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Throwing Stones While in a Glass House
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Andrew Cuomo Gets Surprise Endorsement
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Running with the Devil
by Sr Aisha
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O MUSA I DID NOT MAKE THAT PRIVILEGE FOR MYSELF
by Sr. Yasmin
Each week, there are updates about the American government shutdown and how it will affect the American people. There are reports that those receiving food subsidies (SNAP benefits) will not receive money for food for November as a result of the shutdown.
During the federal government shutdown, which lasted from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019, there were provisions made so that Americans receiving food subsidies were not affected.
Republicans and Democrats blame each other for this standoff off but neither party cares for the American people. It is a case of one devil accusing the other of being more evil than the other.
It was during the 2020 forced COVID-19 Plandemic shutdown that Democrats, such as Senator Cory Booker, agreed to give Israel a total of $3.8 billion that year. Americans lost their income and were forced to endure isolation from family and friends while Israel reaped the benefits of the American taxpayer's hard work.
Recently, President Trump gave $20 billion to bail out his friend, Argentine President Javier Milei. As of this writing, the Trump Administration is attempting to increase the bailout money to $40 billion to support Argentina's failing economy. Meanwhile, in America, Food and housing have become increasingly expensive, largely due to artificial maneuvers employed by these industries, such as price fixing or withholding supplies, which serve to artificially inflate prices. No politician or group of politicians has challenged the government's lack of involvement.
Andrew Cuomo Gets Surprise Endorsement
According to current New York City Mayor Eric Adams, he is endorsing mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo for mayor because Zohran Mamdani's proposals will erase the progress Mayor Adams has made during his tenure. For instance, Mayor Adams expanded childcare so that an additional 150,000 children, from infancy to 2 years old, were enrolled in early childcare education. However, he disagrees with Mamdani's proposal that childcare be accessible even to those in the upper income brackets.
Andrew Cuomo is the same man Mayor Adams referred to as a 'snake' and a 'liar' who undermined his re-election bid. Now, it is hoped that those who would have voted for Mayor Adams, whose name will still be listed on the ballot although he is no longer running, will now vote for Cuomo. American politicians are strange.
Running with the Devil
In America, gambling and selling intoxicants are big businesses. A few families, such as the Astors and Buschs, made billions from it. In 2018, the Supreme Court overruled a federal ban on sports betting, thereby legalizing it. I knew it would lead to trouble for athletes because the rules governing sports betting were never clear.
On October 23rd, over 30 arrests were made in a federal gambling investigation involving the National Basketball Association (NBA). Chauncey Billups, the Portland Trail Blazers head coach, was charged with being involved in illegal poker games backed by the Mafia's La Cosa Nostra. Active player Terry Rozier and retired player Damon Jones were arrested for providing undisclosed information that would give certain gamblers an unfair advantage.
"O you who believe! intoxicants and games of chance and (sacrificing to) stones set up and (dividing by) arrows are only an uncleanness, the Shaitan's work; shun it therefore that you may be successful." (Holy Qur'an 5:90).
While watching the Inside the NBA show on ESPN, Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley criticized these suspects for getting involved in illegal gambling, while admitting that they themselves gambled as players and continue to do so well into retirement. Retired player Kenny Smith only expressed concern that those involved may have a gambling addiction.
But Allah is most Wise and warns us in the Quran: "Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you, with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain?" (5:91).
This is why, during Major League Baseball (MLB) games, usually in the 7th inning, the announcers will report that play has been halted because a fan has run out onto the field. They never show this so as not to promote this behavior, but I have attended baseball games and know that this always happens around the 7th inning because that is when the beer takes effect. Another thing that occurs is brawls among fans. It is common for fans to start fighting because they are drunk and easily irritated.
Shai'tan loves it when people say, "If you can't beat him, join him." I suspect that organized crime was the first to get involved with legal sports betting since they were already behind illegal sports betting.
State governments provide lotteries for frustrated wage-earners to throw away their meager earnings. These governments also sanction the sale of narcotics: alcohol and Cannabis. It is evil to promote and profit from these vices and then profit from their negative effects. The penal system profits from drunk drivers and those willing to steal to cover gambling debts. Do drunks usually know when enough is enough? What is the difference between legal and illegal gambling? It is all a trap by the shai'teen.
Just as Allah warns us in the Qur'an, getting involved with intoxicants and games of chance sets you up to fail. They lure you into these vices, then "expect" you to know your limits. They will never encourage you to stay away from these vices. It should be a crime to sell beverages that have warning labels on them or gambling ads that have the 1-800-GAMBLER addiction phone number emblazoned at the bottom of the screen. I know for sure this is a sin.
Salaam,
Sis. 'Aisha
Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York City
*ALLAH*~*O MUSA I DID NOT MAKE THAT PRIVILEGE FOR MYSELF*!~*{EXCELLENT}*~{'You Cannot Please Everyone}~
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam
`ala Rasulillah.
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'As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu'
You Cannot Please Everyone !
A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri ~(R.A.)
'The people sit around you so that they
may find fault with you'.
so he (r.a.) said...
'Indeed, I encouraged my soul to aspire for
'Paradise' so it aspired for it...!
Then I encouraged it to aspire for
Salvation from Hellfire
and so it aspired for it...!
Then I encouraged it to
aspire for salvation from the people...!
but, I didn't find a way to that... {!}
Indeed the people were not pleased with their
CREATOR although HE provides for them,
so how can they be pleased with another creation
like themselves...?'
{'Subhan Allah' !}
{Source: Al-Bidayah wal-Nihayah 9/318}
Prophet Musa ('Alayhis Salaam) said...
'O my Lord, the people say things about me
which are not true...!
so ALLAH revealed to him...
'O Musa, I did not make that privilege
for myself, so how can I make it the
case for you...{?}'
[Source~ Al-Adaab al-Shar'iyyah by Ibn Muflih (1/38 )]
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'Aisha (Radhiallahu `Anha) wrote to Mu'awiyah (Radhiallahu` Anhu)...
'Salamun 'Alaik. `Amma Ba'd,
I have heard the Messenger of Allah
(Sallallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam) say...
'Whoever gains the Pleasure of Allah
by the anger of the people
(i.e. thereby gains their anger)
ALLAH suffices him of the people's troubles !
and whoever gains the pleasure of the people
by the anger of ALLAH
[i.e. in the process he gains HIS Anger]
then ALLAH leaves him to the people.'
Wa Salaamu 'Alaik.'
~ My 'Salaams' to all ~
~Y A S M I N~
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"I Want to Die With my Forehead on the Ground,
The Sunnah in my Heart, Allah on my Mind,
Qur`an on my Tongue, and Tears in my Eyes!"
In Shaa Allah ~'Aameen'
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' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days, whenever
each day passes then part of you has Gone!
{Al-Hasan Al-Basri (R.A.)
