ruin that are worse than attempting to climb out of a Roman ruin, who Allah (swt) turned to with an agreement, in spite of their pagan past. May the eternal peace and blessings of Allah (swt) be upon
Nabi Muhammed and the righteous amongst his family and following.
في
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم معظم الخالق واحد
لا
إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله
الله
وحده ينتمي الأسماء الحسنى
May
Allah be refuge against the Shaitans and Idolatry and Blasphemy
against Allah and His Holy Spirit. From the Americana Encyclopedia.
Who not to take as gods. Who not to worship.
Ancient Pagan gods and goddesses
Greek
Roman
A. king of Heaven
Zeus
Jupiter
B. queen of Heaven
Hera
Juno
C. god of Water
Poseidon
Neptune
D. king of Underworld
Hades
Pluto
E. queen of Underworld
Persephone
Proserpina
F. god of War
Ares
Mars
G. god of Fire
Hephaistos
Vulcanus
H. god of Healing
Apollon
Apollo
I. goddess of Wisdom
Athene
Minerva
J. goddess of Agriculture
Demeter
Ceres
K. goddess of Hunting
Artemis
Diana
L. goddess of Hearth
Hestia
Vesta
M. goddess of Love
Aphrodite
Venus
N. god of Love
Eros
Cupidus
O. god of Wine
Dionysos
Bacchus
P. god of Flocks
Pan
Pan
Q. god of Sun
Helios
Sol
R. god of Moon
Selene
Luna
S. goddess of witchcraft
Hecate
Hecate
T. messenger of the gods
Hermes
Mercurius
U. goddess of Flower
Chloris
V. god of West Wind
Zephyr
W. god of Sleep
Hypnos
Sumnus
X. god of Medicine
Aesculapius
Y. goddesses of Lakes and Rivers
Nyssa
Z. goddess of nectar, wife of Hercules, daughter of
Zeus and Hera
Hebe
AA. enchantress, sorceress
Circe
AB. fountain nymph
Arethusa
In
light of the ruin that such a condition could cause of a Shaitan
being assigned to muslims we have to see that this makes a mild
infringement more enormous than the paganism among Ancient Greeks and
Romans. Because even they got an agreement with Allah that there would
be a cycle of ruin and success or losses and gains.
One of the main points that I was trying to get at about the Romans was that inspite of the paganism of the past, Romans past and present were/are very productive. They created many feats in engineering and architecture. Many of us do not have a history in paganism in Islam. But, are exceeded. But then again if any of us were to transport back to the times of the Roman Empire and meet with ancestors in whatever part of the world then there is a chance that some of them may have been pagans. These types of hadiths manifest things in the Spirit that impede...they are harsh, unjust, devastating, ruinous, debilitating and disabling. I wanted to show the type of motorized boat that they have engineered for their waterways. This is not a renounciation of the next life for the things of the dunya. I understand this. I also understand that we have a duty to be productive and fulfill obligations. But, in addition, to smashing successes in coffee, cars, fashion, shoes, architecture (just about all industries) the contemporary Romans are quite successful with selling these little boat yachts...and they cost a lot of money. Thus in addition to taking a lesson from the Bees...we could take a lesson from the Romans. May have to click the link the owner of this YouTube vid only allows viewing of this on YouTube.
A Shaitan blowing knots upon a
muslim or mumin that may be dragging their feet on some days, while
attempting to build up momentum in their ibadah and productive life
is harsh and unjust. The Sheikh and others who use this hadith might
say well we are pronouncing it upon those who are inactive about a
certain thing. But, I respond with 2 examples that I will list here
of how I respond to those who were inactive about certain things with
me among the wealthy brothers and sisters. First I represented this
African American Muslim manufacturer of botanicals soaps, shampoos,
hair oils, body milks and body butters. I will blur the image and not
disclose their name because I no longer work with them and no longer
endorse them. But, I was attempting to contact our wealthy Arab
importers/exporters and distributors for the sale of 30 – 20 ft
containers of a particular extremely pure and fragrance free soap
that could have been used for the Hajj seasons. I got a lot of “No's”
and it was extremely difficult to find ease and facility in the
process of making contacts.
Another
time it involved tee-shirts. I needed to move 100,000 teeshirts. I
was told, “We are not interested.”. I did not pronounce a curse
upon them for being inactive about a matter.
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