Friday, July 22, 2011

Is prayer new? Is Islam new?


No. 
Here are some videos displaying the prayer and wudu of Christians and Jews






Last Link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJYvBJFb8CQ&feature=related 




Islam came to clarify not create anything new. 
Laillahillallah 
Laillahaillahuwa 

There is no God but Allah. 

Thursday, July 21, 2011

30 Signs of a Hypocrite (16-30)


30Signs of a Hypocrite Part 2: (16-30)

16.  Bringing down the honor of the righteous

“They will smite you with sharp tongue , covetous of good”  33:19
The hypocrite will talk about the righteous believers, and their tongue is their weapon. Backbiting is a plain example of this attribute of the hypocrites.  

17.    Remaining away from congressional prayer

In Saheeh Muslim is the saying of Ibn Mas’ood: “None remained away from the congressional payer except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy if well known”
A hypocrite purposely does not attend prayers; The hypocrite is health , wholesome, strong, unoccupied, without an excuse, hears the call to prayer and foes not attend the congressional prayer. The book gets a little intense in saying that a man who prays at home with his children and does not go to masjid is a hypocrite; but when talking to someone who has studied Fiqh, I was informed that this is not applicable to everyone’s situation because for many, like myself (Americans), we cannot hear the call to prayer from our homes and cannot see the masjid either; but we should try and make congressional prayers and always remember Allah knows best. This is not the same for Jummah, a male should attend jummah service unless he is physically incapable of doing so. Again, Allah knows best.

18. Causing mischief whilst claiming to establish peace  

“When It is said to them: “Do not make mischief on the Earth,” they say, “Why? We only want to make peace.” Beware, they are ones that cause mischief but they not realize” 2:11-12
“There is a type of man whose speech about the life of this world will dazzle you and he calls Allah to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the most contentious of enemies, When he turn his back, his aim is to spread mischief everywhere thought the earth and to destroy crops and cattle. But Allah does not love mischief” 2:204-205
Causing mischief is a sign of hypocrisy. A hypocrite will see two men fighting and will say, “What happened between you two, this really bothers me, I couldn’t even sleep last night knowing you two were fighting.” But in reality he had a nice sleep and couldn’t care less. On the outside he claims that he desires nothing but peace but Allah knows his hidden intentions.

19. Outward behavior contradicting what is in the heart   

When the hypocrites come to you they say, “We witness that you are indeed the Messenger of Allah.” Allah does know that you are indeed His Messenger and Allah witnesses that the hypocrites are indeed liars.” 63:1
The outward speech and actions of a hypocrite contradict what is inside their heart; they have a beautiful outside but wretched inside. But we must remember that Allah is the true judge of this.

20. Fear of unpleasant events, incidents, and happenings

“They think that every cry is against them” 63:4
The hypocrite is constantly in fear. There sole concern is the price of this and that, nature, the news, politics, and everything not dealing with Islam. It is not bad to care about how much gas is raising but when these thoughts and conversations surpass your thoughts and conversations in dealing with Islam, than this should be worrisome.  We should rejoice in Al-Islam. We must remember that there is a balance.

21. False Excuses

“Among them there is a man who says grant me exemption and do not put me through trial. Have they not fallen into trial already. Indeed hellfire encompasses the disbelievers from all sides”  9:49
“When it is said to them, “Come, the Messenger of Allah will seek forgiveness for you,” they turn their heads aside and you would see them turning themselves away in arrogance. It is the same to them whether you seek forgiveness for them or not, Allah will never forgive them.” 63:5-6
I think that the title is self-explanatory, but the hypocrite makes false excuses.

22. Commanding the Evil and preventing the Good

“They order that which is evil and forbid that which is good” 9:67
A sign of the believer is actually one who commands what is good and forbids what is evil, so a hypocrite is one that does the exact opposite.

23. Tying one’s hands back out of stinginess

“The hypocrite mean and women are from amongst each other. They enjoin what is evil and forbid what is good and they close their hands from spending in the way of Allah. They have forgotten Allah, so he has forgotten them” 9:67
This is not referring to people who do not have the means to help but those who are perfectly capable of contributing to goodness but do not. Hypocrites are greedy and greed is eternal poverty.

24. Forgetting Allah

“They have forgotten Allah, so he has forgotten them” 9:67
“Shaitan has gained mastery over them and has made them forget the remembrance of Allah” 58:19
A hypocrite remembers everything except Allah. He can bring up everything such as songs, family, goals, and everything other than the remembrance of Allah.

25. Denial of the promise of Allah and His, Messenger.

Allah says upon their tongues, “Allah and His Messenger have promise nothing but deception” 33:12
When the hypocrite and those in whose hearts is a disease said: Allah and His messenger promise us nothing but delusions 33:12

26. Concern for the outward Appearance and Neglect of the inner condition

When you look at them their exterior will look pleasing to you and when they speak, you listen to their words. They are worthless as hollow pieces of timber, propped up” 63:4
Again, they are beautiful on the outside but hollow on the inside. This does not mean that in order to be a believer you must wear torn clothes and not be concerned with outwards appearance but it should not consume you. Allah loves that which is beautiful but we must make sure that we are beautiful in and out.

27. Eloquence, Long-winded speech, boasting and bragging

When you they speak you listen to their words 63:4
This is also somewhat self-explanatory; but a hypocrite wants it to be known that he had understanding, possessed intelligence and that he is educated, pretty much the hypocrite shows off in order to make sure others know that he is extremely educated.

28. Lack of understanding of religion

But the hypocrite do not understand 63:7
The hypocrite can understand everything but religion is foreign to them, the sign of the believer is that he understands religion.

29. Not sinning in front of people (Due to Fear of Them) but showing boldness to Allah by Committing sins in secrecy

They seek hide their sins from the people but they do not seek to hide them from Allah whereas he is with them when they plot by day and night with words that he is not please by 4:108
A hypocrite does his evil actions in secret although Allah is the seer and knower of Allah things. The believer safeguards himself from Allah in secret and in open, and is more aware of Allah in private.

30. Rejoicing a the affliction of the believers with a calamity and being saddened at the their being touched by joy and pleasures

If some good befalls you it grieves them but if misfortune befalls you, they say, “we took our precautions beforehand and he turn away rejoicing”  9:50
The hypocrite is happy when something bad befalls the believers but grieves when something good happens to them.


*30 Signs of the Hypocrite, Aa’id din’ Abdullaah al-Qarnee
This the second half of the signs of the hypocrites; I would like to thank you very much for taking the time to read these because in order for us to stray away from hypocrisy we must know what a hypocrite is, I pray that Allah saves us All, inshallah, and we are amongst the believers.