Salikah answers a question about the ethics of revenge.
We do not fight out of revenge and spite. The Muslim doesn’t fight because the kafir is my (personal) enemy, because the kafir is conspiring against me, because the kafir has killed and slaughtered other Muslims. The Muslim fights the kafir because he has prevented and has become a barrier for the guidance to reach others.
A new, quirky video from Living Halal that serves as a timely reminder of the special rewards Muslims can earn during the Summer months. It had me laughing out loud in several places, so enjoy, insha’Allah!
Consider the condition the Muslims are facing today, we need to reflect why our Du’as are not answered. From Angie:
Ibrahim ibn Adham – may Allah have mercy on him – a third century scholar, a teacher and a companion of Sufyan ath-Thawri, was asked about the saying of Allah – the Most High:
“and your Lord says: “Call on me I will answer your prayer…”
[40:60]
“We supplicate and we are not answered.”
So he said to them:
You know Allah, Yet you do not obey Him,
You recite the Qur’an, Yet do not act according to it,
You know Shaitan, Yet you have agreed with him,
You proclaim that you love Muhammad Yet you abandon his Sunnah,
You proclaim your love for Paradise, Yet you do not act to gain it,
You proclaim your fear the Fire, Yet you do not prevent yourselves from sins,
You say “Indeed death is true”, Yet you have not prepared for it,
You point out the faults with others, Yet you do not look at your faults,
You eat of that which Allah has provided for you, Yet you do not thank Him,
You bury your dead, Yet you do not take a lesson from it.”
May 14th Muslimah advises us on the character of the Prophet in the face of adversity.
Wondering is my being dressed like a Muslim woman really that out of the ordinary? But I find that the surprise and hurt soon turns to anger and it is all I can do to surpress the urge to turn around and say something.
I was reading recently about our beloved prophet Muhammad (SAW) and what he did in similar instances and the answer is…
“The Prophet (SAW) never took revenge for his own sake, but if the laws of Allah (SWT) were violated, he would take revenge for the sake of Allah SWT).” –Bukhari and Muslim
Video of the week, brought to you by HalalTube.com
A recording of a recent lecture given by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, on the issue of mercy.
…Was blind, but now I see, go the lyrics to Amazing Grace. Sister Amy, daughter of Guidance, finds a deeper meaning in the glasses that grace the face of her young nephew.
I was talking to one of my friends the other day about how life changes when someone becomes guided–that it is like they could sort of see the world, but it was blurry. Everything was literally out of focus–the purpose of life, relationship with God, family relationships, economic perspectives, morality, etc. And then the guidance from Allah (SWT) is like those prescription eyeglasses, which bring everything in to focus.
I love Suhaib Webb’s blog, masha’Allah… I could easily link to his site every day on Ijtema! I urge you to subscribe to his feed if you haven’t already. Anyway, the following short story posted in his latest entry was so wonderfully sweet, I had to give it a special mention here for your benefit, insha’Allah:
A video lecture by Abdal-Hakim Murad via Mere Islam:
Also, his insights into the common “New Jahiliyyah” mentality of new Muslim converts who feel that “if only we can only get rid of those grumpy old Urdu-speaking gentlemen from the committee of the local mosque, the mosque will be a beacon of light and everybody’s going to convert” are certainly spot on. Indeed, all four forms of neo-Jahiliyyah that he discusses are very acute in our communities and thus important for all of us, not just converts, to understand.
[Picture JC Roldan]