There was no doubt that the beginning of the months was to be determined by the crescent. Both the Quran in Surah Baqarah (2: 189)4 and the practice of the Prophet SAW confirmed that beyond arbitration. But Umar was also quite aware of how serious the matter was since the Quran explicitly preventing believers from fiddling and meddling with time. He wanted to make sure that the both the year he chose and the conference he enacted would stand up to the test of time – literally.
In every era the spiritual reformation, wholesomeness and success of the Ummah has been closely attached to the ‘Ulema. Whenever the ‘Ulema and leaders of the Ummah portrayed outstanding models for the Ummah and continued their obligations of reformation and dissemination, the Ummah enjoyed peace and tranquility and the “Allah – inspired” peace of mind [...]
There needs to be a balance and one needs to use his common sense. The guest needs to be careful that he does not cause inconvenience to his host; and the host needs to be careful that, in order to entertain the guest, he does not cause unnecessary and inappropriate hardship to his wife and family.
By Shaykh al-Hadith Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhalawi
Hazrat Ibn Abbaas (RA) reports that Rasulullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) said to Makkah: “What a wonderful city you are and how I love you. Had my people not forced me out of you, I would never have settled in any other city save you.” (Tirmidhi)
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The ruling classes of Muslim States everywhere today are generally the followers of this new creed, although they may not all belong to the category so far as ardency and strength of spiritual allegiance are concerned. There is no doubt that in these classes are found individuals who bear faith in God and are believers in Islam but the dominant feature of them all is, alas, nothing else but materialism and a Western philosophy of life rooted in atheism.
I wonder what PKPowerhouse is up to... this is an excerpt.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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